Chapter 50: Night Talk
At the front of the line, Xiao Chen saw Bai Qi, who was sitting in the carriage drinking alone.
Seeing Xiao Chen, Bai Qi showed a smile, waved his hand at Xiao Chen, and said, "I was bored in the middle of the night, so I specially asked the prince to sit down, can the prince be interested in having two drinks with the general?" ”
Nodding, Xiao Chen stepped onto the carriage, although the space of the carriage was not as spacious as Xiao Chen's, but the two of them still poked and poked when they sat down. Two wine glasses and a plate of peanuts were already on the table.
Xiao Chen sat down in front of Bai Qi, and Bai Qi hurriedly poured Xiao Chen a glass of wine with his own hands.
"This is the rosemary I specially brought from Kyoto, all of which are decades of good wine, I heard that the prince is a good hand in wine, and now I am afraid that I want to ask the prince to taste this wine authentic or not, if it is fake, the general will not be able to spare the wine dealer when he returns to Beijing."
Picking up the wine glass and putting it on the wing of his nose and sniffing it gently, Xiao Chen chuckled and said, "In this Wei country, who dares to lie to you General Bai." ”
Bai Qi laughed, waved his hand and said: "This is not accurate, although I have a bit of a false reputation in the Wei State, but there are so many people who violate the yang and yin behind my back, and there are some things that should always be guarded against?" ”
Xiao Chen smiled and didn't speak, he didn't believe that Bai Qi really invited him over to invite himself to taste wine.
After a pause, Xiao Chen looked at Bai Qi and said, "Don't hide it from the general, after I go back, I don't understand why the general wants to promote the marriage between me and the king of Xunxi." ”
Bai Qi was slightly stunned, looked at Xiao Chen and said, "This is not like you Xiao Chen." ”
"Oh?!" With a hint of curiosity on his face, Xiao Chen said, "How did you say this?" ”
Bai Qi said: "If you were in Kyoto, what you would have thought about in your mind would be whether Ling Hu Jin was as beautiful as rumored." ”
Xiao Chen put down his wine glass and said: "After all, it was promoted by the general, no matter how greedy Xiao Chen is, he has to think about a few more whys." ”
Bai Qi hurriedly waved his hand and said, "It's not right for you to say that, so that I Bai Qi has a purpose in everything I do, I should have a drink." ”
Looking at Bai Qi who was holding the wine glass, Xiao Chen picked up the wine glass and touched it gently.
The mountain road was a little rugged, the carriage was shaking, Bai Qi's body shook with the shaking of the carriage, put down the wine glass, Bai Qi twisted a peanut with his hand and put it in his mouth, smashed it and said: "Actually, the most important thing is to help you and Linghu Chu resolve this grievance, think about it, one of you is the prince of Yong'an, and the other is the prince of the two cities on the southwest border, if there is really a contradiction because of these things, wouldn't it be a disaster for my Wei country?" ”
Speaking of this, Bai Qi glanced at Xiao Chen deeply and said: "It's you Xiao Chen who surprised me today, if the more than 1,000 martial arts knights are placed on the battlefield, it is no less than a strong iron horse, and everyone in the world thinks that you Xiao Chen only have 5,000 black armor in Yong'an City, and your hand has made Linghu Chu suffer a loss." ”
Xiao Chen hurriedly waved his hand to clear the relationship: "General, this matter has nothing to do with me, those people are all left by my father." With a hint of bitterness on his face, Xiao Chen continued: "General, you don't know that there are few people in Yong'an, and you rely on the five thousand black armor to protect the safety of the party, and some people in the rivers and lakes have great righteousness and serve the palace, and my father naturally can't turn them all away, right?" ”
Bai Qi said a little funny: "Don't be in such a hurry to explain, do you think that I, Bai Qi, will trouble you Xiao Chen?" Or will His Majesty come back to you for trouble? ”
Xiao Chen rubbed his hands and said, "I heard that it is a big crime to raise soldiers and horses privately, but I guarantee that none of these people are from the palace." ”
Bai Qi said with a smile: "Doorman, I understand." ”
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After going back and forth, the two drank a lot of wine, and most of the topics were useless nonsense, which was undoubtedly the first time for Bai Qi, who had always been solemn and solemn.
