there is snow

Zhu Xiaolian couldn't bear him to return empty-handed again, so he quickly stopped him and said, "It's not a good way for you to always look for it like this. If you have time, come to dinner at home tonight."

Li Mu's eyes lit up in an instant, but turned to depression in an instant: "Forget it, Mr. Pei doesn't want to do anything."

"No, then make an appointment for dinner, and I'll ask my servants to prepare it."

Li Mu said hello happily, and hurriedly went up to court again, coming and going like the wind.

Chapter 16-18

(sixteen)

Master Shen Zhishu, who invited Zhu Xiaolian to paint today, is also a gentleman in the officialdom among the younger generation. Zhu Xiaolian often talks about elegance with him during the intervals of painting, and Master Shen answers fluently.

The painting is a hundred birds facing the phoenix, which is the birthday of Emperor Renzong, Mr. Zhu secretly laughed at Mr. Shen, who was also vulgar for a while.

Zhu Xiaolian lowered his head and drew carefully, only the lingering scent of sandalwood and the caress of a paper fan could be heard by his ears.

When he looked up, the scholar's face almost collided with the person, and the person was obviously startled.

The man was also dressed as a young master in brocade clothes and jade belt. He was weak and delicate, with kind eyebrows. Zhu Xiaolian averted his eyes a little embarrassedly. The man smiled and said: "I offended you, but I just saw that the way you write is really chic. I lowered my head to observe carefully, but I didn't expect to collide."

"This is the sixth son." Master Shen hurriedly got up to introduce, "The sixth son is studying abroad and rarely returns to Beijing."

Zhu Xiaolian held the pen in his hand and didn't get up to bow, but only smiled slightly at the man.

The Sixth Young Master murmured softly, "Smile so sweetly, look forward to your beautiful eyes."

The scholar glared at him: "What?"

Only then did the sixth son realize his slip of the tongue, and quickly said, "I'm talking about the phoenix in this painting."

Lord Shen sneered.

Young Master Xiaolian just returned to Kaifeng Mansion at night, and from a distance he saw a tall general standing at the door wearing neat and new cloth clothes, like a door god, Zhu Xiaolian thought it was funny, and shouted: "General Li, it's hard work watching the door."

Li Mu responded with a hey voice: "Brother, I'll help you get things."

Zhu Xiaolian felt that Li Mu's address was weird, but he didn't think about it any more. It happened that his foot hurt badly, so he handed over the painting scroll and pen and ink box to Li Mu.

The two seem to have a natural intimacy, and they have only met a few times but they don't know each other.

The three brothers seemed to have been waiting for a long time. They gathered around the table and had half a cup of tea.

"This is General Li." Zhu Xiaolian said to Dong, Pei Donglai didn't raise his head and eyes, hearing his birth, he opened his eyes and looked, not knowing, so: "Have we met?"

"Not only have I seen it!" Li Mu couldn't believe it, "Not only have I seen it, but I have also been beaten and scolded."

Bao Zheng and Zhu Xiaolian were amused by him, Pei Donglai frowned: "When did we meet?"

"Xisha Town?"

Dong Lai shook his head.

"White horse?"

Shake your head again.

"Falling into the water?"

Dong Lai became impatient.

Li Mu's big eyes looked at Donglai eagerly, and after a long time he said: "It turns out that I have done some useless work."

"The day you fell into the water, it was General Li who saved you." Zhu Xiaolian interrupted.

Pei Donglai became angry when he thought of the embarrassment that day, and glared at Li Mu, saying: "So it was you, but you are the one who returned the umbrella?"

"it's me."

"Is it you who sent the horse?"

"it's me."

Dong Lai snorted from his nose: "Weird."

Li Mu was extremely wronged, how could there be such a difficult person in the world, Bao Zheng smiled secretly, and pressed Li Mu's shoulder to let him sit beside Pei Donglai: "General, stop talking standing up, how about we have dinner first? "

During the dinner, Pei Donglai never stopped chopsticks, and the cold-blooded bowl was full by him. The youngest wanted to fight, but Pei Donglai stared at him: "Shut up and eat, kid, I'll take care of the iron hand." Didn't settle accounts with you."

Cold-blooded stopped talking.

Li Mu looked at the two of them for a while, then took out his chopsticks to grab the bamboo shoots, and said, "I'm full."

General Li put down his chopsticks in frustration.

Lord Bao and Young Master Zhu were holding back their laughter and their stomachs ached.

([-])

Recently, the emperor started to play chess with Bao Zheng again, Mr. Bao felt strange, since Pang Tong was staying at the Grand Master's residence, why did he come to him.

Zhao Zhen held up the white piece, eyes half closed, and looked at Bao Zheng for a long time.

Lord Bao coughed lightly: "Your Majesty, do you need to think for so long?"

Only then did Zhao Zhen realize that he had lost his composure, put the white pieces into the chess box, and said, "Forget it, I'm not in the mood today, so I won't play anymore."

Bao Zheng smiled lightly: "The spring is tired and the autumn is exhausted, so I don't have much energy after all."

Zhao Zhen pondered for a long time, completely ignoring Bao Zheng's appearance. After a long time, he began to murmur: "Hands are like catkins, skin is like creamy fat, collar is like grub, teeth are like gourd rhinoceros, gnat's head is like moth eyebrows, smile cleverly." Qianxi, beautiful eyes hope..."

Bao Zheng was embarrassed, wondering what kind of Zichun the emperor was thinking about, Master Shen who was accompanying him smiled and said nothing.

