Three Kingdoms.

  Chapter 2204 Waiting for the New Year

Even if the general was assassinated, it could not stop the people's desire for the New Year, so a strange phenomenon appeared in Xu County. The lower class people began to prepare for the New Year's festivities and excitement, but the upper class gentry were in a kind of In the vanity that can't be grounded, no matter whether it is the officials in the court or the ordinary gentry children, they seem to be in a state of stagnation with ulterior motives. Everyone is watching and waiting.

   This is the original habit of the big Han, the habit of these gentry children.

   Even Emperor Liu Xie was waiting.

   They are used to waiting.

   Waiting for the wind to stop, waiting for the rain to fall, waiting for the thunder to sound, waiting for the heads to fall.

  They pride themselves on being calm and will not move until the last moment.

  It’s like the fact that the second Emperor Huan Ling’s party was imprisoned, and the scholars were angry and denounced, just like the yellow scarves overthrew Wubao, and the scholars gathered together...

  Of course, for most people, it is safest to wait for the dust to settle when they cannot see clearly, but it will also make the situation eventually evolve out of control.

  And if you want to make arrangements in advance, you must first predict.

  This kind of prediction requires wisdom.

  Cui Yan believes that Cao Cao is not dead, and even the injury may be fake.

  Then this upcoming Jizhou operation was obviously carried out with the acquiescence of Cao Cao, and even with the impetus behind Cao Cao.

  Although it is heard that Cao Pi is sitting in the main hall of the General’s Mansion, temporarily acting as an agent for some affairs, but Cui Yan believes that Cao Pi has not yet reached such a high reputation that he can suppress all the generals of the Cao Clan and Xiahou Clan...

   At least not yet.

  So even if there is no news from the General's Mansion, Cui Yan thinks that the possibility of Cao Cao's death is unlikely. So Cao Cao's promotion of the so-called suppression of assassins and rebellion this time is actually to fight for more interests, that is, land.

   This is not the first time this has happened.

  When Cao Cao was in Yanzhou, he cooperated with Zhang Miao and others very well at the beginning...

  Yanzhou gentry needed a thug, and Cao Cao just fit this position. What he didn't expect was that Cao Cao pulled so many Yellow Turban remnants from Qingzhou in a blink of an eye!

   Qingzhou soldiers, old and young, naturally needed land to resettle. Then the land could not fall from the sky out of thin air, so Cao Cao had a positive and irreconcilable conflict with the gentry in Yanzhou.

The Yanzhou gentry were unwilling to give up their land to those Qingzhou soldiers, and it was impossible for Cao Cao to give up the soldiers he had finally obtained, so in the end both sides were Cao Cao who killed Bian Zang, threatened and seized a large amount of land for resettlement Qingzhou soldiers, and later Cao Cao also led to the Yanzhou Incident because of this incident, and almost became homeless on the streets.

  So this time, is history repeating itself, or is there any new change?

  The flickering candles did not go out all night, until it was almost dawn, only a few people came out of the house, and then left in a hurry, rushing to the four directions as soon as the city gate opened...

  …m9(`Д)…

  There are dark clouds rolling in the sky.

  The ladder was pushed up the wall, arrows flew by like locusts, and the shouts shook the sky.

   Cao's soldiers were under Wubao, claiming that the owner of Wubao had participated in the conspiracy to assassinate the general, and demanded that the people in Wubao immediately open the door and surrender. Wu Baonei naturally felt extremely wronged when he said about assassinating the general, but Cao Jun had already launched an attack before he could say a few words.

  For ordinary gangsters, Wubao is naturally quite an insurmountable defense system, but in front of regular soldiers, how long can Wubao last without systematic training, organization and coordination?

Therefore, it is no surprise, even without much disturbance, that Wubao was captured on the same day, and Cao Jun immediately found quite important "evidence" in Wubao, the letter from the owner of Wubao to contact the assassin, and the preparations for the assassination Swords, guns, bows, crossbows, etc...

  December 26 was supposed to be a peaceful time to wait for the New Year, a time for ordinary people to prepare meat for the New Year, but it became the beginning of the death of a large household in Jizhou.

