When I woke up in the morning, freshened up, and just finished my parents' morning province, Tian Ping sent someone to send a post and asked Liu Yu to go to the banquet.

The place of the banquet is in the Mansion of the State of Qi, and it is clear from what is said above that many classmates from the Wude Palace will also go together. The reason why Tian Ping is the east should be ordered by the Duke of Qi Guo.

Knowing that he was the host and guest, it was always difficult to take the shelf and ask someone to wait, so he happened to have something to do with Tian Ping, so he quickly changed his clothes.

It was the spring weather, the wind and sand in the capital were extremely large, and the wind from the desert in the west blew through the halls of the mansion, whining and whining.

When I went out, I didn't get into the car directly, but went to the small courtyard that I was assigned out.

After waiting for the steamed buns for a while, the steamed buns came over with five silk cloths and a bunch of dried meat from outside.

This is a relatively standard bondage ceremony, which is considered a commoner ceremony, and a prince like Liu Yu has a princely heir, and the bondage ceremony is much more valuable. Back then, the one who taught Liu Yu Latin, the rite of apprenticeship was three brocades, two geese and one lamb.

Mantou knew that Liu Yu had the heart to support him, but he was still a little panicked - in the past, Tian Ping was also common with Liu Yu, but he was not only Liu Yu's servant, but also a servant in the eyes of those people. Today, Liu Yu wanted to take the opportunity of Tian Ping's banquet to mention his identity and be a servant, which really made the steamed bun a little panicked.

Liu Yu was a little panicked when he saw the steamed buns, and couldn't help teasing: "I heard that there are people who are servants and panicked." Today is your good day, what do you say are you panicking? Just follow along, Tian Ping, a man of temperament, will help me deal with it properly. ”

"Once you are in my circle, when everyone sees you in the future, it is better to be human; Second, the people who came to today's banquet were either the students in the Wude Palace, or the second sons of the princes of various families, all of whom were connections. What do you do in the future, there is this relationship, even if there is a reason for gift-giving, isn't it? ”

The steamed bun that he said was warm in his heart, knowing that Liu Yu really regarded him as a person, and thought that although he didn't know much about these etiquettes of life, since he was taken care of by his son, he should be fine, and he couldn't lose anyone.

Besides, it is only human beings who can be ashamed, and how can there be a chance to be ashamed when they were servants before?

So he got on the horse, followed the carriage sent by the Duke of Qi, carried the gift of restraint, and followed all the way to the Duke of Qi.

When he arrived at the door, Tian Ping was already waiting there. Seeing the steamed buns following behind, carrying the cloth, I didn't know what it meant for a while.

He is a person who has read a book and knows that steamed bread now has a meritorious body, so it is natural that it is not called steamed bread.

When the steamed bun greeted him and called him "Tian Gongzi", Tian Ping coughed lightly and poked Liu Yu.

"Oh, let me introduce, this is a rice cake."

Steamed buns have been following Liu Yu for a long time, and I don't know how many times I've seen Tian Ping.

At this time, Liu Yu introduced his name as if it was the first time the two of them met, which made the two of them feel a little indescribable.

After a little politeness, Liu Yu said: "When I came to the banquet today, I have to borrow Brother Tian's venue to do one thing." Rice cake wants to apprentice to me, and my classmates are all there, so I will be a witness today. After that, take a word, and you can call the word in the future. ”

When Tian Ping heard this, he smiled and said, "So that's the case." It's just right, come and tell the kitchen, add another table of dishes. ”

When the subordinate heard this, Tian Ping said again: "Brother Shouchang, you should have told me about this earlier." Since he wants to apprentice to you, it is always difficult to insert an open seat when he eats for a while. You and my friends, and the rest of my classmates, have different generations. If you ask rice cakes to sit at the same table with others, the Duke of Qi can't afford to lose this person, but I'm afraid that people will say that the Duke of Qi is poor and reluctant to open another table. ”

After that, he smiled at the steamed bun again: "I still complain about Brother Chang in this matter, otherwise I would have found some people to accompany you at the same table in advance, but where to find them now?" You'll have your own table in a moment, but it's a little deserted. ”

The steamed bun subconsciously wanted to follow the servant's thanksgiving ceremony, and when his legs were almost bent down, he finally overcame this subconscious for more than ten years.

knelt down and turned into a leader, thanked him, and said a few words of trouble.

