Chapter 20: The Banquet Bends the Waist
Songjiang Chunxianglou "Whole Perch Banquet", the main plate of perch is the golden camelina and jade fish, Song sister-in-law fish soup, Dongpo ink perch, perch and Rong soup; The seafood accompaniment is toast moon axe, mushroom white crab roe, hibiscus shrimp, pastry cake is cat ears, lotus fish bun, aloe vera crisp roll. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
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The three of them got up and swept out of the cabin, at this time, under the dark moon and starry night sky, on the water surface of the cold mirror, the lights were far away, and a three-story fish-shaped shipbuilding came into view by the bridge. Wait for them to leave the boat, go up to the bamboo row fish dam with the murmuring water, look at the blue of the lake, and the Wang Lotus clusters with purple flowers and green canopies on it are like the illusion of the real duckweed, and the immortality spreads all over the Chunxiang Boat Building in the middle of the lake ten zhang away.
Qiao Wen was the leader of leisure and leisure, Gao Fei and Hu Dianchen were calm, and then they stepped on the lotus lightly, and every time they stepped on it, the lake waves rippled round and rippled, and the pink cheek perch of the group tour frolicked suddenly scattered among the secluded water and grass.
The three of them gradually approached the center of the lake, only to see a two-wheeled giant waterwheel hanging from the belly of the boat in front of them, rotating leisurely and tinkling the water; The vermilion boat building is sideways, the morning glory green vine climbs the wall, and the zigzag quaint board ladder zigzags and stretches to the top floor of the flower attic; And on both sides of the beast horn eaves erected double benchmarks, the left with the wind fluttering with the five-color fish flags, the right is hanging high swaying the building brand pennant, on which the double cloud said, Yulu Chunxiang Building, Qiu Si whole perch feast.
Chunxiang upstairs has a welcome waitress to see the three of them, rattle the bell and laugh to show it, the goddess scattered flowers to welcome it, only to listen to the sound of the iron chain on the outer wall of the cabin, slowly into the anchor round hole, the bottom of the water rose a black anchor covered with rust, the anchor teeth hooked a bamboo crescent boat, the face of which was written with the words "VIP please".
Just immersed in the ingenuity of the Wang Lian pontoon, followed by this ingenious banquet to welcome guests, sigh novelty, the three of them have a little confusion, forget their duties, enjoy it, after getting on the boat smoothly, they heard the silver bell shake crisply, the iron chain Zheng Zheng continued, it did not take much time, the three people have risen to the top floor of the outer edge of the platform. In the double girl's bun, the maids in Wu costume in the water town led down, and finally entered the private banquet hall on the third floor of Chunxiang through the corridor and aisle.
The flower and bird palace lamps in the hall are even the corners of the wall, bright and majestic as day, two rows of exotic Persian carpets are paved, the Changping banquet table is set up, and sitting according to the table is the three murderers of Mount Tai, Sima Ziyi and his party, and the phoenix tail people led by Ruan Luoqi. In the center of the Jiuyu celadon tile hall, the head plate in the fairy tired is named Shuangji, Xiaoman is dancing on the waist, and Fan Sudang is holding the pipa and playing.
Qiao Wen and the other three also saw Li Yutang, the magistrate of Songjiang, sitting in casual clothes, pouring wine and drinking, while Tong Qianjing, who was standing next to him, seemed to be closing his eyes to recuperate. Although everyone is in the bright lights, clinking glasses and scooping staggered, throwing pots and drinking games, but Qiao Wen and the other three people sat cross-legged as soon as they entered the hall, and these people all drifted around, intentionally or unintentionally touching the weapons at hand, waist, in arms, and behind their backs. Such a gathering of rivers and lakes for a banquet, I don't like to be separated from the government, Gu Li Yutang county officials are here, but there is a reason for the incident, and I have to endure it. Now with the addition of six doors, it means that there is no intention to have fun.
Qiao Wen also felt uneasy, and after the gesture retreated from the dance, he told the public and said: "The six doors have always been righteous in martial arts, and they do the things of the rivers and lakes, but this time they are invited by the beauties, and they have grievances and hatreds, if they are not involved in official business, their actions have nothing to do with us." ā
Qiao Wen's words implied that he knew that everyone had the heart of peeping at the treasure and wanted to denounce the mistakes of the Divine Lady Sect in Pinxia Bay, if they acted according to the rules of the rivers and lakes and did not harm the innocent civilians, the six doors would not be able to control themselves. When everyone heard him say that there was a clear distinction between public and private, they seemed to be speechless, but in fact, they had ghosts in their hearts and didn't want to have more branches.
