Chapter Seventy-Two

If you say that the best place to go in winter in Jingbei City, it must be the Snow Pavilion thirty miles outside the city.

Originally, it was just a barren hill, with rough roads, and there was nothing around it.

How bad is the environment here? There is not even a tombstone for miles around, in other words, everyone feels unworthy to bury the dead here.

But this place, which should have been desolate for a hundred years, was bought by a wise businessman.

The merchant planted plum trees on the hillside, and then picked up a few small pavilions at the top of the hill.

In the winter of the second year, after a snowfall, the common people were surprised to find that the originally barren hillside was blooming with red flowers, and the empty land around it had been covered with heavy snow at the moment.

In this way, the snow pavilion has become the best place to enjoy the snow in Jingbei City, every winter, the inn on the mountain is always overcrowded, if you dare to go on a snow, it is even more difficult to find a room.

But when the business is hot, the business will eventually return.

The boss of the Snow Pavilion has been a mixed bag these days.

The worry is that the best two rooms of the inn were sold at half price, coinciding with this heavy snow that has not been encountered in ten years, and it is estimated that in just a few days, it is about a loss of 100 taels of silver.

But he didn't regret it, but was a little happy, after all, the person living in that room was the only son of the opposite sex in Daliang, Jiang Zifu, the son of King Zhennan.

As for the other woman in red, he only felt familiar, but since she was a person who traveled with His Royal Highness the Prince, she was also the daughter of a famous family.

The cuckoo is sitting by the window at the moment enjoying the scenery, her room is on the highest floor, looking from the window, the scenery of the entire snow pavilion is in full view, unobstructed, although she was trapped here for three days because of the heavy snow, but she still can't see enough after three days.

"Cuckoo, can I come in?"

Hearing a knock on the door, the cuckoo straightened his face and jumped lightly off the window.

"Come in. ”

After receiving the promise, Jiang Zifu gently pushed open her door.

"Cuckoo, the snow has stopped today, I think we can go out for a walk. ”

Du Juan nodded, got up and prepared to leave with Jiang Zifu, but she thought for a while, and then asked, "If you don't go back today, won't you have to stay here for another night?"

Jiang Zifu was stunned for a moment, and his expression suddenly became a little depressed.

"If you want to go back, I'll send you back. ”

Du Juan smiled and shook his head, "Of course I want to enjoy the scenery more, but I heard that this inn in the Snow Pavilion costs dozens of taels a night, and I think it's a bit of a waste." ”

Hearing that Du Juan was worried about money, Jiang Zifu couldn't help laughing, "My eldest lady, although I am not as rich as Brother Lin, I still don't care about one hundred and eighty taels of silver." ”

The two have known each other since childhood, and since Jiang Zifu spoke, Du Juan naturally stopped being polite, nodded with a smile, turned around and closed the door.

The two of them walked along the path at the top of the mountain, which was covered with heavy snow at the moment, but the flow of people had already stepped on the snow and hardened it, and if they walked again at this moment, it was only a little slippery, but it would not wet their shoes.

Jiang Zifu saw a slightly shorter plum tree on the side of the road not far away, he walked over and stood on tiptoe and gently plucked the tip of the branch.

"For you. ”

The cuckoo took the little pink flower and gently carried it on her head.

"Red flowers with red clothes, beautiful in the world, envy of the immortals. ”

Jiang Zifu's unpoetic boasting, the funny cuckoo kept laughing.

She raised her eyebrows and smiled: "Jiang Gongzi, where did you learn so many witty words, you can really coax girls to make them happy, I think you should also be a veteran of flowers." ”

Jiang Zifu saw that Du Juan had misunderstood him, and hurriedly waved his hand and said, "No, no, I also learned this from Brother Lin." ”

The cuckoo said with some disdain: "Come on, he doesn't have this culture, every time he walks on the street, he will point at the beauties and shout, my grass is really straight, my grass is really big." ”

Jiang Zifu laughed, "Hahahaha, this is indeed Brother Lin's style, every time he goes to Hanyue Tower, he is always like this, Sister Enyi is more angry than many times for this." ”

As he spoke, he raised his hand and touched the red flowers on the rhododendron with a slight trembling, and saw that the cuckoo did not dodge, so he said boldly and reassuringly: "Cuckoo, you are so beautiful, really." Brother Lin called you to be a cuckoo, I think you like red, wouldn't it be more touching to call Hongmei. ”

Du Juan shook his head slightly, "Jiang Gongzi may have misunderstood, I didn't call me Cuckoo because I liked red, it was Gongzi who called me Cuckoo, and I liked red." ”

Hearing this, Jiang Zifu instantly withdrew his hand.

He naturally understood what she meant, but the more he did, the more heartache he felt.

"Cuckoo, Brother Ringo... Brother Lin, he told me, including you, that he treated the four women in Baihualou as if they were sisters. ”

The cuckoo removed the saffron from his head and put it in the palm of his hand, and nodded slightly.

"I know. ”

Jiang Zifu didn't know why, he suddenly couldn't bear it, and he said in a hurry: "Then why are you still obsessed with him." Could it be that because of your life experience, you still can't let go of those national hatreds and family hatreds?"

