Chapter 49: The State Banquet
Li Mo and the others walked towards the cases opposite Long Lingxiao under the guidance of the eunuch.
The palace should be divided into priorities, and the ten kings of the Tang Dynasty are sitting in front.
Seven princes, as well as three princes with foreign surnames.
Next is the princess and viscount, at this time, the top ten in the academy examination are all to the Lingyuan disciples to the banquet, so they are all into the ranks, scholars, the country's famous scholars, the Tang Dynasty lord often banquets some people who are outside the court and the opposition, and in the rivers and lakes, over time, there is this position.
Although he does not have an official position, he can enter the court.
As soon as Li Mo and the five people sat down, many people came in from outside the palace gate, some were dressed in armor and were mighty, and some were dressed in robes and robes, with extraordinary bearing.
Hundreds of civil and military officials, but all those above the fourth rank have entered the court.
Some are talking and laughing, some are submissive, some are watching coldly, and some are following suit.
Officialdom is changing rapidly.
And the leader is a middle-aged man in a black python robe, this person is not smiling, even if the officials around him continue to cater to flattery, but he only occasionally says a word, his face is expressionless, and a cold glint occasionally flashes in his eyes, not angry and arrogant.
The surname is Wang Ye Longshan Wang, a character who covers the sky with one hand.
King Longshan and his group did not squint and walked straight towards their seats.
King Longshan and his gang have just taken their seats, and another group of people have passed in front of Li Mo, the leader is wearing an eight-clawed golden dragon robe, although he is middle-aged, he looks like a Confucian man, with a graceful demeanor, this person is full of smiles, making people feel harmless to humans and animals.
Prince Heshan, Prince Qing.
The group also walked to their place without squinting and took their seats safely.
As soon as Prince Qing and his group sat down, another group of people passed by Li Mo, this group of people had a strong bloody aura surging on their bodies, their faces were extremely rough, their eyebrows were cold, they seemed to put no one in their eyes, and the heavy helmets on their bodies were stained with blood, and they seemed to have been on the battlefield for a long time.
The leader was about nine feet tall and burly, and when he walked, his legs and arms were crossed and swinging, there was a sound of a whirring wind, his face was full of stubble, and a striking crimson ancient seal was carved on his left neck.
It's a "slave" word.
This is Tang Zhan, the king of Zhenbei who guarded the Northern Wilderness.
It is rumored that the king of Zhenbei was abducted by traffickers several times when he was young, and it was Tang Mingyuan, who was still the son of the country at the time, who rescued him, and later succeeded to the throne and gave him the surname of the country.
In the Northern Wilderness, it continued to fight with the barbarians, fierce and abnormal, and had countless achievements, and was later named the king of the north, and the other nine kings were listed as ten kings, and he was also one of the ten lords.
The territory of the Tang Kingdom is vast, and ten lords lead ten prefectures, each of which has about five counties, and each county has five to ten cities, and there are dozens of towns under each city.
Therefore, it is not an exaggeration to be able to reach the position of the lord of the mansion, and it can be said that it has occupied one-tenth of the Tang Kingdom.
The king of Zhenbei was seated, and the three waves of people had already filled all the cases in the national palace, except for the dragon seat on the red carpet and the two purple tables under the dragon seat.
Suddenly, a male duck's voice sounded.
"The lord of the country, the queen of the country has arrived. ”
The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, as well as Li Mo, all stood up from the desk, a middle-aged man wearing a nine-clawed golden dragon robe and a nine-bead chain crown and a peerless beauty wearing a nine-winged golden phoenix robe and a nine-bead chain on her head, crossed their arms and slowly walked out from behind the bead curtain.
She was followed by a beautiful "woman" dressed in an eight-winged golden phoenix robe, wearing an eight-bead chain on her head, and an eight-point resemblance to the lord of the country between her eyebrows.
