King Zhenbei has a favorite

Gu Ting's attitude is obvious, I am not angry with you, and there is no need to be angry with you, who are you to me, and who am I to you?

We are not considered our own people, at most they are familiar strangers, we often hear about it, meet each other occasionally, just meet by chance, we will not live in the same place in the future, and we will never see each other again, not even friends, There is no need to hold grudges, and there is no need to be close, just maintain normal etiquette, no matter how many, it is impossible.

What he did was obvious, and Huo Yan could see it clearly.

Returning to the palace with heavy eyes, before the horse dismounted, a group of soldiers surrounded them, and the leader Fan Dachuan looked the most eager.

"How's it going?"

"My lord, have you apologized and coaxed people?"

"What did Mr. Gu say, when will you come over to celebrate the New Year together?"

"Why don't you see anyone?"

Xia Sanmu stood with his arms folded, with a yin and yang tone of disappointment: "Is there any need to ask? If someone invites you back, we won't be able to see Mr. Gu?"

Wei Lie was very disappointed: "I haven't coaxed you well yet... Your lord is too useless."

The soldiers looked over with resentful eyes, nodded again and again, daring to be angry but not to speak.

Huo Yan's sharp gaze swept over, and the soldiers lowered their heads one after another, and they didn't dare to complain. These years, the prince has accumulated a lot of prestige. It's not the four generals who grew up with him. Others rarely dare to look at each other, let alone speak casually. .Even the four generals have to be careful when speaking on different occasions, not everything can be said.

The soldiers had no choice but to secretly cheer for the three generals, keep going, generals!Don't worry about running out of firepower!Mr. Gu is such a good person, he must not take advantage of others, he must stare at the prince to coax him back!Otherwise we will cry, the soldiers of the three armies will cry to you together!

Huo Yan had just walked to the outer courtyard, and the snow on his body hadn't been wiped clean. Not only did the soldiers stare at him with resentful eyes, but his younger brother Huo Jie also rushed over like a small cannonball: "Where is Brother Stop? Where is Brother Stop? Promise to come to our house Is it Chinese New Year?"

While speaking, she stood on tiptoe and looked behind him, her little eyes were expectant and eager, as if every word the other party said was cruel.

Huo Yan: ...

Lifting his younger brother away, he strode forward expressionlessly: "I will invite you again."

It's a treat for everyone.

But how is it enough just to confess?You have to work hard, you have to forge ahead, you have to move, little whitebait, little golden mouse, little Nanzhu, you have to coax people!The people of the whole family stared at the door of Prince Zhenbei's room, especially the study room, and they were very disappointed when they saw that the prince would not move when he entered.

It's over!Your Zhenbei Palace is over!It's over for you King of the North!Even the gods can't save it!Wait until Young Master Gu, Xiao Kei, sleeps and flies with someone else and never looks back!I regret you to death!

Except for King Zhenbei's study room, the atmosphere in other corners of the palace was quite tense this day, and there were constant fights.

Ah ah ah ah ah we are so mad at Liao!Our Qingqingxiuxiushu Wushuang can be firm but soft and pitiful Mr. Gu, I don’t know which dog will be cheaper in the future!

In the study room, Huo Yan was standing with a pen in his hand, looking down at the table. On the table was a map of Jiuyuan City, the most detailed one. There were many streets and lanes, and all corners and directions were clearly displayed.

On the map, the four gates of the city are highlighted, and all the nearby gates are highlighted, and the different streets are also marked, so the rules cannot be seen clearly.

The clouds are dark, the snow is blurred, the shadows of the candles are flickering, and the tears are hot. The time crawls through the window and the side faces of the people in the room, and slips away little by little.

After an unknown amount of time, Huo Yan's eyes glowed brightly, and he kicked the door open: "Come here!"

……

Gu Ting's master and servant were extremely efficient in handling affairs, and there was nothing necessary to carry, so he really packed everything the next day and set off in a car.

Because they were not in a hurry, the two of them didn't get up early in the morning before dawn, thinking about leaving later to avoid the crowds outside the city, and they weren't that cold, right?Those who don't go home say that there is no need to be attached to places like the Gu family, and where to go out of the city is not a problem, the key is to be happy and comfortable.

Walking all the way to the east gate, I found that the atmosphere was very different from usual.

