There was a crisp sound of horses' hooves, and a majestic figure on a horse in the distance rushed towards this side with a group of people. The person who came was Zhu Min, a military minister of the Fan family, and it was he who brought Xue Xian to the royal capital that day.

"Huh-" Zhu Min stopped at the gate, and a group of men and horses behind him also stopped, these people should be his soldiers, very disciplined, after stopping the horse, only the sound of the horse's sneezing and shaking mane was heard, and no one spoke casually.

"Hurry up, hurry up, I'm good to catch up." Zhu Min turned over and dismounted, hugged his fist with Xue Xian, and said: "I was busy with the affairs arranged by the boss a few days ago, and I knew that Mr. was leaving, but he was not available, which is really rude." ”

"It's okay, your lords' official duties are important." Xue Xian smiled mildly without mind.

Zhu Min looked Ziji and the three of them up and down, and praised him: "What a beautiful young man, Tianqian Gate is really a place where talents from all over the world come out." ”

"It's overrated." Xue Xian said with a smile.

"Well, in the past, I was ordered to act, and I was anxious, and my behavior was inevitably arrogant. Now every time I think back to the rude behavior at that time, I am still very ashamed in my heart. Zhu Min apologized and Xue Xian bent down to give a long salute, and said humbly: "The boss is grateful for the grace of Mr. for his treatment, and sent me to send a thing to Mr. As he spoke, he took out a gold token from his bosom and said, "This thing is a covenant thing, if there is danger on the road, you can use this card to ask for help." ”

"Thank you, sir." Xue Xian took the gold medal and said with a salute.

The men and horses escorting Zizhang were led by Fan Jihui's confidant Wuchen Huo Qu. Huo Quinoa stayed aside, counting that the hour was almost up, and urged to set off.

Before Ziji left, Zai Ma turned his head and winked at her quietly. Mingyun only looked at Ziji, bit his lip, and didn't speak.

Since then, it can be regarded as a real goodbye.

As the sound of horses' hooves faded away, the backs of the group finally disappeared into the distance. The people who saw them off went back one after another, but Mingyun was still standing in place, looking into the distance.

"Sister Yun, let's go, don't look at it, everyone is far away." Fan Ming touched Mingyun's arm and said.

"No, just standing at the gate of the city, without endless high walls, I suddenly felt that the sky outside was high and wide." Mingyun raised his hand high, spread his five fingers, and looked at the blue sky after the snow through his fingers.

"What do you mean by looking here, you can see far when you climb high, you come with me." Speaking of this, Fan Ming suddenly remembered something, took Mingyun's hand and ran quickly, saying as he ran: "Let's go up to the lookout tower of the city tower, quick, let's run quickly, maybe we can see them again!" ”

"Let's hurry up now, maybe we'll see it." Fan Ming pulled Mingyun and ran as fast as he could.

Mingyun's steps were brisk, she ran much faster than Fan Ming, and in the end, it turned out that she was dragging Fan Ming in front of her.

"Sister Yun, let me take a breath, take a breath." Fan Ming really couldn't run, he held his knees, and panted heavily.

"I've only run a few steps, and I'll rest when I get there." Mingyun couldn't help but drag Fan Ming's arm, forcibly pulled him to run, and said, "It's all because you're too fat, you should eat less." ”

When I arrived at the lookout, I climbed several steps in a winding way. After pushing open the last door, Mingyun's vision suddenly widened, she shook off Fan Ming, quickly lay on the edge of the snow-covered railing, leaned out, and looked at the vast and prosperous ice and snow world outside.

Fan Ming pinched his waist with both hands, hunched over and leaned on the railing, gasping for breath, wiping the fine sweat oozing from the corners of his forehead with his sleeve, but his eyes searched the long street.

"There it is! Over there! Fan Ming saw the backs of a group of people from a distance, they had already walked far away, and they were almost about to disappear at the end of their vision. Fan Ming waved his arms and shouted loudly, but it was too far away, and the people on the street were so noisy, how could he hear it.

At this moment, a sharp whistle came into Fan Ming's ears, and he couldn't help covering his ears, he saw that the whistle in Yunmei's hand was like a flying firework, and with a "boom", it flew high.

With this whistle, there was a sound of an eagle in the air, and the goshawk flew from a forest not far away, although the eagle had not yet grown up, but it was born powerful and strong, and it was destined to be the king who soared above the blue sky.

The eaglet circled in the air, then rushed straight down, landing on Mingyun's left arm.

"So they can see it." Mingyun waved desperately with her right hand, too far away for her to see the other party's expressions, but she knew that they must have seen it. One of the small figures also waved his hand in this direction, it must be Zizhang.

"Where did you get the eagle, this is a goshawk, where did you come from?" Fan Ming's surprised eyes were about to fall out.

"It's called Li Yu." Mingyun touched the soft hair on the back of Li Yu's neck, tilted his head and pretended to be mysterious: "Where did it come from?" I'm not going to tell you. ”

"Where did the hell come from?" Fan Ming also stretched out his hand to touch it, but was pecked by Li Yu mercilessly.

