To be honest, in this season, there is nothing too warm in the entire Central Plains, and there have been many heavy snowfalls in the capital. Although Chongming Island is better, to be honest, it is not much better.

However, at this time, Chongming Island, although it was already night, the temperature was lower than during the day. But the island was brightly lit, and the atmosphere couldn't have been more intense.

That's right, at this moment, a banquet has been held on Chongming Island.

Pigs and sheep bought from the people were on the fires, and chickens covered in mud were burning in the fires; The broth is stewed in the large pot next to it, and the other small pots are stir-fried by the invited cook; Jar after jar of wine was constantly being taken away, and being sent over again......

There is no restriction on alcohol consumption in the barracks tonight, because they have already won the final victory.

The Fuso people have been completely annihilated, and even Zhang Qi on the north shore has brought people to the island to celebrate this hard-won victory.

"Wood-sama, come! I toast you! Li Ling raised his wine glass and saluted Mu Xiaojiu, "If it weren't for you, we wouldn't have been able to win so quickly this time." ”

Mu Xiaojiu was stunned, and then he also raised his wine glass and stood up, "General Li has won the award, and I actually didn't help at all this time." ”

Qin Muyan, who has always been a little cold and unsmiling, has also kept a smile tonight. Hearing Mu Xiaojiu's words, he suddenly stood up, raised his glass and said, "Lord Mu, General Li's words are indeed a bit exaggerated, but you don't have to be presumptuous. Your arrival is actually an opportunity, and the people of Fuso think that you are their breakthrough, but in fact you are actually our breakthrough. If it weren't for your arrival, this war would have gone on much longer. ”

The audience was silent, and Mu Xiaojiu suddenly had a deeper understanding of the fact that Qin Muyan had been suppressed. If he can't speak, he doesn't blame him for being suppressed. In today's court team, many ministers are indeed very capable, but they are also very temperamental and official.

"Hey! Master Mu, don't blame Lao Qin, he is like this, he can't speak, and he loves to offend people. Zhang Qi stood up suddenly, and while snorting at Mu Xiaojiu, he secretly reached out and pulled Qin Muyan's sleeve, signaling him to apologize quickly.

Mu Xiaojiu laughed dumbly, who said that Zhang Qi was rectum, he might not be able to play conspiracy, but this person's ability in terms of sophistication is not bad.

"Come on, General Zhang, General Qin's mouth, I just knew it on the first day I went to Chongming Island." Mu Xiaojiu looked at these two people with a smile, and Zhang Qi was furious when he saw it. He still had to defend himself, so he heard Li Ling on the side say with a smile: "Okay, okay Zhang Qi, Master Mu is teasing you, don't explain." ”

Yes, it's still a little straight, I don't know what flirting is.

Mu Xiaojiu pursed his lips while giving this evaluation, and found that it seemed a little inappropriate to use the word "flirtation" - no, it was very inappropriate.

"General Qin is right." Mu Xiaojiufu spoke again: "What I said earlier is not self-humble. After arriving on this battlefield, I really didn't help much, and the biggest credit was that, as General Qin said, I was used as a breakthrough by the Fusang people. This is obvious to all, and I myself am self-aware. ”

"So, on this battlefield, I'm not the protagonist, you are. In that case, let's talk about you. As he spoke, Mu Xiaojiu's gaze swept over the many generals present - except for Mu Xiaojiu at this table, the rest were generals, and there was no one else. Including Hu Xiaoxian were arranged in other seats, with Wuzhen and Liu Xiqing. This is also an unwritten rule, and Mu Xiaojiu doesn't want to break it.

"Your Majesty sent me to this Yangtze River estuary battlefield for two purposes. On the one hand, if there is anything I can do to help, I will naturally help, or I will go wherever there is a need; On the other hand, I'm actually more of a watcher. ”

As Mu Xiaojiu said slowly, the smiles on the faces of many people present were put away.

They knew that right now, those words would be the highlight of the night.

