In the days that followed, the weather became warmer and warmer day by day. The snow began to melt the next morning, and although the sun was shining, it was too cold to stand.

Chen Qiuniang didn't want to go anywhere, so she only nested in the house. The floor heating in the plum garden is well designed, and the house is very warm. Every morning, Zhang Ci would get up to practice swords before she got up, and then have breakfast with Jiang Fan and discuss things by the way. Then, when he came back, it was basically Chen Qiuniang who had just woken up and was washing.

Twice, Zhang Ci came back to see that she had not yet been washed, her hair was draped behind her, and the jet black was like a fine brocade, reflecting her pink and delicate skin and crystal eyes. He instantly only felt as if he had been struck by lightning, standing beside the screen and not moving, only looking at her closely, and suddenly felt that she was so beautiful that she was unique.

"What do you see?" Chen Qiuniang chuckled, her eyebrows shining in the shadows of light, which were even more brilliant than the sun.

Zhang Ci looked even more excited, so he moved his steps embarrassedly, and said with a chuckle: "Look at you very beautiful." ”

Chen Qiuniang was very happy in her heart, but she smiled on her face and said, "You have also learned to be so flamboyant and dishonest." ”

"I'm telling the truth, but Yun'er doesn't believe it, it's really sad." Zhang Ci pouted and was aggrieved, but he wasn't really aggrieved, he just liked to quarrel with her like this.

Chen Qiuniang looked at him with smiling eyebrows like a crescent moon, and Zhang Ci only felt that her smile had the power to breathe people's hearts, so that he really couldn't take his eyes off. Therefore, he was stunned for a moment again in Chen Qiuniang's smile. restrained her mind a little, but saw Chen Qiuniang combing her hair in front of the bronze mirror. He walked briskly, took a comb and combed her black brocade hair, and clumsily combed her in a simple double bun.

"Huh? I didn't expect Zhang Ergongzi to comb his hair. Chen Qiuniang looked at herself in the mirror, turned her head to look at Zhang Ci, and joked with a smile.

Zhang Ci replied while giving her a thrush: "I will also do transfiguration." ”

Chen Qiuniang pursed her lips and muttered: "Oh, what an unromantic guy, the answer is so realistic." ”

"Huh?" Zhang Ci was stunned, and then immediately realized, laughed, and then lowered his voice: "Girl, in fact, I have always thought that if I can meet my destiny in the future, I must comb a beautiful bun for her, paint her eyebrows, and linger with her, and grow old." That's why I wore my hair in a good bun. I originally wanted to hide this shy heart, but I didn't expect my Yun'er to be so kind of blue heart that she completely saw through me. ”

Chen Qiuniang was already smiling and pounding the table next to her, and Zhang Ci said very strictly: "Don't believe it, what I said is true." Oops, don't move, your eyebrows are messed up. ”

"Don't believe, don't believe, just don't believe." Chen Qiuniang still pounded the table with a smile.

Zhang Ci suddenly picked her up by the waist and said viciously: "Hmph, if you don't believe me, I'll eat you." ”

Chen Qiuniang didn't know if he had the intention or not. His words are easy to make people want to be crooked, so her face turned red all of a sudden, and she couldn't wait to find a crack in the ground to drill down. But he hugged it tightly, and his mouth was still reading: Believe it or not, believe it or not?

"Believe, believe. The second son spared the little girl. Chen Qiuniang hurriedly begged for mercy and wanted to get out of Zhang Ci's arms, because she was really afraid that she would be out of control the next moment.

"That's pretty much it." Zhang Ci took the opportunity to put her aside.

Chen Qiuniang hurriedly tidied up her clothes, said that she wanted to make food for Zhang Ci, and hurriedly changed the topic.

"Ah, the founder of the wealthy feast, the chief chef to guide the cooking himself, very good, very good." Zhang Ci exaggeratedly.

"It's a pity that in the north, it's freezing and many things can't be found, and I want to make more for you, but I can't do it. However, the good thing is that this weather also has the deliciousness of this weather. Chen Qiuniang said.

