The scenery of the northern country, thousands of miles of ice, thousands of miles of snow drifting.

In early winter, in the north of Mobei, on the long and winding official road, a carriage slowly advanced.

The coachman pulled the reins with one hand and exhaled hot air into his free hand.

The curtain was lifted, and a middle-aged man poked his head out and glanced at the white sky.

"How long will it take?"

"Huh?" The driver was stunned for a while, and replied: "Back to the master, there is still half an hour to arrive." ”

Half an hour...... The middle-aged man shuddered, retracted his head and hid back in the car, just showing his head for a short while, and he couldn't bear it.

This is just the beginning of winter, the harsh winter of the cool capital...... Thinking of this, the middle-aged man couldn't help but sigh.

"Any news lately?"

"Did the master ask the capital?"

"...... in Beijing" seemed to recall something unpleasant, and the middle-aged man snorted, "What news can there be in Beijing?" Tell me about Liangdu. ”

"Liangdu, that place in Liangdu is not big, it doesn't change like a glacial lake all year round, there is nothing to say," the coachman changed his hand to hold the reins, "But there is an interesting thing to come recently, I heard that there has been a demon in Liangdu recently." ”

"Oh? Haunted? The middle-aged man was curious, "But are there really monsters?" Did the local parents do nothing? ”

"Master, don't worry, listen to me slowly."

The coachman knew that the middle-aged man was an anxious man, so he sorted out his words and said slowly: "It's actually just a rumor that it's a demon, and I can't believe it." ”

"If there are really monsters making trouble, Liangdu will not be as peaceful as it is now, and the local officials will feel unstable when they sit, and the demons they are doing are just an excuse for those officials to do their own incompetence."

"If there are any monsters, they are all doing things."

"Be careful." The cool voice of a middle-aged man floated out of the car.

"Yes, sir." The coachman rested the reins on his lap and rubbed his hands, "As far as I heard, that ...... The monster appeared suddenly a few months ago, it has a pair of red, glowing eyes, and likes to lie on the wall at night to peek at the night people. ”

"The first victim was a drunkard, it is said that he was in a hurry at night, went out of the house and wanted to go to the yard to relieve himself, just took off his pants, and suddenly saw a pair of small lanterns on the courtyard wall, and somehow when he came back to his senses, his body stiffened and could not move, and finally stood in the snow and wind for nearly an hour."

"Shhh...... An hour. The middle-aged man suddenly felt a chill in his crotch, subconsciously joined his legs, and joked with a smile: "This must not be frozen." ”

"It's not clear," the coachman smiled dryly, his cheeks shriveled from the cold wind outside the car, "and then there were some people who suffered the same thing, but this kind of thing is too embarrassing, and the person concerned does not dare to say it, this matter is really known by the government because of another matter." ”

"The second son of the Liangdu Lin family and the old man's concubine had an affair on a snowy night, but they just ran into the monster, and the two stood in the small pavilion in the courtyard for nearly two hours."

"That little concubine was frozen, all frozen purple, and was later discovered by the master of the Lin family, a scandal in the family, this kind of thing was originally wanted to be suppressed, but after thinking about it, Master Lin was really scared, and had to report it to the government."

"Cheating on a snowy night, it's quite interesting......"

The middle-aged man touched the corners of his mouth, smoothed out the subtle arc of the upturn, and said in a solemn voice: "Hmph, I don't respect the law of etiquette, and I don't know how to be honest!" ”

He paused and asked, "What happened after that?" ”

Driver: "Naturally, the government sent someone to investigate, and all the previous victims were pulled out at once." ”

"It's a pity that they don't know why they are stunned, and the only thing they can remember clearly is the pair of small red lanterns."

"The victim was found, but there was no clue to the case. The government also sent additional personnel to patrol at night, but nothing was found, if it weren't for the fact that there were several victims as witnesses, the officials over there would probably think that they had been deceived. ”

The car was quiet.

After a long time, the middle-aged man's slightly lost voice came out: "This is the end?" ”

"Oh, that concubine of the Lin family has been expelled from the house," the coachman slowly added: "As for the second son, according to what the old man said, it is almost the same. ”

"Hiss~~~"

The middle-aged man took a long breath of cool air, so that the temperature in the car rose slightly.

"Interesting, really funny!"

……

The cold wind gilded the city walls with a layer of frost, and in front of the city gates, which were not too big or small, the guards stood in armor in the cold wind, checking the pedestrians entering and exiting the city gates.

The coachman pulled the reins, stopped his horse, and found a small document in his sleeve and handed it to the city guard.

After passing through the city gate and entering the city, the carriage drove straight to the inn in the city.

There were all kinds of pedestrians on the street, and a big man with a hood trembled and walked into the inn.

