Overnight, the light snow dyed the roofs and walls of Jinling City white, and the naughty boy trotted in the alley, pinching small snowballs to chase and play; The beggar nesting at the corner of the alley tightened the broken bedding on his body, and looked at the snowflakes in the sky with numb eyes.

It rarely snows in Jiangnan, and the snow is so heavy that you can make snowballs, which can be said to be the first time in recent years.

"Madam, why are there so many beggars, the snow is so heavy this year, I'm afraid that many people will freeze to death......"

The moon slave walked behind Lu Hongluan with a small umbrella, sometimes took out a few copper coins, threw them into the broken bowl of the beggar on the street, and walked here from the Lu family's mansion, and the silver money in the purse was clean.

Lu Hongluan carried a food box on her wrist, a light blue long skirt covered with a fox fur, emerald green earrings swayed in the wind and snow, and her mature cheeks were also sad. She originally liked the snow scene outside, but she never thought out and met a bunch of yellow-skinned beggars, it was difficult to see these when she was in Chang'an, and there was no such scene in Jinling City when she was a child, and only then did she realize how serious the water was in autumn.

"I'll go back later, let the eldest brother build a few soup kitchens outside the city, the sky is not beautiful, and there is no way to ......"

Lu Hongluan sighed faintly, a woman's house, there was nothing to do except feel pity, she didn't stop along the way, and walked quickly to the alley behind the Xiao family's study.

Before dawn this morning, Lu Hongluan got up early, ran to the kitchen by himself to make some exquisite food, and then took the moon slave out to find Xu Buling.

Yue Nu heard about the poetry meeting last night, and knew that Mrs. didn't like Xu Buling to kill, thinking that Mrs. was here to find trouble with Xu Buling, thought about it, walked behind him and said:

"The little prince killed Yang Yingxiong to eliminate harm for the people, and the lady should not blame the little prince......"

"I blame him for what he did, he didn't come back all night, I'm afraid something happened to him, come and have a look."

"Little Lord and Miss Xiao are together, how can something happen......"

"It's because I'm ...... with Xiao Qi"

Lu Hongluan was about to say something, but suddenly noticed that something was wrong, and quickly closed his mouth.

Yuenu grew up with Lu Hongluan since she was a child, and she knows her wife's temper best, and when she saw Lu Hongluan's appearance, she understood the meaning and smiled secretly.

It was still early, Lu Hongluan came to the back alley of the study building, and happened to see Xiao Qi standing at the window on the third floor, using a wooden comb to comb her long silky hair, staring at the snow scene of Jinling City, her face was also a little dignified.

Looking upstairs from the alley, because of the poor angle, Lu Hongluan could only see Xiao Qi, who had just gotten up, standing at the window, and couldn't see what was in the house, but Xu Buling didn't return last night......

Lu Hongluan's eyes showed a little suspicious, and he felt that his baby bump must be in the house. Maybe the two of them went to the poetry meeting together yesterday and made a big fuss, and when they came back in the evening, Xiao Qi was impressed by Xu Buling's masculinity, and then ......

Thinking of this, Lu Hongluan snorted lightly, and wanted to lower his head and enter the back door from under the eaves, and sneak up into the house to have a look.

It's a pity that Xiao Qi is not a person who can be in a daze, after seeing Mrs. Lu coming over, he looked down and said with a smile:

"Hongluan, why are you here?"

When Lu Hongluan saw that he had been found, he didn't hide it, he regained his dignified and steady appearance, and raised his cheeks:

"Miss, Ling'er fell asleep with you last night?"

？

Xiao Qiqiao's face stiffened slightly, Xu Buling wanted to sleep in her room last night, she scolded Xu Buling harshly and drove Xu Buling out, but she was still taken advantage of. Seeing Mrs. Lu asking, Xiao Qi explained:

"Xu Buling slept in the guest room last night."

Regarding the matter between men and women, Lu Hongluan's mind is more acute than Xiao Qi's, and he immediately responded with a strange look:

"Ling'er naturally sleeps in the guest room, why does the eldest lady explain this?"

“……”

Xiao Qi blinked, but she didn't expect Lu Hongluan to give her a trick in her words, and smiled very calmly at the moment:

"Xu Buling came to propose marriage, the matter has not yet been decided, and some things naturally have to be explained clearly."

