Wen Yantong's heart sank suddenly, she wanted to reach out to stop it, but she was afraid that such behavior would make Chi Jingxi feel abnormal.
But after Chi Jingxi opened the second button, she couldn't hold back anymore, she raised her hand and grabbed the collar, smiling a bit reluctantly, "Young Master, what do you want to do, just say something, touch my clothes What for?"
Chi Jingxi raised his eyebrows lightly, the distance between Wen Yantong and Wen Yantong was too close, his eyes looked straight into her eyes, and he saw her panic and uneasiness thoroughly.
He said, "What's there to cover up?"
Wen Yantong stammered, "No, it's not very suitable."
"Not suitable?" Chi Jingxi straightened up, stepped back a little, and turned his back to Wen Yantong.
Wen Yantong quickly buttoned up his clothes and stood up from the chair. She felt that there was something very wrong with Chi Jingxi at this moment, she couldn't see through the expression on his face at all, and couldn't guess what was going on in his heart.
Wen Yantong wanted to slip away.
But before leaving, I heard Chi Jingxi say, "Do you know what will happen if you flout the imperial order?"
What Wen Yantong hates the most is this word. The little cannon fodder in the plot of the original book finally committed a serious crime of despising the imperial order and deceiving the emperor. In the end, all the Wen family went to prison and died cleanly.
That was the ending of the little cannon fodder, and it could also be the ending of Wen Yantong.
She shivered, "I don't know, I haven't heard of it."
Chi Jingxi pondered for a moment, "Julian Jiuzu."
"Ah..." Wen Yantong whispered, "What a miserable end."
Chi Jingxi's voice suddenly became severe, "Since you know it's miserable, why do you dare to risk yourself? Are you giving lard to your guts?"
Wen Yantong was so frightened that his legs limp, "I don't know what the young master is talking about."
"You don't know? Then what else do you know?" Chi Jingxi turned his back to her, and couldn't see his expression clearly, but there was a coldness in his voice, "You should know Wen Qin, right?"
Wen Yantong was shocked, isn't Wen Que her father, a little cannon fodder! Why did Chi Jingxi suddenly mention him
Did not hear her answer, Chi Jingxi said again, "Why, you don't even recognize your father?"
How dare Wen Yantong admit it! dare not speak.
Chi Jingxi was angry, "Why are you ignoring me!"
She immediately pretended to be stupid, "What are you talking about, I don't understand."
Chi Jingxi paused, breathed again, and said, "I asked you a few days ago if you knew Wen Yan, and you just opened your mouth and said no. But in your enrollment record book, it is Wen Yan's home, My relative is also Wen Yan’s grandma, and she went to school under his identity, but said she didn’t know him, do you understand me when I say this?”
It's over! It's all over!
Chi Jingxi actually found out these things! Originally, there was a problem with the design of the original book, and there were many loopholes, but because the little cannon fodder was just an unimportant character, she had been silent in the academy, so no one specifically checked whether her identity was true.
But after she came in through the book, she hugged Chi Jingxi's thigh in order not to be bullied. Although she seemed to be successful, she didn't expect that Chi Jingxi was so curious that she insisted on probing her identity. Upside down.
The important thing is that Wen Yantong himself has no idea who this Wen Yan is! When answering at the time, she even thought about it, the original book didn't show this character, not even her name! Only now did I realize that it was the distant relative who was replaced by the little cannon fodder.
This kind of small role in the mountains, the original book doesn't even have a chance to appear in the name, how could she know!
When Wen Yantong realized it, he slapped himself on the mouth.
I also blame myself for being too careless!
Who knew that as soon as the voice fell, Chi Jingxi turned his head around and said fiercely, "What are you doing!"
Wen Yantong flinched in fright, and looked at him with big watery eyes full of fear.
Chi Jingxi's face was originally dark, and after seeing her, his expression instantly softened. He turned his head half a circle again, his eyes fell elsewhere, and half of his face was facing Wen Yantong.
"Wen Yan has not heard from him a few years ago. His distant cousin, Wen Qun, is a well-known wealthy businessman in Chang'an. He has only a daughter under his knees. He is currently learning embroidery in Chaoge..." Chi Jingxi said in a deep voice, "I said it so clearly, You still haven't told me the truth?"
