Chapter 23: A Little Episode
Out of the big tent of the Chinese army, Yuwen Chengdu ordered 500 armor soldiers to carry 30,000 taels of silver to slow down in the rear, while he himself went to the palace first to report to Liu Bianyu about the school's martial arts.
When Yuwen Chengdu arrived at the Yangxin Palace, it was already the beginning of the lanterns.
Yuwen Chengdu looked up at the sky, and then glanced at the sundial located outside the hall, and saw that the time just came to the time of the day, so he silently came to the small yellow door standing outside the hall, and said: "Yuwen Chengdu has something important to ask to see Your Majesty, and I also ask my father-in-law to help inform him." ”
Xiao Huangmen glanced at him silently, shook his head expressionlessly, and said, "It's getting late, Your Majesty has already rested, come back tomorrow." ”
Yuwen Chengdu looked at the brightly lit main hall through the window, and said: "The hall is brightly lit, it must be Your Majesty who is reviewing the performance, Chengdu has something important to report, and I ask my father-in-law to help accommodate it." ”
Xiao Huangmen still shook his head and said: "It's late at night, let's talk about it tomorrow, Your Majesty has already approved a day's recital, you should rest a lot, the general, as Your Majesty's confidant and important minister, should be more considerate of Your Majesty, so why bother me?" ”
Yuwen Chengdu saw that it really didn't make sense here in Xiaohuangmen, so he immediately changed his face, raised his voice when he spoke, and said: "It's a big matter, and you can't delay it for a moment, if it is a big thing for Your Majesty, be careful of your head." ”
When Xiao Huangmen heard this, he pursed his lips disdainfully, and said in a strange manner: "Yo, the general is scaring me?" Although our family is not as good as the general's case, it is not easy for anyone to handle. ”
Xiao Huangmen said, glanced coldly at Yuwen Chengdu, whose face was becoming more and more ugly, pretended to dust off his body, and said: "Our family kindly reminds you that it depends on the owner to beat the dog, but there is Your Majesty standing behind our family, before you start with our family, it is best to weigh your own weight." ”
Yuwen Chengdu forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart, and said in a deep voice: "I have no intention of embarrassing you, I came here today just to see Your Majesty." ”
After Yuwen Chengdu deliberately raised his voice, his voice was very low and penetrating, and Liu Wei, who was reviewing the recitals at the desk, also heard the voice from outside the hall.
Liu Wei frowned, he didn't associate the voice outside the hall with Yuwen Chengdu, because in his opinion, Yuwen Chengdu should stay in the barracks at this time.
Zhuge Yan saw Liu Wei raise his eyebrows, so he immediately confessed his guilt and silently withdrew from the Heart Cultivation Palace.
A gap opened in the door of the palace, Zhuge Yan walked out silently, Yuwen Chengdu saw this, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute him, and said: "There is a lot of trouble, please forgive me." ”
Seeing this, Xiao Huangmen, who had been embarrassed by Yuwen Chengdu before, hurriedly bowed down, stepped forward to greet Zhuge Yan, and said, "Master." ”
Zhuge Yan directly put the little yellow door aside, looked at Yuwen Chengdu with a surprised face, and said, "General Yuwen, why did you suddenly appear here?" But what is the difficulty? ”
Yuwen Chengdu smiled embarrassedly and said: "A certain whim, I want to build a ring outside the noon gate for the military lieutenant colonel, but the matter is big, and I really can't be the master, so I came to ask Your Majesty." ”
"I see."
Zhuge Yan nodded and said, "General, wait a minute, let me bow to the master." ”
"Okay."
Yuwen Chengdu responded softly.
