ps: If you want to hear more of your voices and receive more of your suggestions, search for the WeChat public account "qdread" now and pay attention to give more support! Pingliang City is about 14 or 5 miles to the west of the north, there is a small soil slope, and the back of the soil slope is the Guandi Temple that once flourished with incense. Legend has it that how many men who walked the rivers and lakes went in pairs to cut chicken heads and burn yellow paper in front of the Guandi Temple, and met to worship as brothers. At that time, the Guandi Temple was very lively, and for three days, there were people at both ends of the temple shouting "not to be born on the same day and in the same month of the same year, but to die on the same day and month of the same year".

That was before, since the sixth year of the Apocalypse, the northwest has been dry for many years, the harvest in the field is not good, the people generally can't eat, and the people who come to the Guandi Temple to cut the head of the chicken and burn the yellow paper will quickly decrease.

There's no way, I can't even eat enough to eat these days, how can I have the money to buy chicken and yellow paper, and before the problem of food and clothing is solved, Master Guan can't be trusted.

By the time of the first year of Chongzhen, the Guandi Temple was completely abandoned. In normal times, even the beggars passing by rarely visit once, and it is deserted.

However, on this sultry night in the summer night, in the dead of night, when it was pitch black in all directions, a bonfire was actually lit in the dilapidated Guandi Temple, and the firelight startled a group of perched sparrows around them, and they flew away in a daze.

The marching commander of the thief Li Jiajun and the confidant of the governor, Li Chaoqin took four of his subordinates to break through the silent night and walk towards the Guandi Temple.

Seeing the flickering firelight in the temple from a distance, Li Chaoqin wrapped the cloak on his back tightly, coughed lightly, strengthened his courage, and forced himself to enter the temple gate calmly. As soon as I entered, I saw two rows of green clothes and green hats standing against the wall in the temple, embroidered with auspicious clouds and flying eagle patterns on the chest. The man in the strong suit with the scimitar in his hand looked at Li Chaoqin coldly, and looked at Li Chaoqin with a numb scalp.

This dress-up. It was the Tsing Yi guard. The leading captain of the Tsing Yi Guard asked aloud, "It's the fourth lady's person who came?" ”

Li Chaoqin's heart fluttered, and when he heard the words, he replied: "Exactly." ”

"My family has been waiting in the room for a long time. Inside please! ”

Li Chaoqin raised his feet and walked in, and the four subordinates behind him also followed closely to enter. The Tsing Yi guard guarding the door stopped him with a knife and said coldly: "Go in alone." ”

Li Chaoqin was a little flustered, met the indifferent eyes of the Tsing Yi guard, waved his hand helplessly, and said, "You guys are waiting outside." ”

After entering the inner room, I saw the situation inside, and Rao is Li Chaoqin is well-informed. I couldn't help but be stunned.

One of the bonfires was blazing, and two wooden stands had been erected around the fire, on which half of the lamb was led by a thin wooden skewer and was being roasted diligently. One end of the fine wood was held in the hands of a person with his back to Li Chaoqin, and as if he hadn't seen Li Chaoqin come in, he carefully flipped the thin wood in his hand, focused on grilling his mutton skewers, held salt in one hand, and carefully sprinkled it on it, and the meat was fragrant.

Not far from the fire. A table was set up, most of which was Master Guan's incense table, which was moved to serve as a temporary dining table at the moment. Two sets of chopsticks on the table. Three plates of cold cuts and a pot of wine.

"Coming?" The man roasting lamb asked casually, in a tone like greeting an old friend who couldn't be more familiar.

Li Chaoqin didn't answer, because he was confused and didn't know what to say.

"Let's sit down." The man said casually, "This leg of mutton will be roasted in no time." ”

Li Chaoqin sighed lightly, then walked to the table and sat down carefully, staring at the man curiously, eager to ask. Which are you? Because although he heard Xu Liang's name from the Duke and the fourth lady very early, he had never seen it in person. I'm sorry, but I can't help thinking about it. Seeing that this man is so attentive to the roasting, it is better not to disturb him.

After a cup of tea, the man finally sighed with satisfaction, lifted the meaty mutton skewer, sniffed it on the tip of his nose, and sighed with satisfaction, got up quickly, and turned around with the roasted mutton, with a smile on his face: "Ma Ling, I thought you and I would never see each other again, but I couldn't imagine that it would be so fast and ......" The voice suddenly rose, full of surprise: "Which fuck are you?" ”

Li Chaoqin hurriedly got up in a panic, and said embarrassedly: "It's Li Chaoqin down there." ”

Needless to say, the roast mutton is naturally flat and cool with Xu Liang. Xu Liang didn't see the imaginary fourth lady Li Ting, but when he saw this lewd middle-aged man, he couldn't help but be disappointed, and shouted when he heard the words: "Which onion is the fucking Li Chaoqin?" ”

Li Chaoqin was even more embarrassed, and hurriedly identified himself: "Here is the head of our Li family's army, cough cough, that our young lady is busy with affairs and can't get out, so I specially asked Zai Xia to come to the meeting for her." ”

Xu Liang was stunned, looked at the mutton skewers that had been baked in his hands for a long time, and then looked at the wine and food specially brought from Zhenyuan on the table, he couldn't help but be disappointed, and said happily: "Why didn't your young lady come?" What's the use of sending you? Can you make the decision for Miss Fourth in big things? ”

Li Chaoqin hurriedly said: "Since our young lady sent me, I can naturally be the master of most of them." ”

Xu Liang nodded, waved his hand casually, and said, "Then sit down, have you eaten it?" ”

Li Chaoqin just sat down, and said with a smile: "Well, I've eaten ...... below."

