Chapter 54: The Dust Washing Feast
With a slight wave of his hand, the guards of the Qunying Pavilion quickly brought the two women into the courtyard, and Xiao Chen smiled at Zhuang Shu at this time: "Mr. Zhuang is tired this time, since they have all arrived at my post house, why don't you go in and have a cup of tea before leaving?" ”
Zhuang Shu waved his hand and said: "The prince is polite, the night is already late, and his subordinates don't dare to disturb the prince, but if the prince doesn't mind, Zhuang Shu has a few heartfelt words to tell the prince." ”
Xiao Chen showed an interested look and said, "Oh? I would like to hear about it. ”
Smiling slightly, Zhuang Shu made a gesture of invitation, and the two came to a secluded place outside the courtyard, Zhuang Shu looked at Xiao Chen and said, "Lord Wang, I heard that General Bai saw you tonight?" ”
Bai Qi saw that Xiao Chen was not a secret matter, and the other five princes knew about it, Xiao Chen did not hide it, and nodded frankly: "That's right." ”
Zhuang Shu smiled slightly and said, "If I guessed correctly, when Bai Qi saw the prince, I'm afraid he wanted to win over the prince, right?" ”
"If you invite me to drink a jar of fine wine, it will be considered a court." Xiao Chen nodded and said, "Then it's okay." ”
Zhuang Shu couldn't tell whether Xiao Chen was pretending to be stupid or really stupid, so he could only continue: "Actually, I don't hide it from the prince, the reason why my lord did something to the prince was instigated by Bai Qi. ”
Xiao Chen looked at Zhuang Shu in front of him with a scrutinizing gaze, this guy who was full of benevolence and morality didn't seem to have any good intentions.
Zhuang Shu continued: "Lord, if you want to talk about cooperation, my lord patrols the king of the west, definitely more reliable than Bai Qi, although my lord's strength is not as good as Bai Qi, but you and I will soon become in-laws, the so-called tiger brothers, father and son soldiers, if the prince is willing to join forces with my lord, it may not be able to set off a storm in this world, at that time, my southwest 60,000 male soldiers, will be the prince's greatest help." ”
"Of course......" Zhuang Shu changed his words and said: "If the prince has any ideas, it is best to communicate more with my lord and listen to my lord's meaning!" ”
Looking at Zhuang Shuruo's meaningful appearance, Xiao Chen immediately reacted, this dog thief twisted and turned. That's what the ambush is......
Seeing through it or not, Xiao Chen smiled again and again: "Thank you Mr. Zhuang for mentioning it, Xiao Chen will definitely think about it carefully, and ask Mr. to tell Lord Linghu, just say that Xiao Chen knows everything." ”
Zhuang Shu nodded lightly, then turned around and waved at the hundreds of armor outside the courtyard, and then those soldiers turned around and left, Zhuang Shu turned back to Xiao Chen and said, "Since this is the case, Zhuang Shu will no longer bother!" ”
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Looking at Zhuang Shu's back as he walked away, Xiao Chen's eyes showed a touch of contemplation.
Wu Liang walked up to Xiao Chen and said, "Lord Wang, what did Zhuang Shu tell you?" ”
Xiao Chen smiled slightly and muttered, "Let me be obedient." ”
"Bold!" As soon as he heard this, Wu Liang suddenly showed a look of anger and said: "That King of the West is just a defeated general under the prince, what kind of thing is Zhuang Shu, dare to point fingers at the prince, you wait, I will lead a few people to take the head of the dog of Zhuang Shu and present it to the prince, and see who dares to talk nonsense in front of the prince in the future." ”
Wu Liang was about to leave as he spoke, but was stopped by Xiao Chen's condensation: "That's it, let him go!" ”
Wu Liang turned around and said with an angry face: "Lord Wang, that Zhuang Shu'er seems to have come to send a maid today, but you see that he brought hundreds of soldiers, and it is obvious that he is here to demonstrate, plus the incident of the Fallen Soul Gorge, the king of the west can't be killed, and a dog under his command can't be killed?" ”
Xiao Chen glanced at Wu Liang with some amusement and said, "I remember that you are very tactful, when did you learn to fight and kill at every turn like those ruffians?" ”
Wu Liang turned his head angrily and said, "I just can't get used to seeing others disrespecting the prince." ”
Xiao Chen smiled even more and said: "Then you should go and kill Bai Qi, when it comes to this assassination, it has nothing to do with that Bai Qi." ”
Wu Liang suddenly showed a bitter gourd face when he heard this, and muttered: "Lord Wang, you know that I didn't mean that......"
Shaking his head slightly, Xiao Chen walked into the post house, leaving only a faint voice:
"If you can't bear it, you will make a big plan, people, you can't always live in the will of others!"
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In the early morning of the next day, the maid of Sun Yue, the Taishou of Yangnan, went to the post house early in the morning to invite Xiao Chen to the banquet, and when he arrived at the banquet, Xiao Chen found that except for the Wei Emperor Cao Xun, the rest of the princes had already arrived.
However, Xiao Chen was not surprised by the vacant position of Cao Xun on the main seat above, if Cao Xun really came, it would be strange. Seeing Xiao Chen, everyone nodded at Xiao Chen, and even Linghu Chu, the king of the West Patrol, squeezed out a smile on Xiao Chen for the first time.
