Feng Xiao winked at the little girl playing the drum. As soon as the flower was passed to Lin Rong's hand, the drum sound stopped.
Lin Rong knew they were cheating and thought for a while: "Let me tell you a joke. There was a family in Xiahe Village, Qiantang County. One day, the father and his son were eating porridge. The son said, the porridge was too bland to be eaten. . The father read a few books and said, "The ancients used plums to quench their thirst. We have salted fish at home. If you look at it before eating, the porridge will not be bland." The two sons followed the law. After a while, the porridge was not bland. The younger brother shouted, 'Brother just looked at that salted fish one more time'." ①
Everyone listened and asked, "What did the father say next?"
A mother-in-law joked: "You should be taught a lesson, why can't you take another look?"
Lin Rong was so embarrassed that he covered his face with a fan and said with a smile: "The father only said one thing, kill him."
After saying that, everyone burst into laughter. Kingfisher covered his stomach and fell on Guiyuan. He made a fuss for a long time before he stopped and wiped his tears: "Master, this joke is so funny. Don't tell me. It's so funny." , but there really are such people.”
Feng Xiao laughed so hard that she fell forward and backward, dancing with joy. Just then, another little girl came over with a large pot of wine on a tray. The two of them bumped into each other, and the large pot of wine immediately flew out, and most of it was spilled on the kingfisher. , even Lin Rongluo's skirt was sprinkled with a lot of it.
Kingfisher hurriedly took out a handkerchief and wiped it, while scolding Feng Xiao: "I drank a few cups of yellow soup and instead of sitting down calmly, I started going crazy. What does it look like?"
Knowing that she was in trouble, Feng Xiao came over and said, "Sister Jingqin, are you okay?" He also diligently fetched water to clean her face.
Kingfisher pushed away: "Look, even the county boss suffered from you. What do you look like?"
Lin Rong waved his hand and took this opportunity to leave the table: "It's okay, my skirt is just a little wet. I'm tired too, and it's getting late. There's still a lot of food and wine on this table. After you eat, you can go down and have a rest."
Luo Qun was already stained with wine and still smelled a little like food. Lin Rong had taken a bath. When she came out, she saw it was raining again. The sky was also sultry and hot, and she was afraid it would rain heavily in the evening.
She didn't go to bed either. She simply lay on the soft couch by the window and slept for a while. She was covered in a thin sweat. Kingfisher came in outside and brought herbal tea: "Is the county owner too hot to sleep? When the carriage came, There is a pair of ivory towels on it, which came from Siam. The master doesn’t like the aroma of the towel. I have dried it in the sun for several days and the smell has faded a lot. Why don’t you go get it?”
Lin Rong nodded, and asked the girl to bring in a basin of cold water, wiped her body again, lay down on the cool mat, and then managed to fall asleep lightly. She was afraid of heat and stuffiness, so she didn't ask the girls to close the windows. The window screens in this Taoist temple were not as good as those used in the mansion. Some tiny mosquitoes buzzed in through the screen windows. Lin Rong raised a fan to pat them from time to time.
Lu Shen walked quickly from the entrance of the mountain, crossed the corridor, and saw several girls and women carrying water to the well mouth in twos and threes. At this time, not long after the banquet had ended, several people were drinking and drinking again. Suddenly, they saw a strong man barging in. They were startled, thinking it was a foreigner, and were about to ask the guards to take someone.
Kingfisher only ate a cup and his mind was clearer. He recognized it at a glance. He took the phoenix flute and longan and knelt down: "Junhou!"
Lu Shen walked straight to the main room without stopping, but the door was not closed. It was only slightly ajar. He pushed the door open and went in. Under the green screen window to the east, he saw the woman lying on the Arhat bed, wearing a silver-red gauze gown. The clothes are as thin as cicada wings, revealing a large area of jade-like skin, and the lower body is wearing green silk elastic ink flowered pants.
Hearing someone pushing the door open, he thought it was Kingfisher bringing ice well water into the house. Lin Rong unconsciously shook the fan in his hand and said: "Kingfisher, don't be busy. It's much cooler now. You go Go to sleep." As he raised his hand, the silver-red gauze slipped down, half exposing his shoulders.
Lu Shen stood motionless for a moment. This situation and this scene were mixed together like a sentence: jade furnace, ice cream, mandarin duck brocade, pink melting fragrance, sweaty mountain pillow, full of fragrance. His Adam's apple rolled unconsciously, and his eyes moved from the smooth and round shoulders to the red gauze tube top. The nephrite on the chest was very plump. The tube top was not tight, and it was loose and exposed half of it. , secretly cursing: This woman is seducing him again.
