Jianghai Wuyue

This cold winter in Yuzhou is really too long, like a woman's lingering love thread, it has been winding and lingering until the early spring of next year, when it is considered to be slightly warmer.

The tiles on the eaves were wet with last night's frost and dew, and occasionally a drop of cold dew condensed fell on the pylori floor tiles with a "boom", leaving a drop of wet marks.Mei Xiang bowed her head and took Yuan Qingzhang to Zixia Pavilion in a dignified manner. There was Chen Ling's study in Chunri. Opening the window, she just faced the Phoenix flower tree in the courtyard across the water. Now all business is done in Zixia Pavilion It was completed.

Yuan Qingzhang threw away the heavy winter outfit early on, and wore a refreshing blue dress, and asked the embroiderer to embroider a few branches of emerald bamboo on the cuffs.She was shaking a folding fan with white jade bones in her hand, her hairband was hanging down long, stepping on the ground like falling snow, and there was an intoxicating smile on the corner of her lips.The brows and eyes seemed to be smudged with a layer of light red tenderness by the warm spring light, and the whole person seemed to be covered with pearls, like the young master Moshang, which made people feel unhappy at a glance.

Chen Ling quietly shifted his eyes to the paper laid out in front of him. On the off-white paper, there was a layer of pink-blue flying flowers on the signed form. The small bridge and flowing water were just a few light strokes, which had not yet formed.Yuan Qingzhang leaned against him familiarly, and he was still holding the lively spring breeze outside, which made Chen Ling feel hot all over his body.

"Why are you so interested in coming today? I remember that Danyun next to you said that there is an urgent report from Jing'anhai recently, and you want to go back and deal with it yourself?" Chen Ling wanted to avoid it uncomfortably, just moved away The footsteps were followed by Yuan Qingzhang relentlessly, even getting closer.

As if he didn't notice Chen Ling's evasive movement, he tilted his head to Chen Ling's head and said softly, "It's just that those old men didn't want me to be free and easy outside, so they thought of a way to let me go back. It’s just tricks, and Danyun can handle it. But you..." Yuan Qingzhang turned his head to look at him, his eyes seemed to be flickering with a little light, and Chen Ling couldn't help but escape with burning affection.

"You care about me? I'm really happy. Does this mean that you have a special status in your heart?" Yuan Qingzhang pursed his lips in satisfaction. What his mother said was right, when you meet someone you like, it's If the unscrupulous ruffians come to pester him face to face, his shadow will be in front of his eyes all the time, and his voice will be heard in his ears.After getting along with each other day by day, even a rock is covered with heat.What's more, Chen Ling is not a hard-hearted person. It's not that he didn't miss Yuan Qingzhang's pure enthusiasm. It's just that after so many years of enlightenment, how can he accept Yuan Qingzhang's hot love calmly.If it was placed on someone else, it would have been sent away from a distance with a cold face.

"Who cares about you? It's just that you've helped me so much and wanted to repay you well, so that's all I asked." Chen Ling couldn't see anything on his face, but his ears didn't live up to expectations. It turned red, and the rouge-like red dyed a pair of jade-white ears like carved ornaments, which made people want to touch them.

Yuan Qingzhang didn't keep chasing after him, mother said, when necessary, don't push too hard, just let go gently, and pull back when people want to stay too far away from you.

Chen Ling didn't care about Yuan Qingzhang's ambiguous smile, put down the paintbrush in his hand, and touched a small Pixiu on the table, his expression was rather gloomy.This Pixiu was given to him by Chen Xing, it was not carved out of precious jade and wood, the advantage was that the Pixiu was vivid and naive, it was a gift to Chen Ling.

If it was the past, Chen Xing would definitely follow him around now, but since the interrogation of Wang Ning'an that day, he has always looked sleepy, and he didn't even go to school for a few days.Yesterday Chen Ling asked him to go for a race at the racecourse, but he came back after walking a few laps.Liu's body is also not good, lying on the bed drowsily, occasionally waking up, leaning on the bed in a daze, looking at the sea stone beads in his hand with tears in his eyes and smiling bitterly.Even the servant girl Bao and Liu knew that Chen Xi's condition was not good recently, so they didn't have time to pay attention to it, so they just asked Mother Liu to take care of her.

"I don't know if Xi'er can survive this test." Chen Ling made this decision after deliberating over and over in his heart. It is because Chen Xi's identity is too special, and outsiders can tell that his face is not good at all. Not the Chen family.What's more, in recent years, more and more Yuezhi people have traveled all over the world, and there are always people who know the reason and recognize Chen Xi's identity.Instead of letting others tear up this unbearable history, it is better to let him tear it up with his own hands.

