A few days ago, the heavy snow was heavy, the air was cold, even if there was sunshine every day, but the snow on the mountains outside the city still did not melt, only one official road, by the cars and pedestrians walked a lot, the road was trampled on not much snow left, so, it was still easy to walk, not too slippery.

Meishan Villa is fifty miles away from the capital, not close, and the carriage has to go for more than an hour.

Su Rong and Ye Guixue played against each other, every time they were inseparable, they forgot themselves, and when the carriage arrived at the foot of the Meishan Villa, the two had killed countless rounds, and every round was a draw.

Su Rong smiled angrily, "In vain, I also studied the chess game borrowed from the Big Buddha Temple." ”

Ye Guixue smiled, "I also studied that chess game."

Su Rong suddenly remembered, yes, she was too lazy to transcribe, and arrested him to be a strong man, he has a good memory, and in the process of writing, the chess game has been memorized.

She said unconvinced: "Sooner or later, one day, I can win you." ”

Ye Guixue smiled, "Wait and see." ”

Su Rong jumped out of the carriage first, looked at the mountain in front of him, and could vaguely see that there was a Zhuangzi halfway up the mountain, which should be the other village that Zhou Gu said.

Ye Guixue then got out of the carriage.

Su Rong said to him: "Yesterday, Zhou Gu knew that you and I were going out of the city to enjoy the plum blossoms today, so he specially gave me a jade plate, which is a pass for this mountain, according to him, this Meishan Pavilion is the dowry of the eldest princess of Sheng'an, and it was given to him when he was born." Half of the slopes of the mountain are planted with special varieties of plum, and there are buds waiting to be released elsewhere, and they have opened here. ”

"Thank you to Childe Thursday." ”

Su Rong smiled and beckoned him, "Let's go!" ”

Night Snow nodded.

The two went up the mountain together, and soon came to the mountain gate, sure enough, someone was guarding, and before Su Rong could take out the token, the gatekeeper had already bowed his hand, "Dare to ask, but Miss Su Qi and the second son of the night?" My son-in-law has sent a message yesterday, saying that the two of you are here to enjoy the plum blossoms today, and everyone in Meishan Villa is at the mercy of Miss Seven. ”

Su Rong nodded, "That's right, it's us." ”

"Miss Seven, the second son of the night, please." The gatekeeper hurriedly opened the door and invited the two to enter.

Entering the mountain gate, someone who looked like a steward greeted him and bowed his hand to Su Rong, "Miss Su Qi, the second son of the night, are you two here to enjoy the plum?" Do you want the slave to send someone to lead the way? ”

Su Rong waved his hand, "No need, just show us the way." ”

The steward nodded, hurriedly pointed the way, and then asked Su Rong, "Have lunch in the Zhuangzi at noon?" Is there a taboo between Miss Seven and the second son of the night? ”

Su Rong shook his head, "Just do whatever you want." ”

The steward answered, hesitated, and then asked tentatively, "Do you two want to stay overnight?" ”

Su Rong smiled and shook his head, "No need." ”

The steward nodded.

Su Rong and the Night Return Snow Trail followed the direction of the steward's guidance and went up the mountain.

This piece of mountain is very large, there are two or three hillsides connected, the mountain road has been built into stone steps, one step at a time to climb up, because it is winter, there is no shade on the side of the road, only to see the unmelted snow covering, the stone steps have been cleaned, the traces are very new, presumably when Zhou Gu sent someone to inform, the people in the garden made some preparations overnight.

Su Rong chatted with Ye Guixue as he walked, "It rarely snows in the winter in Jiangning County, and it is difficult to see the scene of red plum snow. ”

Night return snow road: "Nanchu four seasons distinct, in winter, than the capital of the beam is colder, the cold wind blows up the snow, face to face sometimes can not open the eyes, even the red plum plant, in the cold winter, the temperature is extremely low, if you do not use the quilt to wrap to keep warm, it is difficult to survive, so, it is rare to see a large area of plum blossoms all over the mountains, spring and autumn are the most comfortable, the temperature is appropriate. The summer is hot and rainy, sometimes it takes a month, so Nanchu has to build an embankment every year, which costs a lot of silver. ”

Su Rong nodded, she has learned about these from the Tuzhi travelogue of Southern Chu, the reason why the small country of Southern Chu can exist between the Great Wei and the Great Liang, and has stood majestically for hundreds of years, has its own advantages, the advantage is that the Snow Mountain Range is a natural hazard, and the military industry is developed, and there are many capable people, the ancestors of Southern Chu developed agriculture and commerce, and trade exchanges allowed the silver of the two big countries of Great Wei and Great Liang to flow into Southern Chu, and then, with the silver earned, manufacturing and transforming the military.

Therefore, the status of Shangjia in Southern Chu is not low, unlike the Great Wei and Daliang, who rank Shangjia at the bottom.

Similarly, the status of women is also higher than that of Great Wei and Great Liang, and the period when women were kings in the history of Southern Chu also laid the foundation for the status of women.

When the two walked halfway up the mountain, they saw that on a hillside not far away, some plum blossoms were budding and waiting to be released, and some were already in full bloom, connecting into a mountain, like a sea of red plum clouds.

Su Rong praised, "It's really beautiful." ”

The night return snow also showed appreciation, "It is indeed a rare beauty." ”

The two walked along the mountain road to the red plum, and soon came to the front of the close, looking at it from a distance and looking closely, each is different, from a distance it looks like a burning cloud connected together, red and white, like the sky falling red glow. Look at the red plum trees closely, delicate and gorgeous, extremely fresh, in a thousand postures, baptized by the snow, clean and immaculate, pure and innocent, people can't bear to reach out and touch to blaspheme.

Returning to the snow at night and exclaiming, "The red plum is scorching the snow and thousands of flowers, not arrogant or impatient, and fighting for spring early." ”

Su Rongwaner.

The two of them walked deep into the Merlin, their feet on the ground, a thick layer of falling snow, the snow here is naturally unmelted, very solid and heavy, one foot down, creaking, leaving only a shallow footprint on the ground.

After walking for a while, Su Rong looked back at Ye Guixue, he was still the same as the first time he saw it, wearing an azure brocade, a jade belt around his waist, his eyebrows and eyes were thick, fresh and beautiful, very eye-catching. Especially in the depths of this red plum, he is even more dazzling than the red plum.

She stopped and looked at him quietly.

When the night returned to the snow, he brushed away the plum branches, saw Su Rong looking at him quietly, and asked with a smile: "What's wrong?" ”

Su Rong sighed lightly, "Guixue, you are so good." ”

Ye Guixue was slightly stunned, and then chuckled.

Su Rong lowered his head, looked at the footprints that were stepped on the ground, raised his head again, looked at him, and said helplessly: "If I return the tiger talisman of 100,000 soldiers and horses to you, will you be very disappointed in your heart?" ”

Ye Guixue's complexion changed slightly, and the whole person froze.

Su Rong was a little difficult to face Ye Guixue, but he still looked at him honestly, "I don't think I can be too selfish, take your 100,000 soldiers and horses Tiger Talisman, and use you to return to Nanchu, if one day in the future, I will be ungrateful to propose to divorce you, then I will be too inhuman." Therefore, while I haven't gone to Nanchu yet, and haven't used your cloud ladder to climb to that position, I think I should leave some leeway for myself, so that if I lose too much of you in the future, I can't apologize for my sins with death in the future. ”

Ye Guixue moved the corners of her mouth and asked softly, "Can I ask, why?" ”