Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

Chapter 727 New Year's Eve

The setting sun was blocked by tall branches and distant mountain peaks, the light dimmed, and the cold wind was still howling. Although there was no heavy snow in the past few days, the snow continued.

Walking on the snow with clogs, listening to the creaking sound, it was not interesting, Li Shan carried the wooden box and was accompanied by several guards until he walked not far from the entrance of the village. Voice.

A few figures came out from behind the tree, and Fan Shiyi, the leader, smiled and said, "Just say that the gentleman will not forget."

"If Zhao Da hadn't reminded me, I would have forgotten you guys." Li Shan scolded with a smile: "Zhao Da saw that it was wonton, so he said it...Fan Shiyi's monkey likes to eat wonton the most."

Fan Shiyi opened the wooden box, grabbed a dumpling, stuffed it into his mouth, and smiled at the limping Zhao Da.

The dumplings in the Sui and Tang Dynasties are no different from those of later generations, except that they are not called dumplings, but wontons. In Li Shan's impression, wontons in later generations have square skins, and those with round skins are called dumplings.

"Well, it's very fragrant. It's stuffed with mutton." Fan Shiyi clicked his tongue twice, and swallowed three or four of them in the blink of an eye.

Today's New Year's Eve, most of the guards also went home to reunite, but Su Dingfang and Wang Junhao set the rules earlier, the village patrols at night, and the light and dark whistle outside the village cannot stop. Li Shan didn't want to break the rules, so he asked the kitchen to prepare dumplings and personally Send them one by one.

"Slow down." Zhao Da bent down and took out a few gourds from the wooden box and handed them over, "There is still soup."

Li Shan watched this scene with a smile. Besides Su Dingfang, there are several other marriages that have already been decided next year. For example, Fan Shiyi is about to marry Zhao Da's younger sister.

In today's Sun Moon Lake, there are five or six hundred families, hundreds of young and strong, and their origins are also very complicated. In Shandong, Hedong, Guannei, and Shuozhou, some married daughters of the Zhu family, and some of the Zhu clan married foreign daughters. All in all, integration through marriage is the most direct and effective means.

In this regard, Zhu Wei, Ling Jing, Wang Junhao and Zhang Zhongjian all did it deliberately.

After Fan Shiyi and the others had finished eating, Li Shan asked people to put away the wooden box and said, "Looking at the weather, it might snow at night, so ask someone to bring some cotton-padded jackets over later."

"Don't worry, the entrance to the village is ready." Fan Shiyi wiped his mouth, "Your Majesty, go back first, and you have to go to court tomorrow morning."

Li Shan smacked his lips, he really didn't want to go... Tomorrow's court meeting, I guess we'll have to stay until the afternoon.

Back at the house, the meals have already been prepared. Today is the menu set by Li Shan himself. The chef transferred from Dongshan Restaurant has three tables full of meals. One table is for the female relatives in the side room and two tables are in the main room.

In addition to the usual dishes, there is actually beef, which was specially sent by Yuan Junzhang who is still living in Sun Moon Lake... This man has been in Beijing for more than half a year, and he is very aware of the importance of this King of Handan in Chang'an.

"Finally back." Zhang Wenguan rubbed his fists and yelled, "Today I want to see Brother Huai's drinking capacity!"

Zhang Wenguan was very worried about the whip he received.

"Don't be greedy." Zhang Wenxi reprimanded: "Huairen will go to the Great Court Meeting tomorrow, and it's not a trivial matter to be disrespectful on the first day."

Li Shan chuckled, "Zhigui...Brother Wenxi will have nothing to do tomorrow, and he won't take up his post until after the Lantern Festival."

Zhang Wenxi's face froze, and he caught a glimpse of his younger brother looking towards him with malicious intentions... Li Shan guessed right that day, Zhang Wenxi was indeed the one who said those two fragmented poems.

Today's New Year's Eve, Zhang's brothers' father was far away in Hedong, Li Shan simply invited them to come, the rest of them are all residents in Zhuangzi, such as Ling Jing and his family, Su Dingfang's mother and son, Wang Junhao, his mother and his younger brother.

"Let's all go to the table." Li Shan took a few glances, "Where is Sanlang going?"

Zhang Zhongjian, who was walking out, paused, hesitated and did not reply, Wang Junhao at the side put his arm around his shoulders, "We fought the enemy side by side that day, but today we are so coy?"

