Chapter 25: Pull in the numbers

The backyard was so noisy that Li Yuan wanted to go out and get some fresh air. However, because he was the only one who felt uncomfortable, he finally forced this mood to hold.

'Well, let's stay here a little longer!' Li Yuan shook his head slightly, and picked up the small glass of sake in front of him.

Li Yuan is the swordsman subject instructor in the Vortex Town Proving Ground, and he was also born in this town since he was a child. It's been a few years since he became a coach, but he's never been proud of his career.

He has always described the profession of coaching in this way.

However, although the trainer of the proving ground is not a big official, he is also the kind of person who eats imperial food, so he decided to bring him with Yu Jianshu, another instructor who is also an archer instructor.

Yu Jianshu is also a native of Vortex Town, his eyes are like dead fish eyes, and he is almost spiritless from a distance. He is also Li Yuan's predecessor, so Li Yuan still respects him more.

The two were very familiar with each other, and they also talked about a lot of topics during the banquet. It's just that, due to the humble relationship between the two, they are both arranged closest to the door. This naturally made it impossible for Li Yuan to get close to 'admire' the majesty of their marshal and regent of the Saran Kingdom.

"Cut! What's the big deal! Isn't it just that I was born? You let me Li Yuan be Shen Haiteng's son, and I can also be the marshal of the country's [River Crab]!"

When he heard about the deeds of Shen Mengting, the current marshal of Salan, Li Yuan made the following comments.

Therefore, Li Yuan naturally did not have a good mood at the moment. He really wished that the dinner party would end soon, so that he could go to spend time with his new girlfriend.

Li Yuan already had a sense of resistance to this banquet, if it weren't for the mayor coming over to stuff people on the grounds of making up the number of people, it is estimated that he would not have come to such a crowded place.

"This time, the regent and the generalissimo of the country, as well as many powerful generals, are coming, and our town must do a minimum of face-saving efforts. Therefore, it is necessary to gather almost all the officials in the town, regardless of whether they are big or small. If there are not enough people, you think! When the generals come and see the small number of people, will their faces still shine? I guess they will think that we are deliberately neglecting! Therefore, we must gather as many people as possible, even the grassroots ones!"

That's how the mayor of Vortex Town gives orders, and this old man is usually making paste, just waiting for retirement pleasures in the future. But this time he used enough effort, so the other dignitaries in the town couldn't help but give him face.

As a result, the backyard was full of seats, full of lively scenes of crowds.

Li Yuan looked at these hypocritical people, and couldn't help but shake his head lightly, and made a mocking face with a crooked mouth.

"Wow! What's going on with our Coach Li Yuan? From the moment he came here, he was full of contempt!"

Suddenly there were mocking words from the side, and listening to the voice and identifying it from the direction, I knew that it was Yu Jianshu.

Li Yuan casually shook his head to the left, and poured a glass of sake into his wine glass again, "What does Coach Yu Jianshu have to say?"

"Oh, what else can I say? Am I not asking you?" Yu Jianshu put his elbows on the table, "What's wrong with you?"

Li Yuan still didn't mean to answer, he just shook his hand and began to drink by himself again.

"Hey, I said Coach Li Yuan, don't be so sad, this is not like you. ”

Li Yuan's eyes glanced to the side slightly, and Yu Jianshu's evil smile was also included in his eyes, "Cut! How can I have a sad face?"

"Whether there is or not, do you want me to ask the people at the table?" Yu Jianshu held up his palm and swept at the people on the round table.

Li Yuan twitched his mouth, and after watching everyone with the other party's sweep, he put down the wine glass in his hand. He also sighed again and again, because he had discovered a phenomenon, and most of the people at the table did not have a good face.

Come to think of it, Li Yuan is not the only one who has the feeling of being marginalized because of his low profession, but they have the whole table. In fact, this is normal, because if he really has any ability, he will not be arranged at Li Yuan's table.

"Alas, Brother Yu, don't tease me anymore, I'm in a bad mood now. If you feel lonely now, you can go to the pick-up brother at the next table and go and smile and toast!"

'Brother Pickup' is the nephew of the captain of the trial ground, and he is about twenty-seven or eight years old. Because of the relationship with the field manager, he was arranged in the middle of the courtyard.

"Oh! Why are you picking up my brother? He's busy now? Isn't the reason why his uncle brought him over to a dinner party today just to increase his acquaintances? Look! He's toasting the deputy mayor right now!"

As Yu Jianshu pointed out, Li Yuan did see the pick-up brother, who was toasting the deputy mayor like a grandson. Presumably, after folding this, Brother Pick Up can climb the big tree of the deputy mayor.

Alas! This is the situation! Obviously they are giving a welcome banquet to the generals who have contributed to the country, but in fact, they all want to follow the banquet of the powerful to build a common network! Li Yuan couldn't help but shake his head again, and began to drink again.

