The night in Anqing was dark and the rain was heavy.

There is a curfew in the city, and all entertainment venues are not allowed to open after dark, and the heavy rain is pouring down, so the people go to bed early, and the streets and alleys only hear the sound of rain and do not see a single figure.

But the government is an exception, the lanterns are colorful, but the atmosphere is a little awkward and depressing.

Returning to his hometown only a few days later, Cheng Niandong sat in the yamen hall with mixed feelings in his heart, and a few murderous eyes on the other side made him feel extremely depressed, not to mention that those people were Liu Zeqing's generals.

Tonight, Li Yan wanted to make peace with the two families, and Cheng Niandong couldn't ask for it, but several generals led by Ma Huabao and Zhang Shiyi did not follow, but they didn't know what method Li Yan used to persuade them, but from the murderous look on their faces, we can know their true hearts: they were forced to come.

The peacemaker is not Li Yan alone, but also Xuancheng Bowei Shichun, Hui Anbo, Zhang Qingzhen, and Gao Jie, as for why Huang Degong didn't come, in addition to his discord with Gao Jie, he also had to sit in the camp outside the city to prevent rebellion.

In addition, Li Yan made peace with a total of four bigwigs, no wonder Ma Huabao and they could only grit their teeth and agree to reconcile even though they were reluctant, and the bigwigs had to give face.

The yamen set up a banquet, and the principal Li Yan also personally cooked the fish and said that he learned the craft from the little eunuch, and today he showed his hand to everyone to taste his craft, and he went to the back kitchen to let everyone talk in the lobby to ease the atmosphere.

It's just that...... The wind and rain outside were endless, but the hall was quiet, Ma Huabao and others were silent angrily, Cheng Niandong didn't know what to say, but Gao Jie, Zhang Qingzhen, and Wei Shichun were drinking tea and chatting about gossip as if they were nothing, and their eyes were floating around more like they were having fun.

The embarrassment lasted until Li Yan returned to the hall, Zhang Luo and everyone sat down and personally poured wine for everyone one by one: "Today's small gathering everyone knows why they came, there will inevitably be some misunderstandings between our colleagues in the same court, today I will be a peacemaker, let's talk about it and understand this misunderstanding."

"It's not a small misunderstanding to kill someone" Ma Huabao snorted coldly, and Li Yan's eyes glared at him: "General Ma, you can allow this general to speak fairly."

Ma Huabao hurriedly arched his hand and said, "Li Shuai, please speak."

"It is inevitable that we will serve in the army and the horse leather shroud, although it is a pity that Liu Zongbing died in battle, how can there be immortals in the war, not to mention that the murderer has been subdued, and the court will also be buried thickly, you and others have repeatedly been embarrassed to get rid of the suspicion of deliberateness, or do you think that I Li Yan is not worthy of being this peacemaker, I have to stab the Lord Overseer to be happy, do you think the Lord Overseer will have so much spare time, or is he easy to talk? Aren't you afraid that he will hit 30 boards in a fit of rage? ”

"Li Shuai's words are serious, we will listen to Li Shuai's reconciliation" Ma Huabao and the others quickly got up with an unnatural face, Gao Jie and Zhang Qingzhen, Wei Shichun also struck while the iron was hot and said a few words about turning big things into small things and small things like that, in short, people can't be resurrected after death, and those who kill people are paid for their lives, and they almost have it.

Everyone gossiped, Ma Huabao and a few people sometimes smiled bitterly and sometimes bowed their heads and were silent, Li Yan gave Cheng Niandong a look, Cheng Niandong would fight with a wine glass: "Liu Zongbing is to blame for his misfortune, even if you have any conditions, you will never prevaricate within the scope of your ability, and I will respect you first."

"Li Shuai, this is what he said" Zhang Shiyi was the first to speak, and Li Yan nodded: "We have heard it, you can mention any conditions."

