Mao Jujing led the way, entered the city, passed through four or five sparsely populated streets, and turned into the Qianliao Palace in the northeast corner. This palace is in disrepair, some are dilapidated, the old shelves still exist, a radius of three or four miles, covering a very large area.

The palace is surrounded by a stone wall several feet high, which can be used as the last line of defense in case of war. A newly built gatehouse in the middle, very tall, pull into the sky, on which the eaves and arches, the two sides are equipped with gold ornaments and silver, and the picture of two dragons playing with pearls is carved in relief.

Mao Jujing took out Guan Duo's handwritten order, and the guards guarding the door opened the door and let him go. Deng She's personal soldiers could not be brought in and remained outside the palace. The palace gate is like a cloud, between each palace, there are Qiong grass Yao flowers, pavilions and pavilions. After walking along the main road for a long time, a large lake was faced, and a wooden bridge flew over it. The lotus leaves on the lake are in the fields, and when the wind blows, the water vapor is sweet.

After crossing the bridge, I walked another three or two hundred meters and came to the front of a large hall. Looking up, there was a plaque hanging on the door of the hall, with a few seal characters written on it, which Deng She didn't recognize. Mao Jujing stopped and said in a low voice: "Guan Pingzhang is here." "Said to the guards outside the hall," Deng She, ten thousand households in Shuangcheng, asked to see Lord Pingzhang. ”

When the capital was burned, Deng She had seen the palace of Shangdu from afar, and had never entered it, this was the first time to experience it personally, and he was surprised by Guan Duo's pomp and circumstance, and remembered that he was very famous for his simplicity in the army. He turned his mind here, and soon, a person dressed as a eunuch came out and said, "Lord Pingzhang is invited." Deng She thought to himself: "Even the eunuchs are there?" After straightening his armor, he took off his saber and handed it to the guards, and together with Fang Buzhen, he walked into the hall with Mao Jujing.

What a splendid hall, it can be called beautiful. One hundred and ten meters deep, the light is not enough, and it looks a little gloomy. There were fourteen or fifteen people standing or sitting in the hall, both men and women, and they all turned their heads at this time and looked at Deng She.

Deng She caught a glimpse of an old man lying on the couch in the middle, hurriedly walked a few steps, bowed to the ground, and said in a loud voice: "The last general, Deng She, meet Lord Pingzhang." ”

The old man laughed and said, "Get up." Deng She said: "Lord Xie Pingzhang." Standing up, the old man Guan Duo was far away and couldn't see clearly, and said, "You take two steps forward and ask the old man to take a look." Deng She was puzzled, and could not fail to obey the order, and took two steps forward.

Guan Duo sat up straight, looked at it carefully for a moment, and said: "Heroic and heroic, heroic ,......" to the people around, "Everyone, come and see, I really deserve to be a rookie in Liaodong, and I have not been praised by Yao Haogu in vain, 'brave and mighty', well, not bad." He sighed and said, "The afterlife is terrible, the afterlife is terrifying." ”

His voice is soft and his tone is not high, although he is full of praise when he first meets, it does not make people feel abrupt, but has a feeling like a spring breeze. Deng She said humbly: "Pingzhang praises, and the last general is ashamed." He took out a page from his bosom, offered it respectfully, and said, "The bitter cold land of the twin cities, the land is barren and the people are scarce, and there is nothing to get hold of. Fortunately, there are some specialties such as ginseng and mink; I heard Mr. Yao say that Ping Zhangya is good at calligraphy, and the Korean paper is not bad, so the last general specially purchased some; The Korean woman is charming, and the last general has selected a group of songs and dances, please put it in Pingzhang. ”

"You kid, you just have a lot of etiquette." Guan Duo smiled, got up from his seat, and two maidservants hugged him, and walked down from the stage, staggering, and walking with great difficulty, not like a person in his fifties, but like a seventy or eighty.

The last time I saw him, he was very vigorous, how did he become like this all of a sudden? Deng She was very strange, wanted to ask, but it was not appropriate, and he stopped talking. Guan Duo saw it and took the initiative to explain, saying: "In the battle of Fengzhou, the old man suffered a little injury to his left leg. ”

Deng She asked with concern, "Does it matter?" Guan Duo smiled: "A little skin trauma,...... It's old, it's useless, and when you change to a young person, it's good early. "When I got closer, the smell was strong, and I couldn't hide a faint stench. Deng She's heart jumped, this was obviously the smell of ulcering pus.

