At night, Xue Mansion.

At this time, a lot of carriages have gathered at the gate of the Xue Mansion, and today can be said to be a rare big day in Nanyang City, and Xue Yong, the head of the Xue family, is finally out of the customs after many years.

As the head of the Heavenly Sect, Xue Yong has not taken the initiative to meet outsiders for three years. Today, I actually received rare news that Xue Yong had gained from retreat and wanted to feast guests, which is really a rare thing.

Today, all the characters in Nanyang City who have heads and faces are considered to be due, just to meet Xue Yong. At this time, it was just getting dark, and the gate of Xue's mansion was already bustling.

He Wenchang glanced up and down from the carriage, and saw that many people had arrived at this time, so he suppressed the worry in his heart, regrouped his spirits, and planned to go to the mansion to take a look.

It's rare for Xue Yong to get out of the customs today, and he has to come anyway, after all, he is his own teacher, if he doesn't come, he will inevitably be caught and criticized.

"It's rare, it's rare for Lord He to see it today."

A voice sounded behind him, He Wenchang frowned, turned his head to look, and saw that it was Chen Wenjing, the prefect of Nanyang, with a smile on his face, arched his hand at Chen Wenjing, and said, "Lord Chen, don't come here if you don't see you for many days." ”

Chen Wenjing looked at He Wenchang, since the end of the big exam, this He Wenchang has been hiding at home all day long, for a few days, few people can see him, today is strange, how to come out to the banquet.

Chen Wenjing didn't know that He Wenchang couldn't come tonight, because Xue Yong had already said cruel words, if he was shirking, he would be annoyed, and he had no choice but to come.

The two of them had their own thoughts, arched their hands to each other, and then walked into the Xue Mansion together and walked towards the hall of the banquet. Along the way, I met a lot of officials at all levels in Nanyang, which was okay, but it wasn't until the two of them walked to the door that they found another person who had not been seen for many days.

I saw that the man was in his forties, his tiger eyes were bright, and when he talked to Xue Huaiyi, he laughed out loud a few times, and he was informal, obviously a person in the army, this person was Wang Yang, the general of Nanyang Town.

Wang Yang was transferred from the southwest frontier and had been in Nanyang for six years, which was a very rare situation in the Great Zhou, but all the generals who were in charge of the army in one place were transferred away after only staying in one place for three years, and few people were able to stay in Nanyang for six years. And this Wang Yang is one of them.

No one thought that Wang Yang, who had always been alone in Nanyang City, would actually come back to participate in the Xue family's banquet, which was the first time in six years that he had heard of it.

Xue Huaiyi was chatting happily with Wang Yang, and when he saw He Wenchang and Chen Wenjing coming together, he was stunned at first, and then confessed to Wang Yang, and hurriedly greeted He Wenchang and Chen Wenjing.

"Oh, Lord He, you are willing to leave the house, and Xue can be regarded as looking forward to the stars and the moon to bring you over." Xue Huaiyi's voice was not small, attracting the attention of many people, He Wenchang frowned, but it was not easy to attack, so he could only let Xue Huaiyi pull himself there to talk about family life.

It wasn't until there was a urging sound in the room that Xue Huaiyi came back to his senses and said, "The two adults hurry up and take a seat inside, the banquet is about to start." ”

He Wenchang nodded to Chen Wenjing, and then walked into the house together, because of the relatively high status, the place where He Wenchang and Chen Wenjing sat was relatively high.

At this time, everyone looked at the emptiness above the main seat, and couldn't help but be curious, but after a while, the curtain behind the house was lifted, and Xue Yong walked out tremblingly with the support of a group of servants, until Xue Yong took his seat. Only then did everyone get up in unison, salute Xue Yong, and said loudly: "I've seen Master Xue!" ”

Xue Yong looked at everyone in the hall, nodded slightly, paused his eyes on Wang Yang and He Wenchang, and then said: "You can still come to my Xue Mansion for a banquet in your busy schedule, Xue is really grateful, let's get drunk tonight." If you don't get drunk, you don't go home. ”

"The teacher is polite, I haven't seen you for many years, but everyone here misses the teacher very much." He Wenchang was the first to speak.

Xue Yong looked at He Wenchang, smiled slightly at the corner of his mouth, and said: "Wenchang is still this temperament, the old man is just a grass people, where can I bother you officials to come to my mansion for a banquet all day long." ”

The teacher laughed. He Wenchang smiled and said.

Looking at Xue Yong, who had a good complexion, He Wenchang couldn't help but be a little puzzled, in the early years, Xue Yong said that he was in retreat to understand the way of heaven, but in fact, he should have been seriously ill, but this look is really the appearance of people who don't want to be seriously ill.

I saw that at this time, the maid held the plate and began to serve, this first dish is a little special, many people have not been to the capital, and they don't know what kind of dish is in front of them. Just looking at the clear soup and little water, there is only a seedling of cabbage in it, I really don't know what the Xue family means, is this banquet a vegetarian meal tonight?

Seeing that many people were staring at the food motionless, a smile appeared at the corner of Xue Yong's mouth, and he said: "You may not know that this dish is the first in the capital, and it is a real delicacy, called boiling water cabbage, you can try it first." ”

Only then did everyone move their chopsticks to taste, but after a moment of applause, He Wenchang also nodded at this time and praised: "It seems to be plain, like white water kimchi, but it tastes fresh and delicious if you don't want to eat it, it is really a rare delicacy." ”

Xue Yong nodded and said, "The subtlety of this dish is here. It can always give people a lot of surprises, after all, those who are not good-looking often always do something big. ”

Everyone was stunned, they didn't know what Xue Yong meant when he said this, and they were a little puzzled for a while, but after thinking about it for a long time, they still had no clue.

I saw Xue Huaiyi put down his chopsticks at this time, looked at Xue Yong and said, "What did my father say about Yao Lian Yao who took this year's big exam?" ”

Xue Yong didn't speak, but Chen Wenjing on the side was a little puzzled, looked at Xue Huaiyi and frowned and asked, "What does Second Master Xue mean by this?" ”

Xue Huaiyi smiled and said: "Lord Chen, Yao Lian is not good-looking, he killed a lot of officials as soon as he entered my Yuzhou, I want to use this to deter my Xue family, relying on the emperor's support to kill innocents, just to avenge the revenge of the year, this time it is said that Lord He's first apprentice Chai Yang was put in prison, obviously also aimed at my Xue family." So, doesn't Master Chen still understand? ”

Chen Wenjing was slightly stunned, turned her head to look at He Wenchang on the side, and saw that the other party clenched his fists and bowed his head silently, so it was difficult to say anything.

However, He Wenchang at this time was furious in his heart, and he couldn't wait to strangle Xue Huaiyi in front of him. Why was Chai Yang taken to prison, didn't his Xue family know about it? Being able to fall black and white like this really made He Wenchang speechless.

Xue Yong glanced at He Wenchang sitting in the hall at this time, and saw that the other party didn't say a word, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, it seems that He Wenchang still knows in his heart, knowing the power of the Xue family, he doesn't dare to speak out about this matter, it seems that He Wenchang can still take advantage of it.