Yuque Qiu

The willow catkins follow the wind, the winding corridor, a small figure carrying a fruit plate walks through the corridor, crosses the flower path, and rushes past.

"Yu Que, where are you going?"

A somewhat stern voice sounded behind him, the boy stopped when he heard the voice, and turned around slowly with a timid expression.

In front of her was a beautiful middle-aged woman, dressed in gorgeous clothes, with a high bun, but her expression was as cold as if it was a cold day. When she saw what he was holding in her hand, she raised her eyebrows and asked, "What do you take?" Where are you going with these things?"

The boy lowered his head and didn't dare to look at her, he hesitated and replied: "I...I heard that Erniang was ill, so...so I wanted to give her some fruit..."

"Bastard!"

Before the boy finished speaking, the woman had already slapped the fruit plate off his hand.

The crystal clear fruit rolled all over the ground. The young man stared at the fruit on the ground dumbfounded, as if he still didn't understand what happened, but the next moment, there was a "pop" and his face was hot, which woke him up. He covered his face and looked at the woman in front of him in puzzlement.

But seeing her angry face, jealousy and resentment completely distorted the woman's beautiful facial features, she grabbed the boy's arm, dragged him to a room in the corner of the back compartment, and pointed at him from a distance. Looking at the room, he scolded: "The old man was fascinated by that vixen. I didn't expect the young one to follow along. You have to look carefully, that bitch is not your second mother! She is just a embroiderer from a humble background. Why are you competing with me? She is now competing with your mother for your father, and in the future her bastard will compete with you for the property of the Yan family!"

The boy stood far away, seeing his father who hadn't come to ask him about his homework for a long time was teaching his younger brother how to write, while Er Niang was sitting in front of the loom, chuckling from time to time, the scene looked so happy and warm...

And how long has it been since Dad came to the study to see him...

Even if he went to find his father with his calligraphy book, he always excused him because he was busy.

The mother was even more depressed all day long, and spent a lot of time dressing up carefully every day, just to wait for the father to come back to have dinner together, but she often heard the reply that the father wanted to accompany the second mother in the small courtyard.

From that time on, what mother said had taken root in the young boy's heart. The kind and friendly Erniang was no longer his Erniang, and his younger brother who was related by blood was no longer his brother... …Those two, came to take away Dad, to take away all the good villains they had!

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Yan Yuque slowly opened his eyes, tiredness and tiredness were written all over his face, and he was a little surprised that he fell asleep just like that.The water in the bathtub was already cold, Yan Yuque got up to dry himself and put on a piece of clothes casually. When he was putting on the belt, his fingers stopped for a moment, and the picture in the dream just now flashed across his mind.

Since it was confirmed that day that Lianyulou's Buzhuang branch was going to open in the capital, in the past few days, I have frequently thought about the past.

In fact, the relationship between myself and Lianyulou was not bad at the beginning. Although my mother strictly forbade me to go to the small courtyard to meet Erniang and Lianyulou, I still slipped there often. The grasshopper was for them to play with. Lian Yulou was two years younger than him, and was born pink and tender, and he said "brother" softly, which made people feel sweet.

But when I clearly realized the existence of these two people and took away what originally belonged to me and my mother, everything changed.

He didn't recognize this younger brother anymore, he just treated him like a lowly servant, watching him wearing a tattered and dirty jacket looking for food in the kitchen when it was freezing cold, he would deliberately throw away leftovers Poured it in front of him, and then watched him coldly stuff the food on the ground into his mouth bit by bit.

The boy who used to call himself "Brother" in a sweet voice never called himself that way again, and always kept away from himself in silence, and his originally clear eyes were no longer simple and clear.As he grew up, he gradually understood his hostility towards them, and he also knew why he always tried every means to make things difficult for him, even framed him for stealing his own things, hung him in the firewood room and whipped him. He was locked up for three days and three nights and almost killed him.

no way……

Who told you to be born in Yan's family?

