Coming down the mountain from the Shangqing Palace, if it is different and bustling when you come, the road down the mountain is too quiet.

Some of the wind rose, the crescent moon wrapped the cloak on her body tightly, and some looked at the red plum on the handkerchief in her hand, which was accidentally crushed by herself, and the plum blossom left red water stains on the handkerchief, and a snow-white handkerchief was dirty.

"Girl, let's go quickly." Growing up in the eastern capital, where the winter days were very cold, she sensed that the snow was about to fall.

"Okay," she said, and the new moon put the handkerchief in her hand into her arms and continued to walk forward.

Halfway up the mountain, where the coachman had been waiting for a long time, the new moon was about to bend down to get into the carriage, when she heard someone stop her, "Girl, please stay." ”

The new moon turned around and saw that it was the pair of brothers she had met at the foot of the mountain, and it was the elder brother who was speaking, and the two of them were kneeling behind the new moon.

"What are you doing here? Get up. Xinyue was a little surprised, and asked Fei'er to quickly pull the two up.

"Girl, our father was taken away by the official, who said that he had offended the big man. I thought that this time the official sent so quickly, it must be that among the noble ladies who have seen our brothers and sisters today, they have saved us attentively. Girl, you give us the best snacks, the little one knows that you are a kind-hearted person, but the little one and his sister really have nowhere to go, so I came to ask the girl to give our brother and sister a way to live. ”

Xinyue looked at it, the little child who had been standing beside her brother was actually a girl, Xinyue saw that she was not covered with clothes, the coat on her body was coarse and linen, and her waist was tied with a thick silk used for decoration, and her hair was glued together, and she really couldn't tell whether it was a boy or a girl.

"I'm just a gesture, there is no shortage of people around me, you two, if there is no place to stay, the courtyard where the wicked people who exploited you are, I have let people stay, and you can live there temporarily."

"The little one has always been with the wicked man, and the place where we live now is only rented by the wicked man, and the wicked man has been caught, and the owner will soon come to take over the house." Xinyue saw that the brother's eyes were bright, and the clothes on his body were even more torn, and the man's coat that he picked up from nowhere was tied to his body, and fell wide to the ground, and it was stuffed with thatch to keep out the cold.

"What's your name?"

"Little Nameless"

"What about your sister?"

"I don't have a name, it's just that the surname of the small family is Zhang, and everyone else calls the little one Zhang Da, and the younger sister is called Erniu."

"What about your parents?"

"When I had a sister, my father was stoned to death on a stone mine, and my mother, when my sister was two years old, she was killed by gangsters on the road, and she was injured first, and then died soon after."

"You two should have been wandering for a long time, but there are other relatives at home, I can send someone to send you back."

The younger sister shook her head, "Auntie, I want to sell the second girl to my mother." ”

"You still have an uncle?" Crescent Moon frowned.

Zhang Dashen was afraid that Xinyue would not accept them, so he said positively, "Uncle was also stoned to death." ”

"Uncle is dead," Erniu also nodded.

"How old are you?"

"The youngest is twelve years old, and the younger sister is ten years old."

"You're twelve?" When Xinyue first saw her brother, she was only as old as Minhui, and her sister was even smaller.

"Yes" Zhang Zhang's eyes were full of anticipation, because the new moon asked them a lot of questions, whether this was proof that they were going to take them.

"Girl, you can take the two of you, it's too pitiful." Feng'er was also very moved when she heard this.

"My sister can accept it, and it's okay to be a girl for Minhui, but my brother is also old, and by Mincong's side, I'm afraid I can't do my best."

"The small ones will be able to do their best, and the small ones will eat less, and they will be very powerful."

"My nephew is still young, and he needs a scholar who is three or four years older than him and can take care of him." Crescent explained.

"The little ones are literate." As he spoke, Zhang Da picked up a stone from the ground and wrote on the ground, and when Xinyue saw it, he wrote the word "Zhang" and the word "benefactor" in a dignified manner.

