Chapter 4 flame iris
"The bride of the Long family in the South Sea seems to have died again..." Seeing the letter untied from the pigeon's leg, Xiao Yiqing sighed slightly with regret.
"This time the bride is the second lady of the Fenghuanghua family in southern Yunnan, right?" A woman in scarlet clothes next to her unfolded a portrait - on it was a stunning girl of Fangdang's age, with a fiery red flower on her temples. Phoenix Flower, "How did the Long family announce it to the outside world? Or did the bride commit suicide because of her affair?"
"Yes, the eleventh bride."
"Who would believe it? It's too weird after all." Ah Jing frowned, "Could it be that the woman's family can give up easily?"
Xiao Yiqing smiled, took the picture scroll in her hand, and hung it on the wall of the secret room, where ten portraits of young girls were neatly hung: "Hainan Long Family...do you think Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangdong and Guangxi can Is there any power against him?"
Ah Jing didn't speak - she also knew that in the far south, where the sky and the sea meet, there is a family similar to myths and legends: the Long family.
No one remembers the original surnames of that family, but they only know that they lived on an isolated island called Yinggeyu. Because the descendants of the past generations had the ability to predict the astronomical changes of the tide, they were regarded as gods by fishermen at sea, and became The symbol of the Dragon God was adopted, and later, "Dragon" was simply used as the surname.
That family's power and influence in Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangdong and Guangxi for hundreds of years is even above the imperial court!
"It's true... Knowing that the previous masters of the Long family are extremely ugly, and have a violent temper, killing their wives and abandoning their children at every turn, for the sake of the family's power and wealth, there are still people who keep pushing their daughters into that pit of fire." Xiao Yiqing shook her head, looked at the eleven portraits of young girls on the wall, and sighed.
Among them, there are Su Wu, who is known as the most beautiful woman in the south of the Yangtze River, and Ye Pianqian, a female swordsman whose martial arts ranks among the top ten in the martial arts world.
Even for such a person, as soon as they enter the Long Family's Yingge Island, they are full of jade and fragrance!
"However, if you can become the mistress of the Long family, the return of power and wealth is enough to tempt anyone." Ah Jing looked at the southern sky and said leisurely-"If you can form an alliance with the Long family If that is the case, listening to Xuelou to deal with the Moon Worship Sect in Central Dian will not have to face the enemy..."
Xiao Yiqing's eyes lit up for a moment, then she fell silent suddenly.
He knew what Ah Jing meant—"So, are you going to send someone from the building to Long's house?" He asked, fingering the white jade tassels on his temples, his eyes were thoughtful, "Is it to listen to Xuelou?" Get married to the Long family and send a woman to be a bride?"
"Eleven brides have died... If Tingxuelou's bride also fails, it will completely lose the possibility of getting along with the Long Family in Hainan, right?" Xiao Yiqing coughed a few times while pondering.However, there is no doubt that once he succeeds, the huge benefits he can get have moved him, and Tingxue has fallen into repeated trade-offs.
"We have very little information about the Long family, and we don't understand why every generation of the sons of the Long family always have to inexplicably die many brides before officially marrying their wives..."
"I just know that although the Long family has a talent for astronomical tides, it is an ugly family from generation to generation, and it seems to be cursed. There are often news of violent deaths of women in such a big family..."
"It seems that torturing and killing women is a tradition there... Even Su Wu, the number one beauty, and Ye Pianqian, who was ranked in the top ten martial arts in martial arts, both died strangely. So what kind of talents should we send in our building?"
It seemed that he was discussing with the woman in scarlet clothes beside him, or he seemed to be meditating alone, listening to Master Xue's handsome fingers constantly playing with the white jade tassel, his eyes were unpredictable.
Suddenly, he was shocked when he was in deep thought, his eyes flashed like lightning - "Let Jiang Qianmei go!"
Listening to the master Xue spit out a name.
"Qianmei? She's just a sixteen-year-old child!" Ah Jing couldn't help being startled, surprised, and clenched her hands tightly, "And... and even though she is the killer of Fuhua Xiaozhu, she has never completed her mission. killer!"
Xiao Yiqing's eyes were suddenly as cold as ice and snow: "Of course Qianmei is not a good killer... She is innocent, kind, and has an inexplicable spirit of self-sacrifice—if it wasn't for the fact that her brother Jiang Lang died for Tingxuelou, I won't tolerate her failing so many times!"
"However, maybe only such a person can impress the son of the Long family? Anyway, you can give it a try..."
"But she's only sixteen years old—" the woman in scarlet clothes repeated in a low voice.
"Ah Jing, what were you doing when you were sixteen years old?" Listening to Xuezhu's sudden question, Ah Jing was stunned—sixteen...sixteen...she suddenly stopped talking.Fire, blood, massacre, revenge... Such a tragic sixteen-year-old blooming season!
Now, she is twenty-three years old—recalling that she was sixteen years old, it seems like a lifetime ago!
"Sixteen years old, I'm not a child anymore." Xiao Yiqing replied indifferently, as if recalling something, her eyes became distant and unpredictable, "I can't keep Qianmei in the building for a long time, she should do something for me what……"
"You really deserve to be the host of Tingxue..." Ah Jing looked at him with cold eyes, not knowing whether it was admiration or sarcasm, "People who are not worth using can't live by your side, can they?"
"Honorable Master Tingxuelou, Haotian, the chief steward of the Long family, is here under the order of the young master to marry Miss Jiang in the building, and go to Yinggeyu to be the supreme wife of the Long family..." Upstairs Zhu, a retainer stood in front of everyone. When they were ready, they went out to the queue, knelt down on one knee, and presented the wedding invitation and gift box at the same time—"This is the family heirloom 'Pishui Lingxi' of our Nanhai Long family. It is a betrothal gift, please accept it."
Xiao Yiqing has never been very interested in treasures, so she just took them casually, looked at them, and handed them to Ah Jing who was beside her: "You can take them to Qianmei to have a look at them—anyway, I will marry her and go back to the Long family of."
"Our young master said that we hope that through this marriage, we can become brothers with Guilou in the future."
The retainer lowered his head, but his slightly dark blue eyes still shone behind the drooping hair.Although he was facing the overlord of the martial arts in the Central Plains, his expression was still so calm and confident. He was worthy of being a retainer of the strongest Long family in the south.Sitting beside Xiao Yiqing, the woman in scarlet clothes secretly admired.
"Then, please take Miss Jiang Qianmei back." Xiao Yiqing's eyes also fell on this retainer with his head bowed. Seeing his hidden spirit, he secretly judged this person's skill, and replied lightly, "By the way Say hello to Young Master Qingya for me..."
