Xue Tangcheng, who has lived like a year, finally waited for the "good day" when Junchen went to Longmen to hold a "roasted tail banquet".

"Burning tail feast" refers to the banquet of new officials taking office or officials being promoted, entertaining relatives and friends who come to congratulate, and its meaning is taken from the metaphor of the fish leaping over the dragon gate, and the fish tail must be burned off by the heavenly fire before it can turn into a dragon. If you don't count Junchen's intention to show off to his opponent Yang Fan's idea, holding this "Burning Tail Banquet" in Longmen is in line with the meaning of Yuelongmen, but it is very auspicious.

Early in the morning, Xue Tangcheng, Xu Lushi, Su Zhanggu and others were waiting at the foot of the mountain, although they knew that it was impossible for Lai Junchen to arrive so early. Because if Lai Junchen can appear at the foot of the mountain at this time, unless he gets up in the middle of the night to prepare, he will leave the city as soon as the city gate opens.

Several of them were dressed thickly, and the effect was very good at keeping out the cold, but after standing at the foot of the mountain for more than an hour, they were all so cold that their faces were blue and their feet were numb.

Xu Lushi craned his neck to look at the mountain, and when he saw that Yang Fan hadn't appeared yet, he sniffed and said to Xue Tangcheng: "Don't say it, our Yang Tang supervisor is really tough, and he is still bedridden." Not to mention Shaoqing's great fierceness...... prestige, just because he is the second leader of our Sinong Temple, Yang Tangjian dares to be so big, I have to be convinced. ”

Xue Tangcheng scolded with a smile: "What a second master, we are not thieves." People Yang Tangjian, you don't want to compare, come to Shaoqing, Yang Tangjian dares to put this score, we can't do it, don't complain about going down the mountain too early, I told you to come down the mountain early, frozen here, for your good! ”

Xue Tangcheng stomped his feet and said, "I don't understand, do you?" Our Yang Tang supervisor made it clear that he was going to do it with Shaoqing, and if he turned around and annoyed Shaoqing, we were afraid that we would also be unlucky. Now it's freezing harder, and I also called Shaoqing to see our sincerity, lest they fight with the gods and our little ghosts suffer. ”

Although Su Zhanggu is young, his body bones are very thin, and he is not as frost-resistant as Xue Tangcheng. Su Zhanggu was so cold that his stomach was on fire, and when he heard Xue Tangcheng say this, he couldn't help but sneer. Said disdainfully: "Xue Tangcheng, Xu Lushi." You two don't have to brag about Yang Tangjian so much, if he is really not afraid of coming to Shaoqing, why did he send the family back to the city yesterday? ”

Xu Lushi glanced at him and said, "You know a fart!" Yang Tangjian's family now has more than 20 shops in Nanshi alone, and during the New Year's Festival, this owner is not allowed to treat the shopkeepers and friends of each store? Can't go to collect accounts all year round? The eldest lady of the Yang family returned to the city to do business. ”

Su Zhanggu sneered twice, and said in a weird manner: "Anyway...... Today, Shaoqing is going to Longmen to hold a 'roasted tail banquet'. Yesterday, Yang Tangjian sent the family back to Luoyang City, what do I think, this is all the meaning of being soft to others. ”

Xue Tangcheng said: "If you really want to be soft, Yang Tangjian will not state that he is neither allowed to come to Shaoqing to stay nor give him Zhang Luo food, in my opinion, Yang Tangjian just doesn't want Shaoqing to catch him." After all, Yang Tangjian is now under the roof of people, and it is understandable to do so. ”

At this time, a deacon came from afar and shouted: "Tang Cheng, Xue Tang Cheng, someone is coming from outside the mountain!" ”

Xue Tangcheng said in surprise: "No, Shaoqing arrived so early?" ”

He put his hand on the canopy and looked into the distance, at the end of the snowfield. Sure enough, I saw a row of dark shadows slowly moving closer......

The team is getting closer. It was already possible to see their silhouettes, seven or eight carts. Twenty or thirty horsemen hugged him, and walked towards the bottom of Longmen Mountain, Xue Tangcheng took a long breath, called a deacon, and said, "You go quickly, go up the mountain and tell Yang Tangjian." ”

Su Zhanggu looked at him and said, "Tang Cheng, didn't Yang Tangjian not take Lai Shaoqing in his eyes at all and tell him what to do?" ”

Xue Tangcheng glared at him and said: "You don't talk nonsense, Yang Tang Supervisor is willing to go down the mountain to greet him, that's the matter of Yang Tang Supervisor, we have to do our best, Yang Tang Supervisor treats our brothers well, you have so many strange words!" ”

Su Zhanggu was reprimanded by him, and stopped speaking stupidly, Xue Tangcheng waved his hand and said, "Let's go!" Don't wait for Shaoqing to come to the bottom of the mountain, this master has a big temper, let's catch up! ”

Xue Tangcheng gave an order, and a group of small officials who were guarding the hot springs in Longmen and planting vegetables and raising horses greeted them in a chaotic manner......

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Yang Fan was dressed in a short dress and was practicing knives in the courtyard at the moment.

On weekdays, Yang Fan's knife practice is also a show that his baby son likes to watch very much, in Yang Nianzu's eyes, his father plays with knives, which is almost the same as the monkeys in the royal horse corridor, it is all a fun. Now that his family is not here, Yang Fan does not need to deliberately add some strange actions in order to amuse his son, he moves the knife like the wind, and he is very focused on practice.

