Zhe Jinchun

Chapter 63 Xiling Snow

In front of the courtyard gate of Xilu, a narrow winding road was cleared.

The road was paved with white stones, which became whiter when it reflected the sky.Both sides of the road were piled with snow, so thick that it could hardly enter a man's calf.Next to the snowdrift is a tall pear tree, full of Qiongke Yuzhi, which is as crystal clear as jade in the sun.

A sparrow was jumping around in the clearing, as if it couldn't stand because of the snow. Without stopping, its sharp beak pecked here and there in the snowdrift.

"Crack", a pear branch finally couldn't withstand the heavy snow, and fell to the ground, and even the half of the remaining snow fell to the ground.

The sparrow was frightened, and "Pu Leng Leng" flew away, drawing a gray mark that was not very clear in the air.

A twelve or thirteen-year-old servant girl turned out from the end of the path, glanced at the closed gate of Xilu from afar, and then at the solemn maid guarding the gate, not daring to stop at all. Climb up the stairs from the other end and step into the corridor.

The little servant girl didn't stop until she turned two corners in the veranda, and raised her sleeve to wipe the sweat from her forehead.

She was quite delicate, but not eye-catching, with slender eyebrows, her crow-blue hair combed into a double flat bun, with two symmetrical wooden hairpins inserted in the bun, and a white dress with black dress, which was the most common dress of a maid in the West Court.

She rested her feet in the corridor, and then continued to move forward, from the corridor to the narrow passage, and through a vase gate, she came to a small courtyard.

The gate of the small courtyard is half closed and half closed. The gate is made of braided wattle and wooden strips, and the gaps are covered with withered and yellow stalks of vines.Above the gate of the courtyard hangs a wooden plaque of original color, unpainted and uncut, with stubble left at the corners, as if a craftsman had split it casually, with the simple word "Xiling" on it.

The courtyard wall of this small courtyard is not a white wall, but an ingenious yellow mud wall, and vines are also hanging on the wall.Presumably in the spring, the green vines lead around the door and hang around the wall, hanging flowers and pistils, which has a quiet and simple meaning.

The little servant girl pushed the door open and entered, but saw that there was a thick layer of snow in the courtyard, and no one swept it.A embracing peach tree occupies the entire west corner of the yard, under the tree there is a stone table and two stone benches covered with crystal snow.

"Are you here?" A maid with a long face and a beautiful appearance was guarding the door of the inverted room. At this moment, she leaned over and waved to the little servant girl, but her voice was very soft: " How did it take so long? The girl has been waiting for a long time."

The little servant girl hastily stepped forward and greeted softly: "Sister Xuanfu, hello."

Xuan Fu nodded to her and asked, "Have you brought everything?"

The little servant girl didn't speak, she took out a small green cloth bag from her pocket and handed it to Xuan Fu.

Xuan Fu reached out to take it, looked around, then whispered to the little servant girl: "Hurry up and go while there is no one here."

The little servant girl bowed to her and bowed to her, then turned back and left the courtyard gate, a corner of her black skirt flashed by the gate, and disappeared after a while.

Xuanfu gently closed the courtyard door, sleeved the green cloth bag, then turned to the veranda on the side, and stepped into the open room of the main room in a short while.

The room is full of warmth, and there is a faint fragrance of pine wood. The furniture is either made of rattan or solid wood, mixed with pottery vases and jars. The elegance reveals a sense of simplicity, refreshing.

Qin Yanli was wearing a jacket, her black hair was only half rolled up, and the other half was draped over her shoulders.

She was originally sitting at the desk by the window in the Xici room reading, when she heard the noise outside, she raised her head to look at the door curtain, a faint light flashed quickly in her phoenix eyes.

Seeing this, her personal maid, Chihwee, stepped forward and raised the curtain on this side, and let Xuanfu into the room.

"Girl, I got the things." Xuan Fu stepped forward and saluted.

Qin Yanli put down the book, fiddled with a bamboo pen holder on the desk, and asked casually, "Where is she?"

Xuan Fu said softly: "Let's go, wearing the clothes of the West Court as usual, no one saw."

Qin Yanli nodded, "Yes", and then asked, "Where is the thing?"

Xuanfu then took out the small green cloth bag just now, and held it up with both hands.

Qin Yanli's phoenix eyes flickered slightly, and he picked up the cloth bag and looked at it.

A simple double-winged bow is tied on the top of the cloth bag. If you don't look carefully, no one will notice the two butterfly tails of the cloth knot, and the long end is pointing to a dark mark on the green cloth.

This is the secret agreement between Qin Yanli and Qin Yanbai, and no third party knows about it, not even their biological mother Cai Shi.

Qin Yanli was slightly relieved, and winked at Xuan Fu.

Xuanfu understood, and went to the door to guard, while Chickweed lowered half of the curtain.

"Look, these are all there?" Qin Yanli reached out and opened the cloth bag, revealing several small objects inside, including a fan pendant, an ink bag, and an exquisite sapphire brocade embroidered orchid grass sachet.

Chickweed counted it carefully, and said with a smile: "It's all there, girl, don't worry." Then she wrapped the things again.

Qin Yanli's expression became a little more relaxed, and she said with a light smile, "I almost didn't make it in a hurry. Fortunately, I delivered the letter to brother yesterday."

Chickweed smiled and said: "With a girl here, these things will definitely not be found out. Who can compare to a girl's intelligence?"

As the words fell, the smile on Qin Yanli's face suddenly darkened. If the moon was covered by a cloud, there were a few shadows on that beautiful face, gloomy and indifferent, like a faint flower blooming in the night, extremely beautiful Extreme, but always make people see clearly.

After a long time, the smile on her face faded, and she sighed with emotion: "It's a pity, Zuo Siniang's affection was destroyed by this snowstorm."

Although she said it was a pity, her expression was the opposite. She covered her lips and smiled: "I don't know how my second brother is doing now? Will he be sad?" While speaking, she stretched out her slender hair With his fingers, he picked out the brocade sachet and threw it into the charcoal stove without even looking at it.

In this package, only this sachet cannot be found out by Zhong Shi.As for the rest, they are just a cover for the sachet.

Qin Yanli's quiet eyes stared at the charcoal stove, the flames in the stove sprang up, rolled up the sachet, and burned it in a short while, the scorching fire reflected into her eyes, and two bright lights shone.

Chickweed took a careful look at her, and said softly: "I heard that Madam Dong Yuan didn't come alone, she brought Zhou Yu and many people from Dehui Hall with her. Madam accompanied them into West Cottage. Lock the gate of the courtyard, and all the people who serve Mr. Erlang are also locked inside."

"It's a pity." Qin Yanli really sighed this time, her eyebrows were gloomy like wind and dew stained with flowers, and she was a little sad: "Ah Zhi is very good, and he is familiar with the fleeting time around Zuo Siniang... Pity."

There are many unfinished meanings in her words, even though Chizuru understands, she dare not answer.

　I'm sorry to post a little late today, I made a mistake in the time, tears, I kept everyone waiting, I'm sorry again, please forgive me.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)