Half a quarter of an hour later, Wen Yantong stood by the door of Linglong Pavilion holding the wrapped snow jade lotus bow.
She sniffed, the tip of her nose was red with cold.
Mu Yang stood on the other side of the door, with his head facing the wall, wondering what he was thinking.
Chi Jingxi and Cheng Xin were still in the building. It is said that this snow jade bow was made by the Diaogong family. When it was finished, many people held up silver tickets and wanted to take the bow down, but they were all rejected.
That's why when I heard that Yantong took down the bow with one arrow and three leaves, it caused an uproar in the building. In the end, the shopkeeper invited out the owner, and finally packed the Snow Jade Bow to Wen Yantong according to the agreement.
Chi Jingxi came out after wiping his shoes clean, and saw Wen Yantong and Mu Yang standing on both sides, raising his eyebrows without any trace.
Cheng Xin walked to Mu Yang's side and grabbed his shoulders, "Forget it, isn't it just a bow, there will be better ones in the future."
Mu Yang raised his eyes slightly, and upon closer inspection, the corners of his eyes were still a little red, "I can't accept that Wen Yantong took it away..."
Wen Yantong wondered, "Don't say you can't accept it, I can't accept it myself."
Chi Jingxi glanced at her, seemed suddenly interested, and asked, "Did you show me the previous martial arts class on purpose?"
Wen Yantong quickly shook his head, "That's my real skill!"
Chi Jingxi said, "What about today's?"
Wen Yantong said, "This belongs to your technology."
Chi Jingxi naturally didn't understand, but in fact Wen Yantong couldn't understand either. No matter what, she couldn't figure out why Chi Jingxi scolded her a few times, so she could have such good luck.
Is it because Chi Jingxi has a sharp mouth, or is it because she has an invisible bug? Could it be because of the gold finger that comes with wearing the book
Wen Yantong almost burst into tears, never thought that there would be a day when the golden finger would fall on her.
It's just that the golden finger is a bit strange, right
Do you have to be scolded
She glanced at Chi Jingxi quietly. This person doesn't like to scold people very much, but he likes to beat people up.
Chi Jingxi noticed her peeping, "What are you looking at?"
Wen Yantong chuckled, stretched his neck to look over there, "Is Young Master Mu still angry?"
Chi Jingxi lazily raised his eyelids and looked, "Why is he angry, I have no ability."
After talking a few steps, he walked to Mu Yang's side, and slapped him on the back of the head, not knowing what he said. Mu Yang stared in surprise at first, then became happy all of a sudden, and hugged Chi Jingxi's arm.
Cheng Xin smiled helplessly, and at the same time gave Mu Yang a hand, fearing that he would tear Chi Jingxi's wound.
Fu Zixian took two steps forward and stood beside Wen Yantong. He seemed to want to say something, but he didn't know how to say it. It just so happened that Wen Yantong's arm was a little tired at this time, so he twisted his shoulder.
So Fu Zixian said casually, "Give the things to the guards, your arms are always tired from holding your heart."
Wen Yantong looked around, didn't know who to give it to, so he pursed his lips and said, "I'd better hold it by myself..."
"Give it to me." Chi Jingxi stretched out his arm to her.
Wen Yantong was stunned for a moment, then handed out the bow box, he took the bow box and passed it to the guard next to him, his movements were very casual.
The guard took the bow box, turned around and left without knowing where he went.
Wen Yantong watched the guards go away, he was stunned for a while, and then he heard Chi Jingxi say, "Yang Er, you are going to come out to play arguing, where are you going now?"
Mu Yang became more interested now, and said, "There are many people putting up sky lanterns at the east end of Banxia Street, let's go there and have a look."
Wen Yantong looked up and found that there were many sky lanterns floating in the sky, like flowing stars, hidden in the night little by little.
Perhaps because of the wind, these sky lanterns flew very fast, and thousands of them were sent into the sky. Each lamp carries people's ordinary and ordinary prayers, praying to be seen by the gods in the sky.
Several people walked along Banxia Street, following the huge flow of people, stopping from time to time to play on the side of the road. After walking halfway through Banxia Street, the large lanterns twice disappeared, replaced by stalls selling groceries and lanterns with puzzles.
Mu Yang was very interested in lantern riddles, so he picked one casually, studied it for a long time but couldn't come up with the answer.
Wen Yantong squeezed over to take a look, and found that there was only one idiom written on the lantern: Ye Gong loves dragons.