Among the many heroes who sat at the banquet, Ruan Luoqi held an important position in the Fengwei Gang, and this time in the mission of Pinxia Bay, it was originally to receive the three masters of the "Sanxiang Qize" helmsman to help the "Phoenix Shark Set Sail", but the three of them were tragically poisoned, and let the sworn enemy "White Shark Gang" rob the ship of Pinxia Bay, which can be said to have lost his wife and soldiers, not only won the competition, but also did not know how to explain his guilt to the chief gang leader and the chief helmsman of Dongting Junshan.
After returning to the Songjiang Branch, he thought about how to atone for his crimes, and only thought of blackmailing or inducing the author of the "Phoenix Shark Sailing" verdict to change the sentence, and this person was Songjiang Zhixian and Li Yutang. He also thought that he could not act recklessly and go deep into the inner courtyard of the government palace that was strictly guarded, plus there was also the 7749-style ruthless torture knife of Songjiang Catcher Chen Jintang. Just as he was about to ponder and have a headache for this difficulty, fortunately, Li Yutang and Tong Qianjing, a master and a servant, attended the banquet in Chunxianglou, so he also appeared in it and implemented the pre-drawn abduction plan.
At this time, Qiao Wen and the three of them suddenly appeared, this plan is difficult to do, Ruan Luoqi is worthy of being the deputy gang leader for many years, thinking of the employment relationship between the White Shark Gang and the Dark Flower Organization, he raised his glass to Li Yutang, and said Xiang Xiang like this: "Lord Li, this gang was framed by Gu Kuoyang and Jade Waist Slave and others in Pinxia Bay, and suffered heavy losses, can the matter of the Wind Shark's voyage be postponed for the time being?" ā
In fact, Li Yutang understood that Ruan Luoqi's words involved the dark flower case handled by Qiao Wen, and he pretended not to know, because this "Phoenix Shark Sailing" competition was the highlight of the "City God's Temple" celebration, and he had received a lot of sponsorship from the squires and celebrities, so as to prosper his people's income, increase his county tax revenue, and consolidate his political achievements.
Therefore, after Li Yutang closed the cup and drank it all, he shook his head with a little sorrow and said: "This is a grievance between you and the rivers and lakes, Master Qiao also said that it has nothing to do with the government, and the official document has been pasted on the city gate billboard, if you want to go back on your word, won't you lose your prestige in front of the people of the county!" ā
Ruan Luoqi had no choice but to give up lobbying, and when he saw Li Yutang pretending to be with him, he had another plan; "The so-called free drinking, small gambling pleasure, adults have nothing to do, why don't you have fun with me?"
Li Yutang pretended to wipe his sweat, looked sideways at Qiao Wen's place, and saw that he was endless, so he said with confidence: "Okay, let's tell me how to gamble." ā
"We are waiting for a group of martial artists in the rivers and lakes, of course, we don't make poems to compare, but we compare the amount of wine and the strength of a thousand pounds. How about a capable person from each side? "Ruan Luoqi bullied Chen Jintang and regarded Tong Qianjing as useless, if he knew that two years ago, the "Yin and Yang Water Evil" in the White Shark Gang, had sneaked into the county magistrate's office because he was not satisfied with the defeat of the Phoenix Shark's sailing, and wanted to attack at night to retaliate against Li Yutang, but he was merciful under the knife of this person now, and the back of the knife was hit hard to break the ribs, and the handle of the knife burst the forehead and eye sockets, and then fled in the wilderness, he would not have thought about it.
At this time, the gong sounded, the white scarf tied the silk coiled hair, the powder was fragrant and sweaty, the jade arm rolled up the sleeves and held the plate, the slender waist was wrapped around the apron, and Mrs. Song, who was dressed as a chef, had already moved out of the inner hall kitchen and put the main dish of the whole perch banquet "Golden Camellia and Jade Fish" on the banquet table of Qiao Wen.
Mrs. Song handed Qiao Wen ivory jade chopsticks, Qiao Wen looked at the fish white as jade, vegetable yellow as gold, then picked up the chopsticks and sliced perch raw, dipped in the mushroom juice, the mouth swallowed it, and sighed after the endless aftertaste: "Dream taste, compared to the West Lake vinegar fish to a higher level." ā
Mrs. Song's lips moved: "Did Shugong forget that the slave family's surname is Song?" "It turns out that there was a dozen young men of the Song family who were fishing on the shore of West Lake in Hangzhou who fell ill one day, and his sister-in-law personally went down to the West Lake to catch a fish and cooked an appetizing dish for him with sugar and vinegar, and the young man was quickly cured. After the news spread, the chefs scrambled to imitate it, and since then, "West Lake vinegar fish" has become famous in Hangzhou. Therefore, Mrs. Song said this, which is said to be the queen of famous chefs.
