Chapter 147: The Night Banquet
The moonlight is bright, the breeze is cool, the crickets in the corner of the wall make a loud call, as if they are calling friends, occasionally night kites fly by, and cast a dark shadow in the garden in an instant, and the sound of hula flapping wings can be heard clearly, and from time to time from outside the garden comes the sound of dogs barking, but it is mixed with the long horn of the barracks in the distance, so that the quiet summer night is covered with a layer of soldiers' breath.
The light emitted by the lantern tied to the tree is reflected on a long table, and a plate of dishes with Dingzhou characteristics is being sent up like flowing water, full of aroma, on the right side of the long table, sitting Shang Haibo and Dingzhou Tongzhi Lu Yiming, and on the left, it is Dingzhou's captive Princess Nafu and Nokia. Shang Haibo's eyes were slightly closed, like an old monk, and Lu Yiming was full of smiles, but the look in his eyes was condescending, looking at the two people opposite. Nokia sat upright, pressed his hands on his knees, and looked directly at Lu Yiming, but Nafu was a little apprehensive, looked at the two people opposite, and peeked at the guards who were patrolling with swords in the distance, and the guards with their backs stretched out their hands and pulled Nokia's sleeves, "Nokia, is this their legendary severed head meal in the Central Plains, let us have a good meal, and then send us to see Changshengtian?" ”
Although the voice was low, the two people on the other side could hear it clearly, the corners of Shang Haibo's mouth with closed eyes turned up, pulling out a big arc, while Lu Yiming pinned his head to the side and coughed loudly, obviously hiding his laughter.
Nokia's body twitched, and he said in a low voice: "Don't worry, princess, according to the last general, we must be going back to the grassland!" "Really?" Nave was overjoyed, "Nokia, you're not lying to me, are you?" "The princess will find out later!"
Shang Haibo, who was on the other side, heard Nokia's words, his eyes opened, he glanced at Nokia, and then closed it, this Nokia was really not to be underestimated, and he actually judged their current situation from the clues. So he let it go, and he will be a strong enemy in the future, especially since he has suffered many losses in the hands of the Dingzhou army, and when they meet later, they will definitely be 120,000 points careful, and then they want to take advantage of him easily, but it is not so easy. The general's move is half of the gain and half of the loss! Thousands of troops are easy to obtain, but one general is hard to find, if you rely on yourself, people like Nokia should be cut in two, leaving no trouble.
"Handsome!" With the shouts of the guards, Li Qing and Qingfeng appeared in the garden, everyone's eyes suddenly lit up, Li Qing wore a moon-white robe, a Confucian scarf on his head, a wide robe and long sleeves, if it weren't for everyone being very familiar with him, if they didn't know him, they would really think that he was a scholar. The breeze seemed to have just come out of the bath, her long hair was wet and scattered over her shoulders, her face was ruddy, her apricot eyes were full of spring, and the pink gauze skirt was worn on her, which was gaudy and vulgar.
What a couple! Nafu secretly praised in his heart, looked at Qingfeng, and then thought about himself, and was frustrated to find that he really couldn't compare with the person next to Li Qing in appearance, and then looked at Li Qing, and compared Nokia, the two are quite similar in heroic spirit, but the elegant aura on Li Qing's body, Nokia can't have it.
"I've seen the big handsome!" Shang Haibo and Lu stood up and bowed to Li Qing, and Nafu also stood up, "General Li, meet again!" Seeing that Nafu was standing upright, he had to stand up helplessly and hugged his fist at Li Qingyi, but did not speak.
Qingfeng saw that everyone saluted Li Qing, immediately took a step back, hid to Li Qing's side, and when he raised his eyes to look at everyone, he saw Shang Haibo frowning and looking at him, smiled, and stared at him without showing weakness, and the two of them retracted at the same time when their eyes touched in the air.
"Sit down!" Li Qing walked over with a smile, sat on the top, pressed his hands weakly, and motioned for everyone to sit down, "Princess Nafu, General Nuo, it's been a long time!" ”
"The two have come to Dingzhou for several months, Li Qing has not fulfilled the friendship of the landlord, I am really sorry, today the moon is clear, but it is a good thing for the banquet, Qing specially prepared some Dingzhou special dishes for the two, although the two used to frequent Dingzhou, but these dishes are definitely not eaten."
Nokia sneered: "This is not necessarily, but there are many famous chefs in Dingzhou on my grassland, although these dishes are rare, we are not rare." ”
Shang Haibo lifted the wine jug, first poured it for Li Qingman, and then poured it for the two people opposite, and said with a smile: "Please eat a little more, one meal will be less, those Dingzhou celebrity chefs who are still on the grassland will come back soon, if you want to eat these again in the future, it depends on whether we are happy or not!" ”
Qingfeng, who was sitting at the bottom of the head, quickly stood up, took the wine jug from Shang Haibo's hand, poured it for him, and poured it for Lu Yiming, but Lu Yiming stood up, and didn't dare to say anything, Shang Haibo glanced at Lu Yiming dissatisfiedly, and snorted slightly in his nose. Qingfeng smiled, showing no abnormality on his face, and after pouring the wine for himself, he gently placed the flask on the side of his hand.
