Short Stories

01.

The world says that lovers are always in love, but there are also many lovers who are not allowed to love each other.

There were people and I said the most love me this three thousand like ink hair, said will not take into account the eyes of the world how the crowd, the heart will only be able to accommodate me this woman, will be married to me, often accompanied by his side, but this love is this person's hand overthrow, at that time, after all, I see the wrong person.

02.

My name is AYIN, is the Qingcheng Gu Feng building in the flower girl, although for the flower girl, but only the piano, and then nothing else.

The reason why she called me AYIN, thought to make up for my half of the words can not speak out of the lack of, and she did not know is that I am not unable to speak, but do not want to go to speak again.

Since the early childhood was abandoned by the family rolled to the Gu Feng building, and then did not say a word, over time, so that later they want to speak, but also difficult to say half a word, therefore, since the eyes of others, I am a birth will not be able to speak of the woman.

So far, I can still vaguely recall the fragmentary memories of my youth, the blurred face of my mother, the dilapidated houses and the downtrodden villages, because the age is really young, can remain in the mind, only these fragmentary vague memories, and since then memories, they are all related to this in the Gu Feng building.

Aniang is the owner of this Gu Feng House, since the adoption of me, always treat me like my own daughter in general good, see me born of a beautiful face is not feel pity, but also beautiful and vulgar with other vulgar powder is very different, they invited the piano skills of the famous piano teacher to teach me to play the piano.

Auntie did not expect me to be gifted in the piano, sixteen years old, the piano has been better than the teacher who taught me the piano, seventeen years old, nearly stroked the world song, after that, Auntie intends to put me on the flower of the position, Gu Feng Lou, there is no one to oppose, and their own heart to repay Auntie's upbringing, it should be Auntie, and has been the Gu Feng Lou in the flower of the position.

Because I can't hold my liquor, my mother doesn't allow me to drink a drop of wine on weekdays, and even if there are guests who want to see me, they need to be far away and separated by a layer of thin veil, so that only the guests will be able to see the real face.

The people who can see my real face are few and far between, most of them are high-powered royal relatives, ordinary people do not know my real appearance, can see only three thousand like ink hair.

He has always been on the long hair do not do too much modification, usually only with a hairpin gently pulled up, only to see the guests will let the Aunt for me to pull the hair, more modification of some of the Aunt most valued my three thousand such as the ink hair, usually she is a person for me to comb wash hair, others are not touch.

Perhaps that person is only because of the three thousand like ink hair, only to look at me more than a glance.

03.

Qingcheng is the closest city to the imperial city, the sparrow is small, although not large, but the heart of the royal relatives, flower attractions, bustling markets, gourmet food, such as pictures of the beauty, just which are enough to linger on and not want to leave.

Gu Feng building is a special existence in the city of Qing Dynasty, is the gathering place of the picturesque beauty, but also the place of the nobleman's desire, I am Gu Feng building in the flower, and the piano outstanding, ordinary people shall not see, mysterious, naturally, by the attention of a lot of people with a distinguished family background.

But in their own terms, no matter how many people are generally the same, but they are on the opposite side of the people who listen to my piano.

This day, A Niang early in the morning into the room for me to pull my hair, see the hair accessories with the past compared to more exquisite, the heart can not help but wonder, today to see what is the person, is thinking, A Niang will be the first to send a question.

"Do you know which two are coming to hear you play the piano today?"

I was silent, looked at A Niang in the mirror, and gently shook my head.

"One is King Huai'an, whom you have met before, and the other is General Xiying."

The king of Huai'an in A Niang's words, I was quite impressed with him, the king of Huai'an is the youngest son of the current saint, but also a group of princes in the most outstanding appearance of the person, the eyebrows and eyes are clear, elegant, often holding a fan in his hands, proficient in music, idle hands do not ask about the political affairs, the character is very pleasing to the eye, and from time to time to come to the Gu Feng building in the listening to me play the zither.

