Hou Men Splendid

Chapter 45 Looking at the stars and the moon

Looking back, it was the man who asked her for a wooden sword a few days ago, and his way of greeting was too abrupt, she didn't know him at all.

Lin Qingran frowned, just nodded slightly, turned around and took the piano upstairs. The man stood not far from the stairs, and when he turned around with a smile, he met Lu Xiangyi who came in.

Lu Xiangyi only felt that the person in front of him was quite familiar, but he didn't quite remember who it was. Instead, the man greeted him first, "General Lu."

Lu Xiangyi nodded, and the wife behind him came in with her daughter. Lu Xiangyi didn't say anything to him, turned his back, and the man went out.

When the arrangements were made, Lu Xiangyi remembered and asked the accompanying guards, and some of them who had been with Lu Zheng for several years said, "General, that should be Shao Zuoling from the Seventh Battalion."

The surname is Shao, and they are in the Seventh Battalion. Lu Xiangyi immediately thought of the Shao family. This place is still around Yanzhou City. People from the military camp can be seen everywhere. It is not surprising to meet them. Send it directly to the house, rest early after eating, and leave early the next morning.

Lin Qingran was not used to spending the night in a strange inn, tossing and turning unable to fall asleep, so she put on some clothes and stood by the window to watch the moonlight.

The end of the month was approaching, and there was a crescent moon in the sky. Looking down, at this hour in this town, except for the sound in a relatively distant place, the rest of the place was quiet.

The night wind blows slowly into the window, making me sleepless even more

As a result of not being able to sleep all night, she started to feel drowsy the next day when she got into the carriage. Lin Qingran leaned on the soft cushion, woke up and slept twice, and it was noon in a blink of an eye.

The carriage stopped to rest at a crossing of the plank road, and Miao Er lay on her body and looked at her curiously, "Auntie, did you catch tabby cats yesterday? Why have you been sleeping on the carriage?"

Lin Qingran laughed, touched her head and opened the curtain to go out of the window. Mother Li cooked some simple soup for her, and Lin Qingran fed Miaoer some first.

The people in the two cars were going to rest and continue to set off after having lunch. There was a sound of horseshoes not far away. From a distance, it seemed that four or five horses were running towards this side. Lin Qingran wiped Miaoer mouth, looked up, and the man in the lead saw their parked carriage and also saw her, and greeted with a smile, "It's really a fate."

There is only such a road from the town, but if you want to go to the next place, you must go this way. They are in a carriage, and he is on a horse. They will meet sooner or later. Is this considered a fate?

Lin Qingran looked back and snorted, ignoring his polite words, but Lu Xiangyi saw them, "Shao Zuoling, are you going to Yuanzhou?"

"Go all the way down to inspect." The man dismounted, and the people who followed him also dismounted. Only then did Lin Qingran see clearly that everyone was wearing a simple military uniform with a sword.

She just heard her cousin call that person Shao Zuoling, and she couldn't help but think of the Shao family in Luodu City. There are so many people with the surname Shao in the world, so it shouldn't be so easy to meet the Shao family.

Just as she was thinking this way, her cousin over there had already explained her confusion, "Shao Zuoling has been in Yanzhou for a while, and I don't know when he will return to Luodu City to resume his job."

Then came the man's voice, "I'll be back in a few days, my second brother's child is about to turn one year old, I hope I can join the child's week in time."

When the man said that, he glanced at Lin Qingran. Lin Qingran got into the carriage directly, feeling that he was still thinking about the wooden sword she had bought.

Finally, she asked Si Qin, "Did the second young lady of the Shao family just give birth?"

Si Qin thought for a while, "Miss, the second young lady of the Shao family should have given birth to her child in September last year." Lin Qingran pushed aside the curtain inside the carriage and glanced outside. This person surnamed Shao could be the The young master of Shaohou Mansion.

Lin Qingran stayed in the carriage and did not come out. Lu Xiangyi chatted with Shao Ziming for a while. Shao Ziming looked at the carriage where Lin Qingran was in, and asked Lu Xiangyi unintentionally, "If you don't know that General Lu has only one younger brother, Shao I thought it was General Lu's younger sister."

"It's Lu's younger sister." Lu Xiangyi nodded, "It's just Lu's cousin. This time I brought my wife back to Chongzhou to visit relatives, and by the way, I took her to play together."

