The snow is finally falling, and this is the first snow since the beginning of winter? Feng Ziying couldn't remember it clearly, but this winter's Jingshi City was getting colder and tighter.

In the cave of the city gate, under the stone bridge, in the temple of Emperor Guan, and on the side of the city wall, the frozen corpses of beggars were carried out one by one, and thrown on the carts that were specially used to pull sundries, and pulled out of the mass graves on the outskirts of the city.

"Miserable, miserable!" Baoxiang stomped his feet and ran from the door of the mansion into the outer courtyard door, spitting hot mist, "I just pulled another cart over there, and it is estimated that there are six or seven more, Brother Ruixiang, what's wrong?" ”

Seeing Ruixiang's stunned face leaning against the door, Baoxiang was startled and hurriedly asked.

"I'm thinking, eight years ago, I was also picked up by the master on the side of the Datong city wall, at that time I was also frozen, or the old man led the soldiers to pass by, and when he saw that I still had a breath, he asked people to pour me ginger soup, and left it in the carport and squatted for two nights, I came back to life, and then came to the house, what about you, Baoxiang?"

After Baoxiang was stunned, an expression of memory appeared on his face, "I can't remember the things of six or seven years ago, anyway, when I have the impression, I followed people everywhere, full of hunger and three meals, and then the people who followed were taken by the government, only to know that it was a kidnapper, and the autumn queen asked for a beheading, I have nowhere to go, and the government does not take it in, so I can only sell, but I am a six or seven-year-old boy, who wants it?" Later, my aunt bought it,......"

"And where is your house?" Ruixiang asked.

Although both of them knew that they had been in the house since childhood, they didn't know each other's origins, and they both knew that the other party was not the son of the Feng family.

"Who knows? I heard that the kidnapper who looked at the head was from Suide's side, maybe it was over there. Baoxiang shook his head: "Brother Ruixiang, what about you?" ”

"I don't know, but Sister Yunshang and I were brought into the house together, Sister Yunshang is local to Datong, but I don't know which county, I guess it's about the same." Ruixiang thought for a while and said: "That Sister Xiangling seems to have been abducted by a kidnapper, and later sold it to Uncle Xue, and Uncle Xue gave it to Uncle, I heard Sister Xiangling say that day, maybe my grandfather can help her find her father and mother in the future." ”

"How can it be that easy? Not to mention that Sister Xiangling is in the south, thousands of miles away, even if she has been abducted for seven or eight years in this Shuntian Mansion, she may not be able to find the master, this year's life is not worth much, look at the previous pull, maybe some of them will be abducted and lost, they can only beg for a mouth, and they can't survive one night, so they can only be thrown into the mass grave with a stiff body. ”

Baoxiang is not a person who likes to talk, but after following Ruixiang for a long time, he has spoken a lot more than before, "Brother Ruixiang, I have seen it in our house, most of them are brought back by the old lady from Datong, and there are few long-term ,...... in the house."

"Our Feng family can't compare to those who have lived in the capital for a long time, I heard that the old man and the eldest master and the second master have always been in Datong, that is, the old man stayed in the capital city for a few years when he was young, and the eldest master and the second master died, so he returned to Datong, and then came back two years ago, and then went to Yulin again, well, it is your hometown."

Ruixiang was broken-mouthed, and was saying happily, "Mrs. and Mrs. Aunt are not happy that the master will go to Yulin, and the uncle is also studying, so I didn't follow, thinking about waiting for a few more years for the uncle to be an official, and the lord is afraid that Zhishi will come back to enjoy Qingfu and bring his grandson." ”

Suddenly heard a crisp cough, Ruixiang jumped, but saw a tall and pretty figure come out of the house with a cold face.

When Ruixiang saw it, he was so frightened that he quickly shrank his neck, and smiled all over his face: "Sister Jin Chu'er is going out?" I'll call a taxi for you. ”

Baoxiang also hurriedly shrunk his neck and didn't dare to squeak.

There are four people in the uncle's house, Yunshang is the most familiar and easy to talk to, Xiangling is the most kind, no matter what happens, that Yu Chu'er is the smallest, a little younger than Baoxiang, and he can't see it, but this Jin Chu'er is not ordinary.

I didn't think it at first, but after I came, the courtyard suddenly changed, everything was in order, neatly placed, the ground windows, tables, chairs, cabinet doors were clean, the ground couldn't even see the fallen leaves, and the flowers and plants were trimmed fresh.

The rules of the inner and outer courtyards have also been set, the gate is in and out of the door, the toilet sundries inside and outside the house are transported out, and the clothes are collected and washed in the backyard.

This is all the credit of this sister Jin Chu'er, and even the big guys are a little in awe of this sister Jin Chu'er.

"Let's wait a while, I will go out in a while."

The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and this person has begun to come and go more.

