Cui Ju led Li Xiaofei and the three of them into the palace together, and along the way, the guards and internal supervisors in the palace looked at Cui Ju with strange eyes, both fear and disgust.

Qin Shun asked Cui Ju in a low voice: "Master Cui, didn't you give them a reward?"

Cui Ju didn't hide it: "Everyone knows that I am an honest official and have no money, so they didn't ask for the reward I gave."

Li Xiaofei answered in the back: "These people don't collect too much money, and it will be no exception."

Cui Ju coughed: "At the beginning, they also stopped me, so I took off my court clothes on the spot and handed them over, and then handed over Jing Zhaoyin's big seal, they were all polite, I didn't ask for it."

Qin Shun almost laughed: "Master Cui, I didn't expect you to be witty, who dares to accept this court dress and official seal?"

Cui Ju didn't shy away from it: "Qin Zhengzhi, how much money did you collect in Nanliang, and how many people did you stop?" ”

Qin Shun was stunned for a moment, and Li Xiaofei spoke again: "The prince has sent gold leaves to Lord Qin when he enters the palace, Lord Cui should not make fun of Lord Qin, it is the same everywhere in the palace."

Qin Shun immediately said: "Just accept that once, just once, the prince has to give it and dare not accept it."

A few people chatted and chatted and arrived at the front hall of Weiyang Palace, there were some weeds on the stone slabs of the front hall, and the red paint of the doorpost in front of the hall was also peeled off, and the soldiers under the corridor were brightly dressed and armoured, holding halberds and axes, looking majestic on their heads and chests.

An inner prison shouted in the hall: "The envoy of Nanliang has arrived!" ”

Cui Ju made a gesture of please, Qin Shun walked in the middle, and Li Xiaofei and Xie Dan entered the hall side by side on the left and right.

As soon as they stepped into the temple gate, the three of them almost fell, the row of bricks that had crossed the two-foot-high threshold was empty, and the three of them stepped on it and stood unsteadily, Li Xiaofei tried his best to stabilize himself and Qin Xie.

The ministers and internal eunuchs of the Qin State in the hall all laughed, and the general standing next to the throne coughed three times, and everyone immediately stopped laughing.

The young man on the throne spoke: "The envoys of the Southern Liang came from afar to Saddle Horse and Laoton, and my Great Qin monarchs and ministers set up a banquet here today to catch the wind and wash the dust for the three envoys. After the three envoys have rested for a few days, they will discuss state affairs."

When the three of them heard this, they chuckled in their hearts, this Qin State came up and let them eat behind closed doors. As soon as Cui Ju heard that Hou Dong, the king of heaven on the throne, said that he would not talk about state affairs, it was not easy to propose peace. It seems that Cui Hong and Hu Jian have been prepared and do not want to reach a peace agreement.

Hu Jian made a gesture to invite him to take a seat: "Please invite the three envoys to the banquet"

An inner supervisor ran over and led Qin Shun and the three of them to the seat on the right near the temple gate. Choi moved to the seat on the left near the throne.

After the three of them took their seats, they bowed to Hou Dong, Hu Jian and other Qin monarchs and ministers. Hu Jian returned the salute to them: "My Daqin diet has both the wind of the Central Plains and Mobei, and I also ask the three envoys to bear with me." Wine and food to the messengers! ”

Immediately, there were ten internal supervisors who came over with plates in turn, the first plate was a roast rabbit, as soon as the roast rabbit was on the table, Yang Hongzu, who was sitting next to Cui Ju, spoke: "This dish is called Peach, this rabbit is roasted with peach branches, and smeared with peach nectar, it tastes fragrant, not greasy, and is most in line with the identity of a humble gentleman, so it is the first dish", Xie Dan knew that this was a satire on Gaozong's southern crossing of Jinling, Xie Dan thanked him: "The gentleman does not take the favor of others, this peach is the first dish of your country, We must have the virtuous and virtuous ministers of your country to go down first, and we dare to taste it", Yang Hongzu laughed: "Regardless of the north and south, they are all gentlemen, and there are friends from afar, and they are very happy, so let's taste this peach together."

Hu Jian also walked from the throne to the right at this time, and the chief tore up the roast rabbit, and everyone ate it together when they saw this. The roast rabbit ate two bites, the second dish served steamed sea bass, Yang Hongzu picked up a small piece of sea bass: "The gentleman's friendship is as light as water, the famous dish of the south is steamed in Chang'an, although the steamed sea bass is steamed, but it is not light and tasteless, with the sweet spring of Chang'an, it is a must in the world", Xie Dan laughed: "Tangerine Huainan is orange, and orange is Huaibei." This perch is not the original perch when it reaches the north. However, Chang'an City has been the center of Gyeonggi since ancient times, and the real world is unique to this steamed fish. Please don't be stingy, let me wait to open my eyes."

