After saying a few words to Gongsun Zhan, Ao Lie ordered someone to bring five altars of Xifeng Lie to Gongsun Zhan's table for Gongsun Chan to quote. Zhang Fei, who was sitting on the futon behind Liu Bei, was overjoyed.

At the beginning of the banquet, Ao Lie temporarily bid farewell to Gongsun Chan and returned to Liu Yu.

Liu Yu cleared his throat, and then said: "Colleagues, relatives and friends, today is the sixteenth birthday of the dog, and it stands to reason that it should not be celebrated, so the government did not send out any invitations, but you are uninvited, which is really a deep honor for the government, so I have to prepare a little wine and drink with you." Then he turned his head and greeted Ao Lie: "Lie'er, don't hurry up and thank everyone here." ”

Bending down deeply and saluting, Ao Lie said loudly: "Lie has thanked you in advance. There are elders here, relatives and friends, and even subordinates, but today, regardless of official rank, everyone only talks about age, and the elderly are respected. A certain first to do it is respectful. After that, he picked up a glass of wine and drank it dry. Although Ao Lie's alcohol consumption is indeed not very good, but he has been practicing martial arts for many years and has excellent physical fitness, relying on this, it is not a problem to drink three or five glasses of wine, but I am afraid that it will not work if he drinks more.

After waiting for Ao Lie to drink a glass of wine, the atmosphere in the hall began to be warm, and cheers and congratulations rang out one after another. Ao Lie poured another glass of wine, held the wine glass and said: "Everyone, the amount of wine is really not good, and I can't toast you one by one, so I have to drink three glasses first, and then replace it with tea, please forgive me." As he spoke, he drank another glass of wine.

After pouring a glass of wine again, Ao Lie raised his glass and saluted everyone present, and then said loudly: "The last glass of wine, I am tired of everyone raising a glass together, let me and others wish me the Han River and the country are as solid as a rock, and the country and the people are safe." ”

Hearing Ao Lie's words, everyone had their own feelings, and they raised their wine glasses in the direction of Ao Lie. Even Guan Yu, who was sitting behind Liu Bei and was extremely proud, was slightly moved, and after hesitating for a moment, he also raised his wine glass. The reason why Guan Yu joined Liu Bei was because although he was from a humble background, he had a very strong desire to serve the country, and his heart was full of long-cherished wishes to serve the Han Dynasty. Otherwise, future generations will not use Guan Yu as a god representing loyalty.

The heartstrings were deeply plucked by Ao Lie's words, Guan Yu temporarily unloaded his pride and toasted Ao Lie heartily. In the whole world, except for Liu Bei, no one has been able to let Guan Yu do this.

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As Ao Lie drank the last glass of wine, everyone present also raised their glasses and drank the glass of Chinese wine. Then Ao Lie stopped drinking, but changed to tea and toasted to everyone present one by one.

The guests were also staggered and had a good conversation. The banquet was held in a warm atmosphere.

Ao Lie came to Gongsun Chan again with a teacup, and said with a smile: "Brother Gongsun, Xuande Gong, please drink this cup." Gongsun Zhan and Liu Bei also smiled and picked up their wine glasses and drank a glass with Ao Lie.

After that, Ao Lie poured another cup of tea and toasted to Guan Zhang and the two behind Liu Bei: "Two generals, a certain toast to two people, today's hospitality is not good, I hope the two generals will not blame." Ao Lie's words, listening to the ears of people with many hearts, it is inevitable that they will not think that Ao Lie is really saying the opposite, but listening to the ears of Guan Zhang and the others, they feel very useful. Who is Ao Lie? It is the Son of Heaven who is the general of Huwei and the Marquis of Zhongyi, just two titles are enough to vote for the temper of Guan and Zhang, Guan Yu has always been loyal, Zhang Fei is full of tiger spirit, plus today Ao Lie does look down on Guan and Zhang, and he does not regard the two as small horse archers, but shouts one by one, so that Guan and Zhang's good impression of Ao Lie has greatly increased, and Ao Lie's attitude towards Liu Bei is also different from the previous princes, it can be said that he respects Liu Bei, and Ao Lie's attitude has also won the favor of the two.

At that moment, Guan Yu stood up, raised his glass and said, "Thank you, General Huwei, for breaking the festival." In the future, if you have a request, you can send someone to send a message. Drink it! The implication of this sentence is that I, Guan Yu, will treat you as a friend in the future, and if I have the place where Guan Yunchang can be useful, I will let you know, and he will never shirk what he can do.

