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Chapter 309 Fifteen Years Old
Tianshui Grassland is the birthplace of the Northern Han Dynasty royal family and the headquarter of the An family.

In the past hundred years, although the Northern Han Dynasty failed to invade Daxia, relying on its powerful cavalry, it was still able to continuously expand northward, eliminate many small tribes, and gain population.The vast area between Zhanshui and Luoma River allowed them to turn to farming civilization. A large amount of food fed an increasing population. However, the vast grasslands including Tianshui Grassland are still their homeland and the breeding ground for them. Their warriors - the force that supports the empire and suppresses dissidents.

The fire in Tianshui Grassland and the killed and captured Daxia officers and soldiers made the whole Northern Han Dynasty angry. They easily forgot about the defeat a few months ago and desperately clamored to destroy Daxia.

However, An Jia, who has always been staunch, gritted his teeth this time and endured it stubbornly.

Because they have more important things to do in Hanking.

Just half a month ago, the Patriarch of the An family, Grand Situ An Xiaofeng of the Northern Han Dynasty, died of a sudden illness in the court.No one knew the reason, no one saw the body, and all the people accompanying him disappeared without a trace.

How could the An family not know what happened? The An family's personal guards immediately rushed to the palace and started a crazy siege.

However, a small number of troops loyal to the imperial court took control of the imperial palace and the inner city, and the high walls prevented An's counterattack. The news spread.

Therefore, even though Tianshui Grassland is the base camp of the An family, they had to concentrate their efforts on the central power struggle, so as not to control the orthodox royal family and uproot the An family.In comparison, Daxia's harassment seemed insignificant. It was just that An Wenchang led his cavalry and rushed left and right on the grassland, trying to hunt and kill the Daxia officers who had infiltrated.

The officers of Daxia also gradually grew up in being hunted, and learned to fight with high-speed movements of one man with two horses, one man with three horses, or the resistance method of dispersing and gathering.

In an instant, the border between the two countries turned into a school field for small cavalry to fight.The soldiers on both sides fought back and forth, and the officer corps of Daxia was very excited about it, but the nobles didn't pay attention to the small border conflict.

They didn't even know there was a military coup in Hanking.

The gentlemen at the top of the court are like diners who are full of meat and vegetables, staring at the snacks and fruits with all their attention - Shaonan City is the snacks that decorate the summer, and the fruit is Cheng Jinzhou's birthday.

September 15nd is Cheng Jinzhou’s 15th birthday.In an environment like Daxia that respects the elderly but not the young, there is no need for a banquet on a young person's birthday, but [-] is a very interesting age, which means that a man has become an adult.

The coming-of-age ceremony for a three-star Warlock deserves congratulations from the imperial court, even if there are no conditions attached.If it is calculated based on the fact that only one two-star warlock advances in 30 or [-] years, it is really not inferior to the Olympics and the World Cup, and it can even leave other unnoticed events behind.

The three star warlocks from Xingzhou, Taiyu, Hui Minren and Kong Wei, are also the targets of many people trying their best to make friends. With the surge in sales of "Science", the star warlocks who come here to attract the attention of the stars on the south bank of Jianhe River. Warlock Tower was overcrowded, with at least [-] people living in De'an. For this once small city, the world was changing too fast.

Even Warlock Liu Kuangxing and Warlock An Fengxing relaxed their attitudes and took an airship to Shaonan, completely forgetting about the Association Star Warlock who died at the hands of Warlock De'an Star.

Just like what developed countries do to underdeveloped countries, since Cheng Jinzhou has proved that "Science" is a valuable journal and a journal that can carry the hopes of the Star Warlocks, then the journal of the Star Warlock Association will no longer reject De'an Star. Applications from Warlocks.

However, after coming to Shaonan, the two fourth-level three-star warlocks lived in the airship, hovering above the city wall, and neither met other star warlocks privately nor came out to meet people.

The imperial court sent Guo Jingping, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, from the perspective of senior officials of the second rank, as far as the civil servants were concerned, the treatment was beyond the standard.

The largest number of people, and the most troublesome are the various noble families.Some of them came on behalf of their families, some with official titles, and the messy in-law relationships. Only a few gentlemen from the Cheng family who specialized in this could figure it out.Even Lord Cheng Yun'an could only stand beside Cheng Jinzhou and stare blankly - he decided that if he wanted to find a way in the imperial examination, he could not waste time on badge studies and aristocratic genealogy.

For Cheng Jinzhou, his 15th birthday party was like a piece of fragrant barbecue, attracting jackals, tigers, leopards, eagles, eagles and buzzards from all over the place.

As the center of attention, Cheng Jinzhou gave people a feeling of being unfazed by honor or disgrace.In the past, everyone might have thought that the third-generation son of the Cheng family was too indifferent. Now, no one expects to see the three-star warlock standing at the door to greet them.

Cheng Jinzhou himself did maintain a wait-and-see attitude.When he was a child in the 21st century, he didn't enjoy much birthday party treatment, let alone now.

Asking a group of old men to celebrate a 15-year-old boy's birthday is really embarrassing for everyone.In the final analysis, the various forces in Great Xia just chose an appropriate time to hold a gathering.Everyone does not expect to see the little birthday star, and the birthday star does not expect to receive blessings.

