The Spring Festival of the third year of Guangqi came as scheduled, and the city of Weizhou was full of jubilation, as the emperor of the Tang Dynasty issued an edict of reward in the new year, commending the Northwest Metropolitan Governor's Mansion in the past year, which performed eye-catching in the Northwest, and ordered Shuzhong Erchuan to merge into the Northwest Metropolitan Governor's Mansion.

In addition, he also commended Zhu Wen, the envoy of the Xuanwu Festival, who was loyal to the state affairs, and the king was sincere in order to seal the Xuanwu Festival ambassador Zhu Quanzhong's founding earldom, and also issued an edict to the towns to suppress the Qin Zongquan's chaotic ministers and thieves. He crowned Li Bao, the king of Qin, as the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, and presided over the suppression of Qin's suzerain.

The edict of the reward will be sent to Weizhou on the seventh day of the first month, but the news of the reward still makes Li Bao very happy, and this time the crusade against Qin Zongquan is famous.

However, now it is the Spring Festival, and the rewards for the troops stationed outside Weizhou, Zhang Chengye and Yang Siqi, they have been rotating for more than a month before the year, and finally all of them have been issued before the year. As for the military lords and deputy military commanders of each army, the Northwest Metropolitan Governor's Office ordered that one person was allowed to return to Weizhou for the New Year.

After the consultation was passed by the chief and deputy commanders of the 12 armies, Li Yi, the king of Fu Qicheng, Zhang Qingping of the Huwei Army, Song Wentong of the Hutou Army, Liu Dequan of the Weiyuan Second Army, Ding Badao of the Third Army, Xiahou Haoyue of the Huyi Army, and Wang Bo of the Huya Army, who were originally resting in Weizhou, gathered in Weizhou, and the other army lords sent the deputy army masters to return to Weizhou for the New Year.

It was Li Bao who held a grand dinner on the first day of the Lunar New Year, comforted all the civil and military officials in Weizhou, and had a grand interactive play at the dinner.

After the second day of the first lunar month, Li Bao summoned the officers of the army lords in Weizhou to gather in the palace to attend the family banquet he held. The specifications of this family banquet are very high, and the people who participated in the banquet are all military generals, which makes many people very envious.

The generals who participated in the banquet were very happy, but Xiahou Haoyue and Wang Bo were the most worried, the reason was naturally their defeat under the city of Fuqi a year ago, after they returned to Weizhou, Li Bao never summoned them again except for the routine summoning them once, because they were worried all day long, for fear that Li Bao would be unhappy that day, so they would be sent away.

At the beginning of the night, Xiahou Haoyue and Wang Bo, who came to find him, immediately got into a carriage and headed for the palace in the city. While the others were elated, the two of them sat in the carriage and sighed incessantly. When I thought of the king's family banquet, I was afraid that if the king didn't scold, the shameful laughter of my colleagues would make the two of them unable to raise their heads.

When they came to the gate of the palace, they found that someone had already come first, and there were many of them. When they saw this, their hearts were a little heavy.

Others are proud of the spring breeze because they are not afraid of seeing the king earlier, but the two of them are ashamed to meet the king, if the king orders, they will never come to meet Li Bao.

Following the servants of the palace, the two of them entered the house through the door and finally came to the second hall of the palace, because there were not many people attending the banquet today, so the location was set in the second hall, which was more private and could also shorten the distance between Li Bao and the generals. It can be seen that Li Bao attaches great importance to the generals.

Entering the hall, the two of them couldn't help but pout a little, this family banquet was too elegant. The entire second hall is very elegantly arranged, and the servants who serve are dressed elegantly, and their services are obviously carefully designed.

Wang Bo and Xiahou Haoyue are rude generals, and they are really not good at this, they just feel very attractive, and they can't help but take a few more looks.

The servant wanted to bring them to their seats, but when he saw the two big men staring directly at the maid in the hall, the little man who led the way couldn't help but chuckle.

After hearing the laughter of the little guy, Xiahou Haoyue and Wang Bo immediately collected their minds and nodded to the little guy, and then followed into the second hall and sat down according to the instructions.

After sitting in her seat, Xiahou Haoyue found that the three who arrived earlier than the two of them were Ding Badao, Liu Dequan and Song Wentong. After the three of them saw Xiahou Haoyue and Wang Bo, they greeted each other affectionately.