Zhang Fei was even more direct, picked up the wine glass with a smile, and gently touched it with Ao Lie: "You are a good person, I like a refreshing person like you, and I like the west wind you brew even more." Good! Wine! ”

Ao Lie didn't think that his actions today would make Guan Zhang and the others have a great impression of him, so he said with a smile: "I said before that today's banquet is not an official position, only about age, the two brothers are older than a certain age, if you don't give up, just call a certain Mo Han." Come on, do it! ”

The three of them looked at each other and smiled, and they all raised their glasses to their lips, and raised their heads to drink the wine in the glass.

Liu Bei, who was sitting on the side, looked at it more and more, and thought to himself: Could it be that these two brothers, Ao Hu Wei Zhi Lu Dao, are strong in martial arts and want to recruit? But after thinking about it, it doesn't seem like it, on the one hand, Ao Lie treats himself well, and even identifies with his royal family membership; On the other hand, if you want to recruit your two brothers, you should be more affectionate, right, so far the banquet has been going on, and he hasn't spoken more than ten words with the two brothers, right?

With the confusion in his heart, looking at Ao Lie's back walking elsewhere, Liu Bei couldn't help it, so he quietly asked Gongsun Zhan: "Brother Bogui, Ao Huwei treats people on weekdays, is this kind of kindness?" Gongsun Chan glanced at Liu Bei in surprise and asked suspiciously, "What?" Did Xuande find anything wrong? "How dare Liu Bei say what is in his heart? I had to shake my head and say: "I didn't find anything wrong with it, but I just felt that Ao Hu treated people with authority and was different from others." Gongsun Zhan said indifferently: "Hehe, Brother Mo Han is like this, he never puts on a show, and he is different from the children of other families, otherwise, how can a certain martial artist get along with Brother Mo Han?" ”

"Oh, I see." Liu Bei showed a relieved look and put down a boulder in his heart. It turned out that it was not that people wanted to recruit their two brothers, but that it was for everyone. smiled self-deprecatingly, Liu Bei felt a little ashamed again, he was purely a villain's heart.

Just as the banquet in the hall was in full swing, a shout suddenly came to mind outside the courtyard: "The angel has arrived!" The saint gave General Huwei and the loyal Hou Ao Lie a New Year's gift, a jade pendant, and a bow! ”

This shout made the hall suddenly silent, and it was almost audible that a pin dropped. What does this mean? The Son of Heaven actually sent a messenger to congratulate Ao Lie? Even if Ao Lie is a member of the royal family, even if Ao Lie's father Liu Yu and today's son are uncles and brothers, even if Ao Lie has repeatedly shocked the Huns and Wuhuan and made great contributions, but after all, Ao Lie is only the emperor's nephew, not the prince! Even if the prince celebrates his birthday, the Son of Heaven rarely sends a messenger to congratulate him. For a moment, everyone was stunned, shocked, and dumbfounded.

While everyone was still in a state of shock, the messenger of the Son of Heaven had already strode into the hall. Ao Lie recognized this messenger as the person who went to Youbeiping last time by the edict of the Son of Heaven and appointed himself as the Taishou of Youbeiping, and vaguely, Ao Lie remembered that this person's name was Wu Xu.

Ao Lie hurriedly stepped forward and greeted Wu Xu, and bowed as he walked: "Rude and rude, Lie didn't know that the angel Wu Lingjun was coming, and he was far away." ”

Then Liu Yu also reacted, walked over quickly, and also arched his hand and said: "Wu Lingjun came from afar, I am tired all the way, please take a seat." ”

The rest of the people finally reacted, and they all got up and saluted Wu Xu.

Wu Xu smiled and said: "The Holy Lord has a lot of trust in Liu Youzhou and Ao Huwei, and specially ordered a certain person to give a congratulatory gift on behalf of the Holy Lord on Ao Huwei's birthday. Don't be busy drinking, let's wait for a certain to read the holy edict, let's talk about the old days. ”

Hearing that the Son of Heaven had issued an edict, the people in the hall hurriedly knelt on the ground, looking black and oppressive.