There are a lot of New Year's goods sent back from Yulin, smoked lamb shank, sand fox skin and a lot of various medicinal materials, just the specially divided and processed high-grade sand fox skin has dozens of pieces, it is said that this thing is produced over there.

Even Jin Chu'er is also used to seeing luxury in Jiafu, and she was also taken aback by the rich atmosphere at the end of the Feng family.

That sand fox fur fur is also available in Jiafu, but it is only available to the old ancestor and the second master Bao, and this Feng Mansion will come back dozens of pieces at once, and this one is afraid that it will be worth a hundred and ten taels of silver? It is to make three or five pieces of leather fur of that first class.

This is not counting the income accounts from the Zhuangzi shop.

Jin Chu'er also gradually learned that the aunts and wives of the Feng family were in charge of a lot of production, but the wife was a big and careless character, and even Jin Chu'er was speechless with such a relieved handwriting.

In contrast, Jin Chu'er felt more and more that there was a bleak and declining appearance in Jiafu.

I saw that Mrs. Bian and the second grandmother of Lian were thinking about it all day long, and if they didn't get it right, they had to go out to exchange some silver for a dry object to get through this year, and they had to fool the ancestors.

Today, my sisters and Xiangling are going back to Jiafu, and a few days ago, Lijiafu sent some New Year's goods, and it stands to reason that they want to return the gift.

Jiafu sent most of the ingredients, such as Nabi stem rice, rouge rice, and a few roe deer, roe deer, that is, a meaning, the return gift here will not be too heavy, the same is a etiquette, like a bear skin, two pairs of bear paws, plus some Northwest medicinal materials, etc., it is already quite good.

However, these gifts are not the most important thing today, the key is that there are still a few things to be sent to Jiafu.

One is the white fox for Miss Lin, and the other is a dark cloud fur for Miss Bao.

That's all there is to these two, the key is that there is a certain women's fur hat that is quite fashionable in Jingshi City, made of fire fox skin, which is actually given to the third girl.

This surprised Jin Chu'er, isn't it ......?

But if the master leaves it to himself, he naturally trusts himself, so Jin Chu'er can only keep this secret in his heart, and he has to do things well.

Feng Ziying is also going to Jiafu, but this time it is a purely courtesy visit, Jia Yu, Jia Zheng and Lao Taijun have to walk around, but they will not stay for long.

In the past few days, his task has been very heavy, and all the friends of the Feng family in Beijing have to be walked one by one, so as early as a few days ago, he went to visit Qi Yongtai, Qiao Yingjia, Guan Yingzhen, Zhou Yongchun, Chen Jingxuan and others in advance.

Just arranging all kinds of gifts for the visit is an extremely complicated matter, the situation of each family is different, and no one else can help, so you can only arrange it by yourself, your mother and aunt.

*******

Feng Tang was a little restless.

It's going to be the New Year soon, and the situation is not good.

got up and walked back and forth in the festival hall a few times, but it was still difficult to let go of the uneasiness in his heart, and finally walked out of the hall.

"Someone!"

"Sir." Feng Zuo appeared outside the door, and the wrinkles on the face of the knife made this man a little more yin and ruthless.

"Prepare the horses, take a few people, and I'll go out for a spin." Feng Tang knew very well where his irritability came from, but he was helpless.

The situation in Ningxia Town is intermittently transmitted, very bad, but this kind of very bad is not this year, last year's situation seems to be even worse, and I don't see anything, Ningxia Town has more than a dozen heads hanging on the city, and the matter is suppressed, what else?

However, this situation is difficult to explain clearly, and Feng Tang can only arrange his subordinates as much as possible.

"Is there any news from Sehyun?" This was the third time in a day that he had asked, but Feng Tang was still not at ease.

"Master, there is no news yet, but you don't have to worry, Lord He is also old in military affairs, you remind him again and again, it is impossible for him not to pay attention to it."

Feng Zuo has followed Feng Tang for so many years, and it is rare to see the master in such a situation, that is, ten years ago, he encountered the Tatar Koubian, broke through the side wall, and hit the city of Datong Town, and he didn't see the master so upset, is the master really old?

Besides, that's the matter of Ningxia Town, the military information that should be reported here has been transmitted back, whether it is the military department, or the governor's office of the five armies, it should have been considered and prepared a long time ago, but there has been no movement so far, can this be blamed here?

As for saying that Ningxia Town is really going to mutiny, it is nothing more than a group of soldiers who have drunk alcohol on the spur of the moment, and how much more can they toss, it is nothing more than cutting off a few thousands of households in charge of military supplies, and giving everyone an explanation.

The group of people dressed in armor and robes roared out, rolling up the snow on the ground.

The icy cold wind did not affect Feng Tang's determination at all, he had to turn around the camp on his ground, and others couldn't manage it, at least he had to manage his own one-third of an acre of land.

As long as there is no accident on the ground, it will be invincible, and as for Sibir, then only do everything to obey the destiny of heaven.