The happy life of the devil and the devil

After the family banquet that day, the eleventh prince was favored for a while.During the period from Zhengdan to Lantern Festival, there were a lot of celebrations. Yuan Shao, the crown prince, and King Kang had banquets, and from time to time he called the youngest son to talk to him, and even the palace servants who served him often rewarded him.During the Shangyuan Festival, Jin Wu couldn't help it. When Yuan Shao led the princes and officials to watch the lanterns on the Danfeng Gate, he specially asked the wet nurse to hug Xiao Shishi, spread out her sable fur and wrapped her in her arms, and held him to look down the railing.

After the Shang Yuan passed, Yuan Shao left the crown prince to supervise the country, and he brought a group of important officials, including the Jinwu and Yulin armies, and rushed to Yu'erlo in a mighty way. Ling Yucheng also brought a thousand Xuanjia guards to accompany him.At that time, the northern country was in the middle of winter, thousands of miles were covered with ice, and thousands of miles were covered with snow. When the weather was fine, the vast expanse of white land glowed with splendor in the west-slanting sunlight.Ling Yucheng and Yuan Shao jumped on horses side by side, pointing at rivers and mountains, listening to Yuan Shao's story about the past when Emperor Taizu and Emperor Taizong led troops to the north, sweeping the Bohai Sea and Naiman tribes, chatting about the gains and losses of the emperors of the previous dynasties in conquering the Northeast, talking about After discussing history, I felt very happy for a while.

In Ling Yucheng's consistent cognition, quietness is the key to governing a country. An emperor would run hundreds of thousands of miles with his courtiers and troops at every turn. If there is any major event in the country, he would have to run for days and nights to deliver the memorial. It is very unbelievable. things.Yuan Shao couldn't help laughing at him: "You emperors who don't know how to ride horses have to queue up for their lives, and they can't walk dozens of miles a day. Of course, they have to stay in the Forbidden City for the rest of their lives. I rule the country with horses and archers in Beiliang." , Xi Clan, Ding Ling, Naiman, Bohai, which one do you think is subject to the so-called benevolent government? Pull the army to Liangliang every now and then, and let him be intimidated by the military prestige and dare not move around. Do you think the frontier will be so peaceful?"

"So let the brigade horses go around on other people's land?"

"Of course not—aren't we going fishing and swan fishing? We won't go fishing this year, and swan hunting should be able to catch up. Speaking of which, do you agree with the pair of Haidongqing I gave you?"

"...Can they be used to send messages?"

As an emperor, it is quite unreasonable to drag the army to the territory of other tribes from time to time, unless your actions have a legitimate name.According to the tradition of Beiliang, every year at the end of the first lunar month, the emperor went to Heishui to break the ice to hook fish, and in mid-February to release the fish in Haidongqing to catch swans.Using this excuse, thousands of horsemen crossed the area controlled by the Xi tribe from the border of the Tie Le tribe, and went straight from the border of the Dingling tribe to the Bohai Sea.Since the founding of Beiliang, Ding Ling and the Bohai Department rebelled against impermanence, and the two generations of emperors Taizu and Taizong died on the way to triumphantly conquer Bohai. Therefore, all subsequent emperors took this place very seriously and brought it with them almost every year. Soldiers came to patrol.

There are undulating mountains in the distance, and a silver dragon soars faintly among the mountains. It is the Great Wall that divided Hu and Han in the past.Marching for half a day, the vanguard had already reached the pass. Amidst the high-pitched horn sound, the horseshoes rushed towards them like thunder splashing the snow. The sentinels turned the horses back, ran to Ling Yucheng and bowed: "Report, my lord, there are more than a thousand soldiers." The cavalry are waiting in front of the pass, playing the banner of the commander of Xingwuwei!"

"Understood." Ling Yucheng nodded slightly. After practicing these days, the appearance of the children marching in the snow is very impressive.As for the difficult movements such as night scouting, running, and even Qingqi chasing and killing the enemy on a snowy night, practice slowly.

