Guan Jiyu's door rang early in the morning. When he opened the door, there was no one outside. He only saw a tray on the ground at the door, and on the tray was a soup can.
She looked around suspiciously and made sure there was no one else outside, so she had no choice but to bring the soup can into the house.
When you open the lid, the fragrance overflows. It's clear chicken soup.
Guan Jiyu picked up the spoon and took a sip, and his face lit up. She had been feeling unwell these days, and she had been taking medicine endlessly for several days to recover, and she had no appetite at all.
She didn't think much about the food in the canteen. This can of chicken soup came at the right time! She drank a few more gulps unconsciously.
Guan Jiyu was drinking soup when she heard someone outside calling her: "Is Miss Guan in the house?"
When he opened the door, he saw that the person standing outside looked familiar. After looking carefully, he recognized that the person outside was Xiang Lincheng's attendant.
"Miss Guan, the second young master is waiting for you in the pavilion on the back mountain." The attendant said respectfully.
"Back Mountain?" Guan Jiyu asked doubtfully: "Isn't it expressly prohibited in the concentration camp that disciples from aristocratic families who participated in the selection are prohibited from leaving the gate of the concentration camp? You just said this, how could I just listen to you and walk out of the gate?"
Seeing that she didn't believe it, the attendant seemed to have expected it, so he smiled and took out something from his arms and showed it to her.
It is Xiang Lincheng's waist card.
That waist badge with the cloud pattern wolf emblem, which I heard only a few high-ranking generals in the Xiang Army Camp had.
Only then did Guan Jiyu believe it. He went back to his house, took a thick coat, put it on, and left with his attendants.
Going to the back mountain was not like going out of the gate as she imagined. The attendant took her straight from the back of the training ground, through a small forest, and there was a gravel path covered with thick snow.
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"Girl, the back mountain pavilion is in front of you. You can see the second young master when you go there." After the attendant said this, he resigned and turned back.
Guan Jiyu had no choice but to walk along this snowy road alone. After walking only a few hundred steps, he saw the back mountain pavilion that the attendant mentioned.
Looking around, the mountains behind are all white, and you can't hear a few birds chirping for a long time. This small pavilion looks even more isolated from the world. Xiang Lincheng in the pavilion is dressed in thick black clothes. From a distance, it looks like
There was a spot of ink dripping on Zhang Baixuan.
Just like the people in the painting.
"Second Young Master Xiang." She called softly and walked forward slowly.
The steps were covered tightly with heavy snow. Even though Guan Jiyu was walking very carefully, he accidentally stepped on a stone.
Then the sole of her foot slipped, and before she could scream out in surprise, the people in the pavilion were already quick-sighted and stepped over to hold her steady in two or three steps.
It was freezing and snowy outside, and the tip of her nose was already red from the cold, and her hands and feet were also cold.
The hands supporting her were so warm that the moment they touched her skin, she couldn't help but tremble. When he waited for her to stand still, he let go of his hand and walked back to the pavilion. Guan Jiyu straightened his clothes and stepped forward hurriedly.
Follow it.
There was a small stove in the pavilion, and a pot of water sitting on it had already boiled. The lid of the pot made a squeaking sound when it was pushed up by the boiling water. Xiang Lincheng took off the pot and poured hot water into the teapot on the stone table next to him.
water.
The tea leaves should have been placed in the teapot in advance. As soon as the hot water was poured in, the aroma of the tea was stimulated. Guan Jiyu could smell it even while standing a few steps away from the small stone table.
She saw that the two stone benches in the pavilion were covered with cotton cushions, and she knew it must be him.
"Have you ever heard of Yixue Sencha?" He fiddled with the things in his hands, not forgetting to look up at her.
Guan Jiyu shook his head. She had only grown up in Beizhong when she was a child. From the time she could remember, she had been running around for a living. She had no father, no mother, and no support. She could only hope to find a job in a wealthy family because she knew some martial arts.
How could a common person like her have access to something as elegant as tea tasting?
Xiang Lincheng poured a cup of tea and handed it to her and said, "Try how it tastes first."
Guan Jiyu stepped forward and took it unceremoniously, took a sip, smacked his lips and said, "I can't taste anything special, it just warms my body after drinking it."
He laughed out loud at her words, shook his head, poured himself a glass and put it to his mouth.
Guan Jiyu didn't know what he was laughing at or what to say, so he had to pick up the tea cup and continue drinking. After two or three sips, his whole body became completely warm.
She thought of the cup of chicken soup she received in the morning, and her heart warmed, and she said, "I still want to thank you, Second Young Master. It was me who caused you trouble, but you always take good care of me."
"What? You just say thank you every time you see me?" He smiled again and said indifferently: "No one comes here all the time. In fact, I have discovered this place for a long time, but I have never found anyone to drink with.
Tea man.”
"Then...why did you ask me to come?"
Guan Jiyu asked himself that he was not a person who understood romance. If he wanted to enjoy the snow and drink tea, he might as well call Jiang Yingnian over and join him.
That guy loves these things the most.
"I don't know either." Xiang Lincheng stood by the pavilion railing and looked out, leaving only her back. He said: "It was snowing last night, and the snow scenery in the back mountain must be good. This morning I thought about inviting people to
You try this tea together. You are almost in good health, but staying in the house all the time may not be a good thing."
"In the windy and snowy place of the pavilion, there are traces of timidity."
