It snowed for several days in a row, and the valley was covered in silver.

Today is a sunny day, the sky is blue and high, the surface of the lake is like a mirror, and occasionally the breeze blows a circle of ripples, slowly drifting.

Cai Ling put the bamboo basket on her arm, Wan Wan Tingting walked to the entrance of the village, and at a glance saw the young man sitting by the lake fishing, and hurriedly asked Tao Tao to take the wind, and after adjusting his smile, he approached, and did not forget to warn Tao Tao not to let others disturb her good things when leaving.

Tao Tao felt more and more that she was trying to do things with people, but she didn't dare to disobey.

Where Yu Moyan sits, there are just a few plum blossoms budding to be released, the breeze passes, sending bursts of refreshing aroma, Cai Ling took a deep breath, deliberately stepped on a broken branch, clicked......

The other party did not react. Cai Ling continued to approach and accidentally kicked a stone into the lake, but the other party looked directly at the lake without looking at her.

She puffed up, walked beside Yu Moyan, squatted down and spread the coarse cloth on the grass on the upper layer of the basket, took out a small bag of tea leaves that she had spent a lot of effort to roast yesterday, and took out various utensils, raised her hand to take snow from the plum tree, blew on the fire and began to cook tea.

The fragrance of tea soon lingered, and he turned his eyes to glance at her with a fishing rod in his hand.

"The little girl has admired her son for many days, and now she is fortunate to see her true face. Once upon a time, I heard that the son loves to drink tea, this pot of Xinyang hair tip is fried in snow, and I hope that the son will not hesitate to taste the tea, to see if it still has the fragrance of plum blossoms. Cai Ling held a cup of clear tea soup in both hands, and her smile was very cute.

"You know sencha?" He lowered his fishing rod and was slightly interested.

"I dare not say that it is unparalleled in the world, but it is also praiseworthy." Cai Ling handed the tea to him, poured herself a cup, and drank it with him.

The lake surface with ice crystals is calm and there are no waves, I am afraid that I will not be able to fall into the fish today, but Cai Ling is very happy, it is her honor to drink a pot of tea with Yu Moyan, and the other party also asked her to refill the cup after drinking a cup, which is an affirmation of her tea art.

"Go back where you came from. You won't get anything from me. After a moment, he said with a blank face.

"Don't have a basket of sweet potatoes?" Cai Ling frowned.

A smile suddenly appeared on Wannian Frost's face, although it quickly disappeared.

Cai Ling said: "I came from far away, just because life is too boring and I want to come out to breathe, and I don't plan to find you and hand it over to them to atone for your sins." “

"Now that I am alone, and the future of those I care about is determined, it no longer matters whether I have atonement for my sins or not. Since this is destined to be an unfinishable task, why don't we turn hostility into friendship, say a few more words to each other, and be friends? “

"And thou art secluded in this barren mountain and wilderness, and is there anyone to speak? Those old people and new things in Chang'an City can be worried about, just ask me. But...... I haven't been to Chang'an City for a long time, so I'm afraid I won't be able to answer much. “

"Life is too boring?" He asked suddenly.

The focus of painting immortals is really peculiar.

She muttered in her heart, took another box of snacks from the basket, and handed it to him before saying, "The place where I live is a big mansion, and there is an old lady in the mansion who has saved my life. She suffered from a strange disease, often thirsty, weight loss, and eyesight, and the doctors could only treat the symptoms but not the root cause. “

"The last time she was so angry with me that she fainted and didn't wake up, someone recommended it to the young master, saying that Yu Gongzi was a doctor in the world, and there must be a way to cure the old lady. Because she was kind to me, I had to come and do my best to get it done. “

"But if it doesn't work, forget it, I think there are other peerless divine doctors in the mansion, how dare you mix in such a big mansion without two brushes?"

"Oh, by the way, you can taste this almond crisp, it was made by the cook in the Xinglong Inn that I instructed yesterday. Although I don't know how to cook, I memorize the secret recipes of the mansion and hope to use them in my pastry shop in the future. “

"How is the young master in the house treating you?" Yu Moyan took a small bite of almond crisp.

Why is the focus getting stranger?

Cai Ling said in her heart, but she liked him very much to ask questions, so she replied: "The young master is very good to me, but he is a young master after all, he has been concubines since I entered the house, if there are fewer concubines, many people will have opinions, everyone is looking forward to him giving birth to children early, no, it is his concubines who give birth to children early." ”

"So you're just a little girl in the house?" He suddenly became interested, and raised his eyebrows and asked her.

"Hmm." Thinking of all kinds of things with Shen Muchi, those who couldn't love, those who were hesitant and at a loss, Cai Ling lowered her eyes, "A girl who thinks about her master." “

The other party frowned, and the almond crisp that was just about to be put in his mouth suddenly fell to the ground, and slowly rolled into the lake, attracting two big fish to compete for food. "So there are fish in this lake!" Cai Ling looked at the lake with interest and clapped her hands.

