Wang Yuanzhao couldn't sleep at night.

He tossed and turned, thinking about how to meet Lin Xitan the next morning. The two have not seen each other for nearly a year since they were separated at the beginning of the year. Although there are usually correspondence exchanges, after all, the hard words are not as lively and lively as real people.

He felt like he was back in time when he first met Lin Qiantan. At that moment, he had just been impulsive, instigated by Lai Haozi, and stole her belly pocket, and it was the same as now, tossing and turning and unable to sleep......

So he simply jumped up and down with a carp, put on his own clothes, and went around the subordinates who slept in the same room, and went to the porch, thinking that he would have nothing to do, and simply walked around. This White Horse Temple, he came for the first time.

It was only because he heard that Lin Qiantan liked to come here very much, so he took the time to take a few more looks. The difference between the White Horse Temple and many Buddhist temples is that its architectural style is very foreign.

The White Horse Temple at night is quiet and solemn, and has the solemnity of a Buddhist holy place. The huge palace buildings, layered on top of each other, have the characteristics of the Central Plains and absorb the dome structure of overseas temples. Wang Yuanzhao looked at it strangely, so he looked at it for a while.

The night was silent, and there was no one else except Wang Yuanzhao.

In the distance, something seemed to be running like a giant beast in the night. Wang Yuanzhao recalled it for a while, and thought that it seemed to be the back mountain of the White Horse Temple.

The back mountain has a wide ground, which also encloses the White Horse Temple. White Horse Temple, there are many wings.

Wang Yuanzhao thought to himself, and he didn't know which courtyard wing Lin Qiantan lived in.

I don't know if it's a good heart, Wang Yuanzhao walked and walked, and he just happened to catch a glimpse of Lin Qiantan, who was also getting up and walking, just walked into the courtyard in front of him, Wang Yuanzhao hurriedly walked a few steps and chased over, but he didn't see Lin Qiantan come out again.

Lin Qiantan didn't know that when she went out of the house, she was seen by Wang Yuanzhao.

It turned out that she was in the night, Wei Jiayin fell asleep, turned over and got out. Lin Qiantan was strangled by a big living person as a pillow for half a night, and she couldn't take a breath for a long time, so she just happened to be in urgent need of urination, so she got up.

After solving the urgent needs on her body, Lin Qiantan simply put on her cloak, taking advantage of the fact that there was no one at night, thinking about seeing if she could go and see the forest where she and Wei Jiayin had been during the day to collect mountain treasures......

Lin Qiantan didn't see Wang Yuanzhao, she only pretended to be in her heart, and she couldn't help but get distracted, and when she went back to the house and lay down, she fell asleep again.

*

Wang Yuanzhao remembered the approximate location of Lin Qiantan's wing, and thought that he would come over early tomorrow to have a look. When he came out, he wasn't dressed heavily enough, and he couldn't help but shiver a little, looked at the sky, and went back after a while.

Wang Yuanzhao made up his mind in his heart, and decided what kind of tricks to take over to scare Lin Qiantan. So when she got up the next morning, the bell of the temple morning class had just struck the first time, and she immediately got up and went to the back mountain.

The monks who were in charge of guarding the entrances and exits did not notice that a single person had jumped over their heads and flew over a branch. Wang Yuanzhao snickered and looked at a few monks who were dazed because of the vigil shaking their heads underground, and felt funny in his heart.

Perhaps because of the violent movements on and under the tree for a while, Wang Yuanzhao soon found that there was a slight blood stain oozing out of his chest when he landed on the ground, which was the wound where he was accidentally injured when he was assassinated before, and at this moment, the inside was probably cracked again.

It's really troublesome, and I have to bandage it again when I go back.

Wang Yuanzhao didn't pay attention to the blood, and walked around in the woods, and with his ears, he soon found that there was really something wrong with the woods.

Wang Yuanzhao didn't choose to be reckless, he really came to collect ingredients with a ballad, completely unaware that there seemed to be someone behind the shadow of the tree.

