Before nightfall, the finch had already taken care of the big and small things in the room with her hands and feet. None of the charcoal for heating, the tea for drinking, the books, paper and pens, etc., were missing.

The plain gauze lanterns in the mansion were changed to red as early as Chinese New Year's Eve, and in the night, one lamp was particularly dazzling, as if the pool water was dyed red. Today's dinner was extraordinarily rich, and Jiang Fu celebrated the Chinese New Year's Eve Festival with the Shangyuan Lantern Festival this time. The family sat around a table and enjoyed themselves, Jiang Qin always had a smile on his face, and he drank frequently with Uncle Jiang, drinking very happily. And Lu Jingxing is the same as before, he doesn't drink, loves tea alone, and also picks up some dishes for Ling Xiao from time to time. Jiang Tingxue and Lu Ci were free and lively, and the two of them were active during the banquet, compared to the amount of wine, and occasionally quarreled with each other, and the atmosphere during the banquet was lively and happy.

After the dinner was finished in laughter, Ling Xiao went back to the room with the help of the finch.

"Let's go enjoy the lanterns. Remember to dress extra for cold snow. Ling Xiao picked up the brush and wrote on the paper.

"Second Miss, then I'll go." In the end, it is a little girl, and her nature of play does not change depending on her social status.

"Wait." The finch walked to the door and was stopped by Ling Xiao again.

"Second Miss." The finch didn't know what Ling Xiao meant.

Ling Xiao put down the brush and picked up the cloak on the hanger, and walked over to drape it on the finch.

The finch was a little frightened: "Second Miss, this is not good, how can I use your cloak." ”

"It's okay, it's cold outside, don't catch the cold." As Ling Xiao spoke, the slender hand had already tied the ribbon into a bow. Ling Xiao and Lu Jingxing's relationship for a few months has really changed, and they have learned to care about the people around them, and they have become more humane. In the past, such a thing could not have happened, in the past she had a domineering aura and a high sense of authority, and she was indifferent to everything else, full of care. It's like an iceman who doesn't have seven emotions and six desires.

"Thank you, Second Miss." If you can get such attention from your master, the finch will know enough. It's just because this is something that many maids can't ask for.

"Let's go." After Ling Xiao finished speaking, he turned around and returned to the front of the desk.

Ling Xiao thought that the night would pass like this, but not long after the finch left, the sound of fireworks sounded outside the house. Ling Xiao was a little puzzled, who would set off fireworks here at this time? She put down her pen, and curiosity drove her to open the door. At that moment, Jiang Tingxue stood at the door and smiled lightly at her. At this moment, Jiang Tingxue had some fine snowflakes falling on her shoulders, coupled with her slightly reddened cheeks after drinking, which was more delicate than the peach blossoms in March, and it was moving. Behind her, clusters of brilliant sparks were rising from the ground, soaring into the dark and snowy night sky, scattering a brilliant light, illuminating the light and shadow in the water, and also illuminating Ling Xiao's eyes.

"Xiao Xiao, come out quickly." Jiang Tingxue pulled out Ling Xiao, who was standing at the door in a daze. The two of them stood in the cloister, and the fireworks and snow that were rising under the rockery opposite blended together, making the reflection dazzling and beautiful.

"What beautiful fireworks. Sister Xue, thank you for doing this for me. Ling Xiao had seen countless fireworks, but it seemed that he had never seen such fireworks burning into his heart.

"You don't have to thank me, because I didn't do it. The best is yet to come. "Jiang Tingxue is so mysterious.

Before the fireworks had passed, a lotus petal lantern was faintly floating upstream of the living water. Immediately after that, there were one, two, and three, and finally more and more, as if covering the entire pool, bright red, rippling, and the water surface was even more sparkling, and it was blurry and dazzling to see. When the lanterns were all out, a figure jumped out of the courtyard upstream, and finally landed beside Ling Xiao.

"Do you like it?" Lu Jingxing looked at Ling Xiao's side face with an indescribable soft light, and asked softly.

Ling Xiao looked back and smiled at him: "You haven't come to see me in the past few days, you can't use your time to do this, right?" Ling Xiao's smile seemed to instantly heal the countless small wounds on Lu Jingxing's hand that were scratched by bamboo chips due to making lanterns.

Before Lu Jingxing could answer, Jiang Tingxue said first: "That's for sure, but the lamp was made by him, and the method was thought up by me and Lu Ci." You know, it's okay for him to fight, but it's not okay to coax girls. Okay, don't bother you, I'm going to look at the lanterns on the street. The fireworks are still there, but Jiang Tingxue has left, and the two people in the cloister are accompanied by this fireworks lantern.

"Where's your cloak? I'll get it for you. Ling Xiao looked at the fireworks under the fluttering snowflakes, but Lu Jingxing looked at Ling Xiao, who was dressed thinly, caring about her warmth and coldness.

