The third watch was approaching, and Li Mingde dragged his tired body back to his study from Heshantang, and his father's hoarse roar echoed in his ears. My father is old, old and spicy, and the persecution that has come with me lately has made my father lose his mind. Li Mingde noticed the flush on Master Li's face, an unhealthy red color that marked the prosperity of his father's heart.

Sitting heavily on the cotton chair, Li Mingde felt sore, how to deal with the crisis in front of him, he and his father disagreed, his father's decision was too radical, once he missed, the Li family's three-hundred-year foundation may suffer a fatal blow.

A strong north wind blew the gate open, and a cold wind blew in through the open door, causing the candlelight to falter. It's already November, and the servants who stayed behind in the middle of the night don't know where the cat is to warm up and play. Li Mingde got up and tied the door, the cold of the winter night cleared his mind a little.

His father was the head of the family, and since he had made a decision, he would carry it out, and Li Mingde began to write letters to his brother Li Mingxing and his sixth brother Li Mingyi, asking them to find a way to contact other families and launch a attack on Qing Zhan Tianmu on the first day of December. It is now the sixth day of the first lunar month, and it only takes twelve days to deliver the letter from Anqi Express to the capital, so the time should be in time.

After writing the letter, Li Mingde fell into deep thought, his father was going to kill Jiang Anyi. Renzhou cleared the fields, and was forced to break out of a good situation by Jiang Anyi, no wonder his father gritted his teeth when he talked about this person, if he put aside his position, Li Mingde was full of good feelings for this talented champion.

Thinking that his father said in a tone full of disdain, "The champion, one will be produced in three years, it's not a rare thing", Li Mingde sighed. If Jiang Anyi can marry Tong'er, this battle will end peacefully, even if the Li family gives up thousands of acres of land, it is worth it, Li Mingde made up his mind, no matter what his father decides, he will give it a final try.

Anqi County in November was exceptionally cold, with several heavy snowfalls one after another, and many houses in the countryside were crushed. The county commander Ning Renliang took the opportunity to take the servants to the countryside every day for disaster relief, and the matter of clearing the fields was temporarily delayed.

Linhe County sent news to Dongrong and got a lot of secret deeds signed in private, but the county resisted from top to bottom, and Yu Zhijie couldn't sit still in Anqi County, so he rushed to Linhe County to fight the fire.

Jiang Anyi originally wanted to go with his teacher, but November 16 was Xuchanghua's birthday, and the two had already agreed that they would not return if they were not drunk. coincided with Liu Yushan's return from Xingguo County, Yu Zhijie asked Jiang Anyi to sit in Anqi County, and he took Liu Yushan away.

On the night of the 15th, it snowed heavily overnight, and in the morning I got up and covered the ground with a snow quilt more than three inches thick.

Watching Jiang Anyi change into the brocade robe that went out in a hurry, the mouth of the stone was as close to an oil bottle, and he leaned forward with grinding and chirping. Jiang Anyi lightly tapped the stone with a gold sprinkling fan and asked, "Today's ten red drawings have been written, and you are not allowed to go out until you finish writing." ”

"Childe, it's so cold this day, I can't study the ink, so it's better to wait for the snow to stop before writing." The stone pulled the corner of Jiang Anyi's clothes and didn't let go.

Jiang Anyi said helplessly: "Hurry up and change your clothes, pick up your things and follow me." ”

Xu Zhai, the porter led Jiang Anyi, and Shi followed him into the house with a smile. Because it is just a normal birthday, there are no lights in the house, but two red lanterns are hung at the second gate, and the snow is very festive.

Xu Changhua stood at the second gate to greet him, Jiang Anyi didn't notice the melancholy in his eyes, and stepped forward to congratulate: "Congratulations to Brother Xu on his thirty-third birthday, half a piece of Xiucai love paper, and a congratulatory message from Jiang, wishing Brother Xu endless age." ”

"Anyi, your congratulatory message is hard to change, please inside." Xu Changhua turned sideways, saw the stone, and said with a smile: "You little monkey, I finally remembered to come to see the uncle, thanks to me giving you so many interesting things." ”

Xu Changhua has no children under his knees, he is very fond of stones, Jiang Anyi sometimes takes stones out to play, and Xuchanghua often makes stones laugh non-stop. Xu Changhua made a small bow for the stone with heart and taught him archery.

"Uncle Xu, you can't blame me, my son forces me to paint red every day, and I have to read and write, I'm busy." The stone had a bitter face, and sighed in an adult tone, which made everyone laugh.

"Last night, the plum blossomed, the fragrance was pleasant, I put the banquet in the garden pavilion, you and my brother drank and enjoyed the plum."

