The cold wind swept her long hair up, and in the whistling wind, her voice was low and clear—

"That time...... How incompetent I am, how ridiculous I am to be slaughtered like pigs and sheep, sitting in the well and watching the sky, thinking that with a little three-legged cat kung fu, I can change something......"

Danli gritted his teeth and turned around, his face was still so heartless, with a bright smile and a strong light shining in his eyes, but Mahjong was so scared that he couldn't even call out a meow-

"In the end, it's just a laughing stock in the eyes of others."

"Hahahaha......"

She started laughing.

"Shameful failure, incompetent me...... Every time I come to this lake, I am reminded of this! ”

"Say, I'm still in a good mood?"

The cold smile of the demon made Mahjong shake his head desperately, his legs were weakened with fright, and he stumbled and fell off her shoulder.

As the saying goes, cats have nine lives, and at the last moment, mahjong struggled to hold the plum branches on the side, with four paws at the same time, plus the cat's tail force, and finally stabilized the cat's body.

The plum tree was light and could not withstand the fierce force of the fat cat, and under the bending of the branches, a large ice ridge fell, fell to the ground and smashed to pieces, making a crisp sound.

The next moment, an abrupt male voice sounded outside the forest-

"Who's making noise over there?!"

****

Emperor Qin Yu of Zhaoyuan walked on the shore of Mochou Lake and walked alone. Flakes of snow stained his embroidered gold robe and fell to the ground in a slump.

The clouds were falling in the sky, the wind was howling, and the snowflakes were getting bigger and bigger.

He couldn't tell, he didn't know why, and he didn't know why he ordered to stop, and stopped in Waigi of Jinling City.

Mochou Lake......

A name that he didn't want to remember, or even see.

The snow was falling heavier and heavier, and it fell coldly between his brows, numb and condensed.

He didn't wear a mink coat on his body, but he didn't feel cold, maybe it was because of his strong internal strength, or maybe he felt like he was in a fantasy world because of the familiar scene and object in front of him.

The Merlin is the same as it was many years ago, with its kind snow and mist, the half-frozen surface of the lake, and the craggy rocks and remnants of the snow piled up, making it difficult to distinguish between them.

As if in the blink of an eye, you can see the woman in purple, holding a paper umbrella slightly dyed with painted ink, with a sad smile, slowly walking towards him.

The mixture of wind and snow shook the plum trees, and the sound of the remnants of snow falling seemed to be real and illusory.

As if as soon as she stretched out her hand, she had already walked to her, and the sorrow between her eyebrows turned to stubbornness and slight anger—

In the illusion, the two argued, her eyes were sad, but she resolutely said the last sentence, turned around and left.

"You and I, since then we have been strangers ......"

Have you been unfamiliar since......

Emperor Zhaoyuan closed his eyes, his face was still cold, but no one knew that his heart was so cold that he couldn't feel pain-

Strange from now on!

Merlin, remnant snow, and ice lakes like many years ago, a past that he didn't want to think about for many years.

It is also the most secret corner of his heart.

Suddenly, a woman's voice outside the forest seemed to be talking and laughing loudly, and then there was a crisp sound, which instantly interrupted his memory.

Nameless anger rose from the bottom of his heart, and he asked in a deep voice, "Who is making noise there?!" ”

Merlin heard footsteps faintly outside, but he hesitated as if he wanted to hide to the side.

"Come out."

His voice was indifferent, but it was more shivering than the north wind.

"Mahjong is all your fault!"

A female voice complained, sounding familiar.

"Meow Meow ......"

This is a certain fat cat who is still alive, and is aggrieved and angry to refute the owner.

Emperor Zhaoyuan frowned, and looked at the other side of Merlin with sharp eyes, "I'll count to three, if you two don't come out again, the hot pot and carriage will be confiscated." ”

It was an amazing and effective threat.

Without him to count, Dan Li picked up the mahjong and walked over dejectedly.

"What are you doing here?"

Emperor Zhaoyuan looked at her, and the sternness in his eyes did not ease at all.

Do you think I'd love to come here......

Although she was secretly scolding in her heart, she finally raised her head and smiled slightly, which made Emperor Zhaoyuan's eyes light up-

"I'm here to see Mochou Lake."

"Mochou Lake ......"

Emperor Zhaoyuan chewed on the name, but the coldness and bitterness in his eyes became heavier-

"Don't worry, don't worry, can people live in this world without sorrow?"

"Of course not."

Without waiting for him to continue to ask, Dan Li quickly replied.

Facing his indifferent and inquiring eyes, Dan Li's eyes flowed, and the crystal of ice and snow reflected in her eyes, which made her even more shining, "Those sour people who write and chant poems, even if they are not unhappy, they have to moan two sentences without illness, where can they hope that they have no sorrow?" ”

She glanced at the mahjong in her arms, and said with a slightly malicious smile: "If you write some sour poems in exchange for eating and drinking, my mahjong must be meowing every day - sad and sad endless." ”

Mahjong buried his furry head in her arms, protesting and meowing lazily, as if he didn't want to bother with her.

"Oh? That's a new statement. ”

Emperor Zhaoyuan came from a humble background, although he also knew Wenfu, but he has always been ridiculed by the family as "an illiterate martial artist", he has never taken this senseless idleness to heart, but he also hates those sour and upright literati, hearing this, but it is in his heart, although his heart is depressed, but he also laughed.

Danli looked at him twice, and saw that his face was no longer as ugly as just now, so he changed the topic with a smile, "Speaking of this Mochou Lake, we have a legend in Jinling......"

"The daughter of the Lu family is loyal and kind, in order to preserve her affection with her husband, she is not persecuted by the powerful and jumps into the lake?"

Emperor Zhaoyuan finished speaking concisely and clearly, but it attracted Dan Li's surprise, and her dark eyes became round-

"So you know!"

"I lived near this place earlier, how could I not know!"

Emperor Zhaoyuan remembered the old things, his face changed, and under the reflection of the remnant snow, his whole body was full of loneliness and gloom-

"Waiting for idle changes but old people's hearts, but old people's hearts are changeable - under the coercion of power, Lu's daughter can insist on her affection, and in this world, there are few things, but they can change people's hearts more than power and violence."

"What is it?"

"For example, time ......"

His voice was distant and indistinct, as if he was immersed in his own complex emotions.

"Another example is the different ideas between people."

He sighed, and suddenly felt that he was a little ridiculous, and actually said this to the woman in front of him—her heartlessness, greed for money and delicious food, had spread all over the army in the past few days.

"Time...... Different philosophies between people? ”

Dan Li repeated thoughtfully, his eyes flashing imperceptibly.

The snow-stained plum petals landed on her shoulder, and she turned her head to brush it away, but somehow, her fingers were a little tight.

She looked at Emperor Zhaoyuan, who thought she had something to say, but she jumped up—

"Oops!"

"What?"

"My hot pot is still burning, can't it have been burned to charcoal?"

Emperor Zhaoyuan was suffocated by this unexpected answer, and he couldn't cry or laugh, and the coldness in his eyes also dissipated a little.

"Your Majesty, shall we go back together?"

Dan Li took his hand and was about to leave without saying anything.

Emperor Zhaoyuan frowned, and was about to reprimand him in a low voice, but when he heard the wind around him, the atmosphere suddenly changed!