Marching thousands of miles in winter in the Northern Kingdom is really a new topic for Ling Yucheng and his army.Fortunately, I had a good relationship with Yubayashi Wei before. Since the first time I listened to Ling Yucheng's class, Ge Shuye has tasted the sweetness. After that, Ling Yucheng lectures on the art of war every five days. listen.In this way, the two sides have more and more exchanges. The Northern Kingdom has expertise in light riding and fast horses. Ling Yucheng deliberately stole the teacher, and took Xuanjiawei and Yubayashiwei to practice together a few times. Both of them felt that it was an eye-opener.

Leading the army to the north this time, what should be paid attention to when marching in the snow, camping, sentrying, and lurking, Ling Yucheng has already copied the list from Yubayashiwei without any politeness, and his subordinates prepared a complete set according to the list. .That's it, there were still a lot of jokes in the first two days of departure, some tents were not well pitched and were crushed by the snow, some couldn't light a fire in the morning, and there were countless people who were dragged back after being frozen on duty in the middle of the night...then For a few days, Ling Yucheng didn't even have time to go back to Yuan Shao's imperial tent. He stayed in the camp day and night, watching the army training during the day, and summing up the experience and lessons at night to teach them layer by layer. Come on in an appearance.

After leaving the customs, it is the territory of the Xi people. The Beiliang royal family has been living in these places for years, and they already have fixed settlements. There are ready-made rammed earth platforms around the bend of the river.At present, according to the ranks of the various ministries, high-ranking officials and dignitaries voluntarily camped on the earthen platform, and soldiers who were not high enough had to camp under the platform. The ground was covered with tarpaulins and felts to form a bunk.The big tent where Yuan Shao summoned his ministers was naturally the most spacious and luxurious. Looking from a distance, he could see tents surrounded by tents, and one of them, a towering golden-roofed tent, was particularly eye-catching.

Yuan Shao took Ling Yucheng to enter the account, and gave instructions and introductions as he walked.Only then did Ling Yucheng know that this precious tent is divided into three layers inside and outside, two layers of felt curtains on the outside, and the innermost layer is made of silk, which is exquisitely embroidered. , is for the Tiele eight tribes, so that the Tiele tribe moved westward and established the country, until Emperor Taizu traveled, hunted, and fought. Surrounded by 36 silk tents, decorated with beautiful tassels, coral gemstones, emerald pearls and dazzling flowers, they were the tributes of the ten grassland tribes who surrendered to Beiliang in those days. Emperor Tai Zu died in this big tent. The ancestor and empress were buried with their wrists broken, and many chiefs outside the big tent were killed in rivers of blood.

Ling Yucheng's voice was low: "Is it blowing? What kind of tent is used every year, and it can still be like this in 80?"

Yuan Shao: "It has to be repaired every year, and until now... well, the jewels on it are still the same..."

The two of them walked in slowly while talking, the thick buttery wax in the big tent was brightly lit, and the faint fragrance wafted from the candle flame with the wind, making people relax unconsciously.On the main seat, a wide table was set up. Yuan Shao sat side by side with Ling Yucheng. On the bottom left was King Kang and General Yulin, and on the right was King Xi and his son. The clan chiefs who came thousands of miles away to congratulate him lined up on the left and right, and bowed to the ground together.

The sound of silk and bamboo sounded, everyone was seated, and all kinds of delicacies and wines were served like flowing water.When the two bare-chested wrestlers knelt down while carrying a three-foot-square gold plate, a golden-roasted whole lamb was lying on the gold plate, lying on all fours, with a few tender green grass leaves in their mouths. Season, do not know where to find it.King Xi got up first, cut off a crisp and tender lamb spine from the back of the lamb on the plate with a knife, put it on a silver plate and knelt down and offered it to Yuan Shao.

Ling Yucheng sat next to him, watching the mutton tenderloin being charred black, covered with a lot of dust, even the silver plate seemed to be covered with greasy black dust, Yuan Shao wanted to eat it without changing his face , Can't help secretly gloating.Before he finished laughing, King Xi took a step back, and with his pocket knife, he cut the fan-shaped tail of the roast lamb dripping with fat, cut out a palm-length piece of fat, and held it in front of him respectfully.

"This one has to be swallowed in one gulp, you can't chew it..." The deliberately low voice reached his ears, Ling Yucheng stole a glance calmly, Yuan Shao looked ahead and toasted his lips without even looking at him With a glance, his lips moved slightly under the cover of the rim of the cup, apparently to prevent him from mishandling the etiquette of entertaining distinguished guests on the grassland, and to temporarily use internal force to raise his voice.

