Xue Panzhi's gossip red mansion

With the complete quelling of Nan'an King's rebellion at the end of summer, the whole Daqing was showing a scene of prosperity.After entering the twelfth lunar month, the rivers in the entire capital had already been covered with a thick layer of ice.On this winter day, Xie decided to resume the traditional military drills that were carried out from the twelfth lunar month to the cold weather of March and September, the ice play in the North Sea.

"It seems that these soldiers are not bad at marching in cold regions." Xue Pan followed Xun on Yingtai this day and watched the two teams of soldiers on the ice of the North Sea practice ice archery. When is the big review?"

"Wait until March [-]th. The last big review on the ice was more than ten years ago when my father was still alive. I haven't done this kind of training in these years." Xun looked at the soldiers below, One of the teams was specially dispatched from Outer North to the capital, and their performance was obviously slightly better than those in the Gyeonggi camp. "This ice play training is also to prepare for fighting in cold regions. Soldiers in Outer North are more adapted to this environment. Don't look at Tsarist Russia for the past two years. There has been no movement in Daqing, but the news from the West may be that the Europa continent The days of going to Taiping are not long. Tsarist Russia is very greedy for the area east of Europa."

"In the war a few years ago, we cut off the possibility of Tsarist Russia going to sea in the outer Xing'an Mountains. So on the east side, Tsarist Russia can only go further north. Although the sea area there is vast, the temperature is much lower, much lower. The local weather is too cold and it is not easy to sail. It is no wonder that Tsarist Russia is eager to obtain the right to sail to the Baltic Sea. According to the current development, in the next few hundred years, the competition on the ocean will only become more and more fierce.” The face is getting more and more complicated. Xue Pan feels that the development of the army needs to be considered in many ways, such as the extreme cold that must be faced during the northern front battle. It is precisely through drills such as Bingxi that sufficient daily training must be carried out. .

Just when Xie and Xue Pan were thinking about the possible war between Daqing and Tsarist Russia in the future, and wanted to have a good examination of Xie Min and prepared to let him take charge of the big review of the ice running, Xie had him and Xie again. The news of sneaking out. "Xi Min couldn't stay still anymore, and he ran out with the sixth brother again. I don't know where they can go in this cold weather. There is a pregnant woman at home, and he looks like that at all." Not like someone who wants to be a father."

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Xie Min didn't know that his father was about to scold him bloody behind his back.Xie Min had a great time outside.Xue Xi was going to get married in three days, and today Yun Min accompanied Xue Xi out in the name of Yun Min to spend his countdown single days.

On the other end, Xun Min was hunting wild quail in the mountains.

If you want to talk about how Xi Yan thought of going to the mountains to catch this thing, it has to start with the quail fighting in late autumn and early winter.Compared with cricket fighting, quail fighting is even more ancient.Since the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, after the Xiliang Kingdom paid tribute to quail, the activity of fighting quail with drums prevailed in the north of the Huaihe River.People who know how to do it call it 'Dongxing'.Recently, a new book "Quail Spectrum" is popular in the circle of dandies in the capital.There are still many manuscripts of this book in the dandy circle, and it is very popular. It is about the exclusive method of fighting quail.

Among them, there are two most important points. One of the most important is that you must catch a wild one. Those male quails raised have no fighting spirit.And keep in mind 'a quail that bites a quail that loses a chicken'.Once two quails fight, the one that wins in the end will be arrogant, and the one that loses must be bloodstained and bitten terribly.After this quail was bitten once, it lost its will to fight, and what awaited it was the fate of becoming a snack.

On the morning of the holiday less than half a month ago, when Xi Yan passed by the Xianying Tower next to Dongzhimen, he saw a large group of familiar acquaintances surrounded by a field.It was rare for him to see those people who spent all day in the theater listening to the opera get up early in the morning, so he went up to ask, and found out that the quail fighting must be in the morning, when they are not eating, and use millet as bait, This is how to fight fiercely.

However, seeing the fanaticism of these people, Xi Yan thought of another thing.

Not long ago, Xiao Guizi gave him a painting.The painting on it was in late autumn, and the two were drinking wine and admiring the chrysanthemums, while watching a pair of quails walking among the fallen leaves.After Xie Min saw this painting, he was about to go crazy with joy.Originally, falling leaves in late autumn is a sad image of parting, but it is completely different here.

The quail is safe, and obtaining nature is the meaning of peace and happiness.In this painting, there are auspicious "an" for quails, "ju" for chrysanthemums in full bloom, and "le ye" for fallen leaves all over the ground, which is not exactly the homonym of "live and work in peace".

Xiao Guizi gave him a painting that symbolizes living and working in peace and contentment. Does it mean that the two of them can finally live together?

At this moment, Xie Yan understood Xia Gui's meaning very keenly.So he thought about whether he should follow the example of his brother and hold a wedding.But before that, I can't say nothing.It cannot be regarded as a courtesy.Since Xia Gui gave the token of love first, he also had to give a token in return.