Tian Ping didn't care about the trouble of adding an extra table of dishes, but felt that Liu Yu's love was here, and he couldn't find someone to accompany him for a while, so he was a little embarrassed to call the steamed buns alone at a table.

This meal was prepared by Qi Guogong in a letter to him, and he was a serious guest, not when they were messing around and drinking together in the past.

As for whether his father has other deep meanings, Tian Ping doesn't care for the time being.

I have a good relationship with Liu Yu, and I am happy to see my friend mixed up now.

led Liu Yu into the courtyard, ordered tea under the eaves, and the servants carried food boxes to the hall to arrange table seats.

It is not a formal banquet, not the previous mess around, it is a formal six or six seats.

First, six dried fruits, six snacks, and six fresh fruits.

By the end of the Ming Dynasty, the sailing ship had already connected the world into one, and even the dishes with Dashun to invite guests to dinner had undergone many changes.

Among the dried fruits, the sunflower seeds of the Americas counterattacked the orthodox watermelon seeds; The pistachio hazelnut introduced in the Tang Dynasty counterattacked the walnut introduced in the Han Dynasty.

The remaining most traditional and orthodox dried fruits, there are also several kinds of cinnamon.

The dim sum is as usual, and the six fresh fruits show the luxury of the Guogong Mansion.

Mulberries are not allowed on the table, and the yellow and clear loquat transported from the south.

Strawberries that have just been introduced from South America to Luzon and then to China in recent years still have water droplets on them after washing.

"Shame on the peach, recommend the temple first", "noble status" is enough to offer the temple as a sacrifice next to the cherry, with a smoothie made of crushed ice and milk.

Wang Wei said in "The Cherry of the Hundred Officials", "You don't have to worry about internal heat when you are full, Taiguan still has cane syrup", cherries are as red as fire, and there must be internal heat under association, and cherries are used as fresh fruits on the table in the prince's mansion, and they must be accompanied by cold things to reduce dryness, or ice cheese, or cane juice.

All kinds of vegetables and fruits were full, and there were originally only four tables, but because of the steamed buns, another table was placed in the lower right.

After the fresh fruit was served, the people who should have come also came, and after congratulating Liu Yu one by one, when they were about to be served, Liu Yu said about the steamed bun apprenticeship.

The steamed buns were originally very nervous, but at this moment, the tension disappeared.

This is a person who has been in Liu Yu's circle, or in the circle that has always regarded steamed buns as slaves, and this subtle identity change makes steamed buns lose the last bit of uneasiness.

knelt under Liu Yu's head and offered a simple gift.

Because he did not take the imperial examination and did not learn Confucianism, he did not use the "master was trapped in Chen Cai and had no food, and the disciples picked vegetables for food", but only used the cloth and dried meat that learned martial arts and soldiers in the Tang Dynasty.

After worshipping, Liu Yu gave the steamed bun a word.

Turn the cake into a high, the word is clear.

Tian Ping was on the side, afraid that the steamed bun would not understand its meaning, so he said: "The ancient sage is a hundred miles of Xi, and the words are clear." He was a slave, and then he made a career. Keeping things means encouraging you. ”

A group of people next to him also thought of this first, and nodded one after another, saying that this word was good.

Liu Yu thought: One is the matter of Baili Xi, and the other is that Lu Meng and Lu Ziming are proficient in water warfare. Steamed buns, steamed buns, I hope that one day in the future, Lu Ziming will cross the river in white clothes, you will cross the sea in green clothes, and achieve a career on the ocean!