The one who can call Lu Xiangyi a cousin is either the granddaughter of General Lu or the cousin of Mrs. Lu's natal family. They came south from Luodu City, but Mrs. Lu's natal family is not in Luodu City. Just think about Shao Ziming. On the carriage was General Lu's granddaughter, a girl from the Lin family.

Shao Ziming didn't ask any more questions. After getting on the horse, he led his people away first, and Lu Xiangyi also continued to set off.

It was dark when we arrived at the next town. The carriage journey was quite tiring, so we ate dinner hastily. This time, Lin Qingran did not suffer from insomnia, and fell asleep
After doing this for five or six days, I arrived at the town where I was the last foothold, and I was able to reach Chongzhou City in the evening when I set off the next day.

I haven't met that young master of the Shao family all the way, and Yuanzhou is farther than Chongzhou, and I have already passed Chongzhou by riding a horse.

After resting for one night, the next evening when he entered the city gate of Chongzhou, Mrs. Wang opened the curtain and looked outside, and said with emotion, "I haven't been back for several years, and nothing has changed here."

Lin Qingran hugged Miao'er and looked out, and Wang smiled and introduced her to the places she passed along the way.

Chongzhou City is a small town. It didn't take long for the carriage to arrive at the gate of Wang's house. After getting out of the carriage, Mrs. Wang and her two daughters-in-law greeted her at the gate. When she saw Wang's for the first time, she was so excited that tears filled her eyes.

Standing at the door and exchanging greetings, they quickly greeted Wang’s house. June and July are the lotus season. Walking through the front yard and entering the back yard, you can see a large lake. The lake is full of blooming lotuses, and pavilions and corridors have been built. They walked directly across the lake to the resettlement yard.

I haven't seen each other for more than five years. The mother and daughter must have a lot to talk about. Mrs. Wang took her daughter to Mrs. Wang's residence. At this evening, it was getting dark, and a maid from Wang's mansion invited her Lin Qingran went over to have dinner.

After resting in Wang's mansion for a few days, the two sister-in-laws of the Wang family became the hosts and took them to play around Chongzhou City.

Half a month later, Lu Xiangyi took them back to Yanzhou.

After resting in Yanzhou for a few days, Lu Xiangyi went to the pier to contact the boatman. Lin Qingran was lying on the bed weakly because she had eaten some heat when she came back.

There was still some pain in the back, and Li's mother scraped the sand for her. In early August, even if there was an ice basin in the house, it was very hot on a windless day.

Originally, she planned to go for a walk in Yanzhou City, thinking about the daughter's temple, and wanted to visit the shop near the daughter's temple, but now she probably has more energy than she wants.

After dinner, it was getting dark, and Lin Qingran was also tired. After Si Qin applied some ointment on her acupuncture points, it felt cool and refreshing, and Lin Qingran fell asleep quickly. here, this is just getting started
The street market is full of such prostitutes, and it is conceivable that Chengdu is bustling. There is a big sign at the entrance of the daughter temple market, and the red lights all the way in are lit like daytime.

There are also many stalls in the street market, but they are not selling things for children, but some rouge powder, red thread embroidered bags, and of course there are stalls for buying food. Take the load and set up a few tables and chairs. In the evening, many people will come out from various workshops, and go home after eating supper.

Not all the people would stay here every night, most of them just spend a small amount of money to ask a girl to accompany them for a drink. The money for staying overnight is very precious.

People who often come here in Yanzhou City know that there are three or six grades in this daughter's temple. There are good and bad prostitutes, and this woman naturally has good and bad ones. The best one belongs to the one written behind the daughter's temple market. The Yuanyang Pavilion, the girls in the Yuanyang Pavilion are all beauties who are all over the country, proficient in everything from piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, is it just the money, just drinking with you and chatting for a while, is not counted in her house Go to listen to Qu'er, I can cheat you more than 20 taels a night, let alone go in and sleep all night, don't go in without 51 taels of silver in your pocket, so don't be ashamed.

But even if the price is high, there are still many people coming. Men are like this. They look fresh and beautiful, and maybe they can talk to the girls here. Isn't this just holding up the banner of looking for bosom friends to cover themselves? Facts about the human body.

In a room in Yuanyang Pavilion, there is a scene of talking about feelings. There is a man sitting by the window, with a casual expression, holding a glass of wine in his hand. His eyes fall on the woman who is playing the piano and singing for him. Moving, not gorgeous, but vulgar.