Li Qing glanced at the two of them, but he was a little worried in his heart, after returning from the capital, this Qingfeng and Shang Haibo seemed to be a bit of a bar, how to deal with the relationship between the two of them, but it made him scratch his head, Shang Haibo's attitude has always been very clear, Qingfeng also knew before, for Shang Haibo, she has always been evasive, but since returning from the capital, Qingfeng's reaction is obviously stronger than before, which is samadhi, Li Qing can also understand, but it is helpless. One is the woman he likes, who single-handedly created a mature spy system for Dingzhou, and the other is the strategist he values the most, who has worked hard to help him from weak to strong. No one is reluctant, and he can only play balance among them.
Nokia snorted heavily, and Nafu calmed down at this time, and said with a smile: "General Li, he said that he would definitely invite the general to taste the delicacies of the grassland when he had the opportunity, presumably the army has not eaten authentic grassland cuisine, although it is not as exquisite as Dingzhou cuisine, but it is more atmospheric." ”
Li Qing laughed: "Princess Nafu is right, I think it won't be long before I go to the grassland to eat your hand-grabbed mutton, roast cows, and drink mare's milk wine." ”
"Then I will definitely find the best chef on the grassland to make it for the general, so as to repay the general's hospitality today!"
"Not necessarily!" Li Qing waved his hand, "I still like to have Bayar Da Shan Yu roast it by himself, so that it tastes unique!" ”
Nave's face changed color, and his pretty face was flat, and Nokia sneered: "Empty mouth and white teeth, and I'm not afraid of people's jokes." General Lee, let's be straight, when will we go? Tomorrow? ”
Li Qing picked up the wine glass and said, "General Nuo, you haven't drunk the wine yet, are you in such a hurry to leave?" Since the general has already guessed it, then I will say bluntly, the two of you are indeed leaving, come, General Nuo, let's have a drink first. He raised his glass in motion.
Nokia Gulu swallowed a glass of wine, and he already knew in his heart that something must have happened, it must be that Da Shan Yu had achieved a certain victory somewhere, and what handle Li Qing had taken, so that he could exchange himself and Nave's freedom.
"General Nuo, you have clashed with my Dingzhou army several times, and you admire the general's bravery and martial arts, and you will say goodbye to the general, and you will have a cup of respect for the general, and you will see you on the battlefield!" Li Qing said to Nuo Qia.
Nokia raised his glass, "Come to see you in the field, and then decide life and death, General Li, although I have fought several times, Nuo has failed, but I am not convinced, one day, I will have a real battle with you!" Wait, what do you mean by that? Nokia raised his glass to his lips and suddenly lowered it again.
Li Qing put down his wine glass with a smile, "The general will leave tomorrow, what, what else can I mean?" ”
"Where's the princess?" Nokia's eyes narrowed.
"But the princess has to talk about it for a few more years! If General Huhe is sincere, then the princess will go back soon, otherwise, General Nuo, you will never see Princess Nafu again. Li Qing's voice was gentle, but the words he spit out were full of murderous intent.
"Lord Huhe!"
"Uncle Huhe!"
The two exclaimed in unison, and Noqi stood up: "Where is Lord Huhe?" ”
"Hu He is in Dingyuan, he returned thousands of miles, but he attacked my Dingwu Fort with a tired army in one fell swoop, which greatly surprised me, and now he is holding my Dingyuan people in his hands to exchange for the two of you!" Li Qing did not hide it and told him bluntly.
Nokia laughed loudly: "Li Qing, how is it?" Don't think that if you defeat Yan Bulu, you think that I have no one in the grassland, and Lord Huhe will let you lose a big defeat with a little fist and kick? ”
Nave's eyes also lit up, "General Li, I told you that you can't beat us. ”
Li Qing drank a glass of wine and said lightly: "General Nuo, you are a general, Princess Nafu doesn't understand, don't you understand?" Although Hu He occupies my Dingyuan, but he dares to go further, he will eventually retreat, and now what he relies on is to detain tens of thousands of my people in his hands, you lose the forest, you will lose the strategic initiative, a little local victory, what can you change. ”
clenched his fists and slammed them on the table, shaking the plates and saucers for a while, "Tiger and wolf run, I want to see it after all." ”
Nokia Moran, he is a general, of course he knows what it means to lose in the forest, "You let the princess go back first, I'm here." He said.
Li Qing shook his head, "I really want to detain you here, but who makes Princess Nafu valuable, and even more so that Hu He can cast a mouse?" General Nuo can go back with peace of mind, as long as Huhe keeps his word, how can I embarrass a woman? But you tell Hu He that if he embarrasses me and the people, then it's hard to say, Li Qing is not a gentleman! ”
Qingfeng stood up with a smile, "Okay, general, you don't have to scare Princess Nave, you see that our little princess's little face is scared white, eat the vegetables, the dishes are going to be cold!" ”
Nafu said dissatisfiedly: "Your little face is white, who said I was afraid, the daughter of the prairie eagle, I never knew what I was afraid of!" ”
(To be continued)