Chapter 5: The Banquet
Under the guidance of a servant. Zhao Hong and Jing Donggu sat on the throne.
As the landlord, the lord of the city first picked up the wine glass in front of him.
"Everyone, today is a day of great joy, the great Gu Immortals have returned to my White Snake City, with the Gu Immortals here, neither we will dare to offend my White Snake City or the land under the governance of my White Snake City. The Gu Immortals are the greatest guardians of our White Snake City. Here, I would like to give Mr. Tani a drink. ”
After speaking, he picked up the wine glass and drank it all.
Jing Donggu is not surnamed Jing, he is a person from the Thorn War Hall, and his rank in the War Hall is Dong, and Gu is his name. So Jingdong Valley has become what outsiders call him.
It's the same as Jing Shilu and Jing Dong scales.
If you want to say it in detail, the three words of Jingdong Valley are, from the warrior valley of the eastern generation of the Thorn Battle Hall.
The identity is indicated, and it can be regarded as an honorific title.
The city lord called Jingdong Valley a Gu Immortal, which is an immortal whose name is Gu.
Jing Donggu also raised his glass, smiled, took a sip gently, and put the glass down.
"This second cup of wine is for the immortal who came with the Gu immortals. And there is a reluctant request below, hoping that this immortal can also accept our offerings, and protect the peace of my side of White Snake City in times of crisis. ”
Zhao Hong saw the city lord toasting to him, and the wine glass was also raised, but when he heard the city lord say this, he was stunned.
The city lord drank all the wine in the cup, and then looked at Zhao Hong eagerly, but when he saw Zhao Hong put the wine glass down gently, he was immediately disappointed in his heart, he thought that this immortal was unwilling to accept the worship of White Snake City, and his arrangement still failed to please this immortal.
Zhao Hong gently put down the wine glass: "City Lord, I'm afraid you have misunderstood." ”
"Misunderstanding?"
Hearing Zhao Hong speak, the banquet quieted down, and they all wanted to hear what Zhao Hong said.
"I'm not an immortal, I'm just an ordinary person. ”
There was silence.
"What! you're an ordinary man!" a shout rang out.
It was a strong man who spoke, sitting on the side, and it seemed that his status in White Snake City should not be low, but it was not top-notch.
"How can this arrangement be so casual, City Lord, you didn't even understand the strength of this kid, so you got him to the upper seat, and let us rank behind an ordinary person, this will chill the hearts of our people. ”
This strong man originally wanted to insult Zhao Hong, but suddenly saw Jingdong Valley beside Zhao Hong, so he put away the insulting words and turned to blame the city lord.
The city lord was also very embarrassed for a while, and he didn't know how to answer.
It's true that he didn't figure it out, he only thought that Zhao Hong was an immortal figure like Jing Donggu, but he didn't expect that Zhao Hong was just an ordinary person, and now that he thinks about it, Zhao Hong is probably a servant who serves Jing Donggu.
Now the city lord also hates Zhao Hong in his heart.
An ordinary person sat down so generously, which was really unruly.
The city lord of White Snake City didn't know how to answer for a while, and his face turned red, but at this moment, a voice relieved him of his embarrassment.
"Shut up!" Jing Donggu frowned, his cold gaze swept away, and the people around him who were whispering all quieted down.
The strong man was a little unconvinced: "Gu Immortal." You are strong, unmatched, we admire you, and respect you, no one will have an opinion when you sit in that position, but this kid, at first I thought that he was using some method to hide his strength, but now I know that he is an ordinary person, not even a warrior, such a person sits on top of us, this is a humiliation to us! This kid comes with you, we will naturally treat each other with courtesy, but if he wants to sit on top of us, it will be too much, this is wantonly trampling on the dignity of our warriors! Gu Immortals, could it be said that the dignity of a warrior is trampled on by ordinary people at will, and this kind of thing is allowed in your Thorn City?"
"The matter of our Thorn City, it is not your turn to ask, this person is my relative, I brought him here, he is the guest of White Snake City, is it not enough for my face to let a relative sit here?"
"You!" the strong man was about to say a few words, but was interrupted by the city lord.
The city lord can see that the stubborn energy of this strong man has come up again.
This person is this temper, once the temper comes up, the nine cows can't pull it back, if he doesn't come out to play the round again, this matter will be difficult to clean up today.
"Ladies and gentlemen, don't get excited, listen to me. The city lord accompanied the smiling face and said to everyone, "Today's meal is just a light meal, just a light meal, the main purpose is to pick up the wind and wash the dust for Gu Xianren and his relatives, everyone gets together and eats casually, there is not so much exquisiteness, there are not so many rules, everyone sits casually, there is no need to have any unpleasantness for this." I just took the opportunity of this light meal to inform you that the weather is very good tonight, I decided to hold a formal drinking party in the garden of my city lord's mansion in the middle of the night today, I have prepared a special wine from the mouth of the Jianchuan River, the winter flowers in the garden are also blooming, the red winter flowers in the middle of the month are a great beauty of my White Snake City, I hope everyone can come to the meeting. Come on, come on, everyone do whatever you want, eat mouthful, eat mouthful. ”
The city lord insisted on saying that a formal banquet was a light meal, and arranged the banquet until midnight, and the banquet was changed to a drinking party.
It can be regarded as forcibly resolving this embarrassment.
And the format of the reception is different from the banquet.
After all, the cocktail party was not as formal as a banquet, and there was no such thing as a seat, whether it was the relatives of the Gu Immortals or the other warriors enshrined in the City Lord's Mansion, they would not complain because of this matter.
The city lord's arrangement is appropriate.
The steward of the castle lord's mansion was also a person who knew how to observe words and feelings, and when he heard the castle lord say this, the wine from the mouth of the river that was originally intended to be presented was not presented, but some wine jugs were filled with some good local wine, and a small pot was placed in front of each person to accompany the meal.
Many of the dishes that are served as ceremonial at the feast are left in the kitchen and are not served.
Although the food and drinks on the table were good, there was no formal banquet atmosphere in an instant, and it really became a light meal.
Zhao Hong simply didn't participate in the evening cocktail party, he just told Jing Donggu that he had good wine and brought him two jars, so he returned to the small courtyard alone.
Soon after the reception began, a servant appeared in front of Zhao Hong's house with a wine jar the size of two people's heads, and the two of them were cautiously discussing something at the door.