When Yang Xuan, the king of Qi, arrived in Chang'an, the popularity of Chang'an officialdom rose rapidly, and the simple voice of wanting to establish the king of Qi as the crown prince could be heard from all over the world. Yang Chong warned himself that he should stay away from this kind of thing, and he should stay away from the King of Qi, but what he was afraid of, Wei Fusi, a member of the Inner History House, came to the door and said that the King of Qi would invite him to a banquet. Wei Fusi had long wanted to pull Yuwenkai and Yang Chong into the camp of King Qi through his brother Wei Fuzi and his friend Du Yan, but Wei Fuzi had been unwilling, thinking that his friend Yuwenkai should not be involved in this kind of imperial battle.

This time it was Liu Jianzhi's idea, many officials in Chang'an came to visit Yang Xuan, the king of Qi, and there were people from all departments, but the military department, regardless of the size of the official position, no one came, so he wanted to teach a lesson. Although Yang Chong is not in the Ministry of War, everyone knows that Yang Chong is a thousand-mile horse appreciated by Duan Wenzhen, and Yang Chong's attitude towards King Qi is also respectful; The most important thing is that Yang Chong is not a child of the family, even if something happens after a lesson, it is also the one with the least cost.

After Wei Fusi and Wei Xun discussed, they also felt that it was an opportunity, if Yang Chong and King Qi had a stalemate, the Wei family and Princess Nanyang would be able to make Yang Chong fall into a big favor; As for Yang Xuan, the king of Qi, with Concubine Wei here, you can do whatever you want. Yang Chong learned that the place of the invitation was not in his Fengle Building, but in the Wei family's Wenxiang Building, so he had to go with Wei Fusi; Yang Chong is not a person with five surnames and seven hopes, he does not have that kind of arrogant capital, and the banquet of Yang Hui, the king of Qi, is like a corporal of courtesy, if he doesn't go, he will be slapped in the face, and tomorrow he will be able to spread the news all over Chang'an.

To Yang Chong's surprise, in addition to Princess Nanyang, Princess Yang Lihua of Leping was actually present. Yang Lihua is the eldest sister of Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty, Empress Xuan of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, in the first year of the emperor's reign, Emperor Wen Yang Jian usurped the world of the Northern Zhou Dynasty and killed Yang Lihua's three stepsons Emperor Jing Yu Wenxian, Lai Wang Yu Wenjun, and Ying Wang Yu Wenshu, Yang Lihua was resentful for a while, and Emperor Wen was also very guilty. In the sixth year of the emperor's reign, Emperor Wen named Yang Lihua as Princess Leping, and the relationship between father and daughter slowly improved, but Yang Lihua resolutely did not agree to remarry, so Emperor Wen gave up the matter.

Yang Lihua is well maintained, she looks only in her early thirties, with black hair; Yang Lihua's daughter Yuwen Eying and son-in-law Zhuguo Li Min are a pair of golden boys and girls, sitting on Yang Lihua's left and right respectively. The rest of the guests, Yang Chong knows Shang Fang Ling Wei Xun of the Neishang Department, Shunzheng County Gong Dong Chun, Yu Wenshi and, the three people who don't know are heroic, Wei Fusi introduced, respectively Yu Zhining, Niu Fangyu, Lai Yuan; In addition to Yu Zhining's friendly greeting, Niu Fangyu, Lai Yuan, and Li Min, like Li Min, looked at Yang Chong with contempt.

Yang Jun, the king of Qi, is handsome, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and Yang Guangshi is a little similar, Yang Yun motioned for the two to take a seat, and said with a smile: "Today we have a mouthful, Wenxianglou's first roasted tail banquet is to celebrate Zhong Mi's ascension." ”

Zhong Mi is Yu Zhining's word, Yu Zhining got up and arched his hand and said: "Favored by the Holy Son of Heaven, Zhining will serve as the county commander of the Guanshi family, and he will definitely clean himself and benefit the people." ”

The Great Sui scholars ascended, entered and moved, friends and colleagues congratulated together, feasted with wine and music, and called "burning tails." ”

As soon as Yu Zhining said this, Yang Chong understood that today's dinner was for Yu Zhining. When the man saw that the guests arrived, he immediately came in to report the menu, a total of 28 dishes, including bear's paw and deer breast in the north, civet cats, green shrimp, river crabs, frogs, turtles in the south, as well as daily fish, chickens, ducks, geese, quails, cows, sheep, rabbits, etc., which can be described as delicacies of the mountains and seas, mixed with land and water.

