Chapter 18: The Banquet and the Elegance

"This pill is used by Fa Gui to control the tribulation, after swallowing it, I am delirious, I don't feel any pain, I only know to obey the order to charge into battle, I would rather die than take half a step back, the reason why the Mahayana Sect has won even battles is all due to this medicine."

Dong Solstice handed over the pack of pills, Xu You took out a pill, put it on the tip of his nose and smelled it, with a slightly strange smell, but it seemed to be filled with fragrance, and said: "Qingming understands all kinds of strange poisons in the world, give him research and research, no need to imitate, try to find out the pharmacology, find out the way to crack it." If Qingming can't do it alone, he will be called Fengdong Mountain, he can create mountain ghosts, and he is also a great expert in poison. There is also Wen Ruquan, a miracle doctor, who is also quite accomplished in poison. Gathering the power of Qingming, Feng Dongshan and Wen Ruquan, if you can't crack the secret medicine of Fagui, then there should be no one else in this world who can crack it. ”

Zhan Wenjun said: "I immediately find a secluded and safe place, and let the three Lang Jun concentrate on developing the antidote." ”

After talking about business, Dong Solstice suddenly stopped talking, and Zhan Wenjun asked strangely, "What's wrong?" ”

"I ...... I want to take a leave of absence from Xiaolang and his wife? ”

"Huh? Is it uncomfortable? Zhan Wenjun hurriedly came over and grabbed the hand of the winter solstice and asked with concern.

Dong Solstice hung his head, his little face was slightly red, and said, "No, it's just ...... I just want to take the time to go back to Qiantang and pick up a few clothes that used to be wintered. ”

Zhan Wenjun looked at the winter solstice, a good girl's house, running thousands of miles, covered with dust and dust, and his clothes were wrinkled, he was in a hurry to report when he came back, and he didn't even have time to wash, and said apologetically: "It's all my fault, what do you need, buy a new one in Jinling, if the money is not enough, I will ......withdraw it for you."

"Enough, enough!"

There is no upper limit to the annual funds of the secret mansion, and the amount allocated to Luo Shengsi is also an astronomical amount, how can there be a shortage of money on the winter solstice, she blushed and didn't know how to explain, or Xu You helped her out of the siege, and said: "Okay, give you eight days of rest, go back to Qiantang to meet friends, rush back to Jinling on the eighteenth day of the first month, there are still many things to do next, and the secret mansion can't do without you." ”

Chu State implements a ten-day holiday, a ten-day holiday, a total of 36 days of holiday throughout the year, and another 47 days of holiday holidays, of which seven days of holiday are given on the first day and winter day, plus 30 days of field leave and clothing leave, a total of 113 days.

The General's Mansion also implements such a rest and bath regulation, but in the past two years, the military affairs have been busy, and there is rarely a rest from top to bottom, and the winter solstice is in charge of the secret house, and there is no holiday, Xu Youken gave her eight days off, which is already an extra preferential treatment.

Zhan Wenjun was a little confused, waited for the winter solstice to withdraw, and said with a smile: "Is there anything I don't know?" ”

"The winter solstice is also the time to get married, she has followed me around to discuss all these years, and the major events of her life have not yet been settled, you are the mother of the house, do you want to review and review?" Xu You lightly stretched his ape arm, hugged Zhan Wenjun into his arms, and laughed in a low voice.

"Huh?" Zhan Wenjun raised his head slightly, pushed Xu You's chest with both hands, and forcibly endured the ripples in his heart aroused by the strong masculine aura, and said, "Is the winter solstice intentional?" ”

"Well, when I was in Chang'an, I found out that she would communicate with Shen Meng in private, and it is estimated that the two have feelings for each other, but I don't know if I have ...... point out."

"Shen Meng?"

Zhan Wenjun said worriedly: "Although Shen Meng's family is in the middle of the road, he is also from the scholar family, and now he is the supervisor of the Xuanji Academy, and the people who come and go are all Confucians in the world, if he marries the winter solstice, I am afraid that it will attract a lot of criticism from the scholars!" ”

"This is easy to solve!" Xu You obviously thought about it a long time ago, and said: "Since you recognize Dong Solstice as your righteous sister, and follow your surname Zhan, from now on, she is also the identity of the Shi clan, and she can marry whoever she wants, and she doesn't have to let outsiders point fingers." ”

The difference between the doors and the first is still like a chasm, and when idlers can't get over, they have to beware of overwhelming public opinion abuse. In particular, the law clearly stipulates that any marriage between a scholar and a non-scholar will automatically lose the qualification of the nobleman, and this alone will discourage many people.

Fortunately, Shen Meng is not a high-ranking family, if it weren't for the position of the superintendent of Xuanji Academy being noticed by too many people, in fact, there would be no need to be so careful.

"Well, when the winter solstice comes back from Qiantang, I will change her name and nationality...... Ah, don't, husband......"

In the next few days, Xu You participated in many banquets, most of which belonged to his camp, as well as Yu Liu and other disciples of the gate lords who had accompanied the army to the west, but Xie Xiwen's gang of old parties did not send any invitations.

