Laughing at Chang'an

Li Shen’s kitchen was short of oil, salt, soy sauce and vinegar. The adjutant and Wang Zhen were temporarily sent out to buy. Yang Huxing found a basin, put the crabs in it, poured wine to soak, washed his hands, walked out of the kitchen, and stood with Li Shen. Gossiping in the hallway.

After a few irrelevant gossips, the topic turned to Wang Zhen.

"Xuetu 73 speaks out. When I meet Xiaozhen on the battlefield in the future, I will kill him." Yang Huaxing took a puff of cigarette, and there was a disapproving smile in his voice, "He feels that his face has been swept away, and he is very upset. Little do they know that he earns his own face, and others see him jumping up and down as fun, and sometimes they feel really sad for him."

Li Shen folded his arms and leaned against the pillar, and when he heard this, he curled up his lips and let out a sneer.

"People don't need your sympathy. From my point of view, the two of you are laughing at each other. It's a lot of fun."

Yang Xingxing turned his head and glanced at him, with a strange expression on his face, then he laughed out loud while pinching his cigarette.Seeing his appearance, Li Shen reluctantly shook his head and smiled.

——Some people are willing to be stupid, and gods have nothing to do with it.

"What's so happy about it?" The adjutant appeared at the corner of the corridor with two bags in his hands. Behind him was Wang Zhen, who also had the same big bags and small bags. He excitedly ran to Li Shen with the bags in his hands to claim credit, "Look, my lord, I've bought everything." Yes, I also specially bought an automatic rice cooker, if you want to drink some porridge in the future, we can make it ourselves!"

Li Shen thought to himself that buying this would probably be a display of his life, but seeing the adjutant's cheerful appearance, he didn't want to dampen the other party's enthusiasm, so he nodded in agreement.

So the group started to work. Li Shen wanted to help, but Yang Xingxing waved him out of the kitchen, leaving only the adjutant and Wang Zhen inside to help.Seeing that the crabs were about to be steamed and the rice was out of the pot, Yang Xingxing poked his head out and yelled at Li Shen, telling him to call Haitang to eat together.

Li Shen frowned, Haitang didn't eat meat, so it didn't matter whether people would come or not, even if she came and sat on the table coldly, it would affect the atmosphere a lot.Perhaps seeing his hesitation, Yang Xingxing came out of the kitchen wiping his hands, glanced at him, and reached out to knock on Li Shen's forehead.

"Hmm." Li Shen was caught off guard by the knock, and immediately covered his head and glared at Yang Huxing.

"My own woman, what's wrong with bringing her out to meet people." Yang Huxing educated him earnestly, "You have to bear the main responsibility for making your family look like this. If you don't take the initiative in anything, you still wait for others to take the initiative. ? Remember what I said, a man who doesn’t love his wife is not a man, understand?”

Li Shen was speechless after being educated.

Under Yang Xingxing's expectant eyes, he ran to the backyard in desperation to look for Haitang.Haitang's room was in the corner, and a courtyard wall was built outside according to her wishes, forming a separate courtyard.Except for Li Shen, no one else could enter this small courtyard. A servant had accidentally entered it before, and then never came out again.

The small courtyard is full of begonias, the flowers are blooming prosperously, they are astonishingly beautiful, but they have no fragrance or taste.

Flowers are like people, and people are like flowers.

Li Shen knocked on the door, pushed it open and walked in, it was already night outside, the lights in the room were dim, it looked a bit desolate, I saw Haitang sitting beside the embroidery table, with a small lamp on, looking peaceful Embroidered with a brocade handkerchief.

"Yang Huxing brought crabs." Li Shen stood at the door without going in, his voice was a little uncertain, "It's ready, do you want to eat together?"

Haitang stopped her embroidery work, raised her head, and looked at him quietly.

Li Shen was inexplicably agitated, and frowned, "Yang Xingxing asked me to come and ask, you can just go if you don't want to go." After he finished speaking, he turned around and was about to leave, but he heard Haitang's faint, emotionless voice behind him.

"I go."

He stopped and looked back. Under the light, Haitang's face was peaceful, with no trace of time, as beautiful as when he first saw her.She put down the embroidery hoop, stood up, and repeated it again.

"I want to go."

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The freshly cooked hairy crabs are served on a large white porcelain plate, and there are two large plates.Yang Xingxing showed off his knife skills and carved out various dishes out of green vegetables, including pine trees and eagles. Li Shen joked that he could work for a restaurant.Several people moved the tables and chairs to the open space in the courtyard. The moonlight was just right, and it was neither bright nor dark, so there was a special mood.The always stingy adjutant went to the warehouse to move a few altars of Luntai yellow, all of which were of the best quality after a hundred years, and even Li Shen didn't know that he still had such treasures.

Under the bright moon, relatives and friends, cooking wine and tasting crabs, life is a joy.

When it comes to tasting crabs, only Yang Huxing is an expert in the group. His movements are simple and elegant, and there is a pile of crab shells on hand every minute.Li Shen couldn't use the eight crabs, so he simply threw away the eight crabs and tore them up. Although the movement was not slow, the appearance of eating was ugly.Wang Zhen glanced at him, then at Yang Hsing, and then asked the latter how to use crab eight pieces without hesitation.

