Chapter Thirty-ninth: The Mystery of Fragrant Beauty
Su Pingjiang smiled heartily and said to Nanqi: "I can't guarantee that you will have this kind of eyesight. It's impossible for us to win over him. It's not just once or twice. Everyone gets down every time."
Well, he strolled away leisurely on his own."
Nan Qi looked at He Ran with a smile and said, "I think military advisors probably rely on outsmarting others when drinking."
Xu Tong moved his mouth but finally restrained himself from speaking.
Su Pingjiang said with disdain: "It should be said that it was cheating! At first he always led everyone to drink together, but when everyone was drunk, he started cheating and cheating, instigating each other to fight for wine, and everyone was dizzy after drinking.
Who would have paid attention to how much he drank when he was bloated? Although he fell for his trick every time, he would still fool him the next time, but his drinking capacity is indeed very large, otherwise it would be impossible for him to stay awake until everyone is drunk."
"Then I will be the cupbearer today. You and the general will take turns drinking with him to see if his drinking capacity is greater than the two of you combined."
Su Pingjiang said happily: "Okay! This is a good idea! Although two against one is not a win, who told him to drink a lot? Today I want to see if his drinking capacity is greater than the two of us combined."
Xu Tong disdained such a drinking contest, but since the king wanted to join in the queen's fun, he didn't want to be a spoiler, so he smiled in response.
He Ran knew that Su Pingjiang intended to use this method to ease the relationship between himself and Xu Tong, and was unwilling to brush off his good intentions. He snorted and said: "A noble king of a country, knowing that he can win without using force, still makes excuses to do so.
Go do it.”
Su Pingjiang smiled and said: "You are still the military advisor of a country. You are always cheating and cheating at the banquet. What does it mean if we just do it once?"
"I just said that we are all hot-blooded men on the battlefield. If you want to drink, you can drink it happily. Why are you bickering again? Are you afraid that I, a woman, will look down on you heroes?" Nan Qi started to provoke with a smile on her face.
Su Pingjiang raised his head and drank it all in one gulp. He looked at He Ran and said, "You always talk the most when you drink. If you don't drink, get out, so as not to hurt us both. From now on, you can go to the civil servants when you are on duty."
"
Xu Tong drank it down with a slight sneer.
Nan Qi curled her lips slightly and looked at He Ran with bright eyes.
He Ran poured the wine into his throat and said boldly: "Just drink, do you think I'm really afraid of you two?" After putting down the wine bottle, he quickly filled three wine bottles with wine, picked up his own bottle and drank it quickly.
Xu Tong drank with him without showing any signs of weakness. Just as Su Pingjiang raised the wine bottle, Nan Qi suddenly stopped him and said, "Didn't you say two are fighting one? Why are you both drinking with him?"
Su Pingjiang said "Hey", put down the wine bottle and said: "You better understand, you have seen it, he just makes the atmosphere lively and makes people fooled. You are so competent as a wine supervisor." After speaking, he turned to He Ran.
, "It's time for us to drink."
He Ran looked at Nan Qi with a look of helplessness as his treacherous plot was discovered, which made Nan Qi cover her mouth and smile.
After most of the wine was gone, Xu Tong stopped being so tense, his face began to turn red, and he started to talk more. He complained: "I'm not talking about you, we used to be closer than brothers.
I, Xu Tong, admire you the most. Even if you want to take my life, I will never frown, but you... Sigh! What are you doing all this? Life is getting better and better.
, why did you come here?"
He Ran was a little drunk and looked at him with disdain and said: "You still have some brains for fighting, but if you don't know anything about political affairs, how can I make trouble? If I don't make trouble, can you safely get the more than thirty cities of Shunguo?"
Isn’t it the result of the New Deal? I know you listened to reports from your subordinates and are unhappy with me about elected officials, right?”
Seeing that the two of them started talking, Su Pingjiang showed an imperceptible smile on his lips, and his words were not unclear. As long as the two of them started to argue, it would be easy. He Ran would definitely have the ability to convince Xu Tong.