Although the two have a little inferiority complex this time, they have also let go of a lot between their former friends. And Liu Dequan is still Xiahou Haoyue's fellow senior brother, he immediately said to Xiahou Haoyue: "Xiahou Dalang, how long has it become, you see what you have become, you can't blame you for the affairs of Fu Qi City, don't worry too much, after all, this matter is just a small punishment and a big commandment, and it is by no means to blame the two of you." As for those who will be promoted sooner or later, if there are swords and soldiers everywhere today, there will always be a chance to make meritorious contributions again, don't be discouraged, you know. ”

Xiahou Haoyue listened to Liu Dequan's persuasion, and his heart warmed a little, but he knew in his heart that the reason why the king did not punish him this time was because he remembered the old love, but it was a pity that Wang Bo was affected by himself.

"I know, okay, you go back and do it first, and the provincial king will come and see you so unruly."

Liu Dequan looked at Xiahou Haoyue so depressed, he didn't feel a little sympathetic to him, a man who was very arrogant in the past, could be so depressed after this battle. He also wanted to persuade Xiahou Haoyue again, but he didn't know how to say it, so he wanted to wait until Zhang Dalang came and let him persuade him.

After waiting for a short time, Zhang Qingping, together with Li Yi, the king of harmony, and Li Bao and others, talked and laughed from the back compartment and went straight to the second hall. As soon as the generals saw that Li Bao had arrived, they immediately saluted Li Bao in unison.

Li Bao waved his hand to the generals and said: "Okay, don't restrain those false courtesies, big guys, sit down, I called you here today to comfort you for your hard work in the past year." ”

All the generals replied in unison: "The king has praised it, Weizhou can have such a situation because of the king's strategy, and some people dare not take credit." ”

Li Bao smiled, continued to wave his hand, and said, "Sit down, sit down." Seeing that all the generals were seated, Li Bao raised his glass to the crowd and said: "Come and do this cup first, thank you to the people of Weizhou!" ”

The generals wanted to get up again, but they were stopped by Li Bao, and then after three rounds of drinking, Li Bao said: "Today is a family banquet, but how can there be wine without dancing and music." After speaking, Li Bao "snap, snap" clapped.

With the applause, all the lights in the hall were extinguished, and in the faint light, I saw many people walking in the center of the hall, and after a while, I saw a bright light suddenly shoot out, directly on a light curtain, and in the light curtain a beautiful silhouette loomed.

Immediately the music sounded, and the silhouette danced with the music, Xiahou Haoyue looked at the silhouette's graceful dancing, and the slender long legs and delicate body looked more convex and concave under the illumination of the bright light. Coupled with the dancing posture, the bells on the dancing girl are even more clear and moving.

As the rhythm of the music increased, the silhouette danced more rapidly, and suddenly the lights in the hall were bright. I saw that there were already many dancing girls in the center of the hall, the first one, with a red veil mask, and the exposed lower abdomen was white and dazzling.

The other dancers were dressed in the same way as the dancers led by Na, but they were the only ones who did not cover their faces, and the music resumed, and the postures of many dancers were uniform, and the movements of twisting/hip-hip waist were very charming, and the bells on their bodies rang louder.

Xiahou Haoyue looked at the white swaying belly of a group of dancing girls in the center, he couldn't help but swallow a few mouthfuls of saliva, these dancing girls are really beautiful, he suddenly remembered that when he entered the door, the women in chic clothes he saw must be the concubines of these dances.

As the melodious music gradually stopped, the dancing girls finally stopped at the sound of the music. After watching such a wonderful and charming performance, the generals applauded loudly!

And Li Bao also did not hesitate to praise the praise, so far the praised dancers saluted Li Bao together, and then retreated, seeing these beautiful dancers leaving, the generals couldn't wait to follow their eyes with them.

However, the red gauze dancer did not leave, and Li Bao stretched out his hand and pointed at the dancer and said, "Xin Niangzi's belly dance is getting better and better, why don't you come and pour me wine." ”

The red gauze dancer immediately pulled down the red yarn, revealing a pink and handsome face, smiled at Li Baoyanran, and then ran to Li Bao's side lightly, and then knelt lightly to the side.

The generals looked at Xin Niang's delicate appearance, and then looked at Xin Niang's undulating breasts, and they all praised the king in their hearts.

When Xin Niang took a breath, Li Bao picked up a glass of wine and said: "Today is a family banquet, so I will let Xin Niang come out to perform for everyone. ”

Xin Niang listened to Li Bao's words and immediately picked up her wine glass and took a sip. When Li Bao drank it all, Xin Niang immediately filled the wine glass for Li Bao.

Li Bao looked at the generals in the hall, and then said to Xiahou Haoyue: "Xiahou Dalang." ”

As soon as Xiahou Haoyue heard Li Bao call him, he immediately cried out in his heart: Alas, what should come will always come.