Chapter 40: A Snowy Night

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Maybe it's providence, the matter between Zheng Guan and Hua Chenghei was finally leaked out by Hua Zhuyue.

However, when this handle fell into the hands of Mu Zhixun by mistake, things seemed to begin to develop in the direction that Zheng Guan imagined.

killed the monarch and usurped the throne, Mu Zhixun did what Zheng Guan wanted to do but couldn't do.

But when Jingzong, who had been resentful in his heart for many years, died, the dissatisfaction and resentment in his heart did not dissipate slightly, and Fenghou Ligong still had nothing to do with him.

In fact, he also thought about this matter, how could a person who had murderous intentions against the entire Mu royal family really get the love of the Son of Daning.

But Mu Zhixun's first words when he summoned him in Yongning Palace last night were "The day when the northern border is leveled, it is the time when the marquis is sealed." ”

After this sentence, Zheng Guan's confused, confused and gray heart for many years was completely illuminated.

Hereditary qualifications...... It's too important for Zheng Guan.

A gentleman's word, the horse is difficult to chase. Zheng Guan understood...... No matter how vicious Mu Zhixun's methods were, it was impossible for him to do something that he didn't believe in his words.

And...... An army of up to 200,000 is a force that can influence the situation for any side today, he ...... There are plenty of options.

The whistling north wind hit the north, the highest restaurant in Tongzhou City ushered in the first snowflake of this winter, Dong Xiaohua, who was wearing a felt hat and wearing a cotton coat, walked out of the house along the street with a happy face, and the crystal clear snowflakes fell in the palm of her hand, and gradually turned into a drop of warmth.

After winter, Lu Ziyu set up a shop for her on the most lively street in Tongzhou City, so that she no longer had to endure the cold outdoors in winter, for Lu Ziyu's kindness, she was unwilling at first, but Lu Ziyu's attitude was very resolute.

"Okay, if you don't move into the shop, I'll stand on the street every morning and sell cakes with you, and if you're willing to be frozen, then we'll freeze together." Lu Ziyu crossed his hands on his chest and pursed his lips, looking disapproving.

Dong Xiaohua hurriedly waved her hand and shook her head, the pigtails on the top of her head kept shaking, her distressed and resolute attitude showed that she could not let Lu Ziyu suffer this crime.

Seeing Dong Xiaohua's reaction, the dissatisfaction on Lu Ziyu's face immediately dissipated, he bowed slightly, held Dong Xiaohua's shoulder, and said in a concerned and gentle tone: "Silly girl, if you don't want me to be cold, then you can honestly move into the shop." ”

Dong Xiaohua lowered her head, she hesitated for a long time and finally agreed, but then immediately pointed to the money bag and Lu Ziyu next to the stove, the simple action and sincere gaze made Lu Ziyu understand what she meant at once.

She wanted to save money and return it to Lu Ziyu in the future.

"Whatever you want, as long as you move into the shop." Lu Ziyu shrugged his shoulders, although he pretended to be fine, but his heart was already happy. He really didn't expect to succeed in persuading Dong Xiaohua to move into the shop today.

After getting along these days, with his understanding of Du Dong Xiaohua, this girl is definitely a real tough person, and now it seems that the tall one is right, most of the people with a strong temperament are soft-hearted, and the best way to deal with this kind of person is to be bitter.

The yellowed "cake" flag was replaced with a wooden plaque, and the four big characters of "Dongjia Baked Cake" on the plaque were eye-catching and eye-catching.

Although the shop is not big, it is definitely not small, in addition to the oven, you can put down four or five tables and a few benches, in the big iron pot at the door, the stewed whitish bone broth keeps making a gurgling sound, a few large pieces of beef bones, a handful of coarse salt, a little big ingredients, although the method is simple, but it is a perfect match for flax cakes.

In the cold winter, a steaming, crispy and delicious flax cake and a bowl of beef bone soup with a mellow bottom and endless aftertaste have become the first choice for breakfast for the people in the streets and alleys of Tongzhou City.

This combination was told to Dong Xiaohua by Lu Ziyu, and this was a way of eating that he saw when he was in Qinzhou City.

Qinzhou is cold, the people are cold, it is not easy to kill a livestock during the New Year's Festival, after eating the meat, the bones are reluctant to throw, and it is a pity to feed the dogs, so the local people in Qinzhou stew these bones with blood and tendons into soup, which can resist the cold and have a unique taste.

