The weather was overcast and windy, and the lead-gray sky began to sprinkle with fine snow like grains of salt. After a while, the fine snow was replaced by flakes of snow, and more and more snowflakes fell. The choking north wind howled in gusts, and from time to time there was a whirlpool,

The sky and the earth are vast, and it is almost impossible to see where is where.

At this moment, a faint dull sound of wheels was heard, breaking the rhythm of the howling north wind, and a carriage approached in a hurry on a fairly smooth path. The carriage was surrounded by thick dark red felt, which looked quite warm. The coachman pulled the brim of his hat, felt cold, and pulled his hand into his sleeve again.

Not far in front of the carriage, two men rode in front of the road. The two men were about twenty years old, dressed similarly and looked alike, and both of them rode on sturdy white horses. These two were originally twins, the elder brother Ji Ping and the younger brother Ji An.

"Castle Master, seeing that the snow is going to be heavy, don't you hurry up?" Ji Ping turned his face sideways and raised his voice to ask in the car.

"It doesn't matter." A lazy answer came from inside the car, plus a wnful yawn, and...... A few intermittent dog barks.

"At this rate, wouldn't it be nice for us to get home just in time for lunch?" The person in the car said leisurely, pulling an alliance by the way, "Isn't that right, hachi?" ”

As if echoing the other party, there were two "Wangwang" sounds in the car again. The two people on the horse glanced at each other and shook their heads slightly. The lord of their castle is like this, he can lie down and never stand, he can slow down and never hurry, and even more so when he behaves lazily.

"Then I'll go and report to my wife first." Ji An Dao.

"Go ahead." Then the person in the car said four more words: "Old Sun, stop!" ”

The carriage came to a steady stop.

Then I saw a bony hand lift the felt curtain of the carriage, and a warm current in the carriage came out and dissipated on the spot, and a man with a tall figure got out of the car.

The man was in his thirties, dressed in a white velvet robe, with moire soft-soled soap boots, sword eyebrows and a high nose, and a pair of smiling eyes. Immediately afterwards, a small white dog with black hair around his neck and a pure black collar also jumped out of the car, turned around excitedly at his feet, and ran to the side of the woods with two "Wang" sounds.

The man stretched out his lazy waist on the spot, mercilessly ruined the dignified demeanor when he got out of the car just now, and muttered in his mouth: "It seems that the snow is getting bigger and bigger, and the snow flakes are all turning into snow balls." ”

The coachman laughed on the sidelines, threw the snow on his thighs, and wrapped his collar.

"Old Sun, is it cold?" The man asked the driver with his head sideways.

"Don't get in the way, castle master, it's not the coldest time yet." The coachman's grandson replied respectfully. The grandson is only forty-five or sixteen, his father and mother are on an errand in Jijiabao, he was also born in Jijiabao, he is not honest and honest, and he has been a coachman in Jijiabao for more than 20 years.

"Castle master, the weather is not good, although the remaining distance is not far, but we should hurry up, so as not to worry Madame." Ji Ping took the opportunity to suggest.

"Well, we'll leave when we're done. - It's still this empty and wild place, and the air is exceptionally clear. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Ha Jiu, who was peeing in the woods, screamed without warning.

The man was stunned. Is there a situation?!

I don't know if I've finished peeing, I ran over, wagged my tail and turned around and ran back.

"Ji Ping, let's go, go take a look!"

"Yes, Castle Master." Ji Ping patted the horse's back lightly, smoothed the horse's hair, and walked quickly towards the forest that Ha Jiu ran back to.

The forest is not big, and there is a low depression in it, and Hello is curiously screaming at the things on the ground.

- A boy. Life or death is unknown.

The man known as the castle lord quickly looked around a few times, his eyes were covered by wind and snow, and there were pale faces everywhere, where was there a figure except for his own party? Looking at the boy on the ground, he was about seven or eight years old, with messy hair and shocking scars on his face, especially around his eyebrows and eyes, and at the corners of his mouth. He was thin and thin, his clothes were shabby and ragged, his limbs were curled up, and his whole body exuded coldness.