  Well, from a certain point of view, there seems to be nothing wrong with killing pigs twenty-six...

   Cao Jun stepped on the blood-stained footprints, held up his weapons, and spread the breath of death in the southern part of Jizhou...

   The killing continues.

   The result of death has not changed, but the process of death has changed.

"what? The dock door is wide open? 』

   While Cao Jun was marching and preparing to attack the next Wubao, the scouts sent back a special message.

  The owner of Wubao sat alone in the courtyard, watching Cao Jun approaching with murderous intent, and sneered endlessly.

  『Hurry up and catch! But Raoer will not die! 』

  Xiahou Dun's third son, Xia Hougu stood still, held his saber, looked at the old man in the courtyard, and shouted in a cold voice.

  The lord of Wubao laughed strangely twice, his beard and hair were all spread out, he cursed Cao Cao, cursed Xiahou, and before Xiahougu could do anything, he gave himself a knife and killed himself.

"not good! It's on fire! 』A Cao Jun pointed to the gradually rising fireworks and shouted.

  Xia Hougu was stunned for a moment, and quickly said: "Quick back! 』

   Cao Jun hurriedly withdrew from Wubao, and the original murderous aura and majestic momentum disappeared for a while.

  『Tsk...』Xia Hougu looked at the raging fire,『You are so old, you even got kerosene... If you say you didn’t collude with the assassin, heh, who would believe it? 』

  『Captain, then...what should we do with the things we prepared? ’ Xia Hougu’s confidant asked.

  『Hmmm...you can draw a mark on the guilt book...just say that this old immortal feels he has committed a lot of sins, and he will live without face...' Xia Hougu snorted, 『Anyway, he really committed suicide, didn’t he? Let's go, the whole team! Ready for the next one! Kill these pigs and dogs, and wait for the New Year! 』

  …(＾－＾)V…

  Chang'an, the mansion of the Hussar General of the Han Dynasty.

The soft sound of the piano is like a naughty elf in the courtyard of the pavilion, laughing and jumping past, even Guanghua seems to have turned into flowing water with the music, swaying and rippling in this piece of peace, and then It blends with the elegance of Wenmo and the jingle of Huanpei.

  『Oh...』 Cai Yan stopped playing the piano, touched his belly, and said, "He kicked me..."

  Fei Qian stretched out his hand and put it on Cai Yan's swollen abdomen, feeling the rhythm of life, "The little guy seems to be very happy...you are tired too, let's take a rest." I'll make you tea. 』

  Cai Yan smiled and nodded.

   A few personal maids came, those who held the piano held the piano, and those who dismissed the case dismissed the case, and then brought a whole set of tea sets.

   Fei Qian looked at it, pointed to the tea bowl and tea tray, and said, "Change a set, and change the pottery." 』

What is brought up now is the red and black lacquer tea set inlaid with gold and silver. Although it is gorgeous and has been made into lacquer lacquer, basically it will not cause allergies, but it is better to be careful. After all, Cai Yan is pregnant. It is the last period of time again, but any slight illness is very troublesome.

  Cai Yan smiled slightly, looked at Fei Qian, obviously satisfied with Fei Qian's care.

"Well, these tea leaves are from Sichuan..." Fei Qian sniffed the tea in the jar, "It tastes good, this kind of tea is fragrant...but it's not so easy to store compared to tea bricks...so it's all for one year After drinking for a year, it has been left for a long time, and it will inevitably absorb some miscellaneous flavors...In the early days, everyone liked to fry and roast it first. In fact, it is because the tea leaves have been stored for a long time. It's too heavy, it spoils the tea flavor...』

  The sound of water on the fire gradually rose.

"The first few batches of tea can only be stored for half a year at most. Even if the outside is sealed with wax, the inside will be easily corrupted. Later, it can only be improved again..." Fei Qian said casually, while taking the kettle from the stove I mentioned it, poured some into the teapot, and then scalded the teacup or something, "The last is the tea like it is now... The tea leaves need to be dried... The tea pot also needs to be cleaned, if there is a little debris and water stains in it..."

