Chapter 18 Murder by the Sword
Due to the relationship between the envoys, Yang Lian's position is relatively high, in the first row under the left hand of Liu Zhiyuan's throne, the second row is Liu Xin, the king of Cai, opposite Yang Lian is the crown prince Liu Chengxun, and the next is his younger brother Liu Chengyou.
Such a layout highlights Yang Lian's status to a certain extent, but Yang Lian feels that this matter is not so simple, so he is very vigilant. As Yang Lian sat down, it attracted the attention of many people, not that there were important ministers of the court looking in the direction of Yang Lian, some people were surprised, some people were jealous, some people were angry, just a small envoy, how could He De actually sit in a high position? It's just that King Cai, who has always been domineering, sits under him, so few people dare to come up and look for trouble.
Yang Lian's eyes swept around, taking everyone's expressions into his eyes, and he didn't care about him, talking to Cai Wang Liu Xin by himself.
At this time, Yang Wei, Du Chongwei and others also came in, and each found a place to sit down, as for Fu Yanqing and Li Shouzhen, Yang Lian hadn't seen them for the time being, maybe they were still busy there.
Yang Wei sat not far from Yang Lian, saw Yang Lian, his eyes were very cold, he was beaten, he always thought that Yang Lian was making trouble in secret, although His Majesty later rewarded him with a lot of things, tried his best to comfort him, but he still couldn't resolve the resentment in his heart.
Liu Chengyou was on the side, and when he saw Yang Lian, he couldn't help but squeeze his eyebrows, after all, he was the prince, although he beat Yang Sui, Liu Chengyou was only reprimanded, and it was not a big deal, he was grounded for a period of time, and he could move freely.
Yang Lian nodded towards Liu Chengyou, speaking of using such a brainless young man, Yang Lian was still a little reluctant.
Liu Chengyou made a mouth shape and spoke towards Yang Lian. Yang Lian nodded, he could see that Liu Chengyou was telling him that after the banquet, he had something to come to him.
It's almost time for the ministers to come. Liu Zhiyuan, the son of the Han Dynasty, slowly walked over under the support of the eunuchs.
As the eunuch shouted, the ministers saluted: "Greetings to Your Majesty!" ”
Liu Zhiyuan waved his hand and motioned for everyone to flatten, and Liu Zhiyuan's gaze inadvertently swept over Yang Lian before sitting down on the throne. With a hint of a smile in his eyes. Seeing Yang Lian concentrating on dealing with the roast mutton on the table, Liu Zhiyuan smiled even more happily.
Liu Zhiyuan sat down, raised the wine bottle, and said with a smile: "Ladies and gentlemen, today is Chinese New Year's Eve, and I wish you all Aiqing good health and family happiness." ”
The ministers hurriedly raised the wine bottle and responded, "Thank you, Your Majesty." ”
Yang Lian held the wine bottle in his hand and was not in a hurry to drink.
Liu Zhiyuan saw it on the side. Said with a smile: "Envoy Yang, could it be that this wine is not to taste?" ”
Yang Lian smiled faintly and said, "No, it's just such a festive season, Yang Lian is in Kaifeng, and he thinks of his friends in Jinling." ”
Liu Zhiyuan put down the wine bottle, waved his hand, and said, "Envoy Yang's words are out. Dahan and Datang are friends and have a deep friendship. The Yang envoy is in Kaifeng, just like in Jinling, and the hundred officials of the Han Dynasty are all friends of the Yang envoy. ”
When Liu Zhiyuan spoke, the eunuch poured him full of wine, and he took advantage of the situation to raise the wine bottle. Said: "Ladies and gentlemen, accompany me and toast Yang Envoy for a drink." ”
Yang Lian slightly, holding the wine bottle high, said, "Thank you, Your Majesty!" He said. Drink the wine down.
The ministers also drank all the wine, and those who knew the inside story couldn't help but think, when will the wedding be held for the two families of Fu Yanqing and Li Shouzhen to marry Qin and Jin? Some people even thought that this wedding was personally presided over by the emperor of the Han Dynasty, the Fu and Li families, and the face was really big enough, and the emperor's grace was undiminished. However, on such a day, what is the profound meaning of letting the envoys of the Tang Kingdom participate?
After drinking two bottles of wine, Liu Zhiyuan smiled and said loudly: "Today is not only the night of the Chinese New Year's Eve vigil, but also a day of great joy. The marriage between Fu Aiqing and Li Aiqing's children in Qin and Jin is not only a happy event for the Fu and Li families, but also a happy event for the Han Kingdom. ”
Liu Zhiyuan said, applauded, the door of the main hall was opened, and two figures appeared at the door. Yang Lian looked at it, a shorter one, dressed in a red wedding robe, with a piece of gauze on her head, so that people couldn't see what she looked like. The man next to her was about seven feet tall, but he was dignified and heroic.
Yang Lian couldn't help but nodded, the most important thing on Chinese New Year's Eve was about to begin. Yang Lian was thinking about it, when his breathing suddenly became short, Yang Lian turned his face sideways, and saw Miss Fu looking nervous.
Yang Lian reached out and grabbed her cold hands. Miss Fu glanced back at Yang Lian, and when she saw that he was encouraging herself with her eyes, she couldn't help but nod and turned back to look at the groom and bride.
Originally, according to the Han family wedding ceremony, there were still several steps to go, but after all, it was presided over by the Son of Heaven, and some processes were simplified, and the groom came in directly with the bride on his back, followed by several boys and girls, and finally Fu Yanqing and Li Shouzhen.
