Chapter 335: The First Snow
The weather can no longer be described as slightly cool, but cold to the bone. It's okay to arrive at noon, until the sun is setting in the west, Zhuge Chen can only pull his collar to keep out the cold. And counting the days, there are not a few days left before the winter solstice. It is like a light rain is already a luxury, so everyone is very longing for the first snow of the year.
In addition, Dayan is located in the north of the world, and the winter is bitterly cold, but the scenery of the frozen north for thousands of miles still has a unique flavor. It's just that Zhuge Chen has seen it, and he won't feel the novelty of the first time when he sees it again, so he doesn't have much obsession. On the contrary, I was interested in the scattered snowflakes that would fall from the sky.
How poetic and picturesque that fluttering in the sky should be, you can only know it when you have seen it. It's just that he can't resist the wind now, otherwise, with a pot of wine and snowflakes that melt at hand, in his opinion, it is the best appetizer in the world.
Wang Daxue on the side didn't know what Zhuge Chen was thinking, but he didn't bother, but stared at the withered grass in the inner courtyard that was unattended. He is not as good as Zhuge Chen, he is not used to thinking so much, but he lives extremely freely. In the future, he will take over the position of the head of the Wang family step by step, and he is also the smallest group of people who have the most power to speak in the world.
Although the world is big, many things are unfair in the final analysis. Reincarnation itself is a technical job, otherwise where would the princes and princes be separated? Wang Daxue once longed for happiness and enmity in the rivers and lakes, but now although he also has such thoughts, it is a lot weaker after all. The future head of the Wang family is reasonable, and he can't stay in the rivers and lakes for a long time.
After a while, the two came to the lobby of Mafu.
Zhuge Chen walked into it and saw the old man sitting in the first place at a glance. The old man looked very old, but he was in good spirits. His demeanor is solemn, and he looks like a character who has seen a lot of big scenes, and he is not shocked. If you want to come to this huge Malaysian mansion, only that Ma Shangshu has this bearing.
Zhuge Chen chuckled, stepped forward and said, "Ma Shangshu, it's really difficult to see you!"
Ma Shangshu did not show how to panic, but took a sip of the tea in his hand. He exhaled, and a mist filled the hall door as the door to the lobby was wide open. The mixed fragrance of tea overflowed in the lobby, and even Zhuge Chen could smell it.
"No matter how difficult it is, aren't the two of you still here?" Ma Shangshu said softly: "There are many children in the Ma family, and it is normal to have one or two unscrupulous people, and I hope you two will take care of them more." They are all big names who also have heads and faces in the capital, and they really can't get off the stage with each other, even if they are the head of the Wang family, they don't want to see it. Since it is our fault, I will naturally order someone to go to the palace and apologize later. If nothing else, let's go. The weather is cold, and if you sit in the middle hall for a long time, the old man is old and can't stand it. If you really want to get sick because of this, who will decide so many things in the household department?"
In a few words, he attributed all the matter to his own unsuccessful children. This ability to rely on accounts couldn't help but make Zhuge Chen frown. Even his own life and death have been threatened, and what he wants is more than just justice. It's who is behind the scenes, is it business, or is it the third beauty he has thought of, but he doesn't want to believe?
Zhuge Chen sneered and said: "Ma Shangshu's ability to play Tai Chi is really not small, but we are not fools who let you deceive, what is the truth of the matter, not only do we know it in our hearts, but we also know that behind all this, it is impossible for you to be just a household Shangshu." ”
He took care of himself and entered the lobby, picked a chair and moved it in front of Ma Shangshu, the two looked at each other, Zhuge Chen said: "Say, who is it?" Of course, if you think you have backbone, don't say it." But you have to believe that I have a way to get you to tell the truth. ”
Zhuge Chen crossed his hands together, held his chin, and continued: "You are a scholar, and your power in this capital is indeed not small. But to say that I have the courage to go to the court to murder a court worshipper, I will never believe it. If I'm not mistaken, you already know from the people behind me that my realm has been completely lost, right? And specially told your house slave to drag Wang Daxue and then come and kill me. It's a pity, you Ma Shangshu have made a lot of calculations, but I didn't expect that I still have a back hand. ”
Staring at Ma Shangshu's eyes, which had already revealed a little frightened, Zhuge Chen smiled lightly, stretched out his hand to take the dagger handed out by Wang Daxue, and put it on Ma Shangshu's lap. With a slight force, it leaves a wound on the opponent's leg that is not too deep.