The city gate was open, and the people went out of the city normally, but the guards of the city gate looked very serious, they checked a little strictly, and talked to the people carefully one by one, and each of them said that something seemed to have happened.

Gu stopped lifting the curtain, stopped the car, and ordered to sit on the shaft outside and follow him: "Go and have a look."

Wu Feng trotted away immediately, and came back after a while: "It is said that the city is closed by snow in the direction of Yunzhong Shanwu. The road is extremely difficult to walk, and the city gate will not be opened. If you go too far, if you are traveling nearby, remember to come back early, if you are far away, don’t go, I advise you to come back.”

Gu Ting frowned: "Blizzard..."

He thought for a while and asked Wu Feng: "Where is the direction of Jinyang?"

"Really go home?" Wu Feng saw his young master squinting his eyes, and then turned around belatedly. The young master didn't want to go home, but wanted to see if this was someone else's trick... He Immediately shook his head violently, "I just asked clearly. I didn't mention Jinyang. If I insisted on asking, Brother Shoucheng can only tell me that I don't know, saying that I haven't received any specific news."

Gu Ting thought to himself, could it be a coincidence?

Wu Feng: "The little one specifically asked a few more questions about what was going on. The big brother who guarded the city said that the sky has changed recently, and it is our little one under the snow, and other places have been hit by disasters...Master, Lu Yao It’s really difficult to walk, so let’s make another plan, if the road is blocked during the Chinese New Year, it may be difficult to wait for people to pass, other things are trivial, frostbite is not good.”

Gu Ting lowered his eyes and thought quietly.

It's cold in the north, and heavy snow in winter is normal. Jiang Muyun and Gu Qingchang seem to have left two days earlier. Jiang Muyun's poison has been cured, but his body hasn't recovered yet. He walked so fast, so he must not be afraid of seeing him embarrassed , I may not be in a hurry to go home for the New Year. Could it be that I heard the news of the heavy snow in advance?

This kind of weather can be avoided by walking fast, even if you walk with the snow, you will be late, and the snow will pile up, and you can't go if you want to.

Wu Feng cautiously said, "How about we go back..."

Gu Ting held his chin, his eyes slowly drooped: "Pull over, let me think about it."

He was already afraid of the cold, so of course he didn't want to be exposed to the cold on the road, and he didn't want to go back to celebrate the new year. What kind of good year could he have when he went back?In fact, he just wanted to leave Jiuyuan City, leave this place where Huo Yan was everywhere, and he couldn't see it.

Now I can't go to other cities, and the yard here doesn't want to go back, so what should I do?where to?

Sitting in the car, the more I think about it, the colder I get, the colder I am, the more I long for a warm place, a warm place...

Gu Ting clapped his hands suddenly, and said, "How about finding a hot spring village?"

Rent money for two or three months, stock up on food and drink, just to end the winter, enjoy the snow when there is snow, and enjoy the plum blossoms when there is no snow, you can also barbecue and cook wine when you are interested, and the little lynx can run away.

The more he thought about it, the more he yearned for it, and in the end it was absolutely necessary. Gu Ting asked Wu Feng with bright eyes: "We came here in a hurry. We have never bought this kind of property before. Can we rent it now?"

Wu Feng thought for a while: "It should be possible. During the Chinese New Year, everyone will be reunited at home. Who will go to Zhuangzi? The younger ones will go ask and send the young master home first?"

"No need," Gu Ting waved his hands, and lifted the curtain to look at both sides of the street, "I remember that there seems to be a tooth shop here, not far away, you can ask now, I will wait here, if there is, there is no need to turn back , let's go now!"

"okay--"

Wu Feng ran to the tooth shop.

After a while, good news came: "Don't tell me, young master, there really are! The best hot spring villages, except for the property of the Zhenbei Prince's Mansion, will not be rented out. Many local officials and businessmen are willing to make some spare money, such as the Liu family. It can be rented, and we can still choose, but it is Chinese New Year, and the price is more expensive."

Gu Ting regained his energy all of a sudden: "What are you afraid of, your young master is rich! You go right away and choose the best and most comfortable rent!"

He used to be a little poor, but now he doesn't need to hoard food and medicine, and the concubine also gave him such a long and long gift list. Now he is not a person who is short of money!

Wu Feng: "I picked it, I picked the best one for you, guaranteed to be comfortable! But everyone said that you don't need money..."

