As soon as Emperor Qingping came, the banquet officially began.
Xu Zonglun has seen so many great worlds since he was a child, and he has always been able to handle them with ease.And these soldiers under him, although they don't speak bluntly, they all follow his lead, so the banquet was very lively with you coming and going.
Emperor Qingping originally wanted to see Xu Zonglun, but now he didn't pay much attention to the temporarily placed general, and after a few words, he focused on chatting with Xu Zonglun.
Xu Zonglun has been in Qinmenguan for the past four years, and even though he is so close, he has never returned to Chang'an once.Emperor Qingping knew that he was at odds with his father and brother, so he knew very well that what happened in Beijing in the past few years had nothing to do with Xu Zonglun.
Therefore, he treated Xu Zonglun very kindly.
But he didn't know how many letters Xu Zonglun had communicated with his father and brother in private.
His biological father was not very promising, even if he got his father's shadow, he was nothing more than a local gentry in the end.And since he was a child, he has been raised by his father at his knees, and he is well educated, so the relationship is as close as a child.
Since he was young, Xu Xiang had already charted out his future path for him, and he also knew that civil servants and military generals have never been able to get along with each other.Therefore, ever since Xu Zonglun could remember, he knew that he wanted to play a play with his father and brother.On the surface, the relatives are weak, but in fact they are extremely close.
It is precisely because of this that he was able to successfully enter the army, and he has been able to hold a large number of soldiers for decades.
And the generals under him all obeyed his orders. Now, even if the chief general is changed, they only listen to his orders.
As for blocking the arrow for Emperor Qingping back then, it was also under his father's instruction.
The young emperor was immature, and only excited by his subordinates, he led an elite team to chase down the poor bandits, all the way to the hinterland occupied by the Turks.According to his style of play, he would naturally lay an ambush, while he waited in the distance, waiting for Emperor Qingping to be heavily besieged before going to the rescue.
That arrow was naturally made by his subordinates, and it would not hit his vitals.
He "blocked" an arrow for Emperor Qingping, and then put on an appearance of being seriously injured and had a high fever for several days in succession.As soon as this play was performed, Emperor Qingping naturally remembered it in his heart, and it also benefited the Xu family a lot.
Both he and the Xu family prospered, and both lost. When the Xu family became prosperous, he naturally rose with the tide.
Now, his pretense of loyalty and patriotism has played a role again.
Seeing Emperor Qingping's posture, he knew that although his father and brother had made mistakes, Emperor Qingping was still not wary of him.
Seeing that the time was about the same, Xu Zonglun knew that the time had come.
He touched General Hu next to him under the table.
He had told General Hu before that he was afraid that he would be reckless for a while, and the gift would be given at the wrong time, which would make Emperor Qingping unhappy.
This General Hu is a reckless man from the frontier, he doesn't understand anything, and he has a single-minded mind.For Xu Zonglun, it was too easy to lie to him.
Sure enough, when General Hu heard this, he took it for granted, nodded repeatedly and said, "You still have to teach me, when should I offer it?"
At that time, Xu Zonglun smiled lightly.
"Subordinates can't tell right now." He said. "Why don't you wait until the banquet, the general waits for news from your subordinates, and if your subordinates remind you, you go to offer wine, how about that?"
After hearing this, General Hu nodded again and again.
So, being bumped by Xu Zonglun at this moment, General Hu sat upright, knowing that Xu Zonglun was reminding him.
Just right, at this time Emperor Qingping was half drunk and in a good mood.He hurriedly looked for an opportunity, got up and said with a smile.
"Your Majesty, when I returned to Beijing this time, I also brought an unremarkable gift to His Majesty. I don't have this opportunity on weekdays, so I thought of giving it to Your Majesty today, and please don't think it's rude." He said.
He spoke frankly and scratched his head when he spoke, which aroused Emperor Qingping's interest.He propped his knees with one hand, looked at him, and asked, "Oh? What did you bring to me?"
