Man and ape bid farewell to each other. Only a few stones have been ground, in the childhood. The flames in the copper and iron furnace are turning, asking when to guess? Only a few thousand years of cold and heat. It is rare to smile in this world, and on the battlefield, we bow to each other. The blood flows all over the suburban fields.
After reading a piece, my head is covered with snow, but I still remember the spots and a few lines of traces. The sacred things of the Five Emperors and the Three Sovereigns deceived countless passers-by. How many romantic figures are there? After Dao Zhi and Zhuang Qiao became famous, King Chen stood up and waved the yellow axe. The song was not finished, and the east was white.
——"He Xinlang·Reading History"
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The rain in Chang'an never stops.
Yang Sigang had just returned from the military office in the suburbs. Due to the rain, there were few people on the street. He rode his horse quickly on the empty long street and stopped in front of a wine shop where he often came to buy wine.
Immediately, a smart waiter came to the door of the tavern to tie up the horse. Yang Size didn't care at all about getting wet by the rain, he walked straight into the tavern.
The tavern had few customers because of the rain. In front of the counter on the first floor, Yan Xiaozhou, wearing a muzzle, was talking to the shopkeeper behind the counter.
She was quietly introducing a jar of wine she had placed on the counter to the shopkeeper: "This is Lingxi wine, which I brewed myself for three years. Shopkeeper, why don't you try this wine and tell me if it's worth the price?"
The shopkeeper said with a smile, "Is it really Lingxi wine? Don't lie to me, young lady. Many of the customers who come to my wine shop are dignitaries. If they say it's fake, my shop's signboard will be smashed, but I will hold you accountable."
Yan Xiaozhou smiled and said, "I was just about to say this. The shopkeeper can come to me to settle the bill at any time. But the price of this wine..."
It turned out that Yan Xiaozhou came to the wine shop to sell wine.
Yan Sanlang and Yan Xiaozhou didn't sell the house after all, because Mu Wanyao didn't allow someone she didn't know to live across from her. When Yan Sanlang was still a little worried about how to explain to his second brother, Mu Wanyao left Chang'an with her future husband.
After discussing it, the brother and sister decided to write a letter to their second brother and stay at his house first, focusing on the exam.
Even through the curtain, the shopkeeper could vaguely see that the young lady was beautiful and youthful. Moreover, the young lady spoke softly and her voice was pleasant, and there were not many guests in the building. The shopkeeper was happy to bargain with Yan Xiaozhou and chat happily with the young lady.
Suddenly, a young man came from outside and said, "Shopkeeper, sell wine!"
Yang Si stepped through the door and walked towards this side.
The shopkeeper immediately stopped chatting with Yan Xiaozhou and responded loudly. Seeing that the shopkeeper was anxious, Yan Xiaozhou guessed that the guest was unusual, and she used the excuse that the shopkeeper was busy dealing with the people behind him. After a few words, they decided on the price.
The shopkeeper had no time to bargain and immediately agreed.
Yang Si rested his hands on the counter, lowered his eyes and said slowly: "Is there any good wine in the store?"
He lowered his eyes and saw the girl standing opposite him. She was wearing a white veil that covered her from head to toe. Behind the white veil, the girl's rouge-colored long skirt was very bright. He had a blank expression on his face, but in his mind he tried to recall the voice of the lady he had heard when he came in just now.
His many years of military life in Longyou had cultivated in him a habit that was completely different from that of Yang Sanlang in the past - he would pay attention to everyone he came into contact with, to prevent the other party from being a spy from the border and trying to trick him into talking.
Yang Si felt that the lady's voice was very familiar.
The voice is light and soft, with a hint of the southerner's Wu dialect. He speaks like singing, with a clear and gentle voice, not like someone from Chang'an.
He tapped the table with his slender fingers, thinking that he must have heard this sound somewhere before.
He lowered his eyelids and felt the girl behind the scene staring at him. Yang Si stopped tapping the table with his fingers: Hmm?
At this time, the shopkeeper asked Yang Si with a smile: "Would you like to try the Lingxi wine that just arrived in the shop, Sanlang?"
Yang Si said nonchalantly: "Hmm."
The girl standing opposite him chuckled.
Yang Si suddenly raised his eyes, his eyes as sharp as an eagle's, and shot straight at the other person. The woman behind him was probably also frightened by the cold aura around him and took two steps back.