As for the Yan family, there can only be one young master, himself!

Probably heard movement in the room, someone outside knocked on the door twice, and then Yan An's voice came over.

"Grandpa, your medicine has been decocted, should I bring it in for you?"

"Send it in."

The voice fell, and after a while, Yan An carefully walked in with a bowl of steaming food, and gently fanned the hot smoke with the other hand. After putting it down on the table, he turned to the back of the wind. Pack up Yan Yuque's changed clothes.

Yan Yuque walked to the table and picked up the medicine bowl. The strong smell of the medicine made him frown and turned his head in disgust. After a while, he turned his head and saw that there was a black and thick circle in the bowl. Yan Yuque came from nowhere and put the medicine bowl on the table, "Drink, drink, drink! It still doesn't work after drinking for so long! Another quack doctor!" "

Yan An, who was behind the wind, poked his head out carefully, seeing Yan Yuque's anger, he hurried over to appease him, "Master, don't be angry, anger hurts your body, you can't see if it works, it's better to be a villain Is Yicuiyuan going to find you two girls?"

Yan Yuque's raised brows loosened a little, and when he talked about Yicuiyuan, he thought of the scene he saw in the Xiulou that day - Suxin girl was wearing a tube top skirt, Yubai arms, pink Like a lotus root, most of the breasts are looming in the soft veil, the voice of Yingying is soft, and the fragrance of orchids is refreshing...

He seemed to feel a faint fever somewhere, but the expression on Yan Yuque's face was as calm as before, but the curled and loosened fingers hanging by his side secretly revealed his inner squirming.

Yan Yuque didn't answer right away, he seemed to be hesitating in his heart, and after a while he said: "Okay..." When Yan An turned to go out, he ordered: "Remember not to find me that kind of chatter .”

"Yes..." Yan An is obviously very aware of their master's temper, "Don't worry, master, if you don't keep your mouth tight, the little one can also make her shut up, and don't dare to say a word."

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After sending the girl Yan Yuque wanted into his room, Yan An knew that he probably had nothing to do in the next few hours, but he couldn't run far, so he sat in the courtyard in a daze, and saw A person hurriedly came here, followed by the old housekeeper.

"Mr. Liu, I'm busy, you can't go in."

Seeing that the old butler couldn't stop him, Yan An jumped up and rushed over to block Liu Qi's way, "Sir, is there anything you can do with our master at such a late hour?"

Liu Qi was obviously in a hurry, so he stretched out his hand to push him aside, "Of course I came here in a hurry."

But Yan An just stood there and refused to give way. He turned his head and glanced at the closed door behind him, with a troubled look on his face, "But sir, our master is doing something urgent, why don't you come to see our father again tomorrow morning?" Bar?"

Liu Qi frowned slightly, and his tone was sullen, "Is it more important than the matter of Lingjinyuan?" After finishing speaking, he passed Yan An and walked to the door of Yan Yuque's room, and knocked "Bang Bang" The door rang, "My lord! My lord! The villain has something important to do!"

Yan An took a deep breath, hugged the pillar beside the corridor and wept silently in his heart: Sir, you don't know our master's temper, you have said that he is doing important things, you disturb him at this time...it's not even me To drag into the water together?

After knocking twice and seeing no response from inside, Liu Qi raised his hand and was about to knock on the door again, but when he raised his hand, there was a furious roar from inside, "Get out! Get out!"

Immediately the door opened, and a woman in disheveled clothes stumbled out. Liu Qi was quick to help her, but he heard something fall on the ground. After a crisp sound, the thing rolled on the bluestone floor with a clatter lap.

But Liu Qi didn't have time to pay attention to what it was, and his eyes fell on the woman he was supporting, showing a little surprise, "Hey? You are not from Yicuiyuan...?" "No, not..." Yan An didn't know where to go He came out, and pulled away the woman who had an inexplicable face and couldn't figure out the situation. After walking a long way, she heard the woman talking softly with Yan An.

