The Second Master of the Red Chamber

Chapter 351 The princess arrives
In the long Xiongguan, the night drinking is still going on.

Wu Shiwei and others didn't expect that Jia Lian, who was born in a dignitary in Beijing and appeared to be well-mannered, could drink as much as his generals in extremely cold borderlands.

Under their deliberate drunkenness, Jia Lian has not been drunk or made an ugly appearance after such a long time.

One must know that by the end of the banquet, many generals had already shown their drunkenness, and their shouts were loud.Relatively speaking, Jia Lian, who still sat calmly in his seat and spoke clearly, had a much better demeanor than them.

Because of this, all the generals gave up their contempt for Jia Lian, and treated Jia Lian like a brother in a drunken chatter!
This is the rule in the army, there are not too many twists and turns, if you look pleasing to the eye, you are brothers.It's not pleasing to the eye, even if you have great power, you still don't like you if you don't want to.

The officer surnamed Zhu who was the most active against Jia Lian before also strode up to Jia Lian holding a wine glass, and after drinking a glass with Jia Lian, he laughed loudly: "My old Zhu, the most admired person in my life is the happy person! What I look down on the most is the way girls chirp.

You are really different from other people, my old Zhu admires you!
I heard that you are going to Oala on this trip. In order to avoid the harassment of Sao Dazi, you made a special trip westward here.There is still a thousand miles to go to the royal court of Vala. I don’t think you have many soldiers under your command. If you encounter any unsightly people along the way, those rich and noble soldiers under your command will not be of much use.

Not to mention, my old Zhu has thousands of hot-blooded men, all of them will be pulled out this time to escort you, and I will guarantee that you will be sent to Wala safely.With soldiers like my old Zhu, even if they really encounter something unpleasant, they will just make fun of them! "

This person was drunk, and his speech was incoherent. If it wasn't for his treacherous eyes occasionally flashing calculations, I'm afraid he would have thought he was talking nonsense after drinking.

Jia Lian glanced at the man's fat head and big ears, and was about to speak, when someone beside him began to tease him.

"Big head Zhu, don't think we don't know what your kid is planning.

You have been holding back for a long time in Guansai, and you can’t hold it anymore. I heard from the commander-in-chief that you need to select people to escort the princess and the imperial envoy to Wala, so at this time, you took the opportunity to fool the imperial envoy so that you can grab this job from us?

You are so beautiful! "

General Zhu Dahe saw that the scheme was seen through, so he simply snarled: "Fuck your mother, the surname is Sun, your mother just enlisted in the army two years earlier than me, and you want to take the lead in everything.

Last time, the Wala barbarians pretended to be little Sao Dazi and went to the border to make trouble. There were hundreds of heads, and you fucking snatched them all. When we arrived, we didn't drink a mouthful of soup!

Escorting the princess to Wala this time, obviously there is no oil or water at all. If you dare to fight me again, I will screw your head off and kick it as a ball. "

As soon as Zhu Dahe said this, all the people who were suitable for the escort of the team couldn't help it anymore, and expressed their feelings generously, wanting to seize this rare opportunity to lead the troops out of the customs.

Although it's not a great achievement to protect the princess, if you encounter a group of bandits and bandits along the way...

Hey, beheading bandits is nothing... According to the rules of the commander-in-chief, the capture is [-]-[-].

Therefore, as long as you can go out, you have the opportunity to receive orders.Once you get a fat order, it will be great.

Looking at the red-faced generals in front of him, recalling the soldiers he saw inside and outside the pass, even if Jia Lian didn't want to, he had to admit that perhaps the combat effectiveness of these frontier troops was not comparable to those of the Beijing camp officers and soldiers he brought.

It's not a matter of physique and the time of enlistment, but the bravery and bloodiness of the body.

When he fought against the Tatars last year, he could also clearly feel that the guards around Wang Ziteng were far inferior to the fierce soldiers under his uncle Zhang Leng in terms of killing efficiency.

