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我一笑:“不客气。”却见孟小姐的眼光看向我身后,我回头沿着她的眼光一看,陡峭的山崖上长了一株红色的花儿,花大如盘,细长的花瓣层层叠叠,恣意绽放,我不禁得一笑,饶这孟小姐看起来端庄,对这些花花草草也是爱的,心念一动,攀着旁边的松枝几个跳跃,将花儿采在手里,递给她:“好像小姐喜欢,我替你采了。”
突然觉得身遭的气氛一边,那群叽叽喳喳的两个丫头突然静了下来,都默默地看着我,孟小姐咬着唇,脸上似乎更红了,眼神闪烁而越发明亮,却不伸手接花。
我莫名其妙,伸手摸了摸头,讪讪地想缩回拿花的手,不喜欢就算了罢。
这时,孟小姐突然飞快地伸出手,接过花,低低地道:“……谢谢。”脸低垂得好像地上有什么好玩好看的东西一样。
旁边两个丫头眼里出现一瞬间的意外后,有些微微的错愕。
我不及细看,本来与几个年轻女子一起就有失礼仪了,忙告了退离开。
可后来我又见了几次孟小姐,也是在道观上,听说是她的母亲身子不好,她便经常来祈福,有时见到她时,她的小丫头还会很顺便地给我几个糕,甚至一次我习武受了伤,随手地送了我一瓶上好的伤药。
我想我和她的哥哥也是见过几次的,喝过几次酒的,大概是看在她哥哥的情谊上罢。
直到有一天,我去一个师弟家中,他家并不富有,只有一所两进院的房子,前院中了一株花,和我采给孟小姐的一模一样,我随口问师弟的母亲道:“伯母,这是什么花?”
那大娘笑道:“这是纱曼花,也称为情花,我们这里的习俗是谁将情花送给姑娘,便是看中了人家,人家若接受了,便是同意了,就可以上门求亲了。不过这是古时的习俗,如今用的人可不多了,一来这是乡野人家的法子,二来也有些冒犯,像你们这大户人家,连小姐的面也轻易见不着,更是用不上的。”
我怔住了,我原来并不知道这花还有定情之用,还采了送给孟小姐,孟小姐还接受了……
那天的饭我吃得不香不甜,前因后果细细想来,才惊觉:孟小姐是喜欢我的?是吗?
我第一次感觉到心如撞鹿的感觉,第一次觉得心里有一种怪怪的感觉,好似甜又好似酸,想跳起来大叫,又想坐下来沉思……
再一次在道观见到她,我再不也奇怪为什么来道观能经常遇见她,而且都在避人处了,我站在她面前,呐呐地说不出话来,她用扇子半遮着脸,有些疑惑地看着我,却似乎被我呆呆的样子引笑了,旁边陪着她的乳母,也就是我救起的那个小丫头的娘亲。
她的乳母向我一福:“若公子没什么事,我等先行一步了。”想似虽然她很谨慎地每次在我们会面时都带一个可靠的丫头、婆子,就算偶然被人撞见也有话回,但两个未婚男女,相处久了毕竟不是好的。
她也随着乳母身后与我擦身而过,我忙转头:“等一下。”
她停住了步伐,我憋了半响道:“上次的花,不是这个意思……哦,不,我是说我没有轻薄小姐的意思。”
她怔了怔,不再理我,转身快步走了。
她的乳母看着她的背影,向我笑道:“怎么公子还是不明白?老奴在旁看得着急,你却懵懂无知,小姐又不许我与你明说,今日既你已明白,若不嫌弃孟府配不上,还请公子派人上门求亲罢。”
我下意识地了头,呆呆地看着她们的背影一会,回到戴州祖屋思量了一会,便决定这几天便将手头的事处理一下,与师兄弟们还有朋友们道个别,便回家求夫人派人来求婚。
谁知只过了两天,我刚出祖屋便遇上了孟紫菱的乳母并一个婆子,她将那婆子支开,悄悄地塞给我一封信,我迫不及待地窜回家打开信件,内容却令我全身冰冷,她说我们有缘无份,让我忘记了她,附信还送了一个玉蝉,是祝我寻得自己的可心人,这玉蝉便是她送与我妻子的礼物。
我握着玉蝉的手一再握紧,玉蝉是好玉,温润通透,可却铬得我的手心发痛。
过了几天,我终于得知了原因,我三哥派人上门求亲了,任茗从小跟着我,我的事他岂有不知的,一日他气愤地跑回来对我说,原来我与孟紫菱私下定情之事知县夫人也是知道并默许的,否则怎么可能在道观每次会面都能对外瞒得好好的。
原我也是侯王之子,虽然庶出,但配孟府没有根基背景的知县之女配我依然算是高攀,但如今我三哥将上门求亲了,决定就不同了。
任茗道:“三公子是嫡出的长子,也得侯爷宠爱,是最有可能继承侯位之人,而这几代以来,为避免侯府财势分散,侯府将绝大部分的财产都留给了侯位继承人,若不能成为侯爷,那分出的侯府子弟,只能得极少的产业。公子,孟小姐选择三公子,不过是为了那个侯爷夫人之位罢了,她一个知县之女,配你已算是高攀,如今仗着姿色能配上侯府嫡长子,又何乐而不为?送你信和玉蝉,不过让你绝了念头罢了。”
我冷笑数声,哈哈大笑:“大丈夫何患无妻。”可依然觉得心头似乎有什么裂开的疼痛。
本来决定回府的我放弃了回府的计划,转而南下往淮阳郡姑父萧家去。他是我最敬重的长辈之一。
那几日路过永宁郡,因心情烦闷,我不愿意那许多人跟着,便打发了人先行查看在永宁的当铺等店铺情况,自己只带了任茗,慢慢地任马漫行。
经过一个小小的简陋的院落时,一个三、四岁左右的小女孩突然长长地哀叹了一声,任茗听得有趣,便去逗她玩,当那只玉蝉从衣袖滑落时,她将玉蝉拿在手里,竟满眼的留恋,夹杂着淡淡的哀伤,我在旁看着,便将玉蝉给了她。
世事难料,小小的玉蝉,果真成就了我和晓妍的姻缘。!
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