The dusk sunlight shone through the leaves on the snow, a few withered crows fluttered their wings and flew back to the mountains and forests from afar, and the sky was undulating with the cries of various birds.

The snow didn't mean to fall anymore, the weather was a little warmer, and the wind wasn't so tight.

The people on the hunting platform had already come down, and Zhang Xiang, Li Xiang, and Emperor Xiang had also arrived at the camp, accompanied by ministers. The teenagers who participated in the winter hunt also came back in twos and threes, and the birds and beasts they hunted were more or less, but the interest on the faces of the teenagers did not decrease.

When Nan Luyuan, Li Yangguan and Nan Zixiao returned to the camp, Nan Zisheng and the others were showing everyone what Nanshang had gained this time. She ordered the palace people to lift the huge ocelot and seven or eight bucks, as well as some small birds and beasts, and walk around the camp twice. Teenagers from other countries cast envious glances at the ocelot.

"I really didn't expect this ocelot to be met by Nan Gongzi." Lu Liuyu said, clasping his hands in front of his chest and looking at the prey sorted out by the teenagers in front of him, and said towards Su Duxue.

"How do you see that?" Su Duxue said strangely.

Lu Liuhui pointed to the arrow feathers on the ocelot cat's body and the sword wound on the abdomen, "The white one is Nan Gongzi's arrow, you see that these arrows are not fatal, and there are traces of sword scratches on the abdomen." Nan Gongzi is the second of the seven princes, if he is not in an emergency, it is impossible to be so poor. ”

After that, she pointed to the arrow that pierced the ocelot's skull, and said, "That arrow belongs to Li Gongzi, the ocelot is very fast, and it can give him a chance to shoot an arrow through the ocelot's skull from the side, unless the ocelot is fighting against something." ”

"From this point of view, unless Nan Gongzi met the ocelot first, these injuries will be meaningless."

Su Duxue nodded yes.

Nan Luyuan and the others were not necessarily too clean, especially Nan Luyuan, who was covered in leopard blood, and he endured discomfort along the way. Now that he arrived at the camp and settled Nan Zixiao, he immediately ordered his subordinates to bring hot water and a change of clothes, and took care of them all over his body, until he was completely clean.

As soon as I got out of the tent, I saw Nan Zixiao, Li Yangguan, and Zhang Shenling waiting outside the door.

Li Yangguan looked him up and down, hit his chest with his elbow, and said, "Lu Yuan is really exquisite. The palace people have already taken down the prey from various countries and asked the cook to cook it, and now everyone is seated, but they are waiting for us. ”

Nan Luyuan listened, smiled and stood side by side with a few people, and said, "That's really Luyuan's sin." When they arrived at the vacant field in front of the camp, they saw everyone sitting in front of the fire, and the four of them found a seat to sit down.

Soon the first dish was delivered, which was the flower cook. The name of this dish is like this, but it is not really quail. Instead, they made the best use of all kinds of birds that the young envoys had struck. It's actually an appetizer, not much meat, just a taste. However, the kung fu of the Nanshang chef is naturally refined, the meat is tender but not watery, and the juice is not firewood.

This round goes down, and it's all kinds of fish and shrimp.

Of course, this is not the result of the teenagers, but Nanshang is located in the south and has abundant fishery products, and these dishes just show everyone the best of the best fishery products in Nanshang.

In turn, there are fried horseshoe crabs with eel, fried eel in the south, shrimp and fish soup, and totoaba fish, each plate is small, beautiful and tight, but it is too small to eat.

Everyone was muttering about why there were so few things coming up, only to see the palace people of Nanshang carrying the prey that had been dealt with and blown through, and several people were holding a huge iron basin. There is fine charcoal in the basin. The palace people placed the charcoal basin in the open space surrounded by the envoys, removed the stove, and scattered the people into a larger semicircle, and vacated the piece of the wind, and set up the huge beasts, and lit the charcoal basin with the fire fold, and roasted the meat on the spot.