"It's easy to break... Now it can be stored for about a year and a half, and then there will be no tea flavor. If it exceeds two years, it will still break..." Fei Qian arranged the hot cups, and then put the tea leaves in the teapot Then pour boiling water to wash away the tea foam and floating dust, "No matter how good the tea is, it has to be hand-sweatened for the first time... some special teas... um, forget it, generally speaking, you don't drink the first tea." A tea soup...look, these bubbles...you can still see some powder...』

  Cai Yan blinked, as if a few small question marks appeared above his head, but he was quickly disturbed by Fei Qian, and his attention was shifted to the tea soup.

"For the second tea soup, the brewing time should not be too long..." Fei Qian counted silently in his heart, and then poured out the tea from the teapot. , when the world is settled in the future, maybe we will have to change it again... This teapot is not bad, the main reason is that it will keep the tea leaves in it...』

  『Madam please drink tea...』 Fei Qian gently pushed the teacup towards Cai Yan.

  The corners of Cai Yan's mouth curled up slightly, apparently in a good mood. He picked up the saucer, then picked up the teacup, and took a sip.

From a certain point of view, perhaps the well-prepared synthetic sugar beverages will deceive human tastes and make humans feel delicious, but in terms of actual effectiveness, these beverages from pure nature may not be better. .

   Fei Qian took a sip himself, and then asked: "How is it?" 』

"Drinking the tea made by Huqi himself today is like drinking fine wine...it is fragrant and sweet..." Cai Yan looked at Feiqian, the brilliance in his eyes was flowing, and after a while he smiled, "Well, it seems that Huqi tea ceremony The technique is quite refined...it must be a lot of practice...』

"Ok? ’ Fei Qian suddenly felt a chill on the back of his neck.

  『But I got it right? ’ Cai Yan said, then wrinkled her nose and snorted softly.

Fei Qian laughed, "Practice, it may not be necessary... but drinking tea is also related to mood. If you are in a good mood, the tea will taste sweet. If you are in a bad mood, there will only be bitterness in the tea... Come on." , this is the second bubble...』

  Two people sit together, chatting casually, sometimes bickering, it is more like a husband and wife, as if everyone respects each other as guests, every time they are polite, sometimes it is more like showing to outsiders.

  『It’s another year...』

  Fei Qian served Cai Yan tea, put down the teapot, and looked at the surrounding pavilions.

  In order to welcome the arrival of the new year, the general's mansion has already started cleaning and decorating for the new year. Now all the corners have been cleaned and wiped, even the moss in the corners has not been spared. On the wall of the pond in a corner of the courtyard, some old foamed walls were also removed, and then the wall was repaired, and then chalk was added.

  Everything seems clean and brand new.

  In such behavior, it seems to be full of expectations for the new year...

  『Husband came to my place... Is there something wrong...』 Cai Yan smiled and put down the teacup.

   Feiqian was stunned for a moment, and then he didn’t deny it, “That’s right, I just feel that this place is clean, so I came here to avoid it…”

  Cai Yan said curiously: "What kind of thing is it that the hussars have to avoid the edge for a while?" 』

  Fei Qian made a haha, and said: "It's nothing special...it's that kid Xu Zhongkang..."

A few days ago, Huang's Workshop presented Fei Qian with a new set of improved standard armor, which is an improved version of the previous general's armor. It has made some lightweight designs and strengthened defenses on some key parts. Added some comfort and more...

   is a relatively large improvement.

  Especially the style of the new armor is quite special...

Fei Qian himself didn't go to the front line very much. He knew a little about armor, but he wasn't very proficient, so he simply gave the armor to Xu Chu, let Xu Chu wear it for a practical experience, and then prepared to ask afterward to see what improvements were made. It's better, those still need to be adjusted and so on.

  『This was originally a very normal thing, right? ’ Fei Qian asked Cai Yan.

  Cai Yan nodded her head, "Yeah, there's nothing wrong with that..."