But Yan Xiaozhou only took two steps back before calming down. She knelt down and explained softly, "I was just laughing at the store owner's business skills. I had no intention of offending you. You misunderstood."
Yan Xiaozhou had already recognized this young man as the one he had saved by the stream on the mountain road before coming to Chang'an City. But it was obvious that this young man was very wary of others, and Yan Xiaozhou had no intention of getting close to him, so he just explained softly.
After the shopkeeper gave Yan Xiaozhou a string of copper coins, Yan Xiaozhou bowed again to the man who was staring at her intently, then turned around, took her umbrella, and left the tavern.
In the wine shop, the shopkeeper personally bought wine for Yang Sanlang. Yang Si watched Yan Xiaozhou's back, still thinking about the familiar feeling in his mind. Suddenly, his mind was shocked, and he matched the voice of the young lady just now with the voice he had just heard not long ago -
The younger sister of the brother and sister who sent him to the post station!
The soft and melodious Wu dialect, which sounded like singing, was exactly the same as what I remembered!
This is his savior!
Without thinking, Yang Si turned around and chased after her outside the tavern without waiting for his drink. The shopkeeper kept calling out to him from behind. When Yang Si left the tavern, he saw heavy rain in the sky and earth, and there was no trace of the girl.
The waiter at the door of the tavern had just come back from tying up the horse for Yang Sanlang. When he saw Yang Sanlang coming out, he quickly smiled and said, "Don't worry, my dear, the horse is already tied up..."
Yang Si: "Bring me the horse!"
Guy: “Huh?”
Yang Si thought for a moment and said, "Forget it."
He didn't wait for the waiter to bring the horse back, but rushed directly into the rainy sky. He was familiar with Chang'an, and his eyes swept through the surrounding buildings inch by inch, and immediately chased in one direction. He shuttled through the alleys, sometimes running in the alleys, sometimes climbing over walls and trees, and finally, his eyes suddenly brightened, and he was out of the winding alleys.
At the entrance of the alley, Yang Si panted and wiped the rain off his eyelashes. With his blurred vision, he saw a carriage parked there, and Yan Xiaozhou was helped into the carriage by her brother.
Yang Si: “Hey——”
The carriage door was closed, and the driver drove the horse on. The closed carriage door separated the two worlds inside and outside.
Yang Si ignored the carriage and left: "What's your name?"
He called out to the carriage: "We'll meet again--"
He had no hope, but when the carriage had turned into a street and was about to disappear from his sight, the window opened and Yan Xiaozhou looked over here.
She was sitting in the car, clearly not wearing Mu Li. Yang Si's vision was much better than others. No matter how dim the light was after the rain, he could see clearly that the lady in the car who looked back at him had red lips, white teeth, and dark eyes.
Like a bolt of lightning.
Yang Si saw her face clearly for the first time. She was spotless and crystal clear; her eyes were slightly curved and her lips were smiling. She was naturally pure and sweet, and she was also very smart. She didn't say anything, but just waved her hand gently through the window.
Yang Si's eyes lit up: Did she recognize him?
Yang Si took a step back and leaned against the wall. After a while, he laughed to himself.
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That night Yang Si went to the East Palace for dinner.
The prince saw that he looked very happy and couldn't help asking, "What good news?"
Yang Si: "Remember the girl of my dreams that I told you about last time? I met her today."
The prince raised an eyebrow: "She looks pretty, doesn't she?"
Yang Si smiled without saying anything, but after a moment, he raised his head and laughed out loud.
The prince couldn't help but shake his head and laugh: "Virtue."
After a while, the prince murmured, "Well, you should have gotten married a long time ago."
I wish I could jump out of this mud.
The prince was very interested in Yang Si's dream girl and asked about her family background. Yang Si didn't know anything, but he was very interested in talking to the prince about it. The two talked for a long time, and Yang Si's carefree attitude finally annoyed the prince and he stopped paying attention to him.
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There was a lot of rain this year.
It was raining in Chang'an, and it was raining in Nanyang for a full half month.
Before the rain, the magistrate of Nanyang County and the Jiedushi worked together to eliminate the mountain bandits, fighting wits and courage with the bandits for a long time. But when the rain came, the bandit suppression was delayed, and both sides were anxious.
