Late Tang

In the spacious hall, a long row of charcoal basins are burning fiercely, emitting scorching heat, making the hall warm in the cold early spring.The sounds of silk, bamboo, bells and drums were mixed together, but it made Li Keyong, who didn't like to be arty, feel a little dizzy.In the band at the bottom of the hall, pipa, guqin, flute and pan flute are also mixed in.But the most disturbing thing was the sound of the big and small drums, which made him seem to be back on the battlefield, and inexplicably, when he heard the drums today, he always had an ominous sense of killing.Li Keyong, who drank a lot of spirits, even in the sound of the drums, couldn't help thinking of the past battles in his mind, and among these battle scenes, most of them were the battles between him and Li Jing's Qin army. .It was a series of defeats, Shuozhou was defeated, Yunzhou was defeated, Weizhou was defeated...

To him, the band's performance was chaotic and constantly echoing in the room.The generals of the Liang and Jin feudal clans were eating and drinking, punching and drinking, and it was very lively.

Zhu Wen came to such a music class from **, and it turned out to have such a bad tune.

While drinking Jiannanchun, Li Ke watched several young dancers dancing swords who were wearing very thin clothes, almost only covered with a layer of veil at key points.These sword girls are young and beautiful, especially Wu Jian's body is very tall, different from the frailty of ordinary women, the figures of these sword girls show a state of full fitness, with a hidden strength under the slenderness.Although in Li Keyong's opinion, these sword skills are unavoidable in the end, but they are more appreciated by him than those women who can only dance with long sleeves and light dance.

The dancer is top grade, and the sword dance is not bad, but the soundtrack is too bad.I really don't know what Zhu Asan was thinking, to find such a group of musicians, not only can they play and sing badly, but the most important thing is that these musicians are all a group of vulgar and ugly men.

The rain outside continued unabated, and the air in Bianzhou City became increasingly damp and cold.The braziers in the hall raised orange flames, exuding bursts of high temperature, and the inside and outside of the hall were completely two worlds.

The hall is very large, but there are more people in the hall.Li Keyong brought 500 people into the city. At this time, Zhu Wen arranged his guards to drink in the courtyard outside, while he and many civil and military officials of Liang Fan personally entertained in the main hall.Hundreds of people from the Liang and Jin dynasties crowded into one hall, not including the 36 beautiful sword girls and [-] ugly musicians.In addition, there are maids who come and go between the host and the guest like butterflies wearing flowers.

A large number of people crowded together, and the smell in the room gradually became stronger. It was a mixed smell, an uncomfortable smell.Li Keyong sat in the guest seat, and beside him were two beautiful women specially invited by Zhu Wen to serve wine.However, Li Keyong didn't like these two young and beautiful maids, and today his eyes have been on those sword girls.Looking at these dancers with swords, under the influence of alcohol, the figure of Liu Yuniang kept appearing in his mind.

The banquet dishes are very rich, including meat and fish, and what is amazing is that according to Zhu Wen, the chef who cooks the dishes turned out to be the imperial chef in the Luoyang Palace.However, Li Keyong was not interested in the famous dishes that the royal chef worked so hard to cook. He just drank, and then took a sharp knife to drink with a roasted golden leg of lamb in front of him.

Li Ke looked at Zhu Wen in the main seat from time to time, as if he didn't know anything about what was going to happen next.It's a nice place to be, and it's a good time tonight.While drinking Jiannanchun, Li Keyong thought to himself.Five hundred of his most elite guards were in the courtyard outside, above this hall, they were as many as Zhu Wen's.But he believes that as long as he throws the cup, he will be able to quickly subdue everyone in Liang Fan in the hall, including Zhu Wen.Kill Zhu Wen, then control the remaining generals of Liang Fan, and then announce the imperial edict and send out a signal to call 2 people outside the city into the city.

Well, everything will go according to plan.

In fact, this plan is not original. When Chu and Han were fighting for hegemony, Xiang Yu originally planned to use the banquet to kill Liu Bang at the Hongmen Banquet, but he didn't do it in the end.And Li Jing also did such a thing before. When Li Jing was only a general of Shamen, when Song Wei, commander of Ziqing Festival, was fighting with Wang Jingwu, general of Ziqing Ya, Wang Jingwu also held a Hongmen banquet in Qingzhou, preparing to send Song Wei and the others killed them all.But in the end, Li Jing saw through it, and instead, Li Jing took advantage of the plan and launched an attack at the banquet first, catching Wang Jingwu by surprise, and took Qingzhou in one fell swoop.

At this time, they were in Zhu Xuan's Yacheng, with more than five hundred people around them.But Li Ke is bold and bold. In his opinion, what Li Jing can do, he can naturally do better.Even in Zhu Wen's territory, as long as there is a sudden attack, the goal can still be achieved.He is just waiting for the time now, and Zhu Wen and others will be more drunk when he waits later.

Zhu Wen was completely ignorant of all this, and Li Ke observed him with a sneer.The swineherd was still laughing loudly, coaxing the crowd into laughing with vulgar slang.This made him look down on Zhu Wen more and more, look at his surname, look at his subordinates, they are almost all thieves.Private salt dealers, businessmen, thieves, horse bandits, farmers, unsatisfied scholars... "Yi brother, let me introduce you, this is Zhuojing, this is sister-in-law, you and I are one family, so I will Excuse me and let them come and meet."

