Rebirth of a Star General - Chapter 137

Chapter 137 Ten Secrets

A young man in a blue riding attire got the flag, flew off his horse, and landed on the ground. It was amazingly smooth.

The owner of the racecourse was not a stingy person. He only handed the purple jade whip to Xiao Jue’s hands and exclaimed, “My son is a good man. In recent years, you are the fastest person to get the flag!”

Cui Yuezhi couldn’t help but squeeze his palm, “Huanqing, before you arrived, you heard that your adoptive father had found you a master martial artist. Now it seems that the master martial artist taught you with your heart. That’s the case. Skills, even if they are placed in Jiyang City, they are rare.”

Xiao Jue nodded and smiled: “Uncle praised.”

He Yan said in his heart, that Cui Yuezhi still didn’t know that Xiao Jue had just taken it out and kept it. If you really open up to fight, I’m afraid it will shock everyone’s teeth and expose your identity.

She was thinking, Xiao Jue had already walked over and threw the purple jade whip into her arms.

He Yan was flattered: “Thanks…thank you.”

I always feel that Xiao Jue today is very different. It seems to be very easy to talk, and has a very good heart.

But unable to think of the name, He Yan shook his head.

“Now I have the purple jade whip.” Aunt Wei said with a smile: “Why don’t you go to the festival by the river? Bathing will be blessed by Fukuzawa all year round in the coming year.”

Cui Yue slapped his head: “Yes, I almost forgot this. Huanqing, Yuyan, you all go, and beg for a good omen! How could it not come to the God of Water for the festival of the God of Water.”

What was the water god sacrificial ceremony? He Yan was confused, but he was so kind, so he followed the crowd to the other side of the canal. When I walked to the neighborhood, I saw a large flat area near the canal, and a round platform was built with many masked people singing and dancing on it. Probably the folk songs of Jiyang, the tune is very cheerful, there are men, women and children, very lively.

Just standing still, I heard a woman’s voice: “Master Cui.”

A few people looked over and saw the lady in the Dianyi Mansion, Ling Xiu, who had been a guest in Cui Mansion a few days ago and had played the piano to everyone. Next to her, stood Yan Min’er, looking over with ill-intentioned eyes.

Ling Xiu is also dressed up today, wearing a pink corset dress and boots worn by a Jiyang woman, and her long hair is also tied with a whip, tender and playful for a few days. She smiled and said: “It was a coincidence that Min’er and I met Master Cui just now. It’s a fate.”

Cui Yuezhi also laughed: “Axiu, Min’er, where are your parents?”

“My father and mother are both on the boat. Min’er and I are walking here with the servants and guards. We want to see the ceremony and take some offerings back.” Her eyes fell on Xiao Jue, who only looked towards Li. In the direction of the stage, without a glance at him at all, Ling Xiu passed a trace of yin in his heart.

In fact, she and Yan Min’er saw Xiao Jue, not here, they saw it just when they were winning the wind on the racecourse. The young man is as plump as the moon, stunning, grabbing the banner and chuckles, and it is immediately reflected in people’s hearts. It is difficult to teach people to forget. However, such a man, who is so popular in front of everyone, is just to win that woman a whip that she likes.

Ling Xiu was extremely jealous.

She was born good-looking, talented and learned, and she is also a golden branch. How many young talents in Jiyang city admire her, but she can’t admire any of them. It happened that one day such a person came to compare all the people in the city. Going down, it’s a pity that he is a married man, and he is so kind to his unremarkable wife. If at first it was just angry that Xiao Jue ignored her, after several times, Ling Xiu and He Yan also hated it.

If it weren’t for Wen Yuyan, if it was him who met Qiao Huanqing first… it would not end like this at all. What’s so good about that woman? Qiao Huanqing was so blinded by lard that he mistakenly used fish eyes for pearls.

He Yan was looking at the dancing and singing people on the stage with interest, and asked Aunt Wei, “Why do they wear masks?”

