Chapter 62: Moon Viewing Banquet

When they came to the pavilion, Li Qikun had already arranged the room for Gao Feng, and the two discussed some details of the banquet, cleaned up their own, ate something to pad their stomachs, and were ready to leave when they saw that it was getting late.

Hu Bao had already come over in advance with Li Qikun's housekeeper Li Song pulling the things in the car, and at this time they were also ready and happened to act together.

The sun was setting, the moon was climbing up, and the earth was still bright.

The city is really different from the countryside, at this time, every house lights up, every household prays, and the street is also full of people coming and going, and passers-by are endless, just like the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Gao Feng and Li Qikun rushed forward while enjoying the beautiful scenery of the night, and unconsciously came to Fengming Garden.

Fengming Garden has been opened, and a person who looks like a housekeeper is leading several family members to greet visitors. Li Qikun said that this person's name is Gu An, and he is the housekeeper of the Gu family.

At this time, it is the peak period for guests to enter the park, and I saw an endless stream of visitors, all of them in fresh clothes and gorgeous clothes, full of smiles, or coming in groups, or bringing their subordinates.

Gu An seemed to be familiar with the visitors, and stepped forward to greet them one by one, and instructed the servants to lead in the arrangements.

Li Qikun and Gao Feng came to the door with the flow of people, and Gu An had already seen and greeted them: "Li Yuanwai is here, if you miss the welcome, forgive your sins." ”

The big family is different, and its attitude alone makes people feel like a spring breeze.

"Steward Gu has worked hard, today's banquet is your busiest, we are just here to enjoy your light." Li Qikun quipped.

"Don't say that outside the staff, it's a bad thing." Gu An hurriedly excused himself nervously. He should be a housekeeper, if he has a halo, it is better to give him two slaps.

Seeing that Gu An was nervous, Li Qikun laughed and said, "Has Lord Gu ever been there?" ”

"Adults will be there later, please sit in the park first." After Gu An finished speaking, he looked at the peak: "Who is this son?" ”

Naturally, it is necessary to check the people entering and leaving, even if it is brought by Li Qikun, it is necessary to understand his basic situation. This kind of stranger Gu An will not let go.

"This is one of my brothers, Gao Feng Gao's son, accompany me to see the demeanor of Lord Gu." Li Qikun introduced.

"It turned out to be Mr. Gao, please come in." Gu An said kindly. With Li Qikun's sponsorship, you can rest assured, it doesn't matter who this is called Gao Feng.

Gao Feng also arched his hand to him, showing his salute, but said in his heart: Don't look at the housekeeper's kindness on the surface, if there is no Li Qikun's guidance, it is really difficult to enter this door.

Fengming Garden covers an area of nearly 100 acres, with buildings and water pavilions, famous flowers and green willows. Usually, it is for visitors to play for free leisure, and only on this major festival will the park be closed.

Under the guidance of a maid ring, Gao Feng watched all the way and listened to Li Qikun tell the allusions of Fengming Garden.

In front of the right side is the tall Phoenix Tower, which is said to be the place where the phoenix fell. On the left is the Qin Pond (also known as the mud pond), which is a lake in the park and occupies half of the entire garden.

Mud pond is the name of a kind of wine in Feng County, which is a wine that has been handed down since the Qin and Han dynasties, and it has a magical legend.

Legend has it that in ancient times, there was a Huashan Mountain on the edge of Fengcheng, the valley of Huashan was quiet, and there was a pond in the valley that was born in response to heaven and earth. The water of the pond is light blue, clear and slow, and the wonderful thing is that there is a faint rich aroma of wine from the pool, which is the "fairy brewing pool".

There is a divine beast in the pool that follows the body day by day, and because of absorbing the aura of heaven and earth, the essence of the pool and gets out of the mountain, it is respected as a holy beast. It's just that he is strangely addicted to alcohol, and he can't help but occasionally turn around and drink when he is in China, and he is always drunk, usually for decades to a hundred years without waking up.