General Hu bowed and picked up a jar of wine from his table.
"This wine is unique to the Yumenguan military camp. After drinking it for decades, it has long become a habit. Now that I have returned to Chang'an, I am afraid that I will miss this drink, so I brought a few jars back. Now share the jar with your Majesty. Please, Your Majesty." Taste the good wine from Yumen Pass."
When Emperor Qingping heard this, he became even more interested.
"Oh? General Hu has a heart, I will taste it today." He said. "Yumen Pass is guarded by Shen Yihong and Shen Aiqing, right? It hasn't been disturbed in the past twenty years, but it has solved a major problem for me!"
Shen Yihong is Jun Huailang's uncle.
Hearing the emperor praise his old boss, General Hu became even more excited.He still remembered that Xu Zonglun had told him that the wine had to be poured to His Majesty himself.
Thinking of this, he quickly lifted the mud seal.
"Your Majesty, I will give you all!" he said.
Emperor Qingping was about to say that he invited all the generals present to have a drink together, but he didn't expect this fellow to be so eloquent.Seeing such a tall and burly man holding a large jar of wine in his hand, Emperor Qingping felt his temple throbbing with pain.
It's too vulgar.
He looked sideways and gestured to Ling Fu next to him with his eyes.
Leaf immediately understood.
He has served Emperor Qingping for so long, and with just a glance, he knows what the master wants him to do.
This kind of tacit understanding naturally takes a lot of time to figure out and get along with each other.Now that I have been serving for a long time, it is also false to say that I have no feelings.
But what's the use of having feelings, the most important thing is your own life.
Ling Fu glanced silently at Emperor Qingping, turned around and took a gold cup, and held it in front of General Hu.
General Hu probably also saw that the emperor was no more than those shoulder-to-shoulder soldiers in the barracks, so naturally he couldn't really let himself go to pour wine for him.Seeing Ling Fu coming, he leaned forward, holding the wine jar and pouring it into the cup.
With sharp eyes, he saw something thin at the bottom of the cup.
But his hands were quick, and just as he was muttering in his heart, the wine had already been poured into the glass.
"Hey, father-in-law, in this cup..." He said hastily.
Holding the cup, Ling Fu looked at him calmly.
"General, what's the matter?"
General Hu took a closer look.
Even if it is a medicinal powder, it cannot be dissolved so quickly, not to mention that the wine is cold, and there is no way to dissolve anything immediately.
He looked into the cup and saw nothing but a clear sky.
He thought to himself that he might be dazzled.
How can the things in the palace be so careless, with dust on the bottom of the cup?
Holding the wine jar with one hand, he waved his hand to indicate that it was all right.
Ling Fu smiled at him and went back with the wine.
"What did General Hu say just now?" Emperor Qingping asked casually after taking the wine.
Ling Fu smiled and said: "I don't know, I think the general stays at Yumen Pass all year round, has he never seen such a golden cup?"
It was just a joking tone, he looked up at General Hu, and saw him scratching the back of his head and said, "Indeed, this cup is so dazzling that it dazzles the general's eyes."
All the soldiers present laughed, and Emperor Qingping also laughed.
"When you win the battle, I will reward you with a set of gold cups, take them back and use them." He said, and drank the wine in the cup.
It was scorching hot and spicy, all the way into his stomach.
Emperor Qingping couldn't help saying happily.
"The wine here is indeed different from the one in Chang'an!" He said, and instructed Ling Fu. "Go, get General Hu's wine jar, and pour a glass for each of the Ai Qing present, so that everyone can often!"
Lingfu should be, went to pick up the wine jar, and poured wine for everyone.
The wine was not finished, and no one in the room clinked glasses, they were all waiting for Emperor Qingping to speak.
Ling Fu hugged the wine jar, and slowly fell over the table next to the hall.
All the way to the penultimate table.
