Chapter 6 Storm in Mirror Lake meets White Clothes

When I woke up, the sun had already shone on the dressing table through the bead curtain. When I opened my eyes, I felt that the light was a bit dazzling.Hong Jian fetched face wash for me, and I got up and sat in front of the mirror, feeling a bit haggard. While combing my long hair, Hong Jian said: "Miss, the prince has sent someone to pick you up, and the sedan chair is prepared downstairs." "Hmm." I replied in a low voice.I don't know why, but I feel very lazy in my heart, and I have lost all the interest of yesterday. Thinking that I have promised him, I can't miss the appointment.

I just sorted it out briefly, I always like plain and clean, too gorgeous and feel complicated.It's just a pure white dress, yesterday's jasper plum blossom hairpin, a freshly folded white hibiscus in her hair, still condensed with light dew, fresh and eye-catching.Take a look at the emerald jade bracelet on my hand, it is still so clear and bright, this is the only relic my mother left me, I said I would wear it for life. Putting on a white brocade cloak.Before going out, my mother stepped forward and said: "Girl, you can have fun today." I nodded. Get on the sedan chair, and go to Chu Chuan to draw a boat, laughing with the peach blossoms and green willows in the spring breeze.Along the way, I gently lifted the curtains, and Jinling City was still as prosperous as it used to be, with merchants, tourists, princes and beauties, crowded to and fro.It seems that everything yesterday has been far away, and the entanglement in the dream is also the previous life, and I am not a singing girl, let alone yesterday's courtesan, but a rich lady, who went to the river bank for an outing with the maid, and enjoyed all the spring scenery in the world. Sigh the prosperity of Jinling.

The sedan chair just got off, and I saw that young master from yesterday had already walked in front of the sedan chair and pulled up the curtain of the sedan chair for me.I took his hand and got off the sedan chair lightly.I saw the bright scenery of the spring day, the blue clouds and the high sky, invading the eyes.The east wind is graceful, Rui Rui's Asakusa is far green, the clouds are drifting, and the misty smoke willows are competing for floating flowers. I looked at the young master in front of me. He was dressed in white clothes, and his black hair was tied behind his ears with a white ribbon. He was no longer the golden crown and hairpin as yesterday. He was a little less luxurious and more romantic.Behind him followed the boy from yesterday, dressed in green and full of childishness.

Walking on the banks of the Chuchuan River, the spring breeze blows your sleeves, the sunny light splashes on the river surface, and the sparkling golden waves shine through.The young master pointed to a majestic painting boat in front, and said: "Girl, I have prepared tea on board, let's take a cruise to enjoy the spring." I nodded slightly, but only looked at the painting boat by the river.Through the carved window of a painting boat, one can see the painting fan sitting in the boat, and Yue Chenghuang beside her is gently smoothing her temples, looking very intimate.I was very puzzled in my heart, could it be that the painting fan and Yue Chenghuang had been ambiguous for a long time?When he raised his head, at first glance, Prince Wang also looked at the window, and his expression was quite hesitant.He turned to look at me, and smiled faintly, pretending to ignore it just now.

When I got on the boat, I saw the servants lifting the gauze curtains layer by layer, and I followed the young master all the way in.The interior of the ship is decorated extremely luxuriously and elegantly. We sat by the window, and various pastries, tea sets, and wine sets were placed on the table, all made of gold ornaments, carved with dragons and phoenixes, which was extremely luxurious.I just looked at the bright spring scenery outside the window. On the bank of the Deyun River, a little flying flowers bloomed in green ripples; A cup of fragrant tea, toast to drink, has nothing to do with romance, but leisure.Looking out the window of the ship, he said with great interest, "How about we take advantage of this bright spring day?"

I smiled lightly, and joked: "Master, could it be that he was the number one scholar in the hairpin in one year, and now he is appointed an official and a nobleman, so he has such grace and luxury, and has such elegant poetic charm." He knew I was joking, and he just laughed Instead of answering. I got up and walked to the desk, where the pen, ink, paper and inkstone had already been prepared.I look at the spring scenery in the world by the window, the scenery of rivers and rivers, and my thousands of emotions are instantly melted into my fingers.But seeing the dragons and phoenixes on the paper, the fragrance of ink and ink, and the words and jade words, the book has been completed in an instant.Seeing the young master holding up the rice paper with both hands, he read aloud: "The flowers follow the spring breeze, and the brocade branches fall gracefully. The wind has returned for a long time without a letter, so write passionate words."

