Finally finding some dry dead branches and leaves, the two of them lit a small bonfire in the cave; Xiaoxiao used three stones to add a small iron pot they had brought to it and boiled water.

Chu Liuyan on the side was taking out some dry food and bacon from the blanket; I saw her take out a knife from her body, cut the bacon into small pieces, and then put it in a small iron pot; Then the dry food baked into a cake shape is placed on the stone next to the fire, and with the help of a bonfire, the dry food is baked.

"Lord Chu, where will this ice carp appear in Changbai Mountain?" While stirring the charcoal fire in the fire with the branch in his hand, he turned to look at Chu Liuyan with a smile and asked.

"According to the old man, the ice carp should appear in this heavenly pool; If my judgment is correct, this great lake is what people call Tianchi; However, where exactly the ice carp appeared here, the old man couldn't tell. Chu Liuyan looked at the bonfire in a daze, and replied absentmindedly.

"Lord Chu is also worried that he won't be able to find the ice carp, so he hesitates?" Seeing her somewhat sad look, she asked softly with a smile.

"Yes! I'm worried that if I can't find the ice carp, how will Brother Liu's illness be cured? Chu Liuyan's eyes were stunned and he didn't know what he was looking at, and the branches in his hands shook unconsciously.

"Alas! This illness of the old man is really worrying, but don't want it. Xiaoxiao also lowered his head gloomily, and two tears dripped to the ground with his lowered head.

For a moment, the cave was silent except for the crackling of the branches in the fire; And in this silence, it was not the crisp sound of running water coming from inside the cave.

Just as the two of them were listening carefully, a burst of meat fragrance wafted in the cave, which made the two of them feel shocked; Hurriedly looked up at the small iron pot.

I saw that the water in the iron pot was constantly churning up and down with white splashes, and the bacon pieces also sank and floated with the water splashing in the small iron pot.

However, at this time, a burnt smell also reached the noses of the two. Almost at the same time, they hurriedly took the baked dry food, only to see that the baked side of the dry food was already a little burnt, and the two couldn't help but look at each other and smile..........

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In this harsh winter, the city of Nanjing is also closed doors, and there are very few pedestrians on the road; Nothing very important, no one appeared on this street in this fierce cold wind.

At this time, in Liu Bowen's mansion, in an inner room, Liu Bowen, whose face was a little pale, leaned on the side of the bed, looking at Xu Da who was walking back and forth in the room. In the room, a reddish charcoal basin turned red under the plucking of the subordinates from time to time, raising the temperature of the room a lot.

"Lao Xu, won't you sit down? If you don't get dizzy, I'm going to get dizzy. Liu Bowen's somewhat pale face showed a hint of redness, shook his head, and said softly.

"Am I not worried? In this freezing day, the two of them have been walking for so long, I don't know if they will encounter danger; I don't know if I can find the ice carp. Xu Da said with a sigh behind his back as he continued to circle around the room.

Looking at him like this, Liu Bowen's face also darkened, and he said softly: "Yes! It's really worrying; In this cold season, I don't know what the situation is on Changbai Mountain? The two of them don't need to be in any danger. Liu Bowen looked at the oil paper that was blown by the cold wind and was covered by the window, and said worriedly.

At that moment, the inner chamber was pushed open, and a somewhat slender figure walked in briskly, and closed the door with his hand; Even so, a cold wind took the opportunity to blow in.

"Oops! It's cold! Xu Da, who took off his fur robe and put it aside, couldn't help but shiver and snorted softly.

"The slave is happy to give a gift to the adult." He walked up to Xu Da skillfully, gave a gentle salute, and said crisply.

"Ouch! This is not to be done; You are such a loyal maid, your lord treats you as a treasure, and I dare not accept your courtesy. Xu Da joked with a smile; As a result, the atmosphere in the room suddenly became a little relaxed.

"Yes! She's thankful to be taking care of me these days, otherwise I don't know what I'd become. Liu Bowen had tears in his eyes, and his voice was a little choked.

"Sir, don't say that; It is my duty to take care of you, and I hope you get better soon, which is what the slave wants to see the most. Happy said as he tested the temperature of the teapot with his hand. Then he poured two cups of tea and gave them to Xu Da and Liu Bowen on a tray. Then, without stopping, he came to the brazier, took the fire hook from the hands of his subordinates, and carefully stirred the charcoal, so that more red-hot coals were exposed on the surface, so as to raise the temperature of the room.

"Alas! I don't know how Xiaoxiao is? Can he and Lord Chu find the ice carp. The happy one who was idle, his expression was a little melancholy, he sighed quietly, and said to himself.

"It's really worrying, for such a long time, there is no news of them; I don't know where they are now, if they can find the ice carp, if they are in danger? Xu Da, who was standing next to Happy, listened to her whispered to herself, and also took over the topic and said.

"Master, you and Lord Xu will chat first, and I'll go to the back kitchen and let people cook a few dishes, so that you and Lord Xu can drink some wine and warm up." As he said happily, he had to stand up and walk out.

"Slow down, be happy; Isn't your lord not allowed to drink? Xu Da hurriedly stopped.