"I didn't expect it to be eaten while roasting, but this year's winter banquet is a bit new and interesting." Jiang Weizhi stroked his beard and exclaimed.

Because the meat had been fried in advance and drained of blood, there was no fishy smell. The palace people spread the sauce and honey on the huge pieces of meat, and a few cooks slowly turned the poles that skewered the barbecue, so that the barbecue meat was evenly heated, and the skin was charred.

Several of the young envoys of Northern Qin couldn't help but whisper excitedly below. The teenagers of the Eastern Wei Dynasty did not expect that Nanshang, who had always been meticulous and ethereal with etiquette, would also make such a humane feast.

Soon the outer layer of meat was cooked through. Nan Zi Xiao first chose the best piece, and the ministers of Nanshang and the older envoys chose later, and then the young envoys freely asked the palace people to cut the parts they wanted.

Nan Luyuan sat on the seat, looking at this lively scene, for some reason, he always felt that something was pressed in his heart, or his heart was palpitating, and he didn't have any appetite, just looked around at all kinds of envoys.

The emperor seemed to sense Nan Luyuan's mood and turned his head to look at him. Nan Luyuan was stunned when he touched his father's gaze, but the panic in his heart still did not ease. The emperor seems to have something to say, but there are many people at the moment, and there is no chance to put it into practice.

Nan Luyuan faintly heard that some people's discussions had "Nan Zi Xiao", "Nan Lu Yuan", "take advantage of today" and the like, but maybe it was just that the envoys without etiquette were arbitrarily evaluating the king of Nanshang and the courtiers of Nanshang. He always felt panicked today, and he had never felt like this before.

Suddenly, he met a gaze with a man, and when the man saw him coming, he lowered his head in a panic, and after a while he glanced at him with a sneak look. The deeper the suspicion in Nan Luyuan's heart, he always felt that among the guests, there was someone who did not want to be good friends with Nanshang.

After three rounds of wine, the barbecue was almost finished, and the banquet was almost over. Nan Luyuan waited for Nan Zixiao to announce the dismissal, and during the banquet, everyone got up to worship, and walked to their camp in twos and threes. Lu Liuhui seemed to have something to say to him, but when he walked in front of him, he didn't want to say anything, he just looked at him for a long time with very deep eyes, said "stay away from people", and walked away with Su Duxue.

The emperor and the others still have important things to do tomorrow morning, so naturally they have to rush back overnight. Nan Luyuan wanted to give him a ride, but the emperor just pulled him aside and told him in a serious tone: "It is your duty to protect Your Majesty." ”

Nan Luyuan nodded yes, calming down and planning to listen to his father's teachings below. However, the emperor didn't ask any questions later, just slowed down his tone, and said in a gentle tone that Nan Luyuan had never heard since he could remember: "You have done well enough. This winter banquet is the fork in the road where you replace us. Benxiang used to be harsh on you, and you didn't disappoint your father. ”

Nan Luyuan was stunned and stunned. He never imagined that his father would say such a thing one day. But he felt his father's thick palms resting on his shoulders, the hands that had carried the future of NCB for decades, and now in a wonderful way, this heavy responsibility was transferred to him.

"After that, my father will hand over the position of the emperor to you, after the winter banquet, you come back early, my father will put your mother's tablet out, let the next person cook a table of good dishes, and we will celebrate the New Year like an ordinary family." The emperor put down his hand, "I have survived all my life, and I am worthy of the first emperor, but I can be regarded as staying up until my father's old bones are retired." Originally, my father was not more than the age of a beggar, but the young monarch must have hoped that you would succeed him. ”

He finally glanced at Nan Luyuan again and said, "Er, return early." Then he was sent to the carriage by the subordinates of the emperor's mansion and left.

Nan Luyuan went to look for Nan Ziyu with complicated feelings, but there was always something pressed in his heart, heavy, he suddenly thought, among the few servants who picked up his father just now, why did one of them look so raw?

