Chapter 9: The duel between Zhao and Lu
The wine and feast were over, and even Jiao's sister-in-law had already pedaled away, Lu Yinglin pretended to be unaware, holding a pot in one hand and pressing Lin Yi who was about to get up with the other, and said loudly with Li Fei's title with his alcoholic nature: "Uncle Amu, I'll have another drink with you." โ
Lin Yi held the cup in one hand, clenched his fist in the other hand to cover up his cough, his eyes paid attention to Mrs. Li's attitude, only to see the kind Mrs. Li nodding with a smile, Lin Yi also looked at Lu Yinglin with the heart of an elder, and Lu Yinglin filled his wine glass and drank a few more glasses.
Luo Luo Han is a good amount of alcohol, Lu Yinglin has half of the Luo Luo blood, and he has been polishing in the army since he was a teenager, this amount of wine is not drunk in a thousand glasses, the more he drinks, the brighter his eyes are, and his face is thicker, so he doesn't say goodbye for a long time.
Li Fei mixed the honey water to feed Li Qi'er, but passed by Lu Yinglin and put aside a bowl of hangover tea, which Lu Yinglin held in both hands and did not drink.
Le's looked at Lu Yinglin and whispered to Mrs. Li, Le's didn't know what to say, so he made Mrs. Li laugh again, and Mrs. Li smiled and said to the juniors: "Amu, come here, I have something to ask you." Three girls, you go and send Mingrui. โ
When Lu Yinglin heard this, he poured a bowl of strong tea with a grunt, Li Fei got up shyly, and straightened the sideburns on both sides with his left hand.
The courtyard of the Li family is shallow, a clean stone road is paved to the door, Lu Yinglin and Li Fei are almost moving step by step, after Lu Yinglin drank the wine, his eyes became more and more oily and said: "Third sister, the little brother and sister will come in two days, I will invite you to come to the house to sit at that time, okay?"
Lu Yinglin's little brother and sister are children born after his mother remarried, although Lu Yinglin and them are not the same father, the relationship is very good.
Li Fei tilted his head sideways and exposed the side of his white greasy neck, and whispered: "I have to tell my grandmother, and my grandmother agrees, and I will naturally come." โ
Lu Yinglin saw that his mouth was dry, and his throat rolled a few times and said: "Then I'll prepare the wine and food early, the wave-resistant fish in Luojia Lake is the most delicious this season, and we will cook it in a copper pot to eat." โ
Luojia Lake is a hundred miles away from Kunming City, is a deeper lake larger than Dianchi Lake, the wave-resistant fish in it is a specialty, Lu Yinglin knows that Li Fei likes to eat fish, although Lu Yinglin is a martial artist, but he is careful, these years a little bit of observation, I know Li Fei's taste, Li Fei loves to eat fish, Lu Yinglin often sends some fresh fish to Li's house according to the season.
It's not interesting to cook fish in a copper pot to eat alone, and it will become a big dish at the banquet when a few people eat it, Li Fei chuckled, shook his head and said: "Your little brother and sister don't like to eat any fish, they won't eat a bite, they came from afar, it is better to accommodate their tastes first, and I like to eat a lot." โ
Lu Yinglin said happily: "Well, okay, if you are not in the city in the future, I will take you to Luojia Lake to eat fish." โ
The shining spring sun shone on the skin of the two, one was black and red, the other was white and red, and a clean stone road was slowly gone, the two stood at the door, Lu Yinglin's eyes finally stayed on Li Fei and said, "Then I will pick you up the day after tomorrow?"