Wen Yantong knew that her identity could no longer be concealed, and fear spread from the bottom of her heart inexplicably, her fingertips hidden in her sleeves trembled slightly, her eyes flustered, and her mouth trembled, "I, I don't want to, either. of… "
Chi Jingxi said in a cold voice, "The Holy Majesty promulgated a new order that Song Hai Academy can invite women to enroll, but you still dare to come in disguised as a man. If you let the higher-ups know about you, no one in your Wen family will be able to keep their heads !"
Wen Yantong gasped heavily, feeling her heart clenched, the feeling of fear seemed to emanate from this body, completely out of her control, making her dizzy for a while.
She staggered two steps back, subconsciously stretched out her hand to support the chair beside her, and took a deep breath while covering her heart.
Chi Jingxi frowned when she heard the movement, and in a blink of an eye, she saw that her complexion was extremely bad, as if she was about to stand up, she thought but didn't think about it, so she stepped forward and grabbed her arm, "What's going on?"
"I, I..." Wen Yantong felt that he couldn't breathe, and instinctively asked Chi Jingxi for help, raised his head, and tears rolled down from his eyes, and said his most intuitive feeling, "I'm afraid... "
She didn't know where her heart's emotions came from. Fear, grievance, and despair were mixed together, just like the feeling of the cannon fodder in the original book after she learned that her parents would also be implicated and beheaded.
It was like being squeezed into a narrow and dark gap, bit by bit crushing her to suffocation.
Chi Jingxi stared at her tears, and his stern and cold demeanor disappeared in an instant. He helped her sit on the chair, and said in a tone of anger and helplessness, "What are you afraid of? I didn't ask You are guilty."
Wen Yantong's ears were ringing, and he couldn't hear what Chi Jingxi said, frowning and trying to distinguish Chi Jingxi's face from the blur, this expression was even more painful.
Chi Jingxi panicked, and hurriedly reached out to take the brocade cloth on the table. Seeing that it was covered with the ointment she had wiped on her face just now, she quickly unfolded the brocade cloth and folded it to the clean side to gently wipe off the ointment she had left behind. Tears, sighed softly, in a very low voice, "Always handle me like this..."
The pain in Wen Yantong's heart slowly dissipated, and the tears stopped flowing. Her dense eyelashes were full of tiny drops of water, and she looked straight at Chi Jingxi.
The emotion just now is like the instinctive reaction of the little cannon fodder after the body perceives that his identity has been revealed. This feeling also appeared in Wen Yantong when he first started to wear books.
In the first two days, she was very inconvenient to move and could not control her body freely. She always had palpitations and flustered emotions, and her timid emotions kept hovering in her heart, and it was even more difficult to fall asleep at night. After a long time, she slowly adapted to it, almost thinking that it was her own body.
This body no longer has the consciousness of the small cannon fodder, but there are still some remnants that cannot be completely eliminated.
But Wen Yantong knows that now she is a character in the book, her father is a wealthy businessman in Chang'an, she is a commoner who disguises herself as a man and enters Songhai Academy, and may be condemned at any time, crying will not solve any problems.
So she gritted her teeth, stood up abruptly, knelt down holding Chi Jingxi's leg, and howled dryly, "Young Master, please don't tell this! In a while, I will be able to I left Songhai Academy and returned to Chang'an, as long as you don't tell me, no one will know about it!"
Chi Jingxi was taken aback by her sudden movement, almost unable to lose her majesty, and said in a deep voice, "When you first entered the academy, why weren't you afraid of being known?"
Wen Yantong pretended to cry, "I didn't think about it that much at the time, and you know, it's useless... Ah no, reading thousands of books can travel thousands of miles. Although I am a woman, I also want to read more books."
Chi Jingxi said, "There are so many private schools in Chang'an, why do you insist on coming to Chaoge? Or Songhai Academy."
Wen Yantong didn't even think about it, and blurted out, "Then I won't see you if I don't enter Songhai Academy! I was in Chang'an and heard that the young master, Yushu, is talented when he faces the wind, so I want to come to see your true face. Woo..."
Chi Jingxi: "..."
She cried, "I was wrong, I really know I was wrong, please spare my life, Young Master, I wanted to escape, but I never had a chance, you know that, I escaped a few days ago At that time, my legs were hit and limped, and I was laughed at for a long time, I don't want to!"
"Get up and talk first." Chi Jingxi's tone was much calmer.