Startled, his brows frowned: "That's not okay, other people's business can't make people lose money."

Wu Feng jumped into the car: "The younger ones also said the same thing. In the end, after a lot of talking and talking, everyone took a step back. The price we negotiated was the normal price, not increased by the New Year's rate. It's not that expensive. They also made money, but they just spent money on food and clothing. We have to spend our own money for servants and the like, saying that there are people in the village who can do the work, and we can use them as we please, as long as the wages are not low.”

Gu Ting said seriously: "This is the reason, the rules can't be messed up."

Wu Feng shook his horsewhip and smiled: "If the young master has nothing else to do, then let's go?"

Gu Ting smiled openly: "Let's go!"

He hugged the little lynx who was still drowsy until now: "Let's go to the hot spring village to celebrate the new year. Are you happy? Are you happy?"

The little lynx was too sleepy to open its eyes, and meowed perfunctorily.

Wu Feng was also very happy, and while driving the car, he raised his voice and said: "The Yaman said, of all the Zhuangzi that was hung out, ours is the largest, with the best scenery, and even the hot springs are more than the others. There are indoor ones and outdoor ones. The water quality is excellent, so you will want to soak in it again! It is also said that there is a big garden inside and a plum sea. The youngest daughter of the owner’s family liked plums, and the elders specially planted them. Every year at this time of year The scenery in the courtyard is simply amazing!"

"Mei Hai..."

The more Gu Ting listened, the happier he was. Generally, plum trees are not too tall due to the variety. He held up the little lynx: "It's convenient for our little leopard to climb, isn't it?"

"Meow-"

The little lynx had to wake up even after he was so disturbed that he was unconscious, so she leaned over and rubbed his face.

Gu Ting rubbed the little lynx happily.

The little thing has been named, and it will be called Little Leopard, nicknamed Leopard Leopard.It's not that he didn't think of elegance and prestige for it, but it didn't seem to like it either. He and Meng Zhen thought of many names, with various styles, and called it around for a long time, but it only responded to the word "Little Leopard". I like the way I like it very much, and if I call something else, I either give it to my ass or turn my face away... That's the way it is with aesthetics.

never mind.No matter how cute the little thing is, you have to bear it, right?What's more, the name is not completely meaningless, Leopard, what a great growth goal!

"When we get to the place, immediately ask someone to buy you a lot of meat, let's have a good year together!"

"Meow--"

One owner and one pet made a fuss in the carriage, and the atmosphere was quite cheerful.

Zhenbei Wangfu.

Huo Yanlian lay down a few soldiers and asked Xia Sanmu who had just come over: "He's gone?"

Xia Sanmu nodded: "Go."

Can you not go?The prince's heart is dark!The news of the blizzard during the holiday, for the sake of realism, did not close the city, but let the city guards persuade the people with kind words - anyway, it is the end of the year, and the people will not run so far, and specifically told not to mention Jinyang, just ask I don't know.The hot spring Zhuangzi prepared overnight, and the tooth store was also arranged overnight. They took the map and walked street by street. The four city gates, the possible paths, and the shops that might be seen, all cast a net...

How could Young Master Gu not be fooled?

The prince has already guessed other people's thoughts. It's not that he wants to leave, but he just doesn't want to stay. If he can't leave, he doesn't want to go back to the yard. Where do he want to go the most? Which is the most comfortable and least burdensome place to stay?Young Master Gu has always been smart, why didn't he find a good place by himself?Even if he can't think of it, he can still think of it if the people assigned by the prince remind him casually.

No matter which way Young Master Gu takes, which door, or how to go, the prince has an alternative plan, and there is always a best choice waiting ahead, how to choose?You can only hit it head on!

Since the prince cast a net, no matter who it is, don't even think about escaping from his palm!

Quite insidious.

Xia Sanmu looked at his prince who was calm and ready to continue training: "When are you going?"

Huo Yan's eyes deepened slightly: "Of course it's time to go."

What is the time to go?

The soldiers next to the two of them also heard their conversation, you hit me and I bumped you, the wink almost flew out, our delicate, beautiful, unparalleled but hard but soft and pitiful little Mr. Gu really has hope to come back?

Hey~ My lord can't be so useless this time!

Everyone is waiting for when the prince will make a move.Seeing the days go by day by day, after the new year, 29, and the new year's [-]th, the prince didn't move!

