Ambush from all sides

In the next few days, Kaifeng Mansion was still extremely busy, Zhan Zhao was busy solving the case, and Gongsun was busy treating people.Some of the previous prisoners who were detained for interrogation have already been ruled that those who should be sent to the dungeon should be sent to the dungeon, and those who should be executed should be executed.However, there are several methods of execution, and those who have a bad influence among the people will be executed in the street to cause public outrage.But those criminals who were involved in royal secrets had to be poisoned to death in a secret execution room.

Bao Zheng is actually not very busy, these days he is dedicated to this task, clearing out the old and new prisoners in the cell at once.Constantly instructing, instructing, instructing, and occasionally going to supervise the execution, it is not very tiring.It's just that the Kaifeng mansion was affected by such a chilling atmosphere, the maids and servants were not as lively as before, and their expressions were always gloomy.

The weather has also turned cloudy.

On the last day of the purge, at noon in the afternoon, Bao Zheng turned to the last file.He stretched out his hands and rubbed his tense temples, and sighed heavily... Finally, it's almost over, such a loud purge, showing the world and alerting the world, it seems that the emperor was really stimulated by these recent events.

At the door, the yamen servant in charge of escorting the prisoner came in, bowed his head and said, "My lord, there is one last one, do you want to take it to the execution room?"

Bao Zheng put down the document in his hand with some headaches, closed his eyes and sighed heavily: "Hey, take him, he is not from Kaifeng, so beheading him for public display is meaningless. You take him there, I will wait in the execution room. "

"Yes."

The yamen servants withdrew, Bao Zheng opened his eyes wearily, and slowly tapped his hands on the table, his bloodshot eyes showed an imperceptible sympathy.

"...the law is unforgiving."

The sky outside the house was gloomy, and the sky was covered with thick clouds, as if it was about to rain.There was a faint wind around, and the two yamen servants walked out of the backyard side by side, and walked straight to the back mountain.

The dead leaves were meditating and breathing in the woods at the foot of the back mountain. The wind made the leaves rattle, and the yellow, red and crimson leaves rolled all over the ground, and some of them even floated on him.In the gradually violent wind, the dead leaves maintained a motionless sitting posture, and opened their eyes steadily, the black eyes were concentrating.

Around the body, the wind within one foot gradually weakened until it stopped.The leaves piled quietly on the ground, forming a circle that spiraled inward.

The method given by Zhan Zhao is very effective, very effective.This effectiveness does not mean that his skill has increased by a few percent, but that after practicing for a few days, Dead Leaf felt that his body seemed to be slowly reorganizing.While adjusting his breath under the tree with his eyes closed, in the silence, he could feel the traces of the wind flowing around him.The soft air flow brushed against his body, as if it had become a force, gradually penetrating from his skin into his body, slowly filling his sea of ​​qi.

Very pure, very pure power is supporting his dilapidated body day by day.

Slowly exhaling a mouthful of turbid air, Dead Ye closed his eyes and rested for a while, then stood up.The surrounding forest was a warm color of golden yellow mixed with crimson. He took a ginkgo leaf hanging from his hair, and stretched out his hand to let it fly in the wind.

The hair has gradually grown, and it has a slight drooping curvature, instead of sticking stiffly.Touching the scar on the back of the head, the scene at the bottom of the deep pool that day seemed like a lifetime ago, and too many feelings were gradually forgotten.What Dead Leaf remembers now is only what is in front of her, about Zhan Zhao, Gongsun, the fourth son... and Zhan Hao.

He didn't forget that there was a person waiting for him in Changzhou, but sometimes he didn't dare to mention this fact to himself.

In the past few days, Yinhou and Tianzun often appeared around the hospital room, sometimes they were eating, and sometimes they were fighting.When the two of them saw him, there would be a very subtle look in their eyes, and then they would stroll over to ask him how he was, each time making Dead Leaf feel overwhelmed and nervous.Sometimes Yin Hou would meaningfully pinch his shoulders and arms, squint his eyes twice, "tsk tsk", shook his head and sighed, and then dragged Tianzun away.And every time at this time, Tianzun would definitely turn his head to look at him, and pursed his mouth depressedly.

