The two of them walked down the stone steps of the mountain to hide from the snow under a heavy eaves temple. Xu Miaojin stretched out his hand and patted the falling snow on his body, stretched out his jade hand in front of his lips, exhaled a mouthful of white steam, rubbed his hands gently, and sighed: "It's really cold in this world......"

Not only is it cold, but the place is lonely, the snow falls almost silently, and there is no one around. Shrouded in heavy snow, they seem to have been forgotten by the world.

Zhu Gaoxu heard Xu Miaojin's sigh and looked sideways at her side face. The white face looked pure, but the eyes were charming, and there was a deep pain in the eyes, and all these contradictory things were integrated into that beautiful face.

…… Not only does she feel this way, but Zhu Gaoxu also feels the same way, and occasionally gets a little kind of comfort, but it is often fleeting.

But Zhu Gaoxu felt that his heart was stronger than Xu Miaojin...... He did not believe in any morality and etiquette, and after the collapse and diverse values of later generations, he was completely unconstrained by general morality, unless he violated the rules, he would be punished severely.

He finally couldn't help but say, "Little aunt, do you know that these etiquette laws we follow are only applicable to the common people?" ”

"What?" Xu Miaojin turned her head in confusion.

Zhu Gaoxu thought for a while, and then said: "The little aunt said that she would go to hell after death, but she really worried about it, and it shouldn't be a knot in your heart at all. ”

Xu Miaojin listened silently.

Zhu Gaoxu thought for a while and said, "Have you paid attention to the swallow's nest?" Swallows incubate small swallows, not to feed back, but by nature. When Xiaoyan grows up, will the mother Yan sell it? ”

"The pigeon calls the chicks, the crows feed back, and the benevolence is also." Xu Miaojin said softly, "The crow will feed back." ”

Zhu Gaoxu was choked.

Xu Miaojin glanced at him and said helplessly: "I didn't mean to deliberately refute you. It is to use the analogy of birds, but how can people be compared with animals and animals? ”

Zhu Gaoxu said: "People are much more ruthless than beasts. Although the tiger is fierce, it will not enslave cattle and horses, or even other tigers? ”

Xu Miaojin raised his head and looked at Zhu Gaoxu, "You are very different...... I always felt that there was something different about King Gaoyang. ”

Zhu Gaoxu was silent.

…… After a little silence, Xu Miaojin couldn't help but ask again: "On Chinese New Year's Eve last year, I remember that I didn't seem to have missed anything important, how did King Gaoyang notice?" ”

Zhu Gaoxu said calmly: "The little aunt was going to commit suicide that night, which seems very strange to me. There should be many ways to go in your situation, and you won't get to that point; And the little aunt is smart, not the kind of person who is narrow-minded and wants to seek death and life if she can't figure out anything...... Well, you must have encountered some hurdles that you can't get over.

But a few days later, when I saw you again, you were a different person, not at all like you were in a desperate situation. I didn't hear anything happened to you since. At this time, I learned about Xukong's arrest and Zhang Yan's assassination of Xukong one after another. So I'll assume you're with them, and all this weirdness doesn't make sense?

First of all, Xukong and his family members are found out, and it is very likely that they will confess to you, so you are very worried and afraid, and you will want to die; Later, Xukong was killed, and as soon as the clues of the Yan Wangfu were broken, you didn't have to worry anymore. ”

Zhu Gaoxu paused, and then said, "But the assumption can't explain anything, it must be verified." So I successively set up points at the north gate of Yanwangfu and Chiyue Temple, and secretly investigated in person.

Until today, I found out that you were helping Zhang Yan's son, so it was verified...... Zhang Yan continues to kill the void, just to protect you or other spies; You have benefited from it, so you will help Zhang Yan's descendants, thinking that you will repay his kindness. Is that so? ”

Xu Miaojin listened to it and sighed faintly: "The people in the entire Yanwang Mansion didn't expect that King Gaoyang's mind was so meticulous, I had nothing to say, I could only be convinced." ”

Zhu Gaoxu said with a strong smile: "That's because the other people in Yanwangfu didn't crash into the little aunt jumping into the well." ”

Xu Miaojin said softly: "King Gaoyang didn't bump into him, you came with him." If you hadn't been caring about me, how could you have noticed that I was different that day? ”

Zhu Gaoxu nodded in agreement, and he suddenly remembered what she said on Chinese New Year's Eve last year: No one cares about her.