Zhu Wen's wife is naturally Landlord Liu's daughter, and his younger sister Zhu Xiaomei is already in her early twenties, but because Zhu Wenwen's second elder brother left home to venture into the world in the early years, Zhu Xiaomei also took care of her mother at home, which delayed the marriage.Now that Zhu Wen brought his mother, brothers and sisters over, Zhu Xiaomei suddenly became the younger sister of the vassal king, and her status became noble, but she still couldn't find a suitable family for a while.

Li Keyong frowned slightly at Zhu Wen's move. In the rich and powerful families of the Tang Dynasty, it is not easy for female relatives to meet outsiders.Zhu Wen's move was obviously disrespectful, full of nouveau riche's face.In particular, he resented that Zhu Wen always acted like he knew him very well, so he recruited his wife and sister to meet him.

"Meet the King of Jin!" Zhu Liushi and Zhu Xiaomei stepped forward to salute Li Keyong together.Li Keyong was a little surprised to find that Zhu Wen actually had a girl named Xiaojiabiyu, who was not the national flower of Tianxiang, but had a unique beauty like a wild flower.What made him a little distracted was that Zhu Xiaomei was three points similar to Liu Yuniang.

Zhu Wen held the wine glass, his face was full of smiles, but his eyes were slightly narrowed, staring at Li Keyong seriously.He could see that Li Keyong lost his mind at the moment when he saw his sister, and he saw more clearly that Li Keyong grabbed his sister's hand rudely in public.

A burst of anger welled up in his heart, and then Zhu Wen's eyes revealed a strange look.

"Brother Yi, brother has a suggestion, I don't know if it is possible. Brother Yi has no wife now, and his sister-in-law Yunying is not married. How about our two families being better off, and we can have a good relationship for a hundred years?" Zhu Wen smiled and said to Li Ke Suggested in a moderate voice, with a bit of anticipation in my heart.In fact, calling his wife and younger sister out today was premeditated by him.He had inquired earlier that his younger sister was somewhat similar to Liu Yuniang.He vaguely hopes that he and Li Keyong can form a new, closer and more stable alliance through marriage.

Unless it was absolutely necessary, he didn't want to take the last step he didn't want to take.

Li Keyong had already recovered from his trance, and he glanced at the figure of Zhu Xiaomei who was full of shyness, struggled out of his hand, and left in a hurry.

He only considered Zhu Wen's proposal for a moment, and then replied with a smile full of obvious sarcasm.

Secretly clenched his fists, Zhu Wen still didn't want to give up, "If Sister She can marry a hero like King Jin, it is really a blessing from her previous life. Moreover, Liang and Jin marry, and the marriage is beneficial to both. , or form an alliance with me, Liang Fan, and everyone will work together. In the future, if you are in Hedong and I am in Henan, even Li Jing, we will not be afraid to join forces."

It depends on you!Li Ke thought hard.He didn't answer Zhu Wen's proposal. If Zhu Wen had some proposals before Yang Fuguang and him planned to annex Liang Fan, maybe he might consider it for a while.But now, is this proposal necessary to consider?It is impossible for him to stop at this time, and instead join hands with Zhu Wen.That means that if you choose Zhu Wen, you have to fight against Yang Fuguang.

Yang Fuguang and Zhu Wen, Li Keyong didn't think about it, nor would he choose Zhu Wen.

Brothers An Jinquan and An Jinjun sat under Li Keyong, only a few steps away from Li Keyong.Neither of them drank a drop of alcohol tonight, because the task of the An Jin brothers tonight was to direct the raid on Zhu Wen.

"If the king of Jin is willing to marry his younger sister, this king is willing to give 500 million guan as her sister's dowry!" Zhu Wen didn't give up, and proposed even more attractive conditions.When Emperor Yizong married his beloved Princess Tongchang, he spent 500 million dowry.Although it was a huge sum of money, Zhu Wen still felt that if Li Keyong could really marry Liang Fan, then such a sum of money would be worth it.

Li Keyong has an alliance with Wang Chongrong, and also with Chengdezhen, and there is also an alliance with Xianger Tuyuhun, the second party in the relevant party. If it is true that he can form an alliance with Hedong, then even Yang Fuguang has to think about it. Take their portion.

Li Keyong didn't seem to hear these words at all, he just sliced ​​the leg of lamb leisurely with a knife, and then took a sip of Jiannanchun from the glass.

It was a refusal, and a refusal rife with insults.Zhu Ahsan had narrowed his eyes, and the fist in his sleeve was clenched tighter and tighter.

There was still an uproar in the hall, and the group of musicians played the piano as usual, surprisingly bad.

Li Ke ignored Zhu Wen, and in a few hours, Zhu Wen's head would be lost. Why should he form an alliance with such a person.Wait a little longer, wait for them to drink more wine, and the time will be later.

The banquet not far outside was still going on, and louder noises continued to be heard. It was Zhu Wen's Yajun golden guns accompanied by Li Ke's Black Crow Army drinking and making noise.

Zhu Wen seemed to be furious, or couldn't stand the group of poor musicians, so he went out with a gloomy face as an excuse to change clothes.An Jinquan went to sit next to Li Keyong, and Li Keyong waved away the two serving maids. (To be continued.)