Chapter 442: Performance
Chu Huan frowned, and said with a slight surprise: "General Xuanyuan, you mean that one of the most trusted guards around General Feng, the Thirteen Taibao who is famous in the northwest, actually has an internal ghost?" ”
Xuanyuan Shao nodded and said: "It is precisely because of General Feng's trust that it is possible for the Thirteen Taibao to know the route of the customs exploration from General Feng's mouth in advance, and it is precisely because of this that Xiliang may know the route of General Feng's actions in advance and make arrangements in advance." If it wasn't someone General Feng trusted, how could outsiders know General Feng's course of action? After a pause, he continued: "Since the Thirteenth Taibao is General Feng's personal guard, it is said that every time General Feng moves, the Thirteenth Taibao will follow closely by his side and will never leave. The battle of Changtian Valley must be very fierce, and the Thirteen Taibao must also share life and death with General Feng, General Feng has died in battle, how can the Thirteen Taibao survive? According to common sense, it is impossible for any of the Thirteen Taibao to abandon General Feng, when they are alive, they are guarding General Feng's side, and they will definitely be with General Feng's corpse after death. But the corpse of the blood wolf is nowhere to be seen, if he is alive and does not see him return to the Northwest Army, then it can only prove that he is the inner ghost who betrayed General Feng and the Thirteen Taibao, if it is not surprising, the blood wolf is now in Xiliang! ”
Chu Huan thought for a while, and finally nodded slightly: "What General Xuanyuan said is not unreasonable, so it seems that the blood wolf may really be an internal ghost." ”
Xuanyuan Shao stared at Chu Huan's face, stared at it for a long time, and finally said: "It is said that General Feng treats the Thirteen Taibao as his own heirs, and he recreates them with kindness, and the blood wolf betrays General Feng and the twelve brothers he gets along with day and night for his own selfish interests, Lord Chu, do you say that such a person should be cut with a thousand knives?" ”
Chu Huan looked up at the moon and said calmly: "Maybe!" ”
"He also died towards the blood wolf, but I don't know what his face was to go to General Feng and the other twelve Taibao under the Nine Springs." Xuanyuan Shao also looked up at the moon and asked, "Lord Chu, if one day you can meet a blood wolf by chance, what will you do?" ”
Chu Huan groaned slightly, and then asked rhetorically, "What will General Xuanyuan do?" ”
Xuanyuan Shao said calmly: "Being able to murder General Feng, such a traitorous and evil person is exactly where my arrows go, if I can meet him, I will definitely shoot him with an arrow!" ”
Chu Huan smiled faintly and said: "The general is brave, I just hope that the blood wolf will live and don't run into the general." ”
Xuanyuan Shao smiled and asked, "Lord Chu doesn't want to kill the blood wolf?" ”
"Of course." Chu Huan said with a straight face: "If it is really the blood wolf who betrays General Feng, Chu has the responsibility to slash the blood wolf!" ”
Xuanyuan Shao smiled before he said, "Lord Chu is going to Xiliang this time, it is better to pay attention and see if the blood wolf is really in Xiliang." ”
"Chu will naturally investigate secretly." Chu Huan bowed his head and said: "It's just that if he really betrays General Feng, he will definitely not show people easily, even in Xiliang, he will hide it, and it will be very difficult to find out his whereabouts." ”
Xuanyuan Shao glanced at Chu Huan a few times, smiled, just looked up at the moon, and did not speak.
Suddenly, I heard the voice of the eunuch in the Hall of Light: "The ministers enter the palace and take their seats!" ”
The courtiers who were waiting outside the Hall of Light immediately sorted out their clothes and entered the state banquet with their own seats, everyone knew what they should do, Chu Huan was under the guidance of the eunuch, and he also sat cross-legged in front of a table in the hall.
In terms of official position, there is naturally no place for him in this hall, but he is both a deputy envoy and a viscount, but he can also sit at the table, and in front of him is Xue Huai'an.
Xuanyuan Shao was in charge of the palace guards and did not sit in the seats.
There are nearly 100 seats in the hall, there are three rows on the left and right, the first one on the left is the Han King Yingping, and the next is Yingren, the prince still has not participated in the state banquet, under Yingren, it is the power of the government and the opposition of the Anguo Gong Huang Ju.
