Chapter 525 Are you~ looking for me?
"Hey, Chen Lian, you are back again? Why are there so many people?"
"It was too late yesterday, so I don't want to disturb me. I thought you just arrived in the capital and didn't have time to prepare anything, so I asked someone to buy some food for you to send over."
Zhao Pan'er, who had been sleeping all night, trembled her eyelashes. While half asleep and half awake, the voice of Sun Sanniang talking to someone came from outside the house.
After a while, everything became quiet, the door opened softly, and familiar footsteps approached.
"San Niang?"
Slowly opened her eyes, Zhao Paner stared blankly at the strange ceiling, her fragmented memories stayed in the noisy and bustling night market, looked sideways, and saw Sun Sanniang walking towards this side with a bowl of clear porridge.
"Pan'er, are you awake? How do you feel? Is there any other discomfort?"
Seeing Sun Sanniang, Zhao Pan'er felt relieved, and said softly, "Where is this?"
"This is Osmanthus Lane in Guangdefang. Chen Lian's family bought him a private house. He said that it is also idle here, so why not let us live here first." Sun Sanniang handed the porridge to Zhao Pan'er, and sat on the bedside He briefly explained what happened later, "Last night you passed out suddenly, you almost scared me to death~ Are you feeling better now?"
"Maybe I was too tired on the road. After sleeping all night, it doesn't matter anymore."
Drinking half a bowl of hot porridge, Zhao Paner looked much better, sat up and looked around, "Where is Chen Lian?"
"He just brought us some food and then went back. What can you do with him?" Sun Sanniang helped Zhao Pan'er up.
Zhao Pan'er originally wanted to ask him about the location of the Gao family's mansion. Since Chen Lian was not there, it was the same when he went out to ask others.
Zhao Paner shook his head, and said softly: "Chen Lian kindly took us in, I just want to thank you in person."
"You must thank him very much~" Sun Sanniang said: "You don't know, when he came here last night, he said that this place is just a small courtyard, and it was too dark at night, and I was in a hurry to help you back to your room before I had time to see clearly. Get up early and take a look, where is the small courtyard, I am afraid that even our master Yunju doesn't have such a big house."
Sun Sanniang was excitedly gesturing to Zhao Pan'er the pond running water in the courtyard, the promenade forest garden, Zhao Pan'er was washing and dressing beside her, and was going to find Ouyang Xu.
This private house is often repaired and maintained, but after all, there are no people living there. Sun Sanniang stayed in the house to store the daily necessities sent by Chen Lian.
Just when she was about to knock on the door knocker, a carriage stopped outside the door of Gao's house. Ouyang Xu, who raised the curtain, suddenly shrank his pupils, pushed the driver and jumped off the carriage. The tone is gentle, hiding the inner tension and panic.
"Pan'er."
This familiar voice made Zhao Pan'er's movement of lifting the door knocker froze suddenly. After a while, she turned around slowly and said in disbelief, "Ouyang?"
If you say you can't believe it, Ouyang Xu is even more unbelievable than she is. With an elegant and easy-going smile on his face, he secretly scolded Uncle De for what happened. Beijing is here.
After all, the door of Gao's house is not a place to talk.
Ouyang Xu was worried that if he stayed here for too long, the Gao family would see him, so he said a few words of comfort, helped Zhao Pan'er open the car curtain, and took her out of here.
Zhao Paner took Ouyang Xu's arm and leaned on his shoulder, talking about her recent adventures and thoughts in her heart.
Ouyang Xu always had a gentle expression on his face, comforting Zhao Pan'er, and pushed everything that could be passed on to Uncle De for the divorce.
Zhao Paner looked at the boats on the Yu River, the flow of people on the Hongqiao, and the peach blossoms blooming on the side of the road, and felt that the haze was gone, but Ouyang Xu just smiled reluctantly.
Qingmingfang, quiet room on the second floor.
Zhou Ji took a sip of Shuangjing Baiya ordered by Dr. Tea, the rich tea aroma, the powder of tea leaves and the salty taste of green salt rushed straight to his forehead, causing him to be in a trance for a while, and suddenly a Something 'Tea Flavored Salt White Toothpaste'.
Zhou Ji pursed his mouth tightly, squeezed out a smile and nodded to Dr. Cha, watching him leave, just now he exhaled with a "ha~" and rummaged around for water to rinse his mouth.
Suddenly, Zhou Ji stopped his movements, looked maliciously at Si Teng, who was sitting by the window looking at the scenery outside the window but couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth, and leaned towards her while leaning on the table, with quick eyes and quick hands, he snatched away the top of the teacup cup, withdrew and sat back in place.
