Heavy snow fell from the sky, and the capital turned white overnight. Looking at the scenery outside the city, you can see thousands of winding and snowy mountains, winding and majestic scenery, which makes people feel desolate.
The snow was so heavy that there was no time to clear the royal roads in the imperial city, and the carriages and horses were impassable, so the morning dynasty was temporarily suspended. Officials do not have to get up in the middle of the night and can have a good sleep peacefully.
Emperor Gui Qi worked hard to govern and build the country, and he attended the early dynasty for decades without missing a day. This suspension of dynasty was also the first time to make an exception, which shows the heavy snowfall and its heavy influence.
At the beginning of the Chen hour, it should have been dawn, but instead it was shrouded in darkness. It was not until early Si Shi that the sky became bright, but it was still dark and gloomy. Many families lit candles and began to boil water and cook food. As a result, the lights of thousands of houses in the capital shone with candlelight, making the sky increasingly gloomy. It doesn't look like the early morning day, but it looks like the cold twilight that is about to fall into the night after dusk.
The heavy snow is falling, lapping at the shoulders, giving people a heavy feeling. The snow was knee deep, so walking was naturally very difficult. In the huge capital city, there were only a few figures in the criss-crossing long streets, not to mention the row upon row of shops, all of which were locked and closed as far as the eye could see. Even the busiest restaurants in the capital were deserted and quiet, with no one patronizing them.
The huge capital city lacked the prosperity and bustle of the past. Under the gloomy sky, it was shrouded in heavy snow and silent.
"Ten thousand people's traces will be wiped out"
The current scene in the capital can only be described in this way.
In a tavern, the waiter was free for the first time and was taking a nap on the table. He seemed to be sleeping very soundly.
Suddenly, there was a movement. He thought it was a dream, but he still reluctantly opened his eyes.
Dimly, he saw a man walking to the wine vat, scooping out a few large bowls at will, then sitting down and drinking wine.
The store clerk thought he had seen it wrong and quickly rubbed his eyes. In this snowy weather, everyone in the capital was resting at home. Besides, it was still early in the morning, so how could anyone go out to drink.
Could it be that I am still dreaming? The shopkeeper thought to himself, so he simply fell back to sleep, and soon he started snoring again.
The white-haired man drank quietly and never made a sound.
Ice and snow covered his body from head to toe, as if the man had been lying in the snow all night. There was a strong fire in the store, and it was as warm as spring. The man's body was gradually soaked, and the melted ice and snow dripped and dripped.
Another bowl of strong liquor went down his throat. The man suddenly coughed twice and covered his mouth tightly. Then he picked up another bowl of liquor and drank it all in one gulp.
The wine bowl was put down. The rim of the bowl was stained with scarlet blood and had a faint smell of blood.
The shop clerk was sleeping soundly when he suddenly felt a heavy weight on his shoulders and was woken up by a tap. He looked at the man in front of him drowsily, and suddenly woke up, only to realize that he was not dreaming just now.
"Ten bowls of wine, how much silver." The man's voice was hoarse, without any emotion.
He quickly put on a smile and said, "The shop sells high-quality wines, so the price is naturally more expensive. A bowl of wine costs ten cents, and ten bowls of wine are cheaper. The total is ninety cents."
The fine wine is fake, it is nothing more than the cheapest wine, with some water mixed in imperceptibly. It's true that he wants to rip off customers. It's not easy to meet a rich young man with a jade-like waist. If you don't cut off a few pieces of flesh from him, you will be sorry for the opportunity given by God.
The white-haired man said to himself: "How big can a wine shop be? Ninety pennies can buy a world. No matter how you look at it, it's worth it."
With a bang, he slapped a black jade sign on the table and said, "I will trade a world for you and ten more bowls of wine. Do you want to exchange it?"
The shop clerk smiled slightly, with some implicit sarcasm, "Guest sir, you really know how to joke. Are you His Majesty the Emperor, or the son of his old man? If you don't bring enough copper coins, the shop can also give you credit. You just need one thing." As collateral."
The white-haired man remained silent, took off the jade pendant that was unique in the world, put it on the table casually, and said softly: "Ten bowls of wine are on credit, and I will drink them later. Of course, the premise is that there is a chance. This jade pendant It is a treasure of the former royal family, worth thousands of gold, I gave it to you, just treat it as wine money."
The shop clerk carefully picked up the jade pendant. He was not overwhelmed by the surprise, but looked suspicious: "Is this jade pendant really worth a thousand gold?"
The white-haired man lightly clasped the black jade medal with his fingers and said to himself: "One level higher than the common people, but still vulgar. Even if you have ten thousand taels of gold, how can you compare to the position of the common master of the world?"
"Go and heat up a jar of angelica wine for me. Accept the jade pendant and go to Jiangnan Road next summer to find a jade merchant named Liu. He will give you a price of one thousand taels of gold ingots at least. Of course, if you are not in a hurry, you can To whet his appetite, it is very possible that two or three thousand taels of gold are enough. This money is enough for you to spend for several lifetimes, even if you go to Chunxian Tower to redeem that top girl, it may not be impossible."
