Chapter Ninety-Eight: Raising Eyebrows
Luo Chuan raised his head, and then a trace of doubt flashed in his eyes. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Because he didn't see any big names from the sect appear, but Murong Xiaoqing slipped back from the outside.
Then Luo Chuan suddenly realized that Murong Xiaoqing was not in Baicaotang before, no wonder he hadn't seen her all along.
I saw Murong Xiaoqing trotting all the way to Luo Chuan's side with some dust, and before he could catch his breath, he smiled sweetly: "Happy New Year, Master!"
Luo Chuan hurriedly took out a red envelope from his arms and stuffed it into Murong Xiaoqing's hand.
Just as he was about to say something, he heard Xie Changjing take the lead and say urgently: "How is it?"
Murong Xiaoqing picked up Luo Chuan's water cup from the table and took a sip of it, then he took a breath and said with a smile: "Whew...... After inquiring clearly, this year's banquet is still in accordance with the old rules, starting from the middle peak, then the east peak, and finally to our west peak. ā
"Has it started?"
Murong Xiaoqing nodded: "It's started." This year, Zhongfeng got ten dishes, Yanwutang is still the most usual, there are 32 dishes, and Xunlutang is also a lot, with 19 dishes. ā
It was only at this time that Luo Chuan understood that Murong Xiaoqing had been sent by Xie Changjing to investigate the enemy's situation.
Then he asked with some curiosity, "What about Dongfeng?"
Murong Xiaoqing hesitated and said, "When I left, I only heard that the Divine Soldier Hall had nine dishes, and Dongfeng didn't know. ā
Although Murong Xiaoqing's words were said to Luo Chuan and Xie Changjing, they were also heard by several people at the same table.
Therefore, it was inevitable that the two disciples from Xunlu Hall and Yanwu Hall had a proud look in their eyes, but because this was Baicao Hall, they didn't show it so obviously, but they unconsciously straightened their backs a lot.
On the contrary, Meng Chengyu's face was not very good-looking, after all, in Murong Xiaoqing's words, the Divine Soldier Hall received the least number of dishes.
This also made him a little dull, and he could only take a sip of wine.
After putting down the wine glass, Meng Chengyu felt the heat in his throat, and immediately realized that although the nine dishes were not much, compared with Yanwutang and Xunlutang, they were naturally one heaven and one underground, but they were definitely not less, how to say, it should be more than Dongfeng and Baicaotang!
Thinking of this, Meng Chengyu's heart suddenly balanced a lot, and he barely squeezed out a smile on his face, and said, "I don't know how many dishes your hall can get this year?"
The disciple who came here tonight on behalf of Xunlu Hall to celebrate the New Year is called Huang Wenbo, and when he heard this, he immediately smiled and said: "With the contribution made by Medicine Master Luo in the medicine dao competition against Tianyuan Gate, I think there must be at least thirteen or fourteen Dao!"
At first glance, there was nothing wrong with these words, after all, Baicaotang only got a anchovy shrimp last year, and if he could get thirteen or fourteen dishes this year, it would be a qualitative leap, but the superiority in Huang Wenbo's eyes made everyone in the Ling Jian Sect secretly frown.
When the words fell, Zhao Qiao from Yanwutang retorted: "I don't think so, there must be at least seventeen or eighteen dishes, don't forget, this year's Winter Snow Xiaobi, Senior Brother Luo won the first place on behalf of Baicaotang!"
Luo Chuan has a good relationship with Cai Changyan, and Zhao Qiao's words also mean to favor Baicaotang.
It's just that Huang Wenbo is here, so Zhao Qiao's prediction of the number of dishes does not exceed the nineteen dishes in Xunlutang.
Not to mention that Huang Wenbo was unconvinced in his heart, at least Meng Chengyu was even more depressed.
He didn't expect that everyone was optimistic that the number of dishes given to Baicaotang would exceed that of Shenbing Hall.
For a while, Meng Chengyu faintly regretted that he had asked that question, which was like lifting a stone and hitting himself in the foot......
Luo Chuan didn't notice Meng Chengyu's unpredictable face, but smiled slightly: "It's useless to guess more, and the answer will naturally be revealed when the sect comes." ā
Saying that, Luo Chuan asked someone to add a pair of dishes and chopsticks to Murong Xiaoqing, and asked her to sit down at the main table.
The atmosphere in the banquet became lively again, but Luo Chuan noticed that many of the disciples of the Ling Sword Sect in the audience began to whisper, looking extremely nervous.
Presumably, the news that Murong Xiaoqing brought back had spread.
Everyone knew that the feast of the sect had begun, and they had heard of the great achievements of Yanwutang in winning the 32 delicacies.
Li Dazhuang and others, who had just joined Baicaotang this year, looked forward to it, and they all guessed how many dishes Baicaotang could get, and some people even took advantage of the wine to make a bet, and the gambling book was naturally the New Year's coin given by Luo Chuan.
On the other side, the old people of Baicaotang, such as Ah Da and Ah Er, were so nervous that their palms were sweating, after all, the embarrassing scene of only getting one anchovy shrimp last year was still vivid.
By the way, Ah Da, Ah Er, Ah San, and Ah Si are the four little medicine boys who have been staying in the pharmacy, that is, the ancestors who came up with the slogan "Baicao Luochuan, domineering and awe-inspiring!
Speaking of which, the names of the four of them were still given by the former Kong Steward, and over time, everyone shouted smoothly anyway, and they gave up their real names, and Luo Chuan didn't let them change it back after taking over the pharmacy, so it kept being called.
