Although the rain and fog were hazy, Fei Qian's eyes lit up, and he recognized a slightly familiar tall figure. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

Fei Qian trotted forward two steps, didn't pay attention to the hem of the robe stained with yellow mud, and when he left the camp gate, he was a long man, and said: "I am late to greet you, I hope you will forgive me!" ”

Ma Yan also led everyone to salute Fei Qian.

Yesterday, I thought Ma Yan was burly, but today he is wearing a military uniform, and he looks even more fierce.

Ma Yan Zhengrong arched his hand and said: "There was a lot of rudeness yesterday, and I hope to make Jun Haihan." After speaking, he took the wild pheasant in the hands of the woman in uniform on the side and offered it with both hands.

It's not that he refuses to accept it, it's not stingy, or it's for the sake of saving trouble or something, it seems that he is sending back the gift sent by Fei Qian.

This is the "gift of returning the pheasant".

It evolved from the "gift of returning jade" in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the princes and kings were divided into feuds in the early Zhou Dynasty, and to a certain extent, they were all brothers, so in order to prevent the mutual affection between the princes from decaying because of the division in their respective fiefdoms, the Zhou ceremony set the four etiquettes of "sending jade", "resigning jade", "receiving jade" and "returning jade" between princes and kings.

In fact, it is a delicate jade, and then it is taken by the envoy and sent to the country of the envoy, indicating that the princes and kings of the envoy country are as noble as exquisite jade, which is "sending jade"; Then the princes of the envoy country should first make excuses to show modesty, that is, "resignation"; Then the messenger offered again, and the princes and kings fasted and then "received the jade"; When the envoy has said what should be said and what should be done, and when he is about to leave, the princes and kings will return this piece of jade as a gift to the king of the envoy, which is to "return the jade".

The same piece of jade, brought to bring, passed on good wishes, neither more money, nor increased the burden on both sides, the "courtesy exchange" in the Zhou ceremony is the same simple and far-reaching etiquette.

The rank of the princes and kings is jade, so the mutual gifts between scholars and doctors are wild pheasants.

Fei Qian smiled slightly, took the wild pheasant with both hands, handed it over to Jia Qu, who rushed over later, and led it to the camp gate with his hand, inviting Ma Yan and others to enter the camp.

But Ma Yan didn't move, but turned half of his body, gestured at the person behind him, and said, "Fei Envoy, my Ma family...... The last of the clansmen are here...... It's not difficult to enter the camp gate, but before that, we have some questions, and I ask the Fei envoy to fulfill the ......."

"Dare to ask the envoy Fei, why did you come? And why are you fighting? ”

The Ma family says that it is a clan, but it is actually very thin, and it is basically the same as a larger family. There are not many people in the prime of life, including Ma Yan, who are six or seven people, and the rest are either old or young, and some family members are hiding in the three big cars behind.

All the members of the Ma family, including Ma Yan, watched quietly, waiting for Fei Qian to give an answer.

"Ah...... The rain has stopped! Fei Qian said suddenly.

Only then did they realize that the rain had stopped at some point, and the air was filled with a peculiar fresh smell, like the smell of hope.

"Shuye, gather the whole army!" Fei Qian ordered.

"Yui!" Although Huang Cheng didn't know what Fei Qian wanted to do, he still agreed immediately, and immediately issued an order.

A drummer rushed to the camp gate, tore off the tarpaulin to block the rain, grabbed the drum, and beat the drum.

The rumbling and slightly dull sound of war drums resounded over the camp, and the soldiers hurriedly emerged from their tents and began to line up in the open space outside the camp.

The last beat of the three-way drum fell, and the military formation was also arranged, the veterans gathered around the perimeter, taking care of the maintenance order, and the newly recruited soldiers stood in the middle, facing the improvised high platform.

Huang Cheng took a few soldiers and the group of Ma Yan and others in Shangjun to stand together.

Fei Qian stood on a high wooden platform, from the left to the right, from the front to the back, in the crowd, there were familiar faces, there were unfamiliar faces.

"Maybe some people have heard that we are preparing to return to Shangjun, and some people have heard that Shangjun is already full of Hu people, and the land has been deserted, even if we go back, what can we do?

"There are also people who say how ferocious the Hu people in Shangjun are, they like to drink raw blood and eat raw meat, green faces and fangs, just like evil ghosts, and our people at this point are also sent to death if they go.

"Some people also say that I am a family that doesn't understand anything, and I want to exchange your flesh and blood for some fame, and your lives in exchange for my promotion to an official position......"

A few people in the military formation subconsciously avoided Fei Qian's increasingly bright eyes.

"Maybe you don't know me completely, I'm Fei Qian Fei Ziyuan, a person from Heluo. The one who practiced with everyone before, Huang Cheng and Huang Shuye, is a Jingxiang person. The veterans standing around you, there are those who merge with the state, there are also those who are subordinate to the county, and there are those who are from the upper county, and most of you are from Hedong. ”

"Look at the compatriot next to you, maybe he is not from the same place, maybe you didn't know him at all before, but when you go to the battlefield, he can block the swords and guns from the stabbing for you, and clear the obstacles to your progress, he is your brother, your relatives, your life! Do you still need to think about it when doing these things, oh, this is not from my hometown, am I going to go over there to help the villagers? ”

Fei Qian's speech was funny, and there was a slight laughter from the military formation.

"Why is that? That's because we all know that whoever we are, no matter where we lived before, standing here today, we have a common name, we are—"

"Han Chinese!"

"Whether it's in Sili, or in Hedong, or even Shangjun, Jingxiang, it's actually the same name, all called Han people! They all drink the same water, eat the same food, speak the same language, and use the same language......"

"Our ancestors lived under the same sky, our fathers lived here on the same land, we live here too, and even our children and grandchildren live on this land that belongs to us! We are all Han Chinese! We are friends, brothers, and relatives! ”

"And there, in Shangjun, there is also such a piece of land that is our Han people, but it was robbed by the Hu people a few years ago......"

"There used to be wheat seedlings planted by our Han people, there were houses built by our Han people, and there were roads opened up by our Han people......

"There we laughed and cried, we sweated on that land, we shed blood there, we left the bones of our loved ones on that land, and we left our deepest wounds on that land......

"Today, we stand here and gather together, not because we are warlike, but because we can't forget our former homeland and the land where our Han people once were!"

"We Han people don't bully people, so don't come to bully us!"

"Even if we bully people, these Hu people...... Still fucking don't want to bully us! ”

"Now, we're back!"

Fei Qian said word by word, "...... It's time to pay back the year's account! ”

The Ma clan people who stood with Huang Cheng, regardless of men, women, and children, were all crying silently......