In one day's journey, the convoy has driven out more than 400 miles, and because it is heading straight to the west, the place where it stops to rest is already the border of Dachu. Just before sunset, the convoy arrived at the local post house, where it was Yan Yuzheng, the general of the local garrison, who came to greet him. Yan Yuzheng is in his early thirties, with a scar five or six inches long on the horizontal side, a burly figure, rough skin and flesh on the edge for many years, and a seven-foot Mo knife in his hand, which makes the whole person look more powerful.

When Yan Yuzheng saw a few people, he didn't bow down or salute, but just stood at the door of the post house and watched the convoy gradually approach. Su Zhao took the lead and spoke to Yan Yuzheng with a smile on his face. Yizhi and Temur walked in the front, Princess Huaiyu and Zhuo Yi followed behind the two, and the Xia family brothers and sisters walked behind. Xia Chuxin was quite surprised by the scene in front of him, and he was actually not surprised by these characters that appeared automatically, but he was really curious about the sudden appearance of such a character who didn't even pay attention to Su Zhao, so he asked Xia Duo: "Who is that?" ”

Xia Duo glanced forward and whispered, "The five plains of Hexi will be stricter than the right. ”

"Big brother, I'm not asking you his name, I'm asking what he does? Why is it so mighty? Even the king of Qinghe has to go up with a shy face? ”

Xia Duo turned his head and glanced at her, and continued to whisper: "Yan Yuzheng is known as the king of Hexi, and the small countries near him have been beaten back by Yan Yuzheng for repeated attacks, and he once defeated 3,000 Rannu with 800 people when he resisted Rannu's sneak attack, although only seven of the 800 people survived, and Yan Yu's front door was cut, but none of the 3,000 people of Rannu went back alive. Since then, the countries of the Western Regions have mentioned that Great Chu Yan Yuzheng is the king of Hexi, and these small countries have not dared to offend wantonly in recent years. And General Yan Su Ri looked down on the civilian officials of the court the most, and the military industry has always been the most important in the army in Hexi. ”

Wow, 800 people broke 3,000 people, and returned full of blood, which is indeed brave enough. The main thing is not to take Su Zhao in his eyes. It's a shame that this kind of character is actually derived from itself, but no matter how you come up, it's in my book! I have an inexplicable good impression of Yan Yuzheng.

When the team stopped, I heard Yi Zhi say with a smile: "General Yan, shouldn't the wine you owe me be cashed today?" ”

Yan Yuzheng squinted his eyes and looked at Su Huaiyu beside Yi Zhi, and said in disappointment: "This old emperor's heart is still as ruthless as before, and the princess who is like a flower and jade is just giving it away?" ”

"Hahaha, General Yan, don't talk about others or other things, let's talk about my gambling contract when I entered the customs today." Yi Zhi had an unfathomable smile on his face.

"Hehe, I don't know what bet you two made?" Su Zhao asked with a smile on his face.

Yan Yuzheng didn't have a good face, glanced at Su Zhao, and said, "What does the bet have to do with you, you just take your people to eat and drink enough to go on the road tomorrow." He pointed to the post house behind him, and then said: "My Hexi is not peaceful, and the beasts in the forest dare not come out at sunset. ”

Su Zhao looked embarrassed, but he could only resolve the embarrassment with a smile, and said, "Yes, yes, the people we sent to our relatives have listened well." After eating, I hurry up and rest, even if the wolf comes at night, I can't go out and walk around, do you hear me? ”

The entourage behind him replied: "Yes." So saying, they put together the things they had at hand, and the ones who tied their horses and those who carried the boxes carried the boxes. Su Zhao saw that he was not welcomed, so he followed a few palace maids who were waiting for him into the post house. In this short period of time, there were still Yan Yuzheng, Wusu brothers and sisters, Su Huaiyu and Xia family brothers and sisters in front of the post house.

"I don't like this king of Qinghe County very much, he has a treacherous face." Yi Zhi said.

Yan Yuzheng turned his head and looked in the direction of the post house, turned around for a moment and said with a disdainful expression: "Hmph, it's just that she gave birth to a good mother, and this kind of indiscriminate county king gets angry when he sees it." ”

Su Huaiyu didn't dare to make a sound, she was scared as early as the first time she saw Yan Yuzheng, this man was like a terrible ghost crawling out of hell, not only his face was but also rude, so no matter his disrespect to Emperor Chu just now or his contempt for Su Zhao, Su Huaiyu didn't dare to refute it.

And Su Huaiyu's frightened look from his heart was looked at by Yan Yuzheng, and he suddenly became angry, and yelled at Su Huaiyu: "I'm a man-eating ghost? Are you so trembling? I have made great achievements for your father, but you regard me as a beast of prey? ”

Su Huaiyu was frightened by his instinct and stepped back, and Xia Chuxin hurriedly stepped forward to hide her behind her.

Zhuo Yi said with a look of disgust: "The princess of Da Chu is even afraid of her own general, I really don't know if Da Chu is unfortunate or General Yan is unlucky?" ”

Yan Yuzheng's eyes widened angrily, and he roared as if he was about to eat people: "Lao Tzu fought bloodily and fought with the enemy at the border pass, but you, the princess, didn't even dare to look at me?" Lao Tzu is still fighting for your Su family. ”

Although it was a momentary anger, Xia Chuxin heard some other flavors. Blocking in front of Su Huaiyu, he said: "The difference between General Yan's words is precisely because General Yan is brave and brave enough to ensure that the women of the Central Plains can be raised in the deep boudoir to be a lady, and they can't show up like a female man." I think that our Dachu has always advocated that men are outside the outside and women are inside, and only when foreign affairs are worry-free can there be peace and tranquility in the inner hall. Our Princess Huaiyu was raised to be docile and delicate, in fact, this is also due to a brave general like General Yan. ”

Yan Yuzheng received such a compliment, his face eased a lot, and he looked at Xia Chuxin with a serious amount of appreciation, and said, "Who are you?" Is it a girl in the palace? It's a bit bold. ”

Zhuo Yi saw that Yan Yuzheng was dissipated by Xia Chuxin's words, and couldn't help but be a little angry, and glared at Xia Chuxin fiercely.

