"A few of us can't eat so much lamb, how about we divide it into portions?"
Kou Ji sat cross-legged on a sheepskin blanket and said with a smile.
An Ziluo's meat cutting action, "How can I give your mutton to others..."
Kou Ji smiled and prepared to continue speaking.
Just listen to An Ziluo’s lieutenant, the urn said with anger: “My Qingtang’s lamb can only be enjoyed by the most honorable guests and the bravest warriors. You are my Qingtang’s guest, so you are naturally qualified to enjoy my Qingtang’s lamb. No one else can."
An Ziluo glanced at the lieutenant, did not speak, neither agreed nor opposed.
Instead, he continued to cut the meat with a knife. He cut off another leg of lamb. After hesitating for a while, he glared at Liu Heng and placed it in front of Liu Heng.
After Liu Heng thanked him, he looked at Kou Ji.
Kou Ji squinted and didn't speak any more.
He had someone take a knife and began to cut the meat and eat it.
Seeing that Kou Ji had no other actions, Liu Heng also began to cut meat and eat.
Eat for a while.
Seeing that the atmosphere was a little dull, An Ziluo took the initiative to sing a song on the grassland, which enlivened the atmosphere.
Under An Ziluo's mobilization, the atmosphere began to become active.
Finally, amidst the laughter of everyone, a banquet slowly ended.
After sending away An Ziluo and An Ziluo's officers.
The smile on Kou Ji's face narrowed, and he said to Liu Heng faintly: "Qingtang is an unfamiliar wolf..."
Liu Heng was still reminiscing about the lively scene just now, when he heard Kou Ji's words suddenly, he looked at Kou Ji with a look of confusion.
"What does the fourth brother mean? My brother-in-law is proud. There are countless envoys who visit Qingtang every year, but you are the only one who can let him take the initiative to entertain him."
Kou Ji glanced at Liu Heng, and said with an aura: "Did you not hear the words of his lieutenant?"
Liu Heng nodded and said, "I heard it. All the people in Qingtang have the same idea as him. I don't think there is anything wrong.
Take this small tribe where we live temporarily.
After seeing my eldest brother-in-law, their leader offered to offer cattle, sheep, and beauties.
It is because they know that my brother-in-law is the most honored guest and the bravest warrior.
Qualified to enjoy the cattle, sheep, and beauties of their tribe. "
Kou Ji glared: "The people of Qingtang think so, naturally there is nothing wrong. But An Ziluo's lieutenant thinks so too, that is a big problem. An Ziluo is a rare wise man in Qingtang, how is his lieutenant stupid
Since his lieutenant is not a stupid person, how could he say a stupid thing in front of me? "
Liu Heng was taken aback, and said in deep thought: "Four brothers mean..."
Kou Ji solemnly said: "Attitude... From their attitude towards us, it is not difficult to infer that after we met Qingtang Zampo Cape Silo, Jiao Silo's attitude towards us.
Jiao Si Luo had begged me to Da Song before, so how obedient was he to me Da Song
Now that he calmed Qingtang and became the veritable lord of Qingtang, he was no longer as obedient to me as Song Dynasty before.
Notice.
I rushed to the Western Regions this time to represent officials.
He has the identity of an angel.
And Qingtang Zanpu Cape Siluo is a Jiedu envoy of my Great Song Dynasty canonization.
From the perspective of my Dasong, my identity and status are much higher than Qingtang Zanpu Cape Siluo.
But when the people of Qingtang faced me, they didn't show any respect for me.
That's why I said that Qingtang is an unfamiliar wolf. "
After listening to Kou Ji's words, Liu Heng thought about it for a moment, and it was exactly what Kou Ji said.
Liu Heng stared at Kou Ji and asked, "So just now you proposed to eat lamb. Is it a temptation?"
Kou Ji shook his head and said: "I do have the idea of eating lamb, but I didn't expect An Ziluo's lieutenant to speak."
Liu Heng nodded slowly, and asked, "Does this matter have any influence on your fourth brother's plan for borrowing troops?"
Kou Ji nodded and said: "Naturally there is..."
Liu Heng pondered, "How do you plan to deal with the fourth brother?"
"Cut the meat..."
"Whose meat is cut?"
"At that time you will know."
Kou Ji looked at Liu Heng's command and said, "You will find An Ziluo in a moment and tell him that from tomorrow, we will speed up the journey. Then send someone back to Xining City and tell Li Zhaoliang to let him lead the soldiers and horses to speed up the journey. "
Liu Heng agreed and left the tent to spread the word.
An Ziluo had already taken people back to his tent.
Enter the tent.
