Chapter 269: Ice and Fire

Okay. Du Mei followed the stone to the backyard.

A new tall brown and white variegated horse was added to the backyard stable, with a sturdy body and powerful hooves, which at first glance looked like a strong horse capable of pulling and loading, and Du Mei went around its rump to find a new brand.

"This horse is really good, I have never seen such a good horse in Qinghe County." Du Mei nodded with satisfaction.

"Because you have the status of a widow, not only is the horse bought exempt from tax, but it is also registered on the same day." The stone touched the horse's ear, and the horse snorted and rubbed his nose against the stone.

"And so good?" Du Mei chuckled, turned to look at the frame leaning against the wall, it was all made of pine, and it was very durable.

"This is mainly to transport grain, and I didn't buy a sedan car." Stone paused and explained.

"If there is so much exquisiteness, this is very good." Du Mei patted the stout rut and said.

"You two are actually here, so I'm easy to find." Pink followed the sound.

"What's wrong?" Du Mei took a handful of grass and fed it to the horses.

"It's time for dinner, and you're all gone!" Pink smiled angrily.

"Aunt Xia is annoyed again?" Du Mei clapped his hands and laughed.

"No, my aunt is most looking forward to someone eating all the food she cooks. If I can't find you, don't think about Ansheng tonight, I'll have to be driven crazy by her chatter. Pink covered her mouth and snickered, took Du Mei and left.

Naturally, the dinner table was as lively as ever, and the peach and willow green chattered endlessly. Du Mei saw them laughing, but she thought of Chu Lin in her heart, sweet, and the corners of her mouth rose unconsciously.

Deng looked at her a little suspiciously, she felt that Du Mei had changed in the past two days, and as for where it had changed, she couldn't say well, but she felt that her face was becoming more and more delicate, and she was always distracted, and the corners of her mouth and eyebrows contained a smile.

After dinner, Du Mei went to bathe, and everyone only thought that she was tired when she went out, and the Deng family even detained Lin Feng and did not allow him to come and disturb him.

Du Mei is going to return to the villa with the Lin family brothers the day after tomorrow, and she wants to hurry up and make Chu Lin's robes at this time. She loosely tied her half-wet hair, spread out the fabric, and cut it skillfully, although she had not formally measured Chu Lin's body, but the real touch today was much more accurate than what the bamboo ruler told her.

As the sky grew dark, the moon climbed up the treetops, casting the shadows of the trees through the latticework, and Du Mei finally sewed her robe under the lamp, rubbing her sour eyes and stretching her waist.

Chu Lin was tall, Du Mei spread the robe on the big case and looked at it carefully, and was quite satisfied, so he turned off the lights and rested.

Du Mei closed her eyes and lay on her side on the bed, stretched her hand under the pillow, the tentacles were soft and slightly cool, the dragon pattern ancient jade nested in her hand, which made her very relieved, and after a while, she breathed a long breath and sank into a dream.

In the dream, there are still patches of peach blossom forests, thousands of trees are blooming, the sky is full of flowers and rain, and there is a pair of beautiful people in wedding clothes in the forest slowly coming, and the red clothes are more red and colorful than the peach blossoms.

The man is clearly Chu Lin, with black hair and a golden crown, and a red wedding robe. And the person he was holding affectionately was not Du Mei, but a strange and beautiful woman!

"Third brother?" Du Mei screamed desperately, didn't he swear to marry her? Aren't you going to love her for the rest of your life?!

And Chu Lin didn't look at her, he walked straight past her, and walked farther and farther until he became a phantom.

"The pheasant still wants to become a phoenix!"

"You commoner also deserve the love of King Yan?"

"King Yan's wife, is that what you can hope for?!"

"Haha, stupid, stupid!"

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With these sharp and piercing and noisy invectives, the peach forest that was originally full of vitality and elegance withered instantly, and those magnificent peach blossoms all rotted in the mire, and for a time the world was discolored, and the black clouds destroyed the city, and Du Mei was stuck in the quagmire, and the more he struggled, the more he fell!

"Third brother!" Dumay exclaimed with all his might.

The shadows of the trees in front of the window were swaying, the wind of the autumn night was pervasive, Du Mei was sweating profusely and woke up, she sat up on the ground, her hot body was stirred by the cool breeze, and she shivered with coldness.

Du Mei raised her hand to wipe her sweat, but found that the dragon-shaped ancient jade was still clutched tightly in the palm of her hand.

"Third brother." Du Mei crossed his arms and muttered, burying his head in the quilt on his body.

"Third brother!" Du Mei burst into tears, and her dream was not what she wanted, but it would be the cruelest reality. This despair is undoubtedly the most terrifying catastrophe!

The dirty clothes on her back were wet with sweat, and she was blown by the cold wind, and the coldness was stagnant, her eyes were red from crying, and her body was cold. At this time, a trace of fish belly white was revealed in the sky, and Du Mei did not feel sleepy, so she got up to wash and change clothes.

Today, Chu Lin has to deal with government affairs and has no time to accompany her. Du Mei was a little embarrassed, sitting in front of the window in a daze.

"Sister Meizi......" Pink like a happy bird every day pushed the door in with a big grin.

"What's wrong with your eyes, why are they swollen into peaches?" Willow green eyes are sharp, and Du Mei looks not like usual.

"I opened the window in the morning and got lost." Du Mei is good at covering up.

"I'll get you two eggs." Liu Lu turned around sharply.

"Don't talk to the aunts." Du Mei chased after him.

"Yes, yes, or you have to nag again." Rosé also said a word.

"Then why don't you go with me and get food for Sister Meizi to eat!" Willow Green stomped her feet and was coquettish.