"Whew...... This ghost weather, freeze to death! Dahan found a good place in the inn and sat down, shouting, "Little Er, bring me a pot of warm wine!" ”

"Okay, guest officer, wait a minute."

Waiting for the warm wine to be served, the big man took off the hood on his head, and the skin on his forehead was so bright that it was reflective.

"Shopkeeper, why is the store so cold today?"

In front of the counter, the white-eyed old man was making calculations, and said without raising his head: "Talking about people." ”

"You're not in business anymore."

"You can't do it," the white-eyed old man snorted, stopped the abacus in his hand, and looked up at the only customer in the store, "Get out of here after drinking!" ”

"Hehe, the shopkeeper is really a man of temperament."

The bald man laughed happily, just as the shopkeeper came out of the back kitchen with warm wine.

"Guest, your warm wine."

"Thank you."

The shopkeeper took the broken silver to the counter, and then silently continued to wipe the clean table.

Crisp operator collision sound.

The sound of bold drinking.

The inn returned to silence.

Until it was broken by a girl carrying a basket on her back.

"Gui Ye," a female voice as crisp as a silver bell sounded, "This is today's Yukina." ”

The white-eyed old man raised his eyes to look at the girl who walked into the store and squinted slightly.

"Put it here, Fugui, take an inventory."

"Okay, give it to me."

The shopkeeper put the sackcloth on his shoulder, and hurriedly ran to the girl to take the basket.

"Yo, isn't this Xiaomo, what's the matter, I'm in the snow mountain again today?"

With a bowl of warm wine in his stomach, the bald man set his eyes on the new figure in the store and poured another bowl of warm wine.

Mo Ying stood at the door of the store, didn't go much inside, and followed the sound to look at the bald man.

Familiar, but not recognized.

She didn't speak, until the bald man took a sip of wine and admonished: "The mountain is about to be closed, and it's good to prepare more money before winter, but pay attention to safety, the city has not been peaceful recently, and the monster just likes a lonely little girl like you." ”

"Oh."

"The shopkeeper's, a total of thirty-seven plants."

"Got it, bring it in."

The white-eyed old man nodded, and the number of snow cabbage brought by the ink warbler has increased in recent days.

The shopkeeper took the basket into the back kitchen, and soon came back with the empty basket, with some broken silver from the shopkeeper in his hand.

"The quality is a little uneven, at most three taels of silver."

At the same time, he handed her a flask.

"Is this the wine you want, or is it the same as usual, just remember to send the flask back tomorrow."

After taking the silver and the wine jug, Mo Ying bowed her head and thanked her, and then picked up the basket and left quickly.

Looking at the back of Mo Ying's furious departure, the shopkeeper turned around and returned to the counter.

"Thirty-seven, how deep has this girl walked?"

The bald man was a little surprised, touched his head and looked at the white-eyed old man, with a look of disdain: "It's just that your hairless iron rooster can be a black girl's thing." ”

The white-eyed old man didn't take care of the bald man, stopped the abacus in his hand, and said to the shopkeeper:

"We're here, go out and greet you."

"Okay."

◇——◇

The cold wind was howling, and the winter sun stopped on the horizon, emitting a glimmer of light in the last moments.

Mo Ying shrank her head into the collar, clothes made of linen coarse cloth didn't keep warm, but it didn't matter.

Before the cold winter arrived, she had enough money to put on a new warm jacket for herself.

As long as there are no accidents, this winter will be the same as in previous years.

However, there are some differences.

This year, she won't be alone.

In the east of the city, in the osmanthus alley, in the private school, the schoolchildren who have finished class are rushing out, and their little faces with powder are facing the north wind, not afraid at all.

"See you tomorrow, sir!"

The little girl wrapped in a red cotton jacket like a rice dumpling ran to Mr. Private School and shouted respectfully.

"Well, little peach blossom, see you tomorrow."

Mr. Private School is dressed in a green shirt, with a warm face, kind eyebrows and kind eyes, a middle-aged appearance, and white sideburns.

The corner of Little Peach Blossom's mouth raised a sweet smile, and she squinted at a man in white next to Mr. Private School, and her pink little face was a little red.

"Big brother, see you tomorrow."

The man in white looked up at Little Peach Blossom slightly.

The little girl's cheeks turned even redder in an instant, and her eyes dodged and she didn't dare to look at him.

The man in white didn't speak, just nodded slightly.

Mr. Private School glanced at the little peach blossom who ran away with a red face, and then looked at the man in white beside him with a little resentment, who was concentrating on grinding ink.

"I think I'll have to find you a mask."

When the man in white heard this, his face was stunned for a while, and a trace of confusion appeared on his handsome face.

"It influenced me to teach." Mr. Private School added in the second half of the beat.

Mo Bai realized a little, raised his hand and touched his cheek, and the movement of grinding ink in his hand stopped, as if he was deep in thought.

