Forget it

Ever since he came back from Yiweilu that day, Liu Xi always felt uneasy in his heart. In the next few days, he wanted to go to Du Yun's place several times, but was rejected by Du Yun on the grounds that he didn't want to see guests because of the cold weather. His birthday is approaching, Liu's mansion is busy around him, and the four Liu ladies who have gone out also return to the mansion one after another, to accompany her beloved brother to prepare for his birthday. Liu Xi has endless people to see every day. I don't have time, but I don't have time to go to the suburbs of the city.

As for Du Yun's place, it was always Liu Xi who did not take the initiative to visit, and Master Du would never contact him.

At Midwinter's Hope, the elders of the Liu clan, the cousins ​​of the Liu family, the four older sisters of Liu Xi, all the close and distant relatives in the Fengxiang Mansion came to the Liu Mansion to warm the birthday of Liu Xi, the sixth son.

Master Liu set up two banquet tables in the main room to entertain his family.

Liu Xun was lying comfortably in the West Nuan Pavilion, on his mother's imperial concubine bed, kneading melon seeds, chewing plums, listening to his mother and four older sisters chirping about the gifts they received this year.In previous years, every time it was his birthday, his friends and close relatives scattered all over the world would always send a small gift, and this year was no exception.The congratulatory gift for his elder brother Liu Wu just arrived yesterday, it is a chic bamboo armrest carved with bamboo plum and double happiness and a cloth bag monk pen holder carved with bamboo root.

In the past, his elder brother also liked to give him these things, but he felt bored looking at them. In front of his parents, he pretended to be happy, turned around and threw them into the back of the study and never touched them again.But for these two gifts this year, Liu Xi also loves them from the bottom of his heart.As soon as he opened the brocade box and saw these two things, what flashed through his mind was the stationery that Du Yun had solemnly locked in the big box in the west side room.

Liu Xi is very happy, he has two things that Du Yun likes, and he has collected Du Yunai's collection.

Suddenly, he felt that his elder brother's ability to choose congratulatory gifts had improved.

At the warm birthday banquet in the evening, Mrs. Liu said a few words, and when he was being toasted by the juniors, the old steward suddenly came to report, saying that Si Yan had just come to report, and another congratulatory gift had just arrived.

Mr. Liu put down his wine glass, stroked his beard, looked at Liu Xi beside him, and said with a smile, "Oh? Which distinguished guest's gift has arrived?"

The old steward's wrinkled face was full of joy and not a single line was straight, "If you go back to the master, it's a congratulatory gift from the hut under Daishan outside the city."

"Oh!" Master Liu was overjoyed, his old eyes sparkled, "Quick, bring it up!"

Liu Xi was both surprised and delighted, and even when he was pleasantly surprised, he didn't forget to grab the old steward beside him, "Who sent it? Did he leave?"

The old steward presented a long and narrow brocade box, and smiled at the young master with a pleasant face, "It's an old farmer who lives in the suburbs. He said that the old farmer Sumiya asked him to deliver it. He took the reward and left."

"Ah, I see." Although it was expected, Liu Xi was still a little disappointed, but soon, this little disappointment was dispelled by curiosity.

Du Yun gave him a gift, so strange!

The reputation of the old farmer in Yugu in Fengxiang Mansion is not ordinary, and everyone, men, women and children present here know it, and everyone knows it.So, everyone held their breath and stared at the brocade box on the table, looking forward to it, as if the brocade box contained the old farmer Sumiya himself.

Liu Xi opened the brocade box, and inside was a scroll with a flower note on it.

"There is no way to dress cleanly, but to hold a birthday cup."

Liu Xi smiled, the interesting lowercase script is Du Yun's characters.

He took out the scroll, and there was a series of small characters written on the scroll, "Emperor Zhenwu".

Liu Xi was stunned, turned to look at his father, but saw his father frowning, and thought hard for a while, "Du Qingji is famous for his wonderful brushwork, let's look at the paintings first."

Suddenly, a sense of unease surged in Liu Xi's heart. He opened the scroll, and the wonderful brushwork was really good. The paintings on the scroll were lifelike and interesting, but...

I saw a small clear spring drawn on the Chengxintang paper, a few pieces of duckweed floating with the waves, and a little turtle with a round head and big eyes lying on one of them...

Mr. Liu was dumbfounded, and stared at the little turtle, subconsciously thinking that this was some daring lunatic pretending to be Du Qingji to tease him, but when he looked again, Du Yun's private seal was clearly stamped on the scroll.

"This this……"

The crowd couldn't hold back, they came forward one after another to appreciate Du Lang's masterpiece, but they were all stunned, not knowing what to say.

Liu Xi couldn't hold it back, and burst into laughter with a "puchi", he suppressed a smile, and explained to his father, "Cough, this... Emperor Zhenwu, it is Xuanwu if there is a saying, Xuanwu is not... Hahaha, cough cough , that is, heck, it’s a turtle!”

When everyone heard the words, they suddenly realized, and nodded in agreement.

"Yes, yes, the tortoise lives a long life, and the turtle with a birthday picture is perfect!"

"Worthy of being Du Yugu, what a wonderful idea!"

"Good painting! Good painting!"

……

Liu Xun was lying on the table overjoyed, covering his stomach and crying tears, and slowly stopped laughing, just quietly laying down on the table.

Since we met at the beginning of the year, there has never been such a long time without seeing each other.

Liu Zi, who never knew the feeling of sorrow, was tired of laughing, and sighed softly, he missed Mr., very much.

In a blink of an eye, it is winter.

In the cold winter of this year, snow fell from the sky, and the Holy One was overjoyed. On the winter solstice, he held a ceremony of offering sacrifices to the heavens, amnesty the world, and awarded civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty.

The heavy snow, which has never been seen in years, fell intermittently from Midwinter's Hope to Jidong's Shuo.Roads are difficult to travel in snowy weather, and Fengxiang Mansion is closed for half a month.

Liu Xi was worried that Du Yun would not be safe alone in the barren mountains, so he tried every means to get a carriage out of the city and wanted to pick him up to stay in Liu's mansion for a few days, but as expected, Du Yun refused.Liu Xi had no choice but to send people to send a lot of supplies to keep out the cold.

Even so, as soon as the ban was lifted in the city, Liu Xi ordered people to prepare horses and was going to Yiweilu to have a look.Unexpectedly, Du Yun moved faster than him, and asked someone to send a note first.

There is only one sentence in the note, invite him to Qingyun Lake for night fishing at midnight tonight.

Liu Zong squeezed the note and smiled, it seems that Mr. has been alone in the empty hut for several days in the snow, and has become addicted to gambling.