The Seven Heroes and Five Righteousness of Crossing

The official office is in Youtang Street, not far from the palace, but Zhao Jue doesn't like bumpy cars and horses, and all the people in the city travel by shoulder, so it's not too early to arrive at the prefect's office.

Jin Mudan was also very happy to see Yuan Cuixiao coming.Hearing that her needlework was in a hurry, she readily asked Jiahui to take out the old embroidery pieces and let her choose.Yuan Cuixiao was envious, and chose a few handkerchiefs with relatively simple patterns, and asked Xia Chan to put them away.

The two sat and chatted for a while, and suddenly someone outside the room called: "Sister Jiahui! Sister Jiahui!"

Coincidentally, just as Jiahui walked away, Jin Mudan said: "The voice is Erge Ding's companion, let's go out and have a look."

The two came to the courtyard hand in hand, Yuan Cuixiao had sharp eyes and recognized Ding Cheng from the Ding Family Manor. Hearing that he just called Jiahui as his sister, not only was it a bit tasteful: even the servants were so familiar with each other. The relationship between the hero and heroine must be deeper...

Seeing the two of them, Ding Cheng hastily bowed and saluted.

Jin Mudan asked: "Ding Cheng, why are you looking for Jiahui?"

Ding Cheng replied: "Responding to my lady's words, I called Sister Jiahui to tell her that my second master has already prepared a boat and is waiting for my lady to come over."

Jin Mudan shyly said: "Understood, you go."

Yuan Cuixiao pursed her lips and said nothing: After ten years of cultivation, the same boat crossed, and today the wind is strong, you are not afraid of blowing...

"Sister Yuan." Jin Mudan said with a trace of apology, "Today at noon, I'm going to the Lotus Nunnery to burn incense and worship my late mother. It's your first visit, but I can't stay with you for a while, so I feel really sorry. Sister, no Will you blame me?"

Yuan Cuixiao felt relieved, and replied: "Where did my sister go? My sister came unexpectedly, how dare I delay my sister's trip because of my own selfishness."

Just as they were courting each other, Jiahui came over with a basket of paper candles.Yuan Cuixiao was worried about going to the small courtyard in Xianshan, and wanted to leave earlier, so she said along the way: "My sister wants to say goodbye to my uncle? My adoptive father is talking to him in the flower hall. Come on, let's go there together."

Jin Mudan had exactly this intention, but since the King of Xiangyang was inside, it was inconvenient to disturb her.Now that Yuan Cuixiao is leading her, naturally it couldn't be better.He smiled and agreed: "Okay."

The two came from the backyard to the flower hall in the front hall, entered the house, bowed their heads together and saluted.

Yuan Cuixiao walked up to Zhao Jue, tugged at his sleeve and said, "Father, shall we go back?"

Zhao Jue frowned and looked at her: "Before you came, you also said that you should ask Mudan for advice on needle female red. It's only been a while, and you're getting impatient?"

"No, father-in-law." Yuan Cuixiao explained, "Sister Jin hired a boat to go to the Lotus Nunnery to offer incense, and she will be leaving soon."

Zhao Jue said "Oh" and asked, "But the Lotus Nunnery on the west bank of the Juzhang River?"

Yuan Cuixiao turned to look at Jin Mudan: "Really, sister?"

Jin Mudan replied softly: "Exactly."

Zhao Jue patted Yuan Cuixiao's hand and said: "When your adoptive mother was alive, she often went to the Lotus Nunnery to chant scriptures and worship Buddha. My father remembered that she once planted a red maple by the release pond. How about you Let’s go with the boat and have a look.”

Yuan Cuixiao groaned secretly in her heart, but she didn't dare to disobey King Xiangyang's wishes, so she carefully shied away and said: "But the master asked me to review the book, and if I can't recite it in class tomorrow, I should be punished for copying it. My daughter can go to another day ?”

Zhao Jue sized her up silently for a while, and Yuan Cuixiao felt his gaze, like staring at a garlic.When he was uneasy, Zhao Jue said: "The matter of reviewing the book is not important. It is better to hit the sun than to pick the day. I think it is good to go today."

Seeing that the general situation is over, the opening of meat will come to naught.Yuan Cuixiao responded with drooping head, "Then... that's fine."

At the end of Youtang Street, there is Hedu Wharf.Because they were close, everyone led the way by Ding Cheng and walked forward.

Yuan Cuixiao was the last one, she didn't say a word along the way, and her expression was a little sleepy.Compared with the smiling face when he left the house in the past, there is a world of difference.Seeing this, Xia Chan couldn't help but wonder: "Little lady, aren't you seasick and afraid of water?"

Yuan Cuixiao's heart skipped a beat, and then she was full of regret: seasickness, why didn't I remember such a good reason... said distressedly: "I agreed with my master to go to Xianshan at noon, but now it's in vain."

"Mount Xian is also in the west of Hexi, so you have to go to the Lotus Nunnery." Xia Chan thought for a while, then shook her head and said, "But it still won't work. If the prince asks the young lady to come to the nunnery to offer incense, if you go against his wishes, it will be wrong after all. "

Yuan Cuixiao sighed softly: "Who said it wasn't."

The Juzhang River system flows out of Nanzhang Jingshan Mountain, the east branch is Zhang, and the west branch is Ju, converging into the Yangtze River.There are green mountains on both sides of the strait, a river with green water, winding peaks and vast mist.It was almost noon, and there were not many ferry boats on the pier. Yuan Cuixiao saw a person standing at the stern of one of the boats from a distance. He was wearing a dark robe, and his figure was as tall and straight as a pine. Ding Zhaohui couldn't help feeling sad.

