In the winter of the twenty-eighth year of Guokaibao, the snow in Jiangzhou fell early and fell heavily this year, on this day, a heavy snow fell all over the sky, Zhou Xuan went to the Thorn History Mansion in the early morning to "forget the worry hall", and Judge Fan, Xu Thorn History, Mr. Gu Liuquan discussed the matter of entering Beijing after the year, and decided to take three ships, a big ship and a warship on the side of the Duhufu, and a medium-sized ship on Zhou Xuan's side, which set off on the third day of the first month.

Zhou Xuan told Hu Shang Abu that he was going to enter Beijing with them, and Judge Fan knew about Hu Shang's friendship with Zhou Xuan, and agreed to let Abu's ship follow them.

After Zhou Xuan had lunch in the Thorn History Mansion, he rushed to the "Super Autumn Battle Hall" outside the north gate with Laifu and the three idiots and the four idiots, and called Abu to settle the accounts at the end of the year and take annual leave.

Liao Yin, Xia Cuihua and his wife remember clearly every income and expenditure of the "Super Autumn Battle Hall" since its opening on the first day of August, and the insect society, teahouse, and restaurant received a total net profit of 4,513 taels of silver in four months.

Zhou Xuan immediately divided five of the 100 equal parts of the net profit into the original agreement and rewarded Liao Yin and his wife with 450 taels of silver, which made the couple happy.

Tang Xiaosan and Hu Tong also received a reward of one hundred and thirty-five taels of silver each, and the two simple young men held the silver and said, "Thank you, thank you, son." ”

Zhou Xuan said: "No thanks, this is the income of your hard work, the 'Super Autumn Battle Hall' will take annual leave from today, and tomorrow I will send someone to send you home in a carriage, and you go home and discuss with your parents, I may take you to Beijing in the second half of next year, Xiaosan, Hu Tong, are you willing?" ”

Tang Xiaosan and Hu Tong said in unison: "We will follow wherever the son goes." ”

Zhou Xuan also gave each guy in the Insect Society a reward ranging from five taels to ten taels. And there was more than three thousand five hundred taels of silver, divided in equal parts, and Abu received one thousand hundred and eighty denarii.

Abu resolutely refused to accept it, and said: "At the beginning of the creation of the Insect Society, a lot of money was needed, and the contemptible people should be regarded as the principal silver of the Insect Society, and Zhou Gongzi also knew that the contemptible people did not lack this bit of silver." ”

Zhou Xuan knew that Abu would not accept it. He ordered Laifu to put it all into a silver box and bring it back to Zhou's mansion. The "Super Autumn Battle Hall" is guarded by Liao Yin and his wife and Laifu's younger brother Wangcai. Xia Cuihua brought her father and mother to live here, and they are also here for the New Year.

Back at Zhou's mansion, it was already dusk, Zhou Xuan hurriedly ate dinner, went to the inner courtyard to get a Xuanjing, together with a thousand two hundred taels of silver, and prepared to take the car to the Duhu Mansion. Xuanjing gave to Jingyi Fairy, the silver is Lin Hanyun's, speaking of which this thousand two hundred taels of silver is really a small fight, since moving to Zhuque Fang, the daily expenses of Zhou Xuan's Mansion are all paid by the Duhu Mansion, and there are more than 30 people in the family, servants, and maids, which month does not cost a few hundred taels of silver, especially two big feasts. A housewarming, a big wedding. The cost was thousands of taels of silver, but the gift money received was Zhou Xuan's private pocket, and Lord Lin recognized that this righteous nephew really lost enough money.

"Childe. Childe-"

Zhou Xuan stopped and looked back, a little girl stepped on the snow to catch up, ran quickly, slipped and fell, and hurriedly got up.

This is the girl who served Yang Xiaofeng, Zhou Xuan asked, "What's the matter?" ”

The little girl Huan Fu'er patted the snow on her body, panted and said, "Childe, the sheep girl asks you to go to her room for a while." ”

"Is there a hurry?" Zhou Xuan asked.

Fu'er shook her head and said, "Little maid doesn't know, the sheep girl was looking for her son in the morning." ”

Zhou Xuan said: "Tell the sheep girl, I will go to the Duhu Mansion first, and I will see her when I come back." ”

Zhou Xuan took Laifu to Chaoyangfang by car, and when the guards saw that it was Zhoufu's carriage, they immediately let it go, and they also saluted respectfully.

As soon as the carriage got off the carriage, the snow rose again, Zhou Xuan was draped in a big hat, holding a wooden box containing a rice mirror, Laifu was holding a small box of silver, the master and servant two went straight to the outside of the "Nine Difficult Mountain House" under the guidance of two lantern-carrying servants, the courtyard door was closed, knocking on the door, and the maid Mingfeng came to answer the door, and said in surprise: "Zhou Gongzi is here, such a big snow is also coming!" ”

Zhou Xuan smiled: "What, you're not welcome?" ”

Ming Feng said diligently: "How come, Zhou Gongzi is the favorite person of my family's fairies, Zhou Gongzi, please." ”

The charcoal fire in the two copper basins in the small hall was reddish, much warmer than the outside, Zhou Xuan handed the wooden box in his hand to the maid Jianyue, took off the big box, and a thin layer of snow on it, Mingfeng took it, and walked to the porch to shake the snow.

The tall Jingyi Fairy walked out of the inner door, wearing a hat, a pink light gauze hanging down the brim, and a long skirt embroidered on the tender yellow ground was still elegant, without the slightest bloat of winter clothes, and her voice was full of joy: "Zhou Gongzi-" only shouted, and felt that the tone was not appropriate, and he didn't know what to say.

