When I first saw Nian Yi'an, the spring snow in the sky was hazy, sometimes the color was light, sometimes the color was thick.

I wore a silver rat jacket the same color as the dark sky, and so happened to him.

All the principals and subordinates of the mansion who should be present are waiting in line for the prince of Lanqiang in the main hall. And he silently followed the side of the prince, not as glamorous as his two elder brothers.

Where we are in each other's opposite position, he can look at me and I can look at him.

If it is said that most of the sons and brothers' aura is going up, rushing out, and being high-spirited. Or some who are not welcomed, who are not favored, who are lying on the ground, running around at the poles. These people seem top-heavy.

And his aura is loose and steady on the ground, standing well, and doing well.

I think I sensed a difference in him. And he, in front of my gaze, was slightly reserved. His eyes didn't meet me, he didn't avoid them, he just held them thinly.

That measure told me he was shy.

I will smile and feel good for each other. There aren't many people who can really be shy.

The three sons Xu are following the customs of the countryside, and they are all dressed in Beijing. Only the prince still had braided hair, wore a felt hat inlaid with treasure feathers, wore a mink shoulder over the robe, a string of coral beads made of silver wire on his chest, and stepped on a pair of ochre flame-patterned deerskin boots.

The entourage that followed was also dressed in Lanqiang costumes, especially the maids in uniforms, with a variety of colors on their bodies, and mainly lake blue, which was very beautiful.

The prince is in the prime of life, his close-fitting beard is a little fluffy, his body is mighty, and his laughter is broad.

The deer and I were all smiling as they walked through the shadow wall from the second entrance gate, and then across the wide courtyard, striding in front of us. In a short period of time, it is enough to read the character of each of them.

We waited neatly and well-mannered, and bowed to him: "Welcome to the king of Lanqiang, the prince, and the two sons to return home." ”

King Lanqiang said like a bell, hugged his fists and said: "The two adults are polite, the little king Lanqiang Nian clan has come to Beijing for the first time with his three sons, and he will rely on you in the future." ”

Lu Chang replied: "The prince, the prince, the two sons, the dormitory is ready, please follow the ministers." ”

I stepped aside from the winter break, and watched the maids who had been arranged for the various dormitories lined up in a line, followed the guests into the courtyard, and poured into the third courtyard one by one.

First do the placement, bath and rest, wash the wind and dust, and then feast on the wind, in the custom. However, although there are delicacies, during the mourning period, all banquets are not allowed to sing and dance, and no piano, songs and wine can be made, so they can only drink lightly and drink three glasses.

As a result, I had to rely on two mouths to warm up the audience, and all the politeness was very boring for me.

When Dong Xiu saw me pouting, he teased me: "Little adult, do you say that on this snowy day, will the ghosts come out and scare the prince and them again." ”

Sure enough, I was happy.

Remembering the scene of a gloomy wind blowing out two red lanterns a few days ago, the four of us screamed and screamed.

After laughing at it, I was a little afraid.

Back to that night.

That night, we looked in the direction pointed by Lu Youming, and only felt that the apricot tree in the range of his fingers was as terrifying as a skull, but what was even more terrifying was that the two big red lanterns hanging high at the door seemed to be blown by ghosts, and in the windless weather, the branches of the treetops did not move at all, but the lanterns were extinguished.

Then the hall sounded like several trumpets, and then the four of them shrank together in unison, scrambling to hide under the table.

But after curling up for a long time, he no longer heard any movement. So he lifted the tablecloth and poked his head out, and looked around.

Everything is as usual in the hall, there is no red daddy, blue daddy, and so on.

We shrunk our heads and went out tentatively, so that we could see if the strangeness at the door was nothing, but the candles inside were burned out, and it was purely a fear of ghosts.

However, as soon as we stepped out of the threshold of the main hall, we heard a loud noise in the hall!

Looking back, the round table where the four of us were dining just now was smashed by the giant bronze chandelier above our heads......

My old swan!

If the lantern had not been extinguished, it would have led us out, but now it would have smashed directly on our heads!

The round table collapsed, and the dishes and bowls burst in all directions. The chandelier was full of red candles, and the fall exploded, and the candle oil was splashed all over the ground like blood!

The guards who heard the sound were also shocked when they saw this, and looked at the floor with a long breath, and then at us, as if to say, "I almost collected your corpses for you......".

However, at this time, the words of the winter break relieved the frozen atmosphere: "Little adult, Lu Changshi, let's live in peace." According to the older generation, this is a protector to guide the way, the gods bless, these days the slave and the maid on behalf of the two adults, every day in the evening incense offering flowers, it is a letter to talk about thanks! ”

Wow, a glowing winter break.

The queen's sage, according to the system, officials at all levels need to wear the heaviest of the five clothes - chopping the curtain, at the beginning of the funeral ceremony, every day into the palace to cry and mourn the spirit, until the burial.

Last night's reception banquet was extremely restrained, as if to express his sorrow, and he laughed loudly, for fear of being disrespectful.

The prince is silent, the eldest prince is deep and silent, and the second son is unobtrusive, which makes me refreshed, and it is actually the communicative style of the third prince Nian Yi'an.

