Chapter 7: When the Swallow Comes (I)

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The weather was getting colder and colder, the morning air was icy, and the boatman said that in two days, the Surabaya River should start to freeze.

After driving on the Surabaya River for more than half a month, the group finally arrived at the periphery of the Northern Jin Dynasty, but the Surabaya River did not lead to Qingcheng, and the two people on the boat got off the boat in a border city of the Northern Jin Dynasty and took a carriage instead.

On the carriage, holding a soup woman who had just been bought, the slightest cold wind penetrated through the door and window and blew Guan Yiyi's little face a little red, Zong Jiming took off the cloak on his body and covered Guan Yiyi, regretting that he didn't buy a quilt just now.

"Yiyi, otherwise let's go to the inn and rest for the night, I'll ask the store to prepare a brazier for you."

He has practiced martial arts since he was a child, and he has never known what cold is, even if the weather in the Northern Jin Dynasty is cold, his hands are warm, and he also wants to hold Guan Yiyi's hand to bring her heat, but Guan Yiyi refuses every time, the reason is that with Tang Pozi, what do he want to do.

Guan Yiyi stomped his feet coldly, even if he was holding a hot soup woman in his arms, but as long as his feet were cold, no matter how warm his body was, it was useless to hear Zong Jiming say this, Guan Yiyi nodded hurriedly, it was not early, wait for a night in the inn at night, and then buy some warm things to put on the carriage tomorrow, and it will not be so difficult along the way.

picked an inn closest to them, hugged Guan Yiyi's shoulders and walked inside.

In the early winter, it was not yet close to the end of the year, and there were not so many people in the inn, seeing that a guest came in, the shopkeeper hurriedly greeted him enthusiastically, "Yo, the two of you are objectively from the Eastern Jin Dynasty?" It's a top hit or a meal, don't look at this shop is small, although the sparrow is small, all the organs are complete, just talk about the chef of our store, that is our shopkeeper from Kyoto, the dishes are made, the taste is this. ”

The shopkeeper kept talking and led the two into the store.

"Open two upper rooms, prepare hot water and braziers, and get some signature dishes to deliver to the room, as soon as possible."

"Well, guest officer, come with me." The shopkeeper held the broken silver that Zong Jiming had just rewarded him in his hand, his heart blossomed, and he took a brisk step to bring the two into the room.

When the two of them finished eating, it was already dark, the winter sky was always dark very fast, this city was a small border city in the Northern Jin Dynasty, there were no people on weekdays, there were only occasional passing merchants, so now the street is black and oppressive, and the quiet can hear the barking of dogs in the distance.

"Don't you think this city is ......"

"You think there's something weird about this city, don't you?" Zong Jiming propped his head with one hand and leaned by the window looking out of the window.

"Don't you think it's a little cold in this city?"

"There are few people in this city, and it is very deserted." The person who was lying by the window did not look back, still looking out the window.

"I mean, if you don't close the window, I'm going to freeze to death." Guan Yi picked up a pillow one by one and smashed it at the back of Zong Jiming's head, without the slightest feeling of mercy from his subordinates.

Zong Jiming was hit by a sudden pillow, turned his head and saw that Guan Yiyi was already so cold that he hid in the quilt, hurriedly closed the window, added two more pieces of charcoal to the brazier, and smirked at Guan Yiyi.

"Okay, it's not early, you can go back to sleep." Guan Yi didn't take off his clothes one by one, and directly wrapped the whole person into the quilt, "By the way, remember to turn off the lights." ”

Looking at the little head that poked out of the quilt again, the hair was messy by the quilt, and it looked a little cute under the light of the oil lamp, and it was fourteen after the New Year, and time passed so quickly, it was time to start preparing things.

Walking out of Guan Yiyi's room softly, Zong Jiming lay on the bed, thinking about what to prepare at that time.

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In the middle of the night

Guan Yi, who has always recognized the bed, slept a little badly, and just slept for a few hours when she felt something seemed to be tapping on the window of her room, at first I thought it was the wind blowing a little hard, but after hearing it, I felt that the sound was a little wrong.

Wrapped in a quilt, lit an oil lamp, closed them one by one, and walked to the window.

Looking at the birds that stumbled in, Guan Yiyi was a little surprised, in addition to sparrows, are there other birds that don't fly south in winter? What's more, it seems to be a swallow?

Carefully picking up the swallow that had fallen to the ground, and feeling that it was freezing and stiff, he placed it not far from the brazier, and found a cloth to cover it.

Is this swallow left behind? Even if you fall behind, why don't you find a warmer place to hide?

I wanted to wait for the swallow to wake up and see if it was hurt or anything, but as soon as she lay down on the bed, she fell asleep in a daze.

In the middle of the night, Guan Yiyi felt as if she was sleeping more deeply, and she couldn't even open her eyes when something was pecking at her on the top of her head.

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"Shen Yu, why are you so willful, didn't I say that I would wait for you to come back, you know that the winter in the Northern Jin Dynasty is very cold, if you can't stand it, then what should I do?"

Guan Yiyi was awakened by a burst of numbness, the sky outside was already bright, and the voice of the shopkeeper who stood at the counter of the inn yesterday to collect money was in his ears, but who was he talking to, and it seemed to be too hot in this room, so hot that even she who had always been afraid of cold was sweating.

