Wu Shiwei and others did not expect that Jia Lian, who was born in a powerful family in the capital and seemed to be polite, could drink as much as they did the generals from the extremely cold border areas.
Under their deliberate drinking, Jia Lian did not become drunk or show his ugly face even after such a long time.
You should know that by the end of the banquet, many generals had already shown their drunkenness and were drinking loudly. Relatively speaking, Jia Lian, who was still sitting calmly on his seat and speaking clearly, looked much better than them.
As a result, all the generals lost their contempt for Jia Lian and regarded Jia Lian as a brother while talking drunkenly!
This is the rule in the military. There are not too many twists and turns. If you like it, we are brothers. If you don't like it, even if you are powerful, you will still be ignored.
General Zhu, who had been the most active in criticizing Jia Lian before, also strode up to Jia Lian with a glass of wine. After having a drink with Jia Lian, he laughed loudly and said: "I, Old Zhu, admire the most in my life, those who are happy!
What I despise the most is the way women behave.
You are indeed different from others, I admire you!
I heard that you are going to Wala. In order to avoid being harassed by Sao Dazi, you made a special trip west here. There is still a thousand miles to go to the King's Court of Wala. I don't think you have many soldiers with you. What if you encounter something along the way?
Those wealthy soldiers under your command won't do much good if you don't open your eyes.
I haven’t mentioned it yet. I, Old Zhu, have thousands of hot-blooded men. They will all come out to escort you this time and ensure that you are sent to Wala safely. With soldiers like me, Old Zhu, even if you encounter someone who doesn’t open your eyes, they will be able to protect you.
You guys, let’s eat meat!”
This man was drunk and spoke incoherently. If it weren't for the occasional flash of calculation in his sinister eyes, everyone would have thought he was talking drunken nonsense.
Jia Lian glanced at the man's fat head and big ears, and was about to speak when someone next to him started teasing him.
"Zhu Datou, don't think that we don't know what your kid's plan is.
You have been holding it in the pass for too long and you can no longer hold it in. The commander-in-chief said that you need to select people to escort the princess and the imperial envoy to Oara, so you took the opportunity to trick the imperial envoy at this time so that you can steal this job from us?
You are so beautiful!”
When General Zhu Dahe saw that the plan was discovered, he simply said: "Fuck you, Sun. You are just relying on joining the army two years earlier than me, so you want to take the lead in everything."
Last time, the arrogant Wala barbarian disguised himself as a young slut and went to the border to cause trouble. He killed hundreds of people, and you fucking snatched them all away. When we arrived, we didn't even drink a sip of soup!
"The Beauty of the Sun and the Moon"
This time when escorting the princess to Wala, it is obvious that there is no luck at all. If you fucking dare to fight with me again, I will twist off your head and use it as a ball."
As soon as Zhu Dahe said these words, all the people who were suitable to lead the escort couldn't help it. They expressed their feelings and wanted to seize this rare opportunity to lead the troops out of the customs.
Although protecting the princess is not a big achievement, but if you encounter a group of bandits on the road...
Hey, killing bandits is nothing... The rule of the Commander-in-Chief is: 50-50 will be captured.
Therefore, as long as you can go out, you have the opportunity to accept orders. Once you receive a good order, it will be great.
Looking at the red-faced generals fighting in front of him, and recalling the soldiers he saw inside and outside the pass, even if Jia Lian was unwilling, he had to admit that perhaps the combat effectiveness of these frontier troops was indeed not comparable to that of the officers and soldiers from the Beijing camp he had brought.
It's not a matter of physical fitness or time in the army, but of the bravery and bloodiness in him.
During the battle with the Tatars last year, he could clearly feel that the guards around Wang Ziteng were far less effective in killing enemies than his uncle Zhang Leng's warriors.
When everyone had had enough noise, Wu Shiwei asked Jia Lian with a smile: "My nephew has also seen the situation. I have already received an order from the Ministry of War. Before the princess leaves the customs, I will dispatch two thousand elites to escort the princess out of the customs until the army of King Wala's court.
