Shanglin Night Snow

The moon shines on the clear court, the night wind is soft, and the chirping of insects in the grass is intermittent.

The windows of the west chamber are open, and one person sits quietly in front of the pavilion, concentrating on reading manuscripts.

"The privy secretary Zhang Jiang and the Minister of the Ministry of War, Xie Qian, actually competed for a widow for wealth! Zhang Jiang was defeated and instigated the widow and stepson to sue the stepmother for stealing the family wealth!" Akai, you said it was funny..." The voice stopped abruptly, and the word "no" slowly melted away in his mouth, and the speaker closed his mouth and looked back angrily.

I also forgot that Guo Kai has not returned since that day.

Sighing lightly, he rubbed his nose that was a little chilled by the night wind. The person under the window turned his head with his cheeks on his hands. The courtyard under the moonlight was open and quiet, and the main house facing south was still dark, which was a pity.

Unexpectedly, Xun Miao rushed back to Guo's house that day, but what was waiting for him was not the food that the man promised, but the news from the Imperial City Secretary: He was ordered to go out on business, and the return date was not yet fixed!However, it is not clear where he is going and what he is doing on business.

From shock to joy and then worry, within a few days, Xun Miao and the Guo family wandered among the clouds and underground several times, trembling and fearful.

Xun Miao went to the Imperial City Department and heard that Zhao Yude was not in the yamen, so I don't know if he avoided it on purpose, and the princess went in to find out but it was fruitless.Xun Miao thought about it, since he is a military general, he is most likely to be sent out to quell the chaos. However, he has not heard of any bandit incidents recently, and the border is still peaceful, and his superiors are secretive about this. related?Thinking about it this way, I feel uneasy: If the opponent is Shao Jingheng, the consequences... I dare not think too much about it.Fortunately, after inquiring, I found out that Shao Jingheng, Shao Chenye's uncle and nephew are all in Beijing these days, and they are doing their own duties in peace, there is nothing unusual...

"Woo-woof!" The dog barking under the window pulled the tranced man back, stood up and probed, and saw that the courtyard door was still closed, and the bluestone slabs in the atrium reflected a faint white light under the moonlight.

"Xifu, you're barking again!" A little unhappy, he scolded the dog shadow wandering under the eaves.

A dog barked again in the distance, and the black dog raised its head and barked a few times, as if responding, and then paced back and forth aimlessly: the man left these few days, and even this animal was disturbed.

After the sound of the second watch drum, Xun Miao felt tired.After calling several times, the black dog reluctantly walked back, but sat down in front of the door and entered the house unintentionally.

Picking up the wooden stick under the window and waving it, Xun Miao made a fierce look: "You don't have to come in, but if you bark outside in the middle of the night, you will be given a stick, and you will be imprisoned all day tomorrow!"

Staring at the waving stick for a moment, the black dog let out two "wows" in its throat, bowed its head and stood up, stepped into the door with its front feet, turned its head cautiously, saw the man waved the stick again, and immediately jumped into the room. He found a wall and lay down, eyes half-opened and half-closed, when he saw a figure approaching, he buried his head in his claws, not daring to say a word.

Go|Lie down on the bed, Xun Miao tossed and turned for a while, finally fell asleep but had nightmares, saw Guo Kai coming home, but had an arrow stuck in his chest, asked him to pull it out for himself, he grabbed the arrow and pulled it, Seeing the blood gushing out, I can't stop it!Startled suddenly, covered in cold sweat.

I got out of bed and drank some herbal tea, my beating heart gradually calmed down, but I no longer felt sleepy.Strolling up and pushing open the window, I saw a starlight out of the corner of my eye, I thought it was just a dream and my eyes were dazzled, so I blinked hard and looked again—it was true!On the window of the main room, a ball of light and shadow is flickering.

Could it be----

There was a wild jump in the chest, and he rushed out with his shoes on, but tripped over the threshold with his foot, and felt his body lighten, and he fell to the ground.After the momentary numbness passed, he climbed up with support, and his right foot felt cold when it touched the ground.

The black dog Xifu followed quickly, and let go of something that fell to the ground—it was the shoe that was thrown away.

In a short time, a person and a dog were happily standing in front of the main house with the lights on.

"Is it in this cabinet? I have rummaged through it, but I haven't found it!" There was a slight voice from inside, although it was vague, it was not Guo Kai.

Xun Miao frowned and realized that something was unusual: If that person came back, why didn't he tell himself?Could it be that... the person who framed him was so wicked, knowing that he was away from the city for business, so he climbed over the wall and entered the house at night, and then went back to plot evil?Like this... It's too late to call someone at this moment, so I have to make a decisive decision!

Turning back to the courtyard, I found a wooden stick, went back to the eaves and pushed open the half-covered window, picked up the black dog and threw it in, followed by Zi Zi.