I don't know why, so I just didn't think about it later.Anyway, the two seniors didn't make things difficult for him, Dead Leaf continued to live her little life in silence, practicing mental skills, playing with the fourth son, and taking a walk in the woods on the back mountain.

He had gone out of the woods, near the foot of the hill.There is a small wooden house a little farther away. Dead Leaf once wondered what it was used for, but the place was not close, so he didn't study it carefully.

Maybe it's a woodshed or something.

The wind was getting stronger, and the heavy clouds in the sky began to gather, showing the appearance of a storm.Dead Leaf looked up at the sky, thinking that if she didn't go back, it would probably rain later.He patted the crumbs and dust from the wind on his hair, turned and walked out of the grove.

There is a road leading to the mansion by the woods, and the outside is directly connected to the cabin, but the dead leaves always turn into the woods halfway.Facing the wind, he quickened his pace on the road, with the rustling woods behind him.In the distance, there was a slight "squeak" sound suddenly mixed into the wind. When the dead leaves heard it, they stretched out their hands to block the wind and turned around to look back. The door of the cabin opened, and two yamen servants walked out of it.There was a thin person standing among them, wearing a dark blue cloth.

Dead Leaf couldn't help standing still, staring at the other side.The man in dark blue was caught in the middle by two yamen servants, and he came here from the small path, not very fast.They were getting closer and closer in the wind, closer and closer... Dead Leaf was not sure, he saw the face of the man clearly behind the wind, it seemed to be... Lin Zhihuan.

He was already very thin, already thin, and now even thinner, so his eyes looked bigger and bigger.Withered Ye stood on the side of the road in a daze, staring at him without blinking, and Lin Zhihuan's eyes kept falling on him.His eyes were deeply black and blue, and he looked haggard, but not sick.There were no shackles on his hands and feet, he was just being held by the arms and led forward by the yamen servants.

Where is he going?

Withered Ye slightly frowned, looking at Lin Zhihuan who was getting closer.There was not much emotion in the eyes of the other party, no hatred, no disgust, no exhaustion, he just looked at the dead leaves silently, and there was even a trace of frustration, reluctance, and reluctance mixed in.This made Dead Leaf feel a little confused—how could Lin Zhihuan have such feelings for him?

When the two of them were closest, Dead Leaf could clearly see the bloodshot eyes in his eyes, the deep melancholy, and the relaxed relief.He brushed past the dead leaves in the wind, and the two of them stared at each other intently. In the end, Lin Zhihuan even curled the corners of his mouth slightly.

At that moment, the dead leaf suddenly felt that the other party was like a dilapidated dead leaf butterfly, as if it was about to be swept away by the wind and the fallen leaves.

What is he going to do?Should I go to stand trial, or go to see my body?No, didn't Zhan Zhao say that his drug addiction is almost over?Or, did he suffer from some other disease?

Dead Leaf, who has never cared about the outside world, naturally doesn't know what Kaifeng Mansion is doing these days, he is just practicing his mind on his own.He naturally didn't know that this was the last time he saw Lin Zhihuan.

Lin Zhihuan was not going to be promoted to court for trial, nor was he going to see a doctor.After a while, he will be taken to the execution room, where Bao Zheng will see him off.After two quarters of an hour, he will take the highly poisonous Hedinghong, and at three quarters in the afternoon, the time when the yang energy is at its peak, he will end his twenty-five-year-old life.

In this world, how do people bond with others?If death is the end, then for those who are still alive, the relationship between each other is not the end.

Or, will distance and time dilute the bond.

It was the former that Dead Leaf missed. When thinking of her dead brother, she would recall over and over again what happened when he was still alive.Now, he began to think about the latter, thinking about that person, thinking about that place in the distance, but he didn't dare to take a step closer.I feel vaguely afraid of the passing time and the unreachable distance, but I also think dejectedly, it seems that there is nothing wrong with ending this hastily.

