【179】Heroes' Night Banquet (4)
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The conversation between Ye Qingxuan and Xue Gongwang did win some benefits for the master, but what he got was indeed not as much as he originally expected......
Undoubtedly, the plan to kidnap Chong Xielin can be nullified.
Now that the conditions have been negotiated with the imperial court, he and the others can still have an egg to kidnap Chong Xielin again...... It is much more worthwhile to be paid enough without taking risks than to take risks, especially in the current state of affairs.
Xie Yuanluo naturally had important matters to discuss with Xue Gongwang and others, and staying there by himself was also an obstacle to others, so it was better to walk around and take a look, it was best to intercept the senior brother and his party, so as not to come to danger again.
Ye Qingxuan took a few steps up the stairs from the side hall and came to the location of the banquet on the second floor.
A team of tiger guards who maintained law and order stepped forward to interrogate, Ye Qingxuan casually showed the token of "banquet envoy", sent several tiger guard guards away, and sighed secretly This thing is really good.
In addition to inviting the guests attending the banquet before the banquet, these "banquet envoys" are also responsible for greeting guests at the door and guiding guests to their seats, that is to say, Ye Qingxuan is now a staff member of this banquet, and he can wander aimlessly, as long as he is cautious, he will not be suspected.
Seats have been set up on the high platform on the second floor.
Chongxuanhu's seat is located in the north of the hall facing the steps upstairs.
On the next floor, there are two seats, the left seat is the seat of Chong Xuanhu's only son, Chong Xielin, and the right seat is the seat of his younger brother Chong Yanhu.
The three of them sat north and faced south, facing the group, and their position was a cut above ordinary people.
On the main hall, there are 200 seats on each side on both sides, five seats horizontally, forty seats vertically, a total of 400 seats, all facing the large space like the square in the heart of the palace, each seat can sit five people, the seats are divided into two rows before and after, the front row is of course the position of many magnates, wealthy merchants, officers, ministers and the lord of the martial arts sect, and the back row is the family members or samurai generals with special status.
The closer to Chongxuanhu's banquet, the more noble the status is, originally Xie Zi'an and Xue Wengong, the two powerful subordinates of Wen Yiwu, will sit in the left seat and the right seat respectively, so as to highlight the importance of the two in Chongxuanhu's heart. But it's a pity that Xue Wengong was assassinated, and at this time, as long as Ning Antai, the captain of the Tiger Guard, was promoted to sit opposite to Xie Zi'an.
Rosewood seats of one color covered both sides of the main hall, and the square-like open space in the center of the hall had been paved with red felt of moderate hardness and softness, which looked no different from the carpet of the previous life.
The palace square is used for performances, and between the seats on both sides, a partition is made with various flower baskets, and the whole banquet venue looks neat and solemn, but it is full of interest.
Ye Qingxuan looked at the layout here, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion, this is here, in the near future, it is destined to have a bloody storm, and I don't know how many people can survive here.
I think that after Qiu Feiyan comes, she will perform Zheng art in the center of that venue, with this as the center, with her sound wave power that can affect the meridians of the human body, she will definitely be able to control everyone in the venue......
By the way, sonic power!?
Qiu Feiyan's sonic skill can be said to be an indiscriminate attack, and the same is true of his own [Seven-String Invisible Sword], if he is not prepared in advance, with Qiu Feiyan's skill, he is afraid that he will not be able to resist the congenital level, that is to say, he and his senior brothers will definitely be strongly affected.
It seems that the senior brother and others should be reminded to pay attention to this, and it is best to prepare some cotton, and then wet the ears with spit, so as to minimize the impact of sound wave work.
At noon, the maidservants began to be busy preparing decorations on the seats.
Xie Yuan spent a lot of thought on this "Hero's Banquet", and saw that there were rhino horn wine bottles, ivory spoons, bronze wine cakes, white glass cups, green bamboo chopsticks, and cold and bright boning knives......
Ye Qing Xuanbo watched with interest as these beautiful girls were busy, and when he looked up, he saw the halls on both sides and the northernmost three-story hall, which was located in a high position, and he would definitely be able to enjoy the scenery in it.
Ye Qingxuan was also curious for a while, so he walked over, wanting to climb up and watch the scenery. As soon as he arrived downstairs, he was stopped by the tiger guard in front of the door and warned him not to enter here.
"This big brother, I'm the banquet envoy here," Ye Qingxuan said as he took out the token "I don't know ...... here."
"Don't talk nonsense, didn't your boss tell you that you weren't allowed to come here to peep? Get out, get out, take a step late, Lao Tzu slashed you with a knife......"
