Chapter 426: The clouds are ominous and in troubled times
Step by step, this snow has not stopped since the day of the winter solstice, lingering with one hand pulling flawless, holding the picture scroll with the other, stepping on the deep snow out of the Acacia Valley. Everywhere is white, the world is as pure as the person next to him, lingering sideways to turn his head, looking at the light refracted in the bright pupils of flawless autumn water, his heart can't help but feel a trace of joy.
Flawless took a deep breath, the cool air crashed into his nose with the wind, causing his breathing to pause suddenly, and when he saw him suddenly holding his breath, he couldn't help laughing, pulled up the cloak in front of him, and said, "The wind is cold, don't inhale hard, be careful to choke." ”
Flawless reached out and pulled his hand away, running forward, only to turn back in a lingering tug. Lingering didn't speak, only expressed his dissatisfaction with his expression, snorted coldly between his noses, and then raised his arm slightly, paced back with some grievances, and then obediently pulled Linger's arm.
"You are now your daughter's family, be reserved, you are not allowed to look around when you enter the city, let's buy something, and then go to see the wine, you also want to be in the sky." ”
"Yes! We brought a little bite, it loves to eat. ”
Lingering couldn't help but smile, thinking of the last time he said that the horse had a strange temperament, the same as the master, and then remembered that it was a flawless horse, and what kind of master had what kind of horse. Seeing that Lingering suddenly laughed, Flawless didn't know why, but he knew that it was useless for him to ask, so he didn't bother, only flashed a pair of big eyes and looked at the scenery around, Lingering saw this and straightened his wind and snow hat, and said: "When you enter the city, keep your head down as much as possible, don't look around." ”
"Why!"
Lingering shook his head and said no more. Disguise can change a person's appearance, but that innate agility cannot be changed, but if he reminds too much, he is afraid that he will have a burden in his heart, he wants to live an ordinary life, why should he be burdened with pressure for something that may not happen.
The horses' hooves trampled over the thin ice, making a clattering sound, and the column of men and horses swung into the city, with a prisoner's cart in the middle of the procession, whose hair was disheveled, and whose thin and tattered prison clothes could not shield him from the biting cold wind, and his body trembled with the wheels that swirled with the grunt, and a pair of eyes swollen from the blows looked weakly at the pedestrians who had avoided on the road, as if searching for someone, and as if it was just an unconscious act because of the dilated eyes.
There was a cruel smile in the eyes of the yin owl, Wu Feiyun lazily glanced back at the prisoner car, the snow was too heavy, the body of the person in the prisoner car was already covered with a thick layer of snowflakes, the shackles were knotted with thin ice, the fingertips of the shackles and imprisonment had festered, and the flesh that should have been bright red was pale from the ice at the moment, making the people who saw it tremble.
The young children were blindfolded and taken away from the street, and the people on both sides of the road turned their heads away, unable to bear to look at the tragic scene, what was going on? Not long ago, the peaceful and peaceful city of Jinling was like being cursed, killing, blood, chaos of ghosts and gods, the dead could not sleep, the living suffered a lot, and the tragedy was constantly reincarnated, how could we be liberated!
The shopkeeper of Qiuyuezhai is still the previous one, but his temples have been white, he took the calligraphy and paintings that he handed over, opened them one by one, and then carefully examined them, and after a while, he had doubts, looked up at the two of them, and then lowered his head to look at the inscription and the inscription, and said: "May I ask the two, who is this calligraphy and painting from?"
Lingering glanced at Flawless, Flawless lowered his head, avoided the shopkeeper's inquiring gaze, and said with a smile: "Someone asked us to send it here, saying that if the shopkeeper can see it, he will sell it in the store, and let the shopkeeper take the silver taels to the adopted children." ”
The shopkeeper was very surprised, he looked at the attainments of these paintings like the pen and ink of the young boy he met back then, so he asked, and now when he heard Flawless say this, he was already convinced, so he walked to Flawless and waved his hand, and said, "I don't know where the son is?"