"Aren't you allowed to drink, my lord? Besides, it's time for my lord to drink medicinal wine. Happy covered his mouth and smiled happily; Xu Da and Liu Bowen also laughed immediately.

"You girl, you can talk; I thought I could really fight with Lao Liu for the amount of wine, so I was going to give him medicinal wine. Xu Da shook his head with a smile and said.

And Happy also left the inner room quickly...........

Just as they were talking about Chu Liuyan and the two, Chu Liuyan and the others spent a few days finally discovering the waters infested by the ice carp.

It was in the depths of the cave where they had stayed, a small pool of water of unknown depth, and from time to time there were silver flashes of light in the light of the torches in their hands.

After some careful observation, Chu Liuyan determined that these silver fish were the ice carp they were looking for according to the pattern given by Lang Zhong.

"How did you catch them?" Chu Liuyan and Xiaoxiao shouted this sentence almost at the same time, and then looked at each other and smiled. Chu Liuyan walked back to the place where the bonfire was burning, took out a rope for climbing the mountain and a thread that was wound together from his backpack, and then walked back to the waterhole.

"Come, smile, tie a stone with this rope and see how deep this pool is." Chu Liuyan stretched the rope and beckoned.

"Okay." smiled and agreed, quickly squatted down, and tied a stone a little bigger than a fist to one end of the rope; The two then lowered it into a pool.

One knot, two knots, three knots.............. More than a dozen knots entered the pool, and the rope still didn't seem to be in the end, so the two shook their heads helplessly and pulled the rope up again.

"It seems that this waterhole is more than a few feet deep, and it is impossible to enter the water, so it seems that it can only be used." As he spoke, Chu Liuyan took the ball of thread.

"Haha, Lord Chu even has a fishing hook and fishing line ready." I was still at a loss for a smile just now, but now I really laughed.

"Yes, since the ice carp is a fish, you will be prepared with a hook." Chu Liuyan also threw away the sadness he had been looking at these days, and said with a smile on his face that he hadn't seen for a long time.

Scratching his head, he smiled and said embarrassedly, "Why didn't I think of this?" If it weren't for Lord Chu and you coming with me, I really wouldn't know what to do. ”

"I don't really know what to prepare? I just think it's better to be a little more prepared than to be embarrassed temporarily. Chu Liuyan said while taking out a relatively strong and slender branch from the branch he found and tying the fishing line to it.

"But what do we bait with?" Smiled and looked at the shining fishhook, searched left and right, and said.

"Oh, that's easy, you go and pick out some bacon from the small iron pot, how about we try it?" Chu Liuyan carefully unfolded the fishing line and commanded softly in his mouth.

"That's it! Why didn't I think of that? Xiaoxiao ran out briskly and said loudly.

Soon, when he appeared in front of Chu Liuyan again, there were a few pieces of bacon that was still steaming in a small wooden bowl in his hand.

"Are these enough?" He looked at Chu Liuyan with a smile and asked softly.

"Let's try, maybe we'll be lucky enough to catch the ice carp in one go; But if ......" Chu Liuyan said here, he paused, with a trace of sadness on his face; After thinking for a moment, he continued: "Maybe it will take us a long time to get it. ”

"Let's leave it to our fate, and do our best; Maybe God will see that we are so sincere, and it will let us succeed sooner. He said with a smile on his face full of anticipation.

"Yes! As long as there is a little hope, we must do our best to strive for that hope. Chu Liuyan said with a firm expression; At the same time, he threw the hook with the bait in his hand into the pond..........

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"They have been gone for more than two months, and the emperor asks me from time to time what King Pingshuo is doing? At first, I just handed over the cigarette to the emperor, and let the emperor know that she needed to go out for some time; But now that it's been so long, the emperor has begun to ask me frequently, so that I don't even know what to say. Sitting on the Taishi chair in the lobby, looking at Liu Bowen, who was still sick and crooked, Xu Da said helplessly.

Looking at the branches outside the window, Liu Bowen's emaciated face was also full of sadness; After thinking about it for a while, he said softly: "It's really hard to smoke and laugh, if something really happens to them, I will never forgive myself........" Before he finished speaking, he suddenly coughed.

Xingxing, who was standing next to him, hurriedly stepped forward and gave him a light slap on the back to make him more comfortable.

"Don't say it's you and me, even the emperor's face hasn't looked good lately; often got angry in the court for no reason, and many ministers were scolded by the emperor on the spot; Zhan Shifu Zhan Shi was directly deposed by the bad emperor because of the disadvantage of assisting the prince, and the whole family was driven out of the capital; Now the ministers of the previous dynasty are all cautiously looking at the emperor's face, and no one dares to play casually. Xu Da saw that Liu Bowen was very self-blaming, so he quickly diverted the topic and talked about the things in the court.

"Yes, it's been a long time since I've been sick; The affairs above the court still need you to bother more, try to say good things to the emperor for Liuyan, and don't let Liuyan be scolded after he returns. Liu Bowen, who was worried about the smoke, said weakly to Xu Da; The cough that followed made him swallow back the words that followed.