Jiang Fan's voice sounded outside the house: "Qiu Niang really knows the goods." At this moment, it is a good time to catch river fish when the river freezes and wants to solve it, and there are still a lot of delicious foods hidden in the mountains and forests. ”

"Yikes. Jiang Gongzi is here. Chen Qiuniang politely went out to the side of the screen, and glanced at Zhang Ci, her expression was really a little bad.

Jiang Fan is still dressed in white, with a wide robe and a wide belt, because there is floor heating at the door, he has hung the big coat on the shelf at the door.

"I'll take a look at you." He ignored Zhang Ci and went straight to find a place to sit down.

"You're not interesting." Zhang Ci got straight to the point.

"You're so direct." Jiang Fan swept away the regret, and then reached out and dialed the fire of the stove to make it more vigorous.

"I've always been like that. I don't like to go around in circles, simple and rough. Zhang Ci sat down across from him, and at the same time pulled Chen Qiuniang to sit beside him, as if a lion was declaring the sovereignty of the territory.

Chen Qiuniang looked at Jiang Fan with some embarrassment, and saw that he didn't mind, but instead began to warm wine on the stove, so she was relieved.

"You are the patriarch of the Nine Great Families, simple and rude is not suitable for you." Jiang Fan said lazily.

Zhang Ci said disdainfully: "This simple and rude way to solve problems is only suitable for people who have reached the highest level of strength. ”

"Come on, I'm too lazy to argue with you." Jiang Fan took the wine glass in one hand and handed it to Zhang Ci and Chen Qiuniang, and took out a painting from his arms with the other.

Chen Qiuniang and Zhang Ci took a sip of the wine glass, and then watched him slowly unfold the painting. The painting shows a woman dressed in Han clothes, but it has the typical characteristics of a woman of different races. When she was still guessing the identity of this person, Zhang Ci said very firmly: "Xiao Yanyan." ”

"Ah, so you know." There was surprise in Jiang Fan's tone, but it was only a little, and then, he said, "Also, you are the patriarch, these people who are so important in the prophecy, you always have to control their intelligence." As the so-called 'Chosen One' family, it's always so convenient and so troublesome. ”

Zhang Ci did not grieve with Jiang Fan, but asked, "What news did you bring this time?" ”

"I'm an old acquaintance with her." Jiang Fan slowly dropped this sentence.

"Huh? How did you meet? Was it the last time you did? Chen Qiuniang said that she was shocked, because in her impression, Jiang Fan was taken up the mountain by the master when he was still an infant, and grew up on the mountain, so that the first time he went down the mountain, he ignored the ridiculous rules set by the Zhao family, and actually went out of Bianjing without permission and ran to Cangzhou Mansion.

Before Jiang Fan could answer, Zhang Ci drank a glass of wine and said directly: "The children of the nine major families, who are qualified to inherit the position of patriarch, travel in all directions every year. Even Jiang Gongzi who is in the mountains. ”

Chen Qiuniang is a smart person, and when she heard it, she knew that Zhang Ci was talking about Jiang Fan going down the mountain many years ago, and he must have gone to the north, or had an encounter with Xiao Yanyan, who was not the queen of Liao at that time.

"Qiu Niang, I didn't mean to lie to you, I'm sorry." Jiang Fan suddenly said solemnly.

Chen Qiuniang let out an "ah" and looked at him confused. The young man in front of him was looking guilty and pursed his lips tightly.

"Yun'er is not an ignorant person." Zhang Ci answered.

"This is my affair with Qiu Niang, I want you to interject!" Jiang Fan waited for Zhang Ci unhappily.

Zhang Ci didn't care, he only smiled at Chen Qiuniang. Jiang Fan only then talked about the latest information he received this morning, which contained a portrait of Xiao Yanyan. The moment he saw it, he knew that this was an old man, an old acquaintance. Later, Jiang Fan talked about when he was about eight years old, and his master and mother took him out of the customs to understand the customs and customs of the north, and learn Khitan script by the way. One day, at dusk, he rode out on his pony and met wolves.

