Dengfeng, Henan, is famous for Zhongyue Songshan and Shaolin Temple.

Out of Dengfeng to the east, you will enter the Qianli Plain.

Just after entering the plain, there was a small village called Baishali, close to Baisha Lake, where 2,000 Chu cavalry camped.

Under the leadership of the soldiers of the Chu army, Li Jiyu and Song Tianjue walked into the barracks, looking around as they walked, and their expressions were a little complicated.

When I arrived at Li Laiheng's tent, I saw two iron pots in front of the tent, and several soldiers of the Chu army were busy carrying firewood for the fire and rolling noodles. A burly and sturdy young man in short clothes, was cutting noodles with a kitchen knife in front of the board, and when he heard Li Jiyu and others coming, he turned his head and smiled slightly, showing a mouthful of white teeth in his black beard.

"Coming? Have a seat. You have a good mouth, the noodles will be put into the pot immediately, and it will be fine in a while. ”

Li Laiheng's style is like an old friend who often meets, Li Jiyu grinned, but he didn't know what to say, so he simply closed his mouth and found a stake to sit down obediently.

Song Tianjue was not ambiguous, he ran to the firewood pile, lifted the hem of his official uniform and pinned it to his waist, moved a wooden stake, and sat down side by side next to Li Jiyu.

"Brush! Brush! Brush! ”

Li Laiheng carried the knife like the wind, and the noodles of the same width jumped out from under the knife, as neat and precise as measuring with a ruler. After cutting a thin and translucent sheet of dough, Li Laiheng casually broke up the noodles and threw them into the iron pot with boiling water next to him, and his movements were very skillful.

It doesn't take long for the noodles to cook. Fished out with a sea bowl and poured vegetable stew, Li Laiheng took two bowls. handed Li Jiyu and Song Tianjue a bowl each, and then brought a bowl himself, squatted down in front of them, and Xili snorted and ate.

"Taste it, egg beating lo mein, my craft. I can't stand eating rice every day in Huguang. It's better to go back to Henan......" He suddenly turned his head and shouted: "Hey! Nai! The noodles are cooked, come and eat them, and by the way, take the garlic. ”

"There's no hurry. The first pot of dumplings and two pot noodles, I'll wait for the next pot. A voice came from the handsome tent, Zhang Nai was inside, knowing that Li Jiyu and Song Tianjue were coming. But he didn't show up at all.

"Zhang Nai, this guy. It's becoming more and more like a rich man, and he picks his mouth very much, and he must eat two pots of noodles when he eats noodles...... Yo! What are you still doing in a daze, eating noodles! Li Laiheng turned his head, only to find that Li Jiyu and Song Tianjue had not started to eat noodles, and the two of them were holding a big bowl, like a hot potato, and they didn't dare to put it down if they wanted to. The expression was very embarrassed.

"Why don't you eat it, there is less marinade?"

"Can't eat without garlic?"

"Do you want noodle soup?"

Lee Rae-hyung is very considerate and caring. After asking long and short questions, Li Jiyu and Song Tianjue finally couldn't hold on, and picked up the sea bowl together and sucked and ate together.

Li Laiheng stood up, went to the head of the gang to find a few cloves of garlic and turned them back, squatted down again and gently pinched them with his fingers, peeling off the garlic skin: "This time, thanks to the two of you, you also sent us so much food, I owe Li Shuai and Song Governor a favor." But I'm a person, I always don't like to owe favors to others, so if you two have anything to help, just ask. ”

"Don't dare, don't dare." Li Jiyu put the sea bowl on the ground and was about to say something, but when he saw that Li Laiheng had been staring at the bowl, he hurriedly picked it up again: "General Xiao Li is willing to give up Luoyang, I am already thankful, how dare I trouble General Xiao Li again." ”

Song Tianjue hesitated for a moment, and said cautiously: "If it is convenient for General Xiao Li, after going to Kaifeng, don't, don't go back to Luoyang." ”

Li Laiheng turned his eyes, stared at him without speaking, and looked at Song Tianjue sweating all over, as if he was on pins and needles.

Li Laiheng suddenly raised his hand, and the big slap of the pu fan went straight to his throat, Song Tianjue was startled, and subconsciously wanted to dodge, but heard Li Laiheng suddenly snort.

"Don't move!"

Song Tianjue's body trembled, and he almost fell off the stake.

Li Laiheng's index finger gently hooked a strip and twisted a noodle: "Look, you eat noodles until you have a beard!" You're such a big person, why can't you even eat noodles? ”

Don't bring it so scary!

Song Tianjue was like being amnestied, and looked at Li Laiheng with a sigh of relief, it was really strange, Li Laiheng had a beard all over his face, and he ate such a big bowl of noodles, but his beard was clean, and there was a faint flashing light.

Li Jiyu was born in the rivers and lakes in the end, and he was more suitable for this kind of occasion than Song Tianjue, so he smiled and said: "We are all our own people, General Xiao Li doesn't care, as long as you want to come to Luoyang, the two of us will welcome you with our hands raised at any time." Today I ate a bowl of noodles from General Xiao Li, and I went back to Luoyang to set up a water seat and invite you back. ”

"Okay, as long as I have the opportunity, I will definitely go to Luoyang again." Li Laiheng turned his head and said to Song Tianjue: "We can be friends in private, but we can't talk about favors when we fight, whether I will go to Luoyang again, it's hard to say now, Song Governor doesn't want to make it difficult." ”

"General Xiao Li, don't misunderstand, if you want to go to Luoyang, of course I welcome it very much, but I'm afraid that it will not be good to ...... to the imperial court No, give an account to the Tartars. Song Tianjue hurriedly explained.

