The wind howls over the Dayan River, and the snowflakes swirl down like goose feathers.

A small fishing boat was alone on the river, and the boatman's hat was covered with snow, which had just been shaken off, and in a moment a thick layer had been piled up.

He struggled to prop up the boat and shouted to the cabin: "Guest, the wind and snow are too strong, otherwise find a place to rest for the night, and then the snow will stop." ”

The guests in the cabin were wrapped in thick cotton robes, dressed as businessmen, with very delicate faces, and when they heard the boatman's words, they replied gently: "I know that the wind and snow are heavy, and the boat is difficult, but my old mother is waiting for medicine to save her life, and the snow can't stop for a while, and I am really afraid that the river will freeze and I can't walk, so I ask my eldest brother to hold on." When I got to the ground, my family came to pick me up, and I asked them to pay you three times as much. ”

The boatman said: "You are a filial son, I should help you, but my hands and feet are numb from the cold, what should I do?" Don't worry, our country is warm, for so many years, the Dayan River has only frozen twice, and the last time was when Emperor Shenzong was in power. ”

The guest walked out and took the rudder in his hand: "I'll come to the eldest brother for a while, but if I can't go, the old mother will only die of illness." ”

The boatman was not at ease: "Seeing that you are so thin, can you do it?" This is no joke. ”

The guests smiled and stood firmly on the bow of the boat, urging the fishing boat to move forward against the wind and snow, and it was actually decent.

The gondolier crouched by the brazier, quietly surveying the luggage of his guests.

Thinking that he said that he would get to the land, his family would come to pick it up and give three times the price, so he put aside the idea of making money and killing people, and after relieving himself, he went forward to change the fire for the guests to keep warm.

The two alternately took charge of the boat to move forward, against the wind and snow, and stayed up all night, the snow did not stop, until dawn, looking at the shore, only to see everywhere white expanse, even pedestrians could not see half of it.

After staying up and going south for half a day, the snow gradually stopped, and the temperature was much higher. The boatman couldn't hold on, so he discussed with the guest: "Seeing that the river will not freeze again, find a port to buy some things and rest for a while." ”

The guest nodded his head, and the boat stopped at the nearest port, and the traveler who stopped at the port said, "I heard that the upper reaches of the Dayan River are frozen, and the boats coming out of Changlian City have been frozen. ”

The boatman laughed, turned back to the guest and said, "Guest, you are so good at it, you can actually guess that the river will freeze." ”

The guest smiled and took out some broken silver to the boatman: "Brother Lao, go get two catties of good wine, cut some good meat, let's have a good meal and sleep." "Take out another silver ingot of five taels: "Buy another thicker cotton coat." ”

The boatman repeatedly told him not to go along, and then he went ashore happily, and soon came back with his things, and the package was still there, but the guest was gone, and when he asked around, no one could see when the guest had left.

Thinking of his three times the ship's money, he scolded his mother angrily, ran to look through the package, and there was actually a silver ingot of five taels in it, and then counted the money left over from his own purchases.

On a merchant ship not far away, the missing male guest was wearing a finely crafted fox fur at this time, standing at the window and watching the boat go away, and sneered softly.

Two strong men in brocade robes stood a few steps behind him with their heads bowed and their hands down, and whispered: "Lord Jun, everything has been prepared according to your instructions, do you need to write a letter to inform the country of the death of Emperor Qianyang first?" ”

"Lord Jun" narrowed his eyes slightly, and said lightly: "No need, since someone has gone to report the news, the most important thing for us at present is to escape from the country of Li." ”

It turned out that this person was Li Shang, who fled alone from the capital.

He had expected that things would change, and he was unwilling to accompany Emperor Qianyang and others to fall into the trap and die, no one dared to tell him, so he prepared a stand-in early and fled alone.

After leaving the city, he did not dare to stop at all, so he hurried to Changlian, and then promised to make a heavy profit, and found this boatman who did not look like a good man to send him away, and made peace with his men here.

He didn't expect the stand-in to last long - with Chonghua and Zhong Weiwei's temperament, they must see people soon, and they can find out the clues in a few words, and they will send chasing soldiers.

Fortunately, God was willing to help, there was such a heavy snowfall, the weather was cold, and even the Dayan River was frozen, and this delay was enough for him to escape.

The strong man said, "Do you want to find someone to kill the boatman who sent you over?" ”

Li Shang said indifferently: "What did you do when you killed him?" He will cover up my money far more appropriately than if he dies suddenly. ”

The strong men glanced at each other, and they all felt that their prince was scheming, and he escaped from the country of Li alone, and he didn't know that Emperor Qianyang didn't know that he had become a shield until he died, and he deserved a short life.

When the merchant ship went all the way south, approaching the territory of Dongling, Li Shang called his subordinates: "If I go back like this, there is only one way to die, and I don't care if I die, I am afraid that everyone who follows me will be unlucky." For everyone's livelihood, I want to do a big thing, if I win, I will be rich, if I lose, I will be a dead end, and if I am willing to follow me, I will raise my hand. ”

Of the hundreds of people in the merchant ship, none of them withdrew, and Li Shang was very satisfied: "Since this is the case, then let's share the hardships with the rich and noble!" If you join for a long time, you will divide for a long time, the world will be in chaos, you and my brothers will conspire for a great wealth! ”

He is not more affectionate than He Lingyi, and he is not stupid than Dongfang Pingye, it should be his, he must get it back!

Everyone made a bloody alliance and made a heavy oath together, vowing to provoke a big storm.

Capital.

On the third day after the emperor's wedding, the color sheds in various parts of Beijing were still not demolished, and various performances were still staged lively, with light and darkness everywhere, and the secret guards and the Imperial Forest Army searched for suspicious people everywhere.

It was another snowy day, Zhong Weiwei felt very cold when he got up early, covered himself tightly, and briefly talked to Chonghua about what he planned to do today, and Aunt Miao came in to say: "The ladies of the palace have come to give a gift to Your Majesty and Niangniang." ”

This is a small court meeting - a small court meeting where the concubine gives a big gift to the newlywed emperor and listens to the training.

Everyone was dressed in ceremonial clothes, and the rules were solemn and did not dare to make noise.

Chonghua took Zhong Weiwei's hand out, and the two sat down on the chair in the middle, and the concubines were congratulated by the Shang Palace.

The leader is Lu Chun, the Lu Mansion was raided, and Concubine Lu was nowhere to be found, but she was not affected, but she was not affected, but she was reduced a little, and she still looked like she was smiling, and she was also a glance when she saluted.

Although Concubine Chen Qiyun forced a smile, she was also full of spirit and was very cautious. With the two of her taking the lead, the rest of the concubines did not dare to disobey, and for a while, they were happy.

Zhong Weiwei's eyes slipped, but Hu Zizhi was not seen.