In winter, Yanjing City is already covered with snow, and the solemn capital of Yanguo seems to be covered with a layer of white light veil, but this pure white light veil cannot cover up the disturbances in Beijing.

After nightfall, the whole Yanjing City is even colder, and the Kyoto Prefecture officials who patrol the streets of Beijing are wearing thick winter clothes, although it is stipulated that they cannot drink alcohol while on duty, but the brave and good wine officers, in this cold winter, are also unable to care about the ban, hiding wine bags on their bodies, and when no one is around, they secretly take a sip, at least in this way, they can warm up their bodies.

As for those dignitaries and nobles, after nightfall, if there is no major event, they will not leave the house, but just nest in the house with a stove and have their own fun.

The Mansion of the Ministry of Officials, as the residence of the Ministry of Rites, has always been a very prominent residence.

Before the rise of the Han people, the officials who went in and out of the Shangshu Mansion of the Ministry of Officials went in and out every day to join the officials under the Su family, and there were by no means a few, but after the Han people got up, the Shangshu Mansion of the Su family was obviously deserted a lot, and the people in the front of the mansion were also a lot less rewarded every month.

It's late at night.

In a courtyard in the backyard of the Ministry of Shangshu Mansion, it is the residence of Su Yuting, the young master of Su Mansion, and many people inside and outside the mansion know that Su Yuting fell from his horse during the military exercise in Fengxiang Camp, injured his body, and was lying on the bed and unable to move, and is still recuperating.

During Young Master Su's recuperation time, not only did the people outside the mansion disappear, but even the people in the mansion could not easily enter his courtyard.

The winter snow rested for two days, and at dusk today, it began to drift again, and in the middle of the night, the snow was already heavy, and the goose feathers and heavy snow fell from the air, covered in silver.

Su Yuting, who was originally injured, was dressed in civilian clothes at this time, sitting at the table, and under the lamplight, he carefully wiped the head of the gun that had been polished with sandpaper.

The whole body is silvery, and the snow-colored silver gun is white!

It was with this gun that he joined forces with Han Mo in the Black Forest to defend against the enemy.

Waiting until the light of wiping the silver spear could be seen, Su Yuting carefully placed the silver spear by the wall, walked to the window, gently pushed it away, and looked at the thick snow in the courtyard, his eyes flashed.

"Are you still setting up a stall?" Su Yuting looked at the winter plum in the courtyard and muttered to himself.

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In the cold winter wax moon, every day before dusk, all shops will be closed, and it is extremely rare to open the door to do business in the middle of the night. However, there is a street in the south of the city, and even in the middle of the night, there is still a stall still doing business.

There are several gambling houses on this street.

Dignitaries and nobles like to gamble, there are many gambling houses on the banks of the Liujing River, where the façade is luxurious, the decoration is extravagant, and the service inside is extremely thoughtful, and then the guests who gamble there are rich and noble people who spend a lot of money.

And ordinary people, naturally, there is no shortage of people who are good at gambling.

There are three gambling houses in this short street, which are overcrowded every day, day and night, late at night, hungry and unable to find a restaurant, this stall is their best choice.

The stall is not big, now the snow is falling in winter, a small tent is erected, and there are two small tables in the tent, which is a place that those who have a little identity do not want to see, but it is a stall with excellent business here, from time to time people come over, call a bowl of hot noodles and wontons, three times five divided by two to solve, fill the stomach, fast and fast.

The stall is set up by a pair of sisters and brothers.

This piece is already familiar to everyone.

The older sister is a big girl with this long braid, while the younger brother is a mute.

No one knows where they came from, but they know that two years ago, they suddenly appeared here and came to Beijing to seek medical treatment with their father, who was seriously ill.

They set up stalls, one to get by, and the other to pay for medicinal materials.

The snow was falling, and there were no guests in the small tent at this time, and the mute brother curled up and sat behind the stove cart in the corner, while the big pigtailed sister was neatly rolling the dough on the side.

This furnace cart is their living tool, on top of the cart, there is a charcoal stove, on the stove is placed on the iron pot, the dumb brother has to do is to add fire to the stove at any time, to ensure that the water in the pot is always hot, so that no matter when the guests come, they can quickly eat hot food.

The sound of trampling the snow "crunch" came into the tent, and the girl knew that it was a guest coming, so she put down her work and hurried over, only to see a guest with a black cloak and face covered by the brim of his hat walking towards him, holding a package in his hand, which looked quite heavy.

Seeing the figure coming, the girl's face showed excitement.

The man walked to the tent and gently pulled the hat of the cloak to the back, revealing a face, but it was Su Yuting, the commander of the Fengxiang battalion.

Su Yuting looked at the girl, showed a gentle smile, and said, "Let's have a bowl of hot noodles!" He set the package aside and sat down at the table.

The girl nodded vigorously, hurried to the stove cart, and quickly picked up the noodles.

When the sleepy mute brother saw Su Yuting, his originally dull eyes lit up, he stood up, walked quickly to Su Yuting's side, and made a "ahhhh

Su Yuting stretched out his hand and gently touched the head of his mute brother, and said with a smile: "I miss you too, but there are a lot of things, so I haven't been able to come over for half a month!" ”

The dumb brother nodded, suddenly remembered something, took out a small paper bag from his arms, and opened it carefully, but inside were two dried sugar gourds, he pointed to the sugar gourd, and then pointed to Su Yuting's mouth, with a look of anticipation.

