Sure enough, it wasn't an illusion, Chi Fei obviously felt that the atmosphere in the capital was a little abnormal recently.

There is gossip everywhere that the Hu people may invade again, and there is a lot of discussion among the people.

Although the ordinary people in the capital are a little worried, there are not many people who really feel that the situation is serious.

Because the war between the Great Wei and the Hu people in the north has lasted for hundreds of years, it will be fought once or twice almost every few years.

Moreover, the fighting usually only occurs at the border, and ends at the border, and never extends to the capital, so most of the people have become accustomed to it.

The most serious one was a few years ago when the Hu people took the opportunity to invade and occupy many towns on the northern border, causing a large number of displaced people to move south, some of whom also came to the capital.

The appearance of these displaced people allowed the local residents of the capital to see for the first time what the miserable situation of the people who had been displaced by the war.

Later, the imperial court urgently dispatched a large army to the northern border to drive out the Hu people. After many rounds of hard fighting, a large number of invading Hu people were finally driven out of the border. However, the war resulted in the death of countless soldiers and heavy casualties.

This war can be said to be the most serious foreign war in the past ten years. But even so, the Hu people still couldn't get half a step close to the capital, so the ordinary people did not panic too much about the news that the Hu people might invade Great Wei again, and they still lived as usual.

On Ah Zhi's sixteenth birthday, Chi Fei took his little wife back to the Zhenguo Mansion to celebrate her birthday.

For the birthday of each member of the family, the Guogong Mansion has never made a big fuss, and it is generally a family sitting together for a meal and a good get-together.

Unless it is the time of the elders of the family to celebrate their birthday, they will invite relatives and friends to come and celebrate.

The so-called family not only refers to the Zhenguo family, but also Ning Zhiyuan's two cousins and the Yao family's maiden family.

On this day, not only did Ning Yashan take her husband Qiu Yuchen back to her parents' house to celebrate her sister's birthday, but Ah Zhi's two cousins, her family and the Yao family also came.

Ah Zhi's two cousins are also military generals, and both serve in the Northwest Army. One was a front-line quartermaster, and the other was a commander.

The two have been working in the Northwest for many years and rarely go home. Their sons also trained in the Northwest Army, so only their wives and daughters remained at home.

As for the Yao family, the family of Yao Jingjun, the secretary of the Criminal Department, and the Yao Jingtang family, who were the new right attendants of the Ministry of Rites, came with a total of two families.

The two sons of Shangshu of the Criminal Department were both officials in other places and did not come back, and today he only brought his wife and daughter over.

Yao Jingtang's only son was still studying in Guozijian and did not come. And his wife died of illness at an early age, so today he came alone.

Although they are all their own people, they will still divide the table between men and women according to the rules.

After eating, when the Duchess of Zhenguo, Yao, was chatting with her two cousins and sisters-in-law, Ning Yazhi's cousins and cousins on the other side asked her very gossipy, what kind of person is Mr. Chi Fei in private? asked her again if Mr. Chi Fei was good to her? And is Mr. Chi Fei busy writing all day long?

I don't blame them for being so gossipy, because they, like other readers, are all fans of Mr. Chi Fei's books, so they naturally want to know more about things that outsiders don't know.

Because they are all cousins and cousins, Ah Zhi can't refuse directly, so she has to deal with their various gossip questions vaguely.

For their excessive concern for their sweetheart, Ah Zhi is actually not very happy in her heart.

Although I know that they are just pure curiosity, there is no malice. But Ah Zhi still doesn't want others to know what her sweetheart is like in private, and how he treats herself.

It was a secret that belonged to hers and she didn't want to share it with anyone else.

Ning Yashan knew her sister well, and when she saw some of her small actions, she knew that this girl was unhappy, but she just endured it. So he took the initiative to come over and chat with them about other relatively fresh topics, and quietly helped his sister out.

Seeing that they didn't ask about their sweetheart anymore, Ah Zhi breathed a sigh of relief and looked at her sister Ning Yashan with some gratitude.

On the other side of the outer courtyard, the men's feast was not yet over. Because for a military general like Zhen Guogong, how can a man eat without drinking?

Although the two sons are not around, don't they have two new sons-in-law?

So Qiu Yuchen and Chi Fei, the two new sons-in-law, became the targets of Ning Zhiyuan's constant persuasion.

Chi Fei is better, because he insists on practicing martial arts every day, his health has always been very good, and the amount of alcohol is not bad.

As for Qiu Yuchen, the scholar was miserable, he was already drunk after a few drinks.

Seeing that the eldest son-in-law was drunk like this, but the younger son-in-law was still very sober, Ning Zhiyuan was very happy, and even fought with the younger son-in-law cup after cup.

Because it was a toast from Lao Yueren, Chi Fei could only drink it hard.

Fortunately, the ancient wine is generally not high, so Chi Fei can still hold it for the time being.

Yao Jingjun, the secretary of the criminal department who had a very good impression of Chi Fei, couldn't bear to let him get drunk, and opened his mouth to persuade, "You old drunkard, don't hurt people, your son-in-law has already been put down by you, do you still want to put the other down?" Be careful, the two daughters will settle accounts with you together. ”

Yao Jingtang also helped persuade, "Gong Ning, not everyone is as drunk as you. If you pour it any more, your little son-in-law will really get drunk. ”

"What are you worrying about, Ah Zhen knows at a glance that he is a person who can drink, even if you are drunk and he is not drunk.

It's rare to be so happy today, and I'm going to let you taste something good, and I'm sure you'll have a lot of aftertaste.

Shen Wu, go and bring my altar of treasure. ”

"Yes, General." A tall guard immediately took the order.

It didn't take long for Shen Wu to carefully hold a small wine jar covered with a red cloth and put it on the table.

Ning Zhiyuan deliberately put on a shelf and asked, "Do you know what this is?" ”

Yao Jingjun glanced at him, "Okay, Lao Ning, how many years have we known each other, you still give me this set." If you have something to say, sell less. ”

Only then did Ning Zhiyuan smile and unveil the mud seal of the small wine jar.

As soon as the mud seal was lifted, a rich and mellow aroma of wine immediately hit the nose and quickly spread throughout the room.

The two brothers, Yao Jingjun and Yao Jingtang, are also people who understand wine, and their eyes suddenly lit up when they smelled the incredibly strong aroma of wine.

Yao Jingjun immediately asked, "Lao Ning, what kind of wine are you, it is so fragrant?" It must have been at least a few decades, right? ”

Ning Zhiyuan said mysteriously, "I won't say what kind of wine this is, I'll let you open your eyes first." ”

With that, he poured a glass of wine into the cup, and then called the guards to bring a fire fold.

Then, under the bewildered gaze of the others, he lit the fire and put it into his glass.

As soon as he stretched out the fire fold, a miraculous scene happened, the glass of wine actually burned on its own, and the flames kept moving in the glass.

Chi Fei saw this scene, but it was a black line at one end.

Please, don't be what he thinks.

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