Fufeng Song

On the morning of the first day of the first lunar month, Deng Gang woke up his colleagues early, and the officers under Lu Yao gathered in front of the camp gate to burn incense paper, tree peach blossoms, and twist pine and cypress branches into ropes to hang them.Lu Yao killed a chicken himself and sprinkled it on the door.

According to people's views at that time, in the first month, the soil sprouts and the vegetation grows, while the chickens eat five grains, so the chickens are killed to help the vegetation grow.There are also myths and legends that say: In the time of Tang Yao, only a Chongming bird was sent as a tribute to the country.The bird's eyes are like chickens, its voice is like a phoenix, and it can fight fierce beasts and evil spirits.People hope that the Chongming bird will fly to their homes to drive away evil spirits, but the Chongming bird is not available, so they hang a chicken with a similar image on the door to scare ghosts.

After the completion, Lu Yao and Xue Tong will rush to the governor's mansion to meet Yue Shigong.

On this day, except for the generals guarding the various places and the necessary guards, all the civilian and military generals under the jurisdiction of the prefect of Bingzhou were present.Naturally, the governor's mansion also had a lot of festive etiquette, besides wearing formal attire to congratulate the superiors one by one, burning thick bamboo tubes in the courtyard, drinking pepper and cypress wine, peach soup, eating gum gum and Wuxin plate and so on.

Pepper and cypress wine is a wine steeped with pepper flowers and cypress leaves. At that time, people used pepper jade to measure the essence of stars, and eating it made people young; cypress is a fairy medicine, and eating it can cure all diseases.This wine should be drunk on New Year's Day to wish everyone good health in the new year.Peach soup is a soup made of peach branches and leaves. Peach wood is believed to have the magic power to exorcise evil spirits and subdue ghosts. Drinking peach soup places people's good expectations on expelling evil spirits and suppressing all kinds of ghosts.

After the ceremony, Duke Yueshi held a luxurious banquet as usual.There were nearly 100 officials from all walks of life attending the banquet. If you count the soldiers, entourage, etc., there will be even more.There was no room to sit in the living room, and a shed was built in the yard in front of the hall, so the arrangement was made properly.Needless to say, the delicious delicacies presented like flowing water, Yue Shigong also gave an impromptu speech, vowing to put down the Xiongnu, and wishing to be promoted to a noble.All the generals naturally put on a look of enthusiasm.

During the dinner, many colleagues came to offer a toast to thank Lu Yao, jokingly saying that if Lu Yao hadn't gone to rob houses, the whole army would have been cut off.Especially Ding Miao, Wang Xiu and others who were friendly with Lu Yao took the opportunity to clink glasses several times.

That's all for Wang Xiu, he is Liu Kun's personal follower, and his duty is not to drink too much.Ding Miao almost came here with a wine jar in his arms. This person's wine quality is very low, he can do anything, and it makes Lu Yao dizzy, so he has to ask for forgiveness.

In this troubled world, it is rare to indulge in laughter and laughter, and everyone is joyful from the bottom of their hearts.

Wen Qiao seemed a little drunk.He staggered down the steps, and chanted loudly: "Joining the army is both joyful and bitter, but ask who you follow. What you follow is as good as martial arts, so how can you spend a long time working hard on your teacher. Mr. Xianggong conquered Guanshi, and his anger shook the sky..."

Before Wen Qiao finished chanting, a group of drunken-eyed officers cheered loudly: "Good poetry, good poetry! Wen Changshi, talented!"

Lu Yao spouted the wine out of his mouth with a puff.This is not Wen Qiao's poem, what a bunch of old men are talking nonsense!He patted the table and laughed.This was the first time in months that he had indulged in a carnival with no intentions, so he drank a little harder.

If this kind of incompletely fermented wine is measured by modern standards, the degree is actually very low.Unexpectedly, Lu Yao drank very lightly, his face turned red after three cups, and he felt a bit drunk.

While he was pouring himself a drink, Xu Run, a middle-aged man, greeted him attentively through several people: "Why are you laughing, Daoming?"

Xu Run is second only to Chang Shi Wenqiao among Yue Shigong's staff, and he is an extremely powerful one.When Jicheng reorganized the army, Xu Run expressed his kindness to Lu Yao in front of everyone.According to the news from Yue Shigong's side, the last time Lu Yao and Liu Yan had a conflict, it was Xu Run who said a lot of good things to Lu Yao in front of Yue Shigong.But Lu Yao knew in his heart that he just didn't like this person.

This ability to see people comes from Lu Yao's previous life.If you do a lot of things of judging appearances and selves, you will naturally be able to discern people's hearts.In his eyes, Xu Run is like an actor in a TV series, and Lu Yao can easily criticize his acting skills.It should be noted that some actors' acting skills are light and natural, while some actors are too heavy for drama.Seo Yoon is the latter kind of actor.

There is no doubt that Xu Run is good at communication, and his kind demeanor and honest face can easily win the favor of others.But when Lu Yao talked with him, he always felt a little uncomfortable.Although his words and deeds try to highlight his sincere emotions, in Lu Yao's eyes, they seem to be too forceful, and instead give people a sense of loyalty.If I had to give an example, perhaps the film king who looked at the stars in the future could be compared with him.

