When a tiny little snow fell after the beginning of winter, Zhu Xiu and Chai Rong and his party came to the Yuanzhou Horse Farm.

It is located on the east bank of the underwater Weiru River, close to the border of Lingzhou, and heading north along the river bank to reach the Zhongning area of ​​Ningxia. It is now under the jurisdiction of Gaolan County, Lingzhou.

The Dangxiang people were driven away, and the horse farm returned to the Zhangyi army. However, the place is located in a remote place and is too close to the Dangxiang people's sphere of influence, which is not conducive to the management of the Zhangyi army. Zhu Xiu has decided to move the horse farm to Pingliang.

The current focus of the Zhangyi Army is still in Jingzhou. The Yuanzhou defense line shrinks to Pinggao County and goes north. With the current military strength of the Zhangyi Army, it is a bit beyond the reach.

Pan Mei and Zhang Yongde escorted more than 2,000 prisoners of Dangxiang back to Jingzhou, some sent to Qingshiling to burn lime, and some sent to the renovation site to dig salt mines.

More than 300 Zhangyi soldiers who died in battle also collected their bodies and sent them back to the newly built Zhonglie Cemetery in the western suburbs of Anding County for burial. The slightly injured returned with the army south, and the seriously injured were temporarily stayed in Pinggao County for treatment.

As for the large number of Dingnan Army corpses, after plundering weapons and armor, some were buried on the spot in the Xiashan Valley, and some were burned with the two camps on the banks of the Hulu River.

Zhu Xiu ordered people to collect a batch of damaged leather armor, knives and a large number of Dangxiang military flags, a cart of blood clothes stripped off the Dangxiang military, and sent them to more than fifty miles northwest of the horse farm, at the junction of Yuanzhou and Yanzhou, a valley called Luoshan, to build a cemetery to bury it.

Zhu Xiu also asked the magistrate of Pinggao County to find a monk and perform rituals in front of the tomb, saying that he wanted to be liberated for the Dangxiang people who died in battle.

The small Pinggao County digging three feet into the ground, but there was no monk found. Zhu Xiu asked the Pinggao County Magistrate to find a group of people, put on monk's robes and pretended to be, followed the monks to recite the scriptures of salvation, and threw paper money, making the memorial activities very lively.

Zhu Xiu also erected a monument in front of the Dangxiang Bing's collective cemetery, and named the tomb Guixia Tomb, which means that the Dangxiang Bing was buried here and returned to Xiazhou after missing him.

In more than a month, the war in Yuanzhou has subsided.

The tiger camp followed the north, and Li Guangrui, Li Guangyan and Xue Xiuming became prisoners of the army.

The air is wet and cold, under the gloomy sky, brown and yellow hills, and vast low-lying grasslands are shrouded in fine snow foam.

Zhu Xiu originally planned to choose a gentler horse from the little horse that had never been slaughtered, and asked Chai Rong or Zhao Kuangyin to teach him how to practice riding.

But the weather is not good, and the snow in the first field this year came very early, and the slippery grassland is very unfriendly to riding novices like him, so they can only give up the practice of riding.

The houses in the horse farm are built on the mountain buns in the southwest, and you can see almost the entire grassland down.

The grassland is located in a wide low-lying area, with most of the rolling hills to the west, south, and east, and several branches of streams passing through the north.

A spacious forage room was empty, and as an activity room, two stoves were placed to add firewood and firewood. The stove connected to the chimney, exhausted smoke through the roof of the tile, and closed the doors and windows, and it would not take long to be a warm new world.

However, Zhu Xiu was not worried about the sealing degree of the chimney, and opened the doors and windows from time to time to make breathable, so that everyone in the room would be poisoned by charcoal.

"Crazy~"

The familiar sound of mahjong sounded, and at a temporary renovated square table, Zhu Xiu, Chai Rong, Zhao Kuangyin, and Fu Jinzhan sat upright and started a fierce battle.

Li Chongjin and Fu Jinhuan became spectators, Yan Ping was responsible for serving tea and pouring water, and Shi Xiangwen followed the horseman to release the horse.

"One cake to touch! Two cakes!"

"It's so bad!"

Zhu Xiu pushed the card expressionlessly, and after touching a cake, he turned around and then touched the masterpiece. The ball was all blooming on the bar. This luck was really amazing.

