Chu family manor.

The high lintel, the green tiles and white walls are like mountains, and the courtyard is deep. The clumps of plum blossoms are like snow, spreading around the stone path, exuding a sweet fragrance. Three steps and one pavilion, five steps and one house, the delicate carvings on the pavilion are covered by snow, but the snow can not cover the tall cornices, as light as a goose in the sky. The heavy curtains seemed to hide the laughter in the depths of the courtyard, but they couldn't stop it, so they had to move with the wind and dance with the laughter. As the sun sets, the cold snow shines a little bit of golden warmth.

On the swing frame, there is a baby face that is more beautiful than plum blossoms, the complexion is delicate as snow, and it is slightly ruddy, the shining apricot eyes are full of childishness, and the stretched eyebrows seem to have never known the sorrow of the world. A pink gauze was blown away by the wind, and she was as light as a fairy sitting in the clouds.

"Miss, miss, it's almost time to go back...... the maids looked up at her and admonished.

"It's still early, when I can't see the sun. Hey, I can't get off!"

"But the sun has already set......"

"I'm taller than all of you, and when you can't see the sun, I can see it!"

"Miss, don't make a fuss. ”

"Just for a while! My brother can't take care of me if he wants to! It's just that I swing a few swings, and I don't go out, what are you nervous about? Even if I want to go out and play for a while, my brother won't say anything. ”

Before the maids could finish their "but", she jumped off the high swing and landed firmly on the ground with the exclamation of "Miss be careful". She has a beautiful name: Snow Sea, because she was born in the season of plum blossoms.

"Miss, the boss has a letter. ”

"Really?" she hurriedly snatched the letter from the servant's hand, opened it happily, and after a few glances, she stamped her foot hatefully and threw the letter into a ball and threw it into the distance: "What kind of brother is this!

It's no wonder she was angry: since Chu Tao became the head of the house, Xue Hai has seen more of his brother's handwriting than he himself, and occasionally he appears in a hurry, and sometimes even comes back in the middle of the night and disappears again at dawn the next day. No matter where he goes, he won't take Xuehai with him, and he won't tell Xuehai what to do. The letter only said that he was heading to Beacon Ridge and would not be back until two or three months, so she could rest assured and take care of herself, nothing more.

My brother originally promised to come back a year ago, but at this time, I'm afraid I won't even be able to catch up with her birthday.

"The head of the family has to take care of so many industries under the door, of course he can't get out of it!"

"Brother is the worst, there are fun places that never think of me, leaving me alone at home. ”

"The head is the one who does great things!" the maids laughed.

"Can't I do great things?" she pouted and got angry with the maids.

The subordinates let her shout, each busy with their own work, and they all knew that the young lady was not really angry, but just because she was bored and panicked, she wanted to find someone to talk to.

But by dawn the next day, there would be no snow anywhere in the house!

Where can she go?

The people of Yifu looked at each other: the head of the house regarded it as a pearl in his palm, how could she be allowed to make a mistake?

The subordinates immediately went out to search, but they had no clue.

Fifteen-year-old Xue Hai is still a half-old child, protected by his brother, and has never been out of the city alone, and when he gets the opportunity, of course, he is like a pigeon jumping out of a cage and soaring into the sky.

She changed into men's clothes, took her money bag and jewelry, and went out of the city with a puff of smoke. The scenery in the wild is far more charming than in the yard, like a beauty with a thousand faces.

Why shouldn't she love the snow-covered silver branches and the streams with thin ice?

The ground was covered with snow, very soft, and slippery step by step, and she was happy to roll in the snowdrift like a snowman.

But at dusk she couldn't laugh.

It was getting darker, the earth was retreating from the warmth of the day, and the wind was howling, freezing her hands and feet.

When it was time to be hungry, she couldn't even remember the direction.

Suddenly I remembered that I should light a fire, so I picked up some dry firewood. But she had never lit a fire, and she had been busy for a long time without any movement, when a gust of wind blew, and she choked half to death by the smoke, and she hurriedly avoided it, and the tongue of fire almost set her hair on fire. But there is finally a fire to grill.