Wen Yantong refused, "I don't! Unless the young master promises me not to tell this matter, I won't get up and kneel through the floor!"
Chi Jingxi said, "I promise you, get up quickly."
Wen Yantong didn't expect him to let go so soon, and got up in a daze, "Young Master really agreed?"
"Otherwise? I'm going out to publicize your story now?" Chi Jingxi saw that there were no tears on her face, and knew that she had been deceived, so she said angrily, "I just know how to spoof."
Wen Yantong was overjoyed, seeing his handsome eyes were both helpless and gentle, and the fear just now disappeared, knowing that she had completely hugged Chi Jingxi's thigh, time felt sorry for her own difficulty, and her emotions catalyzed Next, I want to give Chi Jingxi a hug.
Seeing her standing on tiptoe, Chi Jingxi rushed forward with her arms outstretched, took two steps back and put her hand on her shoulder, "Be honest, stand still."
Wen Yantong withdrew his hand wearily, and muttered, "Can't you just hug me?"
Chi Jingxi stretched out his hand to pinch her mouth that was muttering to herself, and said, "I said before, if you lie to me again, I will knock out a few of your sharp teeth to calculate how many things you have cheated on me. "
Wen Yantong hurriedly said, "Don't! Although I did lie to you about something, my heart for you has always been true! There is not a single word of praise for you that is adulterated, so don't worry about me so much. "
Chi Jingxi pretended to observe her teeth, "These teeth are neat and white, so I'll pick the most beautiful one and knock it out."
Wen Yantong hurriedly covered it with his hand, "No, no, no."
Chi Jingxi couldn't help but raise the corner of her mouth, and when she was about to brush her hand away, Huamo's voice suddenly sounded outside the door, "Who are you? Why are you here?"
Chi Jingxi let go of Wen Yantong all of a sudden, and turned to look at the door.
Wen Yantong rubbed his face, "Sister Hua is back."
He straightened his face, and said to Wen Yantong, "I haven't finished asking, I'll come to you when I'm free."
Wen Yantong was surprised, "I haven't finished asking."
Chi Jingxi's eyes swept away.
She smiled immediately and said, "Okay, okay, then I will wait for the young master to ask again."
Chi Jingxi gathered her robe, looked at her again before leaving, paused for a while, and then slowly turned around and opened the door.
Huamo was asking the guards at the door, when she saw Chi Jingxi coming out suddenly, she immediately saluted, Chi Jingxi responded lightly, and left with the guards.
Huamo hurried into the room, and saw that Yantong was staring at the door in a daze, her eyes were red as if she had been crying.
She closed the door and hurriedly walked to Wen Yantong's side, "But the young master bullied you? What happened?"
Wen Yantong came back to his senses, and said with a smile, "No, I was too timid myself, and I was scared to cry by the young master."
"What did he do?" Huamo asked.
"He made a joke with me." Wen Yantong's tone was relaxed, and he secretly heaved a sigh of relief.
The secret of identity has always been in her heart, and she is always worried, but after being discovered by Chi Jingxi this time, she actually felt relieved and extremely happy.
After summer comes, she will go to school for a few months and take the end-of-course test at Songhai Academy, then she can leave, and then she will no longer have to worry about what happened to her about the original book.
Seeing that she didn't say anything, Huamo didn't ask, but said, "Why did you get this lip balm on your neck, wipe it off quickly, what kind of eyes are you looking at?"
Wen Yantong took a look at the mirror, and knew that it was Chi Jingxi who painted it just now, she was inexplicably blamed, so she had no choice but to wipe off the bright red on her neck with a brocade cloth.
"Huh? Where did the hairpin on your head come from?" Huamo asked suspiciously.
Only then did Wen Yantong remember that Chi Jingxi had left a red wooden hairpin in his hair just now, so he pulled it out. The whole body of the wooden hairpin is dark vermilion, and the end is inlaid with ivory-white jade. It is very light to handle, and you can still see the rolling patterns of auspicious clouds when you look closely.
Very characteristic of Chi Jingxi.
Seeing that it was something of great value, Wen Yantong said truthfully, "Young Master just brought it."
"Hey, this thing..." Huamo took a closer look, "Isn't this the ivory hairpin with cloud pattern that was auctioned in Linglong Pavilion two days ago? It's a rare item. Many people wanted it from Chaoge on the day of the auction."
