Chapter 77: The banquet is difficult
A gilded invitation is impressively placed on the table, making it impossible to guess. And the purpose of the banquet is also very simple, to celebrate Gao Changgong's promotion in the examination, who let Li Yun disturb Gao Changgong's elegance in the post station, and this is also to make up for it.
The banquet Gaofu will invite people from all walks of life, many people over the years, Jinshi, and wealthy businessmen from all over the world to congratulate.
"I heard you right, Gao Mang was invited to a banquet, and his brain was kicked by a donkey?"
Cheng Chumo patted his head, thinking that he had auditory hallucinations, Lin Qingzhu was also puzzled, and said: "Gao Mang's brain was not kicked by a donkey, but by a dog. ”
Poof!
Li Yun couldn't help laughing, during this time, Lin Qingzhu was affected by Cheng Chumo's foolishness, and even spoke with a bit of ruffianism, and the image of the simple and lovely little girl in the past disappeared.
Seeing Li Yun laughing, Lin Qingzhu didn't know why, and asked, "Am I not right?" Gongzi just got 380,000 taels of silver from him, and he must hate you to death, and he even invited you to a banquet. ”
Cheng Chumo thought so, and nodded again and again, unless his brain was funny, how could he send an invitation to Li.
Li Yun shrugged his shoulders and said: Where did he invite me to the banquet, but the king of Han entered the Chu camp and set up a Hongmen banquet waiting for me. ”
"Are you going to go?"
"Go, of course. If we show weakness in this way, the preparations we have made before will be in vain. Li Yun said, if Li Yun didn't dare to go, it would be a sign of weakness, and in the future, the Gao family would definitely not let themselves have a good time.
And Li Yun has to live in Linzi to investigate the case, and it is inevitable that he will have dealings with the Gao family in the days to come.
"That's right, we can't help it, otherwise they will think that we are afraid of him and want to on Lao Tzu's head, and they will not look at their own virtues." Cheng Chumo said dryly.
"When you go to a banquet, you can't go empty-handed, right, what kind of gifts should you prepare?" Lin Qingzhu asked.
"Let's go to give him face, and prepare gifts, think beautifully!" Cheng Chu said disdainfully.
Li Yun said with a smile: "Since people have sent invitations, then we can't refute the Gao family's face, why not give him a gift?" ”
"Do you really want to send it?"
"Send! Why not send it!! ”
After that, Li Yun put all the people's complaints in the box, and when the two of them saw it, they couldn't help laughing.
It was the first time they had seen a gift and a complaint, not to mention the money of others, but also to give the pleadings to others, Li Yun was going to be angry with the rhythm of the Gao family's father and son.
Cheng Chu silently gave a thumbs up and said, "It is worthy of King Yun, this Gao family father and son were pinched to death by you." ”
"The gift is ready, then let's take a good look and go to Gao's house to drink, remember to eat and drink more, our gifts can't be given for nothing, haha!!"
The laughter of the three people spread throughout the hall, as if they had succeeded in their scheme.
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At the right moment, the banquet of the Gao family came as scheduled, and the distinguished guests came and went, and the luxury carriages and sedan chairs in front of the door were continuous, which showed the weight of the Gao family.
In addition to the wealthy businessmen, there are also many literati who come to the door.
Li Yun and Lin Qingzhu and Cheng Chumo came on foot, and did not attract too many people's attention, went to the mansion, took out the invitation and handed it to the steward to enter the mansion.
At this moment, Gao Mang and Gao Changgong greeted the distinguished guests in front of the lobby.
"Master Gao, congratulations to Linglang High School, I came here to ask for a glass of wine and be happy."
"Haha! Boss Huang is polite, please take a seat inside. Gao Mang said politely.
Most of the people who come here are congratulators, after all, the banquet attendees, saying some unpleasant bad things always make the host ugly, and it is inevitably rude.
More than half of the guests, the huge Gao Mansion can be said to be full of friends, literati and scholars, rich and wealthy businessmen are among them, and Gao Mang is all welcoming them one by one.
At this moment, Gao Changgong said, "Dad, they're here." ”
Gao Mang looked into the distance, only to see Li Yun really coming, he held a folding fan, walked calmly and calmly, after seeing Gao Mang, he hurriedly smiled: "Master Gao, today is a banquet for the Quartet, this official is here to congratulate Ling Gongzi, a small gift is not a tribute." ”
Stretch out his hand and don't hit the smiling person, since Gao Mang invited Li Yun, he would not immediately tear his face, he wanted to make Li Yun ugly at the banquet.
"The county lord can come here with a face, and the grass people feel very honored, and you are really ashamed of me for coming with gifts." Gao Mang said inconsistently.
Li Yun waved his hand and said: "It's not a valuable thing, it's just some paper that the people complained to the Gao family, and it is also a piece of waste paper in the yamen, and it should be a gift for you." ”
When the Gao family father and son heard this, their expressions were stunned, knowing that his gift was not good, but they didn't expect it to be a piece of paper, if it wasn't for the banquet, otherwise they would really not be able to beat people.
"Master Gao doesn't have to thank me, these are all things that this official should do."
After Li Yun finished speaking, he entered the lobby with a smile, found a place and sat down, so ruthless that the Gao family father and son almost vomited out a mouthful of blood.
Gao Mang held back his anger and said, "Have all your people arrived? ”
"Don't worry, they're all here, just waiting for the banquet to start, so that he will lose face."
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After another half an hour, after all the guests arrived, the banquet officially began, and Gao Mang and Gao Changgong, who were the directors, naturally took the lead in drinking and respecting everyone.
Tonight's banquet is to celebrate Gao Changgong's high school promotion, and naturally the literati chant poems against each other, dance and ink, and use them to fiddle with the literary style.
For the people of the Tang Dynasty, the poetry was an indispensable part of the banquets, and in this era when Tang poetry was prevalent, this has become a custom.
"Ladies and gentlemen, today the dog celebrates the dog high school lift, in this kind of lively day, I want to recommend a person to you."
Gao Mang picked up the wine glass, left his position and walked to Li Yun's side, and said: "This is our county lord of Linzi County, the blue sky lord in the hearts of the people, how about we respect the county lord with a glass of wine?" ”
Regarding Li Yun's trickery with the Gao family's father and son, these things have long been no secret, and many people also want to see what kind of sacredness this lawless county order is.
Most of the people who came were reckless relatives and friends, and they couldn't help but have a little more hostility towards Li Yun, and cast a lot of hateful glances, but Li Yun completely ignored this.
After everyone toasted, a person suddenly got up at the adjacent table and said: "In Xiaguan Bridge, it is a martial artist in the ninth year, and he loves couplets on weekdays. ”
Li Yun smiled secretly, and sure enough, he still came.
"Today's banquet is rare Yaxing, if the official does not agree, it will inevitably refute your interest, since Guan Juren wants to confront me for a couplet, then please ask the question."
Gao Changgong saw Li Yunying, and the corners of his mouth also showed a sinister smile.