Huaxi Chronicle

Yan Cong'an's maternal ancestor, Lu Wenyuan, is the emperor teacher of the current empress.When the empress was still the crown prince, Lu Wenyuan was the empress dowager.After the empress ascended the throne, Lu Wenyuan was granted the title of Marquis of the Founding of the country, with seven hundred food towns.

Lord Lu Hou has one daughter and two sons, and the eldest daughter, Lu Wanqing, is Yan Cong'an's mother.After the accidental death of his eldest daughter, Master Lu loved his only grandson even more.

This time when Yan Cong'an returned home from the capital, Lu Wenyuan sent more than ten family servants and guards with him to protect her.Naturally, there are many people on the road, which is a bit slow. The group stopped and stopped on the road, and it took more than 20 days to reach Binzhou, which is a part of Huaxi County.

Yesterday Yan Cong'an asked the accompanying convoy and servants to stay in Binzhou for an extra day, and he brought the two maids, Yuzhu and Treasure Box, and rushed back to Huaxi County one day earlier to meet Chu Wuge.

I never thought that when the carriage reached Bailipo, the situation would change suddenly and it would rain heavily.The rain was so violent that it was impossible to distinguish the direction, so the three master and servant had to find a nearby place to shelter from the rain.

As the name suggests, Bailipo is full of mountains and no villages. There is only one ruined temple, Qingshan Temple.

Qingshan Temple was first built in the former dynasty, more than a hundred years ago. In the early years, incense was at its peak. Later, due to war and turmoil, monks abandoned the temple to avoid chaos, and then gradually fell into disrepair.Up to now, the houses in the temple have not been repaired for many years, and most of them have collapsed, leaving only broken walls and ruins. Only the roof tiles of the main hall are not damaged, which can barely shelter from the rain.

When the three of them came to the main hall, many people had already hidden in the hall.An old woman with a young child sat under the Buddha statue facing the gate. There were piles of twos and threes on both sides of the main hall. At a glance, there should be more than ten people.

Outside the hall, there was a strong wind, thunder and rain, and only a little light on the side near the door of the hall.Some people in the hall lit a fire, but they could still see their faces, but it was dark in the back of the hall, so it was hard to see if there were other people hiding in it.

The treasure box went a few steps ahead, found a corner in the hall, and after a brief tidying up with Yuzhu, Yan Cong'an was asked to sit down and rest.

The three of them had just sat down when two men in coarse cloth bunts looked at each other in the hall.One of the dark and thin men glanced at Yan Cong'an's master and servant, then pointed to the dark hall behind him, rolled his eyes at the other, and showed a malicious smile.When the man saw it, he also gave a smirk.

Then the two got up at the same time and walked towards the three of them.

The black and thin man who was walking in front was slightly arched, with a straw in his mouth, and his clothes were loose. He rubbed his hands from time to time as he walked, with a wretched smile on his face.The moment Yan Cong'an stepped into the temple gate, he kept staring at the three of them.

The man thought to himself, although the woman in the middle is wearing a white gauze, which cannot make people see her face clearly, but the two maids beside her are also pretty and lovely, and the master must not be too ugly.

Thinking of this, he suddenly felt a little itchy, and evil thoughts abounded.After confirming that there were no more entourages behind the three of them, the man became even more lustful and couldn't wait to step forward to talk to the three of them.

Before the two approached, Treasure Box stood up and stood in front of the visitor.

The man in front was slightly taken aback, but he didn't pay attention to the action of the treasure box blocking the way. He grinned and said with a smirk: "Little girl, is that your little lady behind?"

After asking, he couldn't help rubbing his hands again, and then said, "This little lady is delicate and weak, and the wind will blow her away. Sitting on the ground like this will catch the cold. Why don't you let her go to brother's side?" Come on, brother, there is a fire over there, warming up with the fire is very comfortable."

The man behind him also walked up to the treasure box while the two were talking, and echoed with a smirk: "That's right, that's right, this ruined temple is really cold, you can sit in brother's arms, brother's arms are even warmer warm."

The two spoke vulgarly and acted vulgarly, clearly wanting to molest Yan Cong'an and the other three.

Although the main hall is spacious, the corner where the three of them sit is not too remote.Not far from them, there were four or five people sitting sporadically.Sitting a little closer is a couple dressed as peasants.Seeing this scene, the man stood up and wanted to walk towards the three of them.

But before he could take a step, the woman beside him reached out and tugged at the hem of his clothes.She looked at the man and shook his head slightly. The man thought for a while, then lowered his head and sat back, without looking at anyone else.

And the rest of the people in the distance didn't seem to hear the movement here, they all looked at the door of the hall together, staring at the pouring rain outside the hall.

Seeing Yan Cong'an looking at the people sitting in the distance, the black and thin man sneered, and said in a breathless voice: "Little lady, I told you not to think about it..."

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by a clear voice behind him: "So you are here too, I thought the three of you had returned to the city early."

The black and thin man was very dissatisfied when he heard someone interrupt him.He frowned, twisted two sparse eyebrows, turned around angrily, and stared at the visitor.

At this moment, standing behind him was a scholarly woman in a blouse with a pretty face.

Seeing another woman, he loosened his eyebrows and grinned to show his yellow teeth: "Little lady, you interrupted me, but you want to go to the arms of brothers with them to keep warm?"

The scholar lady seemed not to have heard his vulgar words, and said to him with a light smile: "Uncle, the one sitting over there is my cousin. Be careful not to get separated. They are going to sit with us there, please make way for the two of you, don't block the way."

