The host is kind to invite, how can you not dress up? So when the royal family and his entourage arrived at the Wei Palace, it was almost dark, and if it was an ordinary person, it should be the rhythm of eating a good meal now, but although this is ancient times, the nightlife of the nobles has actually just begun. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Under the invitation of Gongzi Ang, Zhou Bian took the lead and walked into the hall, and a grand night banquet began.

At this time, in the main hall, it is already brightly lit, there are dozens of nobles in Chinese costumes sitting on the ground in the hall, there are candles shining before each small table, the whole hall is full of candle lights around the hall, facing the main seat of the hall door, Wei Hou sits on it, behind him is three layers of candlelight, there are various colored curtains in the hall, under the candlelight reflection, the whole hall is extraordinarily brilliant.

It's all candles! As soon as he entered the hall, Zhou Bian sighed in his heart, you must know that in Luoyang, the palace is reluctant to ignite, here, there are hundreds of them burning in a hall at the same time, and I don't know how much to burn this night.

In the surrounding area, Zhou Bian's pace slowed down, and at this time, the nobles of the Wei State who were talking to each other in the hall had also noticed that there were a few more people in the hall, so the hall immediately quieted down, and they all looked at Zhou Bian and his party curiously.

"The king is here, haha, come, take a seat beside the widow." Wei Hou, who was sitting on it, laughed twice, and invited Zhou Bian to come forward very hospitablely.

So, Zhou Bian immediately quickened his pace and walked towards Wei Hou.

On the way, Zhou Bian was greeted by the curious eyes of the nobles of the Wei Kingdom on both sides, and some people even pointed and laughed, not only full of curiosity about this young man, but also very disrespectful. Zhou Bian had never seen these Wei nobles, so Zhou Bian was not afraid at all, and looked left and right all the way along the way, returning his curious gaze.

Although the main hall was large, it didn't take long for Zhou Bian and his party to walk in front of Wei Hou.

"Come, the king sits beside the widow." Wei Hou sat down and stretched out his hand and pointed to a small number beside him.

Zhou Gong bowed his hand slightly, lifted the hem of his clothes, raised his feet and walked onto the wooden platform where Wei Hou was, and sat down on a small table far away from Wei Hou, and the two beautiful little maids immediately knelt down and stepped forward, and bowed down to Zhou Bian.

And Ning Yue and the other four invited royal courtiers were led by Gongzi Ang to sit on the right hand below Wei Hou.

As soon as he sat down, Zhou Bian began to look around again, the small few in front of him were carved from a whole piece of wood, and there were very delicate patterns carved on the brackets around and on both sides, which could not be seen clearly for a while, but the surface of these small surfaces was made of fine lacquer, and the dark lacquer shone under the candlelight, like a mirror. The wooden platform at the foot is more than a foot higher than the rest of the ground, more than a dozen square meters, so that Wei Hou and the most distinguished guests can sit on it together, plus a few little maids are too spacious, but so spacious, if there are no guests, it is just Wei people's own banquet, then sit next to Wei Hou or share a small side with Wei Hou, I am afraid it is Mrs. Wei.

just squinted his eyes, but saw Wei Hou kneeling here, the small few in front of him really had two big ones on his side, and I don't know if it was really prepared for the banquet for his husband and wife, or if it was originally enjoyed by Wei Hou alone. As soon as he raised his eyes, he saw Wei Hou smiling at him, and suddenly heard Wei Hou speak.

"The king has been coming to my Anyi for some time, but the widow has been busy with state affairs and has not been able to entertain him properly, which is really the sin of the Wei State. Therefore, today's special state banquet is held, and I hope that the king will dislike the small banquet of our country. ”

"How dare you! The Marquis of Wei invited him, but it was the honor of this king. Zhou Bian hurriedly arched his hand. This has been the case since ancient times, some things are said to be okay, but you can't take them seriously.

Sure enough, Wei Hou stroked his beard and laughed, "Haha, that's very good!" Then let's take a seat! ”

As soon as he heard Wei Hou's order to open the banquet, the two white-faced and beardless eunuchs standing on both sides of the wooden platform immediately began to act, one turned around and trotted out, while the other stepped forward two steps, waved his long sleeves, and shouted, "The prince has an order, open the banquet!" ”

As soon as the eunuch's voice fell, the sound of musical instruments around the hall sounded, and the nobles and doctors who were kneeling neatly below also bowed their hands to Wei Hou as a courtesy.

Ning Yue and a few people also accompanied the nobles of Wei to salute the Marquis of Wei, while Zhou Bian continued to look around, and sure enough, he saw the curtains behind the candlelight on both sides of the hall slowly opened, and a row of large bells and drum racks flashed out on each side.

In the melodious sound of bells and drums, two rows of robed musicians ran in with small steps holding musical instruments, but did not reach the middle of the open space of the main hall, but sat separately and neatly in the open space near the door of the hall, facing the direction of Wei Hou.

At the same time, on both sides of the wooden platform where Wei Hou was sitting, there were also four musicians who came out to sit down, holding long musical instruments, and also blowing, it seems that in this hall, the enjoyment of music is taken care of in all aspects.