When everyone saw Huo Yan, they were hesitant to speak, scratching their ears and scratching their cheeks. The Spring Festival couplets have been pasted up, my lord, are you still leaving?

Oh, it's the five animal sacrifices, are you still leaving?

The buns are all wrapped up and served on the table, can you still hold your breath?

The New Year's Eve dinner is coming soon... why are you still here! !

Firecrackers are crackling outside!Why do you still, no, go! !

Everyone is dying.

Huo Jie’s little bun can’t even eat the food he’s worried about, he’s the age of a monkey, he’s been mischievous in the past, went to the house to Jiewa and cried, and it’s scary, today he sat honestly for a whole day, didn’t go anywhere, just stared at With Huo Yan.

The princess looked inside the room, then looked outside, and sighed: "Hurry up, hurry up, I feel dizzy when I see you, a bunch of monkeys have turned into squibs, how is this year going?"

Huo Yan lowered his eyes: "I haven't kept my age yet."

The princess glared at him: "Why don't you see so many rules on weekdays? What can you think of when you are fighting? We can't get through without you! Let's go, let's go, so we can keep up with the new year!"

Huo Jie nodded again and again: "Yeah brother go!"

Huo Yue has already taken a snack box, filled it with the snacks Nanny Gui made in the afternoon: "Take it to Brother Ting, he likes it."

Huo Yan saw that the time was almost up, so he didn't refuse this time, he bowed to the princess, patted the heads of his younger brothers and sisters one by one, picked up the food box and went out the door.

The index finger curled between his lips and he whistled. The sweaty BMW rode the wind and greeted him excitedly with a snort. He also kept running forward without stopping.

Knowing what kind of temper his gale had, Huo Yan tiptoed to the ground, turned over neatly and landed on the horse: "Let's go, let's go out of the city!"

At this point in time, the gate of the city has been closed long ago, but whether it is closed or not, what trouble does King Zhenbei have?There was no need to light up the tokens, as soon as they saw the face, the guards opened the city gate by themselves to make way for the prince.

Going out of the city at such a late hour, and it's still New Year's Eve, there must be a very, very urgent military situation!

Huo Yan was really in a hurry, every moment was more urgent than the last one, he wished he could put wings on the horse, and it would happen in a flash.

The road to Zhuangzi was not long, Gu Ting walked in a car for less than two hours that day, he drove a horse, and within half an hour, he was already at the gate of Zhuangzi.

The door of the bed is very simple. Close your eyes and take a deep breath. There is a faint hot spring water vapor and a faint plum fragrance between your nose and mouth.He settled down, slowly raised his hand, and knocked on the door.

"Tuk-tuk-"

With a sound of "squeak", the porter came to open the door, saw Huo Yan's face, and immediately took the reins with a smile: "The prince is here, hurry up, come inside and get warm!"

Gu Ting had a very comfortable life these past few days. He ate well, slept soundly, had warm hot springs to soak in, and cold and beautiful winter plums to admire. He felt like a little leopard, he had gained a lot of weight.

Together with Wu Feng, the New Year's Eve of the master and servant is not so particular, it's still the same sentence, how comfortable it is.Having played, quarreled, eaten a table of good food, drank a few jars of good wine, the mood is already quite refreshing. The so-called taste of the year, as long as you are happy and do not feel lonely, it is a good year.

It's a pity that Wu Feng was a bit unlucky today. He lost all the dice bets on the table, and he was fined with wine.

Gu Ting asked him to move him back to his room to sleep, waved away all the servants, took a comfortable hot spring bath, sat on the verandah of the warm pavilion, and watched the little leopard, who became more energetic as the night wore on, go crazy in the snow.

Although the night was already dark, the surroundings were lit with red lanterns, but it was not dark anywhere. Gu Ting saw the little lynx jumping like crazy, getting into the snow, and coming out of the snow again. How big is it, and its legs are not particularly long, and when it plunged into the thick snow, it disappeared. After a while, it crawled out, shaking the snow on its fur, with a dazed expression on its face.

Then he quarreled with the snowdrift, screaming, super fierce, biting and biting at the snowdrift, biting a mouthful of snow, and immediately pooh-pooh-pooh at the ground...

And stupid.

Gu Ting watched and laughed, wiping away tears.

Such a stupid must not be my baby!

