Chapter 94: Merlin in the Snow

She hugged Xu Jiao and turned over and jumped on the horse, clamped the horse's belly between her legs, and urged the horse to gallop towards the outskirts of Beijing.

Xu Jiao was pressed to his chest and wrapped in his huge cloak, and at this time, he was staring at the scenery passing by with a small face sideways, as if he was afraid of missing a trace of snow.

Zhao Yin reined in with one hand, holding Xu Jiao firmly with one hand, but he didn't slow down at all, and the two of them really came to Cangyan Mountain before the sun disappeared.

He jumped off the horse with Xu Jiao in his arms, put the horse on the spot, let it find a place to avoid the snow on its own, and then continued to walk up the mountain.

Xu Jiao looked at the tall and steep Cangyan Mountain and asked, "Where is it?" Is it high? ”

Zhao Yin pointed to the distance that was level with him: "It's not high, it's over there, there is only one path, and it will be there soon." ”

Xu Jiao looked in the direction of his finger and exclaimed, "I seem to have seen it, and Hongmei, isn't it?" ”

Zhao Yin nodded: "Well, it's strange, in the past, red plums would only bloom after the New Year, but this year they bloomed so early?" ”

Xu Jiao wanted to come down and walk by herself, but was hugged by Zhao Yin: "Don't mess around, this road is too narrow, and it is very slippery, if you accidentally fall, you will have to suffer again." ”

Xu Jiao couldn't break it down, so she had to obediently hug his neck and walk forward like a child.

But at tea time, the two finally came to the plum tree.

Xu Jiao jumped up and down excitedly: "There is Lamei!" There are also red plums, so amazing! She stood on tiptoe and sniffed the nearest plum, and then made an intoxicated gesture: "It smells so good!" ”

Zhao Yin said: "I used to come here with people on snowy days, because the plum blossoms on snowy days are particularly fragrant, but this is the first time I have seen a scene like this year, and the plum and red plums bloom together, which is really rare." As he spoke, he looked at the sky in the distance and thought for himself.

Xu Jiao estimated that he was thinking of someone, and he was inexplicably a little unhappy in his heart, but he quickly threw it away and happily ran and cheered in the merlin.

The cloak that Zhao Yin asked her to make for her was a light sky blue, embroidered with silver thread and a cloud of catkins, and the inside was stuffed with mink velvet, which did not let Xu Jiao know. At this time, her little face was lined with porcelain white, like a cheerful elf flying in the snow.

He stood quietly beside the plum tree, watching her cheer and run in the plum forest, and his mood became very peaceful.

Xu Jiao ran a few laps, and finally sat on a stone under a plum tree, looked up at the snowflakes falling in the sky, compared a heart shape with her hand and held it up in front of her eyes, and looked out through the heart shape with one eye closed.

I saw the pure white and clear snowflakes in the mid-air under the twilight and the red plum blossoms complementing each other, emitting bursts of cold fragrance, which made people feel extremely comfortable.

Zhao Yin stepped forward and stood in front of her, bent down and looked into the heart shape of her hands: "Go back when you've played enough, it's dark." ”

Xu Jiao withdrew her hand and said, "I haven't played enough, it's still far away." ”

Zhao Yin lowered his voice and tried to be as gentle as possible: "It's not good to go down the mountain when it's dark, it's almost enough, can I bring you another day?" ”

Xu Jiao pouted to express dissatisfaction: "You may not be able to see flowers bloom on a snowy day!" ”

Zhao Yin said: "If you really like it, I will ask people to set up a courtyard in the house to plant plum trees for you." ”

Zhao Yin's words suddenly woke up Xu Jiao, and she jumped up excitedly: "Why didn't I think that my Huaguo Mountain can't only have the fragrance of flowers and fruits in spring and summer, and it can't be less in winter, I want people to plant plum trees on it, and it will be beautiful all year round." As he spoke, he excitedly threw himself into Zhao Yin's arms: "Hug!" ”

Zhao Yin was almost bumped by her, and quickly reached out to hug her tightly: "You ghost girl!" ”

Xu Jiao, who calmed down a little, quickly withdrew from Zhao Yin's arms: "Go home, I want to make a plan quickly, and let people plant plum trees in Guangwu Mountain at the beginning of the year." ”

Zhao Yin suddenly felt empty in his arms and was a little lost, but seeing that Xu Jiao had already walked forward happily, he could only pack up his mood and follow.

Walking to the side of the path, Zhao Yin still picked up Xu Jiao by the waist and went down the mountain steadily.

The two had just walked a few steps, and Xu Jiao found a kitten squatting on the side of the road, shrunk under the dead grass and shivering. Hurriedly patted Zhao Yin and motioned for him to stop and take a look.

Zhao Yin stepped forward and gently flicked the kitten with his toes, and found that the cat was soft and looked like it had just been born for a few days.

Xu Jiao carefully held the little wild cat in her hand, looked at it carefully, and said, "It's not hurt, but it looks like it's frozen, let's take it back and raise it." ”

Zhao Yin touched the wild cat's head: "Don't you only like mink?" Do you still like cats? ”

Xu Jiao shook her head: "To be honest, I don't like cats, especially its eyes, the faint feeling is very gloomy, but this wild cat is a little pitiful, since it has been encountered, save it, accumulate some virtue for yourself, and cast a good baby in the next life." ”

Zhao Yin: "Okay, take it back and raise it and put it back in the mountains, after all, it is a wild cat, and it is not easy to keep it in the house." ”

Xu Jiao nodded: "Naturally." Then he carefully took the kitten in his arms and wrapped it in a cloak so that no cold wind could slip in.

