Ringing the New Year's bell, the people of Taiping City walked the streets and alleys. The woman in Tsing Yi, wrapped in a thick cotton coat, stopped at the mouth of Jiming Lane in a carriage, and the little girl in red helped her sister get out of the car. Telling the groom to wait outside, the woman in Tsing Yi took the little girl into the alley. The streets are much cleaner than usual, and the snow on the roofs has not yet melted.

Hongyi kept rubbing his hands and said, "Sister, is Zhang Gongzi back at home?" ”

Yulian said: "Today is the third year of junior high school, Brother Zhang has already returned home from the villa, go and have a look first." ”

As soon as I entered the alley, a middle-aged woman walked up to me, and saw that the rich lady who often came walked a few steps. Yulian smiled slightly and bowed slightly: "Aunt Liu Yulian has a New Year's greeting." ”

The famous slums of Taiping City in Jiming Lane, not to mention the nobles in the city, and the people with a slightly wealthy family background will not come to this kind of place. In the past six months, as long as the neighbor Zhang Gongzi is at home, this luxuriously dressed woman often comes. has become a generation of good stories in the alley, is it a talented beauty? Children who often have runny noses like their big sisters the most, and every time they come, they bring some food that they have never seen before.

Aunt Liu was very happy to look at this rich lady who often came, she had no frame at all, and she was different from the nobles in the city. said with a smile: "Yulian is here, Zhang Gongzi is at home!" A face of vicissitudes with a smile.

Hongyi immediately took out some snacks from the bag and handed them to Aunt Liu, who did not refuse to take them happily. These are all good things, they can't be seen in ordinary stores, they smell fragrant, touch and are a little hot, and they quickly cover them in their arms after saying a few words. Watching Yulian leave in red clothes, her eyes have not left the thick clothes, which is worth a lot of money at a glance.

Before arriving at the door of Zhang Bai's house, a group of children came over in clean and tidy clothes, and their sisters screamed affectionately. The dim sum brought by the red coat after opening the package for a while was swept away, and the children were reluctant to eat the good-looking dim sum. Hongyi likes this group of children the most, and keeps calling her sister around her.

Zhang Bai's courtyard door was not closed, and he walked to the door and saw a clean and tidy man cleaning the yard with a broom. Yulian had already been here before the New Year, and she wanted to accompany her hometown to celebrate the New Year, but Mr. Zhou asked Zhang Bai to go to the villa for the New Year, and he didn't come back until today. A heavy snowfall on the second day of the Lunar New Year lasted all day, and Zhang Bai, who was supposed to come back yesterday, didn't go home until today.

The small yard has already piled up a lot of snowdrifts, and the red clothes are jumping in. I have a good relationship with Zhang Gongzi for half a year, and I don't treat me as a maid at all, but more like a sister. shouted: "Zhang Gongzi, Zhang Gongzi." ”

Straightened up, wiped the sweat from his forehead with his cuffs, and smiled towards the door: "You guys are here." ”

Yulian walked a few steps briskly and walked into the house with a food box, and Zhang Bai followed behind the red clothes and put the broom in the corner. I saw Yulian take out three kinds of meat, two vegetarian dishes, and a pot of peach blossom wine. Hongyi set up three pairs of chopsticks and stared at the five dishes. In Yulian's heart, Hongyi regards Hongyi as her sister, and only outside the Guogong Mansion will she be less restrained. Where can I eat such exquisite dishes in the house, I have been hungry for a long time on the road. Zhang Bai sat down and took the small wine glass filled by Yulian, but there was actually only one cup.

Zhang Bai sniffed the tip of his nose and said, "It's still the fragrance of Sister Yulian's wine." ”

Looking at the relaxed Zhang Bai smiled gently, this was the first time he had brought wine and food. Usually Yulian doesn't want to bring some good food, Zhang Bai has a reluctant look every time. Many decorations in the house were brought by Yulian at a time, and since that time she has never brought silver, and occasionally left some copper coins before leaving, saying that she forgot to take them. Zhang Bai didn't know that Yulian was deliberately staying, and he didn't say anything later. On the contrary, Hongyi secretly gave silver a few times, although Zhang Bai only said that he borrowed it from Hongyi, and he didn't know that it was Yulian's order.

