Chapter 20: Calculation at the Banquet
When the battle was about to break out, a team of men and horses with bows and arrows came around, the squeaking sound kept ringing, the arrows had been wound, and the green and faint bronze arrow cluster was aimed at the Datang group. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
A man in a black leather skirt walked in with his head held high, and his right hand was attached to his heart, and he bent down to greet the noble son:
"I heard a few days ago that Tang Gongzi of the Shang Kingdom was going to pass through my Youxin tribe, and I wanted to introduce you to His Royal Highness the Sixth, but I didn't want you to know each other in advance, which saved me a lot of effort. His Royal Highness is the dragon and phoenix among the people, and Tang Gongzi is also a young talent, so it is better for us to return to the tribe as soon as possible, so that I can fulfill the friendship of the landlord. ”
The person who came was the leader of the Xin tribe, the father of Ji Qing, Ji Pingren, he was a shrewd person, how could he let His Royal Highness Xia Guo and the prince of Shang Guo fight on their own territory. No matter who has an accident, it will be impossible for him to eat and walk around. Although the bow and arrow were aimed at the Tang Dynasty, it also had a deterrent effect on His Royal Highness.
Datang heard the title of "Six Highnesses" from these words, and there were only more than ten people in the entire Xia Kingdom who dared to call His Highness, and the sixth ranked was indeed the only six princes of the Xia Queen, named Ji Zhi.
In this way, this fight will naturally not be successful.
His Royal Highness Sixth glared at Datang coldly: "I hope you will have such luck next time!"
Datang didn't reply, and asked the Xuanniao to withdraw their weapons.
The scale of the Youxin clan is not small, the grass and stone houses where the tribe is stationed are connected together, it is estimated that it is two miles long, and there are more than 20,000 people in the headquarters alone, plus other small sub-tribes scattered around, the total number is more than 70,000. In the Great Xia Dynasty, which had a small population at that time, its strength was still superior to that of many vassal states, and it was also a large tribe that could be regarded as a number.
Such tribal groups are also divided into three, six, nine and so on, the tribal leader, Wu Zhu and other families are naturally at the top, followed by the tribal aborigines, and the lowest are the foreigners captured through tribal conquest. They may have been high tribal chiefs and daughters the day before, but after a battle they were reduced to prisoners, with men doing the heaviest manual labor, and women being rewarded as slaves and concubines for meritorious servants.
As soon as he arrived at the Youxin tribe, Datang asked others to take Gu Yu to the river to catch fish with a wave of his hand, saying that it was to visit Yizhi and eat a whole fish feast.
Xiao Qi's body was too weak, and he didn't close his eyes all night, so he got an order to go back and rest.
As for the banquet arranged by the leader of the Xin tribe, Ji Pingren, he only brought one person, in his words: "I brought too much, as if I was afraid of His Highness the dog, as if he was really a matter for a while." ”
On the banquet, Datang sat on a futon at will, drank the wine glass in front of him, and did not use a golden needle to test whether it was poisonous.
There is a dancing queen on the table, and the leader of the dance is the biological daughter of a certain tribal leader.
During the performance, the dancers are scantily clad and perform a variety of provocative movements. If they can win the happiness of a certain son, they will naturally have all kinds of rewards, and life will be easier.
In this semi-primitive society that has not yet been cultivated by etiquette, the guards between men and women are not so strict, and the scale of performance is often larger.
Ji Pingren's gaze swayed back and forth between Datang and His Royal Highness, Datang was cultivated by various "V" in later generations, and he was the most calm one in this group of people.
Although His Royal Highness Liu's expression was impassive, his mentality was a kind of "everything I wanted, I can get it", and compared with the two, Ji Pingren looked at Datang a few more times.
After three rounds of wine and three dances, the atmosphere became warmer, and His Royal Highness the Sixth Highness was worried about the world-famous waste firewood brother of the Tang Dynasty: "Why does he dare to argue with me? Could it be that he has been suppressed for too long, and after suddenly the bloodline awakens and begins to practice, he doesn't know that the sky is high and the earth is thick! It is simply killed with a knife, but this does not make Xiaoqing change his opinion of me, and he has to be humiliated and then cut off on his own." ”
Thinking of this, he whispered a few words to the retinue behind him, and the retinue hurriedly ran out to explain, and returned behind the Sixth Highness. Datang's heart tightened, but he thought that now in the Youxin tribe, His Royal Highness the Sixth Highness should not dare to do too much, so he didn't care.
Ji Pingren is a delicate person from all directions, and he frequently toasts with everyone, and the hall looks happy.
About a quarter of an hour later, a rough voice came from outside the hall: "The servant has something important to report to His Highness the Sixth, and beg to be received!"
The scene of Yan Yan quieted down with this report, and it was a big man in the armor of the Great Xia who came in.
Dahan was carrying a skinny child in his hand, it was Xiao Qi.
Although A has always been worried about the origin of this child, he has to admit that he is still very well-behaved so far. Especially when receiving the fruit stolen by Xiao Qi, Datang had a heartfelt love and pity for this child.
The soldier lifted Xiao Qi's leg upside down and threw it to the ground like a chicken, and then knelt down on one knee and said:
"Your Highness, when my subordinates inspected the warehouse today, they found that this child was sneaking around and looking suspicious, so they called him over, and after a search, they found that this child was carrying a unicorn treasure in his arms. As he spoke, he took out a piece of jade from his hand.
The jade is the size of the palm of the hand, clear and clear, and you can feel the aura overflowing from a long distance. There is a piece of unicorn beast carved in the middle, which is lifelike, and it is really a rare masterpiece in the world.
His Royal Highness smiled and said, "Sure enough, what kind of master there is, what kind of slave there is, Tang Gongzi, now that everyone has stolen goods, what do you have to say." ”
Datang stared at the piece of jade carefully, and was surprised at first, after all, Xiao Qi had an example of stealing fruit first, but after thinking about it carefully, he knew that nine times out of ten he was framed.
This jade is extremely valuable, that is, there are not many treasures of considerable value on his body, how can such a valuable thing be placed at will? Not to mention that Xiao Qi does not have the slightest qi, what means does he rely on to do such a thing?
Xiao Qi timidly lowered his head and didn't dare to speak, his left cheek was red and swollen, and there were a few more mud footprints on his body.
When Datang saw Xiao Qi's appearance, the anger in his heart suddenly ignited, and the people of these six highnesses are not a thing. He picked up Xiao Qi, who had fallen, and asked softly, "Xiao Qi, did you take this piece of jade?"
Xiao Qi is just a slave, where has he ever seen such a scene, not to mention that he was just taught a lesson by the soldiers, he just shook his head, and he didn't know what to say next.
Seeing him shake his head, the soldier pulled out his bronze sword and pointed at Xiao Qi: "You little rabbit cub, why did you find it in your arms if you didn't steal it?" Now you dare to deny it in front of the Sixth Highness, do you really think that you can talk nonsense with the support of a master who doesn't know the height of the sky?"
Datang comforted Xiao Qi softly: "It's okay, I'll fight back if you are beaten." ”
He suddenly stretched out his right hand, and the hand that still held the mountain and sea armor grasped the soldier's blade, and with a twist of his wrist, the qi machine in his body suddenly exploded, and he immediately broke the bronze sword into two pieces and threw it to the ground with a clatter.