readx; It was the night when the Fu Wangfu Mansion was once again decorated with lanterns and flowers, and the Fu King held a feast, inviting officials and wealthy merchants and gentry from Luoyang Hecheng to celebrate the defeat of the thieves and congratulate the meritorious soldiers. www.biquge.info Of course, this silver is usually wool from the sheep, and Zhu Changxun is just borrowing flowers to offer Buddha.

Even so, this mediocre prince did not attend, but just asked the prince Zhu Yousong to act as Zhang Luo. The number of people attending the banquet also hit a record high in several years, with nearly 1,000 people present. There was no row in the banquet hall, so dozens of tables were set up in the courtyard, and there were thousands of dishes alone, which kept the cooks and servants of the palace busy.

Of course, the protagonist of the banquet is naturally the first hero to break the siege, the daimyo prefect Lu Xiangsheng. Zhu Yousong personally accompanied him, and at the same table were senior officials such as Zhu Dadian, the prefect of Luoyang, and Zuo Liangyu, the garrison. As for other official positions and lower statuses, they can only sit at other tables. Even worse, they don't even have the qualifications to enter the banquet hall, so they can only attend the meeting in the open air in the courtyard.

With Zhu Youzhen's identity as a "hundred households", he couldn't even enter the door of the palace. However, he followed Lu Xiangsheng and was naturally courteous. Not only can you attend the conference, but you can also sit in the banquet hall. Although it is only a corner, it is enough to make other officials and rich gentry envious and jealous.

Zhu Youzhen didn't have the heart to care about the seat problem, as soon as he took his seat, he whispered to Qi Meifeng and Li Zhenyan who came with him: "If you have the opportunity, go to the warehouse and take advantage of the chaos to take our things away." ”

The second daughter received the order, and when she saw that everyone was only concerned about the cups and cups, she quietly led a few special combat team members to slip out.

As soon as they left, Zhu Youzhen was the only one left at the table, along with a few special combat members. Those people fought hard for days, and when they saw a sumptuous feast on the table, their eyes were already straight, and their saliva was about to drip down. Seeing this, Zhu Youzhen smiled and said, "What are you still stunned about, eat!" You're welcome, it's a waste not to eat! ”

Several people were overjoyed, and immediately shook off their cheeks and munched on them. Everyone at the side table frowned when they saw it, and said in their hearts that this banquet was an elegant place for dignitaries to socialize, and although the banquet was sumptuous, the participants' minds were not on eating. These military men have never seen the vulgar people of the world, but they are like reincarnated hungry ghosts, and they can't help but attract the ridicule of everyone.

Zhu Youzhen didn't think so, not only did he eat and drink as if no one was around, but he also deliberately looked at the people at the next table with provocative eyes, and even untied the traceless sword on his waist and put it heavily on the table. When those rich gentry saw this, they shrank their necks in fright, and quickly turned their heads, never daring to look this way again.

Zhu Youzhen smiled contemptuously at this time, thinking that rice is for eating, we have been beating for a whole day and the rice has not been eaten, so what's wrong with gobbling it up now? If it weren't for our bloody struggle, you would have let Zhang Xianzhong unload eight pieces, would you still have the life to pretend to be elegant here? The old man's words are true, the lowly are the smartest, and the noble are the stupidest!

However, Qi Meifeng and Li Zhenyan haven't come back yet, and Zhu Youzhen wants to wait for them to come and eat together. Now that there was nothing to do, he listened to the chatter in the banquet hall.

The attention is naturally the main table, that is, the table of Zhu Yousong and Lu Xiangsheng. I saw Zhu Yousong get up and raise his glass first and said: "This time the thieves attacked Luoyang, General Zuo stuck to the city, and Lord Lu came to help from thousands of miles outside, so the thieves were defeated in one fell swoop." The two are great, and the fathers and elders of the whole city in this royal generation respect the two of them for a cup! ”

Everyone also got up to toast, Lu Xiangsheng and Zuo Liangyu hurriedly got up to thank them, and drank all the wine in the cup.