What was even more troublesome was that Yan Shang went to see the situation in person. He found that the huge pits they had dug on the mountain road specifically to trap bandits did not trap the bandits, but instead trapped the carriages of a group of nobles passing through Nanyang.
Yan Shang was on the mountain at the time, and he came to apologize in person, regardless of the injury on his eye. The other party asked them to make amends, but not to mention that they had to stay in Nanyang first, and then continue their journey after the rain subsided. How could Yan Shang refuse such a small matter? As the county magistrate, he immediately used his authority in front of the other party's nobleman to transfer the house in the city to the other party.
The other party asked to live in his mansion.
Yan Shang thought that these nobles probably thought that his mansion as a county magistrate was the best here, so they wanted to live in his place. This was fine, as long as the other party didn't mind.
In this way, Mu Wan shook his head without saying a word, directing Pei Qing and Yan Shang to speak, and easily settled the next accommodation arrangements.
So, in a wing room in the county magistrate's mansion, Pei Qing greeted outside the door, and after getting permission, he pushed the door open and walked in. The maids who were originally in the room brushing the princess' hair bowed to him and left the room.
Pei leaned towards the girl sitting on the bed.
She had changed her clothes, and her soft silk long skirt was spread out under the couch. Her slender fingers were supporting her cheek, which was as white as jade, as she stared at the rain outside the window in a trance.
Pei Qing was a little annoyed: "Your Highness, why do we have to stay here?"
Mu Wanyao looked at him and said indifferently: "Don't you want to see what kind of person Yan Shang is? Don't you want to remove the thorn in my heart? If I don't get in close contact with him, how can I give up, and how can you give up?"
Pei Qing was startled, suspecting that he was too sensitive: "It turns out that Your Highness thought so much during the short time he was on the mountain just now."
Mu Wanyao said nothing.
She didn't think so much.
When she saw Yan Shang coming over, she froze half of her body. When she reacted, he was standing five steps away, smiling and bowing to them, and she stared at the white gauze covering his eyes, wondering what was wrong with his eyes.
She forced Pei Qing to talk to Yan Shang and forced him to stay. She just wanted to know what happened to Yan Shang's eyes!
Mu Wanyao nonchalantly instructed Pei Qing: "I don't want to recognize him. He is blind now and doesn't know it's me. Tell the servants not to call me 'Your Highness'. Call me something else. Also, there are a few servants around Yan Shang who are old friends and recognize me. Send someone to threaten them and don't let them tell Yan Shang who I am."
She tilted her head and said calmly, "Just say that I'm just passing by here and don't want to have any friendship with Yan Shang. If they dare to let Yan Shang know who I am, I won't spare their lives."
Pei Qing's expression became even more gentle.
He looked at Mu Wanyao tenderly, delighted by her reaction. He responded and said he would go and tell her not to reveal the princess's itinerary.
Pei Qing hesitated for a while and said, "I just met Yan Erlang today... Well, although he is indeed handsome, he is just an ordinary person. He is just an ordinary county magistrate now. I really can't see any difference between him and others. I don't know why Your Highness liked him in the first place."
Mu Wan shook his lips with a strange smile and said, "You will know soon."
Pei Qing was puzzled when the maid knocked on the door and said respectfully, "My dear, my dear, are you in your room? My dear asked me to come and apologize to you two and to host a banquet tonight to make amends to you two. He also said that you two have just arrived and Nanyang has not prepared anything. Our dear is afraid that you two will not be able to stay there, so he specially gave up his room to you two. I don't know if you two nobles have anything to be cautious about, but our dear will make all the arrangements."
Pei Qing deliberately made things difficult: "We two are fine, but the servants..."
The maid outside the door smiled and said, "Don't worry, my lord. Our lord has prepared clean clothes and ginger soup for them. Our lord said that, logically, he should prepare it for you two. But you two are nobles, and I'm afraid you won't just use what outsiders prepare. He was afraid that it would be inconvenient for you two, so he specially invited a tailor to come to the mansion to make new clothes for you two."
Pei Qing was stunned.
He looked at Mu Wanyao in astonishment, and saw that the smile on Mu Wanyao's lips deepened. She continued to turn her head to look at the rain outside the window. It was obvious that she knew very well what Yan Shang would do.
Mu Wanyao whispered to Pei Qing: "Ask her what happened to Yan Shang's eyes."
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Yan Shang’s eyes should be fine.
