Xiaoxiang Water Cloud in the Red Chamber

What is worrying like clouds and water?

"Sister Xueyan, let's go outside and have a look. My bones are stiff from being bored in the boat." Daiyu said to Xueyan who was drawing flowers under the lamp.Resting too much during the day is not like being sleepy at night, so it is very boring for Daiyu to nest in the cabin.

Xueyan nodded. Seeing that Daiyu was about to go out, she hurriedly picked up a cloak embroidered with blue and green calyx plums and put it on her, saying angrily: "Although it is the end of summer, the wind at night is already very cold, and the dew is also cold." Heavy, Miss is weak, so I don’t pay attention to it.”

Daiyu stuck out her tongue and said with a wry smile: "Okay, Sister Xueyan, I understand. Where is my body weak like that. You also know that what Daddy said about seeking a doctor is just an excuse."

Xueyan shook her head, and said helplessly: "It's not just an excuse, but the master also has the same thoughts. The capital is full of high-level people, and they may cure the root of the lady's illness. It is much better than the lady who eats ginseng nourishing pills all day long, no matter how good it is." Taking medicine often is also three-point poisonous."

Daiyu walked on the deck, the sky outside was dark, with clear smoke and mist, and there were faint spots of fishing fire on the river like stars in the sky scattered on the river inadvertently.A cold moon hangs obliquely at the place where the clouds and water meet, lonely and infinitely desolate.Daiyu's calm expression became more untainted in the quiet night.

Xueyan looked at Daiyu's fluttering clothes and fluttering hair, like a nine-day fairy, as if she was about to ride the wind and leave.I couldn't help being at a loss in my heart, is such a young lady really suitable for those three thousand people in the world of mortals?How should the simple and noble lady face, fathom, and deal with those ever-changing personnel and affairs, the complicated and treacherous people's hearts.

Daiyu didn't know what Xueyan was thinking, but felt that the quiet night made her feel more and more lonely.The shadow of the moon is like frost, lightly dyeing between the eyebrows, clear and light cold, thick and rich loneliness.

"Xueyan, fetch my qin." Daiyu ordered lightly.

Xue Yan frowned and said: "Miss is weak in body, the piano is the most troublesome thing, it is better to play less."

Daiyu was touched, a little warmth flowed through her heart, she smiled lightly and said, "Sister Xueyan made me weaker and weaker, my sister obeyed, it would not be good if I woke up the nanny."

Xue Yan breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "Amitabha, the lady finally listened to me. Alas, I disturbed the young lady's thoughts and was full of talents. Xueyan should fight, why don't I tell the young lady a joke to relieve the boredom."

Daiyu smiled: "Okay."

Xueyan smiled first without saying anything.Daiyu refused, pouted her small mouth and said, "How can you tell jokes like this, before you say that you have gone to enjoy yourself first."

Xueyan giggled, and was about to speak when she saw Daiyu frowning at Chunshan, pointing lightly at the river with her plain hand, and said in panic, "Sister, see what that black shadow is, don't be a ghost!"

Xueyan smiled: "Where are there ghosts, I'm not afraid." She said and protected Daiyu behind her: "Let me see." She looked far away, and there was a black shadow floating on the river. , under the brilliance of the stars and the moon, Xueyan let out a cry and said in surprise: "Miss, I'm afraid it's someone. I just don't know if he's still alive?"

Daiyu was also surprised, and said: "Then let's rescue him quickly, he may still be alive."

Xueyan disagreed: "Miss, there are incidents and robbers in this river, who knows if he is a good man. Although our boat is not gorgeous, it is still a bit extravagant. Maybe it is a trap for us."

Daiyu was a little displeased and said: "Sister, how can this be so? You said that saving a life creates a seven-level pagoda, no matter whether he is good or bad, it is still a life. If we can find out who he is, we are afraid that he will die early. If it’s a good person, we wouldn’t regret it if we didn’t save them. If there are so many guards on our ship, if they are really bad people, we should arrest them, and that would count as eliminating harm for the people.”

Seeing that Daiyu was slightly annoyed, Xueyan dared not say any more, and called two guards to go into the water to rescue the man, but she herself helped Daiyu back to the cabin.

Seeing Xueyan's aggrieved expression under the lamp, Daiyu also felt that what she said just now was in a hurry, she walked up and took Xueyan's hand and said softly: "Good sister, I was in a hurry just now, sister, please don't blame sister. I just thought about it. After all, it is human life, we shouldn't ignore it too much, after all, life is too fragile." She sighed softly, "I know that my sister is always good for me and puts me first in everything, but But I don't want my sister to become indifferent because of me. In my heart, my sister is like the chivalrous woman in the script."

Xueyan was both moved and ashamed, knowing that Daiyu was afraid that she would only think about Daiyu and lose her good nature, so she smiled and said: "You are still a chivalrous woman, I can't do the three-legged cat kung fu of a servant girl, and I don't want to be a What kind of chivalrous man, just stay with Miss for the rest of my life, if Miss is to be Guanyin, I will be the dragon girl by your side, and hold the Jade Cleansing Vase for you forever."