   Feiqian sighed, and said: "But I forgot to make a special statement... Then these people came... After that, Pang Shiyuan ran away immediately when he saw that the situation was wrong..."

  Cai Yan was stunned for a moment, then burst out laughing, "Oh, I see. 』

  Big Han people especially like to get together and show off.

   No, Xu Chu got a new armor. When Muxiu was not only looking for someone to compete in martial arts, he also wore the armor on purpose, and then his armor was shaking...

In addition, the improvement this time is relatively large, and there are some major improvements compared with the previous armor, especially the two integrated steel plates with a larger area on the front chest. Although it is not as cool as the integrated plate armor of later generations, but It is basically closer to the armor of the Tang Dynasty, so Xu Chu is wearing such a new armor, shaking two shining bras... er, the heart mirror, when he appears in front of Xu Huang, Zhang Liao and other generals, don't mention the how seductive...

Fei Qian felt that the aesthetics might be a bit weird, but for Xu Chu, or Xu Huang, Zhang Liao and others, they knew how strong this multi-layer structure and the latest fish scale armor were. After hearing Xu Chu brag about this Armors are so rare, and they are preparing for a new armor upgrade, so they couldn't hold back and found the general's mansion.

  Xu Huang and Zhang Liao came, and then more people came, all in the name of paying New Year's greetings to Fei Qian, so naturally there was some confusion.

   This is also normal, even in later generations.

For Zhang Liao and Xu Huang, it is not enough to come to Fei Qian to ask for a set of armor for personal reasons, but if it is for the replacement and upgrade of the whole army, then Zhang Liao and Xu Huang will spit on their red necks and roll up their sleeves on the spot. Every field has to fight for a fight, grab a grab...

The key is that at this time, both Xu Huang and Zhang Liao are **** each other, even if Fei Qian said no, Zhang Liao and Xu Huang would not believe it, even if they did, they would not leave immediately, or else they would turn around and leave, and then others When it comes to new equipment, my subordinates can only watch and swallow their saliva? What a shame!

  So it's hard for Fei Qian to say or scold, so he can only hide for a while.

  『What is the husband going to do? 』Cai Yan laughed, and seemed to feel that seeing Fei Qian deflated was a kind of schadenfreude, no, it was a joyful thing.

   Feiqian said: "Let it dry first, they may not be able to listen to it at the moment... The armor will not be available until the New Year is over, there is no use in rushing..."

   After all, most of the artisans have gone home on vacation at the end of the year. Can’t it be said that these artisans are called back because of this? Even if all the craftsmen are really called back, they still need to reopen the furnace, smelt and build, and it doesn't mean that they can be made in three days and two nights.

  Cai Yan nodded slightly. This, she can understand.

Because it is the same in the backyard of the general's mansion. Although she and Huang Yueying don't have much antagonistic relationship, her maids and servants are always conscious or not, and they will be because of this or that, and neither What is too big is to fight for...

  『Well, my husband is staying here...』 Cai Yan joked, patted her chest, and said, "I see who dares to come and chatter..."

  Cai Yan was quite expected in the first place, and now he eats more roundly than before, so the slapping of his chest is immediately exciting.

  Cai Yan covered it with her small hand, then gave Fei Qian a blank look, "What are you looking at?" 』

  『There is quite a lot of food and grass in reserve...』 Fei Qian said with a smile.

"Yeah..." Cai Yan was a little ashamed and angry, and couldn't help reaching out to pat Fei Qian, but was held by Fei Qian's backhand, struggling a bit, then Cai Yan laughed, and couldn't help touching Fei Qian's shoulder. Leaning up, he sighed faintly after a while, "That's great..."

"what? ’ Fei Qian asked.

  Cai Yan shook his head, "It's nothing... don't move around, let me lean on for a while..."

   Although Fei Qian didn't quite understand Cai Yan's sudden surge of emotion, it didn't prevent him from sitting on the spot obediently, letting Cai Yan just lean on his shoulder.

  Autumn and winter come, another year.

  The harp is in the palace, so it's better to be quiet.

  (end of this chapter)