Ninety-Four: My Heart (27)
When everyone returned to the camp, Haxianda ordered someone to set up wine and pushed Zhao Hezun to sit in the first place. Zhao Hezun excused himself again and again, and then sat down next to Haxianda. Ha Xianda ordered someone to pour wine from the wine glass, raised the wine glass, and said to Zhao Hezun: "Brother Zhao, Ha Mou has been fighting horses for more than ten years, and there are not many people to see, but a hero like you, Ha Mou is still the first time to see you, today is really an eye-opener for me, Lao Tzu's life is the most respectful hero, come, I salute you." As he spoke, he picked up the wine glass and drank it all, turned the wine glass over after drinking, the bottom of the glass was facing the sky, and shook it towards Zhao Hezun, laughed, stretched out the palm of his right hand, and said, "Please." ”
Zhao Hezun said: "The general has an overreputation, Zhao's subtle skills are just playing, and the general can't be taken seriously." Haxianda said: "It's very remarkable to be able to play to your level." Ha really wants to make you a friend, and you can afford Ha's words, so you dry the wine in the cup. Zhao Hezun was helpless, so he had to pick up the wine glass and drink it all.
Haxianda slapped the table and said, "Okay, it's really a good amount of wine, and it's bold enough." It's very much to my appetite. As he spoke, he said to the people at the same table: "You have to take turns to honor Zhao Yingying today, and if you are disrespectful, you will be dealt with by military law." All the Qing army generals at the same table stood up one after another, and one by one they saluted Zhao Hezun.
Zhao Hezun wanted to resign, but the respect was like a tide, how could he refuse, he offended everyone by rejecting everyone, and if he rejected this one, he offended the other, and said that Haxianda had a life-saving grace for himself, as the saying goes: "The grace of a drop of water should be reciprocated by a spring." "Don't talk about drinking, even if you want to pay for your life, he will also be obliged.
After a round, he drank seven or eight large bowls, and he was cured of his illness, only to feel that his legs were weak and he was dizzy. But the Qing soldiers at the adjacent table surrounded him endlessly, and when I saw that the guerrillas appreciated him, they took the opportunity to get close to him, and they all praised him for his miraculous skills and heroism. Zhao Hezun didn't pay attention to these words, but the wine had to be drunk.
After drinking five or six bowls, nearly twenty bowls, his knees were cold, his lips were blue, and he felt that he was about to be unable to stand, thinking that once he fell down at this time, these people would definitely laugh at himself, he knew that the people in this camp were all Manchu children, and they had always looked down on the Han people, and since they entered the customs, they were even more domineering, and regarded the Han people as untouchables. As a Han person, it is a small matter to drink death, and it is a big thing to lose the face of the Han people and be looked down upon by the Tartars. Immediately lifted a breath, mobilized the internal force, let the whole body breath flow in the body, and after a short time, it became refreshed and refreshed. I saw that between talking and laughing, more than a dozen Qing generals were all drunk on the wine table, and the cups were poured, and the wine flowed everywhere.
Haxianda was the one with the largest amount of alcohol in this group, and he couldn't support it when he drank the fourth bowl, pointed at Zhao Hezun, gave a thumbs up, and said drunkenly: "Zhao... Zhao... Elder brother... Brother, well... Good... Wine... Drinker. "Lying on the table, I fell unconscious. Zhao Hezun glanced at the group, walked out of the camp, explained the situation to the Qing soldiers on duty outside, and instructed him to help the drunk people back to rest, and then returned to his residence. He didn't want to be with the Tartars in his heart, and he wanted to leave, but he wanted to say goodbye like this, which was a loss of human way and a great grace to save his life, so he stayed again, thinking that he would say goodbye to him and leave after Haxianda sobered up.
He slept beautifully, and woke up early in the morning, and as soon as he got up, a Qing soldier came in to serve him to wash, and after stopping, Ha Xianda's relatives casually entered the camp tent and said, "Zhao Yingying, our general is invited." Zhao Hezun said: "It just so happens that I also want to see the general." So he went with him to Hascinda's camp. And when he took him into the tent, he withdrew, leaving only Haschenda and the two men in the tent.
Before Zhao Hezun could open his mouth, Ha Xianda took a few steps forward, grabbed his arms and said, "There will be a difficult matter, please Brother Zhao help me." And when he spoke, he bowed his knees and bowed. Zhao Hezun hurriedly stretched out his hands to hold him and said, "The general must not, everything is easy to discuss." Haxianda straightened up and said, "Brother Zhao said so, and I will agree to you." Zhao Hezun said: "This depends on whether Zhao can help." Haxianda took him by the hand and went to the chair and sat down with the host. Only then did he say: "There is one thing that can only be helped by Brother Zhao." Zhao Hezun said: "What's the matter, please speak up to the general." Haxianda sighed and said, "It's a shame to say this, General Ben commanded thousands of troops, but he was so disturbed by this incident that he couldn't sleep at night. In recent days, every midnight, there are masters in the rivers and lakes to harass, these people are all strong in martial arts, more than ten days ago, even put a fire in the granary on the east side of the camp, fortunately found early, rescued in time, only a small part of the grain and grass were destroyed. Otherwise, my officers and soldiers will have to drink to the northwest. Although we strengthened our vigilance and arranged for several times more soldiers to be on duty, a few days ago, another group of men broke in, killed more than a dozen soldiers, and wrote a large line in the camp tent with the blood of which soldiers, threatening to come and take my head in the near future. ”
Zhao Hezun couldn't help but ask: "Where do these people come from, doesn't the general know anything." Haxianda said: "They are all black scarves and masked, and they attack at night, and there is only one thing that is sure that they are Han people who rebel against the imperial court in the rivers and lakes." Since my entry into the Central Plains in the Qing Dynasty, from time to time these Han mobs have not adhered to the Han Dynasty and have repeatedly done some misdeeds. Suddenly remembered that Zhao Hezun was also a Han Chinese, so he said: "Brother Zhao, don't be careful, most of the Han people are obedient people who support the Qing Dynasty and are loyal to the Qing Dynasty, for example, Brother Zhao is one of them." Zhao Hezun sneered slightly, thinking, "You know that it's too early!" He also heard Haxianda say: "It's just that a few nights ago, when that group of people broke into the camp and killed people, and was being chased by our soldiers, I suddenly heard someone shouting: 'Elder Lu has an order, don't fall in love with the battle, withdraw quickly!' From this I concluded that those people were probably members of the beggar gang. ”
Zhao Hezun was slightly shocked in his heart, and said: "Why is the general so sure?" Ha Xianda said: "In recent years, the beggar gang has been making waves from time to time, and they are the most restless, there are people all over the country who are instigating trouble, and some people in the gang do have some skills, combined with their clothing and calling each other, we have come to this inference, there is no doubt that they should be in the beggar gang." Zhao Hezun said: "There are thousands of people under the general, why not be afraid of a few people called Huazi, just a few of them asking for food, what big waves can be set off, the general is too worried." ”
When Ha Xianda heard this, he shook his hand like a fan and said, "Brother Zhao, you are too underestimated by those so-called Huazi. There's one thing, listen to me slowly. ”