Peony Overlord [Rebirth]

The cold wind was bleak and piercing, and the iron horses jingled along the road.

"Second brother is so busy on weekdays, why do you have time to come and sit with big brother today?" Shi Zhenming sat at the table drinking tea, it was cold, and a cup of hot tea comforted his restless heart a lot, facing Chu Xinle's hatred also dissipated a lot.

Shi Zhenming's room was dark, so empty that there was nothing but a gloomy atmosphere.

Chu Xinle was wearing a big cloak, and her whole body was tightly wrapped. In fact, she was not so cold. Chu Xinle didn't know what Shi Jiaming's body had experienced before. She always woke up from the cold these days. No matter how much you wear it, you can't feel warm. Even the big cloak that you only wear when it snows heavily is turned out and wrapped in advance, but other people seem to be not surprised.

He held the teacup in his hand, the hot tea spread from his palm like a cluster of flames, warming his numb arms from the cold, he lowered his head, with half of his fair face hidden in the fur, rustling his neck and chin, Itchy.

"Second brother naturally misses elder brother in his heart." Chu Xinle put on his usual smile, with an approachable and negotiable appearance.

"That's unnecessary, I don't need you to worry about me here." Shi Zhenming didn't want to be polite to him.

Chu Xinle's half face hidden in the fur was lifted up, and Li Li's eyes aroused some charm. Even though it was the most common black cloak, he could wear it with his own flavor. Come on, Shi Zhenming was disgusted and thought to himself, really followed that seductive cook.

"My father didn't arrange anything for me, and my eldest brother also knows that I am just a buyer of medicinal materials. The power of refining medicine is still with Hou Linchang." Chu Xinle took a sip of the cold tea, which was astringent and bitter. , He didn't like to drink, so he put it down, and felt his hands were cold, so he simply retracted his hands into his cloak.

"A few days ago, I met Mr. Xing San early in the morning." He changed the subject without giving Shi Zhenming any time to think.

Shi Zhenming's fingers holding the cup paused, expressionless, and said indifferently: "Have you had another night of drinking?"

Chu Xinle looked at Shi Zhenming on the other side of the table, smiled, and said, "Maybe, but he is so drunk that he can't even walk straight."

Seeing that he really regarded himself as his own brother, Shi Zhenming sneered: "Go back if you have nothing else to do."

Chu Xinle smiled, and took out the trick she used to deal with Chu Songcun, like a coquettish brother, and asked, "Brother, don't you want to hear what happened next?"

Shi Zhenming was most annoyed by his appearance, the thrilling brilliance in his brows and eyes couldn't be concealed, exactly the same as that lowly cook.

"If you don't say it, get out." Shi Zhenming's patience was completely worn out by Chu Xinle, and these words almost shattered and squeezed out from between his teeth.

"I'll follow him along the way, and when he reaches the big brother's house..." Chu Xin was happy to see Shi Zhenming's hand holding the teacup tightened a little bit, and he hid half of his face again.

The big brother hasn't lived in that side mansion since he bought it back. He can live in Xing Yanhong, which also shows that even if Shi Zhenming doesn't trust him very much, he still regards him as a brother in his heart. After all, he was blessed with life back then.

"What do you think he did?"

"..."

Chu Xinle has a bit of a mean temper, and likes to tease her appetite.

There was a creaking sound in the room, as if something was about to be crushed, Chu Xinle looked down at Shi Zhenming's hand holding the teacup on the table, the veins were bulging, there was no doubt that this was the source of the sound.

"Okay, okay, brother and brother are just joking." Chu Xinle knew that if she continued, she would undoubtedly be walking on thin ice, so she said, "He learned how to howl like a wolf."

Shi Zhenming raised his eyes to look at him, and signaled Ah Lei beside him to go out and wait.

After Ah Lei sent all the maids away and closed the door by himself, he said, "Continue talking."

"Then, I heard a wolf howling from the mansion," Chu Xinle said.

"impossible."

Of course it is impossible. Although the 83 people are all servants and maids, they are all shrewd. They will report to Xing Yanhong in time when they are aware of Xing Yanhong's every move, but Shi Zhenming has not received any news, not even the slightest trouble. Can let his second brother listen to it for no reason?

"Shi Jiaming, what do you want to do?" Shi Zhenming narrowed his eyes, staring at Chu Xinle like a poisonous snake.

Chu Xinle looked back, her eyes did not evade, and the smile on the corner of her mouth seemed to be frozen there, never disappearing: "I said, my brother and I are on the same side."

"I don't know what Hou Linchang has been up to lately? I haven't seen him before delivering medicine these few times." Chu Xinle always changed the topic suddenly.

It was suddenly cloudy outside the door, as if it was going to rain again.

Chu Xinle stood up, and said to Shi Zhenming very politely: "Father leaves the customs at noon, elder brother, second younger brother is going to discuss with father about the delivery of medicine."

Shi Zhenming didn't speak, and stretched out his hand to signal him to be casual. Chu Xinle saluted and went out.

When he was discharged from the hospital, Chenfan who had been waiting for a long time came out. He was always running back and forth these days, he was thinner than when he was in Yanxiang Building, and he was shorter than Chu Xinle, making him look thinner.

Chen Fan could hear clearly, he had been by Chu Xinle's side all the time, just now when Chu Xinle was talking with Shi Zhenming, he hid not far away in the courtyard, and heard the conversation clearly.

However, Chen Fan thought about these words over and over for countless times, but he couldn't figure it out. Seeing that his master was walking in front, he still couldn't help but asked: "Master, tell him this matter. It is possible to suppress Xing Yanhong, but this is by no means the best way. Shi Zhenming and Xing Yanhong are in a good relationship, and it is absolutely impossible for them to fall apart based on this matter alone. Not only that, Shi Zhenming will also feel that the master is doing it on purpose. To say so."