After reading it, I praised: "Wonderful! Wonderful! The water is shining brightly, and the green willows are full of fragrance, like that graceful beauty, dancing the spring water of this river with her graceful beauty." I just smiled. He also mentioned the wolf hair, and wanted to put it on Baixuan, but he saw the young man with him hurried in with a man about forty years old, with an anxious expression on his face, he bowed and saluted, "Master..." Seeing the man He looked up at me, hesitant to speak.I thought to myself, I am afraid that there is something urgent to tell.

The young master smiled at me and said, "Girl, I will go out with my servant for a while, and I will come back in a while. I'm sorry." I said, "My lord, please go ahead." Seeing the young master followed the boy and the man out of the boat, I don't know what happened, and I don't want to know.After a while, the young master came back in a hurry, his face was worried, his brows were furrowed, and he hurriedly said: "Girl, I have something urgent to go home, and I will meet you at Miyuedu some other day." I nodded: "Okay, take care, my lord." He glanced at me and left in a hurry.I know something must have happened, and I don't want to speculate.

When I was meditating, Hong Jian had already walked to my side.I looked up at her, smiled and said, "Hong Jian, let's go for a walk by the river." Stepping out of the boat, the warm sunlight fell on my body, and I saw Yuxiu Pavilion at a glance, facing the riverside, the splendid building is so lonely at this moment.I thought of the day when the oiran was chosen, and suddenly I thought of Yin Xianxian, and I thought of Yanping.Yes, I'm going to the Yamen. He and Hong Jian hurried into the sedan chair and walked towards the Yamen.Thinking in my heart, I don't know whether the cause of Yin Xianxian's death has been found out, and how should I justify Yanping.Fate, perhaps because of fate, I feel pity for Yanping.

When I walked into the mansion, the person who met me was the head of the yamen who went to Yuxiu Pavilion that day. In fact, I have seen him before. I heard that his surname is He, and he is also a frequent visitor of Miyuedu. He is the same as our Ningxiu girl. good friend.And I, to him, must be the moon on that day, who can be looked at, but cold and out of reach. My arrival also added to his doubts, he was very respectful to me, smiled enthusiastically, and asked: "Miss Meiwan, what can I trouble you to come here in person?" "I'm here to see Yanping, and I also want to know the real cause of Yin Xianxian's death." After I finished speaking, I gave Hong Jian a wink, and she had already handed over the ten taels of silver.

