"This old guy!" Li Xu spat with a smile. He was taken advantage of by Zhang Xutuo again. The price was only less than fifty meaty wines in the roadside tavern, but he agreed to help him with such a big event.
Is it easy to deal with the guardian? He immediately invaded Pyongyang but had to obey the order. This old man was so angry that he couldn't find a place to vent his anger. If you take advantage of him at this time, wouldn't it be engraved on your forehead?
With the word "seeking death".
"Is it difficult for Mr. Zhang to entrust the matter to Mr. Zhang?" Shi Lan asked with concern after hearing Li Xu curse.
"It's difficult, but it may not be possible at all! Come on, old general, hello!" Li Xu thought carefully for a moment and shook his head with a wry smile. Although he was being taken advantage of, he was not angry at Zhang Xutuo's actions at all.
On the contrary, what surged in his heart at this moment was the joy of being able to do things for others.
Li Xu really put a lot of thought into preparing a reception banquet for the Sui navy officers who had returned in triumph. Although the guests and hosts may not have any thoughts about eating or drinking during the upcoming feast, he still had to prepare it grandly and thoughtfully.
Try to make the visitor feel at home. Because only in that way can he get what he wants from the other party. Although the final reasons are high-sounding, in essence they are just two words, deal.
There is a price to pay for a transaction. The relationship between him and the Yuwen family has become irreconcilable. Whether he offends the other party, the result will be the same. Later, General Huer and General Yuwen are incompatible, and there is an invisible gap between them.
, may not be an opportunity for newcomers to make their mark.
Perhaps because of the long journey, Lai Guo's expression looked extremely tired. Most of the generals who accompanied him to the banquet were like this, and all of them had unlucky faces. Only Navy Commander Shi Cui Junsu was brightly dressed, and there was a faint trace of emotion as he looked around.
Feeling somewhat contented.
Everyone sat down in order, and Pei Caozhi, the old eunuch, was the first to raise his wine. "The shame of several years is finally over. With this result, I think the souls of the three hundred thousand heroes of that year can also rest in peace."
There is no respect here, but please invite the general to drink this cup!" He was always good at praying and singing, and although his toast was short, it made people feel proud.
"But please come, general, and drink this cup!" All the civil and military officials from Qi County raised their wine cups to their brows and saluted each other from afar. Lai Guer couldn't resist, so he had to raise his wine cup and drink with everyone. Before he drank the wine, he sighed quietly.
He took a deep breath, as if countless resentments were suppressed in his chest and there was no chance to vent them out. Everyone thought he was going to say a few words, but he stopped talking, picked up the wine, and drank it all in one gulp.
This is not the appearance of the old general in Xuzi's impression. I remember that in front of Hulao Pass, the old general smiled at everyone. He would trick others into plotting with a smile, and "slap" him hard along the way.
Yu Wenshu gave Yu Wenshu a big slap in the face. Looking at the whole Sui Dynasty, who would let Lai Huer suffer, I am afraid that except the emperor, it is the six aristocratic families. But now he is leading the troops? Who has such great ability to make him feel bitter and say no?
come out.
While he was trying to figure out what the other party was thinking, General Zhang Xutuo raised a second glass of wine. This time, General Zhang congratulated all the soldiers on the Eastern Expedition for their safe and triumphant return, and the guests could not find any reason to refuse. Come and protect your children.
He fucked her all over again, but didn't raise his glass in return. He kept chewing on some dishes with a dark face.
As a result, the atmosphere of the banquet was inevitably awkward. Zhang Xutuo tilted his head towards Li Xu and motioned with his eyes to come forward and chat with him, to bring the relationship between the guests and the host closer. Before Li Xu could hold the wine cup, he stood up.
, on the second seat opposite, Shi Cui Junsu, the Minister of War and the Navy Commander, jumped out first.
"This time, the fortunes of the Sui Dynasty are booming. Your Majesty is strategizing. I am following the orders of the soldiers, and the civil and military forces are united. Finally, Gao Yuan'er is restrained, and the prestige of the Sui Dynasty is high..."
His voice was soft and soft, with a bit of a drake voice. Although his words were as catchy as poetry, it really made everyone feel uncomfortable. The princes of Qijun could barely put on a smile and followed him.
The generals who came with Hu'er and others all lowered their heads, and everything from their ears to their necks turned blue-black.
It seems that the problem lies with Master Cui. I wonder if this person is from the Cui family in Hejian or the Cui family in Qinghe. Whose family has helped him sneak into the Ministry of War? Li Xu carefully observed the faces of the people opposite him, and
Knowing that the generals such as Lai Huer had a rift with Cui Junsu, who was a civil servant. With his own status and the strong impression left by the first Liaodong Battle, he instinctively chose to protect the interests of the generals. So he raised the wine cup in front of him.