"My lord, long live long live, long live long live, thousand years old after me, thousand years old, thousand years old. ”
"My lord, long live long live, long live long live, thousand years old after me, thousand years old, thousand years old. ”
"My lord, long live long live, long live long live, thousand years old after me, thousand years old, thousand years old. ”
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All of a sudden, the civil and military officials and Li Mo's ten people all knelt down and bowed.
"Everyone loves to be flat. ”
Tang Mingyuan, the lord of the country, sat on the dragon seat, Yuhuan sat on the lower left, and the "woman" sat on the lower right of the lord.
All those who knelt got up from the ground.
"Ladies and gentlemen, although it is called a state banquet today, it is actually a celebration of the ten heroes of my Tang Kingdom, and all the etiquette is simple. ”
Tang Mingyuan's sleeve robe swung.
"Whoa"
Everyone below echoed in unison.
At this time, the eunuch with the voice of the male duck shouted again.
"From the state banquet, the banquet ......"
As soon as everyone sat down, various instrumental music such as drums began to sound.
The music is light and elegant, pleasant to the ear, and the top royal musicians of the National Palace can play this natural sound.
With the sound of music, dozens of top dancers of the National Palace dressed in pink light gauze and holding feather folding fans entered from outside the palace gate.
All of them are as beautiful as flowers, and their bodies are exquisite.
Dance to the music.
"No wonder everyone in the world wants power, good food, good housing, good listening, good watching, good play......"
Li Mo's eyes stared at the group of dancing girls' writhing waists like water snakes, and muttered to himself.
Suddenly, Li Mo felt that a lump of flesh on his waist was twisted several times by a huge force.
A sharp pain came, making Li Mo almost jump up.
Li Mo turned his head to look, and it was Li Xiaosu who stared at him hatefully with his fire-breathing eyes.
"Don't look at it. ”
Li Xiaosu said hatefully.
"Sister, this dance was originally for people to see, you see how seriously they watch it. ”
Li Mo looked at the opposite side of the fire, and Tu Wuzang snorted.
"I don't care, if they look at theirs, you just won't be allowed to look at ......"
Li Xiaosu said arrogantly.
"You ......"
Li Mo said helplessly.
"If you really want to see it, I can jump to show you. ”
Li Xiaosu muttered in a mosquito-like voice that she could only hear.
Who knew that after Li Mo blessed his soul with more than a dozen golden characters of the ancient seal, his ear power and eyesight had already increased greatly, even if it was a mosquito reproducing offspring, he could hear what posture it was, not to mention what Li Xiaosu said.
Li Mo heard Li Xiaosu's words, blinked a few more times, looked at Li Xiaosu's slightly red cheeks, and then looked at the pair of plump on his chest.
A scene with a strong sense of picture involuntarily flashed on Li Mo's soul consciousness.
Li Mo only felt that his nose was a little warm.
Li Xiaosu thought that Li Mo hadn't heard, and raised his head slightly and was about to say it again, when he suddenly saw Li Mo staring at his plumpness with a squinting face, and a "shameful" scarlet came out of his nostrils.
How could Li Xiaosu not know that this bad guy must have heard what he said, so he would react so much.
His face was flushed in an instant, and his two jade hands kept rolling up the corners of his hospital clothes.
At this time, bursts of fragrance wafted into Li Mo's nose, and finally diverted his attention.
Li Mo saw the maids of the palace covering them with silver lids one by one, but the fragrant famous dishes were from the lord to the queen of the country in turn, cold "women", then the ten kings, the military generals, and finally Li Mo's ten people, when the table was put on the table, Li Mo couldn't help but swallow his saliva.
"Oh, I finally don't have to eat that abominable Bigu Dan......"
Li Mo said secretly in his heart.
The maid soon filled all the tables with delicacies.
And next to each desk stood a maidservant, pouring wine and handing glasses to the people who were invited to the banquet of the lord.
As Li Mo's maid beside him took away the silver covers one by one.