Plucking the strings with her fingertips, she glanced at the man seductively, then lowered her eyes, her face was shy, her singing sound seemed to be deliberately out of tune, and such a tremor seemed to be moaning.

The gauze coat was draped over her body, revealing her fragrant shoulders. Inside was just a white skirt that wrapped her chest. Her long hair hung between her collarbones. When she moved, her hair would wrap around the exposed skin, playfully trying to wrap it inside her chest. drill.

Which man didn't see blood spurting at such a scene.

At the end of the song, the woman saw that the man didn't respond enough, so she got up and walked slowly to his side, leaning against him, leaning against him softly, looking up at him, her voice full of grievances, her ruddy lips opening and closing to complain, "Shao Young Master, what happened to you today, Ruan Er played the piano for you, and you all looked like this."

Shao Ziming hooked her chin with his hand, lowered his head and approached slowly, the woman closed her eyes, her eyelashes trembling.

But for a while, those lips didn't even fall on her mouth, but he heard him chuckle, "Miss Ruan, what precious thing do you have?"

Ruan'er opened his eyes and gave him an angry look, "Young Master Shao, you are really bad, Ruan'er's precious thing is not given to you." After speaking, she fell on his chest.

"Does Miss Ruan have any other precious things?" Shao Ziming asked casually. Ruan Er thought for a while, "When she was seven years old, her father sold her here, and her mother gave her a mahogany hairpin. This is the only hairpin on her body. Some jewelry."

"Is it still there?"

"Yes, Ruan Er kept it very well. The news I found out a few years ago said that my mother died of illness, and this hairpin is the only thing she left for Ruan Er." Ruan Er couldn't help tears in her eyes.

Shao Ziming pinched her chin lightly, and said distressedly, "Why are you crying?" He lowered his head to kiss her tears, the people under him trembled, Ruan'er reached out and hooked his neck, thinking that he was going to hug her Unexpectedly, Shao Ziming let go of his hand and asked her for this hairpin, "Why don't you give this hairpin to me?"

Ruan Er was startled, not understanding why he asked for the hairpin, but she obediently fell into his arms, "If Mr. Shao likes it, Ruan Er can give it to you."

This should be a scene of obsession, but Shao Ziming was dissatisfied after hearing this sentence, "No."

Ruan looked up at him, "Young Master Shao?"

Shao Ziming left her and stood up, his tone was no longer so gentle, "Since it is the most precious thing your mother left you, why did you give it to me so easily?"

"Mr. Shao is the person Ruan'er cherishes the most. Ruan'er believes that Mr. Shao will take good care of this hairpin." Ruan'er didn't understand what she said wrong, so she got up and went to him, leaning gently, "As long as Mr. Shao wants , Ruan Er is willing to give you all the precious things."

The next moment, it wasn't the hug she expected, Shao Ziming pushed her away, his eyes were unclear, "Since it is your most precious thing, when I asked you for it, you should say no, why did you say give it so easily?" Give it to me."

Ruan'er looked at him in bewilderment, it was not wrong for her to give him what he wanted, it has been like this for more than a year, why did it suddenly change.

Shao Ziming touched her face, his expression was no longer as idle as when he just sat down and listened to the music, "I'm going back."

"Where are you going back?" Ruan'er didn't recover for a while, "Young Master Shao, where are you going back?"

Shao Ziming looked at everything in this room again, and suddenly felt very boring because of his attire to please him. Looking down at the panicked woman, Shao Ziming smiled, "Naturally go back to Luodu City, Ruan Er, you are in Yuanyang Pavilion After all these years, why are you still acting like a child?"

"Young Master Shao, you said you like Ruan Er like this." Ruan Er cried, tears fell from it, with a sad look on her face, even crying is so beautiful.

Yes, he said that he likes Ruan Er who is childish, Ruan Er who wears light gauze and thin clothes, and Ruan Er who changes the bed curtains into sheer gauze. Tired.

Seeing that he didn't speak, Ruan'er was anxious in her heart, but she didn't dare to show it too clearly on her face, but asked him cautiously, "Young Master Shao, you will take Ruan'er to watch the sunset and sunrise, right?"

Shao Ziming came back to his senses, wrapped her belt around her and brought him in front of him, lowered his head and kissed her on the forehead, and agreed with a half-smile, "Really."

(End of this chapter)