Xue Huai'an shook his head, there were people all around at this time, and he couldn't tell for a while, so he only said, "I'll talk about this later." ”

Zhu Lingyue was so shrewd, he knew that there was a secret inside, and he didn't ask much, but Chu Huan had already asked: "Lord Governor, our princess ......!" ”

Zhu Lingyue naturally knew what Chu Huan meant, and said with a smile: "The princess has arrived half a month ago and has been in the county seat. ”

Chu Huan knew in his heart that the princess who came from the Qin Kingdom was naturally Princess Jingyun, but he secretly thought that if it wasn't for the accident in Xiliang, Mahazang didn't send the princess, and the little princess would definitely be sent to Xiliang.

Now that Princess Xiliang is in the future, the princess of Daqin will naturally not marry Xiliang, but her heart is also happy for the little princess Jingyun.

Zhu Lingyue arranged to receive the wind in Xifeng Tower, naturally not everyone would go to the banquet, mainly some officials of the mission, if the soldiers of the mission and the pair of twin sisters, Zhu Lingyue also made arrangements quickly.

The news of the mission's return to China had already been received here, so Zhu Lingyue's side had also made arrangements early, and the soldiers had their own places to settle down, so if the two sisters were to spend their own time, they would not be arranged with the soldiers, so they found another elegant place to settle down for the time being.

The county seat of Beiyuan is not large, and it has been used as the front-line command base to resist the Western Liang army, so many of the people in the city have been evacuated and are not prosperous.

However, Xi Fenglou is indeed the largest restaurant in the county, when a cadre came to Xi Fenglou, Chu Huan had already seen that in front of Xi Fenglou, there were dozens of gentry and officials, those gentry were brightly dressed, and the waiting officials, officials, and generals, saw Xue Huai'an and his party coming, this group of people hurriedly came forward.

Xue Huai'an turned over and dismounted, and saw the crowd of people who were waiting, and a gentleman with fine skin and tender flesh had already stepped forward, and said with a smile: "Your Excellency, has the mission arrived?" ”

Zhu Lingyue introduced: "This is Xue Butang, the main envoy of this trip, this is the deputy envoy Chu Huanchu, and this is General Xuanyuan!" Xiang Xue Huaian smiled and said: "Lord Ministry, this is the Qingzhou gentry Gao Lian, and today's banquet was prepared by Mr. Gao." ”

When Chu Huan heard this name, he seemed to be familiar, and he seemed to have heard this name.

Gao Lian had already smiled and said: "The vulgar little people Gao Lian have seen Lord Ministry, Lord Chu, and General Xuanyuan!" When he said a person's name, he waved his hand, and it seemed quite humble.

Xue Huai'an nodded with a smile, after all, he is an old man who has experienced accidents, and he is very measured in this kind of situation, this Gao Lian calls himself a vulgar and vulgar person, and he seems to have no official status, but Xue Huai'an is a person with vision after all, he is a scholar of the Ministry of Etiquette, and he is the envoy of the mission, this reception banquet, Zhu Lingyue is to let this gentleman handle it specifically, this Gao Lian must not be a simple character.

Chu Huan's expression was calm, but his brain was flying, and he soon suddenly remembered that this Gao Lian had really heard of it.

I remember that before the envoy, Yu Buqu's general Dou Bo was implicated because of the entry letter, and Yu Buqu beheaded Dou Bo with tears, which Chu Huan remembered vividly.

That incident touched Chu Huan a lot.

Dou Bo was implicated because of the entry letter, and the appearance of the entry letter was because of the shortage of food for the military branches, Dou Bo used the entry letter to obtain silver, so as to buy food with silver to relieve the hunger of the soldiers.

Dou Bo violated military law, which was excusable, but Yu Buqu governed the army strictly, and the Northwest Army was clearly factional, Dou Bo was Yu Buqu's confidant and favorite general, and it was precisely for this reason that Yu Buqu had to strictly enforce military regulations.

Yu Bu is in the northwest, and the soldiers under his command are clearly divided into two major factions, one is the soldiers and horses brought by Yu Bu from the Guannei, most of these soldiers and horses are Yu Bu Qu from the guards from all over the country, many of the generals are Yu Buqu's old troops, and the other faction is the Northwest Army originally stationed in the northwest and subordinate to Feng Hanxiao.

Yu Buqu wants to order like a mountain, let the Northwest Army obey the order, naturally there are clear rewards and punishments, even if Dou Bo violated military law for a reason, but after all, it is a big crime to embezzle the name of the general, this is a big crime, according to military law, if Yu Buqu is to protect Dou Bo, lightly down, the Northwest Army is naturally unwilling, and Yu Buqu's authority will also plummet.

Chu Huan remembered clearly that Dou Bo wanted to get the silver on the grounds of the entry letter, and the reason was because of this Qingzhou gentry called Gao Lian.

It is said that this person is a first-class rich man in Qingzhou, thousands of fertile land, countless properties, and has built a granary, hoarding grain, when the northwest soldiers are starving, the grain in the granary of Mr. Gao is almost rotten, he wants to transfer a large amount of his wealth to the Guannei, and wants to buy off the people of Dou Bo under the command of Yu Buqu, the purpose is to want Yu Buqu to let go of the side and let him enter the customs.

Although Dou Bo refused the cheap bribe, he also came up with the trick of the customs entry letter, and Dou Bo was finally beheaded because of the high price.

Chu Huan even remembered that when the mission left Xigu Pass and entered the Guanxi region, it happened to meet the Gao clan who entered the Guanxi Pass in Xigu Pass, and Gao Lian's father, Mrs. Gao, was even more blocked from the pass by himself and was not allowed to enter the pass, so he had a grudge against this Mr. Gao Lian.