He and the rest of the people who send me exotic treasures are different, every time he will only bring me do not know where to find a tantalizing aroma and exquisite flavor of the cakes, very good at pleasing me, and that the General of the Western Ying is I have never seen, and have not heard of.

"The Western Ying general, a few days ago won the border entangled in the three years of war, after the return of the dynasty is now the emperor's eyes of the big red, it is said that the Western Ying general's appearance is also outstanding, handsome very much, the day of the return of the victory, caused a lot of street watching the peach blossom debt of the girl."

After finishing combing and organizing clothes and skirts, he went to the elegant cabinet to wait for the arrival of these two, because the king of Huai'an and the general of the West Ying Ying for the guest of honor, it will signal the maid to pull open the veil, just sit down soon, the door of the elegant cabinet has not been pushed open to hear the king of Huai'an's cheerful voice.

"Ayin, Ayin, I'm coming!"

After the voice into the ear, then the door was pushed open, the first step into the door is just called me by name Huai'an Wang, in Huai'an Wang followed by the entry, should be that the Western Ying general, this person is indeed as the mother of the General, with the uninhibited style of riding the battlefield, the eyebrow is clear, the eyes like a torch.

After rising to salute, nodded and smiled to indicate that the two of them to sit down, and slightly side of the head, signaling the maid beside them to ask the tune they want to hear.

"Xiying, you often ride the sands, must be on the zither will not know too much, I will not ask you, just listen to the drunken sleeper spring, to ensure that the sound of the zither moving melodious and melodious a thousand times, so that you do not want to miss a trace of the zither sound, a sound, then caress the drunken sleeper spring it."

The king of Huai'an raised his eyebrows and smiled at me with what seemed to be a doting look, and after speaking, he took out the things he had been hiding behind his back, and the peach blossom aroma overflowed into the air since his entrance, and I don't know where the pastries were that he brought this time.

"Ayin, guess what pastry I brought you today? You certainly can't guess, this is Shen Gui Pavilion's master chef just made peach blossom pastry, what do you think?"

After King Huai'an finished speaking, he wrote on the paper: I want to eat peach blossom pastry, this is exactly what I want, thank you, King Huai'an.

The maid handed the note to the hands of King Huai'an, he looked very satisfied, folded the note into his arms, smiling eyes looking at me.

"A sound, before I have said to you, you just call me Chen Hua is good, in the future can not be written again as the king of Huai'an, in my side of this is just returned from the victory of the general of the West Ying Ying, A sound you will call him the General of the West Ying is just, he ah, like a stone made."

After the king of Huai'an's words, General Xie Ying coughed a few times, I think he may feel a little embarrassed, looking at the two of them, can not help but laugh lightly, General Xie Ying's eyes suddenly turned to me, looking at a long time, so that some of their own not quite adapt to, and then began to stroke that the king of Huai'an would like to listen to drunken lying in the spring.

04.

After that day, every time the king of Huai'an came to the Gu Feng building to find me, beside the general of the West will be together, but despite having met several times, he has never said a word with me, just sitting next to the king of Huai'an, out of the mind to look at me to play the qin, the king of Huai'an every time he dragged him back from the cloud in the thoughts, has been lost to the two of them to listen to the number of songs here together.

One day, the door, as usual, was lightly pushed open, looked up and looked, this day for some reason, but only the General of the West Ying a person, they are full of suspicion to look at him.

"You must be very curious, why this time I come alone."

The heart of his own is really very puzzled, still looking at the West Ying general, slowly nodded, the West Ying general came to me, sat on the ground across from me, only this a qin of separation, the heart inevitably a shock.

"You, very much like a person ......"

Himself did not respond, still some doubt to look at him.

"Your ink-colored hair, very beautiful."

He smiled back after hearing the Western General say so.

"I heard Chen Hua say that you like to eat this?"

General Xie Ying took out a box of pastries from behind him and placed it next to the zither.