"Who are you? Shouting here. The girl in red who came to her was the woman in brocade in the courtyard a few days ago, and this time she pointed at Cai Ling's nose and glared angrily.

"This is my guest." Yu Moyan said so, and Cai Ling glanced at him gratefully. Mo Yan said to the woman in red again, "Chunlan, don't worry about my affairs anymore. ”

"Brother Yu, is this going to be clear with me?" Chunlan raised her sleeve to wipe her tears.

"You and I are nothing." Mo Yan was helpless.

It turns out that Dede is an upside down. Cai Ling saw the situation in front of her clearly, and was about to help Yu Moyan, so she squatted down closely, "Brother Yu, look at the fish bite." By the way, Brother Yu, my father said that I have reached the age of marriage, I wonder when Brother Yu will come to Yong'an to propose marriage? “

"Are you a potter from Yong'an?" When Chunlan heard this, she immediately blushed angrily.

Exactly." Cai Ling was thinking about why when she mentioned Yong'an, the other party knew that she was pretending to be a potter, could it be that Yong'an pottery industry was already famous, Yu Mo said: "Explain to your father, I have this intention." ”

"Hmm." Cai Ling smiled with crooked eyebrows, but she felt kicked by someone, the huge force made her unable to control her body, and she staggered and was about to be planted in the lake, Yu Moyan quickly pulled her down, she just sat down next to his small stool, and looked back to see Chunlan's vicious appearance, "What about the Yongan Song family?" Dare to rob a man with Miss Ben, you don't want to live anymore. ”

Plop thump......

Cai Ling looked up, and Tao Tao, who was supposed to be holding the wind without danger, was fluttering in the water at the moment, rising and falling, and was about to drown.

Cai Ling turned her heart sideways, took off her cloak and jumped into the lake, the lake water was cold and biting, she gritted her teeth and swam to Tao Tao's side, scooped him up, and then desperately swam back to the shore.

Tao Tao can't swim in the water, but just like the man she saved in the ice lake of Qianlai Mountain many years ago, she was very calm when she saw her coming, and she didn't struggle hard, so she could save them.

"How did you fall overboard?" On the return carriage, Cai Ling wore a coarse cotton jacket, curled up in a rabbit fur cloak and shivered with cold.

"I was stunned by that little girl, and I accidentally slipped on it?" Tao Tao sneezed, wearing the dark blue winter coat he borrowed from Yu Moyan.

"Would you be afraid of a little girl?" Cai Ling sneered, and suddenly a pair of dark but empty eyes of the little girl flashed in her mind, and she couldn't help but shiver again.

"Miss Chutz also stood there, and asked me why I came again, and if I was looking for her." Tao Tao smiled and blushed, "I was so excited that I walked to the lake unconsciously, she called me and said be careful, I looked down and saw that the little girl's eyes were staring at me coldly, her feet trembled, and she fell into the lake." Actually, you don't have to save me, let Miss Chutz see me a dignified seven-foot man being rescued by a little girl. You really are. “

"Is life more important or is love more important?" Cai Ling glanced at him coldly, "Besides, your Chutz girl is probably not a fuel-efficient lamp." ”

What do you mean by that? Ben thinks you like Miss Chutz too. Tao Tao frowned, obviously she gave the Xuanhu Dayu gifted by Concubine Liangxian to Yu Moyan's wife and sister Zhao Chuci when she left, and now she said such things.

"If you want to ask Mr. Yu to return to Beijing to serve the inner court, I'm afraid the breakthrough will be in Miss Chutz."

Cai Ling pulled up her collar, Xuanhu Dayu was just a test, she offered it, saying thank you to the girl for borrowing the grace of the clothes, please be sure to smile, her eyes were shining, joy was hard to suppress, and she held it in her arms after refusing one or two.

Tao Tao shyly took out a box of red bean-like rouge soaked in water, she didn't even look at it, so she pushed it back into Tao Tao's hand, Tao Tao was ashamed of himself, and returned to the car.

In the mood for love, the girl is full of joy and expectation for the world outside Peach Blossom Valley.

Cai Ling closed her eyes, and thought for a while in her heart: this time the water is not in vain, he will naturally be able to see each other again in the future, and then he will think about it in the long run.

Unexpectedly, after going back, Cai Ling contracted typhoid fever and was ill for a few days, Tao Tao invited the doctor of the hospital to come to see him, and he could barely walk around after taking a few pairs of medicines.

On that day, she wanted to ask Manyun to get the washed and ironed clothes, so that she could go to Peach Blossom Valley again, but after calling twice, she didn't see Manyun, and knew that she was out again, so she had to pick it up herself and arrange the carriage again.

When everything was done, it was close to noon, Tao Tao went to entertain Huaiyuan County, and went to Wu Fu's hometown to see the clay with him, and she couldn't come back in a few hours, so she got into the carriage alone and went all the way to the Peach Blossom Valley.

I thought: If I go at this hour, if I am lucky, I can still have a meal at Yu's house, and if I can eat the fish that Yu Moyan personally dropped, it would be great.

