Jiang Shuo no longer had the torment of ice and fire in his dreams that night, and he slept deeply. He woke up the next day feeling refreshed. Xun Ni cooked thin porridge, and he actually drank a few mouthfuls. After eating rice, he felt better immediately. a lot of. In this way, things got better day by day, and after another ten days, Jiang Shuo was able to walk on the ground, and he was looking very good. During this period, there were several attacks of cold poison, but Xun Ni, who was guarding them, discovered them in time. She did not dare to call her master for treatment. The attacks of cold poison became lighter and lighter, and the intervals between them became longer and longer, especially in the past few days. No more attacks.
Although Jiang Shuo knew that the owner was not a bad person, the owner looked quite majestic and never spoke a word. Jiang Shuo did not dare to talk to him. The two of them did not exchange a word for more than half a month. Jiang Shuo soon became familiar with Xun Ni and the little girl. Jiang Shuo knew that Xun Ni was also an orphan. She had been a maid in the master's house since she was a child and had served two generations of masters. Although she was a servant, the master treated her as one of his own. , taught her martial arts since she was a child, and she also raised the daughter of the family head.
Jiang Shuo heard that Xun Ni's life experience was quite similar to his own. If not for this change, he should have followed Mr. Li Bai to the capital. In the future, he would have served Master Boqin when he grew up. It is estimated that Li Bai should have entered the capital by now. Seeing the emperor, he might have been favored by a saint, given a real official position, and even given a residence, and took Miss Pingyang and Master Boqin to the capital. Jiang Shuo admired Mr. Li Bai quite a lot. Li Bai was a bold and open-minded man and did not treat him as a slave. Therefore, the master and servant had a deep relationship. When he thought of Mr. Taibai, he would "have a chance to ride the wind and waves" and "surge up to ninety thousand miles". ", and I couldn't be by my side, so I couldn't help but shed a few tears.
The girl who barged in that day was the owner's daughter. The girl was very interested in every detail of Jiang Shuo's recovery. In her opinion, Jiang Shuo was probably no more than an injured puppy or kitten. Every time there was new progress, she was excited. On that day, Jiang Shuo was able to go to the ground. Xun Ni originally just asked him to walk around the room to regain his strength. Jiang Shuo felt good, so he walked to the courtyard without leaving. After a few steps, I heard cheers from far away. It turned out that it was the girl who saw that Jiang Shuo was able to walk out of the room. She decided that Jiang Shuo was healed and rushed over, insisting on helping him walk around and stretch his muscles. My mother yelled that it was okay to just walk in the backyard, and the girl didn’t care about that. She helped him and walked out. She said she was helping him, but it was no different than pulling him hard.
The whole house is built against the mountain, and it goes higher and higher. The room where Jiang Shuo lives is in the west side courtyard where he entered last. The northwest side is pillowed by the cliff. The north wall of the Nuang Pavilion where Dan Hong lives is the cliff, and the center is due north. It is a large house with five rooms. It is the highest point in the entire house, and it also rests on the cliff. At this time, the four doors are closed, and there are no words or plaques on the doors. I don't know where it is. The structure of the big house is unique, with the eaves projecting forward and extending downward into a long corridor with eaves.
Before Jiang Shuo could be surprised, the girl had already pulled him and started running along the corridor. The layout of this courtyard is very strange. Generally, a house is divided into several rooms. The main room is on the central axis, and there are side rooms on the left and right. This house is better. The last room only has a central room and a west wing but no east wing. There is a large area on the east side. The hillside has been turned into terraced fields. It is the middle of winter, and there is a bleak scene on the slope. I don’t know what kind of plants are planted there. Looking down, the corridor winds down according to the mountain. The houses are built according to the terrain. They seem to be disordered from left to right, but they seem to be orderly and unique in the chaos.
The corridor was going downhill all the way. Jiang Shuo wanted to go slow, but I couldn't run. He just opened his mouth and was filled with wind. He couldn't say a word, so he had to grit his teeth and insist on running down with her. The roof of this promenade is winding and continuous, but there are changes at every corner. Some parts are connected with the surrounding houses to form a wind and rain corridor; some parts have an open-air courtyard, with a tree growing out of the ground; There is even a corner where a whole piece of rock replaces the pillars to support a large eaves, which is quite interesting along the way.
There were many old men cleaning the courtyard and causing trouble on the road, but they all recognized the lady of the house and did not stop them. In a short time, the two of them arrived at the gate. The gate of the villa was opened at the lowest point in the southeast corner, and the corridor also extended to this point. The eaves of the gate are connected together. The gate opens to the east and is not very big. Jiang Shuo stood outside the door, looked back, and saw the four characters "Xi Xi Villa" written on the plaque on the door. The font was vigorous and simple, and it looked like Li Yong's handwriting.
This house should be in the south. There are many evergreen trees planted in the house. Although it is winter at this time, the canopy of the trees is still very dense. It is also covered with snow, covering many houses in the mountains. Only the roof of the corridor is occasionally exposed. , vaguely indicates the vastness of the mansion. If you only look at it from the gate, it is difficult to imagine that there are so many houses hidden in the twists and turns inside.
The girl pulled him in, but did not go back. Instead, she arrived at a pavilion on the right. All the houses in the courtyard were connected by corridors with eaves, and this pavilion was no exception. The two of them walked up the stairs along the corridor. After entering the pavilion, Jiang Shuo immediately slumped down on the bench and began to gasp for breath. The girl glanced at him sideways and said, "It's really useless. You can't breathe like this after just a few steps."
Jiang Shuo said: "Sister, I have just recovered from a serious illness. You are dragging me away like this. Do you think I will live longer?"
The girl said: "Who are you taking advantage of? I don't know who is bigger yet."