When everyone had had enough noise, Wu Shiwei asked Jia Lian with a smile: "My nephew has also seen the situation. I have received an order from the Ministry of War to dispatch two thousand elite soldiers to escort the princess out of the customs before the princess leaves the customs until the army of the Royal Court of Oara Come to meet him.

I don't know which general, my nephew, would you like to escort with me? "

As soon as Wu Shiwei's words came out, the generals who had just suspended the argument immediately began to express their verbal courtesy to Jia Lian.

Looking at these sturdy men, who kept calling "Choose me", Jia Lian felt ashamed, but at the same time, he cupped his hands and said, "I'm new here, and I don't know the situation in the army, so how can I make up my own mind?

Naturally, General Wu made the arrangements for this matter.

No matter which general is in charge of the escort duty, I will cooperate sincerely with him to jointly protect the safety of the princess on the road. "

"Haha, my nephew is right. Since that's the case, let's discuss this matter tomorrow. Just drink tonight!"

Regardless of the business for the time being, when the banquet was further in full swing, the eunuch next to the princess suddenly came to report that the princess had something to tell Jia Lian to invite him to the palace.

Hearing that it was the princess, everyone suppressed their alcohol for a while, and the scene was temporarily quiet.

Jia Lian thought for a while and said, "Go back and report to the princess that it's too late today, and I drank too much wine, lest I offend the princess.

If the princess has any orders, just send someone to order, and all the ministers will do it.

For disrespect, after Ming Erchen sobered up, he would personally apologize to the princess. "

Jia Lian said this out of safe consideration.

But in the eyes of others, they have to look at Jia Lian differently.What an honor and dignity it is to be summoned by the princess at night, how dare Jia Lian refuse to go?
Could it be that he is so arrogant that he didn't even give the princess face for drinking?

The eunuch was obviously meeting someone who resisted the decree for the first time, and he was a little dissatisfied: "General Jia has figured it out, this is the princess summoning, do you dare not go?"

"Ok?"

Jia Lian glanced at him coldly, his drunken eyes contained murderous intent.

He was polite to Wu Shiwei because he wanted to leave more room for himself.

This is not to say that anyone can offend his majesty.

It is not an exaggeration to say that, holding Shang Fang's sword, he came out of Beijing by order, and no one has the right to boss him around thousands of miles away.

The eunuch was taken aback by Jia Lian's sudden look, and as he stepped back, he suddenly remembered that he was no longer in the capital.

If Jia Lian offended Jia Lian in this remote area, it would be easy for the other party to take his life.

Although he belongs to the princess, judging by the princess's attitude towards Jia Lian, it is obviously impossible for him to have a rift with Jia Lian.

"Yes, the servant girl is leaving..."

For the sake of his own life, the eunuch didn't dare to directly offend Jia Lian's power, so he turned around with his head down.

Everyone was amazed, not everyone said that eunuchs with physical disabilities were the most arrogant and vengeful.Under Jia Lian's gaze, this eunuch, who seemed to be of a certain rank, was so frightened that he retreated?

It was only at this time that the generals seemed to remember that Jia Lian was an imperial envoy who was ordered to go out of Beijing, armed with a Shangfang sword, and had the right to kill local officials below the third rank first and then play.

That is to say, if the rank is less than the third rank, death in Jia Lian's hands will be in vain.As for the follow-up thinking of a reasonable reason, for Jia Lian, it is not so simple...

So those generals who had ridiculed Jia Lian before could not help secretly regretting it.

Jia Lian even dared to reject the princess' will. If such a person really cares about him, he is afraid that people like them cannot compete.

Even Wu Shiwei couldn't help but look at Jia Lian a few more times, thinking to himself, imperial envoys aren't scary, what's scary is this kind of person who can't see the cards clearly and seems to have endless confidence.

"Nephew Xian really deserves to be from everyone, and he acts with courtesy and restraint. Presumably, Her Royal Highness can understand the intentions of Nephew Xian and will not blame him.

