In the spring of Taiping 19, just after the Chinese New Year, Huxiang, a small county in the south, had a rare snowfall.

It’s really inappropriate to say that it’s snow, it’s just a few small drops of ice, which will turn into a puddle of black water after two steps on the ground, but it’s rare in the south. "It's snowing" the children running past.

The magistrate Zhou Ke’s family is in the capital, and he has seen goose feather heavy snow in the north, let alone the ice balls at the moment, even if he uses a knife, he doesn’t have the heart to join in the fun.

The yamen is not far from Zhou's house, just a few steps away, the snow seeds floating on his hair have been turned into water drops by the body temperature, the second aunt Qin from the house came up to help him undress.

"Has the fifth girl come back?"

Qin shook her head.

Zhou Ke took a sip of tea, and after a while he suddenly called a servant, hesitated for a while, and mumbled in a somewhat embarrassed voice, "Go look for it in Jamsil."

The young man was startled, looked up at him, didn't dare to say anything, answered yes and left in a hurry.

Jamsil is the prison cell where castration is carried out and those who suffer castration live. It is not a glorious thing to go to such a dirty place to find someone. In addition, the fifth girl of the Zhou family ran away from home yesterday, and it happened that the person in front of her was still locked in there. Even more unbearable reveries.

Although he was a good boy before, and he can't do anything now, but he heard that people's minds will change after suffering, and this is the most humiliating.

Zhou Ke was fidgeting in the hall, drinking pot after pot of tea.It was not until more than an hour later that the boy came back in a hurry and whispered a few words beside him.

His face was pale, still unwilling to reconcile: "Is this really true?"

The boy shook his head: "It's about the reputation of the fifth girl, the little ones dare not have fakes."

"That being the case..." Zhou Ke let out a breath of foul air slowly, "Go and tell Madam—no, tell Madam after I catch Lao Wu, lest she make trouble in a hurry. You find someone to prepare a carriage, and then order one yourself Team member, if you want to sign a death contract to give birth to a son, the stricter your mouth, the better, if anyone dares to say anything, I will make his head fall!"

He has always been a lazy person, and he may never have spoken so harshly in his life.

"Yes." The boy took the order, and he didn't dare to look at his face any more, and retreated with his head down.

Zhou Ke was nearly fifty years old, and only in his thirties did he win the exam with his tail hanging. Four years after Taiping, he was sent to the county seat to be a master of the eighth rank.

Huxiang is not a big place, and the county magistrate of the seventh rank is the biggest official here. In the past, only the Qi family, a local snake, could compete with it.

Although the people do not fight with the officials, during the Taiping period, no matter how big the country gentry was, they had to behave in front of the county magistrate, but there was smoke from the Qi family's ancestral grave, and there was a Wenqu star, and the late emperor ordered his family's third master As a candidate, he swaggered all the way into the cabinet for more than [-] years.

The biological mother of the former prince and young master was a concubine who was born as a maidservant. She left early, probably because of some grievances with the family. Since entering Beijing, she has only returned once.With the lack of relatives so far, the Qi family also gave up their thoughts of ascending to heaven, and stayed honestly in the clan to be his country gentry.

On weekdays, Zhou Ke didn't care too much. He was the biggest in the county anyway, and the Qi family didn't need to do anything to him, just turn a blind eye.

Living together like this for several years has been peaceful, and the year before last, Zhou Shuhe, the fifth daughter of the family, was promised to Qi Yu, the fourth son of the Qi family. When the girl and Ji get married next year, they will still be in-laws with children, and they will be harmonious and beautiful, and they will be the county for the rest of their lives. The Emperor Tudi is also very good.

But no one would have imagined that Master Qi, who was in the pavilion, would conspire against Princess Jingjia, and his numerous crimes would be cut to pieces, and his flesh and blood would rot in the executioner's wicker basket.

The heinous crime harmed his family, and he was sentenced to implicate the whole family.

Zhou Ke felt both pity and hatred for what happened to Hu Xiangqi's family. He pitied them for being implicated in such a great crime, and hated the rumors and rumors outside.Now that the imperial court election is about to happen, if you are so anxious to say that your husband's family is rare to find a good one, is it possible that the child will really be allowed to participate in the draft?

