The snow on the night of the Lantern Festival stopped intermittently until midnight. If the snow is clear early the next morning, people can step on the snow to find plums, which is also wonderful. But no matter how you look at it, the sky is still dark and gloomy, as if it is not far from another snow.

To the east of the inner city, Zaojiazi Lane. There are more than a dozen families living in the alley, most of them are well-off, some of them are wealthy, and they have lived in old neighborhoods for many years.

There is a family at the mouth of Zaojiazi Lane, the house is not big, the yard with three entrances and three exits, it looks ordinary from the outside, there is no difference from other houses, there is a middle-aged couple living inside, and there is a bead shop in the nearby Zhao Shiwan House Street, although it is not big, the business is not bad.

This is the house where only the couple lived, and a young man lived in it last month, but it turned out that the young master of the couple had come to live here with his attendants, and it was said that the shop was also taken care of by the husband and wife. The pair of men are Zhao Xian and Zhao Yan.

On the sixteenth day of the first month, Zhao Xian's master and servant still got up early in the morning, and did not get up a moment later than usual because of last night's late sleep. After practicing, Zhao Xian stood in the courtyard with a high spirit, looking at the cleaned yard and the pavilion that had been cleaned up.

This house was originally Zhao Xian's temporary residence when she was idle, and the couple were originally the confidants of the Eighth Prince, and they had lived here for ten years, so there was nothing wrong with outsiders.

Last night, Zhao Xian and Yelu Zongzheng drank on the roof of Dutingyi, and then Yelu Zongyun came to join in the fun, and then the snow became heavier and heavier, and the three of them had to go into the house and continue to drink until the three watches dispersed.

She also knew a little about Yelu Zongzheng, and remembered that on the roof last night, Yelu Zongzheng's eyes and movements, she was a little distracted.

"Xiao Gongzi, why are you thinking so distractedly?" The clear male voice came from the mouth of a handsome man standing at the door of the hanging flowers.

Zhao Xian smiled, turned around to look, and saw Di Qing walking into the courtyard and sitting unceremoniously on the stone bench in the pavilion. Di Qing was originally invited by her to talk about things, but she never thought that he would come so early, and she didn't have any sense of restraint when she came to someone else's house, she shook her head helplessly, and followed into the pavilion.

"Ah Yan, there is food, this early in the morning, my stomach is hungry." Di Qing said as he looked around at the courtyard, which was not too small, there were more than a dozen plum blossoms in the corner, a few fruit trees were planted in the courtyard, and the pavilion was located in the courtyard near the corridor of the West Wing. The courtyard is very special, although it is not exquisite, but it is calm and atmospheric, which is consistent with Xiao Xian's temperament.

Seeing that there was a pot of freshly brewed hot tea on the stone table, Di Qing got a cup of it, and after drinking it in one gulp, he felt a lot warmer in his stomach.

Zhao Yan glared at Di Qing, who was a guest but had no consciousness, and entered the room with a cold face and brought two plates of newly made dim sum, which were placed on the stone table in the pavilion, Di Qing sat down with a smile and slowly tasted the dim sum, nodding while eating.

Zhao Xian sat opposite Di Qing and told him about the situation in the northwest region one by one, and gradually Di Qing lost the smile on his face, listened for a moment and said, "The matter in the northwest, as I know, so it seems that Li Yuanhao is afraid that he is already ready to move, and then the border will be restless." ”

Then he said to Zhao Xian, "Thank you Xiao Gongzi for your help, but I saved Di a lot of things, and Di felt a lot of things." ”

Zhao Xian looked at Di Qing and asked slowly, "The northwest is bitterly cold, and it is extremely difficult to help the Hui Hu to restore the country, in fact, Han Chen, have you ever regretted agreeing to the emperor?" ”

Di Qing Ha Lu Ha smiled, "The sky is high and the earth is far away, let me gallop, Di Mou's heart is too late to rejoice, how can he regret it?" A man is a man in the world, and he should stand up to the sky and the earth, not to mention that the Jiji camp is not my strength. ”

Zhao Xian nodded, she knew that Di Qing was a big eagle unwilling to be trapped in the capital, and only by letting it fly high in the sky could people make the best use of it, although she had always looked at Di Qing on weekdays, and she was informal. In fact, the real Di Qing is a thoughtful and talented person.