Except for a very special few, such as Xuanyuan Pingzhang, the Duke of Yiguo, and Lei Guheng, the general of Zhenguo, almost all the others were present.
Chu Huan was sitting in the banquet on the right, which happened to be opposite Yingping's side, but this time he finally saw Yingping, the king of Han, and saw Yingping's sword eyebrows and starry eyes, fair skin, and extremely beautiful outline, but his heart was also a little surprised, he couldn't imagine that the three princes of Great Qin were such handsome men, and even women could hardly compare to his handsomeness.
The position on the right hand is naturally still empty, waiting for the arrival of the Xiliang envoy.
Fortunately, the people of Xiliang did not let the ministers wait for a long time, and after a while, the envoy of Xiliang Mahazang and the deputy envoy of Xiliang Gusa Heiyun had already come to the Hall of Light and sat down under the leadership of the eunuch.
Although the state banquet has the word "country" in it, it never talks about state affairs, mainly eating and drinking, and the other is to present programs to entertain foreign envoys.
After the deputy envoy of Xiliang sat down, His Majesty the Emperor soon came out, and the ministers got up, and waited until His Majesty the Emperor sat down, and then they all sat down, and Xuanyuan Shao, the commander of the Guards, appeared at this moment, standing not far behind His Majesty the Emperor, like a statue frozen for thousands of years.
Zhao Xuan, the secretary of Honglu Temple, finally found an opportunity to show up, so he was naturally attentive, and when the emperor was seated, he had already waved his hand and ordered the dancing girl to come up and dance.
The dancers are graceful one by one, like colorful clouds, all of them are covered with the underworld, making people unable to see their faces clearly, but their clothes are quite gorgeous, between the dances, the willow waist twists, occasionally revealing a touch of snow-colored skin, and the drum music in the hall has also sounded with the dancing posture of the dancers.
Cloud sleeves are like water, the dancing girls dance the cloud sleeves, the ribbons float, the hall is sultry for a time, the atmosphere is lively, the dancing girls of the palace, not everyone can see, these dancing girls are all carefully selected stunning beauties, the dance skills are after years of training, every movement of the dance posture is extremely soft, making people's hearts ripple.
has a bewitching and colorful soft figure, but the face is covered by the underworld, which naturally gives people a hazy sense of looking at the flowers and the moon in the fog, although the dignitaries present are all dignitaries and dignitaries of the empire, and everyone's mansion is indispensable to beautiful concubines, but this look at these charming and moving people can not see the sexy and delicate bodies of the true face, many ministers are still itching, and their hearts are ape.
Many ministers were smiling and looking elated, but Mahazang didn't seem to have any interest in these beautiful dancing girls, and his expression was indifferent.
This is a state banquet set up for the envoys of the Western Liang, naturally there is no way to toast to Mahazang and Gusa Heiyun, the prince is not there, the king of Han is the longest, he first raised a glass to Mahazang to toast, Mahazang is also toasted to greet, and after the Han King toasted, the courtiers also toasted one by one, this is really not any respect for Mahazang, in fact, the ministers of the Qin State have no good impression of Mahazang, take turns toasting, but the heart has a thought, only hope to get Maha Zang drunk in this Hall of Light, if Maha Zang is really drunk in the Hall of Light, showed some ugliness, which undoubtedly greatly damaged the face of the Western Liang Kingdom.
Originally, the ministers were also worried that Gusa Heiyun would persuade next to him, Gusa Heiyun was more than half a hundred years old, and he looked very steady, who knew that the ministers took turns to toast, but Gusa Heiyun did not persuade Mahazang, and Mahazang did not refuse to come, the courtiers took turns to fight, and no one could count how much wine Mahazang drank, but Mahazang was not half drunk, his demeanor was calm, and occasionally his eyes showed disdain, until this time, the ministers finally understood that the amount of alcohol in this Mahazang was really large, and it may not be a thousand cups. But if you don't get drunk with a hundred cups, you definitely have this ability.