I couldn't help but feel happy, but in order to maintain the style of a mahjong master, Zhu Xiu tried hard to keep his expression indifferent.

"Damn!" Zhao Kuangyin touched his nose angrily and cursed in a low voice.

Fu Jinzhan sighed and felt a little tired.

Chai Rong kept pinching the purse, leaving only two thin bamboo pieces.

Thin bamboo slices are used to record cards. Each person starts with twenty cards, each card is regarded as five jin of money, and the card game is settled at the end.

Zhao Kuangyin gritted his teeth and handed Zhu Xiu two thin bamboo slices. Zhu Xiu said lightly: "The flowers on the bar are all the same color, four times."

Zhao Kuangyin took a deep breath, his heart dripped blood, and he took out two thin bamboo pieces from his purse, and handed them to him in total four pieces.

"Chenghui!" Zhu Xiu took it happily, his eyebrows raised lightly.

Fu Jinzhan handed the last four thin bamboo pieces in her hand to Zhu Xiu, frowned and sighed, "I really have no luck today. I have never lost all my cards. I have lost all the money..."

Zhu Xiu immediately declined the thin bamboo slices handed over by Fu Jinzhan, and instead took out a handful of them from his bulging purse, and pushed them in front of her about a dozen pieces.

"Madam, take it as capital, I will lose it if I lose!" Zhu Xiu patted his chest proudly.

Fu Jinzhan smiled with a pursed lips: "Forget it, let Huan'er play. The money you lost to you will be kept accountable first, and then return to Jingzhou and calculate it again."

"Sister, don't worry, see how I can help you win back!" Fu Jinhuan laughed, excited, ready to go into battle.

Zhu Xiu quickly took back the thin bamboo pieces he sent out. Fu Jinhuan was anxious and rushed forward to hold them down, saying angrily: "These are the capital you gave to your sister. How can you take back the things you sent out?"

Zhu Xiu shook his head like a rattle: "You will come on the stage, of course I will take it back! Otherwise, wouldn't it be that meat buns beat the dog - there will be no return?"

Everyone chuckled kindly, and they all heard that Zhu Xiu was mocking Fu Erniang for her bad skills.

Fu Jinhuan's face was flushed, and her hands were busy fighting with Zhu Xiu for thin bamboo slices. In a hurry, she opened her mouth and bit Zhu Xiu's wrist without thinking.

"Hiss~" Zhu Xiu let go with pain, and a row of neat tooth marks appeared on his right wrist.

"Are you really a dog?" Zhu Xiu stared at him annoyed and disgusted, "Hey~ I was even drooling, so disgusting!"

Fu Jinhuan's face was flushed, ashamed and annoyed as if a furry kitten, she acted coquettishly at Fu Jinzhan as if asking for help: "Sister! This little thief bullied me again!"

Everyone was laughing, and it was quite interesting to watch the boys and girls play.

Zhao Kuangyin stood up and smiled and said, "You guys play, I'll go see those two Dangxiang boys, so I'm still at peace."

Zhao Kuangyin took out the last six thin bamboo pieces he left: "I lost fourteen cards and kept the accounts together. Who will take over?"

Li Chongjin, who had been scratching his ears and heads, had been impatiently waiting, raised his hand high: "I'll do it!"

Zhu Xiu hummed, "Because of your mistake, let the enemy general Yang Chonggui run away and punish you for not being able to serve within one month. It's only less than ten days."

Li Chongjin's face collapsed and bowed bitterly, "Brother! Just spare me this time! Brother~ I'll call you brother, okay?"

"Military orders are like a mountain, how can we play with children?" Zhu Xiu was unmoved.

"Zhu Xiu! Don't go too far!" Li Chongjin begged for mercy and wanted to force him. He jumped up and yelled, "No matter how you say this, it's your elder brother. I'm going to give you some face because of the brotherhood? If you're too anxious, I'm going to overturn the table!"

Zhu Xiu glanced at him contemptuously, cleared his throat and slowly shouted outside the house: "Shi Dalang...Shi Dalang..."

"Oh!" Li Chongjin immediately shut up, his teeth itched and he stomped his feet violently.

"Cousin! I want to play mahjong!"

Li Chongjin shot his face and turned to ask Chai Rong.

