[R18] Will drink wine – “About Wine” Chapter 52 [English]

Chapter 50 In the same boat

“Testing is just asking for road stones,” Xiao Chiye said with a cold look, “Frankness is like the process of undressing and taking off one’s belt. Only by taking it step by step can we have today’s long talk. You are right. After Nanlin Hunting Ground, I thought the cabinet led by Hai Liangyi could change, but he still reused Xue Xiuzhuo, who was from the Eight Great Families. This shows that even if he reaches a position where he can coordinate the situation, he still has to succumb to the power of the family. In such a situation,The Xiao family is unable to support itself.”

“Then how to describe them,” Shen Zechuan thought for a moment, “When there is no common enemy, they are their own enemies. To prevent the water bowl from being knocked over due to excessive weight, this is far more difficult than dealing with anyone. Before the Xiao family appeared, the eight families only experienced internal changes, but after the Xiao family appeared, they began to eliminate the old and keep the good. The Hua family’s defeat was a temporary defeat, and the Central Government purged the remnants of the Hua Party.But no one proposed to pursue the Queen Mother, not even Hai Liangyi.Nowadays, the purpose of the marriage between Hua and Qi is to preserve the Hua family and eliminate the foreign aid that the Xiao family can seek.Some things may not be obvious when viewed alone, but they can make people shudder.”

“Are you talking about the defeat of Zhongbo and the marriage of relatives?” Xiao Chiye asked.

“The strategy of making friends from far away and attacking closely.” Shen Zechuan stretched out his finger and drew a circle on the table. “After destroying the six states of Zhongbo, the southwest and southwest of Libei will be freed for defense. Cizhou is close to the northeast grain and horse road, which is the lifeblood of Libei. Now that there are no people from Zhongbo to guard it, it has become the territory of the eight families of Qudu. By marrying the Qidong Qi family, you will be trapped in an isolated and helpless place with Hongyan Mountain at your back, the border sand region in the east, and double enemies in the south.”

“There have been five years between them. Who can guarantee that Hua Siqian will rebel, and who can guarantee that I will step out to rescue him?” Xiao Chiye slowly frowned.

“Zhongbo’s defeat must have a purpose,” Shen Zechuan was silent for a moment and said, “It is not difficult to control the situation, but the difficulty is to control the direction of the situation. If I guess right, then there is someone hidden among the eight families who can control the situation.”

“If there really is this person,” Xiao Chiye said, “it means that everyone is on the chessboard, and every move is expected by he. This is no longer a wizard, but the ‘god’ who controls the Great Zhou Dynasty. How do you want to fight him? The divorce plan cannot overcome the decades-long marriage relationship between the eight families. In the face of public enemies, they are inseparable.”

“It’s better to have turbulent clouds and turbulent waves than calm waves. Only when the water is turbid can we not be able to distinguish between friends and foes. In fact, heThey are not impregnable.” Shen Zechuan retracted his finger and said, “Why was Xiao Fangxu able to break through the defense of the family?If the net was really tight, why did there appear important ministers like Qi Huilian and Hai Liangyi?Your father was able to establish the Luoxia Cavalry, the predecessor of the Libei Iron Cavalry, because at that time, the Eastern Palace staff led by the prince implemented yellow registration, so that the border could be registered.It is enough to recruit soldiers and horses, so that the sergeants can have hereditary household registration, and they can be under the military jurisdiction of the capital, which isolates the leadership of the descendants of the aristocratic families in the outside areas, so that the king of Libei can unify the power of the army and no longer be subject to the control of local civilian officials.Not only that, the strong soldiers and horses in Libei are also inseparable from the implementation of the farming system in Da Zhou, and you know better than me how important the military garrison is.”

Why is Lu Guangbai suffering more than Xiao Jiming?

Because the border counties had no way to implement the military garrison policy, and the yellow sand wasteland could not produce food, Lu Guangbai could only rely on the military salary subsidy from Qudu.The military cantonment’s “seven garrison and three guarding” may not allow the border army to be completely self-sufficient, but it has reduced the food pressure of the border army to a great extent, which is very important for the border army.