After thinking about it, he decided to send someone back to have a look, so he found a few credible servants and told them to hurry up to his father's car.

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When he arrived at Nan Zixiao's tent, the young monarch was flipping through the files that recorded the previous king's handling of important tasks. Hearing the sound of footsteps, he raised his eyes and said, "Lord Emperor blames you again?" ”

"Nope." Nan Luyuan said, tied the tent mouth, took off his robe, hung it on the wooden frame that was temporarily set up to hang clothes, and walked to Nan Zixiao, and sat aside to accompany him to read the file.

"Really?" Nan Zixiao stared at him, "This king has been watching him arrest you for a while. ”

"Not really." Nan Luyuan replied and added: "Zixiao, I have to accompany you every inch in the past two days, I have always been very flustered in the past two days, and I have seen a few people who look sneaky and act sneakily, I'm afraid it's not a good stubble." ”

Nan Ziyan thought about it with his hand on his chin and said, "That's fine." ”

He pulled Nan Luyuan over and whispered: "Brother Yan, the Eastern Wei Dynasty has changed." ”

As soon as these words came out, Nan Luyuan was startled, and he hurriedly asked in a low voice, "Why did you suddenly say this?" ”

Nan Zi pulled Nan Luyuan's head, pressed it to his ear, and said in a whisper: "Something happened in the Eastern Wei Dynasty a few months ago, and a family that had committed adultery with the Western Tang Dynasty was caught, and it was a military attache family that was on the decline. You also know that the Eastern Wei Dynasty is becoming more and more prosperous, and the families that practice martial arts are going downhill, this time I pulled out one, but I didn't expect to involve a large number of military attachés, and now it is a Ning family relying on Ning Dong, who is among the so-called seven sons. ”

"As for the court of the Eastern Wei Dynasty," Nan Zi paused, "there are only some civil officials who want money, no money, no power, where are they supported by spittle, and there are also some new martial arts and new generals who are still enthusiastic and are also defending the king of the Eastern Wei Dynasty." In short, their Eastern Wei rule was in jeopardy. ”

Nan Luyuan said: "Where did you hear this?" ”

Nan Zi said: "You have a little impression of that Jiang Yinban, right?" He brought a letter from the king of Eastern Wei a little earlier, and asked the king to help curb the interference of the Western Tang Dynasty in them. The king didn't really want to wade into this troubled water, so he knelt down, which startled the king at that time. ”

Nan Luyuan sat up straight: "As the prince of the Eastern Wei Dynasty, he knelt down for you like this?" "A man has gold under his knees, not to mention that it is the king of a country, how dangerous must the national conditions be for the prince of a country to kneel to the monarch of another country?

Nan Zi said: "This king helped him up and asked him if he was ashamed." He said that if he knelt down alone, in exchange for hundreds of thousands of people in the Eastern Wei Dynasty in the future, they would not have to kneel as prisoners of the kingdom, then he would not be afraid of losing this person. ”

Jiang Yinban still has the sourness and integrity of the literati, Nan Luyuan thought secretly, but in the end he was still too naïve, why did he think that an insignificant kneeling could make Nanshang help him at the risk of war with the Western Tang Dynasty?

"Zixiao, what do you think about this matter?" It's not impossible to fight, the main thing is to see if it's necessary. In this matter, Nan Luyuan still wanted to see what Nan Ziyu thought.

Nan Zi held his cheeks and said, "This king does not lack that kneeling, and he doesn't want to use the flesh and blood of Nanshang soldiers to take this risk." ”

"Then there's nothing to worry about." Nan Luyuan said, he served Nan Zi to untie his hair and change clothes, and helped his young king lay out the futon and shoot it softly before serving the young man to sleep.

"Brother Yan, after the winter banquet, the world will not be so peaceful anymore." The immature young king yawned and closed his eyes.

Nan Luyuan said softly: "Sleep." "Blown out the lights for him.