Mountains and rivers do not return to people

The road is full of fragrance.The sound of the phoenix flute moves, the light of the jade pot turns, and the fish and dragon dance all night.Moth snow willow golden strands.Laughter filled with dark fragrance.I looked for him thousands of times in the crowd, and suddenly I looked back, but the man was there, in a dimly lit place. "This poem is the "Sapphire Case" written by Xin Qiji in the Song Dynasty.

??Volume [-]: Bai Shou’s unswerving ambition??

41, Qingsi knot love thoughts 1

◎The flames of war are burning◎

Surrounded by Chu Ge, Nanlu was already in flames of war, and the smoke filled the sky. Originally, it was thought that Nanlu had no troops for a long time, and this station must be a victory for Si Chao.Looking at it now, it seems that Wei Shu showed his weakness to others before and deliberately concealed his strength, but now he seems to be overwhelmed.

The flames of war burned the entire border, and even the deserts of the middle land, which had always been deserted, were inhabited by countless people from the two countries. They fought day and night, and the horses and pigeons that reported the news died of exhaustion.

The confrontation between the two countries was fierce. In just a few days, there were countless casualties. The two sides urgently needed a large number of soldiers and horses. The civilians living on the border were forcibly conscripted into the army.

But farther away, Wanzhou, Zhazhou and Wangcheng are still peaceful and prosperous on the surface, but there are also many trends that are visible to the naked eye.

In the final analysis, Wanzhou is the safest place. Firstly, when no one dares to provoke Shen Mu, secondly, there are few rules in the city. When rumors come from outside, the people inside still don't believe that a war started in such a peaceful environment.

No matter how tragic it was, it didn't spread here after all, so people prepared for New Year's Eve as in previous years.

The meals for Shen Mushi's birthday were prepared by Su Xiying. He woke up early in the morning, went to the kitchen to choose vegetables, wash vegetables, and burn oil. A set of actions seemed to be smooth and smooth, but in fact they were all performed on the spot.

In Su Xiying's cognition, isn't it just stir-frying, which can be eaten when it is cooked.Inadvertently, the tongue of flame licked out of the stove, and the firewood next to the stove was on fire. Su Xiying hurriedly dropped the half-fried chili fried meat, grabbed a bucket of water and poured it on the fire.

The fire is out.

When he turned around again, the sliced ​​meat had turned black, it was not good, it was going to be mushy.

Continue to stir fry in a hurry, and when it is cooked...

It's so good, the first plate is mushy.

Su Xiying was a little discouraged. She passed the dish in the water once, turned over the burnt parts, and put it on a plate. This dish was passable.

When Shen Mu likes to eat fish, no matter when he eats, he always takes some fish. Su Xiying's eyes fell on the carp at hand. The fish seemed to know what he was thinking, and it jumped around and became more cheerful.

"Fish, be good, don't move, I'll cook for a while, so I can save face."

Su Xiying muttered, threw the fish into the pot, and hurriedly covered the lid, the fish bounced up and down inside for a while, but didn't move.

Su Xiying lifted the lid, put in onion, ginger, garlic and various other things, dried the soup, and it was done.

The two dishes were somewhat shuddering, and Su Xiying would not cook the others, so there was still time to buy a few dishes on the street.

Yan Wudong washed his hands, sat down, and said, "The appearance is not bad."

Su Xiying licked her face and pulled out a smile, and sat down next to Shen Mushi.

Han Shi was still obsessed with money, and wanted to squeeze some profit out of Shen Mushi's hands, so he leaned over and asked, "Master Shen, is there anyone here to give gifts on your birthday today?"

Shen Mushi looked up at her and said, "I don't mind if you hand over a few more taels of silver."

Han Shi hurriedly said, "No, no, no."

Song Yan came over and pulled her away, and sat down on the other side.

Shen Mu took a bite of fish with chopsticks and put it in his mouth, saying: "It's not bad."

Pei Sheng, who had been sitting on the side without saying a word, took a sip, and his face changed: "This fish..."

In the dark, he raised his eyes to look at him.

Pei Sheng swallowed the rest of the words.

When Shen Mu stretched his chopsticks towards the plate of chili fried meat, seeing the black color on the back of the meat, he raised his eyebrows and looked at Su Xiying, who hurriedly explained: "This is an accident."

Shen Mu Shi picked a piece of chicken for him and said, "It doesn't matter if it was an accident, I like it very much."

Su Xiying breathed a sigh of relief and brought the rice.

The chopsticks of the few people automatically avoided the plate of fish and chili fried meat, and stretched out to other places, and they could taste which dish was made by him.

Shen Mushi swallowed a piece of fish, couldn't hold it back, covered his mouth and smiled: "Next time, remember to open up the fish and wash it before stewing the fish."

Su Xiying nodded hurriedly: "Remember it."

Yan Wudong said: "I heard that Wei Shu and King Si are fighting again."

"Hmm." Han Shi swallowed a mouthful of rice and said, "The last time he skinned people was not enough, he's acting like a demon again."

Hearing her talking about skinning, several people remembered the tragedy of skinning at the same time, and their appetites were reduced by half. Except for Shen Mu, the others stopped their chopsticks.