Daiyu laughed too, and said narrowly, "Then I'm going to become the king of Hades. Are you still willing to be my little devil?"

Xueyan held her stomach and smiled and said: "If Miss is the King of Hades, there may be many people rushing to become a ghost." Feeling a little frivolous at the exit, she quickly swallowed, seeing that Daiyu didn't listen to the truth because she spoke intermittently, she was opening her eyes. Da Meimu asked, stuck out her tongue quickly, and said: "I heard the sound from outside, it should be that I rescued someone."

Sure enough, when there was a sound of water outside, someone came up and said through the curtain: "Miss, he is a boy of seventeen or eighteen years old, he is still holding a sword in his hand, his left arm was injured, and he was so soaked in the water that he is already dying." .”

Daiyu's melodious voice was somewhat ethereal through the curtain: "Brother guard, please put him in the cabin next door, and ask Dr. Sun on our ship to show him."

"Yes." The man replied, hesitating for a while and then said: "But I'm afraid I can only do my best and obey the destiny."

Daiyu was silent for a while and said, "Forget it, I'll go and have a look too."

"Miss!" Xueyan said urgently.

"Sister Xueyan, it's okay. Anyway, he is falling asleep. Dad has also taught me some medical skills, so maybe he can help." Seeing Daiyu's insistence, Xueyan had no choice but to follow, and sighed in her heart: Miss is so kind and enthusiastic. You have to be optimistic, don't be bullied.

When he came to the place where the young man lived, the guards had already cleaned up for him. Dr. Sun was taking his pulse, when he saw Daiyu coming in, he hurriedly stood up and said, "Miss, why are you here?"

Daiyu greeted him and said, "I don't know how his injury is."

The old doctor sighed: "His left arm seems to be wounded by a knife, the wound has been soaked white, and it is already infected, coupled with the cold water, it is a miracle that the assassin is still alive, if the fever subsides tonight I hope it will be better. Alas, considering his young age, he is really a sinner."

Daiyu looked on the couch, and saw the young man's thin cheeks, cold edges and corners, high sword eyebrows, deep eyes, good looks, his whole body was like a sharp sword drawn out of its sheath, his face was gray and faint, Breathing death, feeling slightly sour, he took out a small white jade bottle from his sleeve, poured out a light green pill and said, "I don't know if this medicine is feasible."

Dr. Sun took a look and was shocked: "Is it Master's 'Ningxiang Pill'? This medicine is hard to find."

Daiyu smiled: "Don't worry about it, just say whether it can be used or not. Daddy said it can strengthen the foundation and cultivate vitality, detoxify and cure diseases, so it can be used if you think about it."

Dr. Sun laughed, wondering: "Of course it can be used, but the master was originally used to make up for the young lady."

Daiyu pursed her lips and smiled, "I'm in good health now, and my father gave me a lot of this medicine. Besides, the medicine is for saving lives. Now he needs it more than me, so how can I be stingy?"

Dr. Sun twisted his beard and said comfortingly: "As expected of a young lady. If the master knows, he will be pleased."

Daiyu watched the doctor feed the medicine and healed the wound, so she ordered the doctor and a guard to stay here alternately, and told herself to come back tomorrow when the fever subsided.

After all this tossing, Daiyu was also tired, lying on the bed and soon fell asleep.

The next morning, Daiyu got up and stretched, and saw that Xueyan's bed had been made up, but the person had disappeared. Just as she was about to ask, she saw Xueyan came in with a washbasin and smiled.Seeing Daiyu sitting around the quilt, she said with a smile: "I know that the lady should wake up. Just now I went to the cabin to have a look, and the elder guard said that the man's fever has subsided, if he can wake up today."

Xueyan got up to serve Daiyu, and Daiyu smiled and said, "Amitabha, I am relieved. It is my sister who knows my heart."

Xueyan smiled and said: "That's not true, the servant girl is the bottle-holding dragon girl by your side."

The young man had a strong will to survive, and with his internal strength to protect his body, he woke up that afternoon, opened his eyes and found that his body was soft, and he knew he had been rescued.He secretly adjusted his breath for a while, and felt better, then slowly got up and looked around.

"Be careful, you can't move that arm yet." Dr. Sun hurriedly reminded him when he got up.

The young man got up and got off the couch and said: "Did the old man save me? I pray that you will be polite here."

Dr. Sun hurriedly dodged sideways, and said with a smile: "Although I treated your illness, it was my lady who saved you. If my lady hadn't discovered that you ordered someone to rescue you, and gave you the hard-to-find medicine. You, no matter how good my medical skills are, I can’t recover, so I don’t dare to accept your gift.” Dr. Sun is also a person who has experienced a lot of weather, and seeing this young man is cold and arrogant, but he is polite and righteous, and he knows that this person should not be As a bad guy, I appreciate his steady expression and his calmness.

The young man was startled, and said: "I don't know who Miss Gui is, I want to thank you in person."