"Yes. I will take my leave!" The retainer stood up, and the moment he stood up, seeing his face, everyone, including men and women, old and young, couldn't help being startled!
A very handsome man... with blue-black eyes, clean and handsome facial lines, and a brow ring.Reflected by the glow of gemstones on the forehead ring, this man from afar radiates a shocking light.
"The Long family, known for its ugly appearance in the past, has such outstanding subordinates." After the other party quickly retreated skillfully and neatly, Xiao Yiqing couldn't help but gently praised Ah Jing next to him, "Although he knows how to restrain himself Really angry, I can still see that his martial arts are very good."
"Strange..." Ah Jing just said, "Those retainers who came here seem to have outstanding appearance."
"Perhaps, on Yingge Island, only the direct descendants of the Long family have been ugly throughout the generations, so their psychology is twisted, so they always suspect that their bride has an affair with those handsome retainers, and they do such bloody and weird things as killing their wives before the wedding."
Suddenly, Gao Mengfei, the owner of the second floor who was at the side, crossed his arms and interjected coldly.
Ah Jing and Xiao Yiqing looked at each other without speaking.
"Did you tell Qianmei the truth?" Suddenly, Ah Jing asked Xiao Yiqing, with a bit of worry, "Does she know what kind of person her future husband will be?"
"No... I just told her that the young master of the Long family is ugly." Xiao Yiqing coughed a few times, as if to cover up something, "If you tell her that eleven girls died on the eve of their wedding before, it would be nothing. It just makes her worry, it doesn't help."
"Qianmei shouldn't object..." Ah Jing sighed, "Such an obedient and well-behaved girl, even if Xuelou wants her to die, she won't refuse."
"Miss Jiang, the auspicious time has come, please leave the cabinet."
Hearing the urging voice of the Long family's retainers outside the door, Xipa fell on the red carpet with a "pop".
"Miss Jing." The sixteen-year-old girl raised her clear eyes and looked at the woman in scarlet clothes beside her, "I... I'm a little scared... the South China Sea, so far away!" Her eyes were like frightened Deer, people feel pity.
"Qianmei, if you have to, don't go." Because she knew the girl's character, she said that on purpose.
Sure enough, the girl bit her lips hard, and still pretended to be strong: "It's okay! Qianmei is not a weak Miss Jiao! —— Even if the young master Qingya from the Long family is ugly, I can bear it. He has a bad temper, and I will try my best to please him! The Long family is very important to Tingxuelou—isn't it?"
Looking at the sophistication in those childish eyes, the deepest part of Ah Jing's heart couldn't help twitching—poor girl, she still doesn't know what kind of dangerous and unpredictable road she is about to walk on!
"Qianmei, Yingge Island in Hainan is so far away. After you marry there, even the landlord will not be able to take care of you—you have to learn to protect yourself..." Finally, Ah Jing couldn't help but said softly.
"Miss Jing...is it dangerous to go to Long's house?" Somewhat incomprehensible, Qianmei asked, her childish face was full of doubts, such innocent eyes made the girl in Feiyi feel indifferent for a long time. Tingling sensation.
"Lord, they're leaving."
Standing on a tall building and looking far away, Xiao Yiqing who was in a trance suddenly heard a soft sigh from the woman in scarlet clothes beside her.
"I hope she can become the wife safely..."
"But, perhaps, she will become the twelfth woman..."
The gorgeous carriage is galloping forward steadily, and the fragrance in the carriage is fragrant.Beside her, there were four young girls in various clothes sitting neatly, holding different items in their hands. Whenever she showed a slightly uncomfortable expression, they would all look at her with concern, so that she didn't even dare to move her expression.
——Even the maids brought by Ting Xuelou were scattered to other carriages, as if she wanted her to be completely cut off from everything before she stepped into Long's house!
The maids are all expressionless, although they are attentive, they are not warm.There seemed to be unspeakable sarcasm and pity in the eyes looking at her.
Qianmei couldn't help but flinch... After traveling thousands of miles, she arrived in the South China Sea, and she was alone!
"Miss, please have a meal." She didn't get off the car, but the maids brought delicacies, knelt down in front of her, and presented a dragon and phoenix tray made of gold silk. Inside, there were eight vegetable dishes in white jade bowls. A staple dish, the bowl is studded with tiny diamonds that sparkle as it turns.
"You guys get up." She picked up the chopsticks, perhaps because the middle was hollowed out, the chopsticks inlaid with ebony and silver did not feel heavy.Unable to see the maid kneeling in front of her, Qian Mei finally said something in a low voice.
Instead, the maids glanced at her, and replied softly: "Miss, the servants dare not, this is the rule of the Long family - when the master sits and eats, the servants must kneel and serve."
"..." Qianmei was surprised, but when she saw the kneeling maids in the carriage, she immediately began to eat in a panic.There were only a few chopsticks in the various dishes, but they didn't taste anything, so they put down the chopsticks: "I'm done eating...you all get up quickly! Don't kneel..."
"Miss, eat a little more... how can you be full with just a little..." one of the older maids persuaded.
Qianmei wrung her hands, twitched for a long time, and finally replied a little embarrassed: "You are kneeling in front of me, how can I, how can I eat?" Maybe she felt that she was not worthy of such a noble and proud family style, her A little shy on the face.
The maids looked up at the sixteen-year-old bride, and their indifferent eyes began to loosen.
"She's a good girl... She's quite different from the ladies in the past." When she was leaving with a plate, a maidservant in green sighed and said to the older maid, with a look of expectation in her eyes: " Maybe, this time she can pass the young master's test and become our wife!"
"Jiaolu, you are too happy... Don't you think that there was a lady from the Yao family in Quanzhou who also died? She is also a very kind person..." The older maid obviously knew a lot, so she replied indifferently , "The members of the Long family have always been..."
Suddenly, she closed her mouth, her face was pale, she looked at the young man coming from another carriage, she quickly lowered her head and knelt down: "My lord Haotian!"
"This is not something you should talk about...From today onwards, you don't have to serve Miss Hou anymore, you can go and work in another carriage." The gemstone under the forehead ring glowed coldly, but Haotian's gaze was more intense than the gemstone. Even colder, he repelled the maid.
However, in the depths of his eyes, slight waves were faintly stirred by the maid's words just now.
"Is it really different?... If it is, then it's fine... then it's fine..."
Then, he lifted the curtain and walked into the carriage, smiled gently, and asked, "Is the lunch to your liking?"