On the wine, Bai Qi's conversation box also opened a little, and he looked at Xiao Chen drunken and said: "Seriously, today's world is turbulent, as a prince with heavy troops, have you ever thought about what to do in the future?" ”
Xiao Chen was stunned, shook his head and said to himself: "General, everyone in the world knows that I Xiao Chen has no ambitions, you can't not know, for me, my greatest wish is to keep the one acre and three points of land in Yong'an, and find a few delicate beautiful ladies who sing every night, and no one will offend me." ”
Laughing at himself, Xiao Chen continued: "Actually, those who scolded me are quite right, I am just a bastard with no ambitions, it would be good to be the master of Shou Chen, how can I be qualified to expect anything else?" ”
Bai Qi frowned, looked at Xiao Chen with some puzzlement, and said: "When there is chaos, it is a good time to show your ambitions, do you really have the slightest idea of competing with the heroes of this world?" ”
Xiao Chen chuckled and glanced at Bai Qi and said: "Competing with the heroes of the world, that's what a powerful person like a general does, and I, Xiao Chen, I'm afraid I can't fight with eight poles, I don't have the heart to play with those tricks, and I really don't want to live a life of licking blood at the tip of a knife." ”
Bai Qi's face changed slightly, and he quickly regained his composure and said, "It's good to be stable, it's better to be stable." ”
Xiao Chen raised his glass and said: "It's General Bai, most of the soldiers and horses in the world are in the hands of the general, if you move, the Wei State will be surging, it is no exaggeration to say that the future fate of the Wei State will be closely related to the general, I am here, I wish the general can create a new atmosphere for the Wei State." ”
When Bai Qi heard this, his eyelids sank slightly: "Wei Guo? The current Wei State, do you think there is still salvation? ”
It was a well-known thing that Bai Qi had a rebellious heart, but when Bai Qi said this, Xiao Chen still felt a deep shock and hesitation.
"At least ......" Xiao Chen looked at Bai Qi and said, "At least it's still Wei for now." ”
Fingers kept rubbing on the wine glass, the look on Bai Qi's face was gloomy and uncertain, and after a while, Bai Qi picked up the wine glass, laughed and said: "Okay, then this cup, let's respect our Wei country!" ”
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In the darkness of the night, the convoy slowly moved forward on the mountain road.
Bai Qi stood on the carriage and looked at Xiao Chen's back as he left alone, and said with a look of uncertainty on his face: "Sometimes I seem to be able to see through our Xiao Wang Ye at a glance, and sometimes I feel that he seems to be covered with a layer of fog, you say, could it be that I think too much?" ”
In the dark night, a horse slowly appeared next to the carriage, and Lu Lengyan smiled faintly and said, "What does the general mean by this?" ”
Bai Qi muttered: "When Xiao Chen walked out of the Fallen Soul Gorge in blood, and was still able to talk and laugh in front of all the princes, as if nothing had happened, I was actually extremely shocked in my heart at that time, he was only twenty years old, such a young prince, he still has a cynical and unambitious reputation on his back, even people who have experienced wind and rain face this kind of thing, I'm afraid it will be difficult to sit still, let go, right?" ”
Turning his head to look at Lu Lengyan, Bai Qi said with a solemn face: "But he Xiao Chen did it, not only did he not attack on the spot, but he didn't even hold the king of the west accountable, just with this amount of energy, I Bai Qi thought that I couldn't do it." ”
Lu Lengyan lowered his head and thought for a while, and said slowly: "Has the general ever thought about it, maybe Xiao Chen is afraid of things?" ”
Bai Qi didn't speak, and Lu Lengyan continued: "As we all know, Xiao Chen's strength is the worst among the six princes, so even if Xiao Chen takes advantage of the Fallen Soul Gorge, he doesn't dare to really ask the King of the West ~ Xingshi for his guilt." But the general is different, the general has countless soldiers and horses, and whoever dares to offend the general will touch the majesty, which cannot be tolerated. The general and Xiao Chen, after all, are in different positions, so naturally they can't be generalized. ”
Bai Qi smiled slightly: "I hope everything is like what you said." With that, Bai Qi turned around and prepared to return to the carriage.
Lu Lengyan stopped Bai Qi and said, "General, you haven't said what you think of Prince Xiao after drinking with Prince Xiao today?" ”
Bai Qi chuckled, shook his head and said, "As you said, be timid and afraid, be a fool!" ”
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Wei's convoy moved slowly in the night, and the sound of chariots and horses rumbled in the night.
In front of him, there was a thin middle-aged man, the man was about forty or fifty years old, his hair was tied up with a wooden hairpin at will, he had a handful of goatee, and a single coat collapsed on the side without any image, looking like a drunkard buying drunk on the side of the road.
Between the two of them was a rosewood coffee table, and a pot of tea was bubbling warm.
Linghu Chu respectfully poured a cup of tea for the man in front of him, and said with a depressed face: "Sir, this king is a loss today, the most important thing is that this king can't really marry his daughter to Xiao Chen's gentleman, isn't that harming my daughter?" ”
"Hahahaha......"
Hearing this, the man couldn't help but look up and laugh.
Looking at the man's reaction, Ling Hu Chu was a little confused for a while, and said with a long sigh: "Sir, I'm not joking with you, I invite you to come over this time, just to ask you to help think of countermeasures and see how to save my daughter!" ”
"Savior?" The man said with a puzzled expression: "Lord Wang, why can't I understand your words?" ”
Linghu Chu hurriedly said: "Sir, that Xiao Chen is a well-known non-businessman in the Wei Kingdom, and he caused countless disasters when he was in Kyoto, this time he went to the Guizhou Kingdom, and he actually brought three girls for him to have fun, you said such a person, if my girl marries her, doesn't that push her into the fire pit?" ”
The corners of the man's mouth showed a touch of deep meaning, and he shook his head and said: "No, no, no, my subordinates feel that the prince has picked up a treasure this time, I think the county lord not only does not need to be saved, but his subordinates also have to congratulate the prince in advance!" ”
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