Su Xiying's hair was missing a strand, and she couldn't tie it up at the back of her head. Today, it just fell loose. When the wind blew, it blew his hair into the rice bowl. When it was dusk, he helped him put it behind his ears, and said, "Wei Shu always loves to be a monster, but this time it seems that he has spent all his money, and even bribed the people of the Si Dynasty, so I'm afraid he can't let it go."

Song Yan felt pain when he thought of being skinned. He swallowed a few mouthfuls of rice without taste, and then he couldn't eat any more. He stood up and said, "I still have something to do, so I'm going first."

After she found a reason to leave, Han Shi explained: "She was skinned alive by Wei Shu before, and she has a shadow in her heart. She can't hear these words. You eat first, and I will go and see her."

Shen Mushi nodded, took a hairpin from her head and pinned it in Su Xiying's hair.

After a while, Han Shi led in a man in black clothes.

"Priest Shen, someone sees you."

He didn't look up at dusk.

The man unceremoniously found an empty chair and sat down, coughed twice and said, "Old Shen, I'm here, you see I haven't eaten yet."

Shen Mushi pushed an unfinished plate of chili fried pork in front of him and said: "It just so happens that you come here, why don't you come here for dinner, hey, let's eat."

The plate of fried pork with chili, red and green, is very convincing without turning it over. The man picked up a piece of meat with chopsticks and put it in his mouth, with a slightly painful expression gradually appearing on his face.

Shen Mushi said quietly: "It's made by Xiying, if it tastes good, eat more, or shut up."

The man swallowed it, stood up, poured a cup of water into his stomach, and then sat back down again, saying: "Young Master Su is a good cook, old Shen is blessed."

Only then did Shen Mushi let him go, and said, "Chu Que, tell me, what's the matter with me?"

It turned out that the man's name was Chu Que. Su Xiying felt as if she had seen him somewhere, so she silently wrote it down in her heart.

Chu Que said: "This is your birthday, isn't it? Today is your birthday, and it will be New Year's Eve in a few days. It's boring for me to be in Chazhou alone. I came to look for you, old Shen. Unexpectedly, with Mr. Su, you will forget me."

The two are old friends. When Shen Mushi went to Zhazhou for a while, the two got acquainted and chatted a few words, and they hit it off, but Chu was much older than Shen Mushi. Then pinch each other.

Shen Mushi tilted his head to look at him, and after a while, said "oh".

Chu Que: "..."

Su Xiying hurriedly explained for them: "Master Chu, you are hungry from a long distance, I will bring you a meal, you and Mu Shi sit down to eat, and catch up on the old days."

Chu Que's expression changed, and he said anxiously: "No, I've eaten, I'm not hungry, Mr. Su sit down quickly, I'm afraid that Lao Shen will peel my skin."

Shen Mushi continued: "Remember to come on an empty stomach next time, I will treat you well."

Chu Que: "I believe it."

Shen Mu stood up and led Su Xiying and Chu Que to the living room.

Su Xiying walked beside Shen Mushi, but Chu Que's eyes lingered on the two of them all the time, and he smiled for a while and said, "Old Shen, this is Mr. Su, right?"

"Yes, take your eyes away."

Chu Que said: "Don't be so stingy, last time I met him in Wanzhou, you took him away, at least let me see clearly this time."

Shen Mushi embraced Su Xiying's shoulders, turned to Chu Que and said, "Let's see if we are married."

Chu looked at them up and down, and said for a while, "Yes, but I think he and I have it too."

"Oh, you bad old man, no!"

Shen Mushi pulled Su Xiying into his arms, but raised his chin at Chongchu.

Su Xiying laughed dryly, and said, "Master Chu, did you say we met in Wanzhou before?"

Shen Mushi hurriedly said: "Yes, you came to Wanzhou for the first time, we were walking on the street, and a rascal yelled, it was him."

Su Xiying remembered that at that time, Shen Mushi said that it was an old acquaintance, and talking to each other was mutual harm.

Chu Que said as he walked, "Hey, how can you say I'm a scoundrel? I have a wife and children, so I must be careful when I go out."

Shen Mushi ruthlessly demolished the stage: "Oh, even if you are not careful, no one will tease you."

While talking, the three of them walked into the main hall, pulled out a roasted sweet potato from the brazier at dusk, led them to sit on the back couch, peeled the skin and said: "There is a war ahead, just leave your Chazhou behind like this." gone?"

Chu Ke waved his hand and said, "It's okay, if you can't reach Zhazhou for a while, it's better for you Wanzhou to worry about it."

Shen Mu said: "That's natural."

Peeling a sweet potato at dusk is as quick as peeling a human skin, and the skin will be removed after the slender fingers peel the sweet potato a few times.

Shen Mushi wrapped the peeled sweet potato in the oil paper that he brought with him, and handed it to Su Xiying.He continued: "Since you know that today is my birthday, why did you come here with two paws?"

"If you don't mind, I can also cook a dish or two for you."

"Then you can leave the cooking on New Year's Eve."

Shen Mushi said it, but Chu didn't agree or refuse. Shen Mushi accepted it as his acquiescence, and said to Su Xiying, "Where do you want to spend New Year's Eve this year?"

Su Xiying swallowed a mouthful of sweet potatoes, thought for a while and said, "Listen to you."

"No, listen to you."

Su Xiying has always been easy-going with others, and she will agree to whatever others say. After a long time, she seems to have forgotten the things she likes, and she is not good at expressing her thoughts.

Shen Twilight