However, Zhou Bian didn't know any of the instruments in the hands of these musicians, and he thought they should all be some sheng flutes and the like, but unfortunately Zhou Bian didn't study musical instruments in his previous life, even in this life, he didn't have a trace of energy at all, to put it bluntly, Zhou Bian is not good at this.

However, Zhou Bian still observed with great interest the four musicians closest to him, some of the instruments in their hands were long, some were thick, some were blowing, some were percussion, all different, and the musicians were shaking and shaking, and their cooperation was very appropriate.

Looking at it, Zhou Bian suddenly found that the musician's face closest to the wooden platform was a little wrong, how could it be a little blue, to be precise, it was not blue, but compared to the soft and warm candlelight, his face was a little soft blue-green.

Suddenly thinking of something, Zhou Bian turned his head sharply to look behind him, and was stunned for a moment.

It turned out that behind him, on the elevated stand at the back of the wooden platform, in addition to the two layers of candlelight, there were lacquered wooden shelves on the higher ground containing blue-green glowing beads, and the faint light was inferior to the two layers of dense candlelight, but it still could not ignore its existence, so that the faces of the musicians closest to the wooden platform were reflected in blue-green.

This is the pearl of the night! Those three words came out in Zhou Bian's mind, he has always heard of two lives, but he only saw the real natural night pearl today, but unfortunately he has not dared to raise his head too much, otherwise he would have seen it a long time ago.

Seeing that the night pearls were all the size of fists, there were as many as four or five behind him alone, Zhou Bian couldn't help but turn his head again, looking at Wei Hou's back, but saw that in front of Wei Hou's back wall, there were more night pearls, there were more than a dozen, especially the one in the middle, which was as big as a person's head, just placed directly behind Wei Hou, echoing Wei Hou's identity.

Zhou Bian's surprised behavior also attracted Wei Hou's attention, but after seeing that it was the night pearl that surprised Zhou Bian, Wei Hou smiled.

"The king is looking at these night beads?"

"Exactly, the light of this pearl is no less than the light of a candle, it is amazing." Zhou Bian came back to his senses and looked at Wei Houdao.

This night pearl folk is also called the night pearl, the historical book is called Hanging Li, more produced in the land of thorns in Hebei, natural, there is pearl light like the moon at night, it can be called a treasure, its preciousness is no less than the jade. In the past, when the Duke of Jin Wen was pretending to be a warlord, he was the Marquis of Yu who bribed with the multiplication of production and the wall of thorns. Wei Hou proudly introduced.

"Sure enough, it's a treasure." Zhou Bian arched his hand.

Wei Hou laughed twice when he heard this, and then bowed his head to Zhou Bian and said, "The widow has nothing else to do but love jewelry." If the king likes it, these beauties can be given to the king," said Wei Hou and pointed behind Zhou Bian, and the two little maids bent their waists deeper.

"However, these night beads can't be given away." Wei Hou accentuated his tone, and the sudden weight made Zhou Bian stunned, the beauty is not as good as Yezhu.

As he was talking, a song suddenly sounded in the hall, interrupting the conversation between the two, Wei Hou looked down, Zhou Bian also shifted his gaze, only to see that in the crisp women's singing, a group of long-sleeved girls ran in lightly, and danced in a formation in the middle of the hall.

Listen to the song,

"King Wen has a voice, and the horse has a voice. Seek to be peaceful, and look at it. King Wen! ”

"King Wen was ordered to have this martial art. Both cut in Chong, as a city in abundance. King Wen! ”

………

Although I don't understand many words, but under the teaching of the Taishi, Zhou Bian also learned this poem, which turned out to be a song written during the Chengwang period to praise King Wen of Zhou, with beautiful rhyme and elegant voice, and with the various spinning and jumping or bowing postures of those dancers, it is also appropriate.

And the most important thing is that the Wei people and the Zhou people have a common ancestor, King Wen of Zhou, so at the banquet where the Marquis of Wei welcomed the royal ministers of the Zhou royal family, singing the praises of King Wen of Zhou not only made the guests happy, but also did not damage the identity of the host, which is indeed very appropriate.

But where no one noticed, Wang Sunman, who was sitting alone, clenched his fists fiercely, it turned out that the dancing girl was eight or eight, Wei Hou dared to do it in front of Zhou Tianzi, isn't this a slap in the face?

Ning Yue also blushed, but he sighed and shook his head at Wang Sun Man.

This dance is also dignified and elegant, Zhou Bian naturally doesn't have so much thought, but he nods again and again.

However, this elegant atmosphere was quickly ruined by Wei Hou, and when he was halfway through the dance, he suddenly heard Wei Hou laughing.

"Which of the following dancers can the king look at? If you can see it, make a sound, and I'll send it to you in the evening. ”

Seeing Wei Hou's smile, Zhou Bian suddenly felt that Fang had just been immersed in the remembrance of King Wen's achievements, and it was all gone. So I had to smile shyly.

I didn't want that Wei Hou to laugh even more wantonly.

