In the evening, the heavy snow stopped, and the sky was still showing the color of the sunset. When it was almost time for dinner in the army, Qin Mubai and Xue Rengui had already eaten enough, so they sat in the house drinking tea and chatting. Chen Yan didn't stop for half a minute, the things in the kitchen were finished, more than 20 sergeants were summoned, the snow in the courtyard was shoveled, and the place was wiped clean, and the sheepskin blanket that the Tubo people had collected was spread three thick layers, and a lot of dry firewood and horse dung were brought to build a large bonfire. It is said that there are many people and the room is small and it is impossible to sit down, and today, the traditional Chinese New Year's Eve dinner in the Central Plains, I also learned the style of the Hu people and held a 'bonfire banquet'.

Qin Mubai was funny, thinking that Chen Yan was really thoughtful, and she also took care of the living habits of the Hu brothers. If she lived in the 21st century, she would definitely be a qualified neighborhood committee director.

This is not over, Chen Yan asked the soldiers to take ten large cauldrons from the barracks, and put the clean fresh snow shoveled out in the pot to roast. It's not for drinking—let Qin Mubai take a bath.

She thought that when Qin Mubai slept at night, her body smelled. Yumen Guan is here, and it is much more difficult to take a bath than to make a tooth sacrifice and marry a daughter-in-law. If it weren't for the snow and the New Year, Qin Mubai's body would really continue to stink, and it would not take a few days to become a Jigong.

Qin Mubai and Xue Rengui chatted with each other, looking at the busyness of Chen Yan with a group of sergeants outside the house, Xue Rengui grinned honestly and said with a smile: "Mubai, you are really blessed." ”

"It's just average!" Qin Mubai's mouth was ingenious, but his smile was full of deception.

Anyone who sees Chen Yan will think that her appearance is what a beauty should look like. But as soon as she saw the sword in her hand, the temperament on her face and the look in her eyes were clearly an iceberg fairy who did not eat fireworks in the world and rejected people thousands of miles away, and she also had a murderous aura, who dared to approach half a point? Xue Rengui said.

"But you can't play with it from a distance, right?" Qin Mubai is plagiarizing again.

"Yes, that's what it means. Xue didn't read much, but Mu Bai was brilliant. Xue Rengui said with a smile, "Xue is shallow, and he has never seen a woman like Chen Yan, she is really unique in the world!" Who would have thought that a woman like her would be a good wife and mother? Lifting a sword is a hero, holding a spoon ......"

Speaking of this, Xue Rengui was speechless, scratched his cheeks in embarrassment, and held back a wry smile - "Take a spoon - make a good meal!" ”

"Haha!" Qin Mubai laughed, "Good poetry, good poetry!" ”

was smiling, Chen Yan walked in, didn't say much, and threw a sentence, "People are coming." ”

"Who's coming?" Qin Mubai asked.

"A fiery phoenix." Chen Yan, who rarely jokes poorly, smiled mysteriously and said, "You, host, have to be a little hospitable?" ”

"Okay, come out!" Qin Mubai patted his knees and smiled and got up, knowing that what she said was Ashina Blood Lotus coming.

But what does 'Fire Phoenix' mean?

Qin Mubai and Xue Rengui walked outside the house to take a look, and immediately understood.

The houses in the city were demolished, and more than a dozen people walked in the empty snow in front of them, all wearing the traditional white robes and mink brims and white hats of the Hui people, except for a woman walking in the middle, wearing a red robe and a red robe all over her body, even the brim of the hat was red, and the whole body was red. Walking in the snow among a group of people in white, the dazzling eye-catching, like a jumping flame.

It was Ashina Blood Lotus.

Gradually, people got closer, Qin Mubai and Xue Rengui glanced at each other, and each showed a look of amazement.

In the past, Xue Lian was always dressed in armor and the equipment of ordinary soldiers, and looked like a man from a distance. Today, she is obviously dressed in the costume of a steppe aristocratic woman, and her femininity and wildness are as unrestrained as a flame.

Qin Mubai was still afraid that her outfit would blind the eyes of the soldiers who had not been close to women for a long time.

Xuelian was dressed as a daughter, still striding with a sword on her waist, and walked to the front of the house to glance at Qin Mubai and Xue Rengui, but first bowed to Chen Yan with her fist, "Sister Yan!" ”

"Heh, it's very standard Central Plains martial arts etiquette!" Xue Rengui was happy.