"So what? What you are doing is simply nonsense! Who is the official and the people have the final say? Where will the king be placed?" Xu Tong glared.
He Ran looked at him contemptuously and said: "People like you will die in the future without knowing how. You only know one thing and don't know the other, so you rush to the battle line and fight with a knife. How much do you know about me, an elected official?"
Xu Tong said sarcastically: "It's enough to know this. Let them choose the general first, and then choose Dazai. You, the military advisor, don't need to choose. You are the only one with the highest prestige in the country."
Seeing that the two were about to fall out, Su Pingjiang said: "It's your turn to drink and drink. Don't you want to take the opportunity to stir up trouble?"
He Ran raised his head and finished the drink, placed the wine bottle heavily on the table, looked at Xu Tong and said: "I said you are reckless, the popular election is only for local officials below the sixth rank, and even if it is a popular election, the final appointment must be made by Ping Jiang personally.
I don’t want to explain more about whether democratic elections are good or not. Just look at the current situation. In six of the thirty-two newly acquired cities, people with extremely high popularity were elected as city guards. In these six cities, the officials have always been honest and the people are safe.
No major incidents have occurred, but looking at the twenty-six cities where we have appointed officials, major incidents have occurred in seven cities so far, and four city guards have been beheaded. It is not clear which one is better and which one is worse."
Before Xu Tong could speak, Su Pingjiang interjected: "Yeah, he told me these in detail. Don't always worry about me being ignored. I just want to take care of these things. What he did when I first heard about it was really shocking.
, but they are all right in the end. Think about it, without him, where would the prosperity of Yi Country be today?"
Xu Tong snorted angrily: "I admit that he has great achievements, but... alas! I always feel..."
Su Pingjiang raised his eyebrows and said, "Forget about other things, let me ask you, do you suspect that he has the intention to usurp the throne?"
Hearing this question, Xu Tong straightened up and said seriously: "Although I am dissatisfied with what he did, I would like to use my head to guarantee that he has no such intentions."
Su Pingjiang smiled and said: "That's it. If he wanted to usurp the throne, he would have done it a long time ago. Not only did he not have such intention, but he did everything in my name. I don't know anything else. Everywhere he goes when he travels, the people
Everyone is grateful and full of praise for me, the great king. I have done very little since I came to power. Didn’t he help me build this prestige? If you are really loyal to me, you should help him more. He is here.
Work wholeheartedly for the country and the king."
Xu Tong exhaled heavily, frowned and lowered his head in silence.
"It's time for the general to drink after the military advisor has finished drinking." Nan Qi looked at Su Pingjiang and said, "May I ask your Majesty, is drinking more important today or discussing state affairs? If you don't understand this clearly, I, the wine supervisor, will not be able to do anything about it.
It’s done.” Her words just right resolved the solemn atmosphere.
Su Pingjiang smiled and said: "Drinking is the most important thing, drinking is the most important thing! Drink to the full!"
Xu Tong picked up the wine bottle and looked at He Ran, hesitated for a moment, then raised his head and drank.
"It's your turn again." Su Pingjiang pointed to the wine bottle in front of He Ran.
He Ran grinned. He knew that he would definitely get drunk if he drank like this. Su Pingjiang and Xu Tong both drank a lot. No matter how much he drank, he could not compare to them. When he picked up the wine bottle, he deliberately shook it.
After a while, he said: "I am already seventy percent drunk. I give up and let's drink together."
"It's a beautiful thought. It's not finished until someone lies down! Today we are going to find out how big you are." Su Pingjiang said proudly.
He Ran sighed and was about to put the wine to his mouth when Nan Qi said softly: "Wait a minute!"
Su Pingjiang asked in confusion: "What's wrong?"
Nan Qi pointed to the drinks on the tables and said, "I spilled so much, it's time to fill it up again."
"Yes, yes! You really do everything you can!" Su Pingjiang glanced at He Ran with disdain, took the wine bottle from his hand, and filled it up himself.
