After rebirth, I became a treacherous minister Black Moonlight

The second snow in the capital city lasted for several days, and the entire governor's office was covered with snow.

Baoshu rolled around in the snow with the wolf cub.

Bai Yuwei had never seen snow, so she started a snowball fight with Tan'er, Banxia and the others.

Meng Qianqian sat in the pavilion making tea and looking at them from time to time.

At this time last year, she was at Lu's house.

She couldn't remember the day Lu Lingxiao returned from the border.

I just remember it was after a heavy snow like this.

She walked through the thick snow, braved the biting cold wind, and stood at the door to meet her nominal husband, but she saw another woman instead.

At that time, her memory had not yet recovered, and she did not know that she had not yet taken revenge, so she planned to live well as Meng Qianqian.

Sometimes she would wonder what would happen if Lu Lingxiao didn’t bring Lin Wan’er back?

Will she and Lu Lingxiao become a real couple?

"I'm daydreaming again."

Someone's cold voice sounded above her head. Meng Qianqian regained consciousness and looked at the man in front of her who had been with her all the way and fought side by side with her. She instantly had the answer.

Regardless of whether Lin Wan'er is there or not, and regardless of whether Lu Lingxiao betrays her, she will never become a real couple with Lu Lingxiao.

Swish!

A snowball flew towards the pavilion.

Lu Yuan reached out to take it.

Meng Qianqian was quick-witted and quick-handed. She supported the table with one hand and did a flying swallow move. She kicked the snowball away and pulled Lu Yuan behind her at the same time.

Lu Yuan's face darkened.

"Xiaobai, you're in trouble!"

"I...I didn't mean it...Who told you to hide? Sister-in-law, are you okay?"

"We are fine, you guys have fun."

After Meng Qianqian answered Bai Yuwei, she said to Lu Yuan, "I didn't mean it. I'm not angry."

Lu Yuan said coldly: "Is this why I am angry? How many times do I have to tell you? Don't always stand in front of me!"

Meng Qianqian: "You're welcome."

Lu Yuan: "Meng Xiaojiu!"

"I was worried that you would get covered in snow." Meng Qianqian looked at the snow balls on the ground, then turned around and checked him. "You didn't get covered in snow, did you?"

Carefully searching for scattered snowflakes, her white fingertips casually brushed across his chest.

Lu Yuan coughed lightly and said calmly, "My neck seems a little cold."

"Let me see!"

Meng Qianqian stood on tiptoe, hooked her fingertips on the collar of his shirt, and moved closer to him to look inside his collar.

Her hair gently brushed against his cheek, and her breath fell gently into the crook of his neck.

His Adam's apple slipped.

Meng Qianqian wiped him with a handkerchief: "Is it here?"

Lu Yuan said calmly, "It seems like, a little further down."

Meng Qianqian pulled his collar open a little further and moved her face closer, her nose filled with his body temperature and scent.

"Here?"

"Again, down."

"Where? If I go any further I'll have to take off my clothes..."

Just as he was speaking, Meng Qianqian paused, stepped on tiptoe, and looked at him seriously, "Grand Commander!"

Lu Yuan raised his eyebrows: "You have to ask."

Meng Qianqian threw the handkerchief into his arms.

Lu Yuan caught the handkerchief and glared at her: "Meng Xiaojiu, you are getting bolder and bolder. Do you dare to turn your back on me?"

"Sir, the carriage is ready!"

Wu Ge'er walked quickly up to the pavilion and saw Meng Qianqian there. He was surprised and asked, "Miss, are you going to pick up your cousin too?"

Meng Qianqian was stunned: "Pick up my cousin?"

Wu Ge'er said, "Yes, the Imperial College will be closed for ten-day holiday tomorrow."

Meng Qianqian felt embarrassed. She had forgotten such an important thing.

Wu Geer saw what was going on and couldn't help laughing, "Miss, your uncle is the one who remembers everything on your side. People who don't know the truth would think that the young master is your uncle's cousin."

Meng Qianqian smiled.

-

Imperial College.

The last class today is an exam.

Yu Li handed in the paper after he finished it. As it was still early, he decided to go to a nearby study and buy some storybooks for the old lady.

He spent half an hour choosing and only found one that he liked.

After paying the money and coming out, the heavy snow was still falling.

He walked quickly towards the Imperial College, and when passing through a small alley, he collided head-on with a cart rushing out.

Yu Li fell to the ground, and at the same time, he heard the old man scream: "Ouch——"

Meng Qianqian's face changed. She ignored her own pain and hurriedly got up to help the fallen old man up.

"I'm not sure, old man. Did it hurt you? Are you injured anywhere? Do you want to go to the hospital?"

The other person was an old man in his sixties.

The old man held his waist and waved his hands with difficulty, saying in unbearable pain: "It's okay, it's my fault. I didn't look at the road. Sir, did I dirty your clothes?"

"I'm fine." Yu Li saw that he was shabby, covered in patches, and had holes in his shoes, so he knew that he was a poor person.

His eyes fell on the other person's cart again, where there were four baskets covered with straw mats.

"Old man, what business are you in?"

he asked.

The old man said, "I sell charcoal."

Yu Li lifted the straw mat and found that the basket was full of charcoal.

The old man held his aching waist and sighed, "I'm afraid I won't be able to sell it today."

Yu Li felt a little guilty: "Old man, I bought all your charcoal."

