Chapter Twenty-Four: The Snow Plum Garden

Early the next morning, Xia Xue'er just pushed open the window, and a cold air hit her face, and she suddenly woke up a hundred times.

Outside the window is a world covered in silver, and the goose feathers and heavy snow have fallen overnight, which has long erased a trace of the old days, and also covered up the unhappiness in everyone's hearts.

After a storm and storm, Xia Mansion finally returned to calm.

Cuizhu came back from fetching water, and as soon as she entered the door, she saw Xia Xue'er standing in front of the window, not wearing a thick dress, so she hurriedly put down the basin in her hand, and said distressedly: "Miss doesn't wear a piece of clothing when she gets up early, and she stands on this tuyere and beware of catching a cold." After that, he walked quickly to the wardrobe and took out a fur-collared cloak and put it on her, while complaining: "Dongmei is really, just let the young lady freeze." ”

Dongmei, who was making the bed, heard this, turned her head and made a grimace at Cuizhu.

Xia Xue'er stared at the window, and said without looking back: "It's not in the way." Then he muttered to himself, "This is the first snow I've seen since I came here, and it's really beautiful." ”

When Cuizhu heard this, he said with a smile: "Miss, haven't you been standing for a long time and are confused, this snow falls every year, but this year's snow is so big earlier than in previous years." ”

Xia Xue'er smiled and said nothing after hearing this.

Snow is there every year, but people are no longer the same people as before, the so-called things are people and people, I'm afraid that's it, I don't know what Xia Xue'er would do in the past on this snowy day?

Cuizhu didn't see Xia Xue'er's bright eyes covered with a layer of sadness, but the thin back suddenly paused, standing alone in front of the window with a sadness, she also knew that she had said the wrong thing, so she hurriedly shut up.

Dongmei also felt abnormal, and hurriedly said: "It's windy in front of the window, beware of catching a cold after standing for a long time, Miss come over and warm up." ”

"Just come."

Xia Xue'er replied, but her eyes were still looking at the heavy snow flying in the sky through the window.

At this time, Qiu Ju ran into the yard with a bouquet of red plums, and her face was very happy. Xia Xue'er smiled slightly in her heart after seeing it, and only after she entered the house did she ask, "Can the flower cake be delivered?" ”

Qiu Ju replied with a smile while knocking off the snowflakes on her clothes: "Miss Hui, it's delivered, Miss Fourth likes it very much!" ”

Xia Xue'er looked at the red plum in her hand, it was so bright and beautiful, so she pointed to the flower and asked, "Where did you get this red plum from?" ”

Qiu Ju handed the flower to Xia Xue'er and said: "This red plum was cut back by the maid to Meilin early this morning, and the fourth miss was very happy, and I wanted to send it to Miss you in person, but Aunt Li said that the road was slippery in the snow and worried about falling, so she was detained in the courtyard, which not only let me bring it over." ”

Xia Xue'er took the red plum, leaned to the tip of her nose and smelled it, a faint fragrance refreshed people's hearts, "The red plums of Merlin are all blooming, and they will definitely look particularly good on this snowy day." Qiaohui is so clever that she still thinks about me. ”

After hearing this, Qiu Ju replied: "That's natural, Miss, you are her third sister, the two of you are worried about each other, but you are really sisterly and envious of others!" ”

Hearing the words "deep sisterhood", I couldn't help but think of the former Xia Xueer and Xia Qiaofeng, isn't that also deep sisterhood? At this time, a faint layer of sadness appeared on Xia Xue'er's face, and she said meaningfully: "I hope so." He turned his head and looked out the window, but it seemed hollow.

Qiu Ju looked at Xia Xue'er's expression at this time, and knew that she must have remembered the days when she and the second lady lived in harmony in the past, and she didn't know what to say for a while, so she had to keep silent.

The room was surprisingly quiet for a while, as if the air had stopped flowing, and the depressed people were out of breath.

After a long time, Xia Xue'er came back to her senses, looked at the red plum in her hand again, handed it to Qiu Ju and said, "Choose a white porcelain vase and insert it on the small table." ”

Qiu Ju took the plum blossom and did what she was told.

Xia Xue'er put her hand into the hot water basin, and a warmth slowly flowed into her heart and then spread to her limbs, and she felt that her whole body was warm for a while. An Xin enjoyed the warmth for a while, then took out his hand to wipe it clean and said, "I'll go out for a while, and none of you are allowed to follow." ”

A few girls hesitated for a while, and agreed in embarrassment: "Yes", standing at the door and watching their young lady walk away, although worried, but Xia Xue'er's temper they knew, and they were depressed at the moment, and they did not dare to disobey this order.