Xia Chuxin was about to introduce himself, not wanting to be preempted by Yi Zhi, so he heard him say: "This is not a girl who is a kiss, this is the second lady of the Dingguo Princess's Mansion, Xia Chuxin." ”

Yan Yuzheng frowned when he heard the words and said, "The second miss of Su Pei's family? When did Su Pei give birth to a daughter again? Doesn't her family only have one son and one daughter? Oh, and the son born to Princess Ding'an, when did she give birth to another daughter? ”

Yi Zhi was about to speak when Xia Duo preemptively said: "The second sister is not from my mother, but she is also the pearl of our house. ”

Looking at Xia Duo who was speaking, Yan Yuzheng asked, "Are you?" Su Pei's son? ”

"In the next summer, the eldest son of the princess's mansion. This is my second sister, Xia Chuxin. This time, on the orders of His Majesty the Emperor, he escorted Princess Huaiyu to Wusu. Xia Duo said.

It was an ordinary sentence, but Yan Yuzheng was unhappy again, and said with a cold face: "The official looks like an official, and he looks as annoying as your father." ”

Xia Duo was stunned when he heard this, and even Xia Chuxin was quite surprised. This Yan Yuzheng is purely a bastard who does not hesitate to be a ghost, and no one buys it.

Ignoring the brothers and sisters of the Xia family, Yan Yuzheng said to the guards beside him: "Bring all the wine I treasure, how can Lao Tzu drink a little more tonight, this emperor Lao Er is really frustrating, let Lao Tzu fold a few large jars of good wine in vain." After that, he turned to Prince Yizhi and said, "Lao Tzu lost the bet, but today I will take advantage of you and drink a few jars openly, and neither you nor Temur can run." ”

Yi Zhi replied with a smile: "Yi Zhi will accompany you to the end." Temur has no shortage of wine. However, General Wang Yan of Qinghe County in it does not plan to invite an invitation? ”

"Phew." Yan Yuzheng took a sip and said, "Lao Tzu invited him?" Look at his face is full and drink a bird. ”

"That's your emperor's hand-picked envoy, General Yan." Yi Zhi said deliberately.

Yan Yuzheng snorted coldly, pointed at the Xia family brothers and sisters, and said: "This is also the emperor's envoy, the two of you will come to drink together in a while, Su Zhao Laozi can't look down on 10,000, so don't drink with him." ”

The brothers and sisters of the Xia family couldn't refuse, so they had to respond. Xia Chuxin was 10,000 happy in his heart, he had drunk it once after coming here for so long, and he was hindered by Helianmo and didn't drink it to his heart's content, and now that Helianmo is not around, he can finally have a good drink under the pretense of public and private affairs.

Sending Huaiyu to the room, Huaiyu pulled Xia Chuxin's arm and didn't let go, and kept asking, "Where is Brother Yi?" When will you come to my rescue? ”

Xia Chuxin didn't know the bottom in his heart, the second brother didn't explain anything to himself, besides, he was also full of questions and wanted to ask Xia Yi, so he had to comfort her: "You must not panic and not move, the second brother said that he would wait for an opportunity to do something on the road, you just need to eat and sleep well before this." ”

"However, that General Yan Huaiyu was so scared just now."

Xia Chuxin patted her on the shoulder and said, "Don't be afraid, we will leave tomorrow, and we won't have to see him again in the future." ”

Huaiyu was a little relieved, and the girl didn't eat much when she brought her to eat, so she rested early.

As soon as he returned to his room, someone came to the door to spread the news that General Yan's banquet had been prepared, and he invited the second lady to go down.

Dressed in a lean dress in turquoise, he went out and met Temur who had just come out of the door at the corner of the downstairs. Temur stood in place and glanced at Xia Chuxin for a few moments, then turned around and walked downstairs without saying a word. Xia Chuxin looked dazed, what's wrong with this person?

Ten meters away from the room of the banquet, there was an intoxicating aroma of wine, and the wine worm in the stomach seemed to wake up in an instant, and hurriedly entered the door with Xia Chuxin and drank two glasses.

Stepping into the door, the aroma of this wine is even stronger, and the good dishes on the table are also in sight. Yan Yuzheng sat on the main seat at the table, and on the left of Yan Yuzheng were Yizhi, Zhuoyi, and Temur, and on the right Xia Duo had already taken the seat, and the seat next to Xia Duo was vacant, so that only Temur could be seated. Xia Chuxin thought about it in his heart, if he didn't sit next to him, wouldn't he seem unatmospheric, but if he sat next to him, would he think that he wanted to appear by his side on purpose? It's really troublesome, seeing that Yan Yuzheng is eating cup after cup, no matter what, the drinking emperor is big!! He sat down beside Temur.

Sure enough, Temur threw a disgusted look at him, Xia Chuxin smiled at him, ignored it, and turned his head to pour himself a full glass.

Yan Yuzheng saw that everyone was already on the table, so he picked up the wine glass and said: "Come, let's drink this first cup when everyone is ready, Lao Tzu is a rough man, there is no literati, drink wine, don't talk nonsense." ”

With that, raise your head and drink it all.