The snow in the courtyard has not been cleared, and it has become very solid under Yang Fan's daily practice and trampling, except for a charcoal ash sprinkled between the courtyard gate and the door for anti-slip purposes, the snow surface in other parts has been smooth as a mirror, and such a ground will undoubtedly increase the difficulty of his action.

But Yang Fan is on such a ground, still as fast as a whirlwind, like a mad tiger, sometimes an eagle strikes the sky, sometimes a lion fights a rabbit, a rabbit rises and falls, and it is like electricity. The knife sometimes wrapped his whole body layer by layer, and sometimes it was like thunder and lightning, drawing arcs of cold light and emitting it.

His sword skills have made great progress compared to when he left Nanyang at the beginning of that year, the sword is vigorous, fierce, and the veins are long, solid as a rock, this kind of powerful and domineering is the most significant feature of the king of the soldiers, the sword, and it is also the knife technique that can best exert the martial arts of the bearded guest to the extreme.

A deacon stood at the door, obviously a few zhang away from Yang Fan, but he saw Yang Fan tossing and turning and shrouded a radius of several zhang, one after another knife light, Sen Senran was piercing and cold, he wisely chose to stand still and not move, if he really stepped forward, in case Yang Tangjian's feet slipped, would he not die unjustly?

With a "whew", the clear and terrifying sword light suddenly disappeared, and the fierce and terrible knife wind was suddenly retracted, Yang Fan hid the knife behind his elbow, and said impatiently: "What's the matter?" I won't say it, if he comes to Junchen today for official business, the official of this government will come, and Yang will greet him. Since it is for private matters, Yang is too lazy to welcome! ”

The deacon said with a smile: "Yang Tangjian, now the person who comes down from the mountain is not Shaoqing, but the general of the right tunwei, I heard that the person in charge of this place is you, and said that he and you are old acquaintances, so I came to see you, and the little one came to tell you first!" ”

Yang Fan thought about it, but didn't remember that any old man was the general of the Right Tunwei, and couldn't help but say in surprise: "The general of the Right Tunwei, who is it?" ”

Yang Fan said as he walked towards the door, and the deacon said respectfully: "How dare the little one talk more, I only remember that the general claimed to be surnamed Luo, and Xue Tangcheng was accompanying him." ”

Yang Fan heard him say that the general's surname was Luo, and suddenly remembered someone, and couldn't help but be surprised, and said, "It's him?" How did he get here? ”

Yang Fan walked out of the door and looked at the mountain path, and saw Xue Tangcheng accompanied by a person, walking slowly from the mountain path. The man wore a robe with leopard skin sleeves and a gray squirrel cloak, with a broad waist and a fat body, a bloated posture, and a calm gait between his gaits, which looked extremely noble.

Yang Fan had already remembered a person, but when he looked at this person's appearance, it was very different from the person in his impression, and he couldn't help but hesitate a little. At this time, the man had already seen Yang Fan, grinned when he landed, hahadaxiao got up, opened his arms from afar, greeted him happily, and said with a smile: "Erlang, I haven't seen you for a long time!" ”

Yang Fan had just practiced his knife on the mirror-like snow in the courtyard and had never slipped yet, but when he heard him speak, his feet slipped and he was about to fall.

The man in front of him had red and rough skin, a red rosacea nose, fat nose wings, a fat face with loose muscles, deep bags under his eyes, and he looked to be about forty years old. If it weren't for his light blue eyes and his slightly Western accent speaking, Yang Fan wouldn't have believed that this person had taken the name of a Han Chinese named Luo Kedi's loyal Khan, Ashina Hu Sero.

I remember that he and Hu Sero met for the first time in the White Horse Temple, when Hu Sero had a fair complexion, a nose like a cone, handsome facial features, and a heroic posture, but ...... It's only been a few years, how did he become like this? With a bloated body and a face as wide as a basin, Yang Fan was really a little unbearable.

Speaking of which, Hu Seluo is only five or six years older than Yang Fan, and now he is in his early thirties at most, but looking at him like this, he is more than ten years older than his actual age.

Hu Seluo strode over, a pair of fat big hands "snapped" to hold Yang Fan's hands, shook them again and again, and said affectionately: "Erlang, long time no see!" haha, look at your appearance, compared to the first time we met in the White Horse Temple that day, there is almost no change, I am really envious of being a brother, I can't be a brother, old man......"

Hu Sero grabbed Yang Fan's hand and shook his head enthusiastically, his round and fat belly trembled, and his belly was so shy that it was about to reach Yang Fan. Yang Fan smiled bitterly: "Khan, your change is so amazing that the little brother doesn't dare to recognize him." ”

Hu Seluo laughed daxiao: "That is, for my brother, the bow and horse did not leave the body, and now the wine does not leave the body, although all the customs are according to the habits of the Han people, but this diet, grains and vegetables I can't get used to eating anyway, and I have to be fat cows and fat sheep to eat happily, and there is nothing to worry about, can I not be fat?" ”

Yang Fan always felt a little ashamed of his friend because he made that deal with Shen Mu and protected Wu Zhile, so Hu Seluo didn't come to him, and he rarely asked this old friend to come out for a drink and chat. In addition, he has been caught in all kinds of officialdom turmoil, and he doesn't want to implicate this old friend, so this is the first time they have met in a few years.

Savoring the taste of Hu Therro's words, Yang Fan did not notice the slightest bit of desolation and loss, it seems that this loyal lord Khan is really satisfied with the good life of dogs and horses now, Yang Fan can't help but be dumbfounded: "Are the hearts of the children of the grassland so broad-minded?" ”

P: Ask for a monthly pass in the middle of the month!! (To be continued......)