Jin Yu Dynasty

Xuan Huaifeng got angry outside the study room, the words came out of his mouth, caught Bai Xuelan's heart and mind, was borrowed by Bai Xuelan, and scolded him bitterly, but he couldn't refute with a single word.

Can only turn around and leave.

After walking in a hurry for a while, I stopped to take a look, and saw the shimmering, green leaves like discs, and I returned to the lotus pond again, feeling lost.

He picked a round stone and sat down, watching the little fish swimming lightly under the lotus leaves hiding from the sun, he was fascinated by it for a while, and sat there for 10 minutes, when he suddenly heard a human voice, suddenly Surprised, he turned around.

It turned out that there were two guards on patrol, and they were passing by on the gravel road behind. They didn't know what to talk about, and they were talking happily. They didn't pay much attention to the people sitting by the pond, and passed by with their spears on their backs.

Xuan Huaifeng felt stupid again.

He took the initiative to ask for peace, and asked himself that he had already given up three points. Since Bai Xuelan refused to accept the favor and flatly refused, it was Bai Xuelan's choice.

Why did Bai Xuelan break the kite string, so she had to mourn and act ridiculously like a loser?

I can only hate this person, since he decided not to communicate with each other, why did he do the work of the spy again, to ask for a few words that he said, and still remember all the hatred, and shoot back every word like a gun?

it is good.

Don't you let me have fun freely?

Then I am free to enjoy myself.

If you don't want to communicate, you simply don't want to communicate at all!

Xuan Huaifeng's eyes sparkled.

Thinking of it this way, most of the feeling of weakness in my heart disappeared, and because I was determined to fight against it, I became excited as if I had found my goal.

He stood up, as if to record this moment of great determination, raised his wrist and rolled up his sleeve.

I was taken aback.

The wrist was empty, and there was no trace of the diamond-encrusted gold watch that Bai Xuelan gave her.

Xuan Huaifeng was stunned, and touched his five fingers on his wrist, as if he was not sure that it was really gone, "Where did it go? Where did it go?"

He hurriedly rummaged through his pockets, groped his body, searched for it, but still couldn't find it, and was sweating profusely.

After standing there thinking hard for a while, I suddenly remembered that when I went to my sister's house today, I took it off and put it on the wooden shelf when I washed my hands.

How could I forget this?

While regretting, he also felt that he shouldn't regret, and said stubbornly in his heart, this watch was sent by Bai Xuelan to express his love. Now that the love has disappeared, why do you still keep the watch?Maybe it is lost, it is a fate in the dark.

He sat back on the boulder resentfully, clenched his fists and pressed his knees.

But how long can he persist in this stubbornness?

The futile inner struggle, if there is no audience, there is probably no need to continue.

After a while, he stood up again amidst the unease that he had failed something.

Even though he was very unconvinced, he hurried towards the phone booth.

When we got to the telephone room, we dialed Nianzhai's phone number. When the concierge heard the voice, he knew it was him, and said respectfully, "Young Master Xuan, please wait a moment. I'll ask your wife to answer the phone."

Xuan Huaifeng hurriedly said, "No, no, don't disturb my sister, just find Mama Zhang."

The porter said, "Okay, I'll call her over for you."

Mama Zhang saw that Miss Uncle used the phone too many times, and it was the first time she was called to answer the phone. After breaking this foreign thing, he pinched it tremblingly with two fingers, and asked to it, "Is it the young master?"

Xuan Huaifeng said, "Mother Zhang, it's me."

Zhang Ma let out a long hey.

Xuan Huaifeng said: "I have one thing. I went to my sister's place today, didn't you bring me water to wash my hands? There is a watch, I seem to have dropped it. Have you seen it?"

Zhang Ma said, "What watch? Why didn't I see it?"

When Xuan Huaifeng heard that he didn't see it, he became a little anxious, and said restrainedly: "I remember, I took it off and put it on the wooden shelf of the washbasin, did you really not see it?"

Zhang Ma said, "Young master, if I see it, can I not tell you?"

Xuan Huaifeng said: "Then help me to look in that room, maybe I didn't pay attention, and I landed in a corner. You go quickly, if you find it, put it away for me. Don't hang up the phone, I'm right here Waiting for your letter."

Zhang Ma agreed, took the microphone to look around, weighed it, put it on the wooden table, and said to the concierge: "Please help me look, the young master said not to hang up."

