The beauty looked like jade under the lamplight. She was half drunk and half awake. For a moment, Li Xingchen was in a trance.
Xiao Xiang waved his hand in front of Li Xingchen: "What are you thinking about, husband? Are you thinking about some good girl again?"
After getting along with Li Xinchen for a long time, Xiao Xiang is of course no longer the Xiao Xiang who was frightened when he saw Li Xinchen. He can still joke with Li Xinchen, and these little loving gestures are easy to do and are completely from the heart.
Li Xingchen grabbed Xiao Xiang's wrist and said with a smile: "Of course you are in a trance. Xi Shi Chen Yu and Luo Shen Ling Bo can't compare to the half-drunk appearance of my Xiang'er."
Xiao Xiang felt warm in his heart, but he still rolled his eyes playfully: "Excuse me! Let me see, are you thinking of Her Royal Highness who is far away?"
Li Xingchen had no intention of hiding the matter between him and Lechang from Xiao Xiang. Xiao Xiang was his woman, and before there was any substantive relationship between him and Lechang, she was the mistress of the family, so
Li Xingchen did not intend to conceal or deceive.
If you like it, you like it, and if you miss it, you still miss it.
Perhaps it was also because Li Xingchen admitted it so openly that Xiao Xiang never commented on it. When he heard Li Xingchen talk about the life and death struggles between him and Lechang in the valley, he became wet several times.
Eye.
So now Xiao Xiang directly uses this to tease Li Xinchen.
Li Xingchen snorted, but Xiao Xiang's mention of Lechang also touched the soft place in his heart, and he was silent for a while not knowing what to say.
The conflict between himself and the Nanchen court has become increasingly acute, which only hurts Lechang who was caught in the middle. Of course, Li Xingchen had no choice but to do so. After all, he did not take the initiative to destroy the relationship between him and Chen Xu, and Chen Xu could not tolerate him in his heart.
, even if he wanted to be cruel to Nan Chen, I'm afraid Chen Xu wouldn't give him this chance.
Therefore, rather than not knowing how to die in the end, it is better to keep a certain distance from the Nanchen court.
"Husband, don't think about those troublesome things." Xiao Xiang walked up to Li Xingchen at some point and gently squeezed his shoulder, "Today is New Year's Eve!"
Li Xingchen was slightly surprised, then nodded with a smile, and put his arms around Xiao Xiang. Xiao Xiang also fell into Li Xingchen's arms obediently, stretched out his hand to hook Xiao Xiang's nose, and Li Xingchen solemnly said: "It's someone who is thinking wildly, right?"
I can’t stand it any longer.”
Xiao Xiang smiled sweetly, but before she could say anything, the maid's cry suddenly came from outside: "It's snowing, it's snowing!"
Li Xingchen and Xiao Xiang were startled. A moment later, the sound of whistling wind accompanied by the sound of snowflakes hitting the window paper came. Li Xingchen stretched out his hand to push open the window and couldn't help but hold his breath.
Under the dark sky, white snowflakes were flying all over the sky.
The treetops, eaves, and courtyards were soon covered with a layer of white.
This snow came so quickly and so heavily!
Xiao Xiang reached out excitedly and grabbed Li Xingchen's sleeve. The south is not without ice in winter, but scenes of such flying snow are rare, so it is impossible for Xiao Xiang not to be excited.
But Li Xingchen just breathed a deep sigh of relief. This snowfall came at the right time.
As the saying goes, "Auspicious snow heralds a good year." Now that the heavy snow has fallen and soaked the land, he should not have to worry about food in the coming year. After all, as the Ba people descended from the mountain one after another, Li Xingchen was in great need of food now, even if it was
The distant water cannot quench the near thirst, but at least it can save Li Xingchen from worrying about needing to set aside food to deal with the possible famine next year.
Of course, there is another very important reason. It was New Year's Eve, and the heavy snowfall made it unrealistic for Yuchi Jong to lead his army south.
Bashu is not the Central Plains. Of course, a classic battle in military history such as Li Xuexue's night expedition to Caizhou would be difficult to stage in a place like Bashu. It only takes a few hours for such heavy snow to fall, which means that the Shu road outside Jiange will be slippery and difficult to pass, let alone
At the beginning, Yu Chijiong once relied on the Yinping Trail to pacify Bashu.
Therefore, this snow blocked the movement of troops between Bashu and Hanzhong in a short period of time. Perhaps Yuchijiong could send an elite force to venture into Bashu, but he would never lead the army to leave directly. That would be just asking for trouble.
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Li Xingchen was really eager for Yuchi Jiong to do this.
Therefore, even if Yuchi Jiong goes south, he has to wait until the snow has almost melted and the Shu Road is passable. Now for Li Xinchen, the most important thing is time. He needs time to settle down the Ba people and time to wait for new food.
Transported from Jingzhou, it also takes time to train the soldiers...
The heavy snowfall that Li Xingchen had been waiting for naturally gave him such a rare opportunity.
Li Xingchen stretched his hand out of the window and felt the coolness of the snowflakes falling on his hand, trying not to laugh out loud.
Because it had been gloomy the past few days, Li Xingchen directly asked Luo Ya, Tang Zhengliang and others to prepare for snow or even snow disasters. All the houses on the windward side of the city were reinforced, and most of the temples and temples in the city were
All Taoist temples have reported preparations to receive the people affected by the disaster - following the lessons learned from the last time they took in the refugees, this time the temples and Taoist temples in the city are working particularly cooperatively.
As for the food needed in the city, Li Xingchen sent people early to transfer it from the southern county. After all, the temperature will definitely drop after this heavy snowfall. If it is not maintained, the river will freeze, so transportation will inevitably be hindered by then.
On the contrary, not long after Yuchi Jiong led his army to Hanzhong, he set up camp in a place without fixed barracks outside the city. It must not have been a good feeling. The Northern Zhou garrison in Shu County and other places must also be short of troops due to the poor harvest last year.
As for food, the Shu road that was mainly used to transport food was cut off by heavy snow, so they probably didn't feel well either.
Under the circumstances of this ebb and flow, I was very happy with Li Xunchen.
Xiao Xiang also noticed the joy on Li Xingchen's face, reached out to pick up the wine glass, and bowed: "I congratulate you, husband."
Li Xingchen stretched out his hand and took the wine glass and drank it in one gulp.
May you have a good year this year!
After a while, the sound of firecrackers and the cheers of the servants came from the window.
Li Xingchen picked up the wine glass and said, "Fill it up, fill it up, I'll keep you drunk today!"
Xiao Xiang has also seen how busy and worried Li Xingchen is these days. She knows that her husband is doing things that are upright and upright, and Li Xingchen never expresses his worries externally. He always expresses them with a smile and confidence.
He encouraged his subordinates, but only Xiao Xiang knew that his husband often frowned and stared at the map until dawn!
Li Xingchen was happy now, and of course she was happy to see it. She smiled and poured another glass of wine.
The sound of firecrackers outside the window became more intense.
Li Xingchen ushered in his first New Year in this era amidst the sound of firecrackers.