Everyone in the room looked at her. Xin Yi lowered his head slightly and sat next to Nong Zhigao, ignoring those probing glances.

"Whatever you want to eat, get it yourself."

Nong Zhigao's faint voice reached his ears.

Xin Yi didn't raise his head and just hummed.

The table was full of food. Xin Yi glanced at it and found that he had no appetite. Seeing that she was not moving, Nong Zhigao pulled the fruit plate in front of her and said with an understatement: "Didn't you say that Lingnan produces the best fruits and the most delicious fruits?

It was delivered from Guangnan East Road this morning. Try it."

Xin Yi doesn’t want to eat it.

But a qualified hostage cannot be willful.

She picked up a green date with an expressionless face and ate it slowly.

Nong Zhigao showed a satisfied smile and looked up at the guests in the hall.

"It's an honor for me and my clan members to come to our village to celebrate the New Year. It's just that the village is small and weak, so we don't have anything good to entertain you, but please have a drink and stay drunk..."

"Dry!"

"Drink this drink and make plans together!"

Nantai was filled with laughter and laughter for a while.

Xin Yi sat silently, suddenly feeling someone staring at him.

She raised her head and met the man's eyes. Her heart trembled and she could hardly believe it.

"What's wrong?" Nong Zhigao looked at her.

"It's nothing." Xin Yi moved his eyes away as if nothing had happened. His eyes were as clear as water and he smiled slightly. "I see you are talking lively but you can't understand even half of the words. I'm curious."

"Ha ha ha ha."

Nong Zhigao laughed loudly and suddenly turned his head towards her, his eyes dark.

"What do you want to know, can I tell you?"

Xin Yi shook his head, "I just said it casually, Leader Nong doesn't need to pay attention to me."

Nong Zhigao took a deep look at her, smiled, and turned to talk to others.

Xin Yi continued to eat the fruit carelessly, not daring to look in that direction, but his heart was beating so fast that it almost jumped out of his throat.

He was a barbarian clerk sitting cross-legged at the end of the hall. His skin was dark and rough, and his dark hair was wrapped in a coarse cloth turban. His face was unremarkable and you couldn't find it in the crowd.

Upright, with a very calm temperament...

The agents of the Imperial City Division are pervasive.

Xin Yi finally believed it...

However, the fact that the spy chief Fu Jiuqu would come in person and even sit at Nong Zhigao's banquet still caught Xin Yi by surprise. He was so worried that his scalp was numb and his palms were sweating.

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After three rounds of drinking.

A barbarian leader stood up from his seat, held a wine glass and toasted Nong Zhigao, and suddenly sighed uneasily.

"With the help of wine, I have the courage to say a few truths. Your Majesty, don't be offended..."

Nong Zhigao said straightforwardly: "We are all our own people at the banquet, but there is no harm in talking."

The man said: "Di Qing has been on hiatus for so long and refuses to retreat or advance. He may have some small calculation in mind. If we continue to wait like this, we are afraid that we will suffer a big loss from him..."

Upon hearing this, some people laughed deeply.

"Who is Di Qing? I think his name is just empty. Don't think too highly of him. This man is unruly and unruly, and has never been valued by the Song Dynasty. He either doesn't come with food, or doesn't come with pay, or even has no money.

Wearing cotton-padded clothes for the winter, the soldiers were full of complaints and were extremely war-weary.

There is a saying in the Song Dynasty: A clever woman can't make a meal without rice. Even if Di Qing has three heads and six arms, what can he use to attack the city and take out the stronghold? What can he use to deal with the king's sign array? Winter is about to come. I think they are preparing to spend time in Pennsylvania.

After the New Year, let’s make further plans.”

Xin Yi looked up.

The man who humiliated Di Qing was none other than the barbarian leader sitting next to Fu Jiuqu. He was the leader of which cave among the thirty-six caves.

He seemed to have quite a lot of power here. As soon as he finished speaking, the tension at the table dissipated a little. Even Nong Zhigao laughed, his humble tone full of pride.