Seeing that he wrote well, Xinyue nodded, "Who taught you this?" ”

"My aunt once sent the small one to the house of Squire Li in our township, and Squire Li taught the little one to write and the little one to settle accounts."

"You're going to settle accounts?" This is something that New Moon did not expect.

"Yes, girl, look, the upper bead is one, for ten, and then one for hundred, one hundred into one, and one thousand, for, for..."

"For 10,000" Xinyue looked up and saw a son leading a horse from the mountain, and looked at it, it was Ji Feiyu.

"Boss Ji, what a coincidence." The crescent moon bows to the body.

"The girl is a daughter, how can she bow to Zai." Ji Feiyu was flattered.

"Boss Ji is polite, are you coming from the Fa Festival?"

"Yes, it's going to snow soon, and I'm always afraid of the cold, so I'll go first." Ji Feiyu stretched out his hand and saw that his slender fingers seemed to be dancing with the wind.

"Boss Ji, let's go back quickly." Crescent said with a smile.

Ji Feiyu felt that it seemed a little out of place, hung his hand, and said embarrassedly, "Let the girl laugh, what is the difficulty of the girl?" Just now from the road, I saw the girl here. ”

"Hui Gongzi, our girl accidentally saved this pair of brothers and sisters, and now these brothers and sisters are desperate and want our girl to accept them." Feng'er explained.

"But what's the difficulty?" Ji Feiyu saw the two children, and then thought of Xinyue's identity, and it should be possible to accept two attendants.

"It's not a dilemma, it's just that these two children are good families, and there are relatives, and if they are enslaved, they need the consent of their families. My sister's age is about the same age as my niece, and she can buy her maidservant, but this brother originally had other masters, and if I accepted it, it would be difficult to ensure that their family would not be sold by one servant and two sellers, but would be able to file a lawsuit. ”

"The second girl doesn't want to be separated from her brother." As she spoke, the second girl cried and hugged her brother's waist.

"Girl, the little one was not sold to Squire Li's house, Squire Li only said that he would take the little one first, and later, Squire Li died, and his son felt that he was too young to do heavy work, so he sent the little one home, and since then, the little one began to wander with his sister, and now it has been three years, and no one has come to patrol the small one."

"You also know that if you don't find a slave for three years, it will be considered invalid." This is something that Crescent Moon did not expect.

"Yes" Zhang Da saw that Xinyue was shaken, and thought about what other talents he had.

"If the girl finds it difficult, then I will bring them back first, sort out their identities for them, and maybe they will not have to sell themselves into slavery. At the beginning of the next arrival in Jinling, there are no available henchmen at home, and there are plans to buy a new batch of slaves, and this brother is literate and knows some etiquette, so he will first send it to my account office to raise, as for this sister, it can be sent to the next Xiufang to study, the two with their own hands, as long as people are diligent, they will not starve to death, and there will be a way out. ”

Xinyue saw that what Ji Feiyu said was true, in fact, it must be to make herself not embarrassed, so she was reluctant to do so, although Xinyue felt that the place he said was more suitable for these two children, but it would inevitably cause him trouble, "Won't this be too troublesome for Boss Ji." ”

"It's not a trouble, it's just that the girl has to do something for the next place."

Xinyue frowned, "Boss Ji, please say." ”

"That's to stop calling the boss next season. When he sang in the Xiangyun class, outsiders called him the boss, and when he came to his father's side, he took over the family business, and he was also called the boss, but he was still young in the next year. ”

"If Ji Gongzi cares, he can tell the little girl earlier." Xinyue was preconceived, in order not to let Ji Feiyu mention anything else, so she spoke first.

"That's fine. Arise two, and tell me where you live, and my home tomorrow..."

Before he finished speaking, snow flakes floated past Ji Feiyu's white cheeks, and finally the placket of the crescent moon fell to the ground. It's snowing, but it's just the blink of an eye, and the flakes are already falling like goose feathers.

