And the Qinghebang people have reached the most difficult season, the most midwinter, the river will be frozen, and there will be no fishing, the penny is frozen like ice, and the boatman can only support the boat with his hand that is frozen and cracked. The people here can only afford to burn the lowest charcoal, some of them are charcoal that cannot be sold in the market, and some of them cannot even afford charcoal, so they can only rely on luck to survive this bitter cold. Wu Xiang's father is estimated to have a hard time this winter. Wu Xiang wanted to sell pearls to treat his father's illness, but his father refused to live or die, but fortunately, Bai Sheng gave him the New Year's silver early. But after all, he couldn't save the terminally ill old man, and he swallowed his last breath in a few days. When he was dying, he held his breath, squeezed Wu Xiang's hand, and told him to get ahead and take care of his younger brother. Wu Xiang held back his tears and wrote down every word. After holding a funeral for his family, he returned to Baifu.

Not long after returning, Bai Sheng found Wu Xiang. "There's something you can do."

Wu Xiang rushed into the villa with a few mothers-in-law, and just before entering the door, he was still a little hesitant, not understanding why Bai Sheng asked him to catch a maid. Lan Xi was tied up by her mother-in-law, pushed and shoved out, crying and crying all the way, "Official, what crime have I committed, where are you going to send me?" ”

"I'm also acting on orders, don't blame me, girl." Wu Xiang looked at Lan Xi, and the pear blossoms were a little unbearable with the rain. At this time, Lan Xi knelt down in front of Wu Xiang, "Official, I beg your subordinates to be merciful and don't want me to send them away." "A few mothers-in-law came up and were about to raise their slaps, but they were stopped by Wu Xiang." I don't hit women, and you don't embarrass me. He asked her mother-in-law to pull her up, drag her out of the hospital, and stuff her into a carriage. The mother-in-law stuffed Lan Xi's mouth and went into the carriage to look at her.

The carriage went all the way to the lotus wind Yaxu, and the water kite was waiting at the door. "The man is in the car." Wu Xiang asked the water kite to pick up the person. The water kite lifted the curtain and glanced at Lan Xi, "This girl is older, alas, forget it, since Bai ......" Wu Xiang glared at her, and the water kite immediately stopped, "Since it was given for nothing, let's take it, thank you, official." "Immediately took out a few taels of silver as a reward, and Wu Xiang accepted it." Send me to the inner hall. The water kite called someone to pull Lan Xi out and send him to the inner hall. Wu Xiang immediately took his leave and returned home.

The kite looked around and retreated. Walking to the inner hall, Lan Xi was locked in the house. "Miss Mu, do you think this person is placed like this?" The water kite glanced at Mu Hanshuang. "I didn't expect that as soon as Bai Gongzi left, they would start so quickly, and I would settle them. Thank you, Sister Kite. Mu Hanshuang stuffed a silver ticket into the water kite's hand. This can't be helped, Bai Gongzi's business, how can I take your money. ”

"Sister Kite, you're welcome, this is also thank you for taking care of me for so many years, the Spring Festival is coming soon, and I should have honored you." The water kite was overjoyed when she heard this, and accepted it with a smile. Mu Hanshuang walked into the house and untied Lanxi's rope. Lan Xi looked at this girl's beautiful face and moonlight, so she immediately stopped crying. "Bai Gongzi is staying abroad now, and Bai Mansion probably won't be able to accommodate you for a while. I have a dance and music workshop under my name, and there is also an embroidery workshop there, if the girl doesn't dislike it, she can only grieve you to settle there temporarily, how about it? ”

Lan Xi listened, knelt down and thanked, "Thank you girl for your rescue." ”

"Master Sheng, the errand is done." Wu Xiang took out the silver ticket given by the water kite, "This is their reward." The corners of Bai Sheng's mouth rose slightly, "You can take this, you deserve it." You've done a great job. ”

"Master Sheng, I still have something to ask for." Wu Xiang gritted his teeth, as if he was making a decision.