Guan Duo took his gift list with his hand, looked at it twice, and said, "Ningyuan ginseng? Good thing, hehe, good ginseng from the deep mountains and forests. The old man is not welcome, just to make up for it. Handed it to the eunuch who had spoken before, took Deng She's hand, beckoned everyone to come over, and introduced them one by one.

There are three Pingzhang in Liaoyang Province, Guan Duo is the first, Pan Cheng is the second, and Sha Liu is the third. Pan and Liu were not there, and those present listened to their official titles and names, half of them were civil servants and half military generals; There are also three or four women with family status, who go to the banquet and bring their families, and it is expected that they are all Guan Duo's cronies.

Guan Duo said: "Liaodong is tight, Pan Pingzhang and Liu Pingzhang are busy with the military, and one is now arranging a defense line in Guangning Mansion; One personally led the army to the front line in Daning, Liaoxi. So neither of them was in the city. ”

Giving way to the eunuchs and maidservants who arranged the banquet, Guan Duo continued: "But it doesn't matter, since you are here, you can see you sooner or later." Speaking of which, the two of them have been famous to you for a long time. ”

Deng She is just a ten thousand households, Guan Duo spoke like this, and he was very elevated. Guan Duo's style is different from Yao Haogu, Yao Haogu is respectful and cunning; Guan Duo is kind and polite. Why are you polite? Satisfy the vanity of Dunshe's youthful ambition.

Deng She has almost no time to deal with big people, and he is not very good at dealing with such occasions, so he can't help but speak, and he plays in his true colors, with a "restrained face", and said: "The last general is cheap, and it is not worth the ears of the ordinary chapters." Pingzhang's praise made the last general sincerely afraid. Guan Duo shook his head, nodded at Deng She, and said with a smile: "What are you afraid of?" The two of them often praise you as a rising star in our army. You say, why didn't the old man discover your talent earlier? ”

He knew Deng San and asked, "Your father-in-law, I heard that the old man didn't fight in Fengzhou?" Deng She said: "Yes." The Tartars besieged Fengzhou, according to the military order of Pingzhang, the last general's father-in-law led the last general to go out of the city to meet the enemy, Fengzhou, Yunnei, and Dongshengzhou fell one after another, and the last general had no way to go, so he turned to the east, and encountered a Tartar on the road, and the last general's father-in-law ,...... "After many days, thinking about it, Deng She still couldn't help but feel heartache, and said gloomily, "The last general is outnumbered, and the father-in-law of the last general is trapped in the battle." ”

Guan Duo sighed and said: "Your father-in-law has seen it, riding and shooting two essences, skilled in martial arts, and heroic, and it is even more rare to have a pure heart and a good man." It's a pity, it's a pity. He patted Deng She's shoulder and said, "But you don't have to be too sad, the horse leather shroud is the true color of my battlefield man." In troubled times, it is better to die on the battlefield than to die in bed. What's more, though your father-in-law is dead, won't he pay you back?

"Who has not died in life since ancient times, our older generation, take the old man as an example, half of the people who have been cut into the ground, life and death have long been seen lightly, and the only difficult wish is actually in you young people. As long as you are willing to make progress and can make some achievements in the future, the old man thinks that your father-in-law Huangquan has a spirit, and he will be gratified. ”

He talked about these words eloquently, and if he didn't know someone, he couldn't guess that this was Guan Pingzhang who shocked Liaodong. His kind appearance may be just a play, but the truth in his words is good. Dunshe was comforted by him, and the grief in his heart gradually subsided. Guan Duo didn't wait for him to speak, and asked again: "Who led the army of the Tartars?" ”

Deng She raised his eyes and looked at him, suspecting that he was asking with a deliberate intention, and replied, "Buddha slave." "Oh? Isn't it the Buddhist slave who is in charge of the political affairs of the Tartar Zhongshu Pingzhang? "Exactly." Guan Duo nodded and said, "You may not know that he is also a part of the Tartars who came to surround Liaoyang this time." It's just right, you can rest assured, as long as the opportunity is right, there will be a time when you will take revenge with your own hands! "I took it and said it again.

As they spoke, dozens of women inside and outside the hall shuttled like butterflies, plates of delicacies, and a jar of wine. Singers, dancers, and musicians, led by eunuchs, saluted Guan Duo first, retreated to the corner, plucked the strings and tuned the music, and for a while, the strings in the ears were beautiful, and they looked at the pink legs and jade arms. The palace is full of spring.

After the banquet was set, Guan Duo took Deng She's hand, asked him to sit beside him, smiled, and said to everyone: "Everyone, please come to the table." "More than a dozen people either made a ceremony or a blessing, and after the ceremony, they each took their seats.