...Why is there such a weird rule!No, there is such a rule, why didn't we say it earlier!Are you interested in seeing my jokes!

Thinking like this, Ling Yucheng scolded King Xi many times in his heart, but when things came to an end, he could only imitate Yuan Shao's movements and swallow that greasy piece of fat with as solemn an ​​expression as possible.Prince Xi immediately bent his knees and poured wine, Ling Yucheng couldn't wait to raise the wine clock and took a big gulp of the oil, a sour and astringent smell rushed up, he really tried his best to keep his smile undistorted .

"This year is not good for the land of Xi, and the wine is a bit thin." After the first round of wine and food dedicated to the distinguished guests, King Xi bowed and retreated with his son, Yuan Shao turned his head leisurely, and smiled at the servants to exchange wine.As for the piece of fat just now that was actually dedicated to the most distinguished female guest at the table, it's better not to tell him about it - just find it with King Xi later on.

The blood-like grape wine was served in a transparent glass cup on Qingzhou Xingong. Ling Yucheng had to take care of his demeanor, and he drank a glass at a leisurely pace. Compared with milk wine, it is already heaven and earth.Finally something to drink...

At this time, Ling Yucheng was in the mood to look at all kinds of delicacies on the table, and saw that the table was full of gold plates and silver bowls, blue, yellow, purple and black, and the pieces were unknown, and most of them were unrecognizable.Yuan Shao was in a good mood, and pointed out everything for him. From time to time, he signaled the waiter to cut the food with a knife, and put a portion for each of them on the plate. Ling Yucheng had no choice but to bite the bullet and taste one by one.It was only at this time that I was glad that Yuan Shao's father was really wise, and he let his son travel to Dayu and other countries early on, so that his taste was similar to that of normal people. The things he was referring to... should be edible...

As soon as I thought of this, I saw the waiter come up with a black leather bag. The leather bag can be five or six liters in size. Big mouse.Seeing Yuan Shao nodded, the waiter drew his knife and cut open the leather bag, first rolled out a large pile of black stones, still smelling of oil, then waved the knife, and cut out a few strips of black flesh. Divide between two plates.

"...This is 'Hala', try it, it's very fat." Yuan Shao took the lead in cutting one with a short knife, dipped it in fine salt and put it into his mouth.Ling Yucheng couldn't figure it out, so he had no choice but to taste a piece like him, only to feel that the meat chewed in his mouth was stringy and not fat at all-of course, he had just swallowed a piece of sheep tail fat raw Well, very few people can think that other things are worthy of the word "fat"-it's not bad to eat, but it's bland and tasteless after chewing. He only secretly cast a puzzled look at Yuan Shao.

"Oh, Hala is the name of the Tiele people. In your words, it should be called a groundhog." Seeing that he ate almost a piece of meat, Yuan Shao added leisurely, "Peel this thing off the skin. The internal organs are sewed into a tube, the meat and red-hot stones are stuffed into the skin bag, and then grilled by the fire. They ran out of food and were reluctant to kill sheep, so they dug halal to eat. Many times they survived the famine years with this thing. ——Hey, the special offerings at the banquet were all caught from childhood. Goat milk fed to such a big one, why are you looking at me like this!"

...You did it on purpose!

If it weren't for the king's unfailing appearance, Ling Yucheng really wanted to lift the plate.

The author has something to say: In fact, the answer in the last chapter is very simple...

At that time, if I went back with His Majesty... "If you hire me, you will be a wife and a concubine, and I can't bear the Lord's worship."

It's okay to elope, but the one who runs away as a concubine is the most annoying!They have obviously won the queen's seat!

Moreover, he himself started the conversation, and he read the poem by himself... You can't beat him twice just because of His Majesty's TX...

ps: You can’t chew the sheep tail oil that can only be swallowed in one mouthful, the sour and smelly kumiss, the groundhog like a big mouse, etc. They are really treasures that nomads respect and honor guests... I didn’t write nonsense...

ps, Your Majesty, why are you coaxing Xiao Ling so happily...