Zhuge Yan turned around and walked towards the Heart Cultivation Palace, and when he passed the Little Yellow Gate, he shook his head helplessly and sighed: "I don't have eyes." ”
Xiao Huangmen shrunk his neck, and when he looked at Yuwen Chengdu again, his attitude took a 180-degree turn, but he saw him take small steps and came to Yuwen Chengdu, accompanied by a smile and said: "The little one has eyes and doesn't know Mount Tai, and he offended the general, and I hope the general will not be like me." ”
Yuwen Chengdu saw that he was only thirteen or fourteen years old, so he didn't intend to embarrass him at all, nodded silently when he heard the words, and said, "You go your way, I'll cross my bridge, we have always been well water and river water, and my father-in-law doesn't need to apologize to me." ”
Xiao Huangmen looked left and right like a thief, and saw that there was no one around, so he deliberately approached Yuwen Chengdu and said softly: "Master has always been very strict with his subordinates, and since he knows that I have made mistakes, he will not spare me, and please ask the general to say a few words for Xiao Xiao's kind words in front of Master later." ”
Yuwen Chengdu smiled dumbly and said, "Good guy, it turns out that you are waiting for me here." ”
Seeing Xiao Huangmen looking at him with a hopeful face, Yuwen Chengdu smiled slightly, nodded and said, "Okay, this matter is on me." ”
"The little one has thanked the general here."
At this time, Zhuge Yan had already gone and returned, came to Yuwen Chengdu, stretched out his hand and asked, "General, please." ”
"There is Father-in-law."
Yuwen Chengdu arched his hand to Zhuge Yan, and then entered the Heart Cultivation Hall with him.
When the two of them walked to the hall, Yuwen Chengdu was about to bow to Liu Bian, but heard Liu Bian say lightly: "No need to be polite." ”
Liu Wei said, put the imperial pen aside, looked up at Yuwen Chengdu, and said: "You are in charge of such a small matter as setting up the ring, so why do you have to run it yourself?" ”
"The last general wants to set up the ring outside the noon gate, and at that time, he can also let the Manchu civil and military officers witness from the side." Yuwen Chengdu said softly.
"Oh?"
When Liu Wei heard this, he immediately became interested, and said: "It seems that you have found a way to subdue the hearts of the army, let's talk about it, I can also help you come up with an idea." ”
Yuwen Chengdu scratched his head embarrassedly and said, "In fact, the method that the last general thinks of is really not clever, but it is just to convince people with force." ”
Yuwen Chengdu immediately told Liu Wei about the school martial arts that he proposed.
When Liu Wei heard this, he nodded silently and said, "It seems that you are planning to go out in person this time?" ”
Yuwen Chengdu nodded and said, "Your Majesty Shengming, you really can't hide anything from Your Majesty." ”
"Stop."
Liu Wei stopped with a smile and said: "Patting sycophants is a very advanced knowledge, I know that you are not good at this, so you should be exempted in the future, just be honest." ”
Yuwen Chengdu was very moved, and immediately bowed to Liu Wei and said, "Thank you Your Majesty for your compassion." ”
Liu Wei reminded Yuwen Chengdu with a smile: "I will come to the noon gate tomorrow to watch the battle, and at that time, you must be careful about your actions, and you must not cause any death." ”
"Your Majesty, rest assured, Chengdu will be saved."
"Go, rest early, recuperate your spirits, and tomorrow we will let the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty see the proud demeanor of our Central General of Great Xia." Liu Wei said that, and waved his hand to Yuwen Chengdu with a smile.
"The last will be retired." Yuwen Chengdu retreated.
After Yuwen Chengdu left, Liu Wei silently picked up the imperial pen and said something that had nothing to do with the school martial arts: "Who is on duty outside the palace tonight?" ”
Liu Bian's voice just fell, but he saw Yuwen Chengdu go and return, in Liu Bian's puzzled eyes, Yuwen Chengdu begged for a word of love for the little yellow door outside the door in public, and said: "The little yellow door on duty outside the hall tonight is a fellow villager of the minister, and the minister just chatted a few words with him outside the hall, and there was no quarrel, and please Your Majesty to investigate." ”
When Liu Wei heard this, he showed a crying and laughing expression, and said: "The central general dares to make friends with the chamberlain in private, do you think he died fast enough?" ”
"Huh?"
Yuwen Chengdu was so shocked that his mouth opened wide, and he was about to open his mouth to defend himself, but he saw Liu Wei waving his hand at him angrily, and scolded with a smile: "The death penalty can be avoided, but the living crime cannot be escaped, I will fall on him lightly, there is no business for you here, get out of it as soon as possible." ”
Yuwen Chengdu sneered and said, "The last general will retire." ”