The general said she doesn't take a wife
Chapter 32 The Lantern Festival
She made an appointment with Lin Aoxue to watch the lanterns together on the second day, but Yunyan didn't stay long at the inn, before leaving, she told Lin Aoxue to ask the inn waiter to come over and tidy up the house for her, and change the cold bedding.
Lin Aoxue fully agreed and sent Yunyan out of the inn.
When she came out of the inn, she found that lanterns had been hung everywhere on the street, and the corner lanterns on the eaves of the shops had also changed colors, red and yellow, beautiful and full of strong Lantern Festival atmosphere.Yun Yan raised her eyes, looked at her with a smile, and said softly:
"Just walk around?"
Lin Aoxue didn't refuse, she followed Yun Yan, paced slowly along the street, and accompanied Yun Yan to continue walking the road that she hadn't finished a few days ago.Looking at the colorful lanterns on both sides of the street, Lin Aoxue thought deeply.
Unknowingly, she sent Yun Yan out of the house, until Yun Yan waved her hand, then opened the door and walked in, Lin Aoxue came back to her senses.
She looked at the closed courtyard gate not far away. On the way back to the inn, she bought some dried bamboo and colored paper from a nearby shop. After returning to the inn, she took her things and sat on the stone steps in the inner courtyard of the inn. , and began to tie lanterns.
The injury on her right hand has been healed for more than ten days, and the arm of her right arm has also scabbed. She split the dried bamboo into very thin bamboo strips and used them to build lamp stands. , she finally laid the colored paper on the skeleton and it looked decent.
Made two lanterns in a row, it was already late at night, Lin Aoxue went into the guest room with the lanterns, put the lanterns on the table, then asked Xiaoer to fetch water, washed up briefly, then lay down on the bed, and she closed her eyes. Looking up, it was rare that he didn't dream of anything related to the past, and fell asleep peacefully.
Early the next morning, Lin Aoxue got up early, held two lanterns in her hands, went to the market to buy some steamed cakes for breakfast, and went to Yunyan's house as promised.
Yunyan opened the door and saw Lin Aoxue standing outside the door, holding steamed cake in one hand and two lanterns in the other, she was very surprised, took the lanterns from Lin Aoxue's hand, looked carefully, and said in surprise:
"Did you do this yourself?"
She had seen Lin Aoxue's ability to make things with hands before, and saw that this lantern was very different from the ones sold outside, so she couldn't help guessing.Lin Aoxue didn't feel anything when she came, but when Yunyan asked, she shyly shy and nodded expressionlessly:
"Ah."
Seeing her like this again, Yun Yan rolled her eyes helplessly, then smiled and pulled her into the room, went to the kitchen to get a plate, put the still hot steamed cakes on the plate, and ate with Lin Aoxue.
The lanterns are only beautiful at night. They took a short break after eating steamed cakes before going out. Yunyan took Lin Aoxue to the famous Zhanyang Lake in the capital. Many beauties and talents are boating on the lake.
There are also many lanterns and stalls on the shore of the lake. At night, it will be even more lively.
Lin Aoxue and the two came to the lake with lanterns, and rented a cruise ship, and went boating on the lake. At a glance, the water was clear and the clouds were wide, and the willows on the shore had not yet sprouted new buds, showing a bit bleak.The fish in the lower reaches of the water are faintly visible, and the cool breeze blows on the face, but it makes people feel refreshed.
Yunyan took a guqin and sat outside the cabin, turned her head and asked Lin Aoxue with a smile:
"Aoxue, what do you want to hear?"
Lin Aoxue blinked, thought for a while, and said:
"Since we came to see the lake today, why not invite Yan'er to play a qin piece related to the lake."
Yunyan laughed lightly when she heard the words, and decided on her own what tune to play. With a slight movement of her green five fingers, the sound of the piano tinkled like flowing water, spread out on the lake, attracting the tourists in the cruise ships beside the lake With many gazes on the shore of the lake.
Lin Aoxue looked at Yunyan's side face playing the piano seriously, the soft and warm music rippling in her heart, making her in a trance for a while.With a movement of her throat, she suddenly fetched a pen and paper from the boat, and began to describe it in the posture of Yunyan playing the piano.
The Yunyan song ended, and after a moment of silence, there was warm applause from both sides of the cruise ship. Lin Aoxue was awakened by the sudden applause. Looking around, she saw that the cruise ships that were far away were approaching. Jing's young masters and young ladies all looked at Yunyan.
On the bow on the right side stood a young man in white clothes, his face was as white as jade, and he was handsome, holding a folding fan in his hand, he cupped his fists at Yunyan from a distance, and asked:
"The beauty on the lake is Miss Yunyan from Yanyu Tower?"
Yun Yan raised her eyes, her gaze swept across the face of this person, she didn't feel familiar.Yunyan has a very good memory. People who have met once will almost have some impressions. Even if this person has been to the Yanyu Building, he is not a very important person. Most likely, he is the scholar downstairs who put so much effort into reading the couplets.
Thinking of this, Yun Yan returned the other party with a generous and decent smile:
"If there is only one Yunyan in Yanyu Building, then it must be a little girl."
The young man in white obviously brightened his eyes, and there was a flash of joy on his face. He wrote his urgency on his face, but he pretended to be indifferent and flicked his sleeves, and said pretendingly:
"It is a rare fate to meet Miss Yunyan at Zhanyang Lake. I wonder if today is the Lantern Festival, will I have the honor to invite Miss Yunyan to enjoy the Zhanyang lantern together?"
He always regarded Lin Aoxue who was behind Yunyan as a young boy traveling with Yunyan, and he didn't care about Lin Aoxue at all.And after Brother Young Master said this, people on the other cruise ships on both sides also looked over, presumably wanting to hear Yunyan's answer.
Yun Yan's eyes fluttered, and she looked back at Lin Aoxue, but she saw Lin Aoxue's face was cold and silent, although she didn't show any dissatisfaction, the hand holding the pen stopped and didn't continue.
The corners of Yunyan's lips were raised, with a smile on her face, she turned her gaze again, and said to the young master:
"The little girl is fortunate to be loved by the young master, but today, unfortunately, Yunyan has already made an appointment, so I think she will not be able to make the appointment with the young master."
After saying this, the young man in white had obvious disappointment on his face, but he still tried his best to maintain his demeanor, and said with a smile:
"Since Miss Yunyan has already made arrangements, it is inconvenient for me to force others to make things difficult for me."
After he finished speaking, he probably felt that being rejected by the beautiful woman would be a hindrance to his face, so he stopped staying outside the boat for a long time, and returned to the cabin, asking the boatman to row the boat a little farther.And the people on the other cruise ships around also retreated in spite of the difficulties, and the people around Yunyan dispersed.
Lin Aoxue put down the pen, raised her eyes to look at Yunyan, there was no fluctuation on her face, but she didn't speak.
Yun Yan saw that she was holding a painting in her hand, so she got up and walked over, leaning sideways to see what Lin Aoxue drew just now, unexpectedly, as soon as she approached, Lin Aoxue closed the painting, her expression didn't change, but Yun Yan could clearly feel that she was nervous.
Seeing this, Yunyan burst out laughing, tugged at Lin Aoxue's arm, and said softly, with a hint of coquettishness in her tone:
"What did you draw just now, can you show me?"
Lin Aoxue's heart trembled, she was stiffened by Yunyan's extremely gentle tone, she pursed her lips tightly, her eyes were a little wandering, when Yunyan saw her distracted, she simply reached out and snatched the painting.
"!!!"
Lin Aoxue's eyes widened in shock. She tried to snatch it back with her backhand, but Yunyan pointed at the center of her eyebrows. Her other hand holding the painting was behind her back, and she moved closer with a smile, and said to Lin Aoxue:
"Sit down, if you dare to grab it, I won't watch the lantern with you today."
Lin Aoxue stared, her mouth was wide open, she could almost stuff an egg into it, she stared blankly at Yunyan, very unconvinced:
"Obviously you were the one who said you wanted to see the lanterns yesterday!"
She started getting serious.Yunyan invited her, but now she wants to go back on her word, what's the reason?
Yun Yan giggled when she heard the words, she nodded Lin Aoxue's eyebrows, and said cheerfully:
"Well, I said it first, and then you listen?"
