Not long after Tian Jialie left the city, Deng She recovered from his illness. Wang Shicheng reopened the banquet and set up a wine guest house, and the senior officials of Yidu and the heroes of Haidong all gathered and dressed up to attend the meeting.

Deng She did not wear a royal robe, changed into a military uniform, draped neatly, the armor was bright, Tong Shengyang on the left, Yang Wanhu on the right, Guo Conglong opened the road in front, and Bi Qianniu Huwei in the back, with Yang Xingjian, Pan Xianer, Zhao Zhong and other civil and military ministers, hugged before and after, and came into front of the banquet hall proudly.

At this time, it was already night, and on both sides of the hall, red lanterns were hung in strings, reflecting a large area before and after it was as bright as day. There was an endless stream of people who came to the banquet, and the cars were like flowing water. Everywhere is vermilion, and the eyes are crowned. Crowds of people, bustling with activity. Wang Shicheng arrived early, and waited for the next step-ancestor to wait for the front of the stairs.

"The prince came early. There is labor to wait, forgive sins, forgive sins. ”

"King Yan is the main guest. If you don't arrive early, how can you show your sincerity? ”

Wang Shicheng and Deng She saluted, and the ministers behind the two fell to the ground. Wang Shicheng is dressed in brocade and jade belt, and his outfit is very luxurious. He looked at Deng She and asked strangely, "Today's banquet is to celebrate the fact that the water master of your province has helped me successfully quell the troubles. It's not a military discussion, and it's not a campaign. Why did King Yan wear armor but military uniform? ”

"It's because of the celebration that I wear a military uniform."

The meaning of Deng She's words, Wang Shicheng could hear it, and there was a vague meaning of "how can you say that you have no clothes, and you are in the same robe with your son". Wearing armor, it was not him alone who was feasting on behalf of Yidu, but the entire Haidong Sailor. Wang Shicheng was in awe, bowed, got up, shook his hands, and said, "King Yan, please." Deng Sheqian said: "The prince invites first." The two smiled at each other and joined hands.

The venue for the banquet was chosen as the largest hall in the State Guest House. It is as deep as 10 or 20 paces and as wide as 10 paces. It can accommodate hundreds of people at the same time.

Deng She walked into the hall and his eyes lit up.

Inside the hall, there is a bright red carpet. On the top of the carpet, there are many sandalwood tables, decorated with gold and silver, and the interior is hollowed out, neatly arranged. There is a high fever of red candles on it. A dozen or so thick red-lacquered pillars, half on the left and half on the right, form an ellipse around the group of cases. Next to the pillar, there are tall bronze lamp stands, and on each lamp stand, there are dozens of bright lights, which correspond to the height of the red candles on the desk, and the indoor lights are more and more brilliant.

On the side of each case, there was a beautiful maid in a light dress and gauze skirt lying on the ground, waiting to be served. There are enough gaps between the desks for people to walk.

Wang Shicheng asked, "How?" ”

Although Deng She lived in the guest house for many days, he had never been here, and praised it again and again, saying: "The carved beams and painted buildings are brilliant." It is both magnificent and magnificent. The wealth of Yidu is worthy of its name! ”

"May I ask King Yan, is there a similar pavilion in Haidong?"

"My Haidong is remote and barren, how can it be compared with Yidu? Compared with the two, my Haidong is far inferior, and I can't plan in the way. ”

Wang Shicheng was triumphant and teased: "Does King Yan know where the largest guild hall in Yidu is?" ”

"It's here."

"Definitely. The largest guild hall in my Yidu is not here, but in my palace. It is twice as big as here, and the name that Ji Zongzhou helped me to call 'Liang Yuan'. When King Yan first came, I actually wanted to have a banquet for you in Liang Garden. However, after listening to Lao Tian's persuasion, he said that King Yan came here for official business and was not suitable for private banquets in the palace, so he changed to the provincial hall. Now that King Yan is sick, another day, when you leave, I will have a banquet with Liang Yuan again, thinking that I will see you off, okay? ”

Deng She's expression did not move, and said with a smile: "The prince is good, dare to disobey his fate?" He was deep in the city, and he said to Wang Shicheng "When you leave", as if he had not heard it, as if he had acquiesced.

Yang Xingjian remembered an allusion about Liang Yuan, and interjected: "During the Tang Tianbao period, Li Bai met Du Fu in Luoyang, and met Gao Shi in Bianliang. As soon as the poet immortal and the poet saint meet, they will win countless in the world. This rare event in ancient and modern times is also like the meeting of the sun and the moon. Perhaps only Confucius asked Lao Tzu, which can be compared.

"Today, the king and my lord meet in Yidu, and they know each other and have a deep friendship, which is comparable to the sages of the past. Moreover, the king and the lord of my family divided one side separately, and the power was greater than that of the princes, and in one move, the world shook. In this regard, it seems that they are better than them. If it is handed down to future generations, it will also be a good story. ”

The names of Li Bai and Du Fu are known to children. Although Wang Shicheng didn't know about the fact that they had visited Liang Garden, Yang Xingjian compared Li and Du with him and Deng She, but it was itching him. He laughed, pretending to be elegant, and said in a crepe: "Yang Gong praises, how dare you take it?" ”

Why not be complacent? The spring breeze is as good as it gets.

