After leaving the Yuelao Temple, Zhou Xiangxun and Zhou Yuan ran to see the lanterns again. Yin Shang followed them not far or too close, with a faint smile on his lips. He seemed to also like the silver lanterns and jade flutes. Enjoy the beautiful scenery very much.
There were too many tourists on the street, and Yin Shang didn't want to squeeze in the crowd, so she just said she would wait for them on Water Street. However, after waiting for a long time, she found that they hadn't come back yet. Just when she was about to go looking for them, they I caught a glimpse of a familiar figure looking around in the crowd, seemingly looking for someone.
Seeing that the other party's eyes were about to glance at him, Yin Shang thought and immediately lowered his body.
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Jiang Yixue still remembered that in the past few years, Yin Shang never agreed to the invitations of Zhou Xiangxun and others to travel during the festival. Most of them were spent with Jin Chengyi and Lin Boyu. When they were away playing, they would open the window to give him gifts. A plate of sweet-scented osmanthus glutinous rice is said to be a snack from Qi Hui.
So when he heard that Yin Shang agreed to Zhou Xiangxun, he was really surprised, and for some reason he felt a little unhappy in his heart. When he returned to the courtyard after school, he was not thinking about eating, and Fan Zhao called out After calling him several times, he finally came to his senses.
In the end, for some unknown reason, he actually took off a veil and followed a few people to the street.
He watched Yin Shang follow those people into the temple. People around him were bustling, saying that the temple prayed for good luck in marriage.
Marriage.
Yin Shang, she...she also has someone she likes...
Thinking of this, Jiang Yixue's face turned a little pale, and she hesitated in her steps. She didn't dare to follow him, for fear of hearing something he didn't want to hear.
After an unknown amount of time, they walked out chatting and laughing. Jiang Yixue looked at Yin Shang's back, gritted his teeth, and followed him.
But there were so many tourists today, flowing past him like running water, that he didn't dare to make too much noise. He looked left and right, and suddenly lost track of them.
I searched for a while, but still couldn't see it.
He didn't dare to be too obvious, for fear of being discovered by Yin Shang, so he took a few steps back in frustration. After thinking about it, he walked to the temple again for some reason.
He walked in with the crowd, took incense, worshiped the moon, and drew lots.
The signature was opened and it read: Objects in the water, their shapes and sizes, are all determined, no need to discuss, this hexagram represents the treasure in the dream, everything is in vain.
...It’s the root of the signature.
Seeing the words 'wasted effort', he suddenly felt unwilling to accept it. He walked towards the master who was interpreting the signatures and said, "Master, please help me clear up my doubts."
The master looked at the sign and said with familiarity: "This sign means that your family and home will be in trouble. If you are ill, you will pray to God. If you are traveling late, you will lose money in a lawsuit. You must be careful. If you have trouble in the mountains and tombs, silkworms will be stagnant in the fields. Migration will be auspicious. Marriage will not come in time, and you will seek wealth." Blockage, six animals are stagnant, lost items are empty, transactions are difficult, and people are missing.”
After saying that, he added another sentence: "Although it means 'I found a treasure in my dream and woke up with nothing, I said that Nanshan is just a hoe. If I ask about marriage and illness, don't find a way to support each other', it can be easily understood. If If you want money, change your business; if you want marriage, choose someone else."
Jiang Yixue pursed her lips tightly under her veil, reached out to take the signature, and said in a dull voice, "Thank you very much."
After donating the sesame oil money, he got a wooden sign. The young monk handed him a pen filled with ink and said, "Just write on it and hang it on the tree."
He thanked him again and walked aside with his pen.
...This hexagram represents the symbol of obtaining a treasure in a dream, and everything is in vain...
Thinking of signing the document, he found it difficult to write.
After an unknown amount of time, he suddenly woke up from his meditation. The wooden sign in front of him had the word "上" written on it.
Jiang Yixue was suddenly startled. She immediately hid the wooden sign in her palm and returned the pen.
As he walked out quickly with a guilty conscience, he saw several people under the tree, so pious that they hung their wooden signs on the branches and leaves.
He slowed down his pace, looked at the wooden sign, and then at the old banyan tree that carried the wishes of thousands of souls, and hesitated for a moment.
I sincerely pray, will it go up to heaven to listen and grant my wish?
After standing there and watching for a long time, he seemed to have made up his mind. He walked to the banyan tree, reached out and grabbed a branch, and gently wrapped the red rope around the wooden sign.
However, while he was concentrating on it, a familiar voice suddenly came from behind him - "Why did you write this?"
Jiang Yixue was startled, and immediately turned around and took a step back. Before he could hang up the wooden sign, it suddenly fell down as he lost his strength.
Yin Shang caught it with quick eyes and hands, glanced at it, pointed the word at him again, and asked again: "Why did you write this?"
His face was red, his heart was beating like thunder, and he didn't know how to answer at all.
