Chapter 22: Madame Zhu's lavish birthday banquet
At three o'clock, the sunset finally released a wisp of heat and slowly sank into the western mountain.
The migratory birds that arrive at home fly over the roof of the Yellow Crane Tower with their cries, but the hall on this floor is very lively, and the plans are staggered.
The sound of horses' hooves came, a rather luxurious carriage, the horse snorted, stopped, the coachman sitting in the front row and the young man dressed as a shopkeeper got out of the car, opened the door curtain on the car, and a strong man with slightly yellowed hair, a huge body, and an unusually fierce man walked down, it was Wei Wu, An Lushan, and Sun Zhuoyi.
"Master, Zhuo Yi doesn't understand, why do you want to participate in this in person" Sun Zhuoyi bowed slightly and arched his hand.
An Lushan waved his hand, his face was solemn, but he didn't answer, and went inside.
The crowd of people in the building, congratulating and congratulating, suddenly quieted down in one voice.
"Pinglu, Fanyang, Hedong Army Jie Du envoy, Hebei interview and disposal envoy, Dongping County King - An Lushan, General An sent an envoy to say goodbye." As the butler of the Assassin's Mansion obviously shouted out with some excitement.
Everyone in the room was stunned for a while, this one of the most holy people in the current day actually sent an envoy to congratulate him, this Zhu Daoyu Zhu Thorn History is really a prosperous official! Only a few people who knew something inside the story frowned quietly and muttered something.
Then it was estimated that everyone was thinking about it, and the left and right were not An Lushan coming in person, nor did they get up to greet each other, and gradually resumed the noise.
After a long time, a person hurriedly rushed out of the room, and Wei Wu saw that the figure was familiar, but it was Zhu Bajie.
"General An sent an envoy here, Zhu Bajie, on the order of his brother, to welcome the guests!" Zhu Bajie was stunned by the fierce figure of the "An Lushan Messenger" in front of him, and only responded for a long time. For a while, Zhu Bajie, who boasted of his world-class skills and unparalleled literary talent, also discovered that he was obese, but he was genuinely majestic, and he swept Wei Wu and squeezed his fat eyes, and said in his heart: This Wei Wu is amazing, but he still looks innocent? Want to me off? hooked up with An Lushan's messenger so quickly
"Well, let's go inside!" Sun Zhuoyi pretended to be the leader and took An Lushan and Wei Wuduo up.
Entering the hall on the first floor, Zhu Bajie saw that there was no vacancy in the middle of the factory, and said with a low smile: "The two envoys came from afar, and they didn't leave the main seat, so they really didn't take care of it, you see?" β
Wei Wu saw that a person at the main table looked like he was in his thirties, wearing a dark crimson official robe, with a white face and beard, wearing a black sand hat, and a strand of long hair on his forehead, quite a civil official, and he was constantly looking towards this side at the moment, as if he was quite worried. He opened his mouth and asked Zhu Bajie beside him, "Brother Zhu?" Is this your brother? β
"It's my brother." Zhu Bajie's eyes swept towards the man and responded briefly.
When Sun Zhuoyi heard this, he let his group sit next to him, and Zhu Daoyu was so bold that he dared not get up to greet him? His face turned pale, and he was about to have a seizure, but An Lushan nodded and said, "Brother Bajie, I hope to take care of the troubles." I'll just sit down in the middle of nowhere! β
The three of them found a side table against the wall in the corner and sat down, Wei Wu's eyes swept away, but he saw that Yan Wenhou's son, who had been teased by himself several times, was actually at a table next to him, and next to Yan Wenhou sat an old man in a light scarlet official robe, whose figure and appearance were eight points similar to Yan Wenhou. Yan Wenhou seemed to be being reprimanded by the old man, and kept nodding in response.
Wei Wu hurriedly lowered his head, not letting Yan Wenhou recognize him, and thought to himself, grandma, I don't want to scold you again at the wedding banquet of the assassin Shi and his mother, this will hurt my glorious and righteous image too much!
An Lushan glanced at Wei Wu's movements, followed Wei Wu's gaze, and said with a slight smile: "Wei Wu, do you have a grudge against this kid?" β
"No, no, it's just that I scolded him twice!" Wei Wu waved his hand and explained.
"It's just the son of a five-grade official, you scolded and scolded, what are you afraid of him doing?" An Lushan patted his thigh and grinned roughly.
"Yes, what is a five-grade official? Five products? "The history of Ezhou Thorn is only four grades, Wei Wu's eyes widened, Lao Tzu actually offended a second generation of officials this time? And he is still at the sub-ground level?
"Hmph, is the five-grade official very big?" An Lushan shook his head, with a look of disdain.
"It's not big, it's not big, compared to General An, it's 108,000 miles away!" Wei Wu swallowed his saliva, nonsense, this An Lushan, at the same time, became a three-section envoy, which section envoy is not a second-grade master?
"Hmm!" An Lushan nodded slightly, but he no longer paid attention to Wei Wu.
"Mrs. Zhu has arrivedβ" Suddenly a clear shout sounded, and everyone at the table in the hall was silent, looking at the stairs on the second floor.
With the sound of slight footsteps, I saw a graceful and noble woman, supported by two maids, walking down from the second floor.
This woman looks like she is about forty, with a little powder on her face, and it can be vaguely seen that she also has a bit of a posture when she was young, Zhu Daoyu, who was sitting in the main seat, immediately got up and welcomed her into the main table and sat in front of the word "longevity". A group of people held the attitude that serving the mother of the assassin was to serve the assassin, and immediately greeted them, and a group of people gathered around the woman bowing and shaking, which was very lively! The old man beside Yan Wenhou and the old man beside him who looked seven or eight points similar also gathered there, as if they were in a hurry because they couldn't squeeze in.
