Chapter 980: Last Chance
In the spacious hall, a long row of charcoal basins are burning, emitting scorching heat, making this hall warm in the early spring. The sound of silk bamboo bells and drums was chaotic, but it made Li Keyong, who didn't like vassal elegance, feel a little dizzy. At the bottom of the hall, there is a mix of pipa, guqin, flute and pai xiao. But the most disturbing thing is the sound of the big drum and the small drum, this sound makes him feel like he is back on the battlefield, and inexplicably, today the drum sound always has an ominous killing intention in his ears. Li Keyong, who drank a lot of spirits, couldn't help but think of the battles in the past even in the sound of the drum in his mind, and among these battle scenes, especially the scenes of him and Li Jing's Qin army fighting. It was a series of defeats, Shuozhou defeat, Yunzhou defeat, Ulzhou defeat
The music class sounded to him chaotic, constantly echoing in the room. The generals of the Liang and Jin clans were eating, drinking, and drinking, so it was not lively.
Where did Zhu Wen find such a music class, such a terrible tune.
Li Keyong drank Jian Nanchun while looking at several young dancers who were dressed very thinly and almost only wore a light veil at the key point. These sword girls are all young and beautiful, especially the body of the sword dance is very tall, different from the weakness of ordinary women, the figure of these sword girls shows a state full of fitness, and there is a hidden strength under the slenderness. Although these sword skills finally inevitably have some fancy fists and embroidered legs in Li Keyong's opinion, they are more appreciated by him than those women who can only dance lightly with long sleeves.
The dancing girl is top-notch, and the sword dance is also good, but it's a pity that the soundtrack is too bad. I really don't know what Zhu Asan thinks in his head. I actually found such a group of musicians. Not only is it hard to play. The point is that these musicians are all a bunch of vulgar and ugly men.
The rain outside continued unstoppable, and the air in Bianzhou City became more and more clammy and cold. The braziers in the hall rose orange flames, exuding bursts of heat, and the inside and outside of the hall were completely two worlds.
The hall is very large, but there are more people in the hall. Li Keyong brought 500 people into the city, and at this time Zhu Wen arranged for his guards to drink in the courtyard outside, while he and many civil and military officers of the Liang clan personally entertained him in the main hall. Hundreds of people from the Liang and Jin clans were crowded into one hall, not including the eighteen beautiful sword concubines. and thirty-six ugly musicians. In addition, there are maids who come and go between the host and guest like butterflies wearing flowers.
A large number of people were huddled together, and the smell of the room gradually became stronger, it was a mixed smell, an uncomfortable smell. Li Keyong sat in the main and guest seats, and next to him there were two beautiful women specially invited by Zhu Wen to serve wine. However, Li Keyong didn't have any liking for these two young and beautiful maids, and today his eyes have been on those sword girls. Looking at these sword-wielding dancing girls, under the influence of alcohol, Liu Yunniang's figure kept appearing in his mind.
The dishes of the banquet are very rich, there are all meat and fish, and what is amazing is that the cook who cooks according to Zhu Wen said that it was originally the imperial chef in the Luoyang Palace. However, Li Keyong was not interested in the famous dishes that the palace chef had painstakingly made. He just drank, and then took a sharp knife and sliced a roasted golden leg of lamb in front of him.
Li Ke looked at Zhu Wen on the throne from time to time. He didn't seem to know anything about what was going to happen next. It's a nice place and it's a good time tonight. Li Keyong drank Jian Nanchun while secretly saying in his heart. His five hundred of the most elite guards were in the courtyard outside, and above this hall, they were as many as Juwen's men. But he believed that as long as he smashed the cup and heard the order, he would be able to quickly subdue everyone in the Liang Clan in the hall, including Zhu Wen. Kill Zhu Wen, and then control the rest of the generals of the Liang Domain, after announcing the edict of the imperial court, send a signal to summon 20,000 horses outside the city into the city.
Well, everything will go smoothly as planned.
In fact, this plan is not original, when Chu and Han were competing for hegemony, Xiang Yu originally planned to kill Liu Bang by drinking the banquet, but he didn't do it after the most retreat. And Li Jing also did such a thing, when Li Jing was only a general of Shamen Town, when Song Wei, the marshal of Ziqing, and Wang Jingwu, the general of Ziqingya, competed, Wang Jingwu also set up a Hongmen banquet in Qingzhou, preparing to kill Song Wei and others. But after the most reckon, he was recognized by Li Jing, but Li Jing was calculated, and he made a first attack on the banquet, caught Wang Jingwu off guard, and captured Qingzhou in one fell swoop.
At this time, they were in Zhu Xuan's Tooth City, and there were more than 500 people around them. But Li Ke is bold in his art, and in his opinion, what Li Jing can do, he can naturally do better. Even if it is in Zhu Wen's territory, as long as there is a sudden attack, the goal can still be achieved. He was just waiting for the time now, waiting later, and Zhu Wen and the others were more drunk.
