His third brother has always been as soft as a sheep, so the second prince doesn't know whether he is praising or being sarcastic, which causes him to not know how to answer, because if he is complimentary, wouldn't it seem too mean if he continues to be sarcastic? If he is sarcastic, wouldn't he suffer if he didn't sarcastically go back?

"It's better for the third brother to go back early, Xiangzhou, a place where soldiers are in chaos and chaos, is not a place for literati like you to stay." The second prince said after hesitating for a moment. After speaking, regardless of the reaction of the third prince, he took the lead in walking towards the courtyard.

The third prince smiled bitterly, it is impossible to praise, how could he not understand his second brother? If you are greedy for life and afraid of death, you can't even hold a knife steadily, how can you fight bravely to kill the enemy?

But what's wrong with you? Isn't it always good to hide? How did it become sharp?

Yes, he must have been angry with him, since he came back from the palace, his heart has become much more impetuous. Thinking of this, the eyes of the three princes were covered with a layer of fog, and they swept towards the courtyard, looking for Chen Rui's traces, and the main person of tonight's celebration banquet must be indispensable to him.

That's right, he already knew that he was the hero of this victory over the Liang Army, the vanguard general Chen Rui.

Although he didn't tell him who he was when he was in the palace, he guessed who he was when Xiao Kong arrived at the Chu army camp stationed outside Luoyin City.

Able to lead 30,000 Qin troops must have a close relationship with the Qin Palace, and there is no trace of him in the military camp, thinking of seeing him in the Qin Palace, as well as their long-term separation eyes, it is not difficult to guess that he must have just returned to the palace, and the answer is self-evident from the time.

Despite the faint light of the fire, he still saw him in the crowd, his eyes flashed with a faint and inexplicable light, and he also caught up with the steps of the second prince and came to his seat.

The respect of the prince is naturally the object of everyone's stammering, there are many princes rushing to show their faces in front of the two princes, the two princes are naturally very happy, and accept all the orders, some people are not saying that someone is optimistic about you? And of course, the more talents, the better, who would be too little?

For a while, the atmosphere was high, and it was full of joy.

Many boudoir ladies can't help but want to show their faces in the past, maybe they will be taken by the prince? But in the end, he didn't move, after all, it would make people think that Meng Lang would be seen clearly.

It was a celebration banquet, and the atmosphere was of course lively, and there was laughter and laughter everywhere.

The time was approaching, and all the participants in the banquet had already arrived, and Zhou Tingshi accompanied Xiangguo Xiaokong to walk in, followed by a group of officials from Xiangzhou.

Nie Yi knew that Chen Rui didn't know Xiao Kong, so he introduced: "The old man who is not good-looking is Xiao Kong of Xiangguo, who has a strategic mind and a strategic mind, don't underestimate him because of his appearance, our Chu State can be strong to this day, relying on the prince's conquest on the outside, and his plan on the inside, that is to say, at least half of the credit is his, just like the prince, he is the right-hand man of His Majesty today, which can be described as the pillar of Chu and the humerus of His Majesty." ”

Chen Rui nodded to show that he understood, judging people by appearance is always the most inferior, Chen Rui looked at the person next to Xiao Kong, he was middle-aged and Zhou Quan was five points similar, wearing the official robe of a civil official but had the masculinity of a military general, he walked like a tiger, and he didn't look like a literati, and Zhou Quan also told him that his father was born as a military general.

There is Tian Mo, who has a relationship with him, and there is Yu County Order, and he doesn't know the others, but he must also be the adjutant of the state capital and the officials of the nearby counties.

With their arrival, the banquet will officially begin, and many mermaids with delicious food and wine will rush in, and put the food and drinks on the table that has been set up in advance.

The seats are also arranged, tonight is the celebration banquet, the soldiers and Chen Rui as meritorious heroes are of course arranged in the front, and then the positions of the wealthy families and officials in Xiangcheng, and the rest of the people are more arbitrary.

And the family members are on the other side, and the seats are also based on the families of the soldiers, and then they are determined by their status, and those who are transcendent like Qin Qingyao are at the front.

Although the merchant donated materials, it can be regarded as a great contribution, but the status of the merchant in this era is already low, and it is already a gift to be able to arrange the seat here, how dare you ask for anything else.

The subordinate led everyone to sit down, Chen Rui's position happened to be under the hands of the two princes, the second prince was next to him, and when he saw him, he was hostile, and the third prince was opposite him, looking at him silently, but he didn't say anything, just made eye contact.

Opposite Chen Rui was Zhou Quan, this was the first time he saw Zhou Quan after returning from the battlefield, Zhou Quan was a little excited when he saw him, and said with a smile: "Brother Chen, I really didn't see it, you are so powerful, you let hundreds of thousands of Liang troops disappear in a snap of your fingers, admire it so much, don't forget me after you soar in the future!" ”

Climb up the ladder? Thinking of beauty, the second prince scoffed at this.

Chen Rui smiled sincerely: "I think Brother Zhou is not a thing in the pool, and he will do something in the future, I am afraid that I will need Brother Zhou to carry it." ”

"I haven't seen you for dozens of days, how did you become so humble?"