“A mask represents an identity. These are legends related to the God of Water. Dancing and singing at the ceremony is actually conveying the legend of the God of Water.” Aunt Wei said with a smile: “If Miss Yuyan likes it, you can also go on stage together. Dance and play one of the roles. When it is almost over, the elders will dip the blessing water with wicker and sprinkle it on everyone. After bathing in the blessing water, it will be very peaceful.”

He Yan had never heard of such folk customs before, so he said, “It’s weird and interesting.”

Ling Xiu smiled and said, “Does Mrs. Joe want to be on stage together?”

He Yan waved his hand: “I’m just talking about it.”

“Min’er and I also want to dance together on stage. If the wife is willing to go together, it will be very lively.” She stared at He Yan, smiling softly and considerately, but for some reason, He Yan instinctively resisted. In fact, she is not very proficient in the relationship and undercurrents between women, and can even be regarded as careless, but ordinary hostility and friendliness can probably be distinguished.

Ling Xiu had an uncontrollable hostility towards her. Why, He Yan thought left and right, and there was nothing to offend this girl.

“You are the same age,” Cui Yuezhi said with a smile: “Yuyan will follow along. Our Jiyang water god ritual is very simple and not difficult. If there is something you don’t understand, let Axiu and Min’er be together. teach you.”

Cui Yuezhi had already said, He Yan refused again, seeming to disrespect Jiyang’s folklore, and said: “Okay, then. But I can’t jump, don’t laugh at me.”

“No.” Ling Xiudian said: “We will teach you.” After that, he took Yan Min’er to Guangtai: “Let’s get the mask first.”

He Yan bit his scalp and sighed, that’s all, even though Ling Xiu and Yan Min’er are hostile to her, they are not capable of martial arts, and they are not going to do anything to her. They are nothing more than innocent jokes. . Be clever, but it’s actually nothing.

She thought, and heard someone next to her speak: “Why don’t you refuse?”

He Yan was surprised and turned his head to look. Xiao Jue’s gaze fell on her face. He couldn’t see the expression on her face. He mocked and said, “I don’t like it, why don’t you refuse?”

“Well,” He Yan hesitated, “If you refuse, Master Cui may be unhappy.”

He laughed, seeming to disagree with He Yan’s approach, and said, “If you don’t like it, refuse. You have the ability to refuse, Miss He Da,” he reminded, “You can’t make everyone happy. ”

That’s the case, but…

Trying to make everyone happy and fulfillment seems to have become a habit.

On the other end, Yan Min’er pulled Ling Xiu aside and whispered: “What do you mean? Who wants to dance with her? It’s too late for me to bother her! I’m not going!”

“Wait,” Ling Xiu grabbed her, “Listen to me.”

“Say what?”

“I’ve heard people tell me about the things at Embroidery Workshop before.”

Yan Miner’s face flushed immediately when she heard the words, choked for a moment, and said, “How would you know!”

“Now this matter, who doesn’t know, it has spread a long time ago.” Ling Xiu smiled and looked at her, “Don’t worry, of course I am on your side. Besides, I don’t like that Wen Yuyan either. , In that case, how can she make her life better?”

“What do you want to do?” Yan Min’er said irritably.

“Isn’t this dancing? I don’t want to let her show the limelight. It’s better to let her make a fool of myself.” Ling Xiu smiled and pointed to the mask on one side. ”

…

“I have never seen a lady dancing,” Lin Shuanghe shook his fan, pointing out, “I am really looking forward to having such an opportunity today.”

He Yan said in his heart, she doesn’t know how to dance, she dances a sword at best, but she is a foreigner, even if she dances at the ceremonial ceremony, others are not too harsh, as long as she can’t make a big mistake. It’s just a lively picture together.

Just thinking about it, Ling Xiu and Yan Min’er had already come over, Yan Min’er was holding a few masks in his hand, while Ling Xiu was holding a wooden box. When he walked to He Yan, Ling Xiu’s face was embarrassed and said, “I just asked the priest. There are many people who come to the ceremony today, only these masks are left. I don’t know how to distribute it. Why not decide by drawing lots? ”

Isn’t it a mask? He Yan didn’t care too much, and asked, “What is the difference?”