The clear wine slowly flowed into the jade cup along the mouth of the altar. At this moment, there was a sound of Gudong from the hall, and there was an uproar all around.
Ling Fu's hand paused, the wine jug tilted down heavily, and the wine immediately dripped all over the table.
He paused, then raised his head mechanically.
Seeing Emperor Qingping, who was sitting at the top, fell headfirst on the dragon chair, unconscious.
The palace people in the palace panicked immediately, some went to help Qing Ping Emperor, some rushed to call the imperial physician, and there was a mess for a while.
The soldiers present were in an uproar.One of them suddenly stood up from his chair, drew out his sword, and pointed at General Hu.
"What's in your wine! Why did His Majesty faint after drinking your wine!"
Suddenly, everyone looked at General Hu.
General Hu couldn't argue: "I... I don't have anything in my wine!"
But everyone's eyes are suspicious.
General Hu had nowhere to turn for help, he looked around in panic, and then his eyes fell on Xu Zonglun.
He was the one who came up with the idea of giving the wine. He knew why he was giving the wine and whether he would really poison the emperor. He would definitely stand up and speak for himself, right?
But Xu Zonglun also looked at him with complicated eyes.
"General Xu..."
"Everyone in the room has eaten the other things." Xu Zonglun said with a solemn expression, pondering. "Only your Majesty has ever drunk this altar of wine, General."
"But I..."
Seeing that Xu Zonglun stopped listening to him, he waved his hand and ordered.
"Take it down first, and seal it up with the jar of wine," he said.
"General Xu!"
"Wait for the results of the investigation in the palace." Xu Zonglun looked at General Hu and said. "If the general is really innocent, the Department of Punishment will return your innocence."
General Hu heard what he said, and felt that he should believe him.
But the uneasiness in his heart became more and more serious.
Xu Zonglun's expression was obviously complicated and dignified, but his eyes seemed to be shining with a sly light that penetrated everything.
It was as if... from beginning to end, he knew what was going to happen.
Xu Zonglun has seen so many great worlds since he was a child, and he has always been able to handle them with ease.And these soldiers under him, although they don't speak bluntly, they all follow his lead, so the banquet was very lively with you coming and going.
Emperor Qingping originally wanted to see Xu Zonglun, but now he didn't pay much attention to the temporarily placed general, and after a few words, he focused on chatting with Xu Zonglun.
Xu Zonglun has been in Qinmenguan for the past four years, and even though he is so close, he has never returned to Chang'an once.Emperor Qingping knew that he was at odds with his father and brother, so he knew very well that what happened in Beijing in the past few years had nothing to do with Xu Zonglun.
Therefore, he treated Xu Zonglun very kindly.
But he didn't know how many letters Xu Zonglun had communicated with his father and brother in private.
His biological father was not very promising, even if he got his father's shadow, he was nothing more than a local gentry in the end.And since he was a child, he has been raised by his father at his knees, and he is well educated, so the relationship is as close as a child.
Since he was young, Xu Xiang had already charted out his future path for him, and he also knew that civil servants and military generals have never been able to get along with each other.Therefore, ever since Xu Zonglun could remember, he knew that he wanted to play a play with his father and brother.On the surface, the relatives are weak, but in fact they are extremely close.
It is precisely because of this that he was able to successfully enter the army, and he has been able to hold a large number of soldiers for decades.
And the generals under him all obeyed his orders. Now, even if the chief general is changed, they only listen to his orders.
As for blocking the arrow for Emperor Qingping back then, it was also under his father's instruction.
The young emperor was immature, and only excited by his subordinates, he led an elite team to chase down the poor bandits, all the way to the hinterland occupied by the Turks.According to his style of play, he would naturally lay an ambush, while he waited in the distance, waiting for Emperor Qingping to be heavily besieged before going to the rescue.
That arrow was naturally made by his subordinates, and it would not hit his vitals.