The answer is also a four-character word.
Seeing that Mu Yang was very troubled, Wen Yantong immediately acted righteously and said, "This question is so simple, don't you know the answer?"
Mu Yang was confused, "You know?"
"Listen to me to analyze it with you." Wen Yantong pointed a finger at "Ye Gong" and said, "Does Ye Gong refer to a person surnamed Ye?"
Mu Yang nodded, "Not bad."
"Then the word 'good', does it mean love?"
Mu Yang responded again, "Yes."
Wen Yantong coughed twice, "The focus is on this dragon. This dragon does not refer to the dragon flying in the sky, but the dragon of Longyang."
"Ah?" Mu Yang was stunned.
"So the combination of these words means that Ye Gong has the addiction of Longyang and likes men." Wen Yantong said, "then the answer to this mystery should be the addiction of Longyang."
After speaking, he asked the stall owner standing next to him, "Brother, am I right?"
The stall owner standing beside him wiped the sweat off his brow with trembling hands, "This..."
Mu Yang was dubious, and asked, "Whether he is right or not, you should tell me."
The stall owner was embarrassed, "It doesn't seem right..."
"Why is it wrong? Then what is the answer to the mystery?" Wen Yantong was unhappy, "Is my analysis unreasonable?!"
Mu Yang nodded and said, "I think it's quite reasonable, but the stall owner is not quite right, so it may be biased."
Wen Yantong raised his chin, "Then what did you say wrong?"
The stall owner said, "...Actually."
Mu Yang interrupted suddenly, "I know!"
He clicked on the dragon character on the lantern, and happily said, "This idiom means that Ye Gong likes to eat dragon meat!"
Wen Yantong frowned suspiciously, "What nonsense are you talking about?"
Mu Yang said, "Do you know Wolong?"
Wen Yantong was stunned when he heard that. Does Wolong refer to Zhuge Liang? Does Ye Gong like Zhuge Liang
... What a mess!
But then Mu Yang said again, "Wolong is also called cricket, and it can only be dug in wet ground. I think this Ye Gong should like to eat cricket. The answer to the mystery may be delicious food."
Wen Yantong suddenly understood that the crouching dragon was actually referring to earthworms. It does have this name, but Zhuge Liang's reputation is too loud, and when he mentions Wolong, he subconsciously thinks of him.
A picture of a man surnamed Ye feasting on a plate of earthworms appeared in her mind, and she couldn't help shivering, and asked back with an ugly face, "Do you think crickets are a delicacy?"
Mu Yang said, "Gong Ye loves to eat, he must think it's a delicacy."
Wen Yantong grinned disgustedly, and asked the stall owner, "Is what he said right?"
The stall owner's face became even more difficult. He was sweating in the cold winter of the twelfth lunar month, and kept wiping with a cloth towel in his hand, "This... doesn't seem right."
Mu Yang screamed, "It's not right, it's not right. You are right today. If I think it makes sense, I will beat you."
This threat frightened the stall owner, and he hurriedly said, "You can't do it! The villain only makes a living from this stall. Lords, please let the villain go."
Mu Yang pointed to Wen Yantong, "Then who do you think is right between us?"
"It's all right!" The stall owner said anxiously, "They all make sense."
Mu Yang was not happy, "How can there be different answers? Is your lantern riddle a problem?"
Seeing that the stall owner was terribly frightened, Wen Yantong quickly grabbed him, "Let's go, let's ask Young Master and Fifth Highness, they must know the answer."
When Mu Yang heard it, he felt that it was feasible, and he immediately clapped his hands together and said, "Okay, let them judge which of us is right."
Chi Jingxi and Cheng Xin were standing at the other end of the booth. When the two were walking there, they passed Fu Zixian. Fu Zixian saw that they were aggressive, so he put down the lantern riddles in hand, stopped them and asked, "What are you doing?"
Mu Yang gave him a hand, "It's just right, you also come over to comment."
Fu Zixian was confused, and was dragged away for two steps. Wen Yantong explained, "Master Mu and I had a disagreement over a lantern riddle, so we want you to see who is right."
Fu Zixian followed to Chi Jingxi's side, and Mu Yang handed the lantern to Chi Jingxi, and then repeated what he said earlier.
Chi Jingxi first looked down at the lantern, and after hearing Mu Yang's words, a look of surprise slowly appeared in his eyes. Before Mu Yang finished speaking, he slapped him on the head, "What nonsense are you talking about?"