Even if Zhou Ke is willing, his wife Li can't agree.

Many families in the Great Ning Dynasty were afraid of the draft, and would even marry off their girls early in order to avoid the general election. Even if they wanted to stay for a few more years, they would make marriage arrangements in advance.

Not for anything else, but for fear that the child will fall into the fire pit.

Zhou Ke's wife, Li Rulan, has always done a good job in this regard. No matter whether she is a concubine or a concubine, she has been watching everyone since she was eleven or twelve years old.Her elder brother is also young, so she shouldn't be able to see anything, but her eyesight is very poisonous, none of them are bad, except for Lao Wu Zhou Shuhe's marriage.

That's her own daughter!

It is said that husband and wife get along for a long time, and their behavior and even appearance will become more and more similar. Zhou Ke was holding pot after pot of tea in the hall, and Li Rulan in the backyard was also holding a pot of chrysanthemum tea and drinking non-stop.

"Is there any progress in the front yard?" She stood up and asked eagerly.

The personal maid just inquired about the matter, and hurried back: "Master has gone out, but I didn't find out where he went."

Li Rulan took another sip of tea, and murmured to herself: "Since we've gone out, we have a direction, so we should be fine."

She raised her head and rubbed her temples, and couldn't help sighing: "Obviously everyone is envious of a marriage, but now that the Qi family has been convicted and imprisoned, my family's Xiaohe has also become a candidate girl. If she is selected, even if she wins the life of a nobleman, she will die forever." No matter how rare it is to meet each other, that's fine, but if you are chosen as a court lady, you will spend your golden years in the deep palace, and you will be beaten and scolded as a slave... It's me, the mother, who has delayed the child!"

This maid is Li Rulan's dowry, and I can't see her blaming me the most: "Ma'am, don't say that, back then Mr. Qi Si was very talented and famous, and he treated our girls well, and others would not envy him. No one can imagine this situation now. How can you blame Madam?"

What she said was absolutely right. The fiancé Qi Yu in front of Zhou Shuhe, the fifth girl, was a child prodigy who was well-known far and wide since he was a child. For more than a hundred years, few can compare with it.

It's just that the young talent is proud of his spring breeze, and many beautiful imaginations are all ruined by a single thought of an uncle he has never met.

Last year, after Qi Huizhi was executed, the imperial court sent officials from Yushitai to Huxiang County. The adult men of the Qi family were beheaded on the spot.

It was the twelfth lunar month when the incident happened, and Qi Yu was still in the academy preparing for the coming spring.The dean of the academy has been an editor of the Imperial Academy all his life, and he resigned as an old man and returned to his hometown to give lectures. He loves this young student very much, and specially opened a small stove for him to teach alone.

On that day, Yushi led the people to push open the door, and Zhou Ke, who was following behind, avoided Qi Yu's sight, greeted the dean in embarrassment, and trotted up to him to whisper for a while.

The cool southern wind blew into the lecture hall, drowning their murmurs.

The dean looked back at Qi Yu, opened his mouth to say something, but felt that he had nothing to say, and finally stepped out of the room, passing by the guards who were crushing the criminals.

On that day, Qi Yu suddenly understood a truth in the gust of wind. It turned out that every ordinary and simple day in the past was a blessing.

****

Zhou Shuhe thought that she would not be able to see Qi Yu. For example, the guards did not take bribes, or Qi Yu was not happy to meet her. There are always various reasons for not being able to see anyone, but no matter what, she never thought that she would get lost.

Huxiang is close to the barbaric land in the south, and there are many intermarried men and women of different races. The folk customs are much more open than the prosperous capital, and even the ladies of the official family often go out for fun.

Zhou Shuhe couldn't calm down when she was young, so Huxiang rummaged through the place the size of her palm inside and out, and carved every plant and tree into the bone marrow. When she came to her homeland now, she realized that there is actually nothing that people can't forget.

She died once, and when she was about to die, someone wanted her to live better.