He "blocked" an arrow for Emperor Qingping, and then put on an appearance of being seriously injured and had a high fever for several days in succession.As soon as this play was performed, Emperor Qingping naturally remembered it in his heart, and it also benefited the Xu family a lot.
Both he and the Xu family prospered, and both lost. When the Xu family became prosperous, he naturally rose with the tide.
Now, his pretense of loyalty and patriotism has played a role again.
Seeing Emperor Qingping's posture, he knew that although his father and brother had made mistakes, Emperor Qingping was still not wary of him.
Seeing that the time was about the same, Xu Zonglun knew that the time had come.
He touched General Hu next to him under the table.
He had told General Hu before that he was afraid that he would be reckless for a while, and the gift would be given at the wrong time, which would make Emperor Qingping unhappy.
This General Hu is a reckless man from the frontier, he doesn't understand anything, and he has a single-minded mind.For Xu Zonglun, it was too easy to lie to him.
Sure enough, when General Hu heard this, he took it for granted, nodded repeatedly and said, "You still have to teach me, when should I offer it?"
At that time, Xu Zonglun smiled lightly.
"Subordinates can't tell right now." He said. "Why don't you wait until the banquet, the general waits for news from your subordinates, and if your subordinates remind you, you go to offer wine, how about that?"
After hearing this, General Hu nodded again and again.
So, being bumped by Xu Zonglun at this moment, General Hu sat upright, knowing that Xu Zonglun was reminding him.
Just right, at this time Emperor Qingping was half drunk and in a good mood.He hurriedly looked for an opportunity, got up and said with a smile.
"Your Majesty, when I returned to Beijing this time, I also brought an unremarkable gift to His Majesty. I don't have this opportunity on weekdays, so I thought of giving it to Your Majesty today, and please don't think it's rude." He said.
He spoke frankly and scratched his head when he spoke, which aroused Emperor Qingping's interest.He propped his knees with one hand, looked at him, and asked, "Oh? What did you bring to me?"
General Hu bowed and picked up a jar of wine from his table.
"This wine is unique to the Yumenguan military camp. After drinking it for decades, it has long become a habit. Now that I have returned to Chang'an, I am afraid that I will miss this drink, so I brought a few jars back. Now share the jar with your Majesty. Please, Your Majesty." Taste the good wine from Yumen Pass."
When Emperor Qingping heard this, he became even more interested.
"Oh? General Hu has a heart, I will taste it today." He said. "Yumen Pass is guarded by Shen Yihong and Shen Aiqing, right? It hasn't been disturbed in the past twenty years, but it has solved a major problem for me!"
Shen Yihong is Jun Huailang's uncle.
Hearing the emperor praise his old boss, General Hu became even more excited.He still remembered that Xu Zonglun had told him that the wine had to be poured to His Majesty himself.
Thinking of this, he quickly lifted the mud seal.
"Your Majesty, I will give you all!" he said.
Emperor Qingping was about to say that he invited all the generals present to have a drink together, but he didn't expect this fellow to be so eloquent.Seeing such a tall and burly man holding a large jar of wine in his hand, Emperor Qingping felt his temple throbbing with pain.
It's too vulgar.
He looked sideways and gestured to Ling Fu next to him with his eyes.
Leaf immediately understood.
He has served Emperor Qingping for so long, and with just a glance, he knows what the master wants him to do.
This kind of tacit understanding naturally takes a lot of time to figure out and get along with each other.Now that I have been serving for a long time, it is also false to say that I have no feelings.
But what's the use of having feelings, the most important thing is your own life.
Ling Fu glanced silently at Emperor Qingping, turned around and took a gold cup, and held it in front of General Hu.
General Hu probably also saw that the emperor was no more than those shoulder-to-shoulder soldiers in the barracks, so naturally he couldn't really let himself go to pour wine for him.Seeing Ling Fu coming, he leaned forward, holding the wine jar and pouring it into the cup.
