The weather was gloomy, with thick clouds covering the sky low, and a cold wind mixed with a low whistling sound coming from the west, as if it were about to bring extremely vicious weather at any moment.

Xu Pingyi looked at these horses carefully, full of surprise, and couldn't help but smile. His smile was very restrained, but the corners of his mouth curled, but the people who had been with him for the past six months knew that he would only show such a look when he was in a good mood.

The officials and guards in Longzhou only have one horse on average, and now with these horses, in addition to ensuring one horse, there is also a lot left.

Thinking of this, there was a little more joy in his quiet eyes.

Before leaving the city, he had noticed that the weather was not good today, and when he looked at the lower and lower clouds, he knew that he had to return to the city as soon as possible.

He arranged for the guards to straighten out the horses in order to escort them into the city, and then went into the house to look for the two, and after saluting Zhu Shang, he said: "Mr. Beijiang, let's set off as soon as possible, it will be dark and the wind will blow again, and it will be difficult to walk." ”

When Zhu Shang heard this, he straightened his sleeves, stood up slowly, and then reached out and pulled Hu Ling, and after going out, he ordered the secret guards to restore the temple to the dilapidated and deserted state before entering.

As soon as he set out, a strong wind blew, and the sand on the ground was swept up by the wind, and the fine pieces of sand jumped into the eyes one by one.

The horses were a little restless, and a few of them galloped in the other direction, vigorously riding their horses in pursuit.

The Dark Guard automatically joins the guards and fences the herd to prevent them from getting separated.

After more than half the journey, the wind weakened, the sand and dust dispersed, and snowflakes fell in the sky.

The goose-feather snow was falling heavier and heavier, and soon the earth and the trunks of the trees beside the road that had lost their leaves were covered with snow, and the black clothes of the people were dyed silver.

Only Xu Pingyi is dressed in a white robe.

The frosty wind swept across his cheeks, and he didn't care at all, just stared ahead, moving quickly.

His countenance did not weaken in the slightest in the vast white snow, but became more handsome, and the clarity of his eyes did not weaken, but became sharper and sharper.

A weak scholar, when he shoulders his responsibilities, he also has his unique heroism.

The group escorted the horses and marched quickly to reach the city before the heavy snow closed the road.

Zhu Shang followed at the back on horseback, and he could see that those secret guards he had personally cultivated had been by Xu Pingyi's side for more than half a year, and had been impressed by Xu Pingyi's character, and he followed Xu Pingyi sincerely, without the slightest contempt that he showed when he first received the task.

When these people received the promised task, they had their own disagreements, thinking that a small general judgment was not worth using so many top secret guards, and the protection of the two was enough.

In the later relationship, their reluctance and contempt dissipated unconsciously, but they began to appreciate Xu Pingyi and were willing to follow him to do things.

Zhu Shang never thought that Xu Pingyi, the lady who had attracted Bianjing with her appearance, couldn't sleep all night and followed her to wait outside the gate of the academy, could have such power.

His strength, spring breeze and rain, is convincing.

Coming out of the mountain road and walking to the gentle official road, the people in front slowed down, and the people and horses behind also slowed down one after another.

Hu Ling stretched out his hand to catch the snowflake, looked at Zhu Shang with a red nose, and asked him: "I don't know if there is snow in Bianjing, and if my grandfather is healthy?"

"On the second day after I came out of Xiping Mansion, I had already written a letter to Xu Liuniang, presumably she had already received it, and in a few days, we would receive a reply. Zhu Shang approached Hu Ling, held her hand, his squinted eyes opened a little, and his smile was full of indifference.

Hu Ling's hands were as cold as snowflakes falling from the sky, and he clenched them tightly.

Hu Ling felt his strength, turned his head and smiled secretly.

Zhu Shang stared at Hu Ling, there was no shrewdness in his eyes, and he found that his heart, which was once as hard as a rock, had softened a little.

It is his blessing to be able to get Sanniang in this life.

The heavy snow covered the footprints of the group, and also covered the fierce and bloody night a few days ago.