"To say it or not to say it is all in your own heart. But to be honest, even if you don't say it, I have other ways to get the truth. Zhuge Chen gradually started a new round of offensive, forcing Ma Shangshu to tell the truth he wanted to know: "But you have to think about your own family, the Ma family seems to have a big business, but it has already done it in the middle of ten thousand strong, right? Among the next young people, it seems that there is no one who can walk to your height, take charge of a department, and continue to keep the Ma family in its current position." That's why you go to gamble, hoping that the people behind the scenes will keep their promises as promised to you and help the Ma family continue. But if I kill you now, will they still bother to work for the useless Ma family? I think I am a very conscientious cultivator who starts trading, but everything must be done first to ensure that my own interests are maximized. You want to kill me, and you're in vain. I want to kill you, and even the blade is close at hand, this is the ending that those people behind the scenes want to see the most......"
Who would have thought that before he finished speaking, a spoiler would enter the hall.
Zhuge Chen raised his eyebrows, turned his head, and saw that it was the night guards, so he hooked the corners of his mouth and laughed happily. Those who are familiar with him know that this means that the anger in the heart of this young man named Zhuge Chen has burned to the extreme.
"Lord Worship, you must not kill Ma Shangshu because of a moment of anger! No matter what, no matter what the enmity you see, you can't let a Hubu Shangshu be buried for this matter. If you can trust us, this matter can be handed over to our night guards, and in a few days, we will definitely give you a satisfactory answer!" The middle-aged man knelt on the ground, clenched his fists, and did not even dare to raise his head. I was afraid that the young man would be so angry that he really inserted the dagger in his hand into Ma Shangshu's heart and lungs.
Zhuge Chen laughed, pointed to the night guards not far away, and after a while, he said: "Satisfactory answer? It's not that I look down on you, and even I can't find out about it, you night guards, are you qualified enough? One step away, but you were disturbed by you." ”
Zhuge Chen sighed and stood up from his chair. At this time, he was already impatient, he stretched out his hand and put the dagger on Ma Shangshu's neck, and said expressionlessly: "The last chance, the instigator behind the scenes...... Who the hell is it?"
Seeing that Zhuge Chen had moved his true character, those night guards were shocked. Everyone no longer cared about etiquette, and got up one after another, wanting to rush to Zhuge Chen's side and bring Ma Shangshu to the danger of life and death in the hands of others.
And Wang Daxue pulled out the Soul Breaking Knife at this time, walked out from behind Zhuge Chen with a long roar, and stopped the night guards: "I see who dares to take half a step forward today!"
Ma Shangshu looked at the night guards who really didn't dare to move anymore, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and finally relented: "Xunhuanlou, Miss Zhang." ”
Sure enough, it was her!
Zhuge Chen narrowed his eyes, and the anger in his heart was even greater than just now.
He thought that the relationship between the two would be broken, and it was the best ending to forget about each other in the rivers and lakes. In the end, I realized that the other party would want him to die so much. If the matter of the dagger in the past can be explained as a ghost obsession, then today, it is endless.
No matter how much emotion you have, you can squander it cleanly. Zhuge Chen knows this very well, so he is already very cautious in dealing with anything related to him.
Zhuge Chen frowned and asked, "Ma Shangshu, what you said is true. ”
There was no answer, because Ma Shangshu had already fainted with fright. This old man, who was already over the age of six, couldn't bear such coercion and temptation, but fortunately he fainted and suffered from the crime.
