The next day, heavy snow fell, and the snow in the courtyard seemed to grow more than three feet tall overnight.

There is a red plum tree planted in the courtyard where Lin Qi lives, it is the time of the plum blossom now, the tree is full of blooming flowers, fragrant and quiet, the petals are wrapped in some meager snow, but the victory is in the glory, you can see it as soon as you open the door.

Lin Qi remembered that his father had also planted a red plum tree in front of the door, and when the red plum was covered with snow in winter, his father loved to tie a sachet on the plum branch, and the sachet would be stained with the fragrance of plum blossoms in the coming year.

Lin Qi stood at the door, recalling carefully, and after a while, he saw two little guys following Yuntang from the corner.

When she entered the door, she heard Yuntang running for a while, shouting loudly as she ran, "Lin Mu, did you sleep soundly last night?" If there's anything you're not used to, just mention it to me, and I'll ask them to rearrange it for you. ”

Yun Tang was wrapped in a fox fur today, with black hair scattered over his shoulders, a bunch on the top, and a hosta curled up, and two strands of sideburns.

He smiled proudly, took off the big hat near the door, handed it to the little guy behind him, approached and asked quietly, "Lin Mu, can you see the treasure box that grandpa gave you last night?" What's in there? ”

"You don't know anything about your own home?" Lin Qi glanced at him, got up and poured hot water from the boiling tea stove, and handed him a cup.

"How do I know that the box has always been kept by my grandfather, and ordinary people can't see it, even me, it's the first time I've seen it. However, if you can get grandpa's approval, it proves that you must be a very good person. Yuntang took it from her, and he didn't care, he talked as a friend.

Since this treasure box has always been kept by Old Man Yun himself, presumably only Old Man Yun knows its origin.

Lin Qi lowered his eyes, didn't ask any more questions, and changed the topic, "Why don't you see you dancing the sword today?" On weekdays, don't you get up early in the morning and have to dance two tricks to be neat? ”

Yun Tang took a sip of tea, nodded with a cup, and said, "That's right, you see with you, I forgot the purpose of coming, let's go, I'll take you to see my secret manor, it's a good place." ”

As he spoke, he picked up Lin Qi and walked out.

The cold and snow outside the house has stopped, and the sky reveals a thin light and shadow, shining on the red plum tree, which is crystal clear and exquisite, and Lin Qi unconsciously looks at it twice.

"What's so nice about this, hurry up, my place is a thousand times better than here."

The two of them bypassed the snow-covered pavilion all the way and drilled into a rockery, blocking each other in dense forests everywhere, but Yuntang was extremely skillful in using both hands and feet to remove obstacles in front of Lin Qi.

"It's just ahead, it's almost there." As he spoke, he reached out and grabbed Lin Qi's hand and dragged it in.

Seeing this, Lin Qi frowned, and was about to speak, but at that moment, a voice came from not far away, the voice was like a hundred spirits crying, and like a mountain stream, tactful and clear, full of ears.

"Brother, are you going to the Thistle Garden?"

When I turned around, I saw a slender woman standing not far away.

The woman was about fourteen or fifteen years old, with apricot eyes and peach cheeks, a pink jacket, her hair combed in a double-ring bun, a pair of golden steps on it, and a small round furnace of white velvet in her arms. At this moment, his eyes blink at them, and he looks quite cute like a doll.

"Hibiscus, why are you here?" Yun Tang spread his hand and ran over, reached out and touched her head, "I didn't see you when I returned yesterday, and I thought you didn't want to see me, so you hid yourself." ”

"Hmph, my brother only knows to take care of himself, and he won't return home for a few years, I heard at my aunt's house yesterday that my brother is back, I rushed back overnight, and I went to your room this morning and didn't see anyone, guess you're here."

Yun Mujin pretended to be angry and said, but there was a hint of a smile on her face, there was a pair of pear nests on both sides of her cheeks, and when she spoke at this time, her eyebrows and eyes were bent and the pear nests were shallowly drunk, and even Lin Qi, a girl, liked it very much.

"Who is this son?" While the brother and sister were talking, Yun Mujin suddenly looked behind Yun Tang, pulled Yun Tang away, and bowed towards Lin Qi.

She raised her head and glanced at Lin Qi, her face was red with shame, and at this moment there was a smile on the corner of her mouth, and there was infinite tenderness between her eyes.

Lin Qi didn't care much, in her eyes, the ancient girls were almost the same, that is, they were gentle and easy to speak.

Yun Tang's gaze changed between the two of them, and then he laughed loudly, "This is my friend Lin Mu, who went through several setbacks when he returned to Beijing, and he rescued you before you can see me now." ”

Then he turned around and introduced Lin Qi, "This is the little sister hibiscus, and I am a fellow mother, I have been weak since I was a child, and for a while when I was a child, I still used my sister's blood as a medicine, which saved my life." ”

Recounting the old things, Yun Tang's face suddenly became sad, looking at Yun Mu Hibiscus, there was only distress and care in his eyes.

It's nice to have loved ones around.

Lin Qi envied Yuntang in his heart, he could not only fight the sword to the end of the world, but when he returned, he could also warm wine and talk to his family.

