Huo Jiang remembered that Xiao Hangzhou said that it was the first time he went far away. Originally, he only wanted to go to the capital to have a look, but later in the Hangzhou Guild Hall, he heard that there were merchants from Beizhili who were forming a caravan and wanted to collect skins outside the customs, so he became interested.

Very few merchants in Jiangnan would go to Guanwai to do business, so the price of the same skin in Jiangnan was twice as expensive as in Beijing. If you can receive a few more sticks of thirty or fifty-year-old ginseng, you can earn thousands of taels in this transaction.

Whenever Xiao Hangzhou said this, his eyes could shine brightly, and whenever this time, Huo Jiang stopped talking. From childhood to adulthood, he was instilled to study hard so that he could get ahead and revitalize the Huo family in the future. It's not that he looks down on merchants, but he can't understand the idea that Xiao Hangzhou is like this, he is young but doesn't study, and he just wants to make money.

But at this moment, Xiao Hangzhou's words made Huo Jiang's eyes light up, because he saw a person, a person he had only seen once, but he was haunted by his dreams.

It wasn't until later that Huo Jiang didn't know her name, her name was Xie Chan, she was Xie Honglin's cousin, and the adopted daughter of Xie Honglin's deceased aunt.

Xie Chan wore a cloak with a parrot green face, the fabric was no longer glamorous, and it was obviously some years. She didn't wear a hood, she wore a single screw, only a hosta and a plain beaded flower. Compared to the last time I saw her, she seems to have lost a little weight, she has a standard melon seed face, and it is obvious if she is a little thinner.

She walked over like this, but her eyes kept falling on the woman next to her, and the corners of her eyes and eyebrows were gentle.

"You go slowly, the snow foam is wetting your skirt." She reminded softly that she is not an accent outside the Guan, but an official dialect with a Jiangnan accent, and her voice is the same as her people, soft and charming, like the willow silk in Jiangnan, floating on a pool of clear water with the wind.

Huo Jiang's eyes followed Xie Chan, and he forgot his current situation for a while. It wasn't until he heard Xiao Hangzhou's voice in his ears that he came to his senses.

"Miss, we are just a merchant on the road, and the father and mother of the family are still waiting for us to go back, please be accommodating, the goods and money are gone, leave us with our lives, so that we can return to our hometown and do our filial piety in front of our parents."

Huo Jiang only understood at this time why Xiao Hangzhou would pull him to beg with him, because Xiao Hangzhou not only couldn't speak Guanwai, but he also couldn't speak official words well.

But soon, he knew that he had guessed wrong, because he saw that Xie Chan was repeating Xiao Hangzhou's words to the woman next to him in a soft voice.

It was only then that Huo Jiang saw the woman who had been with Xie Chan all the time, the girl in red who was sitting on a snow plow that day.

In addition to them, there are four or five young girls, all wearing gold and silver, bright clothes and shoes, compared with them, Xie Chan's half-new clothes look a little shabby, but they have a different temperament that I see pity.

The girls surrounded Xie Honglin like stars holding the moon, and Xie Honglin was still dressed in red, like a flame.

She listened to Xie Chan repeat what Xiao Hangzhou said, and a pair of big black eyes swept curiously over a row of "arrow rakes".

Seeing her come over, Xiao Hangzhou shouted even louder: "Miss, Miss, you are a living Bodhisattva, please talk to that uncle, leave us with your life." ”

Huo Jiang frowned, it turned out that what Xiao Hangzhou was asking for was actually this little girl in red clothes, and he thought it was Xie Chan.

No matter how you look at it, this one in red is not a good match, and he still remembers the last time he saw her, she teased him.

He was about to open his mouth to warn, but he felt two eyes fall on his face, and when he looked up, he saw a pair of eyes as clear as water looking at him.

"Hey, it's you, I know you, you're the scholar who almost froze to death last time, by the way, I also gave you the wine bag, you didn't lose it."

Huo Jiang felt that almost everyone was looking at him, and he could even feel that there was not only curiosity but also disgust in those eyes.

"Lin'er, that wine bag, you just gave it to him?"

It was Gao Hui who spoke, and his gaze fell on Huo Jiang like two sharp arrows, and Huo Jiang couldn't help but shudder.

This handsome young man with a pair of peach blossom eyes actually had such a powerful aura, he didn't even see it.

Xie Honglin nodded: "Cousin, he is the scholar I told you, why did you arrest him?" He's powerless, it's not fun at all, let him go. ”

Speaking of this, Xie Honglin pointed to Xiao Hangzhou again: "And this kid, his accent is so interesting, let's put it together." ”

Gao Hui looked at Huo Jiang with heavy eyes, waved his hand, and said to his subordinates on the side: "Put all these people and build a few snowmen as arrow rakes." ”

"Build a snowman, yes, yes." The girls around Xie Honglin applauded again and again, and some even clapped their little hands, as if they liked to build snowmen very much.

Huo Jiang let out a long sigh of relief, but he felt unreal, he escaped like this? Are you sure? This life was saved?

The rope on his body was cut, and as soon as he loosened the tie, Xiao Hangzhou grabbed his arm, dragged him together, and saluted Xie Honglin and Gao Hui: "Thank you, Childe, thank you, Miss!" Let's go back and set up an immortal tablet for the two of you, and ask the Bodhisattva to bless the two benefactors with a long life. ”

Huo Jiang frowned when he heard this, how did this man and woman become their saviors? It almost cost them their lives.

But being pulled hard by Xiao Hangzhou, he could only salute very reluctantly.

Xie Honglin was listening to Xie Chan repeat Xiao Hangzhou's words to her, and didn't look at them again. Gao Hui was very impatient, and said to his entourage: "Take them away quickly, don't prevent us from competing." ”

Huo Jiang wanted to take another look at Xie Chan, but was pushed away by several big men.

Several other businessmen with them were glad to have escaped death, and Xiao Hangzhou asked the big men who took them away about the names of the man and the woman, saying that they would go to the Lingyin Temple to set up an immortal tablet after returning home, but unfortunately he said it for a long time, and those big men couldn't understand a word.

As soon as they walked down the hillside, a woman's voice sounded behind them, and when they turned around, they saw a little girl dressed as a maid sitting on a plank and sliding down the hillside.

Huo Jiang had seen a snow climbing plow pulled by a dog, but it was the first time he had seen this kind of snow plow without any traction, and he couldn't help but be a little surprised when he just sat on a wooden plank and slid down the snow slope.

The little maid quickly slipped in front of them, and I don't know how she made the plank stop, she pointed to Huo Jiang and said to the big men who escorted them: "My young lady said that she wants to take this person back!" ”