If this fetter slowly disappears due to inaction in his own hands, maybe he will feel a little lost—but only a little bit.If you don't own it, you won't feel too sad when you lose it.

Dead Leaf has been in Kaifeng Mansion for almost two months, and the season has entered late autumn.The trees in Kaifeng Mansion finally lost their leaves a few days ago, but the snow has not yet fallen, only the cold wind is blowing day by day.A few crows perched on the bare branches, hoarsely calling once or twice, casting a shadow of panic on the already chilling weather.

At the gate, Zhan Zhao had just returned from patrolling the streets, wearing a thin red official uniform and was chased by the wind into the door, and a few dry leaves fluttered into the crack of the door.Yinhou was playing chess with Tianzun in the front hall. Seeing him coming in, Yinhou frowned and stretched out his hand to squeeze his hand, pulling up a thin layer of his clothes: "Tsk! It's cold and you still wear this little, You always use your internal energy to make yourself comfortable, don’t you? Hurry up and add more clothes!”

Zhan Zhao grinned and ran into the room, Tianzun squinted at him for a while, then turned back and said absently, "Old devil, do you feel that Kitten Zhan seems to have lost weight again?"

"Thin? It's okay, it's just like that. I haven't seen him gain weight since I was a child." Yin Hou walked a horse forward, groping with the other hand, and took it from the plate. Take out a piece of sesame candy and stuff it into your mouth.Tianzun stared at the chessboard, moved the cannon slowly for a while, and continued to mutter leisurely: "Yutang was not fat when he was young, but he was sick and thin. His mother, Lu Xueer, was fatter. I saw you when she was one or two years old. Snow-white and snow-white, round."

"Ah, that's right! Lanci was also fleshy when she was a child, and those little arms are so soft! When she was born, she was like a meatball, not much different from a little four." Yin Hou agreed sincerely. , while touching the last piece of sesame candy.Tianzun, who was following behind, touched an empty space, and seeing that it was gone, he couldn't help raising his eyes and staring at him dissatisfied.Yin Hou smiled "hehe" at him, stretched out his hand to break the two halves, and handed half to him.

Now Tianzun was satisfied, took it and stuffed it into his mouth, chewed and said in a vague way: "Speaking of which, I haven't seen that girl Lan Ci for a long time, where did you go touring with Zhan Xiaomiao's father?"

"Well, I went to the Western Regions. A letter came a few days ago, saying that I just arrived in Lanzhou Mansion. I guess I will be here in two days. The girl also said that she brought a gift back for the fourth son." Yin Hou just finished speaking. After saying this, at the door, the fourth son in a jacket came running in, with a happy and curious expression on Yuanyuan's face.

"Yin Yin, Zun Zun!" The little guy yelled crisply, and plunged into Yin Hou's arms.Yin Hou hugged him on his lap and sat down, lowered his head and pinched his nose, and said, "Little fat man, why are you here? Didn't I see you reading medical books just now?"

"Well, because I heard Grandpa Miao said that Aunt Miao was going to bring me a gift, so the fourth son came here." The little guy had a candy zongzi in his mouth, and while talking with a smile, he took out the other two from his clothes. , one handed to Tianzun, and one stuffed into Yinhou's hand.Yin Hou pinched his face and smiled half-truthfully, "Tsk tsk, you little fat man has sharp ears, so you came here when you heard the gift. Come on, tell Grandpa Meow, what gift do you want?"

"Hmm..." The fourth son turned around to look at Yin Hou with his eyes wide open, his mouth tightly pursed, and he smiled like a ghost, "Well, Auntie Miao went to the Western Regions, I want the Western Regions I don't know if there are any lover beads?"

"Lover's Bead?" Yin Hou raised his eyebrows in surprise, and subconsciously raised his eyes to look at Tianzun.Tianzun stared, with a look of surprise: "You little thing, you are well-informed, and you know the Lover's Pearl?"

"Ah?" Hearing what he said, the fourth son couldn't help being a little stunned: "Is that rare?"