"I will not hide it from you about this matter, nor do I want to hide it from you. I will not secretly bring a battle report back to the emperor and present it to the emperor, so that you will not know anything in the end. Let me tell you directly, this time your military exploits are not presented to Your Majesty by General Zhang or General Li, but by me. Mu Xiaojiu smiled lightly: "But you can rest assured, I won't be greedy for your credit, because your credit is of little use to me." ”

"After your battle book is in my hands tonight, before you leave the day after tomorrow, I will verify it in my own way. In addition, when the time comes, I will present to Your Majesty along with your battle merit book, and I will also have my opinion of you. So far, what you have done, whatever falls into my eyes, will constitute my description of you before Your Majesty. ”

When he said this, Mu Xiaojiu paused slightly, because he heard someone saying that he was taking the opportunity to blackmail everyone to give him a gift. But in the same way, he also saw the disdain of Qin Muyan, Li Ling, and Li Lu for this kind of discussion.

"Huh, gift-giving?" Mu Xiaojiu said with a slight sneer: "Whoever dares to give me a gift, just wait for his clothes to be stripped off." I'm not just talking about the nominal chop, but also the real chop. Whoever comes to give me a gift, I'll let him get into the water tonight and go swimming!" ”

Li Ling looked up at Mu Xiaojiu, he was thinking that this adult should really be able to do such a ridiculous thing, and there would be no psychological pressure.

"As for what your exploits can bring you, I don't know." Mu Xiaojiu suddenly changed his words: "After all, that is Your Majesty's job." But I promise you, some of you will rise high, and you will rise very high. ”

Mu Xiaojiu's words obviously meant something, but he didn't look at anyone present, but stared at his wine glass and said this sentence.

Everyone was a little confused, but only one person showed a thoughtful look, and that was Li Ling. Seeing Mu Xiaojiu say this, for some reason, he suddenly understood.

"Well, without further ado, I've said enough after all. If I continue to talk about it, I'm afraid that General Li and General Zhang will drop the cup. Saying that, Mu Xiaojiu tilted the wine glass to the two of them, and then drank it all.

"Tsk, it's rare that Lord Mu can still think of the two of us." Li Ling said a little teasingly, and then poured all the spirits in the cup into his mouth.

……

The wine has passed three rounds, and the dishes have five flavors. Pigs and sheep were shaved with knives until only bones remained, and Hao Mu even showed his unique skills on the spot - but in a short time, he easily shaved a roasted pig. Meat is meat, bone is bone, tendon is tendon, not to mention there is not a trace of scratch on the bone, and there is not even a trace of tendon or flesh left.

This also made Mu Xiaojiu's cognition of Haomu go to a higher level. Haomu said that he was strong, but in fact, he was also very strong. But his strength was accompanied by a hint of patience and peace. What he thinks he should win and do, he will do if he dies; As for other things, it didn't matter to him at all.

For example, using his peerless martial arts to divide a roast pig as a performance, it can be said that there is no psychological barrier at all for Hao Mu. In other words, in fact, in his heart, in this game, he is not only a player, a warrior, but also a pig killer.

"Wow...... It's been a long time since I've eaten so much fun. ”

The person who said this was Mo Xiaoke, "Oh my God, since I came to Chongming Island, I have simply eaten a bite every day, and I have to be worried when I eat, for fear that the Fusang people will call." Finally, I have a meal of big fish and meat to eat, I am so happy, and I don't have to worry about getting fat. ”

Bai Feng looked at Mo Xiaoke with a funny look, "Xiaoke, this is the reason why you are yelling and holding yourself up while stuffing meat into your mouth?" Don't you have to be afraid of gaining weight when you eat in the game? You're really a child. ”

Mo Xiaoke grimaced at Bai Feng, "Sister Bai made fun of me again." ”

Mu Xiaojiu looked at the two girls, and pouted at the fox fairy with his head sideways a little helplessly. Hu Xiaoxian snickered and patted Mu Xiaojiu gently, signaling him to pay attention to his image as a senior brother.

As soon as the banquet ended, Mu Xiaojiu, Hu Xiaoxian, Wuzhen, and Liu Xiqing were pulled over by the four of them by Yu Yifei, along with Haomu, who was chatting with Mu Xiaojiu at the time.

It turned out that before the banquet ended, these four people went to the beggar gang disciples to ask for a few flower chickens, and went to carry a lot of wine, preparing to have another small banquet here. Mu Xiaojiu thought that Wuzhen and Liu Xiqing would not be willing to come, but he didn't expect Liu Xiqing to say that it was okay to relax and relax, so he brought Wuzhen over with him.

"yes, it's finally over." A flute has no choice but to play with the hole flute in his hand.