"Castle master, this ......" Ji Ping wanted to speak and stopped.

The man did not speak, his face was serious, he leaned down and broke the boy's fingers, only to see that he was clutching a little dirty dirt in his palm. The man's fingers caught the boy's pulse, and for a long time, an imperceptible pulse came from the fingertips, and although it was extremely weak, the man was able to catch it sensitively. His heart was relieved, he smiled first, and exhaled: "Hey, little ghost, I'm afraid you have to thank me for saving my life." ”

Ji Ping knew that this was his own castle master's confidence in this child's life.

Sure enough, the next moment: "Ah Ping, wine!" The man let out a low sigh.

Ji Ping quickly took out a small and flat wine jug from the wine bag on his belt and handed it over. The man twisted half of the red pill he had just taken out of his arms and fed it to the boy's mouth, then held up the little boy's head, took the wine handed over by Ji Ping, and poured him a sip. As soon as the medicine and wine were in his stomach, the boy frowned and coughed inaudibly. Ji Ping watched the man's movements flow smoothly in one go, the corners of his mouth rose, and he said in his heart, "The castle master is very skilled, if it is not a little unreliable sometimes, it will definitely be more powerful." However, it is quite reliable at a critical time. ”

"Ah Ping, don't be busy worshipping me, although I am indeed great as the lord of your castle." The man glanced at the look on Ji Ping's face and shook his head narcissistically, looking quite helpless.

Ji Ping......

Sure enough, this man was shining without sunshine. Ji Ping did not hesitate to put away the corners of his mouth that had just risen, and decisively threw out the idea of the reliability of his castle master from his mind.

"Protect your heart first, save your life." After the man teased Ji Ping, he ordered, "Okay, let's send it to the car." ”

"Do you really bring it back, Castle Master, in case it's a nuisance?" Ji Ping's mind began to spin in circles at this time, and he put forward his own opinions in a timely manner.

"Hey, I didn't see that you kid turned out to be cold-blooded," the man glanced at Ji Ping, "You don't have a sense of pride in your castle master and I do good deeds?" Stop talking nonsense! He stretched out his index finger and pointed to the other side of the woods, "Well, I'll come when I go." ”

Ji Ping's belly: If you don't know if you bring back a half-dead child of unknown origin, if your wife blames it, you will carry it yourself?

"Yes, Castle Master!" Ji Ping only dared to resist silently in his heart, but he acted very quickly, bent down and picked up the boy and left.

The man turned and walked into the distance. Hello wanted to follow, but the man turned around and "shh

"Hello!" Ji Ping called and quickly picked up the boy and returned to the car.

Ha Jiu looked at Ji Ping and then looked at the direction where the master went, where was the shadow of the master? Immediately decided to keep up with Ji Ping.

Lao Sun didn't ask much, and hurriedly lifted the curtain to help put the boy in the car.

The car is burning silver carbon, warm as spring, with a small table inside, and an open book is spread out on the small table, and there is still a wisp of tea fragrance in a delicate porcelain cup next to the book. Ji Ping put the boy down and let him lie down more comfortably, and the boy's stiff limbs twitched, as if he couldn't adapt to the sudden warmth.

Hello jumped up and lay meekly and quietly beside the boy.

Ji Ping exited the carriage, turned over and got on the horse, and Lao Sun was ready to drive away at any time. In less than a quarter of an hour, a white figure flickered, and the man swept over, and the curtain of the carriage was lifted and flashed into the carriage.

"Ah Ping, Lao Sun, let's go." He seemed to stretch, "I wonder what kind of delicious lunch Madame made?" Hurry up! ”。

The snowflakes flew, and the whip of the horse brought a gust of wind, leaving a trail of horseshoe prints and two ruts that were neither deep nor shallow, and in a short time the trail was covered by the heavy snow.