Assassin He Chunxia

Chapter 11 The Snow in the Plum

On the first day of the first lunar month, just after Yin Shi, an old woman woke up, her husband died early, and her children were not by her side. , The middle-aged woman stuck her head out, saw that she was an acquaintance, opened the door and put it in the house, her husband and several children were sleeping on the kang hugging each other, the old woman pinched the child's sleeping face, put the red envelope on the pillow, the woman saw , nodded and smiled, tidy up lightly, and the two of them went together to sweep the snow in front of Zuixianglou.When I got to the door, I saw a piece of rag pressed against a stone, with six characters written in blood.

"Sisters of the Yan family are in trouble."

The two women's families were anxious and at a loss for a while.The old widow was the first to calm down, and told the other woman to sweep the snow and open the door normally, do her job well, took the rags by herself, and hurried to the house of sister Yan Zhi and Yan Die.

When I knocked on the door, no one answered, and when I knocked again, there was a noise in the house. After a while, a figure was hiding at the door with a lamp, and timidly said, "Who?" Madam Liu."

The door opened a little, Yan Die was sleepy, wearing only a single coat, with quilts and shaking legs, standing at the door, her hair was messy, Mrs. Liu saw her with the same expression, not like encountering strange things, took out a rag and handed it to her. swallow butterfly.Yan Die looked at her, her drowsiness disappeared, her expression became flustered, and she ignored Madam Liu who was standing at the door. She turned her head and shouted at her sister, Yan Zhi woke up, the house was chaotic for a while, and then it became quiet again.Yan Zhi went to the door, took her purse, took a few coins and handed it to Mrs. Liu, and thanked Mrs. Liu. When Mrs. Liu asked about the situation, Yan Zhi shook her head. Jing's thoughts comforted him, and told Mrs. Liu not to spread the matter indiscriminately, so she said goodbye and closed the door.

The sun rises, and the consort’s mansion is gradually becoming a crowded place. Songbai had nothing to do last night. He got up early and had a meal. He moved a stool and sat in front of the mansion. The crowd lined up in order to receive gifts one by one.

Ye Shu called Zhang Zhouporridge into the courtyard, "Look at your sword."

Zhang Zhoucong's right hand is like a flower, and he only uses the tiger's mouth to encircle the hilt of the sword. From this, he controls the sword and is extremely flexible up and down. When he turns his wrist, the remaining three fingers are gently drawn, and the tip of the sword is handed forward. Down, all in a line, retracted the sword and returned to the chest, lifting the weight lightly.Ye Shu saw it, didn't change his expression, motioned to continue.

Zhang Zhouzhu gritted his teeth, took a few long breaths, stretched his arms straight, bent and lunged, and handed the tip of the sword to the farthest point. .

"Interesting." Ye Shu approached and turned over Zhang Zhou's porridge's hand to see that the flesh was white and tender, with no sword calluses, Ye Shu frowned and patted Zhang Zhou's porridge's shoulder, "The talent is good, but more effort is needed. some."

The sound outside the concubine's mansion gradually diminished.

One person and one donkey, swaying and approaching, lying on the donkey in the middle of the fourteenth month, hands and feet are weak, staring at the crowd on both sides, there are people who want to come forward and pay homage Close, pointed to Songbai sitting at the door, so all the people who came in stepped back and queued up with peace of mind.

Walking to the door, Song Bai rolled his eyes at Mid-April, "Happy New Year, Uncle." He Chun Xia giggled to tickle Mr. Shi Shi's itch, and in Mid-April pretended to be angry, "Come down, a few unconscionable people. Things." Mo Qingshan obediently went to help, Wang Juaner took a handkerchief and wiped the wine stains on Mr. Fourteen's face. In the middle of April, he didn't see it for real. Seeing that Mo Qingshan was dressed in men's clothes, he just thought he was a boy, "This boy is born He's so handsome." Mo Qingshan's face turned slightly red, but he didn't refute.

"It's better to kill Juaner. Juaner calls your mother and tells her if you have something to say." Mo Qingshan helped her to sit in the main hall in mid-[-]th. She was a little curious about him, so she waited and didn't leave. .After a while, Wang Ma came in and saw that Mr. Fourteen was still drunk and was about to bring the ginger soup, but Mr. Fourteen stopped him, "Under the plum tree in the South Courtyard, there is a jar of snow water from plum trees that has been buried for more than ten years. I dug it out. Take my Jingting Luxue and ask Xiaoye to accompany the tea." Wang Ma hummed, "I am not allowed to accompany you, try your good tea?" It was a joke, I knew in my heart that Mr. Fourteen had good things, and he must be willing to share them with everyone. Seeing that he was drunk and uncomfortable, he hurried down to work.

Ye Shu led Zhang Zhou Porridge over, and the two took the upper seat. Zhang Zhou Porridge wanted to sit too, but seeing Mo Qingshan standing aside, he had to stand beside her silently.Mo Qingshan glanced at the sword on his waist and asked, "How is your swordsmanship?"

Zhang Zhouzhu tilted his head to look at her, only to feel heroic, "Master complimented me on my talent." Looking around to look for He Chunxia, ​​but no one was there, he thought Mo Qingshan was beautiful, and looked at her again, "My sister, she Swordsmanship is amazing."

Mo Qingshan frowned, "How powerful can you be." Without saying a word, Zhang Zhoucong heaved a sigh of relief and began to brag, "My senior sister is the number one unparalleled quick sword in the world. I can't see the body of the sword, the sword is like a rush of rain, and it comes and goes like a gust of wind." Ye Shu coughed twice and signaled to shut up when he saw the ceiling blowing. Zhong Haha laughed. He just listened to the two of them and realized that Mo Qingshan was a woman, so he turned his head to Ye Shu, "Is that the new apprentice named Zhang? It's fun." Looking at Mo Qingshan again, the eyes of the two met. , nodded "Little friend."