"Thank you for coming, I am grateful, and I would like to invite you to your seat!" This woman was very self-contained, and nodded to everyone with a smile.
As soon as everyone was seated, and before they could speak, a family member rushed in and shouted, "Your Excellency! The son of Prime Minister Yang, Yang Xuan Yang Gongzi has arrived! β
"What? Hurry up, please! Zhu Daoyu stood up and walked towards the door!
The people in the room were also shocked, and hurriedly followed and hugged them.
Before the words fell, I heard a hoarse voice at the door shouting: "Brother Daoyu, my father heard that my aunt was fiftieth birthday, and specially ordered Yang Xuan to come and send a congratulatory gift."
A small servant behind him shouted loudly: "Mrs. Zhu's birthday, the prime minister will send you, fifty pearls from the East China Sea, one hundred taels of gold, and ten horses." β
"What a big deal!" Everyone in the hall couldn't help but gasp, not to mention the hundred taels of gold, just the pearls of the East China Sea are extremely difficult to find, and one is worth a hundred taels of silver.
"General An? Why did this Yang Guozhong give such a big gift to Mrs. Zhu? Wei Wu asked puzzled.
"Hmph, naturally I got the news, I sent an envoy here." An Lushan snorted coldly.
This Ezhou is an important town in the west of the Yangtze River, and the annual tax and silver of Jiangxia and Wuchang are unknown, and it is an important treaty port, known as the "thoroughfare of nine provinces", which is why Yang Guozhong and An Lushan will attach so much importance to it.
"Daddy specially wrote a pair of longevity couplets, and Mrs. He was overjoyed!" This Yang Xuan clapped his palms, and a small guy came out behind him, and offered it with both hands.
Zhu Daoyu hurriedly took it, and unfolded the two couplets in front of everyone, the font on them was arrogant and domineering, and the book was surging with momentum: The hundred-year-old mulberry arc is fifty in the past fifty and then fifty, and the year is eight thousand in the spring of the sea house.
Everyone bowed their heads and praised: "Good union, the prime minister is only eight buckets, and the birthday star is so blessed!" β
The woman nodded slightly, summoned two family members to accept the longevity couplet, and opened her mouth to ask Yang Xuan: "I don't know what else the prime minister has to say to the old woman?" β
Yang Xuan shook his head, coughed twice, and said, "Daddy didn't say much, just ordered me to send the birthday gift and birthday union to the return." Don't delay. β
"Well, the old woman won't do much to keep it, Yang Gongzi, please go back!" Mrs. Zhu nodded, and she was not polite, and even directly gave the order to send off the guests, but her face was resentful.
Yang Xuan saluted and walked out with a group of followers.
"The child lives in the mother's health and longevity, and the blessing lasts forever!" Zhu Daoyu knelt in front of Mrs. Zhu and congratulated respectfully.
Many guests waved their hands one by one and got up to congratulate, because Wei Wu and the three of them were sitting in the corner, when it was Wei Wu's turn to congratulate many guests, they naturally looked at the messenger sent by General An, Sun Zhuoyi stood up with a big grin, grinned hard at the corner of his mouth, and said to Mrs. Zhu: "My lord wishes Mrs. a blessed life!" β
When Wei Wu was amused by Sun Zhuoyi's appearance of smiling but not smiling, he suddenly felt a gaze stabbing at him like a knife, and when he looked up, it was Yan Wenhou's sharp eyes glaring at him. The left and right have been discovered by him, can I still be afraid of you? There's a big traitor to back me up! Wei Wu frowned, glanced at Yan Wenhou, and then compared his middle finger to the latter from a distance.
Mrs. Zhu smiled and waited for Sun Zhuoyi to sit down, and slowly said: "Today is the fiftieth birthday of the old man, but it is also the eighteenth birthday of the little girl Wan'er.
"Mother!" A shy and frightened, anxious voice came from upstairs.
"Knock knock" sounded with the sound of going downstairs quickly, only to see a girl standing on the stairs prettyly, dressed in a goose-yellow long group, with a green jade hairpin pinned to her hair, her posture was like jade snow, and her beautiful eyes were overflowing with brilliance between her eyes, and she became more and more beautiful. At this moment, the girl saw that she was suddenly the focus of everyone's attention, and she couldn't help but blush, and stomped her feet, really I don't know whether to go upstairs or come down.
Wei Wu was only stupid, this woman may not be as beautiful as Qing'er and Mu Xin, but she is more kind and moving, and people can't help but want to come forward and be intimate when they see it.
An Lushan pushed the stupid Wei Wu and asked in a low voice, "How does this woman look?" β
"Beautiful!" Wei Wutou replied to An Lushan's stupid question without replying.
"Hmph, there are 3,000 beauties in the emperor today, and there are no less than ten people and no less than five people who can be compared, this is the one who has power" An Lushan looked at Wei Wu, who was salivating at the corners of his mouth, and said step by step.
Before she finished speaking, Mrs. Zhu looked at her daughter who was embarrassed on the stairs, coughed lightly and said, "Wan'er, come down, sit next to your mother!" β
Zhu Wan'er sat next to Mrs. Zhu with a flushed face, lowered her head and whispered: "Niang Wan'er said that if you are looking for a husband, you must find someone who can govern the country with Wen, who can be Anbang with martial arts, and who is proficient in Qimen Miscellaneous Studies."
Mrs. Zhu's face turned pale, and she reprimanded in a cold voice: "Wen can govern the country, Wu can be Anbang, I don't object, but Qimen miscellaneous learning is something that only the small people in the market have studied." Besides, the people sitting here today are all our Ezhou gentry and prominent families, and there are many young talents from all over Jiangnan Province, who are right with you."
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