Chapter 76 Night Banquet
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Li Jing pondered for a long time, knowing that the matter had been out of his control. He didn't dare to hesitate anymore, and immediately rode out of the camp to the governor's mansion. He informed the guards of the doormen, entered the mansion to pay a visit to Cui Yunqing, and told him about the killing of Feng Yanqing in 1500 times, and the fact that Song Wen suddenly came to the door today, clearly stated clearly.
"Mr. Teacher is not a rash student. Do you still remember the glass of wine that Feng Liang gave to his teacher at the banquet that day? At that time, I suspected that it was a glass of poisonous wine. Later, I asked Feng Liang in person, and he personally admitted that it was indeed a glass of poisonous wine. The students were already bullied and humiliated by the Feng family, not to mention that they actually wanted to murder their teacher. The students could tolerate their own affairs, but they could never ignore their teacher. After killing Feng Yanqing and Feng Liang, they did not tell their teacher, and they did not want their teacher to be implicated. The secret of the matter was originally done, but Song Wen discovered it. Teacher, the student was willing to take on this matter with all his strength and would never implicate his teacher."
After hearing Li Jing's words, Cui Yunqing just stroked her long beard and sat there calmly. After a long time, she said, "Get up first, I'll send someone to invite King Zhao and Han Zhong first."
Li Jing was a little restless and sat in the hall to drink tea. He drank tea for a long time, but Li Jing couldn't drink the tea mixed with ginger, green onion and other spices in the past, but today he had several cups of it, but he couldn't feel the spicy taste of this sausage of the sausage tea at all.
After about half an hour of contact, King Zhao Li Si, Han Zhong, the military commander of Penglai City, Liu Jian, the military commander of Longshan Camp, Xu Cheng, the commander of Dongmu Shou, and Sima, the judge, the referee, the inspector, the yamen officer, etc., arrived. Looking at the sword-walking generals who rode their horses, Li Jing was shocked. In the past, he knew that Cui Yunqing, Li Si and Yu Quan formed an alliance, and overwhelmed local factions such as Feng Yanqing.
But he did not expect that their alliance would have such a great force. Dengzhou Zhizhou soldiers, Longshan camp, and Dongmu Shouzhai, these three soldiers and horses combined with 3,000 troops, and there are several different systems. Although nominally, the soldiers and horses belonging to the state are all under the command of the governor. In fact, the governor is basically appointed by the confidants of the governor, and ordinary civil servants serve as governors, but only a nominal military commander.
But today Cui Yunqing said something, and these battalion generals arrived immediately, which shocked Li Jing. Moreover, in addition to these three troops, there were also half of the officers in the Dengzhou Tuanjie Battalion here. If the general Cui Zhen of Chishan Town, which Li Jing knew, was also a member of Cui Yunqing, then Cui Yunqing had more than half of the troops in Dengzhou. No wonder Cui Yunqing was always gentle when he was fighting. It turned out that on the surface, Cui Yunqing had basically mastered all the troops near Dengzhou.
As soon as he thought of this, Li Jing was originally worried and excited again. Cui Yunqing held such a trump card in his hand. Even if Song Wen, the confidant of the governor, had to think twice before acting, and be afraid of the weapon.
Everyone arrived, Cui Yunqing talked about Song Wen's invitation tonight's banquet. It also shows that Feng Yanqing had tried to poison him and King Zhao at the banquet a few days ago, but fortunately Li Jing saw it through. He also said that Song Wen didn't know where to believe some rumors, and actually suspected that Feng Yanqing's uncle and nephew was killed by Li Jing and had come to his house.
"Song Wen invites me, if I don't go, it will inevitably confirm Song Wen's suspicion. Therefore, I plan to go to the banquet today."
Xu Cheng glanced at Li Jing several times, and had guessed in his heart that the matter might not be as simple as Cui Yunqing said. Since Song Wen came directly, the truth of the matter was probably that Feng Yanqing was really killed by Li Jing. However, he didn't think that Li Jing could do such a big thing alone. Li Jing was a disciple of the governor, so this matter was likely to be Feng, who was instructed by the governor to kill him.
After many thoughts turned around, Xu Cheng said: "Song Wen invites you, there will be no good things. I think there will be no good banquet for this banquet, so it will definitely be a Hongmen Banquet!"
Cui Yunqing said, "Don't I know? As soon as Feng Yanqing died, Song Wen jumped up and down, very active. These days, he has been trying his best to win over Feng Yanqing's old subordinates, and now he suddenly attacked Feng Yanqing's death. He is prepared. Originally, I thought that once Feng Yanqing died, Dengzhou would finally restore peace. However, there are always people who are unwilling to do so. Song Wen's words are already very obvious. If I avoid it, I am afraid that he will be polite before he will be in trouble. Song Wen is not afraid, but Song Wen is just a pawn of the commander-in-law."
Li Jing advised: "Students always feel that it is not the best way to go to the banquet without understanding Song Wen's intentions with their mentor's golden body."
Cui Yunqing said according to several cases: "I have been an official for decades and the governor has passed through the five prefectures. Many rivers and waves have also been wading through them. How can I be afraid of Song Wen now?" Liu Jian also advised: "Don't bark if the dog bites. Although Song Wen has always been quiet since he came to Dengzhou, he has to be careful."
"During the Three Kingdoms period, Guan Yuncheng also went to the meeting alone. Although I am not a military general, I am not afraid. I have sent someone to reply to Song Wen to go to the meeting, how can I break my promise?"