Lin Aoxue quieted down, shut her mouth and did not speak.
Seeing that Lin Aoxue was finally being honest, there seemed to be sparkles in Yunyan's eyes, like the water in Zhanyang Lake, gentle and clear, as if it had the power to penetrate people's hearts.
She unfolded the painting in front of Lin Aoxue. In the painting, there is a woman sitting quietly playing the piano. The brush strokes are a little rough and seem a little rusty, but this painting is drawn with care, and the shape is deviated, but the person playing the piano is soft and gentle. The temperament outlines seven points.
This painting came into my eyes, and a flood of spring water spread like ripples in Yunyan's pupils. Lin Aoxue sat with a stiff face, with her back erect, fearing that she would see a disappointed expression on Yunyan's face.
She hasn't touched calligraphy and painting for a long time. When she was cultivating in the temple, when she was in a restless mood, she mostly used qin music to meditate, so she kept her qin skills. This painting, however, really lacked some heat, it was no longer what she was good at.
But what surprised her was that the smile on Yunyan's face was sincere and open, her eyes were bright, and she was happier than any famous masterpiece nearby. She showed the painting in her hand, turned to look at Lin Aoxue, and asked knowingly:
"Who are you drawing?"
Lin Aoxue almost wanted to jump directly into Zhanyang Lake to calm down. She opened her eyes wide and looked at the smile in Yunyan's eyes. Her throat moved slightly, and she clenched her teeth and said shamefully:
"Draw it casually."
This time, Yunyan did not let her go easily, she hugged the painting and leaned over, sat down beside Lin Aoxue, leaned lightly on her shoulder, and asked again:
"Then, if you draw it casually, who is it drawn?"
Lin Aoxue's face was tense, and her ears were already red. Under Yun Yan's smiling eyes, Lin Aoxue was finally defeated. She tugged at her sleeves and said in a low voice:
"It's you who drew it."
She spoke very softly, but Yun Yan could hear it clearly, she smiled all of a sudden, then leaned on Lin Aoxue's shoulder, lifted the painting, and looked at it carefully again.Lin Aoxue caught a glimpse of the person in the painting, she was so ashamed to face others, she just turned her head and pretended she couldn't see.
"Aoxue, can you give me this painting?"
The smile in Yunyan's eyes seemed to flow out, she leaned on Lin Aoxue's shoulder, felt Lin Aoxue's stiffness and tension, but felt extraordinarily stable in her heart.It would be great if I could always be with this person like this.
Lin Aoxue didn't turn her head back, but her eyebrows and eyes drooped down, and there was an inexplicable emotion hidden in her eyes. She looked at the glimmering waves on the lake, and gave a soft but sure "huh".
Yun Yan happily put away the painting, but she didn't get up, and leaned side by side with Lin Aoxue, admiring the lake view together.
The boatman took a look at them and thought to himself that the relationship between these two young masters and young ladies is really good.
In the middle of the lake, there are a few lotus flowers that have bloomed and failed. Their bare branches are floating on the water, and the lotus leaves are also burnt yellow.The rowing boatman looked up at the center of the lake while supporting the pole, and sighed with emotion:
"Winter, there is nothing to see. If you come here in summer, the lotus leaves will touch the sky, and the lake will be full of red lotuses, then it will be beautiful!"
Lin Aoxue was attracted by the content of the boatman's words. She turned her head to look at the fallen lotus leaves and broken branches, and asked suspiciously:
"The blooms in this lake are red lotuses?"
The boatman smiled and said:
"Yes, in summer, not only the red lotuses in the lake are beautiful, but do you see the small building opposite?"
Lin Aoxue looked in the direction of the boatman's finger, and saw several small buildings on the other side of the lake, one of which was particularly grand and majestic, roughly counting, about seven or eight floors, and at a glance, it was particularly outstanding.
At this time Yunyan answered the words, her gaze also fell on the tall building, and said:
"That should be the best loft built in Beijing in the past two years. I remember it was called the Golden Bird Tower."
The boatman smiled even more when he heard the words:
"Yes, it's the Canary Tower! When the red lotus blooms in summer, the four eaves of the Canary Tower are shimmering with golden light, reflecting the blue sky and white clouds behind, and the sea of red lotuses below. It looks like a pagoda fairyland, so magnificent! "
While talking, the boatman shook his head and sighed, lamenting that it is a pity that he has no chance to enjoy the beautiful scenery now.
Lin Aoxue, who had heard what the boatman said, had a flash of light in her eyes. She stared blankly at the Canary Tower standing on the shore of the lake in the distance, and the poem Sui Ling read to her echoed in her mind again. Get up: the golden yang floats and the clouds disperse, and the red lotus blooms one after another.
A flash of enlightenment rose to the tip of her heart, giving her a feeling of enlightenment.
Jinyang must be the Jinque Tower in Zhanyang Lake. The floating clouds are scattered, which is the roof of the building. You can see the place where the floating clouds are scattered. The red lotus blooms in sequence. It should be summer, when the red lotus blooms in Zhanyang Lake.
This summer, the Canary Tower in Zhanyang Lake.
This is the message hidden in the poem that Sui Liang told Lin Aoxue, but as for what is said in this sentence, what will happen in the Canary Tower, is to meet someone, or has other meanings, Lin Aoxue said Can't get to the bottom of it.
Her eyes are slightly closed. This summer, she should be guarding the northern border, and she probably won't return to the capital. I don't know if there is a chance to unlock the secret buried in the key.
Lin Aoxue didn't continue to inquire about the news about the Golden Bird Tower. Now that she understood the meaning of the poem, she temporarily suppressed the matter and waited until the time was right to find out.
It was getting late, and the boatman sailed to the shore. Lin Aoxue and Yunyan got off the boat together. Yunyan had a painting by Lin Aoxue in her arms and a lantern made by Lin Aoxue in her hand. She always had a smile on her face. Some pedestrians turned their heads and stopped in amazement.
But her mind was not on the resident passerby, she turned her head and chatted happily with Lin Aoxue.Lin Aoxue straightened her back involuntarily because there were too many people looking at her, but Yun Yan kept laughing at her for being rigid, and she didn't argue.
There were many people coming and going on the street. Lin Aoxue and Yunyan went to the temple fair held by Zhanyang Lake hand in hand. Yunyan took a mask with red stripes on a white background from rows of exquisite masks, put it on her face, and smiled at Lin Aoxue :
"That way, they won't recognize me."
The corner of Lin Aoxue's mouth showed a smile involuntarily, and Yunyan brought another mask with red stripes on a black background and put it on Lin Aoxue's face:
"You can also change your mask today, okay?"
The black and white masks are exactly a pair.
The light in Lin Aoxue's eyes became softer, as if Lin Aoxue was not so nervous after Yunyan put on the mask, she calmly took the black mask from Yunyan, and took off the half of the mask from her face without hesitation.
She didn't care about the eyes of others, and she was no longer afraid that the person in front of her would show panic because of the burn on that side of her face.
Because her face was already known to Yun Yan, she didn't feel that embarrassing anymore.
Lin Aoxue put the black mask on her face, two pairs of eyes were exposed from behind the mask, touching each other tenderly and tacitly, as if covered by the mask, she could no longer be scruples, and could not help but use a silent and warm expression The situation, venting the feelings that are constantly clamoring in the heart.
They all wear masks, no one can recognize them, and no one will intervene. Yunyan runs and jumps in front of her with a lantern, as if she has suddenly become ten years younger, becoming a child who doesn't understand anything, doing the last thing. An innocent and pleasant affair.
Lin Aoxue followed behind her, concealed under the mask was a smile that was so gentle that it could melt away.
One after the other, they walked from the street to the end of the street, and they didn't deliberately buy anything. They both enjoyed such a tacit happy time with each other.
Yun Yan dragged Lin Aoxue to guess the lantern riddles. Those lantern riddles were too easy for Lin Aoxue and Yun Yan to guess. Lin Aoxue and Lin Aoxue won the first prize without a doubt.
The quality of this jade pendant can't be considered high-quality, but the workmanship is rare and exquisite, and the flaws are not concealed.Lin Aoxue held two jade pendants that could be put together, feeling a little at a loss.
Yun Yan took it generously, tied one of them around Lin Aoxue's waist, and put the other into her arms. She smiled happily, and shook her wrist with the one that was on Lin Aoxue's wrist. Right knot:
"What does it matter, we call sister Yupei."