"Shen Gui Ge, peach blossom pastry."

Looking at the peach blossom cake placed beside the piano, and the person in front of me who looks at me with a gentle gaze, for a moment there was a little bit of a trance, and my heart vaguely did not know what kind of feelings have arisen.

Just wanted to signal the maid to ask him what song he wanted to listen to, he then gently held my hand want to go to get a pen and paper.

"Fiddle the zither, stroke what you want to stroke is good."

Since this day, most of the time, General Xiying will come alone, sometimes also with King Huai'an, the difference is that only when he comes alone, he will be close to me, with me to talk about everything, and with King Huai'an together, all just look at me.

General Xiying is different from the king of Huai'an who brought me pastries in different ways, and he brought the peach blossom cake of Shengui pavilion every time. One day, he came alone, and the peach blossom cake of Shengui pavilion was still in his hand, and he sat in front of the zither and looked at me as usual.

"Can I stroke your long hair?"

After listening to what General Xiying said, froze for a moment, and then gently nodded, General Xiying slowly got up, sat beside me, raised his hand, incomparably gentle in my hair gently caressing, he slightly lowered his head, his face scarlet.

"A Yin girl, you want to marry me?"

Hearing these words dog, the heart does not feel a shock, raised his head incredulously looked at him, although he seems to have a strand of love for him, but if we talk about marriage, it is a little too hasty.

"If you marry me, I will not take into account the eyes of the world, the heart will only tolerate you one, only love you one, you can be willing to?"

Seeing that I didn't respond, he didn't say anything more and sighed softly before standing up.

"Think about it, and give me an answer the next time I come alone."

After the departure of General Xiying, I really do not know what to do, I do not know at this point in time whether I have fallen in love with him, I do not know whether he treats me as a true heart, they went to discuss with A Niang, A Niang read the words I wrote on the paper, extraordinarily happy.

"Ayin, this man is a general of the West, if you have no feelings for him I will not say anything more, but you also have some feelings for him, the Lang have feelings for concubine, and why do you not marry it?"

I don't know why, but after Auntie's words, King Huai'an's face appeared in my mind. That night, Auntie talked to me until late at night, and after I went to sleep, I dreamt of King Huai'an, and in my dream, he brought me some fragrant and unique pastries.

05.

The border is again in emergency, General Xie Ying returned to the border to meet the war, so the next meeting with General Xie Ying, long to three years later, the old days in the General Xie Ying asked the matter, the heart of the answer is also more and more fuzzy.

General Xiying is not in the three years between, Huai'an Wang nearly every day to Gu Feng building to find me, every time after the piano will listen to him gossip some, kill time.

"A sound, you know that he was also a person of love, he had adored a woman, the woman with you generally have a very soft as waterfalls such as ink long hair, because of the border a few years before the ferocious war, the border often rumors of the news of the death of Xie Ying, the woman may be in the body of the feeling of hopelessness, but also can not withstand the arrangement of the marriage of the family, it is married to someone else, and so on, until Xie Ying returned! After learning of this matter, Xie Ying has never been close to any woman."

After listening to the words of the king of Huai'an, I can not help but to his adoration of the woman gripped, more and more feel that they may be just a general of the West to find a double, but also think, he has forgotten the woman, treat me really sincere.

These three years, both looking forward to his return, and do not know how to answer to him, finally, waiting for the day of his return.

The day he returned, full of alcohol, pushed the door into the elegant pavilion, although looking at me, the mouth can not stop murmuring, but not my name.

"Ninglan ...... Ninglan ......"

"Ninglan.... ...I know you must be waiting for me ......"

The heart of these three years of waiting instantly turned into anger and heartache, angrily looked at him, after more than ten years, the mouth actually issued a voice again, this voice is hoarse and incomparable, listening to it makes himself feel strange I'm not sure if I can do it, but I'm not sure if I can do it.

"I am Ayin ...... my name is Ayin!"