Li Fei smiled at him slowly and said, "No, the second brother will definitely send me over that day." โ
At this moment, there was a creak, it was the sound of the wooden door being vigorously pushed open, Lu Yinglin and Li Fei couldn't help but look at the door, only to see Zhao Yanheng slowly walking towards the two of them in the sun, he was wearing a white jade-colored embroidered silver branch brocade robe, a pair of phoenix eyes looked at Li Fei intently, and his lips were gently hooked, revealing a little tenderness. Zhao Yanheng was already beautiful, but now he walked in steps, bringing out the graceful and noble bearing of being a prince, he smiled at Li Fei and said calmly: "I knew that today is the third day of the washing of the eldest great-grandson of the house, and I knew it late, and I didn't prepare a generous gift that could express my heart in a hurry." โ
Zhao Yanheng calmly treated Li Fei as if he could have become the guest of honor of the Li family, but the banquet was already over, and it was too late. For Lu Yinglin, such indifference and calmness brought out a trace of hostility.
Lu Yinglin is a military general, he has already experienced killing, and the people who come are friends and enemies, and he is always sharper than ordinary people.
Li Fei deliberately glanced at Lu Yinglin first, Lu Yinglin's steady and serious temperament well concealed his feelings, Li Fei nodded to Zhao Yanheng with a courtesy smile and thanked him: "I didn't know that Zhao Gongzi was in the house today, so I didn't rashly invite." โ
If you really want to invite him solemnly, you will not invite him on the same day. When Li Fei said this, he just wanted to say that everyone is not so familiar.
Zhao Yanheng didn't look ugly at all, took out an invitation card and handed it to Li Fei with both hands: "Tomorrow, the family will invite some neighbors from the left and right, and the residents will come to warm the house, please be sure to appreciate the light." โ
"The little girl will give it to her brother. โ
Li Fei accepted the invitation, turned around and entered the house. At the same time as Li Fei turned around, Lu Yinglin also turned around and left.
Zhao Yanheng faced Li Fei's back, revealing a grievance that could not be concealed, but when he turned his head to face Lu Yinglin's back, these grievances disappeared without a trace, and he raised his voice and said to Lu Yinglin: "Lu Qianhu, please stay." โ
Lu Yinglin is wearing regular clothes today, not wearing official clothes, Zhao Yanheng opened his mouth and said Qianhu, Lu Yinglin knew that the other party knew his identity earlier, Lu Yinglin asked generously: "I don't know your Excellency's ......"
Zhao Yanheng introduced himself: "The contemptible surname is Zhao, the name is Qian, and the word is Chubi. โ
Lu Yinglin arched his hand and said: "It turned out to be Brother Zhao, I am fortunate to be lucky." โ
Zhao Yanheng also bowed his hand and said: "I came from Huguang to sell some medicinal herbs, and I want to ask Lu Qianhu for advice on some local customs, please Lu Qianhu move to the cold house, and make a pot of tea, I will ask for advice carefully." โ
After Zhao Yanheng gave up his hand, he made a gesture of please, Lu Yinglin raised his eyebrows, and also made a gesture of please, asking Zhao Yanheng to go first, and the two of them were very polite.
Zhao Yanheng took Lu Yinglin to the study, Zhao Yanheng really got a batch of medicinal materials to fight sloppily, so there was a stack of lists of medicinal materials and detailed accounts of the purchase of medicinal materials on the desk, Lu Yinglin suddenly saw these private things, his eyes avoided those account books, and picked up a white jade ruler pressed on the account book, after picking it up, Lu Yinglin felt the moisturization and delicacy of this piece of white jade, which was better than the several pieces of white jade he had come into contact with in the Qianguo Mansion, and couldn't help but praise:" This piece of jade is of extraordinary value, so Brother Zhao polished him into a ruler for ordinary use. โ
"If you like it, you'll give it to you. โ
Zhao Yanheng began to call Lu Yinglin 'adult', which literally means that the merchant is taking care of the official road and honoring Lu Yinglin, the head snake, but with Zhao Yanheng's casual posture, it seems that this valuable town ruler is used as a reward. Merchants don't use this attitude to give gifts to officials, Lu Yinglin smiled, put the ruler back in its place and said: "Such a precious jade, I guess Brother Zhao also likes it very much, how can I accept it." โ
Zhao Yanheng took the ruler in his hand, stroked it with a gentle expression, and said with a smile: "Lord Qianhu accepts this thing, and you can also give one thing as a gift at will." In this way, between you and me, no one owes anyone. As he spoke, he presented the ruler with both hands to Lu Yinglin.