Ye Qingxuan hurriedly slipped away.
Looking back at the halls on both sides and the front pavilion with deep meaning, Ye Qingxuan secretly said in his heart: Could it be that Chongxuanhu ambushed the legendary "Five Hundred Sword and Axe Hands" here? Isn't it a little too obvious, this can't hide the innate master.
Thinking about it again, at this time, the court and Chongxuanhu are like a pair of opponents who play "stud", the cards that should be dealt have been dealt, the bets that should be placed have been made, and the rest is the final stage of the cards. Now it seems that the cards on the face of the court are much bigger than Chongxuanhu, but Chongxuanhu is not without a chance to turn the tables, all the qiē, to see the last hole card shown by both sides tonight.
Whether you win or lose is about to tell.
On both sides of the gamble, no one can afford to lose.
Ye Qingxuan is the same, his own teacher can't afford to lose. If Chongxuanhu wins, not only himself, but the entire Qingyun Temple will be wiped out by the army, and the foundation of the Kunwu faction will probably collapse at this point.
For the sake of prudence, I still have to meet with the senior brothers. In particular, the situation of negotiating with Xue Gongwang must be passed on to the master, Chong Xielin's kidnapping plan can be canceled, and this place of life still seems too dangerous.
Ye Qingxuan, who had just arrived at the door, encountered an accident again.
"I am the banquet envoy here, and I was ordered to go out of the mansion to greet the martial arts colleagues who rushed over......"
"There is an order from the peak, and the General's Mansion is allowed to enter but not to leave!"
Ye Qingxuan was dumbfounded, and his hands and feet suddenly became cold......
The banquet is scheduled to start at seven o'clock in the evening, but who dares to pinch the banquet of General Zhennan?
Just after two o'clock in the afternoon, there were few guests with their prayers.
Lu Qingzheng and the others also rushed over when the earliest batch of martial arts people arrived, although they had studied the architectural model of the Great General's Mansion before, but the sooner they were familiar with the actual situation, the more they could increase the success rate by a few points.
Xie Zi'an scattered his hair, his face was also glued to his beard, and he drew a few strokes with makeup powder between his eyebrows, and his whole appearance changed greatly, even if he was a familiar person, it was difficult to distinguish at first glance.
It's just that Xie Zi'an is a little allergic to the glue that sticks to the beard, and his chin itches badly, and he keeps scratching around.
"What are you doing? lice?" Qingyan Daoist looked down on the apprentice who fell from the sky, and when he saw him scratching his ears and cheeks, he couldn't help but reprimand him sharply.
The group dressed as the dart master of the Yuanshan Dart Bureau, followed behind Fang Yuanshan, and came to the venue.
Regarding the actions of these Taoist priests of Qingyunguan against Chongxuanhu, although Fang Yuanshan was not directly involved, he was willing to support it, even if he was implicated because of it. In addition to the moral reasons mentioned, more importantly, it is difficult to hide the matter of the Yuanshan Dart Bureau's secret assistance to the reconnaissance patrol group, if it is really Chongxuanhu's profit, he Yuanshan Dart Bureau will not be able to please anything when he settles accounts after the autumn, so basically he and Qingyunguan are grasshoppers tied to a rope, and they can't run away from you, and they can't run away from me......
The five of them all came on foot, all kinds of brocade clothes along the way, or riding a high-headed horse, or sitting in a splendid carriage, bustling past everyone, and the same way with empty eyes, glanced at the five people on foot, all showed a look of disdain, sneering, very contemptuous.
There was a particularly excessive, deliberately running around the five people, running back and forth a few times, kicking up the sand in the sky, and then glaring a few times with disdain, laughing arrogantly and leaving.
"**--This gang of fools, they don't know when they come from afar to send them to death, and they are still showing off their power with the young master here, and they deserve his ** early death......" Xie Zi'an has always been riding on a horse and despised the image of a qiē, but now he has an identity with others, and he can't stand such a cold sneer.
"The second young master didn't do this back then, right?"
"I'm x, who is my brother? Even if my brother is a gentleman, it is also a gentleman with style and face, as soon as my brother comes out of the horse, the handsome little ladies in the south city of Manjing have to run out to see my brother...... Can you compare with your brother with these eye-catching things?"
Xie Zi'an talked eloquently, and when he was proud, he suddenly felt that something was wrong, and when he looked up, he saw Master Qingyan Daoren looking at him with a sneer, and he was suddenly shocked, and his master dared to call him "brother", what is the rhythm of not doing death?