Wen Yantong was taken aback and took two steps back.
Mu Yang covered his head, feeling aggrieved, "Am I wrong?"
"Having read so much to the stomach of a dog? Don't even know what this idiom means?" Chi Jingxi said angrily, "If your father heard it, maybe he can beat you."
Mu Yang muttered, "My father doesn't even know what it means."
Wen Yantong almost couldn't help laughing out loud. Mu Yuan's level of education is really not as high as Mu Yang's.
Cheng Xin laughed for a while, "It's hard for you to think of these things."
Mu Yang thought he couldn't let himself be beaten alone, so he turned around and confessed to Wen Yantong, "Wen Yantong also analyzed it with me, and he said that the answer to the riddle is Longyang's addiction, so he is right?"
Chi Jingxi looked at Wen Yantong all of a sudden. Wen Yantong secretly rejoiced that he took two steps back just now, Chi Jingxi's hands should not be that long.
Who knew that as soon as Chi Jingxi stretched out his hand, he grabbed her clothes and pulled her directly to him.
Wen Yantong was shocked.
Long, gibbon
Chi Jingxi didn't look like he wanted to hit someone, but just asked, "You said it was Long Yang's addiction, what's the reason?"
"No, there's no reason." Wen Yantong shrank his neck, and hesitated, "I think I made a mistake, and the answer to the mystery should not be Long Yang's addiction."
Chi Jingxi's eyes fell on her timid eyes, and he didn't speak for a while.
"Beat him, beat him..." Mu Yang muttered in a low voice.
After being quiet for a while, Chi Jingxi sighed slightly, "You two might as well go back to wash up and sleep, wandering outside is a waste of time."
"Then what is the correct answer?" Wen Yantong asked along the way.
"Duplicity." Cheng Xin said with a smile, "This riddle is quite simple, you two shouldn't guess wrong."
Wen Yantong scratched his head, but he didn't have the nerve to ask why the answer was duplicity.
When she was in elementary school, she heard the idiom Ye Gonghaolong, but unfortunately the teacher didn't explain it in detail, so this idiom has always been a vague concept in her mind.
Chi Jingxi said at this moment, "Mr. Ye loves dragons. It means that in ancient times, Mr. Ye liked dragons very much. He painted dragons on the utensils and carved dragons on the eaves. Later, when the real dragon knew about it, he went to his house, but Mr. Ye was frightened. I was so scared that I ran away. It means that I like it, but I don’t like it in my heart.”
"So the answer to the riddle is duplicity, understand? My head is muddled."
Wen Yantong immediately put on a teachable expression after being popularized, and nodded repeatedly, "I see."
But he thought to himself, not to mention that Mr. Ye, but they, the descendants of the Yellow Emperor, the descendants of the dragon, would probably be scared to pee after seeing the real dragon.
The two of them were laughed at by Cheng Xin, and this episode was only exposed. When the group reached the east end of Banxia Street, they saw many people setting up sky lanterns in a large open space.
Thousands of lights flew into the sky one after another, as if forming a gorgeous galaxy, like a waterfall of stars descending from the sky, the beauty is amazing.
Wen Yantong looked up in awe.
Cheng Xin sent guards to bring some new sky lanterns, and then asked to find an empty table for several people to write on the sky lanterns.
Wen Yantong picked up the pen and wrote a line on the lamp without thinking for a moment: May the rest of my life be peaceful.
In this prosperous Chaoge and prosperous Shaojing, the biggest worry is the civil war in a few years. Wen Yantong didn't expect anything else, he just hoped to stay away from this war and find a safe place to live with his parents who were little cannon fodder.
This is her own desire to survive, and she is also responsible for the little cannon fodder, taking her body, at least she must take good care of her parents.
She writes the fastest, and after finishing writing, she wants to read other people's writing. Fu Zixian was beside her, and she leaned over to take a look, and found that Fu Zixian's sky lantern was more concise, with only one word: wait.
Wen Yantong was too embarrassed to ask, and went to see Chi Jingxi, and there was only one word on it: Cheng.
She frowned in confusion, glanced at Cheng Xin, and there was still one word: Shen.
Wen Yantong:? ?
She thought her writing was the easiest, but she didn't want to compare her writing with the most
Finally, I went to see Mu Yang, and found that Mu Yang was still writing, looking very serious.
