Hua Mingqiao replied: "Yes, yes."

Inviting General Tang and his two men to the second floor, Hua Mingqiao quickly wiped the tables and chairs, and invited General Tang and the young man in armor to take a seat. "General Tang, how many kilograms of meat and wine will you order?"

The young man asked: "Do you have any burning knives?"

Hua Mingqiao nodded: "Yes, I don't know how many pounds the young man wants."

"Four kilograms." The boy said again, "Another two kilograms of Dukang."

Hua Mingqiao was a little confused: "Little Master, famous wine shops like Dukang don't have it, but I brewed some myself."

"Is there any wine?"

Hua Mingqiao shook his head.

The young man said dissatisfiedly: "How come you don't have any good wine?"

General Tang raised his hand to stop the young man from speaking, looked at Hua Mingqiao, and said to him: "Shopkeeper, please bring four kilograms of cooking knives, two kilograms of other good wines in your store, two kilograms of roasted mutton, and another mutton pot. , add more spiciness.”

Hua Mingqiao said: "You two wait a moment, I will bring the wine and mutton pot later."

Not long after, Hua Mingqiao brought the wine to General Tang and placed the wine on the table.

The young man in armor picked up a jar of Dukang and started drinking. After only one sip, he put the jar down and stuck out his tongue at General Tang, "General, this wine is not as good as the one made by our Uncle Wang."

General Tang said to the young man: "Speak less."

Hua Mingqiao said sheepishly, "It doesn't matter, the Dukang was brewed by the villain himself, and his brewing skills are not very good, so the taste of the Dukang brewed is lacking."

He picked up two jars of wine and placed them in front of General Tang and the boy in armor, "General Tang, young man, this is a famous wine from the villain's hometown. Try it, it tastes good.

General Tang picked up the wine jar and opened the seal. The aroma of wine hit his nostrils. He couldn't help but be surprised, "Is this rice wine?"

Hua Mingqiao pretended to be surprised and said, "General Tang, do you recognize Daohua Wine?"

General Tang smiled: "I am from Yiling, how come I don't know about Daohua wine?"

Hua Mingqiao smiled and said: "General Tang is from Yiling? What a coincidence, the villain is also from Yiling."

General Tang looked at Hua Mingqiao, "The shopkeeper is also from Yiling? Which county is he from?"

Hua Mingqiao said: "The villain is from Wuxi Village, Yi County."

General Tang is from Yiling, and Hua Mingqiao is also from Yiling. He has been guarding the border for nearly twenty years, but he did not expect to meet a fellow countryman today.

The text of the play says that when a fellow villager meets a fellow villager, his eyes well up with tears. Although he didn't become teary-eyed, he was quite moved in his heart.

If I can return to my hometown once in my lifetime, I will have no regrets in this life.

"I am from Jinghe Town, Yiling." General Tang said.

Hua Mingqiao chatted, "The general is from Jinghe Town. Jinghe Town is far away from the villain."

General Tang sighed: "It's not that far."

Jinghe Town is hundreds of miles away from Yi County, but Jinghe Town is thousands of miles away from the northern border, so the hundred miles away is not that far.

There were many diners in the store, and Hua Mingqiao quickly went downstairs. After a while, a plate of roasted mutton and a mutton pot were brought to the table of General Tang and the boy in armor. He said, "Please use it slowly." , I have to go downstairs to greet other diners.

General Tang suddenly stopped Hua Mingqiao and asked, "Shopkeeper, prepare thirty jars of rice wine and deliver it to my home tonight."

When business came to his door, Hua Mingqiao's eyes shone and he couldn't help being happy. He said, "General, please don't worry. I will personally deliver the rice wine to the general's residence tonight."

The young man in armor interrupted and said: "Shopkeeper, please send another whole roasted lamb to our house. I want it to be charred on the outside and tender on the inside."

Hua Mingqiao responded quickly.