"Eaten? That's good. Xu Liang then nodded, put a few dishes on the table in front of Li Chaoqin in front of him, tore off a piece of mutton in his hand, stuffed it into his mouth, and said vaguely while biting: "Lao Tzu is so busy that he hasn't even eaten dinner in order to wait for you to meet the fourth young lady, you sit down first, let Lao Tzu fill his stomach first." ”

Li Chaoqin was speechless for a moment, and when he saw Xu Liang sitting opposite as if no one was there, he was eating and chewing, his mouth was full of oil, and he poured himself a full glass of wine, tilted his neck, snorted, and took a big sip. He hissed and buried himself in nibbling on the mutton.

Xu Liang's delicious swallowing sound was mixed with the aroma of mutton, and naturally drifted into Li Chaoqin's nose, the strong aroma of wine......

Goo, goo. Li Chaoqin covered his stomach suddenly, looked at Xu Liang's throat and shrugged it, licked his lips, and said, "That, Lord Xu, right?" You see it's so late in the day, should we talk about things first? ”

Xu Liang rolled his eyes and said, "Don't worry, I'll talk about it when Lao Tzu fills his stomach." ”

Li Chaoqin said hesitantly: "Then, Lord Xu, can you let me taste those roast muttons in the next place?" ”

"Haven't you eaten it?"

"That...... The time you set to meet was in the middle of the night, and you went out of town early, and that dinner would have been unbearable. Li Chaoqin said.

Hearing this, Xu Liang pushed the jar of wine in his hand in front of Li Chaoqin, and said, "Then you can drink the bar, this is a famous burning knife in Zhenyuan City, and the wine is fragrant!" You taste it, I can't get used to drinking this kind of bully wine. ”

Li Chaoqin was angry, thinking that he was also an envoy, Xu Liang couldn't help but look down on himself too much for being so sloppy, so he brushed his sleeves and said: "I don't think Lord Xu has the sincerity to talk about things, so I will leave later." ”

"Hey, don't be in a hurry to go," Xu Liang beckoned, "It's not too late to say something." ”

Li Chaoqin stood still and said in a deep voice: "Lord Xu will say something if he has something." ”

Xu Liang regretfully put down the string of mutton in his hand, touched a rag from nowhere, wiped his hands, looked at Li Chaoqin with slanted eyes, and said: "Originally, the official planned to have a long talk with your young lady all night, you see that I am even ready for supper, but your young lady didn't come at all!" That official has nothing to say to you, just one sentence, take your people out of Pingliang Mansion as soon as possible, lest Lao Tzu's soldiers overwhelm the realm, and then you won't be able to leave if you want to. ”

When Li Chaoqin heard this, his face suddenly changed, he snorted coldly, and said, "Lord Xu is not afraid of the wind flashing his tongue when he says this!" Our 100,000 rebels occupied Pingliang, and the court said to exterminate us, hehe, it's almost August, and Pingliang City is still in the hands of our rebels, haha. ”

Xu Liang took a sip, spit out some minced mutton, and pointed at Li Chaoqin and said: "I didn't use troops against you before, it was because the court was benevolent and righteous, in the final analysis, you are still my people of the Ming Dynasty, and as a last resort, the court is unwilling to meet you in arms, which exterminated you and hurt the vitality of the Ming Dynasty itself." But now it's different, you don't know how to lift! In the final analysis, Pingliang City is still from the court, or I, who knows Pingliang, just borrow you to stay for a while, and you still don't leave! Hmph, then don't blame me Xu Liang's subordinates for being ruthless. ”

Li Chaoqin snorted coldly, glanced at the food on the table, and said hatefully: "Lord Xu's words must be brought to the fourth young lady in the future." Leave! With that, he turned and strode away.

Xu Liang listened to the sound of Li Chaoqin and the four of them getting on their horses and leaving, patted his buttocks, got up and shouted outside: "Come in a few people, clean up here!" Damn, I originally wanted to date a beautiful girl, but it ended up attracting a dead eunuch, what a fucking bad luck! (My novel will have more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, and there will also be a 100% lucky draw gift for everyone!) Open WeChat now, click on the "+" sign in the upper right corner to "add friends", search for the official account "qdread" and follow, hurry up! (To be continued)