Chapter Thirty-Six: This Place is a Farewell, When Will the Night Sink Return?
Yinghong didn't know that his daughter had already fallen in love with others, and her eyes and mouth were full of thoughts, but she didn't expect that even such a little thing was in her heart.
So he smiled and said, "Oh...... It's Daddy's forgetfulness, it's Daddy's fault. Come on, people, add another table. ”
"Dad: There's no need to bother, just change the table for two. Princess Zixi said, took Ye Li's right hand and walked a few steps forward, and said solemnly, "Dad: Do you know who he is?"
Seeing his daughter's appearance of asking for guilt, Yinghong also put on a straight face and said solemnly: "How can Dad not know: he is the great hero and benefactor of our Kejing people, let him sit with you, otherwise, he has not offended our great hero and benefactor?"
After saying that, Yinghong patrolled the people of His Royal Highness, and finally couldn't help laughing, slapped his thigh, and burst into hearty laughter.
Princess Zixi's face was red, as bright as a peach blossom, and she stomped her feet and said, "Dad...... You only know one thing, but you don't know the other, he is the second prince of Bei Ji Kingdom! According to etiquette, he should sit on it. ”
Hearing this, Yinghong smiled and smiled, Lang's laughter stopped abruptly, and his expression suddenly became stiff. He took his eyes and looked at the night for a while, but he really looked a little arrogant, and it was as if a scoop of cold water had been poured on his body for thirty-nine days, pulling out the cold.
After a while, Yinghong came back to his senses and asked coldly: "Xi'er, is he really the second prince of Beiji Kingdom?"
"Yes!" Princess Zixi replied cautiously when she saw her father's face change suddenly.
At this time, Elder Yanqi on the left side testified: "Yinghou, what the princess said is right: he is the second prince of Beiji Kingdom, who once went to Tatibao with the princess to ask for troops, and it was also these two princes who killed Su Meng outside the city of Stu. ”
"Hey, Xi'er, you girl!" Ying Hong glared at Princess Zixi coldly, hurriedly walked down the palace, and saluted to the night: "It turned out that the second prince was coming, forgive the ministers for being clumsy, and failed to recognize the second prince. ”
There are many old ministers in Stu City who don't know Yeli, and I heard that it is the second prince of Beiji Kingdom, and they also left their seats with Yinghong to pay tribute.
Ye Li was at a loss for a while, nodded in a panic and returned the salute one by one.
Ying Hongfu scolded Zixi coldly: "Okay, you girl, since the second prince is coming, why didn't you say it earlier!"
Princess Zixi didn't expect her father to react so abnormally, and reprimanded her in public, so she was so aggrieved that tears glistened in her eyes and said: "This... This...... It's not that Daddy is too busy, Xi'er hasn't ...... at this time I haven't had time to tell you yet. ”
"You?!" Yinghong looked at him coldly, and he stopped talking.
Yinghong is still amiable, but at this time, he was suddenly as cold as ice, not to mention Zixi's grievances, and even the second monk couldn't touch his head when he left at night.
Seeing Zixi's aggrieved appearance, Yeli spoke for her: "Yinghou, it's not that the princess doesn't say it, it's Yeli who doesn't let her say it, the fault is all on Yeli alone, I hope Yinghou will forgive me." ”
Yeli said this, and Yinghong didn't know how to answer for a while.
The hall was silent for a moment, and the air was awkward.
Elder Yanqi hurriedly left his seat and said, "Yinghou, why bother with these little things, brother, I have already had an empty stomach at this time, and I am still anxious to eat and drink, so please hurry up and start a banquet." As he spoke, he couldn't help but pull Yinghong up to the palace.
At this time, the attendant had already moved a double table, and Yinghong ordered him to put it next to his right side, and said to Yeli: "Please take a seat for the second prince." Then he said coldly: "Xi'er, you can also sit here." ”
Yeli glanced at Princess Zixi and sat down abruptly.
Princess Zixi no longer had the joy she had before, and sat on the right side of the night with an indifferent expression - how can she not sense the change in her father as a daughter?
Everyone was seated, and Yinghong ordered the palace attendants to send a decree to start the feast.
At one o'clock, the celebration banquet begins.
The soldiers have seen such a grand feast, and no matter how much they eat and drink, in an instant, the cups in and outside the palace come and go, and the drinking orders are fist-drawn, so lively.
Eat the crab's mouth,
gnaw the teeth of the pig's shoulder,
Scooping the soup with a mouth full of oil,
The cheap eyes of the vegetables......
Endless mountain and sea delicacies kiwifruit, endless dazzling delicacies.
All the soldiers ate straight to the face of red, the corners of their mouths drooled, only hated that their father and mother gave him a stomach, where did he still think of the corpses outside the city were not cold, and the corpses were like mountains.
Yinghong originally had a good impression of Yeli, but after learning that he was the arrogant son, he was depressed in his heart, but how could he eat the wine to the fullest?
Ye Li didn't know that his father was arrogant and extravagant when he attacked the city of Kestu, and he had burned, killed, robbed, and plundered, and the place he passed was as miserable as hell, leaving a deep and permanent wound on the Kejing people, but he could still perceive Yinghong's indifference and slow treatment, and saw Zixi bowing his head and displeased, the wine seemed to be mixed with the flavor of Coptis chinensis, and it was very bitter to drink, and his father was still fighting against the rebels in Gutong County, and the outcome was still uncertain, and he was even more anxious in his heart, so he had the intention of going.