"You girl, the most abrasive!" Peach scolded with a smile and went with her.

Du Mei didn't want to go out to meet people with red and swollen eyes, so she had to follow them. Fortunately, Du Mei is rare to be like this, but Xia Pozi felt that Du Mei should come up with some master and children, and she was not disgusted at all when she wanted to eat in the house, and added another fruit.

Liu Lu held a tray with three bowls of red bean porridge, two baskets of xiaolongbao, five hard-boiled eggs, and pickled cucumbers, pickled bamboo shoots and other side dishes. Rosé holds a dish of washed grapes in one hand and a tabloid in the other.

"The porridge is too hot, I'll give you a dressing first." Liu Lu peeled two hot eggs and gently gave Du Mei a hot compress.

"Haha, this is really funny, I'll read it to you." Peach was reading the tabloids, and some gossip made her giggle.

"These tabloids are all made up." Du Mei said half-leaning back in his chair.

"Read, read, whether he is true or not, it is just a pastime after tea and dinner." Liu Lu urged.

"It says that the daughter of the wealthy Zhang Yuanwai family in the city eloped with someone on the day she got married!" Pink said exaggeratedly.

"It's incredible!" Liu Lu's eyes widened, and he didn't believe it.

"What is this, there is still here, two months ago, the king of Shu recognized a righteous sister, who is teaching etiquette day and night, and will be sent to the palace to accompany and serve the queen mother in the near future, in order to show filial piety." Pink pouted

"This is obviously trying to tempt the emperor!" Liu Lu snorted, full of disdain.

"How do you know?" Du Mei was curious.

"This is not the lice on the bald head, the so-called righteous sister is just an excuse for the king of Shu to send a woman to the emperor, and a woman without identity is not qualified to marry into the royal family." Pink rushed to say.

Luomeixuan is often a place where the wives and daughters of dignitaries and dignitaries in the city meet unexpectedly, and no matter how noble a woman is, she will inevitably gossip in private, and she understands the mystery of it.

"But why didn't the King of Shu send it directly to the emperor, but sent it to the Queen Mother first?" Liu Lu's gossip heart is excited.

"I think this woman must be a fox spirit who has captivated the city and the country, you must know that the biological mother of the King of Shu is Concubine Ruan, if she is really filial, how can she give it to the Queen Mother." Peach also has a thick inquiring look on her face.

"Let's eat, the xiaolongbao will be cold in a while." Du Mei was not interested in what they were saying, and said after removing the hot compress eggs.

The peach and willow stuck out their tongues at each other, and each brought porridge to eat.

After breakfast, Peach Blossom and Willow Green went downstairs to receive guests. Du Mei was lazy, and continued to embroider the placket and cuffs of the robe in the house.

Du Mei stopped, because of the disturbance of the dream, his heart was restless, and his body became unpleasant.

Not having much appetite for lunch, Du Mei drank some soup and went back to the house to lie down.

Seeing that Du Mei was mentally exhausted, this made Lin An and Deng Shi and others anxious, Ye Dan was not there, and there was no one in charge of the house, so Lin An had to go to a nearby medical center and invite a doctor to take a look at Du Mei.

The doctor looked at it for a long time, only said that he had a cold, prescribed some medicine, and left.

Mrs. Xia was busy boiling medicine, chattering non-stop, and no one understood what she was saying.

Deng poured medicine on Du Mei, but it still didn't get better, and in the afternoon he had a high fever.

Lin An was so anxious that his mouth foamed, and he went to another hospital to ask for a doctor, but the doctor still said that he was suffering from the cold.

Lin An couldn't, so he had to send Peach Blossom and Liulu to guard Du Mei, expecting to take the decoction and suppress her heat. The crowd was in a hurry, and no one noticed that the stone had gone out on horseback.

In Du Mei's dream, she was an old man who hesitated alone under the scorching sun for a while, with no water, no food and no shade along the way, her mouth was dry and her lips were cracked, she was ragged, and her sleeves were full of wind and sand. After a while, it was a flat boat floating in the icy ocean, and the huge waves were so high that it seemed that the next moment it was going to swallow her whole.

And the voices in those morning dreams reappeared like ghosts, mocking and invecting one after another, destroying people's hearts and eroding their will.

Du Mei was tossing and suffering in the pain of this ice and fire, her head was splitting, she wanted to wake up, but her eyelids seemed to weigh a thousand pounds, and she couldn't lift them no matter what, and the nightmare was like a hideous beast, trapping her in her dreams step by step, tormenting her in every way.

"Mer!" This anxious call is like the Sanskrit sound of the Buddha, breaking through the clouds and fog.

"Mei'er, how are you?" Du Mei's hot body was held in a slightly cold embrace, this coldness was really comfortable, and Du Mei in the dream desperately grabbed it to resist the encroachment of the nightmare.

Chu Lin, who was holding Du Mei, was almost stunned, he was still wearing a white robe and silver armor, and the stone was found in the Beijing patrol camp, he didn't dare to delay for a moment, and he didn't even have time to change his clothes.

"Go and prepare the carriage!" Chu Lin commanded the stone in a deep voice.

Du Mei's whole body was hot, and her face was as red as coal. He no longer cared about the rules and precepts of whether men and women were intimate, so he directly wrapped Du Mei in a thin quilt and carried him away.

"Bring some clothes." Deng hurriedly packed his clothes, shoes and socks, trotted along, and handed over the carriage.

The man descended like a god, and he didn't allow them to have the slightest suspicion, so he quickly took Du Mei away. Deng Shi hoped that Du Mei would be unscathed and in a hurry, and she couldn't mind Chu Lin's recklessness just now.