There was half a copper basin with water left on it on the shelf. Lu Shen stared at the woman and reached out to knock down the copper basin. He didn't know what was hanging next to him. There was a clanking sound and even the huanghuali shelf fell down.
Lin Rong heard the noise and thought it was some girl who accidentally broke something, but she didn't say anything for a long time. She sat up, gathered her clothes and asked, "What's wrong? Did you break something? Light a few more lamps, be careful. On."
Lin Rong couldn't sleep well, and the light was too bright. There was only one lamp burning next to her Arhat couch in the room. She stood up and looked towards the door. It was pitch black, and she could only see a vague figure. , tall and tall, not the girl in the yard, shouted alertly: "Who is sneaking around at the door?"
Lu Shen walked out of the shadows with an expressionless face. Lin Rong told him to take a step back in fright, and his fan fell to the ground: "Junhou! You...why are you here?"
Lu Shen glanced at the woman coldly and ignored her. He walked straight to the small table and saw a cup of leftover tea on it. He picked it up and took a sip. Seeing that the woman was still standing there blankly, he ordered : "Change!"
Lin Rong responded and took a small step over. Only then did he realize that his body was completely wet, and the hem of his dark cloak was full of mud spots. However, after standing in the room for a while, the yellow mud liquid drained out.
Lu Shen's whole body was exuding cold air and he had an intimidating aura. Lin Rong did not dare to offend him. He stood on his toes and untied the cloak that was full of mud. He twisted it with two fingers and looked around. Wearing the clean clothes she would wear tomorrow, she simply walked a few steps and threw them on the ground at the threshold.
Lu Shen looked at her silently and frowned. Is it necessary to be so disgusted?
Seeing that Lu Shen looked very unkind, Lin Rong silently went to untie his belt, wrist guards, and outer clothes for a long time. When only the inner clothes were left, he stopped and forced out a smile: "My clothes are all wet." , Sir, do you want to take a bath? I will go outside and order someone to bring you a change of clothes."
Lu Shen sneered, pretending to be polite, and turned around to go to the tub behind the screen.
Lin Rong breathed a sigh of relief, put on her outer clothes and went outside the house. When she saw the girl and the old lady kneeling on the ground, she cursed in her heart: It really made everyone uneasy when she came. She asked everyone to get up, called Feng Xiao over and gave instructions. : "Go outside and ask the people who came with the Lord if they have brought any clothes?"
He then told Kingfisher: "There are some broken things in the house. Please lead a few little girls to clean it with gentle hands and feet." After saying that, he fell silent. Lu Shen is here. I'm afraid he will either go back overnight or early tomorrow morning.
Shen Yan, always attentive, picked up a brown paper bundle, handed it to Feng Xiao, and asked her: "Is the Lord resting here today?"
Feng Xiao was in the small attic that day and asked Shen Yan to take a look at Chizu. At this time, she felt very awkward when she saw him. She shook her head: "I didn't say anything." After saying these two words, she turned around and left.
Lin Ronglai is here not to go back. On the one hand, he wants to find out the news more clearly. The news from ten years ago is too old. The old Taoist priest is obviously very familiar with his senior brother, but he remains silent, which is puzzling. On the one hand, I was a little afraid that Lu Shen would stay overnight again. Since that day in the small attic, some things were no longer just a pretense and could be fooled around like they were when I first came here.
He thought that if Lu Shen was so busy, even if he was dissatisfied with himself, he would at most send servants. As an ordinary servant or sergeant, Lin Rong could naturally pretend to be a master and shirk him for a day or two. Unexpectedly, today he came in person. It was still midnight, thinking and sighing, wondering how that guy would react again.
Lin Rong sat at the door holding the bundle and thought for a long time. Then he took the clothes to Lu Shen and put them on the screen one by one. He stood outside and replied: "Jun Hou, I put the clothes on." It's on the screen. I heard from Shen Yan that you haven't had dinner yet, so I went to the kitchen to have a look and ordered my mother-in-law to bring some side dishes. This place is simple and simple, so I can't help but feel sorry for you."
After she said that, she thought about hiding out the door and waiting for him to finish washing before coming back in.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he reached the door, he heard Lu Shen command from inside: "Come in!"
Chapter 27
Lin Rong stood hesitantly at the door for a long time. She really didn't want to go in, so she excused herself: "The rash I had a few days ago hasn't gone away yet, so I'm afraid it will spread to the prince. I'm asking for a girl to take care of the prince to bathe, but good?"
