Everyone kept up the New Year's Eve with laughter and laughter, even the small nian nian, who was staggering around due to sleepiness, insisted on keeping up the time until the end of the day.
When the time is over, a large plate of bones from pigs, goats, chickens, etc. is served. Everyone gnaws the bones together, and they must make a squeaking sound. This is called biting ghosts.
It is said that on the night of the 30th, ghosts come up to eat incense and wander around after eating. However, if they hear the sound of gnawing bones, they will be scared and will not come in. This is called "Thirty gnawing bones, ghosts dare not look at it." .
Everyone thought it was okay, but Xiao Nian Nian believed her 100%, and chewed hard with her baby teeth very seriously. Everyone looked at her and laughed, and she even said anxiously: "Hurry up and help me, Nian." You can’t chew it on your own!”
After finally coaxing her to put down the bones, Princess Changning hugged her and went to sleep first.
Then Shen Zhoujin brought out a lot of melon seeds and peanuts.
At this time, sunflowers are still a kind of flower and peanuts are not yet available. They come in various flavors and are fried crispy and fragrant. Everyone enjoys eating them.
Moreover, they were divided into several groups: Wen's group, Wu's group, and Shen Zhoujin's group.
Qi Lanqiu chatted with her while peeling peanuts: "Let me tell you, Xiaoyan is too easy to bully. He does the most work in the workshop but gets the least wages. I asked him and he said that he practiced by the way. It doesn’t matter how much the salary is, if I say it’s useless, it’s useless, but they can’t pay less, isn’t this bullying..."
This group of people went to the workshop without revealing their identities. Some of them were high-profile like Qi Lanqiu, and they knew each other from outside. Like Yun Chongyan, who couldn't speak, he didn't know many people. When he saw a little mute, he thought Bullying and bullying are normal.
Although Qi Lanqiu is young, she has the air of a senior sister, and Yun Chongyan obviously listens to her words.
Shen Zhoujin glanced at Yun Chongyan with a smile.
In just a few months, Yun Chongyan has grown taller. He is already taller than her. His complexion has also improved. His habitual bent back when sitting down is gone. He peels melon seeds and eats them with a smile on his face. It was quite fun to be complained about by Qi Lanqiu. The fear of meeting people in my previous life seemed to be cured without medicine.
He was really happy. He had never had such a good New Year since he was born. The whole family gathered together... Although everyone had different tempers, he knew that everyone was good to him.
He smiled silly.
Shen Zhoujin remembered it and said to him: "Xiao Yan'er, do you know that in fact you are not sick, so you shouldn't be unable to speak, so you can try more if you have nothing to do. You may not say it right away."
Yun Zhongyan opened his eyes in surprise and pointed at himself.
Shen Zhoujin nodded: "Yes, you don't have any physical problems at all."
Qi Lanqiu immediately pressed his shoulders and said, "Call Senior Sister."
Yun Zhongyan was very obedient and obviously trusted Shen Zhoujin a lot. He opened his mouth and tried to make a sound, but he could only make a hoarse whisper...
The group of people stared at him. Yun Chongyan's ears turned red, and he was obviously very embarrassed. However, being stared at by so many pairs of eyes, he opened his mouth again and tried to make a sound, but still failed.
Shen Zhoujin comforted him: "It's okay, don't worry about this. Anyway, when everyone talks, you just follow what they say. You may not say it out anytime."
Yun Zhongyan nodded obediently, his eyes bright and full of trust.
Shen Zhoujin was so cute that she touched his head and said: "By the way, Yan'er, I..."
In the middle of her words, she suddenly paused, sat up straight, and made a gesture.
Their table suddenly became silent. The warrior table was the first to notice it, and they all fell silent and looked over.
Shen Zhoujin closed his eyes and sensed it, took out a few more copper coins and calculated two hexagrams in succession. He frowned and stood up, his eyes flashing across the crowd.
Huo Lingjue came over directly: "What's wrong?"
Shen Zhoujin hesitated for a moment, then simply waved his hand: "Let's go, everyone goes!"
