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1383 Dinner

Nearly a hundred Mongolian soldiers were left in the inn, only Tolei and Chi Lao Wen got on the magistrate of Yanjing Prefecture Wanyan Congyi, and had prepared carriages for them long ago, and the Song Dynasty soldiers were also walking along the way.

Wanyan Congyi did not appear at the entrance of the inn, but led Tuolei and Chi Laowen to the Yanwang Mansion by other officials.

Because they had not submitted their letter of state to the court, and the destination of their trip was originally Ye Qing, the king of Yan, so naturally they would not alarm the court now, and they would not have met Zhao Kuo.

The night unknowingly enveloped the entire Yanjing City. When the lights were on, the night in Yanjing City had a different kind of beauty.

Unlike the graceful and beautiful and gentle nature of Lin'an City, the city of Yanjing, which is brightly lit, has a hint of boldness and rudeness that should be north. However, after the imperial court established its capital to Yanjing, it naturally brought some Jiangnan styles, which made Yanjing City appear more confused and seductive under the lights.

The pedestrians, carriages and sedans on the streets are not less than those they see during the day. Even looking out through the curtains of the carriages, Yanjing City under the night seems to be more charming, prosperous and rich.

The streets and alleys can be seen with lights everywhere, and this wide street, which was regarded as a representative image of the Song Dynasty by the imperial court, is much more grand and solemn than the Imperial Street in Lin'an.

Pedestrians, sedan chairs, and carriages all work their own ways. From time to time, you can see the figures of the patrol guards mixed in the crowd. However, whether it is the people or the vendors, they are not afraid of them. They are still shouting on their own or pointing at a shop. As for those imperial guards, they are as transparent as they are in the eyes of pedestrians.

The night in Yanjing City made Tuo Lei feel a little unbelievable. Compared to the darkness of their place, it is difficult to see the lights differently. Sometimes the eyes of the grassland wolf like ghost fire appear more than the lights there.

"The world of human beings..." Tolei looked at the scenery outside the window and pedestrians, and suddenly said subconsciously.

"What did the little Khan say?" Chi Lao Wen's mind was always on the matter after seeing Ye Qing for a while, so he didn't notice it at all. Tuo Lei looked a little confused, envious and shocked at this time, so naturally he didn't hear what Tuo Lei just said.

"It's nothing, I just think Yanjing City is very big." Tuo Lei said with a hint of bitterness and a slightly lonely smile.

Chi Lao Wen was stunned for a moment, and Yu Guang glanced at the lights and pedestrians outside from the curtain in front of Tolei, and smiled and said, "Yes, we Mongolians like to live by water, while the Song people mainly use farming, so they like to build cities. This is not only a way to make it easier for the imperial court to rule the people, but also a way to prevent wild animals and bandits. After all, the people in the Song court are far more than us."

"I heard from my father Khan that Lin'an City is even more prosperous? There is also the West Lake. My father Khan said that fishing fires were on display at night, and pleasure boats gathered. Many tourists and women would appear there to play?" Tuole said with a little yearning for him.

Chi Lao Wen nodded silently and said, "Lin'an... exquisite, elegant, Yanjing... heroic and rough, but no matter what, besides Lin'an and this Yanjing, the Song court has many prosperous cities. So sometimes I wonder how the Song court, which has so many people and such prosperous cities, was bullied by the Liao and Jin dynasties like a dog that was a betrayal of a family. It can be seen how incompetent the emperor of the Song court was to be able to cholera to such an extent."

"This is different from the past. Now, because of Ye Qing, the Song Ting is obviously stronger than ever." Tolei sighed a little emotion.

Chi Lao Wen nodded silently. Tolei was talking about the facts. Even Chi Lao Wen had to admit that Mongolia might have great advantages over Jin, Liao and Xia. But facing the Song court today, especially at this subtle moment, when they faced a truly giant like Song court, their awe obviously had more than their covetousness.

"Maybe when Ye Qing is gone, the Song Ting will restore its originally incompetent and cowardly appearance." A trace of helplessness flashed in Chi Lao Wen's heart, just as Temujin said, as Ye Qing was in the Song Ting for one day, the Song Ting would not be the target that their Mongolian wanted to covet. The many wealth that Song Ting could see with his naked eyes was almost like a fool.

"But judging from his current appearance, Ye Qing seems to be able to live for a long time." Tuolei said in a flash of arc.

Chi Lao Wen nodded again: "The Emperor of Song Dynasty was young, and Ye Qing had the credit for regaining the entire northern land. So now, even after the Song Dynasty moved its capital to Yanjing, he might not be able to do anything to Ye Qing for a while."

