Night falls...
"Are they here yet?"
Shi Qiang stretched his neck to look outside the tent, so anxious that he couldn't even sit still.
This bastard Cong Chongqiu is too pretentious.
He was so humble as to hold a banquet to apologize, but Cong Chongqiu still hadn't shown up when it was already dinner time.
All the old clan leaders are here, but only Cong Chongqiu is the most arrogant.
The deputy general standing at the door of the tent opened the tent and looked outside, then turned back to look at Shi Qiang.
"I haven't seen anyone yet. How about I go and urge them?"
The deputy general looked at the cold food on the table with a look of disgust.
Each peanut in a plate lives in a single room, with no neighbors and no one next to each other. There are about ten peanuts at a glance.
There was also a dish of pickled radish, just a pitiful handful.
And a plate of fried soybeans, which smelled quite fragrant, but there were only a few of them.
There is a pot of wine, but the snacks are not enough for a few drinks.
This is because Cong Chongqiu didn't know what the food tasted like. If he knew, no one would be willing to come even if eight people carried them in a sedan chair.
Who is shivering?
You want to treat everyone but don't even bother to keep the stewed pigeon, huh.
Thinking of stewing the pigeon, the deputy general became angry. After such a big pigeon was stewed, Shi Qiang only gave him a sip of the soup.
A whole pigeon, that greedy guy Shi Qiang showed it off to himself hiding in his tent, and didn't even think to keep it for the guests. How petty.
The deputy general lowered his eyelids and quietly rolled his eyes at Shi Qiang.
Next time he caught a pigeon, he would not give it to Shi Qiang. Instead, he would roast it secretly and eat it himself. Only when it went into his stomach would it belong to him.
"Go and urge him, what's going on, give him face."
Shi Qiang was so angry that he wanted to pound the table.
Fortunately, he didn't really want to apologize, otherwise he would be so angry that he would die.
"What's the rush?" The old patriarch glanced at Shi Qiang and called out to the deputy general, "Don't go. Just wait."
"Don't be so anxious. You can't eat hot tofu in a hurry."
The old patriarch took a look at the sky outside through the gap opened by the deputy general.
"It's just getting dark, so we'll probably be there soon."
The old patriarch turned to look at Shi Qiang,
"Hold on steady. Don't be so impulsive or Cong Chongqiu will see through you."
"To make amends, one must have the attitude of making amends."
Then the old patriarch's eyes fell on the wine glass on the opposite table.
"Get him to drink that glass of wine first. No matter how Cong Chongqiu ridicules you, don't get angry."
"Remember?!"
The old patriarch looked at Shi Qiang seriously.
Since he has already decided to intervene, there is no turning back and he must hit the target with one strike.
After Cong Chongqiu is captured, he will take over Cong Chongqiu's troops.
He just didn't believe that since Cong Chongqiu's subordinates were so tight-lipped, no one would tell others about what Cong Chongqiu had done.
When the wall falls, everyone pushes it. Cong Chongqiu fell. Those who knew that Cong Chongqiu killed the rich people of Wumachao would certainly reveal everything Cong Chongqiu had done in order to please him and save their own lives.
Shi Qiang gritted his teeth unwillingly and said, "Don't worry, old clan leader, I know what's going on."
I don’t have any fucking idea of how much money I have.
The Wu Ma family is nothing. They actually dare to scold me. Do they really think they are that important?
If he didn't need to join forces with the Wu Ma family to take down Cong Chongqiu, he wouldn't bother with this old guy who was taking advantage of his seniority.
Shi Qiang cursed the old patriarch over and over again in his heart, and his anger gradually subsided.
His Shi family's foundation is no less than that of the Wu Ma family.
The Wu Ma family is just relying on the legacy left by their ancestors to reap the benefits.
Now that Wu Ma Chaofu is dead, the Wu Ma family has no successor and will only become increasingly decadent. How can it compare to his Shi family?
Shi Qiang had a gloomy face and finally sat down on the chair.
The old patriarch looked at Shi Qiang's unconvinced look and felt disgusted.
The Shi family is becoming more and more useless. It's such a waste to promote such a brainless and impulsive guy to the position of general.
If he had not brought only 130 death warriors with him, he would not have joined forces with the impulsive Shi Qiang. The risk was too great.
After waiting for a while, the old patriarch still didn't see Cong Chongqiu coming, and his brows immediately frowned.
"You didn't reveal anything, did you?"
The old patriarch looked at Shi Qiang suspiciously.
"....No!!" Shi Qiang bit his back teeth and squeezed out two words.
What could he reveal? He just had someone prepare a simple meal.
He didn't say anything else.
Besides, the poisoned wine was brought by the old patriarch, not prepared by him, so how could he reveal any clues?
"I haven't left the tent since I came back from your place."
Shi Qiang thought about it carefully and added that the problem definitely did not lie with him.
The old patriarch frowned and glanced at Shi Qiang, his eyes falling on the shabby meal.
"Could it be that the food you prepared was too simple and plain, and Cong Chongqiu found out?"
If someone invited him to a meal to apologize and prepared a meal like this, he would definitely think that the other party was provoking him.
Shi Qiang looked at the three dishes of snacks on the table, and the corners of his mouth twitched twice.
“How is it possible…”
"Cong Chongqiu is well aware of the situation in the army, and the food and fodder from the imperial city hasn't arrived yet. Even if I want to prepare something more abundant, I still need to prepare something."
"This is the best appetizer I can come up with."
It's a waste to drink poisonous wine and expect to eat delicious food with it.
If a fight breaks out, it would be a shame if the food fell to the ground. Even if these three dishes fell to the ground, the loss would not be that big.
The old patriarch rolled his eyes speechlessly as he looked at the flesh stuck between Shi Qiang's teeth.
He doesn't even wipe his mouth after eating secretly. How petty.
The old patriarch ignored Shi Qiang's quibbling and turned to look at the deputy general standing at the door and shouted,
"Go to the kitchen and look for another dish of meat."
"Hurry up, speed up..."
"Oh, send someone to tell General Cong that the meat and vegetables are ready..."
"What meat and dishes have you prepared?" Before the old patriarch finished speaking, Cong Chongqiu's loud voice came from outside the tent.
Cong Chongqiu smiled and opened the tent, then strode in.
"General Shi is too polite. Even though the army is so short of food and fodder, he still prepared meat and vegetables to entertain us. It's really too much..."
While Cong Chongqiu was speaking, he had already walked into the tent. Before he finished speaking, he saw the three shabby side dishes on the table.
Naturally, he couldn't say the remaining polite words.
It's funny. He wants to harm others but is unwilling to bleed. I don't know how the Shi family raised a guy like Shi Qiang.
He knew that Shi Qiang's deputy general had caught two more carrier pigeons. Where did the pigeons go?
Cong Chongqiu shifted his gaze from the shabby side dishes on the table to Shi Qiang's face with a half-smile.
The meaning in his eyes was clear - is this how you treat me to an apology?!
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