Chapter 187: The Turks Come to Congratulate (Part II)
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After a lot of red tape, the wedding feast officially begins. Li Shimin was wearing a red wedding robe, and the eldest grandson Guanyin was wearing a flower hairpin and a cyan dress, and the two stood together like a golden boy and a jade girl, which attracted the praise of all the guests.
On the right of Diao Xiaosi's seat is Chai Shao, Li Xiuning and his wife, on the left is the eldest grandson Shunde, and then there is an official surnamed Wu, who was previously introduced as the richest man in Taiyuan and has a close relationship with Li Yuan. However, the little girl he brought was very clever and cute, and she spoke with a little adult taste.
Diao Xiaosi, Chai Shao and his wife, and the eldest grandson Shunde haven't seen each other for a long time, this time because they met at Li Shimin's wedding banquet, there are many topics to talk about, plus although the warrior Tong Wu is just a businessman, he is clever and interesting, and the scene is always cheerful and not dull.
After three rounds of dishes, there were dancers from Chang'an Le Fang in the hall, and a couple of newcomers were accompanied by Li Yuanji and Changsun Wuji to toast from table to table, and the atmosphere became more and more enthusiastic.
Since entering Li Shimin's mansion, Diao Xiaosi has never seen Wang Yuyan again. He had just deliberately looked at the hundreds of VIPs in the main banquet hall, and he didn't see the figure of this little demon girl, so he couldn't help but wonder a little in his heart.
It stands to reason that Wang Yuyan is the daughter of Zheng Guogong Wang Shichong, and she is definitely qualified to sit in the main banquet hall.
Chai Shao saw Diao Xiaosi's absent-minded gaze, so he asked, "Little Fourth Brother, who are you looking for?"
Diao Xiaosi said: "I met Wang Yuyan outside the mansion before, why didn't I see her in this hall?"
Li Xiuning was slightly surprised: "Who is Wang Yuyan?"
Diao Xiaosi was stunned and said, "Isn't it Wang Shichong's baby girl?" Seeing Li Xiuning's strange eyes looking at him, he hurriedly coughed dryly: "It's just a one-sided relationship, I really have nothing to do with her." ”
Li Xiuning shook his head and said, "Brother Diao, I'm afraid you have been fooled." Zheng Guogong only has two sons under his knees and has never had a daughter. ”
Diao Xiaosi was stunned and said, "Fake?"
Chai Shao replied: "Yes, I'm afraid someone is joking with you." ”
Diao Xiaosi was completely directionless, and muttered to himself: "Then where will this little girl's skin come from?"
Chai Shao said: "I'll check it for you when I go back." Little Fourth Brother, how have you prepared these two days?"
Diao Xiaosi had a headache when he thought of the duel. He can only gamble now that Wang Xuanshu does not dare to expose his true cultivation in front of everyone, and he has indeed done a lot of preparations for the duel, but what is the strength of the other party, he has no bottom at all now, and it is far from being comparable to the situation in the casino with Duan Zhentian three years ago.
He sighed and said, "I wash my neck twice a day in the morning and evening, and I'm waiting for Wang Xuanshu to cut it." ”
Everyone only thought that Diao Xiaosi was setting off smoke bombs, and they all laughed to themselves. Suddenly, I heard the crisp voice of the little daughter brought by the warrior Tong and said, "Uncle will definitely win!"
Li Xiuning also liked this little girl, so she joked: "Mei Niang, what are you doing?"