Jiang Shuo said: "You are taller than me, so of course you are older." The two of them are the same age, but Jiang Shuo is half a year older. It turns out that teenage girls grow hair earlier, so they grow taller than boys. Higher.
Jiang Shuo smiled and said, "You look tall, but you turn out to be my sister."
The girl spat: "Bah, who is your sister?"
Jiang Shuo realized that he was speechless, so he hurriedly put away his smile and bowed in a serious manner like an adult: "My dear, please forgive me for being rude."
The girl burst out laughing and said: "You don't know how to tease, you are so playful. I am not a lady, so don't call me a little lady."
Jiang Shuo scratched his head and said, "Then I don't know what to call you. May I ask, little lady, ah, no, sister, that's not right, this, this, you, that's not right either. How do you call me the master?" Then he thought that the master was asking the man. It seems inappropriate to use the name to ask a woman, using a respectful taboo? Famous name? Nothing seems right... I'm really scratching my head.
Seeing him scratching her head and scratching her head as she thought of words, the girl couldn't help but sneer again and said, "If you don't know how, don't drag Wen, just call me Xiang'er."
Jiang Shuo hurriedly bowed and said, "Hello, Miss Xiang'er."
I was about to ask her last name, but then I thought that asking a girl for her full name was a way of asking for marriage, and I couldn't help but feel embarrassed.
The girl was even more amused when she saw his embarrassment, and imitated his example and said in a long tone: "This brother, could you please give me your surname?"
"My name is Dan..." Jiang Shuo was about to say that my name was Dansha, but then he thought that this was a nickname given by Mr. Taibai, and he was afraid that he would be laughed at by girls again.
Xiang'er stared at him and said, "What's the pill?"
He suddenly remembered the training name given by Supervisor He, and changed his words midway: "My name is Dan...uh, this...Jiang Shuo."
Xiang'er said: "How can you change your words? Do you still have to think about your name? Are you just making up a name to deceive me?"
Jiang Shuo hurriedly waved his hand and said: "It's true, it's true. My real name is Jiang Shuo, and the name is traced back to it. This name was given by He Zhizhang, the third-grade secretary of the current dynasty... It came from up the river. mean……"
Xiang'er pursed her lips and said: "You are still the third rank of the imperial court... you are still secretary and supervisor... you are still He Zhizhang... who are you trying to scare me by saying that you don't have all these things?"
Jiang Shuo blushed in embarrassment and said, "What Xiang'er taught me is that I shouldn't say something that is true or not. It's just that I have never used this lesson in naming, so I am very confused."
Xiang'er listened and smiled: "What was it called before? What's Dan?"
Jiang Shuo didn't dare to hide it anymore and said, "I have a nickname named 'Cinsha' by Mr. Taibai."
As expected, Xiang'er laughed loudly and said, "Cinnabar, why does it sound like the name of a medicinal material?"
Jiang Shuo said in embarrassment: "Yes, the name Dansha is really not suitable for girls, so I will use the training name to call myself."
Xiang'er nodded and said, "Jiang Shuo is better. From now on, you can call me Jiang Shuo."
Jiang Shuo thought to himself: If you don't talk about the master in the Yamen, do you still have to be sure of my name? But he didn't dare to reply, he only said yes.
Xiang'er asked again: "How many people know the name of your cinnabar?"
Jiang Shuo replied: "Apart from Supervisor He, General Pei and Mr. Taibai's family, you are the only one who knows."
Xiang'er suddenly said happily: "Then don't tell others in the future, okay? In front of others, just call me Jiang Shuo. Dansha is a secret code that only I know. If I encounter difficulties in the future, I will only call you Dansha." You, come and help me."
Jiang Shuo really didn't know the purpose of this code. Xiang'er's kung fu was much higher than his own, so why did he need his help? But thinking that Xiang'er was weird and weird, I couldn't defeat her, so I might as well just obey her in everything, so he nodded and said: "Well, from now on I will be called Jiang Shuo in public, and I will only call you Dansha..." I thought again. As soon as I thought about it, I added, "I can call him Mr. Taibai."
Xiang'er didn't care about the last part of the sentence and said happily: "Seriously?"
"really!"
"Then let's pull the hook."
The two of them really hooked up. Xiang'er happily walked to the railing outside the pavilion, waved to Jiang Shuo and said, "Jiang Shuo, come here."
Jiang Shuo was stunned for a moment, and then he realized that he was being called. He smiled bitterly and shook his head, thinking that he would be called by this name from now on, so he had to remember it.
Xiang'er pointed to the outside of the pavilion and asked him: "Do you think this place is beautiful?" Jiang Shuo leaned on the railing and realized that the house was backed by a mountain and faced a lake. A wall outside the courtyard was separated by the vast lake. The pavilion was half-riding on the courtyard wall. Above, at this moment, their position is already hanging above the water. Looking around, except for the Cangshan Mountain on the back, there is a mirror-like lake on three sides. In winter, there are fewer water birds on the lake and no fishermen, but it does not feel desolate. The open lake Occasionally there is mist on the sky, like a fairyland. Although he was a child, he felt that his mind was very broad. He thought that if Mr. Taibai came here, he would be very popular in poetry and would drink and write poems immediately. Thinking of Li Bai, his heart sank again, and he stared into the distance in ecstasy.
Xiang'er didn't know what was going on in his heart. When he saw him in a daze, he smiled and said, "Brother Su, why are you so lost in thought? Is it possible that he is going to compose a poem because of his great poetry?"
Jiang Shuo turned around and smiled: "I don't know how to write poetry. It's just that Dongting Lake is so beautiful that I was stunned for a moment."
Xiang'er wondered: "Hey, how did you know this is Dongting? I didn't tell you, did I? Did Xun Ni tell you?"
