The situation in the side hall seems to be much worse than Wu Kai had expected—in addition to Lin Lingsu and Wang Zixi, there are actually five other veterans in it. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

As soon as he entered the door, seven pairs of eyes, large or small, round or flat, fell on Wu Kai's body with a brush, each of which revealed the hostility of a mountain that could not tolerate two tigers.

Wu Kai calmly looked around a few times, and found that apart from these old Taoists, there were some little Taoist priests and little eunuchs, and there was no one else-it seemed that this was still a special session for religious people.

He found Taishi Zhang nearby to sit down, and immediately a little eunuch diligently brought tea and snacks.

originally thought that it was inevitable to have a battle with some old Taoists, so Wu Kai drank tea first and moistened his throat, who knew that he put down the tea bowl and stared at those old Taoists for a long time, but none of them took the initiative to speak.

Since the other party was not ready to provoke, Wu Kai was naturally happy, so he simply fished out a string of rosewood Buddha beads from his sleeve, pinched it in his hand, and closed his eyes pretending to be there.

This silent and embarrassing atmosphere lasted for about half an hour, and seeing the red sun outside and the sky getting dark, I saw Li Cunzhong hurriedly enter the palace gate, and greeted respectfully: "Your Majesty, Xuanlin Zhenren, Mr. Wang, Wukong Zen Master, and several Taoist masters are driving Donghua Gate together!" ”

Tut~

From this order, it can be seen that although Wu Kai is already quite credible, in Song Huizong's heart, he is still not as good as old people like Lin Lingsu and Wang Zixi - of course, compared to the old Tao whose name has been omitted, it is still a lot stronger.

With Li Cunzhong's greeting, everyone got up and returned the salute, and then Lin Lingsu swept the dust and took a few disciples out of the hall first, followed by Wang Zixi, but this 'Mr. Wang' kicked in and out of the door, but turned around and sneered at Wu Kai a few times, no matter how you look at it, it is all malicious in it.

Could it be that this old man is ready to fight with himself at the birthday banquet?

Wu Kai thought like this, but there was not much tension in his heart - the trick of magic can deceive others, but it is difficult to hide from the prop master, not to mention the ancient color trick hundreds of years ago!

He swaggered out of the hall gate for the third time, but he was not in a hurry to leave, but pulled Li Cunzhong and explained a few words in a whisper, and pointed out to him Fahai and Huineng, who were waiting outside the door.

This birthday celebration is a celebration of the whole world, not only the civil and military officials, but also hundreds of people are watching, Wu Kai naturally will not let go of this opportunity, as early as the retreat prepared some small programs, planning to celebrate the birthday in the name of a wave of presence in front of people.

But he said that he left the side hall and joined Song Huizong's frame outside the palace gate, and the group rushed to Donghua Gate.

When they arrived at the place, they saw that martial law had already been imposed inside and outside the city tower.

Song Huizong and Empress Zheng got out of the carriage hand in hand, first called the crown prince Zhao Heng to his side, and then beckoned Lin Lingsu, Wang Zixi, and Wu Kai to follow closely behind, and slowly walked up to the city gate tower under the guidance of Liang Shicheng.

When Song Huizong stood at the head of the city and looked down, the two apricot yellow flags waved left and right, and the sound of 'long live' like a tsunami suddenly sounded on the royal road.

Wu Kai peeked down from the side, but saw a high platform set up on the left side of the city tower, about one person more than one person high, ten zhang square; Directly below the city tower are two teams of civil and military officials, sandwiching more than 100 low tables in the center.

Originally, he thought that Song Huizong was going to make a speech to the hundred officials and people below, but who knew where he stood and listened to the chanting of 'long live' below, so he sat down on the main seat with satisfaction.

Later, Wu Kai pondered it carefully, and then he figured out what was going on—the people closest to the city tower were also one hundred and fifty steps away, and they wanted to speak in such a noisy environment, and they had thought about it before inventing the megaphone.

On top of this city tower, there is actually a high platform, and it is slightly inclined downward, forming a fan-like staircase, otherwise, it will be difficult for this VIP seat to see the performance on the stage.

"Sit down!"

After Empress Zheng and Prince Zhao Heng sat down separately, Song Huizong gave an order, and immediately the little eunuch came over and led Wu Kai to the second seat at the bottom left of Zhao Heng, far away from Wang Zixi - but this first seat was empty.

Seeing that Lin Lingsu, Wang Zixi, and even several other Taoist priests were seated separately, and more than 40 sons and daughters of Song Huizong, as well as a few high-status concubines, were also seated separately, but the seats next to him were still empty, Wu Kaizheng was puzzled, so he heard Song Huizong instruct again: "Come on, go and invite Cai Xiang up." ”

It turned out that this table was prepared for Cai Jing.

After a while, I saw an old man in a purple robe and jade belt go up to the city tower, although he was already gray, but he was in good spirits, and he walked like a dragon and a tiger - Cai Jing was obviously no longer a saint at this time, and Song Huizong only perfunctorily praised two sentences of hard work and hard work for the country, so he ordered the little eunuch to lead him to the table.

Cai Jing was also a little lonely on his face, but when he saw Wu Kai sitting beside him, he immediately put on a warm smile, turned sideways, and talked to Wu Kai a few words kindly, all of which were short trivial matters in the family, such as Xi is not used to the wind and sand in the capital, if he doesn't know his life deeds, I'm afraid he really has to be a kind elder!

"Civil and military officials are seated!"

Accompanied by the sharp voices of several little eunuchs, the more than 100 court officials outside the city gate entered the table in turn according to the order of official positions and dispatches, and at the same time, twenty royal forest soldiers stretched their spears out of the battlements at the same time, only to hear a crackling sound, but it turned out that a string of firecrackers were tied to the head of the gun.

After all, the ratio of gunpowder is not scientific enough, and the strings of firecrackers the size of hemp thunder are only similar to the effect of the 'earth red' in later generations after they are lit.

However, more than 20 hangings were set off at the same time, and there was still a lot of movement, and there was also a curling green smoke and the wind was permeated, which caused an uproar under the city tower, and many people thought it was some kind of magic power, and hurriedly knelt down on the spot and kowtowed.

Even among the civil and military officials, there were many people who had seen this thing for the first time, and although they were not as out of shape as the common people, they also widened their eyes and wanted to see what was going on.

So when the firecrackers were finished, nearly half of the officials were still not seated -- and there was chaos for another quarter of an hour, and the city gates were in their proper positions.

It was not until the civil and military officials, under the leadership of Prime Minister Wang Huang, toasted three cups of birthday wine to Song Huizong, and the banquet officially began.

When the officials pushed the cup and changed the lamp, the bonfire was also lit on the high platform on the left, and then the drums were heard, and the two teams of dancers swung like willows in the wind, and went up to the high platform from the left and right, the jade arms rippled, the colorful satin fluttered, and the beautiful singing was heard around the beam.

However, it was said that Wu Kai finished dealing with the enthusiastic Cai Jing, and was just about to enjoy the dance on the stage, when he saw Wang Zixi leave the table, and walked in front of Song Huizong in a few steps, and said loudly: "Supreme Taiyi Tianzun, there is something about the poor road, and you want to know about it!" ”