Seeing that Yunyan didn't care about it at all, Lin Aoxue breathed a sigh of relief, but at the same time, she was a little secretly happy, and also a little bit, inexplicably lost.But she quickly put away the fleeting loss, and she was more happy and joyful.
After winning the first prize of the lantern riddle feast, Yunyan took Lin Aoxue to the lake again. She lit the lantern and carefully put it into the lake. When the lantern drifted away, Yunyan suddenly closed her eyes and made a wish.
Lin Aoxue was curious and asked her:
"What did you wish for?"
Yun Yan smiled, shook her head and said nothing.Lin Aoxue asked again, and Yunyan said:
"If you say it, it won't work."
Seeing Yunyan, Lin Aoxue was determined not to talk to her, and finally chose to give up. She lit the lantern in her hand and put it in the water. When the lantern drifted away, she also closed her eyes and said silently in her heart:
May Yan'er live in peace and worry-free.
Yun Yan also leaned over and asked her:
"What did you wish for?"
Lin Aoxue had a rare laugh, and answered straightforwardly:
"Promise high-ranking officials and rich salary to fly to Huang Tengda!"
There was also a smile in Yun Yan's eyes, and she giggled and joked:
"You should also promise a rich family and unparalleled longevity!"
The two laughed and chased each other by the lake. Yunyan was wearing a skirt, her shoes were wet by the lake water, and she was stepping on loose stones. She accidentally slipped and was about to fall.Lin Aoxue was startled, hurriedly stepped over, grabbed Yun Yan's arm with one hand, and wrapped her waist with the other.
Their faces are very close together, their eyes protruding from their respective masks, less than an inch apart, and the masks almost completely touch each other.
Time seemed to stand still at this moment. People coming and going by the lake looked towards this side intentionally or unintentionally. Fortunately, both Lin Aoxue and Yun Yan were wearing masks, and no one knew what their identities were. The young lovers of the family are having a tryst by the lake.
Lin Aoxue hugged Yunyan's waist. Even though she was wearing a mask, she couldn't see anything from the outside, but her face behind the mask had already turned red like coals. She maintained the posture of supporting Yunyan, and her whole body was stiff. Don't even know how to pull her up.
Yun Yan was also taken aback, but she didn't feel scared when she was embraced by Lin Aoxue, but after a while, she didn't see Lin Aoxue rescued herself, so she blinked her eyes, coughed innocently, and tried called out:
"Aoxue..."
Lin Aoxue's hands trembled, and she almost let go and put Yun Yan down. Yunyan was so frightened that her heart trembled, she subconsciously grabbed Lin Aoxue's arm, and in the end, she happened to hold down the place where Lin Aoxue was injured the other day. Blocking it, Yun Yan didn't see it.
Lin Aoxue managed to catch her breath, and with a light movement of her arms, she helped Yunyan's light and slender body up.After Yunyan stood still, Lin Aoxue let go of her hand immediately, and took a few steps back to increase the distance between her and Yunyan. She fell into a panic that she couldn't help herself.
Yunyan straightened her breathing, and seeing Lin Aoxue's flustered look, her originally tense mood relaxed a lot, and even she felt nervous. Lin Aoxue was probably too nervous to die.
She leaned towards Lin Aoxue, stood in front of Lin Aoxue, and said with a smile:
"It's good to have you here, you are so reliable, Aoxue."
Being praised so bluntly by Yunyan, Lin Aoxue felt that her head was about to explode, and her heart seemed uncontrollable, struggling to jump out of her chest.She clenched her teeth tightly, as if only by doing her best in this way could she gain a moment of respite.
Lin Aoxue took a deep breath, took two deep breaths, and then asked in a trembling voice:
"How are you, are you hurt anywhere?"
Yun Yan shook her head and chuckled:
"With you here, how could I get hurt?"
Lin Aoxue felt that she could no longer breathe.
For the first time, she felt that being trusted by others made people so nervous!
She could only use the simplest words to express her nervousness that could not be relieved even with all her strength:
"It's fine if you're not hurt."
Yun Yan looked at her with a smile, felt her nervousness, and was really afraid that this person who would hurt herself unconsciously when she got nervous would do something unexpected, so she took her sleeves and walked down the street, saying as she walked:
"The road by the lake is too slippery, let's go to the street."
Lin Aoxue also breathed a sigh of relief when she heard the words, she said hello in multiple voices, followed Yunyan, and left the bank of Zhanyang Lake.
There were only a lot more people on the street than when they left just now. Seeing that it was getting late, Lin Aoxue proposed to send Yunyan back, but Yunyan did not refuse. It was a wonderful day, she was very satisfied and very happy.
On the way back, Yunyan and Lin Aoxue were together, and because Lin Aoxue was too nervous, she kept caring about the momentary, short and intimate contact between her and Yunyan when she was at the bank of Zhanyang Lake. She was at a loss.
Yunyan seems to be much more free and easy than her, Lin Aoxue doesn't know if Yunyan really doesn't care at all, she silently persuades herself in her heart not to think too much, there is more or less physical contact between the sisters, it's not a big problem.
Lin Aoxue followed Yun Yan silently and cautiously, and saw Yun Yan walking in front of her with her hands behind her back.At a certain moment, Yun Yan suddenly turned around and looked at Lin Aoxue again.Lin Aoxue's heart trembled, and she stopped involuntarily.
Yun Yan also stopped walking, and they stood on the street with people coming and going, looking at each other.
The hustle and bustle of the surroundings seemed to disappear in an instant, and they could no longer enter Lin Aoxue's ears. The air became silent, the street became deserted, and everything became slow when they stared at each other. down.
While staring into Lin Aoxue's eyes, Yunyan suddenly raised her hand and lifted the mask on her face. Her delicate and beautiful face was revealed from under the mask. The gentleness in those beautiful eyes was like the most genial warm sun, shining on Lin Aoxue. heart.
She was about to speak when suddenly a child ran past Yun Yan and hit her on the back, like a stone breaking a calm lake, causing unstoppable ripples in an instant, the surrounding scenes began to roll again, time continued Moving forward, the hustle and bustle, the noise, came again.
Before Yun Yan had time to dodge, she jumped towards Lin Aoxue with a cry of surprise, fell into her arms, and abruptly interrupted what she was about to say.
Lin Aoxue was also stunned, there were so many coincidences today that she didn't know what to do.
She froze, hugging Yunyan in her arms, a panic and shyness flashed in her eyes, falling into Yunyan's eyes, like a crisp bell, pulling her out of the trance and sinking mood.
"Smoke?"
Lin Aoxue called softly, Yun Yan pursed her lips, took a deep look at her, and then slowly and pretending to be indifferent, she got out of her arms.
She pretended to tidy up her clothes, and looked at Lin Aoxue involuntarily from the corners of her eyes, but seeing that the latter showed no other expressions other than a stern face and clenched fists, showing extreme nervousness, she just I feel relieved again.
The corners of Yunyan's eyes suddenly touched Lin Aoxue's cuffs. She was taken aback for a moment, and then exclaimed in a low voice in surprise:
"Why is there blood? Are you injured?"
Hearing Lin Aoxue's words, it was as if a thunder had exploded in her ears, causing her to shrink her hands subconsciously and put her left hand behind her back.
This obviously guilty act made Yun Yan's face heavy. When and why did Lin Aoxue get hurt?
Yun Yan raised her head and looked at Lin Aoxue seriously, seeing the latter's thin lips tightly pursed and her gaze involuntarily drooping, her heart softened all of a sudden, she no longer wanted to delve into the reason behind this injury, she just said helplessly:
"Show me."
Lin Aoxue saw that Yunyan had no intention of pursuing further, she pursed her lips, stretched out her arms cautiously, and secretly observed Yunyan's face, lest she get angry.
Yun Yan lifted up Lin Aoxue's sleeve, revealing the rough gauze wrapped underneath, some blood soaked out of the gauze, obviously the wound had cracks.Blood oozed from the edge of the gauze and stained Lin Aoxue's sleeve.
Seeing this, Yun Yan frowned, and immediately wiped her waist, intending to fetch the silk to wipe the oozing blood for Lin Aoxue, the open wound can only be dealt with after going back.
