The courtyard where Yin Lihua lives is not only large in area, but also unique in its layout.
There is a small pond in the center of the yard, and there is a rockery in the center of the pond. The pond is surrounded by ink orchids. Now is the first month, which is the season when ink orchids are in full bloom.
The orchids bloom one after another, turning the yard into a pink field.
Looking inside, there is a young woman sitting on the wooden platform in front of the main door. Words such as "Shen Yu Luo Yan" and "Bi Yue Shao Hua" are all pale and feeble when applied to her.
She sat there, gently holding the piano. The music was wonderful, and the person was even more wonderful. She was so beautiful, like a fairy descending from the earth.
The breeze blew by, and the clothes on her body trembled, giving people the feeling of being fluttering.
Liu Xiu subconsciously took two steps forward, but quickly stopped for fear of disturbing the beauty.
Liu Xiu couldn't tell what kind of music Yin Lihua was playing, but there was a touch of sadness in the music, which was somewhat similar to Sima Xiangru's "Changmen Fu", except that the sadness was not as strong.
Liu Xiu stared blankly at Yin Lihua. After a long time, he couldn't help but softly chanted: "There is a beautiful woman. I will never forget her when I see her. If I don't see her for a day, I will miss her like crazy. The phoenix is soaring, and I am looking for her from all over the world."
Huang. Unfortunately, the beauty is here, and she is not on the east wall."
Following his words, the music of the piano in the yard suddenly stopped. Yin Lihua, who was sitting there playing the piano, suddenly stood up, her face flushed with anger. She yelled angrily: "Who is saying this here?"
raving?"
Liu Xiu came back to her senses, her face suddenly turned red, and she slowly walked out from behind the rockery.
The poem he recited just now is "Phoenix Seeking Phoenix" written by Sima Xiangru. "Phoenix Seeking Phoenix" tells the love story between Sima Xiangru and Zhuo Wenjun. The rhetoric in it is naturally very ambiguous, usually
Used between couples.
If it is used between strange men and women, it will undoubtedly be a frivolous move.
Yin Lihua didn't know who the visitor was, but of course she was ashamed and angry when she sang "Phoenix Seeking the Phoenix" in her yard.
Liu Xiu secretly felt ashamed, how could he say what was in his heart? He quickened his pace, walked to the door of the main room, bowed his hands to Yin Lihua who was standing on the wooden platform, and said, "Miss Lihua!"
The anger on Yin Lihua's face gradually disappeared, and she looked at Liu Xiu in surprise and confusion, and asked: "Uncle Wen? Did you... come at the right time?"
Liu Xiu said: "Just now! I'm here to take Lihua back to Xinye."
Upon hearing this, Yin Lihua's eye circles immediately turned red, and a layer of mist swirled in her eyes.
She murmured: "Finally, can you go home?" As she spoke, she slowly sat down on her knees, tears welling up in her eyes.
Liu Xiu hurriedly took out his handkerchief, handed it to Yin Lihua, and said, "Yes, you can go home now!"
In order not to expose Yin Lihua's whereabouts, the Yin family had approached Liu Xiu many times over the past six months and offered to visit Yin Lihua, but Liu Xiu rejected them all.
Liu Xiu can completely understand Yin Lihua's mood after being separated from her family for such a long time and unable to see each other.
After taking the handkerchief from Liu Xiu, Yin Lihua's tears flowed even more fiercely. She choked and complained, and asked intermittently: "Why...you haven't come to see me for so long...?"
Liu Xiu lowered his head. Over the past six months, he had experienced so many narrow escapes that he had no time to visit her. Even if he had that time, he would not dare to come over for fear of exposing her hiding place.
Place.
He sighed softly and sat down silently on the edge of the wooden platform. I don't know how long it took before Yin Lihua stopped crying.
Liu Xiu felt someone touching his shoulder. He turned around and saw Yin Lihua looking at him with red eyes, and at the same time handed over a wet handkerchief.
Looking at this handkerchief, Liu Xiu secretly sighed, women are indeed made of water, especially Lihua. Just as he was about to take the handkerchief, the little girl immediately took it back with a blushing face and said, "I'll wash it."
I'll return it to you when it's clean."
After saying that, she looked at Liu Xiu curiously with a pair of big eyes that were red from crying.
After not seeing each other for half a year, she also felt the changes in Liu Xiu. If Liu Xiu was a big boy before, then Liu Xiu now has really grown into a man.
He still looks young, but his face no longer has the childishness, but instead shows the courage and majesty of someone who has lived in the military for a long time and fought on the battlefield.
But there seems to be no change in Liu Xiu. He is boring. He used to be boring in front of me, and he is still like this now.
She cleared her throat and asked, "Uncle Wen, how have you been in the past six months?"
Liu Xiu turned to look at her and said with a smile: "Very good."
Yin Lihua curled her lips and said, "I heard that you were seriously injured in Xinye."
Liu Xiu said disapprovingly: "It's just a minor injury, it's no longer a problem."
Yin Lihua asked again: "You made a special trip to take me back to Xinye this time?"
Liu Xiu nodded and said: "Wancheng will soon turn into a battlefield, and the surrounding areas of Wancheng will no longer be safe. Now the Han army in Nanyang has controlled most of the counties and villages except Wancheng, and Lihua
It will be safe when we return to Xinye.”
There is no need to worry about the court questioning her anymore. Yin Lihua escaped as a concubine.
When Yin Lihua heard this, she breathed a long sigh of relief. She looked at Liu Xiu again and asked curiously: "Just now, why did Uncle Wen sing "Phoenix Seeking the Phoenix"?"
It would have been better if she didn't mention it. When she mentioned it, Liu Xiu's face turned red again. He muttered in his heart: I couldn't help it!
