It is human instinct to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, and even the leaders of tens of thousands of tribes like Ma Zurong are not exempt from vulgarity.

So after he clearly realized that his family was going to starve to death, he chose the lesser of two evils - he directly chose a relatively easy enemy for his side.

Because compared to the people of Lingzhou, who know little about it, the Wang Cao family is at least a well-known enemy.

In terms of decisiveness, Ma Zurong can also be regarded as a decisive person, although it is forced by the situation, it is rare and precious.

Ascending to the watchtower on the periphery of his main house, Ma Zurong stood on a high place and looked north, the fire in the direction of the warehouse not far away became more and more vigorous, and the burning light reflected everywhere almost daylight, avoiding the smoke mixed with the flames, he could clearly see his own children in the distance running to the direction of the warehouse of Wang Cao's two families in the north - there was a not very clear sound of screams and weapons colliding.

Knowing in his heart that it was very likely that his own warrior was screaming, Ma Zurong clenched his fists, his nails almost sank into the flesh of his palm, and his intuition told him that the fire was put by the people of Lingzhou, and it was also the people of Lingzhou who forced his family to this desperate road, but the Ma family had no power to fight, he wanted to explain that he was not qualified to resent the strong, but it made the depression and hatred in his heart deepen.

At this moment, his eyes became more red than the flames burning in the distance.

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On the evening of the winter day, about the end of the morning, in the Lingzhou camp, Luo someone, who was about to hold his horns, walked out of the wooden house, patted his chest, and exhaled a breath of white air full of depression, the cold air was not as clear as before filled with water vapor by the river, but diffused with a strange smell of burning.

"Ha, Alki, send someone to ask, what the hell is going on? Could it be that something is burnt? ”

Alki, who was waiting on the sidelines, did not turn around, but replied with a serious expression: "General, it's not our camp, before dawn, the scout camp people reported that a fire broke out in the northern Xingzhou City, and there was a sound of killing inside, and the people who reported said that it may be that General Min, who sneaked into the city, set fire to the granary of the Ma family." ”

"No wonder ......" Luo Kaixian's hands and feet stopped for a moment, and then ordered: "Send a team of people to the cavalry camp station, explore the situation over there, ask if you have received Min Wenhou, and order Gonzas to closely monitor all movements in Xingzhou City, if the Ma family comes south...... Rebels killed! Surrender prisoners! ”

"Yes, Lord!" Olki turned away.

The order to explore was issued, and Luo Kai first moved his hands and feet on the empty field.

It would be nonsense to say that you are not worried about the changes in Xingzhou, but if you say that you are in a hurry, you may not be able to do so. Just as his soldiers trusted him as the general, Luo Kaixian was also full of confidence in the team he had trained by himself, and he didn't believe that the turtle horse family in Xingzhou could cause any big trouble to his soldiers.

The air was filled with the smell of burnt smell sent by the north wind, and occasionally there was a sweet smell, which was very different from the clear winter snow, but Luo Kaixian, who was seriously practicing the secret art of Jingyuan, was quite leisurely.

This leisurely state of mind was maintained until he had eaten too early and continued to stay in the cabin.

After the creaking wooden door sounded, a series of footsteps, Du Ne, Dou Miao, and Li Xuan walked in one after another. It is said that no one dares to trespass on his residence, but there are exceptions to everything, at least these few people do not need to be reported.

Looking at Luo Kaixian, who was wearing a Chinese-style dress with his beard and hair pulled, Du Ne, who was in the lead, said with a smile: "San Lang, this dress really looks like a noble son in some big clans!" ”

As soon as the words fell, before Luo Kai, who put down the pen and paper in his hand, spoke first, Dou Mo behind Du Ne laughed, and Li Xuan on the other side didn't dare to laugh out loud, but the expression on his face looked weird.

"Old Du, don't you have nothing to do, come and laugh at Luo San?" After a pause, Luo Kaixian said helplessly: "This damn clothes are like a sleeve on my body, I feel that my hands and feet are very restrained, alas, I really can't provoke Du Lao, that lady in your family (niang first sound)!" ”

"Hah!" Among the older generation, Dou Miao's temper is the most hearty, and his laughter is the most taboo-free, "General Luo, do you know why Lao Du has such a temper...... Mild? It's all the result of the discipline of the lady in his family! Ha ha! ”

"Shut up, old Dou, you stubborn!" Old Dune's face suddenly turned blue and red for a while, and he shouted angrily before turning his head to Luo Kaixian and saying, "Don't pay attention to this old thing, San Lang, do you remember what day it is?" ”

"Today?" Luo Kaixian held back the smile in his heart, and asked casually with some doubts.