"But this is only the battlefield of Fuso." Yu Yifei shook his head, "There are also the Goryeo battlefield, the Northern Frontier, the Western Regions, and the Southern Zhao...... The end of the war here does not mean that all wars are over. ”

Seeing that the atmosphere was a little dull again, Mo Xiaoke's eyes rolled and looked at Mu Xiaojiu, "Senior Brother Mu, I heard that you were first famous for the Bihai Chaosheng Song, right?" ”

Mu Xiaojiu looked at Mo Xiaoke's familiar smile, and couldn't help but have a bad premonition. Because of this smile, he used to see it often on the face of Tingyu. And generally once Tingyu laughs like this, it means that he is going to be unlucky.

"I ...... It's okay. But there was no way, Mu Xiaojiu could only answer like this.

"Brother Mu's tune is very good." Gojin suddenly interjected: "He said this just modestly. The first time I met Brother Mu was in Dayuan, and he would often play tunes in the courtyard at that time; Later, when he was on Wudang Mountain, Brother Mu would occasionally play a few tunes for his master to listen to. ”

A few black lines faintly fell on Mu Xiaojiu's head. Wu Zhen's teammates are selling really well...... Can't he see the malicious smile on Mo Xiaoke's face?

"Then, Senior Brother Mu, such a beautiful day, do you want to play a piece of music for all of us to enjoy, appreciate, and learn?" Mo Xiaoke finally said her true intentions.

Mu Xiaojiu was about to refuse, but he suddenly said, "That's right, Senior Brother Mu, my Bihai Chaosheng Song hasn't improved for a long time. The master has always said that I don't have enough understanding of Xiao Sheng, so I have the opportunity to learn from you. ”

Looking at other people's teammates, and then looking at his own teammates, Mu Xiaojiu had an urge to die.

Hao Mu made up a knife at the right time on the side: "Huh? Brother Mu, you won't be shy, right? Afraid of what? I've been performing pork picking in public before, and you're just a flute. ”

Blow...... Piece...... Xiao? Ha? I have orange and wheat husks, and I don't know whether to talk about it.

Seeing that he couldn't get rid of it, Mu Xiaojiu simply picked up the wine jar next to him, took a big sip in one gulp, then gently wiped the corners of his mouth, took out the heterogeneous bamboo flute given to him by Huang Yaoshi from his waist, and slowly put it to his mouth.

The sound of a flute gradually sounded.

"This is ......" The first note just sounded, and his eyes lit up, "This is Qiujiang Yebo?" ”

Mu Xiaojiu was playing the tune, so naturally he had no way to answer, but there was a look of appreciation in his eyes, obviously what he said was right.

"The moon is falling and the sky is full of frost, and Jiang Feng is sleeping." Yi Xiao chanted softly.

When this poem came out of Yi Xiao's mouth, Wu Zhen suddenly raised his head, glanced at Liu Xiqing, and then looked at Mu Xiaojiu at the same time.

Facing the two was Mu Xiaojiu's encouraging eyes.

At this point, the song suddenly changed.

The "sorrow" gradually disappeared, and the voice fell into Wuzhen's ears, somehow, it always sounded like the bell on Wudang Mountain - clear, loud, and shocking.

"Hanshan Temple outside the city of Gusu, the bell rings in the middle of the night to the passenger ship ......"

Wu Zhen suddenly laughed, "I see, thank you, Brother Mu." ”

He muttered this sentence, his voice was very small, except for Liu Xiqing beside him, no one else heard it, "Meditation, meditation?" Brother Mu, do you want to tell me, let me rest assured, everything has you? ”

The music grew softer until it was completely quiet, and the other people in the room slowly opened their eyes.

Yixiao was the first to open his mouth, but he opened his mouth with a wry smile: "I finally understand why the master keeps saying that my understanding of music and rhythm is not at home." After listening to Senior Brother Mu's music today, I realized that I was not enough. I didn't step into the threshold with one foot, but I was still hovering outside the door. ”

"Brother Mu, people say that I am a cook, and my skills are close to the Tao. I think you're pretty good, too. Hao Mu said approvingly: "I think you are not much worse than the Venerable Master Huangdao Lord and that Shi Qingxuan Shi family. ”

Mu Xiaojiu smiled modestly and didn't speak, just raised the wine jar in his hand, "Come, take another sip." ”