The groom, Li Chongxun, picked up the bridal Fu Jinzhan on his back and walked in the direction of Liu Zhiyuan step by step. Liu Zhiyuan narrowed his eyes, this Li Chongxun was quite obedient.
Fu Yanqing and Li Shouzhen formed a family, which was caused by his imperial prestige, and the two were quite obedient, which made Liu Zhiyuan feel that these two people were still loyal to the Han. One of the two occupies Xuzhou, the other occupies Hezhong, one east and one west, and they can become the right-hand man of the Han and share his worries.
When Liu Zhiyuan thought like this, Li Chongxun was already close, standing below with his wife Fu Jinzhan on his back.
Yang Lian narrowed his eyes and looked at Li Chongxun in front of him, who married him was Fu Jinzhan? His eyes couldn't help but wander on Fu Yanqing who was not far away, and he had some doubts in his heart.
Fu Yanqing also saw Yang Lian through the light. Seeing Yang Lian's puzzled look, Fu Yanqing chuckled in her heart and looked at Yang Lian involuntarily. He hoped that at this time, Yang Lian would hide that secret, but when he saw the people around Yang Lian clearly, his face couldn't help but change greatly, and his heart was extremely shocked, he couldn't imagine that he actually saw that person here.
Why? All kinds of doubts rose in Fu Yanqing's heart, could it be that Yang Lian did it on purpose, waiting for this time to give him a fatal blow? However, no matter what Fu Yanqing thinks, he thinks that Yang Lian is doing this is not beneficial at all, and this matter will only benefit the emperor of the Han Dynasty, Yang Lian should not be so stupid and do this kind of thing that harms himself and others.
However, when he saw the man's clear eyes clearly, Fu Yanqing let go of the doubts in his heart again, perhaps, this is just a coincidence, no, it should be said that it is not a coincidence, she can come here, presumably to take a look, but she doesn't know, is it dangerous here? If, her identity is revealed, it will be a huge disaster.
When Fu Yanqing was thinking in his heart, Li Chongxun had already put down Fu Jinzhan and a eunuch stepped forward to act as the master of ceremonies. In his shouting, Li Chongxun and Fu Jinzhan first saluted Liu Zhiyuan. Comparatively speaking, the wedding held in the imperial city was much more boring than the wedding of ordinary people, and it was not lively at all.
Liu Zhiyuan stroked his beard with his hands, with a determined look, but in fact, he was also observing the situation, most of the important ministers of the Han court were here, and nine out of ten of the festival envoys from all over the country were also here. The power of the central government will also be more concentrated.
At this time, Li Chongxun and Fu Jinzhan had already worshiped the Son of Heaven, Liu Zhiyuan waved his hand and said with a smile: "The Fu and Li families have become good friends of Qin and Jin, I am very pleased, come and give a congratulatory gift!" ”
While speaking, several eunuchs came out with a few boxes and put them down in the main hall, one of them opened the box, everyone gasped, and the box was full of gold, not a thousand taels, but hundreds, this son of heaven is really a big hand, and he is very willing to marry the Fu and Li families.
When the other boxes were also uncovered, Shu brocade, jade silk and other things appeared in front of everyone one by one, everyone couldn't help but gasp, the Son of Heaven was really good to Fu Yanqing and Li Shouzhen.
Fu Yanqing and Li Shouzhen glanced at each other, but neither spoke, the Son of Heaven's actions made it clear what they meant to win over, but they also knew that both of them were party envoys with tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of troops, and they were Liu Zhiyuan's thorn in the side, Liu Zhiyuan was so wooed, wasn't he worried?
After the congratulatory gift was unveiled, it was carried down. Liu Zhiyuan glanced around, very satisfied with the performance of the ministers, he glanced at the crown prince Liu Chengxun and nodded slightly.
Liu Chengxun nodded in understanding, motioned for a eunuch to approach, and then whispered something. A moment later, more than a dozen palace maids slowly walked in with trays in their hands.
Liu Chengxun smiled and said, "Everyone, this is a peach wine bought from the Western Regions with a lot of money, it is very rare, you can taste it." ”
The palace maid stopped in front of the ministers, opened the wine jug, and added wine to everyone. One of the palace maids came to Yang Lian and winked at Yang Lian. Yang Lian glanced at him, only to see that her eyebrows and eyes were like daisies, although she was wearing makeup, she could still see that this was an acquaintance.
The woman was Mi Shiwei, I saw her shake her head, signaled Yang Lian to be silent, and then said in a almost inaudible voice: "This wine can't be drunk." ”
Yang Lian was a little puzzled, why can't this wine be drunk? Is it poisoned wine? But at this time, he didn't want to ask, so he had to nod his head, indicating that he knew that Mi Shiwei poured wine for Yang Lian, Lin Renzhao and others, stood up, and stood aside with his hands tied.
Yang Lian told Lin Renzhao and Miss Fu about this in a low voice, and both of them nodded to indicate that they knew.
Miss Fu said in a low voice: "This wine is poisonous, could it be that the Son of Heaven wants to kill everyone present?" ”
Lin Renzhao said strangely: "If he really wants to kill the unscrupulous ministers of the Han Kingdom, why did he ask me to wait, did he want us to watch this scene?" ”
Yang Lian groaned slightly, gently tapped the table with his hand, and said, "I understand." ”
Lin Renzhao furrowed his eyebrows and asked, "Commander Yang, what do you understand?" ”
Miss Fu also looked at Yang Lian with inquiring eyes, not knowing what Yang Lian could say in her mouth?
Yang Lian sighed and said in a low voice: "Borrow a knife to kill!" (To be continued.) )