female catcher

Chapter 149
At the door of Xia Chu's house, Xia Chu took out the key to open the door, Jiang Xiyuan took the key away from her hand, "Can you see the keyhole?"

"Meow..." Xia Chuban opened his eyes and looked at him, "I have very good eyesight."

Jiang Xiyuan pushed the door open and helped her into the room, then turned on the lamp, "Where is the water? I'll get you a glass."

"No hot..."

"Is the water tank in the kitchen?"

"My lord... I don't think you know how to boil water." Chu Xia said quietly.Jiang Xiyuan stopped talking, rubbed his palms, "Tell me how to do it."

"There is firewood behind the door, and the toilet paper is on the window sill. You take the torch first..." Xia Chu said halfway, and stood up while supporting the bed, "I'll do it myself."

Jiang Xiyuan sighed in frustration, picked up the lamp, and followed Xia Chu to the kitchen.At the beginning of Xia, he blew on the fire and lit the toilet paper and put it in the hearth, then broke some thin firewood and threw it in, and put some more when the flame was bigger.Jiang Xiyuan watched from the side, silently remembering.

"Pass me some more firewood." Xia Chu stretched out his hand, but Jiang Xiyuan grabbed her hand and pulled her up, "I'll do it." After speaking, he took some firewood and stuffed it in.The firewood is thick, and the flames are extinguished as soon as they enter.

"What a mess! The fire hasn't started yet, you can't put firewood, you have to put it from the bottom first, how can you put so much at once!" Xia Chu stomped his foot.

Jiang Xiyuan turned his head and gave her a blank look, "Just come again. That's enough, you get out! I know how to do it."

He took out the few sticks of firewood and threw them aside, re-lighted the toilet paper according to the procedure before the beginning of Xia, slowly added finer firewood, and carefully put in the firewood one by one when the fire was hot.

"Blow it." Xia Chu said from the side.

"How to blow?"

"Blow on the fire, just a little bit harder."

Jiang Xiyuan lowered his body a bit lower, and blew into the stove, the dust in the stove rolled out, choking him to cough.Xia Chu pulled him up and said with a smile, "My lord is finally eating fireworks."

"It's not bad!" Jiang Xiyuan glanced at the stove, and saw that the flames had already risen, so he carried the copper pot to scoop water, looking a little excited.Xia Chu looked at him and couldn't help smiling.

With hot water, Xia Chu held the cup and leaned on the bed, drinking while blowing, his head was still dizzy, but his stomach felt much more comfortable.Jiang Xiyuan also poured himself a glass, sat next to her, looked around while drinking water, and his eyes fell on the painting on the wall.

"What is this?" He asked Xia Chu.

"My family." Xia Chu also followed him to look over.

Jiang Xiyuan stood up and walked a little closer. He could recognize the Xia Chu in the painting, and it was quite similar.After looking at it, I felt that the painting style was a bit familiar, "Did you draw it yourself? I can't tell that you can draw with two broken characters."

"No, Mr. Huang gave it to me as a birthday present." Xia Chu said, lowered his eyes and blew on the mist.

Jiang Xiyuan had a bit of a taste.His gift was a mess, and it hadn't been sent out in the end. This Mr. Huang's gift was delivered well, and it was posted on the wall, and he watched it every day.

"He met your family?"

"No, I lost a wallet before, and there were portraits of my family in it, and that wallet happened to be picked up by Mr. Huang, and that's how I know him." Xia Chu raised his eyes to look at the painting, "It's not very similar, actually, But the heart really touched me.”

Jiang Xiyuan went to look at the painting again, and had to admit it if he didn't want to admit it, the gift was indeed very thoughtful.If it was him, he would be very moved too.Master!Jiang Xiyuan secretly said.

"You should be more careful with that Mr. Huang." Jiang Xiyuan said.

Xia Chu frowned slightly, "It's here again, my lord has never seen him before, so why are you so prejudiced against him?"

Jiang Xiyuan hesitated for a moment, looked at Xia Chu and said, "I've asked someone to inquire about it. There is no such person as Huang Zhen in Xijing City."

Xia Chu was taken aback, and then smiled, "Impossible. He is from Xijing, otherwise he would not appear often. How can I ask you? Can you ask them one by one?"

"Although there are many people in Xijing, there are only a few rich merchants, let alone imperial merchants. It's not difficult to ask." Jiang Xiyuan said seriously: "Either he is not from Xijing, or he doesn't have that name. In short, he lied to you on one of these two points. So you'd better be careful."

Seeing that Xia Chu was silent and did not speak, Jiang Xiyuan asked, "Did you hear that?"

Xia Chu sneered, "I heard that, but what am I careful about? Be careful if he cheats on me for money or sex? In terms of money, I don't have as much money as he does, and in terms of sex, I'm not as good-looking as him. There's nothing to lie to."

"You don't have as much money as I do, and you don't look as good-looking as I do." Jiang Xiyuan said.

Xia Chu didn't understand the meaning of his words, but couldn't help laughing when he heard him boasting so much, "Then what are you trying to lie to me, my lord?"

"I didn't lie to you. My name is Jiang Xiyuan. I live in Dunyifang. Jiang's family is in the mansion of General Huqi. What's his name? Where does he live? What kind of business does the family do?"