"It's better for the little girl to bring these two children back today, I'm afraid that after this heavy snowfall, they won't be able to save their lives." Xinyue looked at the snow and said to Ji Feiyu.

Ji Feiyu still didn't change his previous habits, he was alone, riding on a horse, and it was not good for the two children to follow behind, so they went back with Xinyue, which was the best way, Ji Feiyu nodded, "That's very good." ”

"This snow will fall for a while, and it will take a few days for the snow to melt, and it will soon fall in the New Year, so Ji Gongzi will invite him to come to my other village around the twenty-fifth of the month and pick up the two of them."

"Okay, let's take advantage of this time to sort out the identity of the two children."

"Okay" The two agreed, and Ji Feiyu said again, "Girl, let's go quickly, go back at this time, and you can still get home before the snow blocks the road." ”

"Then it's decided, and the little girl will leave." Saying that, Xinyue did not delay, and let Feng'er lead the two people to the carriage behind, and she bent down to get into the carriage when she came.

Stepping up the horse running all the way, finally after the snow fell on the white ground, she returned to her own home, located in the northern suburbs of the capital Dingya Villa, when she left, it was still a summer day, and now she came back, it was already a winter day of bamboo and green pine and cypress, and the winter day of snow on the steps, and when she walked, only the plum blossoms were standing.

Xinyue stretched out her hand and touched the white plum in her yard, and thought of the red plum in the Shangqing Palace, and felt that it was really said that the red plum in the snow was like a starry white plum under the snow, but it was also elegant and tight.

"Girl, you're back." Mama Wang came out of the house, and saw that Xinyue was picking flowers as soon as she came in, and her hands were frozen red.

"Well, I'm back, Mama, these two children will be handed over to you, and you will be bothered to take care of them these days, make some clothes for them, prepare some food, and someone will come to pick them up in four or five days."

"Okay, it's such a cold day, and you're still wearing such thin clothes, you must be frozen, come, come with Mama." The two children snuggled up to each other, and although they were afraid, they still walked to Mama Wang step by step.

"Girl, the old slave lives in the old ginger duck soup, you wash your hands and warm up your body with some warmth"

"Okay" said, Xinyue Mu sent Mama Wang to the back with the two children, and walked into her bedroom for Fei'er Fei'er.

This place is completely different from the cold hiss of the place where you live by the water in the summer, it is a warm pavilion to live in the new moon and winter, and the earth dragon is beaten, and there is a charcoal basin, in the house, it is very warm as spring.

Entering the house, Crescent Moon untied her cloak a little tiredly, and Fei'er immediately found light and warm shoes for Crescent Moon to replace the shoes on her feet that should have been frozen.

The crescent moon sat on the couch, the heat was ventilated, it was very warm, and then looked at the Feng'er, and put the red plum brought down from the Shangqing Palace, placed under the east window, under the pearl-colored window paper, this red plum was, as if painted on it, very beautiful.

"Girl, bubble hand," Mo'er called hot water, and Xinyue shook her frozen hand and soaked it in the water, and bursts of heat spread from her hands all over her body.

"Girl, duck soup" Cui'er held the bowl, Xinyue couldn't wait to wipe her hands clean, and she was really reluctant to feel the warmth of the warm water, so she put her hand on the bowl, if she was seen by Mama Wang, she would definitely reprimand her.

Cui'er lifted the lid, a strong fragrance, rushing to the face, ginger slightly pungent, just smell it and feel the tip of the nose sweat, and the duck in the stewed soup must be an old duck, the meat is thick and nourishing, the soup is also as white as milk, just take a sip, I feel a thin sweat on the back, and the cold is all gone.

A cup of duck soup is poisoned, and the stomach of the new moon is even hungrier. Only then did she pat her head, and when she saw her annoyed look, she couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong, girl." ”

Xinyue was annoyed and patted her head again, "I forgot." ”

"Girl, doesn't it hurt?" As she spoke, she grabbed her hand, "What's wrong?" ”

Xinyue let out a sigh, "Today's Shangqing Palace is in charge of a lunch, vegetarian cakes, white soup, eight treasure vegetables, sugar-fried vegetarian meat, boiled cabbage heart, winter bamboo shoots and silk noodles, and..."

