By the way, Han Shu led his family back from Yangzhou this time, thinking that he could show the attitude of their Meihua Han family that they share the happiness and misfortune of the country, and thus get a good start with Emperor Zhao, who was not prominent in the past but now has an extremely stable throne... After all, Emperor Zhao himself is the source of political power, and the two emperors went north for hunting. Except for a great aunt in her seventies or eighties, Emperor Zhao has no other close relatives with the same surname south of the Yellow River. So in terms of external kinship, it seems that only these cousins can be regarded as close relatives.
As for these cousins from other families, there is no doubt that the Meihua Han family has the most upright and respectable origin.
However, such a sincere heart was ruined because of an inexplicable thing. It can only be said that the emperor was really cold. Fortunately, this official used to speak fierce words, but he raised it high and put it down gently. After the other party knelt down, he scolded him and drove him out... From his appearance, it was better to say that he was using the other person as a raft to show his favor and win over the general rather than really being jealous.
People around him are no longer surprised by such behavior.
But no matter what, Han Shu was hurriedly summoned, scolded and then hurriedly driven out, but Emperor Zhao continued to hold the banquet as if nothing had happened... Everyone sat down again, and besides Emperor Zhao the host, there were only Yue Fei and Wanqi Xie who were guests, and Lin Jingmo, Yang Yi Zhong, Liu Yan and Lan Gui who were companions. There were only seven or eight people sitting casually in the pavilion, and there were only seven or eight meat and vegetable dishes on the table, among which three of the meat dishes were all rabbit meat. It can be seen that what the emperor said in the palace today might not be false.
Such an attitude was actually far from being in accordance with etiquette, but the court had experienced the Jingkang Change, had fled from Nanjing to Huaishang, from Huaishang to Nanyang, and then returned to the overgrown Tokyo City, so it didn't matter what the rules were.
I've gotten used to it a long time ago.
After everyone sat down, Yue Fei was a little embarrassed at first... Although this man was a person who did things more maturely than anyone else, he was still a living person after all, and his sensitive habits had not changed... Then, the four guests came. Scholar Kobayashi and Liu Yan were always taciturn. Lan Gui was not sure whether he was pretending or really, but he had a trembling posture and did not look like a guest at all. Yang Yi Zhong, who was always good at flattery, was a little sensitive to these generals after he took control of the Imperial City Bureau and enjoyed the power to pass secret letters with the commanders. So the atmosphere was unexpectedly difficult to be lively for a while.
Fortunately, there was Wanqi Xie, who entered the officialdom in middle age and had been in both the court and the underworld. To borrow a phrase from the great scholar Su, he could accompany the Jade Emperor or the beggars of Suzhou. He started by talking about his experiences on the journey to the West, which gradually livened up the mood at the table.
"Qu Duan has a BMW?"
Zhao Jiu was slightly startled. "Four hundred miles a day?!"
"Yes," Wanqi Xie smiled calmly. "Good instructor, you know that this horse is famous in Guanxi. I have also seen it with my own eyes. It is indeed a divine horse. Its head is twice as big as an ordinary horse. When it is fully armored, it looks like a monster. No wonder it is called Iron Elephant. Moreover, it has extraordinary endurance and is also very fast when sprinting. I heard that such a divine horse is one in a million and it depends entirely on luck to get it... When Qu Da was held down by the Wu brothers in prison and thought he was going to die, he still remembered to entrust this horse to Wu Lin. Fortunately, the emperor was kind and allowed him to live because of his contribution to the maintenance of the horse. He was allowed to ride to Tokyo City in the end."
Zhao Jiu seemed to be thinking about something, and Wanqi Xie just smiled without saying anything. There was silence at the table for a while.
"Does Pengju have a good horse?" After a pause, Zhao Jiu suddenly spoke and went straight to Yue Fei.
Yue Pengju was overwhelmed, and quickly stood up and bowed: "Your Majesty, I have two good horses. Although they are not as magical as the Iron Elephant, they are good horses and are sufficient for use."
"Two?" Zhao Jiu raised his eyebrows. "Is there anything unusual?"
"Reporting to the emperor." Yue Fei hesitated for a moment, and then answered in a serious tone after a brief thought. "One of these two horses was obtained by me in Hebei that day, and the other was found based on the temperament of the former during the rebellion in Jiangning this time... They have similar temperaments, both look ordinary, but their appetites are amazing, and they need several buckets of beans and a hu of spring water a day... However, if the beans are not washed and the spring water is not clean and running water, they would rather die than eat it."
Everyone present was not stupid, and many of them laughed when they heard this. Even Emperor Zhao laughed, "So, an honest person won't accept food given out of pity, a man of integrity won't drink water from a stolen spring, and a good horse won't eat dirty things?"
"I am not exaggerating or lying, it is just that my two horses are indeed like that." Yue Fei said again immediately.
"I do believe it. Pengju, please continue." Zhao Jiu nodded slowly, and motioned Yue Fei to sit down and talk. It was obvious that he did not care. The others also nodded.
After all, good horses are picky about food, of course, but Yue Fei specifically picked this one to describe his two good horses, no doubt because of what had just happened in the palace, he used the horses to compare himself to each other and then to prove his innocence.
"Yes... Actually, that's fine." Yue Fei continued. "The key is that the ability of these two horses can't be revealed all at once. When I was loyal and brave, I led 500 Tabai soldiers to Sishui Pass for help with one of the horses. I was deeply moved... At the beginning of the march, I wore armor and held a sharp weapon, driving this horse for 30 to 40 miles, and it was no faster than the horses of the other Tabai knights on the left and right. It was just like an ordinary war horse;
"But by noon, after a rapid march of nearly a hundred miles, the rest of the horses in the army were panting and had to stop to rest. The horse under my crotch, on the contrary, became more energetic, even neighing and whinnying, and running faster and faster.
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