Wu Xu took out the edict of the Son of Heaven and recited it aloud: "The edict of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty said: General Huwei, Marquis of Zhongyi, and Ao Lie, the emperor's nephew, are loyal to the monarch and defend the country, and they have worked hard and made great achievements. On the occasion of his sixteenth birthday, he was given a 10,000-diamond Zhu Lanpei and a Qiankun treasure carved bow to show his loyalty and bravery. In addition, Ao Lie rushed to the capital within ten days, and I personally married the emperor's nephew. Chin this! ”

Ao Lie hurriedly took the edict with both hands and said loudly: "Chen Ao Lie, thank you for your saint's grace!" ”

After everyone stood up, Wu Xu said: "General Ao, the two treasures given to the general by the Holy Lord are the treasures of the previous dynasty, and the Ten Thousand Diamond Zhu Lanpei is carved from the essence of thousand-year-old blood jade, which has the effect of avoiding water, fire, and poisonous miasma; The Qiankun bow is even more remarkable, it is rumored that it is cast by the Yellow Emperor of Xuanyuan, and the Zhe of the black stone in the south of Mount Tai, the horn of the swallow ox, the sword of the elk, and the glue of the river fish are made of nine days and nine nights. This bow can shoot 300 paces and pierce boulders. Now the Holy One has given you these two treasures, and I hope that the General will not live up to the high hopes of the Holy One. ”

Listening to Wu Xu's eloquent words, everyone present was shocked again! The Son of Heaven can no longer be described as pampered for Ao Lie, he is simply treated like his own son! It can be seen how high Ao Lie's status is in the heart of the Son of Heaven. Even most people are thinking in their hearts whether the congratulatory gift they gave is too light, and they must find an opportunity to give another generous gift in the future to make up for the loss of today's gift. Only a few people such as Cui Yan and Gongsun Zhan, who are either open-minded, or have a good relationship with Ao Lie, or Ao Lie's subordinates such as Zhang Liao and Zhao Yun, do not have panicked looks.

Liu Bei, who was standing next to Gongsun Zhan, had a complicated look in his eyes, including envy, jealousy, self-blame, and sadness, all kinds of emotions were intertwined, which made Liu Bei's mood complicated. At this moment, Liu Bei hoped that the person standing there to accept the treasure of the Son of Heaven was himself, but Liu Bei also knew that the reason why Ao Lie was able to win the praise of the Son of Heaven was because he repeatedly defeated the invasion of the Xiongnu and Wuhuan, and when he was guarding Youbeiping, he fought more than ten battles with the Huns and did not taste defeat. With such a glorious record, what do you compare to? His biggest achievement is that under Lu Zhi's command, he killed more than a thousand Yellow Turban traitors. Whether it is a family, or an identity, whether it is a military exploit, or a soldier under his command, he and Ao Lie are not on the same level at all. If Ao Lie has completed the Long March, then he has just taken the first step at most.

After receiving the two treasures brought by Wu Xu, Ao Lie took a closer look, and the ten thousand diamond Zhu Lanpei was blood-red, resembling an orchid, and his tentacles were warm. The Qiankun bow is heavy, the bowstring is thick and powerful, and the back of the bow is carved with the pattern of the sun, moon and stars.

After handing the Qiankun bow to Zhang Liao behind him for safekeeping, and wearing tens of thousands of diamonds in front of everyone, Ao Lie once again bowed his hand to Wu Xu and said: "Thank you for the love of the saint, Lie is flattered." Please also ask Wu Lingjun to sit down quickly, and be sure to toast Lingjun for a drink. ”

Wu Xu smiled and twisted his beard, and followed Ao Lie to the first row of the hall and sat down. Due to Wu Xu's arrival, Ao Lie's reward, the atmosphere in the hall became more enthusiastic, everyone stood up and toasted Wu Xu, Wu Xu was also refreshing, the comer did not refuse, and after a while, he was drunk and drunk, and was helped by Ao Lie's attendants to the back hall to rest.

The banquet lasted for two hours, and everyone was happy, and they all got up to say goodbye to Ao Lie, who was sent outside the courtyard in person regardless of whether he was high or low, regardless of his background.

Later, Cui Yan also got up to say goodbye, and Ao Lie even took Cui Yan's arm and sent him out of the state pastoral mansion. Cui Yan whispered when he parted: "The Lord is committed to training soldiers and raising soldiers, and once the time is ripe, Yan will definitely bring his family to vote." The title of the lord made Ao Lie overjoyed, and he would soon have another great talent under his command, and he was also a very scarce internal affairs talent.

After sending Cui Yan away, Gongsun Chan also proposed to say goodbye. Ao Lie naturally sent him out of the house in person. The two walked side by side, whispering as they walked, the topic was not only cherished by each other, but also related to the movements of the Xianbei people in the north. The two also agreed that once the Xianbei people invaded the Han border, the two would jointly send troops to resist the Xianbei together.

Walking outside the mansion gate, Gongsun Chan said goodbye to Ao Lie again, but Ao Lie grabbed Gongsun Chan's arm and said, "Brother Gongsun wait a minute, the younger brother almost forgot a big thing." After saying that, he beckoned to a sergeant, whispered a few words in the sergeant's ear, and the sergeant nodded in understanding, and then ran quickly into the house.