The lively team of people in the singing and dancing of the Nu dance under the leadership of the people walking and singing on the Suzaku Street, the people in the team are all wearing masks, giggling and laughing, the houses on the street are burning, the fire is as bright as day, and accompanied by the sound of crackling firecrackers, the joy of the New Year is full.

But under a low wall, sat a man in disheveled clothes and dejected, holding a pot of wine in his hand, his eyes cloudy, without the shrewdness and sharpness of the past, when he heard the excitement of the caravan, he did not look up, but buried his head lower, as if he was afraid of being seen.

It wasn't until a child in the house behind him was about to rush to the team to play with him that he found him and stared at him strangely: "Who are you?" How did it end up here? ”

As if frightened, Dujo got up from the ground, grabbed most of the wine he had spilled, and fled in a panic to a corner where the fire could not be illuminated, and then slowly walked along the base of the wall.

He really didn't know where he was going, the Du family couldn't go back, the people in several taverns surrounded the Du family's house, and they were clamoring for Du Kui to come up with compensation, and the people in the brewery also came, but they were clamoring to go back for the New Year, and the Du family's house didn't even prepare a family banquet, whether there were any New Year's items, and they didn't even know where to eat tomorrow, and it had become a pot of porridge.

Du Kui really has no way, now even Pei's dowry has been compensated, the Du family has nothing to discount, he really can't come up with the money to lose money, and he can't support the future use, he is already poor in donkey skills.

He thought about it, turned his heart sideways, and ordered his subordinates to take all the people who asked for money to the flower hall, saying that he wanted to change his robe, but he quietly ran out of the backyard over the wall, and took away the last few valuable ornaments and jade.

Pei Shi woke up from his grogginess easily, and when he heard that Du Kui had run away, he couldn't get up in one breath and fainted again, leaving only Du Lan crying and letting people take his pair of jade bracelets, and quietly invited Lang Zhong to come in, and then hung Pei's life.

The group of people couldn't find Du Kui, so they shouted to find Du Huo, and even ignored the obstruction of the subordinates, rushed to the inner courtyard, and shocked the sick Pei Yuan and Mu Lian, clamoring to rummage through valuable belongings to pay off debts.

Du Huo was still in Su Ye's room, Mu Lian had been in poor health after the miscarriage, he was released from the Chang'an Mansion, and he accepted the little maid Su Ye who was waiting for him to make a room, and when he heard the noise outside, he suddenly sat up, pushed away Su Ye in his arms, put on a robe indiscriminately, pulled his shoes and rushed out, trotted along the low wall of the Du family's mansion for a while, found a low place and jumped out, and also ran.

It's just that he ran out and found that he had nowhere to go, it was already the New Year, every house was full of lights, even the taverns were closed, he could only use the last bit of money to buy a pot of wine from the shop that was about to close, and sat blankly on the street, watching the excitement of others, but he was depressed like a beggar.

He walked along the low wall of Suzaku Street, his steps were staggering, his heart was in turmoil, how did he become like this, obviously he is the son of the Du family in Jiangning, and he is Xie Yuanlang of Jiangning Mansion, he should have a good future, wealth and glory brocade clothes and jade food is his life, but why has it become the way it is now?

His mind was in chaos, his head was drunk, his legs were weak, he leaned against the wall to rest for a while, and inadvertently glanced up at the team that drove the people, but he was stunned.

A young lady in the mighty driving team was bowing her head and talking to the children around her, with a smile on her lips, her eyes were warm and soft, and she was surrounded by a tall and straight man, wearing a smile and a smiling man's mask, turned her head and said a few words to her, her smile was even sweeter, and she also put on her own mask of the woman, and happily followed the team forward.

It's Shaw! Du Huo stared at the crowd walking away, instinctively rushed forward a few steps to catch up, but sat on the ground softly, he still couldn't believe his eyes at this moment, who is Xiao Shi following, who is that man? How could she come out with the others!

She is an abandoned woman who has returned to a big country, and she still has the face to follow a man out and show her face, so she is not afraid of being ridiculed! She didn't want to stay in An'an, she looked forward to returning to the Du family, begging her to change her mind and let her enter the door again, but she dared to ......

He woke up suddenly, could it be that Xiao Shi had other plans, so he insisted on refusing to come back, it must be that man!

A wave of shame and indignation welled up in his heart, and Du Huo felt that this made him feel more embarrassed than that he was living on the streets and had nowhere to be found! Now he only wanted to go to the Xiao family's mansion to find Xiao Rongyue to understand, how dare she do such a thing!

However, before he had taken a few steps, the drunkenness came to him, and he could only lean limply against the base of the wall. The snow on the ground gradually soaked through his robes, and he slowly came to his senses in the bitter cold.

The Du family was completely defeated, but I am afraid that now the old and young family will not even have a place to stay, and they still owe a lot of debts and don't know how to pay them back, he can't go back, if he goes back, he will have to be taken to the mansion.

Taixue can't go back, the Huainan Hou Mansion has stopped dealing with him these days, the previous bribery of Yin Sheren's stewardship has been in an uproar, and later he owed money from the brothel and was taken by the government, Taixue asked people to send his luggage back, and he was completely kicked out.

He can't go to Shengye Fang to find Xiao Rongyue, if Changbai is not strict and says something, the group of debtors will be waiting for him over there, and if he goes, he will be caught in the net!

He got up from the snow, snorting and spitting wine, but finally his eyes were clearer, holding on to the wall and continuing to walk, walking towards Daqinfang, I heard that the temple of the Jingjiao sect was also open in the Chinese New Year's Eve, and also opened a good hall to house some homeless beggars, he couldn't just stay in the snow like this, go there and settle down before making plans.

It wasn't until the night was dark that Xiao Rongyue took the unfinished Li Qing to follow Cheng Mo back, along the way Li Qing excitedly said about the excitement he had just seen, Xiao Rongyue smiled and agreed, but Cheng Mo beside her smiled and didn't say anything, just looked at her, the cold eyebrows and eyes on weekdays were as soft as spring water at this time, as if looking at her was the happiest thing.

Xiao Rongyue couldn't help blushing slightly, she didn't dare to turn her face sideways to look at him, she could only look at Li Qing, but her heart was beating and betraying her.

When she finally arrived at the door of the house, she breathed a sigh of relief and thanked Cheng Mo and said goodbye.

Cheng Mo said goodbye to Li Qing, but he came to her and said in a low voice: "Tomorrow's court meeting, I'm afraid there will be another period of chaos, and I will come to celebrate the New Year with you in two days." ”

The tone was gentle, gentle and moving, so that Xiao Rongyue didn't know how to reply, so she could only say to Li Qing: "I'm afraid the princess has been waiting for a long time, let's go in." ”

Seeing her fleeing in a hurry, Cheng Mo laughed, happily turned on his horse, and walked away in the wind and snow.