Once Shangcang sent him to subdue demons, at this time he was addicted to alcohol again, and couldn't help but fly back to the immortal brewing pool to drink bitterly, and as a result, he slept peacefully for nearly two hundred years, and mistakenly subdued demons, so as to cause chaos in the world. Houyun Zhenren came here, awakened it from the pool and wanted to bring it back, who knew that the holy beast no longer wanted to ascend to the immortal, and was willing to get drunk in the "Immortal Brewing Pool", and then dived into the bottom of the pool and moved the wine pool to Fengming Tower, and he never appeared again. Later, the immortal brewing pond sometimes dried up and sometimes overflowed, and later generations called it the mud pond.

Whether it is a mud pond or a fairy brewing pool, its legend is just a gimmick that people make up for commercial needs, of course, this gimmick also contains a layer of historical and cultural clothing, and has an impact on the present and future generations.

Hearing this, Gao Feng couldn't help but sigh, it's still an ancient city, just pull out a broken building and a broken pond with historical origins, I really don't know how many legends and stories there will be in the entire county.

There are two pavilions on the edge of the Qin Pond in front, Li Qikun introduced that one is called Wanghua Pavilion and the other is called Wangye Pavilion, one of which is said to be related to the Xianzhuchi Pond and the other is related to Liu Bang.

The banquet was held next to the Wangno Pavilion, which was very much in line with the practice of the people of the time who were nostalgic for the past and the present.

There were quite a few people attending the banquet, dozens of people had already arrived, and many people were coming one after another, and it was estimated that there were hundreds of people. It seems that this time the county leaders, dignitaries, celebrities, and talents have almost arrived.

In an open space next to the pavilion, nearly twenty square tables were placed in a large circle, dozens of lanterns were lit around, and with the moonlight, the place was as bright as day.

Each square table is filled with pastries, fruits, melon seeds, peanuts, tea and wine. Gao Feng carefully observed the fruits, including grapes, oranges, persimmons, pomegranates, pears, etc., all of which were fresh fruits and vegetables that had just come out of the next season.

Dozens of maids and maids shuttled back and forth, attracting people to sit down, pull chairs to set up tables, serve tea and pour water, and they were busy and happy.

When Gao Feng was questioning how the Gu family could have so many maids and maids, Li Qikun helped him solve his doubts.

"In order to organize this feast, several major families in the city have sent servants, and some of them have also contributed money to sponsor them.

This is in line with some practices of later generations, concentrating on major affairs, and also demonstrating the harmonious atmosphere of the government and the people.

"Li Yuanwai, you're late, you have to punish yourself for a while," As soon as the two of them stepped into the venue, a slightly chubby middle-aged man walked up, and he knew that he had a good relationship with Li Qikun by looking at his teasing tone.

"The head of the Du family has already arrived, and Li has arrived late, so he should definitely be punished." Li Qikun hurriedly stepped forward and clenched his fists to admit his mistake. However, as soon as he finished speaking, the two of them looked at each other and laughed, it seemed that this was their usual play.

The head of the Du family is Du Wangchu, Juniper's son, and he is indeed the elite of the Du family, and there is too much shrewdness revealed in his eyes.

Without waiting for Gao Feng to think about it, Du Wangchu looked over: "Who is this?" ”

Coming with Li Qikun naturally has something to do with him, as a shrewd person, how can he let go of such details.

"Kid Gaofeng has seen the head of the Du family." Gao Feng hurriedly stepped forward to salute.

The name was too unfamiliar, Du Wangchu frowned and then unfolded, and looked at Li Qikun inquiringly.

"This is my little brother I just made, come with me to meet all the celebrities." Li Qikun said solemnly.

"Li Yuanwai's little brother must not be a mortal, I'm very curious about him." Without waiting for Du Wangchu to answer, a voice came from behind him, his voice was arrogant, and it was extremely uncomfortable to hear.