Lu Yinglin stretched out a hand, suppressed the action sent by Zhao Yanheng and said, "There is no such valuable object by my side that can be exchanged. And what is valuable to me is not exchangeable. โ
Zhao Yanheng smiled as much as he could, and his face became a little solemn and said, "For Lord Qianhu, what things can't be exchanged?"
"The fertility of parents, the brotherhood of brothers, and the promotion of teachers......" Lu Yinglin couldn't help but think of the tenderness that Zhao Yanheng showed to Li Fei at the door of Li's house just now, and even spoke with a flattering meaning, but Li Fei was cold and thousands of miles away from him, Lu Yinglin looked at Zhao Yanheng and said with a little relief: "There is also the love of a beautiful woman." โ
Such a โกโก show off made Zhao Yanheng's blood surge for a while, but fortunately, Zhao Yanheng had a little kung fu to nourish his qi, sat with Erlang's legs hooked, and made a disapproving attitude towards Lu Yinglin's words, which could not be changed, but the price was not high enough.
Lu Yinglin felt that Zhao Yanheng was modest on the outside, but arrogant on the inside, and the two of them were silent for a while, only using their eyes to rattle and fight.
At this time, Cheng Anguo came out to play a round, he dressed up as a little servant, and came in with a teapot and two clean teacups. Boiling water is poured into the whitened tea cup, the soup is green and clear, and the bottom of the leaves is green and bright. Cheng Anguo introduced: "The "Guizhou Chronicles" records that this tea is 'cooked in a storage bowl, unchanged at night, and is a tribute tea dedicated to the royal family in the Tang Dynasty'. โ
Cheng Anguo's ancestor is subordinate to Jinyiwei with military status, his mother is Zhao Yanheng's nurse, Cheng Anguo entered and exited the palace with his mother when he was young, and when Zhao Yanheng was nine years old, he went to the fiefdom when he was nine years old, and the young Cheng Anguo became Zhao Yanheng's personal guard. At this time, Cheng Anguo was a little guy, and he was in the army, and his momentum was not half a point worse than Lu Yinglin, but his spirit was for Zhao Yanheng to drive, and Cheng Anguo successfully caused Lu Yinglin to study Zhao Yanheng deeply.
Zhao Yanheng walked down the steps taken by Cheng Anguo, stretched his right hand obliquely on the side of the tea cup, the four fingers were naturally together, the tiger's mouth was slightly separated, the palm of the hand was slightly concave, the palm seemed to contain a small air mass, and the wrist was subtle and forceful, and he smiled at Lu Yinglin.
This is like the etiquette of inviting people to drink tea like a celebrity, Lu Yinglin has not learned it, Lu Yinglin said while serving tea: "Brother Zhao is also invited." โ
After a cup of tea, Lu Yinglin said goodbye, Zhao Yanheng personally sent him out, and when he turned around, he stopped in the courtyard, facing the Li family with a heavy expression.
Cheng Anguo received a reply and whispered to Zhao Yanheng: "Li sketched a reply and came ......."
Zhao Yanheng didn't hear it at all, he was thinking that in the autumn of next year, the 800 Dadian Xuanfu envoy took Yunnan Road to send the prisoners to Longzhou, Guangxi, rebelled when passing by Lin'an Mansion, burned, killed, looted and returned along the way.
The records of the imperial court are so simple, but Zhao Yanheng knew that Li Xun's family was martyred in this incident, Lu Yinglin led dozens of private soldiers to Lin'an Mansion to answer, and was released, more than 1,000 Longzhou prisoners attacked, Lu Yinglin was seriously injured, and only brought back the eldest great-grandson of the Li family, and died a few days later.