The maid said that when their husband first came to Nanyang, his eyes were not very good and he could not see strong light, as if he had an old injury. Later, after a long time, his eyes recovered. But some time ago, when he was fighting against bandits, his eyes were accidentally injured. So he covered his eyes with gauze and applied medicine for the past two days, and he will recover soon.
Mu Wan stood up and said to Pei Qing, "I'll go check Yan Shang's eyes."
Pei Qing: “…”
He did not try to stop her, and consoled himself in his heart that the princess was only worried about the other person's eyes. If he kept trying to stop her, whether he could stop her or not was another matter, but he was afraid that Mu Wanyao would be worried about her, which would not be good.
Mu Wanyao was afraid that Yan Shang would recognize her because she couldn't speak in front of him, so she took the maid who acted as her mouthpiece with her to find Yan Shang. She left behind Xia Rong, who Yan Shang was familiar with, and took Qiu Si, who had gradually come to prominence in the past two years.
Because Xia Rong was going to get married in the next two years, Qiu Si was assigned more tasks. Mu Wanyao used Qiu Si more, and Qiu Si was lively and liked to joke around, so she and this maid, who was just fifteen years old, had some tacit understanding.
Qiu Si patted his chest and assured Mu Wan: "Don't worry, my lady, I will never let Yan Erlang recognize us."
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Yan Shang returned to the mansion, and just after washing up, he sat in the room in deep thought. Two servants stood beside him, one of them was taking out the replaced gauze and other things, preparing to apply medicine to the man's eyes. The other servant was Yun Shu, who was standing there in a daze with a frustrated look on his face, and was full of entanglement.
He recognized the princess as soon as she entered their residence.
But the chief guard Fang Tong behind the princess flicked his finger and pressed his mute point, so Yun Shu couldn't say a word at that time.
Afterwards, the princess's people came to threaten him again, not letting him reveal the princess's identity... Yunshu could only pray that Her Royal Highness the Princess was really just passing through Nanyang and not living here permanently.
Her Royal Highness the Princess has no idea how much Jilang misses her and how sad he is.
While Yunshu was struggling, a maid's clear and sweet voice came from outside the door: "Is the Lord here? Our lady is concerned about the Lord's eyes, so she came to check on him."
Yan Shang came back to his senses, stood up and smiled: "Thank you for being so polite, I feel ashamed..."
He was speechless for a moment, because he heard a "creaking" sound, and the door was pushed open. Yan Shang's expression remained unchanged, but he paused in his heart, thinking that this... Pei Langjun's future wife seemed a little rude.
Mu Wanyao saw the two servants in the room. Yunshu looked at her as if he had seen a ghost. She lifted the hair by her ear and winked at Yunshu. Yunshu's expression became even weirder. Then Mu Wanyao looked at Yan Shang. She scanned him from top to bottom and saw that his face, covered with gauze, had thin cheeks and no flesh on his cheekbones.
He was also fully dressed in his own hut, not at all flustered by their hasty arrival, but his clothes were different from those when he was on the mountain.
He looked very alert and thin.
Mu Wan looked at him for a moment, and then saw the gauze in the servant's hand. She paused and winked at Qiu Si. Qiu Si smiled and said, "Oh, are you applying medicine to your eyes? It just so happens that someone in my wife's family is a medical expert. Let my wife help bandage your eyes."
Yan Shang refused gently: "No need, how dare I trouble you, Madam..."
Mu Wan raised her eyebrows: Madam?!
What was he reminding her of?
Mu Wanyao was provoked by him and walked towards Yan Shang. Yan Shang heard the footsteps and smelled the faint fragrance on her body. He leaned back and Yun Shu hurriedly came to support his hand. So with Yun Shu's support and help, Yan Shang stepped aside.
Mu Wanyao followed his steps and grabbed his wrist.
Yan Shang stretched out his hand to brush it away, his fingers passing through his sleeve, being careful not to touch her skin.
He seemed to be retreating casually, while Mu Wanyao was moving forward intentionally.
The fragrance of the wind is lingering, appearing and disappearing.
Yan Shang still spoke softly: "Madam, you are so noble, how can you worry about such a small matter? Besides, my eyes are fine, and I feel bad for asking you to worry about me. I admire your self-restraint, and I think Pei Langjun is also a person like you. Didn't Pei Langjun come with you?"
Mu Wan shook: "..."
