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After autumn comes winter, which is the happiest winter Yao Ximu has had in a long time.

Western Chu harassed endlessly on the southwestern border, and the emperor sent troops to destroy Lingxitang, but could not satisfy their demands.

Because the court could not find the real Li Xiuming, nor could it find Zhu Huaijin, the owner of Lingxi Pond.

Xichu's soldiers are short and powerful, extremely difficult to deal with, and are good at ambushes in the jungle.After often coming to harass, they lead the army into the jungle.The miasma in the jungle is everywhere, which greatly damages the soldiers' bodies.The king of Xili County has been guarding the southwest for many years, and he is well versed in this way, so he dare not rashly send soldiers deep into the jungle.

The generals of Western Chu had a lot of poisonous tricks. Seeing that the king of Xili County was unwilling to be fooled and unable to carry out jungle warfare, he even sent people to secretly release a lot of poisonous snakes and insects into the barracks where the generals of the Great Zhou were stationed.

The soldiers were unprepared, and they were hit one after another, and a large area was knocked down.In the Piansheng military camp, there are only ordinary anti-venom medicines. These insect snakes seem to be bred by special personnel. They are extremely poisonous. For a while, the military doctors can't make special anti-toxin medicines, and they are simply helpless.

The soldiers who were bitten by snakes and insects suffered unspeakably. Once bitten, the wounds immediately festered and turned black, and the venom quickly spread to other places.In order to save their lives, when the hands and feet were bitten, the soldiers had to quickly chop them off with a knife.

It only took three to five days, and the soldiers were killed and injured. The county king had no choice but to lead the army to move away from the station.On the way to move away, he encountered Xichu's ambush and fought a close encounter.

Defeated.

After the morale weakened, they lost several games in a row.

The news spread to Beijing, and the court was divided into two factions, one for the main battle and one for the peace.The two factions quarreled endlessly in the court hall, causing the little emperor a headache. The main contender thought that Xiaoxichu was too arrogant, and in order to show the country's prestige, they had to fight and could not back down.The master thinks that the matter of the real and fake Xichu protons should be resolved first. Since the fake one has been discovered, they should interrogate, find the mastermind behind it, give Xichu an explanation, and at the same time appease Xichu, and send some money to him. In these lands, no matter how difficult it is to get married, peace is the most important thing, which is the demeanor of a big country.

The emperor listened to the opinions of both sides, and thought that he was biased towards war. After thinking about it for a few nights, he actually got to the point where he could not wait for the imperial conquest.But he didn't dare to reveal the slightest bit. If he didn't have the diamond, he wouldn't take the porcelain job. He couldn't go to the army if he wanted to.

Great Zhou has capable generals, and Jing Huailin, who was able to resist Jiayehou's menacing army outside the pass, was one of them.

The emperor led the battle and sent Jing Huailin to lead the troops to the southwest.

Yao Ximu also followed, he didn't go to fight with him, but was entrusted by Yu Xingye to give Jing Huailin the antidote for snake venom.

"Why do you even have this kind of prescription?" Yao Ximu admired Yu Xingye more and more.

"These snakes and insects are far worse than those cultivated in the original sect. Xichu also has descendants of the Qionglang Sect. Most of these poisonous insects came from their hands. The prescription for detoxification is still there, and the herbs are all common things. It is not rare, as long as it is prepared according to the measurement. Taking it can detoxify, and applying it on the body can avoid snakes and insects." Yu Xingye looked at his bright eyes and said: "You are good at lightness, go in quietly, don't Was discovered by others. Tell General Jing that Mr. Lu gave it to him, and he will accept it." Added another sentence: "After the matter is over, you can go to the place you want to spend this year."

"Yeah." Yao Ximu nodded, he still had lingering worries in his heart, he pursed his lips, thinking about how to speak, "But once I leave, what will you do here?"

"Don't worry about me." Yu Xingye gently held him in his arms: "Go obediently, I will come to you when the time comes."

