The falling snow turned the river sky into a clear color, and the uncondensed river water flowed slowly, covered with a light layer of white frost.
Xia Zhaoyi originally came to Jiang Xue, thinking that she could go for a walk before the heavy snow stopped, so Shen Lie accompanied her.
Fortunately, God was kind, and soon the wind and snow gradually eased, the moonlight appeared, and the silver light fell softly, casting a clear glow.
Xia Zhaoyi watched as a few snowflakes faded on her fingertips and turned into thin water stains. She rubbed them gently with her long fingers and the water stains disappeared.
She turned her head and looked quietly at the tall figure of the man beside her. The two were walking slowly and quietly, but Shen Lie didn't speak, and she didn't know what to say for a moment.
Just when Shen Lie was thinking about it for a long time and was about to speak, Xia Zhaoyi finally broke the silence: "It's great. The last time I received your letter was ten days ago. I didn't expect to see you in the letter. You will not receive my reply. Come, you have to go back to see it.”
Shen Lie's brows were gentle and elegant, showing no sign of fatigue from the many days of traveling: "I went to Qingxiang Village first, but I didn't meet you. Du Xuan asked me to come to Xin Mansion."
"Have you been to Qingxiang Village?" Xia Zhaoyi raised her head and met his eyes.
"Um."
"Then, what brings you to Congxin this time? On business?"
"……no."
"It's not business," Xia Zhaoyi blinked, "Are you just here to see me and Brother Du?"
There was a slight blur on Shen Lie's handsome face, and he subconsciously wanted to look away, but this time he resisted: "...Hmm."
"Is it about Hechuan Wasteland?" Xia Zhaoyi asked.
"..."
The sky shadow fell on the girl's eyes, her eyes were pure and clean.
Shen Lie found that he really couldn't be calm in front of her. He was an overly calm and cold person, but she could disturb his dull life with just a smile and a look.
"Not only the wasteland of Hechuan," soft waves surged in the depths of the deep black eyes, "there are also some things about the goods from the North and Qian Fengrong."
Xia Zhaoyi raised his eyebrows lightly, looked back to the front, and sighed softly: "Although you can say it in the letter, it seems like nothing, but when you talk about it one by one, it is really complicated. It's hard for you to make this trip. Still. Rich and honorable, this guy...is really annoying."
"Did he hurt you?"
"No," Xia Zhaoyi shook his head, "I was injured quite badly, but I couldn't kill him, which is a pity. To be honest, I have never seen such a person, who is thick-skinned and pain-resistant, especially when he is in pain. It will excite him, make him stronger and fight harder."
"I met Zhi Changle in Qingxiang Village."
"Brother Zhi..." Xia Zhaoyi said in a low voice, "He can only barely walk around leaning on the wall at the moment. When I go back in a while, I will have to give him a massage."
Shen Lie looked at her dimming expression, he slightly narrowed his eyes and turned away his eyes which became sharp.
That day, when he received a letter from Du Xuan saying that Zhi Changle was dying, he immediately wanted to come to Youzhou. Before leaving, he received an even more urgent letter from Du Xuan, saying that it was a false alarm and that she had rescued Zhi Changle.
Du Xuan's tone in the letter was full of disbelief, and she had no idea how she did it.
After Shen Lie read the letter, his heart dropped. Although he was still scared, he was sure that Zhi Changle was absolutely safe.
He remembered everything about her. She didn't become famous in the world until Buqu Jiang died for her brother. She was famous all over the world long before that.
The eldest daughter of Duke Dingguo, Li Ling Xia Zhaoyi, is a master of rejuvenation, takes lives with the King of Hell, performs horoscopes, and fights against the fate of heaven.
If you think about it carefully, she was only the same age as she is now when she died tragically in the snow.
At this time, the flying snow was falling again, Xia Zhaoyi stopped and his eyes fell on Xilongdu in the distance.
There were three large ships parked outside the ferry. The lights on the ships were dark and the port was deserted. There was not a single cargo box.