"No, no, girl, you are too out of touch, you can't do it." He hastily evaded.The red note was stuffed into his hand, and he said, "Just take it." He just took the money and looked at me with a smile. He whispered to me with a mysterious expression: "Girl, please go to the back room." I followed him to the back room, a small room, but very secret, it should be their usual conversation room. He looked around and looked at Hong Jian again.I said: "She is my personal servant girl." Then he reassuredly said: "Girl, I will only tell you this matter, you must not spread it." I nodded.He said nervously: "Actually, the cause of Yin Xianxian's death is very strange. It was found out that she died of poisoning. The poison was colorless and tasteless. The poison has not yet been found out, and there is still a three-month-old in her belly." fetus." I was very surprised when I heard it, thinking that there must be something inside this matter.Then he asked: "Is it clear that it has nothing to do with Yanping?" He shook his head and said: "Master Fu Yin will not let the investigation be done at all, and he will be convicted of Yanping's crime just by talking about it." I was quite angry in my heart, and I frowned and said: "How can you handle the case like this, with so many doubts, if you don't investigate it, it is too arbitrary to convict Yanping." He looked around nervously, and said in a low voice: "Girl, don't make a fuss. If others find out, you and I will both be in trouble." I have a lot of doubts in my heart. I think that the prefect will not use the smoke screen to cover the crime just because he can't find the murderer, and I heard the chief of the yamen said that he didn't go to investigate, so he convicts him. There must be something else hidden here.I winked at Hong Jian, and Hong Jian took out another ten taels of silver and handed it to him.He hastily postponed, and whispered urgently: "This is absolutely impossible." Hong Jian said in a low voice, "Hold it, our lady still has something to ask." He hid the money in his bosom and said, "I don't know if the girl has anything else to ask?" "Do you know if Lord Fuyin has had close contact with anyone recently?" I asked in a low voice. "This..." He thought about it, then shook his head and said, "I don't have any close contact with anyone." "Think again." He bowed his head in thought, and said for a moment: "I really can't think of anyone else besides Mr. Yue, but in the past, Mr. Fu Yin often invited Mr. Yue to come to the house." Yue Chenghuang, could this be related to him?I didn't ask any more questions, then smiled lightly and said, "Thank you for today, but I still have something to ask, I don't know if it's okay." "Girl, just tell me if you have anything to do." He looked at me with a smile. "I want to see the smoke screen." "Okay, girl, please follow me." Hong Jian and I followed behind him, turned around the lobby, and walked to the cell at the back door. When I entered, it was dark and damp inside, the warm wind was blowing outside, but it was cold in the prison.Seeing the smoke screen, she was separated by a wooden fence, sitting alone in a corner, pitiful. Opening the door and entering, she knelt at my feet and cried, "Thank you, Miss Meiwan, for coming to see me." Hong Jian helped her up, and I saw that her clothes were thin, so I took off the cloak and put it on for her.I instructed: "Don't be impatient, I know you have been wronged, let me find a way, I will definitely investigate this matter and rescue you." She sobbed: "Young lady's great kindness, I will never forget her." After she finished speaking, she was about to kneel down again, and I picked her up. "Don't worry, I'll do it as soon as possible." I told her firmly, and when I said it, my heart was actually empty. "Tomorrow, I will ask Hongjian to bring you some clothes and meals. How much you cherish yourself." I looked at her with pity. She nodded gratefully, with tears in her eyes. I couldn't bear to watch it, so I turned around and wanted to leave.I know that facing our backs, she is lonely and afraid, and that's all I can do. When I walked out of the prison, I saw tears in Hongjian's eyes, but I didn't. I was used to not having tears.The sun was shining brightly on the earth, and the pedestrians on the street were crowded with each other. I didn't want to miss this kind of scenery, but hurriedly got on the sedan chair and went back to Miyuedu. Turning around the busy street, I came to a deep alley, sitting in the sedan chair, I only heard the sound of horseshoes galloping in the distance.Then I heard Hong Jian yelling: "Ah...be careful!" I quickly opened the curtain and saw a man in black riding a tall brown horse galloping towards my sedan chair. He was so frightened that he put down the sedan chair and fled in a panic. At this time, I saw a white cloth passing by, and the man in black riding on the horse fell heavily from the horse, but the white cloth was already riding on the horse, holding the rein tightly, and finally stabilized the horse. Son. I quickly lifted the curtain and got out of the sedan chair, Hong Jian held me tightly, her face was pale, she was still in shock, and the hairpin on her head fell to the ground.And my complexion must be ugly, after all, the scene just now made people unable to calm down. The man in black got up from the ground and ran away in a hurry.Only then did you see that the white robe on the horse was a young man.At this time, he got off his horse, walked towards me, and saluted: "You surprised the girl." I also wished him a blessing: "Thank you, my lord, for saving me." Then I looked at him carefully. He was dressed in plain white clothes, and he was elegant, and his blue hair was tied behind his ears with a white ribbon, flowing in the wind.His brows are handsome, gentle as jade, very imposing, those clear eyes seem to have nothing to do with this world, and they know everything about this world. He smiled slightly, very friendly, and said: "Let me escort the girl for a ride." The three of us walked down the long, deep alley, and everything returned to the calm just now.The young man said to me as he was walking, "Girl, you should be more careful in the future. What happened today is not accidental. It is obviously planned by someone with a heart." "Oh? I have never had any enmity with anyone. Who wants to plot against me?" I looked at him suspiciously.Hong Jian, who was walking beside me, had a frightened expression on his face. "It's better for you to be more careful. Many things in the world are half destined, and the other half is manipulated by someone. Besides, you are at the fireworks site, and you encounter more risks than ordinary people." Surprised on my face, I said, "How do you know I'm a firework girl?" He just smiled and didn't answer. Inadvertently, we have come to Firework Lane, looking at Miyue Ferry in front of us, we stopped. He looked at me with a smile: "I will bid you farewell, girl, how precious you are." I said: "Thank you, son, see you by fate." "See you later." After saying that, he drifted away. I also turned around with Hong Jian.As he walked, he remembered what he said just now, "See you again." As if he knew something.I never asked his name, nor did I know where he came from, it was just a chance encounter, don't ask where he came from, nor where he came from. Maybe it will be as he said, and there will be a time to meet again, just maybe. Returning with a full belly full of doubts, Miyuedu was no different from usual, it had already been full of people coming and going since the afternoon.As soon as my mother saw me, she rushed to greet me and asked, "Miss, why did you come back so early and didn't play with that young man for a while longer?" early?I looked outside, it was already afternoon.I said: "I'm a little tired, mom, I'll go back to the room first." After speaking, Hong Jian and I went back to the room. Just take a rest, the willow shoots on the moon are already outside the window, and there are so many things entangled in the day, I don’t want to think about any of them.There is constant noise downstairs, Yinggeyanyanwu, Quyuan wine glasses, it seems that it will always be the theme of the place of fireworks. I asked Hongjian to go downstairs and tell my mother that I don't want to see any guests tonight.Maybe it's because I won an oiran, but my mother didn't come upstairs to urge me like she used to.Even if there is a grudge in her heart, let her go. After bathing and changing clothes, I only ate a little snack and went to bed early.