Although the snow stopped, the light was still dark, and the dark clouds hung overhead, making the winter day seem like afternoon for no reason, and the haze was dull, drowsy, and uninteresting.

Xie Qingning leaned against the window, listening to the intermittent sound of silk and bamboo pipe music floating into his ears, remembering that Mrs. Qin specially reminded people that today was a good day, it was the day when Xie Mansion invited all the princes and nobles of Lanling City to hold a large banquet, although her surname was Xie, such a day did not belong to her.

Although Xie Qingning didn't like this kind of banquet, he thought of his mother who died early for no reason, and thought that if she was alive, she would also talk and laugh at the banquet at this moment, right? And she can only avoid in the courtyard, and she can't go out at will so as not to bump into distinguished guests, which is really boring.

Turning around, she picked up the drawing on the table and looked at it, which was searched from the man in black last night, and the painting was a bead hairpin in the shape of a begonia flower, and there was nothing special about it, she also thought about it for a long time last night, and was sure that she had never seen this thing in two lifetimes, so she didn't quite understand where the second uncle Xie Zhongchun knew about this magic weapon? Could it be that the mother has been wearing the ritual weapon, so they covet it?

Suddenly, she heard a small human voice from the bamboo forest, mixed with laughter like a silver bell, which made her look sideways.

Although the courtyard door was tightly closed to prevent guests from entering, the courtyard wall was always low, and she only had to climb up to the corner of the pit to stand still, and she could see through the low wall a group of people and horses wandering in the forest, as if someone was admiring the snow scene of the bamboo forest with a large number of followers.

Xie Qingning frowned, and when he was about to call the zither, he remembered that she and Yanyu had gone to the big kitchen to cook at the moment, so she had to jump off the kang corner and go to the Danfang alone.

Qingguangding stood quietly in the dim light, she took out a fire fold and lit the candlestick hanging by the door, opened the wooden cabinet on the right, and looked at the small amount of herbs stored in it for a while.

Although Xie Qingning has always wanted to try alchemy, even if he started from the most basic refining, he was always unable to do what he wanted due to the lack of medicinal materials, and he was really worried in his heart.

Since the materials were limited, she had to select a few herbs according to the records of the Medicinal Scriptures, and then lit a fire to light the stove, and after washing all the herbs and placing them in the furnace, she stood quietly by the stove and watched.

Within three moments, the medicinal fragrance emerged from the tripod and gradually spread throughout the room.

The corners of Xie Qingning's lips curled slightly, a satisfied smile appeared on her little face, she slowly stretched out her hand and gently patted the body of Ding, and there were words in her mouth, a golden light poured out from her palm, quickly enveloping the entire Qingding and quickly disappearing, and the sound of boiling water immediately came from the Dingzhong, and she quickly went through the Fan's Dan Jue in her mind, and slowly withdrew her palm after making sure that she was not mistaken.

After a pillar of incense, the boiling in the ding gradually subsided, but when I heard the sound of grunting, it seemed to have condensed into Dan. She was overjoyed, hurriedly opened the lid of the tripod, and sure enough, she saw that the five white pills in the tripod were still spinning, she blinked, and waited for the pills to stop slowly before picking up one.

This elixir doesn't look conspicuous, the color is ordinary, it's not mellow enough, and there is no strange fragrance coming out, but it only refines a very ordinary pill that regulates qi and nourishes blood. Xie Qingning was not discouraged, after all, it was the first time to refine the pill, she had not planned to be able to condense into a pill, and this result had already made her very satisfied.

What's more, the medicinal materials she used were very ordinary, and the flames were not controlled at all, but she just had a whim to try if the "Fan's Danjue" was really that wonderful.

She casually put away the five pills, put out the fire first, and then wiped the inside and outside of the ding with clean water, and then returned to the front yard.

Before turning the fan-shaped arch, she heard a faint voice from the front yard, she thought it was the return of the zither and the smoke and rain and did not think much about it, when she slowly stepped into the main courtyard, she suddenly heard a strange man's voice say, "This place is very clean and peaceful, and the person who lives here must also be a wonderful young lady." ”

"How does the fourth brother know that the person who lives here must be a young lady and not a son?" Another innocent girl's voice said.

"You look at this black jade bead curtain leading to the inner room, although the texture is not too good, but it is better than the artistic conception, with the black jade wind chimes by the window, the black jade bamboo orchid on the window sill, and a few cold plum saplings outside the courtyard to accompany it, the house is burning with clear bamboo spices, this fragrance is light and vulgar, but no less than the ambergris incense that has been smoked in our house for many years, it can be seen that the owner here has an outstanding demeanor, not vulgar in the world, it is really fascinating." The man continued to talk eloquently, but Xie Qingning's color changed slightly.

Since this person knows that this is a woman's boudoir, he just broke into it by mistake, but he still can't stay and comment on himself, so he is not afraid of causing gossip to her? Could it be that he is a prodigal son?

But she remembered the three words "ambergris" and couldn't help but stagnate slightly, this fragrance is very expensive, and it is impossible for ordinary people to use it for many years, but he said that the house has been dyed for many years, which shows that the family is really rich, and it is either rich or expensive.

Xie Qingning sneered, and when he turned around to leave, he heard the sound of light footsteps behind him, and those people happened to come out of the hall, and when they saw her from a distance, someone immediately called, "Sister stay." ”

Listening to the girl's voice, Xie Qingning's expression was slightly sluggish, and when he turned around slowly, his eyes were already calm.

I saw a man and a woman standing side by side in the dim light, followed by a maid and a scholar.

The man was dressed in a navy blue robe, covered with a silver cloak, his long hair was tied up on the top of his head and fixed with a golden jade crown, and his slender eyebrows and dark eyes were very shrewd and capable, and his momentum was outstanding but not frivolous.

The girl beside him wore a goose-yellow dress, a red cape, long hair tied into a bun, and a circle of white beaded flowers, which was also delicate and lovely. Her skin is as white as snow, with long eyebrows and apricot eyes, a small nose and a small mouth, and a pair of black eyes that turn around, very lively and alert.

The facial features of this pair of men and women are quite similar, and they are both tall and thin, looking like brother and sister.

"I don't know if the two distinguished guests entered the bamboo courtyard by mistake, and the little woman didn't greet each other, which is really rude." Although Xie Qingning was apologizing, his body stood still, with undisguised alienation between his eyebrows, and emphasized the word "mistaken", which is not easy to answer.