Volume 4 Chapter 56 The New Year is Coming (Part II)

Bang......"

"Bang ......"

"Bang ......"

This is not the sound of cannons, there is no gunpowder yet, Wei Yan is not a doctor of chemical engineering, let alone a military wizard, he doesn't know how to make artillery, this sound, no doubt, is the sound of popcorn.

Poor Wei Yan, since the popcorn was sent, it has been very popular, first of all, Cheng Zhijie Cheng Old Man rushed to the door to beg for it without face and skin.

"Wei Xiaosi! You're not kind! I only know how to honor my father-in-law, but I don't know how to honor my uncle, I should fight! ”

Early in the morning, Wei Yan was woken up by Cheng Zhijie's loud voice, rubbing his eyes, yawning out, and when he saw Cheng Zhijie's black face, he woke up from sleep, and hurriedly asked: "Uncle Cheng is here, I wonder if the little nephew has done something inconsiderate?" ”

Cheng Zhijie waved his hand and said, "I know that you are uneducated, pretending to be a Sven." said, why did you send that popcorn to your father-in-law's house, and you didn't know how to send it to my Cheng Mansion? Wei Xiaosi, who has no conscience, hurts you in vain on weekdays! ”

When Wei Yan heard this, he suddenly felt his head big, and hurriedly said consciously and voluntarily: "What did Uncle Cheng say, how dare the little nephew forget your old man, no, I am going to make some more today and send it to a few uncles' mansions." ”

"Count you kid acquaintance!"

Cheng Zhijie claimed that Wei Yan, as a nephew, honored his father-in-law, but did not honor his uncle, it should not be, and he should be treated equally. Wei Yan hurriedly agreed, but his skills were not as deep as others, and there was really no other way than to agree.

Satisfied with the intention. Cheng Zhijie left satisfied. Pity Wei Yan, who spent the whole day in the thud of popcorn, which shook his ears. His eyes were dazzled and his face was black and gray. When it came, he sighed: "Labor is the most glorious!" ”

Originally, I wanted to shout to bring down the feudal landlord, but it seems that he himself is now a member of the landlord, and shouting to bring down the landlord is not to bring down himself! Pure!

Xie probably saw that he was pitiful. kindly comforted him: "If you don't experience wind and rain, how can you see a rainbow, you should be experienced, and when you can compare with Uncle Cheng, you will be a teacher." ”

Thinking of Cheng Zhijie's scoundrel, Wei Yan had tears in his eyes, and asked the sky speechlessly, sighing: "I have experienced countless ups and downs. But why the hell hasn't the rainbow shown up yet? Isn't that a toss for people? ”

Xie Hehe laughed, patted Wei Yan on the shoulder casually, and said, "It means that you have not experienced enough wind and rain, and you don't have to go through a cold bone." How can the plum blossoms be fragrant. Right? ”

Wei Yan was speechless, and said. This sister didn't say that before, but now, she can be regarded as practiced. Rainbow pinch? His family's rainbow seems to be far away.

Two days before the Chinese New Year, His Majesty Li Er held a New Year dinner, and officials above the fourth grade could participate. was about to attend the dinner, Wei Yan remembered what he had encountered in the palace, and hurriedly told Xie about it, and the two of them took a closer look.

Xie groaned and asked, "What do you think?" ”

Wei Yan said: "The one named Li You last time, do you remember?" ”

Xie frowned slightly and nodded. Wei Yan said: "I heard that he was not in the ranks of the edict to return to Beijing this time. ”

Xie's face turned cold, and he said, "In this way, that Li You, did that person deliberately let us test our land?" ”

Wei Yan said: "Eighty percent is." ”

Xie pondered for a while: "The later attack should not have been instigated by that person, no wonder Li You was not in the ranks of the edict to return to Beijing." ”

Wei Yan said: "Li You is not afraid, we are in the capital, he is in the field, and now the traffic is not developed, the mountains are high and the roads are far away, don't care about him." It's that Li Yuanchang, and Li Su, who is a bad person, although neither of them is a prince who is favored by His Majesty Li Er, but they still have a little headache, and they are not afraid of thieves stealing, but they are afraid of thieves. ”

A cold light flashed in Xie's eyes, and he said, "The first strike is strong, and the second strike suffers!" You say, if Your Majesty knew that Li Yuanchang often cared about Prince Chengqian, what would he think? ”

Wei Yan smiled and said, "Husband......"