"Childish~" Si Teng didn't have time to react, he felt blurred in front of his eyes, only the tea cup tray was left in his hand, and seeing Zhou Ji's triumphant expression, he couldn't help giving him a blank look.
Drink only half of the green tea left in Si Teng's cup, and the faint fragrance of grass and trees overwhelms the strange taste of tea dust and green salt.
Zhou Ji curled his lips and gestured: "Although the ancient method of ordering tea is good, some of them pay too much attention to form, such as grinding powder and adding salt. These trivial processes are suitable for meditation and appreciation, and to feel the artistic conception from the form. It is also suitable for some quiet clubs , but our teahouse will take the civilian route in the future. It’s high-brow, not popular enough.”
Si Teng didn't expect Zhou Ji to be so interested in opening the teahouse, so he couldn't help but feel a little bit interested.
Zhou Ji took out a pen and paper from his sleeve, raised his eyes and said, "I plan to set up a stage in the middle of the teahouse. During the day, I will arrange for storytellers to give lectures on storytelling, and at night to perform on stage. As for frying and ordering tea, it is too troublesome. Just arrange to make tea."
While speaking, a carriage stopped by the bridge, and a young man dressed as a Confucian scholar helped a familiar figure get off the carriage.
"That's Miss Pan'er?"
Zhou Ji habitually kept an eye on his surroundings, and was slightly taken aback when he caught sight of the beautiful figure out of the corner of his eye.
Si Teng stopped suddenly when he saw Zhou Ji talking, and followed his line of sight, and happened to see Zhao Pan'er walking into the tea house holding the arm of a strange man, talking and laughing.
Zhao Paner appeared, where is that person?
Zhou Ji and Si Teng glanced at each other, then turned their heads to look sideways as if feeling something, a figure in fresh clothes sat on the window sill at some point.
The hair that is as smooth as a waterfall is scattered outside the window, dancing with the breeze.
The calves were drooping and dangling under the window frame, and the light red dress like tulle occasionally revealed the white and well-proportioned insteps.
"Are you~ looking for me?"
"No, we've been discussing about opening a teahouse for a few days." Si Teng glanced at Hong Kui and said calmly.
Hong Kui didn't take it seriously, turned to look at Zhou Ji, supported the window rail with both hands, jumped down a little, picked up the sencha in front of him and sat down.
"This is mine." Seeing this, Zhou Ji dissuaded, Erkang stretched out his hand, but it was too late
"Maybe I accidentally ate half a tube of toothpaste?" The corners of Si Teng's mouth rose slightly, and he picked up his empty teacup, and the smile that had just appeared in his eyes froze.
The three of them looked at each other and laughed.
"Pan'er, what's wrong?"
"Ah? It's nothing, maybe I heard it wrong?"
"Sit down~" Ouyang Xu led Zhao Pan'er to a seat by the window on the second floor, and said softly, "This tea house tastes pretty good."
Zhao Paner looked back from the direction of the quiet room, looked around curiously, and suddenly noticed that Dr. Tea put the finely ground tea into boiling water to boil, and couldn't help being stunned: "Why is Tokyo still drinking sencha?"
Ouyang Xu patiently explained: "The customs of the north and the south are very different, you might as well taste the taste of Tokyo tea."
Zhao Pan'er couldn't stand it any longer, walked up to Dr. Tea and said, "No, no, this kind of Shuangjing Baiya tea is the most tender, how can it be boiled for so long?"
"Little lady, please~" Dr. Cha stepped aside to make room.
"Excuse me."
Zhao Pan'er bowed in return, sat down and poured the overcooked tea into the bowl, rolled up his sleeves, and poured new water into the dishes, "For this kind of tea, you have to put boiling water for five breaths, and then pour it into the tea powder. In order to show its freshness and greenness, by the way, it is best to use silver for Choshi, as iron will have a raw taste."
Dr. Cha saw her skillful skills, such as flowing clouds and flowing water, pleasing to the eye, and couldn't help but praise: "The little lady is actually an expert!"
"Go down, we will do it ourselves."
Ouyang Xu brought Zhao Pan'er here to show off his relationship with her, so he waved his hand to signal Dr. Cha to step down.
Dr. Cha originally wanted to learn a few more tricks, but seeing what Ouyang Xu said, he had no choice but to retreat.
"Xiao Pan'er's tea art is good, right? We just opened a tea house? How about asking her to come over and help?"
Hongkui walked to the door of the quiet room, glanced at Si Teng who was boiling water and making tea, then turned to Zhao Paner who was boiling water and ordering tea outside the screen, and suggested.
"Miss Pan'er's tea art is very good, but the focus of the teahouse we want to open is not on tea, but on supporting storytelling and excerpts"
"What's more, with her extremely low self-esteem, how can she be willing to be a foil to others?"