But it was he who was reconciling the atmosphere and making the whole harmonious and harmonious, even if the dinner ended in a hurry, it ended naturally and not embarrassingly.

Most of the time, I was disgusted with the way many people were at the wine table, but he was the only one who was unconsciously brought into a sense of joy by him, which was quite comfortable.

If you have seen sincerity, then hypocrisy must be hidden.

It took me a long time before I understood that since then, Nian Yi'an has been telling me a truth, the highest level of entertainment is to have a sincere heart for love.

At this time, I didn't know a little, and I saw them dressed in burlap, ready to enter the palace to mourn, and were snickering naughtily.

Especially when I saw Nian Yi'an wearing the linen cloth the most upright, I laughed even louder.

His eyes fell into a weak tremble, and he seemed flustered at my laughter.

For a moment, my heart also rippled, and I felt as if I was bullying an innocent big child.

But I didn't deliberately make up for it, because he quickly adjusted, didn't mind, and still smiled politely: "The people of Yushe are early, and I want to enter the palace today, but I don't know the ceremony of mourning in the palace, and I hope that the people of Yushe will inform one or two." ”

I said: "Childe don't worry, every step of the whole ceremony is led by the father-in-law, and the scoop is drawn in the same way." ”

He smiled and nodded to me, and only then did he walk a few quick steps, keeping up with the pace of the prince and his brothers.

If you say that you are busy in the past, you are busy with the tossing and turning of the palaces, and you are busy with those things that start and run. And just talking about my position, it is leisurely. When he was in the palace, he only received an errand every three days, and a regular meeting once a decade.

Now in the palace, if the prince has no matter to ask, and the emperor has no holy decree to summon, the only duty is to play a fold of books and texts every day, and write down clichés.

Lu Youming took them into the palace. I sat in the garden of the house with Dong Xiu, bored and boredom with a slingshot and flicked around.

At this moment, outside the wall, there was a sudden sound of heavy car wheeling.

It was supposed to be carrying very heavy things, and the bearings of the chariot babbled, and the whip of the coachman struck the horses, but it was not loud, nor did it hear the sound of the chariot speeding up, but it was still a dull sound.

I found the base of the courtyard wall, found a locked side door, and looked out through the crack in the door.

It turned out that outside the western wall, there was a small alley only six feet wide, which only allowed a horse-drawn carriage to pass through.

The wooden wheels of the carriage seemed to be sunk into the slabs of stone, and they did not bear the load. The horses pulling the cart struggled with all their might.

From the beginning to the present, there is such a long list of trucks, passing by one by one, continuously, endlessly.

And the coachman was silent and vigilant.

This makes me wonder, "Whose convoy is this?" Why don't you take the big road, just drill this alley, sneaky. ”

Dong Xiu squatted on the ground, and looked at it seriously: "The slave also thinks that taking this remote road should also be the goods that are transported to the secret door of someone's house." ”

I looked up at the sky, and saw that the cold fog was colorful, and the snow that had drifted away after a day of hesitation yesterday would come back again.

"Ahem, it looks like they're going to get things there before it snows."

Aiming at the slingshot in his hand, an inspiration suddenly came.

I told Dong Xiu to push the door and hold the crack of the door to the maximum, so I put the slingshot as far out as possible, took out the special lead projectile in the sleeve and put it in the holster, tightened the deer tendons, and aimed at a horse eye that was slowly approaching.

Concentrate and shoot the projectile out with all your might.

Horses, horses, don't blame me, who told you to wade into troubled waters.

Fortunately, the projectile hit the horse's eyelid and did not directly hurt the pupil, but it was enough to frighten it.

Hearing a long neighing from the horse that had been hit, he danced his hooves wildly, and ran with his legs intended, but the weight of the cover made it pull and not move, and for a time it became a jump up and down.

The coachman jerked on the reins, but he couldn't control it, and under the horse's vigorous jumping, the body began to stagger.

After a period of unsteady, the body gradually overturned, and the goods covered by the rain cloth crackled and crushed the warehouse fence, but I saw a large round iron bucket rolling down from the car, and the contents of it broke through the lid and gurgled out, and the ground was full of mucus.

Those that do not merge into tidal flats are splashed into silver pearls, and the bones are full of slips.

Mercury. Mercury all over the ground. Twenty carts of mercury.

What's to be done?

Seeing the situation, the coachmen who were walking in front and back ran over in unison. I thought they should scold and beat the horse, but I didn't expect to say much, but silently straightened the big iron bucket and shoveled the mercury spilled on the ground back into the bucket with a small shovel.

I tried to look at the paper sticker on the bucket, but the angle was really not smooth, and I could barely see the word "Fu".

They were quick to clean the ground, and in order to cover the remnants that had not been completely removed, they sprinkled a thin layer of sulfur powder on the ground.

The drums were brought back, the goods were re-tethered, and the horses were pacified. After looking around, frightened and frightened, we quickly dodged through the crack in the door, and heavy, vigilant, and as if nothing had happened, the car was sluggish and annoying, and the thick dun dun went forward.

I murmured in my heart, since there is a word "house", it is not for private use in private houses, then it is easy to say.

I patted the winter break: "Quick, notify the guard at the door, follow one." ”