Du Juan shook his head, but Jiang Zifu didn't seem to see it, he firmly believed that he had found a reason why Du Juan would not be willing to accept it, and said to himself: "If it is because of my life experience, I can write to the emperor and posthumously crown your father as a loyal and martial marquis." That's the best, it's the best, it's comforting your father's spirit in the sky, and you're also the daughter of Houmen, so my father won't say anything more. ”

The more Jiang Zifu spoke, the more excited he became, as if he had seen the appearance of the cuckoo when he married into the Jiang Mansion. The cuckoo looked at the somewhat crazy man in front of him and scolded, "Enough!"

Jiang Zifu suddenly came to his senses, he turned to look at the cuckoo whose eyes were already red, and he was at a loss for a moment.

The cuckoo wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, and said in a trembling voice: "Do you think I really can't let go of those hatreds? Do you think I really want to think about my father and mother, and I want to remember my life experience? I don't want to!"

I never thought of becoming the daughter of a Houmen, and when I decided not to take revenge in this life, I even thought about carrying the name of those traitors and unworthy descendants. ”

Jiang Zifu was speechless by the cuckoo's words, and could only bow his head and freeze in place.

Du Juan handed him back the red flower in his hand, "The women of Baihualou have to use a flower to represent themselves, and when I first chose it, I chose Hongmei." ”

Jiang Zifu was a little surprised and said, "Then why did you call Cuckoo in the end?"

"Because Childe doesn't like it, he said that plum blossoms only bloom in winter, my childhood has been too bitter, from the day I entered the Baihualou, he wants me to no longer have to bear the cold wind in the future, only spring flowers. ”

Jiang Zifu looked at the plum blossom in his hand and gently brought it back to the cuckoo's head.

"Cuckoo, just now I was not good, I was too impulsive, I understand the meaning of Brother Lin to you, but I also hope that you can understand my mind, this heart is like a plum blossom, even in the face of a big snowstorm, since it blooms here, it will never change. ”

The cuckoo wiped away her tears and smiled again, "Jiang Gongzi, the slave is brave, and I have always regarded you as my best friend in my heart. ”

Jiang Zifu sighed, turned around and continued to walk forward.

The mountain behind the Snow Pavilion is a large plain, and I heard that it was originally a wheat field, but unfortunately it has been abandoned for a long time because of the war.

Nowadays, it has become a must-visit place for people who come to enjoy the snow, because a small temple has been erected there, and every winter, monks come to chant sutras.

Chanting sutras in the open space is more comfortable to listen to, and the snow in winter makes the world quiet, as if there is only the sound of scriptures in heaven and earth, as if the Buddha is in the ears.

Jiang Zifu and Du Juan don't believe in Buddhism, but since they came, they also planned to go over and have a look.

The two of them bypassed the flow of people and came to the bottom of the hillside, but they saw that the crowd was already crowded in front of them, but the difference in the rumors was that the sound of chanting could not be heard on the plain today, but the common people whispered to each other.

They looked at each other, both of them unaware of what was happening.

Jiang Zifu pulled the cuffs of the cuckoo, pushed away the crowd, and squeezed hard to the innermost.

A woman in white stood in the center of the crowd, and next to her sat a monk with clear eyebrows.

The woman in white was holding a short knife, looking at the clothes that seemed to be a person practicing martial arts, Jiang Zifu asked the person next to her with great interest: "Fellow, fellow, what happened?"

I don't know if it's because the weather is too cold, the fellow has been standing in place swinging his arms, hearing Jiang Zifu's question, and hurriedly said: "This monk is chanting, the female doll suddenly killed, saying that the monk owes her an explanation, the monk said that he didn't know her, the female doll was in a hurry, and he injured a monk on the spot." ”

Saying that, the old man seemed to be quite disdainful of the woman's behavior, and said contemptuously: "I'm also a martial arts person, I think the female doll is a sneak attack, the monk is careless, there is no flash, the young man still wants to use the tail juice of the mouse, and the martial arts should be valued for harmony." ”

Jiang Zifu and Du Juan glanced at each other, and they all showed a look of eating melons and watching a play.

The woman in white pointed a knife at the monk and scolded: "Li Shuxuan, don't think that you can escape by shaving your head and hiding in this ravine and chanting scriptures, you owe me what you owe, and you must return it to me today." ”

The monk's eyes were closed, his face was as pale as water, and he was not angry or happy in the face of the woman's difficulties, "Donor, the poor monk's law is exhausted, it's really not Li Shuxuan in your mouth, I'm afraid that you recognize the wrong person." ”

The woman snorted coldly, and sat cross-legged in front of the monk.

"Okay, if you open your eyes and look at me today, if you dare, I will treat me as the wrong person, apologize to you, and I will never be entangled with you in the future. ”

The onlookers turned their heads and ears, and they all wondered about the woman's request.

Jiang Zifu was also puzzled: "I apologized at a glance, strange woman, really strange woman." ”

Everyone thought that this duel would end so flatly. However, after waiting for a long time, everyone was surprised to find that although Nadu's expression had not changed, and the rosary in his hand had not stopped for a moment, he refused to open his eyes.