"Your father turned his face as soon as he said, and...couldn't it be...?"

"What is it? I'm warning you, just shut up when you get out of this door, you can still take the money and do business as usual, otherwise don't blame me for making you unable to get along in the capital!"

Liu Qi withdrew his gaze and lowered his head when he stepped into the door, only then did he notice the things that fell on the ground just now.

It was a small porcelain bottle. Liu Qi picked it up, uncorked it, put it under his nose and smelled it, then smiled knowingly, put the thing in his sleeve pocket and walked in.

"grown ups……"

"Did you hear me tell you to get out?!"

There was a hint of sweet and tantalizing fragrance in the room, obviously some kind of incense with aphrodisiac effect, Yan Yuque's face was full of anger, his chest heaved slightly, and he was leaning on the soft couch, his belt was thrown away. On the ground beside him, the unfettered skirts were casually gathered, his face was full of lust, his hair was in a loose bun, and a few strands of hair were hanging down from his temples. The other side of Yan Yuque, who people think is not easy to get close to, will never show in front of people. "

Liu Qi went straight to him, "Sir, come with the villain, there is something you will be interested in."

Yan Yuque frowned, but seeing that his expression was so sincere when he spoke, he stopped thinking about it, thinking that he must really have something important to see before he barged in like this, "Wait outside for a while , I’ll change clothes and come.”

Liu Qi took Yan Yuque to a tea house opposite the branch of Jinlin Buzhuang.

The newly opened Jinlin Cloth Shop mainly sells Hang satin, Hang Luo, Song brocade, Hao yarn, etc. from Lin'an. There is a crowd of people in the room, and the threshold is broken.Compared with other cloth villages, there is no such a good business, including Yan's own shop, which is also deserted, which forms a sharp contrast with Jinlin cloth village.

"What is your intention? You want me to see how good my opponent is in the capital?" Yan Yuque said unhappily, as if wanting to leave.

Liu Qi smiled lightly, and said softly, "The villain brought the adults here for a purpose, you see..." After finishing speaking, he pointed to the second floor of the branch of Jinlin Buzhuang.

Yan Yuque looked in the direction of his finger, but when he saw it, he was dumbfounded and surprised.

Liu Qi continued beside him: "This time, I'm afraid we really found what we wanted..."

The second floor of Jinlin Cloth House seems to be a guest room and a study room. At this time, the panes are half-opened. Through the slanted window slit, one can faintly see a piece of cloth on the table in a certain room, and the visible part It can be concluded that the pattern of the fabric is exactly the same as that of the Queen Mother's neon dress and feather coat.

"It seems that what Su Xin said is true..." Yan Yuque withdrew his gaze, and said in a low voice, "The flower picker who weaved the flower book was indeed at his place." Turning around, he took two steps slowly, " Now that we have ready-made fabrics, it doesn't matter whether we have the flowers or not..."

"But my lord..." Liu Qi reminded him, "The villain thinks that they put this piece of fabric there for us to see, maybe they already know that we are looking for this thing, so the villain guesses that they must have done this. There is a purpose, and this piece of fabric will not be sold so easily.”

Yan Yuque put his hands behind his back, raised his chin slightly, and smiled coldly, "Lian Yulou wants to use this trick to negotiate chips with me? Hmph! It's too simple to think!"

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After knowing that the so-called Lord Lian Wu had the fabric they wanted, Yan Yuque went to the Yantie Division.

If it wasn't for the tapestry painting before, I wouldn't have gone to Lin'an to look for Lian Yulou, and if Lian Yulou had stayed in Lin'an all the time, I wouldn't have been too embarrassed, but it's a pity that he obviously didn't have that kind of thought. He actually drove the semicolon to the capital and ran to his own territory!

That being the case, then he will go along with the flow and show the friendship of the landlord a little, so that Lian Yulou knows what will happen if he steps into his own territory!