The West Ying general heard me issued this statement, the eyes of the confused look to me, eyes also slightly with strands of anger, the corner of the eye still remains a little tearstain.

"No. You are Ninglan! You are Ninglan, Ayin can't speak, you are Ninglan!"

"I am not Ninglan ...... not Ninglan!"

"Ninglan, tell me, why did you marry someone else?"

"I told you! I am Ayin!"

"Ninglan! Do you remember, do you remember that you promised me that if you left me one day, I could take away one thing from your side, my favorite thing?"

Anger surged, not yet back to God, instantly saw him from the waist to pull out the sword, sword shadow flashed, "swish" sound, long hair scattered on the ground, look at the ground fell broken hair, raised his hands trembling stroked long hair breaks, still incredulous, the corridor in the sound of the more and more cacophonous, a few moments later, will lose consciousness, fainted! On the ground, landing on the xylophone, the strings are tautly broken, the sound is very harsh.

06.

After that day, in spite of my mother's retention, I left the Gu Feng building, the broken hair pulled up with a hairband to cover the break, in the town around Qingcheng living alone, the sun and the moon alternately rotate, time flies, and in the blink of an eye there has been a year of time, and now they are still regretting that their long hair has been destroyed, but they are also grateful that they have not married to such a hand to destroy a beloved one. The first time I saw this was when I was in the middle of the night, and it was the last time I saw it.

A person in a small town life, but also fell a leisure, the town of the market is quite lively, one day to go to the market, by chance encountered a long hair such as waterfalls of soft women, surprisingly, this woman and I was born with eight or nine points of the similarity, vaguely heard in her side of the man called her for "Ninglan "

The first time I saw the movie, I saw the movie, I saw the movie, I saw the movie, I saw the movie, I saw the movie, I saw the movie, I saw the movie.

In their own after leaving Gu Feng building, disappeared this year, the king of Huai'an has been posted in the list to look for me, the notice wall will be replaced every day new list, as if I know I will see the list in general, the list of the day, in the lower right corner will be replaced by the name of a kind of pastry, the font beautifully written in the above, which handwriting, and the king of Huai'an's handwriting is very similar.

Every time I see the name of the pastry written under the list, my mind will unconsciously appear to the king of Huai'an when he took out the pastry after himself, smiling eyes full of demeanor, every day at this time, in order to make the corners of my mouth smile, the king of Huai'an to himself, is always a special existence, today's himself gradually feel, he used to use up all kinds of thoughts to me.

And spent two spring, fall, winter and summer, leaving Gu Feng building has been two years long, there have been two years not to meet with the mother and the king of Huai'an, the list is still posted every day, the name of the cake in the lower right corner is still changing every day a kind of this thin list, became the two years, the most important thing for himself.

One morning, go to the market, go to the wall of notices, still see the king of Huai'an for the search for me posted the list, look to the lower right corner, the list of today, but did not write the name of any pastries, I do not know why, vaguely lost, is ready to turn around and leave, I did not expect a person behind me to stretch out his arm and a hand will be tightly wrapped into my arms, lowered his head, and see in front of him, is holding a pastry box of hands, the aroma comes out, I do not know why. The aroma came to my face, I do not know why, my nose at the moment but some hidden sour.

"Today's pastries are made by my own hands, not yet named, so it is not written on the list, although the first time to do the pastries, but I will certainly be able to ensure that your taste, a sound, you have been hiding for two years, not to run again."

After hearing this familiar voice, the two eyes more and more blurred to look at the pastry box in front of him, turned around, surrounded his neck, this moment, as if the accumulated two years of aggression and heartache together cried out.

"Ayin, you can really not run away again."

In his arms, sniffing the aroma of pastries, this moment of peace of mind.

"Well, do not run."

"Ayin, you, you can actually speak!"

"It's possible."

"Then, I want to hear you call my name."

"King Huai'an."

"Ayin, have you forgotten what I once said to you?"

"How could I forget, Chen Hua."