As soon as he said a word, he immediately woke up, quickly stopped, and turned elsewhere: "The prosperity of Fubaling is in a lake in Dongting." Connecting the distant mountains, swallowing the Yangtze River, the vast soup soup, the endless horizon; The morning sun and the sunset are cloudy, and the weather is myriad; This is the grand view of Yueyang Tower, and the predecessors have prepared it. ”

Xie was full of black lines, looking at Wei Yan's gaze, very outrageous, very entangled, and sighed: "What are you doing with Yueyang Lou Ji?" ”

Wei Yan was serious, and his face did not change: "I miss my middle school days, this article, I was punished by the teacher for copying it three times!" ”

Xie was speechless and continued: "Let's think about how to let His Majesty Li Er know that Li Yuanchang often cares for Prince Chengqian!" ”

Wei Yan twisted her brows and thought about it, when she saw Xie's jewelry box, and remembered that when she gave her those gems and jade, she looked like a little woman happily, not because of the value of those things, but because Wei Yan gave her a gift.

Wei Yan suddenly remembered, and he laughed. Xie frowned and said coldly: "Don't get distracted!" Be attentive! ”

Wei Yan said: "I didn't get distracted, I think, His Majesty Li Er already knows." ”

Xie was shocked and hurriedly asked, "What do you say?" ”

Wei Yan hurriedly told the matter that Prince Chengqian said that he wanted to put the treasures sent by Li Yuanchang into the inner treasury, so how could His Majesty Li Er not know that a batch of valuable things would be included in the inner treasury! If you know it, you will definitely be curious about where Prince Chengqian came from, Prince Chengqian, that honest boy, must truthfully tell him the origin of the emperor's father's treasure, and I have to say the reason why he did this, hehe, we have meritorious education!

Xie smiled helplessly and said, "Your luck, why is it so good?" Crookedly, Li Yuanchang is not worried, what about Li Su? There's no good way to deal with the muddy people! ”

"Isn't there still his brother Li Ke? In other words, the throne of the King of Shu seems to be a title that a child who is not very favored will have it, I remember, later Li Tai and Cheng Qian failed to compete for the throne, and one of them also became the king of Shu, isn't Li Ke a child that Taizong likes? Why was it the king of Shu in the first place? ”

Xie smiled and said: "This is not very clear, both the old and new Tang books say that Li Ke is very loved by Taizong." But. It seems that he made some mistakes in the early stage, and he was also crowned the king of the county

The two talked about royal gossip for a while, and cleaned up. Prepare to enter the palace. Dressed in costume and makeup, Xie didn't like it, just lightly embellished his eyebrows and lip red, not to mention Wei Yan, who dared to pounce on his face with powder. He must have fought hard with others.

Wei Yan took Xie into the palace, and consciously found a place to sit at the end, and as soon as he led Xie to sit down, Cheng Zhijie's loud voice sounded: "Wei Shilang, I'm only here now, come here, meet the elders." ”

Wei Yan smiled bitterly and helped him up. The two of them went over together, and saw from a distance standing with Cheng Zhijie and his old father-in-law standing with a greeting and a tall and burly man with a face about middle-aged in brocade clothes. The eyebrows are heroic and heroic. A pair of eyes, calm and clear.

After saluting, Old Man Qin said: "Shilang come over and introduce you, this is King Zhao Jun, an old comrade-in-arms of his father." ”

Who is King Zhao?!

Anyway, Wei Yan didn't specialize in history, and he really didn't know, looking at Xie, Xie also shook his head. King Zhao Jun smiled kindly: "The old man has not gone out for a long time, and it is understandable that Shiro and his wife do not know the old man, and the old man Li Xiaogong is also." ”

Say the name, Wei Yan and Xie will know, and hurry up to salute. This old prince is one of the famous generals of the Tang Dynasty, loyal and generous, and has a good popularity and reputation in the Tang royal family and among the generals.