But when she wiped her hand from her waist, the expression on her face suddenly changed, and she immediately lowered her eyes to check what was on her waist, but the target object was nowhere to be seen.
Lin Aoxue was startled by Yunyan's flustered emotions, the tension in her heart dissipated, she frowned, and asked eagerly:
"what happened?"
Hearing Lin Aoxue's voice, Yun Yan shook her head solemnly, and said:
"I lost the pouch on my waist."
Lin Aoxue frowned even tighter, and asked:
"What kind of show bag is it?"
Yunyan recalled:
"Light pink, with embroidered patterns of cold plums and frost."
They walked around the spot a few times, but they didn't see Yunyan's pouch on the ground. In such a noisy street, even if they lost it at any time, they would have been picked up long ago.
Lin Aoxue thought back carefully, there was indeed such a pouch at Yunyan's waist just now, when did she lose it?She seemed to have seen the pouch when she and Yunyan set off lanterns by the lake before, and she must have lost it later.
Suddenly, a scene flashed in Lin Aoxue's mind, she frowned suddenly, and cursed angrily:
"It's that little thief!"
Yun Yan was stunned for a moment, and immediately realized that she was pushed from behind by a child just now, and the place where the pouch was hanging on the side of her waist was indeed bumped at that time. After recalling it, her face changed suddenly, and she was a little anxious:
"How good is this!"
The little thief ran past and disappeared without a trace, and Yun Yan didn't see him, at this moment, there were people coming and going on the street, and he disappeared after mixing in the crowd, and I'm afraid he might not be able to find the pouch again.
Seeing Yunyan anxious, Lin Aoxue hurriedly asked:
"What is the important thing about the show bag?"
Yunyan frowned tightly, her face showing worry, but when Lin Aoxue asked, she shook her head again and sighed:
"never mind."
The pouch was related to an important matter on her trip back to Beijing, so she couldn't talk about it with Lin Aoxue.After going back today, she will send someone to find the thief, trying to find the things back.
Yunyan voluntarily said to give up. Although Lin Aoxue felt that it was wrong, but Yunyan insisted on going back first, Lin Aoxue had to give up her plan to find, and sent Yunyan back to her small house first.
On the way, Yunyan was rarely distracted, and even Lin Aoxue spoke to her several times, but she was too distracted to hear clearly.Lin Aoxue became more and more convinced that the pouch must be something very important, but Yunyan didn't want to make her worry, so even though she was anxious, she refused to show it.
After Lin Aoxue told Yunyan to send her back, she saw Yunyan close the courtyard door, her face suddenly darkened, that little thief was really daring.
She turned around, tapped her toes, practiced lightness kung fu, and quickly returned to the streets of Zhanyang Lake. She looked around and chased in the direction where the thief escaped. Whenever she passed through a dark and secluded alley, she would Stop by and check it out.
About to reach the end of the street, Lin Aoxue found a few beggars drinking together in the alley, she walked over quickly, those beggars were timid and wanted to hide when they saw people coming, but Lin Aoxue didn't say much, just threw them away A silver ingot is on the ground.
When had the three beggars ever seen such a large piece of silver ingot, green light appeared in their eyes, and they rushed towards the silver ingot madly, and wrestled with all their might to grab it.
Lin Aoxue stepped over and stomped the silver ingot under his feet. The three beggars came back to their senses. Frightened by Lin Aoxue's indifferent eyes and the mask on their faces, they shuddered suddenly. :
"This grandpa..."
Lin Aoxue glanced at the person who spoke:
"I ask you about a person, and if I am satisfied, the money will be yours."
The beggars were overjoyed. Finding someone was really their specialty.Lin Aoxue had also been begging on the street before, and although she had been bullied a lot, she knew the ways of these beggars clearly.
"Sir, tell me, the young one must know everything!"
The three beggars were so stupid, I was afraid that Lin Aoxue would regret it.Naturally, Lin Aoxue didn't bother to play tricks on these matters. She relied on her short memory of previous contact with the thief to describe his general height and appearance, and also talked about his method of stealing things.
After she finished speaking, the three beggars buried their heads in thought, and suddenly one of them slapped his thigh fiercely and said happily:
"Little one knows who this master is talking about!"
Lin Aoxue looked at him, and asked in a cold voice:
"who is it?"
The beggar hurriedly walked to Lin Aoxue's feet, and described it vividly:
"For such a young child as I just described, there is only one little boy in Zhanyang Lake! This kid is clever, and he has never stolen anything!"
The other two beggars suddenly realized when they heard the words, and quickly nodded in agreement, confirming that what this person said was correct.Lin Aoxue saw that the three of them didn't seem to be lying, so she pointed the money at the beggar who spoke earlier, the latter was overjoyed and hugged the money tightly, as if hugging her own lifeline.
As soon as Lin Aoxue left, the other two beggars rushed towards him, and the three beggars scuffled again. Lin Aoxue ignored all of this.
She quickly walked out of the alley, followed the place she had inquired before, and found a small house outside a temple by Zhanyang Lake. These low houses were in disrepair for a long time, and the people living here were some poor families.
This place is much better than the slums in the west. Lin Aoxue waited outside for a while, but saw a child walking towards this side with a small bag in his hand.
Lin Aoxue's eyes were fixed, and she snorted coldly in her heart, isn't she the thief who bumped into Yunyan and stole the show bag earlier!
Xiaodongzi was walking on the way home, and he was not shy about playing with the show bag he had just got. He never thought that he would be discovered by others. At that time, there were so many people watching the lanterns on the street. It couldn't be easier to touch something.
But when he approached the house, he suddenly felt a chill, as if being stared at by a ferocious beast, which made him subconsciously afraid,
He raised his head abruptly, and saw a person standing not far away with a mask with red stripes on a black background.
"!!"
Xiaodongzi broke out in a cold sweat, he immediately understood that this person was not the person who was next to the girl when he was stealing today!
Not to mention being discovered, someone found the old lair!He was terrified in his heart, turned around without hesitation, and ran away.
In terms of escaping, he is still very confident, and few people can catch up to him.
But he didn't run a few steps, the masked monster had already chased him, rushed past him like a gust of wind, and stopped five steps in front of him, waiting for him to throw himself into the trap.
Xiaodongzi was terrified, he turned around hopping, and tried to struggle, but after being stopped several times without any suspense, he finally stopped panting, knelt down with a plop, and cried loudly beg for mercy:
"Hero, spare your life! The little one has an eighty-year-old mother who is sick in bed, and a three-year-old son waiting to be fed..."
Lin Aoxue kicked him on the forehead and interrupted his speech, her eyes under the mask were indifferent and fierce, like a wolf that had been hungry for a long time, when people just looked at it, they would feel hairy in their hearts.
Xiaodongzi's intentionally magnified wail stopped abruptly, and his eyes met Lin Aoxue's inadvertently, his hairs stood on end in fright, and he almost peed on his pants.
"Hand over what you stole earlier."
Lin Aoxue's voice was indifferent, to Xiaodongzi's ears, it was like an evil ghost climbing up from hell to seek his life.He was so frightened that his legs trembled, his whole body trembled like chaff, and his teeth were still rattling, but he dared not listen to Lin Aoxue's words. Although money is tempting, life is still important.
He rolled his throat, then handed the pouch to Lin Aoxue with trembling hands. Lin Aoxue took the pouch and saw that it was indeed a small light pink pouch with a few cold plums embroidered on it. It should be the one that Yunyan lost. .
Lin Aoxue weighed the pouch in her hand, feeling that there were only a few pieces of silver in the pouch, a little doubt appeared in her eyes,
If the pouch was just a few pieces of silver, then Yunyan couldn't be so anxious, she opened the pouch to check, but she didn't see anything beside it.She squinted at Xiaodongzi, but seeing the latter hanging her head guiltily, she felt something was wrong, so she asked:
"What's inside?"
Xiao Dongzi trembled all over, of course he didn't know that Lin Aoxue was irritating him, he just thought that what he did had been exposed and that he might have caused a catastrophe, so he was so frightened that he sniveled and cried for forgiveness:
"I pawned the golden key inside as it looked valuable!"
Golden key? !
