Chapter 336 Thought-provoking

The wind at the end of January is still chilly and cold.After staying in Youshan County for a few days, Fu Xuan finally waited for the "big gathering" that she had been longing for, with the participation of Rouran merchants.

On this day, she and Xie Zhan went to the north of Youshan County, the location of the big market across the two countries.

Youshan County is the northernmost county in Daliang. The northern border is already cold, and it is the first month of the lunar year, when thousands of miles are covered with ice. One can imagine how the frost, snow and cold wind outside must be piercing.

However, when the carriage stopped at the entrance of Daji, Fuxuan was wearing a thick padded jacket, a fox fur cloak, and holding a hand stove through thick gloves. When she got off the carriage and looked up, she felt that she Generally, being fully armed is a bit too "like facing a big enemy".Therefore, she simply handed the stove back to the maid, and then walked into the market with Xie Zhan.

The rather familiar scene suddenly brought her back to the memory of a certain winter day——

There were white tents and bonfires. The soldiers of the Baiyue Army had just regained the lost land in Daliang. They sat around the bonfire, drinking and singing, and talking loudly.She sat on her uncle's shoulders and followed him to visit the bonfires...

"I saw a lot of these big tents that year, and I heard countless 'General', you don't know, there are accents in various places, some call it 'Jianjun', and some call it 'Jiangjun' Yes." Fu Xuan said to Xie Zhan with a smile all over her face.

It was her experience, and she was sharing it with him.

Xie Zhan liked her like this, and said politely: "When I was 15 years old, I also spent the winter in the Xie family's trilogy, and ate and slept with them, which was similar to what you said. Because of this, I also learned a lot. words. 'Old Man' is the father, 'Grandma' is the grandmother..."

For such a pampered and pampered son as Xie Zhan to live in the army, Fu Xuan was extremely surprised, but when she thought of the truth that her uncle and father had said before, Xie Zhan had always been recognized as the future head of the Xie family , it is inevitable to control the Xie family trilogy, and she probably understands it.

"So, because the husband is the way of the general, the army will not say thirsty before the well is drawn; the army will not say hunger before the food is cooked; Operate the fan, the rain doesn’t cover’ the truth, Xie Liulang, who is obsessed with cleanliness, really once crawled in the mud and didn’t wash for several days?” Fu Xuan teased and praised him. (Note 1)

Xie Zhan coughed lightly, and recalled: "In order to take a bath, I sneaked out of the camp in the middle of the night, planning to bathe in a nearby lake, but..."

He paused on purpose, causing Fu Xuan to ask anxiously: "Have you been arrested?"

Xie Zhan shook his head.

Fu Xuan asked again: "Have you met a beast?"

"No."

"Then you said it!" Fu Xuan asked, "Could it be that you couldn't swim then?"

"In winter, the whole lake is full of ice. I ignored it for a while..."

Fu Xuan was stunned, and reacted for a while, seeing that Xie Zhan's ears were blushing uncomfortably, she suddenly laughed out loud, and then laughed so hard that she leaned forward and backward regardless of her image.

"Hahaha... Xie Changheng, the moon is dark and the wind is high, did you take off your clothes at that time? Did you jump in with a 'bang', and then...hahaha..."

The more she talked, the clearer the distressed appearance of the boy Xie Zhan imagined in her mind, and the more trembling with laughter.

Xie Zhan's face was dull, and he squinted at the crazy girl with a smile, no longer taking care of her small steps, and strode forward.

Fu Xuanben bowed and covered her stomach and laughed. Seeing him leaving suddenly, she hurriedly chased him a few steps, grabbed Xie Zhan's cloak to stop him, quickly rushed to Xie Zhan, spread her arms to stop him, and asked curiously: "Where did you land first? No, the ice. Was it your hands, or... your ass?"

Xie Zhan clung to her ear, clarified the truth with one sentence and stopped the topic: "Go back and take it off for you to see."

Fuxuan's ears were numb and hot, and she muttered, "Who wants to see it!"

