This year's weather is abnormal, the grassland, the northeast, Houjian and other places fall snow early, the climate is cold, but the imperial capital is abnormal, although the climate is still cold, but after the winter, there is no snow, so that many people of insight who care about the world's national affairs can't help but murmur in their hearts, this snow falls too much, it has become a white disaster, naturally not a good thing, but if there is no snow in winter, next year will be a great attack of insects and locusts, famine is coming, people's hearts are panicked, folk rumors are like the wind, in the words of the common people, that is, God is going to accept people.

If one is not handled carelessly and causes a civil uprising, it will be a catastrophe. After all, today's imperial court is not as good as a few years ago, if it is placed in the past few years, some hungry people are fine, send a head of the household department, Langzhong, by the local county order to cooperate in disaster relief, but now the imperial court has just experienced the chaos of the three feudatories, even if you want to provide disaster relief, it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice - there is no money and food in the treasury, this is not a problem that can be solved by being full of scholarly spirit, since ancient times, only set up a pot to cook white rice, there is no reason to set up a pot to cook. Just as Zhang Jiangling, the first prime minister of Dazheng at that time, said, the books and teachings of the sages are all for people to read, to read, and to do things, which are useless.

In the twenty-fourth year of Chengping, on the first day of the lunar month, in the evening, the sky finally became gloomy, which made the civil and military forces in the city who were looking forward to the snow finally breathe a sigh of relief, hoping that it would not be an empty joy.

About three o'clock in the unitary hour, it was time to hold the lamp, two eunuchs carried a wooden square platform, on which were placed dense lamps and candles that had already been lit. The candle that has been burned out in the Buddhist shrine is taken out, and then the new candle that is burning on the square platform is replaced again, at this time the sky is dark, and Daqi advocates Xuanxi, so that the figure is one after another, and it is not real, but if you climb high and look, you will see the lanterns under the eaves of the temples everywhere are lit one after another, and gradually stick into a continuous red cloud, reflecting the dark and deep sky, as if it is the official uniform worn by the court officials, black on the top and red on the bottom, black clothes and red clothes.

After the two little eunuchs with very low rank in the palace finally changed the lamps and candles, the two returned the wooden square platform, and walked on the way back, one of them kept rubbing his hands, breathing into the palm of his hand, and complained in a low voice: "Thief God, thief is cold, thief is cold, those of us in the palace, thanks to the grace of Her Royal Highness the princess, can have a cotton dress to wear, the people outside the palace, this winter will be sad." ”

Both of them were because of the difficulty of making a living at home, so they broke off their descendants early, entered the palace as an errand boy, and sought a way to live.

He also took a breath of hot air on his hands that were numb from the cold, and was about to speak, when the tip of his nose suddenly cooled.

He froze, and after a long time, he brushed his stiff fingers on the tip of his nose and looked up.

In the dark night sky, snowflakes like goose feathers fell from the sky.

"It's snowing!" cried out the little eunuch in a peculiar, high-pitched voice, full of surprise.

"yes, it's snowing. A voice that was not light or heavy sounded from not far away, which made the two little eunuchs startled, and looked in the direction from which the voice came, under the eaves of the side hall of a big red lantern, there were two figures, a man and a woman, and the person who spoke just now was one of the men.

The two little eunuchs saw that these two people were extraordinary, and they didn't dare to speak for a while.

At this moment, the "woman" next to the man stretched out a palm out of the eaves, picked up a piece of falling snowflakes, looked up at the night sky above, and chuckled: "Everything is two-sided, just take this snowfall as an example, it is a great good thing to put it in the imperial capital, but if it is placed outside the customs and other places, it is a bad thing that will kill people." ”

This person's voice was soft and peaceful, but it was not exactly like a woman's voice, which made the two little eunuchs wonder.

Isn't this a woman? Or is he also a palace eunuch?

Just as the two of them were hesitating, an old voice sounded behind them, "Mr. Murong is right. ”

The two little eunuchs once again followed the prestige, only to see an old man walking out of the shadows, and under the reflection of the red lantern, the standing and lying five rivers on the corners of the black robe were clearly visible.

The python robe has been like a dragon since ancient times, and the dragon robe of the Ninety-Five Emperor is comparable, but minus one claw. Embroidered with the dragon robe in general, "Jiangya seawater". The dragon python has five postures: bending standing water, standing water, standing and lying three river water, standing and lying five river water, and lying down five postures, which level should be used in which posture and there are strict regulations, and the whole lying water is the most respectful, known as the dragon.

The specifications of this old man's python robe were second only to the prince.

The two little eunuchs naturally understood the rules, swallowed their saliva, and knelt down, "See the old ancestor." ”

The old man is the eunuch Zhang Baisui, who is called the inner minister by the outer court and the ancestor by the inner court, and the eunuch Zhang Baisui, who commands 100,000 eunuchs in the inner court, and is very powerful.

The old man waved his sleeves and motioned for the two little eunuchs to retreat, then looked at the two of them and said slowly: "I didn't expect to see Mr. Murong here and now." ”

These two people are Xu Beiyou and Murong Xuanyin, who have just returned to the imperial capital from Houjian, the latter did not answer, but it was Xu Beiyou who said: "This matter is complicated, and it involves the lord of Wanyan, I can't say it clearly for a while, let's talk about it later." ”

Since Xu Beiyou personally spoke, Zhang Baisui couldn't continue to ask, after all, it was not what it used to be, although the young man was still a young man, he was no longer the helpless fledgling, but a hero, the sect master of the Sword Sect, the Great Sword Immortal, the Xiaoge Elder, the Emperor's son-in-law, and the three saints of the Heavenly Machine List, no matter which name it was, it was enough for him to give this face.

Zhang Baisui habitually lowered his hands and said softly: "Qiu Si of Molun Temple has entered the palace yesterday, and Her Royal Highness the princess has been waiting for the emperor's son-in-law for a long time, please come with me." ”

Xu Beiyou and Murong Xuanyin followed Zhang Baisui all the way, but instead of going to the Flying Frost Palace, they went in the direction of Ganquan Palace. After Xu Beiyou came out of the green landscape, the imperial court moved Xiao Bai's coffin to the green landscape, and when the mausoleum was built, it was buried immediately. In this way, the Ministry of Industry has also been able to pay close attention to the repair of Ganquan Palace, and now it has completed the repair of the Qianque, Qianxique, Yingmen, Qiandian, Purple Palace, Taishi Palace, Mingguang Palace, etc., and there are still Tongtiantai, Tongxiantai, Wangfengtai, Yishou Pavilion, Yanshou Pavilion, living room, bamboo palace, Zhaoxian Pavilion, Gaoguang Palace, Tongling Platform and other parts, Xiao Zhinan is not very concerned about this, and has moved into Ganquan Palace ten years ago.

At this time, there are also red lanterns in the Ganquan Palace, but there are not many of them, far from being brightly lit, but the outline of the palace is vaguely outlined, and in the dark night, it seems to be a creeping giant beast, quietly licking its wounds.

Xu Beiyou stopped at the Yingmen and looked up. I can't help but recall the last time I came here, it was my father-in-law Han Xuan who took him to do the gift.

On that day, there were ten people in this Ganquan Palace.

Xiao Xuan, Xiao Bai, Xiao Li, Mu Tangzhi, Xiao Qi, Xiao Maha, Xiao Quji, Han Xuan, Xu Beiyou, Zhang Baisui.