"Girl's favorite five-flavor soup?" Feng'er tried to ask.

Xinyue's mouth immediately pursed, "Feng'er, I..."

Feng'er remembered that when Xinyue slept yesterday, she was still chanting, "If I go to the Shangqing Palace this time, I will definitely be laughed at, if the Jiang family is here, I will definitely pull me to talk for a while, but even if it is for that five-flavor soup, I will go up this mountain." ”

"Girl, slave maid going to do it for you?" Seeing that Xinyue's mood was depressed, she must have been tired and cold, so depressed, and she must have been extremely unhappy that she hadn't eaten what she liked.

"Then you're still standing here," Crescent Moon added, raising her eyes, "Eight treasure dishes and vegetarian cakes are also prepared." ”

"Okay, good" When Feng'er walked out, she saw the smile on Xinyue's mouth, and realized that she was not given by the girl and posed?

"Girl, the hot spring water has been put away, do you want to bathe?" If there is anything unique about this Dingya Villa, it should be counted that this spring only starts in October every year, will gush out water, and the hot spring water will stop flowing in April, the spring water has natural ingredients, and there is no need to specially adjust the medicinal bath, it has good benefits for the skin and body.

"Well, let's go." As he spoke, Xinyue got up from the couch, took off the outer coat on her body herself, followed behind Fei'er, and went around to the back room, where the bath in the back room was connected to the underground hot spring veins.

The crescent moon walked into the pool, the warmth spread from her toes to all parts of her body, and after sitting down, this long-lost sense of relaxation made her lean on the pool, and sleepiness welled up.

Crescent Moon knew that she was asleep, and she was also clearly aware that she was in a dream, and the past came to her like flowing water, passing by her eyes one by one.

She seemed to have arrived at the battlefield where Rong Zhao died, and she saw Rong Zhao lying on his back on the ground, the armor on his chest cut by a sharp blade, and the blood soaked his chest. His mouth and face were covered in blood, his hair was messy, and he had lost his breath.

And in front of Rong Zhao, a man with a silverfish scimitar turned his face, he saw the new moon, and the new moon also saw his appearance, he had Rong Ying's face, and he held the knife that the prince of Liang Guo wore, and the two merged into one, and there was a mask with a blue face and fangs, which fell on his face, so that the whole person was not only Rong Ying.

And the new moon just looked at it, as if she was an accomplice, and sure enough, the man wearing the mask walked to her side step by step, and handed the scimitar in her hand to the new moon, and the new moon couldn't control herself and took the heavy scimitar, she felt that she laughed, and then tears flowed out.

Crescent Moon felt as if she had been taken by the devil and raised her sword, she wanted to let herself go, but she couldn't help herself.

The man in the mask, smiling, his eyes under the mask, lit up, said to the crescent "Cut him, cut him." ”

"He's dead."

"No, he didn't," the man retorted.

Xinyue forced herself to look at Rong Zhao, his chest was no longer undulating, and his face was already pale.

"He's Dead"

"The man who protected you is dead, so..."

"You're mine."

The two voices overlapped together, and Xinyue screamed in fright, but her throat was dry, and she couldn't shout anything, but she found that she had a knife in her hand, and she suddenly felt some courage, so, can she split this nightmare with her own hands, thinking, Xinyue swung the knife, but was grabbed by the man, and the unfamiliar voice sounded, "You, how can Hede, still want to kill me?" ”

"Crescent, are you going to kill me?" This is Rong Ying's voice.

Both voices came from under the mask, and the knife in the man's hand also cut his hand, and he let the blood flow as if he didn't care.

"You killed Brother Zhao"

"I didn't"

"It's you," Crescent Moon shouted.

