The Opening of the Red Chamber

The closer to the northwest, the worse the weather.

Lin Fan counted the days since he left Yangzhou, and it has been almost a full month since he left Yangzhou.

Thinking that his father should live in Beijing now, as for the messy things to be faced, Lin Fan absolutely trusts his father, Uncle Mei, to handle them.

But she never expected that there would be an imperial decree to bestow marriage in Beijing.At this moment, she was riding a horse and heading towards the village deep in the mountains.Because she has already arrived at the site where the princess's private soldiers are stationed, what she has to do now is to hand over the soldier talisman she brought to the respondent.

The weather is cold, and there are already snowflakes in the northwest in the winter months.

In the vast expanse of whiteness, horseshoes creaked as they stepped through the snow.

Lin Fan gathered her neckline. Although she had a hanger to keep out the cold, she instinctively felt that she should wrap herself up when the wind blew.

The road in the mountains twists and turns back and forth, passing through the mountains, Lin Fan walked slowly along the mountain road.The further you go into the mountains, the more you realize that this is a natural barrier.Thinking about those assassins who followed her a few days ago, I'm afraid they will die of depression at this moment.After throwing off those tails, and going so far in secret, as soon as the soldier talisman is handed over, she will rush back to Beijing immediately and stay at home to eat, drink and live.

Along the way, he thought about the wonderful life at home, but inexplicably thought of the Seventh Prince and his close friends in Beijing.Those who are on the side of the eldest princess and the seventh prince don't know what's going on now, but I hope it's all right.

In one morning, I walked alone in the snow.The snow white all over the ground hurts the eyes.

As the time approached noon, Lin Fan finally arrived at the corner of the mountain stream.

Thanks to the plug-in, she had already faintly heard the shouting and the trampling of iron hooves coming from the other side of the mountain stream.

She urged the sitting horse to go faster, and after bypassing the mountain stream, she saw the village archway tied with a bowl of thick wood erected at the entrance of the village.At the entrance of the village, there are about a dozen people guarding them, all of them are wearing armor and holding big knives or red-tasseled spears.

The dozen or so people watched Lin Fan come all the way, but before they approached, one of the leading strong men shouted from a distance, "Who is here, tell me your name."

Seeing this scene, Lin Fan calmly reined in the reins and stopped the horse on the spot. Then, under the cover of the red cloak, Rhea asked Rhea to put her in the small warehouse. The letter written by His Royal Highness and a waist card were brought out.Just as Lin Fan was touching something, the strong man in the lead instructed someone to come over.Lin Fan waited for the man to approach, handed him the badge and the letter, and said, "I am here to deliver the letter, and I want to see Mr. Shujin." Give these things to her, and tell her, just go to Mr. Shujin.After seeing Mr. Shujin, give him the soldier talisman.Lin Fan didn't tell anyone about this, including her father.At this moment, Lin Fan couldn't help recalling the scene of her father's uneasy questioning when she was in Yangzhou, and suddenly felt that she still had the potential to engage in secrecy work.

The man took the letter and waist badge from Lin Fan, turned around and delivered the things to the strong man guarding the gate of the village.

After passing the two things over, the strong man saw the things he was holding, his face was shocked for a moment, and he immediately pulled his head down and whispered.Then he raised his head and said to Lin Fan, "Miss, get off the horse first and wait here for a while." The tone and voice of the speech changed a lot in an instant.

Hearing this, Lin Fan shook his head and responded coldly, "I'll just wait here."

The strong man and the dozen or so people guarding the gate looked at her several times, their eyes met, and they whispered.

Lin Fan ignored them, and sat quietly on the horseback, clasped his hands in front of him, counted the numbers silently in his heart, and waited for the messenger to return.

Less than a cup of tea later, the messenger came back.He was running out of breath, and there were two people behind him, exhaling as tiredly as him.

"Boss, Mr. Shujin told this girl to come in and see him, hurry up." As soon as the man walked over, he shouted loudly in response.

Lin Fan listened to the loud shout, and then lightly knocked on the sitting horse with a whip. After the wooden gate of the village was opened, he followed the two leading men inside.

As soon as he entered the village, he realized that there was still a long, long way to go, but the two leading the way were walking, which surprised Lin Fan.

"Mr. Shujin's residence is far from here?" Sitting on the horseback, Lin Fan couldn't help asking.

One of the two leaders in front replied: "It's not far away, and it's time for us to run for a stick of incense." While talking, the running speed was obviously a little faster.Running in the snow on a snowy day, I have to say that the two leading the way have very good physical fitness.Lin Fan asked the horse to follow the two of them, and then watched carefully behind them.After a long while, it was concluded that these two people should be soldiers living here.

After that, Lin Fan didn't ask any more questions.