"It was extinct more than 150 years ago, and now only legends have been handed down. Do you think it is rare? You little fat man, you know how to embarrass others." Yin Hou scraped the little guy's forehead vigorously with his fingers, He hummed and pulled the corners of his mouth.The fourth son felt a little hurt, he covered his head with his chubby hand while humming, and said aggrievedly: "Then I see brother Miao gave a lover bead to Xiao Yezi, so I want to get one for Xiao Yezi too." Liangzi, how did I know it was so rare..."

Yinhou and Tianzun heard his muttering, looked at each other, and raised their eyebrows in unison: "You said, Ah Hao has a lover bead, and then he gave the bead to the dead leaf?"

The fourth son blinked and blinked: "Yes, a little red bead, so cute."

Oh!Yinhou and Tianzun straightened up in an instant, with curious eyes suddenly showing in their eyes.Lover beads, tsk tsk tsk, I haven't seen them at this age, huh?The two looked at each other in tacit understanding, and then Yin Hou stood up quickly, and put the fourth son on the chair: "Oh, my son, let's go play with Xiao Yezi for a while, and you can play alone Ah~"

After finishing speaking, the two elderly people, one black and one white, disappeared with a "swish", leaving only a gust of wind and a layer of fallen leaves in the yard that were swept up by the airflow.The fourth son sat there in a daze, and after a while he realized "Ah": "I, I want to go and play with Xiao Yezi too!" "Bada" chased after him, shouting back while chasing: "Yin Yin, Zun Zun! Wait for me, you are not allowed to bully Xiao Ye Zi!"

Cough, to be honest, now in the heart of Xiao Sizi, dead leaves are completely synonymous with disadvantaged groups.When he thought of dead leaves, the words "seriously injured", "no skill", and "other people don't play with him" popped up in his little head reflexively.And Yin Yin and Zun Zun are both dishonest and powerful characters who are difficult to deal with. Seeing their malicious eyes, the fourth son naturally felt that they would bully Dead Leaf.

At this time, Dead Ye was sitting quietly in the woods behind the house, completely unaware that two martial arts masters were running towards him in a hurry.The blood-red Bilizhu hung quietly under his clothes, just lying in the socket of the right collarbone.It sticks to the warm skin of the dead leaves, and with the rhythm of the heartbeat, it is making waves that humans cannot hear.

In the bare tree branches not far behind, a bird with red head and black body was hiding its head in its wings, snoring comfortably and comfortably in the cool wind.

Dead Leaf has just practiced half of the set of mental techniques that Zhan Zhao gave him these days.Zhan Zhao told him not to rush forward, so he practiced slowly, one mantra could last for several days.Dead Leaf also knows her abilities. Although she has some talents, she is not as good as those rare talents of them.It doesn't matter, just take it slow, a little slower, he can hesitate for a few more days.

With eyes closed, the dead leaf draws the dissipated internal force from the meridians of the limbs to the sea of ​​​​qi bit by bit, the eyelashes tremble slightly, and the breathing is deep.The cool wind slowly slid across the face, and from time to time, wind and sand floated onto the skin, making it itchy.He was unmoved, and continued to practice his mind quietly.But, why is there something wrong with the sand today?Why is it still slipping on the face?

Dead Leaf frowned, opened her eyes, and a pair of sharp eagle eyes hanging upside down immediately came into view.He was startled, and couldn't help but lean back a little. The person in front of him laughed out loud, and the waves of sound shook Dead Leaf's chest.A man in white came out slowly from behind him, and poked the upside-down guy with his hand: "Come on, put away your magic sound formula, his body can't stand your yelling."

Yin Hou flew down from the tree while laughing, squatting in front of the dead leaves with a smile.The sound wave disappeared, and the dead leaves could barely breathe, but in the blink of an eye, there were still some flowers in front of them, and the blood was faintly surging.Seeing him like this, Tianzun sighed helplessly, stretched out his hand on his shoulder and let his true energy in.Dead Leaves suddenly felt the sea of ​​air heat up, and now they were relieved.

