The cold wind howls and the snowflakes flutter...
This year's winter is extremely cold. Even here in Yuhang County, located in the south of the Yangtze River, after entering the twelfth lunar month, the climate is almost the same as that in the north. It is also freezing. Even the West Lake, which rarely freezes in previous years, is directly frozen.
On top of it, there was a thick layer of solid ice, and even the pavilions and withered tree trunks by the lake were covered with ice ridges.
Since it is so cold here in Yuhang in the south of the Yangtze River, it is basically conceivable that the deserts and grasslands in Yanyun and even further north will definitely be colder. It must have suffered a cold disaster, there is no doubt about it!
What's worse is that once the north suffers a cold disaster, the nomadic peoples on the grasslands, such as the Turks, will definitely suffer heavy losses, and countless livestock such as cattle and sheep will definitely freeze to death, and that means,
In the spring of next year, whether for survival or to recover losses, they will definitely invade the Central Plains and carry out planned plundering operations, and the scale will only be larger!
Things like that certainly made Kou Zhong, the general manager of Jiangnan Province, and others worried, but there was nothing they could do about it.
Of course, it is their business that Kou Zhong and others worry about, and if there is one person, then they will definitely not care about it.
Isn’t this?
Although the wind and snow are still very heavy today, there is thick white snow everywhere, and there are very few pedestrians even on the streets in the city, a certain troubled little girl is still wearing her cute blue and white winter coat.
Skirt bounced to the edge of the West Lake outside the city, which was even more inaccessible and where not even a wild beast could be seen.
"..."
(??_?)
That’s right!
Anyone who dared to go out alone in such icy and snowy weather and dare to come to such an inaccessible place would of course be no one except Anne.
At this time, she was standing on the lake about tens of meters away from the embankment on the lake shore, lowering her head and staring at the lake that was frozen and covered with a thin layer of snow in a daze.
"Big fish..."
ヾ(′??｀?)ノ
"Where are you, Big Fish?"
("?ヘ?)"
Then, after staring at the frozen lake for a while, she began to search there while whispering, wandering and pacing.
As for why she came to a place like this to look for some kind of "big fish" in such a cold weather, it is still unknown.
After a long time, when Annie finally stopped at a place further away from the shore and began to fold her arms and purse her lips, thinking about something...
Very unexpected!
A woman wearing white clothes, a thick fur cloak, and a snow hat with a cloak actually used Qinggong to float over from a distance, and slowly landed on her as if there was no weight.
On the ice behind you.
"Senior An?"
"What are you doing?"
Immediately afterwards, the visitor started asking directly the moment he landed.
"It's you again..."
(lll￢▽￢)
Annie turned her head and glanced at the other party. When she saw that it was indeed the elusive 'Concubine Shi Xuan', she flattened her mouth in boredom, and then continued to lower her head and search for her 'big fish' on the ice.
"??"
"senior?"
Seeing that Annie was a bit rude, the master concubine Xuan didn't mind. She just paused, then stepped forward with a smile, followed Annie to search the ice surface, and continued to ask strangely.
"What are you..."
"Looking for something?"
While asking, the concubine Feixuan also pretended to search seriously with Annie, thinking that Annie had accidentally left something important nearby.
However, after searching for a long time, she found nothing except the mirror-like blue lake surface that was frozen to at least half a foot thick and the white snow falling down and accumulating.
"..."
(???.???)????
Finally, seeing the other person wandering around with her, Annie couldn't help but turned her head to look at the other person curiously.
"..."
(??_?)
But she didn't explain, and then turned her attention to the lake again.
Thinking about it, compared to the 'Concubine Shi Xuan' in front of her, who according to Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling never does anything good or serious, Annie thinks it is more important to find her target?
(…)
(●￣?￣●)
"strangeness!"
"There seems to be nothing special within a few dozen feet..."
"Senior Anne, what are you looking for?"
After a long time, the master Feixuan finally couldn't bear it anymore and had to ask again.
For Shi Feixuan, whose martial arts has reached an advanced stage and is close to the highest level of 'Sword Heart Transparency', if she is looking for something, she will definitely not find it on such an easy-to-recognize and unobstructed view of the frozen lake.
Maybe it’s better to hide it from her eyes!
But in the end, she had been searching for a long time and found nothing?
"..."
