In the night, the river surface was calm, with only lights flashing in the distance, and in the dark, only the sound of slight waves slapping on the cabin.

The air is full of coldness, and cold is the biggest enemy of passion, and it is in all senses.

Five official ships docked outside Kaiyuan Prefecture in the night. Sankeshu Gorge here is the last pass on the waterway. After passing the gorge, it went upstream from the river and went to Kaiyuan Prefecture. Someone set up a tent next to the case and started a fire. But after all, it was the wilderness and the riverside was heavily wet, and the night was still cold.

"Damn it, why don't the boss let us in?" Sanheizi, wearing officers and soldiers' uniforms, complained.

The leading man cut a large piece of pork that was roasted black outside, and the knife was cut with blood. He inserted it into the tip of the knife and chewed it in a big mouth: "What else can you do? What bullshit in the palace says that you have to wait for a good day before you can enter Beijing, it is the second day of the lunar month and the day after tomorrow."

"Then let the brothers wait by the river? This winter in the twelfth month..." Sanheizi was about to complain when the leader slapped heavily on the back of the head, which made him dizzy.

"You damn Sanheizi really treats yourself as an officer and soldier! Have you forgotten what we are doing?" the leader scolded.

Sanheizi then said in disappointment: "Didn't I have been to the officers and soldiers for a few days? Have you forgotten the delicious food and drink? Actually, I think... it's also pretty good to work in the officers and soldiers."

The leading man continued to chew the pork for half his life, and people kept leaning over the night. After all, it was cold and there was only such a pile of fire. Most of the people who dared to lean over were small leaders, and their subordinates were in charge of more than a dozen people.

After eating almost, the leader wiped the blood from the corners of his mouth with the flashing light of light and dark fire, and then said: "The high-ranking official in the capital is not a fool, he is very smart. He only asked me to bring in a hundred people. Each of the other brothers gave two cents of money back to Suzhou by themselves. The official who came this morning told me about this."

As he said that, he waved his hand, someone lifted two large boxes from the boat and placed them on the sand and immediately fell into it. He used the knife in his hand to lift the lid, and everyone could see clearly with the flashing light of fire. They were two large boxes of copper coins, and so many were at least thousands of stakes!

"Who is willing to follow me to Beijing now?" The leading man asked with a knife in his hand. The firelight reflected on the knife, and the reflected light was terrifying. It was this knife that took a few days to cut off the heads of their old brothers and six sons.

The fire on the ground was leaping. Everyone's expression was changing under the flames, but no one made a sound. The atmosphere suddenly became solemn. No one dared to look at each other's eyes, nor did he dare to look at the man in the lead. He just trembled with his fingers, not knowing whether it was cold or scared.

The surroundings became quiet, and the leading man didn't say anything. No one knew his expression, but the afterglow could vaguely see his bearded cheeks shaking quickly, obviously the tranquility before the storm...

Unexpectedly, the last storm did not wait. The leader finally sat on the cold sand, put down the knife in his hand, and sighed, "You bastards, you don't have to die when you see money. You must think that even if I get angry, if someone else cuts off any unlucky person, everyone else can take the money back, right?"

Everyone looked around carefully and didn't say anything. Obviously that's what they thought.

The leading man stood up angrily and kicked the box next to him hard, cursing: "That's why I said you pussy, you're all lucky. You're using your own life to try your luck? I thought that only one of them will die tonight, but will you die if you have a better luck?

Now, it was the same before, those dog officials wanted to kill a few people and arrest a few people, and they thought that if they would die anyway, would they be lucky?”

The leader became more and more angry as he spoke: "Why don't you understand? If you die one of ten people, you will bet on luck. If you die ten of them, ten of them will die, one hundred of them will die, and one hundred of them will die, and one hundred of them will die, and one hundred of them will die, and one hundred of them will die, and ten thousand of them will die? You also want to bet?

It’s not the same! Standing there with a wooden pile, I’ll see if I’ll be struck by lightning?”

"Bon Fang is sorry for you stupid and cowards! Do you think I want to kill six sons, brothers for more than ten years, he is fucking bad, or I would say that Sheng Gong, I will kill him!" The leading man, a big man, actually cried as he spoke.

He cried and scolded: "The Lord Fang is right. It's either those who are ruthless as officials, or you guys are so cowardly!

They used to kill people and rob women under the banner of quelling chaos in Suzhou. Today, they said that for a bullshit day, they could throw hundreds of us on the riverside and get frozen to death. It would be fine if they wanted to kill you tomorrow, and they could also rob your wife. There were all kinds of bullshit reasons!”

The man became more and more excited as he spoke: "The King of War Fang said that he dare not fight back now. When you become unlucky, it will be too late when things fall on you! It's too late! Do you understand it?"

"You cowards dare not take action, I will go alone!" The leading man said, pulling up the knife in the sand: "I can also let the world remember eight lifetimes alone!"

Everyone sitting around slowly raised their heads with shame on their faces, then stood up one by one: "Boss, I'll go with you."

"I'll go too!"

"And I!"

"Count one."

“…”

Sanheizi also stood up and lifted it hard and directly overturned the two boxes filled with copper coins. The copper coins fell into the surging dark river water: "I'm doing it too, I won't be ready to go back when I come!"

"That's right, I didn't think about going back!" Everyone agreed, and the cold air on the river bank was dispersed a little for a moment.

......

The palace was very lively. Qiu'er tried to drink a small cup of distilled liquor under Li Ye's instigation, but her face turned red and she was so dizzy that she almost fell asleep. But the girl was very stubborn and said that she would not go to sleep if she wanted to stay up to the New Year. Li Ye had to let her lie on her thighs, so it would be a little more comfortable.

On the other hand, Yan Kun also came, Yan Bian and Gu Feng, Wei Chaoren was about the same age as him, and the four old guys gathered together to talk about the past and drink, which was particularly lively. Moreover, Yan Chai also followed King Xiao to pass Guanbei back then.

Ji Chunsheng, Yan Shen, Wei Xingping and Li Ye gathered together to play and drink. Yue'er and Wei Yubai got together and didn't know what to say in a low voice. After all, they were all their daughter's home, so there must be their private words.

The servants in the outer courtyard were also very lively. Li Ye specially told the kitchen that the dishes should not be cut off and they should be added after eating. Just like the simple banquet in the countryside, the whole palace was very lively, and the outer courtyard was noisy, and the inner hall was also.

Everyone is waiting for the new year to come. As long as the bell of the Buddha Yin Temple across the river rings, it means that the new year is coming. The lights of thousands of families in the capital are waiting for this moment. Li Ye probably estimated that it should be only eight or nine o'clock in the evening at this time, and there is still some time before midnight.

For Li Ye, if he gets serious, it will be difficult for Wei Xingping and others to win, because psychology is what he is best at, but after a few cups, his reaction slows down and his brain begins to become numb. There is only one standard for everything, that is, "I am happy."

The more people played, the more they became, the more they drank, and it was so lively.
Chapter completed!