Li Feng has never spoken since he arrived, because he is a person who is more clear about the details of the matter. Cui Yunqing had told him that Feng Yanqing died at the hands of Li Jing, and he was a little unbelievable at that time. But now that Song Wen has come to the door, the matter must be true. Cui Yunqing insists on going to the banquet, and the fundamental reason is that he knows that Song Wen must have some evidence in his hands. He is asking everyone to come now, and what he is discussing is not whether to go or not, but how to deal with Song Wen.
"Envoy Cui can go, but you must be prepared."
Cui Yunqing said, "Ji Yu and your three brothers accompany me together. In addition, the Korean military envoy dispatched 500 troops to wait near the Song Mansion. If there is anything, I will ask Ji Yu to fire the arrows at that time. You can come in and pick you up."
After discussing some details, they went back to prepare.
In the mansion of Yuhou in the east capital of the city, Song Wen received a reply from Cui Yunqing to the evening. The four battalions of the united soldiers of Dengzhou were all in the mansion. Song Xi, the ten generals of Wendeng camp, said: "What should we do now that Cui Yunqing is here?"
Yang Lin, the ten generals of Mouping Camp, raised his lips: "If he brings troops, I will lead 200 people to hide outside the mansion. If he doesn't bring troops, he will only ambush fifty axe masters in the backyard. If he can understand the current affairs and obey the commander of Jieshou from now on, that's all. If he has any other ideas, he will kill him in the table at that time."
Song Wen did not object to this ruthless arrangement. After pondering, he nodded slowly and left everything to the four generals to arrange.
After dusk, Song Wen sent people to wait for the greeting at the intersection of Fuqian Street. In the evening, a team of people and a carriage came to the street, with five or six riders around him. When he approached, a purple-robed official came down from the carriage, but it was Cui Yunqing, the governor of Dengzhou. Several knights next to him also turned over and dismounted, but they were wearing military uniforms, armored clothes, and a horizontal sword on their waists, which was extremely majestic.
Song Wen had already received the report and personally brought his confidants to welcome him. After a warm remark, everyone went to the mansion to drink, raised their glasses to persuade him, and they had good wine and good food, but they didn't say anything else. Cui Yunqing didn't mention it, just cared about drinking. Li Jing, Lin Wei and four others were sitting beside Cui Yunqing, but they didn't drink.
Halfway through the wine, Song Wen put down his glass and said, "Eunuch Cui has taken over a good disciple. He is young and promising, and he is also very heroic. In addition, the brothers he has made are all handsome and heroic. The governor Cui has extraordinary vision and extraordinary."
Cui Yunqing smiled and said, "It happened, it happened!"
Song Wen smiled, gently turned the wine glass in his hand, as if he was drinking to speak: "Before a certain person came to Dengzhou, Song Jieshuai kept instructing him that he could consult the minister of the envoy Cui. But before that, Cui Jun seemed to have such a prejudice against this martial artist?"
"I dare not prejudice, but I have been busy with official duties and have not had the chance to get along with the Song Du Yuhou."
"It's really hard for the re-elected envoy of the governor of five states. My family's general now has a proposal, but I don't know what the envoy of the envoy Cui is?"
"What is the proposal?" Cui Yunqing saw that Song Wen did not mention Feng Yanqing's murder, so she forced herself to refuse. Seeing that Song Wen finally proposed the conditions, she put down the cup of chopsticks, looked at Song Wen, and waited for the other party to offer a bid code.
Song Wen took the wine pot from his maid, came to pour a glass of wine for Cui Yunqing, and sat down. He said without any rush, "It's a good thing, a great thing. The envoy Cui should also know that Song Jieshuai had been serving in the imperial guards of the northern yamen in the capital. Later, he followed General Kang Chengxun to send troops to wipe out the Pang Xun Rebellion, and then moved to the southern border. It can be said that he has been in the military for a long time. Now Song Jieshuai has been appointed as the governor of Zibo Qing.
Not only did he belong to the 37,500 Pinglu Army, but he also had to take charge of the civil affairs of Zibo, Qing, Qi, Lai, and the five prefectures. Cui Envoy was also the largest family in Shandong. He should know that the Pinglu Army has always been domineering and domineering. Jieshou has also been a headache for these arrogant soldiers and generals every day. However, due to the famine, refugees are rising everywhere and thieves everywhere. Jieshou is also intimidated and needs a trustworthy minister to support him."
Li Jing sat aside, not understanding why Song Wen suddenly mentioned so far, but seeing that Cui Yunqing didn't speak, he had to sit aside.
"Cui Jun came from a high school and became a Jinshi. He has been in charge of many places for decades and dominated the politics of several states. Every place has left a very good official reputation in the area. Song Jieshuai is now in urgent need of help from a capable person like Cui. Cui may still have something to do. Although Dengzhou is still calm, other places in Ziqing Town are not peaceful. According to Qingzhou, there are now refugees in Henan, many places and villages are empty, nine out of ten houses are empty. Every mountain and road, there are refugees everywhere who flee to famine. There are also many illegal people who have taken the opportunity to make trouble, spread rumors everywhere, and gather people as bandits. According to this momentum, the five prefectures in Ziqing Town will not be able to pass this year."
"What does Song Jieshuai need Cui to do?" Cui Yunqing has been paying attention to the post-disaster famine in Henan and Hebei recently. Hearing that the situation is so serious, he is in a bad mood.
Chapter completed!