At this time, he found that the snowflakes that had fallen on his shoulders, feeling the warmth of his body temperature, had melted, and the fabric on his shoulders had become wet.

Xu Miaojin looked up at the snow in the air and asked, "Since you are just guessing, why can you track me down for a few months?" If you're just worried that I'm endangering the Yanwang Mansion, why don't you just tell others? ”

Zhu Gaoxu felt as if he could answer, but he couldn't find the right words to explain for a while.

So he asked rhetorically: "There is another thing I don't understand, since the family members have been arrested, it is very dangerous for you to stay, why don't you just run away?" ”

Xu Miaojin turned his head to look at him, but the young face that should have been innocent showed sadness and helplessness: "There is some inside information, you don't understand." ”

"What's going on?" Zhu Gaoxu blurted out.

Xu Miaojin just shook his head, smiled bitterly again, and didn't say anything.

Zhu Gaoxu saw that her original vermilion lips were dark, and she knew that it was cold outside, and it was even colder when people stood still. He said, "Let's go, let's go back, stay outside for too long for fear of catching the cold." ”

Xu Miaojin nodded, "Let's go separately, you go first." ”

Zhu Gaoxu stretched out his hand and made a movement, "How can I leave you here alone?" ”

Xu Miaojin said "farewell" and walked to the side of the eaves first. As soon as she walked for a while, she suddenly turned around again, "King Gaoyang, do you really want to keep it a secret for me?" ”

Zhu Gaoxu nodded.

Looking at Xu Miaojin's back disappearing into the corner, he also slowly walked in another direction, and said in his heart: I have contributed a lot to Yanwangfu, and the interests are not mine, why do I sacrifice my little aunt for the interests of the entire Yanwangfu?

Zhu Gaoxu walked down the mountain from the side gate of the temple and found Wang Gui at the intersection.

He opened the curtain and saw Wang Gui huddled in a ball and shivering in the carriage. When Wang Gui saw Zhu Gaoxu, he raised his head: "The prince has finally returned, if he doesn't come again, the prince can only see the frozen corpse of the slave and maid!" ”

"Go to the front to catch the car." Zhu Gaoxu climbed up.

Wang Gui shrank his neck and got out of the car first, then picked up the whip in front, shook it with a "snap", and turned around and said, "Did the prince see the man in the blue cloak?" ”

"See." Zhu Gaoxu said, "The previous incident has been clarified, you don't have to check it again." ”

"Yes, lord." Wang Gui replied and shut up.

Zhu Gaoxu gradually discovered that although Wang Gui was very ordinary before, this eunuch had many advantages. For example, if the mouth is tight, and the master does not say something, he will not ask, so he saves the trouble of explaining.

The carriage "gurgled" along the road, and before the snow had even piled up, it was crushed into the mud, making the road a little muddy.

Wang Gui's voice said casually: "That matter has been done for a few months. ”

Even Zhu Gaoxu himself couldn't tell why he was so persistent.

I remember that once in my previous life, he was cheated and lost a lot of money, and he was resentful, so he wanted to revenge. He first followed the man in secret, looking for an opportunity. But after only three days, I gave up in discouragement.

Resentment, though strong at the moment, is often unsustainable, because it does not benefit from it and lacks motivation.

Wang Gui drove the carriage back to Beiping City, and then went straight back to the county palace. It was early in the morning when I went out of town, and it was not yet noon.

It's cold outside, and the snow is falling all the time, and it shows no sign of stopping. Zhu Gaoxu then hid in his room and asked the slave to burn charcoal to keep warm.

Red charcoal fire, warm room. But at this time, the soldiers on the front line may not feel so good.