Bai Sheng glanced at him, "Say it." Wu Xiang took out the pearl from his arms and knelt down on one knee, "I will dedicate this pearl to Sheng Ye, and ask Sheng Ye to take me into Qingyun Division." ”

Bai Sheng was taken aback, "How do you know Qingyun Division." ”

"Before, when you asked me to check the dance music workshop, I looked for the clues of the plum blossom needle and found a Fengqi Mountain near Qingzhou, where the Taoist real person founded the Qingyun faction during the previous dynasty, because the emperor believed in Taoism at that time, the Qingyun faction often intervened in political affairs, secretly assisted the Jinyi Wei to act, and over time formed a dark network called Qingyun Division among the people, which has been lurking to this day. It's just that there is no trace of the sect now, but there was a flying cloud needle in the original kung fu from the Qingyun faction, which is very similar to the plum blossom needle. I guessed that Xiuniang had something to do with Qingyun Division, and I guess I asked me to check the dance club because you tested me with that master last time. ”

At this time, a person came out of the inner room, and it was the goatee that Wu Xiang had seen last time. The man smiled a little gloomy and twisted his beard, "Sure enough, I didn't misread you." ”

Bai Sheng glanced at Wu Xiang, "This is Mr. Liu Lun." Wu Xiang understood, and turned to bow to him. Unexpectedly, in just a few days, you have found so many clues, which is a rare talent. Liu Lun twisted his beard again with appreciation, "Indeed, as you said, Qingyunji has not disappeared, and it has indeed been lurking until now. You secretly check yourself so much, and you are not afraid of being wiped out in the end? Liu Lun's eyes were cold, and he stabbed Wu Xiang with a cold war. Even if it is my life to be exterminated, but at the moment, Qingyun Division also needs to employ people, and I am willing to serve the work of dogs and horses. ”

"Okay, I can see you're ambitious." Liu Lun still had a cold look in his eyes, his face expressionless, "Okay, Qingyun Division will consider you in the future if there are peripheral tasks, but you must wait for you to accept the nomination before you can be allowed to enter." ”

Wu Xiang glanced at Liu Lun and nodded, and Liu Lun showed a subtle smile. Wu Xiang always felt that Liu Lun had a familiar smell, and he had also smelled this smell on Xiuniang.

The festive atmosphere at the end of the year permeated the entire Xizhou, and Shen Zhiqing's mood seemed to be better, and she finally received Bai Xuan's first letter from across the ocean. She reads the letter repeatedly every day before going to bed, and carefully puts it away every time she finishes reading. The letter paper also seemed to bring a trace of his breath, and in the dream she seemed to meet him again under the red bean tree, and the flowers flying in the sky were filled with a sweet fragrance, which went straight to her heart.

Han Zheng let the lecture hall take a holiday early. During the day, Han Zheng would dance his sword in the courtyard every day, Jiang Ruohan came out in his clothes, and when he saw that there was still snow in the corner, he pinched a snow ball and threw it over after he collected the sword. The snow shattered and slipped into Han Zheng's collar, freezing him with a spirit. He threw his sword and rushed straight towards Jiang Ruohan. It was so tickling that Jiang Ruohan squatted on the ground and couldn't get up. "Looks like I haven't picked you up for a long time." Before Jiang Ruohan begged for mercy, he had already carried the person into the bedroom. "You can go home with me for the New Year, and meet my parents by the way." Han Zheng leaned sideways, supporting his head with one hand and swinging Jiang Ruohan's ears with the other. "It's inconvenient not to go. My father had just passed away and couldn't come to the door, which was not in accordance with the rules. Jiang Ruohan's body just shrunk into the quilt, and was immediately picked up by Han Zheng again. I'm tired, so why do you look more tired than I am? Han Zheng didn't expect that Jiang Ruohan, who had an incomparably high impression before, was actually a grinding goblin, "I don't worry about leaving you here alone, go back with me, it's so decided." ”