Streams of different fragrances poured into Li Mo's nose, making Li Mo's saliva flow.
The maid beside the lord of the country filled the glass and carefully handed it to the lord, the lord raised his glass and was about to say, when all the secretaries drank this cup together, a discordant sound resounded throughout the hall.
At this time, the singing and dancing had long stopped, and every time the state banquet began, the lord of the country would say a few words, but this time, ......
The lord of the country, Tang Mingyuan, followed the prestige, and everyone also looked over.
I saw Li Mo holding a pig's trotter of a water-swallowing pig in one hand and a bear's paw of a mountain-climbing iron bear in the other.
Forget about eating, he actually kept smacking his mouth while eating, and the sound resounded throughout the palace.
Hearing that the palace of the country was quiet in an instant, and the needle drop could be heard, Li Mo raised his head, the oil stains on his mouth hung around his mouth, and the skin of a pig's trotter was hanging in the air at the corner of his mouth, and his eyes were full of doubts.
Seeing that everyone was looking at him at this time, Li Mo embarrassedly threw the pig's trotters and bear paws in his hand back into the silver plate, and glanced at them with unfinished eyes.
At this time, a middle-aged man sitting in the column of King Longshan immediately stood up and pointed at Li Modao.
"Where did the mountain village man come from, since he dares to be presumptuous in the national palace......"
Hearing this middle-aged man's righteous and awe-inspiring words, many people around him immediately echoed and scolded Li Mo.
The lord of the country, Tang Mingyuan, stared at Li Mo calmly, without words, but there was some expectation in his eyes.
Li Mo heard that this person was rude when he opened his mouth, and he wanted to get angry, but when he thought that this was the territory of the lord of the country, he did have a rude number just now, so he endured it alive.
But he endures, it doesn't mean that others will let him go, the middle-aged man who had just scolded immediately said.
"Why? Do you think you'll be fine without answering Ben-sama's question?"
The aggressive momentum and his official rank can indeed frighten ordinary people to kneel and beg for mercy, but how could Li Mo be oppressed by him again and again.
Li Mo wiped his hands and stood up.
"My lord, I can't answer your question. ”
Li Mo said.
"Why can't you answer?"
The middle-aged official asked rhetorically.
"You ask me where I came from, but in fact, I am from the Eastern Tang Ling Academy, you can know it by looking at my uniform. The Eastern Tang Spiritual Courtyard was opened by my Datang National Palace, if I admit that I am a mountain village husband, wouldn't I also admit that my Tang National Palace is also a mountain village husband?"
Li Mo looked embarrassed.
However, the official's face changed, as if he realized something.
Really......
"Since the adults have to force me to admit that I am a mountain village husband, then you should first admit your crime of insulting my Tang Palace, you confess your guilt, and it is nothing for me to admit that I am a mountain village husband. ”
Li Mo's face was distressed, as if he had been wronged.
However, the middle-aged official's face turned pale from fright by Li Mo's words, and he sat down, cold sweat pouring out.
Those who insult the palace are serious crimes, and they will be punished by the nine clans.
......
The official glanced at the lord of the country, and saw that the lord of the country was still staring at Li Mo intently, but did not pay attention to him, and breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.
However, the next words of the lord of the country completely frightened him into fainting.
"Li Changqing, the servant of the ministry, insulted the national palace and should have exterminated the nine clans, but today is a state banquet, and the widow doesn't want to kill more, so he beheaded Li Changqing. ”
The lord of the country, Tang Mingyuan, was still staring at Li Mo, but the words in his mouth directly frightened Li Changqing directly, and immediately two armor soldiers dressed in black armor and holding Changge rushed in, one holding one arm, and dragged Li Changqing out like a dead dog.
From beginning to end, Li Changqing didn't even say a word begging for mercy, and the five fingers of Longshan King Long Jiudong holding the wine glass tightened, and the cold light in his eyes flashed.
A word determines life and death, and the ghosts and gods are frightened.
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