He thought to himself...... Not to mention that he still has injuries on his body, even if he doesn't, this forest is very weird, and it is impossible to tell whether it is a person or a ghost squatting in the dark. As soon as he came in, he felt strange, most of the trees planted here are some trees suitable for Tibetans, with lush foliage, not to mention, the location of this tree is actually faintly arranged according to the arrangement of troops......

And these are not very visible from outside the forest.

Wang Yuanzhao only thought that his luck was not too bad, and the people hiding there didn't seem to be going to do it. He quickly found a lone hare passing by, and caught two full-fledged pheasants, caught them with his bare hands, threw them back, and then "clicked" a few live fish in the nearby water, and then carried the bamboo basket on his shoulder, and quickly went out of the woods.

After he left, it took a while for two heads to show a slight top of his head in the place where the bushes were hidden, and one of them was obviously the leader, who glanced at his back from a distance, then said something to the people around him, and walked somewhere he didn't know.

If Wang Yuanzhao was interested in turning back, he would probably be able to see that this person was wearing a military uniform in a hundred steps.

Wang Yuanzhao didn't pay attention to the things behind him, he had long been used to dealing with this kind of thing, and when he was in Qianshi Village, he always had to deal with similar training.

His mother said that their family had fled, and that as her son, he had to be trained to be sensitive to murderous intent.

Therefore, Zhang Tietou, the master who taught the two brothers, strictly urged him and his brother to practice martial arts when they were only a few years old.

Especially my brother.

Not only to learn martial arts, but also to learn literature. Unlike him, he doesn't have to memorize those old masters' articles on governing the country. As for those pen skills and miscellaneous skills, I still learned them from some seniors in the rivers and lakes when I went to the next village to listen to the play.

He didn't think much about it when he was a child, but when he grew up, he chose to believe in his mother, believing that his mother forced him to learn those skills that fishermen didn't need for his own good. There are some things that he also deceives himself, just as if he didn't see the strangeness in it.

But no matter what, Wang Yuanzhao still pulled back his thoughts that had drifted away unconsciously, and while taking his prey, he thought that he should have made some tangible achievements when he came back this time. I don't know if his mother will praise him when she hears it!

A hare, two pheasants, fish caught in the river, and some wild vegetables, Wang Yuanzhao took them into the kitchen. It doesn't matter whether the monks he kicked out to cook for other people in the monastery have green faces.

When Wang Yuanzhao entered, it was still cloudy and sunny in the sky, and there was not a single snowflake, but he only stayed in it for a while, and when he came out, it was already a sky full of snow that made people unable to open their eyes. The snowflakes fell, and the ice was on his chest, and Wang Yuanzhao remembered that the wound was stretched and had to be bandaged again.

In this way, none of the people who stayed overnight the night before could leave, but it was fine. Thinking about it, he patted his chest absently and went back to the kitchen.

After all, the White Horse Temple is a holy place for Buddhism, and Wang Yuanzhao brought living creatures back to slaughter them so openly, which was simply spicy to the eyes of a group of monks. A group of monks wailed "Amitabha" outside the kitchen, and Wang Yuan Zhaoli ignored them.

Who called Wang Yuanzhao to have hard fists and helpers, a group of monks saw that the set of military uniforms on his body was already half coaxed, so they didn't dare to say anything. Only the intestines are also repentant.

The night before yesterday, why did you let such a living ancestor in?!

After a while, a strong smell of meat was already wafting out of the kitchen, and a group of monks couldn't stand it, so they simply couldn't see it and hid far away.

Wang Yuanzhao was thinking, and he didn't know what flavor Lin Qiantan liked to eat.

*

Lin Qiantan got up early in the morning, put on their clothes with Wei Jiayin, washed up and sat down to eat. The obvious displeasure on the faces of the great monks attracted Lin Qiantan's attention.

Lin Qiantan didn't need to ask, the monks couldn't help muttering to themselves, and after a while, both of them knew that there was a military master who was making something fishy.

Lin Qiantan couldn't help but show a funny look on her face.