The hall is big, there are few people, the seats are placed relatively forward, the entrance of the hall is empty to the top, some are empty, the singers and dancers move forward, and they don't mention where they sing and dance. Guan Duo said to Deng She: "I didn't know that you came today, and it was a coincidence. All of you here are old brothers who have been in the army for many years, and they originally intended to get together today, so they simply got together. It's all your own people, so you're welcome. ”

He took a glass of wine first, took a shallow sip, and said, "The old man is injured, so you can't drink too much wine." Everyone, please get up. "Everyone toasted and drank together. Guan Duo signaled, the music on the corner of the hall paused, and the singer picked up the little songs and sang them one by one.

A bearded military general stood up, holding a wine glass, and was about to speak; Guan Duo smiled and said, "Today's family banquet, everyone is free. If you want to find an old man to toast, you don't have to. The old man can't drink, it's not cheap! Everyone laughed, Guan Duo pointed at Deng She, and said, "Deng Wanhu is far away, you have to get close." ”

When he was introduced, there were a lot of official titles and names, and Deng She remembered very few, only remembering those generals, either the marshal of the army or the head of the army, and the officials were all higher than him. He was young and had a low official position, so he hurriedly stood up and said, "The great names of the generals, the last generals have long been like thunder, and it is really a blessing to see them today." Guan Duo smiled: "It's better to have wine than lucky!" Everyone burst into laughter and said, "Pingzhang is reasonable, let's drink three cups first." ”

The bearded general was not happy and shouted, "What are three cups and two lamps?" Such a small cup, you can't wet the root of your tongue, and it's not dirty, so it's better to change to a big bowl, Lord Pingzhang, what do you old man say? ”

Guan Duo smiled and didn't speak. Where did Dunshe dare to drink more on this occasion? Repeated excuses. The general became anxious and shouted, "I thought you were a man, but you twisted like a girl!" Helplessly, I changed the big bowl, took it and took a look, Deng She was startled, not only a big bowl, but a sea bowl. Three bowls may be okay, I'm afraid that three bowls won't reach the bottom, but don't call it drilling the table.

Guan Duo smiled and only watched, and did not persuade, Deng She gritted his teeth, he came to Liaoyang, and his idea was to be false and wrong, first stabilize Guan Duo and wait and see the wind. If you make a stiff scene, you lose your original intention. Isn't it just a few bowls of wine? He no longer shirked, and made three bowls in a row, and the military general cheered loudly and said: "Good amount of wine, I like a good man who is cool." "After serving the wine bowl, I want to come up again to toast.

Guan Duo stopped and said, "Deng Wanhu is not like you, the wine jar is big. Eat two bites of food and talk about it at the bottom. He smiled and introduced to Deng She, "This guy, before joining the army, was born ...... brewing moonshine. Three bowls of wine were in a hurry, Deng She had been on the road for a few days, and he hadn't eaten, and his head was slightly dizzy. While listening to Guan Duo, he turned his brain, wondering what Guan Duo's intention was?

first showed the demeanor of a kind old man, pulling family routines, talking privately, and asking long and short questions; Not a word about military aircraft. If he didn't ask how many people he had brought, it was to show his demeanor, he would know sooner or later; But why didn't you say a word about the situation in Bianliang? Whenever Deng She wanted to ask, he was diverted from the conversation early, and it can be said that the initiative of dialogue is always in the hands of Guan Duo.

Then the reception banquet turned into a family banquet, and the request of the military general to exchange a small cup for a large bowl, if there was no hint from Guan Duo, Deng She would never believe it, smelling the smell of wine, he guessed a possibility, and thought: "Are you going to get me drunk?" "On second thought, what good will it do Guan Duo to get me drunk? Good to ask about the situation in Goryeo? It doesn't make sense, with Yao Haogu in Goryeo, what would he not know?

I thought about it for a while, but I couldn't figure it out. He sat cross-legged, felt a heat on his thighs, turned his head to look, and at some point, knelt a half-naked woman. It is only wrapped in a light yarn, almost transparent, sticking to the body, and the curves are graceful. Seeing Deng She looking at her, the woman smiled and said, "The slave pours wine for the general." "The sea bowl is big, the wine jug is small, not enough to pour, and a wine jar is placed on the side of the desk. As soon as she leaned over to scoop up the wine, revealing her plump breasts, Deng She had never been served like this, so she withdrew her eyes and did not look.