"Haha......"

After the wine and food were served, Xiao Kong got up and raised his wine glass and raised it forward and said: "This victory over the Liang army, Your Majesty is very happy, and I specially order me to thank the soldiers of the three armies who fought bravely for him, as well as General Chen, who strategized, it is precisely because of your courageous struggle to fight regardless of your lives that the stability of the Chu State is guaranteed, and it is precisely because of such powerful soldiers as you that the Chu State can be so strong and glorious today." And my people of Great Chu, your Majesty has known the heart of the country, and you are all meritorious ministers of my Great Chu, here, on behalf of Your Majesty and the imperial court, I will first give you a cup of glass, and then there will be another reward. ”

"Your Majesty, Xie Xiangguo."

"Your Majesty, Xie Xiangguo."

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The soldiers are the soldiers of the Emperor of Chu, and the reward must also be in the name of the Emperor of Chu, and others are all acting on behalf of the Emperor, and the status of Xiaokong in Xiangzhou is the most respectful, and it is also the most representative of the Emperor of Chu, but because of his old age, the heavy responsibility of going to the military camp to reward fell on Zhou Tingshi, but he still represented the Emperor of Chu at the banquet.

In fact, the prince is more representative of the heavenly family, but this kind of thing of buying the hearts of the army is done by the prince, and now the Chu Emperor is hesitant and does not set up a prince, so it is not appropriate for the prince to buy people's hearts, after all, who knows if he will be the one who will ascend the throne in the future, so as not to cause trouble, so the Chu Emperor will be handed over to Xiao Kong to do.

After drinking this cup, Xiao Kong sat down, and Zhou Tingshi let everyone eat and drink to their heart's content.

Such a good opportunity to buy people's hearts, the three princes will naturally not miss it, after the three rounds of drinking, immediately for the soldiers to write a poem, talk about their hearts, after the completion of the deep eyes also glanced at Chen Rui, the meaning is unknown.

The content of the poem is roughly about the majestic and tragic battlefield, the monarch is determined to forge ahead, and the soldiers sacrifice their lives and deaths to expand the territory, showing the pride of the king, the heroic picture of the soldiers, which can be regarded as a rare masterpiece, and immediately received a lot of praise.

Seeing the third prince in the limelight, the second prince was very anxious, but he could only be anxious, because he was not as good as his third brother, who had read poetry since childhood.

And now the county lord is not far away, the county lord has a better relationship with the third brother than with them, although it is not very good, but at least it will not be cold, it is much stronger than him.

The county lord must have heard his poems just now, and if he was moved by his literary brilliance, then it would really be over, but he couldn't write any good poems, so what should he do? In a hurry, he was pulling his intestines, scratching his ears and cheeks!

But before he could come up with any way, he saw his third prince and said: "General Chen not only has a strategy and can defeat the enemy, but Chen Li also heard that General Chen is very talented, and once composed a poem "Chivalrous Travel" to amaze the world, coincidentally, our army can defeat the Liang army, and the great Warring States also relies on General Chen, so if General Chen does not write a poem, wouldn't it be a good will of God?" ”

Chen Li's thinking is also very simple, not to make him embarrassed, after all, this is simply impossible, no one has stipulated that the generals of a hundred battles must be able to compose poems, it is good to be both civil and military, but only martial arts, and being able to win battles is also admired by the world, so that the people love them, because this allows them to avoid the attack of war, compared to those who only know the wind and snow, the generals who can win the battle are the objects of the people's love.

So he just wants to beat him in what he's good at, to prove that he's not inferior to him, at least better than him in some ways.

And Qing Yao is also here, he also wants her to see that he will not be inferior to him, and hopes that she can change her mind.

Although the opportunity is not large, aren't the opportunities all fought for desperately?

However, Chen Rui just glanced at him lightly and said, "What can you do when you write poetry?" Can poetry govern the country? Can you retreat from the enemy by composing poetry? Can composing poetry be eaten as a meal? Oh! This can be, after all, it can be sold for money, and some unlearned sons will still buy it and pretend it, saying that they made it themselves, but I have food now, why do I want to compose poems? ”

The second prince next to him felt a pain in his heart, feeling pricked by a needle, he was trying to use an excuse to pee and find a talented man to buy a poem, but he was innocently lying down, which made him sit back again when he was about to pee and buy poems.

How can talking to this person make people so angry? The third prince felt that if he had to say a few more words to him, he could really be completely happy and angry.

The people around him were surprised when they heard this, his writing style is not bad, it can be seen from the song "Chivalrous Journey" he wrote, but why is it so worthless to write poems?

Xiao Kong raised his eyelids and looked at Chen Rui, it was the first time he looked at this young man, but the first glance gave him a familiar feeling, as if he had seen him somewhere.

Chen Rui drank a glass of wine and said: "Writing poetry is where the excitement goes, where the love goes, and the feelings in the heart are expressed, not for the sake of composing poetry, not for the sake of composing poetry, so that poetry is inferior, you are in the mood to compose poetry now, but I don't want to compose poetry now, so you can't force me to compose poetry, even if you force coercion, I won't do it." ”