Chapter 227
On a rainy night, in the north of Yongwei City, Dingbei Army Camp.

The big tent was brightly lit, and Su Mo adjusted the collar of Xiao Beiheng who was standing in front of her.

Xiao Beiheng's hair was combed neatly, tied meticulously on the top of his head, and fixed with jade hairpins.He was wearing a bright red ornate outer robe, with a jade belt around his waist. On the jade belt hung a pure white pan-glass jade pendant, with three tassels dangling from it.

People rely on clothes and horses rely on saddles.He was handsome and tall in appearance, but with a little make-up, he was like a dragon and a phoenix among men.

"Beiheng, you don't like to wear bright red on weekdays, why did you choose this color on purpose today?"

"I have completely defeated Xiao Zhuo. On such a festive day, isn't it a very appropriate color to wear red?" Xiao Beiheng smiled and raised his hands to admire the intricate and exquisite lines on the edge of his sleeves. Dress festively."

Su Mo put her hands down, turned her face away awkwardly, and said, "Do I have to participate?"

"I invite the Second Prince and Xiao Kai to bring their families to the banquet, and then I need you, Momo, to help me deal with those women." Xiao Beiheng stretched out his hand and gently pulled Su Mo's jaw, making her face himself, "with a displeased look on her face." Happy is almost a signboard, are you worried about that Shen Yuexi?"

"No," Su Mo shook her head, "She is Xiao Zhuo's wife, so she has nothing to do with me."

Xiao Beiheng put his hands down, and said with a smile: "It's no secret that you like to hang out with her."

Su Mo's eyes lit up, and she plucked up her courage and said: "Do you have to kill Xiao Zhuo and her? They have already been defeated completely, and it is impossible to hinder us any more."

"Cutting weeds has to be uprooted." Xiao Beiheng stretched out his hand to grab his collar, and stretched his neck to make himself more comfortable. "Besides, this was originally the will of the father. If he is let go, let him return to the capital to help Emperor Yongde." , Am I ashamed of my father?"

Su Mo lowered her head and said, "They may have escaped."

Xiao Beiheng sneered, and said: "I'm not such a waste as Emperor Yongde. I have laid a net to the north, and the army of the Second Prince and Xiao Kai blocked the south. They escaped from Yongwei City on horseback, and the distance they can escape is only that big Range. Now that it’s raining heavily, they must first find a place to hide from the rain, and they won’t be able to escape far.”

Just as he was talking, a sergeant entered from outside the tent, and said with a military salute: "His Royal Highness, the second prince has already braved the rain and headed towards the capital. He said he was going to hunt down the enemy who killed his mother, so he will not participate in the celebration banquet." .”

"This son knows," Xiao Beiheng nodded slightly disappointed, "What about Prince Jing's son Xiao Kai?"

"Prince Jing's son Xiao Kai will arrive later."

Ordering the reporting sergeant to retreat, Xiao Beiheng looked to the north.

"Hehe, revenge for killing his mother? It's really a high-sounding excuse. He is in such a hurry to go to the capital because he is afraid that his father will occupy the capital before him. He is overestimating his capabilities, and with his meager ability, he actually wants to fight with his father."

"Although the second prince's army is patchwork, there are at least [-] people. If he really goes to the capital, the father may also feel troublesome." Su Mo took the cloak, "Why don't we raise the army immediately, and stop fighting?" Have a celebration banquet here?"

"Defeating Xiao Zhuo is a great event. If it doesn't happen, it won't happen. Although the second prince is missing, it's not perfect, but it's enough. Let's go." Xiao Beiheng said while holding Su Mo's hand.

The two went out of the tent, and left and right held umbrellas for them, and a red carpet was laid on the ground leading to the banquet tent.Blow and beat left and right, and drums play in unison.

Xiao Beiheng led a group of generals to the gate of the camp, just in time to see the motorcade of the Jingzhou Army parked at the gate, and Xiao Kai and Shen Lan had just got off the vehicle.

Xiao Kai was wearing heavy armor, with the Yan Que sword hanging on his waist, his right eye was tightly wrapped in a white cloth, and he came limping.Behind him are several generals of the Jingzhou Army who are wearing armor.

Shen Lan, who was wearing an exquisite and gorgeous plain dress, followed behind him.She was smiling, but her face was pale, as if she had no blood.

"Haha, great general," Xiao Beiheng spread his hands in a welcome gesture from a distance, "the great general is brave and invincible, he loses first and then wins, he completely defeated Xiao Zhuo in the first battle, and received [-] soldiers. "

Xiao Kai clasped his fists in return: "Your Majesty, you are welcome. I was invited by King Qi to fight this thief together with His Royal Highness. However, His Majesty took Leshan and immediately sent my wife back. I am very grateful."

"Where is it?" Xiao Beiheng said with a smile, "It's Mrs. Zun who wants to come back. This son just sent an army to escort here. It's nothing to worry about."

The two parties came to the big tent, where the guests and the host took their seats.Xiao Beiheng was in the chief seat, Xiao Kai was in the second seat, and Su Mo went to greet Shen Lan.

