Emperor Song He said something straight to the point, but Chen Ping'an seemed to have no intention of speaking at all. After waiting for a moment, Song He obviously had no intention of returning home just like that. He glanced at the banquet bowls and chopsticks on the table and moved his hands.
A chair changed its position slightly, tilted towards Chen Ping'an, and asked: "Mr. Chen, shall we sit down and chat?"
Chen Pingan nodded, moved his chair, pulled up his coat, sat down, and crossed his legs.
Revealing a pair of white-soled and black-surfaced cloth shoes on her feet.
Song He said: "Mr. Chen, please think about it more. I can wait."
Chen Pingan smiled and asked: "Is this what the Queen Mother means?"
Song He shook his head and said, "It's my own idea."
Song He didn't think that if he asked for it, the other party would immediately agree to serve as the Grand Master of Da Li.
Three groups of people and three wedding banquet tables are not adjacent to each other.
His Majesty the Emperor and Chen Ping'an were at a table alone. Naturally, they wanted to talk about business. Both parties were seated at this moment.
A king at the foot of the mountain and a sect leader on the mountain are peers.
The two of them neither sat facing each other, nor did they face the leftovers on the wine table.
Queen Yu Mian stood next to another wine table.
This time out of the palace, Emperor Song He naturally went out incognito. Apart from Queen Yu Mian, he only had three attendants with him, an old eunuch dressed as a rich man and a ceremonial supervisor, and a man who was not very visible in the court and public affairs of Dali.
The Song family worships and is the guardian of the Song family's imperial mausoleum. The last guard is currently staying on the street outside the gate of Bian's family, responsible for guarding the carriage.
Yu Miangui is the Empress of Dali. In addition, the Song family of Dali has had the imperial advisor Cui Chan for nearly a hundred years and has never worried about the harem, noble relatives, or eunuchs interfering in politics. Therefore, Yu Mian has also seen many successful people in the mountains.
Well, the handsome and graceful one is like Wei Bo, the king of Beiyue Mountain, the immortal master of Fengxue Temple who looks like a child, and the rich and long beard of the old family master of Jiang family in Yunlin, who looks like a god.
In addition, there were a handful of exceptions, which impressed Yu Mian even more. For example, Ruan Qiong, the saint of the Longquan Sword Sect, the chief minister of the Dali Dynasty, could not be said to be slovenly, but dull and taciturn. Every time he entered the palace,
When meeting the emperor, Master Ruan had nothing to say. Most of the time, the emperor was asking questions. Master Ruan's answers were very "succinct and concise" every time, as if...he was anxious to go back to the mountains to forge iron and make swords. And he looked like a villager and an old farmer.
Tong Wenchang, the Lord of Yueshan, wears coarse linen clothes and likes to go barefoot all year round. Not to mention standing with Wei Bo, even if she stands side by side with Lord Jin Qing of Zhongyueshan, to be honest, if Yu Mian doesn't judge people by their appearance, she will sincerely feel that Tongshan is...
It's indeed a bit shabby.
When Tong Shanjun was sitting there, Yu Mian was worried that he would pick his feet.
As for the young swordsman from Luolu Mountain in front of him, Yu Mian will certainly remember him vividly.
Yu Mian is a very attentive woman, she just noticed the pair of finely stitched cloth shoes at a glance.
The last table was, of course, the two in-laws whose children had just tied the knot. Both parties were from official families in the capital city of Li, and their official positions were not very high. However, they were both from a clear background in the right path of Kejia, but now they have the qualifications.
In fact, there was only one person participating in the morning court, Bian Wenmao.
Everyone held their breath and concentrated, and no one dared to whisper.
A pair of newlyweds were so excited that their faces turned red, as if they were in a dream.
Lin Shouyi, as the only outsider, sat next to his classmate Shi Jiachun.
Queen Yu Mian turned her head to look at them with a smile, stretched out her hand and pressed twice to signal everyone to sit down.
After everyone sat down, Bian Wenmao found that the Queen was still standing there, so he wanted to stand up, but as soon as he raised his buttocks, he felt it was even more inappropriate, so he had to sit back silently.
Emperor Song He said: "I have always had a doubt and would like to ask Mr. Chen for advice."
Chen Pingan said: "Just ask."
Song He asked: "It seems that after Mr. Chen's experiences back then, his impression of the Dali court was not bad?"
For example, according to Dali intelligence, Chen Ping'an passed through the Shushui Kingdom in the middle of Aquarius Continent during his second trip, and became a lifelong friend with the martial artist Song Yushao. The two sides faced the 10,000-person cavalry troop pressing down on the border.
In the formation, the young man holding a locust sword signed up his number and openly said, "Dali Chen Ping'an is here!"
Chen Pingan twisted his wrist, and a vermilion wine gourd appeared. He took a sip of wine, and then gently placed the sword gourd on his knees. "The first time I traveled far away was when I went to Sui Dynasty with Lin Shouyi and others.
The cliff academy within the territory. Exited from Yefuguan and entered Huangting Kingdom, which was still a vassal of the Gao family in the Sui Dynasty. The return route was still from Huangting Kingdom, but we took a plank road and entered the pass from Niuzhan. It was extremely windy and snowy at that time.