Xia Xue'er walked towards Merlin after listening to Yuxuan, the snow had already reached the upper of the shoe, and it creaked when she stepped on it, like a cloth shoe embroidered by Aya Luo playing music, which was very good. If the road is really slippery on a snowy day, everyone doesn't like to go out and walk around, and there is no one else along the way except for a few snow sweepers, but it is also quiet.

The red plum blossoms of Merlin are in full bloom, and you can smell the quiet fragrance of flowers from afar. The heavy snow lowered the branches, but it could not stop the fragrance of the red flowers. Xia Xue'er shuttled through it, and the previous dullness was swept away, and she was in a good mood, and she unconsciously chanted poetry:

"The calyx contains snow at the beginning, and it is difficult to paint a solitary standard.

There is a rhyme in the incense, and the clear is not cold. ”

"The transverse flute and the sorrowful listening, the oblique branches look at the disease.

If the headwind is understanding, it is easy to be destroyed. ”

Xia Xue'er turned her head suddenly, only to see that there was already a person standing behind her, this person was wearing black clothes, wearing a hat on his head, and the shadow covered most of his face. Although he couldn't see his face clearly, he knew that this person must be a person with strong martial arts, and if he hadn't opened his mouth to take out her poems, she wouldn't have found out about his existence.

Zhu Xuan looked at the stunned expression on Xia Xue'er's face, and said with a faint smile: "Don't be surprised, your internal strength has not yet fully recovered, and you are too intoxicated with plum blossoms, and it is reasonable that you didn't notice my existence." ”

Xia Xue'er was even more surprised when she heard this, how could this person in front of her know that she knew about martial arts? Who is this person?

Zhu Xuan seemed to see her worry, the corners of her mouth rose slightly, and she said with relief: "You don't have to worry, I will keep this matter secret for you." ”

Xia Xue'er was surprised, and didn't forget to salute and thank Zhu Xuan: "Then Xue'er is here to thank Brother Zhu Xuan." ”

This time he was surprised to be Zhu Xuan, he was dressed like this, even if it was Xia Xing, he might not recognize him, this little girl had only seen him once, how could she know that he was Zhu Xuan?

"How do you know I'm Zhu Xuan? Aren't you afraid of calling the wrong person? ”

Xia Xue'er looked at him with a determined look in her eyes and said, "It won't be wrong." ”

Zhu Xuan smiled playfully, "That's not necessarily. ”

Xia Xue'er also chuckled and said: "Although Xia Mansion is not guarded by forbidden troops in broad daylight, after all, it is also the mansion of the second-rank general, not to mention the eight hundred soldiers of the palace, just with my father, a person with strong martial arts, even if it is a Jiangyang thief, if you want to break into the mansion in broad daylight, you have to weigh your own weight first." ”

Looking at Zhu Xuan's figure for a moment, the corners of Xia Xue'er's mouth were frivolous, she knew that her guess was indeed correct, and continued: "And looking at the figure and posture of the son, there is a frank and righteous atmosphere, presumably it will not be a thief who does not have long eyes." Since you can enter this plum garden safe and sound, and dare to show up to talk to me, and know my unknown secrets, dare to ask who this person is if he is not the life and death brother of the eldest brother? ”

Zhu Xuan listened carefully to Xia Xue'er's analysis, and she didn't look like a child who didn't have anything to do with the world, she really didn't expect her to be so smart and bright at a young age, and the surprise in her eyes gradually added a touch of appreciation, it seems that this girl has really become not simple.

I wanted to tease her, but I didn't know that my identity was seen through early in the morning. Removing the hat, the heroic spirit between the eyebrows burst out, but why was the handsome face a little pale?

Xia Xue'er was puzzled, but she didn't ask, but continued: "Last time, there were many people in the Bishui Pavilion, and Xue'er hasn't thanked Brother Zhuxuan yet." ”

"There is no need to be so polite, I am an insider, and it is normal to speak."

Who knew that Xia Xue'er smiled slightly and said, "Brother Zhuxuan, this is a preconceived idea. ”

"Oh?"

Zhu Xuan frowned, and wondered for a while, wasn't she talking about the last time he spoke for her in the Bishui Pavilion?

Xia Xue'er first took it seriously before saying, "I want to thank you for saving me twice before, don't say it's all a gesture!" ”

Zhu Xuan's brows furrowed even deeper, and he asked with a puzzled expression, "Twice?" ”

"Isn't it?" Xia Xue'er looked at him with a smile on her face, her eyes were extremely determined.

Zhu Xuan suddenly realized, and was once again impressed by Xia Xue'er's keen insight, tried her best to put away the surprise in her eyes, smiled lightly, and said: "I was just passing by, and I came in to see that the plum blossoms were blooming, and I didn't mean to disturb, you continue." With that, he took off into the air, so fast that he disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Xia Xue'er looked at the direction in which Zhu Xuan left, although the doubts in her heart lingered, she was not worried. Zhu Xuan is a gentleman, and a gentleman is difficult to chase after him, since he said that he would not leak secrets, he will definitely not let the third person know.