"Where was the last time we talked about?"

Cushioning the straw mat, Mr. Private School sat down next to Mo Bai, took a book of sages and looked at it.

Mo Bai didn't raise his head and speak, and focused on grinding the ink wholeheartedly.

"I remember," Mr. Private School smiled slightly, patting his brain, "The saint is first a man and then a saint." ”

As if the introduction had been thrown, Mo Bai stopped grinding the ink, picked up the wolf pen on the side, and slowly wrote eight big characters on the rice paper that had been spread out and prepared - the saint is first human and then holy.

Mr. Private School leaned over, looked down at the writing of Mo Bai holding a wolf pen, and secretly couldn't help but be amazed: "It's only been less than half a month, and he can write such amazing handwriting, and this son is really a god." ’

Seeing Mo Bai meticulously bowing his head, Mr. Private School was suddenly very relieved.

'Count as half a disciple,' he thought to himself, secretly looking forward to it, 'In the future, when he becomes famous all over the world, I will be half his teacher.' ’

There is a lot of light on the face.

Suppressing the throbbing in his heart, Mr. Private School turned the pages of the sage book calmly, thinking about what he had learned all his life in his head, and slowly and methodically said what he thought and felt.

Mo Bai wrote down word by word, and soon, the rice paper was filled one by one.

"It's almost time," Mr. Private's school sat up and straightened the hem of his shirt, "Miss Mo should be almost there, let's go and wait outside the house." ”

Mo Bai put down the pen and stood up to follow Mr. Private School.

At this time, I saw him in his entirety.

He has long hair in white clothes, a slender body, a handsome appearance, gentle eyebrows, and deep starry eyes.

It's like a beautiful boy who came out of an ink painting.

The whole body seems to exude a weak aura that seems to be nothing.

Let people, at a glance, fall in love.

"It's snowing?" Out of the private school, Mr. Tsing Yi stood under the eaves, looking up at the white sky.

The north wind swept and the snow fell.

"It's not very big," Mr. Tsing Yi reached out to catch the falling snowflakes, "Do you need me to get you an umbrella?" ”

Mo Bai tilted his head, looking at the snow-white sky and was slightly distracted, he just wanted to shake his head, but saw a familiar figure in the distance, the petite girl shrunk and ran towards this side quickly.

After a moment's hesitation, he nodded.

……

"Xiaobai!"

The ink warbler, who was moving forward in the snow, ran to the private school, stopped under the eaves outside the private school, and looked at Mo Bai with a smile on her face, and the snowflakes fell all over the ends of her hair, not melting.

"I'm here to pick you up!"

Mo Bai nodded, stretched out the oil-paper umbrella he borrowed from Mr. Tsing Yi, and stepped into the snow.

"Goodbye, Master!"

"Hehe, I'll see you tomorrow."

Mr. Tsing Yi smiled brightly, watching the two of them walk away with an umbrella together, and only when the snow completely blurred the gray and white figures did he turn around and walk towards the private school.

……

"Xiaobai, I earned three taels of silver today!"

Looking up at Mo Bai, who was nearly a head taller than himself, Mo Ying happily thought to him reporting today's results, "With the talisman you gave me, I successfully went deep into the middle of the Great Snow Mountain today!" There are a lot of snow cabbage there, and not only are they numerous, but they are also big, and one can hold two or three! However, I listened to you, and I didn't pick the ones that grew good, but only the ones that looked malnourished. ”

The snow cabbage in the mouth of the ink warbler is actually a snow lotus.

Mo Bai quietly listened to Mo Ying talk about his trip to the snow mountain today, his eyes were slightly biased to her side, and he caught a glimpse of snowflakes falling on her shoulders, Mo Bai tilted the bamboo umbrella slightly, and leaned closer.

Along the osmanthus lane, all the way to the innermost, a small hut with a loess wall is the residence of the two of them.

Back at home, the room was a little dark, lit the only oil lamp in the house, Mo Ying checked whether there were any gaps in the sealed windows, and if there were, they were reinforcing them.

Fortunately, there was no crack in the sealed window, and the relieved Mo Ying immediately lit the brazier for heating at home.

The small mud house soon warmed up.

"Xiaobai, this is the wine you want."

Sitting on the bench, Mo Ying took out the wine jug and three taels of broken silver from his arms, the silver had been in his arms for a long time, and there was a feeling of warmth, and the wine jug was still cold.

Mo Bai took the flask, shook it silently, lifted the lid, and drank it all.

Xu is too strong, some of his face, visible to the naked eye, his complexion changed from white to red.

With a long sigh of relief, he slowly lay down on the table, his breath gradually calming down, as if he was asleep.

Mo Ying quietly approached, poked her index finger on the pink cheek with a playful attitude, and Mo Bai snorted in a drowsy state.

"It's so cute~"