The beacon fire warning signal shows that the war between the Great Jin and Duan Xianbei has officially begun.

As long as there is an enemy situation, there is a certain scale or a certain depth of invasion, the beacon tower on the border will burn wet wolf dung and wet pine branches to form a beacon fire to transmit the message.

In fact, this beacon warning was not timely, and it was even delayed by three days compared with the actual situation, but this postponement was not a dereliction of duty, and it can be said that it was deliberately delayed under the instructions of the Northwest Army and even the upper echelons of the Jin State.

In the northern frontier of the Jin Kingdom, the most impressive landscape is not the crowds of soldiers, nor the magnificent and majestic city walls, but the lonely beacon towers standing on the high mountains, these beacons can not only transmit warnings, but even simply convey some data, such as the number of enemy troops, the direction of attack, etc. But if you want to be more detailed, you have to use the eagle to pass the book, if it is not a particularly urgent military situation, then hurry up. The reason why the eagle is used is because the carrier pigeon is easy to make mistakes in the northwest, low from the ground is easy to be shot by sentinels, and it is also easy to be preyed upon by birds of prey such as eagles.

Xie Shence watched the black smoke soaring upward, accompanied by the sunset, he couldn't help but think of a poem, and opened his mouth to recite it: "The desert is lonely and the smoke is straight, and the sun sets on the long river." ”

"Good poetry, good poetry! The little marquis is really good at writing! ”

Xie Shence looked back, and it turned out that Xie Shenwei and Shu Chengqing were here.

Xie Shence hurriedly said: "General Shu praised it falsely. ”

Shu Chengqing is different from the fierce general of Buliu Gu Qiyan, he has a scholarly face, and his body is thin, Xie Shence thinks that fortunately, his skeleton is big enough, otherwise he really can't support this armor.

Shu Chengqing hurriedly politely, and the three of them walked down the city wall, chatting as they walked. Shu Chengqing is an authentic Northwest native, with a thick Northwest accent, but when he speaks, he has a showy tone, which makes Xie Shence feel a little awkward, Shu Chengqing probably saw Xie Shence's unnaturalness, and explained: "Little Hou Ye don't blame Lao Shu for speaking strangely." This is something that has been cultivated since childhood, and it can't be changed. ”

Xie Shence said: "Where is it, the northwest dialect is also funny. ”

Shu Chengqing said with a smile: "Lao Shu is an old Northwest person, an authentic Northwest person, and his ancestors have lived here for generations. Since the first emperor moved the population of Guanzhong to the northwest 30 years ago, in the past 20 years, in order to consolidate the northwest, His Majesty has successively moved another 100,000 people into the Hetao, and the population ratio of the northwest has changed greatly, and it has become mainly composed of three major departments: the Sinicized Hu people, the old northwest people and the new northwest people. Among them, the Sinicized Hu people account for a small part, the old Northwest people are decreasing, and the new Northwest people are increasing. The descendants who migrated from Guanzhong and intermarried were all called New Northwest people, so the New Northwest people were the most numerous. Most of the people who speak the Northwest accent that the little marquis sees and hears are actually new Northwest people. There are not many authentic old northwesters like Lao Shu. The difficult thing is that Lao Shu's wife and father-in-law are all old northwestern, so the people of Lao Shu's family can be regarded as the real old northwest. ”

