"That can be tricked, but I estimate that this time only the generals promoted by the Shenwu Army are not a hundred or fifty, and this one by one will take turns to invite guests until the end of the year, and there are also Shenhu Army, Shenwei Army, Shence Army, ......"

"Gotta gotcha, don't say it, I'm convinced of your mouth, how can I say it, it's the head of the way."

When all the generals heard Wang Kai's words, they all laughed.

was talking happily, but I only heard a middle-aged man who looked like a housekeeper next to him respectfully said to Liu Fan: "General Liu, the master is invited." ”

Next to him, Wang Kai said to Liu Fan in time: "This is the big steward of Guo Mansion." ”

When Liu Fan returned the salute to Steward Wang, he walked into the main room with him, only to see that there were only two tables arranged in the room, and most of the people sitting on them were generals above Sima Shang, mixed with a few civil officials.

Seeing Liu Fan come in, the civil officials and military generals at the two tables swept their eyes to Liu Fan, and at a glance they saw Xu Li throwing a kind smile to Liu Fan on the side table, Liu Fan knew it in his heart, raised his hand and bowed to the people at the two tables.

I only heard Li Zongxiong at the main table say with a smile: "General Xiao Liu came to meet the guests of our northwest camp, this is Lord Pan of the Ministry of Officials, this is Lord Yuwen of the Ministry of War, and this is Lord Zheng of the Ministry of Households. ”

After listening to Li Zongxiong's introduction, Liu Fan stepped forward and bowed to the three officials sitting on Li Zongxiong's left hand, and when the three officials returned a half-salute to Liu Fan in turn, Li Zongxiong then said to the official who looked to be in his fifties: "Lord Pan, look, this is the protagonist of Lao Guo's banquet today, General Liu Fan, who has just been promoted to the Shence Army. ”

After Li Zongxiong finished speaking, Guo Huaide, who was sitting on his right hand and dressed as a scholar, laughed first.

I only heard Master Pan say: "Cough, what Li Xiang said is mainly because I also want to find out whose name I borrowed for eating and drinking for nothing today, but it's also good to meet Sima Duwei, the youngest and most promising captain in Daqi, right, Lord Yuwen and Lord Zheng?" ”

The two officials in their forties said in unison: "Yes, General Xiao Liu is really a young hero. ”

At this time, Guo Huaide interjected: "Recently, I read General Xiao Liu's "Breaking the Array. The whole poem is majestic and impassioned, not only expressing the pride and ambition in the heart with poetry, but also perfectly showing the feelings of our Wubian soldiers, General Xiao Liu not only gets on the horse to be able to fight, but also makes a group of literati and ink embarrassed, it is really the pride of our northwest camp, and the general manager Li and I are very comforted! ”

"I think it's mainly you who am very comforted, don't use my name, since you entered the barracks, what you have been thinking about is to become a Confucian general like Zhou Lang of the Three Kingdoms, and now I see that I have become famous, and I want to cultivate a civil and military all-round talent like you. No, drowsiness meets a pillow, and the object of your cultivation takes the initiative to send it to the door, and you are still unhappy to wake up laughing when you sleep at night? ”

After Li Zongxiong finished speaking, General Feng Xian, who was sitting next to Guo Huaide, answered: "Oh, so that's the case, two days ago, I heard that Manager Guo was going to have a treat, I have been a little puzzled, I have been stirring spoons with Manager Guo in the barracks for one or two decades, I have never seen Manager Guo invite guests to dinner, and I am thinking about how the sun came out of the west. ”

As soon as these words came out, a table of people immediately burst into laughter.

Guo Huaide scolded with a smile: "Lao Feng, you are old, thick-skinned, black-bellied, and you don't have a truth in your mouth, only in Liangzhou in the past few years, you are either in the chief housekeeper or in my house, and the number of times you have eaten is too many to count, and in the end, you will arrange people as soon as you wipe your mouth after eating." ”

The crowd burst into laughter again.

