Chapter 18: The Princess's Favor

Yu Qing thought, this is also true, anyway, now that the road is closed by heavy snow, it is inconvenient to walk, it is better to go to Chengde Mansion to live for a few days, and it is not too late to leave when the snow melts. So he asked Zhao Kuangyan: "Brother Zhao, what do you think?" ”

Zhao Kuangyan originally didn't have a good impression of Du Chongwei, and felt that he and the Dog Emperor were definitely not any better, so he said: "I don't care, anyway, we come out to explore the rivers and lakes, the four seas are our home, and it's the same everywhere." ”

Wang Qingyi rubbed his hands and said, "This is the best, this is the best!" ”

Under the leadership of Wang Qing, their group came to the Shunguo Army Festival to envoy the inner office, and a government official arranged a courtyard for them, and also arranged a fire head and two maids, which seemed to be very thoughtful.

Zhao Kuangyan gave the coachman two taels of silver, sent him away, and said that he would go to him when he needed it. The driver thanked him and drove away.

Yu Qing and the three of them gathered in the alley to keep warm, and suddenly heard a thin voice outside the courtyard: "Yu Shaoxia, the old man has come to see you!" "It's none other than Ouyang Que.

Yu Qingben didn't want to ignore it, but out of politeness, he still stood up and arched his hand.

After Ouyang Que entered the alley, he said, "How is it, the courtyard arranged by the old man is not bad, right?" Then he said to his attendants: "Carry it up!" ”

I saw two sergeants come in with a wooden box, which looked very heavy. Ouyang Que said: "This is one thousand taels of silver, and there are four thousand taels of silver tickets, which are rewarded by Lord Du, please accept it with a smile!" At the same time, he took out four silver tickets from his bosom.

Yu Qing has always been haunted by An Chongrong's death, and said in a sarcastic tone: "Mr. Ouyang, if you don't have merit, how can I Yu Qing be virtuous, how can I bear such a big gift?" I want to take a break for a while, please come back! ”

At this time, Yu Qing called Ouyang Que Mr. Ouyang, not his predecessor, which shows that he already looks down on Ouyang Que's behavior in his heart.

Instead, it was Zhao Kuangyan, who stood up and laughed, and said, "Oh! Since it was awarded by Lord Du, then we accepted it, thank you! He took the silver ticket, and while commanding that the silver be carried into the house, he whispered to Qing, "Silver is a good thing, don't be in vain!" ”

Ouyang Que said: "Is Yu Shaoxia still worried about killing those Du Chongwei's subordinates? ”

If he didn't say anything, he would make Yu Qing angry, and he shouted: "Since Lord Du has promised not to kill them, why do you want to kill them all?" They're all defenseless! ”

Ouyang Que said: "You are wrong to blame Master Du, this matter has nothing to do with him, it is all the old man's idea." Yu Shaoxia didn't know that Lord Du promised not to kill them, but many of those people were disguised by Tuyuhun cavalry, and they tried to escape, I think we have killed more than 20,000 people, so what's the harm if there are more than a few hundred people? As the saying goes, if you don't cut the grass and remove the roots, it is to raise the tiger for the trouble, but suffer from it, so you don't do two endlessly, kill them all, if you think the old man is wrong, then the old man will make amends to you. ”

Yu Qing said abruptly: "Make amends, Yu can't afford it!" It's just that you, as a martial arts senior, how can you bear to kill so many unarmed innocent people? But it has come to this, and people cannot be resurrected from death, so what is the use of saying anything? ”

Ouyang Que smiled awkwardly and said, "That's good, that's good!" If Yu Shaoxia has nothing to do, the old man will leave first! If you still need anything, just let me know and I'll do it for you. ”

Yu Qing was noncommittal, Zhao Kuangyan saw this, and said with a smile: "Then Ouyang Daxia, please, I'll send you!" ”

Ouyang Que returned to the Shunguo Army's Jiedu Envoy's Mansion and met Du Chongwei. Du Chongwei asked, "How is it, did Yu Qing accept the silver taels?" ”

Ouyang Que said: "Lord Hui, he accepted it!" It's just that I think he's still very unhappy. ”

Du Chongwei laughed and said: "That's good, as long as he accepts the silver taels, the old man will be relieved, young people, it's normal to be petty." You command to go down and remove the axemen, but you must send someone to keep a close watch. ”

Ouyang Que went down to make arrangements. The eldest princess, Mrs. Du, came forward from behind the scenes and said: "Husband, you have made a meritorious contribution to quelling the rebellion, and the emperor has rewarded you greatly, this is indeed a great joy, why don't we feast on the generals, one to show the emperor's grace, and the other to win people's hearts, I don't know what the husband thinks?" ”

Du Chongwei said: "What Mrs. said is very true, and the husband also has this intention, but I don't know what day it is appropriate to arrange? ”

The eldest princess said: "I think it will be arranged on the Shangyuan Festival, many people have died in this Chengde Mansion, and there must be lonely souls and wild ghosts, and the resentment is too heavy." Prepare some lanterns, dragon lanterns, and firecrackers for the Shangyuan Festival, and be lively and unlucky. ”

"Okay, then follow Madame's, pass on the inner house to prepare!"