The color of the snow shines through, his back reveals calmness and gentleness, and his voice is also gentle.
She was puzzled and asked, "What do these two sentences mean?"
He looked back and said, "It was just a casual recitation. As soon as these few storms have passed, it will soon be a new year. Doesn't it mean that all the old things should be put aside?"
Guan Jiyu thought for a while and said: "No matter how far in the past some things are, you can't just let them go, right? A lot of things can live in a person's heart, but some things can never be forgotten in a lifetime."
Xiang Lincheng was silent for a moment, his voice became much softer, and he sighed softly: "Have you ever made the wrong path in your life?"
This question went straight to the bottom of her heart, and it took her a long time to answer.
"Actually, I have always been confused. I don't know where I went wrong from the beginning. When I thought everything started to be promising, I always learned some lessons." Guan Jiyu slowly stood up and walked to his side.
, standing side by side with him, facing the snowy scene outside. "I am used to living a hard life, and thought that my life would get better after arriving in Jiang Mansion, but fate really knows how to play tricks on people, and the unfair God took away my best life again.
The death of the important person, the eldest son, has made me have no nostalgia for this person in this world at all."
Xiang Lincheng didn't expect that she would say such heavy words. He turned his head to look at her in surprise and said, "But didn't you come here? Didn't you come here just to enter the Xiang Army Camp?"
She understood what he meant. What surprised Xiang Lincheng was that she was so dedicated to the examination and tried so hard to get into Xiangjun camp, why would she say such unlovable words for no reason?
"Northern Guyi Army, isn't our army currently at war with northern Guyi Kingdom?" Guan Jiyu said firmly: "The eldest son was killed by Guyi soldiers at the border! Now I just want to join Xiang Junying
, so that I am qualified to go into battle and kill the enemy. I don’t think about anything, I just want to avenge the eldest son, so... I will die without regrets."
"Have you ever thought that your life does not only belong to the head of the Jiang family?" Xiang Lincheng turned to face her, put his hands on her shoulders, and said seriously: "I don't know your past, but I must say,
You are a very rare martial arts master. This is your advantage. You really don’t need to underestimate your life. You still have a long way to go in life. You are still too young now. You think you have lost a person.
The important person has lost everything."
His expression was sincere and determined, and he said: "Isn't it better to live well for the people who are most important to you and live a more valuable life?"
After hearing these words, Guan Jiyu's eyes couldn't help but heat up. In the more than ten years she had lived, no one except Jiang Qing had ever said such a thing to her.
She would never have thought that a person she had just met, General Shuoyuan, who was born in the Xiang Army Camp in Beizhong, would condescend to invite her to enjoy the snow and drink tea together, and would also speak to her so much with such sincerity and sincerity.
He asked her to live well.
In this world, ultimately everyone has to live well for themselves.
The snow is falling in the world, but there is only a small pavilion in this quiet place in the back mountain, under which the tea is fragrant and warm.
The horn of the concentration camp came from the distance, and Guan Jiyu saw that it was already lunch time. She took a deep breath and said: "Second Young Master, I have written down your words. I...will work hard,
I will always remember what you said to me."
The snow that had just stopped gradually started to float again. Guan Jiyu leaned over to catch a handful of snow, made it into a snowball in his hand, and threw it far away.
This childish behavior also aroused Xiang Lincheng's playful spirit. He simply ignored it and scooped up a ball of snow, rolled a big snowball, and threw it out like she did.
With a smile on her face, she turned to him and said, "I will not let you down."
The two packed up the tea sets and walked slowly back along the path.
"There are so many trees here. If spring comes in March, they will definitely be very attractive to watch."
Guan Jiyu looked at the trees on the roadside while walking and said, "I wonder if there are any flowers here."
Xiang Lincheng noticed her gaze and replied warmly: "If nothing else happens, I'm afraid you will all go to the border to fight after we say goodbye in this concentration camp. If you come back from victory, you must come to the capital to find me, my yard
There are many flowers planted there. Not only in my yard, there is a sea of flowers on the outskirts of Beijing, which is very beautiful. I will take you to see it when you arrive in the capital."
"Capital?" Guan Jiyu said in surprise: "Aren't you from Beizhong?"
He just mentioned lightly: "In the past, after winning the battle, Emperor Shu rewarded me. I didn't often stay there. I only stayed there occasionally."
"It's really amazing." Guan Jiyu said with emotion: "That must be a great military exploit, right? I can't even dream of a house in the capital. It would be great if one day I could live in the capital!"
Realizing that Xiang Lincheng was looking at her, she quickly kept silent. She didn't expect to open up the chat box all of a sudden, so why did she say everything out loud!
He didn't mind, and said with a smile: "This is not difficult. With your ability, as long as you perform well in the army, if you achieve military exploits, you will get any reward you want."
After a while, they walked back to the concentration camp. Before leaving, Xiang Lincheng warned: "You still have to eat more food. Only when you are full can you have strength. The last test is about to begin."
Guan Jiyu clasped his fists and bowed, said thank you and was about to go back to the room, when his voice sounded again behind him:
"Miss Guan, never give up on yourself at any time! You have to remember that the flowers in the capital are really beautiful. You must come to the capital to see them with your own eyes."
She looked back, smiled, and moved on.
Guan Jiyu suddenly found that the sound of the snow under her feet became sweet. Although her back was turned to him, her little face was already filled with a smile.