In front of the courtyard gate of the West Lu, a narrow road was cleared out of the thin and winding road. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The road was paved with white stones, and it became brighter and brighter when the sky was shining. Both sides of the road were covered with swept snow, so thick that it barely reached a person's calf. Next to the snowdrift is a tall pear tree, full of jade branches, crystal like jade in the sun.

A sparrow jumped up and down in the clearing, as if frozen by the snow, and before it stopped, its pointed beak pecked here and there in the snowdrift.

"Bang", a pear branch finally couldn't bear the pressure of the snow, broke and fell to the ground, and even the half of the residual snow fell to the ground.

The sparrow was frightened, and flew away, marking a faint gray mark in mid-air.

A twelve- or thirteen-year-old man came out of the trail, glanced at the closed gate of the west house from a distance, and then looked at the servant woman who was guarding the door with a solemn face, and did not dare to pause at the slightest step, and climbed the stairs from the other end and stepped into the verandah.

It wasn't until he turned two corners in the verandah that the little mustache stopped, raised his sleeve and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

She was born quite delicate, but she was not eye-catching, her eyebrows and eyes were thin, her green hair was combed into a double flat bun, and there were two symmetrical wooden hairpins inserted in the bun, and she was dressed in a white dress, but she was the most ordinary handmaid dress in the West Courtyard.

She rested in the porch for a while, and then went on again, from the verandah to the aisle, and through a vase door, she came to a small courtyard.

The courtyard gate of the small courtyard is half-hidden and half-closed, and the courtyard gate is made of wattles and wooden strips, and the cracks are wrapped with the thin yellow stems of vines. There is a wooden plaque of primary color hanging above the courtyard door, no paint and no cutting, there is still a broken stubble at the corner, it seems that the craftsman splits it with his hand, and the plaque is the simple word "Xiling".

The courtyard wall of this small courtyard is not white, but an ingenious yellow mud wall, and the wall is also hung with vines. Presumably, when it comes to spring, the green vine radish leads the door around the wall, and the hanging flowers fall into the stamen, which has a quiet and simple meaning.

The little mustache pushed the door in, but saw that the snow in the courtyard was covered with a thick layer and no one swept it. A hugging peach tree occupies the entire western corner of the courtyard, and under the tree there is a stone table and two stone benches, and there is also a pile of crystal snow on it.

"You're here?" a handmaiden, with a long face and a delicate appearance, was standing by the door of the inverted room, and then leaned over and beckoned to the little mustache, but her voice was very soft: "How did you go so long? The girl has been waiting for a long time. ”

The little mustache hurriedly stepped forward and whispered, "Hello, sister." ”

Xuan Fu nodded to her and asked, "Did you bring everything?"

The little mustache didn't speak, but took out a small green cloth bag from his bosom and handed it to Xuanfu.

Xuanfu stretched out his hand to take it, looked around, and whispered to the little mustache: "While there will be no one here, go quickly." ”

The little mustache bowed to her, and then turned back and went out of the courtyard gate, and a corner of the skirt flashed by the door, and the beard disappeared in a moment.

Gently closed the courtyard door, sleeved the green cloth bag, turned to the verandah on the side, and stepped into the bright room of the main room in a short time.

The room is warm, there is a faint pine fragrance, the furniture is either rattan weaving, or solid wood, mixed with pottery bottles and clay pots, elegant and simple, refreshing.

Qin Yanli was wearing a clip and slashing down, only half of the green silk was raised, and the other half was draped over her shoulders, like a waterfall, and the light was recognizable.

She was sitting by the desk by the window in the west room reading a book, and when she heard the noise outside, she raised her head and looked at the door curtain, and a ghostly light flashed in her phoenix eyes.

Seeing this, her personal maid Chickweed stepped forward and lifted the curtain on this side of the door, and let the spiral into the room.

"Girl, I've got it. "Swirl and salute.

Qin Yanli put down the book, idly fiddled with a bamboo pen holder on the case, and asked casually, "Where is she?"

Xuan Fu said softly: "Let's go, I'm wearing the clothes of the West Courtyard as usual, and no one will see it." ”

Qin Yanli let out an "um" on his head, and asked again, "Where is the thing?"

Xuan Fu took out the green cloth bag and presented it with both hands.

Qin Yanli's phoenix eyes flashed slightly, and he picked up the cloth bag and looked at it.

A simple two-winged bow was tied on the top of the cloth bag, and if you didn't look closely, no one would notice the two butterfly tails of the cloth knot, and the long end pointed to a secret mark of the green cloth.

This is a sign that Qin Yanli and Qin Yanbai secretly agreed, and no third party knows about it, even their biological mother Cai.

Qin Yanli was slightly relieved and glanced at Xiang Xuan.

Knowing this, he went to the door to guard, and the chickweed lowered the curtain by half.

"Look, are all of these?" Qin Yanli reached out and opened the cloth bag, revealing several small items inside, including a fan pendant, an ink ingot bag, and a delicate royal blue brocade orchid sachet.

Chickweed counted carefully and said with a smile: "It's all over, the girl can rest assured." As he spoke, he rewrapped his things again.

Qin Yanli's expression relaxed a little, and he chuckled: "I almost didn't rush it, but fortunately I delivered the letter to my brother yesterday." ”

Chickweed smiled and said, "If there is a girl, these things will not be found out." The girl is smart, who can compare?"

When the words fell, the shallow smile on Qin Yanli's face suddenly dimmed, if the slight clouds covered the moon, that beautiful face had a few shadows, depressed and cold, it was a flower blooming in the night, extremely clear and beautiful, but it was always indistinguishable.

After a long time, the smile on her face faded, and she sighed with emotion: "It's a pity, Zuo Siniang's affection was destroyed by this snowstorm." ”

Although she said that it was a pity, her expression was the opposite, and she covered her lips and smiled: "I don't know what is going on with my second brother now? Will it be sad?" As she spoke, she stretched out her slender fingers and singled out the brocade sachet alone, and without looking at it, she threw it directly into the charcoal furnace.

In this bag of things, only this sachet cannot be checked by the Zhong family. As for the rest, they are just a cover for this sachet.

Qin Yanli's quiet eyes stared at the carbon furnace, the flames in the furnace jumped up, rolled up the sachet, and burned in a short time, and the scorching fire light reflected in her eyes, shining two bright lights.

Chickweed glanced at her cautiously and said softly: "I heard that Mrs. Dongyuan didn't come alone, but also brought Zhou Yu and a lot of people from Dehui Hall, Mrs. accompanied them into the West Lu, and as soon as they entered, the courtyard door was locked, and the people who served Erlangjun were all locked inside." ”

"It's a pity. Qin Yanli really sighed this time, the gloomy color between her eyebrows was like a dew in the wind, and she was a little sad: "Ah Zhi is very good, and he is familiar with the passing years around Zuo Siniang...... It's a pity. ”

There were many unfinished meanings in her words, and even though Chickweed understood, she didn't dare to answer. (To be continued.) )