Dr. Sun shook his head and said: "Young lady's boudoir name can't be casually mentioned to you, thank you is enough. My young lady is kind-hearted and didn't ask you to reciprocate. I won't see you either."

The young man stubbornly said: "How can I do it? The kindness of saving lives will be renewed. Your lady doesn't ask for anything in return, but I have to be polite. I also ask the old man to inform me."

Dr. Sun saw that he insisted and was pleased with his gratitude, so he smiled and said: "Then I will inform you." Then he turned and went to the cabin next door, and said through the cabin door: "Miss, the boy woke up. I want to thank Miss face to face."

Daiyu raised her head from the book and smiled at Xueyan, and said softly: "Finally, the work is not in vain." Then she raised her voice outside and said: "Since he is awake, he should have a good rest. I am a boudoir girl. I don't want to see outsiders casually. You Let’s just say that I didn’t intend to ask him to thank me, I know what he means.”

Xueyan smiled softly: "Why don't you see outsiders, the young miss who swaggers in the street every day turns out to be logs."

Daiyu glared at her, her eyes moved, and she said softly: "At this time and at that time, at that time, I was at home and accompanied by my father. This place is outside, so naturally we must pay attention to everything we say and do, so as not to worry about it. It was said that our Lin family has no tutor."

Xueyan sighed, whether the master's decision was good or bad, now that the lady has started to be careful every step of the way, all the free habits of the past may have disappeared, where can such a suppressed heart find happiness.

"Miss, what you said is wrong. Although you never thought of asking me to thank you, I can't feel at ease. I pray and come to see you."

Dr. Sun turned sideways in amazement, only to realize that there were more people beside him at some point. Seeing that Qi Qing had a respectful face, but the corners of his mouth and brows showed an unruly expression, he couldn't help being slightly annoyed, and said coldly: "Your Excellency is polite. You can break into the residence of the boudoir daughter at will!"

Qi Qing said indifferently: "I didn't break in, this is not outside the door." Then he rushed into the cabin and said: "Qi Qing sincerely begs to see Miss, and I hope Miss will be fulfilled." A voice came from inside the curtain: "Young Master, I have accepted your wishes, but there is a difference between men and women, so I still don't see you, so as not to cause trouble. If you feel that you are in good health, you can leave on your own."

Qi Qing heard Daiyu's voice and his heart moved slightly, the beautiful voice, like a yellow oriole coming out of the valley, a pearl falling into the plate, faintly revealing coldness and aloofness, so he felt more and more disappointed in not being able to see her, and sighed: "I don't know what Miss Fang's name is, I should always know who my benefactor is."

In the curtain, Daiyu was very dissatisfied with this unannounced prayer, and her voice was slightly chilly: "The name of the boudoir is not enough for outsiders. Besides, you don't need to worry about the effort. You are a martial arts practitioner. If you insist on repaying your kindness You might as well do more good deeds and less evil, and I won’t be in vain to save you once.”

Knowing that Daiyu was annoyed, Qi Qing became more and more disappointed. He didn't expect that his enthusiasm would arouse others' annoyance. He also thought that every lady has always been reserved, so he had no choice but to salute through the curtain and said: "Since this is the case, I won't bother you any more. , My lower body has recovered a lot, so I’m leaving.” Then he looked into the curtain, hoping that Daiyu would stay and see him, but he heard the voice inside the curtain: “Young master, take care, Uncle Sun will prepare some expenses for Mr. I will send the son off."

"Yes, miss. Mr. Qi, please"

Seeing that there was no more movement inside the curtain, Qi Qing flashed across her deep eyes with a faint melancholy, and turned around helplessly to go to the cabin where she was sheltered to take her Qingfeng sword. She caught a glimpse of the green bamboo coffee table, changed her mind, took out something from her arms and put it on the table. On the table, he bent down and left the cabin, hugged Daiyu's cabin far away, found a small boat and floated away.

Dr. Sun sent his back away, shook his head and returned to the cabin to pack his medicine box, his eyes slipped to the coffee table, and with a bang, there lay a piece of oval-shaped emerald the size of a pigeon egg quietly on the table, warm and brilliant, verdant It's cute, obviously not ordinary, and quickly picked it up. The tentacles are delicate and slightly concave-convex. It turned out that an orchid was carved on one side, and a "Qing" character was engraved on the other side.Dr. Sun frowned and took Cuiyu to Daiyu's door and said: "Miss, Mr. Qi left a piece of jade here."

After waiting for a while, the curtain rang, and Xueyan came out of the cabin to take Yu Yu and pursed her lips and said with a smile: "Uncle Sun has been exhausted all day, the lady said, uncle can enjoy the wine on our boat as much as you want. "

Dr. Sun's eyes immediately shone brightly, he twirled his beard and smiled, "Thank you, miss, uh, I'm leaving." After saying that, he ran away in a hurry, even using his lightness kung fu, Xueyan laughed and turned back to the cabin inside.No one noticed that on a small boat far away, Qi Qing stared thoughtfully at the delicate back of the snow geese.