When I landed, I saw a screen.Xun Miao followed Xifu around, a figure flashed in front of his eyes, he subconsciously raised his stick and hit him, but the man was dexterous, turned his head to avoid it, and then a voice sounded in his ear: "Be careful—" But it was too late, he He raised his stick and landed it on a hard object, his arm was numb from the shock, he stepped forward, stepped on the beach water again, his feet slipped, he stretched out his hand to grab something in front of him, and then he saw clearly that it was a big wooden barrel, and immediately When the barrel was turned upside down, it poured over here!

Fortunately, he stretched out a hand from one side and straightened the barrel in time, but Xun Miao couldn't hold back, let go of his hand, and sat down on his buttocks, feeling a cold and wet face that made him tremble with gratitude—the water in the barrel splashed all over his body !

Not in time to be annoyed, he raised his hand and covered his eyes: "Where is the madman, who dares to enter the room without a piece of clothing!" After speaking, he was stunned, thought for a moment, carefully opened his fingers, and his eyes were flat: the man had turned around, Leave him with a bare | bare back.

Staring at the front and walking up and down for a while, he finally called out the two words hesitantly: "Akai?"

After receiving the trousers handed by the boy, he put them on unhurriedly, the man turned around and said, "It's midnight, haven't you already rested, what are you doing here?" Just curious, no blame intended.

"I..." Xun Miao got up with great difficulty, but his nose was sour and his throat was astringent. After a lot of effort, he could only say a few words: "I thought there were thieves here, I don't want to..."

"It's late, you go first, I'll find the clothes myself."

Xun Miao was stunned for a moment, but when he looked up, he realized that the man was ordering the servant.

The sound of the door opening and closing, and before the sound of kicking footsteps went away, Xun Miao felt his hands tighten—he was being pulled inward.

The wet clothes were thrown under the bed, and the back was stuck to the quilt. If it wasn't for the heavy weight on the body, Xun Miao would have jumped up: "Wet... Wet!" His body was also wet.

The other was impatient: "Change tomorrow!"

Uh - that's right, the Guo family doesn't lack this kind of bedding, or...you can go back to sleep in your own room for a while...

After half an hour.

In a daze, Xun Miao always felt that there was still one thing in his heart that he couldn't let go of. It wasn't whether he was wet or not, but——

correct!Opening his eyes suddenly, he buried his head in groping for that person, looked at the front and then groped the back, and finally heaved a sigh of relief: "Fortunately..."

"Why... are you pickling salted fish in the middle of the night?" The man chattered like raving.

"Salted fish?" Speaking of this, Xun Miao became angry, "Since I stepped into your house, you allowed me to salt the fish? Even the two small fish you brought with you back then taught you to secretly give them to Chang Lai as a handyman. Old man Zhang, when I said that I was taken away by Xifu, but you don’t know that this beast never eats pickled things..." But when it comes to this, it is... carefully look back, and you will meet a pair of radiant eyes!

"You're a stupid dog!" My ears felt hot, but I still had to endure the pain in my back and get up, put down the bed curtains on both sides, and was stunned again: It's all calm, there is nothing to hide...

Sighing secretly, he lowered his head and looked at the person who seemed to have fallen into a dream with his eyes closed, so he had no choice but to walk over him with his waist and crawl in.

"And what?" came a low voice.

"I..." It was so easy to put myself down, Xun Miao pouted: "We should learn from the lessons learned from the past, what if there is something urgent tomorrow morning, like a maid running away from King Jia's mansion, or His Royal Highness who is unbearably lonely and going out alone What happened, you have to rush to deal with it, and you won’t disturb me when you get up? So I’ll sleep in.”

The man turned over, his eyes were still closed, and his voice was clear: "You know that King Jia has been grounded for a while, and there are nearly a hundred guards guarding him. Even if he has wings, it will be difficult for him to fly out?" There was a moment of silence. , just when Xun Miao thought that he had fallen asleep, he said slowly: "Let's say that something unexpected happens to him again, and my achievements this time will be in vain..."

The drowsiness had dissipated, Xun Miao wanted to ask him what he meant by the last words, but he opened his mouth but swallowed it back, the corners of his mouth curled up slightly, and he stretched out his hand to touch the bearded face, the chest and abdomen that had been empty for a long time gradually felt full , Drilled forward: "Akai, it's good that you are back."

"Hmm..." A vague voice seemed to come from his nose, and the man was about to fall into a dream.

All night.

In the early morning of the next day, Guo Kai was awakened by a jolt, and opened his eyes to see the person who was supposed to leave standing with folded arms beside him, with a sarcasm on his face: "People are coming from the Jiawang Mansion, they are outside the door, can you still sleep soundly?"

Guo Kai didn't believe it, so he put on his clothes and went to the window to look around. When he saw a guard standing in the courtyard, his heart sank, he quickly put on his clothes and called them in.

The guards went straight to the point: "General, a woman's body was fished out of the river outside the city yesterday. We rushed to hear the news today, and saw that the body was swollen and unrecognizable, but the clothes looked like..."

Guo Kai was startled and said: "Like Mingxia?" Seeing the guard acquiescing, his expression froze, he paced back and forth twice: "Is it recognizable?"

