Deep in the night knowing the snow

Mu Tangfeng raised his head and looked over, the restaurant in front of him was exquisitely and luxuriously built, covered with a layer of light-colored glazed tiles, carved with red and white marble beams and pillars, and osmanthus lamps hung under the eaves, protruding from the cracks in the walls. A shallow shadow fell on the shallow screen.

The door is made of pear blossom wood and crabapple flower patterns, and there is a doorman guarding the outside, and the guests inside are chatting and laughing, and the guests who come in and out can tell by their clothes and temperament that they are not ordinary people, but rich and noble.

Mu Tangfeng clenched the purse tightly, with the words on his lips, looking at Xie Hanyu's expectant look on his face, he swallowed it back.

Forget it... In the worst case, he will wake up early tomorrow morning and go to the art booth. Brother Xie has saved him so many times, if he still cares about the money, it would be too dishonest.

Mu Tangfeng reckoned that this meal might cost him all his money, so he made a decision in his heart, and said to Xie Hanyu, "Since Brother Xie wants to stay here, let's have dinner here."

Xie Hanyu slightly raised his eyebrows, somewhat surprised, and chuckled lightly, "Young Master Lao Mu will spend the money."

"Brother Xie has saved me so many times, there is no need to say such kind words again." Seeing him happy, Mu Tangfeng felt even more ashamed that he was still obsessed with money.

The two entered the restaurant one after the other, and the waiter at the door greeted him immediately, and asked with a smile, "Do you two sit in the lobby or go to the wing room on the second floor?"

Mu Tangfeng is fine, Xie Hanyu said, "The second floor."

Xiao Er took them to the second floor.

The corridor is paved with dark brown copper-grained wooden boards, and there are separate wing rooms on both sides. The doors of the vermilion lacquer rooms and the windows are green, and there is a faint fragrance of camellia.

"How does the guest look at this room?"

Seeing that the two of them had no objection, Xiao Er opened the door for them, and when they sat at the table, they announced the names of a series of dishes.

Xie Hanyu ordered a few at random, then looked at Mu Tangfeng, and motioned for him to see if there was anything else he wanted.

Mu Tangfeng was a little dazed when he heard it. Shrimp dumplings with emerald celery, fried quail with three fresh bamboo shoots, spicy soup with river prawns, white fish cooked with wine... It sounded fancy, so he ordered a few of them casually.

The shop waiter took down the names of the dishes and went down. After a while, he brought them two bottles of wine. The wine was in a ceramic jar with a wooden engraved plaque on it, with the words "Begonia Spring" written in black.

"This wine is our family's signature, and it was given to the two guests for free during today's event."

Mu Tangfeng thanked Xiao Er.

The solid porcelain jar is brewing with the aroma of wine, and the lights outside the window are dimly gathered to form a long river, and the pedestrians coming and going underneath, seem to be in a busy city, overlooking the crowd.

There is a lot of green plum wine in Yecheng, and the ones made at home are usually very cheap. Mu Tangfeng grew up drinking it when he was a child. When he saw other wines at this time, he inevitably wanted to try it.

He opened the brocade cloth tied with a red string, and poured two cups out of a white porcelain cup, one for Xie Hanyu, and he took a sip of the other cup, the taste was mellow, and sweetness spread from his lips and teeth after the spicy taste.

Mu Tangfeng took another sip and said to Xie Hanyu, "Brother Xie, this wine is not bad, you should try it."

Xie Hanyu, "I don't drink alcohol."

Seeing doubts in his eyes, Xie Hanyu smiled lightly, "I tend to go crazy when I drink."

Mu Tangfeng whispered "Oh" and poured himself another glass.

He didn't ask any more about how he went crazy, and Brother Xie didn't want to let others know, as asking too many questions would make people feel disgusted.

"Brother Xie, what are you doing in Yanzhou?"

"It is said that there has been a lot of chaos recently, with frequent visions, and many people are about to go south or north."

Xie Hanyu, "My friend is there, I have something to explain, let me rush over there every few days."

Hearing what he said, Mu Tangfeng was slightly disappointed, "Does Brother Xie have many friends?"

"Why do you ask this?" Xie Hanyu clicked his tongue, "Interested in the people around me?"

"No." Mu Tangfeng shook his head, his eyes were clear, "I was just thinking, brother Xie is my only friend."

"Why, do you want to make more friends?"

Xie Hanyu raised his eyebrows, "I didn't say I wouldn't let you make friends. It would be a good thing if you could get to know more people."

"After all, when you enter Jingzhou in the future, it will be very difficult to act in the officialdom without connections. Jingzhou gentry is in power, and the nine-rank system is implemented. If you only have talent and no one to recommend you, you will not be able to climb up."

Mu Tangfeng, "I... I didn't mean that, I didn't want to make many friends."

He opened his mouth, feeling a little complicated in his heart, he wanted to tell Xie Hanyu that he was his only friend and cherished him very much.But did he want to get something by saying it?Get the same answer from Xie Hanyu?

Mu Tangfeng still couldn't figure it out, so he simply put it behind him.

"Brother Xie also makes sense. When I arrive in Jingzhou... I will try my best to get to know as many people as possible."

He said so in his mouth, but he didn't think so in his heart.

He was originally shy, making friends was not easy for him.

"You don't need to deliberately get along with others, let nature take its course." Xie Hanyu rarely comforted him.

After all, the merit record must have him follow Mu Tangfeng all the way to Jingzhou. With his protection, nothing will happen, and at worst, there will be Wei Fenglin.

If this idiot is allowed to go out and make friends randomly, maybe his physique will attract some strange species, and it will be more difficult to deal with.