"Tsk tsk, Er Xiao Cen, no way, your body is too weak, you have to practice hard." Yin Hou shook his head and sighed, found a few leaves and put them on the ground as a cushion, and sat down.Tianzun rubbed against him and pushed him away a little, and sat down next to him, and the two of them sat side by side looking at the dead leaves.The dead leaves were stared at by the two of them, their whole body was stiff, their eyes were staring, full of apprehension and guard: "Senior, what's the matter with me?"

Tianzun looked at him and smiled, smacked his lips unhurriedly, and said in a drawn-out voice: "What, Cen Er, I heard from the fourth son that Zhan Hao gave you a token of love, the one from the Western Region Bilizhu, right?"

Dead Leaf looked at him, then at Yin Hou, her cheeks were a little red, but her eyes were still uncertain: "What Bi Lizhu, I don't know."

"It's the Lover's Bead," Yin Hou nodded his neck, then pointed at him, "It's red, small, if you read it correctly, it should be the one you're wearing around your neck."

"This?" Withered Ye pulled the chain suspiciously and pulled out the bead. It was a small blood-red bead, as big as the nail cap of an index finger, shiny and round.Both Yinhou and Tianzun's eyes widened, they leaned in front of the dead leaf, and praised while looking at it: "Oh, is this Bilizhu? It looks quite ordinary, similar to blood jade."

"What do you know! When I was young, I went to the Western Regions, and I heard from the old people there that this Bilizhu is very effective! Love, tracking, concentricity, three effects in one, not to mention, it takes 20 yuan to grow a bead. Years! You have to soak it with your own blood every day, and you have to change it frequently.”

"Raising pearls?" Dead Leaf frowned when he heard what Tianzun said, "This, isn't this something like jewelry?"

Yin Houmo was silent, and Tianzun was also a little dumbfounded: "You have been wearing feelings for so long, and you don't even know the origin of this bead?" Withered Ye blinked, then shook his head honestly.Tianzun patted his head, with an expression that he couldn't bear to look straight at: "Oh my God! Zhan Hao actually likes you, a dull guy who doesn't understand the style, ah, he is so miserable!"

Yin Hou was also embarrassed and speechless at the side: "I said Cen Er, even if you don't know what this bead is for, you can feel something following you anyway, right?"

"Is there something following me?" Withered Leaf stared blankly: "Is there something?"

Now Yin Hou was completely speechless, and didn't know what to say.On one side, Tianzun came over, staring straight at him with blue-gray eyes, and said in a low voice: "You really didn't notice? A bird, it should be a little bird with a red head and a black body, it's called a smelling bird, you Really haven't seen it?"

"Uh, are you talking about Little Douzi?" Withered Ye finally understood a little bit now, the little bird with red head and black body should be Little Douzi.But he hasn't seen that little guy for a long time, since he left Suzhou and returned to Changzhou in the summer.

As soon as Tianzun heard that there was a door, his eyes lit up immediately: "Little Douzi? This name is cute, you call it to come out and play with me."

"I...how do I call it, the sky is so big, how could it be in Kaifeng Mansion?"

Now Tianzun really couldn't hold back anymore, and almost grabbed him and shook him: "Then what little bean is a smelling bird! The smelling bird likes the sound made by Bi Lizhu, so where is Bi Lizhu? It will follow wherever! And when Zhan Hao gave you the bead, he must have raised that little bean for a long time! It only listens to what Zhan Hao and you say, as long as you yell softly, it will flutter to the ground~ Fly out, understand?"

Withered Ye frowned, looking at Tianzun with bitterness and hatred, there was still a trace of unbelievable emotion in his eyes.He stared and hesitated for a while, then subconsciously turned his head and looked around, and saw that there were bare branches all around, against the gray sky, looking lifeless, where was there a bird with a red head and a black body?He frowned and looked at it for a long time, then turned around, but saw Tianzun's resentful eyes again.In desperation, Dead Leaf had no choice but to tentatively lift her chin, and called softly: "...Little Douzi?"

