Chapter 393
"Why are you all sitting still? Let's drink. We are all acquaintances. There is no need to be polite to me."
"Xiao Zhao, pour wine for Generals Xu Da and Chang Yuchun. They are the most accomplished disciples of our Mingjiao. As a fellow disciple of the Mingjiao, it is really unreasonable for you not to toast them two cups." Li Hao took a sip from the wine glass and said to Xiao Zhao with a smile.
"Generals, I toast you." After hearing Li Hao's order, Xiao Zhao immediately stood up, picked up a pot of fine wine on the silver plate in the middle of the table, and walked towards Xu Da and Chang Yuchun with her hips swaying three steps at a time.
Xiao Zhao, this girl, finally achieved the perfect image in Li Hao's mind after the unremitting efforts of Li Hao's two claws.
The wine pot in Xiao Zhao's hand is different from the wine pot on Li Hao's table.
This wine pot is a fine porcelain produced in Jingdezhen. It has a beautiful appearance and exquisite patterns on it. It is pleasing to the eye and beautiful.
Although the porcelain is beautiful, Xu Da and Chang Yuchun are not in a good mood, because there are often great horrors behind beautiful things.
Xiao Zhao's identity is not as simple as a personal maid. Her real identity is Li Hao's concubine, which everyone knows.
She is so beautiful, and she is a concubine who is favored by Li Hao. She pours wine for the two of them. The wine pot she uses is still a unique, exquisite and high-end porcelain. The meaning of this cannot make people have reverie.
There is a saying that porcelain is fragile. The most common thing used by ancient emperors to kill their ministers, generals, and concubines is poisoned wine. It is also called: Dove wine.
As Xiao Zhao got closer and closer, Xu Da and Chang Yuchun had a sentence in their hearts at this time, not knowing whether to say it or not.
They didn't know whether the unique wine pot contained sweet and mellow wine or the dove wine that could kill people.
If the wine was good, they could drink it all and then go back to sleep. But if it was the wine, the two would probably have to die here.
At this moment, the two felt as if thousands of horses were running wildly through their hearts, and they were in a state of embarrassment.
"Sir, I am guilty, please spare my life!"
When Xiao Zhao's wine pot was about to aim at the wine glasses on the table, Xu Da and Chang Yuchun finally couldn't bear the huge pressure brought by Li Hao. They stepped out, knelt on the ground, and shouted for mercy.
It's not that they didn't think about rebelling, but when they thought of the admiration in the eyes of their army when they saw Li Hao, they knew that they only had the right to use this army, and they could still be invincible.
If the soldiers under their command pointed their weapons at Li Hao, they would definitely mutiny immediately, and then hack them to death.
So, after thinking again and again, the two decided to kneel down and beg for mercy.
Li Hao was their leader, and it was not shameful to beg for mercy from Li Hao.
"The two generals have made great military achievements and have devoted their blood and sweat to our Jiangnan Li family. Now you are kneeling down to beg for mercy, and I really don't know what to do. Is it that I, Li Hao, have done something wrong to you, which has caused you to feel resentful?"
"Or maybe you have done something wrong to the Li family. I am curious. Otherwise, you can tell me and I will judge for you."
Li Hao took the peeled grapes handed over by Ren Yingying and swallowed them in one gulp.
Seeing Ren Yingying so intimate and flattering, Xingnu was so angry that she stood behind and stomped her feet. Originally, peeling grapes and melon seeds was her job, but now it was taken away by this demon saint.
"This... that..." Xu Da and Chang Yuchun were both stunned. Yes, we didn't do anything wrong to him. What should we say?
"Why, don't you have anything to say? If so, then you two should get up and enjoy the sweet wine!" Li Hao didn't bother to be polite with the two, but drank with Yao Yue.
"Generals, you should think it over before you speak. You have followed Li Hao for a long time, and I believe you know his methods better than I do. If you are not honest enough, it is easy to arouse suspicion from others." Yao Yue took a sip of wine and said with a frown.
Yao Yue is the princess of Yihua Palace. Yihua Palace used to prohibit alcohol, and no disciples were allowed to drink. Drinking in Yihua Palace is a taboo. If people know about it, they will be punished with capital punishment.
But since Yao Yue moved into the backyard of the Li family, influenced by Ning Zhongze, basically all the women in the Li family started drinking.
Even the pure-hearted Xiaolongnu sometimes drinks one or two glasses.
"Sir, we shouldn't listen to Zhu Chongba's instigation and intend to do something bad to the Li family. But the two of us really didn't agree to him, and we sternly rejected his invitation and warned him not to do anything to anyone in the young master's family." Xu Da and ChangAfter Yuchun thought about it seriously, Xu Da spoke out honestly.
"Oh, so you all knew about Zhu Yuanzhang's rebellion! Then why didn't you inform me? Do you think I am dissolute and unworthy of sitting in this high hall?" Li Hao said with a murderous look.
Zhu Yuanzhang's rebellion is a thorn in Li Hao's heart forever. This thorn is stuck in his throat, and he can't get out or down, which makes people extremely uncomfortable.
Now Zhu Yuanzhang and the old man are hiding in the world and hiding in the dark.
Li Hao sent countless people to secretly inquire about their whereabouts, thinking of completely eliminating the two of them to save the Li family.
As for Xu Da and Chang Yuchun, they are old acquaintances of Zhu Yuanzhang, born in the same place, and are genuine fellow villagers.
If they said that they didn't know about Zhu Yuanzhang's rebellion, Li Hao would not believe it even if he was beaten to death.
However, the two were leading troops outside and had great power over the army, so Li Hao could not recall them and deal with them.
If they were executed in secret, it would probably cause chaos in the army, so after weighing the pros and cons, Li Hao directly ordered the two to lead the army to Mount Tai and wait for his decision here.
Now seeing the respectful demeanor of the two, Li Hao could be sure that they had not betrayed him.
The two could be spared from death, but they could not escape the punishment of life. Zhu Chongba's rebellion was such a big thing, and they concealed it because they were fellow villagers, causing heavy losses to Dayan City. They also had to bear some responsibility for this matter.
Now the matter of Mount Tai was imminent, and changing the generals before the battle would cause unrest in the army. After weighing the pros and cons, Li Hao decided to let them go.
However, this matter was so serious that even if he didn't kill them, he had to scare them.
Not scaring them was not enough to appease the public anger.