return with a smile

Shen Yunxuan woke up in a daze, only feeling that the bones all over his body were aching, almost awakened by the pain.

But he still couldn't help but sat up, looked around in the bedroom, and saw his father sitting not far from him looking out the window expressionlessly, he couldn't help but twitched the corners of his mouth, feeling a burst of satisfaction in his heart.

Even if these wounds on his body were caused by his father when he was in a gloomy mood.

"Father." Shen Yunxuan murmured to himself, wanting to force himself to retract his fiery gaze, he let out a faint sigh.

At some point, his father began to abuse him, locking him up and almost beating him to death whenever he was in a bad mood.

He never resisted, just because he didn't know when, his heart was full of admiration and love for his father, and he didn't dare to express emotions that shouldn't be there.

The man seemed to sense Shen Yunxuan's gaze, and he looked over coldly, with no expression on his face, and said coldly, "Are you awake?"

The handsome man was born, at first glance, it is impossible to believe that he is now in his prime. □□The skin that comes out is extraordinarily fair, as if covered by the sun for a long time, the pair of phoenix eyes are especially ecstasy, as if you can hook the soul away with just one look, especially the man who is full of depression and dressed again Xuan Yi, looks like a very cold beauty.

Shen Yunxuan looked at this familiar face that he could no longer be familiar with, and his heart was extremely complicated.

He covered his eyes and said out loud: "Father is a little tired, Yun Xuan is in much better health, if father is tired, it is better to rest earlier." If not tired, let's accompany Yun Xuan.

"Does your body still hurt?" The man asked, his little finger curled up slightly where Shen Yunxuan couldn't see, but his face was still calm, and his voice was also the same, as cold as the autumn wind.

"Well, it's much better." Shen Yunxuan was very happy, although his body still hurts.

"Don't hold on, next time I break it, where will I find such a hard-working sandbag." The man sarcastically, the indifference in his eyes concealed the flash of distress.

Shen Yunxuan smiled, knowing in his heart that his father was duplicity, and then changed the subject: "Father, it will be the Dragon Boat Festival in a few days, what should the mansion prepare? I will let Bo Lin go shopping. Do the servants in the mansion give them a holiday? Let them hang out or go home for the holidays?"

"You are ready this year." The man replied absently.

"Then do you want to invite Qiuyu and Zhiyuan to come to the house to play? Qiuyu said that he wants to go to the ferry to watch the dragon boat race, so does father want to go?" Shen Yunxuan looked at the man earnestly. Although he knew his father's answer in his heart, he still wanted to ask for proof.

Sure enough, the man still looked out of the window with his chin propped up, and quietly replied, "No."

"Father, won't you go out for more walks? Since the family business has stabilized, father has rarely gone out. It's not good for his health." Shen Yunxuan was still unwilling.

"Speaking of this, I suddenly remembered something. This year, the spices paid for tribute in the capital will be added with tea and Wuxiang. Governor Lin specially asked me not to forget. I remember that there are still some leftovers in the warehouse. You can go and have a look. Remember to record them in after you pick up the goods. On the account." The man glanced back at Shen Yunxuan, and continued, "I don't like crowded places, if you want me to go out for a walk, I might as well go to Feiyun Temple to drink tea on the Dragon Boat Festival, keep two or three servants in the mansion, and the rest Go home for the holidays, butler Lin will also take a vacation, don't stay at home, go play with Su Zhiyuan and the others."

Shen Yunxuan was stunned, a little regretful that he had just asked.

After a long while, the man continued to be in a daze, Shen Yunxuan let out a soft "hmm", feeling discouraged, lay down and stared at the four-cornered sachet on the bed curtain, and slowly fell asleep again.

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On the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, Shen Qing woke up very early, or could not sleep at all.

He has insomnia again.

Staring at the top of the bed, he stroked his forehead and finally sat up, leaning on the pillow and closing his eyes to rest.

He is prone to insomnia, which started very early, and is prone to waking up.Unless you are extremely tired, you can usually only sleep for two or three hours a day, and if you are in a good situation, you can sleep for nearly four hours. Sometimes you can't even sleep at night, and you are often groggy during the day.So he started to have the habit of taking a nap, no matter whether he can sleep or not, he has to lie down for an hour or two, otherwise he will easily get sleepy at other times, and he will be sleepy but unable to sleep, and it will cause trouble.

He is still very sleepy now, he woke up again last night, he went to Shen Yunxuan's room to help him pull the quilt, and stood on the porch for a while to blow the wind, but fortunately it is almost summer, the wind is quite cool .

It's a pity that I didn't sleep well.

Thinking of this, Shen Qing fell asleep again in a daze, very lightly.

With a very slight "squeak", the door was quietly pushed open, and the people who came in moved lightly, not waking Shen Qing up.

The man carefully put Shen Qing's changed clothes today on the chair beside the bed, and then put the pen and paper fan in the room back bit by bit.

But there was still a crisp sound, and Shen Qing was awakened suddenly, and saw Shen Yunxuan in a daze, straightening the inkstone on the table.

He woke up without making a sound, tilting his head on the bed and watching his son busy there.