Where did the monkey come from, bullying the big monk.

Ordinary people, for example, officials of some grades in the imperial court, when they go to a place like the White Horse Temple, which is similar to the national temple, they will also follow the customs of the villagers, otherwise the monks in the temple have the right to expel them.

This is also seen as respect for the monks.

Wei Jiayin said simply: Where did this come from**? You actually came here to get meat to eat?! ”

Lin Qiantan didn't think so, Wei Jiayin might be even more dissatisfied, she asked a little more carefully, and the monks didn't know the origin of Wang Yuanzhao and the others, so they just talked nonsense.

Snowflakes fell from the sky, and when you looked out of the house, it was already white. Lin Qiantan calculated that in this weather, they were afraid that they would not be able to walk in a day or two. So I discussed with Wei Jiayin how to arrange it in the temple......

The change in the weather is naturally within the calculation of the two, and Wei Jiayin has already told his family. As for Lin Qiantan, I said it, but I'm afraid that no one in the Lin family will care......

The breakfast was very light and simple, and the two of them did not eat much. Although the food at Hakuba Temple is delicious, it is limited to when the weather is not cold.

The cold winter moon is coming, and there is no steamer in the temple like there is a warm meal in their respective mansions, and eating in their mouths is only warm at most, not refreshing.

Wang Yuanzhao's side dishes were delivered at the right time. Fragrant swallow-style stewed chicken with lotus leaves, mountain mushrooms mixed with rabbit meat, and fresh wild mushrooms made into hot soup......

Wang Yuanzhao brought his proud works over, but he didn't pay attention to whether Lin Qiantan came alone. He appeared at the door and collided with Wei Jiayin, who was about to go out. He is steeled and iron-clad, with iron walls and iron walls, and he carries a food box the size of a sack, but he can't shake his body. Wei Jiayin was caught off guard, and the chest that hit him was quickly rebounded, almost falling straight to the ground.

Wang Yuanzhao didn't see people clearly, and subconsciously stretched out his free hand to go out and help him, Wei Jiayin was stopped by him and helped him for a while, barely standing still, the two looked at each other for a moment, and they were stunned.

Lin Qiantan walked out one step behind, and what she saw was the scene of Wang Yuanzhao hugging Wei Jiayin.

Lin Qiantan's eyelids moved slightly, suppressing the unhappiness that was inexplicably floating in her heart. Seeing this person, Lin Qiantan was surprised, but she didn't seem to be too surprised......

Wang Yuanzhao was just stunned for a moment, and immediately recognized who the woman in front of him was, since the Wang Wei family was going to get married, the men and women at least knew what each other looked like.

He came in and smiled and the nagging words had not yet fallen: "Look what good things I brought here...... Finish?! The last word, after holding Wei Jiayin, popped out of his mouth a little funny.

The three people in the room were stunned for a moment.

Lin Qiantan reacted quickly, and spoke before the other two people spoke, she stepped forward to take over Wang Yuanzhao to hold Wei Jiayin, and said with a smile in her mouth: "It seems that I want to thank you and eat good things." spoke to Wei Jiayin, but what he looked at was the box in Wang Yuanzhao's hand.

Wang Yuanzhao was carrying a huge food box in his hand, and the food box exuded a strong meat fragrance that could not be ignored. The fragrance is so heavy that even a monk with a pure heart and few desires can also shed saliva.

As Lin Qiantan's words fell, Wang Yuanzhao reacted for the second time. He seemed to hesitate for a moment, then immediately took Lin Qiantan's words, turned his head and said to Wei Jiayin, "I brought you something to eat."

It's just that in the end, he was a little reluctant, and the smile on his face faded a lot when he just came in.

It's not a way for three people to stand at the door like this, staring at each other with big eyes. It was still Lin Qiantan who opened her mouth to speak, and said, "Are you going to put the things in this basket at the door until they are cold?"

After Lin Qiantan finished speaking, Wang Yuanzhao and Wei Jiayin also seemed to have finally reacted. Together, they walked towards the dinner table.