The sixteen-year-old girl inside heard the sound and raised her head. When she saw him, her gaze suddenly froze.
"Miss, Yingge Island is here...please disembark."
When she looked up with a pale face, she saw the young man in white named Haotian smiling at her at the door of the cabin.
Really a very good-looking young man... almost as handsome as a god.When he laughed, it seemed that all the stars in the sky fell into his eyes!Such a person seems to appear only in every girl's dream when she was young, and it is a dream that people do not want to wake up from.
Along the way, during the extremely boring journey, only this young man called "Lord Haotian" by the servants has been taking care of her, joking with her, and asking her how she is.
From the intentional or unintentional eye contact at the beginning to the secret caring now, she has been completely attracted to him during the three months of exhaustion.She knew that Haotian was good to her, and he even hinted several times that the two of them could leave here and fly far away, but thinking of Tingxuelou's mission for her, Qianmei hesitated.
In any case, she must complete the task of getting married - for the sake of the landlord and Tingxuelou.
But...but why is Haotian just a retainer of the Long family?
Why is the person I want to marry such an ugly and rude person?
Qian Mei looked at him, and was in a daze for a while.
Seeing the blush spread on the girl's cheeks, Haotian's eyes suddenly had an indifferent light.
"Are you seasick? The lady's face is very pale...Let this subordinate help you get off the boat!" Although his eyes were so secretly cold, his voice was very gentle, even with a trace of hospitality , smiled at the sixteen-year-old girl in front of her, and stretched out her hand - no woman could refuse such a proposal... At least, none of the previous brides.
He stretched out his hand to Qianmei, who was in a daze, and watched her hold his hand with a bit of shyness and joy, and suddenly there was deep sadness in Haotian's eyes...
Another tragic girl.
"Ah, is this the end of the sky?" Looking at the boulder at the end of the island and seeing the word "End of the World" engraved there, Qianmei asked Haotian beside her in surprise.
"Yes." The dark blue eyes smiled, looked at her very gently, and suggested, "Miss, do you want to go and see? This subordinate will accompany you until the end of the sky."
The end of the sky... She sighed, lamenting her lonely life experience, and couldn't help but clenched Haotian's hand.
I feel that in this place far away from family and friends, only this handsome young man in front of me is the only person I can trust and rely on...
The setting sun has gradually set, and the silhouettes of the overlapping eaves look cold and depressing.
After traveling a long distance, they did not receive the expected lively ceremony.The Long family only sent a few servants to greet him at the beach, not even the direct descendants of the Long family showed up.
"Ah... Young Master Qingya of our family has always been a person who likes to be quiet, and he doesn't often leave the yard for a walk." Seemingly seeing the unhappiness in her eyes, Haotian persuaded him, and took her into the Long Family Palace like compound.
I don't know how many courtyards I walked in zigzags.Finally, in front of a long corridor, Haotian stopped and opened a door with a silver hollow pattern for her.
"The house here is very big, and the roads are also very complicated - miss, please don't walk around alone at night, so as not to get lost. If you need anything, let the maid do it."
Beside the door, two maids with expressionless faces turned on the lights and waited for her to enter without making a sound.
Qianmei was stunned for a moment, and walked into the door, a cold breath rushed towards her face, she shuddered, stood up in fear, turned her head, and looked at Haotian pleadingly.
"It's nothing, because it's an island, so it's cold and humid at night, just get used to it..." Haotian smiled slightly, comforting the restless girl with his eyes. Confidence in the face of an unfamiliar environment, "Maybe Young Master Qingya will come to see you at night, so prepare well!"
"Haotian, thank you." For some reason, when she watched him leave, there was some reluctance in her tone.
He didn't look back, he walked down the long corridor, his figure gradually became smaller, and he turned around and disappeared at the end.
There, in the dark corridor, there is a flickering crystal hydrangea lamp hanging at the end, and I don't know where it leads.
Qianmei stood outside the threshold, looking at the corridor.
One side faces the courtyard in the middle, and the other side is a row of closed wing rooms.It is very gorgeously decorated. The hollow windows are pasted with precious gauze, and the carved patterns are painted with five colors of gold, purple, vermilion, green and silver.
Inside the purple door, the screen window still faintly reveals a ray of light.
"Ah, who lives in the next door?" Seeing a woman's figure reflected in the window, Qian Mei couldn't help asking, seeing another woman in this deep courtyard with almost no human breath, she felt close to her. spontaneously.
As soon as the voice fell, the light in the door suddenly went out.
"Young Mistress, please come in." The two maids are very old, and they even have a few strands of white hair on their heads. It just looks weirder.
Qian Mei walked in and looked at the furnishings in the room, which was all white.The white curtains, the white coffee table and seats, and even the lamps on the table have silver inlaid pearls as candlesticks.
In a piece of elegant white, there is only one thing that is bright red, which is extraordinarily dazzling.
It was a red iris flower placed in a crystal vase—it was strange that in the dark room, the flower actually glowed faintly.
"Ah... so beautiful! I've never seen this kind of irises before!" Qian Mei couldn't help but exclaimed in surprise, and asked the old maid beside her.She liked irises, but had never seen such an exotic variety.
"This... is called Flaming Iris. But it is a precious species that can only be found in this Yingge Island!" Looking at the flower, the old maid's eyes suddenly became strange, and her smile became more meaningful. I liked it the most when I was alive, and even after my wife passed away, according to her living habit, there is always a flame iris in the room—if the young mistress doesn’t like it, she can just ask the flower slave to take it away.”
"Oh! Don't do it! My favorite flower is the iris..." Qianmei hurriedly stopped, and at the same time she was a little surprised, she asked. "Is this... is the former lady's room?"
"That's right, this silver room is the room of the wives of the Long family!" The old maid replied, still smiling, the wrinkles on her face were reflected by the flickering lights like a strangely blooming chrysanthemum, "Young lady, you Look, this is the portrait of the old lady..."
With the lights on and off, the maid pointed to a picture of a lady hanging on the wall. There, a beautiful woman in purple was sitting on a stone with a fiery red iris in her hand. There was something like a lake behind her. , as well as the continuous forest and the faint sea at the end...
"Is it the portrait of Madam when she was young? It's so beautiful..." Qianmei stared at the portrait. As the flames went out, the face of the woman in the picture was also cloudy, her expression was active, and her eyes seemed to move.For some reason, although she is a fine-painted lady, there is always a deep melancholy between the woman's brows.