"Qian Fengrong jumped from here that night," Xia Zhaoyi said. "The river was very fast at that time. He was seriously injured by me, but he was still alive. It was really hard. If he had died in this river that day, Under the tide, the many misfortunes of those days would not have happened."
Shen Lie looked at the distant shoreline in the distance. The wind on the riverside was strong, but the waves were not high.
Du Xuan's description of Qian Fengrong in the letter made Shen Lie murderous just by reading the words.
Now standing here listening to her speak slowly, he felt that those cold murderous intentions could become even more cruel.
Xia Zhaoyi looked at the formation and found that the man beside her made no sound. She looked up and saw that his face was cold and his eyes were as sharp as ice.
"Shen Lie." Xia Zhaoyi called out in a low voice.
Shen Lie turned his deep eyes and said gently: "You have been busy traveling around the country these days, and the news you received may not be as complete and fast as mine. Xie Zhong's troops dispersed very quickly, and more than half of them defected and were killed or injured. He Another group of people were abandoned midway, leaving less than four thousand."
"It's so little," Xia Zhaoyi said, "The five thousand I mentioned are still too high for him."
"The letters you sent worked. He originally wanted to go to Song Zhiyi, but he was rejected outright. If he hadn't been alert, reacted quickly after noticing something was wrong, and escaped in one day, maybe his less than four thousand troops would have been saved. It will all fall into Song Zhiyi's hands."
Xia Zhaoyi nodded, his voice a little heavy: "It should be something worth being happy about, but I can't laugh."
"Do you feel sorry for the refugees?"
"Yes, they are all fresh human lives, so ruined in his hands."
As she spoke, she suddenly raised her foot and kicked out the snow in front of her.
The force was not heavy, and loose and soft snow particles flew into the air, blown behind them by the wind, and quickly dissipated.
Shen Lie lowered his head to watch the snow mist dissipate, when she raised her eyes again, her eyes were like snow, and her eyes met his.
"We meet again after a long separation, so we shouldn't say these things," Xia Zhaoyi forced out a smile, "You are too stingy with your pen and ink, and there are only a few words in the letter. While you are here now, I want to listen to what you say about Tanzhou's customs and customs."
The wind blew her hair around her temples, and her eyes were bright and bright.
The kick just now was a naughty and playful move that she had not done in a long time, as if these girls who worked day and night and were in charge of thousands of people's projects were not her.
She lost her composure, and her eyes were full of spiritual energy. She was still smart, but cunning, making the man in front of her want to kiss her eyes.
Shen Lie also smiled: "Perhaps I don't know as much about the local customs as you do."
"But I want to hear what you have to say about Tanzhou."
"...Okay," Shen Lie nodded, "I'll tell you."
The snowflakes, which had not rested for long, began to grow bigger again.
Everything was withered and the vegetation was bare. As they walked, they could occasionally smell the remaining cinnamon on the roadside.
Xia Zhaoyi would sometimes look up at Shen Lie. He had a face that was so handsome and cold that it didn't look like it should be in the world. He was so indifferent that he was indifferent and cold.
But his bones and skin were extremely perfect. When he smiled, the curvature of his lips and his white teeth, Xia Zhaoyi felt that they were more impactful and lethal than the weapons in his hands.
After a slow walk, they walked back through the snow along the river bank.
The lights of Tai'an Restaurant are particularly bright on the sparsely populated riverside.
Suddenly, I heard "Miss Ah Li" in the distance.
The two of them looked up.
I was still wondering who had such good eyesight that he could see her in the snow and fog from such a distance, and then I heard: "Sorry, I got the wrong person, sorry!"
"You can still admit your mistake." Shen Lie frowned and said.
Xia Zhaoyi heard a bit of displeasure in his tone and thought it wouldn't be a big deal if he admitted the wrong person.
Then he saw a slender and thin girl walking quickly towards him. She was wearing only a simple thin coat in the cold and snowy field.
Sensing someone on the opposite side, she raised her eyes and gradually stopped.