"That doesn't matter." Xia Chu looked at Jiang Xiyuan, "Then who am I? Am I really called Xia Chu? Where did I live before? Where did I come from? Do you think I lied to you? "

"I will judge for myself."

"I can judge myself." Xia Chu looked down at the cup in his hand, "Your Excellency, don't worry about me."

Jiang Xiyuan put the teacup on the table next to him, stood up, "Whatever you want." After speaking, he left without looking back.

Xia Chu heard the courtyard door being slammed shut, curled his lips but still lowered his head, blew pantingly on the water in the cup, and as he blew, tears fell from his eyes as soon as he blinked.

She held the cup and began to cry, the more she cried, the more she wanted to cry, sad, or just drank too much.

Huang Zhen, there is a truth in the name, so how can it be a fake?She didn't believe it, but she knew that Jiang Xiyuan would not lie to her.

When Su Zhen casually said this name, maybe he also thought the same subconsciously. He hoped that all of this would be true, truly free, and truly happy.

People are always like this, they always want to emphasize what they cover up, just like Xia Chu always wants to emphasize that she is a man, just like Su Zhen said to himself that Xia Chu is just a casual friend.Because of guilty conscience.

But people can't lie to themselves. Xia Chu knew that he was a woman, and Su Zhen also realized through constant struggle and rejection that Xia Chu couldn't just be a friend whom he met by chance.

It was already too late, Su Zhen still didn't want to sleep, so he sat on the soft couch in the bedroom and sent away all the palace people, including An Liang.He was the only one in Nuo Da's room, occupying a small corner, quietly lost in thought.

He couldn't remember how long he hadn't seen Xia Chu, and it didn't matter how long it was actually, it seemed to him that it had been a long, long time.The longing he suppressed would come back even more violently when he was exhausted, making it impossible for him to resist.

He recalled every time they met, only to find that even counting the initial encounter on the street, the number of times they met was only within two palms.

Before he realized his abnormality, it would be nice if he could meet a few more times, so that he would have more to miss.Su Zhen thought so.

He got up and pushed open the window. It was a very good night outside, but unfortunately the katydids and weaver maids in the palace were all arrested and left quietly.Every stone and every tree stayed where they should exist, and every flower was gorgeous and impeccable, with no interest in life.

It turned out that this is also good.Xia Chu said that the unchanging life is boring, and that a new attempt can make people discover the difference in life, but she did not say that the results of some attempts are unbearable.Such as missing.

"No wonder I had a dream last night, a five-clawed golden dragon fell into the room..." Su Zhen softly sang a line from "You Long Xi Feng", as if seeing Xia Chu that day and said with a smile: "This girl is quite good at talking too. , I don't believe she can really dream."

Su Zhen smiled, he really wanted to dream something, to explain what was in his mind, but Yumengqing Shimeng failed.

"Anliang." Su Zhen called out.An Liang pushed the door open, stepped forward and stood with a bow, "Your Majesty."

"How long has there been no play in the palace?"

An Liang was taken aback, "It's been a long time since I returned to the emperor, and I haven't prescribed it since the emperor was seriously ill last year."

"I want to listen to the play." Su Zhen looked away from the window, "The German class, let's make arrangements."

"Yes." An Liang took a step back, "Your Majesty, you should go to bed earlier if the night is dark and dew heavy, and you have to go to court early tomorrow."

Su Zhen didn't speak, but still sat quietly.An Liang bowed again, backed out, and only sighed when he reached the door of the sleeping hall.

"Eunuch An." Someone called him in the darkness.An Liang followed the voice and looked over, Min Feng, dressed in black and black pants, walked in front of him as if conjured out of thin air.

"Master Min, are you on duty today?"

Min Feng stood with folded arms and nodded.An Liang smiled and said: "The emperor doesn't go out of the palace recently, and you are much more free. Alas, pity me..."

"You are also much more relaxed."

"No." An Liang shook his head with a bitter face, "Let's go out of the palace. Although I always think about not meeting the emperor and not spoiling the food, I am happy when the emperor is happy. I don't worry about that now, but I'm even more nervous." An Liang turned his head and asked him, "Are you saying that my life is cheap?"

Min Feng smiled, glanced at him and didn't speak.

An Liang gave him a white look, "The emperor just said that he wants to listen to an opera, but I have to get someone to arrange to go tomorrow."

"Going to the theater tomorrow?"

"I can't see it. It depends on when the emperor is free, and which day is a normal day. Don't catch up with the death date of any former emperor or empress or some prince or concubine. Then you have to report the repertoire and verify the troupe. The personnel list..." An Liang counted the past with his fingers, "There are a lot of things."

"Is it the German class?" Min Feng asked.

"Did you hear it, my lord? These ears are also amazing."

"Guess."

"Then help me guess again, what should I sing? It's not a good year to listen to operas, and I don't know what jokes to sing to suit the occasion." An Liang said with a smile.

Min Feng looked back at the dormitory, with a hint of hesitation in his eyes, "Playing with dragons and phoenixes."

An Liang waved his hands as soon as he heard it, "That's impossible, the palace can't sing this, and let those rigid veterans know later, they must scold me to death. Wreck the emperor."

Min Feng nodded noncommittally, and did not speak again.

(End of this chapter)