Mao Jujing sat opposite him, picked up the wine bowl, and said with a smile: "What? Ten thousand households have been in Goryeo for a long time, and they have tasted enough of Goryeo females, are all flowers and grasses difficult to see? ”

Deng She hurriedly got up and said, "But the wine is drunk in a hurry, and the general is a little drunk." Mao Jujing said: "How can this be reasonable, seeing that Ben will serve wine, you will pretend to be drunk." Pretending to be angry, he snorted twice, "Not honest!" Not honest. Deng She smiled bitterly, Guan Duo persuaded two words, and finally the big bowl was replaced by a small cup, and then three cups.

Mao Jujing went down, and everyone in the hall lined up and came up one after another. More than a dozen people, thirty or forty cups, even if Deng She has a large amount, he can't stand it. There were only two or three people left, and Guan Duo came forward again and stopped him with a smile. said: "Deng Wanhu is young, you let a little, let a little." ”

The more you drink, the more stamina you have. Deng She's blood rushed, knowing that he was drunk, swaying around, looking at people, only to feel a pair in front of him, his appearance was familiar, he recognized it for a long time, and saw that it was Fang Buzhen, he smiled and said: "Fang, Lord Fang, you and I are here together, why do you still toast me?" Fang Buzhen said: "When I was in Goryeo, I had been taken care of by the general for a long time, and I never had to express my gratitude, so I took this opportunity today to express my gratitude." "Drink it all.

Shit, when did I take care of you? Deng She was drunk, there was something in his heart, he hid three points of clarity, reached out to touch the wine glass on the table, one accidentally knocked over the dishes, and the waiting maid hurriedly reached the wine glass and put it in his hand.

Deng She casually put his hand on her shoulder, stood firm, and said, "Pingzhang said that I was polite, I think you are polite, Lord Fang." …… Done,. "I took a sip, drank half of it, shook my hands, and spilled half of it. His seat was adjacent to Guan Duo, Guan Duo had been paying attention to him, and said at this time: "Deng Wanhu has never been to Liaoyang, and the old man can't accompany him all the time, and he can't be without someone who is familiar with the place. Buzhen has your care in Goryeo, and when you come to Liaoyang, let Buzhen do his best to be a landlord. How is it? ”

This is the bright growth sent someone to monitor, Deng She said: "Pingzhang is loving, and the last general is better to be respectful than to obey his fate." He wanted to make a gesture to Guan Duo, shook it twice, was drunk, and finally couldn't stand and fell to the ground. was falling on the servant girl, soft, pain or not, he turned over to get up, took advantage of the situation to stretch his legs, kicked over the table, and smashed the wine jar. Wine glasses and food plates fell and fell to the ground, crackling and crackling.

The people in the hall who were guessing the pieces of the fist were silent when they heard the sound, and they all came to see it. Dunshe struggled on the ground like a puddle of mud, but he couldn't get up, and he couldn't help laughing. A woman covered her mouth and said with a smile: "The general who can't stand three bowls of wine is the first time I've seen it." "The color of contempt is overflowing.

Dunsher struggled to keep his eyes open, and lay on the ground, looking at where the sound had come from. He wasn't actually drunk to this extent, he judged it clearly, although he didn't know the purpose, but Guan Duo really wanted to get him drunk. It doesn't matter if you want him to be embarrassed, it doesn't matter if you want him to make a fool of yourself, it's better to be fake drunk than to be really drunk.

He couldn't see the appearance of the woman who spoke, but he saw a figure in a trance, dressed in yellow or gray, with a jade pendant hanging on his wrist, verdant.

He got up, sat on the ground, sprayed wine, and said with a smile: "The little lady is not right, there is a lot of wine, who says that a lot of wine is a hero?" Shallow amount may not be ,...... It may not be heroic. Grabbing the maidservant with one hand, and Fang Buzhen who came to help him with the other, he staggered to his feet, pulled his hand to touch his waist, and said to Guan Duo: "Lord Pingzhang, the little lady laughs at me for being ugly, don't blame me, although I drink too much, I am not drunk, not drunk at all!" I can also play two sets of knives for adults to see, one is to help and entertain the generals, and second, please see if I am counted,...... Count it or not, heroes! ”

Before his knife entered the hall, he handed it over to the guards, and after touching it for a long time, he couldn't touch it, and asked Fang Buzhen in a daze: "Where is my knife?" Have you seen it? Fang Buzhen said: "You didn't bring a knife." Deng She said: "Nonsense! I'm a general, how can I not carry a knife with me? He patted his head and said to Guan Duo, "It must be that the adults accidentally let the thief in." …… Someone stole my knife! ”

Fang Buzhen couldn't cry or laugh, and the woman who spoke before sneered: "I didn't bring a knife, but I said that someone stole it, and I was drunk like this after a few glasses of wine, so embarrassing." ”

There was a crisp sound in front of the hall, and when everyone looked at it, Guan Duo dropped the cup, got up suddenly, and said angrily: "Shut up!" Deng Wanhu, the senior general of our army, how can you be insulted again and again? Get out of here for the old man! "This woman has some relatives with Guan Duo, relying on this relationship, she has always been arrogant and didn't take others seriously, so she dared to speak disrespectfully, and suddenly saw Guan Duo thunder and anger, and she was so frightened that she lost her face. Her husband was a civil official, and he knelt down and kowtowed to excuse herself, and pulled her out of the palace.