I ran in small steps to the small wing room where Xuan Huaifeng served handwashing water during the day, but there was only an old towel hanging on the wooden shelf, and there was no watch.

Zhang Ma looked back and forth in the room, then hurried back, took the microphone and said, "Young Master, I don't see anything on the wooden shelf."

Xuan Huaifeng asked: "What about the ground? Will it fall on the ground? What's behind the door? You should look for it all."

Zhang Ma said, "I've seen it all, but it's really not there."

The phone on the other side was silent for a while.

Mama Zhang said, "Don't worry, if you accidentally land here, you can find it anyway. Why don't I call more people and search for you carefully."

Xuan Huaifeng thought of the words on the back of the gold watch, and really didn't want outsiders to see it, so he hurriedly asked Mama Zhang not to do this, sighed, and said, "It's a small thing, don't make a scene. Just please pay attention to it for me, if you see it , please put it away for me. You don’t need to tell my sister about this.”

Mama Zhang hung up the phone, came out of the phone booth, and walked east of the atrium in her clothes.

It happened that Xuan Daiyun's face flashed by the window, and he asked through the window, "Mother Zhang, I told you to wash my hair with hot water, which made me wait for a long time. What are you doing like scalding your feet like ants?"

Zhang Ma then turned around, walked into the main room, and said to Xuan Daiyun, "I was just talking to the young master on the phone."

Xuan Daiyun said: "Oh, this is a rare thing. Huaifeng is very good, what are you doing on the phone?"

Zhang Ma just stood there and smiled.

Xuan Daiyun said: "In front of me, don't be careless. Huaifeng has learned a lot of bad habits since he went to the customs office. I think he is different from before. He seems to be avoiding me on purpose. Now, Even you have become sneaky? Tell me quickly, don’t let me ask you a second time. Otherwise, I’ll call a car and go to the Bai Mansion in person, and I have to ask you everything.”

Mama Zhang had no choice but to say, "Miss, you have wronged me. What am I doing sneakily? It's just that the young master said that he came here today. He probably took off his watch while washing his hands. He forgot where he left it. He asked me to find it for him."

Xuan Daiyun said: "This is not something shameful, why didn't you say it just now?"

Mama Zhang said, "Oh, it's me. It's the young master who said not to mention it to you. Probably the watch is worth a few dollars. He is a young man with a thin skin. Maybe he let you know, lest you scold him for not cherishing things. "

Xuan Daiyun said: "Go, go. In your eyes, I am now the King of Hades, a dominatrix. Why is everyone acting as if they are afraid of me? Don't be disgusting. Besides, others don't know me. , don’t you know me? Why have I ever scolded him for these money and material things.”

Zhang Ma said, "That's right. In fact, miss, you love the young master in your heart, and I know it best."

Xuan Daiyun raised his hand and pulled out the hairpin on his head, and said: "Get hot water, my head is really itchy these two days. Also, take out the winter jasmine soap that my uncle brought back yesterday, I want it make it."

Gently twisting his neck, half of his body was reflected in the vanity mirror opposite.

She put her hand on her swollen belly, rubbed it lightly through her clothes, and smiled at the mirror.

He put this matter behind him.

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After talking on the phone with Zhang Ma, Xuan Huaifeng was very depressed.

In his heart, Bai Xuelan is certainly hateful, even if he comes to apologize, he may not have any plans to get back together.

But that gold watch should not be lost.

This is my own fault.

Bai Xuelan hated it so much for casually saying something in the car, if Bai Xuelan knew that the watch was lost, it would be even more terrible, I don't know how ugly things I would have to say.

When Xuan Huaifeng thought of this, he bit his lower lip.

It seems that the two sides in the struggle are facing each other, their swords are on the verge of breaking out, one side is inattentive, a little negligent, but the enemy caught his fault again, very aggrieved with grievances and nowhere to complain.

He decided to keep this secret and never let Bai Xuelan know.

Xuan Huaifeng walked out of the phone room, and walked back slowly and unobtrusively from under the flower wall. The hanging grape vines lightly brushed over his forehead, making it tickle.

As he walked, he raised his hand to brush away those gentle and lingering branches, and the small dark green leaves slid across his palm, full of the smell of summer evening.

It's really annoying and heartbreaking to be caught in this annoying quarrel and rupture in the season that should be colorful.

Xuan Huaifeng sighed helplessly, and really wanted to completely hate Bai Xuelan, so as to keep himself away from this state of mind of worrying about gains and losses.

But knowing is easier than doing.