Immediately, Lin Aoxue saw the golden key that Sui Liang gave her. She almost thought that there was something wrong with her ears, so she couldn't help but squeeze the pouch in her hand tightly, her heart beating like a drum, and suddenly He raised his voice and angrily reprimanded:
"Which pawnshop is it?!"
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Lin Aoxue fully agreed and sent Yunyan out of the inn.
When she came out of the inn, she found that lanterns had been hung everywhere on the street, and the corner lanterns on the eaves of the shops had also changed colors, red and yellow, beautiful and full of strong Lantern Festival atmosphere.Yun Yan raised her eyes, looked at her with a smile, and said softly:
"Just walk around?"
Lin Aoxue didn't refuse, she followed Yun Yan, paced slowly along the street, and accompanied Yun Yan to continue walking the road that she hadn't finished a few days ago.Looking at the colorful lanterns on both sides of the street, Lin Aoxue thought deeply.
Unknowingly, she sent Yun Yan out of the house, until Yun Yan waved her hand, then opened the door and walked in, Lin Aoxue came back to her senses.
She looked at the closed courtyard gate not far away. On the way back to the inn, she bought some dried bamboo and colored paper from a nearby shop. After returning to the inn, she took her things and sat on the stone steps in the inner courtyard of the inn. , and began to tie lanterns.
The injury on her right hand has been healed for more than ten days, and the arm of her right arm has also scabbed. She split the dried bamboo into very thin bamboo strips and used them to build lamp stands. , she finally laid the colored paper on the skeleton and it looked decent.
Made two lanterns in a row, it was already late at night, Lin Aoxue went into the guest room with the lanterns, put the lanterns on the table, then asked Xiaoer to fetch water, washed up briefly, then lay down on the bed, and she closed her eyes. Looking up, it was rare that he didn't dream of anything related to the past, and fell asleep peacefully.
Early the next morning, Lin Aoxue got up early, held two lanterns in her hands, went to the market to buy some steamed cakes for breakfast, and went to Yunyan's house as promised.
Yunyan opened the door and saw Lin Aoxue standing outside the door, holding steamed cake in one hand and two lanterns in the other, she was very surprised, took the lanterns from Lin Aoxue's hand, looked carefully, and said in surprise:
"Did you do this yourself?"
She had seen Lin Aoxue's ability to make things with hands before, and saw that this lantern was very different from the ones sold outside, so she couldn't help guessing.Lin Aoxue didn't feel anything when she came, but when Yunyan asked, she shyly shy and nodded expressionlessly:
"Ah."
Seeing her like this again, Yun Yan rolled her eyes helplessly, then smiled and pulled her into the room, went to the kitchen to get a plate, put the still hot steamed cakes on the plate, and ate with Lin Aoxue.
The lanterns are only beautiful at night. They took a short break after eating steamed cakes before going out. Yunyan took Lin Aoxue to the famous Zhanyang Lake in the capital. Many beauties and talents are boating on the lake.
There are also many lanterns and stalls on the shore of the lake. At night, it will be even more lively.
Lin Aoxue and the two came to the lake with lanterns, and rented a cruise ship, and went boating on the lake. At a glance, the water was clear and the clouds were wide, and the willows on the shore had not yet sprouted new buds, showing a bit bleak.The fish in the lower reaches of the water are faintly visible, and the cool breeze blows on the face, but it makes people feel refreshed.
Yunyan took a guqin and sat outside the cabin, turned her head and asked Lin Aoxue with a smile:
"Aoxue, what do you want to hear?"
Lin Aoxue blinked, thought for a while, and said:
"Since we came to see the lake today, why not invite Yan'er to play a qin piece related to the lake."
Yunyan laughed lightly when she heard the words, and decided on her own what tune to play. With a slight movement of her green five fingers, the sound of the piano tinkled like flowing water, spread out on the lake, attracting the tourists in the cruise ships beside the lake With many gazes on the shore of the lake.
Lin Aoxue looked at Yunyan's side face playing the piano seriously, the soft and warm music rippling in her heart, making her in a trance for a while.With a movement of her throat, she suddenly fetched a pen and paper from the boat, and began to describe it in the posture of Yunyan playing the piano.
The Yunyan song ended, and after a moment of silence, there was warm applause from both sides of the cruise ship. Lin Aoxue was awakened by the sudden applause. Looking around, she saw that the cruise ships that were far away were approaching. Jing's young masters and young ladies all looked at Yunyan.
On the bow on the right side stood a young man in white clothes, his face was as white as jade, and he was handsome, holding a folding fan in his hand, he cupped his fists at Yunyan from a distance, and asked:
"The beauty on the lake is Miss Yunyan from Yanyu Tower?"
Yun Yan raised her eyes, her gaze swept across the face of this person, she didn't feel familiar.Yunyan has a very good memory. People who have met once will almost have some impressions. Even if this person has been to the Yanyu Building, he is not a very important person. Most likely, he is the scholar downstairs who put so much effort into reading the couplets.
Thinking of this, Yun Yan returned the other party with a generous and decent smile:
"If there is only one Yunyan in Yanyu Building, then it must be a little girl."
The young man in white obviously brightened his eyes, and there was a flash of joy on his face. He wrote his urgency on his face, but he pretended to be indifferent and flicked his sleeves, and said pretendingly:
"It is a rare fate to meet Miss Yunyan at Zhanyang Lake. I wonder if today is the Lantern Festival, will I have the honor to invite Miss Yunyan to enjoy the Zhanyang lantern together?"
He always regarded Lin Aoxue who was behind Yunyan as a young boy traveling with Yunyan, and he didn't care about Lin Aoxue at all.And after Brother Young Master said this, people on the other cruise ships on both sides also looked over, presumably wanting to hear Yunyan's answer.
Yun Yan's eyes fluttered, and she looked back at Lin Aoxue, but she saw Lin Aoxue's face was cold and silent, although she didn't show any dissatisfaction, the hand holding the pen stopped and didn't continue.
The corners of Yunyan's lips were raised, with a smile on her face, she turned her gaze again, and said to the young master:
"The little girl is fortunate to be loved by the young master, but today, unfortunately, Yunyan has already made an appointment, so I think she will not be able to make the appointment with the young master."
After saying this, the young man in white had obvious disappointment on his face, but he still tried his best to maintain his demeanor, and said with a smile:
"Since Miss Yunyan has already made arrangements, it is inconvenient for me to force others to make things difficult for me."
After he finished speaking, he probably felt that being rejected by the beautiful woman would be a hindrance to his face, so he stopped staying outside the boat for a long time, and returned to the cabin, asking the boatman to row the boat a little farther.And the people on the other cruise ships around also retreated in spite of the difficulties, and the people around Yunyan dispersed.
Lin Aoxue put down the pen, raised her eyes to look at Yunyan, there was no fluctuation on her face, but she didn't speak.
Yun Yan saw that she was holding a painting in her hand, so she got up and walked over, leaning sideways to see what Lin Aoxue drew just now, unexpectedly, as soon as she approached, Lin Aoxue closed the painting, her expression didn't change, but Yun Yan could clearly feel that she was nervous.
Seeing this, Yunyan burst out laughing, tugged at Lin Aoxue's arm, and said softly, with a hint of coquettishness in her tone:
"What did you draw just now, can you show me?"
Lin Aoxue's heart trembled, she was stiffened by Yunyan's extremely gentle tone, she pursed her lips tightly, her eyes were a little wandering, when Yunyan saw her distracted, she simply reached out and snatched the painting.
"!!!"
Lin Aoxue's eyes widened in shock. She tried to snatch it back with her backhand, but Yunyan pointed at the center of her eyebrows. Her other hand holding the painting was behind her back, and she moved closer with a smile, and said to Lin Aoxue:
"Sit down, if you dare to grab it, I won't watch the lantern with you today."
Lin Aoxue stared, her mouth was wide open, she could almost stuff an egg into it, she stared blankly at Yunyan, very unconvinced:
"Obviously you were the one who said you wanted to see the lanterns yesterday!"
She started getting serious.Yunyan invited her, but now she wants to go back on her word, what's the reason?
Yun Yan giggled when she heard the words, she nodded Lin Aoxue's eyebrows, and said cheerfully:
"Well, I said it first, and then you listen?"
Lin Aoxue quieted down, shut her mouth and did not speak.
Seeing that Lin Aoxue was finally being honest, there seemed to be sparkles in Yunyan's eyes, like the water in Zhanyang Lake, gentle and clear, as if it had the power to penetrate people's hearts.
