Jiangzhou.

The weather is gradually entering the cold winter, the weather is cold, even in Jiangzhou, a place like the year-round snow season, people who are accustomed to counting nine cold days have recently added three or two thick cotton clothes, and they can't wait to let out a breath to freeze.

The cool breeze in the early morning blows cold and biting, but there are already businessmen who have set up vegetable stalls, shouting and selling, although the market is not prosperous, but it is delicious, under the influence of the smoke and fire in the dust, there is no shortage of people who hear which corner and alley are saying that the four famous books that have long been spread by the fourth prince of Jiang throughout Jiangzhou.

"Lord, there is news just now, the news of the fourth prince has come back this month, and the disciple who delivered the news has returned to the mansion. ”

Ah Li pushed the wheelchair, the black tights lined the body with a concave and convex body, Jiang Xiaoru in the wheelchair was wearing a scholar's green robe, the outermost layer was covered with a thick brocade fur mink velvet, and a layer of cotton robe was pressed on the legs of the sick, holding the soup woman in both hands, curled up in the cotton robe.

He casually looked at the people on the street, and from time to time he greeted him twice, and more often, those eyes were always smiling into two long, thin slits, and the smile was so full that even the most vicious person in his heart could not help but feel good when he just looked at it.

Not long after, the two of them walked to a relatively remote bamboo forest in the city, there is a family in the bamboo forest that looks extremely dilapidated, a fence yard woven of bamboo, a thatched house inside, more than ten chickens, ducks and geese are raised in the yard, and when they see the living people quacking and screaming, it does not seem cold, it is not difficult to see that the owner here lives a simple life and is very simple.

In front of the thatched hut sat a middle-aged woman in half white silk, looking to be in her forties, holding a bamboo pole in her arms, taking a slight break in the sun. Hearing the movement, the woman sat up suddenly, listened attentively, her nervous expression relaxed, and he smiled excitedly: "You are here again?"

"Auntie, the juniors came to beg for a bowl of tea to drink......"

Jiang Xiaoru also smiled slightly and walked next to the table with a broken leg in the courtyard, and the woman staggered to her feet with a smiling face, tilted her head and ear to face Jiang Xiaoru, and staggered in an extremely strange posture.

She has been blind for decades, so that she knows every flower and plant in the yard well, even if she doesn't use a bamboo pole.

Ah Li hurriedly stepped forward to help, respecting her, the woman touched the teapot and poured a cup, and said with a smile: "Where is it necessary for a son of your status to come to the old woman once a month to ask for tea?"

Jiang Xiaoru smiled silently.

The old woman stood aside, and slowly sat opposite under the support of Ah Li, and said with a smile: "Childe, our dog leftover son didn't get into trouble in Jiangfu this month, right? Since you are a friend who is working with him in Jiangfu, you have to advise and persuade me well, his stinky temper is really not worry-free......

"Auntie, don't worry, Jiang Yong has been doing well lately. ”

Ah Li took out an ingot of gold and put it on the case, and said in a gentle tone: "Auntie, this is what Jiang Yong asked us to send this month." ”

The old woman suddenly smiled and was radiant: "What Jiang Yong? His life is only worthy of the cheap name of the dog leftover, so that he can be fed." But then again, the Jiang government gave us the surname 'Jiang' and the name, which is worthy of our family. I also specially found the old master who taught in the south of the city and asked, 'Yong' is a good word......

The old woman smiled happily: "If the dog leftover insults the name of Jiangfu, the old woman must teach him a good lesson." Hehe, I still remember that year when he ran home happily, and shouted when he entered the door, from now on his surname is Jiang Mingyong, hey, the pride at that time, I can't wait for the whole city to hear, it's out, haha......"

"That was the last time he came home, and ...... so far," the old woman frowned and snapped her fingers, "how long has it been?"

Jiang Xiaoru held the hot tea and said with a smile: "Seven years and nine months." ”

The old woman sighed: "It's rare that you remember it so clearly, this stinky boy, there are a lot of letters sent back, are you bullying his wife and I am blind......?" It doesn't matter, it's just that the old woman makes a few more trips to Mr. Master's, but this person ...... When will you be back?"

Ah Li quickly changed the topic: "Auntie, this money ...... Enough for you to buy some clothes and find a better house......"

"Don't change the house. The old woman was anxious, "It's been so long, what can I do if the dog can't find a way back......?"

She muttered, and fell asleep against the table again. Jiang Xiaoru covered her body with the brocade quilt covering her legs and quietly withdrew.

When I returned to Jiangfu, the sun in the sky faded and it snowed heavily.

Next to Fengyue Lake, painting plum pavilion.

The cool breeze in the stone pavilion was blowing, but fortunately, a circle of stoves was placed, and the baking was warm and comfortable.

Outside the pavilion, the snow is flying, and the plum blossoms that are generally clear and high are also competing for beauty, vowing to compete for a high and low.

Sitting in it, Jiang Xiaoru's eyes looked at the surface of Fengyue Lake from afar, the fish jumped over the ice cave, the dried willows of the willows on the lakeside swayed with the wind, and the windward boat floated on the surface of the lake with the wind, returning and returning.

Streaming down!

A mysterious man who was tightly wrapped from top to bottom appeared, kneeling on the ground, his eyes burning with piety and reverence: "Enlighten the Lord!"

Say. ”

"Yes, my lord, the fourth prince was in distress from the Demon Kingdom of Cangming Canyon in the Eastern Spirit Kingdom, was seriously injured, and was taken away by the people from the Ancient Holy Land Linxian Peak who came in time...... Because of the rumors that it may be a half-demon, he did not enter the Taonan Academy, but returned to an inn in Yongjing City to recuperate. ”

Ah Li opened his mouth and asked, "Did the fourth prince mention Jiangzhou?" ”

"Yes!" the man in black said respectfully, "Before leaving the Demon Kingdom with a serious injury, the fourth prince said a word......"

"What did you say?"

The fourth prince said...... He wanted to go home. The specific details have been recorded and sorted out in the paperwork, and they are only waiting for the Lord's approval before submitting them to the Good Mother. ”

Jiang Xiaoru pondered for a moment, no one could see through the expression on his face, and said: "When Dad asks, you just need to tell the truth, and if your mother asks, you will delete that sentence." ”

"Yes!" The man in black did not hurry to retreat, and said: "There is another thing, which is not recorded by the subordinates, but it is a sentence that the fourth prince wants to give to the lord at a critical time. ”

The man in black said: "The fourth prince said to Long Yuling: 'When you arrive in Jiangzhou, you go to Jiangfu and find a squinting monster named Jiang Xiaoru, help me bring a word.'" You tell him - actually, whether my brother's death was related to him or not, I don't blame him, all I want is the truth. ’”

After that, there was no response for a long time, and the man in black and Ah Li stared at the back strangely.

Ah Li waved his arm lightly, and the man in black disappeared into the pavilion in an instant.

Ah Li boiled a cup of fragrant tea and handed it over gently.

But the figure was like a clay figure, sitting quietly for a long time, and said:

"I don't drink tea today, I want to drink. ”