The hatred for Bai Xuelan is like a tide.

Know that he is hateful, hateful, too hateful.

When the tide was high, the sea of ​​hate surged over and flooded a large area.

You thought it was all buried.

But as time passes by every minute and every second, there will always be an ebb tide, and it can't be stopped.

As the water recedes inch by inch, the eternal beach is exposed one by one, and only then do we know where there is something buried, and the sand is still sand, and the reef is reef.

There are even a few more clean and beautiful shells of memory, dotted on the beach like gems.

Xuan Huaifeng shook his head and murmured to himself, "I just got on a pirate ship..."

Easy to get on board, hard to get off.

As if to reconcile with his worldly love, at this moment, a worldly smell of food wafted from elsewhere and penetrated into the tip of his nose.

He hadn't eaten two mouthfuls of food this day, but he was suddenly aroused by hunger.

Xuan Huaifeng raised his head, concentrated for a while, and heard a faint sound of music fluttering, like a Beijing Hu pipa ensemble, with someone singing in between.

Just as he was thinking, a man dressed as a servant suddenly turned out from the small door in front of him. Seeing Xuan Huaifeng, he stopped quickly and called out, "Adjutant Xuan."

Xuan Huaifeng took a closer look, and it turned out that it was Fu San who hadn't seen him for a long time, and when he looked at the big three-layer food box in his hand, he understood where the alluring aroma of food came from.

Behind this wall is the small kitchen connected to the mansion.

Xuan Huaifeng said, "So it was you. How is your mother's illness now? With so many good dishes, where are you going to send them?"

Fu San put the big food box on the ground, knelt down, and bowed to Xuan Huaifeng.

Xuan Huaifeng took a step back in panic, and said, "What are you doing? Get up quickly."

Fu San kowtowed, then stood up, patted the ashes on his knees, smiled and said, "Thanks to you, my mother has recovered from her illness. This is her old man's order, saying that I saw you, I must give you a kowtow. This is not a coincidence. I just kowtow. I don’t usually meet you. I don’t dare to come to you and disturb you. I also know that I am ashamed of the unsatisfactory things I did. But I can assure you that I have really changed, no matter how dirty my hands and feet are, you can just take a gun and shoot me in the heart.”

Then, he said: "These dishes were sent to Xiaohua Hall, where the chief ate."

Xuan Huaifeng asked: "How can he eat all these dishes by himself? Don't be overwhelmed."

Fu San didn't want to say it at first, but because he felt that he owed Xuan Huaifeng's favor, and he was too embarrassed to hide it from him, he hesitated for a moment, looked around, and said in a low voice: "Adjutant Xuan, let me tell you, don't take it to heart. Otherwise, I won’t say anything, why make you angry for nothing.”

Thinking about the pipa singing just now, Xuan Huaifeng guessed three points, and sighed, "You can just say it. These days, I am often blamed, and I only have to be popular with others. How dare I be angry."

Only then did Fu San secretly tell him, "A lot of people are eating with the chief executive in the flower hall. These dishes have been sent to the second round, and the master in the small kitchen is still cooking. Originally, the chief executive asked someone to invite Yuliuhua over. Later Yuliuhua arrived, but the chief didn't think it was lively enough, so he asked her to call and call a few more acquaintances, and planned to play mahjong after dinner, saying that he wanted to have fun as much as he could. Now, isn't he having fun? .”

When Xuan Huaifeng heard this, he turned his head and left.

Fu San hurriedly pulled him and asked, "Don't go there, the chaos in the small flower hall will smoke you. The so-called acquaintances who sing opera are all unworthy of the stage. You are a decent person, don't be as knowledgeable as them, otherwise Lost your identity."

Xuan Huaifeng turned his head and said, "Who is going to the Xiaohua hall. I'll go back to my room to eat. Could it be that his side is happy, and my side deserves to be hungry?"

Only then did Fu San let go, and went to deliver the food with the food box.

Xuan Huaifeng walked 30 meters and gradually slowed down.

Originally, Fu San didn't mention it, he really didn't have the idea of ​​going to Xiaohua Hall.As soon as the pace slowed down now, the bottom of my heart felt a little ready to move.

He also knows that it is extremely ridiculous, extremely sad, and extremely undesirable to narrow-mindedly investigate other people's actions, to hate and be bitter.

only……

Xuan Huaifeng stopped, gritted his teeth, stomped his feet, turned around resolutely, and went straight to Xiaohua Hall.

