Chapter 12 Chapter 10 The Long Night is Young, Old Dreams Are Like Frost

Another long series of grotesque dreams: Yan Wei dreamed that she was jumping, jumping higher and higher, and gradually flew up; dreamed that she was swimming in the water, the sky and the earth were yellow, the water was warm, and had a sulfur fragrance like a hot spring; The pile of fur wraps him, which is soft and comfortable, not as smelly as sheepskin, nor as stiff as buckskin... "you're awake?" Yan Wei only felt that the encounters in life were really unique. Within a few days, she was asked this sentence by three voices in a row. The first voice was flying and jumping, with the meaning of playing in the world; I am used to the vicissitudes of the world; the voice in front of me is thick and distant, like a chime, with a lingering aftertaste...

Slowly opening his eyes, there was a handsome young man kneeling in front of him, with a high crown, white clothes, and a lot of pearls and jade embroidered on the edge of the clothes, with deep and picturesque eyebrows, it was the young man he had seen at the River God Festival that day. "It's you..." Yan Wei said softly, "Where is this place? Why am I here..." Young Master Su smiled and said: "This is my mansion, I sent someone to bring you here. You just rest assured here, no one can hurt you here!" "Thank you..." Yan Wei found herself lying on the mat with a soft rabbit fur mattress under her body. The squares of rabbit skins were strung together to form a large sheet, which was as white as snow. The rabbit's tail was not cut off, and it was thrown out separately. Form neat little bumps.It turned out that the dream just now was actually real, the warm and soft fur in the dream was this rabbit fur.

Yan Wei raised her head and looked around, but saw Young Master Yu staring at her, just like that day at the River God Festival, she pursed her lips and did not speak, she couldn't help feeling a little flustered, and found herself lying down, while Young Master Yu was sitting, and the two sat at the same table, It seemed a bit impolite, and wanted to sit up with his hands, but accidentally touched the wound, and moaned unconsciously. "Don't move, be careful not to touch the wound." Young Master Su stretched out his hand to help, wrapped one arm around Yan Wei's shoulder, and put the other hand on Yan Wei's leg naturally.Yan Wei was startled, and shrank her legs back, only to realize that she had already changed her clothes. It was a blue silk dress with no decorations. It was simple and elegant, with a gap between the plain white cloth socks and the skirt. The smooth calf seems to have been bathed, but I don't know anything about it.

Startled, Yan Wei struggled to sit up on her knees, put her legs under her body, and regained her composure. Young Master Su was a little embarrassed, but quickly recovered his original appearance of elegance and ease, pulled a pair of tokens, and stuffed them beside Yan Wei.It was the kind that was so narrow that it was only as thick as an arm, wrapped in a whole fiery red fox fur, with its tail hanging down, like a docile little beast. Yan Wei's face was as red as fire, and only then did she notice that the room was extremely hot. Although the room is spacious, there are not many windows, and all of them are densely covered with gauze. There are also thick double-layer brocade curtains, the outside is dark and the inside is yellow. There are fish-shaped bronze pendants hanging from the two corners of each curtain. No matter how strong the wind is outside, there is not even a trace of it blowing into the room.Next to the banquet were two large charcoal braziers, and next to the braziers were two tree-shaped copper lamps half a person's height, each with more than a dozen lamp panels, all of which were burning brightly, illuminating the room like daytime.

Beside Young Master Yu, there is also a transparent and carved smoke cage, on which there is a special kind of spice, like a twig, only one finger long, when heated, it will curl and burst into several petals , making a slight crackling sound, the scent is like sandalwood and musk, and there is a hint of spicy. Seeing Yan Wei staring at the spice, Young Master Su picked up a piece and handed it over, saying: "This is 'Fengxiang' produced in Southern Guangdong, a very hot thing, it only cures my cold syndrome, and it was your father's prescription back then. son." "Oh?! There is such a thing?" Yan Wei was slightly surprised, "Why didn't I know?"

Young Master Su smiled and said, "It happened more than ten years ago, when you were still young..." Yan Wei recalled that both Wu Hou and Li Qichen had said before that the son of the river god sacrificed to rescue people suffering from cold syndrome, and she didn't know whether to ask further, and she wanted to ask who bathed and changed her clothes, but she didn't know how to ask, so she just asked He stroked the little tail on the rabbit-fur mattress with his hands...Suddenly he felt that Young Master Su was staring at him again, and when he raised his eyes, he saw a smile on his face, his eyes seemed to be on fire, and he realized that his actions were very indecent. He hurriedly straightened his body, sat upright, and put his hands on his knees. Only then did he realize that the little finger of his right hand had been splinted.

"Did you... did you get this for me?" Yan Wei pursed her lips and gestured to her right hand with her eyes. "Yeah." Young Master Yu's voice was soft, with a sweet smile. Yan Wei said, "Have you also studied medicine?" Young Master Sui smiled and said, "I don't know medical skills! It's just that I went to conquer Jiang with my father and learned a little bone injury diagnosis and treatment before the army. Is this skill still in the eyes of the law?" Yan Wei took a closer look at the plywood, it was two pieces of thin bamboo, the stubble was polished carefully, the length was appropriate, and the position was just right, the outside was tied with fine linen belts, tidy and tidy, not messy at all, so she smiled and said: "Bi Hello, I'm a bit frizzy in doing things, and the bandages are always messed up."

