The lieutenant didn't take the immediate loss, and thought: "This black-faced general is terrible, and his temper is like thunder. I'll say something soft. ”

He then begged Zhou Shaodao: "The general spares his life, the little one has eyes and doesn't know Mount Tai, he offended Prime Minister Su, and he won't dare next time." ”

The other sergeants of the Royal Forest Army had just seen Zhou Shao's powerful kicks, and they didn't dare to rush forward to save their leader. At this time, Su Qin stood up, and he persuaded Zhou Shao: "General Zhou is angry, this kind of villain is not worth your attention to him, just let him go." ”

Su Qin also reprimanded the lieutenant and scolded: "You are also rude, you don't know how to respect others." Do you know who the man who taught you just now? ”

The captain shook his head with fear in his eyes, indicating that he didn't know Zhou Shao. Su Qin said: "He is one of the most outstanding generals of Zhao State, and he made miraculous contributions in the Battle of Michi, and Zhao Hou named him the captain of the army, and this time he sent troops to save the prince and make new contributions." You are a little lieutenant, you are arrogant in front of the prime minister and the general, and you were beaten violently, isn't it just to blame? ”

The captain saw that Su Qin's face was also pale, as if he was also extremely dissatisfied with himself, and the captain was even more afraid at this time. The lieutenant straightened up suddenly, knelt on the ground, kowtowed to Su Qin three times in succession, and humbly pleaded: "The little one has no eyes, and he offended the prime minister and General Zhou, I hope you will give the little one a chance to correct his mistakes, and he will never dare to be rude and rude next time." ”

The reason why the school captain was presumptuous at the gate of the peach garden was that he originally glanced down on Su Qin, because he was the clan member of the Zhao State, and the imperial court inevitably had the distinction between the inner and outer courts, and there was a difference between the clan relatives and the foreign ministers.

What's more, before the captain left the palace, he heard a top-secret message in the palace, saying that Zhao Hou and the crown prince and others were planning to abolish Su Qin's position as prime minister and replace him with Zhao Rong, the country's Zongzheng. This matter has spread among the clan and is boiling.

The lieutenant therefore felt even more fearless. Unexpectedly, after he arrived in the peach garden, he was beaten by a general Zhou in his country. After this violent beating, he became honest, and he didn't dare to be rude anymore, and there was no one in his eyes.

Su Qin waved his hand and motioned for the captain not to kneel and kowtow, so he stood up carefully. Su Qin asked him, "You came to the peach garden late at night, you must have been sent by the king, what is the matter?" ”

The captain bowed with his hands and replied: "The little one is ordered by the king, and Prime Minister Xuansu will enter the palace immediately and meet the king, and there must be no mistake." ”

As soon as Su Qin heard Zhao Hou's proclamation conveyed by the school captain, he was even more strange in his heart, thinking: "As expected, it seems that Zhao Hou really encountered an emergency, otherwise why would he send the Imperial Forest Army to announce the decree in the middle of the night!" ”

He replied: "Su Qin obeys the order, then go to the palace, and ask the Royal Forest Army to lead the way." When Su Qin was talking, a large number of people ran from the banquet hall at this time, and it was the young general Qu Xin who ran in front.

Qu Xin came here panting, and asked Zhou Shaodao: "Did you fight with the palace guards, no wonder it was so noisy, even the shouting sound of this place could be heard in the banquet hall." ”

Zhou Shao said with a smile: "I just taught these disobedient children a lesson, and it was nothing, which disturbed the soldiers and interrupted your drinking. ”

Qu Xin replied: "The movement of your fight here is so loud that you can really hear it from far away in the banquet hall, especially your loud voice, which can be heard for dozens of miles when you break your drink." As soon as the singing and dancing in the banquet hall has ended, you can hear the sound of your shouting here. ”

Zhou Shao grinned, with a hint of smugness and embarrassment in his laughter. Qu Xin looked at Su Qin worriedly and asked, "Are Prime Minister Su Cheng sure that you won't let us follow you?" I heard that you are going to enter the palace late at night, so there will be no danger, right? ”

Su Qin smiled at Qu Xin and replied: "General Qu is too worried, I went to the palace for a while, but I just went to deal with some urgent government affairs, where there would be any danger." ”

As he spoke, he immediately took Zhou Shao and followed the Imperial Forest Army to Handan Palace. Qu Xin was behind them, watching Su Qin and Zhou Shao leave, and there was even a look of worry in his eyes.

Qu Xin from his own life experience, for the court battles have a personal experience, his father Qu Jian was once the head of the Chu State, he has always been at odds with Xiong Huai, who was then the crown prince, and later died inexplicably on the eve of the prince's accession to the throne, which must have hidden a huge conspiracy.

The so-called companion is like a tiger, day and night, yesterday was still a smash hit favorite, to get the wind, to get the rain, the power to the government and the opposition, in the blink of an eye to the next day, but may be reduced to a prisoner, or even be executed to extremes.

Qu Xin vaguely sensed the danger of Su Qin's trip to the palace from the arrival of the Imperial Forest Army, maybe there was a conspiracy in the palace secretly planned, waiting for him.

Qu Xin had the intention to persuade Su Qin not to go, but Su Qin seemed to be worried about the changes in the Hezong Conference, and insisted on going to see the situation in person. Qu Xin himself wanted to go with him, but Su Qin didn't agree at all, probably considering that Qu Xin was from Chu State, it was not very convenient to go with him to see Zhao Hou.

Qu Xin returned to the banquet hall worriedly, and at this time there were still more than half of the guests in the hall, and they sat in groups of three or five, holding short arrows, playing a game of pitching pots, and those who could throw the short arrows into the spout of the pot within a foot were entitled to a glass of wine, and the unlucky man who did not make it was to be forced to drink the wine of punishment.

There is no fun in the army, the soldiers generally like to do the game of throwing pots, on the one hand, it is a joke, on the other hand, it can also exercise eyesight, and because the arrows in the army are ready-made, so this pot throwing scene has become a common play in the army.

When the soldiers watched the song and dance performance today, there were people who were not good at singing and dancing itching in their hearts, and wanted to call friends to play the pot throwing game as soon as possible.

After Su Qin left the banquet hall, Qu Xin called Chen Dan and relayed to her Su Qin's instructions to stop singing and dancing, so Chen Dan went down to prepare for the end of the music and dance.

As soon as the music and dance performance ended, Qu Xin heard Zhou Shao's shouting sound from outside, so he took the lead in rushing out of the banquet hall to help Zhou Shao, and there were twenty or thirty soldiers who rushed out with him. The guests who didn't move the nest waited here and began to entertain themselves.