The news that Yuan Qingzhang was in charge of most of the world, the first time he saw Chen Xing, he knew that the Chen family was in a mess, and there were even people who wandered around the palace at night wantonly, nothing could be more chaotic than this.

Thinking of the mad woman in Yeyou Palace, Yuan Qingzhang sneered silently. This old woman wanted to stay young forever, and I don't know how many people's lives were spent.The people in the Yeyou Palace are tyrannical and domineering. The men and women inside are all good materials for making furnaces, but they are different from ordinary furnaces. Their own skills are strong, and it seems that they are in charge of the carnival.Now it's time to quietly find a rising star family to maintain their face. It seems that this Yeyou Palace is coming to an end.

Thinking of this, a little maid came to the door and interrupted his thoughts crisply, "My lord, Madam asked you to come over, and said that there is something I need to tell you."

"Understood, I'll come right away." Liu Shi has been ill for so long, and whenever Chen Ling went to see her, he would leave without saying a word.It was rare this time that Mrs. Liu wanted to talk to him properly, but Chen Ling suddenly hesitated.

Yuan Qingzhang saw his hesitation in his eyes, grabbed his shoulder and said: "Are you worried that your mother will be hurt after hearing the news of your father's death?"

Chen Ling nodded, and a ray of deep worry flowed in the dark eyes, "Mother loves father so much. After so many years, it is impossible not to notice that something is wrong. But even so, mother endured it. Now Even that little bit of expectation is gone, I'm afraid it's not good for her health."

Yuan Qing didn't think so. When the Hefeng Garden caught fire, everyone only believed that Mrs. Liu was a husband who loved and respected her so persistently that she was not her husband.But at that moment, Yuan Qingzhang clearly saw the resentment in her eyes.That's not because he loves and respects his husband so keenly aware of the difference, it's just because he can't wait to eat his flesh and drink his blood.I wanted to talk to Chen Ling, but seeing how he was so devoted to his family now, I had no choice but to keep silent and ask a few insinuating words.

"It's useless for you to think here and there. Since your mother told you to come over now, it must be a good thing. Then you can tell her slowly." Yuan Qingzhang didn't want Chen Ling to worry about these things again. To add to the annoyance, after making up his mind to go back, let Danyun take care of the news of the Chen family over the years.

Chen Ling left Yuan Qingzhang in Cangyue Mountain, and he took Lin Si to Xiaoxiangzhou. He wanted to ask Chen Xi to go with him, but he didn't want him to go there early.

The plum blossoms planted all over Xiaoxiangzhou have already withered a lot, the sporadic flowers are standing on the top of the tree with a dull red color, and a few little girls are standing under the tree with a piece of cloth in their hands, and they are being shaken by the mother-in-law on the tree. down the petals.Grandma Liu stood on the side, holding a hand stove in her hand, and she couldn't stop telling her: "Be careful, these are for my wife to make medicinal food in a while, so don't let them fall on the ground."

Liu Mama didn't know if it was because of worrying too much in the past few days, the wrinkles on her face became deeper and deeper, speaking so coldly, the little maids were even more nervous, and they looked at the head portrait eagerly, as if they were falling from the sky Like a cornucopia, I dare not take it lightly.

Chen Ling coughed lightly, and Mammy Liu stepped forward joyfully and said softly, "Young Master is here. Madam is much more energetic this morning, and she plans to make a plum blossom soup pot for you. Fifth Young Master is already inside." Madam Liu is really happy that Madam can finally see the child clearly for once, those few days haggard as if his soul flew into the sky, and the one who stays there is a walking dead.Even though Nanny Liu can take half of the house's ideas, she is afraid that if the wife is not good, what should be done.Unexpectedly, the lady woke up by herself.

Hearing Liu Mama talk about Chen Ye, Chen Ling's heart skipped a beat, and he whispered to Liu Mama, "Hey, how are you doing these few days?"

Liu Nanny said suspiciously: "Fifth Young Master's complexion is rosy, he just came and ate a piece of pancake, there is nothing wrong with it!"

"There's nothing wrong with that!?" Chen Ling looked at Nanny Liu in surprise, "Xie'er hasn't gone to school for the past few days, and when I went for a horse race a few days ago, his expression was also sleepy, not like in the past Lively. Didn't Mammy see that?"

Nanny Liu was still confused, she frowned and said hesitantly: "Maybe it's because of the old slave's lack of energy these past few days. He didn't seem to be in a state of mind. He didn't go to school. It was the old gentleman who allowed him not to go to school these days. He said that something like this just happened at home, and he felt sad. He couldn't read much when he read like this. , just let him go home so he can rest, Young Master really don’t need to worry about it. The most important thing right now is that Madam and Young Master haven’t seen each other for many days, so it’s time to get close to him.”