The young master leaned forward, as if he wanted to get closer to admire his handicraft, and said with a smile, "Thanks for the compliment." Yan Wei only felt that the distance between the two of them was too close, so she shrank back, and changed the topic, "How about you?" Cold syndrome...how did you get it?" It wasn't purely out of curiosity, but just to draw his attention away from himself. Young Master Su knelt back and sat down, his eyes seemed to be looking far away, and he said quietly: "That year I was seventeen years old, and I drove out of the city by myself. It was mid-spring, and the roads were full of peach blossoms. In the mulberry forest, there are figures of mulberry-picking girls everywhere. At that time, 70% of the mulberry trees outside the city were short "female mulberry", and mulberry leaves could be picked just by reaching out. But another 30% were tall "Jingsang" ', you have to climb up the tree to pick it, and most women are unwilling to pick it from the tree..."

Yan Wei blushed, thinking of the girl standing on the tall mulberry tree, the scenery under the skirt must be unobstructed, and said: "Nowadays, there are mostly female mulberry trees outside the city, and there are only two or three thorn mulberry trees. No one will touch them when they are free. Some urchins climb up to pick mulberries and eat them." The young master said: "At that time there were more thorns than now... On that day, there were no people on the other thorns, only a woman standing on a thorn tree, wearing plain clothes and a blue skirt, leaning on the branch I kept picking mulberries with both hands. When the other mulberry picking girls saw me getting off the car and approaching the tree, they laughed shyly and ran away, but she was still unaware..."

Yan Wei couldn't help being fascinated when she heard his vivid and beautiful words. The young master continued: "I was so obsessed with watching under the tree, I couldn't help but blurted out: The woman heard this, but she didn't hide her panic, instead she stood up straight and chanted: After finishing speaking, he stomped his feet and jumped down the tree.I let out a cry of surprise, fearing that she would fall and get hurt, but her skirt was blowing in the wind, and she fell slowly into the air. She stood firmly on the ground, glanced back at me, and quickly disappeared into the mulberry forest.The mulberry leaves that were originally wrapped in the skirt rose all over the sky, like a group of jasper butterflies, scattered all over the ground... I was stunned for a long time before I remembered that I didn't know her name. I wanted to ask someone, but found Everyone's gone..."

Young Master Su fell silent and stopped talking, as if he was still immersed in the scene of that day.Yan Wei asked softly, "What happened next?" "Later, I drove out of the city every day. I wanted to meet her again, but I never saw her again... I wanted to ask others, but I didn't know how to describe it. At that time, it was very fashionable for young girls to wear blue dresses. It's uncommon now..." Yan Wei sighed, "Oh... until the River God Festival later?" Young Master Sui also sighed, and said: "Yes... In the spring of the new year, the River God Ceremony, I followed Junfu to watch the ceremony, and found out that she was the one who played the role of the River Goddess..." After finishing speaking, he fell silent again. After a long time, Young Master Su continued softly: "That year was extremely cold, the coldest spring in more than ten years. I saw her fall into the water, and for some reason, my blood surged up, so I jumped into the river to save her regardless of my life... ...Actually, at that time, I couldn't swim..." Young Master Sui gave a wry smile and continued, "Because of the custom at that time, the river god's empress could not be rescued if she fell into the water, she had to be taken away by the river god... I I thought, maybe when I went into the water, the person who rescued me might come up with her, but...by the time I rescued her, she had already passed away..." Yan Wei was stunned, not knowing how to interface. Young Master Su suddenly grabbed Yan Wei's wrist and said: "Later I learned to swim, and I am proficient in water skills. I hope that in my lifetime, with my water skills, I can save one person, just one... But this time You fell into the water, but I didn't have the courage to go into the water. The older I get, the less vigorous I am. Over the years, how many times have I replayed the scene of the River God Festival in my dreams, and how many times I have sworn that if this happens again, the tragedy will never happen again. Now, but I was stunned by Ling Xun, my feet seemed to be pinned, I couldn't move half a step, my mouth seemed to be blocked, I couldn't make a sound... God gave me a chance to make amends, but I couldn't do anything. did not do……" Yan Wei struggled for a while but didn't break free. Seeing that Young Master Yu was agitated, almost tears in his eyes, she couldn't bear it, so she had to let him hold her hand. Young Master Su shook his head and said: "I sent many people to look for you downstream, but they couldn't find you all night. Just when I was disheartened, I heard that you were safe and sound, so I rushed to your house overnight, but in vain , I heard that you were arrested, and I went to the Sikou Yamen to inquire, but I had no clue. It was not until yesterday that I found out that you were imprisoned in the Zuo Prison. I couldn’t find you in time, which made you suffer...It’s okay now, you are here , I will protect you, no one can hurt you anymore..." Young Master Su tightly grasped Yan Wei's wrist, and his warm breath rushed directly to Yan Wei's cheeks. Yan Wei only felt that her body was hot, her heart was beating wildly, and she wanted to escape.So he struggled to struggle, but lost his balance. He leaned back, and with a sound of tearing, half of the skirt that was originally under the knees of the young master was torn, revealing a pair of naked legs.Yan Wei fell on her back on the mat, overturned and pressed against her chest, unable to struggle for a while.I just felt a pair of hot hands caressing my legs... "Don't...don't..." Yan Wei said in a trembling voice, like begging or moaning.The world spun for a moment, and what I saw in my eyes was a large brocade with diamond patterns hanging from the dome of the house, like a cloud like a curtain.The scattered and broken geometric patterns are densely packed and connected with each other, seeming to be moving stupidly. Yan Wei only felt dizzy for a while, and passed out.