Until you come to meet us.
I wonder, my dear nephew, which of the generals here would you like to accompany you?"
As soon as Wu Shiwei's words came out, the generals who had just suspended their argument immediately began to express their verbal courtesy to Jia Lian.
Seeing these tough men shouting "Choose me" over and over again, Jia Lian felt ashamed and at the same time raised his hands and said: "I am new here and I don't know the situation in the army. How can I make decisions?
Naturally, it was General Wu who made the final arrangements.
No matter which general takes over the escort duty, I will cooperate with them sincerely to protect the safety of the princess on the road."
"Haha, my nephew is right. If that's the case, let's discuss this matter tomorrow. Let's just have a drink tonight!"
Putting aside the business for the time being, when the banquet was getting more and more enjoyable, suddenly a eunuch from the princess came over to report that the princess had something to tell Jia Lian and asked him to come to the palace.
When they heard that it was the princess, everyone temporarily suppressed their drunkenness, and the scene was temporarily quiet.
Jia Lian thought for a while and said: "Go back and report to the princess that it is too late today and I drank too much for fear of bumping into the princess.
If the princess has any instructions, just send someone to tell her, and all the ministers will do it.
If you are disrespectful, I will apologize to the princess in person when I wake up tomorrow."
Jia Lian said this out of prudent considerations.
But in the eyes of others, they had to look at Jia Lian in a different light. How honorable and dignified it was to be summoned by the princess at night, but Jia Lian dared to take the initiative to refuse?
Is it possible that he is so arrogant that he even gave up the princess's face just to drink?
It was obviously the first time that the eunuch met someone who resisted the order, and he said with some dissatisfaction: "General Jia has thought clearly, this is a summons from the princess, do you dare not go?"
"Um?"
Jia Lian glanced at him coldly, with a drunken look that contained murderous intent.
He was polite to Wu Shiwei because he wanted to leave more escape routes for himself.
This does not mean that anyone can offend his majesty.
It is no exaggeration to say that when he came out of the capital with Shangfang's sword in hand, no one in the thousands of miles around was qualified to boss him around.
The eunuch was startled by Jia Lian's sudden look. As he backed away, he suddenly remembered that he was no longer in the capital at this time.
If he offended Jia Lian in this remote and remote area, it would be easy for him to take his life.
Although he belongs to the princess, looking at the princess's attitude towards Jia Lian, it is obviously impossible for him to have a quarrel with Jia Lian.
"Yes, I will leave this slave..."
After all, for the sake of his own life, the eunuch did not dare to offend Jia Lian's power, so he lowered his head and turned around.
Everyone was surprised, didn't they all say that physically handicapped eunuchs are the most arrogant and vindictive? This eunuch who seemed to be of some rank at first sight was actually frightened and retreated under Jia Lian's look?
It was only then that the generals seemed to remember that Jia Lian was an imperial envoy who was sent out of the capital on orders. He was holding Shang Fang's sword and had the authority to kill local officials below the third rank first and then report them later.
In other words, if the grade is less than third grade, death in Jia Lian's hands will be in vain. As for coming up with a reasonable reason later, it is not simple for Jia Lian...
As a result, those generals who had ridiculed Jia Lian before could not help but secretly regret it.
Jia Lian even dared to reject the princess's decree. If such a person really cares about himself, he is afraid that people like them cannot compete with him.
Even Wu Shiwei couldn't help but look at Jia Lian a few more times, thinking to himself, the imperial envoy is not scary, but the scary thing is this kind of person who can't see his cards clearly and seems to have endless confidence.
"My nephew is indeed worthy of my family background, and he behaves politely and appropriately. I believe that Her Royal Highness the Princess can understand my nephew's intentions and will not blame my nephew.
By the way, my nephew is going to the King's Court of Wala, and I have a few things I want to remind my nephew."
