Chapter Thirty-Eight: Willing to Gamble and Lose

The inner supervisors brought two pig's trotters and two jars of Fenjiu, which were handed to Hu Jian and Li Xiaofei respectively. Li Xiaofei smiled when he saw that it was a pig's trotter: "It seems that General Hu treats me as Fan Xu, I just heard the story of Xiang Yu, the overlord of Chu, who gave Fan Hao a pig's trotter a few days ago." I don't want to experience it for myself today. It's just that I feel that it is a bit out of place to eat this pig's trotters today."

Hu Jian inserted the knife in front of him into the pig's trotters and splashed some blood: "The little hero means that Ben will not have the prestige and ability of the overlord of Chu, and he is not worthy of giving you pig trotters?" ”

Li Xiaofei bowed his hand: "I have never compared General Hu with such a figure as the overlord of Chu, in my mind, General Hu can be compared to Jiang Taigong of the Zhou Dynasty and the Great Sima of the Han Dynasty, and he will be able to build immortal achievements in China."

Hu Jian laughed: "The little hero is really eloquent, this high hat is a good kung fu, but I still want you to eat this pig's trotters today." Don't refuse my offer. I'm going to eat first! After speaking, he cut off a piece of bloody raw pork and fed it into his mouth and ate it, many officials in the court did not dare to look at it, some covered their mouths, and some coughed a few times.

Li Xiaofei smelled the fishy smell of raw pork, and he was about to vomit, so he had to slowly cut a small piece of raw pork with a knife. Hu Jian had already eaten a few pieces of raw meat in a row, and an internal supervisor next to him covered his mouth and retreated. Hu Jian picked up the wine jar and took a sip and looked at Li Xiaofei: "Little hero, this raw pork with this Fenjiu has a unique flavor."

Li Xiaofei ruthlessly picked up a small piece of raw meat with the tip of a knife, swallowed it with his eyes closed, his neck stretched a few times, and then drank a few large sips of Fenjiu before he beat the first piece of raw meat.

Hu Jian started to eat again, Li Xiaofei slowly began to cut the meat again, Xie Tan stretched out his foot and kicked Li Xiaofei, signaling him not to eat anymore. Li Xiaofei simply cut a large piece of raw meat and ate it with his hand, and vomited while eating. At this moment, half of the people in the main hall began to vomit.

An internal supervisor hurriedly came over with a basin of water to clean up, Li Xiaofei got up and bowed to Hu Jian, panting and said: "General Hu, I really can't eat this pig's trotters in Xia, so I admit defeat in Xia."

Hu Jian laughed: "Okay, the little hero can bend and stretch, know the current affairs, not be strong, very good, then I am willing to gamble and lose, since the little hero has lost, he has to rely on me for one thing"

Li Xiaofei coughed a few more times and made sure that he would not vomit again before replying: "As long as I don't betray Daliang and don't violate my moral conscience, I will agree."

Hu Jian motioned to the inner supervisor to retire the pig's trotters, took a sip of wine and said: "The little hero is really kind-hearted, loyal and filial, I see that you are brave and strategic, I still have a daughter under my knees, since you lost today, you have to be my son-in-law obediently." What's the matter, this condition will not make you betray the Liang State, and it will not violate your moral conscience, and others will not be able to ask for it. ”

Li Xiaofei hurriedly waved his hand: "General Hu, here, I already have a wife below, and besides, I promised her before I went on an envoy that I would not mess with flowers and grass outside." What the general said just now is teasing the subordinates, please forgive the humble background below, and dare not climb the door"

Hu Jian patted the several cases in front of him: "You Liang Guo, you have always looked at people by the level of the family, do you think that my daughter is from a poor family and is not worthy of your high surname, I will let you see how powerful the children of the Han family are today", after saying that, he drew his sword, and dozens of guards immediately poured in the hall.

The cups in Xie Tan and Qin Shun's hands fell to the ground, but Li Xiaofei walked towards Hu Jian unhurriedly at the moment, taking off his shirt and exposing his upper body as he walked, first pointing to his shoulders: "This is the cocoon that I have carried firewood and grass since I was a child", and then stretched out his hands: "General Hu, this is the scar and cocoon on my hand, General Hu has ever seen a high-ranking family who has been herding cattle and firewood since he was a child, where in this world is there a family in this world who wants to go to the battlefield to kill people in their teens?" ”

Seeing that Li Xiaofei was so frank and didn't even care about the dignity of the envoy, Hu Jian retreated a little bit of anger: "Since you are also a disciple of the Han family, then why do you want to reject me, if you can't give Ben General a satisfactory answer today, I'm afraid you won't be able to get out of this hall."