When Qiao Wen heard this, he smiled and said: "It turned out that it was Sister-in-law Song, no wonder the fish is long, I can't wait to taste the second beautiful cooking." ā
Just when Mrs. Song and Qiao Wenxing had the first banquet to try the food to show the importance of the guests, the "golden camelina and jade fish" in the rest of the table had been served to their tables. Everyone tasted it, and they all felt that the entrance was smooth, and the words of admiration continued, and they couldn't stop chopsticks, and the haze of rigidity also flew away. Sima Ziyi, who was sitting there, came from a famous family, and his diet was also exquisite, and he couldn't help but quote poetry: "It can be said that the golden camellia and jade fish are cooked in the snow, and the jellyfish river pillar is detached from the spring, which is not an exaggeration!" ā
Mrs. Song humbly retired: "Everyone's reputation, please take a closer look, the slave family will not accompany the young meeting, and change clothes and return." ā
Qiao Wen and everyone left the table and entered, he knew in his heart that Mrs. Song was not just changing her clothes, she must have taken out the secret water and warm jade and handed it over to her.
At this time, after Ruan Luoqi wiped his mouth with a napkin, he shouted "Ah Porpoise" backwards, only to see a big fat wrestler, with a Nezha gold hoop around his neck and a shirtless vest, and he had walked to the center of the hall in response. Ruan Luoqi then explained the rules of the competition: "Both sides send one person to stand in a circle, if one side drinks a jar of wine first, it has to take the opportunity, and whoever gets out of the circle first will be defeated." How is it? ā
Li Yutang slightly revealed the true colors of the old businessman, and said slyly: "What should be the bet?" ā
Ruan Luoqi saw that Li Yutang had fallen into the trap, so he said: "How about the loser agreeing to any of the other party's requests that do not violate martial arts?" ā
Li Yutang knew that he was thinking about the phoenix shark's voyage, but he didn't move at all, and promised with his mouth: "A word is a certainty, and I will use this wine to witness with everyone here." With that, he lifted the wine from his glass and drank it down.
Ruan Luoqi didn't want Li Yutang to be so refreshing, so he also showed his goodwill, and then returned the salute. The reason why he felt that he was sure to win was that this man named Ah Dolphin had a great background. Ruan Ah Dolphin, the head of the Songjiang branch of the Fengwei Gang, is infinitely powerful, and his skill is to wield a wire anchor that weighs as much as a thousand catties, and often uses this to destroy the opponent's ships in water battles with the enemy, and defeat the enemy in one fell swoop. This is also the reason why the Fengwei Gang is the only one river that can compete with the White Shark Gang in the East China Sea many times.
And Li Yutang is not like this, and he is also extremely relieved of Tong Qianjing. Tong Qianjing, originally a hunter in Baiyun Mountain, Songjiang County, met strangers in the "Heitan Swamp" by chance, and taught them advanced skills, and since then his martial arts have been growing rapidly. Later, because he wanted to cure the tuberculosis of the elderly woman, he went into the mountains for two months to hunt tiger gall as medicine, and when he returned, his mother's spiritual position had been established, and Li Yutang was the person who bought a coffin for him to put in the tomb and mourn, and did his filial piety. Therefore, Tong Qianjing entered the Li Mansion from then on, and swore to be a slave for life to repay his kindness. To say that Li Yutang has been an official for five years, he has never been injured when he goes out, and he is all guarded by this person. Moreover, he and Qiao Wen had already made up their minds, wanting to create an atmosphere of fear that the world would not be chaotic, so as to lure the jade waist slave who might be hidden into the urn.
The floor in the center of the hall is paved with a circle of more than six feet wide, eliminating the need to draw circles, and the attendants have already prepared ten jars of "spring fragrance dew" and put them in. Everyone looked at each other, the two people who were close to each other, Ruan Agu was thick-lipped and broad-mouthed, fat as a manatee, and heavy as a mountain; Tong Qianjing is ruthless with wolf eyes, a tiger's back and a waist, and a tall body. In terms of corner drinking, the former is superior, and in terms of fighting momentum, it is inferior to the latter.