Flawless only smiled slightly, and said: "He entrusted us to bring it, if the shopkeeper doesn't dislike it, he will accept it, and we will leave." After speaking, he pulled the lingering, turned around and left, the shopkeeper stayed in place for a while, and then chased behind him and went out, and shouted at the two people who disappeared into the crowd in the blink of an eye: "Thank you for the flawless son for Shu!"
The footsteps paused slightly, and he said flawlessly: "Go!"
The two of them disappeared in the blink of an eye, the shopkeeper Shu turned around and entered Qiuyuezhai, and one of them followed him into the door, pointed to the scroll on the table and said, "This painting can be sold?"
"Sell, guest officer, just take a look. ”
Hongda stretched out his hand and picked up the scroll to look at it carefully, then dropped a bag of silver and said, "I want it all." After speaking, he stretched out his hand to roll the scroll and went out, the shopkeeper was caught off guard, and when he reacted, he saw that the person had no shadow, so he grabbed the silver on the table and looked at it, and immediately gasped.
Although the flawless son's painting skills are extremely high, but after all, it is not the handiwork of famous people, this person doesn't even ask, he drops so much money and leaves, which is really confusing. I got such a large sum of money for no reason, and I still didn't spend the capital, I should have been happy, but why was I so anxious? The shopkeeper Shu was a little upset and put away the silver, then turned around, listened to the sound behind him, and looked back, the person who bought the painting turned around again, and the shopkeeper Shu only regretted it, and hurriedly handed over the silver, and said, "The silver of the guest officer is here." ”
Hongda didn't go to pick up the money, but asked, "What you just said outside the door is a flawless son?"
The shopkeeper Shu complained bitterly, afraid of causing trouble to the flawless son, and he didn't dare to say anything to deceive the person in front of him, so he was stunned in place at the moment, unable to make a sound for a long time.
Hongda stretched out his hand and took out a picture scroll from his arms and shook it open, and now appeared in front of the shopkeeper Shu, and said, "But this person?"
Shopkeeper Shu took a closer look, although the person on the scroll was a little older than back then, but the eyebrows and the cinnabar between the eyebrows were something he would never forget, and it was indeed the flawless son of the year.
"Yes...... It's ......"
"He's the one who sells the paintings?"
"No, it's a young boy and a little girl. After the shopkeeper finished speaking, he saw that the figure of the man flashed and disappeared, and he couldn't help but feel a chill in his back, hating himself for telling the truth like this, and he didn't know if he would find trouble for the flawless son, and he was worried that the man would turn around again, so he turned around and shouted, and called out a half-old boy from the inner hall to help close the door, and said: "I haven't done business for a few days, so close the door quickly." ”
Due to the restlessness of the world, many shops on both sides of the street have not opened, Flawless and lingering walked for a while, and arrived at a stall selling dumplings, lingering saw Flawless eyes staring at the boiling water, so he smiled and said: "I love sweets so much, I don't see you getting fat, it's cold, eat a bowl of dumplings to warm up your body." ”
Flawless sat down on the makeshift shed with both hands, and said with a smile: "The snow is falling, and it is also excellent to sit here and watch the scenery." The two sat at the table and waited for the rice balls, and the first person next to them was whispering about the haunted events of these days, and he glanced at the two who came first, and said to the two who came first: "The two little brothers are talking about the recent haunted incident?