Even though he was constantly slandering in his heart, Lu Yao never neglected the twists and turns on the surface for several months.Every time he gets along with Xu Run, he is very polite and courteous.But today, perhaps because of his drunkenness, Lu Yao lost his composure.

He hiccupped, squinted at Xu Run, waved his hand to signal Xu Run not to disturb, and continued drinking on his own.

This kind of behavior may seem frivolous in the eyes of modern people, but in the eyes of ancient people, it is almost like driving out servants, which is extremely rude.At that moment, Xu Run's eyes narrowed slightly, and he laughed at himself and said, "Daoming is drunk, so I won't bother you."

Lu Yaogen didn't pay attention to his actions.He got up with his sword while drinking, and said loudly: "Brother Taizhen is singing, but he is not talented, so I would like to dance the sword to make peace!" After saying that, the long sword came out of its sheath with a clang, the sword energy was like snow, and the light filled the room.

Wen Qiao held up his wine glass to signal to Lu Yao, and continued to sing loudly: "Destroy the captives in one fell swoop, and then subdue the Qiang barbarians. Collect the bandits from the frontier in the west, and suddenly look down to pick up the relics. Chen appreciates the hills and mountains, and the wine and meat exceed the Sichuan. There are many in the army. Forgiveness, people and horses are full of fat. Traveling in vain and returning by car, there is more money left. The land has been expanded for three thousand miles. The round trip is like flying. Songs and dances enter Yecheng, and all wishes are fulfilled!..." All the civil servants beat time Yinghe, one chant and three sighs, just as the saying goes, how generous is the sadness, and the Qing song is full of enthusiasm.

Wen Qiao sang loudly, accompanied by Lu Yao's sword dance.Although he is young, he is already a seasoned general; as long as he holds a sword in his hand, he will naturally have a chilling aura that will cut across the battlefield.But seeing him stabbing back and forth, his vigorous figure followed the flow of the sword light, like a silver dragon circling and swimming.Everyone in the military attache team couldn't help clapping the table and applauding loudly, the noise almost toppled the roof.

Liu Kun sat high on the seat, Tao Ran listened to it, watched it with pleasure, raised his glass frequently and said: "Gentlemen, please drink!"

At the moment Liu Kun is in a very good mood.In the past few days, he, the new Governor of Bingzhou, has vigorously integrated the counties and states in the north of Bingzhou, and has made initial progress.Xinxing County, Yanmen County in the north, and Leping County in the northeast were successively attached by local officials and wealthy families.At this moment, there are several people in the hall who are representatives sent from various places.In this way, these places were nominally returned to the rule of Bingzhou Governor's Office.

In addition, because the military resources were a little abundant, he mobilized troops and prepared to reoccupy Shangdang County.Although Shangdang is dilapidated, the terrain is high and dangerous, overlooking the east, west, south, and south.With the Shangdang as a flanking barrier, the strategic environment of the entire Taiyuan Kingdom will be greatly improved.

The candidate for the expedition to the Shangdang has not yet been decided. This matter is no small matter, and it requires a general who is both wise and courageous.Xu Run, who worked as a Zhonglang, strongly recommended Long Jimeng, a general under Dongyinggong's command several times, but he was still hesitating these few days.

Xu Run has the ability to handle affairs and is proficient in melody, so he has been favored by him during this period of time.Generals such as Linghu Sheng were secretly dissatisfied with this.On the other hand, Xu Runren actively wooed the lieutenant generals in order to strengthen himself.Previously, Xu Run's target was Lu Yao, but Lu Yao obviously stayed away from the internal disputes involved in the shogunate, so Xu Run made friends with Long Jimeng, who had just joined him.

Liu Kun saw all the small moves made by his subordinates to consolidate his position.Although he disdained to use power tactics, he had no intention of stopping it.This is all human nature, as long as it does not hinder the great cause of suppressing the Xiongnu, let him go.

Forget it, why bother thinking about that today?Speaking of which, the Dongying company Ma Teng left the town and the state for several years, but was beaten to pieces by the Xiongnu while sitting on a strong army. Fortunately, the soles of his feet were quickly oiled to save his life.And I, Liu Yueshi, have been operating in just a few months, and I have a little bit of armor, a little bit of food and grass, and a little bit of peace for the people, which is quite prosperous!Haha, my talent is more than a hundred times better than that!

Such a comparison made Liu Kun feel very happy, and the wine was drained.

And in the hall, the huge Long Jimeng held the cup in both hands, walked up to Xu Run and bent down with some difficulty: "Zhonglang, please drink this cup."

The general who commanded the army was so respectful that Xu Run's anger at being repelled by Lu Yao was slightly extinguished.Xu Run looked at Long Jimeng's respectful expression with satisfaction, and raised his hand to gently support his arm: "Why is General Long so polite... If you have time after the banquet, please come to the humble house to talk about it, okay?"

Long Jimeng's face changed with joy: "Good! Good!"