After a while, there was no response from inside. Lin Rong stepped out and just took a step when he heard Lu Shen say two words coldly from inside: "Come in!" Although there were only two words, they were full of pressure and impatience. Full. That decisive tone made Lin Rong wonder if he would order the guards to take him in to serve him if he insisted not to go in.
Lin Rong thought silently in his heart, what kind of beauty does Lu Shen want? There are hundreds of beauties living in the Xianlai Pavilion, including all kinds of beauties, thin, beautiful, beautiful and fat. He just wants to make himself, the daughter of the Cui family, surrender to him. He could not want it, he could be dismissive of it, he could take it and throw it aside, but if he, the daughter of the Cui family, showed any reluctance, then the prince who was in charge would start teasing her like a cat chasing a mouse. feel.
She thought about it for a while, and finally had to lower her head under the eaves. She lit another crystal glass lamp and slowly went to the bathtub behind the screen.
There is no bathing pool in this Taoist temple. There is a new camphor wood bathtub. The size of the bathtub is just right for Lin Rong, but it is very narrow for Lu Shen. He is tall and the water barely reaches his waist. He closed his eyes and put his hands on the edge of the tub. His sharp eyebrows and starry eyes were darker in the night. There were a few drops of water on his chest, which made his muscles look more tense, making it difficult to look directly at him.
Lin Rong stood by the lamp, looking away slightly, only looking at a trace of water next to the tub: "I wonder what your orders are? But the water is not hot enough?"
Lu Shen snorted, still closing his eyes: "Come here, my back is itchy."
Lin Rong gritted his heels and walked over slowly, only to see a patch of red on his back and left shoulder. He rolled up his sleeves, took a cotton towel from the shelf on the side, wetted it, and wiped it slowly.
Lin Rong was a little uncomfortable with the fashion at first, but then her hands were so sore that she became even more impatient. She cursed Lu Shen secretly in her heart, and her thoughts gradually wandered away - I really can't stay here any longer. Lu Shen's current appearance is that he is trying to shirk the situation, but I'm afraid he won't be able to shirk it for a few days. Although Lin Rong was not a chaste and virtuous woman in ancient times, she did not have the habit of casually sleeping with unfamiliar men, not to mention this man's character flaws and bad attitude.
While Lin Rong was thinking about it, the movements of his hands slowly slowed down. It's just that these are troubled times, there are many bandits and gangsters, and there are also a large number of refugees. If he goes to Qiandang Cliff, he has no power to restrain the chickens and goes there alone. If you can't walk ten miles, you will be dead in the wilderness. Even if you can use Chinese herbal medicine to prepare some self-defense poison, it will not kill you immediately. It is also very risky to bring a few reliable confidants from Jiangzhou. I'm afraid I still have to use my identity as Junhou's wife.
Mrs. Junhou... Cui Shiniang, Mrs. Junhou... Cui Shiniang, her thoughts changed, a smile appeared on her cheeks, she had a more reliable and good idea.
Not long after, Lu Shen opened his eyes and saw that the woman in front of him was standing at first. Then she seemed to feel too tired and sat on a very wide spring stool next to the bathtub. She was not strong enough and had been wiping for a long time. A strand of black hair came out of the loose hair, floating next to her ears. The woman changed into a coat, with two solid buttons on the front of the dress. The strand of black hair gradually followed the woman's movements and floated on his chest. It got wet and stuck together, tickling him.
Lu Shen slowly raised his hand and wrapped it around the strand of black hair. He saw that the woman was thinking about something and was not aware of it. There was still a smile on her peach-like cheeks, and she slowly tightened it inch by inch, causing Lin Rong pain. Oops, he immediately came back to his senses.
Lin Rong held her hair in pain and saw that Lu Shen had a small strand of hair wrapped around her hand, which had been torn off. She suddenly darkened her face, fell silent, and decided to stand up and make use of the topic: "I am Cui Cui." The daughter of the clan, I know that the king is extremely disgusted, but my body, hair and skin are only given to my parents and must not be damaged. I know that I have no face and live in the Jiedushi Palace for a long time. I am always with the king. I am willing to practice in this area. She became a nun and prayed for the king every day."
After the words were finished, there was silence, and Lu Shen did not respond. Fu Shen knelt down and said, "I hope you will be successful. I will be deeply grateful for the rest of my life."