"It's a lot of worry, Brother Di is so ambitious, I wish Brother Di success and fulfill his life's wishes." Zhao Xian picked up the tea and saluted Di Qing.

Zhao Yan was afraid that Zhao Xian would be frozen, so she carried a small stove into the pavilion, and happened to hear Di Qing's words, she was stunned, and her heart was shocked, it turned out that she had been underestimating this person.

"Cheng Xiao Gongzi Ji Yan." Di Qing picked up the teacup, turned his head to look at the small stove brought by Zhao Yanti, and said with a hippie smile, "Ayan brought a small red clay stove, can you prepare a new wine for green ants?" ”

This person, just serious for a while, returned to his true nature. Zhao Yan said with a straight face, "The master doesn't like to drink, and he has never had wine at home." ”

Di Qing pretended to sigh regretfully, "Such a beautiful scenery, but there is no good wine to accompany it, it's a pity!" ”

"Would you like to try the 'Drunken Spring Breeze'?" A crisp female voice sounded at the door of the weeping flowers, but I saw a delicate alien woman carrying two pots of wine, standing at the door prettyly, slightly curly chestnut hair with more than a dozen braids, blue eyes and white skin, dressed in a red beard, extremely delicate.

"Yelia, how did you come here?" Zhao Xian frowned imperceptibly, Di Qing had also seen Yelia, Fang wanted to open his mouth and say that he wanted to try the pot of wine, but seeing Zhao Xian's expression, he hurriedly closed his mouth and stopped talking.

"Brother Xiao, are you here in Longtan Tiger's Den?" Yelia said with a smile, and regardless of whether the master spoke or not, she walked into the pavilion and put down the two jugs of wine. As soon as he turned his head to see that Zhao Xian didn't answer, he pursed his rosy lips and asked, "Isn't Brother Xiao welcoming me?" I had a look of pity.

Zhao Xian almost didn't squirt out a sip of tea, "Brother Xiao? This brother is called a bit of a love brother, and hearing this really hurts her heart. And Di Qing only hung his head and laughed sullenly on the side.

"If the princess doesn't like the humble house, she is naturally welcome." Zhao Xian said lightly.

"That's fine." Yelia tilted her head and smiled proudly, and then looked for Zhao Yan to scald the wine utensils, "It's cold, it's better to scald the wine before drinking it so as not to hurt your stomach." ”

"Isn't it boring to drink with empty mouths? Why don't you ......?" Di Qing wanted to speak again, but Zhao Yan glanced at him coldly, and swallowed back the second half of the sentence.

"If there are guests and wine, how can there be no food?" Another male voice came, and everyone looked back at the door of the hanging flowers, and saw two men in robes standing at the door, the one who spoke was long and handsome, and his slightly brown eyes were slender and decent; The other man was heroic, with an angular face and a large food box in his hand, and looked at them with a big grin.

"My two brothers took the liberty to come to the door, I don't know if they disturbed a few people?" The person who spoke clearly did not have an expression that was afraid of disturbing people, and still said it with a smile.

Zhao Xian remembered that she seemed to have agreed to their request to visit last night, and at this time she could only secretly stroke her forehead and sigh, this wine must have been drunk and confused last night, otherwise she couldn't remember it at all today. But what a good day is it today, which attracts so many people to come here. But she forgot, isn't today a good day for the sixteenth day of the first month?

"It's better to be happy alone than to be happy, and since you are friends, you are welcome." Zhao Xian also had to get up to help Di Qing and Yelia introduce the Zhongshan County King and Changsha County King of the Liao Kingdom.

Because the Yelu brothers had seen each other with Di Qing at the banquet, they didn't need to bother to introduce each other, especially Yelu Zongyun, who admired Di Qing's riding and shooting, and was busy pulling Di Qing to ask for advice.