"The king is still young, and he doesn't know the fun, but he only has two or three years to live, and the king will pick it up now, just in case he needs it."

As he spoke, Wei Hou actually lowered his head and came over, and whispered a little mysteriously, "The woman who appears in this hall tonight, no matter which one, as long as the king takes a fancy to it, just go and don't have to be polite." The king can rest assured, the widow is not reluctant, this beauty country often grows up, the widow is not worried about the lack, unlike this night pearl, if it is not produced, there is one in this world is one, it is not good to add it! ”

Hearing Wei Hou's words, Zhou Bian couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, and he didn't know how to answer for a while.

That Wei Hou naturally saw Zhou Bian's embarrassment, but he smiled again, "I'm going to go now, it's good to have a beautiful woman warm up in the bed at night." ”

Saying that, Wei Hou showed a ** smile that all men understand, which made Zhou Bian immediately remember that he was ** with two personal maids along the way, and it seems that Wei Hou must know about it.

Thinking of this, Zhou Bian was a little really embarrassed, anyone who thought that his ** thing would be known by others, he would be embarrassed and even angry, but unfortunately Zhou Bian didn't dare to be angry at this time.

So Zhou Bian smiled honestly again.

At this moment, after the song and dance, dozens of dancers slowly bowed down and retreated, the music still did not stop, but turned into a brisk tune, with this tune, a team of maids flashed out from the back of the hall and the front door, like butterflies shuttling between the host and guest present, and brought up the plates and plates in their hands.

It turned out that after the first song and dance, the banquet officially began, and Zhou Bian's embarrassment was immediately interrupted, and he looked curiously at the maids shuttling among them, not knowing what kind of things would appear in the feast of the Wei Palace.

Soon, a special maid brought the plate and saucer, and the girl next to Zhou Bian immediately straightened up and took it, and bent down to put it in front of Zhou Bian.

Zhou Bian looked down and was immediately surprised, it turned out that this first plate was filled with more than a dozen pieces of fruit, white pieces, and the most peculiar thing was that this looked fresh. It's unbelievable, this is more than 2,000 years old, it's just spring, how can there be fresh fruits? How could there be a greenhouse in this era, and how could Wei transport fruits from the south?

This is too unbelievable, Zhou Bian reached out and grabbed a bamboo luxury from the small table, inserted a piece of fruit and put it in his mouth, chewed it, sweet and sour, this should be an apple, and then inserted a piece, and when he tasted it, he found that it was a pear, and then there were plums, all of which were peeled and cut into pieces, although some lost moisture, but it was indeed fresh.

How exactly did the Wei people do it? Zhou Bian frowned and thought about it, and couldn't help but squint at Wei Hou, only to see that he relaxed his upper body, leaning on the low couch that he moved behind, and the two beauties on the left and right were holding the fruit in their hands and sending it to Wei Hou's mouth, and Wei Hou was very happy.

Looking at the lookout again, I saw that Ning Yue and the others were also frowning and looking at the fruit on the plate, and those Wei nobles were enjoying the fruit comfortably, and one was eager to not even talk to each other, it seems that in Wei, the winter fruit is not something that everyone can enjoy, it can be seen

And the banquet of this Wei State is really set up very exquisitely, and the fruit is served before the main meal, just looking at this, it has been in line with modern society.

After looking around, Zhou Bian returned to his small table, inserted a piece of fruit and put it in his mouth to taste, this time, Zhou Bian finally tasted something different, yes, these fruits have lost their moisture, and are relatively soft, they should be frozen, no wonder they can be preserved from autumn to winter. But if you think about it carefully, even if it is placed in an ice cellar, this is also a science, such as how ripe the fruit should be put in, when to put it, what temperature to maintain, and when to take it out?

Modern people know that the refrigerator is not a panacea, so in ancient times, the ice cellar was even more not, so, in general, if you want to eat fresh fruits in winter, it is definitely a big project and a big investment.

Putting down the fruit and not looking at it, Zhou Bian looked at the second plate again, in comparison, the contents of this plate were not so amazing, it turned out to be some dried fruits.

Zhou Bian tasted it, there were dried plums, dried apricots, etc., but dried fruits, which were not very unusual.

"King, you don't have to do it yourself." Wei Hou's voice rang out on the side.

Turning his head to look, he saw that Wei Hou was full of smiles, and he didn't know if this was a kind reminder or a slight ridicule.

However, the two girls beside Zhou Bian were like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, and they were so frightened that they immediately moved two steps forward on their knees, and whispered, "King, let the slave come." ”

Saying that, one of the two girls took out a small dish and put it in front of Zhou Bian, the other took out a long bamboo skewer and inserted the fruit and dried fruit in front of Zhou Bian, and the other girl was more direct, directly grabbed a piece of fruit with her hand and sent it to Zhou Bian's mouth.

"The king wants to eat this fruit?"

In a soft voice, Zhou Bian was also a little crispy, in the Luoyang royal family, but he still didn't have this treatment, but here, it looked commonplace.

Well, just follow the locals.

So Zhou Bian opened his mouth comfortably.

(Thank you Kyan-Lian for your continued support!) ）