This banquet was specially designed to celebrate Haidong's achievements, and everyone did not bring their daughters, and Mrs. Wang did not come. Deng She and Wang Shicheng sat side by side in front of the head, and the courtiers of Haidong and Yidu sat on their left and right respectively. As in the old case, the civil servants are on the left, and the military generals are on the right. Deng Shenai watched and saw that most of the people who came to Yidu had seen it at the last reception banquet. Wen has Ji Zongzhou and others, and Wu has continued to follow the ancestors, Liu Guo, Gao Yanshi, etc.

He waited a few more moments, until everyone was seated. Wang Shicheng first picked up his wine glass and made a toast.

There is nothing to say in the toast, the cliché is nothing more than thanking Haidong for his help, if Haidong needs it in the future, Yidu will definitely go all out and will not shirk. Finally, he quoted a verse: "Vote for me with papaya, and repay it with Qiongju." Bandit retribution, always think it is good. ”

Deng She responded, expressing humility, reiterating that Haidong and Yidu are a family, and a little help is not enough to worry about. He said: "I have a comradeship with the king, and Haidong and Yidu are facing each other across the sea, close at hand, and watching and helping each other should be. ”

He clapped his hands, Bi Qianniu held a few things in both hands, bowed his body, and stepped forward. Deng She pointed and continued: "Liaoyang sent me a letter the day before yesterday, and these things were sent with the letter. Please guess where they come from? Liaoyang sent them to Yidu, what was it for? ”

Wang Shicheng became interested, and took a closer look, there were two things in total. A short sword, a felt hat. He thoughtfully nodded, turned to Deng She, and said in surprise: "Short sword, felt hat? Kind of familiar! Yes, yes,......, hey, this, this ,......, is? ”

Deng She smiled and said, "The prince guessed well. These two things were sent by Xu Ren and Li Jing respectively. It's the prince's thing, and it should be familiar with it. ”

It turned out that when Wang Shicheng was in Liaodong, he fought side by side with Xu Ren and Li Jing. The short sword was captured from the enemy, and he liked Li Jing's bravery and rewarded Li Jing. And the felt hat, he even wore it, the year before the capture of Shangdu, on a snowy day, there was this military discussion, he saw that the generals allowed people not to wear hats, so they gave it to him, talking about the cold.

Wang Shicheng is a person who has no fancy intestines. When he gave Xu Ren and Li Jing these two things, to be honest, he didn't have any thoughts about wooing, purely out of favor and nostalgia. After more than a year, he actually saw these two things again at today's banquet, and his mood can be imagined, which is really unexpected.

He laughed, took it with his own hands, put it on the side of the desk, touched the felt hat, and pulled out the short sword, and sighed: "This short sword, I still remember that it was captured from the hands of a Tartar Qianhu." In that battle, General Li Jing and Li took the lead and was the first to break the enemy formation. What a tiger! I haven't seen you in a long time, haha, I really miss it. How is General Lee now? ”

"Xu Ren and Li Jing are all in western Liaoning. It's all good. ”

"Oh? In Liaoxi? I heard that there is a fierce general Li Ye in Guizhou Province in western Liaoning, and Shirong is sitting behind him. It's not enough to have these two tiger generals, why did Xu and Li also go? ”

Deng She smiled and didn't answer, but simply said: "Guan and Li are okay, but they can't attack." The great war is imminent, and it will not work without brave generals. Therefore, Xu Ren and Li Jing, not only the two of them, including Lei Timur Buhua and others, will also be transferred to Liaoxi within a few days. ”

Lei Timur is also an acquaintance without flowers. Wang Shicheng thought to himself: "The big war is imminent? Suddenly remembered the last time I went to visit Deng She, and heard Luo Guoqi say that Haidong was going to start a strategic plan to attack Dadu. His heart moved, and he wanted to ask again.

Deng She motioned to Bi Qianniu to return to his seat, picked up his wine glass, and said with a smile: "Lord Wang,......, princes, for more than a month, I am grateful for your warm hospitality. I am now well ill, and after your province and my Haidong Luo Gong have inspected the sailors, I will be transferred back to Haidong within three to five days. Now in troubled times, mountains and rivers are separated. After parting, I don't know when we met. The boy should be in serious danger, how can he let the Confucian crown miss this life? I would like to encourage you with this sentence. Luoyang relatives and friends asked each other, and a piece of ice was in the jade pot. Please drink this sake with all of you. ”

The meaning of his words, savoring it, is not like parting, but parting. Ji Zongzhou got up and asked, "Tonight is to celebrate the success of King Yan, why did His Highness say this?" ”

"You also know that I came to Yidu with the intention of going to Anfeng and seeing your majesty. Now that the road is impassable, the lord will not be able to see it. But the decree given to me by the Lord's holy decree, I must do my best to complete it no matter what. The stakes are high. It's just me all the way, or it will be difficult. Despite this, a man's husband, growing in heaven and earth, cannot stand up to the sky and the earth in life, and must die vigorously! ”

He raised his wine glass high, raised his head, drank it all, held the glass in one hand and pressed the sword in the other, generous and fierce, and said: "Fang Jin Hu Chen is all over China, and he treats my Han people like pigs and dogs. The dignified and yellow nobles were humiliated by this slave. It has been nearly a hundred years! But all heroes and heroes, seeing this, are all angry and angry.