It's a pity that Lin Rong was greatly mistaken. Even though Lu Shen was not familiar with men and women and was a little lustful for a while, as long as he calmed down a little, he was a thousand times better than Lin Rong when it came to manipulating people's hearts. The woman Lu Shen despised the most in his life was the woman who relied on pampering. At this moment, I didn't want to take her body, but I just gave her a little love. How dare you speak so aggressively? How can you do it in the future?
Lu Shen was silent for a few moments, then stood up suddenly, put on his middle coat slowly, and walked slowly to the window. When he turned around and saw the woman still bowing her head, she was very angry, but she sighed in a gentle tone: "You have This heart is very good. You are shallow and cruel by nature. You were once a pearl and whipped to death in public in Luoyang. With such a character, you are not worthy of being Lu's wife. That day in Jiangzhou, if your parents hadn't set up such a This despicable trap has been seen by many famous people and scholars, otherwise, how could you enter my Lu family?"
As he said that, he pulled out a dagger from his boot and said with a smile: "I think you are a woman, and I wanted to find a secluded place for you to live in seclusion for the rest of your life. However, the fact that you can say these words today shows that Compared with when I first came to Xuanzhou, I have made great progress. Today you said that I would like you to practice, and I am naturally very happy and willing to help you. But our Lu family has never had a precedent of converting to Taoism, counting three generations up. , there is only one cousin who converted to Buddhism. How about you shave off all those three thousand worries and become a nun?"
After saying that, Lu Shen smiled and threw the black iron dagger to Lin Rong, and with a bang, it slipped to the edge of her skirt.
Lin Rong picked up the dagger and saw that the smile on Lu Shen's mouth became even bigger. Such a sinister smile was ten times scarier than his dark sneer.
She pursed her lips and thought for a long time. She was not an ancient person. It didn't matter to her whether she shaved her head or not. She could grow it anyway. If she could really find an excuse to stay in this Taoist temple, it wouldn't matter if she shaved her head.
But seeing the look on Lu Shen's face, Lin Rong felt keenly that if she said 'ok', then there might be something more terrifying waiting for her.
Lin Rong held the dagger tightly and stood there for a long time, not daring to move and not knowing what to say.
Lu Shen sneered, stretched out an index finger and knocked on the window edge: "Huh? Why don't you do anything? Or is it because Lady Cui is spoiled and has no fingers in the spring water, so she has to call a maid for such a mundane matter as shaving her hair?"
Lin Rong's hands were sweaty and wet for a while. He was completely attracted by his momentum. After a long time, he said: "I...I..." Before he could say the three words, he heard Lu Shen chuckle quietly. A sound.
He turned around and called her with a smile: "Come here."
Lin Rong slowly stepped forward. For some reason, even a thin layer of sweat appeared on his forehead, and stood still in front of Lu Shen. He held his hand, opened his fingers one by one, took out the dagger, and asked, "Why is my hand so stiff and sweaty?"
While pulling out the dagger sheath, he gestured to Lin Rong's scalp: "How about I condescend to shave it for you? However, I am used to using this knife and gun, and this dagger is not commonly used. If you don't shave well, you will have to do more. be magnanimous."
The cold blade scratched across her scalp, and Lin Rong shuddered for a moment. Fortunately, she didn't give up thinking: "Junhou, I just saw the magnificent Taoist temple and wanted to visit it for a few more days. The words to teach people to practice are not true. The words... are not the truth. I don’t want to become a monk..."
When Lu Shen heard this, he took back the blade and asked, "Do you really don't want to become a monk?"
Lin Rong said hurriedly: "If I don't become a monk, I won't... I won't shave my hair..."
Lu Shen lowered his head slightly and saw that the woman was frightened, standing dumbly like a roe deer, with her two thin red lips naturally slightly upturned, as if she were smiling.
Lu Shen didn't take it seriously. He pressed the back of her neck and kissed her. Suddenly, a refreshing fragrance hit her. He slowly sucked the blood from the corners of her lips clean one by one. He lifted her chin and warned: "Remember, although your surname is Cui, from the moment you step into Yongdi, you can only be a member of the Lu family. The most important thing for a woman of the Lu family is not to be self-righteous."
Lin Rong stood stiffly, feeling that she was too naive and too stupid, and her understanding of Lu Shen was too self-righteous. It took a long time for her to calm down from her self-hatred and self-pity mentality. Nodding slowly: "Yes, I remember it."
Lu Shen then released his hold on the back of her neck and said expressionlessly, "It's getting late. Let's make arrangements. I have military matters tomorrow."
