Shivering, a cold wind blew in along the crack in the door. Zhang Xiaowu raised his eyes and saw that it was Miss Zhu who came in carrying a lantern.
Zhu Wushuang carried a lunch box and said with a smile: "I knew you must not have slept."
"What, bring me a midnight snack?"
"No, I don't have such good intentions." Miss Zhu said carelessly, "I just slept too much during the day and couldn't sleep at night. I wanted to find someone to drink with, but no one was with me yet, so I saw the candle in your room.
Come over and have a look while it's still lit. Why doesn't Mang Zhong live in the side room? She is your maid."
Zhang Xiaowu said with a smile: "The awns are getting bigger and it's not good to live in my house all the time, so I found an excuse to let her go out to live."
"What excuse is there for a capable person?"
"She snores."
"Hahaha..." Zhu Wushuang laughed so hard that she couldn't stand up straight, "Are you really... is this true?"
Zhang Xiaowu shook his head, wondering if it was okay. When he came to the food box, he opened it and saw that it was fried rabbit meat. He also used peppercorns and dogwood. He was surprised and said: "Where did you get the peppercorns?"
"I bought it from a businessman. The businessman from Yizhou brought a lot of peppercorns here a few days ago." Zhu Wushuang brought out the wine and placed bottles on the table in a neat row.
Zhang Xiaowu was speechless for a while. This Zhu Wushuang's character is too much like that of a modern Northeastern girl. Southern girls look for men to drink in order to create opportunities for men, but Northeastern girls are just greedy for wine... No matter how pretty and lovely they are.
A girl from the Northeast behaves like a crazy woman after drinking. If you are drunk, she will grab you by the collar and shout: "Where are you? Where are you raising fish? Are you still a man? Why are you so bitchy?"
Yes, it’s over at this point? Damn it!”
"How about four bottles of wine, three for me and one for you?" Zhu Wushuang asked, rolling up his sleeves.
Zhang Xiaowu was speechless for a while. How could this girl be so tough? Was it affected by the climate in Saibei? He suddenly remembered that Zhu Wushuang's hometown seemed to be from Jiangzhou. No wonder, people say that Jiangzhou women are as gentle as boiling water...
The amount of boiling water was good, but after three bottles it was still poured. Zhang Xiaowu looked at Zhu Wushuang lying on the table and said to his heart that this girl had such a big heart. He asked someone to send her back, but did not notice when Miss Zhu was driven away by the maids.
The brows were furrowed.
On December 20th of the first year of Dade, the imperial envoy Ji Hai left Mucheng after bidding farewell to everyone. Originally, Zhang Xiaowu planned to ask Xiao Kai to protect him and go to Longdu together, but he had already selected Colonel Bao Yin and Jia Si
He also served as Xiao Kai's assistant and selected two hundred elites. Unexpectedly, Xiao Kai stayed on for some reason because his wife was six months pregnant.
On December 22, Shen Lindong led his troops to leave Mucheng, and Zhang Xiaowu gave him 5,000 taels of silver in the name of the Ghost Guard as payment for the activities. Shen Lindong was grateful and didn't know what to say. Zhang Xiaowu laughed and said: "Kill more Japanese."
The Japanese pirates are the best reward, and the best thing to kill is that they will not dare to land in the Central Plains for three hundred years."
On December 25, Zu Gongmao led his troops to leave Mucheng. Zhang Xiaowu also provided him with 5,000 taels of silver as payment. Zu Gongmao did not say much after receiving the money and gave him a flying knife as a farewell. Zhang Xiaowu knew that
This flying knife is Zu Gongmao's personal hidden weapon and is extremely important to him. Giving it to him now is a way of expressing his feelings and he smiles at his subordinates.
A few days later, it was finally New Year's Eve, and households across the country were happily preparing to welcome the New Year. Although it was just as cold in Saibei, the people finally waited for an order to lift the lockdown and could walk and interact freely in the city. People
People took to the streets to greet each other. The nearly three-month lockdown had made many people depressed. Even the brothel business was booming. On the day the lockdown was lifted, it was said that many prostitutes could not get out of bed the next day.
