Songxi Town in Yanzhou, the town has long been devoid of pedestrians coming and going, every household is lit up, the door is pasted with couplets, the window is pasted with window flowers, and even the most lively market is a few sporadic people, there is no bustle of the past, and the streets are deserted.

Chu Shaoyuan and Xiao Pei rushed for a day, and caught up with the heavy snow, with a thick layer of snow falling on his body, Chu Shaoyuan originally wanted to continue to hurry, but looking at the snow in front of him was nearly half a foot high, and the sky was still snowing, it seemed that he couldn't get to the next town before dark, he sighed in his heart, and said to Wei Qing, who was accompanying him: "How far is the nearest post station?"

Wei Qing said: "It's just ahead, the southernmost part of the town. ”

Chu Shaoyuan nodded, and said to the accompanying guards: "I'm not in a hurry today, just rest here for the night, and then set off tomorrow." ”

The accompanying guards responded respectfully, and the group rode through the snow that had accumulated half a foot high, and marched all the way to the post station, where the post chief hurriedly came to greet him, pulled the horses into the stable, and instructed the post keeper to prepare a rich dinner, and let Chu Shaoyuan go to the best post house in the post station.

Chu Shaoyuan wiped his face with water in the room, took off the towel on the basin shelf casually, dried his hands and then wiped his face, suddenly the towel emitted a strange smell, and he didn't know how long it hadn't been changed, Chu Shaoyuan frowned and threw the towel on the ground immediately, washed his hands again, and then took out the sweat towel in the package and wiped it clean.

The sky gradually darkened, the days in Yanzhou were shorter than those in Yunzhou, the sun had long since sunk to where it had sunk, the sky was gray, and large pieces of snowflakes like cotton wool were constantly falling, dyeing the whole town white.

Chu Shaoyuan sorted out his bags, stood by the window and opened the window, looked at the snowflakes fluttering outside, took a deep breath, looked up at the direction of the south, and didn't know if there was a pot at home at this time like in previous years, eating pots and watching fireworks.

He thought of last year, which was also Chinese New Year's Eve, he had just returned from outside, and saw her holding a few Lamei plants walking on the porch, talking to the little maid beside him, his eyebrows were crooked, and he looked squeamish and beautiful when he smiled, he squeezed the string of vermilion coral bracelets in his hand and wanted to go over and give it to her, but as soon as she saw herself, the smile on her face immediately fell, and she snorted in her nose, and he didn't even have time to speak, so she hugged Lamei and left.

When watching the fireworks in the warm pavilion at night, he stood behind her, and looked at her face with the fireworks in the sky changing into more dazzling colors, and he couldn't help but want to take her hand, in front of the elders, he gave her the prepared coral hand, for fear that others would misunderstand, and specially found a tourmaline handpiece to give to the shirt, to cover up.

She was reluctant to accept it, and he could see it clearly.

In the blink of an eye, a year seemed to pass quickly, he didn't expect her to agree, the moment she agreed, he couldn't believe that this qiē would be true, even now that he thought about it, he felt as if he was in a dream, and his heart was full of joy, but he didn't know who to tell about such a feeling.

Chu Shaoyuan stood in front of the window, with a rare smile on his face, this was the first time he had shown such a smile in the past few days when he was on his way, if he let the guards below see it, I am afraid they would all be surprised.

There was the sound of footsteps outside the door, followed by the sound of knocking on the door, and the three steady and powerful sounds of "Dangdangdang".

"Childe, the post master has prepared dinner, are you going to eat it in the room, or ......?"

Walking outside, he covered his surname and called the master directly, Chu Shaoyuan did not let the guards around him call him master, but let people call him Gongzi, indicating that they were just his guards and not subordinates, which also made Xiao Pei have a trace of warmth in his heart.

Chu Shaoyuan opened the door, and unexpectedly saw that the person standing outside the door was Xiao Pei, and he smiled: "Let's eat together, there is no etiquette outside." ”

Xiao Pei nodded, although he had known Chu Shaoyuan before, but after getting along for such a long time, he had only gotten along with Xia Mingchen like this, Xia Mingchen's temperament, although his mind was a little more detailed than him, but he was also a master who did not smile outside, and only showed some smiles when he got along with him.

But the one in front of him is cold from the inside out, when he doesn't smile, those deep and cold eyes look at people and make people want to die, and when he laughs, others don't dare to look directly at his face, that face is more beautiful than a woman, and he can't pull it out at a glance, he can see the guards around him, and he was shocked by an unconscious smile he occasionally showed and lost his soul, and he was whipped with a horse whip with a cold face, and the mark on the guard's face has not disappeared yet.

When they arrived in the hall downstairs, the guards couldn't help staring at the food on the table with hunger, their eyes were like hungry wolves, and when they saw Chu Shaoyuan coming, they didn't dare to stand up, and shouted in unison: "Childe!"

Chu Shaoyuan nodded, and a smile came out on his face, "Today is Chinese New Year's Eve, everyone has worked hard, the day that should have been reunited with the family, but still running around, no need to be formal, sit down, all the way to eat and sleep, it is rare to have a hot meal today." ”

As he spoke, he called the postmaster again, "Do you have any wine here?"

The post chief was in his forties, and his body was a little fat, and when he saw Chu Shaoyuan asking him, his face, which was full of smiles, looked even more groveling to the extreme, and said in a loud voice: "Yes, yes, wait, I'll go get it." ”

The post chief took two jars of wine and respectfully handed them to Chu Shaoyuan.

Chu Shaoyuan patted open the sealing mud at the mouth of the jar, poured the wine into the bowl, and poured it for each attendant, so shocked that the guards hurriedly said, "Don't dare."

He raised the bowl and said in a deep voice: "Today is Chinese New Year's Eve, and those rules are exempted, everyone has worked hard all the way, and in two days you will be able to reach Youzhou, and after arriving in Youzhou, you will go all the way north, and then you will go to Yanmen Pass, and there will be all the efforts of you along the way to protect you, and you will be respectful of doing it first!"

As he spoke, he threw his neck up and drank the wine.

The guards were basically transferred from Yan Yunwei, many of them were from the noble family, and they admired such a neat and neat prince the most, and they all raised their bowls at the moment, and some of the guards said in their mouths, "Gongzi said that it broke us, these are what we should do." There is also a direct New Year's greeting to Chu Shaoyuan, "Today's Chinese New Year's Eve, the small one will give you a New Year's greeting, I wish you a better year than a year." "It's noisy, and the whole hall is very lively.

Everyone ate and drank, and ate the dishes on the table cleanly, and the two jars of wine were basically three bowls for one person, although they were not happy, but they thought that they would have to hurry tomorrow morning, and they didn't dare to ask the post chief again, and they all went to rest after they were full of wine and food.

The whole post station suddenly fell into a silence, only the snowflakes that were still drifting in the sky still refused to stop.

However, there were dozens of pairs of eyes hidden outside the post station, staring at the room on the second floor of the post station in unison, until the lights in the room went out, and after a long time, they all moved.