After Xu Huaigu and Yu Qin bumped into Fan Xuan in the forest and sent a message flying sword, the two went all the way back to the pass, and each entered the camp tent to rest, so naturally there is no need to say much here.

Besides, the demon clan only launched a large army attack yesterday and was repulsed and left, so it stands to reason that there should be a few days of peace in the next few days.

Besides, the guards of this forest pass fought really well, killing more than 100,000 demon clans, for the demon clan, this is no longer a dispensable loss.

Therefore, Chu Xiuyang wanted to hold a celebration wine, one was to boost morale, and the other was to welcome Lin Cangyang. Xu Huaigu's visit to Lin Cangyang was actually not very happy to see.

The fake emperor of Dayu has just been removed, presumably the aftermath is not simple, the court is in need of a top backbone, but Lin Cangyang came to the border to inspect at such a juncture, so sure that there will be no chaos in the court?

But Xu Huaigu just thought so, Lin Cangyang came to the border and it was her own business, and Xu Huaigu couldn't care about it.

At this time, it was already this afternoon, since yesterday's battle, Chu Xiuyang sent a large number of soldiers out to clean up the battlefield, on the other hand, the celebration wine was also held lively.

Xu Huaigu had just walked out of the camp tent, and was about to go to find the Xingyue Sect monk named Xia Ying yesterday, and wanted to thank her in person for her help, but he happened to bump into Chu Xiuyang, who was walking quickly.

I saw that she had a knife at her waist and two guards by her side, and she walked very quickly, as if she had some official business to do.

Xu Huaigu walked over and said with a smile: "Yo, General Chu, what are you going to do with such a majestic majesty?" Before Chu Xiuyang could speak, the two guards beside her took the lead in front of her, looked at Xu Huaigu vigilantly, and asked, "Who are you?" Stay away from the general! ”

"Well, it doesn't matter." As soon as Chu Xiuyang saw that it was Xu Huaigu, he signaled that the two guards did not need to be nervous, and smiled at him,

"The letter asking General Lu for arrows has just been sent yesterday, and today a carriage will be transported to Tanglin Pass. It's just that Chen Duwei, who is in charge of the handover, seems to have a little conflict with them, so I'll go and take a look. Xu Huaigu nodded, and Chu Xiuyang saw that he seemed to be a little bored, so he said again: "If Mr. Xu is fine, you can go to the tent over there and sit down, the monks are all over there." I've asked the person in charge of the cooking to start preparing the celebratory wine, and I can drink it tonight. In yesterday's battle, I relied on Mr. Xu a lot, otherwise I was afraid that it would be more than lucky. This is like a completely different person from Chu Xiuyang when he met alone in the camp tent yesterday, and sure enough, in front of people, the general must have the demeanor of a general.

Xu Huaigu agreed with a smile, and asked again, "Has Lin Cangyang arrived?" ”

"The princess has arrived, and is in my tent, talking to the generals about defending the border and the court. Mr. Xu, is this going to see her? Why don't I send a message to the guards in the tent and ask them to let Mr. Xu go? Xu Huaigu hurriedly said: "It's not necessary, you can naturally see it on the celebration wine tonight, don't worry about this moment, don't bother the general." Chu Xiuyang nodded and left, Xu Huaigu didn't think much about it, and went to the camp where Chu Xiuyang said about the monks.

As soon as he stepped into the camp, he saw a civilian official with two small soldiers asking around in the camp, this should be the person responsible for recording the military exploits of the monks.

Xu Huaigu glanced into the tent and saw that Yin Zishi, Yu Qin and the other two unknown monks were chatting together, and most of the other monks were gathered together in twos and threes, only Xia Ying sat alone in the corner, took a handkerchief, and was wiping the knife in his hand.

The little civil servant who was in charge of recording military exploits only watched from afar, and he didn't dare to approach her. Xu Huaigu took a second look and found that Fan Xuan was not in the tent and didn't know where he was.

He slowly walked towards Xia Ying, Xia Ying just raised his eyelids, glanced at him, and continued to stare at the knife in his hand.

Xu Huaigu stood in front of Xia Ying, bowed his head and thanked him: "Yesterday's incident, thank you for your help, otherwise I will have to suffer under the hands of that snake demon." ”

"No thanks." Xia Ying said this lightly, she didn't raise her head, and she didn't seem to want to deal with Xu Huaigu, which made Xu Huaigu a little embarrassed.

Xu Huaigu glanced at the knife in her hand and praised: "Good knife, I'm afraid it's not inferior to the immortal soldiers." Xia Ying still just nodded, and there was no other reaction, and she didn't want to talk to him.

Xu Huaigu finally had no topic, so he had to say: "In any case, I still thank Your Excellency." Xu Huaigu saw that Xia Ying still had a faint expression, and only felt that it was boring, so he was about to go to Yin Zishi's side, but when he turned around, Xia Ying spoke: "I am not the only one who helped you yesterday, Fan Xuan of the Zixia Sect also helped, so you should also thank her." Xu Huaigu stopped, paused, and said, "Your Excellency is right, but I don't know where she is at this time." Xia Ying said: "Don't worry, next time you will naturally meet." Xu Huaigu turned his head and glanced at Xia Ying, and secretly said in his heart that this person was talking strangely.