Wu Meiniang said: "I heard my father say that my uncle was going to duel with Wang Xuanshu the night after tomorrow, but when he sat here and drank the wine, he talked and laughed happily, without a little nervousness, and he must be completely sure in his heart." ”
Diao Xiaosi said with a smile: "Xiao Mei Niang is so good! Uncle Xiao Si borrowed your auspicious words to beat Wang Xuanshu to the point of urinating and shouting for mercy." ”
He took out a pair of jade bracelets from the Qin Emperor's Mausoleum from the belt of the dragon, thought that the little girl should be rare, handed it over, and said, "Take it, Uncle gave it to you." ”
If it had been put aside three years ago, how could Diao Xiaosi be so generous? Now that he has half of the essence of the Qin Emperor's Mausoleum in his dragon belt, he will naturally be generous. Originally, he planned to give it to Wan'er or Zisu, but these two girls were not around, so he took them out and gave them to Wu Meiniang on a whim.
Wushi Tong is well-versed in both official and business, so he naturally knows that Diao Xiaosi has the energy to call for wind and rain in Chang'an City, and he has a deep friendship with the children of powerful people such as Li Yuanba and Changsun Wuji, even if he can't climb it, it is good to have a good fate.
He saw that Diao Xiaosi was going to give Wu Meiniang a gift, and it was a pair of valuable pre-Qin antique jade, so he hurriedly said: "Fourth master, this gift is too heavy, but teach Meiniang how to afford it?"
Wu Meiniang listened to her father's words, glanced at the jade bracelet, got up and bowed to Diao Xiaosi Yingying, and said, "Uncle Xie Lu, Mei Niang doesn't like bracelets. ”
Diao Xiao Siqi, I didn't expect this girl to be so sensible.
The eldest grandson Shunde smiled and said, "What do you like about Mei Niang, don't be afraid, just open your mouth to this little fourth uncle." He has just made a fortune, and none of us here can compare to each other. ”
Diao Xiaosi secretly scolded the eldest grandson Shunde in his heart for being stingy and generous, pretending to be a good person, and simply put the jade bracelet on the table and said: "Mei Niang, you first take this pair of sun, moon and bright light empty bracelets, and what gift do you want, just tell Uncle Xiaosi!"
The eldest grandson Shunde and others applauded one after another, instigating Wu Meiniang to knock Xiao Si fiercely.
Wu Meiniang bit her lips, her smart black eyes rolled, and said, "What I like, my uncle may not be able to give it." In the future, when I grow up, I will ask for it myself. ”
Diao Xiaosi was stunned and quipped: "Could it be that you also want to be a princess and a princess like your sister tonight, this little fourth uncle really can't give it." ”
Seeing that Diao Xiaosi seemed to like Mei Niang very much, Wu Shi Tong said tentatively: "Fourth master, or you can accept Mei Niang as your goddaughter." ”
Diao Xiaosi was taken aback, her goddaughter is not something that can be recognized casually these days, and if she is not careful, her godfather will become a cheat. What's more, there are still different opinions about who his own father is.
How do you know that Wu Meiniang is extremely clever, and without waiting for Diao Xiaosi to refuse, she knelt down respectfully and kowtowed: "Godfather is above, please accept Mei Niang's worship!"
Diao Xiaosi was dumbfounded, thinking that this little girl was too capable of doing things. can look at Wu Meiniang's big eyes flickering with joy and expectation, how can she bear to refuse a weak and innocent heart, let her golden childhood be hit, and leave a lingering psychological shadow for life?
Helplessly, Diao Xiaosi pulled up Wu Meiniang, kissed her pink and tender little face fiercely: "Listen, from now on, if anyone dares to bully you, just tell your godfather, don't beat him to the point where your father cries and calls her mother to kneel and beg for mercy, and your godfather has his surname!"
Samurai Tong was overjoyed, and felt that bringing Mei Niang here today was really one of the wisest decisions in his life.
There was a commotion here, Li Shimin and the eldest grandson Guanyin came over to toast, and everyone stood up to greet each other.
Diao Xiaosi took Li Shimin's 500,000 taels of silver tickets, for fear that this guy would bring up the old matter again and collect debts from him, so he hid behind Chai Shao and his wife with a ghost in his heart.