“Different masks represent different roles. In the myths and legends of the water god in Jiyang, there are also some traitorous actors and harlequins…” Ling Xiu paused, and then smiled. “But it is unlikely that Mrs. It shouldn’t.”

He Yan let out an “um” and said modestly: “You guys smoke first.”

“Madam is not from Jiyang, so let’s smoke first.” Ling Xiu smiled.

It didn’t make sense to refuse such a thing. He Yan said, “Okay.” As he said, he stretched his hand into the wooden box Ling Xiu was holding and pulled out a folded note.

She opened the note and read it, and saw that it was written “Lie”.

“A liar…what does it mean?” she asked hesitantly.

Cui Yue was startled, and Aunt Wei was also a little surprised, but Ling Xiu covered her mouth and exclaimed, “It was a liar, madam today… it’s really a coincidence.”

“Is this bad?” He Yan was inexplicable.

“As I said just now, in the myths and legends of the water god of Jiyang, there are treacherous horns, harlequins, and raccoon lies among them. This is a liar full of lies. He and the children are not let go. The most shameless things in the world have been done by him. The gods in the sky can’t stand it, so they send a fairy under the water god to subdue him. This liar can lie in front of others, but is facing The immortal fairy law can only tell the truth in his belly. He told the ten secrets of his body, and finally he was imprisoned by the immortal in the underwater jail, and he could not go ashore forever.”

He Yan listened, unconsciously substituting himself in, and when he heard that Eternal Life could not go ashore, he couldn’t help saying: “It’s miserable.”

“It’s quite miserable.” Yan Miner said with a chuckle, “But since you have already drawn the paper lottery, you can only play a liar. If you have decided to sacrifice to the God of Water but you regret it halfway, you will be punished by the God of Water. of.”

He Yan wanted to ask, how could the God of Water punish her, but after another thought, didn’t he just die in the water in the previous life? I don’t know if it was a coincidence.

She said: “The harlequin is the harlequin. In this world, there are always people who play the role of the harlequin, right?”

Cui Yuezhi still hesitated: “But Yuyan, that mask…”

“What’s wrong with the mask?”

Ling Xiu took the mask from Yan Min’er and handed it to He Yan: “This is the mask of a liar.”

He Yan saw the appearance of the mask, and then he understood why Cui Yuezhi had that expression. The raccoon mask looks like a civet cat or a particularly ugly civet cat. The painting is fierce, but in the center of the eyes and nose, it is painted a lot of white. It looks both treacherous and ugly, so it must be a girl. I don’t want to wear such a thing on my face. What’s more, this mask is still very heavy and heavy.

He Yan weighed in, “It’s okay.”

She has never paid much attention to these appearances. Aunt Wei’s face is not very good-looking. In the past few days, she has been with He Yan. She only feels that He Yan has a gentle and cheerful temperament, and treats others kindly. Others can’t understand it. It’s clear. This is clearly Ling Xiu deliberately stinging He Yan.

Think about it, pretending to be a harlequin in front of your sweetheart, and performing all kinds of ridiculous actions, not to mention what other people think, just a woman will feel ashamed and embarrassed. Which woman in the world does not want to be as stunning as Xi Shi Diaochan in the eyes of a lover?

Aunt Wei said, “How can I make Miss Yuyan a harlequin, so I can’t talk to Si Li?”

“Nothing.” He Yan said with a smile: “Such a sacrifice is a matter of sincerity and spirit. There is no need to care about the minutiae.”

Cui Yuezhi didn’t notice that the atmosphere was wrong, and when He Yan said so, he smiled and said, “Okay! Yuyan is really hearty!”

Lin Shuanghe and Xiao Jue on the other side frowned at the same time.

Lin Shuanghe covered his face with a fan, and whispered to Xiao Jue: “Lan Yan is the culprit, you have caused my sister He to suffer.”

