Ni Chu

"Stay here, three heroes!" Mengsu and Shi Lei had already got on their horses, Xiang Ye was about to get on his horse, Xia Houying trotted up to the three of them, grabbed Xiang Ye's rein and said to the three of them: "Just now, Mr. Pei Unreasonable, now I am very upset, I have ordered you to come and invite the three to return, he is waiting in the hall!"

Xiang Ye waved his hand at Xia Houying and said, "Forget it, for nothing, I have heard about Corporal Liu Bangli for a long time, so I intend to pay a visit. I will see you today, but that's all, Mr. Xia Houying, don't waste your time talking. I will bid farewell. I will meet you in the future if you have a destiny." See you!"

After saying that, he turned over and jumped on the horse's back, but Xia Houying held on to his reins, looked at him with longing eyes and said: "Three heroes, Pei Gong is naturally a corporal, but the three are not corporals. He is a dragon among men, so when we met, he was a little more casual in order to show his closeness. I didn't want to but angered the three of you. I hope you will forgive me. Please come back. If Pei Gong is as unreasonable as before, the three of you will leave soon! "

After listening to Xia Houying's words, Xiang Ye couldn't help but feel a little funny. Fortunately, he could think of such a far-fetched reason, so he couldn't refuse for a while, so he had to look back at Mengsu. Mengsu saw him looking at him, with a small nose Shrugging slightly, he snorted softly and turned his head to the side.

"Okay!" Seeing that Mengsu had no objection, Xiang Ye turned over and jumped off the horse, and said to Xia Houying, "Since Mr. Xia Houying said so, it would be unreasonable for me to forcefully leave again, so what if I follow Mr. "

Seeing that Xiang Ye agreed, Xia Houying was overjoyed, and hurried to Mengsu's horse, bowed his hands to Mengsu, and said, "Please also dismount Hero Meng. No."

After all, Mengsu belonged to his daughter's family. Seeing Xia Houying's humility, his heart softened a little, so he reluctantly jumped off the horse.

Xiang Ye and Meng Su got off their horses, Shi Lei would naturally follow, and under the leadership of Xia Houying, the three of them walked towards the main hall where Liu Bang was again.

This time, before reaching the door, the three of them saw Liu Bang waiting outside the door with bare feet. Seeing the three of them turned back, he hurriedly greeted them, clasped his fists with both hands and said to Xiang Ye and the others deeply, "Come here, you three. Please forgive me for being rude, please come in! Please come into the hall to talk!"

Xiang Ye and Mengsu saw that Liu Bang greeted him with bare feet, and the previous unhappiness was much less. The three of them returned a gift to him. It made me wait!"

"Hehe!" Liu Bang smiled, stepped forward to embrace Xiang Ye's shoulder very affectionately and said: "Mr. Xiang's presence makes our army flourish, I don't want to talk here, please come in and talk! "

After Liu Bang led Xiang Ye and others into the main hall, the guests and hosts sat down, and Xia Houying sat on the companion table. After a while, soldiers put wine and meat on the table. Obviously, when Xia Houying went to chase Xiang Ye and others, Liu Bang secretly commanded to prepare.

"Thanks to the few who rescued Dr. Xiahou outside the city, I am very grateful. I would like to express my gratitude with this wine chat!" Then raised the toast to Xiang Ye and the others, and said very enthusiastically.

Xiang Ye and the others also scooped up the wine to fill up the cups, raised them together and said to Liu Bang, "Xie Peigong welcomes you with delicious food!"

Everyone was a little bit drunk after drinking a few cups, Liu Bang and Xia Houying first brought up the topic and told some anecdotes that Xiang Ye, Meng Su, and Shi Lei had never heard of, to make the environment more harmonious .

It has to be said that Liu Bang is really good at attracting people's hearts. After Xiang Ye and others turned back, not only did he not show a little rudeness, but he was very polite. If you don't know the details, it is impossible to see that he was just If he was born as a rascal in the market, he would mistake him for a descendant of aristocrats.

Xiang Ye and the others had been listening to Liu Bang and Xia Houying's nonsense, and they had drunk more than a dozen cups of wine without knowing it.

Seeing that the three of them were already drunk, Liu Bang smiled slightly and said to Xia Houying: "It's getting late, and the three heroes should be tired. Please ask Dr. Xiahou to arrange a place for the heroes. I will arrange a breakfast banquet tomorrow morning."

Xia Houying nodded slightly to Liu Bang, bowed in response, stood up, greeted Xiang Ye and others, and led them away from the main hall.

After Xiang Ye and others came out of the main hall, Liu Bang twitched the corner of his mouth, revealing a weird and somewhat sinister smile.

I don't know if it was because of the alcohol, but Xiang Ye slept very soundly that night.

When the sky was slightly bright, two soldiers carried a bucket of water into Xiang Ye's room, put the water down, and retreated lightly.

If someone entered the sleeping room on weekdays, Xiang Ye would definitely wake up, but this day, he slept like a dead pig. When the soldiers brought water into the room, he heard nothing at all.

