Chapter 155: A Different Kind of Hospitality
Nara Castle is not very large, but the area of the Kujo family is not small.
In the night, bonfires were lit everywhere in the house, and the pine resin inside crackled from time to time.
A few singers stroked the piano in the middle, Li Kuan sat on the main seat, and Kujo Shinichi and Cheng Chumo and others lined up on both sides.
A group of people had been on the road for a day, and their stomachs were really a little hungry, so they started eating unceremoniously.
The wine-making level of the Japanese people is not very good, but the rice wine brewed from pure grain can still be drunk.
"His Royal Highness the King of Chu, the little girl gives you a drink."
After three rounds of drinking, there are one or two more Japanese women around everyone, Li Kuan was speechless for a while, this set is the same in ancient and modern times, both at home and abroad.
Cheng Chumo's gang has long opened meat in Chang'an City, and now that they have arrived in the Wa Kingdom, they have let themselves go.
"You go and drink with a few of them, this king wants to be quiet."
Seeing the two widows who were about to fall into his arms, Li Kuan hurriedly asked them to serve Wang Xuance.
In the Tang Dynasty, the status of singers is not high, and it is common for nobles to send them back and forth; Wang Xuance saw that Li Kuan asked the widows around him to come over to accompany him, and he didn't feel the need to shirk one or two at all.
Seeing this scene on the side, Kujo Shinichi hurriedly called a servant over and whispered a few words, and not long after, a woman with an even more extraordinary appearance sat next to Li Kuan.
"My father is taken care of by the prince in the Tang Dynasty, and the apricot fragrance is a cup for the prince."
Listening to the standard pronunciation of the Tang Dynasty official next to him, Li Kuan couldn't help but take a look at it.
"You're Kujo-kun's ......"
"The eldest daughter, Kujo Apricot Fragrance."
With bright eyes and teeth, Li Kuan didn't expect to see a woman who met the aesthetics of later generations in the Wa Kingdom.
However, he was also speechless to Shinichi Kujo.
This guy has no bottom line, he even has his own daughter......
"Lord, Xingxiang has admired the culture of the Celestial Empire since she was a child, and she began to learn Tang dialect from a monk at the age of three.
Kujo Shinichi smiled and moved over to serve Li Kuanman wine, not embarrassed at all.
"I didn't expect to see a strange woman like Miss Xingxiang in the Wa Kingdom." Li Kuan didn't want to give face, picked up the wine glass, and showed a smile that met the expectations of society, "Cheers!" ”
Not far away, Yu Chihuan and Cheng Chu were talking in a low voice, "Hehe, Brother Cheng, see it, His Royal Highness the King of Chu is high-minded, not really pretending to be high." ”
"Cut, do you think that everyone is the same as your Wei Chihuan, and those who come will not refuse, and tomorrow you will go to the Flying Bird Palace to see the Emperor, you have to take it easy."
A dinner slowly came to an end under the pleasure of the guests and hosts.
Li Kuan, escorted by Wang Xuanwu and Xi Junmai, returned to his room.
"Lord Wang, we take turns guarding the door, you can just shout if there is anything."
Although Wang Xuanwu saw that there were palace guards in the courtyard and Japanese guards outside the courtyard, he still felt that he and Xi Junmai took turns guarding it.
During the special period, Li Kuan would not joke with his life, nodded and entered the room.
After drifting on the sea for more than ten days, although it was a day of relief last night, but today it was another day of travel, and Li Kuan was really a little tired.
Gently blowing out the whale oil candle, Li Kuan lifted the quilt and prepared to rest.
"Who!"
When he touched a warm and slippery thing in his hand, Li Kuan was excited and immediately found out that something was wrong.
"Bang!"
Before the person on the bed could speak, Wang Xuanwu broke in, "Lord Wang, what's wrong?" ”
Immediately afterwards, the surrounding guards also immediately drew their swords and rushed in.
"His Royal Highness the King of Chu, it's me, the Ninth ...... Kujo apricots. ”
Then in the moonlight, Li Kuan found a woman holding the quilt tightly and her face was pale, and he could vaguely recognize that it was Jiujo Xingxiang who was sitting next to him at night.
It's just that he was still by his side just now, but now he is here.
Li Kuan naturally knew what it meant.
"Let's all get out!" Li Kuan was also speechless to the guards outside, Jiujo Xingxiang entered the house, they must have known, it is estimated that someone saw her sitting next to him during the dinner, so they did not stop it.
If this is a woman with evil intentions, then has she become a cold corpse at this moment?
It seems that the military literacy of these guards has been trained, but the sense of protection is still not enough.
No wonder later generations said that the master of the army is not necessarily a good bodyguard.
In the future, I have to ask Li Zhong to help find a few people and train them well.
"You go out too!"
There is an oiran in the family, Li Kuan endured it, and naturally he would not break his bottom line in the Japanese country.
The sixteen-year-old body is still a weak age, for the sake of long-term happiness in the future, let's bear with it first!
"Lord Wang......" Kujo Xingxiang screamed miserably, "If I go out tonight, Xingxiang...... Apricot couldn't stay at the Kujo family. I beg the prince to come up and rest. ”
"You put on your clothes first!"
Japanese-style tatami mats, not to mention sleeping two people, there is no problem with two more.
Li Kuan threw a quilt to Kujou Xingxiang and slept by himself.
Between the inferiority of birds and beasts, Li Kuan chose the latter.
……
Sleep until you wake up naturally, count the money until your hands cramp.
No one dared to disturb Li Kuan's sleep, and it wasn't until the sun had risen that Li Kuan stretched and got up.
"Lord, the slave will change your clothes."
A voice suddenly sounded beside him, and Li Kuan was startled, only to remember that there was another Kujo Xingxiang next to him.
To say that this Kujo Apricot fragrance looks really good, it is a bit of the appearance of Yui Aragaki of the actress of the Japanese Kingdom in later generations, which is really rare in this era when the Japanese people are generally short.
Li Kuan's food, clothing, housing and transportation are basically arranged by Qing'er, and now Kujou Xingxiang is helping to dress, and he has not refused.
After washing up, Li Kuan finally appeared in front of everyone.
Looking at the smiling faces of Cheng Chumo's guys, Li Kuan couldn't help but kick the nearest Fang Yiai, "What are you laughing at, can you still walk?" ”
"Hehe, I don't worry about my beloved not moving. I'm worried about whether you can move or not, Lord Wang. ”
Among the group, Cheng Chumo dared to joke with Li Kuan like this, as Cheng Yanjin's eldest son, he was destined to inherit the position of the prince of the country, and he was the second highest person in this trip.
"What are you thinking in this head, this king is very good!"
At this moment, Li Kuan finally understood why those bigwigs in the court were always speechless about Cheng Yanjin.
Where there is a father, there must be a son.
"Lord Wang, my emperor is already waiting in the Flying Bird Palace, let's go straight over after breakfast, right?"
Although Kujou Shinichi was a little anxious, he didn't dare to urge Li Kuan to them.
Fortunately, knowing that Xingxiang was in Li Kuan's room last night, he now has confidence in his heart, after all, on the ship of Datang, even if it is Emperor Shu Ming and Su I Ezo, he will carefully deal with matters related to the Jiujo family.