The martial artists sitting there stood up as soon as they cheered, including Shen Zhoumian and Yu Zhiyuan on the scholar side, so in the end, in the room, only the prince was left as a scholar.
Zhou Wenliang quickly asked people to prepare horses, and Shen Zhoujin hurriedly confessed to the prince: "Uncle, I have calculated that the Tibetan army has sneaked in secretly. They are still at the border at the moment. I don't know if they will come to the border town. I guess they are taking advantage of this opportunity." I want to make a fortune during the Chinese New Year...but don't be too nervous. Even if you come here from the border town, you are still a spy. There are no large numbers of troops right now. If there is any news, I will tell you."
She walked out as she said, and the group got on their horses and quickly left the city.
The New Year is a big event for the people. The gates of the border towns are not closed from the 30th to the 15th of the new year. After leaving the city, Shen Zhoujin confessed: "I calculated that there are three stocks. Yang'er takes Qiu'er. , Chi'er, Yan'er wave; Xiaojue takes Xiaoqiao, Xizhi, Zhiyuan, Songhan wave; Senior brother, Xiaolou, Xiaolu, Liancheng follow me, follow the lantern, everyone should be careful!"
The guests all responded, and Huo Ling quickly slapped talismans on several of them, but the Jiuxiao sect members were all protected by jade pendants and did not need additional talismans.
After taking the talisman, three more lanterns were released, and everyone immediately took the talisman, and several horses shot out like arrows from their strings.
In fact, she just sensed that the talisman of a piece of land was touched, so she did some calculations.
You must know that there was no Ming Dynasty in this time and space, and there was no Ming Great Wall that started from Jiayuguan in the west and ended at Hushan in the east. Jiayuguan was still called Jiayuguan, and there was not yet that impregnable city, which was not the most majestic pass in the world.
Therefore, villages in these border areas are invaded by horse bandits from time to time.
But generally speaking, the Tibetan army will not run so far, because when they enter such a place, firstly, the rural people have little to gain, and secondly, this is Dasheng territory after all. If they are discovered, they will catch up with them all the way. There is no cover or block, and you can't escape even if you run.
This is probably due to the extremely cold weather this year, which made life difficult for them, so they took the risk to loot during the New Year.
This piece of land is one of the two pieces of land given to the border by Shen Zhoujin. It is also the piece closest to the border. The fence is tall and strong. There are many veterans who have been discharged and returned to the fields. There are also officers on duty. Today, it is the turn of hundreds of households. , surnamed Lin, was very vigilant. When he heard the sound of horse hooves late at night, he knew something was wrong and immediately started shouting at everyone.
Fortunately, they reacted quickly, so the Tibetan army was unable to break through for a while.
But this gate was only guarding against ordinary gangsters. The Tibetan army was well prepared this time. A large group of people came and took out the posture of attacking the city. They climbed up with simple ladders. Lin Baihu had finished shooting all the arrows. Pulling out his saber, he gritted his teeth and said, "No one will be able to celebrate the New Year! I'll kill these idiots!"
A group of disarmed veterans had their men raped, and the women and children huddled together and couldn't help but cry.
After they moved here, they didn't dig a hiding place. Who would have thought that horse bandits could be encountered in a place like this?
At this time, Shen Zhoujin and others had arrived.
Several of them were able to see at night, and at a quick glance, they saw that there were three to four hundred people coming, all of them cavalry. This was a huge investment.
Shen Zhoujin waved to them, and everyone divided into four directions, secretly coming from behind. Lu Zhiji and Cu Liancheng both used swords, while Wei Zhonglou and Shen Zhoumian had no weapons and were not good at fighting. Shen Zhoujin gave them a giant needle and just poked the acupuncture points directly.
As for herself...she pressed her shoulders with one hand and her head with the other, and with a slight twist, there was a soft click, and the person died. If she put it gently on the horse, it would not disturb the people in front of her at all.
At this moment, Lin Baihu and his party had shot all their bows and arrows, and were ready to die. They were just waiting for those people to come in and swarmed them.
On the top of the wall, the mighty Tibetan army had already revealed its head. When they found out that they had no bows and arrows, they were overjoyed and wanted to jump off.