Half in the river wind, half in the clouds

Chapter 187 Falling into the trap

Time flies by and before we know it it is already March.

Peach blossoms are everywhere, petals falling one after another. The warm sun shines again, and young men and women, close friends go outing together.

There are spring banquets one after another in Chang'an City.

First, the Crown Princess held a banquet at Qujiang Lake, which was for Jiang Feng, but because of her relationship with Jiang Fei, she did not go. As a result, Jiang Feng also declined the spring banquet held by the Princess of Qi and the wife of the Duke of Ying.

Finally, Princess Xue also invited Jiang Feng.

Just as she was frowning, not knowing how to refuse, Li Longye happened to come.

Looking at the post with the flower in the hair, I said, "If you don't want to go, then don't go. Why make it difficult for yourself?"

Jiang Feng was happy to obey.

So, when Jiang Feng appeared at Zhong Shuwei's grass-fighting banquet, everyone looked at him sideways.

Zhong Shuwei took her hand and said bluntly: "You are now the most difficult guest to invite in Chang'an City! They just say that I can't invite you."

Jiang Feng replied with a smile: "Given the relationship between us, I will come even if I have to stab you."

Although the Zhong family does not hold high official positions, their annual grass-fighting banquet is very lively.

Although Zhong Shuwei's mother had a hot temper, she was good at growing flowers and plants.

Zhong Shaojing also built a flower garden specifically for her, where various rare flowers and plants were planted. Every spring, the flowers bloomed and the scenery was beautiful. It was said that even the ladies in the palace were willing to wear flowers from the Zhong family.

Therefore, Zhong's mother would hold a flower-picking competition every year, inviting the noble ladies of Chang'an City to enter the flower garden to pick flowers and compete in flower-picking competitions.

There are many types of flower-fighting events, including vase-inserting competitions, hairpin-flower competitions, poem-combining competitions, and flower and plant knowledge quizzes.

No matter which one, Jiang Feng doesn't understand.

Zhong Shuwei didn't make sense either.

The two of them drank tea and ate snacks on the side, and also enjoyed the scene of the women competing with each other for beauty.

At this time, the maid of the Zhong family held two beautiful orchids on a tray and said, "Madam said that since the two girls don't like to fight with flowers, they should each wear a flower in their hair to match the scene."

Jiang Feng stood up to thank him, took a flower and put it on his temples.

Zhong Shuwei just played with the flower in her hand, looking at Jiang Feng, and said enviously: "You just wear it casually, and you look much better than those girls. I have a tough face, which is not suitable for wearing flowers, so I don't like to wear them. But mother Zong thinks her daughter should be a flower fairy."

Jiang Feng smiled, took the flowers from her hand, looked her up and down, and had to admit that Zhong Shuwei had a clear self-awareness.

She thought about it and saw that Zhong Shuwei was not wearing a long dress with wide sleeves, so she picked up a thin willow branch, wrapped an orchid around it, and wrapped it around her wrist.

Zhong Shuwei raised her hand and said, "It looks good."

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Appropriately attending gatherings can still help to bring happiness to your body and mind.

After the banquet, Jiang Feng happily went home in a carriage.

When I passed by Hua Xi Lou, I packed a portion of cherry fried dumplings.

Just as she was about to get on the carriage, she saw a woman in sackcloth clothes flash past in front of her. Her limping back looked very much like Yuan Ying.

Without saying a word, she chased after him.

Yuan Ying is very fast, but Jiang Feng is not slow either.

Finally I reached a dead end.

"Yuan Ying" turned around and said with a smile: "A Feng, long time no see!"

Jiang Feng's cherry pancake fell to the ground: "You're not dead?!"

Chu Yan said: "You are not dead yet, how can I bear to die first."

Jiang Feng said, "You disguised yourself as Yuan Ying and deliberately led me here. I think you have made all the preparations."

Chu Yan laughed and then clapped his hands.

Sure enough, two people followed Jiang Feng, one was Tie Shou, and the other was Cui Yan, who threw her down the cave at Tangquan Mountain.

Jiang Feng was not surprised and said, "I never thought that the Princess of Ji'an would go to such great lengths to save you!"

Chu Yan sneered and said to Cui Yan, "Don't listen to her nonsense! Make her unconscious first."

This time it was a real drug, with a pungent smell, and I lost consciousness in a short while.

When he woke up again, Jiang Feng was tied up and something was stuffed in his mouth, so he couldn't make a sound.

With the faint moonlight, you can see that it is a cramped house.

There was a light in the front room, and occasional voices could be heard.

Jiang Feng held his breath and concentrated, trying to distinguish carefully.

"The county lady said she would kill her with one knife! Don't create any more trouble!" This was the voice of Iron Arm.

It turns out that he is the Ji'an County Lord's man.

"The county lady also told you to listen to me." The voice was soft, it was Chu Yan.

After a while of silence, Iron Arm said, "I have tried to kill her several times but she still won't die. I am just afraid something might happen."

Chu Yan said in a sad voice: "If I just let her die, I have plenty of ways to deal with it, but how can I be willing to do that!"

"Will this method work?" It was Cui Yan.

Chu Yan smiled gently and said with certainty: "He will definitely come."

Jiang Feng didn’t know who Chu Yan was referring to as “he”, but it was most likely Li Longye.

Suddenly, the door was kicked open and Chu Yan came in holding a candle.

Her face was gloomy, and she looked like a ghost behind the candlelight.

She walked up to Jiang Feng and said, "You're awake? That saved me a bucket of cold water."

Suddenly he said, "No. You can still splash it even if you wake up!"

After saying that, he turned around, took the bucket that Cui Yan was holding, and poured it all over Jiang Feng.

The nights in early spring were still cold, and being doused with cold water made it even colder than before.

Chu Yan picked up the candle again, admiring Jiang Feng's painful expression, and smiled playfully: "You look like this, no matter whether it's the prince or Brother Guan, they will feel distressed. It's a pity that tomorrow morning, when they see you thrown on the street with no clothes on, they will be willing to collect your body!"

Jiang Feng's mouth was stuffed with something, so he couldn't utter a word, he just stared at her fiercely.

Chu Yan hated her eyes the most in her life! She hated her face the most!

She became ruthless and picked up the candle to burn her cheeks.

Jiang Feng was sweating from the pain, but he still stared at her.

Chu Yan was even more angry. She directly put the candle on Jiang Feng's face, and Jiang Feng almost fainted from the pain.

Fortunately, the candle was also extinguished.

Chu Yan seemed to be crazy: "Click again! Click again! I want to burn her eyes blind! Let's see how she can seduce the prince! Seduce Brother Yun!"

Cui Yan was very obedient and handed her another candle.

Chu Yan was about to burn her again when Iron Arm came in and said, "Someone is coming."

After hearing this, Chu Yan stopped and said, "You once said that everyone is born by their parents, but I lost my parents when I was young and had no one to discipline me. I can't understand the feelings of other parents who love their children."

After hearing her say this, Jiang Feng seemed to know who "she" was!

She struggled, but to no avail.

Seeing her anxious, Chu Yan finally became happy and said, "I can't understand the feelings of parents loving their children! But you can't understand the feelings of losing your parents either!"

After saying that, she ignored everything and dragged Jiang Feng by the hair all the way to the front hall.

There was a middle-aged woman trapped there.

Chu Yan ruthlessly pushed Jiang Feng to the ground. When the woman saw Jiang Feng, she screamed, "Ah Feng!"