The three days passed in a flash, and in a flash, it was the birthday of the old man of the Murong family. On this day, Murong's house on the bank of the Liangshui River was decorated with lights, and the flaming red lanterns reflected everyone's faces, and everyone looked beaming.

In the main hall, Murong Ke, the head of the Murong family, was wearing a birthday dress with red patterns on a black background, printed with the pattern of "Five Blessings and Longevity", wearing a hexagonal hat of the same color and style, and the red Yingluo pendant hung down, which should be in harmony with the old man's smile that had not been relaxed for a day.

The wedding banquet was divided into three seats, and the main banquet was set up in the main hall, all of which were high-level officials of the Murong family and distinguished guests from outside; The second seat is located in the east wing of the middle courtyard, mainly the younger generation of the family, accompanied by some relatives and friends; The third seat is also a women's seat, which is also a normal arrangement.

The time for the banquet was around five o'clock in the afternoon, and the Murong family's clansmen were naturally preparing early, and the guests from Yanqing outside also arrived one after another at more than four o'clock. Old man Murong Ke sat on the Taishi chair in the main hall and accepted the birthday gifts of his family and friends.

When the juniors saluted, the old man nodded and smiled, but did not speak; When his peers came to congratulate, the old man saluted and thanked him; It wasn't until the deputy commander of Jinyiwei came to congratulate Yan Xufeng that the old man Murong Ke stood up and walked to the door to greet Yan Xufeng, who came to drink birthday wine.

As mentioned earlier, the Murong clan originated from the Xianbei clan, and since the collapse of the Murong clan in 409 AD, they have been plotting to rise. But maybe it's the creation of people, maybe it's its own inadequacy, maybe it's the end of the country, more than a thousand years have passed, how many young people who are determined to revive the Murong family have boiled their white hair, and from the white hair to the ground, their children and grandchildren have all taken in, but they have never seen the hope of Murong family prosperity and restoration of the glory of the past.

In fact, objectively speaking, it is not that the children and grandchildren of the Murong family are not as strong as their ancestors, but that the opponents they face have really improved too much, and their own progress is too small.

After the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty and the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, the Sima dynasty was really wonderful, and the clans slaughtered each other and fought each other, and the good end of a dynasty was torn apart, and the country was poor and the people were poor. These outsiders, including the Murong clan, had a chance to get a piece of the pie in the Central Plains.

However, since Emperor Wen of Sui Emperor Yang Jian unified China, China has always been a unified dynasty, and efforts have been made to reform the Diyi culture, including the Xianbei people, and the Diyi, including the Xianbei Murong family, have almost no chance of revival. So until now, although the Murong clan is still talking about the great cause of restoring the country, in fact, the vast majority of people have lost the confidence and courage to restore the unification.

In the past 20 years under his leadership, the Murong family has started from its own professional intelligence industry, and on the basis of the hard work of its predecessors, it has gradually infiltrated the administrative institutions of the Ming Dynasty, especially Jinyiwei.

In Jinyiwei, there are nearly twenty percent of the lower-level officers who have the origin of the Murong family, and the middle level has also mixed in with many Murong family's eyes and ears, but unfortunately, despite the efforts of the old man Murong in many ways, the high-level of Jinyiwei and the class that can have the right to speak have never been able to break into the nail of the Murong family.

This time coincided with the alternation of power in the imperial court, and before the death of Shoufu Zhang Juzheng, Murong Ke, who had a keen sense of smell, realized that there must be a huge turmoil this year, and in his eyes, this was a huge opportunity! Therefore, he began to step up the pace of infiltrating Jinyiwei, and even ordered his clansmen to blend into the military and political circles of the Ming Dynasty in many ways in order to seek development.

Murong Qin, who I caught in the Guangning military camp at the beginning, came up with a strange idea only after trying to defect to the military. Later, when I came under my command, in her opinion, it should have not been reused, and I wanted to leave the Ming Dynasty, so I had the idea of going. At the same time, I want to "turn waste into treasure" and use the opportunity to leave me as a powerful way to invest in Jinyiwei, or Zhang Siwei.