"The madam died very early. When the young master was eleven years old, within a few months of the master's death, the madam also committed suicide..." The old maid said lightly, and couldn't help sighing, "Young master never It's really pitiful to have no father or mother."
Qian Mei didn't speak, looked at the shimmering iris, and couldn't help but said to the maid: "Turn off the light first, I want to see how it shines!"
The inside of the house was dark, and in the middle, only the red iris flower gave off a faint light, and the wind from nowhere was blowing it, swaying slightly, like an elf dancing in the dark.
So beautiful... So beautiful... Over and over again, she marveled at the magic of creation in her heart.
"Why don't you turn on the light! Knowing that I'm coming, how dare you not turn on the light?" Suddenly, a violent voice sounded from the door, like a thunderclap, hoarse and deep.
The door opened without knowing when, a lantern floated in like a ghost, stopped at the door, and held it in the hand of a boy in green clothes. In the darkness beside the door, a dark figure stood, cursing with his mouth open.
"Young master, this servant is just following the orders of the young mistress..." The old maid's face turned as white as paper, she plopped down on her knees, and argued tremblingly, "Young mistress wants to see the irises, so she ordered the servant to turn off the lights... ..."
"Useless old servant!" Hei Ying stepped in, kicked the disputing maid, and snorted coldly, "Get out and stay!"
After the two maids stumbled out, Hei Ying turned around, glanced at her, and snorted again: "What's so beautiful about a flower! An inexplicable woman!"
"Crack!" He waved his hand, and the flower and the bottle fell to the ground hard.
"Oh!" Finally unable to bear it, Qianmei cried out regretfully, and at the same time, cast a bitter look at the person in the darkness.Her husband...is this her husband?
The lights were turned on one after another, gradually lighting up the room.
"Hey, are you the bride that Xiao Yiqing gave me? Look up and let me see!" I was falling into the shy and complicated psychology of meeting my fiancé for the first time, but I heard a rough voice, such a rude tone , almost made her unbelievable.
No...you can't be angry with him.The Long family is very important to Tingxuelou...
Finally, she suppressed her unhappiness, and slowly raised her head under the light, with a gentle and elegant smile on her face.
However, halfway through her smile, it froze there.
—that face!That face so close...
Pale face not like a human face, high hooked nose, cloudy eyes almost protruding from the sockets, a surprisingly big mouth, cracking smile, even the whole face twitched strangely...
Long, the young master of the Long family—Master Qingya? !
Although she knew in advance that her fiancé's face was ugly, but the face at this moment was beyond her psychological ability-so, the words she said when she met for the first time, which had been considered thousands of times, were frozen in lips.
There was no way to hide the shock and fear on her face and eyes, Qian Mei just stood there blankly, looking up at the face of her fiancé who was close at hand.
"Oh? Hahahaha!..." Young Master Qingya suddenly burst into a strange laugh, his face twisted even more terrifyingly, he stretched out his hand, lifted her chin, and pressed her face closer , "Are you afraid? Haha, haha! Like all women, are you afraid?"
"No... nothing!" Struggling, she finally answered, facing the person in front of her bravely with the same decoration, while struggling to smile - "No matter what, I am your fiancee Son... you will get used to it, you will get used to everything..."
"Lies... Women can only tell lies!" Qian Mei felt a sharp pain in her jaw, and the hand suddenly tightened, pinching her fair skin with red marks.
Vicious anger flashed in the cloudy eyes, and the stench from his mouth sprayed on her face: "But, no matter what, you will be mine from now on! If you tell me lies from now on, I will kill you!" Cut off your head!"
"Very, very painful..." Struggling hard, she said softly, finally breaking free from the rough hand.
Young Master Qingya seemed to appreciate her struggling, and the corners of her mouth were cracked again. With a smile, she took out a bunch of keys and threw them to her: "The wedding ceremony will be held next month, and tomorrow I will go to Qiongzhou to work there I will come back before the wedding... Woman, you should get familiar with the environment here during this time!"
"Yes." She lowered her head and answered softly, gently holding the key in her hand.
The metal was hammered, and there were beautiful patterns on it with enamel, in various colors.
"Which key opens which door, Manager Haotian will tell you. Be honest and wait for me to come back, don't try to play tricks, woman!" Young Master Qingya gave her a vicious look again, then turned and went out.
"Go slowly..." Adhering to the rules of a lady, when her unmarried husband went out, she still kept smiling, bowed inside the door, and at the same time, tried her best to keep her gaze calmly on that ugly face.
She has to get used to it as soon as possible... that person is her husband...
Seeing her gaze, there was suddenly a little surprise in the ugly man's eyes.
"Also! Remember, that purple carved door is not allowed to be opened, you know?" Everyone had already walked out of the door, and suddenly the young master Qingya turned around and warned sternly, "That place, You have to wait until the day of the big wedding before you can welcome the bride as a bridal chamber!"
"Okay, I will definitely not go in." She answered with a low eyebrow and said softly.
The boy in Tsing Yi held the lamp to lead the way, and her husband floated away like a ghost, his clothes whirled in the wind, but there was no sound of footsteps walking on the wooden corridor. After reaching the end of the corridor, he turned a corner, and then disappear.
There, there is only one crystal hydrangea lamp fluttering in the night.
The beaded foil floating lantern returns alone.
She looked at the purple carved door next to her, and then looked down at the bunch of keys in her hand, her slender fingers clenched them lightly.There was finally an expression of fear in some childish eyes.
Haotian... Haotian.where do you live
The night at Yingge Island was surprisingly quiet.
The waves in the distance beat the reef endlessly, and occasionally there were seabirds calling, which was weird and shrill.
The maids were all sleeping outside, and she was the only one in the empty big house, and she could even hear the sound of breathing clearly.Qianmei flinched under the brocade quilt, and buried her head in the quilt.
Suddenly, her breathing stopped... Someone!Someone is in the room!
Although there was no sound of walking steps, such fine breathing was faintly heard.Not hallucinations?no?
In order to distinguish, Qianmei held her breath hard, but still heard the soft breathing in the air.
Then, the voice gradually approached, approached... When she came to the bed, the airflow of her breath almost touched her exposed hair, as if she was bending down, watching her who was hiding under the quilt!
Qian Mei only felt her whole body was stiff, and she was subconsciously grabbing something under the quilt, but she couldn't grab anything useful.
"Alas..." A woman's voice suddenly sighed from a short distance away, cold and without a trace of human breath.A cold hand was gently put up, gently stroking her head through the quilt, "It's so beautiful...so beautiful..."
"A girl as beautiful as a flower..."