Shu Chengqing smiled, and then said: "The old Shu family has always been a soldier, Taizu is, great-grandfather is, grandfather is, father is, three generations died at the border of the Great Jin Dynasty. So when my father was alive, he wanted Lao Shu to know a few more words, a little culture, and use it to flush the blood in the family, so that the old man could have a good death, and it was best for the younger generations to pass the imperial examination, and then live in a big house in Kyoto. So when Lao Shu was young, he held the "Book of Songs" and "Shangshu" all day long to memorize, and now I still remember, 'Guan Guan Ju Dove, ...... in Hezhizhou' I don't understand these things, I only understand one sentence, that is, 'My Fair Lady, Gentleman is good', men like beauties, not only gentlemen, Lao Qiu Ba also likes it. That's when I understood this sentence. It was about that Lao Shu was too stupid to study, and then his father finally died at the border pass, just thirty miles outside the Tonglu Pass, a squadron of three hundred rangers was surrounded and annihilated, and they were all cut off by barbarians and piled up into a Jingguan. So later, I felt that reading should be useless, so I joined the army. However, it may be because of literacy that he was finally promoted, and he became a military officer and became more and more important, and finally realized that reading is useful. Then I also understood that 'I have no clothes, and I am in the same robe with the son', probably because I have cut people and have been cut by others, and I have saved people and been saved by others, so I gradually understood what it means to 'repair my spear and have the same hatred with the son'. It's just that I still don't know if I can 'hold the hand of my son and grow old with my son' with my mother-in-law. ”

Xie Shence actually wanted to say that "repair my spear" and "have the same enmity with the son" are actually two sentences, but for some reason he didn't say it, but felt that reading it was the most correct at this time.

"The prince and the little marquis don't want to be long-winded, the sixth (step six lonely beggars) they don't like Lao Shu to be verbose, and it's the first time the prince and the little marquis have seen Lao Shu, and Lao Shu is still an elder, so it's not good to be impatient in person."

Xie Shence waited for him to finish speaking, and said with a smile: "Where is it, General Shu doesn't talk like this, he doesn't look like an elder, but he sees the outside." ”

Shu Chengqing was stunned, laughed, and said in a thick northwest accent: "It's Lao Shu who looks like him, in this way, it's getting dark, Lao Shu dares to invite the prince and the little marquis to a private banquet, there are no outsiders, my Hun's exquisite colors will not be, but there will be two at home, the little marquis is injured and can't drink, how about Lao Shu and the prince have a drink?" ”

Xie Shenwei said: "Trouble General Shu." ”

Xie Shence said: "General Shu, there is a reluctant request, my brother ......"

Shu Chengqing was stunned for a moment, and then laughed again: "I'll let the soldiers shout." ”

Xie Shence's reluctant invitation is naturally He Ruoque.

At night, in the general's mansion, not in the main hall, in the private kitchen courtyard, four people sat in four seats, drinking and eating around the charcoal stove.

The table similar to the hot pot is to hollow out the middle of the square table, put a charcoal fire at the bottom, and then put a few pots on the top, which is very convenient.

Shu Chengqing poured two bowls of wine, which was the most common throat cutting knife in the northwest, and said with a smile: "When Lao Shu was young, his favorite thing in winter was not beef and mutton, do you know what it is?" ”

Xie Shence didn't care that Shu Chengqing no longer called him "Shizi" and "Little Marquis" in his words, and said with a smile: "It won't be green vegetable tofu, right?" ”

Shu Chengqing put the chopsticks on the table, clapped his hands and said, "It's true!" However, it is not a green vegetable, but a pickled old green cabbage leaf with some slight rot, put it in the stove and simmer slowly, sprinkle with pepper mustard, adjust to slightly spicy, and then cut the tender tofu into thin slices and boil it together until it is hot, at that time, it tastes sour and spicy and refreshing! That tofu is tender...... It's like the little hands of the Huangjing Lou Oiran, which makes people want to stop! This is a home-cooked dish in the northwest, everyone has green vegetables, just pickle it for an autumn, tofu costs two pennies a pound, it never changes, and everyone can afford to eat it and never get tired of it. ”

Xie Shence smiled: "General Shu has also been to the Huangjing floor Oiran?" ”

Shu Chengqing said with a slight shame: "I went to Beijing with the marshal to celebrate the gong once, but at that time I thought that I had walked into a house made of gold, and my eyes were blind, and I only saw my hands, but I saw my face." ”

Xie Shenwei heard that the pickled vegetables and stewed tofu were delicious, so he wanted to stretch out his chopsticks to clamp it, Shu Chengqing hurriedly stopped, and said: "Don't worry, don't worry, wait, eat it when the heat is ready, it will be fragrant at that time." ”