Fortunately, Yin Shang didn't ask any questions. He tied a knot in the red rope, stood up, jumped up, and hung it firmly on a high branch. Then he landed lightly, looked at him, and said: "go?"
He didn't dare to look at her at all and just nodded casually.
Walking out of the temple side by side, there were still crowds of tourists outside, rubbing shoulders and shoulders. The two merged into the crowd and walked forward together.
After walking to a place with few people, Yin Shang spoke again: "Why are you coming out too?"
Jiang Yixue had been absent-minded and staring at the ground. When she heard her ask, she said, "Just... come out and take a look."
Yin Shang said: "You enter the temple to seek marriage?"
She was not a curious person, but she asked the same question three times today. Jiang Yixue was a little overwhelmed and denied it calmly: "No."
Yin Shang said, "I beg."
Jiang Yixue's hands froze and she couldn't tell what she was feeling. She asked dryly: "Who are you asking for peace with?"
Yin Shang said directly: "Suo Qianyu," regardless of Jiang Yixue's reaction when she heard the name, she continued: "Although I don't know when I will be able to return home, I will always protect him. He is in Purantai The situation is not good, he is always bullied. Although Yuezhi treats him well, Yuezhi King has countless servants. He has been away for eight years, and he will not be able to live a good life even if he comes back. If he can marry Qi Hui, then Well, although I think so, I don’t know what he is thinking, so I’m asking for it. Fortunately, it’s a lucky draw. Do you think he also likes me?”
After finishing speaking, she turned to look at Jiang Yixue, whose face turned pale, with a smile still on her face.
Jiang Yixue was already stunned by this long paragraph. Suo Qianyu? How could it be Suo Qianyu? He is only thirteen years old. Although Yin Shang has taken care of him since he was a child, isn't it because of his young age? He has put in so much effort for so many years, so many things - no, how could it be Suo Qianyu, it couldn't be Suo Qianyu!
He raised his head and looked at the smiling Yin Shang, trying to force himself to smile too, but for a long time, the corners of his mouth remained stiff and uncontrollable.
The two stared at each other for a long time under the bright moonlight. People around them came and went, but they only saw each other's eyes.
After an unknown amount of time, the smile on Yin Shang's face gradually disappeared, and he suddenly reached out his hand and pulled down his veil.
He is really beautiful.
Even though Yin Shang grew up with him, he couldn't always resist his looks. Dingzhou's life was fine. He lost the timidity and gloominess he once had, and gradually developed some dignity. He was no longer The hand that knows how to hold a pen and the etiquette that he has never learned were all taught by Yin Shang with a little patience. From the word "Shang" to the big gestures he has now, there are traces of Yin Shang.
In eight years, his still short life was cut in half by fate from the moment he met her in Dingzhou. The first half survived in pain, and the second half saw the world again.
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There are sounds floating around silently, the lively and shocking scenery of the world, Yongsong Water Street paved with water clouds, flying swords flying in the sky, and who is playing the pipa with low eyebrows in the attic...
Nothing could compare to his dazzling face.
The veil slipped down, revealing his dazed face, but he had no time to reach out to cover it. Only Yin Shang's gently opening and closing lips could be seen in his cyan eyes - "Jiang Yixue, you like me."
The crowd was noisy, the river was gurgling, the crisp sound of horses' hooves and the sound of rolling wheels, the cries of vendors and the sound of falling leaves... he could hear them all clearly.
But the most obvious thing was the sound of his heartbeat in his chest.
Before he could react, the other party had gently put his veil back on.
Yin Shang looked back and saw that the guards following her and Jiang Yixue were being squeezed into the crowd. She looked around for someone. When she met Jiang Yixue's still blank eyes, she showed another sly smile.
Before Jiang Yixue could react, she grabbed Jiang Yixue's hand and quickly ran through the crowd.
There were far fewer people here. She led Jiang Yixue through the crowd flexibly, keeping her hands tightly clasped with him.
Every step of running seems to be stretched, and then stretched again, lifting feet, landing, the two people's flying clothes slap together, and you can even smell the sweet-scented osmanthus fragrance hidden in her hair...
Her hold on his hand seemed to be getting tighter and tighter - until he gently, gently squeezed it back.
It wasn't until he reached a remote and uninhabited place that Yin Shang stopped with a smile, shook his long hair neatly, turned around and asked him: "Are you happy?"
Only then did he realize that the corners of his mouth under the veil had been raised at some point, and his cyan eyes were filled with smiles.
After Yin Shang asked, he let go of his hand. He subconsciously bent his fingers, as if he wanted to chase forward.
Realizing what he was thinking, he quickly restrained himself and forced himself to take his hand back, letting it hang uncomfortably at his side.
Seeing that he was silent, Yin Shang took a step forward and asked again: "Are you happy?"
Her sense of aggression was so strong that Jiang Yixue subconsciously took half a step back, managed to look into her eyes, and nodded slowly.
