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When Yao Ximu ran to the boundary of Luomei Villa, one shoe had long since disappeared, and the other was barely on his feet.He was filthy all over, and dirty cotton was exposed from the torn part of his clothes and trousers.There are not many patrolling guards around the villa, because there is a large plum grove at the foot of the mountain, and the plum groves are arranged according to the hexagrams of the Book of Changes. If strangers come in and no one guides them, they will be trapped to death.

At this time, Yao Ximu was lost in a deep yellow chime-mouthed wintersweet. He could see that outside the wintersweet were single-petaled plum blossoms with a hint of green in white, and outside the white plums were double-petaled plum blossoms that were as red as blood.Layers upon layers of plum blossoms cover him.

The fine snow in the sky is like sand, and it keeps falling.

The only shoe was also lost. He stepped on the snow with bare feet, watching the fireworks rising in the night sky, and suddenly remembered that it was New Year's Eve.He pouted, thinking of the warm couch at home. The couch table was filled with his favorite sweet-scented osmanthus duck, pigeon custard, chicken marrow bamboo shoots, five-color dumplings, and sweet sherbet.Yao Ximu shuddered, and the fine snow rushed into his neck, which was icy cold to the bone.He recalled that night half a month ago, it was dark and lonely.

The nanny picked him up who was still asleep, and hurried to the corner door in the backyard. When he woke up, he heard the chaotic voices of people, and saw the lights of knives one after another. There was no blood—the night was so dark, and the blood melted inside, turning into a A darker pool of shadows.The nurse let out a muffled grunt, and fell to the ground. He rolled a few times on the ground, and then rolled to the nurse, calling: "Mother Zhen, mother Zhen..." The nurse struggled to cover his mouth, and he saw her There were four arrows nailed to his back, and the nanny was at the end of her strength, so she stuffed something into his hand, and then pushed him to the dog hole in the corner, not forgetting the last order - "Go to Luomei Villa and find your adoptive father ..."

Yao Ximu remembered Zhen's mother's voice, like hemoptysis.He didn't dare to look back, he hurriedly crawled out of the dog hole, and ran for his life.On the way to flee for his life, he gradually realized that his parents were gone, his family members were gone, and he was no longer the young master of the captain's mansion.He had to survive first, and then find a way to avenge his parents and Mother Zhen.

So he desperately wanted to push away the layers of plum trees in front of him, to avoid the pervasive fragrance, he was going to the Luomei Villa on the top of the mountain, to meet his adoptive father, he wanted revenge.

But the plum blossom trees are endless, and they become waves that ebb and flow in front of him. The snow falls on the ground and melts, turning into a thin layer of ice again. Weeds stuffed into the mouth, chewing angrily.

No matter how he chews, the cold will remain cold, and the hunger will remain hungry.

Five-colored fireworks bloomed above his head. He looked at the sky, so lively and wonderful, but it was outside, and he had nothing left.The eight-year-old child, feeling hopeless for the first time, finally couldn't help crying.

Jiang Wanzhou was carrying a Jade Rabbit lantern, sneaking down the mountain to set off a firecracker, when he heard his cries from a distance, thinking it was an urchin who didn't know what to do by mistake, so she bypassed the plum tree and followed the five elements, which was accurate Walking up to Yao Ximu, he looked him up and down.

Yao Ximu opened his mouth and closed his eyes to look at the sky, just wailing, with a few strands of grass hanging around his mouth, the stains on his face were washed out by tears, making a messy mess.

Jiang Wanzhou frowned like a little adult, and as if overwhelmed by the smell on his body, she wrinkled her nose too.

"why are you crying?"

Yao Ximu heard the voice, opened his eyes, and saw a young man who was about the same age as him, but couldn't stop crying. He vaguely knew that he and the young master of Luomei Villa had met when they were young. He was a month older than himself, but he didn't remember Jiang Wanzhou's appearance, but at this moment, he was so blessed that he asked like a convulsion, "Are you brother Wanzhou?"

This time it was Jiang Wanzhou's turn to be taken aback, she walked up to him with a lantern in her hand, and looked at him carefully.Yao Ximu stood in the snow with bare feet, just now he wiped away the tears on his face indiscriminately, revealing the original snow-white skin, bright eyebrows and pale lips.Under Jiang Wanzhou's Jade Rabbit glazed lamp, it looks like a little ghost fox.

After confirming that she didn't know him, Jiang Wanzhou asked suspiciously, "Who are you?"

Yao Ximu jumped forward and grabbed Jiang Wanzhou's sleeve, "Brother Wanzhou, I'm Yao Ximu, take me to see my adoptive father."

Jiang Wanzhou brushed his hand away, pushed him away, and said proudly, "I don't know you, where will I take you to meet my adoptive father?"

Yao Ximu ignored him, and rushed forward to hug his waist again: "Brother Wanzhou, my adoptive father is your father, take me to see him."

Jiang Wanzhou pushed him away again very rudely: "Where did you come from to beg for food? How could there be a foster father like my father?"

"It's true, I have a token." Yao Ximu fumbled around his body, muttering, "Where's my token? Where's my token..." He broke out in sweat, stretched out his hand and grabbed it Jiang Wanzhou's hand.

"Brother Wanzhou, I brought a token..."