She unfolded the painting in front of Lin Aoxue. In the painting, there is a woman sitting quietly playing the piano. The brush strokes are a little rough and seem a little rusty, but this painting is drawn with care, and the shape is deviated, but the person playing the piano is soft and gentle. The temperament outlines seven points.
This painting came into my eyes, and a flood of spring water spread like ripples in Yunyan's pupils. Lin Aoxue sat with a stiff face, with her back erect, fearing that she would see a disappointed expression on Yunyan's face.
She hasn't touched calligraphy and painting for a long time. When she was cultivating in the temple, when she was in a restless mood, she mostly used qin music to meditate, so she kept her qin skills. This painting, however, really lacked some heat, it was no longer what she was good at.
But what surprised her was that the smile on Yunyan's face was sincere and open, her eyes were bright, and she was happier than any famous masterpiece nearby. She showed the painting in her hand, turned to look at Lin Aoxue, and asked knowingly:
"Who are you drawing?"
Lin Aoxue almost wanted to jump directly into Zhanyang Lake to calm down. She opened her eyes wide and looked at the smile in Yunyan's eyes. Her throat moved slightly, and she clenched her teeth and said shamefully:
"Draw it casually."
This time, Yunyan did not let her go easily, she hugged the painting and leaned over, sat down beside Lin Aoxue, leaned lightly on her shoulder, and asked again:
"Then, if you draw it casually, who is it drawn?"
Lin Aoxue's face was tense, and her ears were already red. Under Yun Yan's smiling eyes, Lin Aoxue was finally defeated. She tugged at her sleeves and said in a low voice:
"It's you who drew it."
She spoke very softly, but Yun Yan could hear it clearly, she smiled all of a sudden, then leaned on Lin Aoxue's shoulder, lifted the painting, and looked at it carefully again.Lin Aoxue caught a glimpse of the person in the painting, she was so ashamed to face others, she just turned her head and pretended she couldn't see.
"Aoxue, can you give me this painting?"
The smile in Yunyan's eyes seemed to flow out, she leaned on Lin Aoxue's shoulder, felt Lin Aoxue's stiffness and tension, but felt extraordinarily stable in her heart.It would be great if I could always be with this person like this.
Lin Aoxue didn't turn her head back, but her eyebrows and eyes drooped down, and there was an inexplicable emotion hidden in her eyes. She looked at the glimmering waves on the lake, and gave a soft but sure "huh".
Yun Yan happily put away the painting, but she didn't get up, and leaned side by side with Lin Aoxue, admiring the lake view together.
The boatman took a look at them and thought to himself that the relationship between these two young masters and young ladies is really good.
In the middle of the lake, there are a few lotus flowers that have bloomed and failed. Their bare branches are floating on the water, and the lotus leaves are also burnt yellow.The rowing boatman looked up at the center of the lake while supporting the pole, and sighed with emotion:
"Winter, there is nothing to see. If you come here in summer, the lotus leaves will touch the sky, and the lake will be full of red lotuses, then it will be beautiful!"
Lin Aoxue was attracted by the content of the boatman's words. She turned her head to look at the fallen lotus leaves and broken branches, and asked suspiciously:
"The blooms in this lake are red lotuses?"
The boatman smiled and said:
"Yes, in summer, not only the red lotuses in the lake are beautiful, but do you see the small building opposite?"
Lin Aoxue looked in the direction of the boatman's finger, and saw several small buildings on the other side of the lake, one of which was particularly grand and majestic, roughly counting, about seven or eight floors, and at a glance, it was particularly outstanding.
At this time Yunyan answered the words, her gaze also fell on the tall building, and said:
"That should be the best loft built in Beijing in the past two years. I remember it was called the Golden Bird Tower."
The boatman smiled even more when he heard the words:
"Yes, it's the Canary Tower! When the red lotus blooms in summer, the four eaves of the Canary Tower are shimmering with golden light, reflecting the blue sky and white clouds behind, and the sea of red lotuses below. It looks like a pagoda fairyland, so magnificent! "
While talking, the boatman shook his head and sighed, lamenting that it is a pity that he has no chance to enjoy the beautiful scenery now.
Lin Aoxue, who had heard what the boatman said, had a flash of light in her eyes. She stared blankly at the Canary Tower standing on the shore of the lake in the distance, and the poem Sui Ling read to her echoed in her mind again. Get up: the golden yang floats and the clouds disperse, and the red lotus blooms one after another.
A flash of enlightenment rose to the tip of her heart, giving her a feeling of enlightenment.
Jinyang must be the Jinque Tower in Zhanyang Lake. The floating clouds are scattered, which is the roof of the building. You can see the place where the floating clouds are scattered. The red lotus blooms in sequence. It should be summer, when the red lotus blooms in Zhanyang Lake.
This summer, the Canary Tower in Zhanyang Lake.
This is the message hidden in the poem that Sui Liang told Lin Aoxue, but as for what is said in this sentence, what will happen in the Canary Tower, is to meet someone, or has other meanings, Lin Aoxue said Can't get to the bottom of it.
Her eyes are slightly closed. This summer, she should be guarding the northern border, and she probably won't return to the capital. I don't know if there is a chance to unlock the secret buried in the key.
Lin Aoxue didn't continue to inquire about the news about the Golden Bird Tower. Now that she understood the meaning of the poem, she temporarily suppressed the matter and waited until the time was right to find out.
It was getting late, and the boatman sailed to the shore. Lin Aoxue and Yunyan got off the boat together. Yunyan had a painting by Lin Aoxue in her arms and a lantern made by Lin Aoxue in her hand. She always had a smile on her face. Some pedestrians turned their heads and stopped in amazement.
But her mind was not on the resident passerby, she turned her head and chatted happily with Lin Aoxue.Lin Aoxue straightened her back involuntarily because there were too many people looking at her, but Yun Yan kept laughing at her for being rigid, and she didn't argue.
There were many people coming and going on the street. Lin Aoxue and Yunyan went to the temple fair held by Zhanyang Lake hand in hand. Yunyan took a mask with red stripes on a white background from rows of exquisite masks, put it on her face, and smiled at Lin Aoxue :
"That way, they won't recognize me."
The corner of Lin Aoxue's mouth showed a smile involuntarily, and Yunyan brought another mask with red stripes on a black background and put it on Lin Aoxue's face:
"You can also change your mask today, okay?"
The black and white masks are exactly a pair.
The light in Lin Aoxue's eyes became softer, as if Lin Aoxue was not so nervous after Yunyan put on the mask, she calmly took the black mask from Yunyan, and took off the half of the mask from her face without hesitation.
She didn't care about the eyes of others, and she was no longer afraid that the person in front of her would show panic because of the burn on that side of her face.
Because her face was already known to Yun Yan, she didn't feel that embarrassing anymore.
Lin Aoxue put the black mask on her face, two pairs of eyes were exposed from behind the mask, touching each other tenderly and tacitly, as if covered by the mask, she could no longer be scruples, and could not help but use a silent and warm expression The situation, venting the feelings that are constantly clamoring in the heart.
They all wear masks, no one can recognize them, and no one will intervene. Yunyan runs and jumps in front of her with a lantern, as if she has suddenly become ten years younger, becoming a child who doesn't understand anything, doing the last thing. An innocent and pleasant affair.
Lin Aoxue followed behind her, concealed under the mask was a smile that was so gentle that it could melt away.
One after the other, they walked from the street to the end of the street, and they didn't deliberately buy anything. They both enjoyed such a tacit happy time with each other.
Yun Yan dragged Lin Aoxue to guess the lantern riddles. Those lantern riddles were too easy for Lin Aoxue and Yun Yan to guess. Lin Aoxue and Lin Aoxue won the first prize without a doubt.
The quality of this jade pendant can't be considered high-quality, but the workmanship is rare and exquisite, and the flaws are not concealed.Lin Aoxue held two jade pendants that could be put together, feeling a little at a loss.
Yun Yan took it generously, tied one of them around Lin Aoxue's waist, and put the other into her arms. She smiled happily, and shook her wrist with the one that was on Lin Aoxue's wrist. Right knot:
"What does it matter, we call sister Yupei."