I didn't want Li Yuanji to come over, held the cup with both hands and said, "Little fourth brother, I was reckless in the previous matter, and I apologized to you here." Little brother do it first for respect!"
The two drank a glass of each other, and the eldest grandson Wuji smiled and filled Diao Xiaosi with wine, and pointed at Li Shimin and the eldest grandson Guanyin: "Little fourth brother, it's your turn, go." ”
As soon as Diao Xiaosi picked up the cup, Li Shimin took the initiative to step forward and said with a smile: "Little fourth brother, you must drink enough wine today before you are allowed to leave." ”
Diao Xiaosi watched Li Shimin drink cup after cup, and drank more than 20 catties of wine to the least, but his face was red and refreshed, obviously smuggling to cheat and force alcohol out of his body.
As soon as he wanted to reply, he suddenly heard the clanging of horse boots outside the hall, and a captain approached and knelt down in front of Li Yuan, panting and saying: "Report - the Turkic Jieli Khan personally led 100,000 elite horsemen all the way to burn and kill and plunder all the way to Chang'an, and the troops will arrive in Weishui at the latest!"
Suddenly, the hall was silent, and hundreds of pairs of eyes were fixed on the captain who had reported the news.
"Smack!" I don't know who knocked down the cup in his hand in a distraction, but no one still had the heart to blame and scold.
After a very short silence, the exclamations of the ladies finally sounded slowly, like boiling porridge that had been opened from the pot.
The people of the Central Plains have an innate special affection for the northern barbarians, which can be said to despise hatred, but it is more from the bottom of their hearts.
Since the Wuhu Rebellion, the northern barbarians have invaded frequently, and regarded the Central Plains as a grassland to plunder and wantonly take what they wanted, especially the Turks. When Yang Guang toured the north, he was trapped in Yanmen by the Turkic army, and he almost went and never returned. Now that the national strength of the Great Sui is declining and Chang'an is withering, it is not an opponent of the Turks.
Although Guan Long has tens of thousands of soldiers, most of them are foot soldiers and the good and the bad are uneven, plus Liu Wuzhou, Xue Ju, Li Liang and other heroes are eyeing each other, the situation is still extremely sinister, how can they resist the 100,000 Turkic elite horsemen who are like wolves and tigers?
Of course, there are many people here who have the ability to move mountains and seas to the heavens and the earth like the Jinding Monk, and if they join forces, they will definitely make the Turkic army fearful and even suffer heavy damage.
But the Turks also have the support of the Great Sun Demon Sect, and even the Sun Sect's suzerain, Ya Lauder, is also the national teacher of the Turks.
As early as more than fifty years ago, when the Great Sui had not yet established the country, the Righteous Path Liuding and the Great Sun Demon Sect had reached an agreement in private, and the top masters of both sides were not allowed to directly participate in the war. Therefore, this time the Turks went south, unless there was a danger of destroying the country and destroying the clan, the Jinding monk and others could not intervene without permission.
This is also a compromise plan that has to be reached in order to stop the bleeding after countless super-reciprocal mutual revenge between the two sides of the two sides for hundreds of years, resulting in the death and injury of the elites of various sects and sects.
What's more, the blood of the murderous Yingye is like a river of dry heavenly harmony, even the demon gate is quite scruples about this, so as not to trigger the wrath of the heavens and send down divine punishment, even if you are a first-class scattered immortal, it will be difficult to escape.
Therefore, most of these Immortal Wind Dao Bone Divine Powers of the Righteous Path Elders can't be counted on.
Then who else can compete with the 100,000 Turkic elite horsemen who are just around the corner?!
In the chaos, Li Shimin forced his heart to throb, pretending to be casual and clinking glasses with Diao Xiaosi: "Please!"
Diao Xiaosi drank it all and said with a smile: "Brother Shimin, you and Sister Guanyin have so big faces, even Jieli Khan came to Chang'an from Mobei to congratulate - 100,000 fine horses, this is a sky-high gift!"