I don't know when, another winter snow fell one after another, like pieces of white flying flowers, flying all over the sky, accumulating layers on the eaves of the spearhead, pressing the tiles seemed to be rattling, gathering into the purest picture in winter.

If you look down from mid-air, the whole and Pingyang seems to be exceptionally calm in this heavy snowfall, whether it is the houses lined up with zero times, or the straight and neat streets, they are covered with a layer of white, and because of the snow, even the passers-by walking between the streets are less and more, the training ground is also empty, and even the construction site outside the city has been temporarily suspended, and the world is extremely quiet.

Yang Xiu looked up at the sky, and a few snowflakes fell on his face, cold to the bone. This time, Yang Xiu was originally surprised, I am afraid that there is no good scene, but he did not expect such an embarrassing situation.

After arriving in Pingyang, Yang Xiu gradually knew why when he was fighting with the soldiers of Zhengxi, his scouts always lost a lot unconsciously, and then gradually they could only be exhausted in defense, and in the end they were inevitably defeated, and the most fundamental reason was that there were too many good players under Zhengxi.

There are many elite soldiers, and the equipment is good, although it is not bad to say that their own scouts are not bad, but compared to the people and horses of Zhengxi, it seems that they are always at a disadvantage, and it is reasonable to be suppressed.

Yang Xiu also thought about learning the practice of General Fei Qian, but found that it was not easy to do it, first of all, the Yang family did not have a horse farm, and naturally it was impossible to have so many skilled soldiers of General Fei Qian. For the Yang family, it is already rare to be able to move freely on horseback, where is the condition to screen the outstanding soldiers among them?

If there is not enough elite, you can only make up the numbers, the problem is that the other troops on the ground are generally okay, but what can you do if you don't have enough war horses on horseback?

Maybe when the Xiongnu were crisscrossing the desert, Han Epitek was so embarrassed, right?

Fortunately, after a few days of delay, I don't know if it was the general of Zhengxi, Fei Qian, who had time, or if he happened to remember, he finally notified Yang Xiu and was willing to meet Yang Xiu.

Yang Xiu was in the post house, washed up, tidied up his clothes, and then under the guidance of the soldiers, got off the carriage, held up an oil umbrella, and slowly walked to the Pingyang Mansion with fluttering snowflakes......

Maybe it's because of the snow, although it's still daytime, but the sky is not very bright, there is a feeling of some dimness, and even some dark clouds are low urging the city, Yang Xiu took a deep breath, spit it out, and turned a layer of smoke at the corner of his mouth, and scattered with the snowflakes.

Approaching the mansion, Yang Xiu unexpectedly saw the general of Zhengxi, Fei Qian, standing on the steps at the gate of the mansion, standing with his hands behind his back, as if he had heard some movement, and looked at it from a distance, smiling slightly, with a natural expression and a kind face.

When he got closer, Yang Xiu saw that Fei Qian was like a Hu person, wearing a leather robe, but the leather robe seemed to be specially made, not like those Xiongnu or Qiang people, just a simple nitrate, but it should not only be carefully selected fur, but also made through a more complex process. The almost snow-white fur surrounds Zheng Xifei's neck, which looks very warm.

Yang Xiu couldn't help but touch his neck, and found that his exposed hands and neck were extremely cold......

Fei Qian, the general of Zhengxi, smiled slightly, walked down the steps, and said, "Yang Shilang, please." ”

"Don't dare, General Zhengxi, don't be embarrassed, please call Xiu's name ......" Yang Xiu bowed and said with a humble expression, "My father has praised the general's majesty on weekdays, and now I can see it, it is really a blessing for three lives." ”

Yang Xiu is actually not the first time to see Fei Qian, and he has not only seen Fei Qian in Pingyang, when he was in Chang'an, Yang Xiu had seen it, and even thought about it seriously, it seems that in the Luoyang period, I heard someone accidentally say that the new disciples recruited by Cai Yong glanced at it from a distance......

But this meeting was different from any of the previous ones.

Although Fei Qian's face still had the same slight smile as before, Yang Xiu could still clearly feel the subtle changes hidden under the surface of the smile, compared to the previous smile in Luoyang, it seemed that there were a lot of things less, and it seemed to be a lot more, and even the look at the corners of his eyes seemed to have become more profound and complex, and his divine light was restrained.

In Yang Xiu's feeling, the general of Zhengxi Fei Qian is not at all like a young man of his age, but more like a character of his uncle's generation, in Yang Xiu's countless contacts and negotiations with his uncle at home, he can find some similarities with Fei Qian, that kind of seems to be calm and calm all the time, as if everything is under control.

"Someone! Get some clean shoes and socks! Change clothes for Yang Shilang! Fei Qian beckoned, like a hospitable host waiting for a guest, "Pick up the brazier!" Grab some more tea! ”

Although Yang Xiu is the first time to go to the west, he is not a new hand in the negotiation field, seeing Fei Qian's appearance, although he still maintains a relaxed look on the surface, but from the vague things in Fei Qian's attitude, he feels that this negotiation must be very difficult, until this moment, an inexplicable emotion seems to grow slowly from the bottom of Yang Xiu's heart.

