Chapter 217: There is no good feast
Chang'anjun has been sealed for more than half a month when he came to Qi County, during which he was invited by Qi's, Wen's and other wealthy elders many times to go to their homes as guests. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Although this prince tried his best to make his speech appear friendly, although he carefully remembered the names of everyone who saluted him, his smile still looked so unfathomable, and the aristocratic temperament of being born in the royal family always made the elders feel that their house was too simple to accommodate a thousand golden sons. All of the above reminds them that this son is a big man from Handan, and the identity gap between them and them is like mud......
The people who got Chang'anjun's face naturally felt that there was light on their faces, and those who were politely rejected did not dare to have resentment.
Finally, in mid-April, Chang'anjun sent invitations to the chief of Qi County, the three elders, and the elders in the name of "coming and not being rude", regardless of whether they had patronized their family before, as long as the land at home exceeded 2,000 acres and the clansmen were more than 50 strong, they were all invited.
This has become a sign of whether each family can enter the eyes of Chang'an Jun in this county and can enter the house, and the invited people are all pleasantly surprised, and those who are not invited beat their chests and regret it.
On the day of April 15th, this gathering of the county's big and small chiefs, the banquet of the clan was held in the courtyard of the county temple, it was early summer, it had not rained for several days, it was sultry outside, the twilight was deep, and under the big mulberry tree in the courtyard of the county temple, it was a bright light. All the lamps and lanterns in the county temple came in handy, and more than ten lacquer cases were placed in the open space, and the maid sent by the Qi family to Chang'an Jun went back and forth between the courtyard and the kitchen, bringing the food concocted by the kitchen from Handan to each table.
Although the place of Qi County is small, but there are a lot of mountain treasures and water tribes, the fish and turtle from Zhaoyu Qi is the main dish, stewed into the delicious meat soup in Tao Ding, bubbling out with white steam, in addition, the meat and dog meat are supplied, there are also the sheep burnt and sheep roasted and eaten freshly roasted, mixed with the local common Changxie, deep pu, cranberry and other vegetables, the taste is good.
Qi's family, Wen's and other guests came early, their seats were arranged early, according to the size of the clan, the degree of wealth in order, Qi Weng unexpectedly sat in the position of the head of Chang'anjun, followed by Dongxiang Wen, this family was the three families when they were divided, moved from the ancestral land of the Zhao family, Wen County.
After the heads of the families took their seats, they looked at the full table of delicacies but did not dare to put them down, and they were all waiting for the host of the banquet to speak.
Mingyue sat in the middle of the top of many cases, wearing a white deep coat today, wide sleeves, embroidered with colored lines, black field hunting patterns flying on it, and the red tassels on the crown, lined with dignified appearance.
I saw him knock on the chopsticks, which stopped the whispering conversation in the courtyard.
Mingyue glanced at everyone in the court: "This son has just come to Qidi, thanks to your help, this can familiarize himself with the place as soon as possible, and the government affairs are also on the right track." I have been treated by all the tribes, and today I can only thank you with a thin banquet, the banquet is a small banquet, there is no desire to eat and eat Jiarou, and there is no Zheng Weinu to enjoy the joy of wine, I am really ashamed, and I hope that the second and third sons will not be disgusted. ”
He raised the wine bottle in his hand: "Enter his hometown, follow his customs, although I was born in Handan, but when I came to Qi County, I became a Qi person, and my second and third sons are already fellow villagers." If his second and third sons have the opportunity to come to Handan one day, I will definitely entertain them in the mansion again! ”
After saying that, he drank the wine in his hand!
"How dare you, I wish Chang'an a long life!"
Chang Anjun said modestly, how dare the people in the courtyard slack off, hurriedly raised the wine and toasted, and then couldn't help praising and saying, worthy of the cook that Chang Anjun brought from Handan, many ways to eat are what they have not tasted in these poor and remote soil buns, and even the wine provided by Chang Anjun is many times better than their own brewing, it is simply a jade brew!
For a time, the sound of greeting continued, accompanied by the sound of silk and bamboo, and the banquet entered a climax.