"Hey, I think you'd better drink less!Li Yuan!" Yu Jianshu showed a look of concern. This middle-aged person with the appearance of a dead fish is still more reliable in caring about people, "If you have anything on your mind, you can tell me about it, won't you fall out of love again?"

Li Yuan shook his head irritably when he heard this, "What, why do you want to think about it?"

"Oh, if it wasn't about love, then I really wouldn't have imagined that Li Yuan, the swordsman coach who has always been optimistic and cheerful, would be in a state of not thinking about tea and dinner because of something!"

"What kind of tea and rice don't you think? You're exaggerating, aren't you?"

"No! Yu Jianshu raised a hand, and his palm was firmly perpendicular to the ground, which accentuated his iron-clad tone, "I know best what kind of person you are usually, and seeing that you are patronizing and drinking like that, I know that you must have something on your mind." Okay, come on, tell me, what's on your mind?"

After the words were completely spoken, Yu Jianshu used his body to tap Li Yuan's arm.

Li Yuan twisted his body irritably, "Oops! It's that you're thinking too much, it's really okay!"

"Okay, don't hide it anymore, come and talk to me! I'm very good at enlightening people, didn't you come here with me whenever you had anything to do before?"

Under Yu Jianshu's repeated persuasion, Li Yuan's tightly sealed thoughts were also loosened for the first time. He began to raise his head slightly, accompanied by a soft sigh.

"I think you should confide in your thoughts! Hold everything in your heart, that's weird and uncomfortable!" Yu Jianshu's mouth was pursed, but in fact, his expression was full of evil smiles.

Li Yuan's thoughts seemed to have been completely disintegrated, and he instantly put down the small wine glass he was holding. The sound of a 'click' and the sound of the bottom of the cup hitting the table also made him firmly occupy the active position of the idea of 'speaking' in a desperate situation.

"Alas, I'm ......" When Li Yuan let go of the hand holding the wine glass, his sitting posture began to be irregular. Originally, he was still sitting upright, but now he is the kind of casual sitting statue with Erlang's legs crossed and his body crooked towards the back of the chair, "Actually, I don't want to think about it, but ...... But this reality really makes me have to think about it?"

"Oh?" Yu Jianshu deliberately leaned over his body, "Then I'm going to come and listen, what was our Coach Li Yuan lamenting before?"

Seeing this, Li Yuan kept his distance from him, "Oh, don't you want to be like this, is it interesting to be so sarcastic?"

"This ...... How can I have it? I really want to hear what you're thinking?" Yu Jianshu spread his hands and made an innocent appearance.

Li Yuan glanced at his colleague angrily, his body was like a deflated balloon, and the center of gravity of his body was slowly lowering, "Alas, Brother Jianshu! Sometimes I wonder, how can the hierarchy of this world be so indestructible?"

"Huh?" Yu Jianshu came out with a 'don't understand' look, "What?"

Li Yuan glared at Yu Jianshu again, "I mean...... Look!" he then pointed to the other round tables around him, "The arrangement of these round tables seems to be irregular, but in fact there are many mysteries! For example, the closer to our door, the lower the status of the people in the town. On the contrary, the closer you get inside, the more powerful it is!"

As Li Yuan spoke, his gaze lingered for a moment on the big table in the depths of the courtyard. It was the table of the Lord Regent and the Generalissimo, as well as the mayors and other high-ranking officials. At the same time, Li Yuan did not mean to lower his voice in the process of saying this, so that all the words he said were heard by the people at the same table.

This was intentional by Li Yuan, and he never intended to hide anything.

Correspondingly, the people at the table did not make any objections, they also drank sullen wine, bowed their heads and sighed and continued to sigh. In short, their style is similar to what Li Yuan showed before.

"Alas, I thought you were going to talk about something?" But Yu Jianshu showed the opposite, he neither felt the cold and silent atmosphere of the moment together, nor lamented together, he even shook his head with great fanfare and put on a helpless smile, "Isn't this human nature! You are not a child, and you don't know what this society is like?"

Yu Jianshu's head followed to the side, "It's a solidified society, how strict the hierarchy is, both of us have experienced it, why do you bother to find trouble for yourself?"

"Oh! I don't have to worry about it! I just feel it!"

"Your feelings don't make any sense! You know, it's good to be here at this dinner. Many civilians want to come, but they are not eligible. The reason why we were selected was also because of the identity of the trial ground coach as a member of the public [River Crab] service! Although there is a suspicion of being pulled to make up the numbers, it is also a kind of supreme honor to be able to sit here and watch at 'close range' with the extremely high-ranking officials and nobles over there!"

"Look at what you say, it looks like it's really glorious!"

"Well, yes, to put it in layman's terms, I really think it's honorable!"

After listening to Yu Jianshu's words, Li Yuan suddenly picked up the wine glass that belonged to him again. But just as he was about to pour it into his mouth, he realized that the cup was empty, and that it was just a few remaining beads.