Heavy snowfall, even though there is a carriage, but when getting on and off the car and walking, Yang Xiu does not have any waterproof rubber shoes in later generations, natural shoes and socks are stained with a lot of snowflakes, if you do not replace, it is inevitable to be contaminated with slush water, so Yang Xiu is not pretentious and polite, so he confessed and went to replace the shoes and socks contaminated with snow cement water.

After the two sides sat down, Yang Xiu took a few sips of hot tea soup with a tea bowl to drive away some of the cold in his abdomen, and said with a smile: "In the past, I went to Fanghua." Now I think about it, rain and snow. The generals and soldiers went out to the northern frontier, fought in the north and south, and cultivated the common thoughts, and they were too eager to yearn for it! ”

Fei Qian smiled, didn't answer Yang Xiu's words, but said directly: "I said goodbye to Yang Gong in a hurry, I have been in the customs for many years, I don't know how Yang Gong is in health at the moment?" Fei Qian is stupid to follow Yang Xiu's pace, this guy is a guy with "yellow silk, young woman, grandson, and mortar", follow him to learn allusions in circles, isn't it boring to find yourself boring?

Yang Xiu was stunned for a moment, but Fei Qian asked like this, he couldn't ignore it, after all, greeting the recent situation of the elders in the family, most of them appeared between relatives and world friends, Fei Qian was neither close nor so, and as a result, it was inevitable that people would feel a little weird, but it was not completely out of line with the rules, after all, Fei Qian and Yang Biao were both officials in the same dynasty, and they were both in high positions, belonging to top circles such as more than 2,000 stones, and they were qualified to sit on an equal footing with Yang Biao, and it seemed natural to ask some recent information.

"General Meng is worried, Jiayan is in good health, and everything is fine." Yang Xiu arched his hand and said, "Jia Yan also often thinks about the general's 'gentleman's car', and the 'Tangtang Zhihua' ......"

Fei Qian blinked, smiled slightly and invited Yang Xiu to drink tea, as if he didn't understand it at all. What "gentleman's car", what "Tangtang Hua", it's all fucking bullshit!

Fei Qian's eyes turned into the distance, as if he was looking at the snowflakes that kept falling above the sky, and then turned his gaze back, and said with a smile: "A certain Yang Shilang came in a hurry, and his clothes were thin, so he had some winter clothes...... Come on, come up! ”

The two attendants approached from the corridor outside the hall with a large red lacquer plate and a few brocade robes and leather robes on it, and brought it to Yang Xiu.

Fei Qian pointed to the red lacquer plate and said, "This clothes are called Honghu clothes." The brocade robe is hollow, sandwiched with hundreds of birds, and the edelweiss under the wings is made of delicate and warm warmth, which can keep warm the most. The spirit of the husband, the ambition of the bird, the one who has the heart of the people, the sincerity. One for Yang Gong, one for the waiter......"

Honghu, what a lofty name, but in fact, it is simply bleached chicken duck down. To put it simply, it is the Han Dynasty version of the down jacket. But the problem is that Yang Xiu doesn't know, and when he heard it, he couldn't help but take a breath of cool air, and said again and again that it was too precious, and he didn't dare to accept it, and he didn't dare to accept it......

Fei Qian ignored Yang Xiu's prevarication, pointed directly to another red lacquer plate, and said, "This is unique to the Northland, made of the skin of the snow wolf in Xianbei. This autumn's occasional hunting, the whole body is snow-white, and it can be regarded as an outlier, and it will be given to Yang Gong as a ......"

"Wolf skin?" Yang Xiu blinked and hesitated.

To be honest, what leather goods does Hongnong Yang's family have? There are several tigers and leopards, and there are also a lot of bears, not to mention ordinary other animals, what kind of snow wolf is this, it is obviously not as tall as Honghu, and Yang Xiu felt a little contrasting for a while.

"In late spring and March, the sheep and grass grow; It's freezing cold, ask who feeds wolves? The heart of the sheep is pitiful, and the heart of the wolf is alone; The heart of heaven is unpredictable, and the world is like frost. Fei Qian smiled and said slowly, "I don't know what Yang Shilang thinks?" ”

"This ......" Yang Xiu's face changed.

What is March going to do?

Is it difficult to say that there will be any big action at the beginning of spring?

Isn't "sheep" a reflection of "Yang"? Yang Congmu is easy, and it is said that under the sunshine, isn't it just the number of the rising spring and yang in March?

At the moment, "the weather is cold, ask who feeds the wolf"?

There's nothing wrong with freezing right now, but what does the second half of the sentence mean?

It's hard to say that this general Zhengxi means that he needs to eat enough now before he can do it?

What does "the heart of the sheep is pitiful, and the heart of the wolf is alone"?