, interrupted Cui Junsu’s verbosity with a smile.
"It's a pity that the last general is not lucky enough to be able to see the generals in person. I would like to use this wine to wash away the dust of the generals!"
"I don't dare, I don't dare. Compared with General Li Lang's heroic appearance in front of Hulao Pass, all our efforts are in vain!" When Lai Huer saw Li Xu getting up to toast him, he managed to regain some of his interest and replied with a smile.
"It's a pity that General Li didn't catch up with this Eastern Expedition. Your Majesty convinced people with his kindness and promoted his holy grace..." Taking advantage of the crowd's words, Cui Junsu interjected again.
"Yes, when my father was alive, he often told us about General Lee's courage in turning the tide. He said that you defeated the enemy three times, shouted and spread the flag in front of tens of thousands of enemy troops. There were nearly 400,000 enemy soldiers present, and no one could not win for him.
!" A young military general named Zhou sitting at the end of the guests also raised his wine cup and saluted Li Xu from a distance.
Normally, before Cui Junsu and other superiors such as Cui Junsu came to take care of the children and did not respond, the person sitting in his position was not qualified to thank the master. But what happened today was strange. Before the chief naval officer said anything, Chang Shi showed his face first
.So if the younger generation doesn’t pay attention to order, it can’t be completely considered disrespectful.
The civil and military officials in Qi County secretly had something bad in their minds. They entertained guests enthusiastically, but they did not expect to stand on the edge of a big whirlpool. Seeing the civil and military officers of the navy fighting each other, it was not easy to talk to the host, and it was even more troublesome not to talk to each other. It seemed that they had fallen into
An empty house with no doors or windows makes it impossible to walk around.
Pei Caozhi secretly winked at Li Xu, indicating that he would try his best to protect both sides in the whirlpool. Xuzi nodded gently to the old eunuch, then raised the wine cup in front of him and responded to the military general named Zhou: "Your Majesty, you are Zhou Fa Shang Zhou.
Old General? Back then, Li was lucky enough to fight side by side with the old general. Unexpectedly, less than a year had passed..." He paused and deliberately let out a long sigh in a low tone, "Oh, I wish he could win.
I am very relieved to know that the Sui Dynasty finally made Goguryeo surrender. This wine is dedicated to the old general Zhou and all of you who are paying attention to my Sui Dynasty ancestors in heaven!"
"Respect the old general of Zhou and the ancestors of the Sui Dynasty who are paying attention to me in heaven." Everyone responded with serious expressions.
When the guests and hosts were exchanging greetings before the banquet, Lai Hu'er once introduced everyone to the family background of the military general named Zhou. His name was Zhou Shaofan, and he was the youngest son of General Zhou Fashang, deputy commander of the Navy. After everyone heard this, they only regarded Zhou as a borrowed father.
Yu Yin was just a young man from an aristocratic family who had mixed seniority in the army, so he didn't pay much attention to it. At this time, he heard that General Zhou Fashang had died, and he glanced at the young man a few more times. The topic naturally turned from the conquest of Goryeo to the war against Goryeo.
The memory of General Zhou came here. Cui Junsu was so worried that he felt as if thousands of ants were crawling in his heart, but he couldn't get in a word to express his own contribution. He wanted to find an opportunity to make a fuss, but the master's behavior was in line with others.
It's natural for him to be jealous of a living person competing with a dead person, and his dirty thoughts are indeed a bit unspeakable.
"Before I left the army this time, Brother Zhou Xian was already ill, but he insisted on sending me to the seaside. Lai still remembers his last words, every sentence is like a knife! Mr. Cui, you were here that day, can you tell me what General Zhou said?"
After everyone chatted for a while about the past of General Zhou Fashang, Lai Huer shook his head and sighed.
Cui Junsu was so anxious that he couldn't scratch his heart. He finally waited for the opportunity to show off, but he couldn't let it go easily. He immediately stood up straight and said seriously: "How could Cui forget? Old General Zhou said: 'I will come to the sea again.
, failed to benefit from it, time is not with me, and I will die. If my determination is not fruitful, so will my fate.'"
After saying that, he threw his hands around, hoping that everyone would praise him for his super memory. However, he found that the entire hall was silent, and the host and guests raised their wine glasses and paid respect to the heroic spirit in the sky.
Can those heroic souls far away in the world, whose ambitions have not yet been fulfilled, be able to rest in peace at today's embarrassing results? (To be continued)