Li Yutang gave an order to start, Ruan Agu tore off the paper at the mouth of the altar, held the wine in his hand, poured it down, swallowed the cow drink, and quickly poured it into the abdomen, while Tong Qianjing crushed the mud plug in the mouth, hooked the altar ear with his fingers, supported his body with his arm, and the thin water flowed for a long time, slowly introducing it into the throat. Without a moment's effort, the two of them drank two jars of more than 30 catties of spring fragrance wine. You must know that this spring fragrance dew is fragrant at the beginning of the mouth, like a spring breeze in the body, but the stamina is full of brain, like a splash. Ruan Agu likes to eat the thousand-year-old sea cucumber king since he was a child, and the gastrointestinal and abdominal walls in his body absorb it freely like a sponge, so he adopts a fast attack strategy and wants to repel it before he is overwhelmed. And Tong Qianjing in Pang Yu, Zhu Xie Baiqi, Fan Su and Xiaoman and other "Friends" people, can be said to be very good drinking, thousands of cups are not drunk, Pang Yu often laughed and said, his drinking is as natural as drinking water, there must be a wine devil in the belly, selling wheat worms. Therefore, now Tong Qianjing let his tricks come around, planning to strike later.
Ruan Agu got the opportunity to do it, his arm muscles wiped the corners of his lips, his hand slapped his bald head a few times, and said: "Little brother agrees, come and accept my punch!" After speaking, he raised his arms and swung his fist, and the "Black Tiger Stealing Heart" with eight skills implied has rushed towards Tong Qianjing's heart.
Tong Qianjing's chest was hard to be punched, the green tendons around his neck loomed for a while, and his right sleeve flew with the airflow, exposing the strong bare arm muscles, and his feet did not move at all. Ruan Agu only felt that his fist was stopped by Tong Qianjing's full and powerful clothes, and the strength of his fist was concave by his muscles like a whirlpool, and he had to let go of his fist and retract his arms in shock.
Although everyone at the banquet looked at each other indistinctly, they were also enjoying the applause, and Qiao Wen, Taishan Three Murderers and other people with high vision had already seen that Tong Qianjing was almost borrowing strength to move flowers and trees, but instead of unloading the force, he concentrated his strength on the meridians of his arm.
Tong Qianjing said nothing, palmed his hand, to show continuation, still opened the wine jar, tilted his mouth obliquely, and flowed into his throat. Ruan Agu saw that he was drinking, so he also hugged the altar and drank deeply, and his heart was very relieved, and he concluded that he had internal injuries and hemoptysis and did not vomit, and if he drank again, he would definitely lose.
After the beard, Ruan Agu cleared the empty bottom of the altar first, he threw the altar to the ground, and swept his side eyes to Ruan Luoqi's throat with his palm, showing his heavy hand secret command. It seems that Ruan Luoqi already knows that Tong Qianjing is not an ordinary person, so it is better to strike first, so as not to have many dreams at night.
Ruan Agu comprehended its meaning, his feet slammed to the ground, the ankle ring sounded, and he charged his palms under him, and pushed Tong Qianjing to cross the waist bone, which was his long body skill, pushing the "five dings to open the mountain". Tong Qianjing's left arm straddles the front, the crotch guard blocks his palm, and the right arm hangs down backwards. The people sitting suddenly saw the two of them spinning like a whirlwind and clouds, Ruan Agu was led away by Tong Qianjing, his body shifted and reversed, and he threw out the strong air flow of his mountain palm, and rushed out of the people outside the Zhang, and most of the people who were close were overturned. And Ruan Agu and everyone were shocked when Tong Qianjing's moving and unloading technique was stunned, and it didn't stop in an instant, Tong Qianjing's old plan was repeated, and the two returned to their places again, as if they had nothing to do, but Ruan Agu was already sweating, and Tong Qianjing's right arm was even more swollen and swollen, accompanied by green tendons.
Qiao Wen, who was here to enjoy the dishes after the whole perch banquet and watched the scene of Tong Ruan's two drinking skills, had already recognized where Tong Qianjing came from, and couldn't help but sigh secretly again about the many Crouching Tigers, Hidden Dragons in Songjiang Mansion.
Ten years ago, the "Night Wandering God" Gongye Liang and the "Nine Hidden Marquis" Jizang, in Jiuhua Mountain "Taibaiju" sword decisive battle, can be described as a shocking crying ghosts and gods, although after this battle, the double dragon hidden phoenix, a little disappeared, the two of them dominated, the domineering style has become the grandmaster of the younger generations of the rivers and lakes to admire.
And Tong Qianjing used the unique skill of Gong Yeliang, the "Night Wandering God", the "Soul and Dream Drawing Method". In the past, after Gongye Liang defeated the sword in the ground, he was lonely and settled in Songjiang County to live in seclusion. Tong Qianjing met this stranger in the "Heitan Swamp" at that time, and Gongye Liang saw that his son had entered the eye, accepted the apprentice into the faction, and taught his lifelong martial arts.