Xiao Er knocked on the door outside and came in with the dishes. The dishes were exquisitely cooked, with all the flavors and aromas, and the aroma was carried over from afar while steaming.

When the food was on the table, Mu Tangfeng tasted it, and it tasted very good, it was the best dish he had ever eaten.

It's just that the taste is a bit spicy, probably to cater to the taste of Jiangyin, and the taste of the food is a little stronger than the usual food.

Xie Hanyu picked up two dishes with chopsticks, his face was a little dark, he took the teacup beside him and drank it all in one gulp.

Mu Tangfeng, "Brother Xie, can't eat spicy food?"

Xie Hanyu tasted the tea, which tasted a bit strange, a mix of spicy and sweet, and he poured another cup of tea.

"Can't eat."

Mu Tangfeng fetched him a cup of hot water with a bowl, and moved it to the side of his bowl and chopsticks, "It's not very spicy, it will be much better if you rinse it with clean water."

Xie Hanyu was obviously not very happy. He picked up the food and rinsed it twice. He put the chopsticks on the table and did not move again.

Mu Tangfeng took a new pair of chopsticks, picked up the vegetables for him and put them in his bowl, but Xie Hanyu still didn't move.

"Thank you brother, you..."

Mu Tangfeng called him twice, Xie Hanyu put his hands on his forehead, his face looked a little ugly.

"what happened to you?"

Mu Tangfeng got up and went to him, worried, "Brother Xie, are you feeling unwell? How about we go back first?"

Xie Hanyu's complexion was very bad, bloodshot in his eyes, he pushed him, and lowered his voice, "I'm fine, eat yours, don't bother me."

The carved wooden chairs collided together and made the sound of wood rubbing. Mu Tangfeng was worried about Xie Hanyu's situation, so he moved his chopsticks twice and put them down.

Xie Hanyu's eyes fell on the teacup on the table, "Is it... wine?"

Mu Tangfeng looked at the empty wine glass, understood, and said back, "It's the wine I poured just now...have you drank it?"

With a sound of "click", the silver chopsticks in Xie Hanyu's hand were broken, his face was a little horrified, his eyes were dark, he stood up, said "Don't follow me" and went out directly.

Mu Tangfeng followed him downstairs and found that there was no one there. He took out his wallet and prepared to pay the bill, and the waiter directly quoted the price to him.

"Guest officer, the total is 490 eight taels..."

As soon as the price came out, the purse in Mu Tangfeng's hand fell to the ground with a "smack", his eyes widened slightly, "How much?"

"490 eight taels," the shop waiter was afraid that he would not understand, so he read out the prices of the dishes they ordered, "Steamed sea cucumber 80 taels, wine cooking Huai white fish 60 taels, watered frog 58 taels..."

Mu Tangfeng had never eaten such an expensive meal in his life, if it wasn't for the fact that Xie Hanyu's expression didn't look fake just now, he should have suspected that Xie Hanyu was intentionally trying to trick him again.

But it's not right... He was too ignorant, thinking that he could really treat Xie Hanyu to a good meal with four or fifty taels of silver.

He sighed in his heart, picked up the purse on the ground, and was hesitating what to do when the guard outside came in.

The young servant held a large ingot of gold in his hand, put it in front of Xiao Er, glanced at Mu Tangfeng and said, "The young master who just went out asked me to send it over, saying it was for paying the bill, and the rest Give the silver taels to this young master."

Mu Tangfeng stared at the ingot of gold, stunned for a moment, feeling guilty and embarrassed.

Instead, Xie Hanyu invited him...and Xie Hanyu was much richer than he thought, so it was common for people to come to the most expensive restaurant for dinner...It was he who judged a gentleman with a villain's heart.

Half a quarter of an hour later, Mu Tangfeng left the restaurant holding the bank note he had recovered. He stood at the door in a daze for a while, and looked around, but Xie Hanyu was nowhere to be seen.

Mu Tangfeng struggled in place for a while, and finally returned to the inn. He lit a long letter lamp on the table, sat on a carved chair and waited for Xie Hanyu to come back.

Xie Hanyu said that he would go crazy after drinking, how could he go crazy?Mu Tangfeng couldn't figure it out, the candlelight cast shadows under his eyelashes on his face, he felt drowsy, tilted his head, and fell asleep on the table.

The night was getting deeper and the dew was heavier, the door of the room creaked open at some point, and the candlelight left a trail of blue smoke.

Mu Tangfeng was awakened by the suffocation coming from his neck. He opened his eyes and found that the candlestick on the table had been extinguished at some point, and there was a dangerous breath coming from behind him. mid-air.

The man was behind him with one arm around his waist and the other pinching his neck. His nails were thin and long. He shook his head and struggled for a while, whimpering.

Mu Tangfeng, "Let go...let go."

The person behind him was at least half a head taller than him. The person sniffed his neck, as if he smelled something nice, and suddenly stopped moving.

There was only a strand of silver-white hair in the corner of Mu Tangfeng's eyes, and before he could take a closer look, the person behind him suddenly hugged him and pushed him against the wall, grasped his shoulders, lowered his head and bit his neck.

There was a warm and cool touch on his neck, and sharp canine teeth pierced into his skin. Mu Tangfeng was so painful that he subconsciously wanted to hide, but the man held him tightly, with his knee between his legs. Let him move.

He couldn't see it himself, so he didn't know that the blood flowing from his neck was golden, and the lotus seal on his shoulder had opened a little at some point, glowing with a pale golden light.

The man gnawed along his neck, pinched his chin with his cold and slender fingers, covered his eyes with one hand, and covered his cold lips and teeth.