Chapter 318: The Huang Family's Wine Banquet
A few days later, the Huang family began to officially return to the port of Malacca, which also caused a sensation in the entire Malacca city for a while, after all, everyone knew that the Huang family represented the power of Alec's side, and now the Huang family returned to Malacca port in such a high-profile manner, does that also mean that Daming decided to support Alec's side?
However, soon the people of Malacca City found that only the people of the Huang family came back this time, not only Alec did not come back, but even the rebels controlled by the Huang family have been staying in Jinzhou on the other side, in other words, it is only the Huang family that came back this time, and the Huang family has no intention of taking over Malacca City, which makes many people breathe a sigh of relief, it seems that the Huang family is only allowed to come back as an ordinary Han family.
The Huang family, as the first Han family in the port of Malacca, coupled with the incident two years ago, made many people attach great importance to the return of the Huang family, especially when they saw that the Admiral actually returned the old mansion of the Huang family to the Huang family, and many people guessed that the Huang family could come back this time, which was likely to be related to the young Admiral, which made many people go to the Huang family to congratulate and express their goodwill to them, after all, a family that can climb the relationship with the Admiral will definitely have a bright future in the future.
After the Huang family renovated the old house, the whole family immediately moved back, and on the day of the official move-in, the Huang family used this as an excuse to feast guests, firstly, to celebrate the joy of the housewarming, and secondly, to thank the people who visited the Huang family a few days ago.
Zhou Zhong also received an invitation from the Huang family, originally he was arranging the military and government affairs management of the Port of Malacca during this time, because he was going back next month, so the affairs of Malacca would be handed over to his subordinates to manage. Before leaving, though. Naturally, he had to arrange this matter.
It is also the busy affairs in Zhou Chong's hands. So Zhou Chong originally didn't plan to pay attention to Zhou Hai and the Huang family, but when he saw that the Huang family was so obedient, he moved back so quickly, which made his Huang family feel a little relieved. So after thinking about it for a while, Zhou Zhong decided to come to the Huang family's banquet, and by the way, he contacted Lu Lao and their local Han families.
Huang Jiading's day is very good, on this day the sky in Malacca is full of white clouds, blocking the scorching sun, coupled with the breeze blowing by the sea, making the weather not as hot as before, and even has a cool feeling.
When Zhou Zhong took people to the old mansion of the Huang family, he saw that there were already people in the renovated mansion. But they have been in charge of Jinzhou's gold mining business for the past two years, so they are not short of money. The scale of the banquet this time was also very large, not only feasting on Han families such as Lu Lao and Zhao Pu, but also feasting on some wealthy merchants who survived in the city of Malacca, but there was not a single Tamil like Baman, after all, the Huang family and the Tamils had fallen out at the beginning, so it was naturally impossible to entertain each other.
When Zhou Chong entered the gate of the Huang family, the other people had almost arrived, and when these people saw Zhou Chong coming in, they immediately stood up and saluted him one by one, and Huang Qionghai also greeted him in person. Zhou Zhong also greeted everyone with a smile at this time, and only then did he come to the hall accompanied by Huang Qionghai.
Compared with the messy banquet outside the hall, the hall is much quieter, there are only a dozen tables of banquets arranged here, and the people who sit are also some important people, such as Lu Lao, their Han families, as well as some famous and wealthy merchants in the city, and even Tang Bohu and Shen Ying and other civil and military officials are also among the banquets, these people see Zhou Chong also stood up and saluted, Zhou Chong waved everyone to sit down, and then under Huang Qionghai's courtesy, sat on the main table.
Seeing Zhou Chong sit down, the other people in the hall sat down with peace of mind, Zhou Chong's main table was not many people, except for him and Huang Qiong as the host, there were only Tang Bohu, Shen Ying, Chang Xiao, Qu Lie, as well as Lu Lao and Zhao Pu, the two representatives of the local Han family, can be said to be Zhou Chong's acquaintances, it can also be seen that Huang Qionghai has also spent a lot of thought on the arrangement of the banquet, after all, if there are strangers present, it may affect the atmosphere at the wine table, Therefore, the Huang family tries to arrange acquaintances at the same table.
In addition, it is worth mentioning that Zhou Hai did not show up at the banquet, this is because Zhou Hai's existence has always been a secret of the Huang family, except for a few people in the entire Huang family, most of the others do not know that there is such a person as Zhou Hai in the Lu Dao clan, as for the relationship between Zhou Hai and Zhou Chong, only Huang Qionghai knows Lu Dao, so Zhou Hai usually does not appear in public.
