The daylight is bright, and it is another sunny day on Shanxi Road.

After two days of no snow, the snow on the windowsill had almost receded, and a hand reached out from the window to cover the little remaining snow on the windowsill and pressed it gently.

"It's frozen." A clear female voice came from the window.

Zhou Shilin, who was holding a stack of record books with two officials, looked up and happened to see two heads, one large and one small, poking out of the window.

One bumped into the eye, and the big one immediately smiled at him, beckoning, "Great Governor." ”

Mistress Joe.

Zhou Shilin nodded, and his eyes fell on the little girl beside her. A pair of eyes as round as black grapes, holding a bamboo skewer in his hand, one end of the bamboo skewer has a flattened bitten ball. The white dough, the black one is trapped.

Sesame dumplings, Zhou Shilin said in his heart, and then subconsciously swallowed his saliva.

The child's appetite is also good, and whenever he sees her eating, he is also a little hungry.

After saying hello, Zhou Shilin led people into the hotel, and the two girls who were originally playing in the snow by the window also walked downstairs.

"What you asked for yesterday......" Zhou Shilin raised his chin and asked the official to push the stack of booklets in front of her, "It's all here." ”

Qiao Ran flipped through it casually and thanked him with a smile.

Zhou Shilin snorted, straightened his clothes, and said, "If there is anything else, send someone over to say it." ”

Qiao Ran responded again.

Only then did Zhou Shilin turn around, his eyes fell on the dough held up in Pei Qingqing's hand, and he paused for a moment before leaving.

Pei Qingqing turned her back: Don't look at her eating, as if she is embarrassed to be embarrassed by him.

It wasn't until the big guard who always watched her eat dumplings left that she helped carry the stack of books back to the room, and sat on the side with a plate in the back, silently eating dumplings with bamboo sticks. took a bite, and didn't forget to look up and glance at Qiao Ran not far away.

Miss Qiao had already opened the booklet and looked at it, and it was estimated that she would not be able to go out shopping today.

Pei Qingqing wrinkled her brows, took the plate, walked to the small table by the window and sat down, eating while looking at the unmelted snow outside: If it goes on like this, in a few days of good weather, the snow on the ground should be almost melted. It would have been better to go out then!

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"The snow is getting heavier and heavier." Hongdou, who got up early, stood in the kitchen with his sleeves folded and sighed as he looked at the snow that was almost half a person high.

"What did you do today?" Someone casually asked and walked in.

will get up at this time, except for her, there is only Tang Zhongyuan.

Hongdou glanced at him, saw that he was wearing a thick and warm appearance, so he didn't say much, casually lifted the lid of the pot, scooped a bowl of noodle soup, and didn't forget to add a spoonful of spicy and took two steamed buns from the side and handed them over.

People say that they follow the customs of the locals, and they have stayed in Chang'an for so long, although it is not a long time, but they have also become accustomed to the food of the people here in Chang'an. Originally, they rarely ate spicy food in Jinling, but they gradually liked such a spicy and exciting taste.

Tang Zhongyuan took it and thanked him, walked to the side of the kitchen, supported a small table, and sat down to eat.

Red Bean also scooped a bowl of noodle soup and followed.

The small table is not big, but it is just right for two people.

After taking a sip of the soup, Azuki sighed.

Tang Zhongyuan, who was grabbing the bun and nibbling on it, was stunned, looked up at her, and confirmed that he was not mistaken, the little girl's face was indeed a rare melancholy, and she couldn't help but wonder: "What's wrong?" ”

In addition to eating, drinking, and taking care of the people in the family, it is Miss Qiao and Zhang Tianshi's business, and now the people in the family are all very well-behaved, and there is no bad news for Miss Qiao and Zhang Tianshi, what is she worried about?

Hongdou glanced at him and said faintly: "I'm thinking about such a big snowfall, and I don't know if the clothes I brought to Miss are enough, and whether it will be cold." ”

Tang Zhongyuan, who listened to this "sorrow", only felt funny, but when he thought of this girl's "heart of love for the Lord", he still replied to her seriously: "Qin Tianjian said that the situation on Shanxi Road is much better than that of our Chang'an City, and it has been sunny for several days. ”

"Really?" As soon as these words came out, Hongdou's face was not half happy, but instead he frowned and said, "The words of the group of people in Qin Tianjian may not be accurate eight times out of ten. ”

There is a saying called the change of wind and clouds, even if it is the Qin Tianjian who specializes in measuring this, it is not accurate. Everyone is used to it.

"This time, Qin Tianjian said that the heavy snow does not stop, isn't it accurate?" Tang Zhongyuan took another bite of the bun, and couldn't help but be surprised when he bit into the meat filling, when did this girl also open such a small stove for him?