Yulian sat down and looked at Zhang Bai quietly, and the red clothes looked up and looked at Yulian quietly. Yulian glanced at the red clothes and said, "You can eat if you want." Hearing her sister's words, Hongyi immediately picked up chopsticks and put them in her mouth. The small mouth has been non-stop, I really don't know how big my belly is, and I have eaten a lot of pastries on the way.

Zhang Bai drank a glass of peach blossom wine and said, "It's still the taste of hometown." Glancing at Yulian, Yulian immediately turned her head to look at a pair of red clothes of enjoyment. Zhang Baicai picked up chopsticks and ate, and when he came to Taiping City, only Yulian would feel home. I wanted to go to the Lu Guogong Mansion many times, but how many times I wandered and left.

After eating a few bites, seeing that Yulian hadn't moved her chopsticks, Zhang Bai said, "Don't you eat?" ”

He dragged his chin with his hands and moved his eyes slightly, and said, "You eat." ”

Nanjing has been snowing heavily since the end of the year, and the thick layer of snow is extremely heavy, affecting the movement of the war horse. Outside the cold style, Liu Zhixing is wearing a thick fur. Walking out of the tent, the soldiers shrunk their hands and moved slowly, and Chu Hanlin hurriedly walked over.

Liu Zhixing asked, "Haven't the cotton clothes been delivered yet?" ”

Chu Hanlin, who shrunk his hands, hurriedly walked into the house, baked the fire and said: "Now Qingzhou cotton clothes are in demand, and I only bought 500 cotton clothes after going to many houses, and they were all sent to the recruits. Fenyang's cotton clothes are no longer available, and the soldiers don't know when they will be able to get through. ”

took off his cloak and draped it on Chu Hanlin, and Liu Zhixing only wore a single coat. I didn't expect this year's winter to be even colder in the north, and it snowed heavily for several days. Only the soldiers in charge of searching the border were qualified to wear cotton clothes, and Chu Hanlin wrapped the cloak around his body.

When I took off my cloak, I suddenly felt that the temperature had dropped suddenly, and the winter in the south was actually not so cold. A few years ago, it was enough to just issue some ordinary cotton clothes to survive this winter, but now the soldiers wearing cotton clothes do not work at all. The officials in charge of the baggage of the whole army are also raising cotton clothes everywhere, and more than 100,000 soldiers are not so easy to bring to Nanjing.

Liu Zhixing has gone to the major camp tents many times in the past few days for this matter, not only is the thirteenth battalion missing, but some of the veterans of the camp tents have fortunately taken out all the clothes from last year, and the thirteenth battalion recruit camp does not have so many things. There are 5,000 troops stationed on the side, more than 30 miles away from Fenyang, waiting for cotton clothes to be delivered, I am afraid that this heavy snow has melted.

asked, "What's wrong with You Dahu?" ”

Chu Hanlin didn't know where to take out the wine that Liu Zhixing had treasured, and he had already drunk it, and his stomach warmed up a lot under a sip of strong wine, and said: "The border is full of snow, and it never falls three times a day. The clothes are thick, even the coal has been burned out, and I am leading a group of people to look for firewood in the heavy snow, hoping to carry it through the past few days, and the snow will stop is the saddest. ”

The big man who was talking walked in, almost in his thirties. is the oldest in the thirteenth battalion, and Liang Bo has been in the army for many years and is only in his early thirties. The man born of the bandit was still wearing cold armor and broke in with a big grin.

Liu Zhixing said: "Da Niu, why are you still wearing armor." ”

Less than half a year after coming to the barracks, he was already a centurion, as the leader of Liu Zhixing's army. I was locked up in a dark room for a few months, and I was always afraid. Jianghu was born without learning martial arts, and he has no strength. I don't know how to be taken by the little general who was assassinated, and I have always stayed by my side. The person who is most afraid is not the main general Liu Zhixing, Lu Lin, who has the highest kung fu, but Chu Hanlin, who looks weak.