By the way, my nephew is going to the court of Vala, I have a few points to remind my nephew. "

Wu Shiwei casually explained Jia Lian's disobedience to the princess' orders, and then said in a low voice, "Navala royal court is different from our Great Wei, the soldiers and horses are basically controlled by the Wala king and a few princes.

King Wala doesn't need to worry too much, he is an old and unprogressive trash, but his sons, you should pay more attention.Especially this third prince. "

"Oh, how do you say that?"

Jia Lian's expression moved slightly, and he thought that Wu Shiwei and others had guarded Ganning Pass for many years, and it seemed to be more real than the imperial court's understanding of Wala.

If he is willing to reveal something, it will be much better than crossing the river in the dark.

"King Nawara has eight sons in total, five of them have grown up, and I heard that each of them is ambitious for the throne.

The most famous among them is the third prince, who has the greatest ambitions.

It is rumored that he wants to unify the Eastern and Western Mongolia, invade our Great Wei territory, reproduce the glory of his ancestors, and establish another Mongolian Yuan Dynasty.

In recent years, the small-scale conflicts and wars launched by Oala on our border, as far as I know, are mostly the masterpieces of this third prince..."

Wu Shiwei said, looking at Jia Lian's face wrinkled, he said: "But my nephew doesn't need to take it too seriously, it's just a thief's wishful thinking. Let alone rebuilding Mengyuan, Nawala, even if compared to the Tatars, they His strength is also much worse now.

Otherwise, King Nawala would not bow down to me. "

Jia Lian nodded, but he was secretly wary.

If the third prince had such great ambitions, why did King Oara send him to Beijing for peace?Why did no one tell such important news when he was in Beijing.

Jia Lian didn't think Mrs. Wu deliberately lied to him, because he couldn't think of a reason for Wu Shiwei to do so.

It seems that he still underestimated the third prince of Navala.

Thinking of this, Jia Lian felt somewhat hazy about Wala and his party afterwards for no reason.

"The princess is here."

Just as Wu Shiwei was telling Jia Lian about the situation of the Wara Royal Court, a report from the attendants came from outside the hall.

Wu Shiwei and the others stood up immediately in a daze, and before they could go out, they saw Princess Zhaoyang in a simple dress, strolling in.

"Your Majesty, welcome to Your Highness the Princess."

Princess Zhaoyang raised her hand slightly, first glanced at Jia Lian, then smiled at Wu Shiwei: "I heard that the general is hosting a banquet here, and my palace came here uninvited. I hope General Wu is not surprised."

"Don't dare, it's the highest honor for a minister to be honored and honored by Your Highness the Princess."

"The general is polite."

Princess Zhaoyang walked slowly to the main seat, looked at the crowd gathered in front of her, and said with a smile: "I am dissatisfied with the generals, my ambition since I was a child was to be like the generals, to wear armor and roam the battlefield.

Unexpectedly, the first time I set foot on the frontier fortress today, it was in this way...

But fortunately, I finally witnessed the military appearance of my soldiers outside the Great Wall, and felt the scenery outside the Great Wall, which is much better than staying in Beijing all my life.

Today is a grand meeting, if the generals do not give up, can I let the palace sit in and have a drink with the generals? "

Princess Zhaoyang's words were hearty and confident, and the moment she opened her mouth, it greatly broke everyone's perception of the delicate and weak princess.

Listening to her respect for the frontier soldiers in her words, a group of big bosses immediately had a great affection.So much so that he was obviously a drunken and reckless man, at this moment, all of them turned into sheep babies, each of them suppressed their faces and couldn't utter a word.

It was Wu Shiwei who reacted the fastest, and hurriedly asked the attendants to fetch clean cups and chopsticks, and respectfully invited Princess Zhaoyang to take the seat.

Seeing Princess Zhaoyang sitting unceremoniously on his tiger-skin chair, not only did he not feel the slightest annoyance at being occupied by someone, on the contrary he felt a great sense of pride.

