The door of the mansion, which was heavily wrapped in iron sheets and copper nails, slowly opened under the vigorous push of the four strong men, making a piercing grinding sound.

Yan Zhuang stood in front of the door and stretched out his hand with a smile: "Wang Qin, please come in." ”

Wang Yuan smiled and nodded, strode into the door, and a rocky wall inside the door lay in front of him. A wide avenue leads down the stairs to the glitteringly lit entrance to the main hall.

The courtyard was also brightly lit, but instead of lighting lanterns and torches, a dozen cauldrons with blazing fires were erected along the sides of the road. The flames in the pot were dancing and emitting thick black smoke, and there was a sizzling sound of burning grease, and the pungent smell of burning fat filled the air.

Wang Yuan covered his nose and coughed twice, strode along the hot pot avenue to the door of the main hall, Yan Zhuang walked quickly in front with his robe, leading Wang Yuan forward, and when the two of them walked to the bottom of the steps at the entrance of the hall, a figure appeared at the door, standing condescendingly with his hands in his hands, it was An Lushan's second son An Qingxu.

"Second son, Wang Qin's envoy is here." Yan Zhuangdao.

An Qingxu glanced at Wang Yuan, nodded and said, "Wang Qin, please come in, my father is waiting for you." ”

Wang Yuan arched his hand and smiled: "There is the second son of Lao." With that, he straightened his clothes and walked slowly up the steps into the hall.

The huge candles in the hall were burning, the ground was covered with red felt carpets, and there were more than a dozen tables along both sides of the felt carpets, and more than a dozen fat, thin, tall, beautiful and ugly people dressed in civil and military official costumes were standing behind their desks, and more than a dozen pairs of eyes looked at Wang Yuan with different emotions such as surprise, contempt, hostility, and smile.

The red felt carpet leads to a large golden chair, which is called a chair, but rather a chair-shaped bed, in which a middle-aged man in a brocade robe, with a huge figure, a large belly, a fat face, and dozens of pigtails on his head is leaning on the side of the armrest, one foot falls to the ground, and the other foot is stepping on the chair.

This is An Lushan, even if he has only met An Lushan once in Qinghui Pavilion, Wang Yuan still recognizes him at a glance.

Wang Yuan stepped forward quickly, arched his hand with a smile on his face, and said, "The new Hebei Provincial Envoy Wang Yuan has seen General An. ”

An Lushan also put down one foot on the chair, moved his body and sat upright, looked at Wang Yuan with round eyes, suddenly let out a laugh, got up and arched his hand: "Sure enough, it's you, when I heard the report, I thought it was the same name and different words." Unexpectedly, Mr. Wang, who wrote poetry in Qinghui Pavilion a few months ago, has now become the dethroned envoy of Hebei Province. That's a real success. Courteous, courteous. ”

Wang Yuan smiled and said: "It's rare that General An still remembers me, thanks to His Majesty's grace, I was awarded the post of Hebei Provincial Envoy, Wang Moucai is shallow in his studies and qualifications, and he is very afraid in his heart, and he is afraid of living up to the grace of God." ”

An Lushan laughed and said: "Mo Ziqian, Your Majesty is very accurate in seeing people, you don't have that ability, he won't let you take this position." That's it, take a seat. ”

An Lushan stretched out his fat palm to the side to signal, but saw that there was a long case on the left side next to An Lushan, it seemed that this was the position arranged for Wang Yuan. Wang Yuan thanked him, and took Gongsun Lan and Liu Xun straight to the back of the case to take their places.

An Lushan walked to the middle with a huge round belly, and laughed at the dozen or so people around him: "I'm afraid you don't know who Wang Qin's envoy is." Let me introduce to you, Wang Qin's envoy is not simple, his writing is outstanding, and he is comparable to Li Taibai. Since he was born, those literati who wrote poetry in Chang'an did not dare to come forward, for fear of offering ugliness. Your Majesty is because of reading his poems, and he is allowed to enter the Hanlin Academy as a bachelor, which is great, right? In a few months, he was awarded the history of the servant, promoted to the head of the household, and became the messenger of the Qin, so you can open your eyes and see, what is a hero out of a young man, and the Wang Qinan in front of him is a living example. Hahaha. ”

When everyone on the table heard this introduction, some of them showed admiration, and some of them showed disdain, but they all bowed their hands and said kind words: "Sure enough, it is a talent of Tianzhong, the future pillar of Datang, according to this development, you can worship the ...... of the country in a few years."

Wang Yuan hurriedly arched his hand and said: "Thank you, General An's false praise, I'm not as powerful as General An said, it's just Your Majesty's grace and coincidence." Speaking of the pillars of the country, there is no doubt that General An guards Hebei Road for the Tang Dynasty, so that His Majesty can sleep peacefully, this is the real backbone of the country. ”

An Lushan looked very happy, and laughed heartily: "Wang Qinzhi really deserves to be a scholar, and he is quite good at talking." ”

At that moment, Wang Yuan introduced everyone present one by one, such as An Shouzhong, Li Guiren, Cai Xide, Niu Tingju, Xiang Runke, Cui Qianyou, Yin Ziqi, He Qianqian, Wu Lingxun, Neng Yuanhao, Tian Chenghei, Tian Qianzhen, etc. Wang Yuan couldn't remember so many names, but he was somewhat familiar with the names of several of them, and he didn't know the impression he got from there. But these people can attend the banquet in Anfu, and most of them are obviously An Lushan's henchmen.

