Chapter 409: Brothers Drink Together

Li Chengyu nodded and smiled coldly: "Yes, the Khitan in the north has not come to pay tribute for so many years, and it is cold this year, so you don't want to give money, you must fight with us, it seems that it is frozen." Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info”

Wei Youqing listened to Li Chengyu's words, thought carefully about what he said just now, and said, "What the prince means is that these Khitans are being used. ”

Li Chengyu smiled lightly and said: "Yes, His Majesty the Emperor has exempted Lingnan taxes for two consecutive years, and some people are unwilling." led these northern earthen hats to make a scene, so as to use this excuse to ask Lingnan for money. ”

Wei Youqing said angrily: "Betraying the country for personal interests and luring wolves into the house, is this to become a sinner through the ages?" Does the prince know who did it? ”

Li Chengyu shook his head and sighed: "Who else can there be?" The Zhao family is afraid that my family is dominant, and they don't want to watch me take Chu Land. In fact, it's not just the Zhao family? These surrounding towns are not the same Xiao Jiujiu? ”

Wei Youqing laughed and said, "Chu Di? It seems that in addition to Tanzhou and the Yiren territory in the west, Chu land has been taken by the prince, right? Yuanzhou is in the hands of General Zhang, Tanzhou is already a lonely city, let's just surround him to death, and starve Ma Jichang to death in Tanzhou City! ”

Li Chengyu glanced at him, and seeing that Shi Wen'er had been silent, he said with a smile: "Uncle thinks that Youqing's words are feasible?" ”

Shi Wen'er also glanced at Wei Youqing and replied to Li Chengyu: "There are many merchants in Tanzhou City, and there is also a lot of grain in stock. Even if there is not much food in stock, if it is really such a siege, I am afraid that it will be Ma Jichang who will starve to death in the end. At that time, Tanzhou will become a hell on earth full of hunger. If this is the case, I am afraid that the prince will become notorious. ”

Li Chengyu nodded, and asked again: "Uncle is there any good way?" ”

Shi Wen'er glanced at Wei Youqing, who was struck, and comforted: "What Youqing just said is not unreasonable, now in the whole territory of Chudi, there is only one Tanzhou left, and we are surrounded on all sides, what tricks can he play when he is long?" Isn't there someone who doesn't want us to take the entire territory of Chu? They betrayed the country, and for the sake of the war with the Khitan, we took the initiative to end the war with Chu and support the battlefield in the north. In this way, the prince's worries about the country and the despicability and shamelessness of some people can be judged. ”

Li Chengyu slapped his palms and smiled: "Okay, it's still Uncle Gaoming." ”

Li Chengyu wrote a letter to Li Yuehua, asking Li Yuehua to submit a request for a truce in Chudi. Lingnan is willing to resume paying taxes to the imperial court from next year to support the northern land against the Khitan.

The reply from the imperial court soon arrived, and Li Chengyu's army ceased fighting on the spot, and allowed Li Chengyu to build a palace in Daozhou. In the emperor's will, Lingnan's practice of taking the overall situation into account was specially commended, and once again he gave the imperial wine and asked Li Chengyu to "accompany my brothers to have a drink".

It's unlikely to have a drink with Li Chengsi's brothers, but you can "have a drink with brothers" with Wei Youqing, Li Chengyu ordered someone to prepare wine and food, and invited Wei Youqing to the riverside pavilion, and the two brothers talked about their hearts.

Looking at the sparkling waves in the distance, the two of them were half-drunk in a blink of an eye, Li Chengyu smiled at Wei Youqing and said, "Youqing, my brother is going to build a palace in Daozhou, are you willing to enter the palace as an official?" ”

Wei Youqing hesitated in his heart, he didn't want to stay in Chenwangfu all the time, so he smiled and said: "Brother, Youqing is the governor of Chenwangfu." It's just that my brother also knows the nature of Youqing, and he is the most idle, if he stays in the house every day, his brother is afraid that he will block his heart when he sees it, so it's better to give Youqing some errands to go out? ”

"What, hiding from my brother?" Li Chengyu didn't drink much, and it was the first time he drank alone with Wei Youqing like this, and he was a little drunk unconsciously, "My brother said that he won't embarrass you, you can rest assured." We're just brothers, and I want you to be there for me like you did when you were kids. ”

Wei Youqing walked out of the pavilion and ordered someone to make a decanting soup and send it. He took the wine glass on the table and said to Li Chengyu, "Brother, Youqing understands. We two brothers, growing up together and keeping each other warm. How could I not understand brother? Youqing is not hiding from her brother, but Youqing wants to see everywhere, and only by being well-informed can she help her brother do things. ”

"Do you have to do something?"

Wei Youqing heard Li Chengyu say such a thing for the first time, and saw the servant from a distance bringing the sobering soup, so he hurriedly stood up and greeted him outside the pavilion, took the soup and tried it himself, and fed Li Chengyu with a spoon to drink.

"Don't you try the soup for me, do you think I can watch you die? It's better for me to die myself. ”

Wei Youqing listened to Li Chengyu's muttering, but he didn't take it to heart. He tried the soup because he had a poison-proof bracelet, which was not a big deal. But these things are very troublesome to explain, and they involve Wu Kongyang. Therefore, Wei Youqing did not explain, and watched Li Chengyu drink the soup and fall asleep on the stone table.

With just one cup of tea, Lee Seung-woo woke up from his sleep and regained his usual vigor. He saw Wei Youqing standing outside the pavilion, watching the river flow slowly eastward.

Li Chengyu walked to Wei Youqing's side, accompanied him to look at the scenery of the river, "hehe" smiled and said: "It's winter now, the river is shallow, wait for you to come again in summer, look at the flood, that's spectacular." He remembered the topic the two of them had just had, and continued, "General Zhang has complained many times in his letters, blaming you for not keeping your promises, and you still don't go to Yuanzhou." You go to Yuanzhou, the situation in Jiangnan is different from Lingnan, you go to see and see. ”

Wei Youqing said: "Youqing was going to go, but he was stumped by family matters, can my brother help Youqing explain?" ”

Li Chengyu said: "Explanation? Is there anything else you have to do? Wouldn't it be okay to rush to Yuanzhou by yourself? ”

Wei Youqing wanted to go to Tanzhou to visit that demon and help Yuan Yinshi rescue his son, but he couldn't say this to Li Chengyu, so he smiled vaguely: "What my brother said is that Youqing is going to Yuanzhou, but after Youqing arrives in Yuanzhou, he wants to go to Tanzhou in disguise first, and it is estimated that it will be delayed for some time." When the matter in Tanzhou is finished, I will go to Yuan Gong to report to it. ”

"What are you going to do in Tanzhou?" Li Chengyu said worriedly, "You don't have to visit those demons, let alone think about saving Ji Ashui." His ant poison can't be cured, Aoki-kun tried it back then. He must die, or as long as he lives, others will take advantage of him. ”

"If I don't save him, if it's possible, I want to try to seal his throat with blood and send him on the road, it's better for him to live like this, it's better to die for a hundred."

After Wei Youqing said these words heavily, Li Chengyu looked at him and was silent for a long time, patted him on the shoulder, and said softly: "Youqing, my brother saved him unintentionally, and he really wanted to save him." It's just that he's hopeless. There is also the brother of the cherished girl, who was poisoned by ants because he was injured by this wild man. Youqing, do you believe that your brother is not a cruel and vicious person? ”