He Ran looked at Nan Qi with a wry smile, shook his head and said, "Asking the queen to come out is the biggest mistake today."
Nanqiu and Su Pingjiang looked at each other and smiled, and Xu Tong also smiled.
He Ran did not go to serve the wine, but pointed his finger at Tong and said: "You are just a confused person. I am not afraid of the understanding, nor the confused, but I am afraid that my brother is confused. How do you want me to deal with it? I am an impatient person, and I am not afraid of being confused.
Most of the people who cross my path, those who can't get along with me, or even those who don't look pleasing to the eye, are killed cleanly. If you jump out, aren't you deliberately causing trouble for me?"
Xu Tong felt the sincere affection in his words, and stopped talking sarcastically. He pointed at the wine bottle and said, "Don't talk nonsense, drink the wine, and talk to you later if you have anything to say."
He Ran slowly drank the wine, looking a little embarrassed. He put down the wine bottle and continued to say to Xu Tong: "Everyone in the country of Yi said that I am a smart and understanding person. Even everyone in the world said so, but you
Do you know someone who is smarter and more understanding than me?"
"Who?" Xu Tong's expression was full of disbelief.
"Is there really such a person? I don't believe it." Nan Qi smiled with a pretty face, but looked at him intently.
He Ran pointed at Su Pingjiang and said: "He is our king!"
Su Pingjiang smiled self-deprecatingly and said, "Don't pretend to be drunk with me, or you won't be able to escape the banquet."
He Ran straightened his expression and said calmly: "I am not talking drunkenly, let alone drunken talk. Life only lasts a hundred years, and every day you live is less. Enjoyment is a day, and running is a day. God will not increase your life because of your hard work.
We only have a few decades left. Do you think it is better to enjoy the remaining years without any worries, or to work hard and work hard? The end of the camp is nothing more than to have fun in the end, but by then
How many days are left?"
He sighed, and then said: "Some people are blinded by wealth and salary, and they will never understand it in their lives. Some people understand it, but they have to work hard due to their livelihood constraints. You should understand it, right?"
, Our king is the one who understands best, and I actually understand too, but life is hard, so I can only work for you." After saying this, his expression darkened, and he shook his head dejectedly.
After hearing his words, the three of them seemed to feel something in their hearts, and the table fell silent for a while.
After a while, Xu Tong raised his wine bottle and said, "Not to mention anything else, I would like to give you a bottle just for your hard work. You are right. If you were not serving the country as a great king, you would never accept this as a person."
You are a hard worker, and I admire you for that."
Su Pingjiang also raised the wine bottle and said: "The reason why I can enjoy peace and happiness is all thanks to you, and I also want to respect you with this bottle."
Nan Qi then picked up the wine bottle and said softly: "I'm here to help you, the military advisor."
He Ran raised his head and smiled sadly, then picked up the wine bottle and said: "I deserve this bottle. Looking back on the years when I was on the run and took little care of my family, I felt sad and lamented the misery of my life." After saying this, he poured the wine down his throat.
"Then let's drink three bottles in a row. I will accompany you twice as much. I said something inappropriate today, so I am apologizing for it. Let's leave aside the right and wrong for the time being. We will discuss it in detail tomorrow. At this moment, you and I are just trying to get drunk!" Xu Tong drank another bottle.
Then he poured wine for him.
"Okay! If you drink three bottles in a row, I will do the same for you!" Su Pingjiang also felt this and drank the second bottle.
Nan Qi's beautiful eyes stared at He Ran and said softly: "Nan Qi's quantity is too small and I dare not double it to accompany him, but I still have to accompany him with three bottles."
He Ran was really drunk, otherwise he wouldn't have shown his emotions like this. After three bottles, his body was already shaking a little. Xu Tong was also 70% drunk. He was a man of temperament. After hearing what He Ran said, he felt that this person was
It's really not easy for me, brothers. Under the influence of wine, I want to express my inner feelings more and more. At this time, drinking is the best way.
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