March 3rd, also known as the Shangsi Festival in ancient times, this is an ancient festival that began during the Han Dynasty, every day when this day comes, people will bathe and change clothes, wear a new dress to the suburbs to step on the spring, among which the married woman has a very important activity, that is, to bathe by the river, it is said that after soaking in the spring river water, it can make the woman more likely to get pregnant.

The Bianhe River is the largest river flowing through the city of Tokyo, and it is precisely because of this that on the third day of March, the Bianhe River is full of women who come to bathe, these women come to the river in groups with tents and curtains, and then begin to bathe their bodies with spring water, and it is precisely because of this that no man dares to approach the river on March 3, of course, there are some disciples who want to peep, but if they are discovered, they will be at least beaten half to death, and they will be arrested and locked up in the government for a few years afterwards.

The river water in March is still very cold, ordinary women will directly bathe in the cold river water, and the conditional family will heat the river water before bathing, and noble women like Cao Ying will not go to ordinary rivers such as the Bianhe River, but directly take a carriage to a small hill in the southeast of Kaifeng, this mountain is called Wentang Mountain, as the name suggests, there are many hot springs on this mountain, and this is also the place where Cao Ying and these ladies are bathing.

Zhao Yan sat bored sitting by the lake at the bottom of the mountain fishing, and next to him sat the equally boring Hu Yanping, the women went up the mountain to soak in the hot springs, so the mountain has become a forbidden place for men, and the intersections of the mountain are guarded by special personnel, and the men who send their women to the hot springs can only stay at the bottom of the mountain. For example, they were surrounded by men like him who were waiting for the women on the mountain.

"Third brother, you said that these women are really troublesome, and they can take a bath all morning. I don't want to think about how boring we are waiting down there! I saw Hu Yanping holding a fishing rod in one hand, covering his mouth with the other and yawning and complaining, they came here after breakfast, and saw that the morning was about to pass, but the woman on the mountain still did not come down, which made his patience almost exhausted.

"Soaking in a hot spring is different from bathing, you have to take a good soak to appreciate the benefits. So just wait patiently. In contrast, Zhao Yan was very calm. He had been mentally prepared before he came, and although the lake in front of him was not big, the fish were not small, and he had already caught a lot of fish this morning. Even now he is wondering what kind of fish to eat for lunch today?

Seeing Zhao Yan's calm appearance, Hu Yanping also shook his head helplessly, he didn't have such good patience as Zhao Yan, especially he was not interested in fishing, so he simply dropped the fishing rod and lay directly on the grass to get ready to sleep, it is estimated that when he wakes up, the woman on the mountain should also come down.

However, just as Hu Yanping lay down, he heard Zhao Yan suddenly ask, "Brother Hu Yan." Some time ago, Zhilugu went to Western Xia, and he didn't delay your treatment, right? ”

"No, my illness is only the first month and requires the acupuncture technique of the Zhilugu Divine Doctor. After that, I mainly took decoction, and now I have persisted for more than half a year, and my condition is much better, and sometimes I don't even have a seizure once a day, according to my grandfather, as long as I insist on taking medicine for a few more months. My brain disease will be cured, and I will finally be able to go to military school. "As soon as I mentioned my illness. Hu Yanping immediately said very excitedly.

He has been looking forward to being cured, and then going to the military academy to study like his cousin Hu Yanqing and becoming a real general.

"That's good, the door of the military academy is open for you at any time, so don't worry." Zhao Yan said with a smile at the moment, and then he suddenly thought of one more thing, and then asked again, "Brother Huyan, does your lady know about your going to the military academy?" ”

"Of course I know, my wife is very supportive of me, not to mention that I even have a son, even if I die on the battlefield, I can fight for my son." Hu Yanping replied with a natural face, although he was not good at using his brain before, he was much stronger than Zhao Yan in terms of heirs, and now he has three sons, two of whom are born and one is born, and the eldest one is already able to play soy sauce.

"Huh? I didn't say it. Zhao Yan was also stunned when he heard this, he didn't expect Hu Yanping's wife to be so aware of righteousness, but it was normal to think about it, Hu Yanping and his wife were both born in Jiangmen, and they were originally psychologically prepared for men to go to the battlefield, which can be seen from Cao Ying's desire to marry a young general in the first place.

"Third brother, Western Xia has been destroyed, and the next step should be Northern Liao, when do you think the imperial court will make a move, can I catch up?" As soon as he mentioned fighting, Hu Yanping immediately came to his senses, and immediately sat up and asked Zhao Yan that he was afraid that before he graduated from the military academy, the strong enemies around the Great Song Dynasty would be wiped out, and he would not be able to make meritorious contributions at that time.

"Don't worry, this time the destruction of Western Xia has consumed a lot of the strength accumulated by the imperial court, and it will definitely need to recuperate for a few years, and I will tell you one more thing, your cousin Hu Yanqing proposed to rebuild the construction of the Hebei Army, and the father has agreed to this matter, and he has also authorized the cadets who graduated from our military academy to enrich the Hebei Army, so before the reconstruction of the Hebei Army is completed, there should be no attack on the Liao State." Zhao Yan said with a light smile.