"I said Miss Dong, the big guys have already lined up for such a long time, don't stand stupidly outside, my flax cake is ready." A middle-aged uncle dressed in silk said helplessly to Dong Xiaohua, who was standing in a daze in the snow.

Dong Xiaohua put away her thoughts, she ran back into the shop, smiled a little embarrassedly at the guests waiting in line, and bowed again to apologize, and then hurriedly rolled up her cuffs and plunged into the rhythm of dough, dough rolling, and pasting cakes, the agile and skillful movements were like a little leopard jumping in the woods, and after a while, the long queue began to flow gradually, and the satisfied guests sat down under the greeting of the tall and dumb, enjoying this cheap and delicious breakfast.

That's right, going to Dong Xiaohua's cake shop to help after making steamed buns is a rule that Lu Ziyu gave them. First, the business of the shop is so good that it can help a lot, and second, there are two men from the Beiping Army present, and there will be no more red-eyed people to make trouble.

But in addition to greeting the guests to serve soup and deliver cakes, they almost have nothing else to do, and if they want to help with the noodles, Dong Xiaohua on the side always shook her head and frowned frequently, either the water was less, or the noodles were thin.

The two of them relied on their strength and wanted to roll the noodles, but the noodles they rolled out were even embarrassed to look at Dong Xiaohua.

So they set their sights on the last step of making flax cakes, which is to paste the cakes into the oven, but this is also a real technical work, in the round stove of lime firing, the hot charcoal fire bakes the oven without a trace of moisture, and the rolled dough needs to be firmly attached to the hot furnace wall through human control after being sprinkled with sesame seeds, and there can be no mistake in the seam.

When the tall man and the stammerer saw Dong Xiaohua tiptoe to skillfully paste the soft dough cake into the hot stove with his hands, they both said that they wanted to try it themselves, but the result was miserable, the tall man just put his hand into the stove and quickly retracted it, and the embarrassed appearance made Dong Xiaohua cover her mouth and laugh for a long time.

The stammering was a little better, he gritted his teeth and put his hand into the stove, and finally stuck the dough on the wall, but just as he stretched his hand out of the stove, and his face showed a hint of gratifying joy, the dough he had sent in suddenly slipped off the wall of the stove and fell on the hot charcoal fire, and in an instant, a rapid sizzling sound mixed with a pungent smell of burnt paste came from the billowing white smoke, and the chaotic scene made the unsuspecting customers think that the shop was on fire.

On that day, this small stove made the tall man and the stammering embarrassed, they had seen thousands of troops in front of the battle, and they were also men who fought in the pile of dead people, but today they were not as tough and meticulous as a peasant girl in the face of the stove.

It's just that they didn't notice that when they were depressed and sighed to themselves, Dong Xiaohua subconsciously retracted her cuffs, because almost all the wrists under her cuffs were red and hot, that was because she was baked by charcoal fire in front of the hot stove all year round, and in summer, the skin on her wrists would be extremely itchy, and in winter, there would often be bursts of tingling.

These pains are known only to her.

Behind everything in the world that seems to be skilled or shiny, there is pain and bone erosion that is several times greater, and this is probably the case.

After that, the tall man and the stammering two became well-behaved, and they honestly stopped helping anything, greeting guests with a smile, wiping the table and sweeping the floor, serving soup and delivering cakes, these are still the two of them.

And just by doing this, Dong Xiaohua is already very satisfied, for her, her life is much better than those lonely and difficult days, especially the kind of touching and longing brought to her by Lu Ziyu's appearance, which makes her feel that she is already the happiest person in the world.

The most important thing in the north is the wind and snow, Dong Xiaohua is so happy today not simply because of the snow, but because of the ......

When they parted that day, Dong Xiaohua pointed at Lu Ziyu and then at herself, gesturing with an unreluctant expression.

"You ask...... When is the next time I visit? Lu Ziyu smiled lightly at the corner of his mouth.

Dong Xiaohua's head nodded vigorously.

Lu Ziyu thought for a while and said, "Hmm...... I've been busy with military affairs lately, and I may have to go to other state capitals to make rounds...... Wait until it snows, I'll come to see you on the day it snows. ”

Lu Ziyu touched the top of her head with a gentle and doting expression.

At that moment, Dong Xiaohua's eyes seemed to have thousands of stars.

Her lips were slightly blushing, and she struggled to pronounce a "good" mouth shape.