In the laughter, Li Zongxiong looked sideways and saw that Liu Fan was still standing as straight as a spear with his chest folded, and said casually, "Let's laugh, don't be embarrassed for young people, General Liu will return to his seat." ”

He turned his gaze to Manager Wang and said, "Manager Wang respects Xiao Liu for your old Guo Duo and Xiao Liu two cups." ”

Guo Huaide also said: "General Xiao Liu eats and drinks well, I won't arrange for you to sit at the main table today, you are not comfortable sitting down in the middle of a group of old men, Lao Wang arranged for someone to serve Xiao Liu and Wang Kai beside them." ”

When Liu Fan returned to the table, a group of servants had already begun to distribute the dishes, and the dishes were sent up one by one.

Wang Kai couldn't wait to pick up the wine bowl and said, "Just now I was waiting for you Liu Fan alone, come on, brothers, hurry up, do three bowls first." ”

Under Wang Kai's shouting, all the generals immediately ate and drank.

While eating and drinking, Liu Fan thought back to the scene just now, not only did Xu Li cast a friendly glance at him, but Song Changshi, who should be mainly responsible for this fire, actually sat under Feng Xian and looked completely indifferent. Fortunately, he didn't rush out, otherwise he would definitely be eaten by the people behind the scenes, and there would be no bones left.

Liu Fan thought about things in his heart, but his subordinates did not hesitate at all, every time they came to the bowl to dry, and several of the generals at the same table were still comrades-in-arms who lived and died together in Ganzhou City, and they were even more respectful to Liu Fan, and took turns to toast Wang Kai and Liu Fan.

At this moment, Liu Fan also poured nearly twenty bowls of wine, feeling a little drunk, as if his eyes were a little blurry and swaying. So much so that the little girl called herself several times next to her before she reacted.

"You...... Call me? Liu Fan asked, pointing to his nose.

"I'm standing in front of you, can I still call someone else?"

"Oh, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, the main thing is that there are three Ru'er girls in front of me, and I don't know which one is the real you."

When the little girl heard Liu Fan's words, she was angry and laughed, stomped her feet fiercely, gritted her teeth and said, "Can't you drink less, how can you see your wife like this." ”

Wang Kai next to him heard the conversation between the two, and laughed: "Brother, you are a little too much, drink some sour plum soup to relieve hangover." As he spoke, he picked up a bowl of not-so-good-looking red soup and poured it into Liu Fan.

Liu Fan was actually only a little dizzy, and after drinking a bowl of sour plum soup and half a cup of hot tea soup handed by Li Aiguo, half of the wine was gone.

thanked Wang Kai and Li Aiguo: "Brother Wang, Brother Li, I'm fine, I'm just joking with Miss Ru'er." ”

Ru'er was already a little anxious beside her, and urged: "Okay, okay, Brother Liu, I know you're fine, please leave quickly, Mrs. and the others have been waiting for a long time, and Mrs. wants to thank you in person." ”

When Liu Fan came to the east wing with the maid Ru'er, he saw that there was a table in the spacious hall, and there were only seven or eight people sitting, the first three middle-aged noblewomen, the eyebrows and eyes in the middle were similar to Ling Han, anyone could guess that it must be Ling Han's mother, Mrs. Guo, sitting on his right hand, one who looked slightly younger than Ling Han's mother, with a shrewd face, and the left-handed lady was estimated to be similar in age to Ling Han's mother.

And the most dazzling is the young woman sitting at the bottom of it, and the elegance is amazing. Below are Li Min, Ling Han, a little girl who is only five or six years old at most, and a little boy of three or four years old sitting next to her, both of whom are looking at Liu Fan curiously with a pair of bright big eyes.

In addition, there were seven or eight attendant servants standing in the hall.

When a group of women saw Liu Fan come in, they all stood up to greet them, this era has only been more than 50 years since the founding of the Great Qi Dynasty, and there is no great defense of etiquette and religion, and the open social atmosphere of the Tang Dynasty has been prevalent from the court to the people, and the women do not avoid strange men very much.

After Liu Fan bowed for the first time, he only heard Mrs. Guo say: "This is General Liu Fan, he is really heroic and extraordinary!" ”