This shows a different style of life, the door valve focuses on a hundred years, the opponent of the moment, may also be a friend in the future, the dispute in the court is life and death, the private contact is not completely interrupted, the four falls, the fight is not broken. However, the old party did not have such a long-term consideration, and if it was not our party, it was the enemy, and it not only had to bring down the enemy, but also trampled on it forever and could not turn over.

In this night, Liu Quan feasted guests, the place is in the Liu's courtyard next to the Yanque Lake, the courtyard builds a platform and chisels the pond, the stream lingers, the pavilions and pavilions of the building, the height is scattered, the most magnificent building is the extreme sky building, more than ten zhang high, the building is decorated with pearls, agate, amber, rhino horn, ivory, etc., can be described as poor and luxurious.

The spacious bamboo hall is located on the edge of the lake, there is no curtain, but hundreds of beautiful singers are surrounded on all sides, and the burning fire plate makes the hall warm like spring.

This is the favorite method of "prostitutes to keep warm" for the door valve who advocates extravagance, and there is also a corresponding "fragrant skin warmth", which is to put hands and feet into the arms of beautiful women and use body temperature to drive away the cold.

There were more than 30 people sitting at the seats, including Tan Xiaozu, Yuan Can, Zhu Yi, Zhang Ji, Gu Yun, Cao Qing, Shanzong and other military generals who were familiar with Xu You, as well as high-ranking officials and nobles of the three provinces and six departments who were not familiar with each other, and some famous people who were good at poetry and painting and knew the Five Classics.

Liu Quan is now a servant from Sanpin's door, and he doesn't have much real power, so he couldn't invite these big shots, but he set up a banquet on behalf of Zhongshu Ling Liu Ning and Liu's door valve, so they all gave him this face and came to the banquet.

According to the rank and military merits, it should be Tan Xiaozu who is the first to sit as a guest, but he resolutely resigned, and said: "The general is here, how can there be a reason to trespass?" ”

Xu You smiled: "I'm not a general anymore. ”

The implication is that if you are not in your position, you should not be in the limelight.

Cao Qing also said beside him: "I think it won't be long before the general will recover." In addition to the generals, others came to take charge of military affairs, and I was the first to disagree. ”

The people around him coaxed at the same time, Xu You smiled bitterly and arched his hand, and said, "The third division is still investigating the assassination of the angel in Cangyuan, so don't make trouble for me anymore." Go, all of you, and drink and enjoy yourself tonight, and talk about business. ”

Seeing that Tan Xiaozu and Cao Qing still didn't obey, Xu You said helplessly: "This is an order!" ”

Tan Xiaozu and Cao Qing looked at each other and smiled, raised their hands to salute, and said, "No! ”

At this time, suddenly a person swaggered to the first place, untied his robe, took off his cloth boots, sat and half lay down, and said, "Since you are humble, I will be disrespectful." ”

Cao Qing was furious and said, "You! ”

Tan Xiaozu smiled, pulled Cao Qing to sit under this person, and then turned his head to Xu You and said: "This is Pei Zhi, a madman from Jingzhou, who has always despised etiquette, but he is very talented, especially good at drinking, it is said that he is not drunk in a thousand cups, and he has the nickname of a wine fairy, but he didn't expect to come to Jinling and become a guest of the Liu family." ”

Xu You looked at Pei Zhi, his hair was thin, his eyes were blank, and he was obviously hollowed out by wine, but his demeanor was quite arrogant, knowing that this kind of person was stinky shit, reckless, profligate, not ashamed, but proud, and he couldn't get rid of it, so he didn't care about this person anymore.

Gu Yun and the others also came over to greet Xu You one after another, but without waiting for a few words, they were pulled away by others, and then they gathered together in a circle.

This kind of banquet is more like a social occasion in later generations, Xu You is unofficial and light, and he is in a place of suspicion, many people are smiling and nodding at him, but they don't come to talk, Zhu Yi came over and said a few auspicious words, Zhu Shi because of Zhu Zhi, Zhu Xin and Zhu Rui, now the position in the court is a little embarrassing, Zhu Li stayed in Qinzhou, Zhu Zhi was imprisoned, Zhu Xin followed Xu You again, the boss Zhu Ren had to stay in Fuchun, so he could only let Zhu Yi enter Beijing, and received the title of a free cavalry attendant, and brushed the sense of existence for the Zhu family in Jinling.

Zhu Yi is anxious for quick success, Xu You doesn't like to have a deep friendship with him, but Zhu is a hardcore ally, and if he doesn't give him face, he has to give Zhu Ren and Zhu Li face, so he casually entertained for a while, Zhu Yi confessed, and joined Gu Yun's circle to expand his contacts.

Before he could clear up, the mountain sect sat down next to him sneakily and said, "I always feel uneasy, as if someone is peeping on me......"

Shanzong set fire to Liu Quan's treasure ship that year, and almost bumped into Liu Quan's daughter Liu Hongyu bathing and was chased and killed for hundreds of miles, although time has passed, the past is not worth mentioning, but Shanzong has always avoided Liu in Jinling, not afraid, but worried about bumping into Liu Hongyu.