Taifu Qi would rather pretend to be a lunatic than to live an ignoble existence. In addition to being unable to give up his hatred, he was also reluctant to abandon the gap that had been opened.There are dozens of officials in the East Palace, all officials from poor families personally selected by the prince. Qi Huilian devoted his life’s learning to assist the prince.Five years ago, he raised his arms and shouted that “the overall situation of the world has been decided” but he was unwilling to cry every word!

“You stepped into my territory step by step, and allowed me to test your bottom line again and again, just for tonight, just to be with me in the same boat.” Xiao Chiye slowly leaned forward with cold eyes, “But if I don’t find Xi Hongxuan tonight and find out your purpose, are you really going to step on me and treat me as a pedal?”

“You are a wolf with a keen sense of smell,” Shen Zechuan said, “Why do you call yourself so pitiful? If I were not me, you would not give me a chance to step in, and we would not even have a conversation. You and I are this kind of people. Instead of asking me, why not ask yourself first.”

Xiao Chiye said: “You are the asshole.”

Shen Zechuan said: “Like-minded assholes are hard to find.”

Xiao Chiye stopped trying to deal with him and said straight to the point: “Now you want to take advantage of me, but you have to have some chips to establish the alliance.”

“We share weal and woe,” Shen Zechuan said, “Your Yao family will be kicked out soon, aren’t you in a hurry, Second Young Master?”

“I can’t use Yao Wenyu.” Xiao Chiye said, “You don’t understand one thing. The reason why the Yao family has good relations with me is really not to fight for power, but just because of Yao Wenyu… If you meet him, you will understand. The reason why he does not want to join an official is not because Hai Liangyi is reluctant, but because he is unwilling. The Yao family used to be full of important ministers, but when heMy father has just fallen, but his grandfather is still very respected among literati, and his reputation among civil servants is by no means comparable to that of Hua Siqian and his ilk.

“The Yao family was once married to the Fei family. He is the cousin of Princess Zhaoyue?” Shen Zechuan suddenly asked.

“Yes,” Xiao Chiye held up his chopsticks and said, “Zhaoyue probably wants to marry him, but Marquis Helian is as timid as a mouse and only obeys the Queen Mother’s orders.”

“Then maybe you can become relatives.”

“Didn’t the marriage fail?” Xiao Chiye said, “You interrupted my marriage and caused me to lose a beauty. You have to compensate me, right?”

Shen Zechuan raised his eyebrows slightly.

Xiao Chiye rinsed his chopsticks in the cold tea, raised his eyes and looked at he, and said, “Do you know that there is a difference between sharing the same boat and sleeping in the same bed? I think it doesn’t matter if we say we are mixed up, and it doesn’t matter if we are mixed in the future.”

Shen Zechuan was a little dizzy from the heat in the room. He didn’t reply and turned to open the window.

Xiao Chiye did not touch the food, but said, “I brought you here and let you eat my food and drink my wine, and you didn’t have the slightest suspicion?”

Shen Zechuan looked at Xiao Chiye. The cool breeze made him finally feel a little hot, and he broke into a thin sweat.The tightly buttoned collar hugs the white neck, and the black hair complements the red plums slanting down from the window, making it even more wonderful.

Some salt-like snow drifted outside, falling along the window and onto the back of Shen Zechuan’s hand, and quickly turned into a little water.This bit of coolness made the heat in his body more obvious. In a daze, Shen Zechuan really had some other thoughts and wanted to unbutton his buttons.

“There is no such clause in the covenant,” Shen Zechuan said. “I have no shortage of bed-warmers recently.”

Xiao Chiye raised his long legs and said, “You don’t look like a perfect person now. Business is business and private is private. Now that we’ve finished talking about business, we can slowly deal with private matters. The last person who came to Ouxiang Tower was given to you by Xi Hongxuan? I heard that he only likes girls. When did he change his taste?”

