On the south gate of Crescent Pass, one side is outside the national border, in the direction of the Liao army, and the other side is within the national border, the territory of the Qin Dynasty.
Li Chen and Huang Jitian, the thirteenth elder brother of the Jin Kingdom, sat in a specially reserved place on the city gate.
There were no delicious dishes on a small table, just six ordinary dishes of three meat and three vegetarian dishes. The ingredients were not expensive, they were all ordinary chicken, duck and fish. Among the vegetarian dishes, there was even a wild vegetable.
If you were an ordinary person, this kind of food would be pretty good.
But for the identities of Li Chen and Huang Jitian, they can only be described as shabby.
As the host, Li Chen sat down first and raised his hand to signal Huang Jitian to sit across from him. While pouring wine for Huang Jitian, Li Chen said: "Yueyaguan is short of supplies. Even these dishes on the table are still from Gansu and Shaanxi.
You came here as a filial piety, otherwise I would have to treat you to military rations, don’t you mind it?”
Huang Jitian smiled and said: "I have been tired of eating delicacies from the mountains and seas for such a long time in the capital. Now I want something light, which is just what I like."
As he said this, as if to show his feelings, Huang Jitian took a large piece of wild vegetables with chopsticks and stuffed it into his mouth. As soon as he took it in, he felt it was bitter and unbearable, and he frowned immediately.
Li Chen burst out laughing when he saw it, and said: "This wild vegetable is called bitter amaranth. It is a local specialty. It cannot be found outside Gansu and Shaanxi. It is famous for its bitter and astringent taste, but this dish has the effect of clearing fire."
The effect of warming the spleen is more effective than ordinary medicine. Although it tastes bitter, it is a good material."
Huang Jitian swallowed the bitter amaranth in his mouth with difficulty and said: "Good medicine tastes bitter, but loyal advice offends the ears."
"Drink to clear your throat."
Li Chen picked up his wine glass and had a drink with Huang Jitian.
Although amaranth was said to be unpalatable, Huang Jitian's eyes lit up when the strong wine entered his throat.
"Good wine!" Huang Jitian praised.
"Donggong's 23-year-old wine is naturally a good wine."
Li Chen patted the wine jars and said: "I only brought five jars with me on this trip. I drank one jar on the way and gave two jars to the soldiers at Crescent Pass. Now there are two jars left, all here.
Already."
The cold wind at night in the northwest was like a steel knife scraping bones. The two of them were sitting on the tall city wall again. The wind was howling and the cold wind was biting. Huang Jitian originally felt uncomfortable, but after taking a few sips of strong wine, he only felt warm all over.
Yangyang.
He said to Li Chen: "Isn't it a pity to drink such a good wine like this?"
"No matter how good the wine is, it is only for drinking. If you offer it as a treasure, if you can't put it in your mouth, you can't enjoy it. What's the difference between it and nothing?" Li Chen asked back.
Nodding, Huang Jitian said: "Yes Ji."
The two of them ate a few mouthfuls of food and drank a few mouthfuls of wine in silence. Huang Jitian took the initiative to bring up the topic and said, "Before I came, I killed a few blind people."
Li Chen nodded and poured his own wine, waiting for Huang Jitian to continue speaking.
Sure enough, Huang Jitian paused and then said: "It's just that people's hearts are different. Some people's positions cannot be changed. They will still cause trouble for me."
"But now that this problem has arisen, we must do something about it."
Huang Jitian raised his head, looked at Li Chen with stern eyes, and said: "If there is such a person with a high status and a group of loyal soldiers following him, if something goes wrong, it may lead to a mutiny, and
If I touch him, even if I win in the end, I will be in a lot of trouble when I go back. Do you think such a person should be killed?"
Li Chen heard this and asked: "Did he block your way?"
Huang Jitian said in a deep voice: "Not yet, but I think he will."