Does "unpredictable Tianxin" mean that His Majesty's attitude towards the Yang family has not changed?

……

The so-called concern is chaotic, even though Yang Xiu is talented and intelligent, but after all, it involves his own related matters, and for a while, thousands of thoughts swirled in Yang Xiu's mind, like thousands of sparrows stuffed into his head in a short period of time, chattering and noisy.

Yang Xiu raised his eyes to look at Fei Qian, trying to find some clues from Fei Qian's expression that could help him interpret it, but he was soon disappointed. Fei Qian's face was still so shallow with a smile, and there was not much change from beginning to end.

I couldn't figure out what Fei Qian was thinking, so Yang Xiu didn't dare to say anything rashly, otherwise, if that sentence was inappropriate, wouldn't it make the Yang family's current predicament worse?

Yang Xiu took the red lacquer plate a little indifferently, and said some words of thanks on his lips, and while talking about gossip with General Fei Qianqian of Zhengxi without much nutrition, he kept pondering in his heart.

The more he thought about it, the more anxious Yang Xiu became, the more he couldn't figure out what Fei Qian wanted to express, several guesses collided with each other in his mind, and no one could convince anyone, and before he knew it, a little bit of water oozed out of his forehead.

"Today, I will have a meeting with Yang Shilang to enjoy the snow scene, and I am very relieved, but unfortunately I still have business to do, and I can't sit for a long time, and I ......regret it," Fei Qian got up and said, "...... However, it will be a long time to come, and after a few days, a banquet will be set up to invite the waiter, and the waiter will be invited to appreciate the light. ”

"Huh? This is nature, this is nature......" Yang Xiu replied casually, and suddenly realized that the whole meeting was over, and he had the intention to discuss a thing or two with Fei Qian, but Fei Qian had already gotten up and was walking outside the hall, his eyes flashed a few times, and he had no choice but to stand up and say goodbye to Fei Qian. After all, it is Fei Qian's home field now, and the guest is at will, not to mention that Yang Xiu has no capital to come up with, so he can only go back and figure out Fei Qian's words thoroughly.

Anyway, it's freezing, well, it's freezing...... Ask who feeds the wolves......

Yang Xiu pondered like this, and slowly returned to the post house, but bumped into Xu Yu head-on.

"Yang Shilang, is this a visit to General Zhengxi?" Xu You pinched the slender long beard on his chin and said.

"Ah, I've seen Xu Shilang." Yang Xiu hurriedly bowed to Xu You, and then said, "Exactly." Fang met General Zhengxi. ”

"Oh? What's that? Xu You's eyes blinked twice, and he looked at the attendant behind Yang Xiu holding a red lacquer plate.

"This is a gift from General Zhengxi, and it is also ......" Yang Xiu turned around and said, there is nothing to hide about this, so he also told Xu You the words of General Feiqian of Zhengxi.

"Oh! The Bird's Coat! Gee! Xu You's eyes widened, "Or can it be made from a hundred birds?" This expedition to the west is so generous...... Admire, admire ......"

"Uh......" Yang Xiu looked at Xu You's expression, this expression was much easier to understand than the expression of General Fei Qian, and then said with a smile, "Xu Shilang, Zhengxi gave the family a strict thing, Xiu didn't dare to call the shots, but one of them was given to Zhengxi to the subordinates, if Xu Shilang likes it, how about transferring it to Shilang?" ”

Xu You's eyes were reluctant to leave, but his hands were swinging: "This...... How does this make it, how does this make ...... Isn't it deserving of a certain merit and virtue? ”

"Xu Shilang has been taking care of Xiu for many days, how can he be ashamed?" As Yang Xiu spoke, he took the red lacquer plate from the attendant's hand and handed it to Xu You.

"Ahh......h This...... This is really ......" Xu Youxi smiled, hurriedly received it in his hand, his eyes rolled, and he said, "The so-called merit is not good, in this way, if the Wenhou comes to trouble Yang Shilang without opening his eyes, Yang Shilang will come straight to find so!" "After receiving something, you have to do something for others, this is Xu You's principle, otherwise who is willing to send it willingly next time? Isn't it Lu Bu's subordinates, Xu You didn't even take Lu Bu seriously, let alone his subordinates.

"In this way, I will thank Xu Shilang......" Yang Xiu arched his hand, seeing that Xu You was overjoyed to go back with the "Honghu Clothes", he couldn't help but smile, shook his head and was about to go to his own yard, suddenly frowned, looked back at Xu You's courtyard next door, and then glanced at another red lacquer plate in the hands of the attendant next to him, thinking in his heart, this Zhengxi, didn't he use my hand to give the "Honghu Clothes" to Xu You?

What if I don't give it?

No, most likely they will.

So what exactly does it mean to conquer the West?

Yang Xiu looked up at the sky, the snowflakes were falling in the sky, and the dim clouds were very low and blocked the entire sky tightly, just like the true meaning of General Zhengxi's every move, all hidden in this chaos......