Yao Ximu lowered his head, still not quite used to Yu Xingye's embrace, and retreated a little without a trace.He knew that Yu Xingye sent him because he could see that he didn't want to stay in the Grand Master's Mansion anymore. Since Jiang Wanzhou found out that he was hiding here, he came to the door twice, and Yao Ximu avoided him, but he didn't know that he could When to avoid it, I am even more afraid of being spotted by Grand Master Yu.

Grand Master Yu is now returning to the court and the official is returning to his original post. It is a good time for the fire to cook the oil and the flowers to bloom.Yao Ximu saw it in his eyes and knew that this was his last splendor, and if he was so splendor to the extreme, he was not far from death.

After delivering the antidote, Yao Ximu ran to Anhe Town and hid at Grandpa's house.No matter how powerful Jiang Wanzhou was, she couldn't find it here.

Mr. Ding was originally a bachelor of the Imperial Academy, full of economics and knowledge of ancient scriptures.When Yao Ximu was young, he often played at his grandfather's house. He was very interested in his grandfather's books and scriptures, and he always looked here and there.Master Ding loves books and loves his grandson, so he simply enlightened him, taught him to read and teach him to cherish words and love books.Although Yao Ximu was young, he accepted this teaching ignorantly and no longer easily damaged books.

Master Ding still remembers the first time he taught little Yao Ximu to read "The Analects of Confucius". , day and night."

Day and night are like flowing water, taking away youth and passion. The former child has grown into a young man in full bloom.The self who was in the prime of his life in the past is now in his dying years.

Yao Ximu waited by Grandpa's side, day and night.By Jiang Wanzhou's side, he often does some humble things, and now he does his best to serve grandpa.

If he had been following his grandfather, Yao Ximu felt that he might be able to become a scholar, instead of being a martial artist now, who can do nothing but fight.He imagined what would happen if he kept reading?Will he become a scholar and enter the qiuwei examination for a Jinshi? Will he be a gentle, gentle, courteous and thrifty gentleman like my grandfather when he was young?

"Hey." When Yao Ximu was grinding the ink, he couldn't help laughing out of his imagination.

"Xi Mu, did you think of something happy?" Grandpa put down his pen and asked him curiously.

"It's not a happy thing." Yao Ximu sat on the small stool by the table, looked at his grandfather with his head tilted, and said with a smile: "I was thinking, if I were a scholar, the situation would be different now .”

Master Ding also laughed when he heard the words, and the wrinkles on his face stretched out: "Fortunately, you are not." He shook his head: "You are a scholar who is useless." While speaking, the thin blanket covering Master Ding's knees slipped off, Yao Ximu knelt down and covered him on his knees again, so he was still afraid that Master Ding would be cold, so he got up and added a few more pieces of charcoal to the small stove beside him.

It was warm in the room.

The grandparents and grandchildren got together to celebrate the New Year, Yao Ximu was very happy, and he posted peach charms with Aunt Ji and set off firecrackers in a serious manner.He took out his housekeeping skills and cooked a table of dishes, amazed by Aunt Ji.

Master Ding couldn't help being happy, but felt sorry for his troubles: "Just the three of us, how can we finish such a big table?"

Yao Ximu rolled out the dough, squeezed out small ingot-like dumplings, winked at Master Ding, and said like offering treasures: "Don't worry, Grandpa, I have a big appetite! No matter how much I eat, I can finish it all."

A new year has come.

On the eighth day of the eighth day, there was a thin snow in the sky. Yao Ximu walked to the door, raised his head, took off the dim red light, and replaced it with a new one.The red light reflected his hand carrying the lantern, making his fingers extraordinarily white and slender.

In the dark, the red light is like a red flower blooming in the nether world, guiding the way back for the dead.

Yao Ximu murmured silently in his heart: Mother, father, and mother Zhen, if you see the red light, come back and see me.

Those who came back were not dead souls, but the returnees of Feng Xueye, Yao Ximu's eyes showed the figure of the visitor.