"Dinner." An Lushan returned to the seat and waved his hand, An Qingxu, who was standing on one side, stretched out his palm and clapped his hands three times, the curtains on the left and right sides were lifted, and more than a dozen beautiful girls came out, holding hot trays and wine jars and wine bowls and other things to the hall, and put the desks of everyone on the table one by one.

Wang Yuan was startled when he looked at the meat in front of him, there were animals that had been skinned and steamed on the wooden plate in front of him, the two black eyes were still staring, and there were mottled blood stains on his body, although it was steaming, it looked like it was not cooked. It also smells disgusting.

"Hahaha, Wang Qin's envoy is a distinguished guest, and An is a member of the Xi nationality, and today he will use the Xi people's courtesy to receive Wang Qin's envoy. This is a hot bath whole sheep, which is the food that our Xi people eat only when they come to visit. In the wine jar is sheep blood wine, the wine is strong and fragrant. Come on, come on, don't be polite, eat and eat, eat this, is the greatest respect for my Xi people. An Lushan laughed, stretched out his big hand to hold down the sheep's body, and grabbed the sheep's hind leg with the other hand and pulled it hard, 'stab' A sound of broken bones sounded, and a sound of broken bones sounded, and An Lushan ripped off the leg of mutton. The leg of mutton was bloody, dripping with blood, and it was indeed mutton that was not fully cooked.

As soon as An Lushan made a move, everyone below also did it together, and the stinging sound of tearing the mutton was endless, and the bloody half-cooked mutton was sent into a big mouth, making a clattering chewing sound.

"Delicious, delicious." The crowd praised.

An Lushan picked up the blood-red sheep blood wine and raised it towards Wang Yuan, and suddenly frowned and said, "Wang Qin, why don't you eat it?" Isn't it to taste? ”

Everyone followed the prestige, but saw Wang Yuan frowning and sitting behind the desk, the mutton in front of him did not move at all, and the two subordinates sitting next to him, an old man and a young man, also frowned and did not have the slightest intention of eating mutton.

An Qingxu got up and said coldly: "What's the matter with Wang Qin's envoy? Don't you give my father a handsome face, do you? Father said, this is the food to treat the guests, the father sincerely treats the guests with courtesy, but you don't appreciate it? Wang Qin, you are not authentic like this. There are alpine yellow sheep in front of him, and they are all lambs within three months. Do you know how difficult these wild sheep are to hunt? You have to climb to the top of the mountain cliff to hunt it. You won't be able to save face like this. ”

Everyone put down the wine and meat and stared at Wang Yuan, and An Lushan also looked at Wang Yuan coldly, seeing how Wang Yuan answered. In fact, the so-called hospitality is nonsense, An Lushan just wants to embarrass Wang Yuan and see his reaction. Hu people love to eat half-cooked mutton by the Han people as a joke, Han people never eat these bloody raw meat, An Lushan of course knows that Wang Yuan does not eat either, but he just wants to force him to eat it, see his reaction.

Wang Yuan stood up and said with a smile: "The second prince is serious, I am grateful for General An's courtesy, but I am really not good at eating raw meat, and I am afraid that I will make a fool of myself after eating it, so I dare not eat it." ”

An Qingxu sneered: "In other words, you still don't give my father face?" ”

Wang Yuan glanced at An Lushan, who was looking at him coldly, and said, "How could this envoy not give An Shuai face, I just explained it in advance." General An, Wang's body is weak, and he is born with a disease that is allergic to raw meat, whether it is cattle, sheep, chickens or ducks, but eating raw meat will cause itching all over the body, red and swollen face, difficulty breathing, and life-threatening worries. However, General An's hospitality to Wang was very touched. If you don't eat it, you won't live up to General An's kindness. So I will eat, but after eating, the envoy will immediately ask Lang to treat the doctor, if there is no medicine for the symptoms here, I am afraid that I will immediately go back to the capital to ask for medicine. I can't discuss business with General An for ten days. I would like to express my deep apologies to General An and all of you. ”

An Lushan frowned and was silent, Wang Yuan smiled and reached out to grab the leg of mutton in front of him, pulled it hard, tore off the bloody mutton, and sent it to his mouth without hesitation. As soon as his mouth was stained with mutton, he heard An Lushan say: "Wait." ”

Wang Yuan looked at An Lushan, but saw that An Lushan's face was already full of smiles, and said with a haha: "Since Wang Qin's envoy has this strange disease, he naturally focuses on your health and well-being. Wang Qin's attitude is already the greatest respect for Ben Shuai, knowing that the body is taboo to eat, but he still eats this without hesitation, Ben Shuai has already felt your respect for the Xi people. In this case, he re-served wine and meat to Wang Qin. Come, withdraw, replace with roasted whole sheep and milk wine, must be roasted well, and treat Wang Qin's envoy well. ”

Wang Yuan put down the bloody leg of mutton and arched his hand: "An Shuai is really understanding, no wonder His Majesty told me before the trip that General An is the first simple and lovely person in the world, and His Majesty really knows General An well." ”

An Lushan said happily: "Really? Your Majesty said so? ”

Wang Yuan smiled and said, "Do I dare to say this?" Isn't that a forgery of His Majesty's dictation? ”

An Lushan opened his mouth to stroke the messy yellow beard and laughed, and the sound shook the roof tiles.