So, in a frustrated manner, he poured sake into his cup again.

"Okay, Coach Li Yuan, don't worry about boring things, even if you worry about something, you can't change the facts at the moment!"

"Oops, I don't have to worry about anything, I just ......"

Because he was too excited, Li Yuan didn't have a good grasp of the strength of pouring wine into the wine glass, so that he didn't stop in time when the wine glass was full. Suddenly, a large amount of sake poured out, wetting the table at a certain distance from the side of the glass.

"Oops!" Li Yuan quickly raised the wine jug he was holding, and quickly used his other hand to grab the paper towel, constantly wiping the wet tabletop.

"What are you?"

As soon as Yu Jianshu's question came out, Li Yuan straightened up and wiped the table as if he was frozen. He also knew that it was a fact that the desktop was wet, and no matter how much he wiped it with a paper towel, it was completely none.

Immediately threw the tissue to the side, Li Yuan returned to that unorthodox sitting posture, hooked his hands to the back of the chair behind him as if he were spreading, and Erlang's legs continued to be cocked [River Crab].

"I really don't mean to bother myself, you know I'm not that kind of person, but ah......" Li Yuan's neck began to twist, he walked through one table and chair after another, and finally visited the mayor's table, "I just think, what's so great about those powerful people? If you give me a father with a great name, I can also get things done!"

With Li Yuan's gaze, Yu Jianshu couldn't help but look at that place. When he saw all the figures at the mayor's table, he suddenly took a deep breath, "Oh, are you talking about the marshal?"

"Hey! It's not just against her! I'm just talking about the characters of that group!" Li Yuan leaned forward, and the hands that had been stretched out and hooked on the back of the chair were also stretched forward. He moved his hands as if he was holding something, and finally stopped at a point in front of him, "In this solidified society, there are many capable people, and they themselves have extraordinary family backgrounds, which has created their brilliant abilities." Imagine if they didn't have a good family background, would they have been able to achieve this point?"

Li Yuan's words were quite heart-wrenching, and Yu Jianshu also sighed empatheticly, "Well, what you said is reasonable!"

"What is reasonable, it is the truth at all!" Li Yuan knocked on the table.

Yu Jianshu also put on a smiling face, "Ahh

Li Yuan didn't know how to deal with this question, so he simply didn't answer.

"Alas, but, Li Yuan, since you have spoken of that woman, I will focus on telling you about it. I heard that this woman is very amazing! Not to mention becoming a generalissimo at a young age, she managed to resist the sneak attack of Sauron's army a few days ago. You know what that means, Sauron's army has the myth of a god of war!"

Yu Jianshu said as he spoke, and the gaze of the female marshal who looked at the table in the distance was even more concentrated.

The woman had a ferocious feeling just by looking at it, a fierce face, and her cheeks were a little bulging, as if she were baby fat.

I remember her name seems to be ......

Yu Jianshu couldn't think of it for a while, but he knew that other people seemed to call this woman 'Marshal Shen'. It turns out that her surname is Shen! I think it should be like this, because this woman has a well-known father, and that is Shen Haiteng, who has the god of human swordsmen.

"Hey, I should have said it just now! It's not against her, I mean people like her!" Li Yuan's tone sounded very dissatisfied.

"Okay, okay, okay! I understand. But now...... Let's talk about her!" Yu Jianshu pointed to the table again, "I just said, she is really a heroine among women! After defeating Sauron's first wave of attacks, it seems that she has heard that the best defense has been prepared, and she is waiting for the enemy's follow-up attack!"

"Cut! It's good to advertise!" Li Yuan waved his hand disdainfully.

"Hey, Li Yuan, you're full of jealousy right now!" Yu Jianshu's eyes glanced at his partner next to him. But this action didn't last long, and he looked at the generalissimo Shen again.

Since just now, that Marshal Shen has been talking with several men next to him. What are they talking about? Judging by the style alone, it seems to be a private matter. But......

Yu Jianshu noticed that a young man like Marshal Shen didn't seem to have talked much with the mayor. The work of chatting with the mayor of the town is basically done by the old regent next to the marshal.

It seems that even if they are all powerful, they can't cross the age barrier! Yu Jianshu thought casually.

"I don't want to be jealous of anything, I'm just expressing some emotions!" Li Yuan next to him drank again.

Yu Jianshu couldn't help but laugh again, "Anyway, you seem to want to be them!"

The 'they' in Yu Jianshu's mouth not only pointed to Marshal Shen, but also to the young man next to her. I heard that they are all cronies of the marshal, and they are all young. It seems that these people should also have an unbeatable family background! Yu Jianshu shrugged helplessly.

"Alas, don't talk nonsense about this, I never said I wanted to be them!" Li Yuan raised his hand in a half-high position.