Zhuge Chen glanced at Ma Shangshu, and knew in his heart that he didn't dare to lie to himself, so he opened his mouth, turned around and said to the night guards: "I didn't want to kill him, but he has always been hard-mouthed, and he refuses to tell what he knows." In desperation, I had to use some means. Next, I'm leaving the Mansion, and I hope you don't follow me any more. Otherwise, I can't guarantee what I'll do. ”
Zhuge Chen shook his hand and smashed the teacup to the ground, and walked out of the lobby with Wang Daxue. After a while, he turned back alone and said to the middle-aged man, "I forgot to say one thing, I want the big man who has been guarding the Ma Mansion in your night guard." I will ask the head of the Wang family to talk to the emperor in person about this matter, so you night guards will not care. This incident has annoyed me. If you want to interfere with my work again, and when my realm recovers, you night guards will be in great trouble. ”
When several people around heard his unceremonious threat, their first thought was to capture Zhuge Chen. But it was precisely because he knew the horror of the young man in white in front of him that the middle-aged man agreed to come down and quickly stop his subordinates. Because in less than twenty or thirty years, this person will surely grow into a feared practitioner. At that time, if he still stays in Dayan, the life and death of the night guard will only be in his thoughts.
Zhuge Chen nodded, and after saying hello twice, he no longer tightened his face, but turned back into the humble young man: "Since that's the case, let's leave it at that!"
The middle-aged man breathed a sigh of relief, he looked back at the lobby, and ordered his subordinates to send the fainted Ma Shangshu back to the house to recuperate. When everything was done, he left the lobby alone and walked back to the small courtyard where the night guards had gathered in the capital. 186 Chinese Network
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As soon as he walked out of Mafu, just as Zhuge Chen wished, snowflakes began to float in the sky.
In order to welcome the first snow in the capital, many people took to the streets and danced happily. The happiness of the people is always so simple, any snow can be happy all day. If it weren't for the fact that there was something on his chest to press, Zhuge Chen's mood at the moment was also very good.
Unexpectedly, after two years, he had to go to the joy building again. Now that I think about it, what I saw at the beginning, whether it was the old bustard or the little seventh girl, it seems that the beauty surnamed Zhang specially presented it for him. The most terrifying thing is that he is convinced.
Thinking of this, Zhuge Chen exhaled, a little melancholy. He is accustomed to trusting the people around him, and in the end, it is such people who have buried endless disasters for himself. It's just that even so, Zhuge Chen is still unwilling to make changes in this heart. He always felt that if some things really changed, Zhuge Chen would no longer be Zhuge Chen.
This snowfall was surprisingly heavy, which Zhuge Chen didn't expect at all. He stretched out his hand, caught a snowflake, caught it with the little bit of sword qi that he had finally cultivated these days, and looked at it now. It is said that every snowflake is like this world, and it is very different. He took the palm of his hand and compared it with Wang Daxue, and sure enough, it was so.
The streets were crowded with people, and the two of them struggled to move forward in it, but neither of them had any impatient thoughts.
This snow, even with the tiredness that was difficult to appear in Zhuge Chen's heart, also fell to the ground and melted together. The snow is getting heavier and heavier. landed on the lawn not far away, on Zhuge Chen's hair. If you look at it from a distance, it looks like a young man with a white head, and his heart is full of sorrow. But if you look at his clear eyes, you will sink into them.
The students of Taixue also took this opportunity to pour into the streets, and they recited the classics they had learned: Plum and snow are three points white, but snow loses plum fragrance. The plum and snow are things that can only be seen in winter. However, compared with the two, each naturally has its own advantages.
After Zhuge Chen heard this, he smiled and remembered this poem in his heart.
There was a Taixue disciple whose soles slipped and hit Zhuge Chen's body, and when he raised his head and just wanted to apologize, Zhuge Chen took the first step and said with a smile that it was not in the way.
Looking at the backs of the two, this Taixue disciple came back to his senses, he knocked off the snow on his head, and whispered in his mouth: "What a handsome man!"