Because people from the Yantie Division were required to come forward to help, Yan Yuque went to find his mentor, Mr. Xu. During the meeting, Mr. Xu mentioned his marriage with Xu Rou again, and urged Yan Yuque to prepare the dowry and come to propose marriage.

In fact, Yan Yuque had already reached the age when he should be married. For ordinary people at his age, the oldest child would probably be able to go to the fields to help with work, but he was always alone, and he didn't even have a concubine room.

Mr. Xu had intended to match him and his own daughter early on. The two families were well matched in terms of family background and status. It was a match made in heaven, but for some reason, Yan Yuque kept procrastinating with excuses. If Xu Rou hadn't made up his mind to marry him, who would be the girl? Are you willing to wait like this, wasting your time in vain?Master Xu naturally felt sorry for his daughter, so he urged him several times to get the marriage done.

It's not that Yan Yuque doesn't like Xu Rou. Xu Rou is gentle, dignified, virtuous and polite. He has crossed the threshold, but he gave his heart to Yan Yuque alone, but Yan Yuque has unspeakable hardships, and this marriage has become a stone in his heart, and it is too late to push it away now , Live up to the girl's good life, Mr. Xu will gradually lose face with himself, but if you don't push it away...

"Grandpa, we're here."

Yan Yuque withdrew his thoughts and got down from the sedan chair. It was already late when he came out of Xu's mansion, but he still wanted to go to the brocade courtyard to see the progress of the batch of fabrics.

Over the past few months, in order to catch up with work, the hundreds of looms in Lingjinyuan have not stopped, and the faces of the weavers and embroiderers are also full of exhaustion.

Yan Yuque turned around and didn't see Liu Qi, so he asked a weaver and learned that he was weaving flower books alone in the innermost room.

Yan Yuque couldn't help being surprised, as long as he got the piece of fabric that Lian Wuye had in hand, it would be no problem to repair the neon clothes and feather clothes, and he didn't need to spend any more effort to weave any flower books. What was he thinking?

Walked into that room with doubts.

It was very quiet inside, as if all the sounds would slowly settle down here.

The person who picked silk in front of the flower-picking frame had such a concentrated expression, the dancing candlelight outlined his delicate profile, and the flickering light fell on his slender eyelashes, and his lips were slightly parted, every time Every movement is so cautious, even breathing is long and slow, as if afraid that a single force will ruin the whole effort.

Yan Yuque stood at the door and watched for a long time.

Liu Qi's appearance is not outstanding, his facial features can only be regarded as handsome, but he always has a gentle smile on his face on weekdays, he is humble, considerate and considerate, so it will make people want to get close.

Yan Yuque looked at it, wondering if it was because of the flickering candlelight, he always felt that a person who was doing his work so seriously, with that serious expression, tight mouth corners, and focused eyes, As well as the lowered eyelashes, everything looks much more dazzling than usual, making people unable to bear to look away.

After Liu Qi finished weaving a pattern, he let out a sigh of relief and put down the bamboo in his hand. He rubbed his eyes with his hands, and then found Yan Yuque standing at the door. The smile submerged the whole person, "Why are you here, my lord?"

Yan Yuque didn't make a sound, and walked in. The last time I saw the pattern of the cross-stitched stretcher was just beginning, but now it is more than half completed, but there are a few omissions, which are the damaged places on the neon clothes and feathers.

"Didn't I tell you not to spend any more time making up this thing?"

Liu Qi looked back at the flower book on the stretcher, and asked, "Is your lord going to look for Yan Tiesi?"

Yan Yuque was surprised, he didn't tell anyone about it, how did he know?

"Who did you hear about?"

Liu Qi said: "Yan An told the villain that the lord went to Mr. Xu's place today, and Mr. Xu and Yantiesi have always been friends. Thinking back to a few days ago, we saw that Lord Lian Wu had the fabric we wanted. , and your lord has an attitude of being sure to win, so you can more or less guess your lord's intention to visit lord Xu."