The boat and the shore steps were connected by a half-foot-wide swing board. After greeting each other, Jin Mudan was the first to board the boat. She lifted her skirt with both hands, and moved carefully on the swing board.When he was approaching the side of the boat, Ding Zhaohui smiled and stretched out his hand to him, while Jin Mudan supported his wrist with a handkerchief, settled on the deck, and said softly, "Thank you, Brother Ding".

Ding Zhaohui said lightly, "Sister, you don't need to be polite."

The words were not loud, and the wind poured into Yuan Cuixiao's ears word by word, like steel needles poking her heart.She lifted up a part of her skirt, boarded the swinging board, and walked quickly to the corner of the boat. She caught a glimpse of Ding Zhaohui standing on the side of the boat with her arms crossed. , I will pass!He lowered his face, shouted "Get out of the way", put his feet together, and jumped towards the place where Ding Zhaohui was standing.Fortunately Ding Er was quick, otherwise she would have thrown him into the river.

Everyone was dumbfounded, and Xia Chan covered her face even more: The little lady must have lost her mind and went crazy today...

Jumping against the wind, her head was a little off... Yuan Cuixiao straightened up regretfully, stamped the sore soles of her feet, ignored the dispirited people, walked to the door of the cabin, raised the curtains loudly, and said calmly: " Please, Sister Jin, please, Young Master Ding."

The ferry boat is different from the painting boat, the ceiling is curved, and the space inside is small, only for people to sit, so Xia Chan and Jiahui are also inconvenient to stand by, and they both sat down next to their own little lady.Ding Cheng was a male servant, so it was inconvenient to enter, so he chatted with the old boatman at the bow of the boat.Ding Zhaohui sat opposite Yuan Cuixiao, on the same side as Jin Mudan.

Seeing the two of them sitting side by side, Yuan Cuixiao couldn't help but echo in his mind the sentence that Wang Bao of Xiangyang said during the banquet yesterday, "The two of you can be said to be talented men and women, and they are very good-looking." Dad forced himself into the boat and made a super big light bulb, which was very boring.

The layout in the cabin is very simple, there is a long table in the middle, and a wide plank on each side of the side of the boat, which should be used as a seat.There are more than enough seats for three or four people in a row.But in Yuan Cuixiao's eyes, the three people sitting opposite seemed to be huddled together.She looked left and right, feeling very upset, and couldn't help but said, "Do you feel crowded sitting?" She pointed at the space next to Xia Chan, "Jiahui, why don't you sit here."

Ding Zhaohui raised his eyes, glanced at her tiredly, and remained motionless.

Jin Mudan blushed, and awkwardly moved towards Jia Hui's side, she and Ding Er were not close at all, and now she went in the opposite direction, and she was really squeezed together with Jia Hui.

Xia Chan saw that the way was wrong, and in desperation, she lowered her head and twisted Yuan Cuixiao's waist, and said softly: "Little lady, I know you won't be able to go to Xianshan, and I feel uncomfortable, but don't make trouble for nothing. ah!"

Yuan Cuixiao was ticklish, she was pinched by Xia Chan, and then she couldn't hold back her laughter, she quickly covered half of her face and said, "Hehe. Just kidding, just kidding..." As he spoke, he cast a reproachful glance at the black hand next to him.

Jin Mudan smiled and said: "My younger sister is innocent and innocent, her words and deeds are willful, and the prince is even more loving to you. My elder sister is envious of you from the bottom of my heart."

Yuan Cuixiao scratched her head: This fake father has been abusing me, how can you see that he treats me well... Not convinced, said: "Sister is joking. You are Uncle Jin's legitimate daughter, I am just a daughter with a different surname , just living in the palace. What is there to be envious of!"

Jin Mudan shook her head: "No. I have a married elder sister and a younger brother who is still able to read and write. My father never talked to us much since we were young. Nothing. We respect and fear him at the same time, we have never been so casual and natural like the prince and you."

"Really." Yuan Cuixiao responded, but said in her heart: So you are the real father!These days, the three cardinal principles and the five constant principles, fathers have to be more strict, and make you dignified and prudent, so that you can be like ducks in water when you marry into your husband's family.If it were Zhao Jue's raising method, he would most likely want to marry his daughter to some enemy's house, and destroy the family without bloodshed...

Jin Mudan looked at Ding Zhaohui, and asked with concern: "After the second brother recovered from his illness, did he ever go back to Mohua Village? How is Auntie? How is the elder brother, sister-in-law, and sister Yuehua?"

Ding Zhaohui nodded, and replied: "Mother is in good health. The eldest brother and sister-in-law have a new pair of twins named Ding Jiao and Ding Feng respectively. Yuehua is waiting to be married in the village, and the eldest brother went to Wujin to repair the ancestors for the sister-in-law. I thought it would be used for my marriage in the coming year.”

Jin Mudan smiled sweetly: "That's great! There are so many happy events!"

Yuan Cuixiao listened coldly, her pair of water-like autumn eyes stared at Ding Zhaohui for a moment, thinking to herself: How could that scheming girl Pu Wenyan stay in the villa obediently, waiting to marry Maoer blindly.The two of you who are brothers are not here, maybe she has already packed up the gold and silver and is on the way to escape from marriage...