She never knew whether Qi Yu would not be able to survive. She felt that there was, but she couldn't be sure.

After all, the last time Huxiang met, Qi Yu was still a scholar with a gentleman's posture. Sometimes Zhou Shuhe felt that he was peeking at him, but when he looked over, he saw the young man clutching a math book with his head buried behind the book.

Later, when they met again, Qi Yu was an envoy of the supervising army. He had just quelled the invasion of the southern barbarians during the Renxu period, captured the chief envoy alive and killed all the rebellious soldiers, and finally got to see his old friend while drunk after the celebration banquet.

And she herself was disheveled and dressed in rags, holding the stinking corpse of her child, mingling like a ghost in the crowd of refugees.

Qi Yu gave her a coffin made of catalpa wood, a small courtyard with three entrances, and a dim sum shop in Xishi.

There is another man.

"I wanted to set up a female household for you, but His Majesty called me back to Beijing in a hurry. There will be chaos here for a while, so I thought it would be safer."

"I leave Liu Gui to you. He used to be a businessman in the capital. He has been with me for five years. He is good at martial arts. He is a very good person. You can let him be your buddy, or you can let him be your man. ,look at yourself."

Qi Yu paused, then repeated, "He is a very good person."

Zhou Shuhe didn't speak all the time, and Qi Yu didn't have anything more to say. Everything has been arranged here, and there are still horses and horses waiting for him outside. He should be leaving, but he hasn't.

The two stood at the door in a daze, the horse behind them waited impatiently, and the hooves slammed on the ground. Qi Yu squinted at the past, and the attendant who was driving hurriedly grabbed the reins and leaned over to comfort him.

"Can I follow you?" Zhou Shuhe said suddenly.

Qi Yu shook his head.

When she asked, she had no expectations in her tone, and when she was rejected, she only said a faint "oh", stuffed a big bag into his arms, stared into his eyes and said seriously: "It's the Mid-Autumn Festival, these few The moon cakes are eaten on the road."

"It's a long journey, I hope you will cherish it."

The journey is far away, I hope you cherish it.

This was the last sentence Zhou Shuhe said to Qi Yu in that life.

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【Third person in the text】

[Meiqiang is miserable in love with brain x heartless and ruthless way]

After Li Jie III came back, Immortal Siming came to my mansion with all kinds of gods, and accused me of being a liar in love for not talking about immortal virtues.

I quickly flipped through my spiritual consciousness, and finally found a memory related to "love" in a corner.

That was my first life in the human world. I was reincarnated as an immortal cultivator named Fu Le, and when I was over a hundred years old, I saved a little devil.

Demons are always deceiving. Fu Le has been addicted to love for more than ten years, and she has played it over and over again. Fortunately, she woke up in time and tricked the devil back to the sect. No piece of armor left.

I admired: "Everyone gets and kills monsters, it's worthy of being the reincarnation of me, binding the moon, well done!"

Si Ming rolled his eyes to the sky: "He is not dead, but he has become a demon king of the demon world, and he is threatening to unify the three worlds."

I picked up the mountain-opening axe, and shouted: "Don't be afraid, watch me kill him with one axe!"

Seeing all the immortals lamenting, sighing and looking sad, I had no choice but to put down my axe, and fell into mourning very much in line with the crowd.

Si Ming's expression was indistinguishable: "Xiaoxian has a way to go sideways."

It was night, and Immortal Bin Yue sneaked into the demon palace, pretending to be the corpse of the immortal cultivator Fu Le that was treasured by the demon king Si Ye.

The lamp beside the pillow is a soul-inducing lamp, and the bed underneath is an ice coffin. The blood from the devil's heart was dripped on her lips, and she heard him weeping softly.

"Sister, please hurt Ah Ye again."

Sure enough, demons are very sick.

Si Ye: I was originally a well-behaved demon brother who was ignorant of the world, but evil spirits deceived me, immortals punished me, and my sister lied to me.Nirvana rebirth, I want them to pay the price!Tomorrow is my sister and I's wedding anniversary, v I'm 50 to buy her flowers, and discuss the plan to unify the Three Realms.

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