Chapter 334: Meritorious Service
The king of the Huns slapped him heavily on the knee and said a few words, and a Xiongnu nobleman sitting opposite the guest got up, walked to the Chu man "Wei Su", stared coldly for a while, slowly pulled out the short knife on his waist, and suddenly swung up, and the blade brushed against the tip of the Chu man's nose. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
The king of the East China Sea and the others sighed in surprise, but the person concerned, Deng Cui, remained silent and glanced at the other party, his eyes still staring at the translator and the king of the Huns.
The king of the Huns laughed and said a few more words, and the nobleman of the Huns turned the handle of the knife, handed it to the Chu people, and translated: "The king said that this concubine of the Chu State has a stubborn personality and does not understand current affairs, and it is really useless to keep it. That honor guard, you said that you can't hold a gun or shoot arrows, and you will always kill people, right? ”
Deng Cui took the knife, "Yes." After saying that, he took two steps and came to Zhuo Ruhe, "Zhuo Concubine, you are willing to die for the emperor, I don't want to, when the emperor was first elected, the capital was very lively, but he didn't consult me, and now he wants me to be loyal, it's too late." I watched the emperors in the palace change from one to another, one worse than the other, one better than the other, Wei Su is a small guard of honor, and he doesn't clean up the mess for them. ”
"Hey, Your Excellency can be disloyal to the emperor, but you can't be disloyal to Da Chu, Your Excellency surrenders to a foreign race, and you are not afraid of being ruined and spurned?" Before Zhuo Ruhe's words fell, he first spat on Deng Cui.
Deng Cui glanced down at the saliva on his chest, and without saying much, he slashed at Zhuo Ruhe's neck with a swing of the knife.
Zhuo Ruhe did not dodge or dodge, but held his head high, his head tilted slightly, so that his neck was exposed more, his eyes were wide open, and he was more courageous than the person holding the knife.
Deng Cui's knife slashed hard, but it didn't hit, not because he deliberately avoided it, but because another knife blocked it.
Several Hun soldiers have been standing beside Zhuo Ruhe, one of them drew his sword at the last moment, and opened the knife of the Chu people, he was half a head shorter than Deng Cui, but his strength was greater, Deng Cui not only the knife in his hand was bounced away, but the person also took half a step back, and couldn't help but be angry, staring at the Hun man angrily.
The Hun soldier put away his knife, snorted disdainfully, and then nodded to the Hun king, although this Chu man's knife skills were indeed average, but he used all his strength, and he really wanted to kill.
The people around also saw that when the two knives collided just now, sparks were splashed, and it was a real confrontation.
The King of the East China Sea, Hua Bin and other Chu people were stunned, and even the bandit-born Dong Zhai Lord also looked at "Wei Su" again, surprised that there was such a ruthless character among the emperor's honor guards.
Deng Cui was very dissatisfied, but Zhuo Ruhe was even more dissatisfied, directly facing the king of the Huns, "Shameless and ugly, if you want to kill, you will kill, if you want to chop, I am the ...... of the Great Chu Qin"
Several Hun soldiers dragged Zhuo Ruhe out, and his shouting and scolding could still be heard through the tent.
Deng Cui turned around and asked, "Why don't you let me kill him?" ”
Tong Yi smiled and said: "This person is a senior official of the Chu State, and Da Shan Yu has to live by name, so he can't be killed." ”
Deng Cui shook the knife in his hand, "Then what does it mean to give me this thing?" ”
"Test your guts." The interpreter said indifferently, "Can someone like you stay with the emperor as a guard of honor?" ”
"The guards only look at their figures, appearances and origins, as for guts, hey, people like me follow the emperor every day, less than a hundred steps apart, but they have never had the opportunity to show their courage in front of the emperor in their lives."
The interpreter talked with the king of the Xiongnu for a while, and said to the Chu people: "What is your name?" ”
"Wei Su."
"Okay, in the Hun army you can show your guts at will, what can you do for the king except to surrender?"
"It's a pity that this good knife has not been stained with blood after it is unsheathed, who does the king want to kill? Leave it to me. Deng Cui turned his head to look at the many Chu people sitting together.
The Chu people were all taken aback, Deng Cui was already reckless, and a little indulgence was more like, everyone didn't know much about him, thinking that he really wanted to kill people, especially the king of the East China Sea, and immediately thought that Deng Cui was going to take the opportunity to kill his mouth, and his face turned white with fright.
If it weren't for someone who knew Deng Cui, no one would have seen that he would be the chariot general of Da Chu.
"Haha, these people are the king's VIPs, and they can't be killed." The interpreter laughed.
"You have to kill a few, there are assassins hiding among those who surrendered, do you know the details of these people?"
The interpreter smiled and nodded.
The king of the East China Sea showed his wit at this moment, and suddenly understood why Deng Cui always wanted to kill, and interjected in a low voice: "The Chu people here are either soldiers or heroes, and they only went out of the city to surrender according to the situation, but I know that there are several Chu slaves in the camp, and that kind of person is the grass on the wall, and he will fall down, and he has no credibility to speak of......."
Tong Yi frowned slightly, "Aren't you brought out by those slaves?" ”
"The slave may only be used for a short time, but not for a long time, for I did not know that there were others in the city who would also submit to the king, otherwise I would never be with the slave."
The interpreter pursed his lips and said a few more words to the king, "You Chu people are too cunning, all of them are not trustworthy, saying that they are taking the emperor's head, but in the end they have to use a few slaves to fill the number, no, the king is not satisfied, you have eaten meat and drunk wine, you have to show some real skills." ”
The king of the East China Sea had no other ability, so he bowed his head and didn't dare to squeak.