Seeing that Yunyan didn't care about it at all, Lin Aoxue breathed a sigh of relief, but at the same time, she was a little secretly happy, and also a little bit, inexplicably lost.But she quickly put away the fleeting loss, and she was more happy and joyful.
After winning the first prize of the lantern riddle feast, Yunyan took Lin Aoxue to the lake again. She lit the lantern and carefully put it into the lake. When the lantern drifted away, Yunyan suddenly closed her eyes and made a wish.
Lin Aoxue was curious and asked her:
"What did you wish for?"
Yun Yan smiled, shook her head and said nothing.Lin Aoxue asked again, and Yunyan said:
"If you say it, it won't work."
Seeing Yunyan, Lin Aoxue was determined not to talk to her, and finally chose to give up. She lit the lantern in her hand and put it in the water. When the lantern drifted away, she also closed her eyes and said silently in her heart:
May Yan'er live in peace and worry-free.
Yun Yan also leaned over and asked her:
"What did you wish for?"
Lin Aoxue had a rare laugh, and answered straightforwardly:
"Promise high-ranking officials and rich salary to fly to Huang Tengda!"
There was also a smile in Yun Yan's eyes, and she giggled and joked:
"You should also promise a rich family and unparalleled longevity!"
The two laughed and chased each other by the lake. Yunyan was wearing a skirt, her shoes were wet by the lake water, and she was stepping on loose stones. She accidentally slipped and was about to fall.Lin Aoxue was startled, hurriedly stepped over, grabbed Yun Yan's arm with one hand, and wrapped her waist with the other.
Their faces are very close together, their eyes protruding from their respective masks, less than an inch apart, and the masks almost completely touch each other.
Time seemed to stand still at this moment. People coming and going by the lake looked towards this side intentionally or unintentionally. Fortunately, both Lin Aoxue and Yun Yan were wearing masks, and no one knew what their identities were. The young lovers of the family are having a tryst by the lake.
Lin Aoxue hugged Yunyan's waist. Even though she was wearing a mask, she couldn't see anything from the outside, but her face behind the mask had already turned red like coals. She maintained the posture of supporting Yunyan, and her whole body was stiff. Don't even know how to pull her up.
Yun Yan was also taken aback, but she didn't feel scared when she was embraced by Lin Aoxue, but after a while, she didn't see Lin Aoxue rescued herself, so she blinked her eyes, coughed innocently, and tried called out:
"Aoxue..."
Lin Aoxue's hands trembled, and she almost let go and put Yun Yan down. Yunyan was so frightened that her heart trembled, she subconsciously grabbed Lin Aoxue's arm, and in the end, she happened to hold down the place where Lin Aoxue was injured the other day. Blocking it, Yun Yan didn't see it.
Lin Aoxue managed to catch her breath, and with a light movement of her arms, she helped Yunyan's light and slender body up.After Yunyan stood still, Lin Aoxue let go of her hand immediately, and took a few steps back to increase the distance between her and Yunyan. She fell into a panic that she couldn't help herself.
Yunyan straightened her breathing, and seeing Lin Aoxue's flustered look, her originally tense mood relaxed a lot, and even she felt nervous. Lin Aoxue was probably too nervous to die.
She leaned towards Lin Aoxue, stood in front of Lin Aoxue, and said with a smile:
"It's good to have you here, you are so reliable, Aoxue."
Being praised so bluntly by Yunyan, Lin Aoxue felt that her head was about to explode, and her heart seemed uncontrollable, struggling to jump out of her chest.She clenched her teeth tightly, as if only by doing her best in this way could she gain a moment of respite.
Lin Aoxue took a deep breath, took two deep breaths, and then asked in a trembling voice:
"How are you, are you hurt anywhere?"
Yun Yan shook her head and chuckled:
"With you here, how could I get hurt?"
Lin Aoxue felt that she could no longer breathe.
For the first time, she felt that being trusted by others made people so nervous!
She could only use the simplest words to express her nervousness that could not be relieved even with all her strength:
"It's fine if you're not hurt."
Yun Yan looked at her with a smile, felt her nervousness, and was really afraid that this person who would hurt herself unconsciously when she got nervous would do something unexpected, so she took her sleeves and walked down the street, saying as she walked:
"The road by the lake is too slippery, let's go to the street."
Lin Aoxue also breathed a sigh of relief when she heard the words, she said hello in multiple voices, followed Yunyan, and left the bank of Zhanyang Lake.
There were only a lot more people on the street than when they left just now. Seeing that it was getting late, Lin Aoxue proposed to send Yunyan back, but Yunyan did not refuse. It was a wonderful day, she was very satisfied and very happy.
On the way back, Yunyan and Lin Aoxue were together, and because Lin Aoxue was too nervous, she kept caring about the momentary, short and intimate contact between her and Yunyan when she was at the bank of Zhanyang Lake. She was at a loss.
Yunyan seems to be much more free and easy than her, Lin Aoxue doesn't know if Yunyan really doesn't care at all, she silently persuades herself in her heart not to think too much, there is more or less physical contact between the sisters, it's not a big problem.
Lin Aoxue followed Yun Yan silently and cautiously, and saw Yun Yan walking in front of her with her hands behind her back.At a certain moment, Yun Yan suddenly turned around and looked at Lin Aoxue again.Lin Aoxue's heart trembled, and she stopped involuntarily.
Yun Yan also stopped walking, and they stood on the street with people coming and going, looking at each other.
The hustle and bustle of the surroundings seemed to disappear in an instant, and they could no longer enter Lin Aoxue's ears. The air became silent, the street became deserted, and everything became slow when they stared at each other. down.
While staring into Lin Aoxue's eyes, Yunyan suddenly raised her hand and lifted the mask on her face. Her delicate and beautiful face was revealed from under the mask. The gentleness in those beautiful eyes was like the most genial warm sun, shining on Lin Aoxue. heart.
She was about to speak when suddenly a child ran past Yun Yan and hit her on the back, like a stone breaking a calm lake, causing unstoppable ripples in an instant, the surrounding scenes began to roll again, time continued Moving forward, the hustle and bustle, the noise, came again.
Before Yun Yan had time to dodge, she jumped towards Lin Aoxue with a cry of surprise, fell into her arms, and abruptly interrupted what she was about to say.
Lin Aoxue was also stunned, there were so many coincidences today that she didn't know what to do.
She froze, hugging Yunyan in her arms, a panic and shyness flashed in her eyes, falling into Yunyan's eyes, like a crisp bell, pulling her out of the trance and sinking mood.
"Smoke?"
Lin Aoxue called softly, Yun Yan pursed her lips, took a deep look at her, and then slowly and pretending to be indifferent, she got out of her arms.
She pretended to tidy up her clothes, and looked at Lin Aoxue involuntarily from the corners of her eyes, but seeing that the latter showed no other expressions other than a stern face and clenched fists, showing extreme nervousness, she just I feel relieved again.
The corners of Yunyan's eyes suddenly touched Lin Aoxue's cuffs. She was taken aback for a moment, and then exclaimed in a low voice in surprise:
"Why is there blood? Are you injured?"
Hearing Lin Aoxue's words, it was as if a thunder had exploded in her ears, causing her to shrink her hands subconsciously and put her left hand behind her back.
This obviously guilty act made Yun Yan's face heavy. When and why did Lin Aoxue get hurt?
Yun Yan raised her head and looked at Lin Aoxue seriously, seeing the latter's thin lips tightly pursed and her gaze involuntarily drooping, her heart softened all of a sudden, she no longer wanted to delve into the reason behind this injury, she just said helplessly:
"Show me."
Lin Aoxue saw that Yunyan had no intention of pursuing further, she pursed her lips, stretched out her arms cautiously, and secretly observed Yunyan's face, lest she get angry.
Yun Yan lifted up Lin Aoxue's sleeve, revealing the rough gauze wrapped underneath, some blood soaked out of the gauze, obviously the wound had cracks.Blood oozed from the edge of the gauze and stained Lin Aoxue's sleeve.
Seeing this, Yun Yan frowned, and immediately wiped her waist, intending to fetch the silk to wipe the oozing blood for Lin Aoxue, the open wound can only be dealt with after going back.
But when she wiped her hand from her waist, the expression on her face suddenly changed, and she immediately lowered her eyes to check what was on her waist, but the target object was nowhere to be seen.