Lu Hongluan saw that Xiao Qi was so honest, and it was not good to continue to sour Xiao Qi, so he slowly entered the study building.

Xu Buling had been peeking at the window, and when he saw Aunt Lu running over to check the post, he hurriedly hid the black belly pocket with excellent fabric into his arms and went out to greet him.

As soon as the door opened, I saw Xiao Qi running out of the house, stopping in front of him, his eyes were as cold as frost, and he stretched out his hand: "Xu Buling, return the things to me." The expression and tone on his face were exactly the same as when Xiang'er lost the lotus Tibetan carp before.

Xu Buling looked puzzled and looked at the cold beauty in front of him: "What is it?" ”

Xiao Qi has been in charge of the family business since she was a teenager, and she has a good mind, but she is not the kind of woman who is shy to answer and dare not speak.

"Give me back your belly pocket, or I'll tell Hongluan about it, she has the most important rules, and if she knows that you do something, she will definitely be angry with you."

Xu Buling was a little helpless, and his eyes pointed to the stairs:

"Go ahead and talk about it."

Xiao Qi looked into Xu Buling's eyes, serious and focused:

"You think I'm afraid to speak?"

Xu Buling never ate this set, and nodded seriously.

Xiao Qi's chest rose and fell a few times, and he raised his hand and stretched it into Xu Buling's arms, trying to find it himself, but naturally Xu Buling grabbed his wrist, and said:

"Men and women don't kiss, eldest lady, please respect yourself."

Footsteps had already sounded at the staircase, Xiao Qi couldn't bear it anymore, but he still endured it, withdrew his hand and looked away, and snorted lightly.

When Lu Hongluan came to the third floor, it was naturally not easy to ask if the two of them had done anything out of the ordinary last night, so they took out the meal prepared in the morning, and the three of them ate porridge together in the house and chatted about some gossip.

Xiao Qi's concentration is very outstanding, he has just been bullied by Xu Buling, and he did not show the slightest strange expression in front of Lu Hongluan.

Lu Hongluan's eyes were a little strange, and he secretly glanced at the two of them from time to time, as if he was looking for some clues.

Xu Buling must be drinking porridge honestly, and he doesn't intervene in the mouths of the two pretty women.

The three of them did this, and after about half an hour, Hua Jingting, the chief housekeeper of the Xiao family, walked up and knocked on the door:

"Miss."

Xiao Qi got up and went over and listened to Hua Jingting whisper a few words, but Xu Buling naturally didn't eavesdrop. It's just that after Xiao Qi listened to the report, his face became a little more serious, and he glanced back at Xu Buling.

Seeing this, Xu Buling turned his head and asked:

"Something's wrong?"

Xiao Qi's eyebrows tightened, walked to the table and sat down, and said softly:

"You asked me to inquire about Zhongli Chuchu's news, and the people below inquired about it, and just sent the news back. Zhongli Chuchu was in the area of Hongshan Lake, and somehow provoked Hongshan Shan Village, and I heard the spies say that the water bandits in the entire Hongshan Lake poured out, chasing and killing all over the mountains, Zhongli Chuchu seemed to be trapped......"

Xu Buling frowned: "What did she do?" ”

Xiao Qi shook his head: "I don't know, I just heard that the night before yesterday, the people in Hongshan Zhai were crazy, hundreds of water bandits hugged each other, and they couldn't pull ...... open."

"Shhhh

Xu Buling's eyes were full of shock.

Mrs. Lu's face turned red, and she was a little curious: "Hundreds of men hugging each other, what are they doing?" ”

Xiao Qi was embarrassed to say, frowned lightly and said: "I'm afraid what kind of medicine was used to make those water bandits crazy, and they also wrote very arrogantly on the gate of the water village, 'Nanyue Ye Jiuniang and her disciples are here for a visit!'" The rivers and lakes are about to fry...... If that's the case, those two crazy women, I'm afraid that there will be more than one bad luck, do you want me to send someone to take a look? ”

"I'll go myself."

Xu Buling rubbed his forehead, he didn't know what to say after thinking for a long time, and he was afraid that the master and apprentice would get rid of it, so after getting up and saying goodbye to Lu Hongluan and Xiao Qi, he traveled lightly and took the nightingale towards Hongshan Lake, which was two hundred miles away......