The temperature difference between day and night in Xiping Province is large, and the weather is still good during the day, but it becomes extremely cold after the sun sets, and there are few pedestrians on the streets.

Zhu Shang walked all the way back against the biting cold wind.

As soon as he entered the courtyard, he saw Hu Ling standing on the steps outside his house.

She stood straight, looking up at the sky, motionless.

I didn't look at him until he got closer.

Zhu Shang stepped forward quickly, clasped her hand tightly, and at the same time raised it to her hand and sighed, saying, "What are you doing standing here on such a cold day?" ”

Hu Ling stood here for a long time, and his hands and feet were numb from the cold.

She didn't say a word, just nodded, and followed Zhu Shang back to the house, which was a rare obedience.

After sitting down, Hu Ling shrunk his shoulders, looked at Zhu Shang with bright eyes, pursed his lips, and asked, "Beijiang, today, what is Li Deming looking for you, what is he ......?"

The voice was full of dissatisfaction and disgust.

She always thought that Li Deming was not a good person, and every time Zhu Shang went to see him, she didn't like it.

"It's nothing, just invite me to eat meat, and then ask some about the customs of the Great Song Dynasty. ”

Zhu Shang said lightly, and put his hand on Hu Ling's hand, but his hand was also as cold as ice, and he couldn't warm her, so he directly took her hand and stuffed it into his sleeve and let her hold her arm.

Hu Ling wanted to pull out, but was stopped by Zhu Shang's eyes.

The two looked at each other for a moment, Hu Ling laughed, smiled and bent his eyes, no longer politely held his arm directly, and his hand quickly warmed.

"You were in such a hurry when you left, and soon after you left, a large number of guards appeared on the school grounds, and they had to send us back. Just now, there were at least thirty masters of excellent martial arts hidden outside this courtyard, which had never been seen before, how could it be okay? What happened?"

During the more than an hour when Zhu Shang did not come back, Hu Ling only felt very panicked in his heart, which was an unprecedented worry.

But she couldn't go out to look for him rashly, she didn't want to make things more messy because of her recklessness, so she stood in front of his door until he returned.

Fortunately, before she wanted to carry the whip desperately to find Li Deming, he came back.

Thinking back to how she felt not long ago, her whole body was cold as if she was in an ice cellar, and her whole body was shivering.

It's like I'm going to have another seizure.

She felt very clearly that she wanted to take the whip and vent, just as she had in the past......

Zhu Shang noticed the change in Hu Ling, hugged her tightly, and kissed her forehead.

He said softly and slowly: "I can't tell you about this matter, but I don't want you to feel that you have been deceived and concealed, so I can only tell you that this matter is a favor that the official family asked me to help." Before I left Beijing, I wrote a letter to the official's family, and there was a suggestion in the letter, although it seemed to be a suggestion, I think he could understand that it was a request. He accepted my suggestion, and at the same time replied to me to be an official in the court, I refused the official, he did not force it, but also asked me to do him a favor, I agreed, and now, I am trying to complete the things I promised the official. ”

Although Zhu Shang's words were twisted and turned, Hu Ling understood.

A few tears welled down her eyes.

She knew why he wrote to the official.

He was there to help her breathe.

But how could the official family help people for no reason, it must not be easy for him to ask Zhu Shang for help.

Otherwise, how could Zhu Shang not be able to tell her what this matter was.

He had broken his oath for her and returned to Beijing, gave up his property for her, came to this cold place for her, and even promised to do things for the official family for her.

And she didn't do anything for him, but hurt him so deeply.

Perhaps the only thing you can do is to protect yourself and stop hurting yourself.

Hu Ling knew that Xu had arranged for the dead to follow her, and that night, she called out all the dead soldiers, selected the two of them with the best martial arts, and asked them to follow Zhu Shang, but whenever Zhu Shang went to see Li Deming, he had to tell her immediately.

If he doesn't tell her, she'll find a way to know.

After another thirty or forty days, Li Deming once again invited Zhu Shang to share dinner.

Zhu Shang did not refuse and went as promised.

This time, Li Deming dressed very formally, and went out to greet Zhu Shang, who was more polite than when they met for the first time.

After sitting down, Li Deming apologized to Zhu Shang and said sincerely: "Mr. Beijiang, I was drunk a few days ago and said something insincere, which offended you, and I hope to forgive me for my drunken nonsense." ”

"King Xiping has spoken. Zhu Shang got up and saluted Li Deming.

"If you have forgiven me, let us drink this bowl of wine. Li Deming raised the bowl in his hand, stretched it forward, and then drank it heroically. He held the empty bowl in his hand and looked straight at Zhu Shang.

Zhu Shang smiled lightly and drank a bowl of wine.

He noticed that Li Deming's reception to him this time was different from the past, and the tableware used in the past was used by the Great Song Dynasty, but this time it was replaced by the party clan.

Although he didn't have the manpower to find out the information, from Li Deming's behavior today, he could already guess Li Deming's purpose today.

The two talked about some other things, and they talked very pleasantly, and obviously had settled their old suspicions.

After a while, someone came in with a roasted whole lamb.

The fiery stove and the half-cooked lamb were placed in front of their table, and a man dressed in a party costume roasted the meat as he cut off the roasted layer and served it to them on a large plate.

After dinner, Li Deming asked Zhu Shang to take a few antiquities for Zhu Shang to appreciate.

"Mr. Beijiang, some of these are left to me by my father, and some of them are what I like to be found, but I am a vulgar person, and I only think it is good to look at, but I don't know if it is a high-quality object, and it is worth a lot, so I bother you to show it. ”

Li Deming was extremely polite, so polite that Zhu Shang decided that what was going to happen today was bigger than he expected.

Li Deming was very satisfied with the results of the appreciation, he said: "I have admired Mr. for a long time, he is young, he has only known people, and he has great resourcefulness, but I heard from my friends in the Song people that Mr. is unwilling to be an official, it is really a waste of your talent, I don't know if I would like to deign to be my advisor here?"

When Zhu Shang heard this, he laughed and said, "King Xiping, you overestimate Zhu too much, I am just a person who read a few books when I was young, and then I did business for a few years, how can I be your strategist?"

"Mr. Beijiang, don't be modest, what kind of talent and mind you have, I already know quite well these days. If you agree, I will definitely give you the best life, money and beauty will definitely satisfy you, and there are antiquities like this, whatever you want, I will also find it for you. ”

Li Deming said as he pointed to the antiquities he had just admired.

Zhu Shang didn't expect Li Deming to understand his preferences so well, and what he showed him for appreciation today were all antiquities that he had searched for at a high price a few years ago but had not found.

How did Li Deming find these antiquities, and how did he know that these were all things he had been thinking about for a long time?