Chapter 19: The Banquet

The lights are on.

Inside and outside the official post in Shifang County, there is already a lively scene of bright lights and wine.

Yang Yun came to the door of the post house, looked up at the strings of red lanterns hanging high on the eaves of the three-story wooden building, and was thinking about how to hang them, Lin Geng had heard the news and greeted him.

Lin Geng said respectfully: "Please forgive me, I am too busy here, and I didn't have time to go to the workshop to greet ...... You inside, please. ”

Yang Yun asked, "Why is it so lively?" ”

Lin Geng said with a smile: "The county order said that they wanted to have fun with the people, and there was no decent celebration banquet after the war, so while the Qinghe Daoist and Mr. Gongsun were there, they invited the gentry in the city to come over and gather together, and by the way, I mentioned the matter of raising military rations." ”

"Oh!"

Yang Yun responded, thinking: "Su County's order also has some means, knowing that he can't afford to entertain this greedy and lustful Qinghe, he nominally invited the gentry to the banquet, but in fact, it is not a coincidence to set up a name and let the gentry pay for this money?" ”

While talking, the two entered the first floor of the main hall of the post house.

At this time, the large hall on the first floor was full of festive red lanterns, and there were rows of tables on the ground.

The Tang Dynasty did not have high tables, chairs and benches in later generations, and low tables were used to spread the ground for eating.

Behind each table are two guests, kneeling on the floor.

The sound on the first floor was extremely noisy, and Yang Yun glanced left and right, frowning slightly.

"Today's celebration banquet is famous, and you are qualified to come to the banquet if you pay ten stones, but it can only be on the first floor; If you pay more than 100 stones, you are eligible to go up to the second floor. ”

Lin Geng said with a smile.

Yang Yun looked around, and sure enough, these gentry on the first floor were dressed ordinarily, and there was no pomp at all, which showed that their family background was limited.

Come here to participate in the banquet, you are not qualified to sit with the county commander and the county lieutenant, at most Su Xianling and others may come down to say hello to everyone and say a polite word of "eat and drink well".

The guests on the first floor do not have to worry about identity and decency, it is more like they are here to eat back and forth, they are all serving food while eating, coupled with the noisy environment, it looks very chaotic.

Yang Yun thought of the various wedding banquet scenes in the future, and couldn't help but laugh dumbly.

"Zhenren, Su County has an order, if you come, you must go up first and spread the word, and he will come down to greet him in person...... You've walked in and forgotten about it...... Wait a minute, and then go back to your job. ”

After Lin Geng finished speaking, he didn't wait for Yang Yun to refuse, trotted all the way upstairs and hung Yang Yun at the staircase on the first floor.

Wang Ji, who was dressed as a little servant in the back, said angrily: "Hey, why did you go earlier?" For the sake of a fake old way, even the real masters are ignored, this county order is really in vain. ”

Yang Yun smiled, he didn't mind much about this arrangement, after all, he was a guest, the guest was as he pleased, it didn't hurt to wait for a while, and people would make this arrangement to show respect for him.

At this moment, a person next to him came over with a probe and carefully identified it for a long time before he asked in surprise: "Is this ...... It's not ...... Shiro? ”

The man wore a blue scarf on his head, a black linen robe, a leather belt around his waist, and half-worn deerskin boots on his feet.

Yang Yun looked sideways, and only felt very familiar, but he couldn't remember who it was for a while, and he didn't have such a high degree of integration with the memory of the original owner of the body.

The man looked Yang Yun up and down again, and when he saw that Yang Yun didn't react, he immediately turned around and was about to leave: "I recognized the wrong person, forgive me." ”

Yang Yun shouted with some hesitation: "Brother-in-law!? ”

After searching in his mind for a long time, Yang Yun finally remembered that this should be his third brother-in-law...... Yang Huahua's husband Pei Lianqing.

Pei Lianqing was even more surprised, and then carefully looked at Yang Yun's body, frowned and asked, "Didn't your third sister say that you left Shifang to go to the Eastern Capital?" How is it here? ”

Yang Yun didn't know how to explain, so he decided to tell the truth: "I was invited to the banquet. ”

Pei Lianqing's brows furrowed even tighter when he heard this, and said, "Those who came today are all famous people in the city, and you have no food to donate, what kind of banquet are you going to?" No, you must be working here, serving tea and water? Didn't your sister tell you to leave Shifang, how far and how far to go? ”

In the end, Pei Lianqing was a little impatient, feeling that Yang Yun stayed in Shifang just to rely on him, eating and drinking.