Finally meeting the person he had longed for, he didn't know why, so he uttered this verse from "The Phoenix Seeks the Phoenix".
He subconsciously looked at Yin Lihua and saw that she was looking at him intently with her big reddish eyes. Liu Xiu's heartbeat suddenly accelerated, and the words that reached his lips flowed back to his stomach.
He coughed unnaturally, changed the subject, and asked: "Lihua hasn't eaten yet? I came here this time and brought a lot of Xinye snacks." As he spoke, he raised his head and called to the courtyard door.
Said: "Liu Quan!"
Looking at Liu Xiu who was looking at him, Yin Lihua curled her lips imperceptibly.
Although Yin Lihua is not very old, she is a girl after all. She comes from a famous family and has sharp nerves. Especially in the past six months, she has matured a lot. She can feel Liu Xiu's thoughts towards her to some extent.
But Liu Xiu didn't dare to say it out loud. She had no choice but to mutter in her heart: Coward!
Following Liu Xiu's words, Liu Quan walked in quickly from outside, and Xu Xiling followed Liu Quan not far or near and also entered the courtyard.
Seeing the scenery in the courtyard, especially the garden full of orchids, a flash of surprise flashed in Xu Xiling's eyes. She also liked the Four Gentlemen of Plum, Orchid, Bamboo and Chrysanthemum, but she loved plums more. It seemed that Yin Lihua loved orchids more.
Looking up into the courtyard, I saw a handsome man sitting on the edge of the wooden platform, and a beautiful and beautiful young woman kneeling on the wooden platform.
Even though this scene made Xu Xiling feel extremely dazzling, she had to admit that this scene was very harmonious, and the man and woman were a surprisingly good match.
It turns out that she is Yin Lihua! Yin Lihua is known as the most beautiful woman in the world!
Yin Lihua is much younger than she thought. She can't even be called a woman, she can only be called a girl.
She was only fifteen or sixteen years old, but at such a young age, she was already so exquisite that her beauty was unreal, as beautiful as a fairy who could not eat the fireworks of the world.
It is not difficult to imagine that when she is eighteen or nineteen years old and in her prime, she will be in a state of extraordinary splendor and unrivaled in the world.
Xu Xiling has always been confident about her appearance, but now, after meeting Yin Lihua, she realizes how ridiculous her previous confidence was. Her appearance is really not worth mentioning in front of Yin Lihua.
Liu Quan carried two large wooden boxes, trotted up to Liu Xiu, bowed and saluted, and said, "Young Master." Then he saluted Yin Lihua and said, "Miss Yin."
While speaking, he carefully glanced at Yin Lihua, and Liu Quan was also dumbfounded by this glance.
Although he had long heard about Yin Lihua's beauty when he was in Xinye, this was the first time he saw her in person. What surprised him was that Yin Lihua was even more beautiful and dazzling than the rumors said.
The beauty is breathtaking.
Seeing Liu Quan looking at Yin Lihua blankly, Liu Xiu felt unhappy and coughed.
Liu Quan came back to his senses, his body was shaken, he hurriedly bowed and took several steps back.
Yin Lihua said calmly, pointed to the wooden box in Liu Quan's hand, and asked, "What snacks did Uncle Wen buy?"
Liu Xiu waved to Liu Quan. Liu Quan understood, walked forward quickly, and placed the two large wooden boxes on the wooden platform.
The wooden box had several layers. He unfolded them layer by layer and introduced at the same time: "Miss Yin, here are osmanthus cakes, mung bean cakes, thousand-layer cakes, as well as various candied fruits, eight-treasure lilies..."
The pastries and snacks Liu Xiu brought were indeed very rich, and they were all Yin Lihua's favorites. Obviously, he sent someone to Yin's house to inquire about Yin Lihua's taste.
Looking at these various pastries and snacks, Yin Lihua glanced at Liu Xiu next to her with a smile. The latter lowered his head and rubbed his toes on the ground.
Yin Lihua picked up a piece of sweet-scented osmanthus cake, took a small bite, and felt the cake slowly melting in her mouth. Her big bright eyes couldn't help but squint, and she exclaimed: "It's a cake from Xinye Babaopu!"
Liu Quan quickly bowed and said with a smile: "Young Master knows that Miss Yin likes to eat snacks from Xinye Babaopu, so he specially sent someone to Xinye to buy them and sent them back to Jiyang overnight."
Yin Lihua glanced at Liu Xiu and said, "No need to go to such trouble."
Liu Xiu didn't say anything, but Liu Quan answered: "Young Master also sent someone to inquire about Miss Yin's taste. Even Young Master Yin and Second Young Master Yin don't know about some of Miss Yin's favorite tastes..."
Seeing that Liu Quan was not finished talking, Liu Xiu said lightly: "There are too many words."
Liu Quan shrank his neck and took a few steps back. He did not dare to say anything more, but his face was filled with pleasure and there was no sign of panic or fear.
Having followed Liu Xiu for so long, Liu Quan also knew very well how his master was. He was very peaceful, so peaceful that he sometimes didn't treat them as servants, and never lost his temper with them. Instead, he was very protective of them.
Liu Xiu was like this, and his family members were also loyal to him and would never leave him.
Even after experiencing the fiasco of Xiao Chang'anju, Zhu Tiandu was on the verge of collapse, and the family members who escaped from death were still determined to follow Liu Xiu, willing to live and die with him.
Liu Quan naturally knew Liu Xiu's thoughts about Yin Lihua. There were some things that Liu Xiu didn't dare to say. As a family member, he naturally wanted to help Liu Xiu say them.
Yin Lihua was amused by the interaction between Liu Xiu and Liu Quan. She was about to speak when suddenly a delicate voice came from beside her: "Xiling has met Miss Yin!"