Ling Xiao turned his head and said with a smile, "You forgot? I'm not afraid of the cold now. And I lent the cape to the finch. Rare Lantern Festival, so I let her out. ”

Lu Jingxing took off his cloak and gently draped it on Ling Xiao's body, and the warmth left by Lu Jingxing in the cloak instantly wrapped Ling Xiao, carrying the unique fragrance on his body. Lu Jingxing's magnetic voice sounded in the sky above Ling Xiao's ears: "I'm recovering from a serious illness, so I'd better pay attention." ”

"You gave it to me, so what do you do?" Lu Jingxing was worried about Ling Xiao, and Ling Xiao was also worried about Lu Jingxing, and the hearts of the two were the same.

"I'm fine. People who practice martial arts, if they can't stand this cold, it won't be a joke when it spreads. Lu Jingxing said.

Fireworks were all over the sky, and debris scattered on the rooftops played a different movement. Krathong has accumulated a thin layer of white snow, and the snow glows slightly red in the brilliance of the lanterns, gentle and psychedelic. Ling Xiao had obviously never drunk alcohol, but she was fascinated by the scene in front of her, unable to extricate herself, she slowly spoke: "I didn't expect you to do this, everything you brought me is incomparably precious to me." The good without any interests is what I really want. ”

"I just learned this a few days ago, and it may not be as good as the ones sold on the street, but as long as you like it, I will make lanterns for you every year at this time in the future, forever, how about it." Lu Jingxing made another promise, but this promise was still unknown in the end.

This night will eventually become one of Ling Xiao's fond memories, which will never be forgotten.

Winter walked slowly and finally quietly left, leaving behind the nostalgia for spring.

The sunshine in spring is always so soft and affectionate, fascinated people full of tiredness, drunk so that the dead wood pulls out new branches, and coaxes the flowers and plants to wake up quietly.

The chessboard that has not fallen in the sun flickers faintly, and next to it are two lamps of tea overflowing with a trace of heat, the tea is moist and translucent, the breeze blows, the tea fragrance is overflowing, and it is refreshing. Ling Xiao and Lu Jingxing sat opposite each other on both sides of the chessboard, bathed in the warmest and softest light of spring, and tasted the most elegant and purest old tea in the past.

So much time has passed, Ling Xiao's body has fully recovered, but Mu Jiao has not yet been caught. This made Lu Jingxing's face have no place to rest, after all, there are people from the Lu Mansion all over Dongzhou, and it should not be difficult to find someone at all, but he can't find this wooden friend, just like when Feng Baiyue killed someone, he checked for a few months but there was no trace, and now he has to make Lu Jingxing begin to doubt the ability of his subordinates to do things.

"If you can't find it, you can't find it, I don't believe it yet, he can run to the ends of the earth, I believe that one day I will catch him." Ling Xiao played with a sunspot in her hand, and she really didn't have much energy to remember it, so she wasn't in a hurry.

"I'll send some more. The people in the Lu Mansion have been idle for a long time, and they are all lazy, so they have to arrange more things for them. Lu Jingxing took a leisurely sip of tea, and the wind blew his hair, flowing and handsome.

"Didn't you say you were going to teach me how to play? Tell me about it. "Ling Xiao has never touched this game of Go in modern times. She's good at gambling, but that's not what she likes.

"The game is a test of a person's heart, to see if he can be calm, calm and indifferent." Lu Jingxing put down the cup and spoke. And Ling Xiao propped his head and listened carefully.

"Let's start with the chessboard. There are a total of 361 positions on the board, and these nine most important positions are called 'star positions'. Generally, the first son falls first in the 'star position'. Lu Jingxing pointed to the "star position" on the chessboard and said. In fact, there is something Lu Jingxing can't figure out, even if ordinary people are not good at playing, they don't even know the most basic. And Ling Xiao was born in such a family, and he basically didn't know about this.

Ling Xiao knew that he would be curious about this, but he didn't want to ask more, so he took the initiative to bring it up and asked, "Do you have any doubts in your heart?" Why do I, a young lady who was born in Houmen, know nothing about this? ”

Lu Jingxing nodded, admitting that he had doubts about this, but he didn't ask why. He was pleased with Ling Xiao himself, not these, everyone had some secrets that could not be spoken, and he could completely understand Ling Xiao.

"These things are too complicated, I'm afraid that you won't believe me if I say it, and when the time comes, I'll tell you these bizarre things about me." Ling Xiao felt that if he said this, Lu Jingxing would definitely be shocked.

"I still say this, no matter what secrets you have, I won't ask, and when you want to tell me, I'm willing to listen." Lu Jingxing said calmly.

"You can go on." After a short interlude, it finally got down to business.

"Generally, the one who holds the sunspot falls first, and the two sides alternate. After the fall of the piece, a piece will form a 'qi' at the chessboard, and a piece without 'qi' is equivalent to a dead chess, and it will be removed from the chessboard......" At this moment, Lu Jingxing is like teaching a three-year-old child, and every detail is not let go. Ling Xiao didn't seem to understand it, maybe it was the case for people who came into contact with this game for the first time, this was not Ling Xiao's problem.

"That's it?" Ling Xiao's feeling has just begun, and this is the end.

"Isn't that enough?" Lu Jingxing asked with a smile.

"How about a game, I also want to see how much I have mastered." With a crisp sound of "pop", Ling Xiao dropped the sunspot in his hand into the position of "Tian Yuan".