She signaled Qiu Si to speak and stop the man from talking. Qiu Si took a long time to find a sentence: "My dear, what do you mean? Our wife is just applying medicine for you. You are too evasive."
Yan Shang smiled gently, "I didn't mean that. Madam, you misunderstood. It's just that I'm already engaged. My fiancée is cute and innocent. Madam and I are naturally open and fearless, but there are many people who gossip. I really don't want to let Miao Niang think too much because of such a small matter."
Qiu Si was stunned and thought it was all over.
She turned her head to look at the princess, and sure enough, she saw that Mu Wanyao's face had turned cold. Yun Shu was stiff, and sweat was dripping from his forehead. Yan Shang smiled politely and told Mu Wanyao how much he loved his wife, and the more he said this, the uglier Mu Wanyao's face became.
She turned and left.
Qiusi hurriedly chased after him.
Yan Shang heard the footsteps fade away, and sat down with a sigh of relief. Yan Shang suddenly whispered to Yun Shu: "Why were you so stiff just now? What are you nervous about?"
Yan Shang's observation ability was so strong that Yun Shu was under a lot of pressure. He held back his stuttering and said, "I... am not nervous."
Fortunately, Yan Shang seemed to be stumped by some difficult problem and didn't pay much attention to Yun Shu's attitude. Yan Shang frowned and said in confusion: "Her voice sounds so familiar, where have I heard it before?"
A long time ago, he had heard Qiu Si's voice. But after all, three years had passed, and it was not easy for him to find that voice from his memory.
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Yan Shang was in a daze, reflecting on his momentary shock.
Yan Shang thought to himself, the fragrance of that lady...
When she came closer, his heart beat faster and his mouth went dry.
But he thought that the perfumes used by aristocratic ladies were actually just a few types.
Not special.
Then why did his heart beat so unnaturally and his cheeks heat up uncontrollably?
Yan Shang frowned in confusion, not understanding his body's reaction.
He was a little annoyed, a little confused, and a little depressed. He thought randomly, could it be because he hadn't talked to a girl so closely for a long time that he reacted like this?
Hey, Yan Shang, ah Yan Shang.
How can you be so filthy.
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Mu Wanyao was very annoyed by Yan Shang's constant mention of "Madam", and was also greatly dampened by his deliberate emphasis on his fiancée.
Although his eyes were covered with gauze, he was eloquent and in very good condition, so Mu Wanyao didn't bother to pay attention to him.
Mu Wanyao could not go to look for Yan Shang deliberately, and the one who was most relieved was Pei Qing. Pei Qing was happy that her decision to come to Nanyang on purpose was so correct. As expected, if the princess saw Yan Shang twice more, she would find that Yan Shang was very ordinary. She believed that after staying for another two days, Mu Wanyao would completely lose her old feelings for Yan Shang.
It was just a trip to Nanyang, and Mu Wanyao felt a little bored staying in the house all the time. Pei Qing asked about some interesting historical sites in Nanyang and wanted to go and play with Mu Wanyao.
Mu Wanyao was bored staying at the mansion, not to mention Yan Shang went out early and came back late. It was unbelievable that a blind man was still working actively every day. Mu Wanyao let Pei Qing arrange the itinerary and went out to play with him. But Pei Qing certainly didn't just want to go out to play with the princess, he also wanted to further ruin Mu Wanyao's impression of Yan Shang.
So one afternoon, when Mu Wanyao and Pei Qing were sitting in the carriage returning to the mansion, the carriage stopped and Mu Wanyao heard the noise outside.
She asked suspiciously, "What's going on?"
Pei Qing opened the car door first and said, "It seems that Yan Erlang is blocked by someone."
Mu Wanyao looked outside.
She saw their carriages parked outside the county magistrate's mansion. When Yan Shang came out of the county magistrate's mansion, he was supported by Yun Shu's hand and had some difficulty walking. But as soon as he came out, he was surrounded by people from all directions. Yun Shu was startled, and Han Shuxing, who was following Yan Shang, suddenly drew his knife.
Yan Shang said sternly, "Han Shuxing, take back the knife! You are not allowed to swing it at the people."
Han Shuxing reluctantly took back his knife, and tried to protect Yan Shang, so that Yan Shang, who had difficulty seeing, would not be squeezed by the people. Yan Shang gently urged everyone to be quiet and talk about what happened first, but his voice was clear and drowned in the voices of the people.