Lin Rong nodded in panic and climbed onto the bed, his whole body stiff. All this happened so suddenly that Lin Rong's mind was still blank at this time. She had no doubt that Lu Shen, as long as she insisted on becoming a monk, would definitely shave her own hair. As for whether there would be a few wounds on her scalp when shaving her hair, that was not certain.
Lin Rong thought silently in her heart, who is this Lu Shen? She thought for a long time, it was August weather, her hands and feet were cold, she lay beside Lu Shen, and she didn't know how long it took before she fell asleep.
I couldn't sleep peacefully, and just as I was drowsing, I heard Lu Shen say, "Tea!"
The maids all lived in the lower room, far apart, so this was naturally what Lin Rong was told to do. She got out of bed in disgrace, walked out of the room under the cool moonlight, and hurriedly brought a cup of cold tea from the Ruyi round table to Lu. Be careful.
Fortunately, Lu Shen was not picky. He took a big sip and looked up to see the woman sitting on the edge of the bed, her head lowered, her small fan-like eyelashes covering the green shadows under her eyes, her red lips slightly parted, and her starry eyes. After sleeping for a while, one of the plum blossom buttons on the chest was loosened, half revealing two snow-covered nephrite balls. My back was very straight, I guess it was natural.
Lu Shen stared straight at the pair of coral beads on the soft jade, feeling extremely hot for a moment. He originally wanted to keep the woman cold for a few days, but then he changed his mind. A hand with clear joints and a slight callus slowly touched it. The woman was really made of ice and jade bones, and she was extremely slippery. With a slight touch, she felt a chill on her hand.
Lin Rong had frightened him and stayed awake for half the night. Her brain was still a little dazed at the moment. A slight tingling pain in her chest made her calm down. She didn't care about Lu Shen's bullshit warnings and scares before and grabbed him. hand: "No, no..."
How could Lin Rong have any say in Lu Shen's place? He reached out and pulled off the silk ribbon beside the brocade tent, cut the woman's hands behind her back, tied them with ribbons, and peeled off the woman's clothes one by one, revealing a gleaming white body under the moonlight.
Chapter 28
Lu Shen ignored Lin Rong's sobs and touched a piece of warmth. He froze there in disbelief: "You...you haven't left your childhood yet?"
It was really hot the day before, and the girls made ice bowls for her to eat. She was greedy for cold and stuttered a lot. She didn't have a clean day. Unexpectedly, she was saved.
Lin Rong struggled to break free of the ribbon on his hand. His wrist was already very red and painful, and his voice couldn't control his trembling. Only then was he able to speak: "I still have my childhood days with me."
Lu Shen felt something was wrong: "That day in the small attic by the lake, you also said that you were menstruating. It has been more than ten days since today. How can this matter last so long? "
Lin Rong lowered his eyes and did not dare to look into Lu Shen's eyes, fearing that he would see something again and whispered: "I have been weak since I was a child, and this matter has taken longer than others. It's half a month since I came here." , This has always been the case. When I was in Jiangzhou, I invited countless famous doctors and took countless medicines, but to no avail."
Lu Shen was speechless for a long time, then suddenly opened the curtain, got up and left, and never came back that night.
Lin Rong put on his clothes and sat on the bed blankly. Seeing that Lu Shen didn't come back for a long time, he put on his clothes for a while. After a while, he heard Jingqin push the door and brush the curtain and come in: "Master, it's time to get up. Shen Yan said that the Lord and Marquis have already risen and will go back to the house today."
Lin Rong was dizzy, his wrists were extremely sore, and his eyes were swollen. He forced himself to wash up, and asked the girl to help him get on the carriage. He looked up and saw Lu Shen sitting beside him, holding a book in his hand. In the book of war, do not squint your eyes. Occasionally, he glanced at Lin Rong, but did not speak to her. The two of them were in silence all the way until they reached the Jiedu Envoy's Mansion.
The carriage didn't stop until it reached the second gate. One person went to the outer courtyard, and the other entered the inner courtyard. Lin Rong asked Jingqin to support him. As soon as he entered the courtyard, he saw people kneeling on the ground inside and outside. It's Hang Qing.
Lin Rong was surprised when he saw that her face was pale and the rouge on her face was blurred, and asked: "What's going on? What are you doing kneeling down?" He also ordered the two maids, Jingqin and Fengxiao: "Get everyone up. , go back to work."
Although the servants and maids at this time were in the same business and had a low status, there was no custom of bowing down and bowing to anyone except during the New Year.
Hang Qing was still kneeling and did not ask anyone to help him up. He still had a smile on his face and said feebly: "Madam is back. It's easy to walk on the road."