Hua Bin sighed and pretended to be embarrassed, "The king is right, since he promised to take the emperor's head, he can't be untrustworthy - I am willing to go back to Jincheng again, without the emperor's head, our father and son are willing to die in the city." ”
"Your emperor is seriously ill, and he may die at any point, so you have to hurry." Translation.
"Three days, three days at most." Hua Bin stretched out three fingers.
Gui Yuehua was a little hesitant, seeing that the king of the Huns did not raise idlers, and this side seemed to be more dangerous than the city, he also hurriedly said: "I will also go back to the city, and I must get the emperor's head." ”
"I took some of my brothers and two of them into the city." Dong Zhai was anxious to make meritorious service and also joined in.
The interpreter looked at "Wei Su".
"As soon as the morning dawns, the guard battalion will find out that we have fled, and we will not be able to return to the city." Deng Cui pointed to his four entourages and thought for a while, "Although the honor guard has no other skills, he often escorts the holy decree, which general of Chu State the king wants to kill, or which city to capture, let the five of us do the internal response." ”
The interpreter relayed everyone's answer to the king of the Xiongnu, and the king stretched out his hand to the only Chu people who did not express their position.
The king of the East China Sea was flustered, and was pointed at by the king of the Huns, and was so frightened that he almost knocked over the wine in the cup, "The Chu army of Qi is commanded by Cui Hong and Chai Yue, I am a member of the Chai family, I can persuade Chai Yue to surrender......"
After the translation, the king of the Huns nodded with satisfaction, and gave an order to a Xiongnu nobleman, the nobleman got up and walked out of the tent, the king of the East China Sea and others were worried in their hearts, and they didn't know what the king meant, only Deng Cui was unmoved, carrying a knife in his hand, and the Hun who handed him the knife looked at each other, and there was no intention of returning it at all.
Soon after, the Xiongnu nobles who had come out of the account returned with five Chu people.
Deng Cui turned around and took a look at these five people, one of them was the maid of his family, the other four were all from the Daiwang Mansion, two had already escaped, and two of them went out of the city with the maid yesterday.
The five of them knew that they were not qualified to see the king of the Huns, and they were already frightened when they were called in, and when they suddenly saw Deng Cui, they were even more out of the sky, and they didn't understand what was going on at all.
Deng Cui would not let them understand, strode forward, raised the knife in his hand, and killed his maid first, and the other four knelt down, wanting to ask for mercy, but they were so frightened that they couldn't speak.
The king of the Huns raised his arm, and originally wanted to say a few words, but he didn't expect that the Yiwei of the Chu State was so anxious, and he said that he would kill him, but he had nothing to say, so he could only nod his head at the translation.
"When the city was broken, the people of Chu were all slaves, we didn't need their surrender, you are soldiers, the value is a little higher than the people, but after surrendering to the Xiongnu, you must also actively make meritorious contributions in order to get rewards, this is a general rule, regardless of Chu or Xiongnu."
The four slaves kneeling at the door vaguely understood that their lives were short, and one of them said to Deng Cui: "Deng ......"
"What are you waiting for?" Deng Cui shouted, and the knife fell again, killing one more person, his eyes swept away, and the remaining three people were already paralyzed on the ground.
The king of the Huns pointed to "Wei Su" and said a few words to the concubines and nobles, everyone laughed, I don't know what it means, and the interpreter didn't explain, looking at the king of the East China Sea and the others, "The guards have this guts, you can't just look at it." ”
Hua Bin was the first to get up, walked to Deng Cui's side, took the knife, and stabbed a servant in the chest, deliberately not killing, leaving it for the people behind.
Gui Yuehua, Dong Zhai and others are all robbers, accustomed to this kind of thing, one by one stepped forward to take the knife and stab, Deng Cui's four entourage was no exception, and finally when it was the turn of the King of the East China Sea, there were only five bloody corpses left on the ground, he symbolically stabbed it, immediately returned the knife to Deng Cui, forcibly held back, and did not vomit.
The felt carpet was stained with blood, and the king of the Huns didn't care, he regarded the killing as a snack, raised his glass and shouted, and drank it all, and the Chu people also returned to their seats and raised their glasses.
Deng Cui personally wiped the knife clean and sent it to the owner, and the Hun received it in his hand, seemed to be a little disgusted, put the knife aside, and did not put the knife into the sheath.
The banquet lasted until the night, and the five corpses were placed for a long time, and one of the concubines couldn't stand it anymore, so she asked the king of the Huns before soldiers came in and removed the corpses, but the blood stains remained there.
The Huns admired the honor guards of the Chu State, and "Wei Su" became the protagonist of the Chu people, and Hua Bin and others became the foils.
Deng Cui opened his mouth, he had never been a guard of honor, but he told the distress and dissatisfaction of the guard of honor to the point.
At the end of the banquet, the Huns and Chu people staggered out, showing full drunkenness no matter what.
Outside the tent, Deng Cui put his arms around the shoulders of the East China Sea King, and said vaguely: "In the past, you were the noble of the Chai family, and I was an ordinary guard, but now we are all the same, we all have to rely on our ability to stand on our feet, see if you dare to underestimate me?" ”
"I haven't underestimated you." The king of the East China Sea whispered, being pressed by Deng Cui, and his steps were even more staggering.
Taking advantage of the noise left and right, Deng Cui whispered: "Have you won it?" ”
The face of the king of the East China Sea changed suddenly, and he knew very well in his heart that Deng Cui was talking about the emperor, and in Deng Cui's eyes, the king of the East China Sea who was in a panic could not be compared with the calm emperor in the city.
"I—I didn't want to fight for ......"
Deng Cui patted the East China Sea King on the shoulder, "Really? (To be continued.) )