Chu Xinle's steps were even slower, the smile on her face dissipated, her eyes looked forward, a little empty, she didn't know what she thought through those bleak rockery, and said, "Yes, Xing Yanhong and Shi Zhenming are not called brothers twice a year. It's been a year, I still remember..." Chu Xin paused, and then said: "I remember when the Chu family was still alive, Xing Yanhong saved Shi Zhenming's life. All the families in the Central Plains knew about it. The reason why Yan Ping was willing to send Xing Yanhong to the Shi family was that Xing Yanping bet on this life-saving grace. On the one hand, Shi Zhenming suspected Xing Yanhong, and on the other hand he regarded him as a brother. He struggled with it, and his arrogance forced him to face it."

The sky was getting cloudier, and the surroundings were quiet, even the howling wind stopped at this moment.

"You're right." Chu Xinle glanced sideways at Dust Fan, half of her face emerged from the fur, her cold hands returned to temperature, he was a little hot, and said, "It's impossible for them to break apart, but Shi Zhen Ming's arrogance does not allow him to stop here, he is smarter than a snake, if Xing Yanhong can be fine, who is the person who has trouble..."

Chu Xinle looked forward.

Something like raindrops fell between his brows and melted in an instant.

It was snowing, heavy and fast, with distinct grains, and within a short while the dark gray flagstones were covered with a thin layer of snow.

Chu Xinle breathed out a white breath, gathered the cloak, stretched out a hand to look at the falling snowflakes, the snowflakes disappeared in an instant, he looked abnormally white in this icy and snowy world, and his facial features were so distinct, but he seemed not aware of it, He said: "The first snow in Runan this year is here."

He spoke lightly, not knowing whether to speak to the world around him, or to himself.

Shi Enze shut himself up for nearly a month, and finally came out of the first snow in Runan.

Chu Xinle has developed a habit of always going to greet him when he leaves the customs, and explain clearly what she has done these days. He is obedient and sensible, but Shi Enze doesn't seem to care so much about his status as a concubine.

He still sat at the main seat and drank tea, and ordered Lao Chen to pour a cup for the second son. Shi Enze never gave his own tea to others, even Shi Zhenming hadn't tasted it a few times, Chu Xinle was happy Accept it, pretend to taste it, and put it down again.

From his taste, the bitterness of this tea is no different from that of Shi Zhenming's.

"Now that it's snowing heavily, we don't have much medicine left in Runan, and the medicine shops in the city are tight, and they refuse to pay no matter how much money they pay." These words seemed to be complaining, but Chu Xinle said it with a sense of complaint Not so much, it seems to be stating the facts in a leisurely manner.

Shi Enze could have expected this, perhaps, every year at this time, there would be strikes in pharmacies.

It's just that in the past, Shi Zhenming was assigned to do these things. Chu Xinle didn't come here for a long time, so naturally she didn't know.

"Then it's up to you this year." Shi Enze seemed to be very tired, he raised his fingers and rubbed between his brows.

Looking at it from Chu Xinle's angle, the snow outside the window cast a thrilling beauty on Shi Enze. He seemed to be younger than a month ago. He was delicate and firm without any marks. He looked like a teenager , but the spirit of a young man is missing between his brows.

Although I have never met Shi Jiaming's mother, but just looking at Shi Enze's appearance, I know that Shi Jiaming's disastrous appearance is not for nothing. Chu Xinle lowered his eyes and closed his eyes, memories rolled in like waves.

His father, mother, and eldest brother are all good-looking. The elder brother has inherited all the good things from his father and mother. But when he grew up, he realized that he didn't seem to follow his father or his mother. He was not as good as his elder brother. Ambitious and ambitious, he is not as calm and calm as his father. He has not seized any of the innate advantages of the Chu family, but fortunately God gave him a smart head, so that he can learn all the hidden weapons of the Chu family and the actuarial calculations of the Mu family. .....

"In a few days, it will be that time again. Runan and Langya are far away, and the round trip may take eight or nine days. I will come back after finishing the matter." Shi Enze's words conveyed Chu Xinle's spiritual sense of traveling abroad. pull back.

"Langya has a lot of medicinal materials. You can bring Shifu's badge and show it to them at the gate of the city. The Xue family will know what to do."

After he finished explaining, it seemed that he hadn't slept for too long, and asked Lao Chen to send him out with a sleepy expression.

Old Chen's kindness seemed to only stay on the surface, and he sent him out of the hospital respectfully.

There was a man standing outside the courtyard, wearing heavy clothes, and his hair was tied up in a high bun. When Chu Xinle approached, he found that the man's right eyebrow was broken from the middle, and there was a not-so-long scar there, and his face was a little sunken. The whole face is frighteningly thin.

When Lao Chen saw him, he saluted and called out, "Master Hou."

Only then did Chu Xinle realize that this person turned out to be Hou Linchang, so he looked him up and down.

Hou Yingnan is worthy of being the only male queen of the Hou family. It seems that Hou Yingnan is used to all the delicacies in the family, and even the head of the Hou family looks thin.

"Then I'll go back first." Chu Xinle said to Lao Chen, and then walked away slowly.

Hou Linchang hadn't seen Chu Xinle since he fell into the water. When he saw him today, he felt different from usual.

Although I don't know what has changed, but it seems that the timid look before has completely disappeared.

Hou Linchang's right eyelid started to twitch, he stretched out his hand and rubbed it twice, and went in with Lao Chen.