Sure enough, before approaching the garden, a strong fragrance came to the nose, walked through the moon gate, and a plum tree bloomed in the corner of the wall, the flower color was light yellow and green, and the petals were moist and transparent, as if carved from jade. The cold wind is howling, the fine snow is fluttering, and the spirit of flowers is more and more visible.

Jiang Anyi praised: "The fragrance of plum blossoms comes from the bitter cold, and the plum blossoms of a good tree are frosty and proud of the snow, and they should be white." ”

"Brother Fool loves plum blossoms the most, so the flowers are not afraid of the cold, and they are heroic, but now, don't talk about it." Xu Changhua smiled bitterly, and he was happy.

"Brother Xu is heroic and heroic, and he is suitable for plum blossoms." Jiang Anyi thought that Xu Changhua was humbling, and did not notice the bitterness in his tone, and walked towards the pavilion. The pavilion is shielded from the cold wind with a curtain, and there is a charcoal basin in the corner, lit with agarwood, and the pavilion exudes a gentle and timeless fragrance.

Shi Shi put the scroll in his hand on the table and pulled it away, and said, "Uncle Xu, I spent money on this scroll and personally selected it, and I can have a copy of the birthday gift." ”

Xu Changhua patted the stone lovingly, and scolded: "The benefits of your leather monkey are indispensable, I will make the slingshot you want, and I will take it later." ”

The scroll was opened, and inside was a congratulatory message written by Jiang Anyi himself: Xiangfu Hua Nian and two temples. Happy birthday is Jiaping. Why not have a feast and the snow is sunny. The wine persuasion is very golden, and the dance urges the three stacks of jade Huanting. The house was full of laughter and wishes Chunling.

Xu Changhua was a little absent-minded, praised a few words lightly, asked the stone to put away the scroll, and let people lead him to the front to play with a slingshot to shoot birds. Here, the wine and food began to be served, and Jiang Anyi finally found out that there was something wrong with Xuchanghua, he said very little, and drank again and again, but with a pillar of incense, a pot of wine went down.

Just as I was about to ask, Tong'er walked from the front yard in a yellow shirt, and in the ice and snow, it was like a plum blossom fairy falling from the branches, living and fragrant.

Looking at Tong'er, who was as beautiful as a fairy, Jiang Anyi couldn't help but blurt out praise: "Snow loses three points of color, and Mason is two points of fragrance." The ancients were as beautiful as peaches and plums, people were more delicate than flowers, and they did not deceive me. ”

Tong'er's cheeks were dizzy, and she said, "Sour Xiucai, it's really sour." ”

"Jiang Gongzi is not a sour talent, he is an acid champion." Xu Changhua said with a smile: "Tong'er, aren't you full of praise for reading Jiang Gongzi's poems secretly, how can you say that Jiang Gongzi is sour today?" By the way, have you read the birthday message that Jiang Gongzi made for me? ”

"Brother-in-law", was exposed by Xu Changhua, Tong'er blushed and shook Xu Changhua's arm.

"Okay, okay, I'll stop talking." Xu Changhua smiled and diverted the topic and said, "Today is my brother-in-law's birthday, and you don't want to give me a drink." ”

Tong'er toasted, glanced at Jiang Anyi with a shyly face, and wanted to speak. The girl's mood is the most moving, Jiang Anyi is drunk in the afterglow of the autumn wave.

Tong'er Feixia was full of faces, poured a glass of wine, handed it to Jiang Anyi, and said softly: "My sister asked me to toast you with a glass of wine for her, thank you for the birthday message you wrote for your brother-in-law." ”

The wine in the glass rippled, and Tong'er's hands trembled slightly. This girl, who has always been bold, is so nervous that her heart is about to jump out of her chest at this moment.

Jiang Anyi didn't dare to laugh, took the cup and drank it all, and said, "Thank you, Miss Tong'er, thank you to Sister Ling for me." ”

Tong'er blushed and fluttered and retired. After watching Tong'er disappear into the Moon Gate Hole, Xu Changhua smiled and asked, "Anyi, I intend to be a matchmaker and marry Tong'er to you, I don't know what you think?" ”

If there was no Xinfei, maybe Jiang Anyi would have agreed, how could he empathize if he had a heart.

Jiang Anyi raised his glass and said: "Don't hide it from Brother Xu, Anyi actually has a marriage contract, thank you for your kindness." ”

Xu Changhua was stunned, looking at the situation just now, he thought that most of this matter was a success, and a storm could disappear invisibly, but Jiang Anyi actually refused. Xu Changhua said: "Could it be that Anyi is talking about Dong'er? That's just a concubine, it's okay. ”

"It's not Dong'er, it's a girl I met in the capital, Brother Xu doesn't know."

Xu Changhua was silent for a long time, stood up and said, "Let's change clothes." ”