Everyone's eyes all converged on Li Xiaofei, and Cui Ju couldn't help but speak: "General, the two countries are fighting each other, and if you don't kill the envoy, besides, if you don't talk about state affairs today, if you kill the envoy because of private affairs, how will my face of Daqin survive in the future?" ”

Hu Jian looked at Cui Ju, who looked calm, and said with a smile: "Master Cui don't have to worry, Ben Jiang will never do such a despicable thing, Ben will just want this little hero to give me a satisfactory answer, if he can't give it, I will force him to marry here!" ”

Li Xiaofei bowed to Cui Ju and thanked him, then turned around and knelt down towards Hou Dong on the throne: "The Great Qin Heavenly King is here, and he will give my answer today, not to deceive the heavens or the king, let alone to deceive General Hu."

Many ministers of the Qin State couldn't help but laugh secretly when they saw Li Xiaofei kneeling down to worship Hou Dong, thinking that he was going to stay as Hu Jian's son-in-law. Qin Shun and Xie Tan also shook their heads helplessly, at this time, they were also helpless, and they were powerless. Qin Shun is an internal supervisor and cannot replace Xiao Fei, and Xie Tan is also in his forties and older than Hu Jian.

Li Xiaofei knelt in the hall and said unhurriedly: "If I agree to this family business, I will be a disloyal, unrighteous, unkind and unfilial person, so please ask General Hu to take back his fate."

Hu Jian stood up and pointed at Li Xiaofei and said, "If you don't agree to this family business, you are a person who is disloyal, unjust, benevolent and unfilial." It is disloyal to refuse to make peace and destroy the peace agreement between the two countries, it is unjust to involve two envoys to be detained in the Qin State, it is unkind for the two countries to fight and kill countless soldiers, and it is unfilial piety to leave incense for parents if they do not become married! ”

As soon as these words came out, the ministers of the Qin State applauded, and Cui Ju was also surprised, he didn't expect Hu Jian, a martial artist, to be able to say this, and see how Li Xiaofei responded.

Li Xiaofei raised his head and replied: "If I marry General Hu's daughter, and General Hu and my Liang fight on the battlefield, if I help General Hu, I will be disloyal, if I don't help General Hu, it will be unfilial, and it is unrighteous for the daughter of General Hu to abandon his wife, and it will be unkind for him to hurt General Hu's daughter for Liang." In this way, not only will I become a disloyal, unrighteous, unkind and unfilial beast, but I will even harm General Hu and your daughter. Why is General Hu bothered? Or beg General Hu to take back his fate! ”

Hu Jian smiled: "Your kid's tongue skills are much better than this group of scholars in this court, but you have such intelligence at a young age, even if it is for Daqin, I can't let you go back."

Seeing that Hu Jian was going to forcibly detain Li Xiaofei, Cui Ju also got up and spoke: "A gentleman has the beauty of an adult, and General Hu is loyal to the country, and he admires it, but there is actually a way to get the best of both worlds in this matter."

Hu Jian looked at Cui Ju: "Master Cui, you have spoken out to help you several times, but you also want to recruit this little hero as the fast son-in-law of the East Bed, I can't grab your high-ranking surname."

Cui Ju smiled: "I, Qinghe Cui's family, will not accept Deputy Envoy Li as a son-in-law, the best of both worlds I said, is that the King of Heaven imitates the ancient virtuous monarch and worships Vice Envoy Li as a guest, so that General Hu and Deputy Envoy Li are officials in the same dynasty and in the same palace as ministers, isn't it beautiful?" ”

Cui Hong, Yang Hongzu, and Li Zhong also got up together to echo, Yang Hongzu touched his beard and said: "Jing Zhaoyin is really resourceful, but General Hu's wishes, if Deputy Envoy Li is a guest in his country, he will inevitably have more time in his country, and it is entirely possible to devote himself to General Hu's daughter." Why should General Hu be in a hurry? ”

Hu Jian saw that everyone in the three did not approve of his forcible detention of Li Xiaofei, so he got off the donkey: "Master Cui is really the first wise man in this dynasty, and he has solved my urgent need, now it depends on whether Deputy Envoy Li is willing or not?" ”

Li Xiaofei knew that if he didn't agree, the three families would not be able to relieve him anymore, so he replied loudly: "I am willing to work for the two countries, thanks to the King of Heaven and the Great Qin Zhushi who will not give up, and Li Xiaofei is willing to be the guest secretary of the Qin State", and kowtowed and thanked him after speaking.

Hou Dong smiled embarrassedly, originally talking about not discussing state affairs, but in the end he wanted to worship Li Xiaofei as a guest, so he cleared his throat: "The widow worships Li Xiaofei, the deputy envoy of Liang State, as the Zhongshu Sheren, and is knighted as the king of Yougu Li, may Li Xiaofei abide by the courtier's festival and serve my Daqin!" ”

Xie Tan couldn't cry or laugh, this Da Qin is really nondescript, the official is still the official position of the Central Plains, but the title is given according to the official position of Mobei. Fortunately, they don't have to be detained, even if they are given a big order or Yulin Supervisor, they will not refuse.