"The border pass is full of honors, how can the noble lady talk about heroes?" Guan Duo's remaining anger did not subside, and he slapped it on the case fiercely, His Royal Highness was silent, and Mao Jujing said: "The woman is ignorant and shallow, and she is not worthy of the anger of adults. Guan Duo sighed and said, "To say, she is also a member of my Guan family, but the old man usually neglects to teach." To Deng Shedao, "Deng Wanhu doesn't have to take it to heart, a woman in the deep palace, how can she know the ambition of a man?" …… You are not yet a weak crown, and your prestige resounded throughout Liaodong, a well-deserved handsome man in our army, come, the old man will give you three cups. ”

At the beginning, you can also spill a little by being drunk; At this time, Guan Duo handed the wine glass to the maidservant, but Deng She's hand couldn't spill half a slight, and he drank three cups, Deng She didn't wait to drink, Guan Duo brought it himself, and he couldn't drink it. He shouted that it was not good, supported himself, spoke incoherently, and said: "Great, my lord, the last general didn't pay attention to it, and the last general still has this measure." However, the adults praised me as a handsome person, and I couldn't afford it, and the general really couldn't afford it. ”

Outside the hall, it was getting dark, and someone cleaned up the mess, lit candles, and the light brightened. At this time, the wine had been drunk for more than two hours, Guan Duo did not have the slightest intention of dispersing, and sat down with Deng She with his own hands, seeing that he was crumbling, he instructed the maid to take care of it, and said with a smile: "Why do you look high?" In the army, there are very few who have achieved such an achievement. ”

He pointed to Fang Buzhen, who was still standing aside: "Let's talk about it, there are more than thirty people, the official is only four grades, and he has no power to tie the chicken, compared with you, it is far worse." The saint stands in the clouds of thirty, what are your plans? Tell the old man about your ambitions. ”

Fang Buzhen didn't think about it, and said proudly: "The high-ranking official is not what he wants. I only want to be able to stay lonely forever in this surging world, in the rolling red dust. Guan Duo said: "The saint has been poor since ancient times, not to mention that my generation is lonely and straight. You're comparing yourself to Qinglian. He read poetry books and books, and the poems quoted were just right, Mao Jujing smiled and said: "Lord Fang is as his name suggests, and he will be admired by his life." "Fang makes up for the truth, the word keeps the way, and the truth is made up, and the way is guarded, if you really want to do it, you have to be alone.

Guan Duo asked Mao Jujing again, "What is your ambition?" Mao Jujing said: "To be in the prime of life and handsome 100,000 people, where the horsewhip is pointed, there is nothing to stop the gallop of the horse under the crotch, which is the ambition of the last general." Guan Duo said: "The banner of the prime of life embraces ten thousand people, good, good." He asked the bearded general, and the general said: "My lord told the story of Jing Ke's assassination of Emperor Qin, and I want to do Jing Ke, and I am willing to die ten times." Guan Duo said: "The gentleman is a dead confidant, and he takes the sword out of Yanjing." Feeling angry and light fame, very good, very good. ”

The two of them have different personalities and different aspirations, but they are the pursuit of most martial artists. Supporting Wanfu, or assassinating Emperor Qin, in reverie, Deng She was drunk and surging, and his blood couldn't help boiling. Guan Duo asked one by one, and everyone answered in a thousand ways, some wanted to be a big official, some wanted to be a rich man, some wanted to be famous in the world, and some wanted to glorify their ancestors, Guan Duo had a poem to send to him.

Deng She gradually couldn't support it, and the strength of the wine was churning up, and in the hazy drunken eyes, the red candles on the hall moved, and he couldn't sit steadily, and he fell into the arms of the maidservant, only to feel that the universe was upside down, as if he had exchanged hands and feet. Vaguely, Guan Duo seemed to ask everyone, and turned to ask him, muttering a few answers, and he didn't know what he said.

There was a sudden silence in the hall for a moment, as if someone was applauding, as if someone was laughing. He opened his eyes and laughed twice in a daze, and his eyes were dark, and he didn't know anything.