Arriving in Longzhou City, Xu Pingyi arranged for Hu Ling's secret guards to eat, and he personally cooked noodles for the two.

"Da Lang, what's the matter, now that he cooks by himself?" Zhu Shang asked, he had never seen a Lang Jun who could cook by himself, no matter what the situation, he would find someone to serve.

"Mr. Beijiang, I live here alone, I don't need to find someone to cook, just do it myself, my cooking skills are not bad, wait for you to try it." ”

Xu Pingyi said with a faint smile, not impressed, he was already used to this kind of life.

Zhu Shang noticed Xu Pingyi's demeanor and admired him more. Looking at the young man who was busy in front of the kitchen case, he said: "You have done a good job in Longzhou, Longzhou has a new look, and the court and the central government have a good evaluation of you." ”

He knew that the governor of Longzhou did not do anything, and the improvement of Longzhou was all due to Xu Pingyi.

"Mr. Beijiang has won the award. Xu Pingqi said while chopping vegetables.

Today, he made his own improved Qishan Zhenzi noodles, and he didn't like them to be too small, so he cut all kinds of dishes into large pieces.

He stir-fried fungus, mushrooms, diced meat, potatoes, and carrots, and boiled them in water to make them.

The noodles are pulled noodles, and the noodles he pulls are very long and thin, and after they are pulled, they are put into boiling water, and one noodle is exactly one bowl.

Hu Ling sat next to the stove, drooled when he saw it, and said, "Da Lang, if your mother can eat a bowl of noodles you made, I'm afraid she will cry with joy." ”

"When I return to Bianjing to report on work, I will make a bowl of noodles for my mother. Xu Pingyi served the two bowls of noodles to the two, and then went out and brought in a porcelain basin.

As soon as he opened the curtain and entered the door, he saw Hu Ling holding a chopstick, sniffing and coming.

Seeing that Hu Ling was staring at the porcelain pot in his hand, he put the porcelain pot on the dining table, and said with a smile: "This is the mutton from Feng Yi County, which was stewed when I went out to look for you, and now it is just right to eat." ”

Hu Ling was about to hold the meat with the chopstick, but he heard Zhu Shang say: "Who did you invite to stew? You don't live here alone? Could it be that there are others? Is it a young lady?"

Xu Pingyi's face turned red, and he hurriedly denied it, saying, "It's just a friend, I don't have a place to live, and I've been staying here recently." ”

Hu Lingcai didn't care, and quickly ate the mutton of Fengyi County's "No. 1 Cream and Tenderness", the mutton was extremely tender, the taste was just right, fresh but not fishy, the food was not ashamed, and he couldn't stop eating.

After eating, Hu Ling drank the mutton soup and said with satisfaction: "You still know how to eat, Liuniang may have been outside for a long time when she was a child, and she likes to eat pork, even the pig's feet, but she doesn't know that this mutton is the most delicious." ”

Xu Pingyi frowned, eating at home was all dishes arranged by the Lu family, and they rarely went out to eat together, so he didn't know the eating habits of Xu Bing.

Zhu Shang listened and put down the chopsticks in his hand.

Xu Liuniang followed Fang Jing in the years when he was not in the Xu family, Fang Jing's eating habits Zhu Shang knew very well, Fang Jing only ate mutton and beef, and never ate pork, but how could Xu Liuniang eat pork?

And when Xu Liuniang used to do things for him as a dealer, he remembered that she also ate mutton and beef, and she had fought with people because of eating meat, why did Xu Liuniang like to eat pork in Hu Ling's mouth?

Zhu Shang then thought that Fang Jing hadn't appeared for a long time, and it stands to reason that he wouldn't let it go like this.

With doubts in his heart, Zhu Shang immediately put down his chopsticks and walked out.

Hu Ling was drinking mutton soup and enjoying it, not noticing the change in Zhu Shang's expression at all, but Xu Pingyi saw it.

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During the Northern Song Dynasty, the aristocracy ate meat, the first choice was mutton, followed by beef, and not pork;

The royal family basically only eats mutton, and pork is "the rich family refuses to eat it, and the poor family does not understand how to cook it." ”