The shop clerk was a little excited and carefully accepted the jade pendant. He felt very comfortable and even walked very briskly. He picked up a jar of ten-year-old angelica wine from the top of the counter, briefly brushed off the dust on the surface, and began to warm the wine on the stove.
The door curtain was slightly lifted, and suddenly another person walked in.
She is a woman in a pink dress. She is naturally charming and very seductive even if she doesn't smile.
She stared blankly at the back of the man in front of her. When she saw the white hair, she bit her red lips and burst into tears.
Everything was quiet, only the howling of the cold wind could be heard. The waiter didn't notice the woman's appearance and was still warming his wine.
The white-haired man stretched out a hand and rubbed her little head with gentle eyes. She wanted to take a step, but was stopped by her with a stubborn look on her face.
He sighed softly and gasped, pushed her head away with a little force, crossed the threshold without hesitation, and walked into the wind and snow.
The waiter was still busy warming the wine, not paying attention to what was happening behind him.
The woman's eyes were filled with tears and she remained motionless for a long time.
She suddenly felt that the jade on this person was a bit unsightly, so she stretched out her hand and pinched it out of thin air. The solitary jade pendant immediately shattered into pieces and turned into wisps of warm smoke, gradually drifting away without a trace.
The store clerk always felt that the atmosphere was strange, so he quickly turned around and found that the store was empty. Based on his experience, he subconsciously touched the jade pendant at his waist, but only touched the hard copper coin bag.
Sure enough, how can there be such a thing as a pie in the world? You shouldn't believe that nonsense. How much is a jade pendant worth? Returning a thousand taels of gold, I am really obsessed with it!
He secretly cursed himself for being careless and rushed out of the shop, only to find that there was not even a single figure in the white snow. In desperation, he walked back to the shop in frustration, glanced at the ten empty bowls on the table, and thought that he had to pay for the drink himself, and he felt extremely bad.
"All the money from ten bowls of wine will go away. Your mother is really nothing."
He secretly swore that the man would be trapped in the snow and wind.
There is no way, knowing that there is nothing you can do and taking it as your fate, maybe this is your fate.
He glanced at the flying snow outside the window, sighed helplessly, and planned to sleep a little longer. He felt a little comforted by the thought that it would probably snow for a long time and he wouldn't have to entertain guests all day.
Just as he was about to lie down on the table, he suddenly caught sight of something from the corner of his eye, and then he remembered that the man seemed to have left something behind before leaving.
The next moment, he was so frightened that he almost overturned the table in a fit of excitement.
His eyes were filled with fear and disbelief as he tremblingly held a gilt-carved black jade plaque. At the same time, he suddenly remembered what the man just said.
"If you change the world for ten more bowls of wine, would you like to change it?"
The shop assistant was trembling all over. He never imagined that the man who just drank silently without saying a word was actually the famous "Plague God" prince of the Jing Dynasty, the crown prince and the future emperor.
His teeth chattered for a while, and the store clerk subconsciously touched his head. This thing was so hot, it was obviously going to cause death!
So, he didn't dare to stay for a moment longer, quickly put on his raincoat and ran out in the wind and snow to hand over the jade medal to the government.
But what he didn't know was that he happened to meet that man.
It's just that the man was lying in the thick snow, and he was in a hurry, so he didn't see it.
In order to find Geliu, all the palace masters had left the palace. Geiqi even led hundreds of imperial guards to trek through the heavy snow to search for him. As for the official offices, not to mention, thousands of people were dispatched directly.
The warlocks of the Qintian Prison filled the towering observatory, overlooking the entire imperial city. They can see the different strands of luck with their naked eyes. As a prince, Geiliu's luck is naturally different from that of ordinary people, and it is extremely easy to distinguish.
But even so, until dark, the entire imperial city seemed to have been overturned, but there was still no sign of Geiliu.
The only news I got was from a shop boy who claimed he saw a young man with white hair. But more importantly, it was a token he gave to the government.
After hearing the news, Geiqi immediately rushed to the store and toppled the shop for several miles, not sparing any hidden corner. He even had people shovel all the heavy snow away, but there was still no trace of Geiqi. .
Until nightfall, thousands of people returned.
Gui Qi returned to the palace, and Qin Fang, whose eyes were red and swollen from crying, immediately looked at him. Gui Qi was silent and just hugged her gently, who suddenly burst into tears.
No one knew that Guiliu had not actually left the city.
On the banks of the mist-filled Yaojiang River, under a big tree, Gui Liu sat slumped, with deep red slowly oozing out of her chest, which turned into blood-colored ice crystals.
Snow covered his whole body. If you didn't get closer and look carefully, you wouldn't be able to tell that this was actually a person.
It snowed heavily for a whole day, and Guiliu sat under this tree for a whole day.
He was already unconscious and breathless.
Maybe if you stay just one more hour, you will freeze to death in the snow.
At the same time, the shop assistant who finally walked out of the government office looked up at the sky, looking at the heavy snow falling all over the sky, and was trembling for no reason.
He suddenly remembered that vow.
What if he really froze to death in the snow?
The store clerk immediately shook his head and smiled, mocking his own idea for being too ridiculous, then gathered his thoughts and walked home.