Wu Shiwei casually gave an explanation for Jia Lian's behavior of disobeying the princess's order, and then lowered his voice and said: "The Nawala Royal Court is different from our Wei Dynasty. The troops and horses are basically in the hands of King Wala and a few princes.
King Wala does not need to worry too much. He is an old loser with no enterprising spirit, but his sons should be paid more attention to. Especially this third prince."
"Oh, how do you say this?"
Jia Lian's expression moved slightly, and he thought that Wu Shiwei and others had been guarding Ganning Pass for many years. He thought this was more true than the court's understanding of Wala.
If he was willing to reveal some tips, it would be much better than crossing the river in the dark.
"King Navarre has a total of eight sons, five of whom are adults. I heard that each of them is ambitious for the throne.
The most famous among them is this third prince, who is the most ambitious.
Rumor has it that he wanted to unify Eastern and Western Mongolia, annex the territory of the Wei Dynasty, restore the glory of his ancestors, and establish another Mongolian and Yuan dynasty.
In recent years, as far as I know, most of the small-scale disputes and wars launched by Wala on our border are the work of this third prince..."
Wu Shiwei said, seeing Jia Lian's face wrinkled, he added: "But there is no need to take this too seriously, my nephew. This is just a wishful thinking of a traitor. Not to mention rebuilding the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty, Nawara, even compared to the Tatars, they
His strength is now much worse.
Otherwise, King Nawala will not surrender to my court."
Jia Lian nodded, but felt a little wary in his heart.
If the third prince had such great ambitions, why did King Wala send him to the capital for peace? Why was no one informed of such important news when he was in the capital?
Jia Lian did not think that Mr. Wu deliberately deceived him because he could not think of the reason why Wu Shiwei did this.
It seems that he still underestimated the third prince of Nawala.
Thinking of this, Jia Lian had no reason to feel a bit gloomy about the coming of Wala and his party.
"The princess has arrived."
Just when Wu Shiwei was telling Jia Lian about the situation in the Wala Palace, a report came from an attendant outside the main hall.
Wu Shiwei and others stood up immediately in a daze. Before they could go out, they saw Princess Zhaoyang, who was dressed in simple decorations, strolling in.
"I wait, please welcome Your Highness the Princess."
Princess Zhaoyang raised her hand slightly, glanced at Jia Lian first, and then smiled at Wu Shiwei and said, "I heard that the general is hosting a banquet here, and I came uninvited. I hope General Wu won't be surprised."
"I don't dare. Your Majesty the Princess will come to show you the honor. It is the supreme honor for all of you."
"General, you're welcome."
Princess Zhaoyang walked up to the main table slowly, looked at the people gathered in front of her, and said with a smile: "I am dissatisfied with you generals. My ambition since I was a child is to wear armor and brave the battlefield like the generals.
Unexpectedly, the first time I set foot on the Border Fortress today was in this way...
But fortunately, I finally saw with my own eyes the appearance of our soldiers outside the Great Wall, and felt the winding scenery outside the Great Wall. It was much better than staying in Beijing all my life.
We are attending a grand gathering today, if you generals don’t give up, can you let me sit down and have a drink with you generals?”
Princess Zhaoyang's words were hearty and confident, which greatly broke everyone's perception of the delicate and weak princess.
Hearing the respect for the frontier soldiers in her words, she immediately made a group of rough guys feel very good. So much so that they were all drunken and reckless men. At this moment, they all turned into baby sheep, holding back their emotions.
His face was so heavy that he couldn't even spit out even a single word.
It was Wu Shiwei who reacted the fastest and asked the attendants to get clean cups and chopsticks, and respectfully invited Princess Zhaoyang to sit down.
Seeing Princess Zhaoyang sitting unceremoniously on his tiger-skin chair, not only did he not feel the slightest irritation at being occupied by someone else, but he felt a huge sense of honor.
In a state of elation, he rushed to Prince Wala's seat and sat down.