Han Shuxing raised his voice and said angrily: "Your county magistrate has injured his eyes while suppressing bandits. If you make such a fuss and injure him again, who will take care of you?"
After hearing this, the chaotic people finally quieted down.
Hearing the noises from all sides finally quiet down, Yan Shang sighed and said, "What on earth is the reason for you to block the county magistrate's mansion?"
The people pushed and shoved each other, and then sent a representative to speak: "My Lord, it has been raining for two months. If it continues like this, what will happen to this year's harvest? Will Nanyang be flooded? My Lord, did your officials do something wrong and anger the heavens and the Dragon King? Should we offer a sacrifice to the Dragon King?"
Yan Shang: "…What sacrifice?"
The people were excited: "We have chosen a pair of boys and girls! If we give them to the Dragon King, he will calm down his anger and won't let the heavy rains drown us anymore!"
The people are so ignorant.
Pei Qing on the other side had an incredible expression on his face. He looked at Mu Wanyao and saw that Mu Wanyao just lifted the curtain to look at Yan Shang who was surrounded by ignorant people. Mu Wanyao's eyes were dark and he didn't say anything.
Yan Shang said in a gentle voice: "You are mistaken. This is not the way to offer sacrifices to the Dragon King. Listen to me, Nanyang did not anger the heaven. The heaven works so hard day and night. Even if it favors mortals once, it should pay attention to Chang'an. How could it pay attention to a small place like us? The Dragon King must have fallen asleep. It doesn't matter. We will pray to him for clear weather..."
Pei Qing heard Yan Shang talking about praying for a clear sky and moving heaven and earth... Pei Qing: "Is Yan Shang crazy? Confucius does not talk about strange things, has he read so much that he has become a dog? How can he deceive the people like this?"
Mu Wanyao said calmly, "Because ordinary people cannot understand or believe your great principles. Sunny weather means God is happy, rainy weather means God is angry. Good harvest means God is favoring you, bad harvest means God is punishing you. Reading is to try to understand God's will, not reading is God's blessing.
“This is what ordinary people think.
"If you tell them now that wind and rain are common and there is no need to panic, they will think you are a monster and don't think from their perspective.
"So...Yan Shangcai wants to promote religion."
Pei Qing looked at Mu Wanyao with a strange look in his eyes. He had never thought that a princess could have such an understanding. He said, "Your Highness is so concerned about the people's livelihood..."
Mu Wan shook: "I don't care."
She paused and lowered her eyes: "Yanshang told me."
Pei Qing: "...Your Highness seems to have not contacted him for three years."
Mu Wanyao: "He left a memorial before he left. In addition to advising me on how to keep a low profile, he also told me about his experiences when he was a child traveling around Jiangnan."
The raindrops crackled with a sound like thunder.
Pei Qing felt bitter for a moment, and after a while he managed to utter, "...But he betrayed His Highness just for people like this. But I won't."
Mu Wanyao said nothing. She watched the people surrounding Yan Shang and heading in a certain direction, and then she told the driver, "Follow us and see."
Pei Qing immediately felt uncomfortable. His original intention was to let Mu Wanyao watch Yan Shang make a fool of himself, but now it was Mu Wanyao who took the initiative to go and watch.
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It turned out that Yan Shang promised these people to pray for clear weather in Nanyang.
Nanyang was hit by heavy rain from February to April. Yan Shang was surrounded by the people and ordered to close all the gates of the market. He arranged to build an earthen platform in the most central part of Nanyang, and placed an altar and yellow flags on the platform, and everyone prayed for clear weather.
Muwan's carriage stopped at the door of a teahouse, and saw more and more people coming from all directions. They all knelt down and prayed for the rain to stop. The officials patrolled the area as if they were facing a great enemy, fearing that someone would take advantage of the chaos to cause trouble.
There were conflicts between the people and the officials. The officials asked the people to disperse or go home. The people then complained about what to do if the rain did not stop and that the officials were harming them.
Amid the noise, they suddenly looked up and saw Yan Shang being helped onto the stage.
Rain poured down from all directions, and Yan Shang's white robe was as white as snow, and was soaked by the rain. The gauze covering his eyes fluttered slightly, making him look even more pale and elegant. He stood on the high platform, and just sat down like this, bowing to the people below.