After seeing the ceremony again, the old prince smiled and said: "The old man likes the tea made by Shiro very much, the taste is fragrant, quiet and far-reaching, which is very unique. I've always wanted to meet people who can make such wonderful things, but when I see it today, it really lives up to its reputation. ”

Wei Yan smiled and said: "Lord Wang, don't praise me, boy, I know that I am too jumpy, and the meaning of tea is very different, you praise me so much, it is more embarrassing than scolding me." ”

King Zhao Jun laughed for a while and said: "With such an insight, it shows that you are extraordinary, the righteous son received by Brother Shubao is not a vulgar thing!" Brother Uncle Bao has a good son, and his dignity is enviable, like those little bastards in my family! All I know is to get into trouble for me. ”

Old Man Qin laughed, obviously very proud, but he also pretended to be modest: "It's nothing, Shiro, this kid, is also naughty, sipping my family Qin Meng has done a lot of things that make people cry and laugh, I am an old man, a lot of age, and I follow the two of them to help clean up the mess." ”

King Zhao Jun smiled: "Isn't it all like this? ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone present who became fathers laughed. After laughing for a while, they each returned to their seats and sat down, and His Majesty Li Er arrived with Empress Changsun.

The New Year's dinner, regardless of the past and future lives, the process is almost the same, first of all, it is the leading speech, and then drinking. Xie was pregnant and couldn't drink, so Wei Yan found an attendant early and changed a pot of warm water for Xie to drink.

Anyway, this kind of banquet, a four-grade petty official like Wei Yan, is the role of accompanying the last seat, besides, the two of them don't want to attract attention, so they quietly shrank at their tails and eat in a muffled voice. Today's food, in Wei Yan's opinion, is okay, it's the mutton, not very suitable for the taste of Xie, I want to eat pork, that's no, people don't want to eat that in the palace.

"Let's eat more whole grains, look, there are tortillas, and cabbage, let's eat these."

Wei Yan started to give Xie a lot of dishes, Xie lowered his head and started eating, enjoying it with peace of mind. Since Xie was pregnant, Wei Yan has single-handedly taken care of the task of taking care of her dining place, and it is the same at home, even more so on the first day, Wei Yan desperately peeled the shrimp for Xie, removed the fish bones, and gave Xie a big bowl of rice, smirking on the side, which made Xie laugh for a while, and a burst of sweetness. Women like the feeling of being held in the palm of their hand.

Greeting Xie to eat, Wei Yan didn't forget to say a few words to his colleagues beside him, and everyone's faces were filled with cheerful smiles, and the monarchs and ministers were happy, but that's it.

"Lord Wei, Lord Wei."

There was a young official next to Wei Yan who called him, Wei Yan turned his head and saw that it was a handsome young man he didn't know, and he sighed again, why are there so many handsome guys in the Tang Dynasty!

"This Lord is ......"

The young man smiled and said, "It is also a good thing to be able to sit together today in the lower high performance, and the reputation of Lord Yangwei for a long time." ”

Gao Cheng, this person Wei Yan has heard of the one of Princess Shang Chengyang, his father is Gao Shilian, the uncle of the eldest grandson, a well-known handsome guy.

In other words, the Gao family and the eldest grandson family were all famous for their beauty, and they were inherited from the brothers and sisters of the eldest grandson queen, the eldest grandson queen was very beautiful, why did the eldest grandson Wuji have a round face? The so-called genetic variation?!

While thinking about other people's gossip, he chatted casually with Gao Cheng, a very good young man, knowledgeable, not pedantic, and kind, not very gentlemanly.

"Why doesn't Master Wei eat mutton? Don't like it? ”

Wei Yan smiled bitterly: "My family ......"

Just as he was about to say the word madam, Xie cast a meaningful look, Wei Yan quickly stopped and changed his words: "Our whole family is not used to eating mutton, the taste is too strong!" ”

"And what kind of meat do you usually eat?"

"It's chicken, duck, fish, and pork."

"Pork? How do you eat it? I heard that for eating, Master Wei is one of the best, please give me some advice, to be honest, this mutton has eaten too much, and I am tired of it, and it is good to change the taste occasionally. ”

Gao Cheng said with a smile, Wei Yan looked at him twice, and he was indeed sincere, so he simply taught him a few ways to cook pork, mutton is in the Tang Dynasty, which is aristocratic food, and ordinary people can't afford it.

At the banquet, people sitting nearby gathered together to talk and laugh, and the atmosphere was very warm. His Majesty Li Er and Empress Changsun raised their wine glasses together, and His Majesty Li Er said in a loud voice: "Princess, please drink this cup to the full, dry!" ”

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The New Year banquet, in fact, is nothing special, just drinking, composing poetry, and not compulsing, after all, there are many generals present, and not all of them are good at composing poetry.