On the eve of Chinese New Year's Eve, Han Zheng dragged Jiang Ruohan away, and he told his parents in advance. When the parents heard that Jiang Ruohan was a child of a family and the son of an academic Jiang Qu, they immediately smiled happily, and they didn't care about the rules or regulations, and they couldn't wait to let Jiang Ruohan stop leaving and live at home. Although Han Zheng's father is a businessman, he has a lot of respect for the family of scholars, and he only hates that he didn't train Han Zheng to be a material for reading, but now that Jiang Ruohan has his son as his companion, he is also half a son, and it is too late to be happy. Mrs. Han's mother's family opened the dart game, although she was a woman, but she couldn't cover the heroic spirit of the rivers and lakes, she was over forty years old, and she was still maintained like a young girl, with a graceful demeanor. "Gongzi Jiang will teach my family more in the future, this child is too worry-free, and I will hand it over to you in the future." On Chinese New Year's Eve, the Han family held a family banquet at home, and Mrs. Han smiled and went straight to Jiang Ruohan's bowl to pick up vegetables. Jiang Ruohan didn't expect the Han family's parents to be so enthusiastic about him, and he was a little embarrassed, "Mrs. Han just called me Fengyin, the family has changed before, thanks to Brother Zijun who has always taken care of me." Mrs. Han was overjoyed when she saw Jiang Ruohan being polite, and then looked at her jade-like appearance, "Zheng'er should take care of you, don't say take care of it, if you have anything in the future, just tell him." ”

"Mother." Han Zheng saw himself being ridiculed on the side, "Are you planning to have a son?" Then I'll take Xiaohan away and fly high. ”

"You kid, what Xiaohan Xiaohan screams indiscriminately, do you understand the rules." Mrs. Han scratched his head, "Gongzi Jiang is our guest, and the scholars are different, how can you be rude." ”

"Am I rude?" Han Zheng looked at Jiang Ruohan with wide eyes, then leaned over and whispered, "Do you think I'm rude to you?" Jiang Ruohan almost choked and coughed several times. The sound of firecrackers outside, the harmony in the courtyard, Jiang Ruohan has not tasted such a fireworks New Year for a long time. The Han family originally wanted to arrange a room for Jiang Ruohan, but Han Zheng insisted that people were prone to nightmares at night, so they arranged people into their own rooms. "I say, it's too late for my parents to like you. Or, I'll tell them another day, let's get married. "Jiang Ruohan is reading by the light, and Han Zheng is looking at him." How can there be two men who are married? Jiang Ruohan is still flipping through the book. My parents were very open-minded. Anyway, there are a few brothers in the family, and I am not one of them. Han Zheng suddenly became coquettish and kept shaking Jiang Ruohan's arm, "I just like you and want to marry you." ”

"Oh, it smells of wine, stay away from me." Jiang Ruohan pushed him away in disgust, and moved his ass to the side. "I actually dislike my own man now, if I don't clean you up, I will really go to the house to expose the tiles in the future." Han Zheng couldn't help but say, and carried him to the desk again, the books on the table fell to the ground in a slump, Han Zheng propped up his two arms, Jiang Ruohan couldn't move, "You disciple, what do you think about all day long." Han Zheng kissed him and whispered to his ear, "I just want you." ”

Fireworks bloom in the night sky, and thousands of lights under the night sky are like bright stars, and it is another Chinese New Year's Eve when a few families are happy and a few are worried. Bai Xuan stared at the night sky, imagining the New Year's flavor of his hometown, thinking of the people who haunted him, at this moment only a few Chinese students prepared their own wine and food to celebrate, just thinking of the turbulent situation, I couldn't help but sigh in my heart, a few people rose up to sing poems, and after a while, they were drunk. In the Bai Mansion, Bai Jingtang and Bai Jin both had a reunion family banquet at home. Bai Jingtang's brows were low, and Mrs. Bai thought that he was missing her youngest son, so she raised her glass to comfort. After drinking, Bai Jingtang slammed the wine glass on the table.

"I heard that Xuan'er sent a letter?" Madam Bai looked at Bai Jingtang's expression and was a little surprised. "Hmph, bastard. You still dare to mention marriage to me. Bai Jingtang was so angry that Mrs. Bai and Bai Jin didn't dare to squeak, "The Lin family clearly wants to rely on their relatives this time, and he is still worried about that folk girl." If you don't fight for something, you will send someone to drive the woman out of Xizhou after the year. After speaking, he brushed his sleeves away, leaving Madame Bai and Bai Jin looking at each other.