With a surprised expression on Tang Zhongyuan's face, Hongdou, who was still a little worried, suddenly became angry somehow: "What do you see?" Didn't you just hide a few more buns for you? I saw that you were going out on a snowy day to blame the poor for you to make it, you don't like to eat for Qiao Shu, he still has a long body! ”

This reprimand came suddenly, Tang Zhongyuan was a little stunned for a while, and when he came back to his senses, he only felt angry and funny. Is this the special way of caring for this girl in front of you?

Speak like this...... Even good words can be said so ugly. Tang Zhongyuan shook his head and sighed: I don't know which unlucky person will marry this stupid girl in the future.

I heard of the honey-bellied sword, but it was the first time I saw the sword-belly honey.

"It's just a blind cat running into a dead mouse." Hongdou snorted coldly disapprovingly, "That Qin Tianjian has always been like this," he stretched out his hand and pointed out the window, "Such a big snow, I can see that this snow will not stop until tomorrow." ”

Tang Zhongyuan lowered his head and took a sip of noodle soup, then shook his head and said, "This time is different." ”

Not the same? What's different? Azuki glared at him.

Facing the pair of angry Danfeng eyes, Tang Zhongyuan smiled and said, "This time, the text sent by Qin Tianjian was derived by the Great Heavenly Master. You don't know, but anyone who asks the older people in the capital knows that the Great Heavenly Master rarely makes mistakes in measuring the wind, rain, and snow. ”

Because it was a test sent by the Great Heavenly Master, Chang'an was really snowing heavily, and because he knew that it was the derivation of the Great Heavenly Master, His Majesty would dismiss the courtiers from the early dynasty, and the Guozijian also took a break from class because of this, and told them to be busy.

Hongdou didn't think about it so much, but since Tang Zhongyuan said that the Great Heavenly Master was accurate, then the snow would not stop. She thought about it and couldn't help but wrinkle her eyebrows: "Then are you going to Lishan today?" ”

Yesterday, people went out before dawn, and they didn't come back until dark, and it is said that they still took the light of Lord Xu and went first! I don't know if I want to go today, it's not easy to do at all.

Tang Zhongyuan shook his head: "The Yamen of Dali Temple only helped open the way, and those students still have to stay in Lishan for a few days, so they don't have to go today." ”

"That's good." Hongdou breathed a sigh of relief, and his face softened a little, "If you don't go, I can wait for you to come back and have dinner in the evening." ”

What the people of Shengdou do every day is nothing more than three meals a day, and red beans are no exception.

Tang Zhongyuan responded with a smile, and only after drinking the last sip of noodle soup did he get up and walked outside the door, put on his coat and hat and went out.

The location of the house rented by Miss Qiao is really good, and it is not as good as any unexpected delay on the way to the Yamen every day, such as when you need to drive a horse-drawn carriage.

Therefore, he Tang Zhongyuan is also one of the few colleagues who is never late.

When I went to Lishan on a business, there was no difference in Dali Temple. Tang Zhongyuan greeted a few colleagues, and then went into the inner hall to find Zhen Shiyuan.

"Coming?" Zhen Shiyuan, who was sitting behind the table drinking tea and looking through the file, greeted him without raising his head, and then blurted out, "Nothing happened in Lishan, right?" ”

It's always a helping errand, to ask. Zhen Shiyuan, who was flipping through the file, took a sip of tea and squinted his eyes pleasantly.

After all, such strange people are a minority, and he Zhen Shiyuan is not a saint, and the rare leisure these days is really enjoyable. Having said that, since that girl left, this Chang'an City has really been very Chang'an.

How nice it would be if there were days like this every day! Zhen Shiyuan said in his heart: The people's livelihood is peaceful, and there are no wicked people in the world!

Lishan? Tang Zhongyuan thought for a while: "There should be nothing wrong!" ”

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The snow scene of Lishan Mountain, for the poetry and painting literati who talk and understand the wind and the moon, it is a "huge" trip that can only be organized by a lot of manpower and material resources, and it may not be a second "grand event" throughout the year, but for the mountain people who live at the foot of Lishan Mountain and rely on the mountain to eat the mountain, it is just a home that has been seen for many years and has been used to.

It's no surprise that I've seen it for a long time.

Yesterday, some powerful people in Chang'an City came to the mountains to see the snow, and the mountain people who got the news of the official mission did not go out, but nested in their homes to roast the fire and eat the remaining wild food.

But there is always a time when wild food is eaten, and they, the mountain people who rely on the mountains to eat the mountains, need the game from the mountains in exchange for three meals, so early in the morning of the second day, after seeing the official messenger who opened the road on the mountain left, the mountain people went into the mountain to try their luck.

As long as the left and right are not close to the snow viewing platform and Lanyuntai, in other places, no matter how skilled the officials and guards are, they are not as familiar as the mountain people who grew up at the foot of Li Mountain.