She was about to run away when an extremely lively noise came, attracting the eyes of the two of them.

Behind the two of them, Shi Qing and Mo Jiu looked at each other silently, immediately became vigilant, and both looked sideways to signal their subordinates to be on guard.You must know that along the way, the killers they secretly dealt with were batch after batch.

Fu Xuan stretched her neck, looked for the reputation, and said with great interest: "Changheng, let's go and have a look too!"

The two followed the sound, and saw two burly men engaged in a sumo match on a high platform with a curtain hanging on one side. The atmosphere was tense and enthusiastic, and the crowd cheered and applauded.

This kind of angle-arresting activity is like riding and shooting. As a military training, it is often carried out in the army. Fuxuan is actually used to it.

But this is the first time she has seen such a competition among the people, and judging by their clothes, one is from Daliang and the other is from Rouran. This kind of competition naturally represents not only the two, but also two countries. For a moment, the blood of the border people of the two countries was boiling, "Encourage it! Encourage it!"

Fu Xuan sighed, "I thought they were here for business, but I didn't expect them to compete here."

Xie Zhan recalled the records in the book and said: "In addition to wars, there will be competitions between countries that have friendly relations. According to historical records, there were strong barbarians from the Western Regions in the previous dynasty, who were invincible. After they came to Daliang, there were no Daliang people. Dare to compare with it. At that time, the emperor was very annoyed by this matter, so he posted a list to recruit warriors. Later, a man named 'Yu Dong' enthusiastically applied for the recruitment and competed with the Hu people, but he was killed Since then, he became famous all over the world and was bestowed an official title by the emperor." (Note 2)

Fu Xuan listened to Xie Zhan's words thoughtfully.

While she was in a trance, the competition on the high platform came to an end, and the Daliang man came back victorious. The villagers immediately stepped forward and tied a big red silk flower in front of him. Several men carried him and threw him up and down. Cheers, applause, whistles mixed with goodwill, lasted for a long time.

Someone beside Fuxuan praised: "I really deserve to be the warrior who competed in our Youshan County arena!"

Hearing this, Fu Xuan asked curiously: "Auntie, do you think that one was made through a competition? Did you even set up a ring?"

"That's right! Here we are, just to beat the Rouran people in the monthly fair. There will be a ring in the city every month for these capable people to compete, and the winner will be sent Go to the big fair and compete with the Rouran people. However, as long as you get the top three, you will get a lot of millet and cloth rewards!" The man replied.

"Will anyone be able to participate?" Fu Xuan asked again, "For example, those servants too?"

"You can be human, but slaves are also human." After the other party finished speaking, the group of "heroes" who had returned from victory came in this direction. For the sake of safety, Xie Zhan pulled Fu Xuan aside.

"Let's go."

After the crowd walked away, Fuxuan, urged by Xie Zhan, went to the white-roofed yurts one by one to choose soft and abundant sable furs, silver ornaments, etc., and under Xie Zhan's unhappy eyes, Fuxuan gave I personally picked a Rouran white horse.

The strange and noisy border town gradually went away. On the carriage home, Fu Xuan wore a beautiful agate bead string on her hair, opened the curtain of the car, and looked in the direction of the empty high platform.

It has to be said that besides Rouran's items today, what happened there made Fu Xuan think deeply.

"Chang Heng, have you ever thought that the rules for selecting officials only by relying on family background to become an official may not be right?"

 Note 1: "The husband is the way of the general. If the army well is not drained, he will not say thirsty; if the army food is not cooked, he will not say hunger; if the army fire is not ready, he will not say cold; if the army curtain is not set, he will not say sleepy; in summer, he will not talk. Fan, rain does not cover." - "New Book"

  Note 2: Yu Chan's matter is true, refer to "Book of Jin · Yu Chan's Biography".The Jin Dynasty was also the first dynasty in China to record sumo wrestling.

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  Smell a little bit of "husband and wife" reform?

  
 
(End of this chapter)

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