"Alas! The current emperor is not at all when we just embraced him; At that time, we thought like brothers, and we talked about everything; No one cares if there's foul language in the mix. But now if there is something to discuss with the emperor, you have to be careful, for fear of saying the wrong thing; So there are some things that we can't say too much. Xu Da said with a sigh while reminiscing about the old days.

"Yes! The majesty of the emperor is increasing day by day, and we are becoming more and more cautious when talking to him, which makes it difficult for the ministers to report the actual situation below to the emperor; After a long time, the country is in danger. Listening to Xu Da's words, Liu Bowen also sighed.

Speaking of this, the two glanced at each other, but they both found that each other's eyes showed deep worry.

"What are we going to do? The emperor is still more accepting of the words of the smoke; It seems that we will have to wait for the smoke to come back. Slowly turning his face and looking out the window at the breeze blowing the branches with a hint of green, Xu Da sighed and said.

Liu Bowen didn't say anything more, and looked out the window, not knowing what he was thinking; Seeing that the two of them were all in deep thought, they were happy standing on the sidelines and looked at the two of them worriedly.

"Sir! Master! A hurried voice came from the front yard; Soon, a housekeeper appeared outside the window; The housekeeper didn't wait for the door to open and come in, and stood outside the window gasping for air, trying to say something.

"Liu Neng, what are you panicking about? Have something to say slowly. Liu Bowen's weak words made Liu Neng's face blush, but he still said excitedly: "I saw Lord Chu and Xiaoxiao coming back." ”

As soon as these words came out, Xu Da jumped up directly from the Taishi's chair, jumped in front of the bed at once, and shouted, "What did you say?" Say it out loud! ”

The family outside the window was almost scared to squat on the ground by his shouting in such a voice, and was stunned for a moment, and then said: "I was sweeping the door outside the gate just now, and I saw Lord Chu and Xiaoxiao riding horses and coming to the house." ”

"Do you see clearly?" Xu Da asked again; But without waiting for the family to answer, he completely ignored the etiquette, jumped out of the window, and ran out desperately.

Liu Bowen, who heard the news, also trembled and wanted to stand up and go out, but was persuaded by Xingxing: "Master, don't move around, since Lord Chu and Xiaoxiao are back, they will enter the mansion soon, don't be too anxious." Thinking about it, Liu Bowen had no choice but to walk down again, anxiously looking out.

Soon, Xu Da's high voice appeared in front of the courtyard: "Liuyan, you haven't come up with anything these days, right?" Can take me.... But it makes us anxious. ”

"It's okay, I didn't run in vain, and we found the ice carp." Chu Liuyan said with some pride.

"I can't show it to you now, we'll seal it in a gold box." Speaking of this, she paused for a moment, and then said, "You go to Dongfang Yu Lao Langzhong to come and dispense medicine, so that your master can already recover his body." Chu Liuyan hurriedly instructed a family member next to him.

When the housekeeper heard the order, he rushed out of the house. Seeing that the family was gone, Chu Liuyan and the others hurriedly walked towards the inner courtyard; As soon as he walked to the window, Liu Bowen greeted him from afar and said, "Liuyan, thank you for your hard work!" Xiaoxiao, you've worked hard too. ”

"Master, we really found the ice carp, and your illness will be cured now." With a smile full of tears, he quickly opened the door, ran in, squatted in front of Liu Bowen, and kept looking at him who was emaciated.

"Thank you for your hard work, really hard for you." Liu Bowen kept repeating these two sentences, tears kept pouring out of his eyes, and big tears fell to the ground.

Everyone present, everyone was fascinated by tears, these tears have both the joy of meeting again, and the true feelings between friends, everyone's heart is filled with joy.

"Master, master, Dongfang Langzhong is here." The words of the family made everyone wake up from joy.

"You see, what are we doing; Hurry up, make way for Lang Zhong. Xu Da hurriedly covered up his embarrassment and said again and again.

Xingxing walked quickly to the door, took the medicine box in Lang Zhong's hand, led Lang Zhong into the inner courtyard, and came to a chair next to Liu Bowen to sit down.

"Mr. Dongfang, is this an ice carp?" Chu Liuyan opened the two fist-sized gold boxes he took out from his body, and carefully opened them, and several small silver fish the size of willow leaves moved slowly in the water inside the gold box.

"Oops!" Dongfang Yu suddenly screamed, startling everyone.

"Mr. Dongfang, what's wrong? Isn't this an ice carp? "All at once the hearts of all the people were raised to their throats; Chu Liuyan, who was full of hope, asked with some horror.

"That's not what I meant." Dongfang Yu turned his head and glanced around, and said apologetically: "I didn't expect that you could really find the ice carp, so I was very surprised." When everyone heard this, they all made a silent noise and put back their hanging hearts.

"Please ask the old gentleman to hurry up and dispense the medicine." As he spoke, Chu Liuyan handed the ice carp to Dongfang Yu's hand. Looking at the ice carp in his hand, Dongfang Yu kept praising the person who found this item: "This is something that only exists in the ice and snow, and there are really people who ......... them regardless of the cold."

Hearing these words, everyone looked at Chu Liuyan with admiration and smiled...........