Relying on the experience accumulated over the years, a few mountain people who traveled together successfully caught two long-feathered pheasants, which was not a great harvest, but it was much better than the sometimes unlucky ones who returned empty.

"Dad, I'm going to make a shuttlecock for my sister to play with." For the first time, the boy who followed out to hunt grabbed a few pheasant tail feathers in his hand and excitedly gestured, the colorful tail feathers made of shuttlecock are very beautiful, not as good as those novel and interesting children's toys in the city, which is also one of the several interesting things that children who rely on the mountains can see when they urinate.

The mountain man carrying the two pheasants smiled and said "yes", knocked on the head of his baby lightly, and praised: "The dog baby is sensible." ”

The boy smiled innocently, scratched the back of his head, and lowered his head in embarrassment. Then there was a sudden pause under the feet of the walking, and then there was a "huh".

"Dad, there's something!" The boy took his shoes and shaved the snow under his feet, and he couldn't help but feel happy when he noticed the real thing under his feet, will he catch a third pheasant today? With the struggle under his feet, the real thing under the snow gradually showed his head, and the boy was stunned, and then let out a scream.

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The official messenger who left yesterday stepped on this mountain road again, and Tang Zhongyuan and several other officials followed Zhen Shiyuan and walked forward.

The official reported to the official was a mountain folk at the foot of Lishan Mountain, who had come out to hunt today, and found the corpse on the way back.

There are many yamen in Chang'an City, but for the people of Chang'an, the most familiar is their mansion Yin He Taiping, so I didn't want to think about it, so I went to the government to report to the official.

He Taiping was startled when he heard this, and when he set off, just before leaving, he remembered the children of the powerful who went up the mountain yesterday, and they went up the mountain yesterday, and they have not come back today, and they found the corpse again. It's really hard not to think about the coincidence in this, it is naturally impossible for ordinary mountain people to know the deceased, what if the identity of the deceased is not ordinary? So when he left, he asked his henchman Lu'an to come to Dali Temple to say something.

Therefore, the Yamen of Chang'an Mansion and Dali Temple appeared in Lishan one after the other.

However, Zhen Shiyuan arrived a little late, and when he arrived, the people from the government were already dealing with things, and he walked towards He Taiping, who was standing aside and frowning.

"Who died?" Zhen Shiyuan asked.

He Taiping glanced at him with a subtle expression, and then spit out a name: "Kunzhi." ”

Kun Zhi? Zhen Shiyuan twisted his eyebrows and said strangely: "I don't remember the surname Kun ......"

"It's a little guy." He Taiping paused as he spoke, raised his chin, pointed to a man in a cyan cloak who was squatting next to the corpse with his back to them, and said, "Someone has come to recognize it." ”

Before he could finish this, the man who was squatting next to the corpse seemed to hear the movement on their side and turned his head. Turning his head, Zhen Shiyuan's eyebrows jumped, and he blurted out: "Xu Hexiu!" ”

Xu Hexiu, who was named by name, stood up, took a deep breath, walked to his side and saluted and called "Lord", and then spoke: "This morning, a small servant came to the door to report that Kunzhi's letter was successful, and the wind and snow crushed the bridge, leaving the four cousins in the Que Tower, let me go up the mountain today to bring someone to repair the bridge to pick up the fourth cousin." Xu Hexiu said and looked back at the corpse lying on the ground, his eyes were solemn, "As a result, I bumped into Lord He when I went up the mountain, and I heard that there was a dead person on the mountain, so I followed over to take a look, but I didn't expect that it was Kun Zhi who died." ”

This is also explaining to Zhen Shiyuan why he appeared here one step earlier than him.

Because he only knew that Lishan had found a corpse at the beginning, Zhen Shiyuan only brought an official errand, and no one rushed over. If there was no other reason, Xu Hexiu would not have appeared before him.

Compared with the snow viewing platform in the Lishan mountain range, the location of Lanyuntai is a bit special, the place where it is located is more like an isolated cliff, only a bridge connects to the Lishan mountain range, so once the bridge is broken, the people in Lanyuntai can not leave.

At such times, it is natural to find someone to report to repair the bridge.

Zhen Shiyuan nodded, and understood: "So this Kun Zhi should have stayed here in Lishan yesterday to facilitate others to go up the mountain to repair the bridge." ”

Xu He Xiu responded: "It should be like this, but I don't know why Kun Zhi died suddenly." ”

As soon as these words came out, Zhen Shiyuan's face changed slightly: "I always have a bad premonition......"

Xu Hexiu nodded: "What the adults said is good, I ...... I'm the same way, I always think that something will happen there. ”

At present, there are already officials who have gone to the bridge to investigate, but this day, it is not easy to repair the bridge, and it will have to wait for the craftsman to see how to repair the bridge.

Originally, this was just an accident in which the wind and snow crushed the bridge, but Kunzhi's sudden death always made people feel that something was wrong, as if something would happen to Que Lou.