The next morning, a thin layer of skylight shone on the steps.
There seemed to be some small movement in the house.
Sword, Qin, and Sword Book had already prepared a wash, waiting outside, but he didn't dare to go in when he heard it, because he didn't know if Xie Wei had woken up.
Until I heard a sudden question from inside: "What time is it?"
Jian Shu replied: "Chen Zheng is a moment."
There was silence for a while, and then he said, "Come in."
When Xie Wei opened his eyes early in the morning, he only felt that the light of the day was shining through the window paper, and his eyes were blurred. He raised his hand and sat up on his forehead, only to realize that he had slept until dawn.
The cold candles have been exhausted, and there is some residual warmth in the room.
Looking into the corner, the Emei was quietly placed on the piano table, as if no one had touched it.
When Jianshu and Daoqin came in, he had already stood up and only asked, "When did Ning Er leave last night?"
Jianshu said: "About Hai Shi."
Xie Wei was silent for a while, but at the end he didn't say anything, just changed clothes, washed, and used some porridge and rice.
The rebellion of the Heavenly Religion is peaceful, and after staying in Tongzhou for two days, after taking care of the follow-up matters, it is time to leave for Beijing. However, there was a heavy snowfall at dusk yesterday, and the ground was piled up. The following people reported that the official road from Tongzhou to the capital was buried by heavy snow and falling rocks, and it was still being cleaned up. In addition, Zhang Zhe, Xiao Ye, and most of the surviving soldiers were injured. After listening to the following report, Xie Wei ordered to go down and stay in Tongzhou for two days.
Yingying and other officials heard early yesterday that someone was coming from Beijing, and they all took the opportunity to pay their respects today.
Originally a clean entrance to the Shangqing Temple, it was actually crowded with cars and horses.
After Jiang Xuening slipped out of Xie Dangerous House last night, he originally wanted to drop by to see Zhang Zhe, but when he passed by the door of his room, he saw that the lights and candles were extinguished and it was pitch black. I fell asleep, so I refrained from disturbing it.
When she woke up the next day, she went to look for it.
Zhang Zhe's complexion is naturally better than yesterday, but he is used to being taciturn, and the two have already escaped the danger. What to say to this stuffy gourd. Zhang Zhe also abides by etiquette, not to mention that there is a doctor's order in front of him, asking him to take a good rest, Jiang Xuening is inconvenient to be too disturbed, so he has to watch it once in the morning and once in the evening.
Zhang Zhe wondered why.
She only felt very satisfied herself, but she didn't look homesick at all. She was happy all day long, smiling all the time, and everyone in the Shangqing Guan felt comfortable when they saw her.
It's just that God is really not beautiful.
Tongzhou officials came to worship for two days, and Xie Wei also started to deal with the aftermath of the battle to eradicate the Heavenly Sect. He also discussed with Xiao Yuan several times, and he was about to leave.
The end of the year is approaching.
If the journey is faster, everyone should be able to go home before the festival.
Unexpectedly, it snowed again on the morning of the third day, and there was news from the inn that the mountain road that had collapsed a few days ago had collapsed again. .
Jiang Xuening sat in front of the window and supported her with her hands. After listening to Xiaobao's words, she couldn't help but say, "Do you also stay in Tongzhou for the new year?"
Xiaobao put the hot tea on her and said, "Listen to what Mr. said, most likely it is."
Jiang Xuening frowned.
Xiaobao said: "Xiao Guogong and the others can't leave either. I discussed with my husband a few days ago, saying that on New Year's Eve, we will find a restaurant to hold a banquet and reward the sergeants to comfort everyone's thoughts of returning home. If you feel anxious about going home, go to Can you also join in the fun?"
homesick
Jiang Xuening snorted lightly.
She doesn't want home.
Others will go home for the Chinese New Year.
The whole family sat together and reunited, and even though there were some quarrels and strife at ordinary times, they put them down on such a good day. Saying auspicious words to each other, setting off firecrackers, eating rice cakes, keeping the year old, and just hoping for a better year is a rare and warm day in the world.
But for her, it became more and more deserted.
When they were in the village with Wan Niang, most of those rough farmers in the mountains despised Wan Niang's background, although because they came from a big family, they all asked Wan Niang for something, but they secretly gave her something. Less white eyes.