While Zhou Ji was explaining to Hongkui, Ouyang Xu pondered for a moment, and said with difficulty: "How about our marriage at the end of the year?"
"Of course it's okay, I'm not in a hurry." Zhao Pan'er was taken aback when he heard this, and handed the ordered strong tea to Ouyang Xu, "Have you not had the tea I ordered for a long time?"
Ouyang Xu took the tea with a heavy heart, forced a smile, and put it down before touching his lips.
Zhao Pan'er didn't notice Ouyang Xu's strangeness at all, picked up a cup and tasted it, and asked casually: "By the way, what official has the court granted you?"
Ouyang Xu explained that he had just been admitted as a Jinshi, and it wasn't long after the Qionglin banquet was held, and he would not be formally conferred until he had finished meeting the officials.
"Pan'er, it is precisely because of this that I have to wrong you."
"I will definitely give you the grandest wedding. But, you have to wait half a year after I get married with Mrs. Gao."
Hearing the first half of Ouyang Xu's sentence, Zhao Pan'er was moved, but when Ouyang Xu spoke the second half of the sentence, Zhao Pan'er's heart turned into astonishment and daze.
"What?" Zhao Pan'er looked at Ouyang Xu, thinking she was hallucinating.
Ouyang Xu summoned up his courage, looked into Zhao Pan'er's eyes and said, "I know this is wronging you, but you are always virtuous, so you won't care about it, right?"
Zhao Pan'er looked at Ouyang Xu incredulously, as if looking at a stranger.
"Pan'er, you are good in everything, except that your status is a bit weak. After all, you have a lowly status. Once someone with a heart checks it out, you can't hide it anyway." Ouyang Xu persuaded: "I was also awarded a Jinshi." You know, it turns out that scholar-bureaucrats can't have a little flaw, and you don't want to be my stain, right? What's more, I can't afford to offend Gao Guan."
bang~
A soft sound came from the quiet room, Si Teng took the tea set thrown by Hong Kui, and put it on the table, Zhou Ji pressed Hong Kui's arm, and shook his head slightly in front of him.
"You will only add to the chaos in the past now." Zhou Ji didn't care about Hongkui's staring gaze, looked her in the eyes and said, "Since Ouyang is having a showdown with Miss Pan'er, let him finish talking and tell Miss Pan'er what to do." Heartbroken. After all, this is a matter between the two of them, and the final choice should be decided by Miss Pan'er."
Actually, upon hearing Ouyang Xu's words 'low nationality', Zhao Pan'er had already made up his mind.
This is what she cares most about, and it is also her eternal pain.
If it wasn't for saving the people slaughtered by the Liao army outside the city, how could her father have appeared to repel the Liao army, and finally led to the court's indictment.
Zhao Pan'er took away the hand held by Ouyang Xu, took a deep breath, and looked at Ouyang Xu coldly: "Ouyang Xu, do you think too highly of yourself, or do you think too little of me? You brought me here on purpose Come on, are you afraid that I will cause trouble at the gate of Gao's house and ruin your good marriage? If you change your mind, please say it straight, there are so many detours, no one is disgusting."
"I haven't changed my mind. The only woman I love is you. I just... have to." Ouyang Xu just wanted to argue, but was interrupted by Zhao Pan'er.
"A last resort? For your last resort, you can break your promise, and you can regret your marriage and remarry?" Zhao Pan'er picked up the teacup and saw the uneasiness in Ouyang Xu's eyes, and smiled self-deprecatingly, "Don't worry, I won't spoil you .”
"I traveled thousands of miles to come here to look for you. Actually, I still had a chance in my heart. Unexpectedly, you still let me down." Zhao Pan'er stood up, picked up the teacup and looked outside the fence, and couldn't help but sigh, " Tokyo is really rich and charming, and it is unbearably affectionate.”
"You don't deserve to drink my tea." In front of Ouyang Xu, Zhao Pan'er sprinkled tea on his side, threw out the cup and said, "I, Zhao Pan'er, will never be a concubine!"
"Paner." Seeing that Zhao Paner was about to leave, Ouyang Xu hurriedly got up to stop him, but was thrown away by Zhao Paner, "Don't follow me, or don't blame me for breaking your good marriage!"
Ouyang Xu stood where he was, seeing Zhao Paner's back disappearing at the corner of the stairs, and turned around in a daze, only to see a small pink fist hammering towards him.
There was a bang, stars flashed in his eyes, amidst the exclamation, Ouyang Xu fell on his back, and vaguely heard a woman whom he had never met seemed to be talking to someone amidst the commotion and exclamation.
"It's always okay to hit someone now, right?"
“.You’re still asking after you’ve finished typing?”
"Finished? Hmph~ It's not over yet!"
(end of this chapter)