Wang Mang turned his head and looked out the window.

One horse, one man. The horse shivered in the snow, and step by step the horse's hooves dug into the snow and pulled out with difficulty. Immediately, the knight was draped in a big hat and had a hat on his head, and not only could he not see his face clearly, but he could not even see his dress.

"The wind and snow meet can be regarded as fate. Why don't you invite him up for a drink? Wang Mang stared at the knight walking through the street, and suddenly spoke after a moment.

"Teacher, this kind of unknown person ......" Wang Mu frowned and reminded carefully.

"It doesn't matter. You and I are out of the palace casually today, and we are not wearing court clothes. How could someone you meet on the road be an Assassin so coincidentally? Besides, have you forgotten that there is still Han Zhuo? Wang Mang smiled.

Wang Mu looked around the room, and he really couldn't imagine where Han Zhuo would be lurking. But he has followed his teacher Wang Mang for so many years, so he naturally knows that Han Zhuo has always appeared unexpectedly when he needs it, and the teacher has already said so, so he also nodded and no longer hindered him.

"Outside the window, would you like to have a drink?"

Wang Mang's voice drifted through the wind and snow through the window to the knight on the horse.

……

The wind and snow blew in the sky, although most of it was blocked by the hat, but there was still a small part, which blew on Liu Xiu's face, scraping the skin on his face like a knife.

The cotton clothes on his body couldn't stop all the cold wind, and he drilled into his arms like a poisonous snake.

Liu Xiu shouldn't have been in a hurry on this snowy day. But his brother Liu Xuan suddenly sent a message that he must return to Nanyang immediately.

The matter was urgent, and the person sent by my brother to deliver the message did not know the details, but the urgency in his words was very clear.

Under the pseudonym Zhao Cheng, he has been studying at Chang'an Taixue for five years, and Liu Xiu has also become a twenty-four-year-old young man. But the trust and dependence he has on his brother in his heart is no different from when he was a child. Therefore, no matter how strong the wind on the road is and how heavy the snow is, it can't stop Liu Xiu from stepping on the road back to Nanyang.

It's just that the more you move forward, the wind and snow have become so heavy that it is not easy to move forward. Originally, there were some sparse pedestrians on the road, but now none of them are visible. The wind and snow almost completely blocked the view, so he could only cover his face with his hands and carefully urge the horse to slow down.

Just when Liu Xiu was a little entangled in his heart, whether to continue moving forward or go back to Taixue and wait for the wind and snow to stop, he suddenly heard a call from the small building next to the street.

"Outside the window, would you like to have a drink?"

Liu Xiu raised her head and saw from under the crack in the hat that it was a wine shop. In the window on the second floor, an old man dressed in a white fox fur was smiling kindly at him.

When Liu Xiu was still thinking in his heart, the old man saw his hesitation, and said loudly: "It's so windy and snowy, it's not easy to walk, why don't you come up and wait for the wind to stop the snow." ”

Liu Xiu turned his head and looked at the road ahead, it was true that the wind and snow were getting heavier and heavier, and the world was vast in front of him. If you force yourself to hurry, even if you go out of the city, you may not be able to find the direction, so she nodded simply, rode to the door of the wine shop, dismounted and pushed the door, and went upstairs.

Liu Xiu pushed open the door, only to find that in addition to the old man sitting in the room, there was also a man who was slightly older than himself, sitting facing each other, with a large bottle on the seat, and the fire under the bottle heated the wine to a slight temperature, steaming a little.

"Thank you two for bothering me." Liu Xiu saluted at the door before entering the room and walking towards the two.

"Here, please." Wang Mu hurriedly patted the seat next to him lightly and said to Liu Xiu in case he sat next to the teacher. When Wang Mang saw this scene, he only smiled slightly and did not speak.

"Is there something urgent about such a heavy snowfall and rushing to the road?" After Liu Xiu sat down, Wang Mang poured him a glass of wine with his own hands, brought it to him, and asked with a smile: "Don't worry, drink a glass of wine first to warm up your body." ”

"Yes, thank you." Liu Xiu took the wine glass with both hands, tilted his head, and drank it all. The warm liquor burned like a fire in the belly, bringing a touch of warmth to the whole body that was blown cold by the wind and snow.

"In Xia Zhao Cheng, the word Linggong, a native of Nanyang, is a student." Liu Xiu put down the wine glass and let out a long breath of satisfaction: "Because there is something at home, I have to go back to my hometown." I wanted to leave as soon as possible today, but I didn't expect to encounter such a heavy snowfall. If it weren't for the invitation of the two of them, I'm afraid I would really be stuck on the road. ”

"It doesn't matter. If it weren't for this heavy snowfall, you and I wouldn't have met here. But when we meet, you and I don't know where we are tomorrow, isn't it also interesting? Wang Mang smiled and waved his hand, and added wine to Liu Xiu.

"Yes." Liu Xiu picked up the wine glass, smiled and toasted to the two.

"Linggong...... Since he is studying in Taixue, there must be hills and ravines in his chest. I have a question, I wonder if my little brother can answer it? The three of them chatted a little. After the windows were closed, the room gradually warmed up. Wang Mang drank another cup with Wang Mu and Liu Xiu, and then asked seemingly lightly.

Liu Xiu hurriedly said sincerely: "Taigong, please ask, as long as you can answer, you will have to say everything in the future." ”