As soon as the words fell, there was a cheerful "chirp~" sound in the quiet forest.Hearing this familiar cry, Dead Leaf was so frightened that she almost stood up.He saw a small thing slanting out from nowhere, flapping its wings and rushing straight towards his door.The dead leaf couldn't help but subconsciously reached out to grab it—this scene seemed to have happened before—but the little black figure was very flexible, and quickly wrapped around his neck from behind, and the two small claws stopped on his shoulders On the way, the cool head rubbed against his hair.

"Uh..." Withered Ye froze, facing the staring eyes of the two martial arts masters, she was silent.Xiaodouzi hasn't been in close contact with him for a long time, and now he showed a very comfortable expression, rubbing against his neck and calling out repeatedly: "Chip, chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp~(≧ω≦)"

Tianzun stared blankly at this cute little thing, just wanted to say that this is the smelling bird?At this time, the breathless voice of the fourth son came from not far behind the three of them: "Yin Yin, Zun Zun, ouch, ouch, I have no strength..."

Yin Hou looked back and saw that the little fat man had just left the backyard and was standing by the door panting for breath.He was speechless secretly, and ran over to hug the little guy with a twitch of the back of his neck: "Why are you here, didn't you let you play by yourself?"

"Hmph, why don't you come here too, or else you're going to bully Xiao Yezi." The fourth son unhappily stretched out his hand to pull Yin Hou's hair, and touched back the rice dumpling candy that he had just given him: "You two scoundrels, leave me alone." I’m alone, so I won’t give you sugar!”

Seeing that he was angry, Yin Hou hurriedly begged for mercy: "Oh little ancestor, why don't we make a mistake? Come on, come on, there is something interesting in your little leaf, and it looks cute." As he said, he hugged Xiaosi The child rushed back to Withered Yeyan and put the child down.

"Little Ye Zi!" Seeing the dead leaf, the fourth son's first thought was to rush over to hug him, but just halfway through his hand, he noticed a small round thing on the dead leaf's shoulder——

Xiaodouzi: "Chirp, (⊙ω⊙)?"

Little Four: "(⊙o⊙), little bird?"

Xiaodouzi: "(≧ω≦), chirp!"

The fourth son: "Ah, ah, what a cute little bird!"

For a moment, the two cute creatures looking at each other seemed to find some resonance in each other's sight, and they got bored together.Withered Ye stared at Xiaodouzi who plunged into Xiao Sizi's arms and thumped, his eyeballs were about to fall out.

Yinhou and Tianzun also laughed for a moment, watching the unscrupulous bird coquettishly coquettishly coquettish and cute in Xiaosi's neck, speechless: "Cough, it seems that Wenxiangniao is not as reserved as it is said in the legend. "

"Maybe this one is a little more special." Thinking of the flirtatious wink of the little bird when they first met, Dead Leaf couldn't help shivering, and her hands were about to get goosebumps.Yin Hou shook his shoulders unbearably, and sighed sincerely: "How did Ah Hao raise such a bird? Isn't he usually reserved?" After speaking, he turned to look at the dead leaves , raised his eyebrows and said: "You are also stupid. You haven't noticed after being followed by such a bird for so long. It's a waste of Ahao's painstaking efforts."

"Yes," Tianzun echoed sourly from the side, "This bead is difficult to raise, but once it is cultivated and given to someone you like, the other person's feelings will be conveyed to him, which is equivalent to something like Lover's Gu. .How many people are unwilling to use blood for nourishment, they just don't want to let themselves suffer pain. From this point of view, Zhan Hao really has a deep affection for you."

Dead Leaf opened her eyes blankly, listening to what they said, her mind went blank for a while.He couldn't understand what Tian Zun said... When he was sad, Zhan Hao knew that he was sad, and when he was in pain, Zhan Hao would also be in pain... Is that so?

That is to say, when he was caught in the cave by Lin Zhihuan and fed poison, Zhan Hao could feel the changes in his body, and feel the pain that confused him.He was angry that he was unhappy, and Zhan Hao knew everything...

For a while, the vixen's single-minded brain was not enough.Dead Leaf couldn't control himself, he couldn't help but began to think about everything that happened after accepting the beads... Every time, he was bored in the room and kept getting angry, while Zhan Hao quietly accompanied him through the wall.

