Three years later, when the snow was covered for thousands of miles-

The doors and windows of the inn's rooms were closed, and the corners of the inn were burned with vigorous charcoal fires, which baked the whole room as warm as spring, and even the occasional cold wind sneaking in through the cracks in the windows could not escape the slightest majesty.

Lin Jiaojiao nested in the quilt with a book in one hand, kept putting the melon seeds on the small table into her mouth with the other, and threw the melon seed skin out.

"Knock knock—"

Lin Jiaojiao shouted in, the door creaked open, and Huo Yizhi entered the room with a cold air and a large cold wind.

She called Sister Lin sweetly, closed the door with her backhand, and took off her cloak, in this moment's work, the snow on the cloak had begun to melt, wetting the bright red cloak, leaving dark red wet marks.

Huo Yizhi put the cloak on the screen in the center of the room, walked to the charcoal basin and breathed at his hand, while putting his hand on the charcoal basin to bake.

Sister Lin snorted disdainfully, "What kind of snow water did the old man pick to make tea again?" You're used to him! ”

"Mr. is not an old man," Huo Yizhi explained seriously as usual, and then said, "Snow water to make tea is excellent, Mr. don't say it, I'm going to pick some back."

Lin Jiaojiao didn't bother to argue with her, and asked, "It's still down outside?" ”

"It's not big, it's estimated that it will stop in the evening at most, sister rest assured, we will definitely be able to rush back to Snowy City before the New Year."

Lin Jiaojiao sighed, she was able to rush back to Fengxue City a year ago, she sighed, these three years, well, to be precise, it should be two and a half years, in the past two and a half years, Li Cai has taken them all over the world, and even went to sea once, arrived at the legendary Western Ocean, and there is no chance to return to Dachen at all.

Although the letters from the people of the Jinxiang Hou Mansion and Huo Ningzhi were written regularly, she received very little, and the last letter was the one she received half a year ago, and there was no news after that.

This ancient is inconvenient, Lin Jiaojiao is infinitely nostalgic for the 21st century with mobile phones and computers, otherwise she would be able to video chat with Huo Ningzhi with melon seeds at this time!

I haven't seen him for more than two years, and I really miss that handsome little face!

"What is Sister Lin sighing for?"

"Sigh, I'm twenty years old for the New Year, I hate to get married!"

Huo Yizhi, "......"

Although I know that sister, you can't wait to marry my second brother, I feel beautiful in my heart, but, sister, do you want to consider being a little reserved in front of your future sister-in-law?

"Well, Sister Yi'er is nineteen years old after the New Year, and when I get married to your second brother, I will immediately find a home for you, and strive to marry you out before you are twenty! Don't be laughed at like me, an old girl who can't get married at the age of twenty! ”

Lin Jiaojiao has infinite resentment, Da Chen's atmosphere is relatively open, women are not like some dynasties who marry at the age of fifteen or sixteen, and if they can't marry at the age of eighteen, they are old girls, but there are few people who marry more than twenty years old.

In Da Chen, the watershed of twenty years old is basically equivalent to the thirty years old in later generations, just like at that time she was bent on marrying herself before the age of thirty, and after the hurdle of thirty years old passed, she would break the jar and break it casually, anyway, she was not married at the age of thirty, she was afraid of hair!

Lin Jiaojiao couldn't help but sigh deeply when she thought of this, she really failed, she couldn't marry herself before the age of thirty in her previous life, and she couldn't marry herself before the age of twenty in this life!

The great changes in the prospect of the Guogong Mansion in the past two and a half years, and the travels in the past two and a half years, have had a huge and far-reaching impact on Huo Yizhi, she is no longer the timid, weak and weak deep lady at the beginning, she has become stable and generous, and she will even be sharp when necessary.

Of course, perhaps, the most important reason is that she was able to get along with her sweetheart day and night because of Huo Ningzhi's arrangement, and witnessed her sweetheart seeing her more and more appreciative and closer.

Lin Jiaojiao didn't know whether Huo Ningzhi's ultimate goal was to make Li Cai fall in love with Huo Yizhi and then marry her, or to let Huo Yizhi slowly die in this day and night.

But no matter what, for more than two years, Huo Yizhi has been happy and satisfied, and the whole person has undergone earth-shaking changes because of this happiness and satisfaction, perhaps, this is Huo Ningzhi's ultimate goal - it doesn't matter whether Huo Yizhi marries Li Cai or not, the important thing is that she can be happy, brave, and calmly face the hardships and happiness of life, and finish this life like countless ordinary girls.

If it was in the past, Huo Yizhi would inevitably be panicked when he heard such words, and even aggravate his depression, but now, Huo Yizhi only smiled calmly, "I don't marry."

Well, I don't marry, I only marry Chen Licai, Lin Jiaojiao glanced at Huo Yi incomprehensibly, and changed the topic, "I don't know if it's snowing in the capital?" Is your second brother still on guard duty in the palace? ”

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Lin Jiaojiao didn't know that Huo Ningzhi, who she was worried about, was not in the capital at all, let alone on guard in the palace, he was standing on the city wall of Juyong Pass, hanging his head slightly, and listening to the orderly arrangement of military affairs by the Marquis of Jinxiang with the other five captains in heavy armor.

Two and a half years ago, when Lin Ruliu and Huo Rongzhi just died, he apologized to Emperor Yanxi for his guilt and resignation under the pretext of being uneasy.

Emperor Yanxi did not allow it, but Huo Ningzhi was very persistent, and after a few days, he made an excerpt, fully showing Emperor Yanxi what perseverance is.

And before that, Huo Anzhi entered the Dragon Scale Guard, and was sent by Huo Ningzhi to specifically protect the safety of Chen Gugu, Chen Gugu has always not allowed those guards to follow him, but he can tolerate Huo Anzhi a little, Emperor Yanxi saw it, and he acquiesced to Huo Ningzhi's very toothache behavior.

After Huo Ningzhi resigned from the position of commander of the Dragon Scale Guard, he put on a posture of retirement, except for occasionally going to Bocai Hall to listen to the lectures of Master Cen and other masters, he took refuge in the Jingguo Mansion and lived in a simple place.

So a year later, he went out of Chang'an in the name of study tour and arrived at Juyong Pass.

He arrived quietly, without looking for a lot of relationships as his identity as the Duke of Jingguo, and finally found a small hundred households in the Lin family's army and entered the Lin family's army.

Lin Jiajun had an ordinary sergeant named Huo Ningzhi, which did not alarm the superfluous people, Lin Jiaojiao's brothers did not notice it at all, and no one who knew him had ever associated him with the famous Jing Guogong in the capital.

Huo Ningzhi silently and dutifully completes his military affairs every day, training with ordinary sergeants, in addition to being particularly handsome, especially capable, he never tells colorful jokes with his comrades in his spare time, but likes to write and paint, and is quite able to fight, he is not special, and he is not in the crowd.

Half a year passed like this, and half a year later, Huo Ningzhi was ordered to escort military rations from Fengxue City to Juyong Pass, and encountered a small avalanche, he dug out all his comrades who were buried in the snow with his own strength, and was reported to Lin Yanping, who managed the logistics in the army, as a great achievement.