Unexpectedly, this really opened the opportunity for the Murong family to get closer to Jinyiwei, and with Zhang Siwei's approval, the Murong family was deeply involved in the struggle between the two factions at this stage. And Murong Ke also wanted to strike while the iron was hot and enter the upper echelons of Jinyiwei in one fell swoop, so that his clansmen could really have actual power.

But power is addictive, and once you get it, who wants to give it away? Therefore, the Murong family tried several times, but did not receive the expected results. The reason is that the current Ming Dynasty court is divided into two opposing factions, Zhang Siwei is no longer a dominant family, no matter what he does, there are people who hinder him, so the mistakes once again disappointed the Murong family.

On today's birthday of the old man Murong Ke, they specially invited the second commander of Jinyi Wei and the deputy commander Yan Xufeng, in fact, they just wanted to pull in some more relationships and work hard for future progress. Speaking of which, in fact, many of the Murong family's family members are very strange, why not ask for a hand?

Zhu Xixiao, the former commander of Jinyiwei, was the commander of Jinyiwei pushed by Zhang Juzheng and Feng Baoli, inherited the title of "Duke of Chengguo" from his ancestors, had a good background, behaved in a moderate manner, was quite thoughtful, and was also a very backbone person, and was deeply recognized at all levels. At the beginning of this year, Zhu Xixiao was promoted to the position of the East Palace because of his meritorious work, and he was no longer involved in these mundane matters.

Liu Shouyou, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, who took over later, was also born behind the gate, and he was quite measured and rigorous. The Murong family wanted to cling to and make friends several times, but they were all closed. In other words, Liu Shouyou is not a member of Zhang Siwei's family, so he does not buy Zhang Siwei's account.

Therefore, if the Murong family wants to get close to Jinyiwei, they can only hold on to the sleeve of the second-in-command and hug this thigh tightly!

Old Man Murong greeted Yan Xufeng, and the two invited each other into the main hall. At this time, the host and guest have arrived, the family is seated, and the feast begins.

Today's banquet is based on the cuisine of the Hu people in the north, ten cold and ten hot, and the picture is a perfect color. When Yan Xufeng came in, the cold dishes were already ready, and as soon as he sat down, Murong Ke smiled and exchanged a few polite words with him, and then began to raise his glass to each other.

After drinking three cups, after the old man Murong Ke asked Yan Xufeng to agree, he opened the pair of Hetian jade paperweights brought by Murong Ke engraved with "Fu Ru Donghai, Shoubi Nanshan", and when they were put together, there was a huge figure of a longevity peach in the middle. For a while, applause erupted, and they all congratulated the old birthday star with this color, and the atmosphere became even more enthusiastic.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, everyone at each table began to get up and came over to toast Old Man Murong Ke, and after toasting the birthday star, he turned to toast Yan Xufeng. Yan Xufeng also knew in his heart that when he came here to eat birthday wine today, he must have to drink a few more glasses, and his clansmen would definitely not let go of this opportunity to get close to him.

So he didn't refuse to come, but he was particular about the amount of drinking. The elders of Murong Ke's generation came to toast, and without saying anything, they served a cup; The non-elders of this generation and the elites of the younger generation generally drink half a cup in secret; As for the other young people, they usually take a cup and sip it to their lips and say a few words of encouragement, and they go away in fear.

I drank like this for about an hour, but I was still in good spirits and did not see a drunken state. Yan Xufeng has always felt that he is really in a good state today, no matter how he drinks, he is naturally in a good mood. But I don't know why, there always seems to be some irrepressible heat in my heart, and the more I drink, the more I rise, and I can't suppress it!

Yan Xufeng secretly said in his heart, it is a pity that he is in this state today, and he can't make good use of it! Although he is forty-five or six, and he is middle-aged, he has been in good condition in that regard, and his aunts and wives are very satisfied. Before coming out today, I was pulled by the third aunt and said intimate words for a while. Why can't you hold it back now?

But in this Murong Mansion, how to solve this problem? Yan Xufeng was irritable in his heart, and he began to look around during the interval of drinking, and his eyes flickered, and when he arrived at the tables in the west wing, he was impartial and saw a person.