"This time, I and the thousands of people accompanying me entered Ganning Pass and had to wait for the generals to receive them. There was a lot of trouble.
Here, I would like to propose a toast to you generals."
"Don't dare, don't dare..."
Seeing Princess Zhaoyang raising her wine glass to face everyone, the generals who had just shouted loudly were all like newlyweds, not knowing how to react. They could only follow the example of the boss Wu Shiwei, stand up, and pour the wine.
Drink.
Poor General Zhu, because he was too nervous, tripped over the table. In a hurry, he quickly reached for the wine cup on the table. His center of gravity was unsteady and he almost rolled down the steps.
Normally, his colleagues would have laughed at him, but now everyone turned a blind eye.
However, Princess Zhaoyang smiled generously, which made General Zhu Shen, who stood up again, blush as red as pig liver.
Although Jia Lian knew that Princess Zhaoyang was taking things by surprise, the fact that she could suppress these rebellious generals so easily made Jia Lian admire Princess Zhaoyang's methods.
If this woman had been a man, I am afraid that the structure of the Wei Dynasty would have changed just because of her.
"For this second cup, I have to pay tribute to General Jia alone.
The trip was a long one with a large number of people, and it was entirely dependent on the general's care along the way.
Your hard work has paid off, and I am here to thank the general."
As a civil servant, Xiang He, under the deliberate teasing of the previous generals, knocked down two glasses of wine and had to carry it down.
Therefore, Princess Zhaoyang thanked Jia Lian alone, and others did not find it strange.
But Jia Lian still frowned, not understanding what Princess Zhaoyang wanted.
The relationship between them cannot be called close, nor is it so unfamiliar.
Along the way, whenever she visited a scenic spot, Princess Zhaoyang would dress up and go out simply for fun.
At this time, he was always by your side.
As time went by, we couldn't say that we were secretly in love, but at least we admired each other and were even close friends.
He had indeed drank a lot tonight, and he had vowed never to drink again since the fourth prince made him drink. At this time, he couldn't help but hesitate.
Seeing this, Princess Zhaoyang smiled and said, "I didn't know the general was drinking here just now, so I asked my servant to come over and summon him to disturb the general.
Are you afraid that the general is still angry with Zhaoyang, so he is not even willing to give Zhaoyang this face?"
Um?
Others vaguely sensed something fishy.
Why is such a charming Princess, so polite to Jia Lian? Could it be that Jia Lian really relies on his power and does not take Her Majesty into consideration?
According to the fact that Jia Lian had previously shocked the eunuchs around the princess, some people could not help but think of it, and suddenly looked at Jia Lian with a bad look on his face.
Someone else was more clever and noticed that the princess was so good-looking and young, and that she could be described as a talented man and a beautiful woman like Jia Lian. There was a lot of resentment in the princess's tone. Could it be that this was a drama about a concubine who is interested in a man who is ruthless?
Thinking about it, one can't help but be amazed and secretly jealous.
Jia Lian took a deep breath, raised his glass and said, "Princess, you are serious, I am just too drunk."
As he said that, he drank the wine in the glass in one gulp.
When Princess Zhaoyang saw it, she also smiled and took a sip of wine, and then smiled deliberately and said: "General, don't be humble, I know your drinking capacity.
It is rare for General Wu to be so kind today, General, please don’t lose the face of our general in the capital."
As he said that, he deliberately glanced at the generals in the palace.
Anyone who knows how to wink will realize it immediately.
Her Royal Highness is angry at Jia Lian for not obeying the summons, and deliberately comes to cause trouble with Jia Lian.
Sure enough, the rumors are true, women are all narrow-minded, even His Royal Highness Zhaoyang, who looks unparalleled in elegance.
As a minister of the Wei Dynasty, how can we not understand the superior intention!
As a result, the generals who were jealous and resentful decided to rebel one by one. They were gearing up and vowed to vent their anger on Her Royal Highness the Princess.