"what……"

The old man looked at Yu Li in disbelief.

Yu Li opened his purse, took out two ingots of silver and handed them to him: "Is this enough? If not, wait for me for a while. My family will come to pick me up soon and I will ask them to pay you."

"I can't do it! I can't do it!"

The old man pushed the silver to Yu Li, "Young Master, you look like a child from a wealthy family, so you are not used to this kind of black charcoal. Today, I was blind and offended you. You are already a favor by not holding it against me. How dare I accept your money?"

Yu Li said seriously: "Old man, just accept it."

"This……"

The old man couldn't persuade him, so he had to bite the bullet and accept it. "Sir, where do you live? I'll deliver the charcoal to you. But I'm afraid it won't work today. I can't walk anymore. If you don't mind, I'll have my wife deliver it to your house tomorrow."

Yu Li frowned: "Partner?"

The old man smiled bitterly: "Alas, my son froze to death last year, and my wife and I are the only ones left at home."

Yu Li was a kind-hearted man. Seeing the old man so miserable, he couldn't help but feel pity for him.

"Old man, where do you live? I'll take you back."

"How does this work?"

"Yes, yes! Come on, old man!"

"No..."

Yu Li helped the old man onto the charcoal cart.

On the other side, Meng Qianqian and Lu Yuan arrived at the Imperial College.

"I'll go call my cousin."

After parking the carriage, Wu Ge'er took the token from the Governor's Office and went into the Imperial College to look for someone.

Not long after, Wu Geer returned to the carriage alone: ​​"I just ran into Master Lin, and Master Lin said that the cousin left half an hour ago."

"Didn't the get out of class just end?"

"The last class was an exam, and my cousin handed in his paper early."

Lu Yuan said: "Go to the study across the street and ask."

"Ok?"

Meng Qianqian looked at him in confusion.

Lu Yuan said, "Yu Li often went there to buy storybooks for his great-grandmother."

Meng Qianqian: "How do you know everything?"

Lu Yuan said lazily: "This governor is smart."

Wu Geer smiled and said, "Uncle-in-law is very concerned about the affairs of great-grandmother and cousin."

Lu Yuan tapped his leg lightly with his fingertips.

I'll ask Manager Cen to give Wu Ge'er a monthly salary increase.

Wu Ge'er went to the study to inquire and found out that Yu Li had indeed been there just now, bought two books and left.

As for where he went, the owner of the study had no idea.

He opened a business and couldn't always keep an eye on his customers.

"My cousin doesn't seem like the type to hang around."

After Meng Qianqian finished speaking, she thought of something and suddenly felt a little unsure. She asked Lu Yuan, "Will he hang out?"

Lu Yuan knows my cousin better than I do!

Lu Yuan stared and said, "No, you wait for me in the carriage."

Meng Qianqian paused, then stood up and said, "Let's go together."

The two went to the study.

Lu Yuan asked Yu Li the title of the book he bought.

The Imperial College is closed today, and the number of guests in the study has doubled compared to usual. The snow is covered with mottled footprints from people going everywhere.

However, Lu Yuan just took a glance and walked towards an alley to the east.

There were wheel tracks and charcoal mixed with snowflakes at the entrance of the alley.

Lu Yuan dug out a copy of "Fairy Tale of Mountains and Seas" from a pile of snow in the alley. It was one of the storybooks that Yu Li bought.

Lu Yuan closed his eyes and the scene of Yu Li rushing to the gate of the Imperial College but being hit by a charcoal cart flashed through his mind.

"The man pushing the cart is an old man, with ragged clothes and gray hair. His business is bleak and he is injured and can hardly walk. At best, he has no children and lives with his spouse."

Meng Qianqian and Wu Ge'er looked at him in disbelief.

Lu Yuan opened his eyes: "Only in this way can I arouse Yu Li's guilt and compassion, sell the charcoal to Yu Li, and let Yu Li send him home."

Wu Ge'er was stunned: "Oh my God..."

Meng Qianqian suppressed her shock and said solemnly, "So someone deliberately abducted my cousin..."

Lu Yuan looked at the wheel tracks destroyed by the mottled footprints and said, "I hope it's not too late."

-

"Sir, you are so kind-hearted."

The old man said with a smile on his face while sitting on the cart.

"I... I just did... what I should do... Old man... where is your home..."

Yu Li was a scholar, and although the Imperial College had riding and archery classes, they strengthened his physique.

But after all, he was not a martial artist, and it was really tiring for him to push a cart of coal and walk such a long distance with an old man.

"We're almost there, not far ahead!"

"it is good!"

Yu Li gritted his teeth and persisted.

……

"Old man, this alley is so dark, as if no one lives here. Is your home really here?"

Yu Li had lived in a "ghost alley" before, but this endless alley gave him a more eerie feeling than the Feng Shui alley.

Moreover, Fengshui Hutong only looks gloomy, but it is actually not scary at all. The neighbors are very easy to get along with - Granny Feng, Uncle Lei, Ji Li... they are all my cousin's friends.

The old man sighed, "This is the old street. Everyone has moved away. My wife and I are left alone. Where can we move to?"

Yu Li suddenly felt guilty: "I'm sorry, old man, I didn't mean to mention your sad story."

"You are such a good person."

The old man smiled slowly with his back to Yu Li, "But sometimes, good people don't live long."