This person is none other than Murong Ke's ninth aunt's wife, Yan, whose maiden name is Guilan, and Yan Xufeng are fellow villagers, both of whom are from Yuncheng, Shanxi. This woman is twenty-six this year, and before she got married, she was a famous flower in Yuncheng, and she was also a distant relative of Yan Xufeng. In addition to being smart, this woman is also quite "bold", and when Yan Xufeng went home to visit relatives many times, he also had a dewy marriage with this woman.

Later, Yan Xufeng also had the idea of accepting this woman as a concubine, but in the family tree, this girl who was twenty years younger than himself was a generation older than herself, and she was her distant aunt. It's more embarrassing this time, even though the two have a thief's heart, but they don't have the courage to be a thief, they really make trouble together, I'm afraid that the whole hometown should be fried.

Later, when she was dangling, Yan Guilan was older, and she happened to come to Beijing to visit relatives, and was favored by the old man Murong Ke, so she pushed the boat down the river and became this marriage.

Yan Xufeng has been running to Murong's house recently, in fact, it is not without this reason, but after all, under the wall of other people's doors, he has never taken that leg. I don't know what's wrong today, Yan Xufeng felt as if there was a hot fire burning in his heart, and it seemed that he couldn't suppress it at this moment!

While looking at Yan Guilan, Yan Guilan turned her head and happened to look at this side. When Yan Xufeng raised his eyes, he saw that this girl had spring in her eyes, and she seemed to be feeling that she was also drinking and couldn't hold it.

The two of them looked at each other, just like dry wood and fire, and they couldn't bear it anymore! Yan Xufeng confessed his guilt, and in the laughter of the old man Murong Ke, he got up and prepared to go to the Gongsho; No one knew what Yan Guilan said over there, and after a while, the two met on the trail to Gongsuo.

Yan Guilan pulled Yan Xufeng, and the two twisted east and west, and then entered a hut in the backyard......

It is said that the banquet in the main hall is lively, and no one noticed that there are so many people missing, and the one who came to toast only said that Yan Xufeng went to the Gongsho, and if he drank too much, he would inevitably stay for a while. So the toaster waited.

But no one expected that at the time of this birthday banquet*, the backyard suddenly went flooded! A fire broke out in a small courtyard, and the fire was so big that it was difficult to extinguish! Old man Murong Ke was ten thousand unhappy, but for the sake of his family, he still let people put out the fire first. As a result, the fire was extinguished, and the doorman pulled open the burned lintel, and vaguely saw two people on the couch inside!

In this fire, the person must be gone, and it is impossible to see who the person himself is, but looking at the body size, it can be determined that it is a man and a woman!

Old man Murong Ke glanced at the movements of the two, and knew what they were doing, and his heart suddenly became even more annoyed, it must have been the two of them who took advantage of everyone's inattention to come here to do that despicable thing, and knocked over the candlestick in a hurry, which caused the fire!

In a fit of rage, Murong Ke ordered to check the people and see who was not there at the banquet.

After coming and going, people found out, there was no more and no less at the banquet, and there were just two people missing-Yan Xufeng, the deputy commander of Jinyiwei, and Murong Ke's ninth aunt, Taiyan Guilan!

Murong Ke only felt a burst of anger rising upwards, and a piece of Hulunbuir Prairie suddenly burned out on his head! The old man gritted his teeth several times and wanted to scold, but he couldn't scold when the words came to his mouth!

What to scold? You ruined, dare to green me? Or scold you, a damn whore, for daring to hook up with my woman? The whole family, the eyes of hundreds of people looked round, Murong Ke's old face was blue and white for a while, forming a sharp contrast with the warm dress on his body!

The few brocade guards who came with Yan Xufeng didn't know how to deal with this matter, so they could only pestle like that, shrinking back as much as possible.

Just when the family was at a loss, there was a sudden shouting outside the door, as if someone was about to break in! Murong Ke was furious, on the stall of his birthday, he was greened, not to mention that he burned the house, and there were still people who came to touch this moldy head?

So with a wave of his hand, Murong Ke took the young man of his family to the front yard, he wanted to see who was making trouble at this time? I must let him crush his bones and ashes!