Only Cheng's mother cooked longevity noodles at home, quietly pulled Cheng Jinzhou over, put it in front of him and said, "In the evening, adults will have a banquet to drink, you are not allowed to drink, don't think you can sit on the main seat now, That was still a child."

The maid next to her was sullen and didn't dare to laugh at all, but Cheng Jinzhou couldn't help laughing and said, "I don't usually drink."

"It's good not to drink, and it's best not to drink all the time. You are an astrologer now, and you will have a chance to live your life in the future. Remember your mother's words, your body is your own." Cheng's mother said seriously.

In her thirties, she looked like she was middle-aged.Cheng Jinzhou put down the chopsticks in his hand, and couldn't help asking: "Do you eat the real rice I usually give you?"

If you eat real rice for a long time, not to mention the effect of prolonging your life, your body will at least be much better.With the living conditions of Daxia, the lower average life expectancy is inseparable from diseases - it can be seen that natural and pollution-free foods cannot be reversed.

"Yes, I even gave some to the old lady." Cheng Mu put the chopsticks in his hands, and said, "After eating the birthday noodles, you don't have to worry about us."

Cheng Jinzhou had no choice but to lower his head and start eating.The noodles are rolled out, and duck egg yolk is added to the extremely chewy flour. It takes a lot of effort to knead it well. This alone will waste two chefs' time for a day.With the old soup simmered with beef bones, a bowl of clear water noodles is also delicious.

After the maids cleaned up the dishes, Cheng's mother asked in a low voice: "Are you having a conflict with Qingshuang?"

"Where is it?" Cheng Jinzhou looked at her strangely.

Cheng's mother immediately said seriously: "Then why don't you bring her with you? Our family was not a noble family before, and it is not now, so we can't do..."

"Mother, what are you thinking of?" Cheng Jinzhou quickly interrupted his old lady, and said: "I was worried that Beihan would call again, so I just asked her to avoid it."

"Beihan?"

"It's okay, I won't go to the battlefield, but the city defense might be a problem." Cheng Jinzhou didn't want to say too much, he just persuaded: "If you are okay, you can take Qingshuang back to your mother's house."

Hexi is more than a thousand miles away from here, and it will not be involved in casual wars.Cheng's family does not fall, and Cheng's mother returns to Zheng's family even more.

"There is no reason for a daughter-in-law who has never been married to follow me back to her mother's house. I will take her by my side so that we don't worry about each other. I just said not to worry about us." Cheng's mother said, hiding a little worry.She has been a civil servant's wife for more than ten years, which is equivalent to a politician's wife in later generations. She has supported her husband for more than ten years, so she naturally knows how to best support her son.

While talking, Cheng Yun'an also walked into the house.

His expression was majestic, and when he saw that classmate Xiao Cheng had not changed, he nodded and sat on the main seat minding his own business.

The corner of Cheng's mother twitched, and ordered the maid: "Go and cook a bowl of hot noodles for the master. Don't add any shredded pork. Get some pickled vegetables and put them in a small dish. It's better to eat lightly."

After saying that, she set the bowls and chopsticks for Cheng Yun'an and said, "Master, let's have some Jinzhou longevity noodles today. Don't drink too much wine at the banquet tonight."

"It's 15 years old." Cheng Yun'an felt a little emotional, patted Cheng Jinzhou, and said with a faint smile: "I thought that when you were 15 years old, I must let you understand the philosophers, and then take the provincial examination. But it's time to go. Good."

Etiquette requires that a father be kind and a father be strict.It is a symbol of family harmony and beauty for a grandpa to have fun with his grandson, but it is definitely deeply discriminated against when a father and son make friends with a playful face.

Cheng Jinzhou waited for him to finish speaking, stood up, and said politely: "Father, after today, I will devote all my energy to the Holy Church and do things for the Holy Church. You also have a bottom line in your heart. Maybe one day, I will Take action against the association."

"Put all the eggs in one basket?" Cheng Yun'an frowned. He was naturally leaning towards the court.The relationship between the imperial court and the Star Warlock Association is also better.

Cheng Jinzhou shrugged helplessly and said: "Emperor Shenzong formed an inextricable relationship with the Star Warlock Association in order to resist the full-scale invasion of the temple, and supported it with all resources. In Daxia, the power of the Star Warlock Association has increased. , but after Daxia, the Holy Church is respected, and many countries in the far west are directly ruled by the Holy Church."

"After all, you are in Daxia."

"I am the morning priest of the temple. If I don't take advantage of such a good condition, I can't figure out what's the point of breaking up with the Star Warlock Association." What Cheng Jinzhou had to say was high-sounding. In fact, if it weren't for the existence of some border crossers, through Taiyu and Kong Weixing It is still possible for warlocks to maintain good relations with the Star Warlock Guild.

Cheng Yun'an sighed and said, "It's up to you."

"This week, I will do altar ceremony in Shaonan, and I will go to Nanling in the future." Cheng Jinzhou seemed not to let him be quiet, and then threw a heavy bomb.

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(End of this chapter)