After receiving the invitation this time, Shanzong didn't plan to come, but the servant who sent the invitation made a special explanation that Xu You would also attend, and asked Shanzong to make sure to take the time. Shanzong is not easy to shirk, people can even invite Xu You, please don't go to you, do you look down on the Liu family, or look down on Xu You?

But after he came, he felt uncomfortable, as if a gaze had been secretly staring at him, and hurriedly complained to Xu You. Xu You said angrily: "With your dignity, who would be bored to peep at you?" This is to be a thief, Liu Quan doesn't know what you did back then, what are you afraid of? ”

"I've met Liu Hongyu, will she recognize me?"

Xu You deliberately teased and said, "This, it's possible!" You better be careful, Liu Hongyu has not been married yet, maybe she just can't swallow this breath. ”

Shan Zong drooped his face, sighed for a long time, like sitting on pins and needles, Xu You couldn't help but smile, and said: "Don't talk except for drinking and eating, don't mess around, leave after eating, don't come to the banquet of the Liu family in the future." ”

Shan Zong shouted: "I haven't heard that the general is coming, can I still refuse?" ”

"The person who delivered the invitation told you I was coming?"

"Hmm!"

"When you think about it this way, it's a bit of a problem!"

Xu You was almost certain that this was Liu Hongyu playing behind his back, and the Mountain Sect was the one who was killed by the sea of corpses and blood, although he failed to step into the Wupin Mountain Gate, his perception of danger was not weaker than that of the little grandmaster. If he felt that someone was peeping, it must be Liu Hongyu.

"Anyway, it's coming, let's be improvised, it doesn't matter if you recognize it, and it's not an unsolvable hatred. I've seen Liu Hongyu, who has an ancient chivalrous style, and shouldn't care too much about the small grievances in the past. ”

Xu You's words are very reasonable, but I forgot one thing, women sometimes understand reason, but they don't reason with you.

Shan Zong thought about it, and immediately settled down, eating and drinking, and could see the singing and dancing of beauties that could not be seen outside, and gradually the atmosphere became warmer.

Liu Quan, as the host, toasted five times before and after, the strange thing is that Pei Zhi, who is known as a thousand cups and is not drunk, did not drink a single glass, and there is also Guangluqing Su Ling, who everyone knows that he does not drink at all.

"Come on, give wine to Guangluqing!"

Immediately, a beautiful singer came out of the ranks, holding a white jade cup in her slender hand, kneeling beside Su Ling, raising it timidly, and saying, "Please drink this cup!" ”

This singer just played a song, and her skills were astonishing, even if she went to the Qinhuai River to open a painting boat, she should also be sought after by tens of thousands of people, but in the door of the Liu family, she can only be an ordinary one of hundreds of singers.

Su Ling was very personable, took the wine, put it on the table, helped the singer up again, and said with a smile: "I have never drunk alcohol, everyone knows, Liu Shilang spared me this, not to mention the beautiful jade hand, when it is used to stroke the qin, why bother to mess with the turbidity of wine?" ”

Guangluqing is from the third grade, and Liu Quan is the same product, but he does not drink alcohol not because the same product does not give Liu Quan face, but because he does not like alcohol by nature, even if the emperor gives a banquet, he never breaks the vows.

"Everyone is happy tonight, if Guangluqing doesn't drink, the scenery will be ruined, what is the use of keeping the beauty who offers wine?" Liu Quan's eyes were red, obviously drunk, and said, "Guard, pull her down and cut her down, cut off her hands and feet, and cook for Guangluqing......"

The singer was paralyzed on the ground, but she didn't beg for mercy, thinking that she knew Liu Quan's hobby, and it was useless to beg, but Chu Chu looked at Su Ling pitifully, and wanted to cry.

Su Ling didn't expect Liu Quan to be so cruel, and after hesitating for a moment, the two guards stepped forward and pulled the singer out of the hall like a pig and a dog. Su Ling sighed and said, "Wait, I'll drink this glass of wine!" ”

In front of everyone's eyes, Su Ling, who had never drunk alcohol, drank the wine in the cup with a bitter face, coughing again and again, which attracted a loud cheer. Although Gu Yun and a few others were very dissatisfied with Liu Quan's move to kill people at every turn, they did not interfere with it, because Ge Ji belonged to private property, and let the master punish and scold, and others couldn't control it, and it was not easy to take care of it.

Liu Quan laughed and said, "Lu Wenyu, Chen Xida, what do you say?" ”

Lu Wenyu, who was engaged in Langzhong in the Gongfu, stood up, admired it, and said: "The waiter has won, 50,000 yuan, and it will be presented tomorrow!" ”

Only then did everyone understand that it turned out that Liu Quan made a bet with these people, as long as Su Ling could break the drinking ring today, he would gamble 50,000 yuan each. There is not much money, but it is an elegant thing to spread the news - yes, with the life of the singer, let Su Ling break the ring, not only will Liu Quan's reputation not be damaged, but it will be passed on as an elegant matter.

This fucking time!