"Isn't the knife that killed him in your hand?" It's Rong Ying's voice.

"You're going to kill another one, too." It's an unfamiliar voice.

Then the masked man disappeared without a trace, fogging, and Crescent Moon looked at the scimitar that had lost its support and fell to the ground, and the handle of the knife was being grabbed by herself, and the blood on the tip of the knife, the blood on Rong Zhao's chest, and Rong Ying's blood, mixed together, like a river formed by hot blood, drowning her to the top.

Crescent Moon struggled to sit up from the water, and before she could open her eyes, she was breathing heavily, and when she opened her eyes, the illusion she had just made disappeared in an instant, leaving only herself who had accidentally slipped into the water.

And Feng'er and Fei'er were beside her, and one of them grabbed one of her arms and tried to pull her out of the water.

After the crescent moon breathed evenly, she sat down in the warm water again.

"Girl, are you in a bad situation?" She knelt in front of Xinyue and reached out to pat her on the back to cheer her up.

Crescent nodded, "Yes, yes." I dreamed. ”

"Girl, you were so scary just now, no matter what the slaves and maids called you, you didn't wake up, and you kept slipping into the pool."

Crescent Moon looked at the red marks on her arms, and it seemed that they were fortunate to be there, so she didn't have to drown in this pool.

"I'm fine, I'm fine." Xinyue was a little thirsty, Fei'er offered tea, and Xinyue took two sips and suppressed the shock, "I just had some terrible dreams." ”

"Girl...", Feng'er looked around, and in this small bathroom, only the three of them were masters and servants, and said, "You just talked in your dream." ”

Fei'er nodded, "Yes, yes." ”

"What did you say?" Seeing the two of them, Xinyue was very frightened, and thought of the dream she had just now, did she put the...

"Girl, you always teach slaves and maids, talk less, it's best not to say any key words, girl, you should be the same." Feng'er looked at the girl in front of her with great concern, who she had served for more than ten years.

Fei'er nodded, "Girl, the slave won't say anything, and you haven't said anything. ”

"I—" Crescent Moon hesitated for a moment, "I can't do anything, actually. ”

After saying this, Xinyue looked ahead blankly, picked up a handful of water, and washed his face, "I, I can't do anything." ”

From beginning to end, she knew who killed Rong Zhao, but she pretended not to know, and she didn't fear, disgust, and hate him because Rong Ying did such a thing. Rong Ying is just a scheming person who wants to go up, Rong Zhao is just in front of him, so he must also be vigilant, that is, don't stop in his way, go against him, otherwise the person who dies will definitely be himself.

"But are you going to give in?" I can't help it, the new moon asks herself.

She wanted to find other excuses for herself, but she clearly told herself that she was indeed giving in.

"Are you worthy of Brother Zhao?" Crescent Moon asked herself again.

She looked at the jade bracelet on her wrist, and the strangeness in her heart surged up. Didn't the man in the dream say that he could kill the other?

Think for yourself?

Xinyue shook her head, she didn't want to, because although Rong Ying killed his siblings, he was a good emperor, sweeping away the decline of the great sage from the end of the first emperor to the present majesty to the present, and in the last year of his dream, he drove his own expedition and destroyed the vassal state of Liang, and he shocked the world, and Liang Wei, the prince of Liang who was called a wolf cub, could not fight with him.

And these things are benevolent, and Rong Zhao with ideals can't do it.

"Girl, the slave has made a five-flavor soup, you can get up and eat some." Seeing that Xinyue was distracted again, Feng'er tried to wake her up.

Xinyue came back to her senses, looked at Hao'er, and asked, "Hao'er, let me ask you, if you know a person who is a very productive person, but he made a mistake, he indirectly killed a person who blocked his way, what would you do to this person?" ”

"Slave and maid, will stay away from him, stay away from him, never oppose him, and will not even stand by his side." Feng'er suddenly said something very insightful.

Crescent nodded, "That's right, that's right, don't even go with him." ”