It wasn't until the sun was high and the sound of soldiers practicing outside came that Xiang Ye rubbed his sleepy eyes and sat up.He slept very comfortably, since he escaped from Xingyang with Mengsu, he has never slept so comfortably, even on the bank of the Yellow River, in Wei He's hut, he did not sleep as deeply as this night.

After sitting up, Xiang Ye was taken aback when he saw a large bucket of water in the room. He remembered that there was no such bucket when he moved in the night before, so he quickly got up and walked to the bucket, picked up the water ladle in the bucket, and scooped it up. He took a scoop and poured it back into the bucket.

The sound of Xiang Ye scooping up water alarmed the soldiers guarding the door. A soldier hurried into the room, saw that Xiang Ye had got up, and quickly half-knelt on the ground and said, "Mr. Waiting for sir."

"Uh!" Xiang Ye responded, nodded and said to the soldier: "I see, you go to work first, I will go to see Peigong right away."

Seeing that Xiang Ye wanted to wash up, the soldier was unwilling to go out, so he quickly found a ceramic bowl in the room, scooped a ladle of water from the bucket, bowed and handed the water over his head to Xiang Ye.

After coming to this era, Xiang Ye had never received this kind of treatment. He was a little flattered for a while, and took the pottery bowl in a daze for a long time without thinking of rinsing his mouth.

"Mr. Xiang, please wash up!" Seeing Xiang Ye holding the pottery bowl in a daze, the soldier bowed to him and said cautiously.

"Oh!" After being reminded by the soldiers, Xiang Ye came back to his senses, picked up the pottery bowl and went out. As soon as he went out, he was about to rinse his mouth when he saw Meng Su and Shi Lei coming from the other two rooms with stunned faces. Walked out of the room.

Perhaps Shi Lei had never enjoyed this kind of treatment before, while he was stunned, he still had a bit of complacency and joy on his face, while Meng Su frowned, wondering what he was thinking.

The three looked at each other, didn't say anything, just shook their heads, and went to wash up.

Liu Bang had set up food and drink in the barracks to wait for Xiang Ye and others. After they washed up, some soldiers led them to Liu Bang's residence. The main hall where Liu Bang met them yesterday was already full of people.

Among these people, there are some people dressed as civil servants in long gowns, and some generals in armor. Although it was early in the morning, at the banquet prepared by Liu Bang, all of them were filled with wine. bucket.

After Xiang Ye and others entered the main hall, Liu Bang led a group of civil and military officials to greet them. After these people greeted them, they all saluted the three of them, and the three of them returned the salute quickly.

"After the officials in the camp heard that the three rescued Dr. Xiahou, they all came to see the heroic appearance. I decided to gather them here privately. Please forgive me!" Liu Bang said very humbly after saluting the three people: "This morning , I ordered the army to prepare some wine and food, and I wanted to have a court banquet with the three of you, and I hope it is not too shabby."

The three of them returned the salute to everyone, and Xiang Ye said to Liu Bang with a smile: "Pei Gong is so kind and everyone loves you so wrongly, it really makes me feel ashamed. It's a small matter, but it's just a matter of little effort. The three of us originally planned to leave after paying a visit to Pei Gong. But receiving such kind treatment shows that Peigong’s reputation as a virtuous corporal is not groundless.”

"Hehe, since you think Mr. Pei is good, why don't you stay and work with us?" Just as Xiang Ye finished speaking, a rough voice came from the crowd.

Xiang Ye followed the sound, and saw a big man with a beard around his cheeks, wearing armor, and about the same height as Xiang Ye stretched his neck and looked towards them.

After the big man yelled, a scribe on Liu Bang's left turned his head and glared at him and shouted, "Fan Kuai, Pei Gong should not be rude when chatting with distinguished guests!"

Seeing the scribe calling out Fan Kui's name, Xiang Ye immediately guessed his identity. The only one who dared to speak to Fan Kui in Liu Bang's barracks was Xiao He except Zhang Liang. Xiao He is the only one who is busy recovering the land of South Korea and reprimanding Fan Kui.

Xiang Ye was naturally impressed with Fan Kui, and he also knew that Fan Kui was not as rough as his appearance, and his scheming was not much less than Xiao He's. Coupled with his seemingly rough appearance, he could easily pretend to be a pig and eat a tiger, making him The opponent let down his guard, and then swallowed the opponent in one gulp.

It was precisely because of Fan Kui's sudden yelling and Xiao He's turning around to scold them that Xiang Ye understood that Liu Bang's next step would naturally be to keep the three of them.

After thinking about this point, he couldn't help but secretly felt a little funny. Originally, he wanted to entrust Mengsu to Liu Bang, and he was struggling with how to speak. Unexpectedly, Liu Bang suddenly put on such a battle of being a virtuous corporal. Said it was right in his arms, and it happened to save him a lot of troubles.

If you want to take refuge in someone, it is definitely not as good as someone else trying to keep you, and those who are kept are definitely more valued than those who take the initiative to throw themselves into their arms.

Thinking of this, Xiang Ye couldn't help but smiled slightly, cupped his hands to Xiao He and said: "Sir, don't blame that general, what the general said is true, but I'm used to being comfortable, I'm afraid I won't be able to bear the constraints of the army."