On the way home, Bao Zheng met Pang Tong, and the general stopped by again, every day.

After Bao Zheng got into the carriage, Pang Tong came over. Master Bao felt that he was abnormal, so he moved a little to the side, and Pang Tong moved forward again. Bao Zheng said: "General Pang, the estrus is the estrus, but in the end it must stop at the ceremony. .”

Pang Tong laughed happily, but he really sat a little farther away. He said to Bao Zheng, "What is Zhao Laoliu looking for you for?"

"Play chess."

"Play chess?"

"I can't beat General Pang, so I have to find some comfort from someone Bao." Bao Zheng said.

"I don't believe it, I don't believe that Zhao Laoliu can beat you." Pang Tong raised his eyebrows, "Unless you dare not win."

Bao Zheng sneered: "Yes, Bao has a family to support, so he dare not win."

Pang Tong seemed very satisfied with his answer, and continued: "Rumors have spread in the capital recently, saying that the general intends to rebel, do you know?"

Bao Zheng suppressed his smile and thought for a while before replying, "I know."

"Oh? You know?" Pang Tong asked with great interest, "Do you believe it?"

"The general is loyal to the emperor and patriotic, it's not Bao Zheng's belief or not." Bao Zheng was talking, but Pang Tong didn't pay attention at all. He took Bao Zheng's hand and played with it in his palm, turning it over and over.

Bao Zheng was a little flustered, and wanted to withdraw his hand, when he suddenly heard Pang Tong say: "Yesterday, Zhao Laoliu also came to me, and he asked me what I think about the rumor of treason."

Bao Zheng listened.

"I said... I said..." Pang Tong laughed, as if it was so ridiculous, "I said, the world is home to the virtuous, and your Majesty is a person who hides deeply."

Bao Zheng wanted to open his mouth to agree, but he heard Pang Tong say: "I said that if Bao Zheng is today, I will never have the intention of treason."

Pang Tong's smile deepened, and Bao Zheng looked at him with cold sweat on his hands.

The gate of Kaifeng mansion was open, Bao Zheng entered and saw Zhu Xiaolian sitting in the lobby, still wearing the same white single clothes, the weather was getting warmer.

"Why did you come back early today?" Bao Zheng tried his best to force out a nonchalant smile.

"You don't believe me when I say it." Zhu Xiaolian looked proud, "Master Shen asked someone to bring a message, saying that the palace invited me to paint for the ladies, and I will prepare it today."

Bao Zheng's brain exploded with a "boom", he trembled slightly, and asked, "Brother, did you go to Shen's house to paint yesterday?"

"Yes, Master Shen Zhishu invited me to make a birthday picture." Zhu Xiaolian didn't notice the strangeness of his younger brother, and was excited on his own.

Bao Zheng took a long breath of air.

The sky is heavy and the wind is about to blow.

(Eighteen)

When Pei Dong came to Dali Temple, he saw the white horse tied outside, and his subordinates said that it was General Li who returned it.

Master Shaoqing still felt irritable in his heart, this general was very strange, how could he be courteous everywhere, he had never seen such a person.Before the slander was finished, the subordinates came to report again, saying that General Li was waiting for you outside.

Pei Donglai went out angrily, and when they met each other, Li Mu smiled like a sunflower again.

"How can you be so free as a general?" Dong Lai was annoyed, "Dali Temple is very busy."

Li Mu still smiled and said, "I'm leaving tomorrow, will you come see me off?"

The anger in Pei Donglai's heart surged up, and he said, do we know each other well?

Seeing that he didn't speak, Li Mu knew that he was probably unhappy, but he still said with a smile on his face, "It's fine if you don't have time."

Pei Donglai said, "Don't bother me if you have nothing to do", then turned around and entered Dali Temple.

The more I think about this matter, the more angry I get. Li Mu is simply a madman. Pei Donglai thought about it, and the action of sorting out the case files became rough. Zhang Xun, who was on the side, examined his escape route and the chance of being beaten, and said: "General Li has been coming frequently recently."

A pen was folded in Pei Donglai's hand: "No one will treat you as dumb if you don't speak."

Zhang Xun was so tongue-tied that it was important to save his life.

Pei Donglai's temper disappeared after a while, and after following him for so long, Zhang Xun naturally knew that he was just a bean curd with a sharp mouth, or the softest and whitest tofu.After lingering over to Pei Donglai's case, Master Shaoqing said without raising his head, "What's the matter."

"Ask for leave."

Pei Donglai raised his head: "No."

"My lord!" Zhang Xun quickly explained, "My brother-in-law has a birthday today, and my sister must be accompanied by someone to handle family affairs."

Pei Donglai thought for a while: "Go to the warehouse and get some money from my account manager, you can go."

Zhang Xun left with gratitude.

Zhang Xun's brother-in-law seems to have been dead for four or five years. Pei Donglai only heard him mention it sporadically. He became a lieutenant in the army and died in battle before he could return home. So many years have passed. When Zhang Xun talked about it, he just said, Brother-in-law's life is not good, but it's good, anyway, there is a sister to take care of his funeral affairs.

Alone, probably died in a foreign land.

The phrase "I'm leaving tomorrow, will you come see me off" that Li Mu said with a smile broke into Pei Donglai's mind inexplicably, Shaoqing stopped writing, thought for a long time, and finally sighed softly.

Two days later, at the gate of the city, Pei Donglai was wearing a sunshade hat, riding a white horse given by Li Mu, and waited quietly. The mighty team of Li's army and the Song Zi flag fluttered.

"I thought you wouldn't come