Today, Chang'anjun seemed to be in high spirits, changing his previous attitude of drinking and drinking less, almost next to each other, toasting to each of the clans present......
This flattered everyone, but there was a trace of worry between the experienced Qi Weng's white eyebrows, and he was even more worried when he saw his own family Sun Qikun following Chang Anjun with a red face to toast with him, looking like he was honored.
Qi Weng is a person who lived to be seventy years old, when he was young, he caught up with King Wuling of Zhao to inspect the west, and passed by Jinyang on the way to Yuzhong, when Qi Weng happened to be in Jinyang with his father and brother, and saw the domineering and heroic posture of King Wuling on the side of the road. At that time, like his grandson Qi Kun, he was very fond of this heroic king, even if he made a meat ladder to get on the horse under his feet, he would feel honored......
Young man, who doesn't want to meet the Lord and do something great? But when he was a little older and took on the survival of the family, this thought was gone.
Qi Weng has eaten more salt than his grandson has eaten, and he has a faint feeling that this banquet is probably not a good feast!
Sure enough, when the wine was at dusk, the atmosphere of the banquet was joyful, and everyone sat together, staggering, who expected that at this moment, Chang'anjun, who had finished a circle of wine and staggered back to the main seat, suddenly let out a long sigh......
"Alas!"
This sigh doesn't matter, like a cold rain, it instantly extinguishes the lively banquet.
Several of the heroes who planned to go up to pay homage to Chang'anjun stayed in place awkwardly, neither before nor after. After a few cases, everyone's shoulder-to-shoulder hands stopped in mid-air. The person who bowed his head and feasted felt the air around him suddenly quiet, and suddenly raised his head, and when he saw that the situation was not good, he did not dare to make any more chewing sounds......
Everyone was frightened by this sigh, a big man like Chang'an Jun is like a sleeping dragon in the deep sea, he doesn't even need to shake his tail, just need to sneeze lightly, and their group of small fish and shrimp can't blow without a trace?
Still Qi Weng was stable, he leaned over and asked, "I don't know why the son sighed?" ”
Mingyue seemed to be deliberate, sighed again, and said: "The gentleman's sigh is nothing more than thinking about the worship of the three generations, mourning and funeral...... I sighed for nothing else, but I thought that when we were here to hold a wine meeting, thousands of families in Xixiang and Nanxiang in Qi County were suffering from the nuisance of bandits, their wives were scattered, the water was dire and dire and the bones were exposed in the wilderness and no one cleaned up, and their wives and daughters could not be saved. I, as a feudal king, can't relieve their suffering, I'm ashamed, ashamed! ”
As soon as these words came out, everyone looked at each other, the water bandits in Zhaoyu Qi in Xixiang and the bandits in Yuer Mountain in Nanxiang were all stubborn diseases that had plagued Qi County for many years, but these more than ten wealthy chiefs and clans, and several county commanders and county lieutenants who came to take office in a row, could not solve it. Later, he simply turned a blind eye to the nuisance of thieves, and today, how did Chang Anjun bring up this disappointing topic?
But I saw Chang Anjun raise his head and said: "The one who is the king, the government of one place, the dimension of the four realms, now the thieves are slaughtering my people, just like cutting the flesh of my humerus, and my son is in pain!" The restlessness of a township is the restlessness of a county, and it is my duty to save the people from fire and water! ”
Mingyue got up, raised the wine bottle in her hand again, and toasted Qi Weng again, and also to all the elders, three elders, and elders present: "Instead of preventing thieves for a thousand days, it is better to sweep them away in one fell swoop!" All of you here are all strong clans in this county, and I hope that the second and third sons will help me, produce grain and straw, and send people to suppress the thieves in the mountains, in addition to the two evils in Qi County, and restore the peace of the people, so that your clans will no longer have to worry about looting! ”
After speaking, he didn't care about everyone's silence, he took a sip of the wine in his hand, and slammed it upside down on the desk, making a bang, which frightened everyone and trembled.
Mingyue glanced at everyone present: "Does it have anyone who doesn't want to!?" ”
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