"Please remember not to deceive... Otherwise, you will become an iris..."
"The twelfth iris . . . poor thing."
The icy breath exhaled while speaking permeated the left and right sides, Qianmei's heart was beating violently, beating... After the other party stopped talking, she accumulated courage bit by bit, finally lifted the quilt with a swish, and sat down abruptly. stand up!
"Who? Who's there!" She asked in a trembling voice, calling out to the maid outside, "Light up the lights, light up the lights!"
The old maid stumbled in after hearing the sound, and lit the red candle on the table.
In the dimly lit room, there was no one in sight.
However, in the mirror on the dressing table, she actually saw a pair of eyes shining brightly!
Someone is looking at her... someone is looking at her!
Qianmei turned her head suddenly, there was no one, no one... She turned her head and saw the portrait of the lady hanging on the wall, holding a fiery red iris, smiling a little melancholy and a little weird.I don't know if it was a hallucination, but she actually saw the eyes of the beautiful woman in the portrait blink slightly!
She widened her eyes in fear, and rushed to the painting, only to find that it was just a thin piece of paper...
"Young Mistress, what's the matter?" The old maid asked indifferently with her dim eyes open.
"Just now... just now, someone entered the room! Why didn't you stop her?" For the first time, out of fear, she assumed the tone of a master—"Sleeping in the outside room, and I don't know how to close the door!"
Another old maid went out to look at the door at this time, and when she came back, she replied indifferently: "Please inform the young lady that the door is closed, and no one has come in... Absolutely not."
Their faces, under the flickering lights, looked like ghosts.
After all, she was only sixteen years old, Qianmei sat down slumped, buried her head in the quilt, and started to cry.
So scared, really scared!
Haotian... Where is Haotian?
"Miss, this is the last room..." When the door of the treasure room was opened, the handsome manager turned to the future mistress and said, "If you like the things in it, you can take some of them to your own room."
As soon as the door was opened, Qianmei, who was stinging with dazzling jewels, could barely open her eyes!
Even in the wildest dreams, it is impossible to dream of such a scene: a cabinet made of gold on all four walls, reaching to the ceiling, carved with intricate and gorgeous patterns, filled with all kinds of priceless treasures.The entire branch of coral trees in the room is as dense as a forest, and the branches are full of gems and pearls of various colors.
With a dreamy look on Qianmei's face, she gently reached out and picked up a drop-shaped amethyst. The beautiful light refracted on her face: "Really...it really seems to have entered the Dragon Palace!"
"Everyone who has been here before said that too..." Haotian looked at the intoxicated look in her eyes, but there was an indifferent almost sharp smile on his mouth, "Being the mistress of the Long family, here Everything belongs to the lady. What does the lady like? This subordinate will help you take it to the room."