Chen Yan smiled and nodded: "Good princess sister." ”

"Hey, when did the two of them call me sister?" Qin Mubai pouted and was confused.

After the two women finished the salute first, Xuelian walked in front of Qin Mubai with more than a dozen Hui generals behind him, stroked his shoulders and bent down to return to the ceremony, "I've seen Qin Shaoshuai and General Xue!" ”

Qin Mubai was a little puzzled in his heart, and after returning the salute, he asked, "Your Royal Highness Princess, why did you and Chen Yan push your fist salute, but you returned to the military salute with us?" ”

"There's a reason, of course." Blood Lotus raised her head, looked directly into Qin Mubai's eyes with big eyes, and said, "Sister Yan and I are sons and daughters of the rivers and lakes at first sight, only talking about personal relationships, of course, it is a fist pushing salute." And the young marshal and I are in charge of each other's military powers, and there is only the relationship between the commander and the general. ”

"Oh, I see." Qin Mubai nodded in a sudden realization, and said in his heart: This chick is still angry with me, which means that 'there is only business between the two of us, and there is no friendship'.

Xue Rengui, Chen Yan, and the Hui generals next to him were all coughing and snickering, Qin Mubai only pretended not to see An Zhiruosu, but Xuelian was glaring: "What's so ridiculous, could it be that I'm not right?" ”

"Yes, yes, yes." Qin Mubai said with a smile, "The princess and the generals have arrived, please sit down - today is my traditional Chinese New Year's Eve night in the Central Plains, Neiko prepared a simple meal and hugged the bonfire, please have a light meal, even if it is Chinese New Year's Eve!" ”

"What do you mean by 'even if'?" Blood Lotus's big eyes rolled and glanced at Qin Mubai, and said like a thimble, "As far as I know, the Chinese New Year's Eve Chinese New Year's Eve meals of the Tang people in the Central Plains are all family banquets eaten together by family reunions, and outsiders are rarely invited to participate. Sister Yan can invite us to come, which means that she regards us as family compatriots, and you have to bury her kindness! ”

Qin Mubai was a little embarrassed now, grinning bitterly twice, "You know too much!" ”

Xue Rengui hurriedly came out to play the round, and said with a smile: "Sister-in-law, you only know one and don't know the other." The young marshal actually means the same, that is, he is polite and polite in words. This is also the habit of our Central Plains Tang people, and it is a kind of politeness. ”

"What politeness, what habit, is hypocrisy! We grassland children are not used to this! Xuelian said unceremoniously, and immediately turned around with a smile and stepped forward to hug Chen Yan's elbow, and said with a smile, "It's still this woman who admits frankly, I like it!" ”

"Yes, you two get married!" Qin Mubai grinned.

"You think I don't dare?! Sister Yan, come back to the grassland with me tomorrow and be a colt on the grassland! Blood Lotus snorted coldly and rolled her eyes twice, and everyone laughed, and then they all sat down.

A moment later, the commander of the Southern Turkic Court, Ba Simi, also came to the banquet with a dozen or so Turkic generals. When they saw this bonfire feast, these people were happy, just like the Chinese saw hot Peking duck in Antarctica. Before he could sit down, he called two of his attendants to go back and make a run, and brought two fat sheep from his camp, and slaughtered, stripped, and washed them on the spot, and wanted to roast the whole sheep for the people.

This bonfire feast lives up to its name. This craft, Chen Yan and the Tang army soldiers really don't know. The Hui people will, but they have always been more reserved and not as open as the Turks, naturally because of the delicate relationship between the two of them, Blood Lotus and Qin Mubai. It's like two children 'seemingly' are in love, and the parents of both sides accidentally bump into each other, of course, the more polite and gentle they are to each other, the better.

After a while, Gao Changguo's generals Ko Wensheng and Ko Wenyuan also came, and only two people came. When Qin Mubai left the Gaochang military camp, he casually said to invite them to eat Chinese New Year's Eve, these two people were afraid that it would be a Hongmen banquet when they came, and they didn't dare to come if they didn't come, so they had to come hard, and they didn't dare to bring one more person. When they came, they were guests, and Qin Mubai also invited them to the table. The two of them sat down with a wince, and never lifted their heads again.