It's just that the level of the chef is really not good in the eyes of Yang Chong, a later generation, and many good ingredients are burned and wasted; However, the names of some dishes are still quite interesting, such as Guifei Red, which is a refined flavored red pastry; Tianxue, that is, fried noodles with honey; the white dragon, i.e. the shredded mandarin fish; Snow Baby, which is a hot pot with frog meat wrapped in bean flour; The last dish made Yang Chong put away his contempt, and the chef actually used vegetarian dishes and steamed noodles to make a group of Penglai fairy-like courtesans and dancers, which made the banquet more colorful.

During the chat, Yang Chongcai knew that Yu Zhining was the great-grandson of Yu Jin, the Taishi of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Niu Fangyu was the second son of Niu Hong, and Lai Yuan was the second son of Lai Hu'er, all of whom were noble sons of high-ranking families. Niu Fangyu finished eating a piece of bear's paw meat, wiped his hands with a noodle bun and asked, "Yang Chong has any good works recently?" ”

Wei Fusi was stunned for a moment, this is almost the same as asking Yu Zhining, you Niu Fangyu is a martial artist, what kind of Sven are you pretending? Yang Chong just wanted to get himself drunk today, so he drank vigorously, and when he heard the words, he said to him: "It is said that the word "burning tail" comes from the flock, saying that the new sheep enter the flock, and the flock of sheep is bullied, and the new sheep can only live in peace and integrate into the flock of sheep by burning off the tail." I was helpless that day, I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to join the group. ”

Li Min understood that Yang Chong said that he was just helpless when he wrote poems, and he expected that the poems were all made by chance, how could he let go of this opportunity to make Yang Chong ugly, and took over the words: "The land is divided into north and south, and sure enough, the proverbs are different, our hometown says that the word burning tail comes from the tiger, the tiger becomes a human, and the tail still exists, and only by burning its tail can the tiger really become a human." Lord Yang can't say that when he sees the beauty of the poems, he has no inspiration in front of King Qi. ”

Li Min Zi Shusheng, the grandson of Li Yuan and the son of Li Chong, followed Emperor Wen to Li Chong's death and raised Li Min in the palace. When Princess Leping chose a son-in-law for her daughter, she valued Li Min from the Li family in Longxi, heroic and beautiful, not only good at riding and shooting, but also capable of singing and dancing strings.

Yang Chong listened to Yu Wenkai's introduction, Li Min is also good at writing poems, and then looking at King Qi's smug smile, Yang Chong smiled bitterly: "Guangzong Gong said so, Yang had to burn the tail again." ”

Li Min laughed and said: "Yang Chong, General Yuwen is fighting hard in the Western Regions, it is better to make another song "From the Army". ”

This is the difficulty of the open fire, Yang Chongdu has done two songs "From the Army", how good can it be if you do it again, Yang Yong, the king of Qi, and others applauded, and Princess Leping's mother and daughter smiled and waited; Yu Wenshi and Wei Fusi were about to speak out to stop him, but Yang Chong had already slowly chanted: "Qinghai Changyun Dark Snow Mountain, the lonely city looks at Yumen Pass from afar. The yellow sand wears gold armor in a hundred battles, and Loulan will not be returned if it is not broken. ”

Suddenly full of silence, although Yang Chong's four poems wrote the hardships of the war, but they were majestic and powerful, and there was a firm and deep sense of oath, which showed the pride and ambition of the soldiers on the border to the fullest, compared with the first two poems "From the Army" to a higher height, which can be compared with "Guangong Sun Huilan Dancing Sword". Wei Fusi breathed a sigh of relief, clapped his hands and praised: "If the two generals, Yuwenshu and Yang Yichen, hear this poem, they must pull Yang Chong to be their confidants. ”

Yu Wenshi and Daxi, Yang Chong's poem is in line with his father Yu Wenshu's current situation and mood in the Western Regions, and it is a glorious thing to recite it; Li Min's face was extremely ugly, but he couldn't say a word.

(End of chapter)