ε=(′ο｀*)))Alas
"Really, don't you just look for it randomly if you don't know?"
(°ー°〃)
"They are preparing to go fishing!"
(??ˇεˇ??)
Anne sighed first, then had to explain, and then finally mumbled in annoyance and complaint:
"I just wanted to help without asking anything..."
(??_?)
"How stupid!"
(*???*)
But the beeps were beeps, the complaints were complaints, but that didn't stop her from continuing to wander around the lake and look for traces of those fish, just like she could see the fish under the water through the ice.
"this……"
Unexpectedly, she was fishing... looking for fish, which made Shi Feixuan feel quite embarrassed and unexpected.
“Why fishing?”
Then, looking at the frozen lake again, and looking at Annie who didn't seem to have any fishing tools in her hands, she couldn't help but continue to ask in surprise.
"How can there be so many reasons?"
(￢д￢.)
"I want to eat authentic West Lake vinegar fish today! But the store owner said that the ice on the lake is too thick and the snow is heavy, so there is nothing the fishermen can do if they don't catch fish, so I have to find it myself."
(??ˇ?ˇ??)
Yes, this is the main reason why Annie came here alone and wandered on the frozen lake.
After all, for a foodie, the ice surface that is less than half a foot thick will definitely not be able to resist her enthusiasm for eating fish, let alone half a foot thick. Even if the entire lake is frozen, she can still do it.
Forcibly pull out the suitable fish!
(…)
(●￣?￣●)
"West Lake Fish With Vinegar Sauce?"
"ah!"
"That is indeed a delicious dish. Fei Xuan was also lucky enough to taste it."
Shi Feixuan nodded in agreement, but as to whether she had really eaten it, only she knew.
"Senior Ke'an!"
"Ice fishing requires using an ax to cut through the icy lake surface that is stronger than steel. Then, it is best to use insect bait and fish hooks. You seem to be unprepared for anything. How can you catch a big fish?"
It could be seen that Shi Feixuan seemed to have fished before in winter or had seen other people fishing, so she was quite reasonable in what she said.
"..."
(￢д￢.)
"People don't need those troublesome things!"
(ˉ▽￣~)Cut~~
Unfortunately, Annie said that she never uses those boring things when fishing.
Under normal circumstances, if a small fireball is blasted down, the fish within a radius of dozens of meters will float up on their bellies for her to choose; but if that doesn't work, and she is annoyed, she will be whipped down with five lightning bolts.
, maybe all the fish in the lake will float up.
So, where does she need the axe, fishing rod, fishing line and insect bait?
"Don't make any noise first!"
?(?`^′?)?
"Don't you see they are busy?"
o(*｀ー′)o
After despising the other party, Anne scolded the other party impatiently, and then continued her previous actions, not planning to say more to the other party.
"..."
Shi Feixuan stopped talking and just stood behind Annie and waited patiently, as if she also wanted to see how Annie went to 'fish'.
"senior?"
"Fei Xuan has a needle and thread on her body that can be bent to serve as a fishhook. The Se Kong Sword should also be able to cut through the ice..."
"Do you need Feixuan's help?"
After waiting for a while, I don't know whether it was for some reason or for something else, the master Feixuan came forward again and suggested in a somewhat hypocritical manner.
"don't want!"
o(′^｀)o
"It's faster for people to use their own methods!"
(???3?)
Anne curled her lips and said that the other party's plan was too troublesome and she would definitely not adopt it.
"ha!"
(?▽?)
"Found it, it's right here!"
???(?)????
Finally, when Shi Feixuan hesitantly seemed to want to say something but didn't dare, Anne finally stopped and stamped her foot on the ice to explore, and then cheered directly.
"??"
Seeing this, Concubine Xuan, who must be hiding something secretly, finally breathed a sigh of relief.
However……
"ha!"
(∩??▽??)?--*?
boom!
!
What made Shi Feixuan extremely unexpected and unprepared was that a certain troubled little girl suddenly jumped up high, and then blasted open the lake in front of her with a palm, causing ice shards, snowflakes and lake water to fly everywhere.
At the same time, it also caused the solid ice on the lake she was standing on to shake and crack?
"not good!"
The situation was so frightening that Shi Feixuan hurriedly flew away, but she could not avoid the feet but could not avoid the sky. Naturally, she was doused by the cold splashing lake water.