Jinhe's reaction was also not slow.

As soon as the monks in the monastery left, they complained to them about the "unruly" soldiers there. Here, Lin Qiantan and Wei Jiayin actually became the eaters of the meat in their mouths.

Jin He suddenly closed the door from the outside, blocking the fragrance inside.

Lin Qiantan didn't know why Wang Yuanzhao appeared here, and she was puzzled in her heart.

When he sat down and Wang Yuanzhao took it out of the food box, Lin Qiantan had a chance to ask him why he was here......

As for the "general" in the mouth of the monk of the monastery just now, needless to say, I know who it is.

Wang Yuanzhao thought that Wei Jiayin was still there, and it was inconvenient to say some things, and Lin Qiantan heard him say that "there is something at home", and when she heard it, it was perfunctory and deceitful. However, also thinking that Wei Jiayin was not involved in their affairs, there were some things that Wei Jiayin still had to know.

Lin Qiantan then took the opportunity to look at Wei Jiayin.

Lin Qiantan thought that before Wang Yuanzhao came over, Wei Jiayin was still saying bad things about those "gentlemen", and she was worried that there would be something unpleasant when the two of them met together.

It turned out that things went much smoother than she had imagined.

Looking at Wei Jiayin again, Wei Jiayin's demeanor was not as disgusted as when only the two of them were together just now, Lin Qiantan breathed a sigh of relief.

After all, these two people hate each other.

Wang Yuanzhao was talking on the side, and he said some polite words. Wei Jiayin was also like a robot, answering two sentences from time to time, and the atmosphere in the room was very harmonious.

The two of them didn't eat enough just now, and what Wang Yuanzhao sent could be regarded as timely rain. Wang Yuanzhao's craftsmanship is not bad, Lin Qiantan and Wei Jiayin were personally served by him on the side, and they ate some.

Lin Qiantan looked at Wei Jiayin's attitude before and after, and sighed in her heart. If she wasn't sure what Wei Jiayin was thinking, she would be a fool - the person who was still harshly criticizing just now, instead of being dissatisfied, she was smiling at the corner of her mouth, eating what she "hated" people did.

After all, Wang Yuanzhao is good at communicating with people, even if he didn't react at first, he can quickly say something interesting to adjust the atmosphere.

Wei Jiayin thought about it, but Wang Yuanzhao said that he returned to Beijing early because of "something at home".

According to the current relationship between the Wang and Wei families, what is the matter, can Wei Jiayin not know?

She hadn't heard her father and brother mention any recent movements in the Wang family.

Wei Jiayin is not a lady who others say she believes. Emperor Tianlong sent someone to deliver the decree, and Wang Yuanzhao clearly set off before the decree was delivered. Although they all returned to Beijing, when it comes to the real details, the former is acting on orders, while the latter is against the holy decree and wants to be punished.

Wei Jiayin thought quickly, and after a few bites, she had already sorted out the cause and effect before and after, no matter what, she was now tied to the person in front of her on a rope, even if she knew that the other party was resisting, she, her fiancée, could only help cover it up.

What Wei Jiayin can think of, Lin Qiantan can only know better. Just saw that Wang Yuanzhao took advantage of Wei Jiayin's bowed head to devour, and gave Lin Qiantan several looks, Lin Qiantan knew that he meant to ask her to find a chance to speak alone.

Wang Yuanzhao thought that there were some things that were not said in the letter before, because he was afraid that the people in the capital would worry, especially his eldest brother Wang Dagou.

But now.

This leader has been away for less than a year, and there have been dozens of assassinations, large and small. In the tent where he lived, there were traces of people entering and turning around from time to time......

Wang Yuanzhao didn't think he had anything precious on his body, except for two things, one was a red apricot belly pocket that was stored close to him, and another ...... It was a talisman that was indirectly obtained from Yan Shao.

It's not a lot of people, but it's enough to change the situation...... The wind was whistling outside the house, Wang Yuanzhao put aside these thoughts, and said with a smile, it seems that they can't leave for a while.