The guard replied: "We took the maid from the palace to identify the corpse, but she dared not say anything, only said that the clothes were similar. There was no jewelry on the corpse, and there was no obvious birthmark or scar, so it was difficult to distinguish."

Guo Kai rubbed his eyebrows: "Have you reported to King Jia?"

The guard shook his head: "One is not sure that this is Mingxia, and the other is that the Kaiping Mansion has not yet verified the cause of death, so I dare not make such a false statement."

After thinking for a while, Guo Kai decided: "Come with me to visit Kaiping Mansion!" After saying this, he heard a slight scoff from his side, turned his head to face the mocking face, sighed helplessly, and threatened three points: "You If you procrastinate any longer, you will definitely not be able to catch up with Yingmao in the province!"

With a snort, the man slowly walked away with his hands behind his back.

After going to Kaiping Mansion and going to several other places, when Guo Kai arrived at Jiawang Mansion, the sun was already high.

Knowing that he was coming, King Jia greeted him in the atrium, he seemed to be in good spirits, but it was a pity that there was a gloomy look in Chunfeng's smiling eyes from time to time.

A few days ago, after parting from the palace gate, Guo Kai hadn't had a good time to thank his people for saving him, so he made up for it now.

However, King Jia revealed, "That day I listened to the rumors of the left and right, and thought it was absurd to testify that Brother Guo had murdered, and the Dali Temple couldn't provide evidence, because I didn't believe that he would impose the crime on Brother, and even thought that it would take less than two days. Then I can find out the whole story and return your innocence, but I don’t want to imprison my brother and be in danger of catastrophe! Fortunately, with Zhao Yude’s guidance, it’s not too late to make amends.”

Guo Kai was grateful and ashamed: "Your Highness not only received punishment for saving Guo, but also hurt his body and skin. This kindness, Guo will never forget."

King Jia's blushing became even more embarrassing, he slowed down and waited for the descendants to approach, and then whispered in his ears: "Your little injury, it's nothing to worry about! The day I learned about the blood stains on brother Guo's clothes, Xiao Wang knew it would be easy and difficult to get over, so he had to I made this bad plan, but many days had passed since the incident, and I was afraid that the old and new wounds could be discerned at a glance, so I only scratched my hand lightly, and then applied some medicinal powder that would help the wound heal. It seems that the old wound is about to heal, and it is a fluke to be able to deceive everyone."

Thank you again, but Guo Kai thought about it, walked ten steps forward, and said softly, "Is Your Highness not suspicious of Guo at all? After all, with the witnesses and physical evidence, Guo is indeed suspicious."

Lifting his head and smiling, the man turned around and put his hand on his shoulder: "Xiao Wang only knows that no matter what, you can't be charged with crimes!" The strength in his hands increased, and the meaning in his eyes at this moment was not so much relief as earnestness: " Thinking about it, if it is Xiao Wang who is in trouble at sunset, Brother Guo should also be like me, and spare no effort to save him?"

Knowing that he was joking, Guo Kai was still serious: "Your Highness loves himself, and he has no enemies outside, so he will not provoke these disputes."

The man smiled and said nothing more.

Entering the hall and drinking a cup of tea, Guo Kai saw King Jia chatting and laughing, although the joyful face was unavoidably forced, but there was nothing wrong with it, so he knew that the drowned woman's body was found outside the city, but he didn't know .

Guo Kai is not a rude person, but he doesn't like the twists and turns of his words, and he is not good at making sidelines. He also said that during this period of time, disasters happened frequently, and Jia Wangdang also realized that Mingxia's origin was doubtful. However, if it was really her that was picked up in the river, it might not be all a bad thing for King Jia: after all, it is better to let go of the previous relationship than to hang on for a long time.

Thinking about it this way, he felt at ease and told the truth.

Jia Wang's face turned pale when he heard the news, but luckily he was able to control himself, he pondered for a moment, his eyes jumped: "As far as Xiao Wang knows, Mingxia can swim!"

Guo Kai was stunned and could only nod his head: "I will tell Kaiping Mansion about this."

After a long silence, King Jia got up and went out, stopped under the eaves for a moment, and sighed deeply, but what Guo Kai did next was beyond what Guo Kai expected: he turned around and grabbed his sleeves tightly, his flat and open brows tightened instantly, revealing his regret: "I didn't listen to Brother Guo's advice at the beginning, but it's too late for Xiao Wang to regret now!"

"Why did Your Highness say that?" Guo Kai was surprised.

Sighing bitterly and shaking his head, Mu Yinche covered his eyes with one hand: "Little Wang has been practicing Buddhism for many years, but when things come to an end, he forgets the teachings of Buddhism to be good, ignores the cause and effect of good and evil for his own selfishness, covers up the truth, and turns black and white. If it is brewed, it will have a bad result. A single thought will cost two lives, which can be called a heinous crime!"

"Two lives?" Guo Kai was startled, and took a step forward to grab the other's fair and delicate wrist: "What's going on, Your Highness, come and talk to Guo!" For the first time in his life, facing King Jia, Guo Kai lost his humility.