"We have three conditions, first, pay 10,000 taels of silver to ensure that the orphans and widows have no worries, the second is to wear linen and filial piety to send the funeral to General Liu, and the third is that you should poke yourself three times to apologize."

"It's too much!" As soon as Zhang Shiyi finished speaking, one of Cheng Niandong's subordinates was furious and shot the case, and immediately attracted Ma Huabao and others to scold, and the scene suddenly became noisy and chaotic.

"Presumptuous, it's your turn to slap the table here" Gao Jie got up angrily and raised his hand to slap the man, the scene immediately quieted down, and everyone's eyes looked at Li Yan.

Li Yan stared at the wine glass in front of him and smiled silently, Cheng Niandong bit it and said to the subordinate next to him: "Get out" The man covered his face and walked to the door of the lobby, and immediately a few people surrounded him and whispered, these are the people brought by Cheng Niandong, but they are not qualified to go to the table and listen at the door.

"General Cheng, what do you think?" Li Yan spoke up at this time, and Cheng Niandong looked embarrassed: "The matter of losing silver, the lowly position is not enough at this time, but it can be borrowed and turnover, and it is okay to poke himself three times to apologize, but only wearing linen and wearing filial piety violates human ethics and forgiveness and lowly duties cannot be done."

Hearing this, Zhang Shiyi and the others couldn't help but scold, Gao Jie knocked on the table: "Be quiet, listen to what General Li has to say."

Li Yan smiled and turned his head to look at Zhang Shiyi and the others: "It's too much."

Li Shuai! Zhang Shiyi and the others immediately couldn't sit still, and they were hustle and bustle, Li Yan waved his hand: "How about this, how about wearing linen and wearing filial piety, how about kowtowing three heads in front of General Liu's soldiers."

Everyone suddenly quieted down, and their eyes looked at Cheng Niandong in unison.

Cheng Niandong's face was gloomy and uncertain, and Zhang Qingzhen's Wei Shichun got up and whispered something in his ear beside him, and when he was half-loud, he sighed: "That's it, it's according to Li Shuai's idea, but before the ugly words, don't disturb this matter again."

"That's natural, this matter will be turned over, who is taking this matter in the future, don't blame Lao Tzu for being nosy" Gao Jie said coldly, looked at Ma Huabao and the others, and several people quickly nodded.

"That being the case, General Ming Cheng went to kowtow three times in front of General Liu's spirit, poked himself three times to apologize, this matter is over, and it must not be mentioned again at this time in the future" Li Yan got up and raised his glass: "Tomorrow's matter will be solved tomorrow, let's just drink today."

Since Li Yan said this, everyone had to give face, and they all got up and drank a glass of it, and then just ate and drank some gossip, not saying a word about it, thinking that the scene would be very embarrassing, but Ma Huabao and others may think that he is a man because of Cheng Niandong's sincerity, and they actually took the initiative to toast, which made Cheng Niandong, who was very aggrieved and even humiliated, a little surprised and even a little flattered, so he drank with a few people, and even chatted freely, which made the principal Li Yan feel very relieved, With Gao Jie, Zhang Qingzhen, and Wei Shichun, they also let go of their stomachs to drink.

The two groups of people who were listening outside the lobby were also very happy to see that the hall had been reconciled, and the original tense atmosphere became harmonious in a blink of an eye, but they couldn't drink as much as they did in the hall without alcohol, but they could talk freely.

Maybe it's because of the happiness of resolving the conflict, or maybe it's the catharsis of inner depression, everyone drinks vigorously, and seven or eight people actually drank more than a dozen jars until none of them could stand firmly.

It was late at night when the banquet was dismissed, Gao Jie and others wanted to stay in the city, but Cheng Niandong insisted on going out of the city and returning to the camp on the grounds that if he didn't return all night, he was afraid that the brothers in the barracks would think too much, so Li Yan personally sent him out of the city to the barracks, and saw that many soldiers had not yet fallen asleep and gathered near the gate of the barracks.