Zhu Yousong didn't sit down, picked up another glass of wine and said to Zuo Liangyu with a smile: "General Zuo has been in Luoyang for a long time, and this king has admired the courage of the general for a long time, and he only hates not being close to him." On the occasion of this great victory, the king has a small gift for the general, talking about the heart, and hoping that the general will not refuse. Present! ”

The two eunuchs hurriedly walked up with a long wooden box and handed it to Zuo Liangyu respectfully. Zuo Liangyu opened it and looked at it, Deng Shi was stunned, and muttered: "This... This is a golden bow! ”

Everyone, including Zhu Youzhen, also pulled their necks to look. But seeing the golden light in the box, it was indeed a bow made of pure gold, the length of which was the same as that of a real combat bow, and the back of the bow was decorated with various colored gems, and it was also equipped with several golden arrows. Not to mention the beautiful craftsmanship, just counting the amount of gold and those gems, the cost of this bow is at least more than 10,000 taels of silver!

"As the saying goes, the sword gives the hero, and the fat powder gives the beauty." Zhu Yousong saw that Zuo Liangyu's eyes narrowed into a slit with joy, and said with a slight smile, "This king heard that General Zuo's archery is like a god, and he specially asked the craftsman to make this golden bow, and I hope the general will use this bow to make another miracle." ”

"Your Highness!" Zuo Liangyu was moved to tears, knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Zhu Yousong three times in a row, which made the servant carefully put away the golden bow.

Everyone was envious, but Zhu Youzhen watched coldly, and said in his heart that Zhu Yousong was really scheming. This thing is called a bow and arrow, but it can't be used in actual combat, it's just a high-end gift, and the so-called "Zaili Qixun" Yunyun can't talk about it. Moreover, this golden bow is complicated, and it is impossible to make it in a few days. This shows that Zhu Yousong had long planned to use this thing to buy Zuo Liangyu, but now it was just an opportunity.

And Zuo Liangyu is a person who sees money, and Zhu Yousong's hand can be regarded as the key point. In exchange for Zuo Liangyu's dead heart and tens of thousands of officers and soldiers under his command, although the transaction cost was high, the return was even more amazing. If Zhu Yousong plotted against him, as long as Zuo Liangyu worked hard for him, with the advantage of being in the Central Plains, he could sweep half of China within a few months... Zhu Youzhen couldn't help but shiver, and he didn't dare to think about it anymore.

Zhu Yousong got Zuo Liangyu done, and then turned to Lu Xiangsheng and said apologetically: "This king and Lord Lu met for the first time, and I don't know what the adults like, so I didn't prepare gifts, so I had to offer 10,000 taels of gold to fund military supplies, and I hope that the adults will not be surprised!" ”

Ten thousand taels of gold! Everyone couldn't help but exclaim, you must know that the current gold and silver ratio is about nine to one, and ten thousand taels of gold is nearly one hundred thousand taels of silver! Fuwangfu has always been a Pixiu who only enters and can't leave, why is it so generous today?

Zhu Youzhen was in his heart, and secretly said that Zhu Yousong was really a big deal! It seems that he has fallen in love with Lu Xiangsheng again and wants to enlist him under his tent!

In the exclamation, Lu Xiangsheng bowed down and saluted: "Your Highness's love is really unbearable!" Don't hide it from Your Highness, the team under the command of the lower official is not an official army, but a private investment of the lower official. The imperial court has not yet made a register, so it is not allowed to pay salaries, how dare to accept gifts from His Royal Highness? ”

"Since it is an adult's private placement, it must cost a lot, and this king should help one or two." Zhu Yousong insisted.

Lu Xiangsheng refused to accept it again and again, and his intention was very strong. Zhu Youzhen couldn't help but secretly praise in his heart, thinking that Lu Xiangsheng had seen Zhu Yousong's intentions and refused to get on his thief ship.

Zhu Yousong saw that Lu Xiangsheng insisted on refusing, so he had to smile and say: "Lord Lu is noble, this king is very respectful, and I have added another famous general to the Ming Dynasty!" However, famous generals are in charge of soldiers, and there are many military names, such as the ancient Yue family army and the Qi family army of this dynasty. I don't know if Lord Lu's department has a military name? ”

"This army has just been recruited, and it has not yet been rigorously trained, so how dare it have any name." Lu Xiangsheng said modestly.

Zhu Yousong shook his head and smiled: "No." The soldiers of this Wang Guan are all extremely strong, like heavenly soldiers, why don't you call them 'Tianxiong Army'? ”