Just like that afternoon, Zhan Hao sat quietly in the porch to accompany him, leaning against the pillar, without moving a bit.

Shocked and touched, he gradually felt that he couldn't breathe.He doesn't know, so there are still things he doesn't know... How many things he doesn't know?It turned out that Zhan Hao had already done this step for him, and he already had the awareness to share weal and woe... Withered Ye lowered her head, she couldn't help but put her hands on her forehead, and rubbed her temples vigorously, in an attempt to calm her chaotic thoughts.But after a long time, my heart was still flustered.Too many thoughts oppressed his mind, getting heavier and heavier...

He is not a proud son, he is not good-looking, has a bad reputation, has no good temper, and knows nothing about the world.But, why did Zhan Hao like him, and why... gave him such affection?

What was originally thought to be just a simple feeling of liking suddenly became very heavy.Holding that lover's bead, it seems to be holding Zhan Hao's heart, connected to the blood, it seems to be pulsating faintly in the palm.Dead Leaf felt that he couldn't hold it any longer. The thing in his hand was so hot and heavy, and it was attached to the chain, as if it was tightly strangling his neck, making him feel a little... out of breath.

At that moment, eight words came to Dead Leaf's mind: deep love will never last, strong will be humiliating.

In Changzhou City in late autumn, although dark green leaves are still hanging on the trees, after all, the seasons have changed, and it looks listless, no longer the vitality of the past.The south of the Yangtze River is humid, and it is not as dry as Kaifeng, so the coldness spreads wantonly through the moisture in the air. It is obviously not winter yet, but many people have already put on thin padded jackets.

The weather is already cold enough to breathe out white gas.Changzhou Wei Zhifu didn't know where he came from, rubbing his hands together, and walked towards the exhibition house with a guard.People say that in the past two months, the young and the young of the Zhan family lived in seclusion and hardly went out for a stroll.Come out occasionally, that is to deal with some things that can't be avoided, come and go in a hurry, it can be said that the dragon sees the beginning and never ends.

Wei Jing had heard that he had returned from Kaifeng mansion, and wanted to come over to drink his tea, but he was busy, so he delayed until now.Early in the morning, he walked slowly to the door of Zhan's house with his guards, only to find that someone was already waiting at the bottom of the steps before him.Wei Jing took a closer look, and saw an old man with gray hair, hale and hearty, and his brows and eyes looked familiar... Tsk, who is it?

The guard behind came over to remind him: "That's the boss of the Suzhou-Hangzhou Chamber of Commerce, old Mr. Di Deqing."

"Oh!" Wei Jing suddenly realized, and then remembered.It is true that Di Deqing was born in Changzhou, but after his business reached Suzhou, he moved there.When I come back occasionally, I always stay at home and don't go out, so it's no wonder I didn't recognize him for a while.Hearing about Yueranju before, and seeing him standing in front of the Zhanzhai now, Wei Jing immediately understood the intention of Mr. Di.

With a hey smile on his face, he rubbed his hands and ran over.When he came in front of others, he first bowed respectfully and respectfully, and then said: "Boss Di! I have admired you for a long time. Wei Jing, the prefect of Changzhou, is here today to drink tea with the young master of the Zhan family. I wonder if Boss Di would like to come together?"

Di Deqing looked at him, smiled, returned a salute, and said, "Thank you, Governor Wei, for your kindness. Di Mou is willing to go with you, but nephew Zhanxian stays behind closed doors, and no one came when he knocked on the door just now." Yes, I'm afraid there is some inconvenience."

"Hi!" Wei Jing waved his hands in disbelief, and said amusedly, "That bastard Zhan Hao is like this, sometimes you don't want to be polite to him, if you are polite, he'll be pissed off." After speaking, Wei He went up to him, patted the door of Zhan's house rudely, and yelled: "Zhan Hao! Open the door, I'm here to drink your tea! Jitang, Minwei, come out and open the door!"