Fortunately, it was winter now, so she wore thicker clothes, and the outer fur cloak and hat were both waterproof and windproof, so she didn't get completely cold at least.
"Ha ha!"
??(′?｀?)???
"look!"
?(ψ｀▽′)o
"People said it wouldn't be so troublesome, right?"
(?￣?￣?) Hehe!
"They just swam down, and then I took them all down with one palm!"
-=????=?????(?)?
After saying that, the moment Annie landed again, she cheered and ran forward.
Because, when she hit the lake with her palm, she blasted out a huge hole in the frozen lake and caused the surrounding ice to crack, break, and float.
The lake fish, big and small, jumped all over the place.
But soon, they were gradually frozen by the severe cold on the ice, and soon most of them became motionless.
"..."
At this time, Shi Fei Xuan, who was further behind in using Qing Kung Fu, shook her head in confusion and could only silently cast a resentful and helpless look at Anne.
"Eh?"
(゜-゜)
"Did it rain on you?"
(?▽?)
"Are you ok?"
く(＾_?)ゝ
Then, when she found that someone was unresponsive, Annie slithered on the ice and put the fish she thought was inappropriate back into the water, and then knowingly poured it towards the fish that was being poured. At this time, it was already
'Concubine Shi Xuan' asked as the ice began to slowly freeze and was covered with a layer of ice.
But no matter whether it is necessary or not, she will not take responsibility. After all, the other party is an adult. Who wants to let him have enough food and idle time and insist on joining in the fun?
(…)
(●￣?￣●)
"..."
Shifei Xuan was speechless and didn't speak. She just silently took off her snow cap, then wordlessly removed the ice strands from her hair and wiped the water that was about to freeze on her face.
bead.
"Oops!"
!(;?o?)o
"The store said he wanted five or six pounds of grass carp..."
(??_?)
"But which kind is grass carp?"
⊙﹏⊙‖∣°
At this time, Annie started to get confused again. Looking at the large and small fish that were gradually frozen on the ground, she was a little confused about what to do?
"Those ones!"
"The dorsal fin has no hard spines, the outer edge is straight, the scales are clear and gray-green."
Fortunately, at this time, the concubine Xuan walked over silently and kindly extended her hand to give instructions for Annie.
"But those mandarin fish and those carp are also delicious."
"Can you take some of everything back?"
After a pause, Shi Feixuan saw that so many bombs had been blown up on the ice, and felt that it was a pity to leave them here just like that. Then she continued to add.
"Yeah?"
(*?^?*)
"That's great!"
?(???*)
Annie didn't care whether it was true or not, and she didn't know where she took out a rope. She quickly strung together a dozen fish of different sizes and types, and then dragged them towards the lake shore.
He slipped away from the edge.
"senior!"
"please wait!"
Seeing that Annie was about to leave, how could Shi Feixuan, who had finally found the opportunity and found it, let it go?
then!
She hurriedly followed up, and just walked side by side with Annie in the ice and snow, chatting, and then continued to follow Annie's words and get closer.
for a long time.
"correct!"
"Senior Anne..."
"You should know that the Turks are about to invade the Central Plains, right?"
Seeing that she was getting closer and closer to Yuhang City, Shi Feixuan finally couldn't help it, and pretended to suddenly remember it and asked knowingly about it. It was recently revealed by the Shuanglong Army and spread throughout the Central Plains area, which also caused a lot of trouble.
The rumor about the riot.
"I know!"
(?ω?)
"What's wrong?"
(???.???)????
Anne asked directly without comment.
"That……"
"Do Kou Zhong and the others have any countermeasures?"
"Feixuan has no other intentions..."
"Just wanted to ask..."
Shi Feixuan seemed a little nervous and at a loss. At the same time, there was a very complicated expression on her face, which seemed to be expecting, but also seemed not to be expecting. In short, it was very complicated?
"No!"
(=^▽^=)
"It seems that you just want to send a letter to others to warn others, and then send some troops to Yingchuan, and at the same time launch the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains as early as possible in the spring tomorrow?"
(′???`)
"That's probably it, right?"
(*^▽^*)
Anne without any precautions told all the plans and military deployments of Kou Zhong and others, and did not regard the concubine in front of her as an outsider at all.
perhaps……
In her opinion, the plan that came up with who knows who's the 'crouching dragon and phoenix chick' is of no great use at all?