As soon as he reached the bottom of the stairs, he heard a burst of laughter, among the women's giggling laughter, there was Bai Xuelan's laugh.

Although the laughter of those women is noisy, noisy, like wild flowers blooming everywhere, there are several kinds of charming and crisp in it, but they can't suppress Bai Xuelan's low laughter that shakes her chest, just like the eyes full of snow, can't suppress it A strong pine tree standing upright against the wind.

Hearing Bai Xuelan's laughter, Xuan Huaifeng stepped on the stairs and couldn't help but stop, looking up at the shaking blurred shadow on the window on the second floor.

Clenched fist.

He asked himself that he came here with a calm attitude of no hatred, no hatred, no anger, no resentment, but he just wanted to see what kind of trouble Bai Xuelan could make, so he gave up his mind.

Unexpectedly, before anyone saw him, just hearing that burst of laughter, an unknown fire ignited.

She was even more angry than when Bai Xuelan cursed through the door and she was insulted for no reason.

Xuan Huaifeng gritted the teeth of the upper and lower rows of white shellfish, not letting the heels of his leather shoes make any noise on the wooden stairs, and quietly went up to the second floor, with his back against the wooden partition wall.

A woman's voice was heard saying: "This cup, you can't escape."

Xuan Huaifeng frowned.

He had heard this voice before, but he was not familiar with it.

I can't remember at the moment.

I heard Bai Xuelan say again: "It's okay to drink. However, you have to have a drink with you."

Another female voice was recognized by Xuan Huaifeng. It was Miss Yuliuhua, smiling and saying: "Chief, don't embarrass my sister. She is tender. Besides, her mother has strict discipline and never allows She drank too much. Why don't I accompany you for a drink and let her sing you a little song next to you. Sister Furong, isn't your "Pear Blossom Tears" very good? Sing a good part for the chief."

After hearing Yuliuhua's words, Xuan Huaifeng suddenly understood.

The one who spoke just now was a young woman whom she met with her brother-in-law in the park.

At that time, didn't the third brother introduce that he was a famous art performer, Green Furong?That is, Yuliuhua's colleague.

Bai Xuelan disapproved and said: "Bringing "Pear Blossom Tears" to drink, wouldn't it be more worrying to drink? I want to have fun today, but I don't want to listen to "Pear Blossom Tears". Yuliuhua wants to drink with me, Then drink. But you, you, and you, if you want to stop drinking, you must sing me a qualified song. You come first, and other instruments are omitted. Only the pipa accompaniment makes the lyrics more refreshing .”

Probably someone in the room was called by Bai Xuelan, and it was another delicate voice that she had never heard before, softly asking: "It doesn't matter if I sing, but, what is a qualified song?"

Bai Xuelan said: "You choose to sing what you think is good, it suits my taste, and I will naturally reward you."

The woman pondered for a while, then said, "Then let's sing this."

A few times the pipa was turned, and then I heard Yingying singing: "Together with one heart, we will spend this life. Qin and Se are in harmony, and Luanfeng is singing in harmony..."

After singing only one line, Bai Xuelan snorted and said: "Stop it, stop it. This song is totally unqualified. What is it like to be united and spend the rest of your life? It's all a poet's self-righteous fantasy. Anyone who says that love is eternal, and people who say it will last forever, They are all big liars, and they should all be shot for fraud.”

He had already drunk a few cups at this time, seemed drunk, and uttered some crazy words, everyone followed his intentions, giggled and said: "That's right, you are a high-ranking official, you really see it clearly. Emperor Tang’s night dream, Liang Zhu’s transformation into a butterfly, they’re just staged on the stage, just to coax fools.”

Afterwards, several people babbled and sang, Bai Xuelan had bad things to say, and some good things to say, drinking and eating vegetables, having fun with the girls.

When it was Lv Furong's turn to sing, just after she sang the words "Things in My Heart", Bai Xuelan stopped again, and said with a smile, "I said I'm going to be happy tonight, but you should be punished for thinking about your worries. Yuliuhua, this Once you are not allowed to help her, you must ask her to drink a glass of punishment. Come here, come to my side to receive the punishment."

Lv Furong seemed ashamed and said: "If you bully me again, I will have to leave."

Bai Xuelan said: "You're leaving, I'm disappointed. Then I'll punish you, sister Yu, who told her to bring you here? It's making me really annoyed."