Wang Ma brought the tea set over and complained, "That snow water, it has been stored for more than ten years. I guess it has not been sealed properly. ."

Before the tea set was ready, Du Guanshan led Yan Zhi, and Yan Die sisters came in. They had just given a salute and had not yet introduced them. Songbai carried an ivory inlaid jade and silver treasure chest, led Wang Juaner, He Chunxia entered again, stood in the main hall, and sat down. I sat there, it was packed full of people, so it was not lively.

"It's time for Mr. Shi's good tea." Wang Ma leaned into Mr. Fourteen's ear and joked. In the middle of the fourteenth month, she asked for Wang Ma's handkerchief, poured it with tea, wiped her face, and raised her spirits. Pointing at Du Guanshan and the three of them, he turned to look at Ye Shu, Ye Shu said, "Du Heng, the son of my second senior brother, Du Heng, you used to scold him for being crazy about money. I don't know the other two girls either." Song Bai pointed at Wang Ma Shaking the treasure box in his hand, he showed off proudly, "Ivory." Thinking of something, he handed the box to Wang Juaner and He Chunxia to play, and walked closer to the two sisters, "Can you play sparrow cards?"

Yandie lowered her eyes, shook her head, Yan Zhi nodded, "No, but we are smart, we learn fast, and we can read it a few times." Song Bai was happy to hear this, and pulled Yanzhi and Yandie to sit down, " What's your name?" "Yanzhi." "Yandie." After hearing the name, I liked it even more, staring at the two of them carefully.Zhang Zhouporg's heart trembled, the two sisters of the Yan family, wouldn't they be
In the middle of April, her eyes swept around the room twice, as if a figure was missing, and she asked, "Where is Jiang Fanren?" Wang Juaner wanted to ask for a long time, pricked up her ears and looked at Du Guanshan, Du Guanshan thought for a while, "Follow Yu Danfeng last night. I'm gone, I didn't pay much attention." After thinking about it again, the two sisters were right, "That cloth strip may have been written by him." He took out the cloth strip and showed it to Ye Shu to read it in the middle of the fourteenth month. Du Guanshan took the initiative to say, "So Big man, if you see people die and see corpses, you can't say no. I will go to Beizhen Fusi to find Di Tao. He has a lot of eyes and ears in the capital, and there must be news." Mr. Fourteen knelt in front of him, "Do you still remember the Yan family? They are the only ones who survived. Although I don't know what this banner refers to, I am afraid that it will be implicated in Yu Danfeng, and it will be difficult for my family to shelter. I saw your house yesterday. Prepare a few servants and send them here. If you refuse to accept them, they will have to leave the city as soon as possible to escape this disaster." Song Bai joked, "Why is it difficult for your family to shelter?"

"The ladies disagree." Du Guanshan whispered.

Everyone smiled, and Mr. Fourteen stood up to help the girls, "Remember, the Yan family's reversal of the case is still my plan." Yan Zhi looked up at him, her face was dark and unbearded, her eyes were red, and her eyes were extremely circled. Black, just woke up from a hangover.She had seen him. More than ten years ago, when grandfather celebrated his [-]th birthday, she was too noisy, so she hid behind the rockery in the side yard to read. Suddenly, she smelled a strange fragrance. Small pill stove, a few silkworm chrysalis are roasted on the pill stove, and a few small bottles are clipped on the fingers, all of which are seasonings.When the Taoist saw her, he couldn't help but hold her out, forcing her to taste a worm, so angry that she almost shed tears.

He should not remember.

Song Bai yelled, "Okay, okay, how many people can live in such a big yard." Nodding in the middle of the fourteenth month, he called He Chunxia and Zhang Zhouzhou porridge over, asked for the 24 longevity map, got up and left his seat to go back to the room Went away, Yan Zhi silently followed behind, muttering along the way in the middle of fourteen months, couldn't hear clearly, only heard a few words such as meteor, disaster, etc., suddenly the words became clear.

"As a person like me, the cost of food and clothing is not very particular, but it must not be bad. I like to read, I see good and suitable things on weekdays, and I like to show others. Are you both literate?" Yan Zhi frowned." Hmm." The Yan family used to be a big clan, so it's fair to say this, and look down on others.

Entering the study, in the middle of April, he went straight to the desk, "I usually sleep in the study, and you two will go to my main room to sleep and be your own home, so you don't have to be polite."

"Many thanks to Mr. Yan for overturning the case for my Yan family." Yan Zhi bowed gently while helping to find a pen and paper in mid-April.

"Of course, I remember that when I was still a Tianshi in the Daolu Division, I was good at chess and was known as a national scholar. Your Yan family refused to accept it. He came to the door to fight, lost three games in a row, and still defaulted on his debts. Your Yan family still owes me three times. drink."

Yan Zhi looked up, unable to remember what her grandfather looked like, and smiled, "I will definitely pay it back."

"Hahahaha." Seeing Yan Zhi's serious expression in the middle of the fourteenth month, she blinked, "En."

Yan Zhi studied ink for the middle of the fourteenth month. After seeing him copy the book, she wanted to go to her sister to tell her these instructions, please take a good time and leave.

In front of the door, Mr. Fourteen kept writing and suddenly spoke.

"The Yan family."

"The whole family is loyal, I remember."

With tears in her eyes, Yan Zhi stepped out and closed the door.

A deep prayer.

(End of this chapter)