Zhu Wen was completely ignorant of all this, and Li Ke observed him with a sneer. The swineherd was still laughing and laughing, saying some vulgar slang to coax the crowd to laugh unbridledly. This made him look down on Zhu Wen more and more, look at his virtue, and look at the people under him, almost all of them are grass thieves. Salt dealers, merchants, thieves, horse bandits, farmers, and unwanted scholars, "Brother Yi, let me introduce you, this is a clumsy jing, this is a sister, you and I are a family, so I will be rude to let them come and meet." ”
Zhu Wen's wife is naturally the daughter of Landlord Liu, and his sister Zhu Xiaomei is in her early twenties at this time, but because Zhu Wen and his second brother left home to break into the world in the early years, Zhu Xiaomei also took care of her mother at home, delaying the marriage. Now that Zhu Wen has taken over her mother's brothers and sisters, Zhu Xiaomei has suddenly become the sister of the vassal king, and her status has become noble, but she has not found a suitable person for a while.
Li Keyong frowned slightly at Zhu Wen's move, in the wealthy family of the Tang Dynasty, it is not easy for female dependents to meet outsiders. Zhu Wen's move is obviously rude, full of nouveau riche face. In particular, he was disgusted that Zhu Wen always looked very familiar with him, and summoned his wife and sister out to see him, which really didn't meet him, and he was bent on putting on a brother's shelf.
"I've seen King Jin!" Zhu Liu and Zhu Xiaomei stepped forward together and saluted Li Keyong. Li Keyong was a little surprised to find that Zhu Wen actually had a girl from a small jasper family, although it was not a Tianxiang national flower, but it was also as unique and beautiful as a wildflower. What especially made him a little distracted was that Zhu Xiaomei was actually three points similar to Liu Yunniang.
Zhu Wen held the wine glass, his face was full of smiles, but his eyes were slightly narrowed, staring at Li Keyong seriously. He could see that Li Keyong was distracted at the moment when he saw his sister, and he saw more clearly that Li Keyong actually grabbed his sister's hand rudely in public.
A burst of anger welled up in his heart, and then, Zhu Wen's eyes showed a strange look.
"Brother-in-law, my brother has a proposal, I don't know if it's okay. The righteous brother has no wife now, and the sister-in-law Yunying is not married, why don't we get better than the two of us, and marry Liang Jin for a hundred years? Zhu Wen smiled and said to Li Ke in a small voice, and his heart was also full of expectations. In fact, calling his wife and sister out today was premeditated by him. He had already inquired that his sister and Liu Yunniang were somewhat similar. He vaguely hoped that he and Li Keyong could form a new closer and more stable alliance through marriage.
As a last resort, he didn't want to take the most reluctant step.
Li Keyong had already recovered from his trance, and he glanced at the figure of Zhu Xiaomei, who was full of shyness, struggled out of his hand, and left in a hurry.
Zhu Wen's proposal, he only thought about it for a moment, and then replied with a smile full of obvious mockery.
Secretly clenched his fists, Zhu Wen didn't want to give up yet, "If the sister can marry a hero like King Jin, it will really be a blessing from the previous life." Moreover, the marriage of Liang and Jin is mutually beneficial. King Jin Hero I, or then with my Liang Fan Alliance, everyone will work together, in the future you will be in Hedong, I will be in Henan, even if Li Jing, we will not be afraid to join forces. ”
It's up to you to deserve it! Nick thought to himself. He didn't answer Zhu Wen's proposal, if Zhu Wen had some proposals before Yang Fuguang and he planned to annex the Liang Domain, maybe he might have thought about it for a moment. But now, is this proposal necessary to be considered? It was impossible for him to stop at this time, but instead joined forces with Zhu Wen. That means that if you choose Zhu Wen, you have to go against Yang Fuguang.
Yang Fuguang and Zhu Wen, Li Keyong doesn't have to think about it, and he won't choose Zhu Wen.
Brothers An Jinquan and An Jinjun sat under Li Keyong, only a few steps away from Li Keyong. Both of them didn't drink a drop of alcohol tonight, because the Anjin brothers were tasked with directing the raid on Juwen tonight.
"If the king of Jin is willing to marry his sister, this king is willing to give five million guan as the dowry of his sister!" Zhu Wen did not give up and put forward more tempting conditions. When Emperor Yizong married his most beloved princess Tongchang, he spent five million dowry. Although this is a huge amount of money, Zhu Wen still feels that if Li Keyong can really marry Liang Fan, then such a sum of money is worth it.
Li Keyong has a marriage relationship with Wang Chongrong, a marriage relationship with Chengde Town, and also an alliance relationship with the two party items in the Middle School, Tuguhun, if it can really form an alliance with Hedong, then even Yang Fuguang has to weigh their weight.
Li Keyong didn't seem to hear these words at all, he just took the knife and leisurely slice the leg of mutton, and then picked up the glass and took a sip of Jian Nanchun.
It's a rejection, and it's a rejection full of insults. Zhu Asan had already narrowed his eyes, and the fists in his sleeves were getting tighter and tighter.
The hall was still in a commotion, and the group of musicians were playing the piano as always, which was surprisingly rotten.
Li Keyong ignored Zhu Wen, in another hour, Zhu Wen's head would be lost, why did he have to form an alliance with such a person. Wait, wait for them to drink more, and then later.
The banquet not far from outside was still going on, and louder noises kept coming, it was the black crow army that Zhu Wen's tooth army and golden guns were accompanying Li Ke to drink and make noise.
Zhu Wen seemed to be annoyed and angry, or he couldn't stand the group of crappy musicians, so he made a gloomy face and excused himself to change his clothes. An Jinquan walked over to Li Keyong and sat down, and Li Keyong waved away the two maids who accompanied the wine. (To be continued......)