Shen Yunxuan turned his head and saw Shen Qing with eyes open, hair untied, looking at him calmly.

He froze for a moment, and said with some annoyance, "Did you wake up father?"

Shen Qing ignored him, took the clothes beside the bed with one hand, and untied the belt of the jacket with the other hand. Seeing this, Shen Yunxuan retreated consciously.

After a while, Shen Qing pushed open the door, the sun was shining in against the door, it was very warm and comfortable, he glanced at Shen Yunxuan who was holding a copper basin and was about to wash him up, and stretched out his hand to take the handed towel.

He pressed the towel tightly to his face, breathed lightly, and wiped slowly, from forehead to face to chin, full of ritual and extremely pious.

But he didn't notice that his son had been staring at him, and looked away anxiously.

Shen Yunxuan left with a copper basin in his hand. Shen Qing didn't go to the dining room, but went to the lakeside in the back garden first. Shen's residence was built next to the lake. This lake is just a small lake in Yangzhou, not as big and beautiful as the Slender West Lake. Because of its beauty, there are almost no tourists, and the rest are just nearby residents.

In the early morning, when there is no one around, the lake is like a pond at home, with a wide view, but there are fences around it, so no one will usually paddle here.

There is also a pavilion by the pool, the name is very simple and rude, it is called Chishang Pavilion, every time when there is fog in late autumn, it is more beautiful than a fairyland, but it is too lonely, the surrounding whiteness can not see anything, like a cage.

It is almost June at this time, and the lotus leaves in the pond are covering the flower buds that are about to bloom. The cool breeze in the morning brings waves of blue waves in the lake.

Shen Qing folded a few lotus leaves, and after folding, he thought about why he folded them, and suddenly he found that he didn't know why he folded lotus flowers, just like why he came to the Chishang Pavilion.

I just want to come over suddenly, just want to break off a few lotus flowers to have a look when I see the lotus.He looked at the flower bone still stained with dew in his hand, thought for a while and threw it away.

The petals were splashed with a little mud, and no one has touched them since then, and they will rot in the soil after a while.

Shen Yunxuan waited in the dining hall for a long time but didn't see Shen Qing, so he didn't wait any longer, knowing that he had no appetite and ran to the back garden, and asked his servants to evacuate him after breakfast, leaving only the snacks.

Except for some servants who voluntarily stayed, the rest of the servants in the mansion went home for the holidays, and they were deserted for a while.

Shen Yunxuan stood on the porch and continued to wait, watching an ant on the ground crawling towards his feet.

Yesterday, Qiu Yu sent some calamus and mugwort leaves, which had been planted long ago. At this time, the air smelled of fresh mugwort.But Shen Qing didn't like the smell of garlic, so he didn't hang garlic.There is nothing else, there is no cook who is going to make rice dumplings and paste five poisons early in the morning.Shen's residence was the same as before, it was only a symbolic gesture.There was even a time during the Spring Festival that the whole mansion was deserted and deserted, with no trace of red in sight.

When Steward Lin came out of the counting room, he saw the young master lowered his head in frustration, looking in a bad mood.

"Master Yunxuan, is the master still awake?" He asked.

Shen Yunxuan raised his head, saw that it was Butler Lin, and said, "It's already got up, but Xu Shi went to the pavilion in the back garden again, what's the matter with Butler Lin?"

"Oh, the carriage is ready. Yesterday the master said that he would go to the Daming Temple first. He would not stay in the mansion in the morning. He would have a vegetarian meal there at noon. After that, he would go to Feiyun Temple and come back in the evening. Have a good time with Miss Qiuyu and Mr. Zhiyuan, it doesn’t matter if you come back later at night, the young master should also eat dinner, the cooks in the house are all home..." Lin Butler gave a lot of instructions, after all, he watched the young master grow up Yes, I was still not at ease when I reached the bottom, I turned my head to look at Shen Yunxuan, and my mind was distracted again.

Butler Lin finally sighed and said nothing more.

After a while, Shen Qing came over from the back garden.

"Father." Shen Yunxuan was the first to notice, and turned to look at Shen Qing, "Didn't Father have breakfast in the mansion? Skipping breakfast is not good for your health. I ordered the snacks to be warmed up. Father, how about..."

"No need." Shen Qing turned to look at Steward Lin. "Lin Bo, let's go."

"Yes, sir." Housekeeper Lin replied, turned around and went out to lead the horse.

"Father blew some cool wind in the morning, so we should eat something to keep warm." Shen Yunxuan was still worried.

"It's already early summer, why is it cold?" Shen Qing said.

"Then eat some, don't ruin your body..." Shen Yunxuan pursed his lips, and looked at Shen Qing's back with some stubbornness.

"Are you annoying?" Shen Qing became a little unhappy, and left the Shen residence without looking back.

Shen Yunxuan stared blankly at Shen Qing getting into the carriage, and murmured in a low voice: "So what's bothering, it's best that father is fine."

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Since ancient times, Yangzhou has been the most prosperous area for trade, thousands of foreign businessmen have lived in Yangzhou, and its richness and beauty have been praised by countless poets.