Li Shan introduced to Zhang Wenxi: "Zhang Sanlang was originally a Shuozhou soldier Cao joined the army. The battle of Cangtouhe was designed and planned by him. Only by trapping the Turks can we achieve a great victory."

Zhang Wenxi nodded with a smile, and extended his hand to greet him, thinking that the King of Handan is really powerful, meeting this man at night is like meeting a ghost.

Ling Jing, who sat down earlier, smiled slightly, regardless of other things, Zhang Zhongjian may not be like Su Dingfang, but he is much stronger than Wang Junhao, it's a pity that this appearance... only Huairen is willing to use it.

Several families, Zhang brothers, Zhang Zhongjian, Qu Silang, Zhu Ba, Zhou Zhoulang, Qi Laosan and others, the two tables were full. Li Shan raised his glass and said: "This year's war in the north, defend the fort to the death, go north to pursue, If it weren't for the princes, how could you succeed?"

Everyone held their cups and got up one after another, and the banquet was silent for a while.

"There are many old people who died in Shuozhou, and the heroic spirits are not far away. This cup of wine should be drunk together."

Everyone spilled half of the wine on the ground, and drank the rest in one gulp.

"It's a pity that brother Huai is going to farm in the next year. If there is a war next time, you must bring your younger brother." Zhang Wenguan said with a smile: "Leaping on the horse and raising the whip, this is the ambition of a man."

Wang Junhao smiled and said, "Why don't you go to Tongzhou with Lang Jun next year?"

"Aren't you going to Tuntian?"

Ling Jing took a piece of meat and chewed it, and said slowly: "Where Huairen's footprints have passed, there are many disputes, and even more frequent wars."

Li Shan's face is darkened, he is all from his own family, why bother to expose my old background?
Zhang Wenguan laughed so hard that he talked about the old things in Shandong with Zhang Wenxi who didn't know why... He vowed to analyze the situation, but everyone turned a deaf ear.

Li Shan forcibly changed the subject, "It's a pity that brother Wenxi will be leaving after the Lantern Festival, otherwise I would like to ask for praise."

Zhang Wenguan asked curiously, "Isn't it Brother Dingfang?"

"Brother Dingfang will go to Yongzhou Sanyuan to welcome his relatives in those few days." Li Shan said with a smile, "Zhigui will also come to help at that time."

"Cough cough." Zhang Wenxi coughed twice, "After the Lantern Festival, the second younger brother will either go to Yangcheng, or follow someone to Huating."

Zhang Wenguan has been playing crazy in Chang'an for the past two years, and no one cares about him at all... Zhang Wenxi has already decided not to let his younger brother participate in the scientific examination next year, don't be ashamed, and study for a few more years.

Li Shan cast a sympathetic look, "In February next year, there will be several marriages in Zhuangzi, and Junhao, Zhu Ba, and Zhou Zhoulang will all welcome their relatives."

Zhang Wenguan was speechless, he couldn't let people get married in the first month, generally speaking, it is not allowed to welcome relatives in the first month.

Li Shan turned his head and said in a low voice: "Still going to Huating?"

Zhang Wenxi nodded, "If it wasn't for Huairen, I'm afraid the county magistrate is rare, how can we change it?"

"Although the general manager has not yet been decided, next year there will be a Lingzhou road march in the pass." Li Shan glanced at Zhang Wenguan, "How about going to Yangcheng?"

"No, go to Huating." Zhang Wenguan's attitude was firm. If he really wanted to go to Yangcheng's father, he would have to be beaten first.

Zhang Wenxi thought for a while, and said softly: "Since the troops are prepared in the pass, and Huating is located in Longzhou, there should be no danger."

"I don't know who the marching chief will be." Zhang Wenguan said casually: "A few days ago, I thought it would be brother Ding Fang."

Ling Jing shook his head. Although it has not been fully finalized, the plan of Prince Qin's mansion has been successful. Either it is Xiangyi King Li's talisman, or Guan Guogong Ren Gui... This is Li Yuan's old man, and he was with Li Jiancheng in the early years. The relationship is very good, and they are direct descendants of the Eastern Palace.

The next step is to see the commanding ability of Ren Gui or Li Shenfu... King Qin seems to be very confident about this.

Li Shan didn't bother to think about that for the time being, raised his glass and said, "Don't say anything else tonight, everyone, drink to win!"

This night of drinking until late at night, Li Shan regretted that he didn't make a mahjong or poker in advance, thinking that he might be able to make a set of Three Kingdoms to play later.

(End of this chapter)