It wasn't until the snowflakes howled again that Xu Mu supported Jia Zhou and walked back to the wooden house.
"Lord, you can think of a way to start accumulating food and iron." Lying in the quilt, Jia Zhou hesitated and left another sentence.
Build high walls and hoard food? Become king later?
Xu Mu hesitated for a while and did not answer.
Jia Zhou smiled, closed his eyes and slowly fell asleep. After a while, his slight snoring started again.
After a pause, Xu Mu turned around and walked out of the house.
Probably because of the retreat, the shopkeepers who came to collect wine today were so frightened that they left Horseshoe Lake early. On Wei Feng's side, many people were also assigned to escort them all the way.
"Xu Lang, do you still want to make wine for next month?"
"It's okay. It gets better and better with age."
"Xu Lang, close your eyes." Jiang Caiwei stood on the snow, her face a little red, not sure whether it was from the cold or from embarrassment.
Xu Mu smiled and closed his eyes. Before he opened them, he felt his body became much warmer.
"Xu Lang, please open your eyes."
Xu Mu opened his eyes and looked around, only to find that his body was wrapped in a large cloak, embroidered with landscapes and bamboo plums, which was really beautiful.
He had one before, but he lost it during a fight.
"Thank you, madam." Xu Mu smiled, held his hands, and hugged Jiang Caiwei into his arms. He was reluctant to walk back to the house, so he simply stood there and looked at the snowy scene in front of him.
"Silly, after a nap, we both will be warm." On the balcony, Zhuge Fan drank a sip of drunken heavenly immortal, grinning, and with a bald head and face, he looked like an old monkey.
"Let me tell you, when I was young, my name was Jade-faced Young Master, and he was known as the most handsome knight in the era. I don't know how many ladies from the world were chasing me, crying and wanting to go with me."
"When I went to clean up the tavern, the girls were all selling money. I stayed in Changyang for half a month and made two thousand taels, two thousand taels!"
Chen Datie and the old scholar next to him were too lazy to listen. After picking their ears, the two of them touched each other. As soon as the wine entered their throats, they started to grin again.
…
Inner city, official road. A carriage in the snow.
Lu Zizhong trembled with trembling hands and finally picked up the hot tea in front of him. He only took half a sip and then put it down with a slap in the face.
There was probably a fresh whip mark near the mouth and nose.
"I told you not to slap me in the face."
"He also slapped me in the face when he entered Chengcheng." In front of Lu Zizhong, another man who was wrapped tightly said in a trembling voice.
"Master Lu, there should be no problem with the method this time. There is only one way to get to Horseshoe Lake from Guandao."
Listening, Lu Zizhong showed a rare smile and pointed at the person in front of him.
"You turned your back on the Lord and asked for glory."
"Young Master Lu is joking. He is just a dog driver who makes wine, but he is worthy of being my master. Don't look at him as he looks noble, but in fact he is just hypocritical and a dirty person."
"I heard someone say that you have a bad wife who is still in Zhuangzi. If the army breaks up and kills her, won't she be ruined?"
"That's a bitch that I bought as a slave." The man in the robe sneered, "Young master Lu, I don't know that that bitch will be beaten and scolded by me every night. When she gets up the next day, she will Then go and farm the sharecropping fields obediently."
"You don't look like a scholar, you look more like a dressed-up beast."
The person opposite paused and began to cover his face and laugh.
Lu Zizhong also showed a sinister smile and raised his hand.
Lu Yuan, who was behind him, hurriedly took two bulging bags of silver from his arms and threw them into the arms of the person opposite.
"Go ahead. There are five thousand taels in it. Keep the two thousand taels. Buy the general with three thousand taels, and then use your method to drive the defeated army to Horseshoe Lake."
"Remember, don't expose my identity."
"Master Lu, please remember that he will join the official household department next year and make an introduction for me."
"That's easy to say."
The man wrapped in a robe turned around and got out of the carriage. Not far away, Lu Zizhong hurriedly poked his head in again.
"Once again, don't expose my identity."
After retracting his head, Lu Zizhong was still in shock.
"Third uncle, can this method be accomplished?"
"Zizhong, you also know that I was a little bit close to being the chief staff officer back then. According to my judgment, there is no problem with this method."
"Third uncle, you made a mistake last time."
"Zi Zhong, I must have gotten sleepy while waiting, so I missed a move."
"Uncle Third, I will whip you too next time."
"Zi Zhong remembers that when you were eight years old, I bought you thirty bunches of candied haws."
…
Ignoring the extreme pull of the uncle and nephew in the carriage. You Wencai walked very fast, eager for the upcoming group of defeated troops to rush into Horseshoe Lake immediately.
"He is full of benevolence and righteousness, but he is also a dirty person, yet he accuses me of following others' influence. If I didn't have the surname Hou, your small wine shop would have been doomed long ago."
In the wind and snow, You Youcai's face gradually became distorted.
If he could only live in the border area, his best thought would be to buy into the government one day and become a copywriter.
It’s different now, it’s all different. With the help of the old official in Chengcheng, he became the new writing official of Chengcheng Prefecture.
This level of identity also successfully allowed him to join forces with the Lu family.
Of course, he had to continue climbing, stepping on the shoulders of the four major households, first climbing to the household level, and then finding a way to climb into the court hall.
As for the young boss, he couldn't explain why he hated him so much. It's probably a kind of vicious competition between people with different approaches, who hate each other.
"Thank you, General." You Wen stopped, took a bag of silver from his arms, and handed it over with a flattering smile.
In front of You Wencai, a sharp-mouthed and monkey-cheeked general turned around with a faint smile, took the silver, and put it into the horse's belly bag.
On the official road, there were two or three scouts on horseback, rushing back through the wind and snow.
"I will report back to the general. The defeated troops of Rubei County in Yuzhou massacred three towns and came towards Guandao!"
"How many miles?"
"About twenty miles."
"Array up!"
"The defeated army, which numbered no more than 2,000, was driven into despair in a killing formation."
You Wencai stood in the wind and snow, his face wrapped in a fur robe, unconsciously becoming slightly ferocious.
"My little boss, don't be old friends in the next life."
…
Si Hu and a dozen children were building a snowman by the Horseshoe Lake. He probably didn't make a good-looking snowman, so he simply took the winnings of four steamed cakes into his arms and ran away in a hurry.
More than a dozen children, wearing warm robes, were chasing after him crying.
"Brother Tiger is a bastard! He lost eighty steamed buns to me before, but he didn't count."
Wei Feng and others whistled and played for a while, then began to lead dozens of heroes to try to get wood from the back mountain.
Xu Mu turned around speechlessly. Before he entered the house, he stopped for a moment and turned around.
On the path outside Horseshoe Lake, the sudden trampling of horses was anxious and heavy, and it seemed extremely out of place in the snowy scenery.