Wan Niang also disdains dealing with rough people.
Every Chinese New Year, every household is lively and lively, but Wanniang took her with her, but it was no different from usual, and she ate something at will.
She didn't know it happened when she was young, and she didn't think there was anything wrong.
When I was a little older, I started to play with the children in the village and started talking, only to find out that other people's families are going to celebrate the New Year.
One year she went back to ask Wanniang.
Wan Niang ignored her at all.
Another New Year, she couldn't help but follow other children to other people's houses, ate dinner, set off firecrackers, and when she was about to slip home at night, she opened the door and found that Wan Niang, who was supposed to go to sleep, was sitting there. In the room, looking at her coldly, he actually carried her and closed the door.
It was dark and cold outside, and she was terrified.
She raised her hand and slammed the door hard, crying and asking Wan Niang why she wouldn't let herself in.
Wan Niang is still ignorant.
She was tired from crying, so she leaned against the door and fell asleep in a daze. The next morning she had a fever, so Wan Niang took her to see the doctor.
From then on, Jiang Xuening never dared to mention the New Year.
She was so scared.
Later, when I returned to Jiang's mansion, I had to eat a group dinner every New Year's festival, but it seemed that it had nothing to do with her. Seeing flowers in the fog and looking at the moon in the water are not real.
After all, she didn't like Jiang Xuehui, nor did she like Meng Shi.
We don't see each other on weekdays, but we have to block each other during the New Year. Can you be happy
As for later in the palace...
That would be even more boring.
On New Year's Eve, a feast is given, the court and the public are concerned about the etiquette of the ruler and the ministers, and the concubines and concubines are fighting each other. Even on a happy day, everyone is calculating with each other. What's the point
What's more, not everyone came to the New Year's Eve banquet.
Some are too low-ranking to come.
There are some who can come but can't come by themselves.
For example, Xie Wei, who was already the imperial master of the dynasty at that time, was sick almost every year, but never arrived;
For example, Zhang Zhe, who has no oil or salt, always regarded the emperor's grace as nothing, and went to the book to apologize and said that he would serve his mother at home.
Therefore, Jiang Xuening has not seen Zhang Zhe on a day like New Year's Eve...
Putting his fingers on the cold window edge, Jiang Xuening's heart suddenly jumped, and he turned to ask Xiaobao, "Where's Mr. Zhang?"
Xiaobao froze for a moment: "What?"
Jiang Xuening suddenly became a little nervous: "Don't Mr. Zhang return to the capital during the Chinese New Year?"
Only then did Xiaobao know what she was asking, and replied: "The day before yesterday, Mr. Zhang had someone asked about the snow and landslides in the aisle, and he mentioned that he would go back in the snow, but the road is dangerous if it is not clear, not to mention that he still has Injury, the doctor said that it will take a few days to support. Mr. Xie did not agree, only said that if Master Zhang had an accident, no one could afford it."
Zhang Zhe also wants to celebrate the New Year in Tongzhou early.
A wave of heat slowly poured out from the bottom of my heart, and Jiang Xuening's fingers trembled.
Xiaobao wondered: "do you want to go back too?"
Unexpectedly, Jiang Xuening didn't even hear it, and didn't move for a while. After a while, he turned around and walked out without even taking an umbrella.
Xiaobao was startled: "what are you doing?"
Jiang Xuening wanted to go out, but after walking a few steps, he remembered that he didn't know the road in Tongzhou City. He turned around and said, "Is there a good wine shop in Tongzhou? How to go? Where?"
Xiaobao: "… "
Jiang Xuening's originally uninterested face seemed to be lit up. With this radiance, he actually smiled and said, "Take me there."
Xiaobao didn't understand what she wanted to do.
But Young Master Jianshu has explained that he should take good care of the second girl Jiang, and don't make the same mistakes as before.
He didn't dare to allow Jiang Xuening to go shopping in the city alone.
Although she was full of doubts at the moment, she had no choice but to take the umbrella and accompany her.
The big restaurants in the city have not closed at this time, and there are some good cooks who go to help some wealthy families make mats during the Chinese New Year. During the New Years and festivals, the Jiang Mansion will invite the chef from Deyuelou to the mansion to make a good table.
Jiang Xuening knew that there was such a thing, so he let Xiaobao lead the way.
