CHAPTER IX

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I still remember that he and the prince were still young at that time, and he was still the prince's companion.

In the winter when the cold wind is howling, it snows heavily in the capital. In the palace the next day, the snow had stopped, and only a few small snowflakes fluttered in the air, blown around by the wind.

In a courtyard, covered in silver. The palace people had been dismissed, and the little prince in white was wearing a red cloak and Ruan Mu, who was dressed in green clothes and a black cloak, was building a snowman in the ice and snow, rubbing the snow with his hands.

Two snow clumps are stacked on top of each other to create the general outline of a snowman, and then a red carrot and two black chess pieces are found to become a cute snowman.

The two little children were smiling happily in front of the snowmen they had built, their hands were already hot from the cold, their faces were white and transparent, and the tips of their noses were reddish, like two finely carved porcelain dolls. Shivering a little from the cold, they were still so ecstatic because they had completed a snowman of their own together.

Lo and behold, the little snowman is laughing too! Although the snowman was sunburned afterwards, the two children were still very happy. Afterwards, in Hanlin-sama's class, the two glanced at each other and couldn't help but smile secretly.

The thought was broken here, thinking of the feelings that he and the crown prince Xuan You had when they got along day after day, Ruan Mu couldn't help but sigh in his heart, because he was afraid to see the prince looking at him with the eyes of a madman after realizing his feelings, he quickly left the capital, no one told him, I don't know what Xuan You would think after he knew that he left quietly?

The expression that Xuan Yu was silent when he was angry suddenly appeared in his mind, and Ruan Mu couldn't help but shudder again. In the cold wind, Ruan Mu's back even had a dense layer of hot sweat, it was really terrifying, why should he scare himself.

While thinking like this, he followed the soldier to the lobby of the barracks. In the lobby, several lieutenants were gathered around the sand table, pointing and discussing something.

The general, seeing him walk in, raised his hand and stopped the meeting.

"Captain Ruan." Looking at the young man who had matured a lot in front of him, the general couldn't help but sigh very much, the immature and young boy had grown up, and the general who hugged him when Ruan Mu was a child sighed in his heart: The years are not forgiving! The small glutinous rice dumplings can also be on their own, and they have been here for more than ten years, and the family is ......

His eyes were slightly dry, and the general continued: "Since your sister has been born, and it happens that the envoy has come to our court, go back!" ”

The general patted Ruan Mu on the shoulder, "Your father also wrote me a lot of letters, that guy ......"

Thinking that Ruan Tian secretly sent the letter and complained to himself, the general felt a burst of joy in his heart, not afraid that his son would be ridiculed by the emperor for having trouble with him, so Lord Ruan Tianruan, who doted on his wife, actually did not listen to Mrs. Ruan's request.

What is face, you can earn it again if you lose it, but my wife has been warming the kang for a lifetime, and I don't know how important it is. Silently slandered his old father in his heart, and the general waved him down to prepare.

Ruan Mu, who hurried back to his residence, had a stiff cheek and was frightened by the general. The general has always been serious, and it has always been difficult to have a good face, not to mention the somewhat "gentle" appearance today, could it be because he was about to leave, Ruan Mu felt that he had found the answer.

The general is also a legend in the capital, at the age of ten he went out with his father, and after the death of the old general, he shouldered the heavy responsibility of the family and the country alone, guarding the frontier for decades, and spent almost his whole life in this cold wind and long yellow sand.

At the border, he spent his high-spirited youth and prime of life, his immature face became mature and old in the erosion of wind and snow, his temples slowly turned white, and his handsome eyebrows and eyes became old and tired. But the general is not known for his exploits, but for his "great achievements" in chasing the general's wife.

The people in the capital still remember the troubles of the general chasing his wife in a certain year.

That's a story that happened in the spring.

The spring is splendid, the temple on the outskirts of the capital is bustling with people, and the young ladies who live in the boudoir all the year round also take a soft sedan chair one by one, and bring the maids in brocade clothes to the temple, offering incense and praying for blessings, not only for stepping on the mountain, but also for being able to seek a beautiful marriage.

The hill where the temple is located is covered with lush forests. There is a manor at the foot of the back mountain, called "Pear Garden".

Because the owner of the manor likes to eat pears, so the garden is full of pear trees, every spring, there are many young girls and young women who come here to enjoy the pear blossoms, and some vassal and elegant literati and gentlemen are also willing to enjoy the spring when the white and beautiful pear blossoms are in full bloom.

Even in a certain year, the emperor came because of the fame of "Pear Garden", tasted the pears here, fell in love with the "Pear Garden", and rewarded the owner of the manor with a picture of "Pear Blossom Beauty" drawn by the queen herself, which has been placed in the study of the owner of the manor.

"Pear Garden" is also a must-see scenery for everyone who comes to the capital.

On that day, the sun was shining brightly, and the daylight was just right. In the garden, the bees are busy dancing with butterflies, faint and fragrant, groups of young women wearing gauze clothes briskly shuttle between the branches of the pear trees that bloom just right, and the crisp laughter is like the sound of warblers and swallows, slowly and leisurely floating in the faint light under the clear sky.

The flowers bloom in clusters, and in the white and transparent pear blossoms, the thin pale yellow stamens tremble slightly in the wind, and the petals overlap and overlap, like a woman's gauze dress.

It was at that time that the general stepped into the "pear orchard" for the first time and met his wife, whom he cherished and cherished all his life. At that time, the general had just been weak, and he was young and heroic.

Because the owner of the manor was a former friend of the old general, the general who rarely returned to Beijing was invited to the manor for a gathering. When the general arrived, the banquet had already begun, and there was spring light everywhere and people were constantly talking.

Not wanting to be nagged about marriage, he found a secluded place, unsheathed his sword, and began to dance the sword.

White-clothed and black-haired, the sword light flashed, and in the sound of breaking the sky, the young man's vigorous figure shuttled between the pear blossom trees, and the white pear blossom petals were injured by the sword qi, scraped into the air, and were wrapped in the invisible air current, changing the direction and shape elegantly in the air, sometimes lazy, sometimes fierce.

The general's figure moved rapidly, like a flying eagle in the sky, or a dragon entering the sea, enveloping the pear blossoms in the sky.

With the young general, in that garden of pear blossom trees, amazed the time.