After entering the village, there are many neatly arranged wooden embryo houses on both sides of the road, and golden corn and autumn harvest fruits are hung under the eaves of the houses.From time to time, women in twos and threes with their children warmed up by the fire, and when they saw Lin Fan passing by on horseback, they would cast attention salutes that could not be ignored.

As time passed, after passing by these living places, what I saw became desolate.

After bypassing several mountain passes again, Lin Fan felt that his eyes opened up and was shocked by the scenery in front of him.

"Girl, Mr. Shujin's tent has arrived, please dismount." Hearing the reminder from the person in front of him, Lin Fan came back to his senses.

At this moment, in front of her are tents arranged one after another, where the torches and other things from the military camp are piled up here.Not far away, there are still soldiers practicing, accompanied by the sound of shouting slogans, a busy and enthusiastic scene.

Seeing that Lin Fan was in a daze, the people who came to meet him reminded her to get off the horse again.Lin Fan came back to his senses, looked at the horse stool brought by the visitor, immediately jumped off the horse's back, and stood firmly on the ground.Thinking about the skill of riding a horse, I learned it when I lived in Jia's mansion and went out with my best friends.It is really useful now.

"Girl, come this way, sir is waiting for you." The man bowed his head slightly, his back was slightly hunched, and he walked forward quickly.

Following him to the front and back of the tent, the guide raised the curtain and made a gesture of invitation.Lin Fan nodded and strode in.

Then, when she walked in and saw the person sitting on the main seat in the tent, she couldn't help exclaiming: "Mr. Zhang, why are you here? Didn't you go south to study?" That's right, what appeared in front of Lin Fan at this moment was Mr. Zhang Houhai, Mr. Zhang, who was invited by the seventh prince for Lin Fan.This gentleman who loves to travel the most, who likes to grow flowers and grass, who is always on the lookout, is actually here.

"Lin girl, why is it so strange to see my expression as if I saw a ghost?" At this moment, Mr. Xixi is still drinking tea leisurely as in previous years. letters and badges.

Lin Fanzheng sighed, breathed a sigh of relief, and said uncomfortably: "I remember that Mr. Zhang didn't have the word Shujin. Why is it so mysterious? It's hard for me to accept it for a while." A smooth movement of wiping his chest and mouth, "After Mr. doesn't teach me, it will be difficult for me to see him. I always thought that Mr. went south to study, and it would take several years for him to return to Beijing."

"I'm indeed on a study tour, but now it's just a different direction." Mr. Zhang stroked the goatee on his chin, looking like a tall man, and then talked nonsense, "The winter in the south is too cold and wet, sir. An old bone, I can't stand it. So I came to the northwest to see the customs, the winter here is not so wet and cold, and my old bone is very easy." Said, pointing to his right hand The empty seat at the bottom, "Sit and talk, girl."

Lin Fan took his seat, and hearing Mr. Zhang's 'nonsense', he couldn't help laughing: "Okay, sir, it's just you and me here, sir, you should know what I'm here for this time. "As he said, he was about to throw out the hot soldier talisman, then clapped his hands and was about to turn around and rush home.

However, before Lin Fan could find out the military talisman, Mr. Zhang said, "Wait a minute! Don't rush, drink some hot tea first, and eat something before we talk." After the words fell, he clapped his hands, and there was an immediate The people guarding outside the tent came forward with hot tea.

Lin Fan stared at Mr. Zhang, seeing the smile and admiration in his eyes, but somehow felt something was wrong.

As soon as the tea delivery person left, Mr. Zhang said: "It's hard to have a precious thing in your hand, and you can bring it from such a far away place without any damage. It's amazing. "

Lin Fan's head was full of black lines, and he said immediately: "I don't understand, sir, please put it in a clearer way."

"Good girl, if you don't understand, haven't I been a Mr. Xixi in those years for nothing!" Mr. Zhang stared at Lin Fan, the arc of his lips was full of calculation and praise, "You just Do you have to take the initiative to bring this up?!"

Of course Lin Fan knew what he was going to say, and it must be: Since you can walk so far with the soldier talisman on your body, and the person came over intact, then it is the safest place to put it with you.

"Sir, please speak in human terms!" Lin Fan, who was so upset, didn't have so many scruples, and said this directly.

These words immediately made Mr. Zhang blow his beard and stare angrily: "You student, why don't you respect the teacher?!"

"How can I not respect you?" Lin Fan snorted and said with a smile, "Students are stupid and don't understand a lot of words. You have to speak bluntly."

"Well, you ghost girl, don't you just want to give up quickly?! Sir, I just don't want to pick it up. What can you do?" Mr. Zhang, who started to play tricks, said directly and clearly, "Put that thing in your place. I'm not clean here, I can't let it go!"