When they arrived at the "Zhennan General's Mansion", several people entered the mansion with a salute.
The road leading to the "Qi Cultivation Hall" of the banquet is lined with flowers on both sides, indicating a path to the banquet venue. Even if people are stupid and don't understand the truth of this, those who want to go to the fork in the road are blocked by the elite soldiers on both sides of the road, ten steps and one sentry.
Xie Zi'an, who had deeply studied the layout here, said in a low voice: "The 'Zhennan General's Mansion' has five halls and eighteen palaces, we can only go to the deepest 'Qi Cultivation Palace', if the rest of the places are ambushed with heavy troops, almost we are now stepping into the enemy's encirclement......"
He Qingzhu rarely didn't hold a broken book this time, his hands were empty, he nodded and said: "The layout here is huge, there are high walls between each building, Chongxuanhu designed this place as a fortress-like layout, whether it is offensive or defensive, it is extremely lawful, if someone attacks it, I am afraid that there will be many casualties." ”
Then he stretched out his hand and pointed to the "Huwei Palace" located in the center and the highest position and said: "There is the key to the whole mansion, do you see it, the top of the hall is also designed with a higher watchtower, whether there is a foreign enemy attacking, or like this time in the mansion to encircle and annihilate the heroes, here will be the center of the dispatch place, during the day with the flag as the number, at night with the lights as the order, with the drum and trumpet golden gong, the actual victory of tens of thousands of male soldiers......"
Everyone nodded yes together.
He Qingzhu is a nerd, smart and wise, and has a wide range of knowledge, and the purpose of the building in the house can be explained at will.
Fang Yuanshan couldn't help but admire this Taoist priest who didn't speak much, although this person didn't say much, but he was sure to be right, after a few times, it made people feel a sense of unfathomable, which made people trust and heartbreaking. At this time, listening to what he said about the role of the hall, he couldn't help asking: "If there is a foreign enemy in normal times, after the city is broken, this mansion will inevitably become the last place of defense, and the person in command at that time must be Chongxuanhu." But at this banquet, he Chongxuanhu is afraid that he is lacking in skills, I don't know who will command the army tonight, this candidate is extremely important, I don't know who is up to the task?"
Xie Zi'an rarely used his brain, and when he listened carefully, he was shocked and said: "There are only two people who Chongxuanhu trusts, it shouldn't be Chongxilin, right? If he is in command here, then our plan will not be ......?"
"It's Chongyanhu-" He Qingzhu interrupted Xie Zi'an's worries softly, "At such a time of life and death, Chong Xuanhu's qualifications and experience are not enough to deal with it, and during Chongxuanhu's cautious period, Chongyanhu will inevitably be allowed to sit in the ......" Then he sighed faintly, and said in a deep voice: "At the time of the dinner, as long as Chongyanhu leaves the table for an excuse, it must be the time when Chongxuanhu decides to do it......"
"If only Chong Xie Lin had been following Chong Xuanhu's side......"
"That's impossible—" Xie Zi'an flatly denied, "I know you're worried that there will be a mistake in it, and there will be a ...... But I bought the servants around Chong Xilin, four before and after, and secretly observed him for four whole years, and this habit of his has not changed, and every time before killing, he must go to a secret room for half an hour, and then bathe and change clothes...... For four years, it was like this, and every servant who became aware of this habit eventually disappeared inexplicably...... He must be hiding something, but it doesn't matter if he doesn't know, his habit will definitely not change, the more important the killing moment, the more he will be like this, even if he is out on an expedition, he will prepare a special tent and stay in it for half an hour. And it must be before the killing, not after, or a day before......"
Everyone was silent, and they didn't understand the weird habit of worshipping evil lin, but everyone may have different habits, which is understandable, the key is that the little junior brother believes in Xie Zi'an very much at this point, so the information he provides, everyone will not doubt it.
Oh?
Lu Qingzheng, who was walking in the forefront, suddenly sighed softly, and then stood abruptly.
Everyone looked forward, Ye Qingxuan was gloomy and rushed over from the front, and that kind of dignified look made everyone's hearts sink.
"I saw Xue Gong looking-" This was Ye Qingxuan's first sentence.
Everyone's nervousness was raised.
"The plan to kidnap Chong Xielin was immediately canceled-" This was Ye Qingxuan's second sentence.
Everyone looked at Ye Qingxuan suspiciously.
"Let's find a way to escape immediately-" This was Ye Qingxuan's third sentence.
Everyone's hearts were cold......