When Xiao Chen sat down, Sun Yue, the Taishou of the Qianguo State who was standing next to the main seat, raised his glass and said: "His Majesty the Emperor of Qianhuang of our country is facing the world to recruit relatives, and the Wei State is so appreciative, not only the major princes are here, but even His Majesty the Emperor Wei has come to my Yangnan City, Yangnan City is really full of brilliance, but it is a pity that Your Majesty is sick and unable to go to the appointment, it is a pity, Sun Yu did not have this opportunity to see the real dragon Tianrong." As the Taishou of Yangnan, Sun can only use a glass of thin wine to wash the dust for you on behalf of Qianguo, and respect all your adults. ”
As he spoke, Sun Yu raised his head and finished in one gulp.
Seeing this, everyone also raised their wine glasses one after another.
Xiao Chen sat in his seat, looking at this Yangnan Taishou idly, Sun Yue is a middle-aged man in his forties, with a Chinese face, he looks very upright, and his every move always gives people a feeling like a spring breeze.
After a cup of belly, Sun Yu raised the second glass of wine and saluted to everyone: "This second cup of wine is on behalf of my Sun Yu personal respect to all adults, you have come from afar, Sun can entertain you, it is really an honor for Sun." ”
Everyone nodded slightly, and another glass of wine went down, but Xiao Chen looked at Sun Yue with a smile, this old boy is a good person.
After two glasses of wine, Sun Yue's face was slightly red, but he still insisted on pouring the third glass of wine.
"Before you came, maybe you were colleagues, friends, superiors and subordinates, but it was not nice to say, when you arrived in Qianguo, you participated in this banquet, that is a competitor, this third glass of wine, is to wish you all the opportunity to hug the beauty, and form a friendly neighbor with my Qianguo."
Sun Yu drank it all in one gulp, but everyone present was holding the cup and hesitated, most of the eyes were looking at each other, slightly wary and vigilant.
Indeed, there is only one princess of Qianguo, which means that Qianguo will only ally with one person, don't look at the fact that everyone is still happy now, but if he really has obtained the help of Qianguo, can that person still be the original person? They don't know if one day, someone present will raise a butcher's knife at them. Everyone had their own thoughts, only Xiao Chen indifferently drank the third glass of wine, to say, it is really the most terrible human heart, but it is a great stupidity to have a hard time with this wine.
If you want Xiao Chen to say, there are only two things in the world that cannot be disappointed, one is beauty, and the other is this wine. But looking at the people in this audience, no one can afford this romance.
After toasting three glasses of wine, Sun Yue arranged singing and dancing intimately, but most people looked absent-minded, Sun Yue saw all this in his eyes, and at the same time, he was a little proud, and he couldn't help but warm greetings from time to time.
After a banquet, only Lord Xiao did not live up to Sun Yue's hard work, drank a little drunk, ate a big meal, and watched it happily.
Everyone slowly left the Taishou Palace, Xiao Chen walked at the back, and when he left, he didn't forget to eat a chicken leg while walking. But when Xiao Chen walked to the door, suddenly a man who looked like a small man ran towards Xiao Chen quickly.
Bowing slightly, the little servant lowered his voice and said, "Lord Xiao, Lord Taishou, please talk about it in private." ”
"Huh?" Turning his head, Xiao Chen glanced at Sun Yue, who was smiling with a smile on his face, with some surprise.
Sun Yue nodded, and handed Xiao Chen a more enthusiastic smile. Xiao Chen was a little confused by the second monk, at a banquet, he almost didn't talk to this Taishou of the border city of Qianguo, why did Sun Yu leave him in the end?
Although he couldn't figure it out in his heart, Xiao Chen still nodded lightly with the idea that what came would be safe.
Under the leadership of Xiao Wu, Xiao Chen came to a garden behind the Taishou Mansion, which was full of all kinds of flowers and fruit trees, but unfortunately in autumn, most of the flowers and fruit trees withered, and it looked a little sluggish.
There was a wooden table in the garden, two chairs, and a pot of steaming tea on the table, everything seemed so orderly, Xiao Chen suddenly realized that all this was probably prepared by Sun Yue before the banquet.
Sitting on the chair without seeing it, Xiao Chen looked around at the garden in front of him, talking about the types of flowers, the garden in front of him was completely inferior to the garden of his Yongan Palace, but in terms of quantity, the garden was not comparable to this garden, this hundreds of square yards was almost full of flowers by Sun Yue.
After waiting for about a quarter of an hour, Xiao Chen saw Sun Yue who had changed into civilian clothes.
At this time, Sun Yue was wearing a cyan landscape robe, his hair was raised high by a black cloth crown, and he was radiant when he walked, showing his extraordinary bearing, and he had a bit of a dusty taste, which was extremely rare in an official who had been soaking in the big dye vat of his career all the year round.
Sun Yu came to Xiao Chen's side with a smile on his face, and arched his hand politely and said, "Your Majesty, Sun Yue, I have seen Lord Xiao." ”
From beginning to end, Sun Yue's posture has been very low, but Xiao Dajun still knows the truth that the strong dragon does not suppress the head snake, and immediately stood up and arched his hand:
"Lord Taishou is polite, although I am higher than you in terms of grade, but after all, I am the prince of Wei State, and when I reach the boundary of this Qian Kingdom, if you don't mind, just call me Xiao Chen."
Sun Yue hurriedly said with a panicked face: "The prince is really tormenting me, it's just that, today I specially invited the prince to taste my Guhong tea from the Qianguo, so we won't mention it." ”
Sun Yue said and made a gesture of invitation, and Xiao Chen bowed slightly when he heard this.
"In this case, I will be disrespectful......"