Those months were really scary, and death was really not terrible at all. Chu Hanlin's methods are endless, and he will sit down and talk every once in a while. It's talking about the heart, and it's clearly the heart. When Liu Zhixing came back, the first thing he did was to kneel on the ground and keep saying: "General, you can do whatever you want, don't let General Chu talk to him." ”

At that time, Liu Zhixing was surprised, it was just a whim to capture the bandit king. I didn't expect to be made like this by Chu Hanlin in the past few months in Taiping City. Just to expand the army, by the way, I got registered and stayed by my side. People are a little stupid, and the kung fu immediately is a must, especially a sledgehammer that makes it superb. I'm afraid that no one in the Thirteenth Battalion can fight alone except Lu Lin, and the only surprising thing is that it is too good to eat, and there are five people in one meal.

The food of the Huotou Army is not good, and it has always been disliked by the soldiers. The new soldier didn't care about that, it was good to be fed. Since following Liu Zhixing, the amount of food for the soldiers has also increased a lot, not because of anything else, but because of this stupid big man who wants to eat it all up.

When he saw Chu Hanlin, he trembled in his heart, and he almost had to go out. Fortunately, Liu Zhixing shouted quickly, and Da Niu said with a black and thick beard: "The general is drinking." ”

Liu Zhixing said: "Take off your armor and remember to wear a thicker dress next time." Da Niu said that he knew, but Liu Zhixing didn't know that he just agreed. Since the day he put on the armor, he has been reluctant to take it off, and he has always carried a knife at his waist. Not for anything else, just because you can cut people with a knife openly and without breaking the law. Now it is not only the good people, but also the Liangbian border army, who dares to look down on it.

Chu Hanlin looked back and said, "Big Niu, have a drink." The big bull who hadn't drunk for a long time was full of relish, and when he heard Chu Hanlin's words, he suddenly said no.

Liu Zhixing said: "Da Niu, you take someone to distribute the cotton clothes brought back by Hanlin to the soldiers in each account. ”

Without saying a word, he immediately turned around and was about to leave, and Liu Zhixing ordered to put on a thicker dress. Chu Hanlin took off his cloak and said, "General, there have been many footprints in the Ba River during this time, although there are not many, they are obviously marks that someone has dealt with. ”

"You mean that there are Chu army scouts crossing the Ba River."

"It should be, Liu Qing has been guarding the vicinity of the Ba River with a team of men and horses, and it should be known if it is the Chu army in a few days."

Liu Zhixing nodded lightly and said, "Now it's better to hurry up and buy cotton clothes for the soldiers, this ghost weather will pass in a long time." Liang Bo has no news now? ”

After taking a sip of the spirits, Chu Hanlin said: "Yesterday, the messenger has received a batch of cotton clothes from Qingzhou City, not much. It should be back after a few days of heavy snowfall. Liu Zhixing breathed a sigh of relief, Chu Hanlin can be said to be his right-hand man. One person handled the chores of the thirteen battalions without any mistake, and the business outside was handed over to local merchants, and he only needed to send the dividends to the army at that time. Chu Hanlin is rarely in town, and more often runs back and forth from outside.

Liu Zhixing said: "That's good. "Outside the window, the cold wind is whistling, and the frontier is covered with snow.

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In the evening, it was snowing lightly in Taiping City, and Yulian had just arrived at the gate of the mansion with red clothes to guard a group of forbidden troops. A four-seater carriage with a golden curtain embroidered with a three-clawed dragon. Taiping City knew a lot about the honor guard during this time, and the carriage of the King of Jin was just embroidered with white mang.

The emperor traveled to the five-clawed yellow dragon, and now it is the three-clawed Yulian who knows that it is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who has arrived at the mansion. I had to enter through the back door in a carriage and go back to the room to take off my heavy cloak. Looking at myself in the mirror, I feel a kind of debt in my heart. I didn't dare to say that sentence to Zhang Bai, I wanted to say that sentence many times, and every time I saw Zhang Bai's gentle smile, I would hold back my heart.

Look at yourself in the mirror and compare your eyes tightly. I can't help but think of what Xiuwen once said, how can a woman marry two langs. Gently stroking his black hair, he seemed to see Liu Zhixing who had left Taiping City for three months in the mirror.

In reverie, she heard a knock on the door, and Yulian approached and opened the door. It was not the young man in his heart who appeared, but His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wearing a three-clawed yellow dragon brocade robe. Yulian was about to give a salute, and the prince stretched out his hand to stop Yulian from subconsciously dodging. The prince was embarrassed to stop, and Yulian looked back and saw Liu Ce following behind the prince.

The prince said, "Miss Ji is exempt. ”