Li Laiheng nodded, Xili snorted and then ate noodles, and after eating a bowl of noodles cleanly, he wiped his mouth and said, "What?" Isn't the reconquest enough to atone for your sins? Even if we go to Luoyang again, we won't stay for long. ”

"No way!"

Song Tianjue and Li Jiyu spoke in unison, glanced at each other, and Li Jiyu continued: "As long as you lose the city, you will still be guilty of recovering the lost land, and this time I don't know how to prevaricate with the Tartar court." ”

"That's not simple, deceive the upper and lower levels, as long as you bluff Wu Jingdao, it is easy to say it in Beijing. The prefect of Song should know best, and I, a layman, will not be ugly. ”

The soldier brought the second bowl of noodles, Li Laiheng took it, and while eating, he said: "As the saying goes, there are three holes in the cunning rabbit, and the two of you should leave a few more ways back, don't hang yourself on the tree of Tartar." What do you think? Do you want to return to the light anyway, and I can be the answerer. ”

Song Tianjue laughed dryly: "Hehe, let's talk about it later." ”

"Well, I understand that...... What does that mean? What happens to a rabbit and a dog when it dies? Li Jiyu turned his face to look at Song Tianjue, and after hearing him say the words rabbit dead dog cooking, he nodded again and again: "Yes, rabbit dead dog cooking, that's the truth, Lao Song is really knowledgeable." But I thought, the Tartar is not yet firmly seated, and the rabbit is not dead, and will not attack me. ”

"Rabbit dead dog cooking, hehehe, Li Shuai, you think too highly of yourself."

Li Laiheng has already finished eating the second bowl of noodles: "I am the rabbit, you are the dog, aren't you?" As long as the rabbit is not dead, the Tartar will have a place for you, not only will it not kill you, but it will also have to feed two pieces of meat from time to time, Li Shuai, did you have the idea of fighting? Have you ever thought about it, your dog can't even bite a rabbit, what are the Tartars still raising you for, if it were me, it would be useless to keep this stupid dog, it would be better to slaughter it and eat meat. ”

only heard a soft sound, Li Jiyu was like being struck by lightning, and the sea bowl in his hand fell to the ground without noticing, and he was stunned there, speechless.

If you want to be a lackey of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, you have to work for the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and you can't even be a lackey without that ability, there is no doubt that Li Jiyu knows that he is not a qualified lackey, but like a meat dog that will be slaughtered at any time.

"Li Shuai doesn't have to worry."

Li Laiheng began to attack the third bowl of noodles: "The Manchu Tartars will not be able to stand after crossing the Yangtze River, and now the north is like this, sooner or later they will have to be driven out of the customs, all smart people are reserving a back road, even traitors like Liu Zeqing are secretly contacting the Yuyuan Army to oppose the Qing Dynasty, and it would be too stupid to devote himself to the Tartars...... I am a young junior, and I definitely don't have as much knowledge as Li Shuai, and I can't compare to a scholar like Song Zhifu, what I said is appropriate or not, you two slowly pondered, when did you figure it out, just send someone to me. ”

"Definitely, definitely." Li Jiyu nodded lightly, his eyes rolled around, and Song Tianjue's gaze inadvertently touched, and they hurriedly avoided each other, but the thoughts of the two of them were a little lively.

"Okay, let's leave after eating, if you two have anything to help, let's talk quickly." Li Laiheng still squatted on the ground after eating noodles, and seemed to be more comfortable than sitting.

"This, there is really one thing that troubles General Li." Li Jiyu said: "The bald donkey of Shaolin Temple is always against me, but I am not ruthless in my hometown, if it is convenient for General Xiao Li, he will help me to level the Shaolin Temple." ”

In this era, the big temples and Taoist temples have a lot of land, and the Shaolin Temple itself is also a big landowner, in order to protect their own interests, Li Jiyu had a fierce conflict with them when he first started the army, and they were very contradictory, and they hated this group of bald donkeys.

Of course, the current Li Jiyu can be regarded as a grass chicken turning into a phoenix, and it is not a problem to clean up the Shaolin Temple, but the Shaolin Temple has many believers in Dengfeng County, and if the force is forcibly used, it will bring trouble, so Li Jiyu has not attacked them, and it happened that Li Laiheng was so sincere, and suddenly had an idea and wanted to borrow a knife to kill people.

"It's easy, I can promise you, but not right now." Li Laiheng thought about it for a while and said: "Wait for me to come back, when I come back to Dengfeng, I will destroy the Shaolin Temple easily, Li Shuai can rest assured." ”

Are you really planning to come back to Dengfeng?! Li Jiyu's expression was a little embarrassed.

"General Xiao Li, where are you going next?"

"Ah, it's okay to sue you, we're going to Kaifeng." Li Laiheng said with a smile: "Since you have come to Henan, you have to go to Kaifeng for a trip......"

In the afternoon of the same day, Li Laiheng and Zhang Nai, led 2,000 Chu soldiers from Dengfeng into the hinterland of the Central Plains, rode lightly and quickly, and fought all the way to Xinzheng.

In the Battle of Luoyang, several soldiers under Li Laiheng were wounded and stayed in Dengfeng to recuperate, which was arranged by Li Jiyu, and even Song Tianjue did not know. (To be continued......)