"By the way, when I came, I met my father in the courtyard, and my father said that he wanted to see my brother and give me some orders." I don't know how long it took, Yun Mu Hibiscus suddenly burst out with a sentence, and the sad atmosphere around him was broken in an instant.

"My father wants to see me, but ...... Lin Mu ......" Yuntang turned around and looked at Lin Qi with an apologetic expression.

"It's okay, it just so happens that I also have something to go to Grandpa Yun, so Jiyuan will go another day."

"It's okay, you and I will bring the sword another day and try it again." It turned out that he was the one who hit the idea......

However, Lin Qi didn't have time to think about it, she just wanted to figure out the secret of the lotus stone and the wooden box as soon as possible.

That's what matters to her.

Lin Qi followed the original path and returned, at this time the light in the courtyard had turned on, the warm sun was hanging high in the sky, and the residual snow on the grass and trees was gradually melting.

When he came to the door of Old Man Yun, there was a person who looked like a scholar standing at the door, Lin Qi stood in front of the door and bowed to him, the man was also respectful, and leaned over with his hands on his knees and saluted back, "My grandfather has been waiting in the house for a long time, Lin Gongzi, please come with me." ”

Did he expect to come?

Also, give people a treasure box that can't be opened, no matter who it is, they won't be reconciled, Lin Qi nodded, and replied softly, "I'm tired." ”

Entering the house, a warmth instantly came to his face, and with a burst of warmth around his body, Lin Qi took off his cloak and waved at the figure behind the curtain.

"Lin Gongzi doesn't have to be polite, please sit in the room."

Gently lifting the curtain, what catches your eye is a chess game, black and white has gone most of it, but the chess game is not solved.

Lin Qi approached, took out the nanmu box from his sleeve, learned the tone of the ancients, and said respectfully, "I took back the treasure box last night, and studied all night under the lamp, but I have a very shallow understanding. ”

Lin Qi took the box and stood in front of him, but there was no response, and he was about to speak again.

"You want to ask why this box can't be opened, right?" The old man said expressionlessly, holding a white piece in his hand, looking at the chessboard, hesitating.

Is this straight to the point? Lin Qi was stunned for a moment, and nodded very sincerely, "Yes, please also ask the seniors to give advice." ”

"What if I say that there is no key to this box?"

The old man took a breath and put the white piece in his hand to the center, and in an instant, the whole chess game was solved.

"The name of this box is Zhuohua, and this box has existed since I can remember, and it was still kept by my grandfather Yun Fei at that time." The old man said slowly.

Lin Qi looked at him, followed his inviting gesture, sat down on the soft collapse, and waited for him to tell him the long story while drinking tea.

"I heard that this box was placed in the Yun family by a spiritual person, the Yun family at that time had not yet entered the official career, and was in business all the year round.

"Half a life ago, this spirit man had been looking for a person who could open the ten-core lotus stone, but it seems that he didn't find it until he died."

When she left, she said that the origin of love, there is no medicine for medicine, and sent this box to her ancestors, and there has been no news since then. When my grandfather left, he also left a word, if anyone can open the ten-core lotus stone, who is the owner of the Yun family and this wooden box. ”

The old man put away his chess pieces, got up and walked to the window, and the white snow outside the house reflected in his eyes, as if to evoke his memories.

"So, this wooden box is just a token left by the spirit man, not a treasure? So why can't it be opened? ”

Lin Qi followed behind him, remembering that Yun Tang was chased and killed at the top of the mountain and the inn before, and felt a chill in his back.

If it weren't for the treasure, then wouldn't it be the Yun family's property that these people were fighting for with their lives?

Guarding something that is not a treasure, being misunderstood by outsiders, and repeatedly encountering dangers, one can imagine what kind of situation the Yun family has been in these years.

"I've waited for most of my life, and I've studied that wooden box for most of my life, during which people have been talking about an ordinary wooden box as a treasure, do you know how many people have dreamed of snatching it from me?"

The old man turned around, patted Lin Qi on the shoulder, and said with a smile, "But since you appeared, I know that my mission in this life has been completed, this box and the ten-core lotus stone are mutually reinforcing, and the only way to open this box is to wait for the ten-petal halo on the ten-core lotus stone to be annihilated, and when the lotus stone light is extinguished, it will be the time when the treasure box is opened." ”

As he spoke, he spread out his hand, and in his hand was the ten-core lotus stone that had extinguished a petal of light.

"Now I will hand over the wooden box and the Yun family to you, and this result can be regarded as worthy of the ancestors." The old man said faintly, handed the lotus stone to Lin Qi's hand, turned around and walked inside.

Where love arises, there is no medicine stone?

Lin Qi looked at the shiny stone in his hand, muttering this hundred-year-old message in his mouth, and his heart was even more puzzled, according to the current situation, she has both medicine and stone, but what does this love refer to?

After the old man rested, Lin Qi slowly came out of Old Man Yun's house.

Outside the house was still a scene of ice and snow, a whirring cold air came to his face, and Lin Qi's hands under his sleeves tightly dragged the wooden box, and the peach blossom patterns on it passed lightly from his fingertips.

Compared to this garden full of ice and snow, she felt that her heart was getting colder and colder, since she came to this world, everything was like a chess game that had been laid out, someone was guiding her step by step, and she was just one of the chess pieces, at the mercy of others.