"Ah... can I take anything?" Somewhat unbelievable, Qianmei raised her head and asked, in the light of the jewelry, the handsome man with blue-black eyes was almost like a god.
"Yes... as long as you are happy, miss, I can bring you anything." Haotian looked at her with extremely charming eyes, with indescribable deep meaning, and said in a low voice, "as long as you are happy, miss, Everything here is yours. Just take everything you like and get rid of everything you hate-just tell your subordinates!"
His voice suddenly carried some evil and seductive meaning.
However, as if she didn't understand the other party's intentions, the girl's voice suddenly brightened—"Ah, then, give me another freshly picked flame iris, okay?!"
The evil spirit in the blue-black eyes suddenly condensed, and the supervisor looked at the joyful face of the girl in front of him with surprise.
"Iris? Do you like that flame iris?"
"Yes! In my opinion, that is more important than any other treasure!" Qianmei laughed, but her eyes were serious, "After that flower was smashed by the young master, I always wanted another one." ..."
Haotian lowered his head, looked at her for a long time, with a strange look on his face, and suddenly said softly: "Okay...but, that is a very unlucky flower...the flower that is said to attract evil spirits! "
"Unlucky? I don't care..." Qian Mei pursed her lips and replied persistently, "I just like it! I don't care about evil spirits or not, as long as I like it, it's good!"
"As long as you like it, it's good?..." Looking at her, Haotian's eyes had complicated lights, he repeated it lightly, and suddenly replied: "Since you like it, Miss, then, come with me!"
He went out, Qianmei followed behind him, watched him close the golden door, and then handed back a bunch of keys to herself.
——An unlucky flower?Flowers that attract evil spirits?
She suddenly thought of the woman who appeared like a ghost in the night, and cold sweat suddenly filled her palms.
“请在这里等一下，我去给您摘过来。”带着她来到自己所住的银色门前，昊天对她说，然后回头，顺着长廊走了下去，“请稍微等片刻就好。”
千湄站在廊下，看着他的背影慢慢变小，顺着长长的廊道走着，在尽头，转了一个弯，然后就再也看不见了。
这个长廊，到底是通向哪里的呢？
长廊的尽头，到底是什么？
十六岁女孩子的眼睛里，忽然有掩饰不住的好奇。
看了看周围，那些侍女都不知去了哪里，然后，眼睛骨碌碌一转，果断的提起裙子，顺着走廊小步跑了起来——青崖并没有说过不准去那里吧？
只是不准进那紫色的门而已……去廊道那一边看看，应该没有关系吧？
dusk.血一样的黄昏，檐角的风铃在孤寂的摇响。
在空荡荡的木走廊上跑着，她的鞋子在上面敲打出轻快的声音，旁边的门一扇扇的在身边过去……
“唉！”在经过那一扇紫色的门时，她陡然听见门内有人忽然轻轻叹了口气。
千湄蓦然顿住了脚步。
“谁？谁在那里？”她闪电般的回头，问，在余光的扫及之处，她看见有一双眼睛迅速地从镂花窗子的空格后面移开了。
有谁……有谁一直在看着她……
在这间屋子里，究竟有什么呢？为什么，即使作为未来女主人的她，也非要在婚礼举行的时候才能够被准许进入？
她再也忍不住，走了过去，手指握紧了那一串钥匙。
现在没有人……没有人在……
深深吸了一口气，她从钥匙中抽出了那一把紫色珐琅累丝的钥匙，轻轻插入了锁孔。
渐起的暮色中，走廊尽头那一盏水晶绣球灯仿佛被风轻轻吹了一下，晃了晃。
钥匙插了进去，纤细的手指紧握着，却没有转动一下。女孩迟疑着，轻轻咬着嘴角，终于叹了口气：“还是算了吧……答应过的事，不能违反呢。”
她抽出了钥匙，踮起了脚，从门缝中往里面看。
好黑……好黑的房间阿……什么都看不见……
那些幽幽的红光，是什么呢？到处都是，在黑暗中一处处闪动……
“小姐，火焰鸢尾。”在她往里窥探的时候，身后忽然有声音静静的传来，带着森然的气息，千湄仿佛一只被踩了尾巴的猫一样跳了起来，回头，看见一枝火一样红的鸢尾，散发着淡淡的荧光。
花执在昊天修长的手指间，他就这样低着头，深沉莫测的看着她，用漂亮的不可方物的眼睛：“你很幸运，小姐，你刚才挽回了你的生命。”
“那里面到底有什么！”千湄终于忍不住问了出来，对着昊天，她相对的松弛了很多，说出了内心的疑问，“里面的东西那么重要吗？即使是我，也不能看？”