After getting this answer, her smile became even more unrestrained, and she moved forward continuously, forcing him to the wall, and said: "Why did you write 'on'?" She was confident and sure of winning, and repeated it again: "Jiang Yixue, you like me."
He knew he couldn't escape, so he said, "Yes, I...I like you," and after saying this, he hurriedly continued: "But you like Suo Qianyu."
He had not forgotten what she had just said.
Unexpectedly, Yin Shang smiled and said, "I lied to you, idiot." She had already broken through many boundaries tonight, and now she touched his face through the veil and said, "How can I still like you when you are by my side?" other people?"
Hearing this, Jiang Yixue's face instantly turned red, her eyes were a little disbelieving and a little shy, and she asked almost inaudibly: "Do you, do you like me?"
Yin Shang smiled and gave the answer without hesitation: "Yes, Jiang Yixue, I like you."
Fireworks suddenly exploded in the distance, and there was an extreme brilliance above the head. Jiang Yixue felt as if she had become the rising firework, and her soul was trembling with it.
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When they arrived at the gate of Purantai, two waves of returning people happened to meet each other. Zhou Xiangxun saw Yin and Jiang and shouted: "Yin Shang! Where have you been? I thought you were lost?" She glanced at them. Jiang Yixue, who was wearing a veil, asked, "Why are you two together?"
Yin Shang said: "I met you when I was waiting for you, so we went shopping together."
"Oh." She was careless and didn't pay attention to anything. She happily picked up some gadgets she bought and went to play with Suo Qianyu and the others. Zhou Yuan, on the other hand, glanced at the two of them with a complicated expression and nodded to her. Hello.
The two of them went back to the courtyard together. The first one they arrived at was Jiang Yixue's courtyard. Yin Shang said, "Go back and have a good rest."
Jiang Yixue had always been a little dazed. Hearing this, he said, "Well..." He took two steps forward, seemed to remember something, turned around and faced Yin Shang, who had not yet left, and said, "I want to eat sweet-scented osmanthus glutinous rice." .”
His face turned red, and it seemed that for the first time he took the initiative to ask for something.
Yin Shang also showed an unexpected expression, but he quickly reacted and said with a smile, "Okay, I'll come find you tonight."
He nodded and finally turned around to leave. However, when he was about to enter the Chuihua Gate, he turned back and saw Yin Shang still standing there smiling at him. He looked away as if he had been burned and hurriedly ran away. Went back to the room.
Seeing that his back finally disappeared, the smile on Yin Shang's face slowly fell, his eyes became extremely deep, and he quickly turned around and walked towards his yard.
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The autumn light tonight is like a bright moon.
Yin Shang carefully wrapped a small box of sweet-scented osmanthus glutinous rice, held it in his arms, and went out through the window as usual.
The bamboo forest outside has not changed at all, the moonlight is like water, pouring into the world, Yin Shang walks on the bamboo shadows all over the ground, and knocks on the window lattice of Jiang Yixue's room skillfully.
The window opened in response, and Yin Shang leaned on the window sill to use his strength, turned over flexibly, and landed silently.
The window was closed again, and Yin Shang handed him the sweet-scented osmanthus glutinous rice and said, "It's still hot."
Jiang Yixue pursed her lips and smiled, then took it, her fingertips inadvertently brushed the back of her hand, and she winced slightly.
Yin Shang noticed it and held the box tightly without letting go. He chuckled and asked, "Are you so afraid of me?"
Jiang Yixue didn't dare to look at her. Her voice had an ambiguous hoarseness in the dark night, and she whispered, "No, I'm not afraid of you."
"What is that?" Yin Shang reluctantly snatched the box back, opened it, picked up a piece of still warm sweet-scented osmanthus glutinous rice, put it to his lips, and said, "Eat."
Jiang Yixue reached for it and said, "I'll do it myself..." She dodged it, smiled evilly, and said, "I'll feed you, eat quickly."
Jiang Yixue was helpless, her face turned pink, her red lips slightly opened, and she carefully bit the waxy corner of the sweet-scented osmanthus, trying her best not to touch her fingertips.
Fortunately, Yin Shang didn't tease him anymore. After feeding him a piece, he withdrew his hand and said, "I want to eat too."
He bit something, his voice was a little slurred, and he pointed at the box and said, "You eat it..."
Unexpectedly, Yin Shang didn't look at the box, but suddenly came towards him. He was so frightened that he suddenly held his breath and looked at her from a distance away.
The chaotic brain slowly started to work.
When she said she wanted to eat... she couldn't mean that she wanted to eat it from her own mouth...
Seeing his cheeks and ears burning up, Yin Shangcai smiled as if he had succeeded, stood up and distanced himself from him, reached out and picked up a piece from the box and threw it into his mouth, saying, "Let's go."
She came and went smoothly, leaving Jiang Yixue holding the piece of sweet-scented osmanthus glutinous rice that was as burning as fire, looking at the direction she left with some resentment.