"The prince's name is 'sweeping the floor', as the name suggests, it should be his responsibility to sweep the dust of the world. Although the wealth of the place is far less than that of Yidu, and the courage of the soldiers is not as good as that of Qing and Yan, the reason why the man is more energetic, reports to heaven, and saves the people of Li is still understood. How dare you fall after Yidu? Moreover, now because of the rebellion in Lingbei, the Tartar is very empty in his belly, and he will avenge my hatred of the cliff and mountain, and the hatred of the snow for a hundred years, and it is the right time! I am not talented, dare not work hard! If it happens, it will not be missed in this life. It can't be done, the ice heart is in the jade pot! So much for. ”

The banquet had just begun, and before the singing and dancing in the hall had time to sing and dance, Deng She suddenly made this bold statement, gloomy and majestic, and everyone who heard it looked at each other or boiled with enthusiasm.

Tong Shengyang, Yang Wanhu, Guo Conglong and others all attended the kneeling, and they were all like Deng She, wearing military uniforms and armor colliding and making a crisp sound. Tong Shengyang pulled out a short sword and stabbed it on the ground, and the three of them shouted in unison: "The boy should be in serious danger, how can you let Ruguan miss this life?" If it succeeds, it will be a good life. No, the ice heart is in the jade pot! So much for. ”

These three, if you talk about bravery, let alone Haidong, they are rare in the entire northland, and they deserve to be the enemies of ten thousand people.

Although there were only three people, the momentum was amazing, and the joyful feast suddenly turned into a battlefield of conquest, and the murderous atmosphere was awe-inspiring. Especially their excited and heroic looks, it seems that as long as Deng She gives an order, then even if they know that they can't do it, they will be determined to treat death as if they were home, under the reflection of the high-burning red candle and the foil of Luo's maid, it gives people a very strong impression.

There were nearly 100 people in the hall, and for a while, no one made a sound.

Deng She slowly put down the wine glass, smiled slightly, and said, "The sweeping prince is here, what are you doing here?" When I return to Haidong, it's not too late to show my loyalty and bravery. Come on! Taking advantage of the opportunity to sit down, he peeked at Wang Shicheng, and saw that he was dumbfounded, with a complicated expression on his face, and he was caught off guard, and he was also a little envious of Deng Sheyan's orders and the brave and loyal expressions of the generals of Haidong.

"Lord Wang, please drink."

The people of Haidong cooperated with each other, and after performing this play, Deng She no longer mentioned the matter of capturing the capital. The hall sang and danced, and the atmosphere of the banquet gradually became lively. After three rounds of drinking, Wang Shicheng seemed to have just come back to his senses and asked, "Is King Yan really determined to capture Dadu?" ”

"I made up my mind as early as the Lord's decree."

"But what about Polo and Chahan?"

"Didn't I already analyze it for the prince? Polo and Chahan are about to fight, and they are too busy to take care of themselves, even if the army is prosperous, what are they afraid of? ”

"In the past, Liu Taibao's three-way northern expedition, with hundreds of thousands of military horses, still ended in a big defeat. Today, with King Yan's own strength, His Royal Highness thinks he has a good chance of winning? ”

Deng She was silent, and after a while, he said: "I Haidong alone, I have a five-point chance of winning." Now our Haidong army is pressing Liaoxi, and the Liaoxi family treasure is not my opponent, and it is easy to defeat him. After winning Liaoxi, if we don't have help from Haidong, then we may encounter some difficulties in the war to capture the belly and enter the capital. However, there is nothing that can be done, and you have to try it to find out.

"Moreover, according to my speculation, as long as I am willing to lead the rebellion, then the heroes of the Northland will definitely not all watch from the sidelines. As long as I can have a team to help me, the odds are at least 80%. ”

"As long as there is a team to help?" Wang Shicheng looked at Deng She suspiciously, and he said, "I benefit from it,......。 ”

"Haha. The prince doesn't need to say more, I know what Tian Gong of your province means. Wasn't he resolutely against the last banquet? The prince is a loyal man, I won't embarrass you. As you said, I help you Yidu, not expecting Yidu's return, and the bandit will always be good. ”

Wang Shicheng was slightly embarrassed, he laughed twice, his heart jumped, and he thought: "The heroes of the Northland, except for Haidong, there are only two powerful ones in Shandong now. He doesn't expect me to benefit from me, does he? "The candlelight beats, and the song is long. He turned his head suddenly, blurted out, and asked, "When is Your Highness?" ......, has Your Highness seen Tian Feng? ”