Chai Rong held back his laughter, shook his head indifferently, and said lightly: "In the battle on the Hulu River, because of yours, he escaped from the enemy general Yang Chonggui. He will be punished for death, but he will not be able to escape the crime of living. As the head coach, Zhu Xiu will be punished no matter how he is punished! If this happens under the father and commander, you will have to eat a board and punish you for one month not to play cards. It is really a cheap one."

Li Chongjin was mourning and full of grievance, as if he felt that everyone present was targeting him, sniffing his head and trying to cry.

Zhu Xiu was really afraid that this black guy would cry on the spot, which made everyone at a loss. He snorted coldly: "It's okay to play, but there is a condition."

Li Chongjin's eyes lit up and he said anxiously: "I agree to whatever you say!"

Zhu Xiu held back his smile and said seriously: "I can lift your mahjong ban, but after returning to Jingzhou, you have to participate in the three-month winter training of the Zhangyi Army. If you violate military rules again during this period, you will definitely be severely punished and not loaned!"

Li Chongjin didn't want to pat his chest and agreed: "No problem!"

"A real man cannot be said without trust! Chai Shuai, the eldest lady and Brother Zhao are all witnesses!"

After agreeing on the conditions, Li Chongjin rolled up his sleeves and prepared to go into battle with great enthusiasm. Zhao Kuangyin knew that Zhu Xiuhong's luck was the best today, but his gambling luck was not good, so he alertly left.

Li Chong entered his eyes and pointed at Zhu Xiu's seat and shouted: "Get up, I'll change with you!"

Zhu Xiu stood up calmly and laughed: "You will lose wherever you sit today!"

Fu Jinzhan looked between Zhu Xiu and Fu Jinhuan, and suddenly smiled and said, "Zhu Xiu is very lucky today and has won a lot. It is better to abdicate and give up your position to Huan'er."

Zhu Xiu was stunned: "That eldest lady, you..."

Fu Jinzhan raised her head slightly with a high fighting spirit: "Of course, my sisters will join in the battle together, and we will meet the two brothers in the world."

Fu Jinhuan snorted at Zhu Xiujiao with smugness and reached out to push him away: "Get up!"

Chai Rong smiled and said, "The eldest lady is right. Zhu Xiu, please sit by and watch the battle. The second lady is unfamiliar with her skills. You can be responsible for giving instructions."

Chai Rong and Fu Jinzhan looked at each other and seemed to have a sense of harmony.

"Who wants the stinky thief to help..." Fu Jinhuan pouted and expressed his dissatisfaction in a low voice.

Fu Jinzhan smiled and said, "Huan'er is slow to play cards, sometimes she can't make any brains around. It's better to ask Zhu Xiu to help you see the cards."

"Sister~" Fu Jinhuan's pink face turned red and stamped her feet coquettishly.

Zhu Xiu was helpless. It seemed that he won too ruthlessly today, which had aroused public anger. Everyone reached a consensus that he would not be allowed to go to the table again.

Zhu Xiu was a little unwilling to accept his luck.

Fortunately, I have won more than 200 stagnant of money, so it is good to accept it when I see it.

Immediately, everyone distributed chips again, arranged the seats and started a new round of fierce battle.

Fu Jinhuan was very slow to play cards. Every time he played cards, he had to think about it for a while. He was often hesitant. Zhu Xiu was impatient and directly threw out one for her, which made Fu Jinhuan feel coquettish, and the two of them kept quarreling.

After spending a long time together, Zhu Xiu had already confirmed that Fu Jinhuan was not interested in him at all, and she would not agree to this marriage, so there was no need to continue acting in front of her.

Zhu Xiu took off the disguise of licking dogs and regained his true nature as a slut. He was often so angry that Fu Jinhuan and Yinya bit her teeth, chasing him and fighting angrily.

The card game was extremely difficult to operate because of the existence of the golden ring on the card table. Zhu Xiu was too lazy to speak and smacked his dry mouth. At this time, a handful of melon seeds would be perfect.

Even Chai Rong, whose card speed is below the average, can free up his hands slowly and pick up the tea bowl and drink water.

Li Chongjin lay on the table and yawned.

Fu Jinzhan couldn't help chatting: "Will you annoy Li Yiyin when you build Guixia tomb in Luoshankou?"
To be continued...