Clouds and Waters

Yun and Shui whispered and laughed in the room again.Shui Xinyou got up early in the morning and her meticulously retouched makeup was twisted and messed up, so she had to do her makeup in front of the mirror.Yun Chenxiao took advantage of Shui Xinyou to make up, and went back to the side of the couch to sleep peacefully for a while.Firstly, she usually had a servant girl to serve her, but now she has no one to take care of her, and she is impatient with these trivial matters. Secondly, she has been running around for days, working hard, and she is really tired.It wasn't until Shui Xinyou pretended to be sitting on the side of the bed and shook her awake that she sleepily tidied up her appearance and clothes, but for a while the gold hairpin was missing, the comb was missing, and the hairpin was missing for a while.

Seeing her in a hurry, Shui Xinyou sighed and said with a smile: "You are born to be the lucky lady of Qianjin. Just sit down and let me do it." As he spoke, he helped Yun Chenxiao tidy up.After the two of them finished dressing, Yun Chenxiao refused to let her go, yelling that Shui Xinyou's eyebrows are not good-looking, and that she wants to imitate ancient people to draw eyebrows for the bride, so as to enjoy the happiness of her boudoir.Shui Xinyou couldn't be stubborn, so he went with her.The two of them waited for more than half an hour before scurrying out.

Those envoys of the Zhennan Army woke up early, hoping to take Shui Xinyou's edict and return to Chengdu to return to their orders. If they hurry up, they can arrive before dark.Unexpectedly, Shui Xinyou came late and didn't show up until almost noon, so he was full of anger.Who would have thought that seeing Shui Xinyou's charming and bright appearance with spring brows, she would feel like a spring breeze, even forgetting to be angry.

Shui Xinyou was in a good mood at this time, and he didn't think he was disobedient. He wrote the transfer text slowly, stamped it slowly, sealed it with wax slowly, handed it out slowly, and gave a few instructions slowly.These special envoys were originally from the army, they are used to watching life and death fights, and they all have violent personalities, but today they have the patience to spend half a day with Master Shui, it's really not easy.It's just that Yun Chenxiao couldn't find Tang Xiaohan for a while, and felt a little surprised, but after all, he didn't care much, so he didn't ask.

It was almost noon when the envoys were sent off, and it was time for lunch.Yun Chenxiao expended a lot of energy last night, and only ate a spoonful of porridge in the morning. She had already sung empty plans in her stomach, and finally made it to the meal time. She was about to discuss with Shui Xinyou about going to Zuiyuezhai in Jiange County for a delicious meal Suddenly, Shui Xinyou stretched her muscles and said, "Go, I'll take you to a place."

Yun Chenxiao was hungry, a little reluctant, and he couldn't resist Shui Xinyou, so he could only grab a handful of dry food with a sad face, followed Shui Xinyou, and walked towards Jiange County.

It was a rare sunny day, and the autumn air was crisp.Yun Chenxiao didn't see the sun for a long time, and felt that his whole body was going to be moldy. At this moment, he put his hands in his sleeves, raised his head and closed his eyes, and basked in the rare autumn light.After walking for a while, Yun Chenxiao felt people's voices gradually rising in his ears, as if there were peddlers hawking and bargaining, all in the local dialect of Shu.Yun Chenxiao had nothing to do with her left and right, so she pricked up her ears to distinguish carefully, but suddenly felt her left arm tightened, as if someone was holding her tightly, avoiding the bustling crowd.

A familiar aura came over his nostrils, and he knew who it was without opening his eyes.A smile bloomed on Yun Chenxiao's face in an instant, and he still closed his eyes and said, "Did you just enter the downtown area of ​​the county?"

Shui Xinyou pulled her angrily and said: "There are many people and the road is narrow. Miss Yun, you are impatient to look down at the road, so don't hit your precious body again."

Yun Chenxiao just closed his eyes, smiled without saying a word, and let Shui Xinyou pull him forward.After walking for a while, Shui Xinyou suddenly stopped, and with her legs up and sleeves, she swept Yun Chenxiao's face.With a faint fragrance in the sleeves and a hint of coolness, Yun Chenxiao opened his slightly drunken eyes, looked around, and asked with a smile, "Are you there?"

Shui Xinyou stood with his hands behind his back and said: "Don't rely on your skin to make mistakes. According to your suntan method, you will become a little black dog within a day. I don't want you then!"