He returned to the kitchen, and Huo Linglong, who was slicing mutton, said, "He didn't recognize you?"

The man she was talking about was naturally referring to General Tang, now the second-in-command in the Northern Army - Tang Huanli.

Hua Mingqiao shook his head, "No."

Ten years ago when he was in the Northern Army, he had not had much contact with Tang Huanli. After so many years, it was normal for Tang Huanli not to recognize him.

"I'm going to Tang Huanli's house in the evening. I have some business. He wants thirty jars of rice wine and a roasted lamb."

Huo Linglong placed pieces of mutton on the plate, "No problem."

Hua Mingqiao warned: "We have to be careful and don't expose any flaws."

Huo Linglong had her own sense of proportion, "This matter cannot be rushed."

Beijing, the fifth day of December.

Five holy wishes were sent out from the palace at the same time, namely, the princes of Jin Qi, Xiang, Zheng, and Xuan were the princes, and the nine kings were the princes, with the king's name Ning.

It is not sudden that four county princes were promoted to princes on the same day. As early as two months ago, there was news that His Majesty was going to promote several princes to princes.

Prince Qi and Prince Xiang are both siblings of Zhao Zixu. Like Prince Zheng, they have been in the position of prince for many years. The position of Prince Jin is reasonable.

If the three kings of Qi, Xiang and Zheng became Prince Jin as a result of years of hard work, the situation of King Xuan was different.

The princess that King Xuan is about to marry comes from the Duke Rongguo's mansion. The Duke Rongguo of the Duke Rong's mansion is a veteran of the four dynasties. He has a prominent reputation and a noble status. He is a coexistence with the general Ye family. Although King Xuan was from the royal family, his mother's family was not prominent, and he suffered from leg disease. The reason why he was promoted to prince was because of the Rongguo Duke's palace.

Before this day, King Qin Zhao Yingyi was the only prince among the former emperor's sons.

After this day, King Qin Zhao Yingyi was no longer the only prince among the former emperor's sons.

Qinghe Prince's Mansion, study room.

A charcoal stove was lit next to the sandalwood bookcase that was six feet eight inches long and three feet three inches high. The silver bone charcoal in the charcoal stove burned red, dispelling the cold air in the study.

If you wrap yourself in a fur coat and stand by the stove, you'll probably start sweating soon.

The desk was covered with a piece of rice paper and pressed with a paperweight. King Qinghe wrote three characters on the rice paper, namely Qi, Xiang and Zheng.

Qi, Xiang, and Zheng are the king titles of Zhao Zixu's siblings.

His deep eyes glanced between the three words Qi, Xiang and Zheng without leaving any trace, as if he was thinking about something.

People say that a son inherits his father's inheritance, and his elder brother will eventually succeed his younger brother.

Zhao Zixu is about to die soon, and he will definitely choose one of his younger brothers as the heir apparent to inherit the throne.

He thought, among the three kings of Qi, Xiang, and Zheng, who would Zhao Zixu choose?

King Qi is the fourth brother of Zhao Zixu. He is twenty-three years old and has not yet married. He has countless beauties in his backyard and often wanders around romantic places. He is a famous flower Tai Sui.

King Xiang is the fifth younger brother of Zhao Zixu. He is over twenty-two years old. He has a perverse and violent temperament, is unstable, has no talent, and is a fool.

King Zheng was also the half-brother of Zhao Zixu. He had the sixth dentition and was the same age as King Xiang. He had a gentle temperament, was well-read in poetry and books, and was quite talented. He held the idle position of a foreign minister.

Among the three, King Qi and King Xiang were useless and useless, but King Zheng was pretty good.

If he were Zhao Zixu, among the three kings, he would definitely choose King Zheng.

But, will Zhao Zixu really choose Prince Zheng?

No, not necessarily.

Zhao Zixu seems gentle and kind, but in fact he is scheming and cunning. He often strikes without making a move and hits the vital points as soon as he strikes, leaving no one with a chance to stand up.

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