When Di Deqing saw him calling the door like this, he actually felt something wrong in his heart, but it seemed that this was not the first time for him... Anyway, it's good to be able to call open.Not long after, there was indeed the sound of the door being pulled from inside.The two doors opened with a "creak", revealing the sulky face of the little girl Min Wei.She stared at Wei Jing, and then saw Di Deqing beside her, her face became even worse: "Master Wei, you can come by yourself, why do you need to bring someone?" The "person" the little girl said was naturally Refers to Boss Di.

"What's the matter if I bring someone here, he's a senior, your young master is really arrogant!" As he said, Wei Jing squeezed Minwei away and slipped in, not forgetting to turn around and say, "Boss Di, come in quickly!" , what are you doing in a daze?"

Min Wei was unwilling to do so, but she had no choice but to get out of the way.After seeing Di Deqing, he walked in.After crossing the threshold, I still remember nodding and smiling at Minwei, but the little girl turned up and left without replying a word, closing the door.Di Deqing was a little embarrassed, but Wei Jing didn't mind, and he still had time to comfort him: "This little girl from the Zhan family is like this, she was trained by Butler Zhong herself, and she is pulling each other out."

After hearing his words, Di Deqing's expression was a little dazed.He carefully looked at Minwei's walking posture, that small waist was twisted and twisted, not to mention, it really had Zhong Yunde's angry energy.Thinking of this, he couldn't help smiling slightly.

Before reaching the lobby, the two saw a figure in a green shirt standing at the door from a distance.When he got closer, he saw that it was Zhan Hao, who was smiling lazily, with a ruddy complexion and a handsome figure, as if he had lived a leisurely and peaceful life.Seeing him like this, Wei Jing couldn't help feeling angry, and shouted dissatisfiedly: "Zhan Hao! Isn't your kid doing well, why don't you go out all the time!"

"What's the point of going out? It's wet and cold, so it's better to stay at home." Zhan Hao smiled leisurely, and stretched out his hand to invite the two into the room: "Boss Di, prefect Wei, why are you interested in coming to my place today?" Drop by?"

The three of them entered the room and sat down, Ji Tang immediately brought over two pots of tea.Zhan Hao reached out to take it, put one pot in front of Wei Jing, poured the other pot out of a teacup, and handed it to Di Deqing.Wei Jing touched the warm little pot, opened the lid to take a look, said "tsk", and then yelled, "Zhan Hao, why isn't this tea Monkey King? Is this Pu'er?"

"It's Shupu from Dali. It's cold, drink this, don't drink Houkui." Zhan Hao also poured a cup of tea and took it in his hand, looking at them lazily, his eyes were dark.Wei Jing looked at him suspiciously, and muttered to himself: "Why are you so kind to me, it's strange..."

Di Deqing didn't feel that something was wrong. He pretended to be something in his heart, and after taking a sip of tea slowly, he put down the cup in his hand.Zhan Hao looked at him with a smile, and said, "Why, Boss Di doesn't like Dancong tea?"

Di Deqing raised his eyes to look at him hastily, then lowered his eyes: "It's not...it's just that I don't have that artistic conception in my heart, and I can't taste any tea I drink. Nephew Zhanxian's tea is good tea, but it's a pity that I'm old. Thinking that no one will inherit the family business, I have no intention of tasting it."

Even Wei Jing at the side could hear the meaning of this sentence, it was nothing more than wanting Zhan Hao to take this seat.For more than a month, Di Deqing has been staying in Changzhou, just trying to motivate Zhan Hao.Although he was tactfully rejected before, Boss Di has been scrambling in the mud for so many years after all, and he finally took a fancy to such a young man, and he still has the person he was thinking of at home, how could he be so easy? give up?So he invited him out for tea and wine every now and then, but Zhan Hao always shied away, saying that he was busy here, that he was busy there, that it hurts there, obviously making excuses on purpose.So today, Boss Di was so fooled that he couldn't help it, so he came to the door in person.

Zhan Hao raised his eyebrows, silently shaving the foam on the opposite side, and kept silent.Di Deqing frowned and stared at him, and after a while he said again: "Nephew Zhanxian, you are young and capable, smart and talented.