Xiao Kai didn't take off his armor or sword, and said to Xiao Beiheng: "Your Majesty, do you know that the Second Prince has raised troops overnight?"

"I know, he is anxious to avenge his mother, so he won't come to the banquet." Xiao Beiheng nodded, "We are not in a hurry, we will have a good time as the host and guest tonight."

The curtains flickered, and the servants brought in steaming and fragrant dishes of various colors like flowing water, and placed them on the table in front of everyone.

Xiao Beiheng reconciled with the generals of the Northern Army and the Jingzhou Army and said: "My lords, today is a day of great joy, you don't have to be restrained, eat and drink as much as you want, and don't sleep until you get drunk."

Everyone had been fighting for several days, and now, in the midst of fine wine and delicacies, Xiao Beiheng, the host, spoke again. He immediately let go of his stomach, pushed and changed cups, and the bowls and chopsticks rattled and became noisy in an instant.

When the servants were about to put the dishes on Xiao Kai's case, Xiao Kai raised his hand to stop it:

"No, I brought my own food this time. I'm from Jingzhou, and I like spicy food, but I'm not used to your Anzhou people's faded taste, haha."

After finishing speaking, he raised his hands and clapped, and immediately a general of the Jingzhou Army brought the dishes outside the tent.

Lin Kui, who was sitting at the bottom, glanced at Xiao Beiheng, Xiao Beiheng waved his hands disapprovingly and said, "It's okay, the general likes spicy food, and there's no such thing here. This Mr. Lin is my son's aide. He has wines that have been preserved for many years. This prince can't even drink it. On today's day of great joy, this prince can taste it with the general."

Lin Kui stood up and said, "Your Majesty has already prepared fine wine for the two highnesses. Today's celebration banquet is full of joy, so you should drink three cups. Come and offer wine."

The curtain was lifted, and a beautiful maid came in with a tray in both hands, on which were two jugs of wine and two jade cups.

"This wine is called wine. The longer it is stored, the more mellow the taste will be." Lin Kui approached himself with a smile and took a jug from the tray. "I am only willing to take it out when entertaining guests. This wine should be used The luminous cup is full, but the luminous cup is hard to find, so we temporarily use the jade cup instead."

Seeing Lin Kui picking up the flagon, Xiao Kai suddenly said: "I think the other pot is good, I want that pot."

Lin Kui was taken aback for a moment, then laughed and said, "Both jugs are made of fine grape wine, does the general think the other jug ​​is more refined?"

"That's right, it's exquisite, haha." Xiao Kai smiled, "Just give me that pot."

Lin Kui stopped with his hands in the air, and looked at Xiao Beiheng.

Xiao Beiheng smiled and raised his hand, waved it, and said, "Tonight is a day of great joy. Mr. Lin, since the general wants it, then give him another pot."

Lin Kui nodded, put back the jug in his hand, and said to Xiao Kai: "General, I dedicate this jug to His Royal Highness, do you want this jug?"

Xiao Kai stretched out his hand and said, "Mr. Lin doesn't need to take it, I will take it myself."

After finishing speaking, without waiting for Lin Kui to speak, he stretched out his hand to take the jug of wine and a jade cup he mentioned, put them on his desk, and sat down again.

Lin Kui shook his head with a smile, and presented another jug ​​of wine and a jade cup in front of Xiao Beiheng. Behind Xiao Beiheng, an old man dressed as a servant stepped forward to pour wine for Xiao Beiheng.

At this time, the musicians in the tent played the Victory Music, and the next song was mixed with people, gobbled it up, and the atmosphere was intense.

Xiao Beiheng picked up the jade cup full of wine, gestured to Xiao Kai with a smile on his face, and said, "General, please."

Xiao Kai picked up the jade cup, and without touching his lips, he said to Xiao Beiheng: "I smell a little sour wine, please drink it first."

Xiao Beiheng laughed and said: "The general has a rough appearance, unexpectedly he is a careful person. This son has poor eyesight, but I didn't see that the general has such abilities at the beginning."

"Although I'm big and three rough, I'm not stupid." Xiao Kai also laughed.

Xiao Beiheng drank the fine wine in the cup, gestured to Xiao Kai with an empty cup, and said: "This son has already drank it, but now the general may drink it?"

Hearing this, Xiao Kai stretched out the fine wine in his hand to the front of the desk, tilted the jade cup, and the amber grape wine flowed into a trickle and sprinkled on the ground in front of the desk.

"I can't drink this wine. I should pay tribute to the soldiers of the Jingzhou Army who died in battle."

"The general is sympathetic to the soldiers," Xiao Beiheng looked at the spilled wine and sighed, "It's just a pity that this fine wine has been preserved for many years."

They were talking there, and Su Mo next to her raised her wine glass and said to Shen Lan, "Sister, let my little sister toast you too."

The corners of Shen Lan's mouth twitched, barely revealing a smile, holding up the wine glass with both hands, but trembling, spilled a lot of wine in the glass.

Su Mo was surprised, put down the wine glass, and reached out to grab Shen Lan's wrist. As soon as she touched Shen Lan's wrist, Shen Lan suddenly withdrew her hand.