“是的。如果青崖少主知道你擅自进去过，你会得到惩罚……”昊天的声音非常严肃，“少主从来都是一个很奇怪的人，他做的事情，不是别人能想象的。”
“惩罚？什么样的惩罚呢？”她抬头，想从他的手里接过鸢尾花，问眼前这个英俊的男子，“少主……到底是个什么样的人呢？”
“是很严厉的惩罚……非常非常可怕的……惩罚……”
想起未来丈夫诡异的样子和粗暴的行为，女孩眼睛里不自禁的闪现出惧怕和厌恶的神色，瑟缩着问：“昊天……你，你会帮助我的，是吧？”
一个微笑忽然泛起在昊天的唇边，拈花微笑的男子，霎时间充满了谜一样的魅力，看着十六岁新娘眼睛里充溢的惧怕，蓦然俯下身去，吻了女孩如同受惊小鹿般的脸。
“呀……”千湄只来得及轻轻惊呼了一声，嘴唇就被堵上了。
夕阳把鲜艳的颜色涂上了深院所有建筑，曲曲折折的廊道如同一个迷宫，通向不可知的彼端……那里，那盏水晶绣球灯轻轻的晃动着。
“我会一直一直的在你身边的……只要小姐愿意，无论做什么都可以……”
耳边传来男子轻声的保证，抬头就看见那双迷离的眼睛，她忽然感觉有了依靠，心底一直积累的感情漫了出来……昊天，昊天好亲切……好温柔。喜欢昊天……其实一直以来都是喜欢昊天的啊……
千湄在他又一次低下头来的时候，闭上了眼睛，仰起头迎了上去。
“啪”那朵火红的鸢尾花轻轻掉到了地上。
紫色的窗棂后，一双眼睛闪烁了一下，缓缓移开。
不见天日的房间，银色的华丽的世界，没日没夜红烛高烧，羧猊炉里的冰麝龙延混着肌香，腐烂而甜艳非常。
千湄就坐在这一切之中，一领白狐皮褥子上，穿着月白小袄……披散的头发铺了满座，把她整个人衬进了黑色，脸上脂粉不施，却有任何脂粉也调合不出的奇异的容光，流转的眼波，一直一瞬不瞬的看着水晶瓶中的鸢尾花。
又是一天来临了……还有三天。
three days.离青崖少主——自己的那个丈夫回来还有三天，离大婚还有三天。
那些诡异的老侍女已经被昊天用不知什么的理由调开了，似乎没有问半句多余的话。这半个月来，他们偷偷的相会了许多次。那是她生命里最灿烂盛开的日子。
每天夕阳西下的时候，她会登上二楼眺望，看着他从走廊那一端安然的过来，衣袖间缠绕着一朵火焰般的鸢尾花。然后，推开她的银色的门。
现在，她知道了——那条长长的廊道的尽端，是一个小小的侧门，通向后院一片荒芜的山地。每次，昊天总会从那里过来，带一朵她喜欢的火焰鸢尾，敲响她的门。
她站在楼上，看着后园的荒地，和远处的大海。
荒地上是密密麻麻的不知道什么种类的灌木，一人多高，没有叶子，长着蜷曲的枝干，遮盖住了地面，一直顺着道路延伸到一片池沼旁边。那个不见底的池沼边上，东一丛西一丛的，盛开的正是火焰一般跳跃的鲜花。
这一天，是最后的一天。他来，用修长的手指把新摘来的花插在她长长的秀发间，深蓝色的眼睛看着她，忽然说：“湄，少主很快就要回来了，我们怎么办？”
“我——”坐在软榻上，她本能的瑟缩了一下，因为听到那个不愿意听的名字，最后只是柔弱的回答，“为了听雪楼，我、我还是要去嫁给那个人的，然后——”
“我——”坐在软榻上，她本能的瑟缩了一下，因为听到那个不愿意听的名字，最后只是柔弱的回答，“还能怎么办？为了听雪楼，我、我还是要去嫁给那个人的，然后——”
黑暗中，她低下了头，手指抠住了紫檀木床的边缘，用力的刻进去。过了半天，才吸了一口气，将方才那两个字接了下去：“然后……我们就当不认识。”说完这句话，她只觉得手一痛，“啪”的轻轻一声，指甲居然折断在檀木中。
“真是聪明的女子。”他倏的笑了，轻吻了一下她无所适从张开的嘴唇，笑容里有一种魔力，静静的绝不眩目的光华，就如拂过荷塘的月影。
然后他俯下身子，看定她：“当龙家的少奶奶实在是别人梦寐以求的事……如果不是因为有这张脸，我是怎么也无法和少主比的——反正，我们没有约定过什么……”
“是啊——”千湄的口吻有几分冷冷的嘲讽：“我去当少奶奶的时候，还要多靠总管大人操劳了……”
仿佛说这一句话用尽了所有的力气，她虚弱的往后一靠，倚在帷幕上，半晌不动。漆黑的夜里，寂静如死。突然，千湄的肩膀一抽，急忙抬起手捂住脸，可哪里来得及，只是转眼间、就哭的说不出话来。
昊天在黑暗中看着她，目光中有灰暗的笑意。待得她哭了半晌，他才在床边坐下，揽着她的肩，目光中说不出的奇怪的阴郁，仿佛哄孩子一般的轻声说：“傻丫头，我骗你的，哭什么呢？虽然我也知道我和少主是不能比的，可我哪里肯轻易就放了你……”
才说了一半，她用力抱住他，再也不让他说下去，啜泣着，在他怀里断断续续的说：“才不是……才不是！……只要我喜欢的，就是好的——哪怕你长得和少主一个样也没关系，哪怕你是个魔鬼也没关系……反正我就是喜欢昊天……”
“哪怕是个魔鬼也没关系？”他怔了怔，莫名的重复一遍。一直不见底的眼睛里，忽然有什么晶莹的亮光泛起——
“湄……”他突然将她从榻上拦腰抱起来，动作很粗鲁，完全不像平日里的温柔文雅，他将她按在床上，疯狂一样的吻她。
就这样纠缠着，忽然，她听到他在耳边轻轻喘息，说：“湄，我们杀了少主吧！……这样，就能在一起，一生一世。”
“昊？……”她蓦地惊慌起来，看着他在上方的眼睛，那样深邃迷离，仿佛一个让人陷进去就不愿醒来的梦，“怎么可以？……楼主想要我来和龙家结盟……”
“如果是我当了龙家的主人，一样能和听雪楼结成秦晋之好。”他一边开始替她拉下衣衫，一边在耳边沉沉的说着，声音忽然有些颤抖起来——“或者，你还是可以当作什么都没发生，去嫁给那个……那个怪物。”
泪水似乎是倒着灌进喉咙的，她觉得嘴里有些咸，不知不觉啜泣起来：“我不要……我们逃吧，昊……我们，我们离开莺歌屿吧……”
“怎么可能……多少人想过要逃，可被抓回来后比死都不如……”
她冰冷的肌肤贴在了他结实的胸膛上，昊天伸出手来，抽掉了她挽发的紫玉钗，漆黑的头发顺着他的手跌下来，铺了千湄一肩。他的手流进了她的发际，柔柔地浸没，她乌黑的发丝仿佛在水中摇荡。
“湄，我们杀了他吧……杀了那个怪物……”
“杀了他吧……”
她的唇上有淡淡的血痕，很快又度到了他的唇上，脸上，她不知道，这样……算不算相濡以沫。
“昊……我喜欢昊……”她轻轻呻吟了一声，抱住他，久久地，紧紧地，伴着悠长而缓慢的颤动和战栗；漆黑的头发被汗水打湿了，贴住他的手臂、胸膛和脊背。
那才是她真正灿烂着绽放的生命，那才是她愿意无悔赌上一生的感情！
“唉……”她仿佛承受不住似的叹了口气，他立刻迎上来，用滚烫的咀唇噙住，同时听到了她吐出了两个字：“好吧……”
他抱着她，眼睛里忽然有了笑意。
“晚上在事情结束后，去后院的池塘边找我……”穿好衣服，他对她说。
他走的时候，依然是还是半夜。
千湄从床上撑起身，看着他离去，看着他一袭白衣轻灵的飘在长长的廊道中，无声的走着，最后拐一个弯，消失在飘摇的风灯下……她眼睛里忽然有泪水。
桌子上的水晶瓶中，那朵火焰鸢尾散发出幽幽的荧光。
她颓然倒回榻上，手指间抓着他留给她的那包毒药——用来在合卺酒中毒死她丈夫的毒药——“藏一点在指甲里，趁他不注意撒到你的酒杯里，然后交杯的时候喂他喝下……”
昊天临走的交代在耳边响起，怔怔良久，千湄终于还是心力交瘁地沉沉睡去。
在半睡半醒的恍惚中，她看见墙壁上的画活动了起来，先是眼睛，接着是脸……然后，那个美丽的龙家夫人，就从墙壁上轻盈盈的走了下来，来到她床前。
手指间也有一朵鸢尾花，摇曳着，淡淡的光线映着死去的人的脸。
龙夫人看着她，眼睛里居然满是悲哀和怜悯。
千湄心中骇极，但不知为何，身体却向厣住一样丝毫动弹不得，只是在床上眼睁睁的看着那个苍白脸色的女子走近……