On the road, I saw some shops still open, most of which are selling New Year's goods. Originally, when she saw it a few days ago, she was not very interested, but this time, she stopped to take a closer look, and even bought a few red lanterns and a lucky bag embroidered with the word "Fu". The bag, the good seal on one side, went to the silver number and exchanged a pair of gold and silver coins cast into auspicious appearances such as lucky melons and longevity fruits.
Xiaobao watched from the side, wondering who she was preparing for the New Year.
After a delay on the way, the two arrived at Sihailou, the best cooking place in the city.
As soon as I asked the shopkeeper, I was able to invite the cook.
Only the price is not low.
Buying a lucky bag for lanterns doesn't cost a few dollars, but there are a lot of seals and gold and silver coins. Jiang Xuening pulled the remaining silver taels in his hand and frowned: "One hundred taels, where can you find such expensive ones?"
The shopkeeper was kind and explained to her: "To be honest, the osmanthus wine in this building is famous, and the price is not cheap at ordinary times. There are not a few jars left this year. Other cooks have also been invited to other places long ago. , the one who stayed is Master Xu, the chef in our building. He was going to go back to his wife and children to heat the kang head. But the business came to the door, so of course he did not refuse the price. If you can afford the price, I will help you. Say it, say it."
One hundred taels is really not a lot of money for Jiang Xuening.
Flowers in the past do not blink.
She could see at a glance that the shopkeeper was taking the opportunity to raise prices and kill people, but for such a small amount of money, he couldn't be bothered with him.
Turning her eyes, she said, "It's fine. But I don't have so much money with me. You can see that I have twenty taels left in my hand, and I will pay you as a deposit. You will send the rest later. When I personally come to Shangqing to observe and take it, I live there, and I also do the New Year's Eve banquet there."
The shopkeeper suddenly looked at her in surprise.
It was spread in the city that there was a big incident at the Shangqing Temple. These days, I watched the government's sedan chairs come and go in and out of the temple. Today, those who live in the Shangqing Temple are definitely not ordinary people.
He respected Jiang Xuening at once, and hurriedly agreed.
Xiaobao looked at it and hesitated.
After leaving the restaurant, Jiang Xuening asked him, "Why is this face?"
Xiaobao said, "It's too expensive. Besides, where do you have so much money?"
You must know that Jiang Xuening's current money is the one hundred taels he gave earlier, which was given by the husband, and he didn't have much on him. Jiang Xuening just paid the price in one bite, it's just...
In short, Xiaobao felt unreliable.
When Jiang Xuening heard this, she raised her eyebrows and smiled, and it was rare that she was a little sullen: "No money? This lady has more money!"
She put the seal in her pocket, put all the gold and silver keys in the lucky bag, and put them into her sleeves and hid them so that no one could see them, so she walked briskly back to Shangqingguan.
These days, Xie Wei didn't ask her to learn the piano.
I heard it was busy.
After all, too many officials from Tongzhou came to visit, so it must be impossible to spare time to train her. And starting two days ago, the young master claimed that he was ill, contracted the cold, and saw no outsiders.
Jiang Xuening knew that this was an excuse as soon as he thought about it.
An arrow can pass through a person's shoulder, how can he be a weak scholar who gets sick every winter
Thinking about it, he was just too lazy to entertain the officials of Tongzhou.
As soon as she returned to Shangqingguan, she went to Xie Wei's courtyard for the first time.
Jian Shu just came out with the cold tea that was removed, and saw her as if he had seen a ghost: "Why is the second girl here?"
Jiang Xuening coughed, looked at the closed door behind him, lowered his voice and asked, "Did you sleep, sir?"
It looks a little sneaky.
Jian Shu hesitated for a moment, then said, "Sleep, do you want to see me?"
"No no no no… "
What a joke, Jiang Xuening doesn't want to take the initiative to seek death!
She raised her hand and pulled the sword book aside.
"I'll just tell you this."
Jian Shu saw her Bai Shengsheng's hand pulling at his sleeve, his eyelids jumped, and a bit of coldness appeared in his heart, and said, "You talk, don't do it."
The big man is so stingy!
Jiang Xuening didn't think deeply, put down his hands, put on a very kind expression, and said, "You must have money with you when you come out with your husband? Just give me a thousand eight hundred taels of envoys."
