Chapter Fifty-Eight: Another Hongmen Banquet
Ye Cheng was thinking about it, and suddenly felt that someone was approaching him, and when he raised his eyes, he saw that it was the person called Qian Daxia with sarcoma on his head. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
"Who is this? Why does it look so raw?" The man with sarcoma looked Ye Cheng up and down, and asked Li Shun behind him.
Ye Cheng glanced at Li Shun with his eyes, Li Shun hurriedly leaned over and said with a smile: "Returning to Qian Daxia, this is not that Song Da kid is greedy at night, and he has diarrhea again, I temporarily called a little brother, he has been on the island for a short time, you may not have seen it." ”
This Qian Daxia looked at Ye Cheng for a moment, there were many things at the banquet, so he didn't have time to ask more, he immediately nodded, and said to Li Shun: "Hurry up and carry the wine over, if they let them pass tonight, none of us will want to live!"
Li Shunnuo said to Ye Cheng in a continuous voice: "I said little brother, let's hurry up, didn't you see that Qian Daxia has spoken!"
Ye Cheng snorted, smiled and nodded to this Qian Daxia, and followed Li Shun towards the banquet with the wine barrel.
When it was estimated that the Qian hero could no longer hear the sound of their conversation, Ye Cheng lowered his voice and said to Li Shun: "Brother Li, you were quite smart just now, that's right." ”
Li Shun smiled bitterly and said: "Can you not be smart, the matter of the knife frame and neck, fools have to become smart." ”
Ye Cheng smiled secretly in his heart, and immediately asked, "Who is that person, why do you ask if there is any medicine in this wine, and what kind of medicine is it?"
Li Shun saw that he had not yet walked to the shore to feast, and there was no one around, so he replied in a very small voice: "I tell you, don't say that I said it." That person's name is Qian Peng, he is one of the guests of the Lord of Wei Island, and he specializes in managing some sundries on weekdays, and tonight's banquet is arranged by him, and the matter of drugged in the wine was ordered by him and a son named Hong Youtian, and what kind of medicine is given, but the small one is unknown. ”
Ye Cheng nodded, although he didn't know what kind of medicine was in this wine, but as soon as he heard that Hong Youtian was mixed with it, it must not be a good thing.
"Brother Li, I don't think there are more than 300 people at this shore banquet, is it possible that all the wine is drugged?" Ye Cheng asked as he continued to walk forward with the wine.
"How is that possible? You can tell if you look at this barrel, isn't it all tied with red strings, but whoever ties two knots is drugged, and only one knot is good wine. ”
Ye Chengshi really didn't pay attention, and when he heard Li Shunyi say it at the moment, he looked down and saw that there was a red rope tied to the barrel of the real one, with two knots tied on it.
Ye Cheng looked at the red rope and immediately thought about it. Taking advantage of the fact that there was no one left and right, he untied a knot of the red rope.
Li Shun was so frightened that when he saw Ye Cheng untie the knot of the red rope, he was frightened and said, "Young man, I can't help it! Aren't you trying to kill me Li Shun?"
Ye Cheng smiled and said: "Brother Li, don't be afraid, when the time comes, you will listen to my orders, let's carry this wine to the Lord of Wei Island together, and then I will do the matter of pouring the wine, you can just leave." With that, Ye Chengyi stretched out his hand, took off the hat from the top of Li Shun's head, and put it on his head.
Li Shun trembled, although he knew that this matter was very inappropriate, but how could he dare to go against Ye Cheng's intentions, so he had to agree hard, and after a while, the two of them were not far from Wei Chong's seat.
Ye Cheng watched carefully at this time, but saw that there were so many tables and chairs arranged on the open space on the shore, and everyone on the seat was feasting, so it was not lively. Behind these men, a person held a torch every few meters. Among the many banquet tables, there was a table that was extremely conspicuous, but this table was more than twice as large as the others, but there were only two people at the table. One of them has a purple face, ring-eyed steel hair, and a tiger's back and bear's waist, it is Wei Chong, the owner of Chongming Island, "Xiao Mengwei", and then the person opposite him is a middle-aged man, with a white face, very amiable, a medium and slightly chubby body, and a gorgeous official uniform.
"Look at this person's dress, it's the person from the court. Ye Cheng thought secretly.
At this time, but seeing the figure behind Wei Chong flickering, a person came over, Ye Cheng saw clearly, it was not who Hong Youtian was.
Immediately, I only heard that Hong Youtian seemed to be a little drunk, and said to Wei Chong and the official with a smile: "I also saw seagulls wandering low during the day today, and colorful birds flying in the sun, and sure enough, a noble person came this night." Lord Zheng, our island is poor, not as good as the palace, but the enthusiasm of our island owner is not far behind, you must taste our wine, come and come, don't hurry up to the island owner and Lord Zheng to serve wine. ”
Ye Cheng was stunned for a moment, only to realize that Hong Youtian was talking to himself and asked Li Shun to drink with him.
Seeing this, Ye Cheng hurriedly pressed the brim of his hat, opened the wine barrel, sold a spoonful with the scoop hanging on it, and bowed down to Wei Chong.
Hong Youtian staggered to the wine barrel when Ye Chenggu was drinking, and he had already looked carefully, the red rope on the wine barrel was only a single knot, and he was immediately relieved, and left the wine barrel staggeringly.