“要杀我的儿子吗？……”龙夫人慢慢走过来，看着她，问，嘴角忽然有奇异的笑容，“可怜的女孩……哈哈！第十二朵鸢尾花……”
她来到床头，手中的鸢尾花轻轻擦着千湄的脸，笑容惨淡——“知道火焰鸢尾为什么会发光吗？……因为里面有磷火啊……”
“它是必须在尸体血肉上才能成长的花，吸取人的骨髓，以腐肉为泥土！”
“那是死人的灵魂……邪恶的花朵……”
"look--"
紫衣的龙夫人忽然用空着的左手挽起了右手的垂地长袖！
那里，整只右手齐腕被砍断，里面的肌肉大片大片的腐烂着，有阵阵腐臭的气息——然而，在那烂肉中，细细的根如同毒蛇般顺着筋脉扎入，缠绕着，蜿蜒着，居然在尽端开出了一朵极其美丽的花朵！
“啊！！！！！！！…………”千湄再也忍不住地尖叫起来。闭上眼睛，极力扭动着身体，想让僵化的身躯活动起来。
“唰！”她终于从床上蓦然坐起！
然而……没有人，什么人都没有。黎明前的微曦中，只有桌子上那一朵鸢尾花在灿烂开放。千湄抹了满额的冷汗，长长出了一口气……
然而，她忽然又呆住——没有风吹进来，但是，但是……墙壁上那一幅画，居然在微微的摇晃！
“送入洞房～”黄昏，傧相唱礼的声音悠扬的响起，漫长的如同几百年的仪式终于到了尾声，千湄在大红的盖头下，几不可闻的长长吸了一口气——真正的行动要开始了……
她握着喜帕的右手轻轻握紧，长长的小指指甲触到了手心。
毒药……指甲里暗藏的毒药——用来在合卺酒里毒死她丈夫的毒药！
虽然如同魔鬼般丑陋，暴躁，但是却是她丈夫的那个人！
蒙着盖头，她只能看见脚低下的一尺见方的地面，一只手握着喜帕，一只手执着红绸的花球，被牵着走。
周围人的脚步都是轻的奇怪，只有她的步伐，清楚的叩响在长长的木廊地板上。
“前面就是门槛……小心了。”耳边，忽然传来青崖少主嘶哑的声音，同时她被搀了一下，跨了过去——对于丈夫忽然间不经意的关怀，千湄的身子陡然剧烈的一震！
门轻轻的在身后合上，关起——这里应该就是紫色的房间了吧？
那个神秘的，只能在大婚之夜进入的地方！
“很好……终于只剩我们两个人了，我的新娘。”丈夫嘶哑的声音在咫尺的地方响起，那冰冷，潮湿的手伸了过来，拉住她的手，让她不自禁的颤抖了一下，“坐这里，我们先来喝杯合欢酒……我的美丽的新娘子！”
顺着一拉之势，她跌坐在一个座椅上，然后，耳边就听到酒水汩汩倒出的声音。
到最后了吗？
为了能和昊在一起……必须杀了这个人！必须杀了这个人！
多少个销魂的夜晚，多少次生死的盟约——一想起昊天，她的手就渐渐握紧。
想……想要和昊在一起……永远在一起……
那么，就要杀了这个人！
但是……除了丑陋和暴躁，他有必须死的理由吗？
他有做过什么，让她非要夺去他的性命吗？
“喏，这杯给你……”一个白瓷酒杯放到了她手里，她用右手接了，迟疑了一下，拿过来，在喜帕的遮挡下，手指伸到了酒杯上方。
“请。”粗哑的声音说着，一杯酒送到了她唇边，已经容不得再迟疑了！——千湄的手终于颤抖着抬起，把自己手里那一杯酒交替着递了过去。
轻啜了一口对方递过来的酒，同时，她听见自己手中那杯酒也被汩汩的咽入了对方的咽喉，她身子忽然无法控制的战栗起来。
“夫人……”也许是因为完成了仪式，从此就是正式的夫妻，青崖少主对她的称呼也变了，嘶哑的声音尽量的带了温柔，“你喜欢鸢尾花，是吗？——和我故去的母亲一样呢！”
“可是……你知道我漂亮的母亲，她居然曾想背叛我的父亲吗？”
他的手伸过来，牵起了她的手，哑着嗓子说：“这个房间，是用来摆放插花的地方……是我亲手插的鸢尾花，一共有十一瓶——你想象不到它有多漂亮！过来看看……你一定会非常，非常的喜欢的……”
原来……关着这里的门不让她看见，只是为了在新婚之夜给她一个惊喜吗？
那样粗野难看的男子，居然能细心的记得她喜欢鸢尾花的事情……
千湄的身体，忽然又是一阵颤抖。
盖头被轻柔的掀起，映入她眼帘的果然是一簇火焰般燃烧的鸢尾花，还有花下的——“啊！！！……啊啊啊啊啊！！！！”
千湄凄厉疯狂的尖叫忽然响彻了整幢深院！
“第十二朵鸢尾。”远远等候在外院的仆人中，那个叫蕉绿的丫鬟，听见惨叫后长长叹息了一声……“难道，她并不是与众不同的？”
一瓶一瓶，都是开放的无比艳丽喧嚣的火焰鸢尾……装在水晶的花器中，散发着微微的诡异的荧光，点缀得洞房更加摇曳多姿。
然而，那不是折下供在瓶中的插花，每一朵，都是在生长着、怒放着的！
花朵下，掩映着绝世美女苍白的脸颊，雪白的颈子齐根断去，盛放在水晶瓶中。在颈部的断口中，密密麻麻的花根如蛇一般蜿蜒探入，在腐肉中生根，汲取着死人的养分。
显然是经过精心的养护，虽然花的长势正茂，人脸的外观却没有丝毫腐烂的迹象——十一个美丽的女子，带着出嫁时装束的满头珠翠，就这样在花间微笑着。
“那些都是在你之前嫁到龙家来的女子，我的十一个新娘……很美丽吧？”
灯光下，青崖少主诡异的脸上充斥了令人毛骨悚然的笑容，看着吓的几乎瘫倒在地的新娘，凑过脸来——“那些人，都是想背叛我的女人！该死的女人，永远都是为了背叛而生的……”
“嫌丑爱美，为了自己的欢愉和欲望，就可以背叛一切！”
“不能饶恕，绝对不能饶恕……”
“我会让她慢慢，慢慢的死……哪怕是我的妻子母亲，也绝对不能饶恕！”
“想要用毒药来毒死我的你，也一样！”
千湄已经说不出什么话来，手伸了伸，想扶住什么，但是身边忽然有人搀住了她——“可怜的，美丽的第十二朵鸢尾花啊……”忽然有女子的声音在旁边叹息，一朵鸢尾花升了起来，在她脸上擦了擦，千湄回过头去，就看见了那个紫衣的女人……
龙夫人。
那在画上的，死去多年的龙夫人，就这样从墙壁上暗藏的密格里走出来，来到她身边，用忧郁而飘忽的眼神看着她。
“啊！”她终于明白了过来，惊叫出声，“你……你原来没有死？！”
“我看见的不是幻觉……你！是你告密的！是不是？！”
龙夫人惨淡的笑了：“是的，我没有死……但是我只是一堆活动的腐肉而已！”
千湄低头，再次看见她右手腕上那可怖腐烂的肉，和肉里蜿蜒而出的花根——“你看见了吗？在他父亲死后，我曾经爱上了另一个人而想改嫁，青崖，青崖这个孩子就……”龙夫人看着丑陋无比的儿子，眼睛里却有极其复杂的光，“他不杀我——因为这孩子也爱我，所以就用这个来惩罚我！我就在这里，承受着腐骨的痛苦，伴着这些人头插花，渡过了整整十五年！”
“我不死……不死。我知道儿子那一家族的性格——我要留在这里，提醒那些和我一样嫁到这个地方的女孩……我半夜出来提醒过她们……但是，没有人相信。”
“我说过，不能欺骗……不然，会变成鸢尾花——”
“但是，没有人相信！没有人拒绝得了昊天的诱惑！”
“一个又一个的女孩犯了罪……那些撒下毒药的手都僵硬了，一瓶又一瓶美丽的插花，被摆放在了这个紫色的房间里——陪伴着我……”
龙夫人眼睛里忽然有泪光，定定的看着千湄，目光里又长年累月积攒下来的绝望：“第十二朵鸢尾花……我本来以为你会和她们不一样，本来以为你可以成为我的媳妇的……
“母亲……”对面，那个人的嘴角也歪了一下，浑浊的眼睛里居然流下了一行泪水，“你看，我对你多好。知道你喜欢鸢尾，我就给你房间里放上了那么多……你不高兴吗？”
“其实我有多爱你——你难道不知道吗？”
他的软弱只是一刹那，但是目光落在千湄身上的时候，忽然重新变得森冷而可怕！
“你以为你能够毒的死我吗？笨女人！——你以为你和昊天合谋我会不知道？”
“你以为我会真的喝你敬上来的酒吗？……只有有罪的人才该死——其实在我喂给你喝的酒里面，才是下了鹤顶红的！”
“可笑的女人——还准备着去池沼边告诉他好消息吧？哈哈哈哈！”
“你和昊天，这些背叛我的混蛋，全部都该去做花泥！”
“昊天……昊天