(…)
(●￣?￣●)
"Is that so?"
After listening, Shi Feixuan seemed a little happy, but also seemed a little lost. She became a little crazy for a while, and even stopped subconsciously.
"But!"
"That won't work."
After a long time, Shi Feixuan came back to her senses and shook her head. At the same time, she quickly caught up with Annie who was walking in front of her, dragging a piece of ice fish that left a long mark on the snow.
"senior!"
"You should go and persuade Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling..."
"It's still too late to give up now..."
"Maybe we can avoid a catastrophe that will destroy all lives?"
There was no surprise, Shi Feixuan just followed Anni and advised her carefully.
"..."
?(?)?
Unfortunately, Anne didn't take it seriously and continued to stride forward without paying any attention to what the other party said.
because……
At this moment, Anne only had food on her mind, and she had to put aside all other things.
"senior!"
"Feixuan is serious!"
"The Turkic invasion was not Feixuan's original intention, but now Feixuan can't change it..."
"So, I can only ask you to persuade Kou Zhong."
"otherwise……"
"By then, the Central Plains will have completely withered, or even been destroyed. Even the delicacies that our predecessors loved will no longer be available."
Shi Feixuan continued to persuade with an anxious look, and even directly used one of Annie's hobbies as an example.
According to the investigation during this period, Cihang Jingzhai has mastered a considerable amount of information. For example, they already know that the little girl in front of them, Grandmaster Anne, has one and only one fatal hobby, and that is-food!
Therefore, she tried to prepare and persuade in this aspect.
After all, the biggest variable is the little girl in front of him. As long as she can convince the other party, the opinions of Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling will probably no longer be important.
"!
"
(*ˉ?ˉ*;)
However, what Shi Feixuan didn't know was that what she just said seemed to have the exact opposite effect?
"Yes!"
!(;?o?)o
"Why didn't people think of..."
o(*｀ー′)o
"If those bad guys come to the Central Plains to cause trouble, all those delicious and fun places will be gone!"
(?╭╮?)
You know, Annie has never been to many places, and she is planning to wait for spring, wait for everything to recover, wait for the ice and snow to no longer exist, wait for many delicious animals and plants to wake up, and then go to the Central Plains to visit again, but
If the Turks invade, it will obviously be impossible.
"I made an agreement with the store owner that before the autumn wind blows next year, I must eat the most delicious roasted wild duck!
"
(?~?)
And the most important thing is: that store, that store that is said to make the most delicious roast duck, may be destroyed by the Turks, and she hasn't had time to eat it yet!
"..."
?(ψ｀╭╮′)o
"No! I have to do something!"
(????)
So, Annie suddenly felt that it was necessary for her to take action instead of waiting for idiots like Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling to mess around?
(…)
(●￣?￣●)
(Come on! Tibbers wants to know with his butt that those Turks who are coming to invade the Central Plains in another month will definitely be doomed! But...when the time comes, what method will their bad little master use to make them?
If the other party is finished, then it will be unknown for the time being.)
"senior?"
"What were you just talking about?"
Shi Feixuan, who had no idea that she had accidentally messed up something, obviously didn't understand what Annie had said just now. At the same time, she didn't realize the seriousness of the matter, and just wanted to continue to come forward and give some advice.
"nothing!"
(?￣??￣??)??°
"I suddenly want to eat braised chicken!"
(O ^~^ O)
"I won't tell you anymore!"
-=????=?????(?)?
As she spoke, Annie suddenly accelerated, carrying the string of fish and skipping towards the city in front of her, without paying any attention to the 'Concubine Shi Xuan' who came to talk to her specifically for some unknown reason.
"..."
Seeing Annie running away, Shi Feixuan did not pursue her again this time.
She just stood there motionless, looking around with regret and sorrow, until she saw that little figure approaching the majestic Yuhang County city head and looking at the Ssangyong Army soldiers guarding the city gate.
After bowing respectfully, he ran to the city until there was no more trace of him.
"..."
well……
"This prosperous world..."
"I don't know what will happen in the end..."
Then, looking to the southeast and seeing the prosperous port of Yuhang County even in winter, Shi Feixuan didn't know what she thought of, but she sighed quietly again, and then she felt lonely and lonely for a long time.
Dejected, he turned around and slowly left, quickly disappearing into the ice and snow in the south.
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Chapter completed!