Jiang Wanzhou doesn't like being touched by others, she has endured it a few times before, but this time she really couldn't bear it.With a flip of his wrist, Yao Ximu slapped Yao Ximu. Yao Ximu was so exhausted after trekking all the way, that he rolled to the ground following the slap, and passed out simply.Jiang Wanzhou was taken aback, thinking that this kid was too good at putting on airs, how could he pass out with a slap in the face?

Disdain is disdain, but he still called someone to carry Yao Ximu back to the villa.When he arrived at the villa, he casually pointed to a woodshed and placed him in it. Before he made any plans for Yao Ximu, someone was already looking for him, saying that the eldest lady was waiting for the young master in the front hall.Jiang Wanzhou was reluctant, and became annoyed in her heart, thinking that this person had disturbed her interest in setting off firecrackers, so she might as well throw it in the woodshed.

He had fun in the front hall and forgot about Yao Ximu in the firewood room.

Yao Ximu had a high fever and slept in the woodshed for a day and two nights in the dark.

On the second day of the Lunar New Year, he was discovered by the cook who came in to fetch firewood, and the cook hurriedly notified the eldest lady.

The eldest lady is Jiang Wanzhou's elder sister, her name is Jiang Li, she is thirteen years old.Jiang Li is not very old, but Bingxue is smart and very good at managing affairs. Because the brothers and sisters' father has been practicing martial arts for a long time, Jiang Li is responsible for most of the affairs in the village.The purchases in the New Year's Village, the money that should be collected from all over the place, and all the affairs at home, Jiang Li handled them in an orderly manner, and the servants obeyed her.Even the housekeeper who has been in charge for many years can't help exclaiming inwardly - how can she manage things like this at such a young age?As for the young master of the Qiao family from Tianyuanmen who made a baby kiss with Jiang Li, I really don't know whether to repay it with gratitude or sympathy.

Jiang Li, who was wearing a snow fox cloak, saw Yao Ximu with a flushed face, and saw his hands and feet frozen into purple ginger buds. He took two steps back and asked the cook who first spotted him, "Where did this kid come from?" of?"

The cook shook her head, shaking her fat body with a dazed expression.

Jiang Li walked forward again, squatted in front of Yao Ximu, touched his forehead, and withdrew his hand from the heat, "It's all burnt to carbon." She told the girl beside her: "Guangming, hurry up!" Go to the back yam garden and invite Mr. Wu." Then he said to the cook, "Ms. Ding, please boil some hot water for the child to bathe."

After Yao Ximu was washed and washed, he was given medicine and stuffed into the warm and warm blanket. He was dreaming vaguely. He dreamed that his mother was sitting by his bed and chirping with Mother Zhen. He couldn't hear clearly with his ears closed, so he became irritable, lifted the quilt and got out of bed.Zhen's mother chased him to make him put on clothes, he laughed and hid around, Zhen's mother hurriedly called in two little girls to arrest him together.

He jumped in whenever he saw a crack, and turned into a slippery little snake.

Mother Zhen cried out heartbroken: "My ancestor, if you don't put on your clothes again, I will tell your father, and I will beat your ass."

So he turned around and made a grimace: "You just can't bear it."

Mother Zhen smiled helplessly, and her smile gradually became blurred, like ripples in the water.Yao Ximu also opened his eyes.

The quilt on his body was heavy and warm, and he shrank inside, not knowing where he was.Hearing footsteps outside, he quickly closed his eyes and pretended to be asleep.

"Wan Zhou, did you go down the mountain on New Year's Eve to set off a firecracker quietly?"

The voice was sweet, it was a woman, Yao Ximu's heart moved, Wan Zhou?Is she talking to Brother Wanzhou?

"I wanted to let it go, but it didn't happen."

"It's a good thing you didn't let it go." The voice paused: "Why did you bring this unlucky boy back to the villa? It doesn't matter if you bring him back, you knocked him unconscious?"

"Who knows where he came from, the little beggar. I think he was going to sneak into our villa to steal things, and was trapped in Merlin. If I hadn't found him, no one would know if he was trapped to death. I don't know much about him. He passed out, and I brought him back, thinking that he would question him carefully when he woke up, but he forgot when he came back."

Consciousness gradually returned, and he suddenly remembered Jiang Wanzhou's slap in the face before, and he heard the slander against him in his words, he became annoyed, and secretly clenched a slap in his hand.He tiptoedly lifted the quilt out of bed, ran behind Jiang Wanzhou quietly, and called out, "Brother Wanzhou."

When Jiang Wanzhou turned her head, she caught him off guard and slapped him sharply.

"I'm not a beggar!"

Jiang Wanzhou rubbed her hot cheek and looked at him blankly.Jiang Li saw Jiang Wanzhou's eyes turned sharply, and knew it was wrong, so he quickly pulled Yao Ximu to his side, but it was still a step too late, Jiang Wanzhou grabbed Yao Ximu's forearm, and slapped Yao Ximu's forearm. .Yao Ximu turned his head to avoid it, and slapped him on the shoulder, causing him to grin his teeth in pain.He turned around and kicked and punched Jiang Wanzhou.Jiang Wanzhou is the same age as him, with natural martial arts training materials, and willing to work hard. She has practiced the secret code of Luomei Mountain Villa "Three Lanes of Plum Blossoms", and has already practiced the second level of mental skills. Yao Ximu is more than enough.Yao Ximu resisted for a moment, knowing that he was not his opponent, he quickly hid behind Jiang Li with his head in his arms, and kept begging for mercy: "Brother Wanzhou, don't hit me, don't hit me."