When I opened my eyes, I was greeted by a man's room, not as fancy as the women's room, which was decorated with a hard and somewhat monotonous finish.

"You promised me not to hurt anyone again, but if you look at the two in front of you, if I hadn't stopped you there, I'm afraid I would have become the soul of your knife."

Woman? But there seems to be only one shopkeeper in this room, could it be outside the door? But the room was so hot, and I couldn't feel the cold air at all, how could the door be open?

"These two are rich men, and I want to wait for you to weave you a new dress that is more gorgeous and comfortable when you change your moult next year." The shopkeeper spoke again, and Guan Yiyi felt even more inexplicable when he listened to it.

"But you can't hurt their lives!" The woman's voice was crying, and she said loudly to the shopkeeper, "You are losing your life." ”

"What about folding life, as long as I can be by your side, I will be content."

"You ......"

"Are you done? After finishing speaking, can you loosen the tie first, it's uncomfortable for me to death. Guan Yiyi knew that he had been drugged, and Zong Jiming, who was tied to him, had not woken up yet, and he was afraid that he would be given more money.

"Yu'er, you see that this woman is awake, presumably the man will wake up soon, and it will be too late to think about it when the time comes."

Guan Yiyi saw that the shopkeeper seemed to have picked up a kitchen knife and walked towards them.

"Shopkeeper, if you have something to say, don't you just want money? I'll give it to me, don't hurt her. ”

Zong Jiming's head was still a little dizzy, and as soon as he opened his eyes, he saw the innkeeper walking towards them with a bright knife, which frightened him to open his eyes wide, and his brain immediately cleared up.

"Chengxing, hear it, they are willing to give money, don't add karma to yourself."

It turned out to be a swallow talking to the shopkeeper? Zong Jiming was so shocked that his jaw almost fell to the ground.

"You're the swallow from last night?" It was Guan Yiyi who spoke, she didn't expect this swallow to be able to speak human words, it was really a big world, and there were no surprises.

"Yes, thank you for saving this young lady last night, Shen Yu is grateful." The swallow flew to Guan Yiyi's side and flew around her twice, Guan Yiyi noticed that the feathers on this swallow's body were much less than ordinary swallows, and they were much darker.

"You need money, so you want to kill us?"

Guan Yi squinted his eyes one by one, looking a little angry.

"No, it's all for me, Chengxing took this road, Shen Yu doesn't ask for forgiveness from the two here, only asks the two to let Chengxing go." The swallow fluttered its wings, and then stopped on Guan Yiyi's shoulder.

"Otherwise, let's make a deal, I can give you money, 10,000 taels, how about it?" Guan Yiyi wanted to stretch out her finger to point the numbers at them, but her hands were tied and she gave up the idea.

"What are the conditions?" The shopkeeper's eyes lit up when he heard this amount, this money was enough to weave many new clothes for Shen Yu.

"Tell me your story."

"Nope."

"Nope."

It was the shopkeeper and Zong Jiming who answered her, and she could understand that the shopkeeper did not agree, some people have some things that cannot be bought with money, but what is Zong Jiming against?

"One by one, 10,000 taels to buy a story is too much of a loss, not to mention that they want to kill us first, how can there be any reason to give them money." Zong Jiming pouted, this money is a drop in the bucket for both the Guan family and the Zong family, but he has never done this kind of loss-making business.

Seeing Guan Yi twisting the rope tied to her wrist one by one, Yanzi flew behind her, untied the rope, and then spoke, "The silver is not needed, this matter is our fault, you want to listen to the matter between me and Chengxing, I just want to listen to you." ”

"Yu'er ......"

"Chengxing, don't be afraid, I believe they are different from those before them." The swallow flew to the shopkeeper and rested on his arm.

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Every spring is the time when the swallows return, they are the best architects, but also the best tailors, because it is the spring breeze they bring that cut everything in the world into what it should be.

Shen Yu is a swallow, and her black clothes were given to her by her mother when she left the nest, and she is the most proud of her.

Shen Yu changes her 'clothes' every year to make herself look beautiful enough to attract her other half, but every time she changes her 'clothes', it costs a huge amount of money, so she can only work every day, looking for gems that can be used to replace new clothes.

Each of the swallows had one of the best tailors, and they would weave only a few 'garments' a year, but the end result was gold and silver.

Shen Yu was tired from the huge annual expenses, so when she stopped to rest one day, she met the current Wen Chengxing.

At that time, Wen Chengxing was still a child of a rich family, relying on his father and ancestral business, he became a thorough cross-cutting child, and his biggest hobby on weekdays was walking birds and playing Sanjiu.

I heard that the Wen family's birdcage was inlaid with gems that Shen Yu had been looking for all day, so Shen Yu would run to the Wen family's birdhouse every night to peck a gem, and then put an herb of the same value on the ground.

By the time Wen Chengxing realized it, the gems on the birdcage had been reduced by half, and he looked at the piles of medicinal herbs on the ground, which he thought was very interesting.

'This little thief is so funny, how can anyone leave something behind after stealing something?' Looks like it's time to take a good look. '

Wen Chengxing waited for half the night, and finally waited for the thief when he was about to fall asleep, but the thief seemed to be a little smaller......