This Gao Lian seemed to have forgotten this stubble, and when he saluted Chu Huan, he was still respectful and had a smile on his face.

However, the more this is the case, the more Chu Huan feels that this person is more hypocritical, and the appearance of knocking his fine skin and tender flesh is naturally pampered and lives an extremely luxurious life.

Everyone greeted each other with a set of greetings, and Zhu Lingyue and others welcomed Xue Huaian and others into Xifeng Tower.

Xi Fenglou naturally has no other guests today, the upper and lower floors have been wrapped, between the first floor and the second floor, there is an open patio, a circle of seats above, up and down can be communicated.

In Xi Fenglou, dozens of banquets had already been arranged, and Zhu Lingyue invited Xue Huai'an, Chu Huan and Xuanyuan Shengcai to sit at the main table, and the other officials of the mission also had their own seats.

Xi Fenglou for this reception banquet, obviously also sat down to prepare, in this small county, this restaurant is also very elegantly arranged, regardless of the table and chair decoration, are quite exquisite, everyone has sat down, everyone present, in addition to the official and military generals of the imperial court, but there are many gentry, during which there are many famous people in the northwest.

Although Gao Lian has no official status, he obviously has a status in the northwest, and he is actually accompanied by the main seat, and he is sitting opposite Chu Huan, Chu Huan saw that he was brightly dressed, with a gold bracelet on one hand, and an emerald ring on one finger.

Zhu Lingyue gave an order, the wine banquet began, the wine and food were sent to the table like flowing water, Chu Huan looked at the wine and food, chicken, duck and fish meat, needless to say, and there are many exquisite foods, regardless of color and fragrance, they are extremely particular, that is, the wine, poured into the wine glass, immediately exuding an intoxicating fragrance, Xue Huaian and others for a long time just drank the mare's milk wine of the Xiliang people, very uncomfortable, at this time smelling this fragrant wine, they felt dry mouth.

Xue Huai'an obviously didn't expect that today's reception banquet would have such pomp, although it was notified in advance, but in a short period of time to prepare such a sumptuous reception banquet, but it was really not simple, holding a cup, the first to get up, he got up, hundreds of people up and down Xi Fenglou also got up, seeing that Xue Huai'an had already picked up the wine glass, and everyone also took the glass, but heard Xue Huai'an say: "This time I received the will of the saint and sent the envoy to Xiliang, and received the grace of the saint, but it is also a complete merit." The people of Xiliang retreated in a hurry, and the northwest of our Great Qin has since entered the time of peace, this is the wisdom and wisdom of the saint, and this official proposes, we are waiting for Mu Tian'en, and worship the saint together! Turning to the southeast direction where Luo'an Capital City is located, holding the cup with both hands and holding it high above the top, everyone hurriedly followed and turned to the southeast, and they all raised the wine glass above the top, and when they saw Xue Huai'an taking the lead in drinking, they all drank it all.

Gao Lian and very diligently filled Xue Huai'an with wine, Xue Huai'an did not sit down, and raised his glass again: "General Yu is not here today, so I can't respect him in person." The West Liang Iron Cavalry invaded my Great Qin, my Great Qin soldiers fought bravely, tragic and tragic, General Yu, Governor Zhu and the military and people in the northwest, the same enemy, all of them worked as one, paid a huge price, and finally drove the strangers out of their homes, this cup, to the old General Yu, to the Governor Zhu, to the military and people in the northwest, and to all of you here! ”

Zhu Lingyue hurriedly said: "The lord of the ministry is overrated, General Yu Lao has made great contributions, the three generals and soldiers in the northwest have their lives, and the gentry and people in the northwest are even more united, and the lower officials just did what they should do, and they really can't talk about the credit." ”

Gao Lian smiled: "Governor Zhu is too modest. General Yu Lao naturally made great contributions, but Governor Zhu stepped forward in times of crisis, if it weren't for Governor Zhu, the northwest would have fallen long ago, and Governor Zhu's kindness to the northwest and the millions of people in the northwest would never dare to forget. ”

Xue Huai'an took the lead in drinking it all, and everyone also drank all the glasses of wine.

"This last cup, I would like to thank all of you here for your tireless efforts to welcome the mission." Xue Huai'an said with a smile: "After leaving the homeland for many months, the whole mission deeply thinks of the homeland, and today I can celebrate the victory of Great Qin with you, and my heart is very happy." Xiang Gao Lian smiled and said: "Mr. Gao broke the fee, but the official is ashamed." ”

Gao Lian bowed down and said with a smile: "Lord Ministry, today's banquet is a little heartfelt and vulgar for many gentry in order to welcome the triumph of the mission, and I hope that Lord Ministries will not laugh." ”

Chu Huan's heart was already smiling, after entering the customs, the depression was ruined, starvation was everywhere, the people he saw, their clothes were rotten, and they were skinny, but here were big fish and meat, and the table was full of wine and food, if this was also vulgar and shabby, Chu Huan really couldn't imagine what it would be like if it wasn't rude and shabby.

Under the three glasses of wine, everyone sat down, and Zhu Lingyue had already said to Xue Huai'an with a smile: "Lord Ministry, although Mr. Gao is not an official, but his heart of worrying about the country and the people is not weak. ”

"Oh?" Xue Huai'an said with a smile: "Mr. Gao has not forgotten to serve the country, which is really gratifying to this official. In this northwest, the imperial court still has to rely on your help to rebuild the Taiping homeland together. ”

Gao Lian said with a smile: "Although the grass people have no talent and no virtue, they are also the people of Great Qin, the country has suffered such a catastrophe, how can we stand by and watch coldly?" Everyone here is thinking about the prosperity of our Great Qin and the strength of the people, and even more about getting out of the suffering in the northwest as soon as possible. ”