At this time, Ye Cheng had already poured a full wine for Wei Chong, and then poured a full wine for Hong Youtian, but at this time, he was about to pour wine for that Lord Zheng.
"You still don't want to retreat? Lord Zheng is an official of the imperial court, and he is a guest from afar, of course, the island owner should pour the wine himself. Hong Youtian scolded Ye Cheng.
Ye Cheng bowed down and took two steps back, peeking at it, but saw Wei Chong smiling at this time, scooping out the wine from a wine barrel behind him, and slowly serving it in Lord Zheng's bowl.
"The wild and barren mountains are all coarse tea, light rice and bad wine, and I hope that Lord Zheng will have tens of millions of seas. Ye Chengdan said with a smile when he saw this Wei Chong while holding up the wine bowl and sending it to Lord Zheng.
"Zheng He came this time to be sent by the king's order, as the so-called wine should eat less, things should be more knowledgeable, and I hope that the lord of Wei Island can abide by the promise before the banquet, which is a great welcome and support for Zheng He. ”
It turned out that this person was Zheng He. Ye Cheng said secretly.
Although the Lord of Wei Island and I are on a remote island, we have admired Master Zheng and Master Daoyan for a long time, and Emperor Chengzu has set up a throne on the island, and I dare not have the slightest disrespect for him. Hong Youtian said with a smile.
Wei Chong stroked his beard with his hand, and then said: "Exactly, exactly! My brother is right, Lord Zheng's prestige has already been heard, as the so-called seeing the master can not be lost, today invite Lord Zheng to drink some wine, one is to fulfill the friendship of the landlord, and the other is to talk about our admiration." ”
Zheng He smiled, his first visit to Chongming Island this time was actually not arranged by Chengzu Zhu Di, but he had long heard that the owner of Chongming Island gathered thousands of people and raised private guests. Now that the world is peaceful after the Jingjing, the so-called shore of the land is not the king's minister, how can he allow the island lord to do whatever he wants here, and become the elbow and arm of the Ming Dynasty.
An important purpose of his visit this time was to collect the people of Chongming Island and others, so that they could pay tribute to the imperial court and not cause disasters again. However, Zheng He is very deep in the city after all, and he knows that if he is strong, of course, he has no problem with his more than 100 warships and more than 20,000 soldiers, but if he attacks and attacks, he will attack the heart first, and if he angers the people on the island, it will be even more troublesome in the future, so he was invited to participate in this banquet, the purpose is to solve the disaster of Chongming Island without using troops.
Zheng He was relieved to see that the owner of the island, Wei Chong, had already spoken, so he picked up the wine glass, but he was not unwary of the island, and looked at it with his spare eyes, but when he saw that Wei Chong and Hong Youtian had drunk it all, he was relieved, so he also sent the wine to his mouth.
But just as the wine bowl was about to touch his lips, Zheng He suddenly felt his palm tremble, and then the wine bowl in his hand seemed to be hit by something, flew out of his hand and fell to the ground, spun a few times, and the wine in the bowl also spilled on the ground.
Zheng He was startled, and hurriedly looked back, but saw a young man with a hat standing beside him with a scoop, looking at him with a smile.
"Presumptuous!" Wei Chong stood up suddenly.
"Are you a ...... kid" Hong Youtian was also furious, and just wanted to scold, but suddenly found that this kid in front of him was so familiar.
"What's the matter, Brother Hong, I haven't seen you for a long time, and you actually forgot about my brother again?"
"Ye Cheng!" Hong Youtian suddenly saw clearly, and couldn't help but look even more pale.
"What? Isn't it already arranged for the old scar to start work!" Wei Chong said, and quickly rubbed his eyes a few times, seeing that it was not Ye Cheng who was on the other side.
"Lord Wei, the fish in the river of Chongming Island are better than yours, they can't bear to let me die like this, so they dragged me up. Ye Cheng said with a smile.
Although Hong Youtian was surprised just now, he then thought about it, now there are more than 300 people on the island, this Ye Cheng is just alone, and Lu Li has not seen the old man, and it is not easy to clean him up.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but sneer: "Brother Ye, we are really enemies in the previous life, why do we have you in everything?
Ye Cheng replied: "Brother Hong should care about himself first, I don't know how long you can live in the next place, but after drinking the medicine in the wine, it is difficult to say how long you two can live." ”
"Hugh is going to lie to me! I've seen all this wine, how can it be poisonous?" Hong Youtian said sharply.
"Brother Hong has seen it? Is it poisonous if the red rope is tied with a double knot, but it is not poisonous if it is tied with a single knot?
As soon as these words came out, they didn't know if it was a psychological effect or a real drug attack, Hong Youtian and Wei Chong both felt a cramping pain in their abdomen, and then cold sweat broke out on their foreheads. Zheng He, who was looking at the side again, heard Ye Cheng say this, and couldn't help but suddenly realize in his heart, Huo Ran stood up suddenly, his face was slightly drunk, and he seemed to be eight points drunk.
"Today, Zheng He is already overwhelmed by alcohol, thank you for the hospitality of the island owner, Zheng He took a step back first" Zheng He said as he staggered and was about to leave the table.