At noon, Yanjia Village.

The snow had stopped, but the sky had not cleared, and the clouds were thick and low.

Although the north wind is not strong, it can blow directly into your pores.

Several guards were crouching on the tower of the city gate, and they were cooking the fire.

"It's freezing on this day, colder than the days when it snowed." The Guardian tightened his felt coat and reached for the fire.

"That's not it, the bad road that I stepped on a few days ago was all frozen, tsk, this time Brother Cheng and they went out, but they were offended." Guard Yi skewered a piece of dough with a wooden stick in his hand, and it was being roasted over the fire, and the thick smell of wheat wafted in the air.

"Not really." Guard C had already baked his own bread and was eating it in a big gulp, "This person, it's not good if his ability is too strong, it's a shame that our brother is not good at it, otherwise how can he bake a fire here." ”

"You guys, don't get cheap and sell well." The guard took out a water bladder from his arms, poured a mouthful, and then said, "If you want me to say, Brother Cheng, it's better for them to come back as soon as possible, it's been more than a day, and it's not easy for our brother to sleep for a few hours, isn't it?" ”

"Yes."

"Yes."

The other two echoed one after another, it turned out that one person was on duty for four hours a day, and at least eight hours in these two days, even if he was laid off, he couldn't run around, and he stayed honestly in the camp and was on call at any time.

But at the end of eight hours a day, I was so tired that I fell asleep, so there was nothing to spend on wandering.

"Don't talk." The guard suddenly raised his hand and signaled the other two to be quiet, and there was a faint shout from the city.

The three men were also small leaders, and the others had gone to inspect the city walls, and they hid in the gatehouse to keep warm.

"Yan Tou'er! Yan Tou'er! "There was a voice from under the city.

"It seems that someone outside the city calls you, Yan Tou'er." Guard B said to Guard A.

"Could it be that Brother Cheng and they are back?" The guard armor, that is, Yan Tou'er, stood up from the fire, walked out of the gatehouse, and looked down at the city.

"Yan Xiaoba!" Yan Tou'er recognized the people in the city, "Why did you come back alone?" By the way, what about your horse? ”

"Don't mention it, passing by the ice, I even fell a lot with the horse, and the horse's legs were broken in two, I'm fine, it's just a slight injury." When Yan Xiaoba said this, he stomped his feet, "I said Yan Tou'er, can you open the door and let me in, I'm cold and hungry here." ”

"Okay, okay, I'll let you in." It's a shame that this Yan Xiaoba, like him, is the son of the Yan family, and there is no problem in loyalty, otherwise, a person like this will come back a little strangely, and he will have to think carefully about whether to let him in.

In the hall, there are braziers all around, and the spring is melting, and all the burning is silver charcoal, and there is no smoke at all.

Fan Yongdou and Yan Xiucheng sat at two ends, there was a copper pot in front of the desk, a small chimney in the middle, the milky white soup around it was tumbling endlessly, white steam was swirling, and the two were eating shabu-shabu.

In addition to a few dishes of vegetables on the case, the most conspicuous thing is a large plate of red and white, thin as paper, even as crystals, as straight as a line, and as beautiful as a flower.

Fan Yongdou stretched out his chopsticks and took out a piece of gray-white meat from the soup, put it in a small dish, dipped it in the sauce, and finally put it in his mouth and chewed it carefully.

"Although it is not as good as the mutton in our north mouth, it is not bad in Puzhou." Fan Yongdou raised his glass and took a sip of wine, "I have a heart, Xiu Cheng." ”

"It's good if Fan Gongzi likes it." Yan Xiucheng said with a smile, "My mutton is naturally not as good as the famous Beikou Yun sheep, but it is also the castrated ram hind legs, frozen and pressed with blood water, and then cut into slices, dry but not frozen, it is also fresh and tender, and it can enter your eyes, and these people are quite attentive to their work." ”

"Okay, Xiucheng, don't say kind words, it's cold, eat some mutton to warm up, come on, drink this cup together."

Yan Xiucheng raised his glass, saluted Fan Yongdou from afar, raised his neck and finished the wine, just put down the wine glass, a person hurried in and whispered a few words in his ear.

Fan Yongdou saw that Yan Xiucheng's face suddenly became extremely ugly, and couldn't help but ask, "What's the matter?" Xiu Cheng, do you want me to avoid it? ”

"No, Fan Gongzi." Yan Xiucheng waved his sleeves and motioned to the maids who were serving on the side, and a few Qingqi people he had specially invited from Puzhou and were singing a little song to retreat.

"The centaurs who set off yesterday have already returned." Yan Xiucheng said.

"Oh! Is it done? Fan Yongdou showed a hint of excitement in his eyes, and he immediately hid it.

"Well, not yet," Yan Xiucheng said, "I'm not afraid of your jokes when I say it, the few who came back were all injured because of slippery roads." ”

"Oh," Fan Yongdou didn't care, the weather was cold, he was riding a horse in a hurry, and it was inevitable that he would fall and get injured, but he still had to express himself appropriately.

"How's the injury?"

"The people don't care, the five people are all slightly injured, but the horses can't do it, they all walk back on their own."

"It's okay," Fan Yongdou comforted, "next time I'll come from the north of Jin, and I'll get you some more horses." ”

"That..., thank you." Yan Xiucheng thanked him, he didn't want it, a few horses could still afford to lose, but thinking that Beikou was close to the grassland, there were many good horses, so he didn't refuse.

"Those five people asked them to find Xiao Si, five taels per person, count it as a little bit of my heart."

"You don't have to break the bank, Fan Gongzi." Yan Xiucheng excused himself.

"Hey, Xiu Cheng, they were injured for my work, I can't help but express it."

"Fan Gongzi is magnificent, help you do things, you really won't lose at all."

"Haha, that's it."

After a while, the maids and the Qing people entered the hall again, serving and singing.

It's just that not long after the atmosphere got up, the person who reported the information just now came in again, still muttering in Yan Xiucheng's ear.

Yan Xiucheng frowned, and said to Fan Yongdou, who was paying attention to him on the side: "It's okay, a few more came back, it's still the same reason." ”

"In that case, it will be dealt with as it was just now." Fan Yongdou raised his glass and said, "Let them go to Xiaosi, don't let this kind of trivial matter affect the wine of you and me." ”

"Did you hear that," Yan Xiucheng scolded, "When you get to the fourth housekeeper, let them thank Fan Gongzi well, and besides, if someone comes back, they don't have to come to report to me, let them go and rest by themselves." ”

"Yes!" The man withdrew.

"Xiu Cheng, didn't I say yesterday, just one or two maids to serve, look at you, have a meal, there are four girls waiting by my side, and I also found a few Qingqi people to relieve my boredom, it's over, it's over."

Fan Yongdou seemed to blame, but he couldn't hide his happy expression.

The corners of Yan Xiucheng's mouth trembled slightly, Master Fan arrived, how dare he be lazy, he really only gave you two girls to call, then in the future, I'm afraid I don't want to do things with you.