Qiao Wen recalled the wonderful comments about this Jianghu War Record recorded in the Six Doors Dossier, and knew that Tong Qianjing in front of him was undoubtedly victorious, and looked at Li Yutang in a blink of an eye, and suddenly felt that this person was unfathomable, there would be such a tall person close to the left side, plus the goddess of the Song Lady, Neixian, I didn't know what he didn't know.
At this time, Mrs. Song had already stepped into the table from the inner hall, put down the sandalwood box in her hand, and held her waist with blessings: "Lao Zhujun has been waiting for a long time, the Yi family is really sorry." ā
Qiao Wen saw that her silk hair was tied up, her ears were beaded, her heroic look, and her armed dress with a tight collar and hanging sleeves, a narrow waist and floor-length hakama, he could see that she was determined and wanted to do something. Qiao Wen secretly elbowed and touched Gao Feiqi's arm beside him a few times, and transmitted the voice into the secret order: "Sima Ziyi, it's up to you to deal with it." ā
Gao Fei didn't know what Qiao Wen's calculations were, so he gave the order and didn't think much about it, anyway, he apologized for Pang Yu's affection, and dealt with it smoothly, so he got up and walked to Sima Ziyi in the east corner of the hall.
On the one hand, it was the misfortune of capsizing in this gutter and losing his reputation in the rivers and lakes, and secondly, he was afraid that people would find out the true purpose of his appearance in Songjiang. After returning to the inn, he was secretly repenting, but he learned that the goddess sect was going to invite a banquet in Chunxiang Building, and a group of five people rushed to it and came uninvited. There is clear water and warm jade, why care about the "night pearl" of the lost deal, Sima Ziyi figured it out after entering the table, and experienced from the battle of the dark flower blood to wash the summer bay, and already knew a little about the relationship between Mrs. Song, Qiao Wen and the blue water and warm jade, and knew that if he wanted to get this jade from the hands of the goddess sect, he had to pass Qiao Wen first. He was thinking hard about the method of taking the jade, but when he saw Gao Fei walking leisurely, he couldn't help but sigh that Qiao Wen had taken the preemptive action, it seemed that this jade was not something that could be taken lightly, and it would take a few twists and turns.
Gao Fei stepped forward to salute and said, "Uncle Ziyi, where the duty lies, the kid is offended." Gao Fei's father, Gao Rui and Sima Ziyi are both antique collectors, the former is needed for work, and the latter is caused by the family business, so the two families have contacts with each other, and they are old friends.
Sima Ziyi stopped his words and said: "Nephew Gaoxian, don't be polite, I understand that you are here, and if you want me to see the treasure empty, you will show your real skills." ā
Gao Fei wiped out the black light soft sword of his belt, stretched out his chest to receive a sword salute, and said in his spirit: "Juniors, please consult!" ā
Sima Ziyi shook his head and said, "Okay, I read your uncle, it's not in vain to get acquainted with your father, the so-called sword has no eyes, fists and feet have no grace," he paused slightly, looked at the corner of the hall, pointed to the two rows of nine-chain toy racks for drinking and playing, and continued: "Since we both use swords, so as not to say that I deceive my juniors, how about coming to the sword to solve the nine links?" ā
Nine rings, bronze, ancient folk toys, consisting of nine rings and frames. The person who has attained the Dharma must go up and down 81 times before he can put the nine connected rings into one column, and then 81 times before he can untie all the nine rings. This toy is loved by everyone from scholars to women, children and children, because of its interlocking continuity, it is very interesting and fascinating.
Gao Fei is deeply proficient in this thing, and his early understanding is less than the quick solution step of the Nine Rings, and he is secretly happy in his heart, just now he was worried that the injury had just healed, and he could not be worried about his true anger, he estimated that such a test would not only be more dexterous than the sword, but also more intelligent than the heart, and there was also a slight chance of winning. Therefore, he nodded silently in agreement, and the two of them took up their swords and began to fight.
Gao Fei saw Sima Ziyi enter from the first ring, and knew that he used the method of solving the complex ring, and the blade of the sword slapped the ring body, leaving no trace, which shows that his swordsmanship skills are profound, just like the usual precision of the size of the sword flower. Although he knows that he is not invincible to his swordsmanship, he is fortunate to know the method of quick unraveling, coupled with the saving of the sword quality of the soft sword, as long as he does not destroy the frame and break the ring, he can also win in terms of speed. Therefore, he was no longer distracted, his mind was pure, his mind was recalled several times, and he pulled his sword into the ring. After that, the two of them patted their swords, and the rings jingled, like playing fairy music, and the appearance seemed to be a chic sword dance, and the inside was already addicted to the war without martial arts.
(To be continued in Chapter 21);