It had been three months since Kuroko left Tianshu, and the thirty-six red maples in and outside the courtyard had quickly shed their dazzling red coats after experiencing a frost. Winter comes with a howling north wind, and the heavy snow turns the entire Huashan into a pure white and cold world overnight.

The snow has not stopped since the end of last month. The cold, like an irresistible plague, swept through the entire Heavenly Hub.

Several of the new children in the valley were sick with frost, and the clothing and charcoal of each hexagram were also declared urgent. Without the Celestial Pivot in charge, everything is out of order.

Wuyin soon became "ill" after handing over the power of Tianshu. Under the careful "care" of Yichen, she slept like a newborn baby every day. And I, in addition to dealing with complicated messages from various countries, spend almost all of my time on trivial matters. Tired and tired, she wants to find a simple solution, but she doesn't have the confidence and courage to wake up the woman who knows everything in order.

There are so many secrets hidden in Wuyin's body that I don't know, and I long to find out the truth from her, but I am afraid that I will become her prisoner again when she wakes up. Gen hexagram, redemption hexagram, Kan hexagram, Zhen hexagram, how many people are loyal to her in Tianshu? If she has really decided to join forces with the Chen family to betray the Zhao family, then how should I deal with it?

During my three months in Tianshu, it became more and more clear to me that in the first encounter with Wuyin, I only won time, but not victory.

Last night, Yichen solemnly informed me that the medicine he had prepared for Wuyin would only last for another ten days at most. Ten days later, I had only two options before me, one was to put Goyin to sleep forever with her secret and the key to the "Lock Heart Tower", and the other was to prepare for another war with her.

It was a difficult choice, and I couldn't sleep all night.

"Sister, your hand stove has been extinguished, can you fill in a piece of coal?" Ah Yang's voice rang softly in my ears.

I woke up like a dream, and in a daze, I handed her the small stove in my hand.

"Sister, you've been sitting here for two hours, is it so beautiful in the snow?" Ah Yang used two copper sticks to stir the charcoal in the brazier, and the red and bright sparks rose lightly in the wind, reflecting her blushing and fluttering beautifully.

"I like to see the snow fall......" I looked at the girl in front of me with her head bowed and smiling, but what came to my mind was Si'er's ruddy and pink face and smiling eyes. After these two years, her child should already be called A-Niang, and she won't run around in wet shoes on snowy days, there is a husband, a loving child, and a warm fire, my four sons are happy now...... Enjoying the snow around the fireplace, teasing the spoon and playing with the baby, will she also think of me who is far away from her?

"Sister, your hand stove." Ah Yang shook the hand stove in front of my eyes.

I blinked my sour eyes and smiled as I took the warm pot from her.

Thoughts are flying among the snowflakes, and there is an indescribable bitter taste in my heart.

I bowed my head and was silent, and at the corner of the steps, a pair of green cloth shoes soaked in snow inadvertently broke into my eyes, "This is the ......" I moved slightly, leaned over and lifted the shoes.

"The slave's shoes are dirty, don't stain my sister's hands!" Ah Yang dropped the fire stick and hurriedly pounced.

I turned sideways to block Ah Yang, raised my sleeve and gently brushed away a layer of snowflakes accumulated on the upper of the shoe: "Go, wear my shoes to the hexagram and ask for some needlework, thread and hemp, and I'll make a pair of winter shoes for you later." ”

"How can this work? My sister is a nobleman, and Ah Yang is a pariah, so I can't help it! When Ah Yang heard this, he almost pressed half of his body on me.

"Go get it, I've been worrying a lot these days, and I might be able to calm down as a female worker." I pushed my deerskin boots to her feet, got up and took a fire stick, and skillfully dialed the remaining charcoal in the brazier into the clay pot on the side, "I can't use so much charcoal fire here, leave two pieces to warm my hands, and send the rest to the hexagram!" They always have to be warmer to practice the piano in winter. ”

"Sister......" Ah Yang called me, but he stopped talking.

"What are you going to say?" I asked.

"Nothing." She shook her head.

"Then go quickly, it's getting dark early, and I'll have to light the lamp and do my work if it's late." I pushed the clay pot with charcoal fire in front of Ah Yang, she nodded and took it, turned to put on my boots, and quickly disappeared into the snow.

In winter, leather boots made of animal fur are the most warm. Unfortunately, leather boots are expensive and rare, and in winter, the Shuren family can only add another layer of thick cloth to the single-layer upper, and then fill it with hemp wool and hay to keep warm. When I came to Tianshu, I only brought a piece of Chudi water rat fur with me, and there was still a small square left after making a hat for Heizi on the way, and now I took it out to make a pair of uppers for Ah Yang.

Threading the needle, I sat quietly under the eaves and worked as a long-lost female worker. The snow in the yard was falling in a flutter, and my hands were frozen, but my heart calmed down little by little.

When Heizi and Yu An walked into the courtyard of the Qiangua, I sat on the doorpost like an ordinary little woman, holding a cloth shoe in one hand and gently scratching it with a bone needle in the other.