The wolves are fierce, even if Jiang Fan's swordsmanship is outstanding, it is also extremely dangerous to encounter wolves at dusk. With only a long sword in his hand, three arrows on his body, and a longbow, there was no fire source to drive away the beasts, and he was in danger of being torn apart by wolves every minute. At this moment, Jiang Fan heard the voice of the immature girl, humming a leisurely song, and the crisp sound of a bell came.

Jiang Fan shouted briefly in the beginner's Khitan language, and the girl's voice stopped abruptly. The next moment, I heard the sound of horses' hooves, and a Liao girl rode a horse, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and distinct facial features.

Jiang Fan was inevitably a little disappointed when he saw that the person who came was a little girl, so he shouted at her in unfamiliar Khitan dialect to leave, there was a danger of wolves here.

The girl rode on the horse and did not move, and Jiang Fan shouted again: "Hurry up, it's dangerous here." ”

"You're from the Central Plains, right? Don't be afraid. The girl spoke, speaking the standard Central Plains dialect. Jiang Fan was a little stunned, at the time of the rising and sunset of the moon, the girl calmly blew the whistle, and then the earth-shattering sound of horses' hooves swept like thunder. The girl recruited her subordinates and drove all the wolves away, and then rode her horse down the hill and asked with a smile: "Hello, my name is Xiao Yanyan, what are you doing here?" ”

Her standard Central Plains dialect made Jiang Fan stunned before replying: "My name is Yunqi, I followed my parents to do a leather business, and I wanted to come out to see the exotic scenery, but I didn't expect to meet wolves."

"This is not as prosperous as the Central Plains, and it is much more dangerous. They must walk by day, walk together, and live together. Don't be careless. The girl's eyes were shiny and her voice was crisp.

"Well, Yun Qi, thank you Miss Xiao." The little Jiang Fan bowed his hand.

The little girl covered her mouth and smiled, and then instructed her teacher to take someone to send Jiang Fan back to her residence. That night, Jiang Fan was punished by the master and his mother to kneel all night, and the next morning, when he was still standing in the courtyard for morning class, the little girl came to him, saying that she longed for the Central Plains culture and liked the mountains and rivers of the Central Plains, so she found the Central Plains teacher, but Teacher Han has been in Liao for a long time, and many things seem to be blurred, and she only talked about it over and over again, and her ears can afford to hear calluses. Therefore, she hopes that Jiang Fan can tell her about the customs of the Central Plains.

In this way, during the days when Jiang Fan lived here, the little girl was sticking to Jiang Fan every day to talk about the customs of the Central Plains.

"Brother Yunqi, I really like the Jiangnan of apricot blossoms and spring rain, and I also like those quiet seaside towns. Later, when I grow up, can you take me to see it? The little girl begged pitifully.

Jiang Fan knew that he would never see each other again, but he couldn't look directly at her big watery eyes, so he nodded with a smile and said, "When you grow up, I will take you to Yanyu Jiangnan, a seaside town." ”

"Great." The little girl clapped her hands, untied the bone carving necklace around her neck and insisted on giving it to Jiang Fan.

Jiang Fan slowly recounted this past, then took a glass of wine and said, "We only know that the Empress of Liao is called Xiao Xuan, but few people know that her name is Xiao Yanyan. Before, Qiu Niang said that Xiao Yanyan was the queen of Liao, so I had some suspicions, and sent someone to investigate, and it really confirmed that the little girl I met that day was the current queen of Liao. ”

"You deliberately came to tell me about this past, what do you want? It's just your own business. Zhang Ci asked casually.

Jiang Fan didn't answer, just looked at Chen Qiuniang. His eyes burned, and Chen Qiuniang saw the reluctance and pain in his eyes, and couldn't help asking, "What's wrong with you?" ”

He shook his head, withdrew his eyes, and said, "I'm fine." Then, he looked at Zhang Ci and slowly spit out a sentence: "I think of the Northland, just leave it to me." ”R1152