But that day, the blood was all over the sky, the shepherd boy holding the transverse flute sat on the cow and stood at the entrance of the village as if it were still, dozens of officials with gloomy faces blocked the door of the Yu family's courtyard, and then the old and young of the Yu family were escorted out of the house one after another. Yu Moyan's moon-white robe was stained with blood, and his face, which was originally as cold as frost, was now even colder, making people dare not look at it directly.

Cai Ling didn't know why she stood in place, and when Yu Moyan passed by her, she whispered in her ear: "Xiaochuan ......" When the four eyes met, Cai Ling nodded, and he didn't struggle at all, only escorted by the officials to the prisoner car.

Zhao Chuci was frightened and cried, Tao Tao came out of nowhere, and she was pushed forward by a servant with her hands clasped behind her back, and repeatedly assured: "Miss Chuci, don't worry, this young man will definitely prove your innocence." ”

After the three of them were escorted into the car, Zhang Xianling suddenly ran out of the door of the bamboo fence of the Yu family in unspeakable sorrow, squatting on the path and burying his head and crying. Cai Ling didn't know why, but he already knew that the matter was not trivial.

"His daughter was killed. The corpse was now lying on Yu Moyan's bed, and when the officials came, they happened to bump into Yu Moyan holding the murder weapon - a dagger full of blood. ”

Tao Tao approached him, "Ben Shao heard about this and was looking at the red mud on the mountain not far away. Zhang Xianling heard that his daughter was killed, almost fell off the cliff, and ran five miles to come here, saying cruelly that the murderer would be severely punished, not to mention that even if the emperor and relatives could not spare his life, he was afraid that Mr. Yu would not survive tonight. ”

"Who is his daughter?" Cai Ling asked.

"Ben Shao followed up and took a look at the remains just now, it was the woman in red who scolded us twice before. Now the red clothes are stained with blood and hideous faces lying on the bed, which is really terrifying. Tao Tao shuddered.

"It turns out that she is the daughter of Zhang County's order." Cai Ling hurriedly said, "You go back to Huaiyuan County first, whether it is to spend money or use a secret guard, you must save Mr. Yu's life." You know the purpose of this trip, if Mr. Yu has three long and two short, we will lose half a life when we go back. ”

"What if he's really a murderer?" Tao Tao asked.

"After some trial, the truth will naturally come out. If you skip the trial and go straight to lynching, it will never work. ”

"What about you? Want to stay here? ”

Cai Ling lowered her voice: "They took three people away, but there is another child in the Yu family, don't you remember?" Mr. Yu's face was full of sorrow when he left, but when he said the word 'Xiaochuan' to me, he became much more frank, since he was worried about her, and he did not dare to expose her with the officials, I always felt that this child was extremely important. Let's not talk about whether it has anything to do with the case, even an ordinary child can't be left alone in a black-lit room. ”

"The Yu family is now the scene of a murder, although Miss Zhang's body has been carried away, but after all, it is a murder house, you have always been cowardly, how can you spend the night in that house." Tao Tao frowned.

"I know that too." Cai Ling patted her thigh and said, "Who let me get involved in this?" You can't ignore it. “

Tao Tao quickly got into the carriage and repeatedly warned her to be careful.

She nodded yes, turned around and walked towards the hill behind the house, and found that the sun was slanting in the west, but she did not see the little girl.

In the evening, the Yu family lit up the candlelight, Cai Ling plucked up the courage to approach, and saw that several officials were still rummaging in the courtyard, and there was no trace of caution in searching for evidence, but turned over all kinds of baskets and searched quickly.

It turned out that they also knew that there was a little girl who had been missed. Cai Ling's heart said.

Soon after, the servants carried torches up the hill along the ridge to look for it, only the candles were lit in the house, a cool breeze blew, she suddenly felt dizzy, only to think that she was still sick, but only with a cold hand attached to her forehead to cool down, thinking that when the torch was farther away, she slipped into the house to look for children and clues.

Suddenly hit by a small stone on the right shoulder, she was a little afraid, and it took a while to muster up the courage to turn back, she couldn't see the person clearly in the dark, but the figure was not an adult, she was excited: "Xiaochuan! Hurriedly rushed over to hug her.

When she got closer, she saw that it was the little shepherd boy who used to play the flute on the back of an ox who was throwing stones at her.

"I know where Ogawa is?"

"Why would you tell me?" Cai Ling was suspicious and asked tentatively.

"I love the almond crisp you brought." The child is full of childishness and is unabashed.

Cai Ling remembered that day when she was fishing by the lake with Yu Moyan, she had given two almond cakes to the little shepherd boy who came to make trouble, and the child took the pastry and left sensibly quickly. Only now did he react, it turned out that he was shocked by the deliciousness.

"Then you take me to find it. I'll send you another box when I find it. "Pick Ling to lure it.

"Good!" The little shepherd boy walked ahead with confidence to lead the way.