On the day of the Shangyuan Festival, the streets and alleys of the entire Hengzhou Mansion are full of red lanterns and colorful flowers, etc., the bright moon rises in the east, the lights are on at the beginning, the gongs and drums are beaten on the streets, the colorful flowers jump, the fish and dragons are flying, the crowds are crowded, a prosperous scene, there is no trace of the war at all, and the artificials have taken a lot of painstaking work.

The Shunguo Army Festival makes the house brightly lit, full of friends, and there are all kinds of delicacies from the mountains and seas, fine wines, fruits and vegetables, etc. The guests were all generals, local tyrants, and Yu Qing was also invited to participate.

After the guests took their seats, they only heard the head of the inner house preach loudly: "Eldest princess, the Chengde Festival is here!" ”

All the guests got up and said hello: "The last general (subordinates, villains) and others will see the eldest princess, see Lord Du!" ”

Du Chongwei and his wife, the eldest princess, came to the banquet, sat down on the main seat, and motioned for the guests to take their seats.

The guests said in unison: "Princess Xie, Lord Xie Du!" ”

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, the generals and subordinates toasted the princess and Du Chongwei respectively, with great flattery and flattery.

The eldest princess only drank a few glasses, Du Chongwei was happy for a while, and the comer did not refuse, and drank happily.

Yu Qing drank a few glasses, and his heart was heavy. And Zhao Kuangyan and Xiang Boy saw that the table was full of delicacies, and they were willing to destroy the heavens, so they let go of their hands and feet and feasted.

Everyone was eating lively, and suddenly heard the head of the inner mansion say in a loud voice: "Everyone be quiet, the eldest princess has something to say!" ”

At this time, Du Chongwei was already a little drunk, he looked at his wife with confused eyes, and said vaguely: "Madam, please!" ”

I saw the eldest princess stand up and say: "Ladies and gentlemen, this time the rebellion has been meritorious, and everyone has made great contributions, and the emperor cares about everyone's merits, but long live the lord He is far away in Tokyo, and he can't personally treat you, so I sent a special message to mourn the family and Chongwei to comfort you." Come, mourning family to all the families and soldiers! I hope that you will unite sincerely, make persistent efforts, and make new contributions to protect our territory and benefit the people of Li. ”

"Ministers remember the emperor's holy message, thank the emperor for his holy grace! Xie Chang Princess Longen! ”

The eldest princess said: "Today, in order to have fun, and to show my great Jin's martial arts, it is better for us to dance the sword to help the fun, drink while dancing, and rest when drunk." ”

Everyone applauded in unison.

The eldest princess said: "The mourning family heard that Mr. Ouyang Que, a stranger in Qinghai, is the number one master in the Western Regions, and his martial arts are strange and extraordinary, and he asked Mr. Ouyang to make a start, I don't know what Mr. Ouyang thinks?" ”

Ouyang Que said: "Thanks to the eldest princess's love, the old man will be ugly!" After speaking, he jumped on the field, and after making a move, he opened his posture and played a set of drunken eight immortal boxing. The applause continued.

After Ouyang Que finished the performance, he came off the stage.

The eldest princess said again: "This time to kill the traitor An Chongrong, Yu Shaoxia should remember the first merit, the mourning family has long heard of the young man's world-beating skills, but it is better to be famous than to meet, I wonder if the mourning family is lucky enough to see Yu Shaoxia's demeanor?" ”

Yu Qing stood up and arched his hand and said: "How can Yu Mou be virtuous, in front of all the seniors and generals, I really don't dare to call myself a hero, but as a person from the rivers and lakes, hoeing the strong and helping the weak, doing something for the people, is also the duty of the grass people, how dare I sacrifice my ugliness in front of the eldest princess with my three-legged cat kung fu?" The princess still spared the villain! ”

The eldest princess saw Yu Qing shirking, she simply didn't know how to lift, she clearly didn't give herself face, and she was about to have a seizure, when she suddenly saw Zhao Kuangyan sitting next to him, and her eyes couldn't help but light up. She saw Zhao Kuangyan's eyebrows and eyes, red lips and white teeth, looking forward to life, extremely handsome, and suddenly felt pity. She asked Yu Qingdao: "Yo! Yu Shaoxia, this little brother next to you is so handsome, who is he? ”

Yu Qing said: "Princess Qiyu, this is my little brother......"

It doesn't mean that after Qing finished speaking, the eldest princess had already come to Zhao Kuangyan with a wine glass, and looked at Zhao Kuangyan with squinting eyes, as if she had forgotten about Yu Qing's disrespect for herself in an instant, and asked teasingly: "Little brother, you look so handsome!" What's your name? "I saw that her saliva was about to come out.