Wen Yantong looked at the hairpin repeatedly, "How precious can a hairpin be?"
"The most expensive thing is the ivory and the auspicious cloud pattern on the side. The curly pattern of each auspicious cloud is different. It is inlaid with dark gold. It is said that it will shimmer slightly in the sun." Huamo laughed, "It seems that the young master It's really good for you."
Wen Yantong held the hairpin, with a slight smile in her eyes, she put away the hairpin, casually took the flower ornaments on the table and asked Hua Mo to help put them on.
"Sister Hua, is there any performance at this banquet?" Wen Yantong pretended to be casual and asked.
Hua Mo said, "Yes, but let's act first, the troupe will be behind us."
Wen Yantong calculated the time secretly, the banquet started almost halfway through, and when she finished playing Xiqin, there should be enough time to go to the scene and wait.
Although she didn't know what she could do, if she didn't watch, she would always feel flustered. It's not that they don't trust Chi Jingxi and the others, it's just that they are afraid of accidents.
Wen Yantong waited in the room for about half an hour, and Huamo called her to meet other piano performers. They had met each other during the previous practice, but they were not very familiar with each other. After all, those people were all from the palace, but she was a commoner outside the palace, and she was brought in by Huamo's private power. It's normal for those people to have prejudice in their eyes.
She doesn't like talking to these people either.
Wen Yantong hugged the piano and followed Huamo, and saw the woman Huamo had always regarded as her enemy. A little older, there are some obvious fine lines on his face, and his eyes are full of arrogance.
Behind her, the talented apprentice Hua Mo mentioned was a seventeen-year-old girl named Hao Jing, who also learned to play the piano since she was a child. Wen Yantong has seen her play the piano, although she looks ordinary, she has a special temperament when playing the piano, but this little girl is quite mean, somewhat similar to her master.
Wen Yantong deliberately disgusted her, approached and blew a loud whistle, and raised his eyebrows at her indecently.
The girl blushed with anger, but she didn't dare to say anything because Huamo was in front.
On the way to the garden where the banquet was held, Wen Yantong discovered that there are actually flowers in full bloom in February, but she has never seen many flowers before, and she can't name them. I just feel that the eyes are full of purples and reds, and many kinds of aromas are fused together, which is faint and not pungent.
Huamo reminded, "Low your head, don't look around."
Wen Yantong immediately lowered his head, with only Huamo's heels in his eyes, and walked forward with her without delay.
Then the noisy voice gradually spread to the ears, the man pushed the cup to change the cup, the woman talked and laughed, and after the appearance of the musician, the voice became slightly quieter.
Wen Yantong actually seemed to look up to see where Chi Jingxi was, but she couldn't help looking around on this occasion, so she had to restrain her neck and follow Huamo to the center of her heart.
Then the guards stepped forward to place the shelves and seats, and put the piano on them one by one. Wen Yantong's position is to the left, and she is still playing the Xiqin for solo and harmony.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Wen Yantong quietly raised his head and took a look.
The field is very wide, men and women are still divided into two sides, with a wide road between them. Chi Jingxi and the others were all sitting where they could easily see the performance, so they were all very obvious, and Wen Yantong could see it right away. When her eyes swept over, Chi Jingxi was looking at her, and the two met their eyes.
Wen Yantong originally wanted to wink at him, but he thought that it is not appropriate to make trouble in public, so as not to be talked about. So her half-blinked eyes twitched abruptly, and she lowered her head and rubbed them.
Mu Yang laughed happily, "Look at Wen Yantong's attire, she looks even more feminine."
Chi Jingxi said calmly, "It looks pretty."
"What?" Mu Yang was surprised.
"Not good-looking?" Chi Jingxi asked back.
"Good-looking is good-looking," Mu Yang scratched his head, his face full of confusion, "But from Brother Xi..."
Chi Jingxi said, "It's just the truth."
Mu Yang was puzzled, didn't ask any more questions, and turned to talk to Fu Zixian.
Fu Zixian is silent most of the time, as long as Mu Yang doesn't talk to him, he is very quiet.
Wen Yantong never thought that Fu Zixian was an idiot. Most of the time when he was silent, he saw more things in his eyes than ordinary people. In fact, except for Mu Yang, who had a simple mind, Chi Jingxi and other people in the city were very deep.