Although it is also possible to attack Liao from the Western Xia side, but for the Great Song Dynasty, the best direction of attack is still Hebei, plus the Western Army is dominant in the forbidden army, which is not a good thing for the imperial court, so the reconstruction of the Hebei Army is urgent, and the skeleton of the Hebei Army will all be served by the cadets of the military academy, it can be said that after the completion of the Hebei Army, it will become a new army different from the old military school.

"What, there is such a thing?" What Zhao Yan never expected was that instead of being happy when Hu Yanping heard this, he showed an angry expression, as if he did not approve of the matter of re-establishing the Hebei Army?

"What, what is Brother Huyan's opinion on rebuilding the Hebei Army?" Zhao Yan asked with a strange face, no matter what aspect you look at, Hu Yanping doesn't seem to have much to do with this matter, and even when Hu Yanping graduates from the military academy, he can still go to the rebuilt Hebei Army as an officer, which is a good thing for him and all the military cadets.

"I don't have an opinion on the rebuilding of the Hebei Army, but ...... It's ......" Hu Yanping rarely showed a slurring expression at this time, as if he was embarrassed to say something.

"And what, Brother Huyan, how did you learn to swallow and spit out?" Seeing Hu Yanping's appearance, Zhao Yan asked more curiously.

"Alas, third brother, you also know, Brother Qing is my cousin, and now he has accumulated merit to become a commander, and he has also proposed to rebuild the Hebei Army, and his official position will definitely be higher in the future, if I go to the Hebei Army after graduation, wouldn't it be under my cousin's orders." Hu Yanping finally sighed and said with a wry smile.

"Hahahaha~, it turns out that this is what you are worried about." Zhao Yan couldn't help but laugh when he heard this, he didn't expect Hu Yanping, who had always been very arrogant, to care about this problem.

"Third brother, this is not a trivial problem, Brother Qing is my cousin, he has been running behind my ass since he was a child, and I helped him settle the trouble, but if he really becomes my top boss in the future, then I am very faceless?" Seeing that Zhao Yan was laughing endlessly, Hu Yanping was not angry, as a brother, seeing that his younger brother's position was higher than his own, he would definitely feel a little uncomfortable in his heart, and he was naturally no exception.

"Okay, I understand your thoughts, Brother Huyan, but although Brother Qing is a commander, he is still too young after all, and the task of rebuilding the Hebei Army will definitely not be completely handed over to a young general like him, so I will arrange you to be under other generals at that time, if it really doesn't work, you can also go to the Western Army." Zhao Yan stopped laughing and spoke again.

"I don't want to go to the Western Army, as you just said, it will definitely be the Hebei Army that will attack the Liao State in the future, so I'd better go to the Hebei Army, but don't arrange me to be under Brother Qing'er." Hu Yanping shook his head and said, Western Xia has been destroyed, he doesn't want to miss the war against the Liao State again, not to mention that their Huyan family's family motto is to recover the land of Yanyun.

"Okay, I'll arrange it then, you can still cure the root cause of the disease with peace of mind, and then enter the military academy to study for a few years, but it's not easy to graduate from the military academy, you must not persevere." Zhao Yan smiled again, the training and study courses of the military academy have given the cadets a huge pressure, and some of the cadets have dropped out of school halfway because they can't bear this pressure, and there is no retention for these people in the military academy, after all, as a general, they will be under more pressure on the battlefield in the future, and now they can't even bear this pressure, so they are not qualified to be a general at all.

"Third brother, you dare to underestimate me, not to mention anything else, Brother Qing'er and the others can do it, I can definitely do it, and I will do it better, then you just wait to see me on the battlefield!" Hu Yanping said confidently, he didn't believe that he would lose to Hu Yanqing's cousins.

Seeing that noon had arrived, Zhao Yan took out the barbecue grill that had been prepared a long time ago, lit a charcoal fire and began to grill the fish, and other people around him also began to prepare lunch, and some people took the opportunity to eat to come to Zhao Yan to say a few words, and Zhao Yan also coped with it easily.

Not long after lunch, the women who went up the mountain to soak in the hot springs finally began to go down the mountain, Cao Ying and Xue Ning'er They also talked and laughed down the mountain with a group of noble ladies, because Cao Ying was pregnant and couldn't soak in the hot springs, this was what Zhao Yan specially told her, as for Xue Ning'er, they were ruddy and looked extremely attractive.

When Cao Ying and the others got into the carriage, Zhao Yan and the family were about to go back, but just as they were about to enter Tokyo City, Si Yue suddenly stretched out her chubby little finger from the window of the carriage and pointed to the sky and shouted: "Daddy, look, there is a tiger flying in the sky!" (To be continued)