Cui Ju saw Xie Dan's answer, so he saluted Xie Dan: "Prime Minister Yang Hongzu has always been hospitable, and he will definitely entertain the three envoys of Lord Xie, Lord Qin, and Lord Li. Please also taste this dish carefully, don't wait for this dish to be cold and hurt your spleen and stomach."

Hu Jian also waved his hand: "You scholars are full of flowers and intestines, and there are so many things to pay attention to eating, I see that the eight dishes in the back will be served together, otherwise when Yang Xiangguo and Master Xie finish introducing the dishes, I'm afraid that we will faint from hunger."

Everyone laughed together, and the inner prisoners brought all the eight dishes and wine in the back.

Hu Jian signaled to Hou Dong, and Hou Dong raised his glass on the throne: "Please also drink this cup, today's guests and hosts are happy, and live up to this rare gathering given to us by the sky."

As soon as the first glass of wine was drunk, Cui Hong asked again: "I heard that Lord Li is a young hero among the three messengers, and the old man Cui Hong heard that Lord Li is very brave and fearless on the battlefield, and today the old man is going to try Lord Li's cultural governance", Xie Dan couldn't help but worry, the other party named Li Xiaofei to come to Wendou this time, and did not let Xie Dan participate, and I don't know what will happen.

Li Xiaofei was not in a hurry, raised his glass with both hands and gestured to Cui Hong: "Xiaguan has thanked Master Cui here, the so-called heroic and fearless is just a rumor that everyone uses falsehood, and they don't know a few big words, so naturally they can't talk about Wenzhi, but since Lord Cui asked, Xiaguan should reply with all his heart to be rude."

Xie Dan coughed, and secretly scolded Li Xiaofei in his heart, why should he be reckless, if Cui Hong casually asked a seventy-two sage Yuntai twenty-eight generals, wouldn't it be a big foreign appearance at that time.

Cui Hong laughed: "Sure enough, it is a hero who is a young man, and the king of talent said that this heaven blesses us, and I dare to ask the little hero if the sky has a head."

Li Xiaofei replied casually: "There is a head"

Cui Hong then asked, "Where is the head of the sky?" ”

Li Xiaofei smiled: "People often say that the sky is merciful, how can you hang down without a head?" ”

Cui Hong nodded: "It's really witty, does the sky have ears?" ”

Li Xiaofei pointed to the top of his head: "The adults went straight to the sky to listen, and the small people asked the sky speechlessly, if the sky has no ears, how can they hear everyone talking?" ”

Hu Jian clapped his hands and applauded, Xie Dan finally stretched his brows, and then the hall praised Li Xiaofei.

Cui Hong had no choice but to ask: "Does Cangtian have a surname?" ”

Li Xiaofei responded: "Cangtian's surname is Liu"

Cui Hong asked, "Why is the surname Liu?" Everyone also looked at Li Xiaofei.

Li Xiaofei said unhurriedly: "The surname of the Son of Heaven is Liu, so Cangtian is also surnamed Liu, and this son follows his father's surname."

Hu Jian saw that Cui Hong couldn't ask Li Xiaofei at all, so he spoke to relieve the siege: "It's still the king of heaven who said it well, the heavens bless, I'll wait for food and drink, and these poems and poems are just a battle of tongues." The little hero is witty and brave, I am a martial artist, I want to test the courage of the little hero"

Li Xiaofei replied unhurriedly: "The kid is arrogant and ugly, he is definitely not as brave as General Hu, and he asks the general's subordinates to be merciful, and the kid admits defeat", Li Xiaofei was also a little worried at this time, he was afraid that Hu Jian would try his martial arts with him, Li Xiaofei would probably not be able to beat, even if he won, it would be difficult to get out of this hall, so he took the initiative to admit defeat.

Hu Jian laughed: "Today's celebration banquet, you must obey the order of the king of heaven and not use the sword." I'm also here to fight with the little hero, but our fight is not poetry, but eating and drinking. I'll decide what to eat and drink, little hero, what do you think?"

Li Xiaofei saw that it was not a martial arts competition, so he agreed. As soon as Hu Jian clapped his hands, two internal supervisors came over with things.