That's why she was so happy when she saw the heavy snow that she was so happy that she even neglected the guests who were waiting in line in front of the shop.

But Dong Xiaohua waited for a day and didn't wait for Lu Ziyu, she was inevitably a little lost in her heart, and after sending away the tall man and the stammer, she decided to close the door and go home.

But just when her thin body was holding the door panels on both sides of the door and preparing to close the door, a rapid sound of horses' hooves came from far and near, Dong Xiaohua's heart trembled, she quickly turned her head, her eyes smiled into a pair of crescents, he still came.

The four-legged snow-white snow stood in the snow in front of the bunk, looking sacred and noble. On horseback, Lu Ziyu, who was dressed in red armor, was holding a spear in one hand and dragging the reins of the horse in the other, and the slightly scattered hair on his sideburns looked handsome and beautiful under the decoration of Yuehua and Remnant Snow, and the corners of his mouth were raised lightly, he looked at Dong Xiaohua who was stunned, "Shop, it's so cold outside, can you let Ziyu go in and ask for a bowl of hot soup to drink?" ”

The girl nodded vigorously.

In the cold winter night, the lights in the cake shop turned on again, the bone broth that had been stopped for a long time began to boil, and the scorching fire was buzzing, which was the heart of Dong Xiaohua, who was rushing to the face by the heat wave.

Lu Ziyu sat at a table and stool with great interest, watching Dong Xiaohua's skillful and neat movements with interest, while constantly talking about the interesting and interesting things he had encountered in other state capitals these days.

Snowflakes are flying outside the shop, the north wind is not stopped, and the shop is warm like a warm spring, a man and a woman two young people, one eyebrows flying, from time to time the imitator of the story in his own mouth laughs, a slight bow, when he hears the happy place, he will also stop the movements in his hand and cover his mouth shyly and smile.

Moving, quiet, asking, happy, looking, the tacit understanding and laughter that the two of them only saw were not under most men and women in this world who had experienced those seven years.

What is Home,? A man and a woman are a family.

Soon the steaming flax cake and the fragrant beef bone soup were brought to Lu Ziyu, Lu Ziyu couldn't help but swallow a big mouthful of water, and couldn't wait to enjoy it, the wolf-swallowing look was really hungry.

Dong Xiaohua on the other side of the table held the leader with both hands and looked at Lu Ziyu intently, at this moment, Lu Ziyu didn't seem to bring her less enjoyment than what food brought to Lu Ziyu who was hungry.

"You eat too, don't just watch me eat." After Lu Ziyu drank a big mouthful of soup, he broke half of the flax cake in his hand and gave it to Dong Xiaohua.

Dong Xiaohua waved her hand, still looking at him stupidly.

Lu Ziyu is not a fool, he can naturally understand the stars in Dong Xiaohua's eyes.

His expression began to become unnatural, and in order to hide the redness of his face, he took the soup bowl and drank it, trying to hide his strangeness, but the more he tried to hide it, the more unnatural it became.

"Little flower, you know me...... It is for the generals. Lu Ziyu put down the soup bowl in his hand and said thoughtfully.

Dong Xiaohua nodded, it is not difficult to imagine how many beautiful and warm pictures she longed for in her mind under those innocent and beautiful eyes.

"Facing war is something that no one can avoid, you know." Lu Ziyu's eyes drooped slightly, and his expression became complicated.

Dong Xiaohua continued to nod, she didn't seem to care too much about these.

"Xiaohua, having a war means death, so ...... One day I may die on the battlefield. Lu Ziyu said this with a solemn expression.

Dong Xiaohua immediately sat up straight, she frowned and shook her head vigorously, as if to say, "I don't allow you to die, you can't die." ”

"Heh......" Lu Ziyu smiled bitterly, he shook his head slightly, "But I'm not an immortal, the sword has no eyes, even myself...... It's not clear how long I'll live. ”

When Dong Xiaohua heard Lu Ziyu say this, she immediately got up and took Lu Ziyu's hand and ran out, the bright moonlight and white snowflakes reflected the whole street as if it were day, and the silent and empty streets could even hear the sound of snowflakes falling.

Dong Xiaohua picked up a small branch from the ground, and drew something in the snow with a determined expression, and Lu Ziyu beside him stood there quietly, with a confused expression.

However, as the pattern in the snow became clearer, Lu Ziyu's vision became blurred, and tears of emotion slipped down from the corners of his eyes and the tip of his nose, and he hugged Dong Xiaohua beside him.

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