Yan Yuque felt a little admiration in his heart, as expected of a person who has done a lot of delicate work, and observed the things around him so carefully.

The imperial court has recently strengthened its efforts to investigate private salt. As long as I have someone do something on the boat that transports the cloth in Jinlin Cloth, then I don’t even need to come forward. Submissive.

"That's right." Yan Yuque didn't deny it. For him, as long as he can get what he wants, it doesn't matter what means he uses.

Liu Qi, on the other hand, suppressed the smile on the corner of his mouth, looking unhappy, fingering the bamboo for picking flowers, and then cautiously said after a long while, "I want to ask you something..."

Yan Yuque felt fresh about his words. In the past two years since he came to Silk Brocade Academy, no matter how good his flower-picking skills are, he never thinks highly of himself, let alone make such and such requests, although sometimes Because of the difference in opinions, he contradicted himself a few words, but he always abided by his duties and completed his work dutifully.

So when he suddenly heard his request, Yan Yuque couldn't help being interested, and at the same time, a bit of contempt rose in his heart.

Sure enough, no matter how honest he usually is, at a certain point, his restless tail will always be exposed. I really want to see what kind of image I want to put on myself at this critical moment?

"Tell me, what do you want?"

But unexpectedly, Liu Qi did not ask for gold, silver or power that Yan Yuque had expected in his heart, but said: "No matter what method the adults use, the villain wants to restore the neon clothes and feather clothes with his own ability. Please allow the villain this request." His words were firm, his eyes were burning, even if he didn't have to answer Yan Yuque, he still seemed to be determined in his heart.

Yan Yuque didn't react for a while, and then he was surprised and said: "Even if you can remember the patterns with a photographic memory and repair the damaged parts after seeing them, can you guarantee that the neon clothes and feather clothes will be completed within the stipulated time?"

Liu Qi raised his head, his eyes were bright, and the firmness in his eyes made people tremble. He replied word by word: "The villain guarantees it with his life!" Seeing that Yan Yuque didn't immediately refuse, he said again: " My lord doesn't need to work hard to get that piece of fabric, but it's a shame that our Silk Brocade Academy is bullying others, and the flower picker is originally from the Silk Brocade Academy. This person, and the little one just took a look at it, and it only takes one look. This is originally a thing of Lingjinyuan. The little one thinks, in this way, others will not have doubts, and they will not be suspicious of Lingjinyuan and adults. What does reputation do?"

Yan Yuque sneered, "Fame? I, Yan Yuque, have always done things like this. I think I have no reputation at all."

"No, my lord, please don't say that." Liu Qi categorically denied his statement, "Everything your lord does is for the Silk Brocade Academy, even if your lord is usually strict, he still hopes that we will abide by our duties , everyone is quite afraid of adults, but I believe that they are actually full of awe of adults like the villain me.”

There is nothing in this world that sounds sweeter than compliments. Maybe they know that these words are just flattery, but few people will not be moved, including Yan Yuque who has always been cold and mean.

Yan Yuque clearly understands what kind of person he is, and has never felt regret or shame for the methods he used. He knew from a young age that if he wanted to keep his own things, he must use methods, otherwise he would have to use methods. You can only watch helplessly as everything that belongs to you falls into the pockets of others.

Although it didn't show on the face, Yan Yuque still felt a sense of relief in his heart. He was going to reprimand Liu Qi for making the decision without authorization, but he didn't know if his firm eyes moved him. Yan Yuque thought in his heart After a while, it is rare that the other party does not forcefully ask the other party to follow his own ideas.

"Actually, you have already made up your mind, so why bother to ask me? But I want to make a statement, if you can't finish the neon clothes and feather clothes within the deadline, your life will be of little use.",

Seeing that his request was granted, the tense look on Liu Qi's face was replaced by joy in an instant, "Thank you, my lord, for your fulfillment. I will definitely do my best to live up to my lord's trust!"

