It's the end of the year in the blink of an eye.

It snowed in August, and this year's winter will come later, but by the end of September, there have been several heavy snowfalls. At the end of the year, the weather is even colder and frighteningly colder, and the real dripping water is ice.

Mu Jiaojiao was already in poor health, and she couldn't stand the cold when she encountered such weather. Cui Pu tried his best to get her all kinds of fox fur and mink fur, but she only warmed up a little bit on her body. At this time, the effect of Cui Pu's human meat stove was completely brought into play. Mu Jiaojiao couldn't leave him almost every night, which became the main thing he showed off in his letter to Guo Ziyi and Lu Jiuwang and his party.

Mu Jiaojiao was speechless about this.

Around the beginning of the year, the families began to give each other New Year's gifts, and Mu Jiaojiao also prepared one for Guo Ziyi, Wang Qi, the envoy of the Hexi Festival, and Wang Sizhong, the envoy of the Shuofang Festival. But who knows, they will reap much more than they give away.

When Cui Pu's yamen seal came back, Mu Jiaojiao showed him the gift list.

"It is understandable that the envoys of Wang Qi and Shuofang Jiedu gave us New Year's gifts in return, and the brothers of the Guo family are no problem with what they sent. However, these people such as the Anbei Metropolitan Protectorate, the Jingluo Army, the Feng'an Army, the Fan Yang Jiedu Envoy, the Pinglu Military History, and so on have nothing to do with us, so why did they send such a generous courtesy?"

These people are all among the best people in the Monan region, and they can be said to be the princes of the side with heavy troops, but they are not comparable to a small assassin like Cui Pu. These people suddenly asked someone to prepare such a generous gift and sent it, and they didn't say hello. To be honest, it's scary.

Cui Pu picked up the list and swept it, and his eyes fell on the last two names - An Lushan, the envoy of Fan Yang Jiedu, and Shi Siming, the envoy of the Pinglu army.

"It turned out to be him. I haven't even gone to look for him yet, but I didn't expect him to come to the door by himself!" smiled coldly, and his fingertips fell on the three words An Lushan.

Mu Jiaojiao lowered her eyes, but her eyes fell on the last name. "This Shi Siming should be here for Shi Jincheng's talent to order someone to give gifts!"

On that day, they returned from Shan Yu Duhufu, and when they arrived in Liangzhou, they learned that Shi Jincheng's father and son had been convicted because of the conclusive evidence of their crimes. The so-called wall fell down and everyone pushed it, and Shi Jin became the top and did everything, and he had already offended many people. Now it's the festival envoy who wants to do him, and the others are naturally happy to fall into the ground. Therefore, in the end, Shi Jincheng was sentenced to beheading, and he was beheaded in public directly in the center of the school grounds.

Shi Jincheng's son Shi Yun didn't do as many bad things as his father, so he saved his life. It's just that his legs were broken again, and he was expelled from the army, so naturally there was no room for him in the barracks. Now that there is no father to escort him, those Guo Ziyi directly ordered someone to throw him out of the barracks and let him fend for himself.

originally thought that he would go to Shi Siming when he left the barracks, but Cui Pu went out to inquire and learned that Shi Siming had already learned the news of their father and son, but he was indifferent at all, and he did not send anyone to take care of his distant nephew. It was freezing cold, and Shi Yun was inconvenient to live alone, so he froze to death on the way to find Shi Siming.

This person's ruthlessness can be seen.

Cui Pu listened to her words and immediately nodded heavily. "Then don't you need to say it? Now that I'm a person valued by the assassins of both sides, how can he not seize the opportunity to make friends with me? Not to mention that I also have connections in Chang'an!"

"Then let's have someone send their things back!" Mu Jiaojiao said suddenly.

Cui Pu immediately nodded. "Okay! That's how it should be done! There are many talented people here, and most of them are great heroes that I admire. But there are only these two, and I feel disgusted just by seeing their names! For no reason, they sent people to send generous gifts, and they must have asked for something. Who knows if what they are asking for is something that harms the army and the people? Anyway, I will not go along with them. ”

Mu Jiaojiao nodded, then called Xiao Si'er in and instructed him to return the two gifts.

Xiao Si'er looked bitter, but he still agreed obediently.

In the blink of an eye, the year passed, and it was the fifth year of Tianbao.

As usual, everyone had to walk around each other and eat spring wine.

After Cui Pu and Mu Jiaojiao went to the Hexi Jiedu envoy, they sat in the house and waited for others to visit them - finally, after fifteen years of mixing outside, they finally got out of the mix, and they didn't have to run around anymore when it was cold, just wait for the little one to come and greet them!

However, on the tenth day of the first lunar month, the porter came to report: "Fan Yang Jiedu envoy An Lushan and Pinglu Military History Shi Siming have come to pay New Year's greetings to Lang Jun and his wife!"

Mu Jiaojiao and Cui Pu's faces changed.

"Are these two people sick in the brain? Didn't I already make my attitude very clear, I don't welcome them here, you let them go! Don't accept gifts, let them take them!" Cui Pu said coldly.

During the New Year, the good interest was ruined by those two people.

Seeing that he was angry, Xiao Si'er hurriedly led the porter out.

Soon Xiao Si'er came back and told him that the two men had left. But even so, Cui Pu still accumulated a stomach full of anger.

"It's really bad luck! Okay, what are they doing here? If it weren't for the fact that it's still the New Year, I'd really want to let them in, and kill them with a knife!"

"You can save my province!" Mu Jiaojiao was angry and funny, "That's a military envoy who is also a festival, which can be moved if you want to?" And you also know the methods of these two people, so it's better not to deal with them." ”

"yes, so didn't I just turn them away? It's the second time, they should understand what I mean, right?" Cui Pu rubbed his forehead tiredly.

"It's hard to say. Mu Jiaojiao shook her head.

"What are you talking about?" Cui Pu didn't hear clearly.

"I said, let's wait and see!" Mu Jiaojiao said.

Sure enough, on the second day, Wang Qi, the envoy of Hexi Jiedu, sent a message to the house, saying that there was a distinguished guest from the house, and Cui Pu was invited to eat and drink with the guests, and there were Mu Jiaojiao and the eldest lady and a few sisters and brothers on the invitation list.

The only one who can be regarded as a distinguished guest by Wang Qi is An Lushan.

Cui Pu pinched the invitation, as if pinching An Lushan's neck, and crumpled the post into a small ball in three strokes and two clicks.

"Okay, they just have to see me, don't they? Okay, lady, pack your things, let's go!"

So he and Mu Jiaojiao got in the car directly and went to the Jiedu Embassy. I didn't even change my clothes.

When the husband and wife arrived at the palace of the Jiedu envoy, the feast had already begun.

As soon as the couple entered, they saw a fat figure quickly greet them.

"These two must be Cui Tingshi and Mrs. Cui, right? Really a talent, born with a pair of jade, it is much more gentle and handsome than I imagined! No wonder the concubine Niangniang has been thinking about you in Chang'an, and now that I have seen it, I will never forget you when I go back!"

A barrage of praise came at them, as if they wanted to smash them into a daze. But in the face of such thoughtful compliments, few people will not be intoxicated, right?

Of course, Cui Pu doesn't count.

"An Lushan?" he asked in a low voice.

Fu nodded hurriedly. "It's me. ”

Cui Pu then raised his foot and kicked him out.