The emperor finally smiled and asked, "Prince Maha, how is my Great Qin's dancing style?" ”
Mahazang smiled: "It's a good look! ”
"Oh?" The emperor smiled and asked, "It seems that Prince Maha has a very high vision." These dancing girls are all my Great Qin's stunning, and their dancing posture is the most beautiful dance in my original form, can't this satisfy Prince Maha? ”
Mahazang shook his head and smiled: "It's not that the vision is high, it's not that the dancing girls of the Qin Kingdom are not good. It's just that you Qin have a good saying, called Xi Shi in the eyes of a lover, in your eyes, your things are the best, but in the eyes of my Xiliang people, my Xiliang things are the best. ”
Chu Huan is actually not too far away from Mahazang, Mahazang's voice is full of anger, the voice is loud, although the sound of drums, Chu Huan heard his words very clearly, he couldn't help but smile, he remembered clearly, these words were the first time he saw Mahazang in the restaurant, he taught him a lesson.
When the emperor heard this, he smiled faintly, and Honglu Siqing had already approached and said respectfully: "Holy Lord, Weichen has also prepared a miscellaneous art team, which may be able to match the taste of Prince Maha!" ”
The Emperor raised his hand and said, "Let them come up!" ”
Zhao Xuan hurriedly retired from the dancing concubine, clapped his hands, there were already Honglu Temple officials to send the acrobatic team, and soon, I saw a man in coarse cloth clothes take the lead in entering the hall, kneeling on the ground in the hall, and said loudly: "Long live the grass people to see my emperor, long live, long live, long live!" ”
In fact, if it is an internal official banquet of the Qin State, it is impossible to let this kind of acrobatic team enter the palace to perform skills, this time for the Xiliang people to set up a banquet, Honglu Temple Qing Zhao Xuanwei to perform, naturally racking his brains to make the banquet more successful, thinking that this acrobatic team may be able to bring another excitement to the banquet, so he planned the acrobatic team to perform.
The emperor just raised his hand to let this person get up, and his voice was low and majestic: "Today, the envoys of Xiliang are here, you will offer your housekeeping skills, as long as I am satisfied, I will definitely be rewarded!" ”
After thanking the owner of the acrobatic class, he got up and waved his hand outside, signaling his acrobatic troupe to enter the hall to perform.
Chu Huan looked at the class owner during the banquet, and couldn't help but be a little surprised, this acrobatic class owner turned out to be an acquaintance, and it was Chang Yi, a neighbor he had met at the Huiyuan Inn before.
Chu Huan remembered that when he first entered the capital, he lived temporarily in the Huiyuan Inn, and this Chang Yi lived next door, and there was another stout black man who was with Chang Yi in his memory, just one side, and he had never seen any trace of the black man since then, but Chang Yi took the initiative to come over several times to contact, and he seemed very attentive.
Chu Huan remembered that Chang Yi seemed to claim to be a businessman who came to Beijing from other places to do business, but he didn't expect that the business he did turned out to be a miscellaneous troupe.
I remembered that when I had a party with Xuanyuan Shengcai in the restaurant, I saw Chang Yi having contact with an obese official, and at this time I couldn't help but glance at Zhao Xuan, the secretary of Honglu Temple, and finally remembered that the obese official I met in the restaurant that day turned out to be this Zhao Xuan Zhao.
No wonder when he first saw Zhao Xuan's back in the imperial study, he felt a little familiar, but at that time, he couldn't remember where he had seen it, and at this time, Chang Yi suddenly appeared in the Hall of Light, making Chu Huan sound that the official he saw that day was actually Zhao Xuan.
Now that I think about it, when I am with Zhao Xuan in the restaurant every day, it is naturally to win over the relationship with Zhao Xuan, and the purpose is naturally to be able to enter the palace today.
It seems that this Chang Yi is not an ordinary brain, and other acrobatic teams would never think of entering the palace to perform anyway, but this Chang Yi dredged Zhao Xuan early and took such an opportunity, if his acrobatic troupe really satisfied the emperor at today's banquet, then the reward he received would naturally be a great fortune.
As soon as he learned that the Xiliang delegation came to Beijing, he knew that the emperor was going to set up a banquet in the palace, and immediately used his wrist to dredge Zhao Xuan, the secretary of Honglu Temple, and this person's gaze was very far-reaching.