Listening to her tone, it seems that she knows that there is a contradiction between herself and Fan Xuan, why do you still have such remarks?

It just so happened that Xu Huaigu met Fan Xuan's suspicious behavior in the forest yesterday, and said something like that to her, and the relationship between the two can be said to be stiff anymore.

Thank you to Fan Xuan? Even though Xu Huaigu thinks that he is already very bent and extended, he will not be able to lose face to that point.

Xu Huaigu was still thinking about this in his heart, and Yin Zishi had already seen him over there, and greeted him: "Brother Xu, come and sit here!" Everyone has been waiting for you for a long time! ”

"Here it is." Xu Huaigu responded with a smile, walked next to their group, sat down next to Yu Qin, and joined the queue for small talk.

The afternoon was easy to pass, and a few people talked about many matters in the monastic world, and talked about what they had seen and heard on the battlefield at the border gate these days, and after a while, the sky gradually became dark.

The torches in the Tanglin Pass were gradually lit, and the soldiers on the city wall took over their shifts and continued to perform their duties of guarding the border passes.

Even if tonight is a celebration wine, someone must guard the city wall, otherwise it will become a good opportunity for the demon clan to sneak attack.

Many monks in the tent here were still resting, and a small soldier came to report there: "The celebration banquet has been prepared, General Chu asked me to come and report to you, and you can go with me." Then the monks got up and walked out of the tent with the little soldier.

Xu Huaigu glanced back, only to see that Xia Ying was still sitting in place, at this time he had already put the knife into the sheath, and was closing his eyes to recuperate, he had no reaction to the words of the little soldier just now, and he had no intention of getting up at all, probably not going to celebrate the wine, he couldn't help but secretly say in his heart that this person was really lonely.

Yin Zishi saw that he glanced back at Xia Ying, and said: "This person's nature is like this, cold and lonely, except for the fellow monk who came with her, the rest of the people don't care much. I see that you went to her to thank her before, I'm afraid you were also snubbed? Xu Huaigu nodded and said, "But the heart is good, maybe it's just that you don't like to socialize." When the monks came to the feast, they saw that there were already a large number of soldiers sitting here, and there were dishes in front of them, and some people walked in from outside with a cauldron of beef and mutton.

The soldiers in the field do not distinguish between you and me, nor are they polite to each other, they just eat meat, and there are more rough people who start directly, and the rest of the people do not dislike it, they still laugh, so lively.

Although it was nominally called celebration wine, it was during the war, and alcohol was forbidden in the army, so it was mostly meat.

However, thinking of the hard work of the soldiers on the border, Chu Xiuyang ordered that alcohol was allowed at today's banquet, but it was limited to one bowl per person, which was only for fun, but not to make people drunk.

Xu Huaigu continued to follow everyone forward, and saw Chu Xiuyang sitting in the top seat. At this time, she had already taken off her helmet and was discussing something with the generals around her.

It's just that Xu Huaigu looked at it from a distance and vaguely saw that the look on her face was not good-looking, but she was still a little anxious.

The rest of the generals also looked uneasy, and the food in front of them was also untouched, which was in stark contrast to the lively atmosphere of the soldiers below.

Xu Huaigu couldn't help frowning, but he was afraid that there was still a hidden crisis in the pass that had not been eliminated, and it seemed that it was not the time to slack off.

"General Chu expects that you immortal elders should love purity more, so he specially found this place to set up a banquet for you, immortal elders, please sit down here." The soldier who led the way led the monks to a side room far away from the main feast.

"The conditions in the army are difficult, and the diet is definitely not as good as what you eat on weekdays, so please bear with me."

"It's okay, since we came to the army, we are headed by killing demons. General Chu is still willing to wait for me, I should be grateful! When one of the monks said this, the rest of the men agreed, and the soldier withdrew, leaving the monks alone in the room.

Xu Huaigu glanced at the dishes on the table, most of them were beef, mutton and fish, the method was simple, it was nothing more than cooking it in a pot and sprinkling a little salt, not to mention the comparison with the restaurant, even the taste of ordinary people's homes could not be compared, it was really not delicious.

Xu Huaigu watched many monks around him pick up chopsticks and look left and right, but there were really few places to move chopsticks.

Yin Zishi picked a plate of mutton that looked fairly clean, picked up a piece and put it in his mouth, and his face became unsightly.

Xu Huaigu smiled and asked, "What's the matter?" Can't get used to eating? ”

"The smell is too strong." Yin Zishi shook his head, took a sip of tea, and put down his chopsticks. Xu Huaigu turned to look at Yu Qin and asked, "Are you still used to eating?" Yu Qin was taking the vegetables and sending them to her mouth, and after swallowing them carefully, she replied: "When I was in the mountains, sometimes I couldn't even eat enough, and there was meat to eat here, so what was there to eat?" But you, I'm afraid you don't like it. Xu Huaigu smiled: "If you can eat it, I will be even more fine." It's just a rough person in the mountains and wilderness, and I don't pay so much attention to it, so I don't feel comfortable eating expensive food. After that, he also took the food with chopsticks, took two more bites of rice, and ate it in a big gulp.

Yu Qin smiled, held the cup to him, and said, "You have to respect one." Xu Huaigu raised his glass, the two clinked glasses, and drank the tea in the cup.

The two looked at each other and smiled. Yin Zi really watched from the sidelines, as if he had an understanding.