An Ziluo found the table in the tent, took paper and pen, and wrote a long letter.
He stated in the letter that Kou Ji intends to borrow troops from Qingtang, and that Kou Ji has seen what Qingtang is planning.
Then, after sealing the seal, he handed it to the pros and cons next to him.
"Send it back to Zamp quickly."
He put away the long letter, beat his chest with one hand, and exited the tent.
An Ziluo put away his pen and ink and set his eyes on the lieutenant.
"Geertai, have I told you that Kou Ji is very shrewd and asks you to pay attention when speaking?"
Geertai's face sank, his head hanging down, "What did the subordinate say wrong?"
An Ziluo said with a cold face: "You shouldn't refuse Kou Jifen's proposal to eat lamb."
Geertai raised his head and said solemnly: "After the subordinates finished speaking, you did not veto the subordinates' words, general. And the subordinates don't feel that the subordinates said something wrong.
In my Qingtang, only the most distinguished guests and the bravest warriors are qualified to enjoy the most tender lamb.
This is the rule that we have passed down from generation to generation. "
An Ziluo stared angrily, "You idiot, what identity is Kou Ji, and what is your identity? What qualifications do you have to veto Kou Ji's words? The reason why I did not veto your words is because your words have been spoken. Can't take it back."
Gertai was just about to rebut.
Just heard An Ziluo say again: "I am worthy of brother Kou Ji, so I am qualified to sit on an equal footing with him and speak equally, but you do not. Kou Ji is in Song State, ranked third, and Song Guo has given me the status of Zanpu. equal.
Now he is holding the Emperor Song's saber in his hand.
It is equivalent to the presence of Emperor Song.
Even if it's my clan Zanpu who meets him, he will welcome him with ceremonies.
What qualifications do you have to show arrogance in front of him? "
Geertai gritted his teeth and said: "How about his status in the Song State and comparable to that of Zanpu of my clan? He is a minister of the Song State, not my Qingtang. Zanpu of my clan is the master of the Tubo and the king of all Tubo people. , Should not bow to other kings.
We should be above the Song State and let the Song State bow to us, just like the Liao State. "
An Ziluo snorted coldly, "Perhaps one day, but certainly not now. We are still weak now, and we still need a place to rely on the Song State. So we can't let Song State be hostile to our Qingtang.
Not to let Song State feel that I Qingtang has a heart of disobedience.
What you said today is to tell Kou Ji clearly that I have a heart of disobedience in Qingtang. "
Geertai said solemnly: "I Qingtang doesn't need to surrender to anyone."
An Ziluo slapped the table and stood up, "Can you help me in Qingtang to lay down Huangtouhuihe, or can you help me in Qingtang defeat the Xixia people?"
Geertai lowered his head silently when he heard the words.
An Ziluo snorted coldly: "You can't, and neither can I, but Song people can."
An Ziluo stared at Geertai coldly and said: "What we have to do now is to coax the Song people, let the Song people help us consume the forces of Huangtouhuihe, and let the Song people help us deal with the Xixia people."
Geertai lowered his head and said, "Subordinates..."
An Ziluo coldly snorted: "You don't have to say more, tonight I will recruit all the cattle and sheep from the Metal department and cook them for the Song people. In turn, set aside two hundred cattle and sheep from the cattle and sheep pens of your tribe to compensate Mei. Thar Department."
Geertai suddenly raised his head and said in astonishment: "General..."
An Ziluo yelled: "Shut up, say one more thing, I cut you. You have done stupid things yourself, and you have to pay for your stupid things."
Geertai lowered his head, not daring to say another word.
In the evening.
Kou Ji was in the tent looking up the information sent back by the spies of the Imperial City Division lurking in the Western Regions.
Liu Heng opened the curtain of the tent, wrapped in the wind and snow, and walked in.
Kou Ji felt a chill, put down the paperwork in his hand, and put a few frost charcoal into the brazier.
Liu Heng got close to the brazier, and while roasting his hands, he said: "I told my eldest brother-in-law to speed up the schedule, and he agreed."
Kou Ji picked up the document, nodded and said, "That's good..."
Liu Heng said again: "That's right, my brother-in-law said. In the next few days, we will always be in a state of rapid marching, and there is no time to stop. He proposed to hold a bonfire in the evening to kill cattle and sheep, and have a good time."
Hearing this, Kou Ji froze for a moment, and said with a smile: "It's just to make up for it... He wants to be happy, so be happy, you can figure it out specifically..."
Kou Ji threw the matter over to Liu Heng, and acted as a hand shaker himself.
The Qingtang people's mind, Kou Ji has been touched, there is no need to mix with them and do those boring things.