"Alas. One of them sighed, looked at the lingering, and then looked at the flawless, and said: "People are panicking, but it's also strange, so many days, no one has lost their lives because of this, no one has lost anything, only blindly to the night ghost longing, scared that no one dares to go out at night, the son with the little lady, or pay attention, don't scare her." ”
"Thank you for the reminder. Lingering thanked him, turned around to look at Flawless, and said softly, "It's okay, maybe it's just a snitch." He knew about this situation last time he sent a little wine to the little marquis, but after the two went back, they both concealed the flawless, flawless and intelligent, if he pretended to ignore it now, it would make him suspicious, so he deliberately inquired, and then brought it lightly, and also let the flawless not remember it. Sure enough, Flawless nodded, no more words, lingering only secretly relieved, saw the rice balls come up, stretched out his hand to push a bowl in front of Flawless, and said: "After eating, you go to Linfeng Pavilion to wait for me, the weather is cold, I will go shopping, you can also go to see the wine, look at Chixiao, when I finish buying, we will go back." ”
"Good. Flawless reached out to pick up the porcelain spoon and stirred, and after it cooled slightly, he ate the rice balls, and saw that his eyebrows and eyes were full of smiles, and he couldn't help but reach out and pinch the tip of his nose and said: "It's really easy to be satisfied, so happy to be like this." Flawless bit open the rice balls, the sesame seeds in them overflowed, and the fragrance overflowed, causing him to laugh out loud, eating in his mouth, but hitting the lingering hand with one hand, and said: "Don't keep pinching my nose, Xi Hao will be angry, this kind of action, you are only allowed to do it to him in the future, do you hear it." ”
"You didn't say that when you were a kid. He muttered dissatisfied.
Flawless glanced at him, and then continued to eat: "No wonder Xi Hao always suffers from gains and losses, there are some things, he will want to belong to him alone, you have to give him confidence and let him rest assured." ”
"I know, but Flawless, I care about you and will never change. ”
"Hmm. The nose responded, flawless eyes lowered to eat, and after a while, he suddenly paused, his eyes flickered a little, he bit his lip, and finally said softly: "Lingering, promise me, no matter what happens in the future, you and Xi Hao must stay out of the matter, don't get involved in the dispute in the world, and live your life well." ”
Lingering didn't speak, just stopped for a moment, and then finished eating the rice balls silently, paid the silver, pulled the flawless walk for a while, and arrived at the fork in the street, and said, "You go to Linfeng Pavilion and wait for me, I will come after buying something." ”
"Good. ”
The two broke up from the fork in the road, put on the snow hat flawlessly, and headed towards the Linfeng Pavilion.
Xiaojiu went upstairs with a plate, and was touched by a person who hurried downstairs, and almost fell, but the man reached out to steady her, and without speaking, he walked away. Xiaojiu looked at the back of the man leaving, and then looked up to see that the door of the master who came to the stack yesterday was lightly touched.
"Master, General Meng said that he followed those people to this inn that day, and he never saw them go out again, but many days later, on the Xia Yuan Festival, I saw them appear outside the Taoist temple, could it be that there is a secret way to leave this inn?" Qiu Yan stood beside Liu Shaokang with a frown and said softly.
Liu Shaokang smiled slightly, got up and walked to the door, and said, "You and Mo Yuan go around the street to see if there's anything new." After speaking, Liu Shaokang went out and went downstairs.
There were not many people in the lobby, the little second brother was listlessly drooping his head and shrinking his neck and dozing off, Liu Shaokang walked around carelessly, found that no one was paying attention, and flashed into the backyard.
The backyard basically lived in the store's guys, a small yard, nothing special, Liu Shaokang thought about it, and found that it seemed that the little shopkeeper in the store lived on the second floor, but it was a little strange, looked around, and didn't find anything special, Liu Shaokang was about to turn around and leave, but he heard the sound of the horse's nose, he turned his head, listened carefully, and there was a trace of doubt between his eyebrows.
The stables aren't here, so are there still horses in this backyard?
Turning the corner, he found that there was a stable behind the yard, Liu Shaokang frowned, slowly leaned over, and saw a jujube red horse standing next to the forage trough and bowing his head to graze, thinking that this horse made a noise.
Walking to the stable, Liu Shaokang suddenly smiled.
Chixiao raised his head vigilantly to look at the person approaching him, shook his head, snorted, and then put his head on Liu Shaokang's cheek and rubbed it gently.
"Chixiao, it's really you!" Liu Shaokang stretched out his hands and slapped Chixiao's head with a smile, full of joy.
I heard that this horse was given to the flawless son by him at the beginning, and now that the horse is here, then that person must be here!