It must be known that Xie Fengxuan was sitting in the master's seat in the middle of the round table at this time, smiling and beckoning everyone to pick up the dishes. But in the depths of his gaze, there was a trace of indescribable and inexplicable expression, as if he was worried about something, and as if he was sad about something.

On the upper seat on the left, Hu Lao, a servant of Xian Jingyue's family, is also the only relative of Xian Jingyue. Since it was the first time he came to General Xie's mansion to eat this Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, it was inevitable that he was a little honest, and he had been secretly speculating about General Xie's intention for this meal, so he seemed a little at a loss.

Xian Jingyue was accompanied by the last seat on the left, and he also looked preoccupied, naturally he had not completely recovered from the battle at Yumen Pass, remembering General Lu, Li Liu's family and tens of thousands of soldiers who died at Yumen Pass.

As for the upper seat on the right side of the round table, it is naturally compared to the position of Xie Qinghui, the only son of the Xie family, who is smiling all over his face at this time, greeting the two guests, Xian Jingyue and Hu Lao, for his father. But judging from the subtleties of his demeanor, this Xiao Xie at this time seemed to have a trace of restlessness, or a trace of panic, and he didn't know what he was afraid of.

The last is Xie Yixiang, who is sitting at the end of the right seat, and the five people present at this time are eating around a large round table of rosewood, like this seating arrangement, Xie Yixiang, who is sitting at the end of the right seat, is naturally next to the first Jingyue who is the last seat on the left. Thinking of the marriage she had engaged to her senior brother, Xie Yixiang was already in a state of confusion, where did she dare to say more?

So the five people at the table started this Chinese New Year's Eve dinner on Chinese New Year's Eve under such an atmosphere. Fortunately, Xie Fengxuan did not mention the marriage between Xie Yixiang and Xian Jingyue, but just chatted casually with Hu Lao, and Xie Qinghui next to him saw that the table on the left was still vacant, and he couldn't hold back the curiosity in his heart, so he knocked on his father's side, wanting to find out what other guests his father had invited. Xie Fengxuan ignored him, changed the topic, and chatted with Xian Jingyue about the current situation in the Central Plains.

Xian Jingyue was also afraid that this General Xie would talk about the marriage he had made with Xie Yixiang in person, and at this time, listening to him ask about the situation in the Central Plains, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and hurriedly said what he had said to Xie Yixiang that night, and successively mentioned the Shenhuo Sect Sect Leader Gongsun Mo Ming, the chief army of the Western Regions Five Nations Alliance, Prince Shu, and Yan Sidao, who was alias "Jin Wanjin", and others. Xie Qinghui had also dealt with that Yan Sidao in Yueyang City, and when he heard that the war in the northwest was provoked by this person, he was immediately furious, shouting that he would break this mastermind behind the scenes into pieces.

Hearing everyone chatting about Yan Sidao, Xie Yixiang, who had never dared to bite the words, couldn't help but interject a few words, carefully counting the guilt of Yan Sidao. Later, she asked her father if she knew the origin of this mysterious person who claimed to be "Yan Sidao". Xie Fengxuan only smiled faintly and sighed: "A generation can only do one generation's things, my father is already old, how can I have any mind to toss with these descendants in the world?"

There is a way to be "a solid home, more than every year", over time, the world will take its homonym "every year there are fish", in order to draw a good color. Therefore, every household in Jiangnan always has fish on the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, and it is the main dish in the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner. And tonight's Chinese New Year's Eve dinner in the General's Mansion is naturally not exempt from vulgarity, even in the vegetarian table on the left, there is a fish-shaped steamed cake made of flour, and as for the main dish of everyone's table, it is a Songjiang four-gill perch filled with green onion and ginger, not to mention the weight of three or four catties, which is extremely rare. Xie Yixiang saw his father stretching out his chopsticks, and he picked up a piece of tender meat from the belly of the sea bass, and hurriedly poked out his chopsticks, stopped his father's chopsticks in mid-air, frowned and said, "Aren't you infected with the wind and cold, and you are most afraid of cold entering your body, so you can't eat anything in the water?"

As soon as these words came out, Xie Qinghui next to him suddenly laughed dumbly, and even Xie Fengxuan was also embarrassed. Xie Qinghui couldn't help but smile and said: "You are still a child of the Xie family, how can you believe the nonsense in the countryside in the market? You must know that my father did have a cold in Mobei back then, but it was not a serious illness, and there was no need to avoid it at all." Besides, my father is a martial arts practitioner, and he has fought on the battlefield all his life, which can be described as nine deaths, how can his body be so squeamish, and he can't eat anything in the water?"

The housekeeper in the house happened to be pouring wine and serving at this time, and immediately smiled: "The third lady has not lived at home for a long time, because she doesn't know something. As a general of this dynasty, his exploits can be described as a powerful world, and his life deeds have become the talk of the world after dinner. However, the most indispensable thing in this Jinling City is the good deeds, who often like to add oil and vinegar, which is a little sesame mung bean trivial matter, which is passed around by them, and actually said that the wind and cold contracted by the lord in Mobei is a strange disease, once the things in the water are eaten by mistake, the cold will enter the body, and die violently, in fact, it is simply nonsense! The villain has lived for most of his life, and he has never heard of any disease that cannot eat the things in the water; if this is the case, then the old man's favorite Yangcheng crab and duck bun on weekdays have already caused big trouble? ”

Xie Yixiang was stunned by everyone, because of a little dislike between her father and her father over the years, the father and daughter had almost no communication, so they didn't know about their father's illness, so they naturally took the rumors outside seriously. At this time, hearing everyone's explanation, and seeing his father stuff the fish meat into his mouth, chewing it slowly for a long time, Xie Yixiang finally breathed a sigh of relief and secretly laughed at his stupidity.

After this incident, the atmosphere on the table eased a lot, and with the laughter of everyone, the sky outside the hall was completely dark, and a gust of north wind blew, making the green tiles on the roof crackle. Everyone could vaguely hear a few firecrackers in Jinling City in the distance from time to time, but as the north wind blew more and more fiercely, only the sound of the whirring wind echoed in the night sky.

The people in the palace had already hung up the big red lantern with "auspicious wishes" written in front of the door of the hall, and at this time, in the reflection of the lights, the people in the hall looked out, only to see pieces of white flying feathers the size of goose feathers falling from the sky, drifting in the dark night sky with the wind; gradually more and more, more and more dense, it was actually a rare goose feather heavy snow.

You must know how cold it is in the winter in Jiangnan, and there is very little snow. In Xie Yixiang's memory, he had never seen the snow scene in Jinling City, and he was pleasantly surprised, but he saw the second brother and senior brother present silently looking at the heavy snow outside the hall, both thoughtful, but more worried in their eyes. She immediately came to her senses, and now there are large armies from the Western Regions in the northwest to suppress the border, and there are Hengwang rebels in the southeast to rebel, which is undoubtedly a critical time for the survival of this dynasty; just like the sudden flood in Hongze Lake a few days ago, Jinling City suddenly snowed heavily at this time, but I am afraid that it may not be a good sign.