Su Yuting smiled gently, as a person who was extremely rich and noble in Yan Kingdom, he didn't dislike it, he gently twisted one, took a small bite, and then nodded and smiled: "It's really good." This was given to my dumb brother by someone else, and the dumb brother left it to me, right? ”

The dumb brother seemed to be very affectionate to Su Yuting, and nodded excitedly.

Su Yuting smiled, took out a wooden box from the package, put it on the table, opened it gently, but inside was a delicate pastry, twisted a piece of pastry from it, put it to the dumb brother's mouth, and said, "You taste this!" ”

The dumb brother didn't eat it immediately, but turned his head to look at the girl with big pigtails.

The girl was slender, wearing a very old gray cotton jacket, and was turning her head to look at this side at this time, the pair of watery eyes were extremely clear, and her face was delicate, although the cotton jacket was very old-fashioned and shabby, but it could not hide her beauty.

When the girl saw her dumb brother looking at her, she shook her head slightly.

The dumb brother was a little disappointed, but he was very obedient to his sister's words, and took a step back, although his throat moved by the delicate pastry, he still suppressed the temptation of the pastry to himself.

Su Yuting sighed and said, "Why bother him!" ”

The girl said, "You...... We already owe you so much that we can't repay ...... in this life! ”

Su Yuting frowned, and his voice was indifferent: "Why do you still say such things today." Do you think that everything I have done is for you to repay me? ”

The girl saw that Su Yuting's tone was a little displeased, and she was suddenly a little scared.

Su Yuting sighed, put the pastry into the wooden box, handed it to the dumb brother, and said, "Dumb brother, take it!" ”

The dumb brother still didn't dare to take it.

The girl finally sighed lightly: "Dumb brother, don't thank you big brother yet!" ”

The dumb brother suddenly became happy and took the wooden box.

The girl brought the prepared hot noodle soup to it, and added two eggs to it, Su Yuting was not polite, picked up the chopsticks, and ate it with taste, the brother and sister watched from the side, and their faces were very happy.

After eating a bowl of noodles cleanly, and even drinking the soup, Su Yuting put down the bowl and said with a smile: "I haven't eaten so much for a long time!" ”

The girl bit her lip and said softly, "You...... If you want to eat, you can come every day! ”

Su Yuting smiled, then his expression became solemn, and asked, "How is your father's illness now?" ”

"Not long ago, the doctor invited by Brother Su came to see it again, saying that my father's condition has improved a lot, and as long as he insists on taking medicine, he will eventually recover." The girl said softly, her big eyes full of gratitude: "Brother Su, you have helped us so much, I ...... I really don't know how to repay ......! ”

Su Yuting smiled bitterly: "Why can't you always leave the word repayment." After a pause, he said, "It's good to recover." He took the package and said, "There is a robe in it, which I made myself and gave to you." And there are also some silver ......! ”

"No!" The girl hurriedly waved her hand and said, "Brother Su, I already owe you a lot, this ...... I can't take it. I have already saved some of the silver taels you bought me for medicine last time, and I am still a little short of being able to make up ......! ”

Su Yuting stood up, frowned, and then sighed: "If you really want to pay it back, wait until your father is fully recovered." He paused, thoughtfully, and after a moment, finally said, "These coins, one is the money for you to buy medicine for your father, and the other part is for your life." Recently, I'm afraid that something will happen in the capital, and it will not even be peaceful, so you will collect the stall now, go back to your house, and don't come out to set up a stall within a month...... When everything calms down, I'll go to you. ”

The girl looked at Su Yuting with some surprise.

Su Yuting said calmly: "Listen to me and leave here now." He walked up to the dumb brother and said softly: "Dumb brother, the eldest brother may not be able to see you for a while, but when I am done, I will definitely look for you." Follow your sister and no matter what happens, don't be afraid ......! At this he said no more, looked at the girl deeply, and then lifted the hat from the back of his head, put it on his head, covered his face, hesitated for a moment, and finally walked slowly out of the little tent.

Stepping on the thick snow and taking a few steps, the girl finally caught up, her voice trembling a little: "Brother Su, you wait!" ”

Su Yuting stopped, but didn't look back, just stood quietly.

"You...... Are you in danger? The girl's eyes were red: "You must not have an accident!" ”

Su Yuting asked softly, "Do you know my real name?" ”

The girl shook her head.

"My name is Su Yuting!" Su Yuting said calmly: "If I don't die this time, I will come back to see you." If I die...... You guys...... Live well! After speaking, Su Yuting didn't stop any longer, stepped on the snow, and resolutely left.

Until Su Yuting's back disappeared, the girl with big braids still stared blankly at the direction of Su Yuting's departure.

"Ahhh Behind him came the voice of a mute brother.

The girl walked over, and saw the dumb brother open the package, pointing to the package, and his face showed surprise.

She looked at the package, in addition to a piece of silver, there was one more thing that stood out, it was a robe made of tiger skin, a real tiger skin robe!