After the apprenticeship, everyone sat down.

Liu Yu excused himself a few times, but finally sat at the top: one was the guest of honor, and the other was his status as a guard plus the military exploits of the captain of the light car.

Yesterday's steamed buns, today's rice Ziming, sat on the table that was laid out separately. The quality of the dishes is the same as the rest of the tables.

It's just that because the steamed bun is Liu Yu's disciple, and the rest of the people are Liu Yu's classmates, they can't sit together.

Sitting alone on the seat, the little servant of the Duke of Qi came over with an embroidered scarf, spread it on the knees of the steamed buns, and took the papak for cleaning his hands.

A little you who play the zither and a pipa play and sing in the next one, Tian Ping is not only the east, but also to Liu Yu to celebrate, so he ordered a festive song, and Xiao You, who played and sang, began to sing: "Happy to meet an auspicious day, Chang Geng is now, and the clouds are ethereal." Look at the jade tree in front of the hall, and give birth to the grass ......"

In the lyrics, the steamed buns can't help but feel a little dizzy.

Last year, he was still the same as the little guy who served himself with a veil now, but today he is sitting here and receiving the service of others.

has been following Liu Yu for a long time, and I have eaten a lot of various dishes, but I have never eaten on a formal occasion. Often, after the meal, I got some food, covered the rice, and squatted down to eat. It tastes good, but I've never eaten it at a table.

In between toasts, the steamed bun stretched out his chopsticks and pinched the king gourd and Liaodong golden shrimp that he had eaten countless times with Liu Yu before.

Half a slice of king gourd and half a slice of shrimp, filled his mouth, closed his eyes and chewed for a long time, his heart said that this is also strange, today's dish is fresher than many times before, and he is reluctant to swallow it.

After tasting it carefully for a long time, until the king gourd was only left with silk pulp, I grabbed a shredded fir oil chicken that I had squatted on the lower head before and eaten many times, and I felt that I had never felt the mellow taste.

He thought about it for a long time, and finally figured out what the difference was between the same dish, squatting down and eating it at the table.

The singers are still singing, and the banquet is in full swing.

The steamed bun quietly raised a glass of wine at Liu Yu, silently prayed and spilled it on the ground.

"Third son, I will never give up in my life and death, and I will take revenge on people!"

"The emperor and the queen of earth are for example. If you break this oath, you will not live. ”

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At the first table, Liu Yu picked up some things about the battle in the north and talked about it.

Everyone listened attentively, and Tian Ping smiled: "Those captured Rakshasa people are now in Yang Erguan Hutong." The Western monk who accompanied the army requested, saying that he wanted to build a Western temple so that he could worship and chant sutras. ”

"The above agreed, at the mouth of the alley of Yang Erguan Hutong, a Western temple is being built. I heard that it is slightly different from the Western temple of Xuanwumen, and it was originally intended to be built in the Xuanwumen Church, but the missionaries disagreed, and the Rakshasas did not agree, saying that it was 'an attack on heresy!' The harm has also been'. I chose Yang Erguan Hutong, there is a Yue Wang Temple nearby, and Grandpa Yue is determined to sweep the north, just to press them. ”

Liu Yu has been hiding at home these days, and he doesn't know the situation of those Rakshasa captives, listening to Tian Ping talk about this, he is afraid that he will be arranged here, and there is another deep meaning.

Yang Erguan Hutong is also in the northeast of the city, and it is only a few hundred steps away from Wude Palace.

Either the emperor really wants to learn from Byzantium, build a Varangian guard, and integrate these Rakshasas into the army to make a façade good; Or, are you really going to pick out some people who understand Western tactics so that they can teach in the Wude Palace in the future?

Thinking that he was about to go to Hannibal and the others to ask for some knowledge, it was convenient for these people to arrange so close to the Wude Palace.