Mu Yang said enthusiastically, "Fu Zixian, after Wen Yantong's performance is over, let's go and laugh at him."
Fu Zixian was surprised, "Not so good."
"There's nothing wrong with that." Mu Yang said, "He always laughed at me before, obviously I was unqualified, I finally found the opportunity, I must make a good joke, you just say you're not with me and it's over."
Fu Zixian said, "Wen Yantong is also for playing."
Mu Yang snorted, acting as if I didn't listen. Chi Jingxi kicked his chair suddenly, "Aren't you too busy? If you make a fuss again, I will let you and the cashier count the gifts received today."
This is simply Mu Yang's nightmare. Once before, he made a mistake and was punished by Mu Yuan to check the warehouse. He was so tired that he collapsed, and his hands were shaking non-stop for three consecutive days while writing. Hearing what Chi Jingxi said, he froze instantly, "Brother Xi, don't poke my heart."
Chi Jingxi snorted and turned his attention to Wen Yantong who was adjusting Xi Qin again in a blink of an eye.
He turned his eyes and stopped on her hair, only to realize that the vermilion ivory hairpin was gone, replaced by two flower decorations that were not bright in color, and the corners of his mouth were heavy, a little unhappy.
After a while, the sound of the guqin sounded on the scene. As the handle of the luthier, Huamo was naturally the one who plucked the first note. She moved her fingertips slightly, and the faint sound of the qin came out.
The discussions around gradually diminished and became quieter, and the sound of the zither became more prominent. Riding on the breeze in the garden, it spread through the hair of the girls and boys, and the colorful flowers surrounded the surroundings.
Wen Yantong heard the sound in his ears, and his spiritual consciousness was focused, and he didn't think about other things, just focused on beating the beat, waiting for his part.
Anyone who has watched people play musical instruments knows that once they enter the playing state, the temperament bursting from the inside out is unique, focused and charming.
Wen Yantong is even more flexible. When she pulls up the bow, she unconsciously attracts people's attention.
The last time Chi Jingxi watched Wen Yantong's performance, she didn't feel anything at that time, but when she watched it again this time, she felt that her whole body seemed to be glowing, and every sound of the piano seemed to fall gently on the tip of her heart.
At the end of the song, most of the people were still immersed in the sound of the piano, Huamo led everyone to bow and leave, and left from the other side.
Seeing them leave, Chi Jingxi also stood up and left the table.
When Wen Yantong passed by Hao Jing, he hummed uncontrollably, which was more or less mocking.
Hao Jing was so angry that she followed Wen Yantong into the room where Wen Yantong changed clothes.
"Wen Yantong, what right do you have to laugh at me!" Hao Jing slammed the door behind her as soon as she entered, and asked impatiently. She is indeed talented, but she is proud and arrogant. She was raised with praise since she was a child, and she does not allow others to point fingers at her piano skills.
That snort just now was enough to make her angry.
Wen Yantong put Xi Qin down, not wanting to respond, "You count how many notes you made wrong? Just like this, you still dare to play in front of the nobles. You are not afraid of death, but I am afraid of being hurt by you. "
Hao Jing said angrily, "Occasionally, it's normal to be wrong, and others don't notice it, so why do you teach me?"
Wen Yantong said, "Didn't others hear it? Just wait, my master will find you later."
It's impossible for Huamo not to hear it. This is not an ordinary performance. Pedestrians have practiced for so long, and only this Hao Jing made a mistake. Fortunately, no one in the audience cared, otherwise this would not be a trivial matter.
Hao Jing was so angry, "Bah! Do you really think of yourself as someone who is a bad guy? You only dare to be so arrogant because of your dirty relationship with the young master. Do you think I will be afraid of you?"
When Wen Yantong heard this, his eyes widened immediately, and he said in a deep voice, "you can eat indiscriminately, but you can't talk indiscriminately. Be careful not to speak out."
Seeing that she finally had a reaction, Hao Jing sneered and said, "Why, you dare not listen to others if you dare to do it? Just now before the performance, what did the young master do when he came into your room? I saw it for real. !"
Wen Yantong was furious, and jumped up against the case, "Fuck your mother's bullshit! Young Master, he is my brother! Who dared to talk nonsense to your dog!?"
Chi Jingxi, who was standing at the door, was about to open the door and go in, but stopped abruptly when he heard this sentence, and the expression on his face became complicated.
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