Just give a thousand children and eight hundred tael envoys...
The corner of Jianshu's mouth twitched: "You—"
Jiang Xuening said in time: "You know!"
Jianshu said: "What do I know?"
Jiang Xuening knew that Jianshu Daoqin were all Xie Wei's confidants, and they both knew Xie Wei's affairs, so they put on their hips: "You gentlemen still owe me tens of thousands of dollars, and I want a thousand eight. Hundred taels is not too much, right? I think your husbands have caught the cold and are not in good health, so it is not easy to disturb them. You gave it to me, and told him it was it. "
"… "
Jian Shu was afraid that he would come down and be beaten to death by his own husband, but the master in front of him was really special, and he really didn't dare not give it, which made him hesitate.
Jiang Xuening urged him: "Otherwise I will disturb your husband!"
Judging from their usual posture, they don't seem to dare to disturb Xie Wei casually.
She felt that she could successfully get a sum of money that belonged to her.
But without thinking, Jian Shu stared at her for a long time, and said: "Then you go."
Jiang Xuening: "..."
Is this the sword book I know? There seems to be something wrong!
She was stunned.
Jian Shu turned around to knock on the door, and said, "I'll pass it on for you."
Jiang Xuening was shocked and startled, and hurriedly pulled him: "Don't, what are you doing!"
It was at this moment that the door that had been closed just now creaked open.
Xie Wei was standing behind the door, with a light robe and a slender figure, with his hands resting on the edge of the door, as if he had just stood up. A few strands of loose hair fell on the snow-white front of his clothes. There was something unusual in his posture. of laziness.
However, there was a clear coldness in his eyes.
His eyes fell on the two people in front of the door, and then on Jiang Xuening's hand that was still holding Jian Shu's arm.
Jiang Xuening didn't think so.
Jian Shu was caught by this glance, but the hairs on his back stood up, almost as if he had walked in front of the Palace of the King of Hell for a while, and hurriedly pulled his hand back, bowed and said, "Sir, Miss Ning just now..."
Xie Wei said lightly, "I heard it."
Jiang Xuening's neck suddenly became cold.
Looking up at Xie Wei, although his face was a little pale, it really didn't look like he was infected with a cold and couldn't come out to socialize, so he suddenly made a desertion and murmured in his heart: Sure enough, he was pretending.
Xie Wei looked at her: "Want money?"
Jiang Xuening originally wanted to ask Jianshu for it directly. Anyway, it was a fact that their husbands owed them money, and there was no reason not to give them. Let them go back and tell Xie Wei that Xie Wei should not be stingy with himself.
Who would have thought he would come out...
She murmured: "Yes, I heard that Mr. was sleeping, so I didn't dare to disturb him."
I heard he was sleeping
Xie Wei knew that this little liar was full of truth, and was too lazy to expose her trick of putting gold on his face, so he asked her with a smile, "You really care about that little money, after all, what's the use?"
Jiang Xuening opened his mouth to speak, but he did not speak, but his cheeks were slightly red.
Xie Wei was smiling. Seeing her mood, the temperature in his eyes gradually subsided. Although the smile on his lips was still there, the smell that made people feel like a spring breeze was gone, and he saw through her: "Wei Zhang cover?"
She likes Zhang Zha, and it's not a secret here in Xie Wei.
Jiang Xuening just couldn't say it, just embarrassed.
But since it was all guessed by Xie Wei, she calmed down. Thinking that Xie Wei knew anyway, she raised her head with a smile and said, "I still can't hide it from Mr. Zhang. I think Master Zhang wanted to go home, but the road was blocked by heavy snow. , If I want to stay in Tongzhou for the New Year, I want to plan well and make it lively. Otherwise, I won't go out on the New Year's Eve, and I will be alone..."
"… "
Xie Wei saw her beautifully standing under the eaves, and the corners of her eyes and brows were filled with joy like flowers and buds on the branches. Looking behind her, the snow in the courtyard that could not be cleaned up in the future was dazzlingly white.
There was a sneer in his heart.
But the words are still gentle: "You are thoughtful."
Jiang Xuening thought he was complimenting himself, and said happily, "Then you agree?"
Xie Wei smiled softly: "It's your money, I'll give it to you."