Chapter Ninety-Nine: Lu Long's Messenger
That night, the whole Xi Wang's tooth tent began to revelry, there were bonfires everywhere inside and outside the royal city, the smell of barbecued meat filled the air, and the soldiers who returned from the battlefield also took off their armor and raised their wine cups instead, and people sang and danced around the bonfire to celebrate this hard-won victory.
In the center of the city is the big tent of the king of Xi, and it is also brightly lit at this time, and the chiefs of various tribes, the heads of the people and the middle-level officers who have made meritorious contributions are crowded together to participate in the celebration banquet set up by Turus. Naturally, meritorious service recipients should be rewarded, and these things involving the interests of everyone are naturally drawn up in private, and they are just going through the motions at this time.
After this battle, Turus can be said to be proud and his prestige has doubled, and the Ah Hui Department will also get the largest piece of the cake. The grassland north of the Benniu Plain lost by the Xi people will naturally be returned, and the grassland of the five departments will be redivided, which can only be officially carried out after negotiations with the Khitan.
Zhuang Yi didn't care about the outcome of the negotiations with the Khitan, as long as Turus didn't get confused, he wouldn't suffer, but he paid close attention to the distribution of the grasslands of the Xi people, because the benefits of building a city were obvious, and the Xi people would build their own cities and fields one after another in the future, of course, this was also related to his future big plans.
Zhuang Yi has been on the battlefield for more than half a month, he is already physically and mentally exhausted, and the arrow wound on his left shoulder blade has not healed, it is not suitable to drink, and it is inconvenient to hang his arms, so he didn't want to participate in this celebration banquet that went through the motions, but because this afternoon, King Xi's tooth tent ushered in several special guests, and he was also very curious, so he attended.
The person who came was an envoy sent by Li Quanzhong, the envoy of Lulong Jiedu in Youzhou, and the envoy was a thin middle-aged man named Li Chenghong, who was a staff member of Lulongjiedu Mansion, and served as a Jiedu Yatui; His deputy envoy was a military attache named Zhang Chengze, who was the commander of Lu Longjie's Ya Army; The other person was slightly obese, named Song Kexin, and was a merchant who came with Lu Long's envoys.
The habit of Xi people is to respect the left, Zhuang Yi and Zhang Yitai and Zhu Yongji sit together, which is the first on the left. The three envoys of Lu Long were under him, and they were also curious when they saw Zhuang Yi and the others, but they didn't want to ask too much, and secretly guessed the identity of Zhuang Yi and the other three in their hearts.
Before, Lu Long refused to support a soldier and a food, which made Turus very annoyed, but he was helpless, and now he has won a big victory, and he has no good face for Lu Long's envoys, and he has not given them the corresponding treatment and etiquette, this is the attitude of Turus.
The meaning is clear: See? Without your Lu Long's support, we can still fight against the Khitan. In the future, if you want to talk about business and cooperation with us, you have to lower your attitude, and we can not bird you Lu Longjiedu.
Lu Long's envoy did not receive the highest standard of treatment, and of course he was very unconvinced. So, after three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, while Turus was enthusiastically persuading him to drink, Li Chenghong, the envoy, said to Zhang Chengze, the deputy envoy: "Look at that young man, who is heroic and extraordinary, and has a lot of dignity between his eyebrows, I think he has a good status, and he is even above us." You are also a martial artist, so let's go over and test it, and see where it comes from? ”
Zhang Cheng smiled, nodded and agreed, lifted the wine jug and poured the silver wine cup full, got up and threw the cup forward, sat down on the side of the case in front of Zhuang Yi and said with a smile: "Is this Lang Jun from Youzhou?" A certain is also a native of Youzhou, and he eats rice in Lulong Jiedu Mansion......"
Zhuang Yi turned his head and glanced at Tules meaningfully, and then pretended to be surprised and said, "Oh...... Lu Long! What a strong army, such a great majesty! Zhuang Mou, as a native of Youzhou, was also a member of the Tooth Army under the former Li Gongke, how could he not know? ”
Zhang Yitai next to him was taken aback when he heard this, reached out and pulled Zhuang Yi's sleeve, leaned over and whispered: "Admit it frankly now, it's not suitable!" ”
Zhuang Yi turned his head and rolled his eyes, but ignored it, Zhang Yitai had to lean over again and muttered to Zhu Yongji to explain.
"Oh......" Zhang Cheng was taken aback when he heard this, his mouth opened wide, and he didn't seem to be very friendly when he heard Zhuang Yi, and he didn't know how to reply for a long time.
"It turned out to be Zhuang Langjun! I don't know where to send now, what ministry? Zhang Cheng asked in disbelief.
"Haha...... Thanks to Li Quanzhong's gift, Zhuang's family was ruined, and he was scattered outside the Saiwai in a panic, so what kind of ministry did he have. It was only thanks to King Xi's love that he was used as the commander of the army, and he was lucky enough to repel the Khitan today, so he was able to become a guest. Zhuang Yi raised his head, with a sneer on the corner of his mouth, and said casually.
"This, this, this...... The former Li Envoy died unjustly, and he only hated those generals who were cunning and lazy, and he was afraid of being severely punished by Li Envoy after losing the battle. Zhuang Langjun! Don't be mistaken, good people are good! Zhang Cheng opened his eyes and said nonsense, anyway, he said this countless times, and even he was about to believe it. At this time, when I said it, my heart was not empty, and my mouth was like a river.
"Hahaha...... What a joke! There is a public opinion on the merits, and Zhuang knows it in his heart. Lu Long's envoy is here, I don't know what to teach? Zhuang Yi chuckled and asked rhetorically.
"Hey...... Since you are just a white ding, how can you hear about the major affairs of my Lulong Military Town? Seeing that the goal was achieved, Zhang Cheng got up and replied with a sneer.
"Someone! Take it down with me......" Zhuang Yi was furious when he heard this, and shouted categorically, although he was annoyed that Zhang Cheng was saying disrespectful words, but he had other intentions and deliberately used the topic to play.
When the tent guards on duty outside the tent heard the sound, they immediately ran in, and more than fifty soldiers surrounded Lu Long's envoys. The leading officer quietly glanced at Turus, and saw that his face was expressionless, so he waved his hand without hesitation, and the soldiers rushed forward and pressed Zhang Chengze's arms. Zhang Cheng was shocked and angry, and he wanted to resist but felt inappropriate, so he had to be tied up by the tooth tent guards.
Seeing that it was not good, Li Chenghong hurriedly got up and arched his hand to Turus: "King Xi treats my Lulong envoy like this, aren't you afraid of offending my Lulong Li envoy?" ”
Turles' face stiffened when he heard this, and his chest rose and fell sharply, but he couldn't help but speak. Instead, he closed his eyes, leaned back lazily, leaned on the back of the wooden couch, and turned a deaf ear to Li Chenghong's soft and hard words.
"Hahaha......" A burst of wild laughter broke out in the big tent, and everyone began to talk about it.
"I only know Lu Long, Zhang Gongsu, Zhang Envoyjun, and I have heard of Li Keju and Li Envoyjun, what Li Quanzhong? Who is he? ”
"Isn't it? When Li Keju was there, he also saluted us with ridicule. He Li Quanzhong is good, just kill Shangguan and seize the throne, we ridicule people but the northern barrier of Youzhou, and they ignore us, and now they see that we have won the battle, and they come to flatter us again, when we are prostitutes without discipline? ”