The Ghost Guard General's Mansion was also very lively. Zhang Xiaowu was not a lively person, but Mang Zhong was not. The one-year-old Mang Zhong looked more like an adult. The guards and servants could only hang red lanterns, put up window paper, and make mutton dumplings.
Speaking of which, the appearance of this dumpling is also related to Zhang Xiaowu. After the city was closed, he, like the people in the city, ate the flour cakes distributed by the government every day, which could only satisfy his hunger and had no delicious taste at all. So Zhang Xiaowu cooked it by himself.
Dumplings were invented and everyone cheered loudly after eating them.
Ni Erchun, on the other hand, said: "Youzhou also has this kind of food, but everyone calls it cakes and buns with meat."
"I will call it dumpling, and everyone will also call it dumpling from now on." Zhang Xiaowu pointed at the dumpling and said sonorously, as if others were robbing him of the right to name his child. Everyone couldn't help but smile. Who can compete with him?
He had the right to name it whatever he wanted, but Mang Zhong asked curiously: "General, why do you call it dumpling? Does it have other meanings?"
"Dumplings and dumplings are handed over to Zishi. This dish should be eaten on New Year's Eve." Zhang Xiaowu said with a smile. Everyone was still puzzled, but it did not prevent this dumpling from becoming a more popular delicacy than noodles. Soon,
It became popular throughout Mucheng.
On New Year's Eve, Zhang Xiaowu also gave himself a day off and stopped paying attention to military affairs. However, he got good news from Hu Sanwan. Zhao Suo had received the order and had gone to Longdu. Zhao Suo experienced some encounters.
After that, I became much calmer and no longer so joyful and restless.
Xiao Kai stayed because his wife was pregnant, but Hu Li stayed in Mucheng on the pretext that he could not delay the Chinese New Year. The two of them have now moved to the general's residence, leading several generals to drink and compete with each other every day, so they are very happy.
Hu Sanwan has become the busiest person in the city. Every day he is either inquiring about news about Zhongyuan or Quanyi. He collects, filters, analyzes and sends the information to Zhang Xiaowu all day long. Recently, Hu Sanwan found out about another person.
Shocking news, Beiyi country changed.
After General Park Hyun-yeol of the Northern Yi Kingdom returned to the capital with his army, he neither supported the eldest prince nor the second prince to become the Khan King. Instead, he directly killed the eldest prince, the second prince and the queen. With the support of his generals
He launched a mutiny and proclaimed himself King Khan. Park Hyun-yeol was the cousin of the late king. It was considered that his uncle had taken the throne from his nephew, and it was also a normal throne change in the Park family.
After Zhang Xiaowu learned about it, he thought of Pu Xianlie, who was like an old fox. Thinking of him becoming the king of Beiyi, he couldn't help but worry for Mohe. Compared with Pu Xianlie, the two brothers Aye Gulangtai and Aye Gubach were too big.
Now that they are young, if the two brothers are tigers, then Park Hyun-yeol is a vixen who has lived for thousands of years.
He thought carefully about why Park Xianlie led his troops to the wilderness of Saibei and came to this inhospitable place to fight with the Han army. His real intention was probably to mobilize all the troops in the Beiyi Kingdom and then take control of the military.
, making complete preparations for him to seize the throne. Pu Wangjing, the Khan of Beiyi, foolishly trusted his younger brother and put 80% of the army of Beiyi at his disposal.
Just imagine, when Park Hyun-yeol leads the army back, even if Park Wang-kyung is still in good health, it is time to abdicate. Park Wang-kyung and his three brothers are not as smart as Park Hyun-yeol alone. And the Beiyi Kingdom has been unable to fight against the Mohe people for so many years.
The comparison reminded Zhang Xiaowu of Sima Yi, a hero in the Three Kingdoms.