She took a closer look and saw that it read: Become the best in the world in archery, no longer be beaten by my father, become a great general like my father, and get many peerless bows...
Wen Yantong grinned, walked over and put his arms around his shoulders, "Friend! Friend! Sure enough, we two are suitable to be friends."
Mu Yang stopped writing and looked up, a little embarrassed and said, "Am I getting a little greedy?"
"No, not greedy!" Wen Yantong said, "Write more, it's pretty good."
Mu Yang wrote two more words as he said, and when he finished writing, the other people's sky lanterns had already been released.
Wen Yantong specially waited for him to put it together, and after igniting the burning block in the lamp, she raised her arms high. She didn't know how long the light would last, she was tired from raising her hands, so she pushed the net with her fingertips, trying to see if she could let it fly.
The sky lantern was almost weightless, and it floated up a little after being pushed like this, but there was not enough gas in it, so it slowly fell down again.
Wen Yantong repeated this for several times, and felt like giving up. When the sky lantern finally came down, a smoky blue long sleeve stretched out from behind her, and her slender fingers grabbed the bottom of the lantern.
"It won't fly until it burns enough, be patient." Chi Jingxi's deep voice sounded behind his ears.
Wen Yantong's face suddenly became hot, and he said in a low voice, "It's tiring to hold your arms up."
Chi Jingxi slowly took down the lamp, "You don't have to lift it so high."
Wen Yantong took advantage of the situation to put his hand up, his eyes fell, and he saw that his fingers were only half a finger away from Chi Jingxi's.
She thought about going out for a moment, until Chi Jingxi said, "It's fine."
She let go. Sure enough, the sky lantern flew up, and her eyes followed it, and saw the sky lantern flying higher and higher with the breeze, and then merged into the big team, becoming one of the thousands of lanterns.
Each one looks the same, but each one is special. Wen Yantong's eyes followed his own lamp, and he didn't look back until he got lost in the river of lights.
When she turned her head, Chi Jingxi was standing beside her, still looking up at the sky. His eyes were finally not so dark, and shimmered after being reflected by thousands of lights.
Chi Jingxi lowered her head slowly, her eyelids were half drooped, and the lights in her eyes disappeared, "Is this the first time?"
Wen Yantong said, "Yes."
In fact, it is not the first time to let off sky lanterns. There are many festivals where lanterns are put on in modern villages and towns, but for some reason, Wen Yantong feels that this is the real sky lantern.
Chi Jingxi's eyes filled with an indistinct smile, and said, "Play more in the future, and you will become proficient."
Wen Yantong's heart stopped beating, and he hurriedly looked down and nodded.
Chi Jingxi didn't talk to her anymore, but turned to chat with Cheng Xin. The cold wind in the first month quickly dissipated the heat from Wen Yantong's body and calmed down.
A group of people wandered around again, and finally the time for the imperial confinement came, and Cheng Xin wanted to go back to the palace, so the others also dispersed.
Mu Yang insisted on sending Fu Zixian back, so he asked Fu Zi Xian to abandon his carriage and ride in his. Wen Yantong, Fu Zixian and Mu Yang did not go the same way, so they got into the carriage of the Hou Mansion.
This was Wen Yantong's first time riding in Chi Jingxi's special carriage, and it was quite different from the one going to Nian'an Temple. The interior decoration can almost be described as luxurious.
In the past, Mu Yang was always in the car, but the Mu family is a military officer, and Mu Yuan is a big boss, he doesn't like to put more things in the carriage, so naturally Mu Yang is not allowed to put things in the carriage.
But Marquis Anhuai is still a prince no matter what, and this carriage was gifted by the emperor, and everything in it is top-notch. Even the curtains are made of flow-colored silk with soft velveteen inside, which feels great to the touch.
Wen Yantong found that the concubine-colored blanket was placed on the soft couch. When Chi Jingxi was injured, she specially gave it to the guards and told him to spread it on Chi Jingxi's bed.
But when she went to ask for it later, the guard said it was gone, and she thought it was Chi Jingxi who had been lying down and ordered someone to deal with it.
He didn't expect Chi Jingxi to take him into the carriage.
After Chi Jingxi sat down, he casually threw the cotton blanket to Wen Yantong, without saying what it was for.
Wen Yantong put it on her body, thinking that Chi Jingxi was going to return it to her.