After a few rounds of drinking, Yeli got up and said goodbye.
Yinghong hurriedly sat down and said: "Why did the second prince leave in such a hurry, is it that the subordinates are not well entertained, this Stu City is not comparable to the Tiandu Holy Palace, and there is no strange smell, I hope the second prince will not be surprised." ”
"What did Yinghou say, Yeli grew up in Yanjing Mountain since he was a child, and he has never eaten such a feast, but my father is still fighting with the rebels in Gutong County, and Yeli is uneasy, so he will leave first. ”
Ye Lishi hoped that he could more or less borrow some soldiers and horses from Yinghong to help his father be arrogant, so he stayed to go to the banquet, but seeing Yinghong's indifferent expression and cold words, he was reluctant to open that mouth.
Yinghong said: "The second prince should not be in a hurry, the old man is trying to help the soldiers, and I would like to show my heart to Botuo: the Kejing people will never rebel, and it is only a handful of scum who rebel." But the city of Stu has just been warped, order has not yet been restored, and the subordinates still have a lot of tricky affairs to do, can the second prince give a few days, and wait for the subordinates to arrange everything in the city, and then go together, I don't know what the second prince thinks?"
Yinghong is right, but the intention to leave at night has been decided.
So he replied: "Yinghou is kind, Ye Li has received it, Ye Li is anxious, and he has no heart to wait any longer, so he will leave." ”
At the end of the words, Ye Li said goodbye to Elder Yanqi and others, and left the table to leave.
"I'll go with you to Gutong County. Zixi suddenly saw that Yeli wanted to leave, and he was very reluctant, and when he saw that his father left him away, he hurriedly grabbed Yeli's arm and said.
"There are tens of thousands of rebels gathered there in Gutong County, I don't know if I can enter the city, how can Xi'er go with me?" Night aside.
Zixi was full of joy and wanted to leave with the night, but he was unexpectedly refused, and the heart suddenly seemed to be stung by a bee, and his nose was inexplicably sour, and he complained: "It's only a little older, and you dislike me for being burdensome." ”
"No, no...... This time it's a sea of swords and soldiers, and I'm afraid that Xi'er will be in danger. Yeli panicked, shook Zixi's hand slightly, and said softly.
"I'm not afraid, as long as I'm with you, I'm not afraid to go anywhere! But what I'm afraid of is that as soon as you return to Tiandu, you'll forget me. "My lover parted, and I didn't know when I would be able to meet, so Princess Zixi ignored the reserve of her daughter's family, but as she spoke, she couldn't help but feel sour and tears welled up in her eyes.
"Silly Xi'er...... How could I?" Ye Li saw Zi Xiran's situation, lowered his head, and comforted.
In front of the public, Yinghong saw that his daughter and the night were lingering, and it was difficult to leave, and his face could not be hung up for a long time. He said with a straight face: "Xi'er, don't mess around, the second prince is also thinking about you." ”
Before the words fell, Yinghong grabbed Princess Xi's right arm and pulled it to his side.
"Daddy, daddy......" Princess Zixi was angry and anxious, and her left hand clenched Yeli, just unwilling to let go.
Yinghong's face was dark green and very ugly, and he glanced at all of them in the night.
He gently broke Princess Zixi's left hand, and said with tenderness in his eyes: "Xi'er, I will come back, you wait for me." As he spoke, he walked away from the table, bowed to everyone, turned around, and strode out of the palace.
"Leave my brother, leave my brother ......" Princess Zixi's face changed suddenly, and she couldn't help tears rolling in her eyes, reluctant to give up!
Princess Zixi's call was full of sadness and expectation, and Yeli was shaken, and he hurriedly turned around: "Xi'er......"
"Don't forget what you said, I'm waiting for you to give it to me. Zixi's eyes were full of tears, and he suddenly pulled out the fish intestine sword from ***, shook it in the air, smiled, and a teardrop fell down with a snap, it was so crystal clear, it was so beautiful and flawless.
The corners of Yeli's eyes were inexplicably moist, he took out the amber pendant from his arms, held it in his hand, and lit up in the air, and at the same time grinned at Zixi and grimaced, and then said with a smile: "Xi'er don't worry, Yeli will not forget, Yeli will never forget in this life, you wait for me." ”
As soon as the words fell, Yeli took the amber pendant back into his arms, turned around and never looked back, and strode out of Yong'an Palace.
Yeli packed up the package, selected a sturdy black horse as a mount in the Yong'an Palace guard camp, and took advantage of the dark night and the waning moon like a hook, beat the horse and whipped straight out of the east gate of Stu City.
Along the way, I inquired about the path of Gutong County, rode my horse and galloped wildly for three days and three nights, and I came to a small town called "Baolai" at night, which was only more than 100 miles away from Gutong County.
After walking for a few days at night, he was hungry and thirsty, and suddenly saw a village in front of him, so he wanted to take a break and find out the path at the same time, because he learned along the way that the road to Gutong County had been blocked by the rebels, and the closer he was to Gutong County, the greater the danger, so he had to find a small road and bypass the rebel checkpoint before he could enter Gutong County.
Just thinking about it, there was a roadside tea house under the big willow tree not far ahead, and Yeli jumped off the black horse, took the reins and walked over, tied the black horse under the willow tree, and walked into the tea house.
"Man: Bring a pot of tea to the master!"