"Whew!" Fan Ming held his hands and howled, "This little beast pecked me!" ”

Inside the Fan Mansion

Fan Siling sat in front of the window holding a book, but she didn't seem to look into it, and was in a daze. The charcoal fire in the house is vigorous, and the warm incense burner is filled with a faint fragrance of jasmine. Her jet-black hair was simply tied in a bun behind her head, and only a white hosta was inserted, which was matched with the big white sleeves on her body, which made her look atmospheric and quiet.

"Daughter, I'm still reading." His mother walked in surrounded by a group of maidservants, and she looked at her daughter, who was as beautiful and generous as a daffodil, and smiled lovingly and contentedly. This is a standard noblewoman, arrogant and well-maintained, with a high bun of gold hairpins and rubies, a long skirt that sways to the ground, and is elegantly embroidered with auspicious patterns.

"I've seen my mother." Fan Siling hurriedly put down the book and saluted her mother.

His mother sat down in front of the front seat in the room, and said to Fan Siling with a smile: "Ling'er, my mother just went to choose a few sets of jewelry for you, you can come and see, which one do you like, if you like them all, then take them all." ”

On the desk, more than a dozen sets of luxurious jewelry of different styles are lined up, including red gold ruby, pinched gold pearls, gold-wrapped agate, red jade emerald, mutton fat white jade, amethyst, and so on. At this time, these luxurious things are like turnips and cabbages on the side of the street, with open lids for people to pick.

Fan Siling's mind was not here, so she ordered a few casually, she wanted to ask her mother if she had a stomach, but she didn't know how to speak.

His mother looked at the sets selected by Fan Siling, looked at them a few times, nodded with satisfaction, and said, "I think these sets are also good-looking, and our Ling'er will definitely look better when they wear them, but it's not enough, I'll go around tomorrow to see if there's any better." ”

"Mother, enough is enough, enough is enough." Fan Siling said busily.

"How can this be, you are marrying far away, and this dowry is naturally richer. Just a few sets, it's too shabby. You don't have to worry about this, just leave it to your mother. ”

Fan Siling pinched the handkerchief in her hand, lowered her head slightly, looked at her mother cautiously and asked, "Mother, does Ling'er have to get married?" ”

His mother was looking at it with a set of white jade jewelry, and frowned when she heard this: "What kind of stupid thing are you talking about, of course you are going to get married, and your father and I have agreed with your aunt." ”

"But, but, mother, I heard that Gongsun Sheng is not a good person, there are a lot of concubines, and there are a lot of concubines!" When Fan Siling said this, her emotions fluctuated and she was indignant.

"So you're worried about this." After hearing this, her mother actually laughed, she took Fan Siling's hand, touched her daughter's hair again, and said with a smile: "What a stupid child, will your father and I harm you, we have carefully considered it for you." You are the daughter of our Fan family, and it is naturally noble to marry. Those women have a lowly status, and they can only live by taking a few more glances from their grandsons, why should you worry about such a lowly person? How can this candle flame compete with the sun and the moon? You can rest assured. When you marry, you will soon be Mrs. Jun, and when you give birth to a son in the future, he will be the future heir of Gongzifu, and at that time, the entire Quwo, no one will be able to go past you. ”

"But, mother, I don't want to be a lady, I just want to find a like-minded person and live a simple life, please, mother." Fan Siling knew that she wouldn't have a chance if she didn't say it again, so she said it boldly, and her eyes were full of pleading.

"Don't think I don't know those thoughts of yours." Her mother nodded her head and said, "I advise you to cut off those thoughts, the feelings and meanings in your mouth are the most useless things in this world." The singers and dancers in the music workshop are all full of affection, but they are not as lowly as a puddle of mud. You are born noble, but you cannot be willing to fall on a par with those who are lowly. ”

She glanced at the desk and frowned again: "I'm used to you on weekdays, I never care what you like to watch, but I really shouldn't be too indulgent with you." Rest well, I've got all these books with me. Sure enough, if you read too many books, your heart will become wild, and you are not a man, don't always think about some messy things, it is true to prepare for marriage. ”

With the departure of her mother, Fan Siling seemed to have lost all her light, even though the winter sun was warm into the house and sprinkled on her body, but from the bottom of her heart, she felt cold and dark.

After several days of busy work, Fan Siling's dowry was almost ready. Although the time is very urgent, but fortunately, Fan's financial resources are abundant, and no matter what good things he wants, someone will rush to deliver them.

Fan Siling's favorite books on weekdays were taken away by her mother, and she was not allowed to go out, almost under semi-house arrest.

"Lady, you are not in a good mood these days, and your appetite for food is not good, Mrs. is worried about it when she knows it, so she specially asked people to boil mutton soup, you can drink some."

Fan Siling was already in a depressed mood, and when she smelled the smell of mutton soup, she had no appetite at all, and she almost wanted to vomit, she frowned and waved her hand at the little maid, and said, "Take it outside, I don't want to drink it." ”