Lin Qiantan didn't answer - in front of outsiders, she and Wang Yuanzhao should be unfamiliar strangers. Wei Jiayin continued: "Anyway, you came back secretly, can you leave or not, what's the difference?"

This is the first time the two have actually spoken. Wei Jiayin is a knife-mouthed person, obviously thinking about talking well, but he can't help it.

As he spoke, he looked at the food scraps swept into a plate in front of him, and Wei Jiayin felt embarrassed.

Wang Yuanzhao didn't bother to pay attention to her.

These things weren't meant to be made for her to eat......

As he was talking, the wind outside bounced open the window, Wang Yuanzhao subconsciously stood up, walked over and closed the window, and happened to be in front of the two of them in a protective posture. He is tall, like a pine and cypress, and can shelter those behind him from the wind and rain

Lin Qiantan and Wei Jiayin's faces were a little red.

It's just that Lin Qiantan is purely because she has been in the house for a long time - at least that's what she thinks. Wei Jiayin, on the other hand, felt a little weak-hearted.

She couldn't tell what was wrong with her.

Obviously, I shouldn't like the person in front of me.

*

According to Wang Yuanzhao's statement, the snow was so heavy that several people couldn't walk.

On this day, Wei Jiayin walked around the temple with Lin Qiantan as usual, but Wang Yuanzhao knew how to avoid suspicion and did not rely on it all the time. When it was noon, the two lay down together to rest. Wei Jiayin talked about Wang Yuanzhao's private return to Beijing as if unintentionally.

Lin Qiantan hadn't had a chance to meet Wang Yuanzhao yet, and she didn't know why he came back suddenly. Hearing Wei Jiayin mention it, she also agreed to say a few words casually.

Did Wei Jiayin not know that his attitude towards Wang Yuanzhao had changed?

Lin Qiantan felt as if she was about to move, and she suppressed it again.

Wei Jiayin didn't notice that Lin Qiantan's expression seemed to be wrong, and she only indulged in her own thoughts.

Lin Qiantan persuaded her again: "What you see and hear is what others say to you." What a person is like, you have to see for yourself to know what kind of person it is. ”

Wei Jiayin said: "Maybe."

At least if this person is just talking about his appearance, he is indeed very good-looking.

Wei Jiayin fell asleep again as she spoke, Lin Qiantan waited until she fell asleep and wanted to get up, but she never thought that she was hooked by Wei Jiayin's neck again.

Lin Qiantan couldn't help but think helplessly, it seemed that there was no chance to meet Wang Yuanzhao again.

Wang Yuanzhao returned to Beijing privately, this matter can be big or small, or maybe there is something in it that Lin Qiantan doesn't know. Also, although Wang Yuanzhao has already mentioned some things about the cooperation between the two, Lin Qiantan still wants to ask the details in person.

*

Wang Yuanzhao interrupted like this, and by the time Lin Qiantan remembered Lin Bixiang, it was already the time for the two of them to get up in the afternoon.

Lin Bixiang was treated as a debauched prostitute in the Qinglou, but because of the weather, she was not expelled, but she was also temporarily monitored.

She mistakenly recognized her identity as a "prostitute", and she didn't dare to say her true identity, but she expected in her heart that the person who did her good deeds must have nothing to do with Lin Qiantan.

Although the White Horse Temple was ordered to be guarded, in fact, her movements were not too restricted, so she was able to walk freely, but she was followed by a few great monks who enforced the law impartially.

She walked east and west, and walked to Wang Yuanzhao's courtyard, Wang Yuanzhao happened to be going out, saw her coming from a distance, frowned, and knew that she was indeed not suitable to appear in front of Lin Bixiang, the "other", too early, so she gave a signal to several subordinates, and quickly turned over and stepped on the roof beam, waiting to see what happened.

Lin Bixiang didn't know whose house it was, but she felt that it seemed to be more delicate than elsewhere. She thought for a moment, poked her head in, and took a look.