"Heh, guess Saburo, you forgot, today is the Winter Festival! It's been a year since last year in Kuzak! Gone, he was embarrassed and smiled like a chrysanthemum.

"Oh...... A year has passed," Luo Kaixian suddenly woke up: "I really ignored it, I have been busy with weddings in the past few days, and many things have been delayed!" ”

"It's okay, Saburo." Du Ne waved his hand to stop Luo Kaixian's words, "The old man, Lao Dou and Twelve Lang came here to see how you are prepared here, tomorrow is the day of your wedding, it is said that today you still have to listen to those women, so this winter festival ceremony will be presided over by the ancestor of the Li family, hmm...... The ancestor of the Li family is not bad, and yesterday he said that this is the first winter festival ceremony to arrive in Dongtu, and he must preside over it in person, San Lang, you should concentrate on preparing for your wedding with Siniang. ”

was stunned for a moment, and then Luo Kaixian thought about it, it is completely unnecessary to compare the qualifications of this kind of first sacrifice with an old man who is in his prime, and he does not need to use this kind of false name to maintain his dominance in the future, not to mention that he is about to hold a wedding with Li Ji, because of the relationship between in-laws, the elders of the Li family are no different from his elders.

"It's okay, I have a headache reading those sacrificial texts, and it couldn't be better to have the Li family's grandfather do it for me!" After a few polite words, Luo Kai first remembered what happened in the morning, and said directly: "Du Lao, Dou Lao, Brother Xuan, the scout camp came to report in the morning, Xingzhou in the north is in chaos, and there is no exact letter at the moment, I guess the Xingzhou Ma family and Wang Cao's two families have fought......"

"Is there such a thing?!" The quick-tempered Dou Mo asked first.

"There's nothing wrong with the scout camp's letter!" After affirming that there would be no mistake in the information, Luo Kai explained first, "The three of you should still remember Min Wenhou, right?" As early as a month ago, he was sent by me to Xingzhou, I reckoned ...... Now the chaos in Xingzhou, I'm afraid it has something to do with him, the letter reports that the city of Xingzhou is full of fires, and there is a sound of killing, I'm afraid that the Ma family has a reason to fight, as for the war, what will happen to the Xingzhou side, I'm afraid it's hard to predict, my suggestion is...... Brother Xuan, are there still vacant houses in the camp? ”

"San Lang, what do you think? Want to bring in the homeless? Li Xuan's reaction was quick, "There are no vacant houses in the camp, but there are still a lot of surplus ...... in the racecourse."

Luo Kai first looked at Li Xuan's expression, and suddenly felt in his heart that the pattern of this chief manager was still a little smaller, and he was unwilling to accept outsiders easily. However, he is a person with a smart mind, and when he turns his mind around, this is not a mistake, if he accepts outsiders easily, it is indeed unfair to the people who have worked hard all the way, and in a short time, it is difficult for outsiders to discern their minds, which will inevitably cause hidden dangers to the safety of the camp.

"It's okay, I have ordered the cavalry battalion to control the situation in the north, and if there are displaced people who are sheltering from the war, Brother Xuan will pay attention to the acceptance arrangement. Well, Dou Lao, over there in the mine, please let me tell you, if there are prisoners of war, I will arrange them to enter the mine, and this needs to be coordinated by Dou Lao! ”

"Good! Isn't it just a captive, just hand it over to the old man! Don't look at the old man's old age, the people in this Hexi land really let the old man look at it, most of them are only a few taels of meat, and the old man can catch both at one time! Dou Mo patted his chest and shouted.

Luo Kaixian forcibly suppressed the impulsive idea of rolling his eyes, and glanced at the stubborn old man with a ruddy face, because he had enough food and a good mood along the way, this old guy became stronger and stronger, like a strong man in his forties and fifties, and he did have the ability to talk big.

His eyes narrowed, and he responded cheerfully: "In this way, I will bother to ...... old man."