A poet once sighed and said: "Three parts of the world are bright moon nights, and two parts are rogues." Yangzhou.

Not to mention today's Dragon Boat Festival, the dragon boat race by the canal has already been prepared, the streets are full of people who come out to play, merchants have opened their shops, there are many blond Persian cannibals on the street, local accents from all over the world can be heard here Listen, it's very lively.

Of course Shen Yunxuan was not in the mood to lament how beautiful Yangzhou was, walking on the bustling streets, he was full of thoughts about Shen Qing, and kept distracted.

Seeing his friend's absent-minded state, Su Zhiyuan touched Shen Yunxuan with his elbow, but he saw Shen Yunxuan's right hand twitch slightly.

"Your father hit you again?" he asked.

"Hmm...? No..." Shen Yunxuan came back to his senses. Su Zhiyuan was the only person who knew what he was thinking. In Yangzhou, when he was very young, his life was not as rich as it is now. At that time, Su Zhiyuan was his playmate.

"Okay, the bruises on his arms haven't disappeared yet." Su Zhiyuan sighed, and continued, "Take care of yourself, have fun today, don't think too much."

"Well, thank you." Shen Yunxuan smiled, and looked forward, Lin Qiuyu was wearing a simple double-breasted Confucian today, a light blue skirt with a light green large-sleeved shirt, very elegant.She was happily chatting with a Persian woman who sold jewelry, and she was holding a bitten candied haws in her hand.

She turned her head and saw Shen Yunxuan, and waved to them, telling them to hurry over.

The two walked over, Lin Qiuyu stretched out his hand to Su Zhiyuan, and winked playfully.

Su Zhiyuan smiled, took out the money bag helplessly, and put it in her hand.

"Thank you Brother Su." Lin Qiuyu happily paid the bill and bought a pair of metal bracelets.Then he showed it to the two of them as if offering a treasure, "Hey, the jewelry from the Western Regions is very finely made. Did you see the chain on that sister just now? It is tied with a golden bell, so beautiful! My sister said that the women over there I will always wear this kind of jewelry, I really want to see it!"

"Didn't you just go to southern Xinjiang to play a while ago, and bringing back so many silverware is not enough?" Su Zhiyuan said.

"Girls just like it, Brother Yun, don't you look good?" Lin Qiuyu put on the bracelet. She has taken good care of it since she was a child, and she is very handsome. At this time, her slender hands are even more white against the green sleeves.

Shen Yunxuan suddenly thought of a poem by Wang Mojie:

In the rustling autumn rain,

Light pomegranate diarrhea.

Jumping waves gradually,

Egret recovered in surprise.

Very smart, just like Lin Qiuyu's eccentric spirit, he smiled and said: "Well, it looks good, Qiuyu is very beautiful today." Then he said in his heart: "Don't think about it anymore, let's have fun today."

When Lin Qiuyu was told this, she blushed, then raised her head and said with a smile: "Brother Yun is really good at talking, not as rigid as Brother Su, hee hee, I am happy, let's go, treat you to some sweet cakes."

"Please, no matter how much you treat me, I'll pay for it." Su Zhiyuan murmured looking at the blue figure running towards the sweet cake stand.

"It's fine if she's happy? Don't you want her to be happy?" Shen Yunxuan smiled and looked at his friend. As expected, Su Zhiyuan was speechless, and his earlobe was slightly red.

The two followed, and swallows flew by, sweeping away the laughter and laughter all over the place.

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In the quiet room, two people are playing chess.

A wisp of white smoke slowly rises from the gilt Boshan furnace, and is gently blown into the air by the wind.

The crisp sound of porcelain clashing sounded, Shen Qing put the teacup back on the table, lowered his head and thought carefully about the next move.Opposite is Master Daoming, the abbot of Daming Temple.

The two sat cross-legged, with a large sandalwood chessboard separated in the middle, black and white were distinct.

After a long while, Master Daoming didn't wait for the opponent to make another move, so he shifted his gaze from the chessboard, looked at Shen Qing who was holding black pieces to check off the fall, and shook his head: "Benefactor Shen is restless."

Shen Qing's hand holding the chess piece paused, then threw the black piece back into the chess box, forced a smile: "It happens often."

"For me, No.20 has been distracted seven times. Benefactor Shen, sometimes heart disease is more tormenting than ordinary ailments." Master Daoming stroked his black and white beard, and then said, "The past matter has been resolved by the benefactor , Let go, but now start to get lost."

Shen Qing was silent for a while, then asked: "Abbot, after death, will one really enter the Paradise of Ultimate Bliss? What is the situation after death?"

"Turning into all things, neither birth nor death. Is Benefactor Shen obsessed with life and death?"

"I'm just tired, tired of living, and I can't find a reason to live anymore." Shen Qing straightened his sleeves, frowning slightly. "If it wasn't for Yunxuan's underage, I wouldn't want to wait any longer."

"Shen benefactor, time will tell you the answer. When the time comes, whether it is life or death, Shen benefactor will have the answer in his heart..."

There was a sound of the falling pieces, and Shen Qing quietly looked at the falling sunspots, without speaking for a long time.

After a while, I don't know whose sigh sounded.