It's already dark. Qin Mubai glanced at this scene, and the generals of the four Hanhu families had already reached forty or fifty people, and they had gathered around the bonfire twice. The sergeants carried wine urns, dinner tables, flatbread and other things in the shuttle and distributed, and the feast was about to begin. In the camp outside the Yumen Pass, there are hundreds of miles of light bonfires, and there is a lively and noisy scene.

Qin Mubai was worried, the captives of Tubo saw this scene in front of them, and they must have a bad feeling in their hearts, and they might cry. Just pondering, Su Dingfang leaned over and whispered in Qin Mubai's ear: "Mubai, why don't you call Gar Siduo Yu also?" ”

"Just what I want." Qin Mubai smiled, "But, who can invite it?" ”

"Xue Rengui, I can!" Su Dingfang swore solemnly, "Although each is fighting for the life and death for its master, the Tubo people recognize a reason for death - they respect the warriors who are braver and better at fighting than them." Xue Rengui was brave and invincible before the battle and captured Siduoyu, although he personally beheaded Siduoyu's second brother Zanpo, but Siduoyu definitely respected Xue Rengui. ”

"Okay, let's take a trip!"

Sure enough, it didn't take long for Xue Rengui to really invite Gar Siduo!

When they saw the captured Tibetan commander, the audience fell silent, and everyone's faces changed. Qin Mubai got up and waved his hand with a smile: "Everyone continue!" General Gar is also one of today's guests. Today, just drink wine and eat meat, and don't talk about state and military affairs! ”

Everyone calmed down, and the banquet quickly resumed its previous liveliness.

Xue Rengui led Siduoyu to sit beside Qin Mubai. Si Duo didn't say a word, as soon as he sat down cross-legged, he didn't care about drinking and eating meat and eating flatbread as if no one was around, and he didn't come to look at Qin Mubai.

Qin Mubai smiled, poured a glass of wine and handed it to Siduoyu, "General Gar, I toast you." ”

Siduoyu paused, picked up a glass of milk wine on the table in front of him, touched Qin Mubai's cup hard, drank it all in one go, put down the cup and continued to eat sea, as if he had never eaten in eight lifetimes.

"Hero!" Qin Mubai praised it, smiled with a smile on his face, and drank the wine dry.

Si Duoyu's movements paused, didn't turn his head, and said with a stiff neck: "The general of the defeated army, if you want to kill or chop a word, why sneer and sarcasm?" ”

"Hey, General Gar's Chinese is really authentic!" Qin Mubai smiled and praised, "If you just talk, I would think that you are from Chang'an." ”

"What's so strange? The three of us brothers have visited and lived together in the Central Plains for seven years, and Chang'an has lived for four years! Si Duo said angrily, "Isn't it great to be able to speak Chinese?" My eldest brother is full of knowledge, even among the Han people, how many can compare? ”

"It turns out that it's still a Zhongyuan Tong!" Qin Mubai smiled and said, "You're right, your eldest brother Garqinling is indeed outstanding. I don't know about others, I'm ashamed of myself. ”

Si Duo's face was flat, and he squinted at Qin Mubai and said, "You are angry!" Win or lose, whatever you want! ”

"I'm telling the truth."

"You Han people, you don't have a word of truth!"

"Haha!" Qin Mubai smiled, "Okay, then I'll tell you a few stories, will you listen to them?" Stories, of course, are all lies. ”

"Whatever you want, love to talk or not. All I have to do is eat and drink, and when I'm full, I'll either have my head cut off or send me back to bed! Sidor yelled a few words angrily and continued to eat and drink.

Qin Mubai played with the wine glass, and said slowly. Straight to the battle situation of Dafeichuan, the Heavenly Burial Phantom Moon Valley, the flooding of Golmud and the Garqinling Tomb defeated and retreated to defend the Qingluo Plain, all of them were told in detail and the original text was more than to hear.

Siduo didn't care at first, thinking that Qin Mubai was purely blind in "YY", when he heard that there was a nose and eyes in the back, he couldn't help but be a little stunned, and then the fire in the back was big, and he jumped up and slammed the cup on the ground: "Brag!" Fart! You Han people, there is no truth! ”