Lin Aoxue was startled by Yunyan's flustered emotions, the tension in her heart dissipated, she frowned, and asked eagerly:
"what happened?"
Hearing Lin Aoxue's voice, Yun Yan shook her head solemnly, and said:
"I lost the pouch on my waist."
Lin Aoxue frowned even tighter, and asked:
"What kind of show bag is it?"
Yunyan recalled:
"Light pink, with embroidered patterns of cold plums and frost."
They walked around the spot a few times, but they didn't see Yunyan's pouch on the ground. In such a noisy street, even if they lost it at any time, they would have been picked up long ago.
Lin Aoxue thought back carefully, there was indeed such a pouch at Yunyan's waist just now, when did she lose it?She seemed to have seen the pouch when she and Yunyan set off lanterns by the lake before, and she must have lost it later.
Suddenly, a scene flashed in Lin Aoxue's mind, she frowned suddenly, and cursed angrily:
"It's that little thief!"
Yun Yan was stunned for a moment, and immediately realized that she was pushed from behind by a child just now, and the place where the pouch was hanging on the side of her waist was indeed bumped at that time. After recalling it, her face changed suddenly, and she was a little anxious:
"How good is this!"
The little thief ran past and disappeared without a trace, and Yun Yan didn't see him, at this moment, there were people coming and going on the street, and he disappeared after mixing in the crowd, and I'm afraid he might not be able to find the pouch again.
Seeing Yunyan anxious, Lin Aoxue hurriedly asked:
"What is the important thing about the show bag?"
Yunyan frowned tightly, her face showing worry, but when Lin Aoxue asked, she shook her head again and sighed:
"never mind."
The pouch was related to an important matter on her trip back to Beijing, so she couldn't talk about it with Lin Aoxue.After going back today, she will send someone to find the thief, trying to find the things back.
Yunyan voluntarily said to give up. Although Lin Aoxue felt that it was wrong, but Yunyan insisted on going back first, Lin Aoxue had to give up her plan to find, and sent Yunyan back to her small house first.
On the way, Yunyan was rarely distracted, and even Lin Aoxue spoke to her several times, but she was too distracted to hear clearly.Lin Aoxue became more and more convinced that the pouch must be something very important, but Yunyan didn't want to make her worry, so even though she was anxious, she refused to show it.
After Lin Aoxue told Yunyan to send her back, she saw Yunyan close the courtyard door, her face suddenly darkened, that little thief was really daring.
She turned around, tapped her toes, practiced lightness kung fu, and quickly returned to the streets of Zhanyang Lake. She looked around and chased in the direction where the thief escaped. Whenever she passed through a dark and secluded alley, she would Stop by and check it out.
About to reach the end of the street, Lin Aoxue found a few beggars drinking together in the alley, she walked over quickly, those beggars were timid and wanted to hide when they saw people coming, but Lin Aoxue didn't say much, just threw them away A silver ingot is on the ground.
When had the three beggars ever seen such a large piece of silver ingot, green light appeared in their eyes, and they rushed towards the silver ingot madly, and wrestled with all their might to grab it.
Lin Aoxue stepped over and stomped the silver ingot under his feet. The three beggars came back to their senses. Frightened by Lin Aoxue's indifferent eyes and the mask on their faces, they shuddered suddenly. :
"This grandpa..."
Lin Aoxue glanced at the person who spoke:
"I ask you about a person, and if I am satisfied, the money will be yours."
The beggars were overjoyed. Finding someone was really their specialty.Lin Aoxue had also been begging on the street before, and although she had been bullied a lot, she knew the ways of these beggars clearly.
"Sir, tell me, the young one must know everything!"
The three beggars were so stupid, I was afraid that Lin Aoxue would regret it.Naturally, Lin Aoxue didn't bother to play tricks on these matters. She relied on her short memory of previous contact with the thief to describe his general height and appearance, and also talked about his method of stealing things.
After she finished speaking, the three beggars buried their heads in thought, and suddenly one of them slapped his thigh fiercely and said happily:
"Little one knows who this master is talking about!"
Lin Aoxue looked at him, and asked in a cold voice:
"who is it?"
The beggar hurriedly walked to Lin Aoxue's feet, and described it vividly:
"For such a young child as I just described, there is only one little boy in Zhanyang Lake! This kid is clever, and he has never stolen anything!"
The other two beggars suddenly realized when they heard the words, and quickly nodded in agreement, confirming that what this person said was correct.Lin Aoxue saw that the three of them didn't seem to be lying, so she pointed the money at the beggar who spoke earlier, the latter was overjoyed and hugged the money tightly, as if hugging her own lifeline.
As soon as Lin Aoxue left, the other two beggars rushed towards him, and the three beggars scuffled again. Lin Aoxue ignored all of this.
She quickly walked out of the alley, followed the place she had inquired before, and found a small house outside a temple by Zhanyang Lake. These low houses were in disrepair for a long time, and the people living here were some poor families.
This place is much better than the slums in the west. Lin Aoxue waited outside for a while, but saw a child walking towards this side with a small bag in his hand.
Lin Aoxue's eyes were fixed, and she snorted coldly in her heart, isn't she the thief who bumped into Yunyan and stole the show bag earlier!
Xiaodongzi was walking on the way home, and he was not shy about playing with the show bag he had just got. He never thought that he would be discovered by others. At that time, there were so many people watching the lanterns on the street. It couldn't be easier to touch something.
But when he approached the house, he suddenly felt a chill, as if being stared at by a ferocious beast, which made him subconsciously afraid,
He raised his head abruptly, and saw a person standing not far away with a mask with red stripes on a black background.
"!!"
Xiaodongzi broke out in a cold sweat, he immediately understood that this person was not the person who was next to the girl when he was stealing today!
Not to mention being discovered, someone found the old lair!He was terrified in his heart, turned around without hesitation, and ran away.
In terms of escaping, he is still very confident, and few people can catch up to him.
But he didn't run a few steps, the masked monster had already chased him, rushed past him like a gust of wind, and stopped five steps in front of him, waiting for him to throw himself into the trap.
Xiaodongzi was terrified, he turned around hopping, and tried to struggle, but after being stopped several times without any suspense, he finally stopped panting, knelt down with a plop, and cried loudly beg for mercy:
"Hero, spare your life! The little one has an eighty-year-old mother who is sick in bed, and a three-year-old son waiting to be fed..."
Lin Aoxue kicked him on the forehead and interrupted his speech, her eyes under the mask were indifferent and fierce, like a wolf that had been hungry for a long time, when people just looked at it, they would feel hairy in their hearts.
Xiaodongzi's intentionally magnified wail stopped abruptly, and his eyes met Lin Aoxue's inadvertently, his hairs stood on end in fright, and he almost peed on his pants.
"Hand over what you stole earlier."
Lin Aoxue's voice was indifferent, to Xiaodongzi's ears, it was like an evil ghost climbing up from hell to seek his life.He was so frightened that his legs trembled, his whole body trembled like chaff, and his teeth were still rattling, but he dared not listen to Lin Aoxue's words. Although money is tempting, life is still important.
He rolled his throat, then handed the pouch to Lin Aoxue with trembling hands. Lin Aoxue took the pouch and saw that it was indeed a small light pink pouch with a few cold plums embroidered on it. It should be the one that Yunyan lost. .
Lin Aoxue weighed the pouch in her hand, feeling that there were only a few pieces of silver in the pouch, a little doubt appeared in her eyes,
If the pouch was just a few pieces of silver, then Yunyan couldn't be so anxious, she opened the pouch to check, but she didn't see anything beside it.She squinted at Xiaodongzi, but seeing the latter hanging her head guiltily, she felt something was wrong, so she asked:
"What's inside?"
Xiao Dongzi trembled all over, of course he didn't know that Lin Aoxue was irritating him, he just thought that what he did had been exposed and that he might have caused a catastrophe, so he was so frightened that he sniveled and cried for forgiveness:
"I pawned the golden key inside as it looked valuable!"
Golden key? !
Immediately, Lin Aoxue saw the golden key that Sui Liang gave her. She almost thought that there was something wrong with her ears, so she couldn't help but squeeze the pouch in her hand tightly, her heart beating like a drum, and suddenly He raised his voice and angrily reprimanded:
"Which pawnshop is it?!"
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