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The only drawback was that there was no white wine as last time. Xiang Yunjin had thought that Gulan would still have a few drinks with them like last time.
I didn't expect this guy to be so stingy. He didn't even bring out some wine this time.
After he went back last time, he finally sent people to search the streets of Xishi for a few days. There were quite a lot of vendors, but the wine seller that Gulan mentioned was not found.
He knew that this guy was fooling him. If there really was such a good wine-making skill in Yunzhou City, how could such a good person be unknown?
But if he was being tricked, where did Gulan get the wine from? This was something he couldn't figure out.
However, the jar of good wine that I took away from Gulan could not be kept in the end.
He was killed by Wen Youdu and Qi Heng, the two troublemakers.
If it was a coincidence, he was not there when the two of them came that day, otherwise he would not have been harmed.
The two men had very sharp noses and they found the jar of wine by the faint smell of alcohol. The problem was that he had deliberately placed it in a remote place.
The two of them are two of his few friends, and including the fact that they were classmates for several years, their friendship has lasted for nearly ten years.
Otherwise, who would be so bold as to act wildly in his Yunyuan.
As usual, there was almost nothing left on the table after the meal; even the transparent fish bone on the sturgeon's back was eaten by Gulan and An'an.
After the meal, they drank some digestive tea, and then the two adults and one child sat on the couch and chatted with each other.
Actually, there is nothing much, just some recent news.
Xiang Yunjin did not stay long. He took advantage of the fact that the snowflakes became smaller at noon and went back in a good mood with the beef braised by Gulan.
I made an appointment with two good friends to get together in the evening, and it's time to go back.
As Xiang Yunjin walked over, Gulan, who was used to taking a nap, took her son back to the bedroom.
On the other side, before Xiang Yunjin's carriage had gone halfway, the snowflakes suddenly became heavier. Previously they were falling in clusters, but in the blink of an eye they turned into flakes.
With the whirling wind, the sky and the earth instantly turned into a white world. Visibility was extremely low and it was impossible to tell east, west, or north. Moving was extremely difficult.
As the prince was sitting happily in the carriage, he heard the guards outside shouting, "Prince, the wind and snow are too strong. We can't tell the direction." The carriage stopped as the voice sounded.
Gao Xing, who vaguely heard the guard's voice, quickly opened the wooden window of the carriage. Suddenly, a cold wind mixed with large flakes of snow rushed into the carriage, splashing all over Gao Xing's face and body.
I almost subconsciously closed the wooden window, and all I could see was snowflakes dancing in the sky.
You know, although there are no villages here, there are still many trees around, but you can't see anything at the moment.
Feeling the cold air and snowflakes on his face, Xiang Yunjin, who had been resting with his eyes closed, opened his eyes.
"What's wrong?" He glanced at Gao Xing, obviously not hearing what the guards outside said.
"Prince, the snow outside is getting heavier. Guard Qian said he can't tell the direction." Gao Xing said hurriedly.
Listening to the whistling sound of the wind outside, Xiang Yunjin stood up and moved to the door of the carriage and opened half of it.
Then gusts of biting cold wind, carrying large flakes of snow, rushed into the carriage. The wind was so strong that the muscles on Yun Jin's face trembled constantly.
The guard Qian who was driving the carriage was covered with thick snow, but the snow that was shaken off was not as fast as it fell.
"Young Master!" Guard Qian heard the noise behind him, turned around and saw that it was the Young Master, and shouted quickly.
At this moment, Qian Feng's face and neck were covered with snowflakes, and even though he was wearing a hat on his head, it still had little effect.
Xiang Yunjin glanced at him without saying anything, but looked at the flying snow in the sky with a serious gaze.
All I can see before my eyes is a world of white, and it is the same everywhere in the sky and on the earth. To say that visibility is low is an understatement, and it should be said that I can't see anything at all.
No wonder Guard Qian couldn't recognize the direction. This situation is indeed difficult to identify.
"Prince, please come in quickly." Gao Xing leaned half of his body out in the wind and snow to persuade the prince.
In just a short while, the prince's head and body were covered with snowflakes.
Instead of coming in, Xiang Yunjin moved out of the car.
He was standing on the carriage, watching with his eyes closed. Gao Xing was anxious when he saw this, so he quickly took out his umbrella. However, the wind and snow were too strong, and his umbrella was of little use. No sooner had he opened it than it was completely blown apart by a gust of wind, and he was almost blown away with it.
Xiang Yunjin didn't care about Gao Xing beside him. At the moment, his attention was all on the large flakes of snow. He seemed to have only experienced such heavy snow once when he was a child.
By then he was old enough to remember things, and he heard from his mother that there were several heavy snowfalls that caused serious snow disasters.
After the snow, except for the houses in Yunzhou City, which were relatively well-off, the villages and towns within a hundred miles around Yunzhou City were severely affected.
Unlike most brick houses or brick-mud mixed houses in the city, the conditions in villages and towns are limited after all. There are very few brick and tile houses, and even brick-mud mixed houses are not many. Most of them are pure adobe houses, which cannot withstand the weight of thick snow.
The situation in the town was relatively better, but in every village most of the houses collapsed, and some families were completely wiped out overnight. The number of deaths and injuries reached thousands.
It was tragic. After the snow, he learned that his mother had donated a lot of silver and other items. With his mother's lead, the merchants and wealthy families in Yunzhou City also donated a lot, which solved the urgent problem of Yunzhou City.
Looking at the snowflakes falling down in large flakes, Xiang Yunjin couldn't help but worry. After standing there for a while, the snow not only didn't get smaller, but it seemed to be getting heavier. At this rate, the situation in the surrounding villages would definitely not improve in just one night.
"Prince, you'd better go in quickly." Gao Xing used all his strength to control the bamboo umbrella in his hand, while his other hand kept patting the prince's clothes.
However, the prince seemed not to have heard it, and his eyes were still fixed on the white sky and earth.
After a while, he said to Yun Jin, "Gao Xing, notify the guards at the back to get off the carriage and scout the way ahead. We can't stop in such a heavy snow, otherwise it will be even more difficult for the carriage to move forward."
In just a short while, a thick layer of snow had already fallen on the ground, and it was still increasing.
"Yes," Gao Xing agreed quickly, handed the bamboo umbrella to the prince, turned around and jumped out of the car.
Then several guards saluted the prince and disappeared in the wind and snow.
Just like that, after a while the carriage finally started moving, but the speed was very slow, and it had to explore the way as it went along. It took several times longer than usual to reach the outskirts of Yunzhou City.
At this moment, the wind and snow have not weakened, and are still falling in large flakes.
The situation inside the city was still better as there were special people cleaning up the snow, but outside the city the snow had accumulated above the knees in a short period of time.
After returning to the city, Xiang Yunjin went straight to the palace and went to the prince's main courtyard.
Before she even stepped in, she heard the faint sounds of a loving mother and her son, as well as Prince Xiang's laughter. Xiang Yunjin paused and pursed her thin lips.
"Prince" Gao Xing called out to him worriedly. Having served him since he was a child, he knew that the prince was unhappy.
Xiang Yunjin didn't say anything, just glanced at the main courtyard sarcastically, then stepped in decisively.
There was a small smile on his lips, but it didn't reach his eyes.