Xiao Jue’s face was cold, he glanced at him, silently, and suddenly said: “You just said that the secret of the raccoon lies, you want to confide to the immortal.”

Seeing that Xiao Jue took the initiative to talk to him, Ling Xiu was overjoyed, and said with a smile: “Yes. When the lady is on the stage, she will tell her ten secrets with the immortal,” he paused. Ling Xiucai smiled and continued: “Moreover, these ten secrets must be true secrets. Because in the legend, when a liar full of lies faced a fairy, he was controlled by the fairy law and had to confide the truth. When Mrs. introduced, You have to say ten secrets.”

He Yan was speechless, suspecting that this fairy was actually a lunatic who liked to spy on the secrets of others.

“The gods also have role-playing roles,” Xiao Jue gazes lightly across Ling Xiu, “In that case, I will come.”

“What…?” Ling Xiu was stunned.

He Yan was also stunned.

“Don’t understand?” The man’s eyes were sharp and electric, although his tone was calm, his expression was cold, “I want to act as a listener.”

He Yan almost didn’t choke to death by his own saliva. What Xiao Jue meant in this words was to go to the ceremony stage to dance with him? He Yan couldn’t understand whether Xiao Jue was crazy or this world was crazy. Second Young Master Xiao would do such a thing, and no one in Shuojing would believe it!

Chiwu and Feinu couldn’t believe their eyes, suspecting that there was a problem with their ears, and they had misheard them.

Xiao Jue took the initiative to raise this matter. Ling Xiu didn’t expect that he didn’t know what to do for a while, but the man’s eyes were too cold, which made her a little scared, and subconsciously said, “Why… why?”

“Because,” Xiao Jue said with a faint smile: “How can my wife’s secret be known to others.”

Only a word made Ling Xiu’s face blue, who was still a little afraid.

He Yan: “…”

She almost fainted, but she felt that Xiao Jue was really not like Xiao Jue today, which was inexplicable.

Xiao Jue didn’t care what He Yan looked like, and only asked Ling Xiu: “Which mask is it?”

Ling Xiu pointed to the one in Yan Min’er’s hand. Yan Min’er was a little afraid of Xiao Jue, and immediately handed it over. He Yan glanced at it. This fairy mask was nothing special, just a piece of black half-iron, and then dotted a cloud pattern on the center of his forehead.

“How to do it?” he asked.

Aunt Wei saw the doorway and said with a smile: “In fact, there are not so many rules for dancing on the ceremonial stage. If you are a local, you know it, but if you are a foreigner, you only need to be sincere and pray for the god of water. It’s all just a form. The Goddess of Water is very tolerant and doesn’t care about trivial matters.”

Xiao Jue: “Understand.”

He glanced at He Yan and saw that He Yan was still holding the mask and holding her wrist: “Come here.”

After walking two steps to the sacrificial platform, He Yan looked back and saw that Ling Xiu and Yan Min’er’s eyes fell on him, the hostility was more than just before. She asked: “What’s the matter with you? Governor, are you crazy?”

“You are crazy.” Xiao Jue said displeased: “Why did you promise her?”

“I’m not going to talk about it, it’s all here, I’m afraid Master Cui is unhappy. Besides, it’s just a dance with a mask, and there is no need to use dancing knives and sticks. There are a lot of pieces of meat, what’s the big deal.”

He turned his head to stare at He Yan, and laughed ironically: “When you were dealing with me, why didn’t you see you so obediently?”

He Yan: “…Am I not so obedient enough?”

Xiao Jue is too difficult to serve!

“In the future, if you don’t want to do this kind of thing, you can refuse.” Xiao Jue’s pretty eyes narrowed slightly: “Don’t make people think that you are so ugly and ugly.”

“I didn’t compromise.”

“You have.” He lowered his eyes to look at He Yan, his mouth twitched slightly, with mockery, “You like to deceive, don’t you even deceive yourself?”

He Yan couldn’t speak, she instinctively wanted to refute, but faintly felt that Xiao Jue’s words were right.