It's just that no one expected that the "kitten" that the two of them inadvertently picked up later became Xu Jiao's patron saint, she followed everywhere she went, and even Zhao Yin had to carefully offer it.

When the two returned to the city, the speed was much slower, first, they were not in a hurry, and secondly, there was a small thing in Xu Jiao's arms, and Zhao Yin not only had to take care of Xu Jiao, but also the little thing.

As soon as the two turned into the alley, they met Liu Yu and Zhao An coming out to look for themselves, and they went back to the mansion together.

When entering, Liu Yu saw Xu Jiao carefully protecting the things in her arms, and couldn't help asking, "What is in Niangniang's hand?" ”

Xu Jiao said: "A wild cat that has been frozen is raised, raise it for a few days and put it back in the mountains when it is well." ”

Liu Yu frowned: "Niangniang is kind-hearted. However, how can there be wild cats scurrying in the mountains in this heavy snow? ”

Xu Jiao said: "It's still a little milk cat with no teeth, and it is estimated that it crawled out by itself." ”

Liu Yu nodded and retreated.

In the bedroom, Xu Jiao put the little milk cat on the low couch, circled a nest with a quilt, put the little milk cat in, and asked Dong'er to find goat milk.

Xu Jiao was very patient to feed the little milk cat spoonful by spoonful, but was surprised to find that the kitten looked small and inconspicuous, but it had a special appetite, full of bowls of goat milk, and it drank not a drop left!

Xu Jiao rubbed its head and smiled: "Sure enough, I was starved." ”

When Zhao Yin washed up and returned to the room, he saw that she was still dressed as before, and frowned and said, "I just played in the snow for so long, and I am still rubbing here, hurry up and take a hot bath and go to bed early." ”

Xu Jiao got up and pointed at the little milk cat: "This kitten has a huge appetite and drinks a bucket full of goat's milk." ”

Zhao Yin said disapprerovantly: "Eighty percent is hungry." After speaking, he urged Xu Jiao to take a bath.

Xu Jiao saw him sitting on the bed with black hair and shawl, dressed in a medium coat, and asked, "Are you still sleeping in this room today?" ”

Zhao Yin nodded: "Naturally, where else can I go?" ”

Xu Jiao frowned: "You stay here with me every day, don't you make me everyone's public enemy?" ”

"Don't worry, Mei'er and I know a few of them, and I won't embarrass you."

"But you don't know Han Yan'er." Xu Jiao always had a feeling in her heart that this Han Yan'er must not be simple, since she could sell the prime minister's mansion that gave birth to her, so as to exchange for the opportunity to come to the palace, then if she wanted to stabilize her position in the palace, it would be impossible for her to make no moves. However, such a person, once he makes a move, it is a big move, and he may not be able to resist it at all.

Xu Jiao thinks that she is not a master of house fighting, mainly because she is lazy and doesn't want to bother with things that she is not interested in.

"Han Yan'er is not my person, what are you worried about her?" Zhao Yin smoothed the hair on his face behind him and said disapprovingly.

However, Zhao Yin never thought that his negligence today really almost made him completely lose Xu Jiao, so that it took a lot of trouble later!

Xu Jiao was too lazy to talk to him, so she asked Dong'er to prepare a hot bath.

When I went back to the room again, I saw that Zhao Yin had closed the scroll and fell asleep, the candle flame under the lattice window was still burning brightly and dimly, although Xu Jiao's black hair was half wiped dry, it was not dry in the end, Xu Jiao was not used to sleeping with wet hair, remembered the idea in Merlin, hurriedly moved a stool, sat next to the candle and wrote a plan.

In the dead of night, only the sound of whirring wind was left outside the window, Xu Jiao wrapped the cloak on her body tightly, leaned over and wrote hard.

I don't know how long it took, Xu Jiao put away the plan she had written, kicked her boots on the bed, turned over to the inside of the bed, got into the quilt and fell asleep quickly.

The next day, the sky was shining.

Xu Jiao felt that her face was licked, thinking that Zhao Yin was making it bad, and pouted dissatisfiedly: "If you dare to kiss me again, I will scratch you to death!" ”

However, her warning seemed to be useless, and she was licked twice more in the face.

Xu Jiao opened her eyes angrily, and was about to have a seizure, but found that Zhao Yin was looking at her motionlessly, with twelve points of inquiry in her eyes, but her face continued to be licked.

Xu Jiao asked, "Who is kissing me?" ”

Zhao Yin: "See for yourself." ”

Xu Jiao turned her head, and a fluffy and soft thing blocked her face.

Xu Jiao stretched out her hand and pushed it away, only then did she see clearly that it was the wild cat that she picked up last night!

She sat up and reprimanded, "Who told you to climb into bed?" Dare to disturb my sleep, beware of me stewing you! ”

The little wild cat looked at her aggrievedly, flipped from the head of the bed to the cabinet, then to the chair next to the cabinet, and finally jumped awkwardly to the ground, twisted and twisted her butt to the bucket bowl where she drank goat's milk last night, and then sat down, posed and stared up at Xu Jiao.

Xu Jiao was amused by its series of actions: "Gluttonous cat! Hungry again, huh? ”

Xu Jiao got up and asked Dong'er to prepare a big bowl of goat's milk. As a result, it was even worse than last night, before Xu Jiao could take the spoon, the little guy licked a bowl of goat's milk in two clicks, and Xu Jiao on the side was dumbfounded.

Zhao Yin stepped forward and glanced at it, and said lightly: "Perhaps, you can prepare two bowls for it and it can be drunk." ”

Xu Jiao looked at the little thing sitting next to the big bowl, and turned around and asked Dong'er to prepare for two more nights.

Dong'er did as she said and quickly brought goat milk.