“The masculine style is no longer rare,” Shen Zechuan said, “I don’t know if he has been changed. What, the second young master has changed?”

“I’m not sure,” Xiao Chiye picked up Shen Zechuan’s hair hanging in front of his knees and said, “It always depends on his mood.”

Shen Zechuan raised his fingers to pull back his hair and was already sweating a lot. He said: “Some people say they are cool and cool, and they look orderly, but in fact they are just gobbling. They are unfamiliar.”

Xiao Chiye pushed away the small case, grabbed He’s wrist that was about to be withdrawn, and said, “…some people are dripping with sweat and look very pitiful.”

Shen Zechuan was still feeling hot, and the area where Xiao Chiye was pulling him was even more hot.He put one arm in front of his knees and said to Xiao Chiye: “What medicine did you put in it?”

“Guess.” Xiao Chiye took Shen Zechuan’s wrist, changed the subject, and said, “Ji Gang can’t teach you these things. Who is your master, or should I say, your husband?”

The corners of Shen Zechuan’s eyes were slightly red, and he said softly: “I won’t tell you.”

Xiao Chiye smelled it gently from a distance, and suddenly said: “You smell so good.”

Shen Zechuan breathed slightly and said, “Have you reached the point where you want to play a honey trap?”

Xiao Chiye said: “The word beauty has nothing to do with me. What’s wrong, are you so anxious to talk?”

Sweat soaked his inner clothes, and the heat became even more sticky and moist due to the temptation of this unreasonable and ambiguous atmosphere.Shen Zechuan wanted to wipe his sweat, but he frowned and said, “What on earth did you drop?”

Xiao Chiye laughed and said wildly: “It’s just medicinal wine to coax you.”

Shen Zechuan felt that his gaze was so dangerous, so he couldn’t help but close his eyes, managed to calm down, and said: “Xiao Er——”

Xiao Chiye drank all the cold wine from the cup. At the sound of “he”, he suddenly lowered his head and blocked his lips.Shen Zechuan was pressed against the window, and the plum branches swayed under the touch. Shen Zechuan leaned back slightly, feeling that his waist was about to be broken.Some snow fell on the back of Xiao Chiye’s neck. He ignored it at all and almost pressed down on Shen Zechuan with half of his body. His five fingers pressed against Shen Zechuan’s fingers and interlocked with his ten fingers forcefully.

From that first glance at the official banquet, Xiao Chiye wanted to kiss him!The conversation was even more so today, and I have endured it all night.Xiao Chiye saw that he was ruthless and ruthless, and saw that he was moving forward and retreating freely. He felt that he could not taste a single taste, so he just wanted to press down on him and kiss him until he was red and full of lust in his eyes.

Shen Zechuan’s chest heaved, his sweat was blown by the wind, and he shivered with the cold.He couldn’t hold back the wine Xiao Chiye fed him between his teeth, and choked when it slipped into his throat.But Xiao Chiye bit the tip of He’s tongue to prevent He from coughing out, so he could only endure it until his eyes were watery. At this moment, Xiao Chiye would not let go of He even if the sky fell apart.

There was a sudden “clang” from above, followed by someone rolling down.Ding Tao fell into the snowdrift, pulled out her head suddenly, rubbed her arms vigorously because of the cold, and was about to curse, when she raised her head and faced the window, she couldn’t help but be stunned, and her soul was flying to the sky.

Shen Zechuan immediately kicked Xiao Chiye away, held the window and started coughing. The back of his ears turned red and the smell of wine filled his mouth.Xiao Chiye’s breathing was short and he looked out the window gloomily.

Ding Tao’s teeth chattered, he stretched out his index finger tremblingly, pointed upward slowly, and whispered: “Yes, I’m sorry, sir…”

Qiao Tianya and Gu Jin were calm and focused, wisely pretending not to be there.Ding Tao didn’t wait for Xiao Chiye to speak, jumped up and ran, climbed up the tree with both hands and feet, and got back on the roof with a “whoosh”.