After hearing this, Yun Chenxiao laughed, grabbed Shui Xinyou's hand and said, "Unfortunately, no one knows, if you offer it to my lord, there will be a big reward. The fun of basking in the sun, tsk tsk, only Yuan Lying down by the north window in Ming Dynasty, the cool breeze may be as good as shoulder to shoulder! Come on, Yu'er, try it?"

Shui Xinyou's skin is like that of jade and snow, he doesn't like the scorching sun the most, so he said lightly: "Come on, you and Tao Lingju are people above Xihuang. I, Shui Xinyou, am a common man, such a beautiful thing is not blessed Tolerable."

Yun Chenxiao had no choice but to curl her lips and sigh: "I still have the heart to contribute, but I have no reason to see the Lord of the Ming Dynasty."

Shui Xinyou also imitated her and sighed: "I am afraid that after eating your celery, it will be 'stinged in the mouth and miserable in the stomach', so I am grateful for not being sensitive."

After finishing speaking, the two looked at each other and smiled, not against their hearts, they walked hand in hand, and occasionally whispered love words in their ears, which made others envious.When it was almost noon, the sun was getting worse, Yun Chen Xiaoben wore a wide coat, and raised his hands to guide his sleeves, spreading a small piece of shade on top of Shui Xinyou's head, jokingly said: "I have a bad day, do you cry to Yu?" ? ①"

Shui Xinyou saw that she was speaking without restraint, and felt that the meaning of this joke was ominous, so she moved her lotus steps quietly, stepped on Yun Chenxiao's instep, and said angrily: "From now on, you are not allowed to speak, otherwise there will be no lunch !"

Yun Chenxiao was startled, and said: "I'm guilty, I'm guilty." Shui Xinyou pointed her forehead a little, Yun Chenxiao immediately shut up, smiled and led the umbrella for Shui Xinyou.

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After a while, the two came to a small alley.Yun Chenxiao recognized this place as the residence of the chicken seller Gong Yan and his wife who were beaten by the left servant Hu Mu of the palace that day.As soon as the two were admitted to the hospital, Gong Yan's wife, Li Xiulian, brought a bowl of rice to the house. Seeing the two benefactors, she anxiously put the rice on the stove, and wiped the water off her body in embarrassment. , then went up to meet him and said: "The two benefactors came by coincidence, and we are preparing to have dinner."

Yun Chenxiao took a sneak peek at the small courtyard, it was quite different from the last time he came here, it was tidy and orderly, with a brand new look, presumably Shui Xinyou also gave a lot of help in private.Yun Chenxiao was going to help in the kitchen, but Li Xiulian knew that both of them were noble people who did not touch the sun, but she would not agree, so she just pushed them into the house.

The two had no choice but to enter the house.That Gong Yan didn't know where to go at this time, only his daughter was in the house, looking at the two of them eagerly.Shui Xinyou took her little hand, and casually asked some questions about schoolgirls.The girl was eleven or twelve years old, articulate, and made Shui Xinyou smile from time to time.Yun Chenxiao watched from the side, also happy.

While he was talking, he suddenly saw a person with a big plate running to the indoor table, put the plate down, and quickly touched his ears with his hands, saying, "I'm scalding to death, I'm scalding to death!" It's..."

"Tang Xiaohan, why are you here?" Yun Chenxiao asked dumbfounded.

The person who played the game was none other than Tang Xiaohan, a disciple of the Tang Sect.Seeing Yun Chenxiao's strange appearance, she smiled and said, "You are my medicine jar, so I can't live without you..." As soon as she finished speaking, she regretted her slip of the tongue, and hurriedly covered her mouth and secretly glanced at Shui Xinyou twice .

Yun Chenxiao also looked at her with a little anxiety, and saw that Shui Xinyou was still talking and laughing with the girl, looking indifferent, then pointed to Tang Xiaohan, and raised his hand to wipe his neck to issue a warning.Tang Xiaohan still went his own way and said: "You wait for the medicine jar, I still have a dish stewed in the pot, I'll come back later." After saying that, he rushed out again.

After she was far away, Shui Xinyou walked slowly to Yun Chenxiao's side and said, "I asked Miss Tang to come. I ran into Miss Tang when I went out this morning, and we chatted for a while. She said..."

Yun Chenxiao never expected that Shui Xinyou and Tang Xiaohan would meet alone, and couldn't help asking nervously, "What did she say?"

"Miss Tang is straightforward, she has said everything that should be said." Then she said angrily: "Yun Chenxiao, you are so strict that you don't even want to reveal Miss Tang's identity? If it wasn't for my mediation, would you even know that she is Tang?" None of the high-end disciples of the head of the sect know about it."