But in many cases, sacrificing one’s feelings and preferences has become a habit. There are more and more important things to consider. No one can tell her that you can refuse, you can be willful, and you can be unhappy.

So gradually, these are gone.

Seeing He Yan’s listless look, Xiao Jue paused, knocked on her head, and said, “Hurry up and put it on.” As he said, he first took the mask in his hand and put it on his face.

The mask was made of iron and polished very smoothly, but it was still very heavy. Xiao Jue put the mask on his face with one hand, and put the other hand around his head to buckle the mechanism. He didn’t get it right for a while. He Yan saw it. Putting the “lie” in his hand aside, he said, “I’ll help you.”

She walked behind Xiao Jue and said to Xiao Jue: “You put the mask on to a suitable position, and I will help you buckle it from behind.”

Xiao Jue is tall, and she can only stand on tiptoes to buckle the top of her head, while buckling and saying: “Have you never worn a mask before? It’s not that simple.”

Xiao Jue mocked: “Have you worn a lot?”

He Yan was startled and smiled: “I haven’t eaten pork before. I have always seen pigs running.” After she helped Xiao Jue put it on, she also put the “lie” on her face.

Two people, one wearing a mask, looked even more mysterious and noble, the other was funny and treacherous, and seemed ridiculous no matter what.

Xiao Jue took her and went to the altar together. Si Li nodded slightly to them and pushed them towards the center of the ceremony stand.

People wearing masks were all around singing and dancing. He Yan couldn’t understand, and said to Xiao Jue: “Captain, how do you dance?”

Xiao Jue: “I don’t know.”

He Yan learned to dance around for a while, but after a while, he felt it was too difficult and gave up. She took Xiao Jue to the corner of the ceremony stand, where it was not noticed, and said: “Forget it, don’t jump, do something else.”

Xiao Jue wears a mask and can’t see clearly, but he wants to know that the face under the mask must be full of impatient at this moment.

“Captain, if we are so perfunctory, we won’t be blamed by the water god?”

Xiao Jue said: “Afraid?”

“I would rather believe it if you have it or not.”

This person is very indifferent: “Then you continue to dance.”

“I can’t jump.”

After a while, He Yan said, “The governor… Just now, the girl Ling said that Lily needs to tell ten secrets to the immortals. Since the two of us are here, we will act to the end. I will tell you my ten secrets. That’s it. Maybe the fairy sees us so piously and doesn’t care about us not dancing.”

Xiao Jue smiled and said lazily: “Okay, you say.”

The ten secrets must all be true. This is really hard to say.

She broke her fingers and said.

“I used to drink well, but now it’s getting worse.”

“I can recite “The Art of War by Wu Zi.”

“I am No. 1 in Liangzhou Wei.”

“I especially want to enter the Nine Flag Camp.”

“I grabbed the buttons of Cheng Lisu’s clothes and they can be sold for money.”

There are five of them. Xiao Jue heard it and felt quite speechless. He just said: “boring.”

He Yan was encouraged and continued to work hard.

“The Governor is a very nice person in my heart. I am very grateful to the Governor.”

Xiao Jue sneered: “I won’t let you enter the Jiuqi Camp.”

“Every time the Governor misunderstands me, I feel sad!”

Xiao Jue: “Continue to cheat.”

“The governor and I had a relationship in our previous life!”

Xiao Jue didn’t even bother to give her one of his eyes.

He Yan: “I was a female general in my previous life.”

This is even more outrageous.

Only the last secret remains.

He Yan raised his head and looked at the person in front of him. His face was covered by a mask, staring straight at her, only showing his beautiful chin. The lines were extremely beautiful, his lips were thin and gorgeous, and his languid hooks showed the youth. The ruthlessness and tenderness.

Her own face was also covered by a mask, hidden in the dark, like in the dark, with an infinite sense of security.

“The last secret,” He Yan stepped on his feet, leaning close to his chin, and said softly, “I like the moon.”

“The moon doesn’t know.”