He Ruoque said: "I don't want General Shu to be so particular about food. ”

Shu Chengqing said with a smile: "Hahahaha, where is the particularity, it should not be done." Life in the world, food, clothing, housing and transportation, Lao Shu I don't care about the rest, only good appetite, I am an old coarse, and I can't eat those red tape, so I don't like fine, I only like homely things, every time I go out and come back alive, I must treat the five internal organs temple. ”

Xie Shenwei took a piece of mutton, drank a bowl with Shu Chengqing, and then quickly peeled a piece of salted duck egg to dilute the strong spiciness. Even the most rugged Northwest man does not dare to drink this kind of throat cutting knife: it is too violent, and if you drink too violently, it will burn your stomach. Therefore, in the cold winter wax moon, in order to ensure that the soldiers are warm, the army will issue this kind of spirit, so that the soldiers can drink to warm up and resist the cold, but even if it is cold, the soldiers do not dare to drink in large gulps, only dare to take small sips, and it will never be excessive, otherwise once the stamina comes up and falls into the snow, it will really die quickly. However, there are strict restrictions on the supply of alcohol in the army, and it will not make people drunk at all.

The mutton used as shabu-shabu is made by Xie Shence's own hands, the mutton cut into large pieces is placed outside, let it freeze naturally, and after a moment of natural thawing, then use a planing knife to shave into thin slices piece by piece, and dip it into the boiling soup, swing back and forth twice, you can enter it, the smell of mutton is scalded and soaked in the thick soup, six out of ten, at this time, the entrance is full of flavor and fragrance.

Another pot is the stewed wild boar with bracken, which is unique to the northwest, and the umami of the dried bracken and the thick juice of the wild boar meat are just right, and it tastes particularly vigorous.

The dishes are not exquisite, but the portion and taste are sufficient, which is very suitable for drinking in winter.

Shu Chengqing and Xie Shenwei drank very slowly, ate quickly, and solved a large plate of mutton slices in a short time, at this time, without waiting for Shu Chengqing's instructions, the Hun family also sliced mutton according to Xie Shence's method, and then removed the pickled vegetables and stewed tofu, and at the same time served another serving, with some side dishes, Xie Shenwei and Shu Chengqing drank very heartily, although the big bowl was not big, but it was also quite a thousand cups. Later, Xie Shence and He Ruoque couldn't help but join, and the four of them drank until they were sweating profusely, taking off their shirts and soaking wet, steaming white under the reflection of the lights at night.

Except for Xie Shence, the three of them felt extremely refreshed, swept away the tension and fatigue before the battle, and drank to make guessing boxing. Xie Shence didn't feel this way, because he was sweating, and the wounds on his body felt like a thousand ants were gnawing at him, which was very uncomfortable.

As the charcoal fire in the furnace gradually decreased, the four of them were also full of wine and food, and finally Xie Shenwei and He Ruoque staggered back to their residence with the help of Tie Wei, and Xie Shence was alone in the room by two doctors to change the dressing.

A doctor smelled the smell of wine on Xie Shence's body, and persuaded him bitterly: "This little general, don't drink again before the injury recovers, otherwise the wound will heal very slowly, look at the scene at the border pass, it is estimated that there will be a war again, if the little general wants to make great contributions, he must listen to the old and decayed, he must be well conditioned, and he must not eat and drink indiscriminately, if he delays this time, he will not know when he will go to the battlefield next time." ”

Xie Shence was drunk at this time, and he didn't know what the old doctor was talking about, but he felt that when he cleaned the wound, he didn't feel much pain, and after a while, he seemed to be asleep.

When the two masters and apprentices saw that Xie Shence was asleep, they stepped up their movements, and soon re-bandaged them, and the two put Xie Shence on the bed and lay down, and then walked out of the room lightly.

After the two of them went out, three iron guards came in, knocked lightly on the door three times, Xie Shence got up from the bed, and said to the three of them: "Follow them, don't alarm them, see that they want to make contact with some people." ”