Quails always go out and come in pairs, and they fly together, which is an auspicious bird that symbolizes loyalty to love.Xi Yan simply asked someone to make a pair of quail jade pendants, intending to give them to Xia Gui.This is not enough, but Xue Pan said that people depend on food.What better way to win a good fortune than to eat something good in your stomach.Besides, if you want to eat birds, you also count quail.Taking advantage of Xia Gui's rest today, it would be nice to have a whole quail feast.

Xi Yan happily hunted a bunch of quails and returned to Biezhuang.He was thinking about how to tell Xiao Guizi later, let him move here for a long time, or move here for a long time by himself.But he didn't expect that in front of the yard arranged for Xia Gui, Xie Yan saw the old housekeeper with a pale face.His heart sank, "What happened?"

"Sixth Master, Master Xia just saved a person." The old butler saw that Huan Min was coming, and his hanging heart finally fell down.This Lord Xia has a tough temper, apart from the Emperor and Lord Xue, he can't even listen to every word of his own prince.

"Not long after you went hunting in the mountains, Lord Xia came. He walked around the village and happened to pass the frozen river. Several boys from the farmer's family in the village were skating on the river. Who would have thought that the thick layer of ice would suddenly crack open, and the two boys fell down. The people around were in a hurry and had no choice but to deal with the broken ice. After seeing this, Master Xia crawled on the ice The two children were finally rescued from the ice water. After hearing this, the old slave immediately invited a doctor. Master Xia asked the doctor to show the children a careful look. But when it came to Master Xia, there was It means that there is no need to worry about it, as long as he has a bowl of ginger soup. Look at this matter..."

While listening to the old housekeeper's words, Xi Yan rushed to Xia Gui's yard, where Xia Gui used to arrange all the servants outside.

"Stay away!" Hearing what the old housekeeper said, Xun Min felt a fire in his heart.

He was full of satisfaction thinking about how to live a better life for the two of them in the future.Here Xia Gui is here, counting nine times the cold winter underground river to save people.Of course, there is nothing wrong with saving people, and Xia Gui should not be forced to do nothing.But can't this person take his own body seriously!It's not the first time this happened. When Xun Min went to the army to see Xia Gui, he did the same.Xia Gui was injured during training, so he just bandaged it himself, and it would be too much trouble for a military doctor to diagnose his pulse.How careless this man is to himself.

It's okay if you don't want to, all kinds of things are added together, which makes him even more angry.Can't Xia Gui think about their long-term future?If he didn't take good care of it when he was young, how would they stay together in the future? Do you want him to live alone?Thinking of this, Xie Yan couldn't bear it anymore, and pushed open the door of Xia Gui's bedroom, and the person inside was just changing clothes.Xie directly slammed the door and rushed to the edge of the screen.

Then Yan Yan's face changed from aggressive to stunned in an instant.The stove in the house was burning very well, and it was not cold at all.It's just that he didn't expect that the door bolt was not firmly inserted, so that Xie Min could just push it in.

Although Xia Gui reacted quickly this time, she immediately put on an obscene dress.But the chest wrap wrapped around his chest had just been taken off, and it had already been wet by the cold river water and was still dripping.In order not to cause complications, she specially reduced the time, just wiped her body with hot water, and did not take a bath.Who would have thought that the timing of Huan Min's return would be such a coincidence!

"You, you, you turned out to be—" Xia Guiyi covered his mouth with his hand in his high-pitched voice.

"Don't you think the emperor will know about this good thing tomorrow!" Xia Gui felt a headache when he saw Xun Min's expression that he couldn't even hide after being greatly stimulated.It's not that she didn't think about confessing, but what she and Xue Pan knew was that she wanted to wait until Xun Shi abdicated.After all, at that time, I also retired, and the crime of deceiving the emperor, such as a woman disguised as a man, can be fooled to some extent.But looking at Xun Min's appearance, there are still two years left, how can he lie to him.

Xie Min was startled by Xia Gui's words, but his mind was still blank.We can only go and bolt the door first with hands and feet.He walked to the door, pulled it open again, and glared at the servants outside, "You all retreat outside the courtyard, you don't need to wait here." After thinking for a while, he ordered, "Go and burn a big bucket for bathing. Here comes the water." Then he closed the door swiftly and bolted it securely.

Seeing that Xia Gui had already put on a sable fur coat, Xi Yan still frowned, and then remembered the important points that should be concerned, and put aside the big event of the general changing from male to female in his heart, "You like this?" No way! The whole body has been soaked in ice water, just rubbing your body with hot water is of no use. You must sweat well and take a hot bath. Don’t worry, I’ll be on the sidelines, No one will know what."

As soon as the voice fell, Xun Yan himself felt a little bit different. Is it really something that a good woman and a man can do by guarding a woman in the bath?And why Xiaoguizi's eyes are so helpless.