The carriage was driving slowly, the inside was quite quiet, and there was still a slight smell of smoke.
Wen Yantong coughed and asked, "Young Master, my snow jade lotus bow..."
Chi Jingxi slept with his head on the soft pillow, and said, "I will return it to you when you get home."
Wen Yantong said, "You don't need to give me that bow."
"You don't want it anymore?" Chi Jingxi asked.
"No..." she said, "I want to give you the bow. I heard that New Year's Eve is your birthday. I wanted to give you a small gift, but after looking at the things on hand, there is nothing I can give you. .”
After Chi Jingxi heard this, his eyelashes moved slightly, and he slowly opened his eyes to look at her.
Wen Yantong continued, "I happened to get this bow today. Others said it was a treasure, and the young master's archery skills are so good, so I want to give the bow to the young master as a birthday present."
"... send me?" Chi Jingxi's ending sound lightly.
Wen Yantong nodded affirmatively, "It's a waste to put it in my hands."
Chi Jingxi was silent and did not answer.
"Although I know that the young master is not bad for this thing, but you have helped me so many times, and I want to pay you back with a light gift. You can accept it, young master." Wen Yantong persuaded.
The corner of Chi Jingxi's mouth curled up slightly, "Since you want to give it away so much, I will accept your wish."
Wen Yantong was overjoyed, and smiled with his lips pursed. This treasure coveted by so many people is the most suitable gift to Chi Jingxi after deliberation.
Chi Jingxi accepted it, which means that he doesn't hate her so much in his heart. Sooner or later, she will become Chi Jingxi's right-hand man, the kind who specializes in blowing rainbow farts.
For the rest of the ride, Chi Jingxi didn't speak any more, and Wen Yantong didn't make any noise to disturb him, both of them were quiet.
Later Wen Yantong arrived home, and when she was about to get out of the carriage with the blanket in her arms, Chi Jingxi stretched her legs and stopped her.
Wen Yantong looked at him suspiciously, "Is there anything else?"
"Leave the blanket." Chi Jingxi raised his chin in a natural tone.
Wen Yantong put down the blanket in a daze, then couldn't hold back, and said cryptically, "This blanket is exactly the same as the one I lost, and it was lost in Nian'an Temple."
"Really?" Chi Jingxi raised his eyebrows slightly, "That's a pity, if you can't find it, just make a new one."
Wen Yantong: "..."
She thought that Chi Jingxi was going to return the blanket to her, but she didn't expect that this man just lent her her own blanket to put on for a while.
Wen Yantong had no choice but to reluctantly abandon this custom-made blanket, said goodbye to Chi Jingxi, and then got off the carriage and returned to Wen's house.
After returning home, he washed and removed his hair, soaked his feet comfortably, and lay down happily under the blanket.
Before going to bed, he took out the jade token he had picked up in the palace from under several layers of mattresses, and felt the cold touch coming from his fingertips. She gently touched the three characters "Chi Jingxi" engraved on it, and her abacus began to clatter.
Since wearing the book, that villain Wu Yutian has caused her a lot of stumbling blocks. Although every time there is no danger, she is not a submissive temper, and it is time to fight back.
Wen Yantong held the jade tablet until it became hot, then pressed it under the mattress again, wrapped the quilt tightly around her body, and fell asleep.
Just after the 15th day of the first lunar month, Songhai Academy started school. What followed was the news that Jiang's family had been copied, which caused a sensation in Chaoge.
Afterwards, the emperor issued an imperial decree, ordering all the students in the academy to stay in the academy from now on, and not to return in the morning and evening like before.
A series of rumors were turned over and over again in Chaoge, but Wen Yantong didn't believe it at first, because there was no such plot mentioned in the original book.
But on a rare and clear evening, she saw with her own eyes the guards carrying their luggage into the academy one by one.
Chi Jingxi, Cheng Xin and other young masters are actually going to move into Songhai Academy! !
So that night, in order to avoid causing trouble, Wen Yantong carried his belongings and hurried back to Zhang Jieran's bedroom for two.
The author has something to say: [Chi Jingxi's Little Diary]
In the twenty-fourth year of Ruixing, on the twenty-first day of the first lunar month:
We will be moving into the academy tomorrow. Although I'm not used to sharing a room with other people, but for the sake of the little cripple's obedience, I reluctantly agreed to let her sleep in my room.
On the twenty-first day of the first lunar month of the same year:
... I'm pissed off.