Chinese New Year's Eve is approaching in the blink of an eye. All the counties of the Xia Kingdom are full of festive festivities.

Nanping Mansion did not have enough soldiers, horses, money and food, so it did not dare to launch an attack on the western thieves in Jingyang City. The western thieves didn't know what the idea was, and they only moved around Jingyang, and they didn't go out to loot for a long time.

However, it is clear to everyone that sooner or later there will be a big war between the officers and soldiers and the rebels. However, the current situation is that the western thieves are recuperating in full force, while the government is secretly mobilizing troops.

If nothing else, the officers and men will take the initiative to attack the Western Thieves at the beginning of next year. Because the governor of Chuzhou has secretly ordered the governors of the other two prefectures, ordering them to send a large army to Nanping Mansion as soon as possible no matter what method they use, to assist the secretary of Nanping Prefecture in fighting thieves.

After the western thieves invaded Chuzhou, the state pastor of Chuzhou began to feel pressure.

The state pastor of Yizhou has been dismissed from his post by the imperial court because of the disadvantage of suppressing thieves. From the governor of a state to be beaten into cloth, how big a gap is this? The governor of Chuzhou didn't want to end up like that.

However, although the battle has to be fought, it is a matter of the future, at least at this moment, there is a rare calm in all parts of Chuzhou.

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After Han Won returned from the county town, he was depressed for several days, and when he had nothing to do, he called his officers into the palace to drink. Everyone didn't know that he was sad in his heart, but they only felt that he was proud and generous.

It wasn't until the end of the year that Han Won gradually forgot about the sad things and had a rare smile on his face.

The only female dependant in Han Yuan's mansion is Lin Miao, and there is no maid or servant. Most of Han Yuan's officers and soldiers regarded her as Han Yuan's wife, even if she was not his wife, she was also his woman.

Even Han Xian began to take the initiative to avoid suspicion and try to keep a distance from Lin Miao. In his heart, Lin Miao is a good woman, and his brother will not suffer a loss if he marries her.

In fact, Lin Miao also faintly has such a thought in her heart, she now eats Korean won, uses Korean won, and still lives in Han Mansion, isn't she like his wife. But she is reserved by nature and mute, and she doesn't know how to express her heart, so she has to serve Han Won with all her heart and soul every day.

Although Lin Miao does not have the posture of a captivating city, she can definitely be said to be beautiful. It's a pity that such a gentle and virtuous woman can't attract Korean won at this age.

Now in Han Yuan's heart, there is no more beautiful girl in the world than Jiang Luoyue. It's a pity that such a peerless flower has to be inserted on Wang Darong's cow dung. Han Won is filled with righteous indignation every time he thinks about it.

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On Chinese New Year's Eve, Han Yuan thought that the four people were deserted, so he put Ermao, Zhang Hong, and the five sentinels under him

Call home for Chinese New Year's Eve dinner.

The monthly salary of Han Yuan is four taels of silver, which is one tael less than Zhang Hong and two taels more than Han Xian.

In the Xia Kingdom, one or two feet of silver can buy two stones of new rice. There are few people in Hanfu, and two stones of rice are almost enough to eat for three months. Therefore, at least in this Ling County, the Han family can be regarded as wealthy.

Lin Miao worked hard for half a day and made a table of dishes: braised pork knuckle, sweet and sour pork ribs, vinegared fish, cabbage stewed meatballs, wolfberry chicken soup, dumplings...... Although they are all home-cooked dishes, they all take great pains to make them look good.

After everyone arrived, they talked and laughed and began to eat for a short time. After eating to his heart's content, Han Yuan drew his fist with a group of sentinels. As for the liquor order or something, that's what the literati do, and these Qiu Ba don't understand.

Han Xian didn't like the rough and atmospheric game of boxing, so after eating, he found a pair of chess sets and played against Zhang Hong. Komatsu sat obediently and watched the two play chess.

Lin Miao had nothing to do, neither knew how to draw boxing, nor did she know how to play chess, so she simply retreated to the back kitchen and worked blindly with nothing to do.

"Brother Han, you are really blessed to have a daughter-in-law like Miss Lin."

Looking at Lin Miao in the distance, Ermao said with envy. After listening to Ermao's words, everyone immediately praised Lin Miaolai.

Han Yuan realized that unconsciously, everyone regarded Lin Miao as his wife.

For a woman like Lin Miao, it is good to be a wife, but unfortunately she doesn't like it. Han Yuan thought to himself that if he had the opportunity, he should match her with his younger brother. Otherwise, Lin Miao has been living in the Han family, and it is inevitable that someone will make irresponsible remarks about her, or entangle with herself.

The wine was gone, and the won was already drunk and unconscious.

Usually going to banquets and drinking, he has hardly ever been really drunk, but today he is rarely happy, so he let go of the amount of wine and drank happily. In the end, it was Lin Miao who helped him to the room.

The won is drunk. Lin Miao carefully helped him to bed, helped him take off his boots, and brought hot water to wash his feet. Like a wife who serves her husband.

Han Won drank high, suddenly straightened up from the bed, lowered his head and vomited on the ground.

Lin Miao wiped him again and cleaned the floor again.

"Miss Jiang."

After spitting up, Han Yuan suddenly said in his dream: "No, don't marry him."

When Lin Miao heard his dream words, she was very sad in her heart, and tears swirled in her eyes.

She was about to leave, but Han Won grabbed her soft twing.

"Miss Jiang, don't go......"

She was stunned by Han won's bedside, tears already dripping down and falling right on Han won's hand.

After a long time, Han won's clenched hand loosened. Lin Miao rubbed her crying red eyes, gently helped Han Yuan close the door, and left his bedroom.

Outside the Han family's courtyard, the deserted Ling County in the past was rarely lively. Everywhere you go, you can see fireworks, and there are firecrackers everywhere.

Maybe in the new year, the whole of Goyang County will have a new atmosphere.

Jingyang City is also celebrating the New Year at this time, but unlike Gaoyang County, the people of Jingyang City are forced.

At the beginning, although the New Year Festival arrived, Jingyang City was terrifyingly deserted, and there was no New Year's atmosphere.

Sun Fu was furious and ordered firecrackers to be distributed to the people in the city, telling them to set off them, and if they were not lively enough, he would kill people.

Jingyang City, which was lifeless in the past, has only made some movements.

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Tonight, it's cold.

Standing at the top of the building, looking into the distance, Han Tong couldn't see anything clearly. The cold wind blew across his vicissitudes of life, and he felt a loneliness that was almost suffocating.

In a trance, he thought of his wife and children in Rotten Peach Village, his friends in Jia County, and the day when the thieves slaughtered the village.

He hated, hated thieves, hated himself, hated himself for not having the courage to die, but was doing things for the enemy.

But after all, he was still afraid, afraid of thieves, afraid of death, afraid of recalling the past.

It's really cold tonight.

Sun Xun, who was sitting in the bedroom with a lamp and reading at night, suddenly felt that the stove was cold, and the fox fur on his body didn't seem to be warm enough. But he still refused to sleep, still reading.

Although Sun Xun is studious, he is not a nerd. Except for the gentlemen's lectures, during the day, he was actually practicing martial arts with Sun Fu's subordinates most of the time. Whether he was archery or horseback riding, he was on a par with many of the old men of the thieves. It may be a gift.

Because he did not have time to seriously think about what the gentlemen said during the day, Sun Xun would take time to read the articles of the gentlemen again at night.

Sometimes even Sun Xun himself can't figure out, why does he have to work so hard as a son of a thief? But he had a faint premonition in his heart that maybe one day in the future, he would be grateful to himself now.