Nanny Liu led Chen Ling inside while chattering, and ordered the maids to bring up the dishes, and Xiaoxiangzhou, which had been silent for the whole winter, suddenly came alive.But Chen Ling looked at this lively little Xiangzhou, but his heart couldn't stop falling.

It's so wrong, not to mention whether the mother knew that Xer'er was Yue's child, if she already knew, how could she still care for her in such a meticulous manner? The love in the past doesn't seem to be fake. Every bit of it is full of care and love.But if he said he didn't know, then the caring and love in the past was fake, and the sudden indifference mixed with this love and care really made him hesitate.

Chen Ling closed his eyes and breathed a sigh of relief helplessly, and stepped into the courtyard of Xiaoxiangzhou. The steps that used to be like the wind, but today were extraordinarily heavy.

The doors and windows, which were closed tightly during the illness, are now all opened, and there are fresh and delicate primroses on the desk. The small and delicate goose-yellow flowers are covered by layers of green leaves, swaying in the wind.The curtains and curtains that were a little yellow from the sickness were replaced with bright colors, the floor was also washed with water, and the fragrant lily incense was lit in the incense burner. Fresh fragrance.

Chen Xi was already sitting inside, and as Nanny Liu said, his face was full of joy, and he was not as tired and dull as before.

Mrs. Liu was sitting on the couch flipping through a book, and when she heard Chen Ling coming in, she put down the book in her hand, took his hand with a soft smile and said warmly: "Mom is not feeling well these few days, it makes you tired." It’s gone, and the little bit of meat that was so hard to get back is gone. Today, my mother made your favorite plum blossom pot, eat more.”

Chen Ling held his lips and smiled softly. Although he was full of doubts, it was not easy to ask the question immediately. He forcibly held back his frantic and suspicious heart, sat on the stool, and finished the meal like sitting on pins and needles. meal.Seeing the joyful smile on Chen Xi's face, not a forced flashy look, he finally let go of one thing.It is the best to be able to come out, and after you have worked hard on this, you must be able to stand up.

"Seeing that you are much more energetic, I am relieved. I was thinking that if you were still sleepy, I would give you the Broken Water Sword in my collection. Unexpectedly, you are already old enough to not need me to coax you. I can't give away the sword even if I think about it."

Ever since Chen Ling came in, Chen De dared not look at him, because he was afraid of seeing the disgusting and indifferent eyes he was afraid of, but now that his brother was willing to talk to him in a pleasant manner, he immediately raised his head with joy , grabbed his sleeve firmly and said: "Since it is something that my brother gave me, how can I take it back, I will follow my brother to get it in a while. At that time, I will ask my brother to teach me, if I can learn a trick from my brother Half-shield, I can be regarded as my brother's half-disciple."

Chen Xi has always known that he looks different, and he can tell at a glance that he is not from Zhongtu, and the Liu family does not have any uncle who looks like him.His mother didn't love him as much as she appeared on the surface, and he knew this since he was a child.For so many years, the only one who can make him happy at the first sight is his elder brother, and the only one who is willing to dote on him without any grievances is his elder brother.So what he cared about was only his elder brother's attitude.

The snowy cherry blossoms that started to bud outside the window swayed down a net speckled with broken gold, sifted like a sieve and sprinkled fine gold dots on the face of the elder brother Baiyu Wuxia, moist water glistened in the slightly drooping eyes, like It's the water pearl that he treasured.The round beads seem to hide endless clear water, which can change infinite charm at any time.

After Chen Ling sent Chen Xi away, he sent the people in the house out again, looking into Liu's smiling and gentle eyes, suddenly he didn't know what to say.After closing his eyes weakly for a long time, a trembling voice slipped out from between his teeth, "Mother, father... Father died a long time ago, more than ten years ago."

Chen Ling waited for the belated wind and thunder. He lowered his head and waited for a long while but did not hear any unusual noises. When he raised his head in surprise, he saw that Mrs. Liu had already shed tears all over her face silently.Those lips were still bent into a gentle smile, no different from how they were treated in the usual way.Those eyes, full of grief and sorrow, were completely silent under the silent and meandering tears, which settled into scars that burned into the bone marrow.

"Mother...Mother!" Chen Ling burst into tears suddenly, the tears that he had endured for half his life, the suspicion and fear that had been tormented every night, followed the silent tears of his mother at this moment. out.