Wang Ji saw that someone was coming to pester Yang Yun, so he stepped forward and asked, "Hey, who are you?" How can you be so rude to a master? ”

Pei Lianqing was already very annoyed, and when he saw a sixteen or seventeen-year-old young man wearing a brocade robe behind Yang Yun coming to teach him a lesson, he couldn't help but say angrily: "I talk to my brother-in-law, what do I have to do with you?" ”

When Wang Ji heard this, he quickly admitted his mistake: "Forgive me...... I didn't know that this was your relative, and I lost my words. ”

Seeing that Wang Ji retreated, Pei Lianqing glared at Yang Yun again and waved his hand: "Hurry up, it's a big deal to give you a few pennies tomorrow, don't let me see you in Shifang in the future!" ”

As soon as the words fell, Lin Geng came down from upstairs, and it was not Su County Commander who came down with him, but Hu County Lieutenant.

There was no Pei Lianqing in Hu's eyes, and the first thing he did after going downstairs was to apologize to Yang Yun: "Please forgive me, the county commander of Su greeted the guests upstairs, and he was flawless...... I'll accompany you upstairs. Please, please, please. ”

Saying that, get out of the way, please Yang Yun first.

Pei Lianqing on the side didn't know the county lieutenant Hu, but he recognized the official robe, and when he saw that the people from the official mansion invited Yang Yun upstairs, he was so surprised that he couldn't close his mouth, and subconsciously retreated to the side.

Yang Yun smiled at Pei Lianqing, and went to the second floor with County Lieutenant Hu.

Pei Lianqing was a little surprised, and wanted to follow Yang Yun upstairs, but was stopped by Lin Geng.

"Why?"

Lin Geng was unceremoniously, pulled out the saber at his waist, crossed in front of him, and shouted angrily at Pei Lianqing.

Pei Lianqing was immediately stunned when he saw this situation, and went to his table with two laughs, he turned around in three steps, and saw Yang Yun going upstairs accompanied by Lieutenant Hu, muttering: "What a hell, it's not him talking to me, I can't believe it's my brother-in-law!" ”

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Yang Yun went up to the second floor and saw a different scene.

Compared with the noisy environment of the first floor, which resembles a vegetable market, the second floor can only be described as elegant.

Properly furnished, the walls are surrounded by calligraphy and paintings, the corners are covered with large vases filled with flowers, and lanterns are densely hung in the air, lighting up the room.

The tables were neatly arranged in two rows, and the sound of the piano came out from behind the screen.

Brightly dressed maidservants waited beside them, from time to time bringing wine jugs and teapots to pour tea, and the little maids stood respectfully behind each table, all brought by the banquet guests.

The most conspicuous thing at the scene was the Qinghe Taoist sitting at the first table.

Qinghe Daoren and Gongsun Jian sat at the same table, and at this moment Qinghe was greedily looking at the pretty maid who poured wine for him next to him. If it weren't for the fact that there were too many people on the scene, he would have reached out to stroke the cheeks of the maidservant nine times out of ten.

Su Xian Ling, as the main owner of this banquet, could only sit at the second table, tired of parrying the more and more prodigal Gongsun Jian and Qinghe, sweating profusely, he heard footsteps, and saw Yang Yun coming, as if he had seen a savior: "The real person is here, everyone, this is the little real person who saved Shifang City from danger this time." ”

"Look up for a long time, look up for a long time."

"The prestige of the little real person is like thunder."

After all, Yang Yun saved their family business, saved the houses in the city from disaster, and even kept the crops outside the city.

As for Gongsun Jian and Qinghe, who were sitting opposite the staircase, their faces were full of contempt, and they didn't bother to get up, Gongsun Jian simply turned his head, as if he didn't see it, but Qinghe smiled meaningfully at Yang Yun.

Yang Yun met with the gentry in the city for the first time, and under the introduction of the Su County Order, they greeted them one by one.

Shifang County is located at the junction of the Han and Barbarian people, it is not too peaceful, it is difficult for the family to take root here, usually a little family capital to move to Yizhou, now the city has the most reputation, and it is also the only one who is qualified to sit in the front of the case is the county has the most land and has business contacts with the barbarian Zhou Shaoning, a fifty-year-old man who looks very rich.