Yan Yuque turned his head to the side and coughed softly to hide his embarrassment. When his eyes were staggered, he saw the shining light full of longing in Liu Qi's eyes again.

So Liu Qi's plea is not a plea at all, but he wants people's recognition of his skills, and what he really wants is still hidden deep in his heart, and he doesn't want others to know.

After finishing what should be said, the room fell silent again, and the burning candle of "Ziz" burst out a light flower from time to time.

Yan Yuque felt that the quiet atmosphere made people feel a little weird, so he wanted to leave first, and let Liu Qi slowly concentrate on completing the flower book here alone, but when he turned around, he saw Liu Qi taking out a bag from his sleeve pocket. The small porcelain vase is placed on a cross-stitched frame.

"Master, the villain picked up this thing in the adult's room that day..."

Yan Yuque was stunned for a moment, but after seeing the porcelain vase clearly, he felt his mind explode, and then there was a blank, and his body moved a step before his consciousness could react.

He dashed up, grabbed Liu Qi by the neck and lifted him up against the wall, his eyes gleaming fiercely.

"Did you know something? What exactly are you going to do?"

"My, my lord..." Liu Qi was so pinched that he couldn't breathe, his cheeks were flushed, his eyes were watery, and he said with difficulty, "My lord, you misunderstood, the villain is not... the villain is not... "

Yan Yuque came back to his senses, realized what he was doing, and quickly let go, but the previous mood of being exalted to the sky because of his praise and flattery had already fallen to the bottom. The embarrassment and anger of the secret being revealed made his face at this moment look as if it had been sealed impenetrably by the thousand-year-old ice, and even his voice sank, with a faint murderous intent.

"You are a smart person. If you know some things, you can pretend that you don't know anything, but you still want to say it. What is your intention?"

After Yan Yuque let go, Liu Qi slid down against the wall and sat down on the ground with his hand on his chest, gasping for breath and coughing. It took him a while to recover, and then he raised his head timidly to look at Yan Yuque, His eyes were wet, and his face was full of horror and aggrieved.

"My lord, you have misunderstood, the villain is not laughing at you, it's just...just..."

"Just what?"

Liu Qi glanced sideways at the porcelain bottle on the cross-stitched frame, and said, "Although this medicine is effective for a while, it will cause damage to the human body if taken for a long time. If things go on like this, I'm afraid it will only do harm to the adult's illness..."

Hearing the word "disease", Yan Yuque clenched his hand hanging by his side into a fist and trembled, his eyes were sharp, and he stabbed Liu Qi's face like a sharp sword. After a while, he restrained his emotions and said coldly: " If it weren't for you being useful to Lingjinyuan, I would never let you get out of here alive today... From now on, keep your mouth shut, if there are any gossip outside, I will be the first to question you! After saying that, he turned and wanted to leave, but was stopped by Liu Qi.

"My lord, please wait a moment!"

Liu Qi hurriedly got up, chased after Yan Yuque and blocked Yan Yuque's way. Yan Yuque didn't expect that he would have the courage to do so, and frowned slightly, "What else do you want?"

Faced with the almost murderous look on Yan Yuque's face, Liu Qi swallowed his saliva, and boldly said: "Don't you want to discuss it with someone, maybe... maybe there are other ways... I know that for men Said, this is a matter that is extremely shameless and difficult to tell others, and the villain finally understands that the daughter of the lord and the lord Xu is clearly a match made in heaven, but they haven't gotten married for a long time..."

"shut up!"

Liu Qi was so overwhelmed that he didn't dare to look directly at Yan Yuque, but he didn't seem ready to give up. After taking a deep breath, he cautiously said in a low voice, "The villain... really wants to help the adults. ..."

Being exposed his secret, Yan Yuque only felt embarrassing, and just wanted to let this person disappear from his eyes immediately, but after seeing his timid but still persistent eyes, he felt that because of this disease, he erected a solid barrier, The heart that resists others for thousands of miles seems to be shaken a little.