As the scholar said, she pointed to the fire in the southwest corner of the hall, and there were four or five teenagers sitting beside the fire.The few people around the fire were looking at this side. After seeing the scholar lady looking at them, they stood up one after another, making a gesture to walk this way.

The two men took a step back slightly when they saw four or five people who were about to come.The few people in the distance are all dressed as scholars, and they all look like young people in their sixteenth or seventeenth year.The two weighed it in their minds, the other party had many people, if they really fought, they might not be able to take advantage of it.

The two of them looked at each other, they had to laugh and walk away, and sat back to where they came from.It's just that the eyes of the two of them have been staring at them all the time, and they never take it back.

Yan Cong'an looked at the scholar lady in front of the treasure box, quite surprised.When she was away from home, she was originally a stranger, so she thought that no one would help her.

When those two people came over just now, Yan Cong'an wasn't worried at all.The maid's treasure box next to her, although dressed as a maid, is indeed Yan Cong'an's personal bodyguard.

She has practiced martial arts since she was a child, and she is very skilled. She can do a few moves when she meets anyone in the world who can punch, and she is more than enough to deal with the two hooligans in front of her.

It is precisely because of this that Yan Cong'an dared to leave the convoy and go on the road ahead of time with only the treasure box and Yuzhu.

Seeing the two men walking away, the scholars on the side of the main hall sat back and did not continue walking towards this place.It's just that from time to time someone will look at them, bow their heads and talk with a smile on their faces.

Although the two of them had already sat back in the corner, the treasure box did not leave. They were still standing in front of Yan Cong'an, looking warily at the unfamiliar person in front of them.

The person in front of her didn't care much when she saw this, she stretched her eyebrows, smiled and said to the treasure box: "Next is Xun Feibai, a student from Chengnan Academy in Huaxi County, and the people sitting over there are all my classmates and friends. Seeing that the three girls met I came here to bother you because of some troubles, and I have no evil intentions."

While talking, Xun Feibai turned his head to look outside the hall, and continued: "The mountain is raining continuously, and I'm afraid it won't stop for a while. I see that the sky outside is getting darker and darker. I'm afraid I won't be able to go on my way tonight. The three of you I'm afraid it's not safe to sit here alone overnight. If the three of you don't mind, you can sit with us over there."

What Xun Feibai said was not unreasonable, even if the rain had stopped and the mountain road was muddy, it was really not appropriate to drive overnight.

The treasure box turned to look at Yan Cong'an, and Yan Cong'an turned his head to Xun Feibai carefully.

This person looked about fifteen or sixteen years old, dressed in a light blue shirt, with delicate features, and a warm smile on his face.

After thinking for a while, she nodded slightly to the treasure box, then got up and walked towards the two.

Seeing her get up, Xun Feibai didn't say anything more, turned around and led the three master and servant towards the companion.

Seeing her leading the three of them approaching, the companions all sat closer one after another to make room for them.

Today Xun Feibai went for an outing with some of his classmates and friends. Unexpectedly, they encountered a heavy rain before they reached the outing place. In desperation, they had to hide in the temple to avoid the rain.

They were the first to come, they picked up the straw from the temple and put it on the ground, and they also found some dry firewood to start a fire. Compared with the others who were sitting on the ground, they were a bit less embarrassed.

Cui Jiaze and Xun Feibai have been friends for many years, just now when he saw Xun Feibai getting up and walking to the other side of the ceremony, he was a little puzzled.

At this moment, seeing her leading the three of them towards him, he stood up, walked to Xun Feibai, grabbed her arm, winked and said, "Why did you pick up three little ladies in just a short while? Are you Acquainted with them?"

He paused, looked at the three people behind her, and joked, "Or did you fall in love with the little lady in white?"

Xun Feibai heard the teasing meaning in his words, slapped his hand off, and said seriously: "Don't talk nonsense, I just couldn't bear to see the three of them being bullied, so I came to help."

Cui Jiaze hecked twice, but in a blink of an eye he saw Xun Feibai bowing his head to get his straw mat.He hurriedly stretched out his hand, trying to grab the straw mat, but he couldn't move as fast as Xun Feibai, and he missed it. He said anxiously, "Hey, hey, hey, what are you doing with my straw mat?"

Cui Jiaze's family background is good, and he has been taken care of by servants since he was a child, and he can't stand being dirty at all.Today they went out for a picnic and had to sit on the floor, so he brought straw mats from home.

Xun Feibai reached out his hand to block him, lowered his voice, and tried to comfort him: "Be quiet, don't disturb others' rest. You are a big man, how dare you sit on a straw mat by yourself and let other girls sit on hay? Don't be so stingy, this mat will not disturb you. Let them use it, and I'll buy you a new one when I get back to the county."

Cui Jiaze couldn't stop him, Xun Feibai had already spread the straw mat and put it aside, he didn't have the nerve to take it back, so he could only stare at Xun Feibai bitterly.

Ignoring his gaze, Xun Feibai arranged the mats and said to the master and servant, "Three girls, please sit here."

The scene of pulling the cushion just now fell into Yan Cong'an's eyes, and he found it quite interesting, and the corners of his mouth under the veil slightly curved.Knowing her kindness, Yan Cong'an did not refuse, thanked her, and sat down.

The treasure box and the jade beads also thanked each other and sat on either side of Yan Cong'an.