An Ziluo's move to mend the prison may be useful to other officials of the Song Dynasty, but it did not work at all for Kou Ji.
Kou Ji has always been hard-hearted when facing extraterritorial disputes.
Time flies, and it's evening.
An Ziluo held a bonfire party as promised.
The huge bonfire was lit before nightfall.
An Ziluo wants to invite Kou Ji to eat meat, drink, and have fun together.
But he was stopped by Liu Heng.
Liu Heng used Kou Ji's sense of wind and cold as an excuse, and Bang Kou Ji refused An Ziluo's invitation.
An Ziluo expressed regret for this.
Can only lead the Qingtang soldiers, pull the soldiers holding the Japanese army to drink and eat meat.
As for the folks, and the entourage, they were not invited to drink or eat meat.
In the eyes of Qingtang soldiers, only the Japanese soldiers who are also soldiers can barely sit with them to eat and drink.
In this regard, Minfu and his entourage did not show any dissatisfaction.
Just silently buried the pot to cook, and got some rations to eat.
It's just that their silence was quickly broken.
When the captain holding the Japanese army, he picked a piece of mutton with a knife and put it into the bowl of the guard patrol man.
Gertai, resentful, was angry.
He felt that the cattle and sheep he had paid were eaten by the soldiers who supported the Japanese army.
To eat for those followers is a waste.
He can't bear it.
Ever since.
He angrily rushed to the guards who were sitting around eating silently.
A fight began.
most of the time.
Conflicts always happen inexplicably. A look, a spit, and a grievance will trigger a fight.
Some people always say that one slap won't make a sound.
I feel that after a fight occurs, both parties are responsible.
In fact
it's not true.
There will always be people who are too strong to take the initiative to provoke disputes.
In the tent.
As soon as Kou Ji lay down, Liu Heng hurriedly rushed into his tent and shouted: "Four brother, it's not good, it's a fight?"
Kou Ji slowly sat up and said in amazement: "Aren't you playing a wrestling game?"
Liu Heng grimaced and said anxiously: "There is no wrestling game. It is your people who fought with the Qingtang people."
Kou Ji put on clothes and said suspiciously: "My people, without orders, will never take the initiative to pick things up. Are you sure it is my people who are fighting with the Qingtang people."
Liu Heng urged: "You'll know if you go out and see by yourself..."
Kou Ji put on his boots and muttered as he walked out, "I thought the noise outside was wrestling..."
Kou Ji got out of the tent and rushed to the place where the campfire was.
I saw the man patrolling the horse guard staring at the Qingtang soldiers coldly.
The Qingtang soldiers yelled angrily with scimitars in their hands.
An Ziluo stood in the middle, reprimanding Geertai, who was leading the trouble.
Geertai covered his face in one hand and a knife in the other, staring angrily at the men on guards.
Kou Ji stepped to the middle and asked in doubt: "Brother An, what's the situation?"
An Ziluo said guiltily: "It was my lax control that caused them to provoke a dispute, so I will take them back."
An Ziluo arched his hand to Kou Ji, turned around and stared at Geertai, gritted his teeth and said, "Do you want to die?"
Geertai glared red eyes and said angrily: "I want to fight them blood!"
An Ziluo's heart jumped, his teeth rattled, "If you mess around, I'll cut you off."
Geertai glared at An Ziluo, and roared: "I am a guard in front of the king. I am qualified to raise a blood fight against anyone, and no one can stop it."
An Ziluo said cruelly: "That was before. Now that you are my subordinate, you should follow my orders."
Gertai stared at An Ziluo and roared, "I want a blood fight!"
An Ziluo couldn't bear it anymore, and said angrily, "If you want to die, then I will fulfill you and take my knife."
Immediately.
There was An Ziluo's pro-accompaniment, and An Ziluo's saber was sent on.
Kou Ji has been watching quietly by the side.
Seeing that An Ziluo was about to kill Geertai, Qingtang soldiers were enthusiastic and spoke slowly.
"Brother An, wait a minute..."
An Ziluo's sword was out of its sheath, and when he heard Kou Ji's voice, he slowly turned his head, "Kou Xian, want to stop me?"
Kou Ji shook his head, "I didn't mean to prevent you from marching. I just want to know, what is a blood fight?"
An Ziluo said solemnly: "The two sides fought each other in a short-handed manner and never died."
Kou Ji suddenly.
The so-called blood fight turned out to be a duel, the kind of division of life and death.
An Ziluo said angrily: "My Qingtang warrior, unexpectedly found a gang of people to follow in the bloody fight, and lost my face in Qingtang. When I cut off this servant, I will give Brother Kou Xian an explanation."