"It should be said that the two have reached a certain subtle balance. The court has something to restrain Ye Qing, and Ye Qing also has something to make the court afraid of it. This is why the Song court is not as cowardly and incompetent as back then, and has reached a new situation of harmony between the king and the minister." Tuo Lei kept looking out the window, his eyes looked quite bright.

"Oh?" Chi Lao Wen was a little surprised. He could not have imagined that Tuo Lei could see Song Ting so thoroughly.

Tuo Lei's face, which was still a little tender, did not show pride because of Chi Lao Wen's surprise. He looked back at Chi Lao Wen and said, "Think about it, if Ye Qing had nodded, would the court really be able to move the capital to Yanjing smoothly? So now between Ye Qing and the Song court, or between Ye Qing and the Emperor of the Song court, can maintain the current harmony between the monarch and the ministers. But if Ye Qing had a few shortcomings, or... there were other changes in the court, even if there was a little power to be with Ye Qing in the north... let alone confrontation, as long as Ye Qing could not be unscrupulous and covered the sky with one hand, the balance in the court would be broken, and the scene of harmony between the monarch and the ministers would be broken... with a snap."

"But unfortunately, there is no such person in the court who can break the balance between harmony between the monarch and the minister with his strength. I thought Xie Shenfu might have some chances before, but when facing Ye Qing, he was completely weak and had no power to fight back. He was almost dismissed and exiled before Ye Qing came forward." Chi Lao Wen frowned. I have to say that what Tolei said was quite reasonable, but how could Ye Qing easily let someone in the Song court who could compete with him appear?

Even if the emperor of the Song court intends to support him, but now that he has just moved the capital to Yanjing, the emperor of the Song court may not have that courage and courage to fight against Ye Qing head-on.

"Father Khan told me that I didn't need to talk to Ye Qing about anything when I came to Yanjing this time, but I just looked at Ye Qing and didn't have to make any requests. I thought about it for a long time along the way, but even now, I still can't guess what the reason why Father Khan asked me to do this." Tuole leaned on his chin with one hand, and his upper body swayed with the shaking of the carriage. His bright eyes were both wisdom and a little confused.

Chi Lao Wen also sighed slightly. He was not very clear about the reason and purpose of Temujin doing this, but since the Khan said that he would let Tolei come to Yanjing this time just to take a look and then meet Ye Qing. As for what needs to be discussed or requested, Temujin did not mention it at all.

Chi Laowen and Tolei thought Temujin might have sent a letter to Ye Qing to explain some things, but today after seeing Ye Qing, it is difficult to see what Ye Qing knows, whether it is Ye Qing's expression or attitude towards them.

"By the way, Ye Qing asked us to hand over the murderer who beat their envoys to them, can we hand it over to them?" Tuo Lei suddenly turned his head and asked.

Chi Lao Wen's expression suddenly sank, and then he nodded and said, "There are three people in total, and they have been handed over to them."

At this time, in the Yan Prince's Mansion, Wanyan Congyi and Yelu Chucai were both there. Yelu Chucai even visited Wanyan's mansion, and met Li Shier who had heard about this.

"Have you handed over three people?" Ye Qing asked in the hall.

Wanyan nodded in Congyi and said, "However, he only handed over three people, and the three people had minor injuries on their fists, which seemed like they were..."

"From Wanyan's injuries on his body, there are probably more than three perpetrators?" Ye Qing asked with a frown slightly.

Yelu Chucai thought for a while and said, "Wanyan Shu himself was talking about three people. In this way, it seems that it may be three people."

"Then you have to pay the price of thirty people. Just hand over the perpetrators, don't you have to compensate for the medical expenses? But Mongolia is much poorer than my Song Dynasty. Let them pay for the medical expenses, but it's just some cattle, horses, sheep, etc., which is not important to us at the moment. So thirty people are the most reasonable, and this can also give Wanyan a satisfactory result." Ye Qing said calmly, while Yelu Chucai and Wanyan Congyi looked at Ye Qing in shock.

However, although they were shocked on the surface, there was still a warm feeling in their hearts. Wanyanta was beaten and injured, and Ye Qing got the real justice for him. So... If the two of them were bullied by others in the future, then Ye Qing might also get the justice for them?

Jia Xiwu and Jia Jinye took Tuolei and Chi Lao Wen into the hall where Ye Qing and the other two were. When they saw Wanyan Congyi also present, the young Tuolei was slightly stunned. Chi Lao Wen snorted at Wanyan Congyi, then directly skipped Wanyan Congyi, looked at Yelu Chucai, and then saluted Ye Qing with Tuolei.