"That's it, give it to the old man, and make sure it's okay......" Old Dou Mo happily patted his chest again.

Dune couldn't look at it from the sidelines, and pushed the old man, "You are capable of doing it again!" Busy with your business to ......"

After the three of them pushed and shoved away, Luo Kaixian pretended to be an otaku in the house, in fact, he was sitting at the desk sketching some ideas to improve the workshop, of course, he was restless, the sacrificial celebration of the Winter Festival, the big wedding that made his heart beat a little faster tomorrow, and the latest news about the direction of Xingzhou, all of which were tangled in his heart, and all kinds of things came together, making his efficiency extremely poor.

He was going to stay up until noon, and before he could get the latest news, several old women who had restricted him from staying in the house to cover up their white clothes came again.

It was the old lady of the Du Ne family who came first, and she greeted with a smile before she heard it: "Luo Jia Saburo, the annoying old woman is here again, don't say that the old man restricts you from leaving the house......"

Throwing down the pen and ink again, Luo Kaixian stood up and greeted several elderly women who walked in one after another: "Ladies and gentlemen (1), Luo San, I am really going to hold back my horns, can you let me go out and have a look?" ”

"Don't try to make a fool of yourself...... the old lady of the Wang family in the lead raised her hand and waved, "Sit down, you are so tall...... Let the old man look at your general's face, yo, isn't it much more delicate...... Tsk, it's pretty good to look at the frightening general's big black face to avoid the wind and sand and maintain it......"

Several other old women on the side also approached, and said with a smile in their mouths, "Hehe, Sister Du, when can your tricky temperament be changed?" Look at our general's face is really delicate, it seems that this general is still different from mortals. ”

"Of course it's different, according to the old man in the family, those who can be generals are all stars in the sky......

"That little monkey in your family is also going to be named a general, isn't it also a star descending to earth, not the species of Lao Min in your family? Ha ha...... Don't arrest people......"

"Who told you to talk nonsense......"

Being teased and teased by a few older women, Luo Kaixian, who was in a hurry, had to honestly listen to the mercy of others, but his face turned pale for a while, maybe such a change can promote blood circulation? Then it is unknown.

Closed his eyes, didn't speak, let these old women fiddle with their faces, it was easy to get through this time, Luo Kaixian also knew that these women just regarded themselves as their own babies, and at the same time they were depressed, they actually had some warm drunkenness, but he was really not clever in this regard, and he couldn't learn how to please others at all, so he could only pretend to be a saw-mouth gourd.

When I was closing my eyes and recuperating, I heard the old lady of the Wang family of the Du family say: "San Lang, don't blame the old man for being disrespectful, hold on, there is still half a day's effort, and you can see your fourth lady tomorrow with peace of mind...... Hey, are the things in the back coming up? Hurry up! ”

"Coming, coming...... a neat woman walked in with a huge food box, and put the huge food box on Luo Kaixian's table and opened it.

When Luo Kai raised his eyes to look first, he found that there was a lot of food delivered, and it was full of a huge food box half a foot high.

Mrs. Du spoke again on the side, "You can't see the bride before marriage, because today happens to be the Winter Festival, which the fourth lady made for you herself, San Lang, you have a good mouth!" Yo he, if you want to say that the little fourth mother of the Li family is really ingenious, and she has learned a lot of things along the way, this is the glaive wonton of the bag? Hurry up, the old body will come back in the afternoon to adjust the groom's robe for you tomorrow! Gone, sisters! ”

Luo Kaixian, who had a little wooden head, didn't bother to get up to see off the guests, smelling the aroma of the food in the food box, only to realize that he was already hungry. When I walked to the long table and looked closely, I realized that what kind of glaive wonton was clearly steamed dumplings!

Tearing open the layers of food boxes, Luo Kaixian found the noodles and dumplings that were separated from the soup, as well as the best steamed pork, which he had been looking forward to for a long time after eating the grilled food all the way!

Luo Kai, who has been the first in everything along the way, found that it is also beneficial to be an otaku occasionally, at least there will be surprises in this winter festival.

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(1) 孃孃, niangniang, the first overlapping sound, the same as Niangniang, refers to the title of aunt and aunt, and the ancient name of the dialect.

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P.S.: Make up for yesterday's arrears, and there is another chapter later today.