Another Taixue disciple bumped into him and asked what he was doing, so distracted. Just looking at the unabashed smile, it seems to be his friend.
The Taixue disciple shook his head, said nothing, and continued to enjoy this hard-won time.
The crowd in front of him gradually thinned, so Zhuge Chen turned his head and said to Wang Daxue: "Daxue, you go back first, I'll go to the capital and take a walk casually and deal with some things." Buy something ready-made, I'll go back and eat in the evening. At that time, we won't bother the housekeeper, and we will drink in the snow, and we can't waste it. ”
Wang Daxue wanted to say nothing, Zhuge Chen said with a smile: "Don't worry, when did your brother Chen do something that you are not sure of?" Wait for me from Wang's Beppu, if the head of the family asks, you can tell the truth, and he will be worried." ”
After saying this, Zhuge Chen and Wang Daxue parted ways, blended into the crowd, and left from the two roads.
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According to his memory, Zhuge Chen went to the joy building.
On the road, when he came across a place where the snow was thicker, he stepped on it, and listened to the sound under his feet, and his heart was very happy. When he was in heaven, because Middle-earth was like spring all year round, he really had never seen snow. When he came to this world, he had seen snow and seen it, but at that time he had not even crossed the barrier. is still a bitter man, no matter how beautiful the snow scene is, it is extremely boring.
But now that there is leisure and elegance, Zhuge Chen can't help but appreciate it a lot. He couldn't wait for the snow to fall every day this winter, so that he could watch a happy life. even gave birth to a cultivator who waited for himself to really become a human immortal realm, and lived in a grass house on a mountain. There are four seasons outside the grass house, divided into spring, summer, autumn and winter, and in each season, it is everything he likes.
Although this idea is absurd, for a human immortal, no matter how much he does, there will always be a group of fanatical believers.
There were also many vendors along the street who were still selling in the cold and snow, and Zhuge Chen felt that an old woman was pitiful, so he bought all the remaining side dishes in her car. In the end, he put the dishes back on the cart with a smile and said, "Auntie, it's cold, go home early and eat something hot to warm your body and bones." ”
After living in Kyoto for a long time, I think that the old woman has also seen the warmth and coldness of people, but she is still a little choked at this time. It seems that he is not good at words, and it took a long time to say: "Childe is really a good person!"
Zhuge Chen shook his head lightly and turned to leave.
In this world, there is no good or bad. As long as it's about living better, there's no one right or wrong. But an old woman still has to sell on a snowy night, which shows that today's world is not as peaceful and prosperous as those nobles say. fooling the emperor in the palace, the son of the family, but he definitely can't deceive his eyes.
Although he was leisurely, Zhuge Chen was not slow. Winter is short, and at this moment thousands of lights are already on. Zhuge Chen walked to the end of the long street, and the shadow was stretched extremely long. A few steps further on, a variety of richly decorated carriages are parked alongside.
Zhuge Chen turned his head to look at it, and saw the word Xunhuan, which was the same as two years ago. He stood in the doorway for a moment, and then was dragged into it. It seems that because of the snow today, many civil officials in the capital who like vassal elegance came to this green building tonight, ready for a chic spring night.
Zhuge Chen's gaze swept over everyone's faces, and only then did he find that they were all filled with unpretentious happy smiles.
He didn't wait for the bustard in the joy building to find him, but went to the place where he met the beauty surnamed Zhang in the past. It's a pity that the people there went to the building but it was not empty, but it was replaced by another woman. According to the people around him, what is it called, it is a clear man, and it is in the limelight in today's Xunhuanlou.
Zhuge Chen muttered to himself: "Ma Shangshu lied to me?" and walked downstairs.
When he got out of the joy building, it seemed that he couldn't stand the change of cold and warm for a while, so he shivered and wrapped the fox fur tightly.
He turned his head and saw a woman standing in the dark part of the alley next to the joy building.
The first snow in Dayan Capital, this man and woman reunited for the second time in this world, and they both smiled with their eyebrows.