With half a crab leg in his mouth, the adjutant leaned over to toast Yang Xingxing. After one cup after another, he kept talking auspiciously, and his subordinates secretly gave Li Shen two fat crabs.How could Yang Hingxing fail to see through his tricks, the wine was dry, his hands still kept moving, and he ate more than the other three.

Haitang sat quietly, neither eating nor drinking, occasionally wiping Li Shen's mouth with a handkerchief.

"Crabs are cold, this is my home, and I'm not afraid of getting drunk, so just drink a little wine." Yang Xingxing persuaded.

Li Shen took a sip from the wine glass indifferently, then he was a little surprised that the taste of the wine was unexpectedly good, so he couldn't help but took another two sips.Although the taste of this wine was good, it was also full of strength. After a few sips of wine, Li Shen was a little dazed.

He peeled off a crab leg, stretched out his hand to hold Haitang in his arms, brought the crab meat to the other's lips, and said with a smile, "Try it."

Everyone at the table stopped silently and stared at him blankly.

Haitang nestled against his chest, her eyes were still quiet and expressionless.After a while, he really opened his mouth and took a small bite of the crab meat.

The adjutant took a sip of wine stuck in his throat, suddenly helped the table and turned around and coughed violently, but Li Shen rolled his eyes with a smile, pinched Haitang's face with oily fingers, then let him go, picked up the wine glass and filled it up, Respect to Yang Martian.

"Brother! Drink!"

Yang Xingxing blinked, then burst out laughing, toasted and touched Li Shen hard, then threw his head back to finish.

"Okay, okay! If you don't get drunk today, you won't go home!"

The adjutant and Wang Zhen looked at each other, Haitang, whose face was pinched with oil marks, looked as usual, silently moved the chair and sat aside.

After two glasses of wine, Li Shen peeled the crab and said to Yang Xingxing, "Brother, there is something I can't figure out."

Yang Xingxing asked what was the matter.

"I ran around the outskirts of the city today and killed many people." Li Shen picked up a strand of crab meat and chewed it casually, "I always feel that I went to Hongdao for two years, and I seem to be hated even more when I come back. I am also very confused about this person who has no hatred in the past and no hatred in the present."

"You are confused." Yang Xingxing said with a smile, "I think you enjoy being pushed out as a target."

Li Shen propped his head on one hand, stepped on the edge of the chair, played with the wine glass, smiled lazily, and said, "Brother, let's open the skylight and speak honestly. In your opinion, what is the current situation of the Geng Army?"

Yang Xingxing pondered for a while, and replied: "Not very good."

Li Shen's face remained unchanged, he raised his eyes, and waited for others to continue.

"It looks like cooking oil with a fire, but it's like walking on thin ice." Yang Huxing put the porcelain plate in front of him aside, picked up a few crab shells and laid them out on the table, "It's not easy for me, an outsider, to talk about your internal affairs, but The current situation of the Geng Army is really not optimistic."

"First of all, let's talk about Chang'an City. In recent years, the Huiguang Xuetu has not produced any amazing and talented people. The limelight was completely overshadowed by Geng Jun. Now Geng Yan's reputation has surpassed Li Tieyi. Many people believe that he It must be the next president of the guild. There are good and bad things about this matter. The good is that it is good for absorbing new blood, and the morale and centripetal force within the group are high, but the bad is not small. It is not so easy to stand on the cusp of the storm. , you are not allowed to make any mistakes, otherwise, the higher you stand, the worse you will fall."

"Next, look out, here, Donghuang." Yang Martian pointed at a few crab shells that he threw aside, "In the surrounding four regions, the guild has been operating the longest in Donghuang and has the deepest roots, and most of them It's all thanks to Huiguang. Huiguang has always regarded Donghuang as its own back garden and did not allow others to touch it. Even the blood slaughter did not try to snatch its control over Donghuang. But the Geng Army is now in Qi State's This practice is absolutely impossible for Huiguang to tolerate, if this matter is not resolved, something will happen sooner or later."

"Then look at the Northland. The current chaotic situation in the Northland can be said to be caused by the guild alone. The six expeditions of the Guangming Empire have also seriously damaged its vitality. Now Xuetu completely regards the Northland as a training ground, and the Geng Army did not intervene. Foot is the right choice."

"As for Xilu, there is nothing to say about it. The grievances between the Illuminati and the Mercenary Guild cannot be resolved."

"And what I want to talk about most is the South China Sea. You know the situation in the South China Sea. It is a treasure land with rich resources and has not been developed much. Now that there are airships and convenient transportation, everyone is staring at the South China Sea. The Geng Army has formed an alliance with the Elven King's Court, which is a big step ahead. The focus of the Geng Army's expansion in recent years has also been placed on the South China Sea. With such a base camp, it is also qualified to aspire to the throne, and it will become the fourth legend to be permanently stationed in Chang'an just like Glory Blood Slaughter and Donggong."

Yang Huxing stopped, his face was a little dignified, and he picked up his glass to drink in silence.

"Throughout history, the era of kings is the sorrow of all other people in the same era. Chang'an City has a glow that has been overwhelming. After the rise of Xuetu, it will be 300 years of Xuetu era. Although Donggong is low-key, But look how much technology is monopolized by it. If there is another Geng army, will the city still be able to hold it?"

he asserted.

"No one expects another 'king' from Chang'an."

"If Geng Jun wants to be king, he must prepare to be smashed to pieces."