"Mrs. Shen, did you catch the cold?" Su Mo looked at Shen Lan's pale face strangely.

Shen Lan shook her head and said, "No...no."

Su Mo didn't believe it, and while Shen Lan wasn't paying attention, she suddenly reached out and pushed up the sleeve of her right hand.An arm wrapped in a blood-stained white cloth immediately came into her eyes.

Shen Lan glanced at Xiao Kai in horror, quickly hid her arm under the table, and put down her sleeve.

Su Mo followed her gaze and said softly, "Xiao Kai?"

"No no, today is a day of great joy. It should be me...I...Jing Shizi." Shen Lan gritted her teeth and reached for the jug on the table.

Su Mo stood up and said, "Mrs. Shen, please follow me out of the account."

Shen Lan's lips trembled, and she shook her head again and again: "I must be with my husband, I can't leave him, I can't."

Su Mo didn't argue, and turned to tell the maids: "The general's wife is drunk, please go to my tent to rest."

The maids understood, and the two came up to set up Shen Lan and walked out of the tent.

Shen Lan turned her head and shouted to Xiao Kai: "Husband, husband." But Xiao Kai turned a deaf ear, as if he didn't hear it.

After Shen Lan got out of the big tent, Su Mo came to Xiao Beiheng and Xiao Kai, and bowed gracefully: "Husband, General. We women are too drunk, so we will leave for the time being."

Xiao Beiheng was staring at Xiao Kai, and didn't respond, but waved her hand to signal that he knew.

Su Mo glanced at the two people who were concentrating on it, and suddenly her face turned cold, as if she understood something, she turned around and stepped on the red carpet in the middle of the big tent, and walked out of the tent quickly.

Xiao Kai poured out all the wine, put the empty wine glass on the table, and said with a smile: "This wine has been used to worship the dead, so naturally I can't drink it. Fortunately, I brought the wine myself."

After finishing speaking, he raised his hand to pat again, and the general of the Jingzhou Army who delivered the food before came in with a large wine jar and a large bowl.

"Haha, I didn't expect the general to attend the banquet, bringing his own food and drinks." Xiao Beiheng and Lin Kui looked at each other and laughed.

Xiao Kai asked the general to pour a bowl full for himself, picked it up and drank it down in one gulp, put the bowl on the table, wiped his mouth and said: "The wine has been drunk, then let's get down to business."

"Oh, what's the business?" Xiao Beiheng sat up straight, pretending to be listening.

"Now that King Qi is attacking the capital, I want my son to leave this place immediately, and return Zhangwu, Leshan, and Nanping to me. I will rule the two states in the west. You and your father will become princes and emperors. Both sides are happy. How about it?" ?”

As soon as this remark came out, the laughter and laughter in the tent suddenly cooled down.

Everyone knew the meaning of these words, Xiao Kai meant to let Xiao Beiheng give up the three counties of Liangzhou that the Dingbei Army had already occupied.

The sound of the rain outside the tent was extremely ear-piercing at this moment. The raindrops fell on the top of the tent, as if countless war drums were ringing overhead.

Xiao Beiheng smiled and said: "According to the general's intention, do you want us to give up Liangzhou completely?"

"Exactly," Xiao Kai propped his hands on his knees, "Liangzhou is originally in my pocket in Jingzhou. I lost more than [-] horses and paid the most for it. Naturally, it should belong to me."

Lin Kui interjected, "General, please forgive me for lying. If so, wouldn't our army come from afar and return empty-handed?"

"Why is it empty-handed?" Xiao Kai laughed, "If King Qi seizes the throne, I, Jingzhou and Liangzhou, will be the first to support him. Isn't that enough? It is extremely cost-effective to exchange the three counties of Xiliang for the peace of the world."

Xiao Beiheng nodded, and said to Lin Kui: "Understood, the general's goal is to unify the two states. Liangzhou borders Jingzhou, so naturally it should be returned to him."

Xiao Kai was taken aback when he heard this, and then laughed loudly: "His Royal Highness is indeed a sensible person, so you agreed?"

"Yes, this son is indeed in a hurry to return to Beijing to assist the king, and it is useless to stay here." Xiao Beiheng nodded very sincerely, "I also want to end the matter here quickly."

Xiao Kai rejoiced and said: "Then we can make a written document, you and I sign it, so as to avoid disputes in the future."

"The general is really quick to speak," Xiao Beiheng got up and said to the outsider, "Send me a letter."

Someone outside the tent brought in documents and pens and ink, and placed them in front of Xiao Kai.

Xiao Kai lowered his head and saw that the documents on the case were not blank, but some words had already been written.He was puzzled, and then read it word by word, and couldn't help being furious.

It was impressively written on the document that Xiao Kai had to give up the entire Jingzhou territory to Xiao Beiheng, and at the same time, he killed himself in gratitude.

"Xiao Beiheng, how dare you play tricks on me!"

With a loud roar, Xiao Kai tore the document in half, got up and overturned the table.

(End of this chapter)

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