The Red Chamber: The Rise of the Shuzi

Chapter 232
In the middle of winter, it was freezing cold.

In the early morning of this day, Lin Daiyu woke up early from her sleep.

But because Jia Jing and Lin Ruhai are returning to Beijing today, Lin Daiyu is thinking about going out of the city to meet them.

Lin Daiyu, who was already sleepy because of something on her mind and excited, couldn't sleep well that night.

At this time, seeing that it was dawn outside, she woke up completely, opened the gauze curtain and looked, although the doors and windows were still closed, but the outside of the windows was already bright.

Guessing that the sun must be rising high outside, she immediately put on her clothes and opened the window drawers.

Outside the window, the piercing cold wind swarmed in, making Lin Daiyu shiver involuntarily at the window. It turned out that what was outside was the white light reflected by the snow, and the sky and the earth were all white.

Even at this moment, there is still heavy snow falling like goose feathers in the sky, as if rubbing cotton and pulling cotton wool.

The snow geese waiting outside heard the movement and hurried in.

Seeing that the window was propped up by Lin Daiyu, she hurried over to put it down, "Why did Madam prop up the window? It's snowing heavily outside, it will be terrible if it freezes!"

Lin Daiyu laughed and said, "I'm not as fragile as I was back then! Besides, the stove in the room is scorching hot, and it's cool to blow on the wind!"

"Ma'am, please spare us maidservants," Xueyan called Qu and said, "Master Hou will be back soon, if he sees you suffering from cold and sickness, why don't you take care of us maid servants?" skin?"

As she said that, Xueyan herself started laughing.

When it came to Jia Jing, Lin Daiyu asked, "What time is it now?"

Xueyan replied: "Ma'am, it's only Maochu now, do you want to go back to bed and rest for a while?"

"Forget it, let's get up, we have to go outside the city to meet Brother Jing!" Lin Daiyu smiled softly, "Let's change!"

"But Master Hou has already sent someone to write a letter? Said that he can only enter the capital at Shenshi, and then go to the palace to return to his order, and return to the mansion at least around Xushi!"

While helping Lin Daiyu to change clothes, Xueyan muttered, "Besides, it's so cold outside today, in case you get caught in the wind..."

"It's because you talk a lot!" Lin Daiyu said with a smile, "I'll put on that fox fur later, and light a stove in the carriage, that's all."

Here Lin Daiyu had just changed into her attire for going out when Xue Baochai brought her maid Yinger over.

Seeing Lin Daiyu tidying up, she couldn't help laughing and said: "I knew you were going to meet the third brother outside the city, so I came here early in the morning, isn't it too late?"

Lin Daiyu also smiled, "Don't use me as an excuse. If you don't want to meet Brother Jing, then go back to your room first, and you can continue to rest for a while."

Hearing Lin Daiyu's words, Xue Baochai blushed, but said nothing.

It was obvious that Lin Daiyu had hit on her mind!

After that, the two looked at each other and laughed.

Talking and laughing all the way, Lin Daiyu and Xue Baochai took three maidservants, got into a large green-draped carriage with the seal of Marquis Wu's mansion, and went straight out of the city under the escort of a group of personal soldiers.

The rest of the attendants, maids and wives, took two other carriages and followed closely behind.

………………

Outside Shenjing City.

When Lin Daiyu and Xue Baochai came to the fork in the road to the military camp, the sun had already climbed into the air with difficulty.

Under the sun, the snowflakes gradually stopped.

However, the air after the snow was much colder than before.

Lin Daiyu ordered the coachman to stop the carriage at a small tea shop on the side of the road, took the money and went to reserve the tea shop for today, and ordered the shop owner to prepare enough water to keep out the cold for the accompanying maids, wives and soldiers access.

In the carriage, pieces of silver frost charcoal were added to the stove, and after a while, waves of heat rose up.

The cabin became much warmer in an instant.

That's it, Daiyu Baochai and his party stayed at the tea shop at the intersection, quietly waiting for Jia Jing's return to Beijing.

Time passed slowly, and people and vehicles entering and leaving Beijing passed by the fork in the road from time to time.

During the period, there were occasional people who wanted to stop at the tea shop to rest their feet, but when they saw several carriages and many soldiers in armor and swords parked around them, they immediately gave up the idea of ​​resting.

At this time, the woman on duty in the tea shop will follow Lin Daiyu's instructions and give them some hot ginger soup and pancakes to drive away the cold. Although they cannot be asked to rest here, they will be given away for free. Just some water.

In this way, it has also won many thanks and praises from the passers-by.

Slowly, the sun in the sky began to slide towards the west.

The setting sun is shining, the sky is getting late, and the north wind is blowing, the bone-chilling cold in winter is more and more soaking in the bones.

……

In the distance, a convoy of convoys escorted by a large group of people slowly approached, and the huge Mengmao King Banner fluttered in the cold wind.

It was Man San and his party who came to Beijing to pay tribute from Luchuan.

In the carriage, Man San saw the teahouse in front of him, and his face was overjoyed.

Then he took two guards and went straight to the tea shop.

But when she heard the movement of a large group of carriages and horses in the distance, and also heard a few horses and horses coming straight, Lin Daiyu thought it was Jia Jing returning to Beijing in the carriage, so she hurriedly opened the curtain of the carriage and looked outside. It also came closer.

However, what appeared in the eyes of the two were a few unfamiliar flags in the distance, and a few horses and horses who had already arrived not far from the carriage.

Lin Daiyu and Xue Baochai let out a low cry when they saw this, and hurriedly put down the curtains.

Xueyan next to Ming said: "Go and ask the lady on duty outside, but what is she doing, how come outsiders don't say anything!"

"Yes!"

Xueyan was also taken aback, and hurried out of the carriage, and went to ask the lady on duty to ask for responsibility.

Let’s talk about Mansan’s place, he hurried to the teahouse halfway excitedly, and immediately saw the blue-curtained carriages and guards around the teahouse, and knew that this place was occupied by someone, so he wanted to turn around the convoy .

But at this moment, the curtains of the green-draped carriage that the former master's family was riding in were suddenly lifted, and the two smiling faces inside immediately caught Man San's eyes deeply.

"The woman from before really possessed a peerless appearance and was extremely handsome!"

The scattered eyes were a little glowing, "Even the one in the back is enough to be called a peerless beauty in the world! Although it is slightly inferior to the former one, it is still a lot taller than the white lotus saint..."

"The number of women I have seen in this life is not as many as these two!!!"

Man San and his party wanted to move forward, but they were immediately blocked by two soldiers, "We are the soldiers of Marquis Zhaowu's mansion, this place has been reserved, please forgive me!"

Man San, "..."

As soon as they saw Mansan and the others hesitate, the pressure spring of the long knife in the soldier's hand rang, and a sharp and bright cold light was displayed in front of Mansan and the others.

Seeing this, many of the soldiers in the rear were all focused on pressing their swords, ready to draw their swords to kill at any time.

During the bursts of killing intent, Ming Man San, a young master who is not familiar with martial arts, felt a sudden chill down his back.

Although the soldiers escorting his family were not far behind, Man San was afraid that he would offend the two "celestial beings" in the carriage, so he hurriedly led his people back to the convoy first.

"After entering Beijing, immediately find out who the names of the two beauties in the carriage are!"

"Yes!"

(End of this chapter)