Yu Xingye fell silently under the red light, his hair and shoulders were covered with a little white snow, his face was flushed by the light of the red light, he stood in front of Yao Ximu, with a smile on his lips, The eyes are very bright.Yao Ximu looked at him without speaking, the sound of snowflakes falling could be heard in the silence all around.

"You're here." Yao Ximu laughed.

"How's the year going?" Yu Xingye asked him.

"Very good." Yao Ximu nodded. He had a series of words rushing from his heart like a runaway horse, but when he talked to Yu Xingye, it only became one sentence: "Thank you."

Yu Xingye strode forward uncontrollably, and hugged him in his arms: "Yao Yao, don't say thank you again." Yao Ximu's body stiffened for a moment, and finally he wrapped his arms around Yu Xingye's. lower back.

Yu Xingye came out of the wind and snow, his clothes still tinged with the chill of the wind and snow.But the embrace is extremely warm, making people want to sink.

What will happen if you sink in this way?

"Yao Yao, close your eyes." Yu Xingye's magnetic and pleasant voice rang in his ears, as if he had been bewitched, Yao Ximu's heart was pounding, and he closed it as he said.The breaths of the two of them were intertwined at some point, and something hot and soft touched Yao Ximu's lips.

As if waking up from a dream, Yao Ximu suddenly opened his eyes, and then, he pushed Yu Xingye away.

"I'm sorry..." Yao Ximu was at a loss and explained, "I'm not ready yet."

Yu Xingye was silent for a long time, reached out to stroke Yao Ximu's cheek, and said, "I was too impatient."

"Standing on the air vent, it's freezing to death." Yao Ximu shrank his neck, avoiding Yu Xingye's hand, and pretended to be relaxed: "Let's go into the house, the house is warmed by me, and the wine is still hot. What are you doing blowing here?"

He stretched out his hand to pull Yu Xingye's sleeve: "Let's go."

"I should pay a visit to Master Ding, please lead the way."

Master Ding has not yet fallen asleep, waiting for Yao Ximu in the study.The grandparents and grandchildren had already agreed that Yao Ximu would read "Caiwei" to his grandfather by the fire on snowy winter nights.

After entering the door, Yao Ximu took off Yu Xingye's cloak, and Yu Xingye brushed off the residual snow from his hair, then smiled at each other and walked forward together.

Yu Xingye made a shallow bow to Mr. Ding who was sitting in the chair: "This junior has met Mr. Ding."

Master Ding's eyes were originally slightly closed, but he opened them quickly after hearing the words, saw the person in front of him clearly, leaned forward and said: "Young Master Lu is very old."

The blanket on his lap fell to the ground as he got up, and Yao Ximu hurried forward to pick it up: "Grandpa, sit down, Hoshino is one of our own, so we don't need to be polite." Then he turned to Yu Xingye and said, "Hoshino, you too. Sit down, don't be too polite."

After grandpa sat down, Yao Ximu covered him with a blanket, took the warm rice wine from the small stove, and put the brown sugar and shredded ginger in it together.

There is a burst of spicy and sweet fragrance in the air.

Yu Xingye took the wine glass handed over by Yao Ximu, lowered his head and took a sip, then joked with Master Ding: "Fortunately, this child is a boy, if he is born into a girl, he might be stepped on by a matchmaker."

Yao Ximu glared at Yu Xingye, hating him for speaking out in front of his grandfather, but Master Ding smiled and looked at Yao Ximu with affection.

"This child is not bad, and has a good temperament." He added: "If he is really a girl, I can decide to betroth him to you."

Yu Xingye laughed loudly when he heard the words: "If this is the case, the younger generation will be disrespectful."

"Grandpa." Yao Ximu protested: "It's not like this, even if I'm a girl, you can't marry me without asking me what I mean."

"Don't worry, don't worry." Grandpa touched his head and face: "Grandpa is teasing you."

"I'm here today to pick up Ximu back. I also want to tell Master Ding that this scene has been sung for too long, and it's finally coming to an end." Yu Xingye put down his wine glass and resumed his half-smile expression.