When I was thirsty, I found two clean dead leaves, scraped some snow from the branches, melted them by the fire and drank them, and the taste was astringent, but it was better than no water.

Before I had time to laugh, I looked at the thick snow and thought, could I have slept in the ice and snow?

There seemed to be a figure flashing in the woods ahead.

It took a few steps closer to see clearly: he was walking with his back to the sea of snow, dressed in black, carrying a burden, with a sword clearly hidden at his waist, and his movements were swift, like a ronin.

She immediately followed, but didn't dare to get too close. After following for a short time, he came to a cave and found a burden on the ground, thinking that the man had left it. A line of footprints went into the bushes.

"Dry food!" Xue Hai was ecstatic, since that guy didn't look like a good person, why didn't he take his things? When she opened the baggage, there was a paper bag wrapped in six white steamed buns, and she was so happy that she almost didn't scream after not eating for a day

。 I took two of them, wrapped them in paper bags, and withdrew.

When he returned to his own fire, fearing that the wild beasts would come at night, he saw that the big tree beside him was particularly thick, and climbed up in twos and threes.

Sitting between the branches and shaking his legs to nibble on steamed buns, it is quite leisurely.

I thought about it and was worried: I wonder if that person will be blamed when he finds out? Suddenly I found that the person just now was carrying a sword and coming this way with a murderous spirit.

"Oops, no. She remembered that the man could follow the footprints in the snow.

The person had already reached the bottom of the tree, there were no leaves to cover it, she had nowhere to hide, and she was in a hurry, and she was very close to the hippie smile and shouted under the tree: "I'm sorry uncle, I didn't have anything to eat, so I took your things." ”

He roared abruptly: "Who is the uncle?!" The voice was comparable to thunder.

She wasn't afraid, and giggled with her big watery eyes.

Who made this man look too rude? He was like a dead tree! His face was like a stove that had not been washed for a thousand years—one in the east and one in the west, one deep and one shallow, and his face was covered with ash from the bottom of a black and brown pot, and two or three long strands of hair were scattered in front of his forehead, clearly showing the appearance of an inexhaustible oil stain. The beard was so thick that it looked like it hadn't been trimmed in decades. The worst thing is his facial features: thick eyebrows like swords with inverted hooks, and a pair of eyes that can kill. The bandits in the mountains were kinder than him.

But to be honest, how does Xuehai know what the bandits look like?

Leng didn't shoot a pebble and hit her head impartially.

"Ahh

The object in front of him shook rapidly: I thought I was going to die this time.

Unexpectedly, he did not fall to the ground, but was firmly caught by a pair of arms. He took her in his arms and forced his eyes to look at her, with an evil aura in his eyes.

Gazing at the stovetop face, she screamed in horror and jumped away, arranging her hair in a loose bun.

Against the backdrop of her soft and low-hanging long hair, how can men's clothing hide her delicate and aura?

Unexpectedly, it was an ice and snow beauty who suddenly fell from the sky, he was also a little stunned, looked at her for a long time before saying, "I'm sorry, I didn't know you were a girl." ”

She frowned and gathered her baggage. Poor steamed buns, who couldn't eat them after a few bites, glared at him fiercely. I raised my feet and wanted to go, and then I looked at the darker and darker sky, and for a moment I didn't know where to go, I didn't look at the direction, and I didn't care about my feet.

"Be careful!" Before the stranger's voice fell, she had tripped over the roots of the tree under her feet, and she couldn't stand up for a long time in pain, and muttered quietly: "It's too unlucky......"

"Where do you live?" he asked, as he approached.

He glared at him fiercely and resolutely ignored him.

He suddenly leaned over and lit her hole, lifted her baggage, carried her on his shoulders and walked away—like dealing with a sack.

She shouted, "Hey, who are you, let me down!", but she only felt that her whole body was soft and she had no power to resist. She was overwhelmed by horror: if he was a bad person, in the wilderness, no one would know that he had been poisoned!