"The Tang Sect... the master's disciple?" Yun Chenxiao said confusedly: "I only know that this girl is a Tang Sect disciple, but who knows that she is... wait, Yu'er, you mean the Tang Sect's head? Who is the head of the Tang Sect today?"

Shui Xinyou got up and looked at Tang Xiaohan and Li Xiulian who were still busy in the kitchen, and said: "The Tang Sect has always been mysterious. Since the previous head Tang Qianqiu drove west, the new head of the Tang Sect rarely showed up in the Jianghu, so I I have never seen this person before. I just heard that... the new head has a eccentric personality. He handles all affairs of the Tang Sect from behind the scenes. Many disciples of the Tang Sect have never seen his true face. There is only one direct disciple, It's Miss Tang Xiaohan in front of me."

Yun Chenxiao is not walking around in the rivers and lakes, so he is not as well-informed as Shui Xinyou.She pondered for a moment, and then asked: "The head of the Tang Sect, must he be from the Tangjiabao? Is...is the last name Tang?"

Shui Xinyou didn't expect Yun Chenxiao to ask this question, thought for a moment and said: "The Tang Sect started as a family, so the head of the Tang Sect should also be from Tangjiabao. Why do you ask this?"

Yun Chenxiao lowered her head and said sullenly: "It's nothing, just a casual question."

Shui Xinyou saw that she was preoccupied and was about to investigate, when Tang Xiaohan and Li Xiulian came in together at this time.Li Xiulian said with a smile: "Master Shui said that Miss Tang is good at cooking, she really deserves her reputation, just look at this dish, just looking at it makes people's index fingers move. Come, come..." After speaking, he called everyone to sit down.Shui Xinyou didn't shirk, she sat in the chief seat, Yun Chenxiao sat next to her on the left, Tang Xiaohan sat on Yun Chenxiao's left, Li Xiulian herself sat on the right side of Shui Xinyou's right, so that she could pour wine for her cloth dish.Gong Yan's youngest daughter took the last seat.

When everyone was seated, Li Xiulian held up the wine cup and said: "Today our head is not in the house, so I will take over as the head of the house and accompany the head of the house. I also borrow flowers to present Buddha..." Li Xiulian was born in a scholarly family, and her toast was grandiose, but Yun Chenxiao's mind was in a mess at this time, and she didn't listen carefully.

After some hesitation, everyone was about to move their chopsticks, but Yun Chenxiao suddenly yelled, "Wait a minute!"

Everyone looked puzzled, as if their acupuncture points had been restricted by someone, and their hands holding the chopsticks froze there, motionless.It was Shui Xinyou who reacted quickly, and lightly tapped Yun Chenxiao's head with his chopsticks, saying, "Smelly puppy, what are you yelling for? Aren't you the most hungry barking? Why don't you eat?"

Looking at the delicious food on the table, Yun Chenxiao recalled all the embarrassing appearances of herself being treated and poisoned by the little witch Tang Xiaohan, and said anxiously: "I'm afraid...afraid..."

"Afraid I'll be poisoned?" Tang Xiaohan simply said it for her, picked up the chopsticks, took a bite of each dish, and said, "General Xiaoyun, don't worry?"

Yun Chenxiao snorted softly, turned her head away from looking at her, and didn't move her chopsticks.Shui Xinyou patted her thigh lightly, and comforted her softly: "Are you starving? Don't worry, she won't dare to make mistakes, you just need to eat."

Yun Chenxiao was so hungry right now, and Shui Xinyou spoke softly, she couldn't care less, took the chopsticks and was about to pick up some food, but Shui Xinyou flicked her chopsticks again, Qiao Xiaoqian said: "Forgot what I told you this morning? No spicy food!" Pointing to the dishes beside Yun Chenxiao, he said: "I specially told Xiao Tang to give you these dishes It’s made, it tastes light, and it’s suitable for you who need to clear away the heat.”

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Note ① Yun Chenxiao’s original intention is: I have fun basking in the sun, but you like the shade standing with your back to the wall. Aren’t you lonely?From Liu Xiang's "Shuo Yuan" in the Han Dynasty: "Today there are people drinking in the whole house; if there is one alone crying to the corner, then all the people in the hall will be unhappy." Later weeping to the corner is extended to mean that no one pays attention to it, and it is very isolated.So Shui Xinyou felt ominous.

Yunshui's vacation is over, and the next chapter will continue to work. . .