CHAPTER XXII

It's like a sullen afternoon and finally a happy rain, but it's tired after the rainstorm.

Shutan slept deeply, and when he woke up, he stared at the curtain above his head for a while.

The mind was chaotic, and when I closed my eyes and opened them again, my brain was still confused.

The snow had stopped outside, and the bald tree next to the firewood house was now heavily covered in snow.

Weird.

It is...... It's a bit hard to tell the difference between the illusory and the real.

Shutan got up with her body, her hair was so messy that she simply scattered it, and then walked to the window, sat in front of the window in front of the bronze mirror, and took a mahogany comb to take care of it carefully.

She sat stunned for a moment, then looked out the window at the white snow.

There was a figure in the courtyard, with straight shoulders and a body as tall as a bamboo, and she could see his clean and clean lines.

The sky is not yet the Ming Dynasty, but Song Shuyu went to the firewood room early with firewood.

Shutan's eyes were good, and she could almost see a few strands of broken hair hanging down in front of Song Shuyu's forehead, swaying with his movements.

She can't remember what they talked about last night.

It's just that there are two words in my head.

Wishful.

Did he wish her all the best?

Forgot.

Shu Tan looked at his slightly swollen eyes in the mirror and rubbed them a few times in confusion.

Did she cry? Or is it swollen after drinking too much? ,

…… Forgot about it too.

She was still combing her hair, intending to twist it into a twist as usual, twisting it a few times at will.

Song Shuyu came in.

"Girl, wash your face." So saying, he put the wooden basin in his hand on the basin stand, and the basin was steaming.

Song Shuyu looked up at her, walked over with a smile and took her wooden comb and combed it for her.

"On the first day of the new year this year, I will comb the girl to look better, which is a good omen."

Shu Tan nodded and didn't say anything.

After hesitating for a moment, she muttered to him again if she had said anything nonsense last night.

He looked at her with a smile and said no.

It's a snooze, a gluttonous cat who can't stand the smell of alcohol, gets drunk after a few sips of wine, and goes to sleep noisily.

Shu Tan secretly sighed.

After helping her comb it, Song Shuyu went out again and brought a bowl of noodles.

"Eating a bowl of noodles on the first day of the new year will be long and smooth throughout the year."

One look at the board, enough to be exquisite, he is still quite like such a thing, Shu Tan feels that he has a little guy today.

Shutan tasted it.

Well......

"Is it okay to eat?" Song Shuyu didn't count in her heart and asked her.

"Good...... Yourself...... Haven't you tasted it? She stopped talking.

"Hey, hey, hey, it's my first time making noodles. It's too hard, I got up early in the morning and got these few sticks until now, I won't eat them for the girl......" Song Shuyu's face was still red, scratching his head, "You think it's delicious, I'll make it for you next time." ”

The other sat upright with his hands slightly crossed on the table.

After eating, the two had nothing to do.

took the halva bought a year ago and the melon seeds in the box, and the two of them chatted against the crackling charcoal fire.

Shutan gnawed on the halva like a little mouse stealing food.

The warm charcoal basin and the comfortable atmosphere made Song Shuyu squint unconsciously, and his eyes were blank and in a daze.

A few pieces of straw paper and ink inkstones were placed on the wooden table under the window, and Song Shuyu walked over to take a few looks.

"The word girl is really not pretty, it is scribbled like a puppy scratching it with its paws."

Shu Tan snorted a few times when he heard this.

She hadn't been to the school, and she knew that a few words were taught by Granny Chunzhi.

Song Shuyu poured out the pieces of paper and pen and spread them on the table with halva and melon seeds.

He picked up his pen and paused again.

Shu Tan leaned over, his writing was crisp and beautiful, his bones were strong, and he was really good-looking.

However, the eyes that looked at her wandered.

When she saw him looking down and staring, his eyelashes were black and straight, like black light feathers.

The curve of the side face is also good-looking, not as dull as the front face, and a little more gentle and moist.

Song Shuyu's tall and thin figure shrouded her, and said lightly: "The pen must be powerful, how can it be soft like this, and the horizontal and vertical skimming will be straightened......"

He handed her the pen and motioned for her to write.

Shutan sighed, took the pen and wrote on the desk.

Song Shuyu reached out and lifted her up, "It's better to work away from the table." ”

He looked at her from above, she frowned, and muttered unwillingly silently, a small pale mole between her eyebrows, more and more cute.

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A horse-drawn carriage drove into Lo Wan Street in a hurry and came to a sharp stop in front of Lu's house.

Lu Changyun jumped out of the carriage with a hurried face, a red face and sweat, and called Qingyang to close the door despite the greetings of several servants.

A few girls who were gathering together in the courtyard and were having fun were frightened by this raging momentum, and one of them asked in a low voice: "On the first day of the new year, what's wrong with the eldest young master?" ”

"Where's the master?" Lu Changyun asked a few of them with a dark face.

One girl shook her head.

One of them lowered his head and said that Xu was in the study.

Lu Changyun turned around and rushed over, and when he opened the door, Lu Shiting was writing a letter on the case.

"Father, today His Highness summoned me to discuss matters, but his words were full of the meaning of exploring the Lu family and the Qin family!"

"Oh? What did His Highness do when he inquired about the Qin family? Lu Shiting paused and raised his eyes to look at him.

"My father didn't know that Qin Shilang was exposed for corruption a few days ago, and the king was furious and asked His Royal Highness to investigate the matter.

His Royal Highness has been traced several times and confirmed that Qin Shilang was corrupt. The king of him, he ordered His Highness yesterday to behead Qin Shilang's family on the spot......"

Lu Shiting frowned, slapped the table with his big hand, leaned forward, and hurriedly asked Lu Changyun: "Is this matter serious?" ”

Lu Changyun's face was not good-looking, and he nodded heavily.

"Father! Although it is only to destroy the Qin family, the relationship between our two families is really not ordinary! If、What if the above involves my Lu family? Although our family has long made a decision with the Qin family, after all, it ...... Or is there a constant fetters there, what can I do? ”

Lu Shiting's face was so heavy that he could unscrew the water, he waved his hand at Lu Changyun, and said: "Qin Shilang has long had a feud with His Royal Highness on weekdays, and as far as I know, Qin Shilang is not such an insatiable person, I am afraid that someone has a murderous intention, and he has to die......"

He paused, and then said: "But don't worry, although we have such a relationship with the Qin family, as early as when Qin Niang was good with me, the Qin family broke off with us, and they didn't recognize our existence. Besides, you later worked for the crown prince, and the two families, one south and one north, have nothing to do with each other, and Your Highness will not easily implicate us......"

Lu Changyun also nodded, feeling that what his father said was reasonable.

"Chang Yun, you go down first, let me think about it......"

Lu Changyun responded, turned around and opened the door and went out.

Lu Shiting still had an indistinguishable expression, and his eyes were obscure.

It is true that the Lu family has long been separated from the Qin family, but ......

He suddenly remembered the lofty face that Qin Tingfeng had hidden in the night and his contemptuous tone on that night more than ten years ago......

It's just that there has always been a dead knot hidden in his heart, hidden in the Lu Mansion.