During this period, I met a group of frontier army scouts from a distance. One of the riders stood out. He was a young cavalryman. He was probably in his early twenties at the time. At that time, I didn’t quite understand why the cavalryman rode towards me.
It would be a resolute look. I figured it out later. This team of elite cavalry mistook me for an enemy spy at first, and he might be a Qi practitioner. So the most correct thing to do at that time was to immediately notify the nearby people.
Those monks who were accompanying the Great Li Cavalry, and this encounter on a narrow road in the wind and snow, the two sides were very likely to know life and death in an instant. After I reported my identity, I handed over the customs clearance document issued by the Longquan County Government to verify my identity.
After everything was correct, the cavalryman sitting on the horse did not throw the Guan ultimatum to me casually, but got off his horse. After returning the Guan ultimatum, he smiled and said something to me, which roughly meant:
The weather is bad and the road is blocked by wind and snow. If you are worried about running into trouble, you can go to their beacon to rest and repair, prepare food, and wait for the wind and snow to subside before continuing on your way."
A traveler who has traveled thousands of miles and miles from far away narrated this incident that happened more than 20 years ago.
Emperor Song He was very patient and listened to every word. However, after listening, he was inevitably a little suspicious.
Just such a small thing?
Chen Pingan asked: "Your Majesty, do you think the matter is too small and you can't believe it?"
Song He nodded and said: "It is indeed true, I find it unbelievable."
Chen Pingan smiled and said: "Is it really a small matter?"
Shaking his head, Chen Ping'an asked and answered himself, "I don't think so. As a Dali cavalry, I am not afraid of death when facing the gods on the mountain. As a border scout, I am very concerned about the people of Dali."
This made a young man from Huaihuang County, Longquan County, who had just started practicing boxing and martial arts, a kiln worker apprentice in Mupin Alley who had to worry about soiling the bluestones on his straw sandals when going to Fulu Street and Taoye Alley, to have a deep understanding of the illusory "Da Li Dynasty".
”, got the first relatively clear impression.
Chen Pingan hit his knee with the sword gourd, "In my opinion, there are three people who can win the world with their awe-inspiring force: the sword light of the Great Wall, the chivalrous spirit of Beiju Luzhou, and the horse hooves of the Great Li Cavalry."
This kind of statement, even if it is true, to any outsider, would still seem... inappropriate, and also suspected of being brazen.
But when it came out of Chen Ping'an's mouth, it seemed extremely weighty and couldn't be more appropriate.
In the past, everyone might have thought that it was too childish for Qi Jingchun to choose an inconspicuous boy from Mud Bottle Lane to be his master and apprentice. It was inevitable to ask why.
But now, everyone would think that Qi Jingchun's foresight in the Lizhu Cave, which was so close to him, was really good in recruiting such a close disciple of the Wen Sheng lineage who could continue his incense.
Queen Yu Mian was considerate and personally brought a pot of wine and a wine glass and handed them to Emperor Song He.
Chen Pingan smiled and nodded to her.
The empress turned sideways, folded her skirt and gave a blessing.
The woman in front of me is kind and gentle.
A daughter-in-law of the Song family who is not liked by the Empress Dowager Nanhao must be a good empress of Li.
Yu Mian walked back to the previous wine table.
Song He smiled and said: "Yu Mian has always felt that Mr. Chen is a gentleman who cultivates internally and externally."
Chen Pingan almost mistakenly thought that the emperor in front of him was possessed by Xiao Mo, and asked: "How can you see it?"
Song He said: "There is a table at the entrance of Luopo Mountain, and tea will be provided to passers-by."
Chen Pingan laughed it off. I just said a little thing. Your Majesty, your Majesty, I just said something like this. If that's true, it's not much better than Xian Wei's trick of cheating money.
"Moreover, the local woodcutter in the mountains in Huaihuang County and the master kiln workers who went into the mountains to search for soil dared to sit down and drink tea."
Song He continued: "In Yu Mian's words, you can see the big from the small. You can see Mr. Chen's family tradition and Luo Luoshan's family tradition from the details. Rich families often have poor relatives coming and going, and they never return empty-handed. That is
A house of loyalty. When passing by the high gate, people will not deliberately walk past it as if to avoid disaster. It is the gate of accumulating good deeds."
Chen Ping'an was stunned for a moment, nodded and said: "Your Majesty has a good wife."
Shi Jiachun stretched his neck and glanced at Chen Pingan quietly.
Just by standing up and sitting down again, Chen Ping'an becomes a completely different person.
He wears a white jade hairpin on his head, a green shirt, a long coat, and a pair of cloth shoes.
The smile on his face is calm, and his body is full of aura. Perhaps this is the Taoist Qi of the Immortal family that has been living in the mountains for a long time?
In short, he is no longer the boy with dark skin and bright eyes in straw sandals.
Shi Jiachun looked away, glanced at his husband, and then at Lin Shouyi.
My husband, Bian Wenmao, is already a man with slightly frosty temples.
However, Lin Shouyi, who was almost the same age, still had the appearance of a young man.
Bian Wenmao's understanding of Lin Shouyi was that his wife only said that Lin Mutou was a warm-hearted person with a pale face. His father used to be a minor official in the yamen of the kiln affairs supervisory office in his hometown. Later, he also went to Beijing and worked in a Qingshui yamen with few people.
To be continued...