Smiling and laughing, he suddenly heard a voice behind him, Gu Ting turned his head, the smile instantly melted in his eyes, and his eyebrows raised: "Why are you here?"

Who let you in?

He immediately looked at the servant, who stood upright with his hands folded, without raising his head, watching his nose, nose and heart, very quiet.

How clever Gu Ting was, he turned the corner almost immediately: "You arranged it?" He stared at Huo Yan, brows tightened, "Is this Zhuangzi yours?"

Huo Yan's eyebrows were deep: "I didn't mean to disturb you."

Come here, what's the point of saying this!

Gu Ting snorted, waved his hands to tell the servants to go down, and at the same time he followed up with disappointment, you said it's not good for you to get drunk at any time, you must choose to get drunk today!

The little leopard was still playing wildly in the snowdrift, and didn't even notice outsiders coming, let alone the guardian.

Gu Ting heaved a long sigh in his heart.

It's over, I've fallen into the net of others.If he had known that this was Huo Yan's Zhuangzi the day he first came, he would definitely turn around and leave and it would be impossible to stay here, but after staying for the past few days, this Zhuangzi is really comfortable everywhere, it is simply a blessed place in winter, and now immediately He was still a little bit reluctant to go.

Not only him, Wu Feng and Xiao Baozi also like it here, especially Xiao Baozi, who never sees a meow when playing every day, and the servants are also very good, understand the rules, and do things neatly...

Heh, the people of the Zhenbei Prince's Mansion, can they not know the rules and can't do things?

He said why Huo Yan suddenly died down. Could it be that he was let go for the sake of helping Zhenbei Wangfu?

Gu Ting shook the wine in the glass, didn't even look at Huo Yan, and asked with a cold face: "On New Year's Eve, the reunion festival, the prince took time to come here, but is there something to do?"

Of course Huo Yan couldn't apologize as soon as he opened his mouth, otherwise he wouldn't even have a chance to sit down. He put on a serious face, pretending to be the same, and said, "That's right, there is indeed something serious."

Gu Ting was a little surprised: "Oh? What's the matter?"

Huo Yan: "You know all about the previous battle. Beidi's internal response was placed in both the Zhenbei Army and Jiuyuan City. In the Zhenbei Army, the king's "near death" move has been caught before, and the future troubles have been eliminated. In Yuancheng, I am afraid that there is not only one person. You Dachun came to Jiuyuan for the first time. Neither he nor his subordinates could be so proficient at playing with information. It is easy to be lured by Beidi, and beside him, among his subordinates or colleagues, there are real Beidi secret spies, lurking for a long time."

Gu Ting: ...

New Year's Eve, you talk to me about this?

But if the other party insisted on talking, he couldn't help it.Speaking of You Dachun's death, it was Huo Yan who took care of the aftermath. He owed Huo Yan a favor. He still had the world's troubles in his heart during the New Year's Eve.

"My lord, please sit down." Gu Ting really thought about it seriously.

Huo Yan lowered the corners of her slightly raised lips, lifted her robe and sat opposite Gu Ting.

Gu Ting thought about it carefully: "Speaking of it, I always feel that the eunuch Li Gui is very subtle, and he can always avoid all the dangers of the war at the right time. After the investigation, no one knows where he went and what he did. He is accompanying him. Isn’t it the supervising army, why didn’t you supervise your Zhenbei army and didn’t follow You Dachun to help in various ways?”

Huo Yan lowered his eyes: "The wind and snow hit me all the way, and it was a little cold. Maybe it's because the wind and cold hurt my body and I haven't fully recovered. Is there any wine?"

Gu Ting: ...

I've talked to you about something serious, but you've turned into a demon!

Huo Yan covered his lips and coughed twice.

Gu Ting's forehead jumped, I'll do it for you!

"Of course there is wine, but it's the wine I like. I have a light mouth, xiguo wine, can the prince make it?"

You are a strong man, a man on the battlefield, if you are not the most fierce knife burner, you are not worthy of you!

Huo Yan pursed her lips, as if she finally saw the scene she wanted: "With you, everything is not a matter of chance."

The king also likes fruit wine.

Gu Ting raised his eyebrows: "Oh? Nothing is just a compromise? What is that?"

"It's an honor." Huo Yan's brows were quiet, his eyes were bright and burning, "It's joy."