Yan Shang said: "I am personally praying here for clear weather. I beg you folks not to argue, as this may disturb the will of heaven."
The people looked up blankly, watching their county magistrate sitting under the banner, with a handsome face and youthful appearance. He just sat there, watching the wizards pray and dance with masks on. The wind and rain came from all directions, flying onto his already soaked robes.
He looked even thinner and clearer like moonlight.
He just sat there quietly, not saying a word.
Gradually, the turmoil below calmed down, and the people were willing to listen to the officials' arrangements and dispersed, no longer gathering together. They quietly watched the wizards pray for clear weather, and stopped talking nonsense and walking around.
From dawn to dusk, a full three hours.
Whenever they felt anxious, they would look up at the Lord who was still sitting quietly on the stage, and they would calm down again.
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For three whole hours, no one could be heard talking here except the prayers of the wizards and the sound of rain.
Sitting in the car, Pei Qing watched in fascination, and Mu Wanyao watched intently.
She sat in the car and looked up at him sitting in the rain. Her mind suddenly thought of the way he recited "The Fat Rat" in the rain in Lingnan; she also thought of the time when he and she argued about the people's livelihood in the Ministry of Justice prison... Now she looked at him sitting in the rain like that, accompanying these people and helping these people.
He is so beautiful.
He is like a white crane, he is like pearls and jade, he is a shining person. He makes people look up to him and follow him involuntarily.
Mu Wan shook her eyes without blinking, and she instructed the maid outside: "Go find some clean men's clothes."
Pei Qing guessed what she was going to do, but he felt so bitter and ashamed that he couldn't say anything to stop her.
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It was just a coincidence that the rain stopped at dusk.
The people did not think this was a coincidence, but felt that their master had moved God, and they cheered endlessly.
When Yan Shang was helped down from the stage by Yun Shu, his whole body was wet and cold. He was pale and his hands were shaking. Suddenly, he heard Yun Shu's frustrated and surprised voice: "...My wife!"
Yan Shang raised his face.
Mu Wanyao walked towards this side with an umbrella held by her maids and a gray rabbit fur coat draped over her arm.
The next moment, a fur coat was draped over the exhausted Yan Shang.
The woman's soft body came closer, and she stood on tiptoe to put clothes on him. She said nothing, but her breath brushed against his neck, making Yan Shang absent-minded. She pressed her fingers on the back of his neck, motioning him to lower his head, and fastened the belt at his collar for him.
Yan Shang was startled, smelling her familiar scent again. He suddenly realized what he was wearing, and was immediately shocked, thinking that this was too inappropriate. Yan Shang stepped back, but Mu Wanyao was standing on tiptoe to tie his belt. When he stepped back, she screamed in surprise and staggered.
Yan Shang felt as if his heart was struck hard.
The voices of the common people rushing over were heard again: "Master! Master, thank you so much..."
Yan Shang reached out and grabbed the girl who was being pulled by him and stumbled, preventing her from falling. He was also afraid that those people would not know how to advance or retreat, and would bump into her because of their excessive enthusiasm. So, he actually reached out and caught her who was falling, and held her in his arms.
Her face was against his neck.
Instantly, his cheeks seemed to be burning, and an unnatural arc appeared at the corners of his pursed lips. He hugged her, protecting her from being hit by others.
Holding her in his arms, he tried to hide his pounding heart, but his fingers on her back felt so heavy that he couldn't help but tremble.
...Is it her?
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Pei Qing's voice followed: "...Madam."
Yan Shang held Mu Wan’s shaking arm and pushed her away.
Mu Wanyao looked up at him and saw that he looked normal. She also put on his fur coat. Mu Wanyao said nothing and was taken away by Pei Qing. Pei Qing turned around and looked at the young man with white veil behind him. Pei Qing had too many things to say, but she couldn't say a word.
...What can he say when someone is like this?
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The footsteps were disorderly and Yan Shang stood there in a daze, unable to tell who was coming and who was leaving.
After standing there for a while, Yan Shang asked a commoner who came over to thank him, "The girl who just left, her eyes...are they a little round, and the ends of her eyes are hooked upwards, like...a cat?"
The commoner nodded: "Yes, yes, yes! She is very attractive. Oh, that lady is so pretty..."
Yan Shang stood there in a daze.
His face was red as blood, and his heart was broken. He was happy and sad at the same time.
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He knew who she was.
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