"Damn, I knew no one could kill you stinky girl!" Kuroko held the courtyard gate with one hand and crossed his waist with the other, panting and looking embarrassed.

In the midst of the heavy snowfall, Yu An hurriedly walked towards me wearing a huge green cloth cloak, and the whirling snowflakes were blown high by the strong wind around him before they could land.

"Why are you here?!" I looked at the man who came to me in an instant, and I was amazed.

"I don't worry about you, so I'll come back and have a look." Yu An untied the velvet cloak on his body with one hand and put it on my lap, "On such a cold day, why do you sit outside and work as a female worker?" In winter, the mountains are not as good as Qin Jin. ”

"Did you come here without a shirt? Kuroko, have you seen Zhao Shizi? I grabbed Yu An's sleeve and turned to Kuroko and shouted.

"I see, I see, the battle of defending the country has been fought, and less than a hundred people have died, so the defense of the country has changed the lord." Kuroko walked up to me and yelled at me angrily.

"That's great!" I was so excited that I put down my needle and thread and was about to get up, but my body was off the ground, my calf was numb, and I fell to my knees with a pop.

"Sister-" Ah Yang behind him helped me.

"It's none of your business here, let's go down first!" Yu An grabbed my shoulders with one hand and half-hugged me.

Ah Yang replied softly, and before I could speak, he disappeared in front of me in an incredible degree.

"You, the Lord of Xun, have more authority than me!" I was stunned to look at the unfinished winter shoes at hand, and was amazed that Ah Yang walked away in the snow wearing only a pair of cloth socks.

"It's cold outside, let's go inside!" Yu An stretched out his hands and hugged me horizontally, and Kuroko picked up the hand stove that I rolled to the ground and followed me into the inner hall.

"Let me down, I'm not crippled, I'll go by myself."

"It's already here." Yu An placed me on the couch against the wall and turned to look for the brazier.

"Tianshu lacks charcoal fire, and I don't burn braziers in this house during the day."

"Stinky girl, you don't do well in this family!" Kuroko put the stove on me and sat down with a big grin.

"Tell me quickly, how did the matter of defending the country end? How did you meet Zhao Shizi? I asked with a smile as I moved to Kuroko's side.

"You girl dare to ask me! Master almost killed you! Heizi snorted coldly and said, "I just listened to your words, and deliberately took a detour to Weiguo on the way, but before I arrived at Diqiu, I was arrested by the Jin people as spies." I said that I came to deliver the letter to Zhao Shizi on behalf of someone, but after reading the list you wrote to me, they decided that I was a spy who bought weapons for Wei Jun. Damn, if Lord Xun had been one step late that day, Lao Tzu would have died in the defense of the country this time! ”

"Fool! On the battlefield, only spies are most likely to meet the opponent's commander. Without the order of the commander-in-chief, who ate the bear's heart and leopard's guts and dared to privately execute the spies who knew the enemy's military situation? Okay, stop complaining, let's go, what did he say when he saw you? ”

"Say what? I didn't even take a sip of water, so I asked who gave me the knot! You made an appointment, right? Then Zhao Shizi could see at a glance that you had hidden the letter in a knot. ”

“…… He really remembered. ”

"You've given shirtless knots before?" Yu An lit a lantern in the corner of the wall and slowly sat down beside me.

"I gave him one many years ago when I was in Yongcheng."

The Shu people pray for blessings and like to weave knots, and the grass grass, reed poles, wheat straw, and wormwood are all materials that the girls of the Shu family like to use. When the beloved travels far away and goes on a journey, the girl who is concerned about her heart will weave a knot and let the person who thinks of her carry it with her, praying that he can return safely. During the Battle of Yongcheng, I found two knots in the General's Mansion that I had woven when I was young, one sewn into Wu Feng's robe, and the other was given to him. At that time, he only gave it to him casually when I was the leftover, and he was so unhappy with his eyebrows and crooked mouth. I didn't expect that after so many years, he still remembered this knot.

On a snowy afternoon, the sky was gloomy and gloomy, and the candle flame of the newly added tree in the corner of the wall could not illuminate the room, but it lit the dim and yellow room. I pursed my lips and watched the circles of orange light ripple in front of me, and there were many words in my heart that came to my mouth but I swallowed and never asked.

"Are you okay in Tianshu? The five-tone people didn't hurt you, did they? Yu An looked at me and said.

"I'm fine. Hun Liangfu, the shirtless can be used? ”

"Well, although the people are muddy, they just solved the predicament of the Jin army. A month ago, he and Wei Qing Kong Kui's mother kidnapped Kong Kui at home, and Kong Kui had no choice but to instigate his ministers to rebel. By the time Heizi and I left Weiguo, the Jin army had already invaded Diqiu. ”

"So fast?" Wei Hou once threatened to defend the city for 100 days to wait for reinforcements, but he didn't expect the Kong clan to rebel, and Wei Guo lost Diqiu City so quickly.