With sharp eyes, he saw something thin at the bottom of the cup.
But his hands were quick, and just as he was muttering in his heart, the wine had already been poured into the glass.
"Hey, father-in-law, in this cup..." He said hastily.
Holding the cup, Ling Fu looked at him calmly.
"General, what's the matter?"
General Hu took a closer look.
Even if it is a medicinal powder, it cannot be dissolved so quickly, not to mention that the wine is cold, and there is no way to dissolve anything immediately.
He looked into the cup and saw nothing but a clear sky.
He thought to himself that he might be dazzled.
How can the things in the palace be so careless, with dust on the bottom of the cup?
Holding the wine jar with one hand, he waved his hand to indicate that it was all right.
Ling Fu smiled at him and went back with the wine.
"What did General Hu say just now?" Emperor Qingping asked casually after taking the wine.
Ling Fu smiled and said: "I don't know, I think the general stays at Yumen Pass all year round, has he never seen such a golden cup?"
It was just a joking tone, he looked up at General Hu, and saw him scratching the back of his head and said, "Indeed, this cup is so dazzling that it dazzles the general's eyes."
All the soldiers present laughed, and Emperor Qingping also laughed.
"When you win the battle, I will reward you with a set of gold cups, take them back and use them." He said, and drank the wine in the cup.
It was scorching hot and spicy, all the way into his stomach.
Emperor Qingping couldn't help saying happily.
"The wine here is indeed different from the one in Chang'an!" He said, and instructed Ling Fu. "Go, get General Hu's wine jar, and pour a glass for each of the Ai Qing present, so that everyone can often!"
Lingfu should be, went to pick up the wine jar, and poured wine for everyone.
The wine was not finished, and no one in the room clinked glasses, they were all waiting for Emperor Qingping to speak.
Ling Fu hugged the wine jar, and slowly fell over the table next to the hall.
All the way to the penultimate table.
The clear wine slowly flowed into the jade cup along the mouth of the altar. At this moment, there was a sound of Gudong from the hall, and there was an uproar all around.
Ling Fu's hand paused, the wine jug tilted down heavily, and the wine immediately dripped all over the table.
He paused, then raised his head mechanically.
Seeing Emperor Qingping, who was sitting at the top, fell headfirst on the dragon chair, unconscious.
The palace people in the palace panicked immediately, some went to help Qing Ping Emperor, some rushed to call the imperial physician, and there was a mess for a while.
The soldiers present were in an uproar.One of them suddenly stood up from his chair, drew out his sword, and pointed at General Hu.
"What's in your wine! Why did His Majesty faint after drinking your wine!"
Suddenly, everyone looked at General Hu.
General Hu couldn't argue: "I... I don't have anything in my wine!"
But everyone's eyes are suspicious.
General Hu had nowhere to turn for help, he looked around in panic, and then his eyes fell on Xu Zonglun.
He was the one who came up with the idea of giving the wine. He knew why he was giving the wine and whether he would really poison the emperor. He would definitely stand up and speak for himself, right?
But Xu Zonglun also looked at him with complicated eyes.
"General Xu..."
"Everyone in the room has eaten the other things." Xu Zonglun said with a solemn expression, pondering. "Only your Majesty has ever drunk this altar of wine, General."
"But I..."
Seeing that Xu Zonglun stopped listening to him, he waved his hand and ordered.
"Take it down first, and seal it up with the jar of wine," he said.
"General Xu!"
"Wait for the results of the investigation in the palace." Xu Zonglun looked at General Hu and said. "If the general is really innocent, the Department of Punishment will return your innocence."
General Hu heard what he said, and felt that he should believe him.
But the uneasiness in his heart became more and more serious.
Xu Zonglun's expression was obviously complicated and dignified, but his eyes seemed to be shining with a sly light that penetrated everything.
It was as if... from beginning to end, he knew what was going to happen.
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