Chi Lao Wen did not give Wanyan Congyi a good face. Wanyan Congyi did not want to weaken his momentum in front of Ye Qing, and he also snorted at Chi Lao Wen with his expression.

Today at the city gate, the two of them had almost formed real hatred. Wanyan Congyi's toughness, Chi Lao Wen's arrogance, and the tit-for-tat confrontation between them were unwilling to take a step back.

In the end, Tuo Lei stood up and made concessions. In Chi Lao Wen's heart, it also created some awareness that only officials in the Song court had: the master was humiliated and the minister was humiliated, so they could meet Wanyan Congyi again. Chi Lao Wen naturally would not have a good face to Wanyan Congyi.

As the prefect of Yanjing, Wanyan Congyi wanted to protect the face of the Song court and Ye Qing. Naturally, he could not take a step back at the city gate today, even a small step would not be possible.

Therefore, Chi Lao Wen's rampantness seemed very hateful in his eyes.

Ye Qing patted Tuolei's shoulder intimately, even looking up and down at his height, praising him: "A tiger father has no dog son. In a few years, he will probably be taller than your father's sweat, which is rare."

Tuolei was quite well-behaved and hurriedly expressed his gratitude to Ye Qing for his praise.

After a simple greeting, Ye Qing held Tuo Lei's shoulder intimately, followed by Wanyan Congyi, Yelu Chucai and Chi Lao Wen to the hall where the banquet had been prepared.

Tuole sat down next to Ye Qing, next to him was Chi Lao Wen, and on the other side of Ye Qing were Wanyan Congyi and Yelu Chucai. The maid in the royal palace poured tea for the five people. At the same time, he entered Tuolei in the hall covered with a thick precious carpet. Although he wanted to show a calm expression in front of Ye Qing, his eyes still involuntarily looked at the scene he had never seen before for more than ten years.

The hall was truly brilliant. The chairs and tableware were shining with lights under the lights, especially the thick and soft carpet under his feet. When Tolei stepped on it, he instantly thought that it was not real when he stepped on it in the clouds. After adapting to the softness and thickness under his feet, Tolei's heart was turbulent. He never thought that Luxury could look like this.

Especially those pretty maids, who were swimming at the table like butterflies, the fragrance brought by their bodies reminded him of the scent of the plump lamb on the grassland.

"I brought a lot of strong wine to your father Khan a few days ago. I wonder how your father Khan feels?" Ye Qing asked Tolei with a smile.

When the dishes that were red and old Wen, Tuolei had never even heard of, were steaming hot, Tuolei was as if he had just entered the hall and saw the dozen maids, but he subconsciously answered Ye Qing's question: "Father Khan likes the strong wine you gave him very much. Father Khan said... If one day he had the chance to drink and talk to King Yan, you will definitely get drunk before him."

"Haha... Temujin really likes to talk big. I remember that he got drunk first when he was by the West Lake. It was not me, Ye Qing, who lost to him." Ye Qing said with a relaxed mood.

From the beginning of the banquet, Ye Qing was like treating his own son, teaching Tolei how to eat unheard dishes and delicacies. Tolei was also in front of Ye Qing, and he would not show his high-ranking little khan's posture. From beginning to end, he looked humble and asked for advice, which was completely different from the arrogant look at the city gate today.

Chi Lao Wen's face was flushed, but now he had completely argued with Wanyan from Yi. As long as Wanyan raised his glass to Yi, Chi Lao Wen didn't care whether the glass of wine was toasted him. Anyway, he raised the glass and drank it all in one go, and then he would snort at Wanyan from Yi's expressionless face to express disdain.

Wanyan Congyi has a calm personality. Although she would not embarrass the customer Chi Laowen in front of Ye Qing, she is not inferior to Chi Laowen when competing with Chi Laowen on the wine.

So when the drink ended, Chi Lao Wen's eyes became more and more dull, and Wanyan Congyi could no longer help but fall on the table.

Yelu Chucai just glanced lightly, then continued to hold the wine glass and tasted it slowly. From time to time, he would interject a few words in the conversation between Ye Qing and Tolei. It was not only to maintain the harmonious atmosphere of uncle and nephew, but also to give Wanyan Congyi and Chi Laowen, and give more space for the contest between Wanyan Congyi and Chi Laowen, but in the end... Wanyan Congyi's alcohol tolerance was half apart. Not long after he fell head-on, after Ye Qing respected Chi Laowen's cup, he held onto the table with a bang, Chi Laowen also fell head-on on the table.

"How about having tea with my uncle and sobering up?" After drinking and eating, Ye Qing said to Tolei with a smile.
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