Yelia still calls herself Leah, and as a dancer in Chunfeng Tower, she does not reveal her identity as a Uighur princess, and only considers herself a confidant of Xiao Gongzi.

"The 'Milk Cooker Sheep' from Sun Yang Restaurant, the 'Fried Frozen Fish Head' and 'Green Onion Splash Rabbit' from Yuxian Zheng Restaurant, and my favorite 'Crispy Crystal Fish' from Fan Lou, as well as 'White Pork' and 'Drinking Crab' that are suitable for drinking. I got these from someone early in the morning, so please taste them while they are hot, and don't let me down. Yelu Zongyun introduced as he took out the various dishes in the food box, looking quite complacent.

The expressions of everyone seemed to be salivating and seemed to be stunned, who would have expected that the king of Changsha County of Liao was so delicious, and he actually got these famous dishes early in the morning, but Yelu Zongzheng was helpless.

Zhao Yan had to re-set up a large table in the courtyard, brought bowls and chopsticks, and lined up a whole table with these dishes, and everyone sat around laughing and laughing, feeling that there was an atmosphere of the New Year's Festival at this time.

Because of a large table, the courtyard at the moment suddenly seemed narrow, everyone liked this crowded and warm taste, especially Di Qing, who had no relatives at home, after coming to Bianliang, he was alone during the festival every year, like a wandering duckweed, at this time with these people like friends, his heart couldn't help but surge through waves of heat.

He grabbed Zhao Yan, who was about to scald the wine, patted the chair next to him, and said softly, "Ah Yan, don't be busy scalding the wine first, sit down and have a drink together." ”

Zhao Yan looked at the wrist that was grabbed, her face was slightly red, she stopped to look, and saw that no one noticed her, so she hurriedly took the wine glass handed by Di Qing and drank it up, she didn't notice that this wine glass was also used by Di Qing to drink. After Zhao Yan drank this glass of wine, he lowered his head and continued to enter the pavilion to scald the wine, leaving Di Qing grinning and looking at Zhao Yan's empty cup, but his mind had long been unknown.

"The wine is clear, and the food is delicious. Thank you for the delicious food and wine. Zhao Xian was also infected by this harmonious atmosphere, raised her glass and toasted for half a circle, and then drank it in one gulp.

When the wine was hot, Yelia stood up, walked to the courtyard, drank all the wine in the cup, looked at Zhao Xian, smiled, and then threw the wine glass with his hand, raised his hand, and danced.

Yelu Zongzheng also put down his wine glass, took out a horizontal flute from his bosom, put it to his mouth, and played loud and bright music with the dance of Yelia.

At the beginning, Yelia beat slowly, and as the rhythm of the song became faster, the feet also turned faster and faster, and at the end of the day, I saw a cloud of red flying in the courtyard. The two of them are quite compatible.

Zhao Xian didn't expect that Yelu Zongzheng was proficient in music and rhythm, and compared with the princess of the Great Song Dynasty and the county king of Liao, she looked vulgar, and she laughed self-deprecatingly. Listening carefully to the song, but clearly heard a little loneliness from the bright music, she looked at Yelu Zongzheng, only to see that he looked focused, but his face was slightly gloomy. Zhao Xian sighed in her heart, the word "love" is really the most hurtful since ancient times.

Just when everyone was dazzled, snowflakes fell in the sky again, and with this gloomy sky, it was as if someone was shaking a bed of torn cotton wool on his head, and instantly made people's heads and faces covered with snowflakes.

As the sound of the flute stopped, Yelia's footsteps stopped, and the snowflakes that fell on Yelia's head made her look like a beautiful elf. She looked up at the falling snowflakes, laughed coquettishly, turned around, and turned into Zhao Xian's arms, stretched out her arms around Zhao Xian's neck, Zhao Xian was stunned, and suddenly stiffened, only to feel that her scalp was secretly numb, and her mouth was bitter.