Zhou Xuan asked Laifu to put down the silver box, waited outside, and said with a smile: "Sister Daoyun, this is 1,200 taels of silver, which is the profit of the Insect Society, and Sister Hanyun is one of the three bosses of the Insect Society, this is what she should do."

Fairy Jingyi sneered: "Hanyun is a child, what is it true to her, you can move back this silver." ”

Zhou Xuan said with a smile: "Sister Hanyun has already asked me for silver, if I don't give it again, she will pinch me, it's okay, the Insect Society has made a lot of money this year, and it also makes her happy, she also gave out three hundred taels of silver at the beginning - why isn't Sister Hanyun here tonight?" ”

Fairy Jingyi said: "I thought you wouldn't come, but the woman said that it was deserted here, as if I heard the doorman say that the legend has gone." "Immediately let someone go and invite the second lady to come.

Zhou Xuan took the wooden box from Jianyue's hand, put it on a few cases, and said, "Little brother has another thing to give to Sister Daoyun, sister come and see." ”

The gift given by Zhou Xuan has always been very in line with the meaning of the fairy, and when he approached, he watched Zhou Xuan untie the veil layer by layer, and held up a goose egg-shaped mirror.

"This is a kind of glass mirror created by the younger brother, named Xuanjing, the person is delicate, and not out of shape, bright as autumn water, Lang Ruo Xingchen, the bronze mirror can not be compared, there is nothing in the world, specially to give it to Sister Daoyun, the little brother is in Jiangzhou, Sister Domeng takes care of it, and I am always grateful, so I first think of giving it to my sister when I have a good thing."

Sweet words Zhou Xuan came as soon as he opened his mouth, poor Jingyi Fairy Zi had never heard such gentle words, especially the young man who was not a blood relative, the thin veil trembled vigorously, and there were two "hum" sounds in the throat, but he didn't say anything, and suddenly his waist twisted, and he stepped into the side room.

The two maids, Mingfeng and Jianyue, looked at Zhou Xuan with two pairs of wonderful eyes.

Zhou Xuan pointed to the mirror and said: "Sister Daoyun wants to go in and look in the mirror, hurry up and hold it in, be careful, it will break if you fall, alas, it's a pity that I haven't seen Sister Daoyun's fairy posture yet, one side!" I'm going to enter Beijing after the year, and I don't know when I'll see Sister Daoyun again! ”

Zhou Xuan's emotion was so deep, the two maids would naturally convey it for him, only listening to the subtle voice in the inner room, and after a while, Fairy Jingyi came out, and her tone was as flat as possible: "Zhou Gongzi, the female Taoist will accompany Hanyun to Beijing next year, Hanyun is young, and the female Taoist can't rest assured." ”

Zhou Xuan was overjoyed, and his fine eyes widened: "That's great, it's great that the little brother can continue to learn the tea ceremony from Sister Daoyun and listen to the wonderful sound of my sister!" ”

"What's so good?"

Lin Hanyun's voice as crisp as a silver bell came from outside the curtain, and then the curtain was embroidered, and the delicate fairy girl jumped in, stomping her feet to shake off the snow on her little leather boots.

Zhou Xuan said: "Sister Daoyun wants to enter Beijing with us, it's so happy!" ”

Lin Hanyun glanced at Fairy Jingyi dissatisfied, and said, "Sister, didn't you say that you wouldn't let Zhou Xuan know in advance, and then surprise him when you get on the boat, why did he know about it, so it's not fun!" ”

"It's fun, it's fun!" Zhou Xuan walked to the silver box and said, "Vice Dong Lin, come and get some of your silver." ”

Lin Hanyun's eyes lit up and asked, "Is it from the Insect Society?" How much money will I have? ”

Knowing that it was 1,200 taels, Lin Hanyun was very happy, her three hundred taels of silver was still asked for by her sister, although she was born in a luxurious family, she had everything she wanted, but it was all handled by servants, and she never had more than one hundred taels of silver in her hands, and the silver was still held in the palm of her hand!

Fairy Jingyi laughed and said, "You are a little money fan, and you are not afraid of Zhou Gongzi's jokes. ”

Lin Hanyun played with a silver ingot in one hand, tilted his head to look at Zhou Xuan, smiled like a flower, and said coquettishly: "It's my brother, what kind of jokes are you afraid of-Brother Zhou Xuan, isn't it?" ”

As soon as Lin Hanyun snorted, Zhou Xuan felt a little numb in the back of his head, and said: "It's okay, it's okay, it's okay to sleep with the silver tonight, haha, Sister Daoyun, the younger brother has said goodbye, there is still something in the house, and I will travel far away after the year, so I must arrange it properly." ”

Zhou Xuan returned to the house, carried a lantern from the side alley, through the corridor until the fourth entry, wanted to go in first and talk to the finch, and then went to see Yang Xiaohao, but saw a small yellow lantern stretched out of the side alley in front, and then turned out two thin figures, one tall and one short, holding an oil-paper umbrella, and the lantern illuminated the three-foot ground, and the snowflakes gathered and fell like moths to the fire.

"Childe-"

The voice of Yang Xiaofeng is like an ice cube shattering, crisp and cold, which makes people infinitely pity, and I can't wait to capture this voice and take care of it.

Zhou Xuan hurriedly greeted him and asked, "Xiaofeng, what's the matter with me?" ”

The sheep under the oil-paper umbrella was speechless.

The little girl Fu'er said: "Childe, the sheep girl has been waiting for you for a day, we have been standing at the gate of the courtyard for a long time, and our feet are frozen." ”