"It is true that Di Qing has no backstage, but we should not underestimate him."

"Song Tingkong has millions of troops, but they can't defeat the Khitan, the Dangxiang, the Jurchens, and the Mongols. Even the Jiaozhi Li Dynasty shook their feet, and they dared not move forward. Our army is not afraid of death, and is brave and good at fighting.

Are you afraid that they won't succeed? According to me, your Majesty really doesn't need to be overly afraid of Di Qing's bluff..."

"Hahahahaha, there are millions of soldiers in the Song Dynasty, and only Di Qing can fight, so why should we be afraid?"

"Come, come, drink, drink!"

Xin Yi sat silently, unable to understand their laughter and ridicule. He was only worried about Fu Jiuqu and couldn't tell what it was like.

Suddenly, Nong Zhigao turned his head and asked her: "Do you think the Song army can fight?"

Xin Yi didn't expect that Nong Zhigao would suddenly ask this, so he smiled lightly.

"It depends on who you hit."

Nong Zhigao said: "The two armies are facing each other, who do you want to fight?"

Xin Yi stared into his eyes and thought, "Of course he is not as good as Nong Jun."

Nong Zhigao was stunned and laughed out of surprise.

"Did you hear this? I, a woman, said that the Song army is not as good as me."

Xin Yi frowned, suspecting that Nong Zhigao had drunk too much.

He would never have used "my woman" to describe her before.

Although there were many speculations in Nongzhai, Nong Zhigao never acted excessively in front of her, and occasionally he would ridicule her, which often made Xin Yi wonder whether his value as a hostage was gone.

She subconsciously glanced at the man in the palace.

But the man didn't look at her. He lowered his eyes, held a drink in his hand, and had no expression on his face. His shadow stretched into a long line under the bright lights, as if he hadn't heard Nong Zhigao's words or seen those people using strange words.

His words and eyes looked at her ambiguously...

Nong Zhigao seemed to be aware of Xin Yi's emotions, and glanced at her face.

"Are you unhappy?"

Hearing the mockery in his tone, Xin Yi smiled slightly.

"Don't dare."

Nong Zhigao glanced at her, suddenly stretched out his hand lightly, took hers, and said calmly: "If Song Ting is not willing to redeem you, just stay and be my woman."

Xin Yi was startled.

She withdrew her hand and looked into Nong Zhigao's red eyes.

"Chief Nong drank too much."

Nong Zhigao opened his empty palms, took a look, and lightly twisted his fingers a few times, as if he was feeling the beauty of the delicate and tender skin, and inadvertently raised a smile on his lips.

"No? Oh, then it's not up to you."

The two people were sitting far away from the guests. Everyone could only see the two of them lowering their heads and whispering, and Nong Zhigao's doting look on the Song girl's face, but they could not hear what they were saying.

Xin Yi's heart beat very fast.

It's not easy to control your emotions, especially now.

She lowered her eyes and smiled, "Chief Nong will not embarrass a weak woman."

Nong Zhigao sneered: "What can a desperado not do?"

As he spoke, he gently pinched the bead string in his hand and looked sideways at the dazzlingly white skin in the fur collar of Xin Yi's fur coat, his eyes burning with the alcohol.

"I am not a gentleman. I have always treated you with courtesy. That is to give Song Ting face. If they are shameless, then it is not my fault."

Xin Yi was silent.

This was not an occasion to offend Nong Zhigao, but because of the man in the seat, it was difficult for her not to care about Nong Zhigao's overly close behavior...

It wasn't until the banquet was over and the guests took their leave that Xin Yi's suffering was finally over.

She watched the tall figure go away and did not move for a long time.

From beginning to end, he didn't look at himself. Was he unhappy?

Xin Yi returned to his residence absent-mindedly with this suspicion in his mind.

Boom was scolding a servant who made a mistake with a straight face. When he saw Xin Yi, he insulted her with some insults.

However, Xin Yi pretended not to hear, entered the room weakly, closed the door, and fell on the bed.

Boom frowned and went to knock on the door.
To be continued...