It's not uncommon for women to know martial arts, but it's just that everyone in the backyard is strong in martial arts, so it's not a good thing. Unless she is out of the house, people will doubt her innocence and even more so her tutor.

"Don't look at it so stupidly, people don't mean anything special to you!"

Xia Xue'er turned her head to look at the speaker, feeling depressed, how could there be him anywhere! said angrily: "I want you to take care of it!" ”

Mu Feiyang not only didn't get angry when he heard this, but raised his eyebrows, and said playfully: "Tut-tut, it turns out that the daughter of this dignified Xia Mansion is so knowledgeable, and she really has a lot of knowledge." ”

Xia Xue'er's mouth was not idle, she looked directly at the other party's Danfeng eyes, and counterattacked with a knife hidden in her smile: "It turns out that the dignified son of the Mu family will also learn from those hairy thieves to sneakily climb over the wall and enter the room, and the little woman has also gained insight today!" ”

Mu Feiyang looked at the weird smile of the little girl in front of him with "I'm going to tear you apart", and was in a trance for a while, and when he came back to his senses, he only felt that his whole heart was soaked in something, sour. He narrowed his eyes, looked at her with a little inquiry, and said, "You can't really be interested in him, can you?" ”

Xia Xue'er looked at him sharply, and said in a calm and indifferent tone but not viciously: "If you are talking nonsense, be careful that I sew your mouth shut, so that you will never be able to open your mouth!" ”

Mu Feiyang smacked his lips and said, "Yo yo, I'm still a femme fatale, I'm afraid you won't dare to sew when the time comes." ”

Xia Xue'er glanced at the other party, didn't want to bother to say more, turned around and walked in the other direction.

Mu Feiyang chased after him, chattering along the way, which was bound to disturb Xia Xue'er's interest in looking at the flowers, who made her ignore him.

Xia Xue'er stopped, turned her head suddenly, looked at Mu Feiyang viciously and said, "Was Mu Gongzi a puppy in his last life?" ”

Mu Feiyang suddenly held his breath in his heart, and said angrily: "You dare to say that this son is a puppy!" ”

Xia Xue'er was not afraid of this at all, stared at the flickering eyes and said, "Isn't it? Only puppies will follow closely behind people's buttocks, which is called tail, chin, and dog, doesn't Mu Gongzi know? ”

After hearing this, Mu Feiyang suppressed the anger in his eyes, his face changed, the corners of his mouth raised an arc of underbeating, and said, "The tail dog is also a cute puppy." ”

Xia Xue'er has never seen such a cheap person, so she likes to use her hot face to stick to other people's cold buttocks, and she gave him a big white look and said coldly: "Poor no one loves, do you know what I want to do?" ”

Mu Feiyang tilted his face and asked with a puzzled expression, "What are you doing?" ”

Xia Xue'er gritted her teeth and said, "Kick it with hatred!" ”

Mu Feiyang was so angry that he was about to vomit blood on the spot, pointed at Xia Xue'er and said, "She is really a ruthless woman, be careful that she can't marry in this life." ”

Xia Xue'er replied lightly: "Whether I can marry or not is my own business, so I don't have to worry about Mu Gongzi." After that, he turned around and left, leaving Mu Feiyang alone in this merry forest.

Mu Feiyang looked at Xia Xue'er's departing back and asked loudly, "Hey! Why do you always have to be so cold to me? ”

Xia Xue'er didn't look back, only blurted out: "Because I don't like you." ”

Mu Feiyang was angry, no one had ever said to him that he didn't like him, and he still asked without giving up: "Why?" ”

Xia Xue'er had already walked away, and a faint sentence floated in the air: "No why." ”

Mu Feiyang's heart was in a panic, Xia Xue'er's painless voice was still floating in the air, lingering tightly around him, pervasive, and he did not hesitate to insert a dagger on the heart that had been injured by anger. For some reason, looking at this wonderful plum blossom at this time, I suddenly felt disgusted, and I destroyed several plum trees around me with a few crackles.

Xia Xue'er's mood here is not much better, although her martial arts have not yet fully recovered, but her internal strength has been achieved slightly, and a few plum trees along the way have not escaped the doom of being destroyed.

As he walked, he muttered in his heart: I really didn't look at the yellow calendar when I went out today, and I was extremely unlucky! I was in a good mood and was disturbed by a ghost Mu Feiyang, who really failed this beautiful snow scene and the proud red plum blossoms!

Coming from the snow and returning from the snow, it's just that the mood is different.