At this time, they knew very well that if Baicaotang only got one dish today like last year, I am afraid that the hearts of the people who had gathered so hard would be scattered!
Although the four of them have absolute confidence in Luo Chuan, no one can relax when it comes to the face of Baicaotang.
Xie Changjing understands this truth better than them, so he asked Murong Xiaoqing to inquire about the information in advance.
But he didn't expect that at this time, Luo Chuan was still acting lightly, and he didn't seem to care how many dishes the sect would reward Baicaotang.
really responded to that sentence: the emperor is not in a hurry, and the eunuch is in a hurry!
In fact, in addition to Luo Chuan, there are also red beans in the field at all.
The little girl didn't care how many dishes Baicaotang could get from the sect today, at this time she was burying her head in eating vegetables, just like Luo Chuan had explained to her before she went out.
"Finally, we don't have to spend our own money to have a big meal, we must eat back to our roots!"
Luo Chuan was also constantly putting vegetables into the red bean bowl, and it didn't take long for it to pile up like a hill, and the master and servant looked like rural people who had never seen the world.
In addition, Da Bai also inherited the family lineage very well, although this guy was not born to Luo Chuan, but when it came to taking advantage, he was still very serious.
In a short time, he had already eaten a large basket of the freshest cabbage, and had already begun to sprint to the most prestigious carrot in Qiongshan.
Just when the three of them were eating happily, Xie Changjing straightened his body again, and said in surprise: "The sect is here!"
Luo Chuan reluctantly put down the duck leg in his hand, wiped the greasy corners of his mouth, and then slowly raised his head and looked out of the gate of Baicaotang.
Sure enough, this time, as Xie Changjing said, a big man came.
This person is dressed in white, with green satin wrapped around his waist, his long hair is meticulously tied behind his head, and his face is even more handsome, with red lips and white teeth, and his eyes are as heavy as the sea...... Man.
From a certain point of view, the young man in white does not have a feeling of being rich and noble, and even the jade spirit ring worn on his index finger is a little stingy at first glance, but if you look closely, you can find that the blue light on the spirit ring seems to have some kind of deterrent effect, both the color and the workmanship are extremely textured.
Compared to Kumabara, it's like the difference between an aristocracy and a nouveau riche.
This person is the seat of Xunlu Hall, Su Changjian.
He is known as the God of Wealth of the entire Ling Jian Sect.
This is the first time Luo Chuan has seen Su Changjian, so he was a little surprised, the other party looks so young, if he has to say that he is the same age as himself, I am afraid that some people will believe it.
But in fact, Su Changjian has been a member of the sect for more than thirty years.
Then Luo Chuan naturally thought of Qiao Yuancheng of Xunlu Hall, Elder Qiao, in this way, the people of Xunlu Hall are all old monsters with good looks!
The banquet of the Ling Jian Sect was, of course, also regarded as the sect's reward for the three peaks and five halls, and it was of course a matter of course that it was distributed by the Xunlu Hall.
So tonight, Su Changjian came.
The few disciples who followed him were all the elite of Xunlu Hall.
As soon as he entered the door, Su Changjian smiled and arched his hand to Luo Chuan, and said, "Haha, Senior Brother Luo, Happy New Year!"
As we all know, the relationship between Luo Chuan and Xun Lutang has never been very good, but as the so-called stretching out his hand and not hitting the smiling person, in the face of Su Changjian's initiative to show goodwill, Luo Chuan was not hypocritical, and immediately got up to greet him.
"I didn't expect that tonight was a banquet for Su Tangzuo, and I missed the welcome, so don't blame the hall. ā
Su Changjian smiled and waved his hand: "Senior Brother Luo is too polite, don't see each other like this between the same door, it's a pity that Brother Fool still has important business to do, and he can't stay longer, otherwise he will have to drink two more drinks with Senior Brother Luo!"
As soon as these words came out, everyone present looked at each other, it seems that this God of Wealth is a little too polite, right?
I haven't heard that he has any friendship with Senior Brother Luo?
On the contrary, in the just-concluded Winter Snow Competition, Senior Brother Luo only killed a Xunlutang disciple and calculated a Xunlutang elder!
This Su Tangza's heart is too big, right......
Before everyone could figure out why Su Changjian's attitude was so weird, they saw Su Changjian pull out a roll of Bojuan from his sleeve, and said loudly: "The imperial decree of the sect, Baicaotang has made remarkable achievements in the past, and it has done a lot for the sect, and it has given a pot of agar wine, a flower laurel fish, an almond Buddha's hand, a cup of auspicious dragon double flying, a bowl of red porridge with eel, a plate of jade bean cake, a copy of eight treasure rabbits, and ten ...... of drunken shrimp."
As Su Chang saw the name of each dish in his mouth fall, the Xunlu Hall disciples behind him skillfully placed a dish on the table, and the eyes of all the disciples in the Hundred Grass Hall widened more and more, and the sound of swallowing saliva rose from time to time.
Only Xie Changjing always seemed a little nervous, constantly counting the number of dishes in his heart.
Soon, Su Changjian said more than ten names of dishes in his mouth, but he didn't stop at all.
So Meng Chengyu's face sank completely, and Huang Wenbo's heart became more and more worried, and even his breathing became a little heavier.
As for Ah Da and the four little medicine boys, they were so happy that they almost fainted.
Although Wang Yaoshi and the others looked relatively calm, they actually clenched their fists, and their eyes were full of aggressive light, and after a year, they were finally able to raise their eyebrows and exhale on Chinese New Year's Eve!
It was also at this time that Su Changjian finally said the name of the last dish.
"A cup of white phoenix stewed with ginseng, a total of ...... Twenty-eight dishes!"