Excited, he hurriedly ran to the seat of Prince Wala before him.

"This time my palace and the thousands of people accompanying me entered Ganning Pass, I thank all the generals for receiving them, and they bothered me a lot.

Here, I first offer a toast to all the generals. "

"Don't dare, don't dare..."

Seeing Princess Zhaoyang raising her wine glass to face the crowd, the generals who shouted loudly just now were all like new brides-in-law, not knowing how to react.I could only follow the boss Wu Shiwei, stand up like a model, and drink the wine.

Poor General Zhu, because he was too nervous, tripped over the short table, he hurried to help the wine cup on the table, his center of gravity was unstable, and he almost rolled down the steps.

In normal times, all the colleagues would have laughed at him, but at this time, everyone turned a blind eye.

On the contrary, Princess Zhaoyang smiled generously, making General Zhu stand up again, blushing like a pig's liver.

Although Jia Lian knew that Princess Zhaoyang was taking a surprise move this time, it was so easy to suppress these rebellious generals, and Jia Lian had to admire Princess Zhaoyang's means.

If this woman were a man, I am afraid that the situation of the Great Wei Dynasty would be different because of her alone.

"For the second cup, I have to respect General Jia alone.

The trip was long and full of people, and it was all up to the general to take care of him along the way.

The hard work is great, I am here, and I thank the general. "

Xiang He, as a civil servant, was deliberately teased by the previous generals, and he knocked down after two cups and carried him down.

So Princess Zhaoyang thanked Jia Lian alone, and the others were not surprised.

But Jia Lian still frowned, not understanding what Princess Zhaoyang wanted to do.

The relationship between them can't be considered close, and it's not so unfamiliar.

Along the way, whenever she went to a scenic spot, Princess Zhaoyang would dress up and go out for a simple visit.

And this time, he was always by his side.

After a long time, I dare not say that there is a secret love, at least it is mutual admiration, even a bosom friend.

He really drank a lot tonight, and since he was drunk by the fourth prince last time, he vowed not to drink too much, so he hesitated for a while.

Seeing this, Princess Zhaoyang smiled and said, "I didn't know the general was drinking here, so I sent the servants to summon the general and disturbed the general.

Could it be that the general is still angry with Zhaoyang, so he doesn't even want to give Zhaoyang this face? "

Ok?
Others vaguely heard something wrong.

How could such a handsome princess be so polite to Jia Lian?Could it be that Jia Lian really relied on his power and didn't take Her Royal Highness seriously?

According to Jia Lian's shock to the eunuch next to the princess, some people couldn't help thinking about it, and immediately looked at Jia Lian with a bad face.

There are others who are more thoughtful, and realize that the princess is so beautiful and young, and Jia Lian can be regarded as a man and a woman.There was a lot of resentment in the princess's tone, could it be that this is a play where the concubine intends to be ruthless? ?
Thinking about it, I can't help being amazed, but also secretly jealous.

Jia Lian took a deep breath, raised his glass and said, "Princess is serious, but I just can't drink enough."

Saying that, he drank the wine in the glass.

Seeing Princess Zhaoyang, she also smiled and took a sip of the wine, then smiled deliberately: "Don't be modest, General, I know your drinking capacity.

It is rare that General Wu is so kind today, General, don't lose face as our general in Beijing. "

Said, deliberately glanced at the generals in the hall.

Someone with a wink immediately realized it.

Her Royal Highness was angry at Jia Lian for not listening to the summons, and she deliberately came to find fault with Jia Lian.

Sure enough, the rumors are true, women are narrow-minded, even His Highness Zhaoyang, who looks unparalleled in style.

As a courtier of the Great Wei Dynasty, how could he not understand Shangyi!

As a result, the generals and officers who were full of jealousy and resentment resolutely rebelled.Gearing up, vowing to vent her anger for Her Royal Highness.

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(End of this chapter)