Yuliuhua groaned, and said, "This is sitting in a row? It's so unfair! Sister Furong, don't hurt me, go over and confess your guilt obediently, cheer the chief up, drink one... no, you simply drink three cups ... Chief, look at this matter, how well have I done it?"

Bai Xuelan smiled and said, "Very good, very good."

Lu Furong said, "You just bully me."

Sure enough, she walked to Bai Xuelan's side and drank a cup.

Everyone applauded.

Xuan Huaifeng was outside listening to Bai Xuelan chatting and laughing with them, it was very unpleasant.At this time, another footman came up the stairs with a food box.

Xuan Huaifeng shrank back, hiding around the corner, not to let the servant see.

Can't help feeling bitter.

Why bother, it's really mediocre to find anger for myself like this.

But very unwilling to leave like this

In the room, Bai Xuelan didn't know what to say, and all the girls laughed and chattered into a mess, with some miscellaneous and indecent words.

Yuliuhua said: "They all sang, I should sing something too."

Bai Xuelan said: "If you sing well, I will reward you too."

Yuliuhua smiled and said: "Forget it, for your reward, I will go all out for once. I usually don't sing this song when I accompany people to eat. Today, I will have fun for you and make an exception."

Holding the pipa in her arms, she plucked it with her five fingers, singing softly and charmingly, "Make love on the coral pillow. Hold the rain and carry the clouds, and the phoenix and the luan."

With just this one sentence, Bai Xuelan yelled "Hello" and laughed bitterly.

Yuliuhua was very proud of this good sound, so she sang more and more, "...the waist is in the east wind, and the cherry lips are fragrant and misty. The phoenix rolls over the dragon, and it is coquettish. The love is endless, and it is useful." Thousands of things."

As she sang, Bai Xuelan slapped the table happily, and said, "It's hard for you to be nice. I'll write you a check for 1000 yuan and let you buy two new outfits. The waist is in Dongfeng style, Well, you are also a beauty with a slender waist..."

Xuan Huai's handsome face sank.

Unbearable, she turned around abruptly, rushed down the stairs without saying a word, and headed towards the gate of the mansion. Halfway there, she stopped abruptly, her chest was filled with blood, and there was a bit of stubbornness in her eyes.

Bending down to pick up a stone, went back downstairs, raised his hand and threw it at the window on the second floor.

This attack in anger was extremely accurate, there was only a crisp bang, the stone smashed through the western stained glass window and fell straight in, and there was a burst of exclamation from Yingyan in the small flower hall.

As soon as Xuan Huaifeng managed to smash it, he turned around and ran away.

When Bai Xuelan appeared in the corridor on the second floor with a frightening momentum, she only caught a condescending figure of a long and familiar figure running towards the small courtyard like an antelope, and disappeared behind the water chestnut door in a flash.

Bai Xuelan held on to the railing, stretched her neck, and watched from a distance.

With a gloomy face, he had already disappeared.

Yuliuhua came out of the small flower hall, and surrounded Bai Xuelan with her sisters on the left and right, and followed his gaze, shaking her head and looking into the distance, complaining, "What a narrow-minded person, do such a thing. I'm dressed in a new suit. The woolen clothes are all stained with soup."

Bai Xuelan put her arms around her waist and said absent-mindedly: "What is that? I will give each of you two bolts of Japanese satin material tomorrow, and let you make new clothes. Or, I will give each of you a pair of pearl earrings, you What do you think?"

Everyone didn't expect him to be so generous, they cheered in surprise and thanked him repeatedly.

Bai Xuelan said: "Thank you, there is no need. Ask someone to re-arrange the table, and bring some hot wine and hot dishes to serve. You guys sing two more good songs. Well, it was you just now, and the qin and zi sang harmoniously, Luanfenghe Ming, it's very good. Wait a minute, you sing it again, just sing it carefully for me."

The girl named by Bai Xuelan was only fifteen or sixteen years old, an ugly girl who had just appeared on the stage twice, and didn't really understand the communication of these nobles, she was startled when she heard this, and asked naively, " Didn’t you say that the song was seriously unqualified? Why do you want me to sing it again?”

There was a glint in Bai Xuelan's eyes, a smile slowly escaped from the corner of her mouth, and she whispered: "Silly girl, this moment, that moment. Don't you even understand this?"

Although the smile was very light, it was also very charming.

Like the stars in the dark night sky, when they glance at them occasionally, they reveal a little bright, delicate, distant and elusive silver light.

Not even the brightest jewel in a king's crown can match it.