After Zhou Chong's arrival, the banquet officially began, Zhou Chong's table was full of acquaintances, and the only person who was not very familiar was only Huang Qionghai, but Huang Qionghai was well-informed, and very knowledgeable, and knew what kind of people Lu Dao said to what kind of people, so he quickly mingled with Tang Bohu and Shen Ying, and even Zhou Chong had a good impression of Huang Qionghai.
The banquet held by the Huang family lasted from noon to dusk, and the invited guests were drunk one by one, and many of them were carried away.
Zhou Chong looked at the sky and it was not too early, and if Tang Bohu and they drank it again, I am afraid that they would really get drunk, as an official of the imperial court, it would be unruly to be drunk on such an occasion, so Zhou Chong also stood up and prepared to leave, and asked people to escort Tang Bohu and them back.
However, when Zhou Zhong said goodbye to Huang Qionghai, he saw that the other party suddenly whispered: "Lord Admiral, my brother has something important to see you, he said that this matter is extremely important, and it is even related to the life of Lord Admiral!" ”
Zhou Zhong was stunned for a moment when he heard Huang Qionghai's words, and then stared at the other party aggressively: "Oh? Admiral Ben really wants to know Lu Dao, what is there in your Huang family that can affect my life? ”
"My lord, this matter needs to be told to you by my brother himself, now my brother is in the backyard, as long as you see him, you will know the truth!" Huang Qionghai saluted very respectfully, and at the same time made a "please" gesture.
Seeing that Huang Qionghai refused to speak, Zhou Chong was not afraid of any tricks played by the Huang family, after all, Malacca City is his own territory, and everyone in the Huang family is under his control, if there is any danger in the Huang family, the entire Huang family will inevitably die, so Zhou Chong no longer talks nonsense, and followed Huang Qionghai to the Huang family's backyard at the moment.
The Huang family's house covers a huge area, and it can even be said to be a small village, and the middle courtyard is where the Huang family lives. Zhou Chong followed Huang Qionghai all the way to a very quiet courtyard, Huang Qionghai did not go in after opening the courtyard door, but stood outside the door to guard, Zhou Chong also let Wu Shan's guards stay outside, and entered the courtyard alone.
The area of this courtyard is not small, and the building is somewhat peculiar, there are no wings on the left and right, only a very tall building in the middle. In addition, the yard is very empty, after all, after two years of no one has lived, the yard must be overgrown with weeds and trees, and now the people of the Huang family have cleared out the plants in the yard, and the new plants have not yet come and planted, so the whole yard is naturally empty.
After Zhou Chong entered the courtyard, he immediately saw Zhou Hai sitting in a pavilion in the middle of the courtyard, and then he walked over, and then sat down very casually and said, "What are you looking for me today?" ”
Zhou Hai in the pavilion was cooking tea, and after seeing Zhou Zhong sitting down, he personally poured him a cup of tea before he spoke: "After the last conversation, we have learned more about each other, for example, now I know that although you are not my son, but your body is my son's, that is to say, you still have my blood on your body, I should not be wrong to say this, right?" ”
"That's right, in a sense, I'm still your son, the brother of Bang'er and Do'er." Zhou Zhong picked up the teacup and took a sip without hesitation, Zhou Hai is a smart person, and he sees the interests of the family as greater than the sky, so he is not worried about Zhou Hai doing anything unfavorable to him at all.
"Hahaha~, that's right!" I saw that after Zhou Hai got Zhou Chong's affirmative answer, he immediately said with a smile, "Since you are still the bloodline of our Huang family, then your current situation is very bad, and it can even be said that it is very dangerous. ”
"Well, what do you mean?" Zhou Zhong raised his head very vigilantly and glanced at Zhou Hai, and at the same time he was very puzzled in his heart, he couldn't understand what Zhou Hai's words meant?
"Hehe, if you want to know what's going on, then you can go to the ancestral hall with me, and you will naturally understand when the time comes!" Zhou Hai drank all the tea in his hand as he spoke, then stood up and walked towards the tall building in the courtyard. When Zhou Chong came in just now, he felt that the construction of this courtyard was a little peculiar, but he didn't expect that this was the ancestral hall of the Huang family, no wonder it was so tall.
I couldn't figure out what tricks Zhou Hai was going to play, so when Zhou Zhong sat there and thought about it for a while, he stood up all of a sudden and followed the other party into the ancestral hall. There are only two small windows in the entire ancestral hall, which makes the light inside very dim, and when Zhou Chong came in from the outside, his eyes were a little uncomfortable, and after squinting and waiting for a while, he felt much better.
After his eyes got used to it, Zhou Chong saw the layout of the Huang clan ancestral hall clearly, and saw that there was nothing special about the entire ancestral hall, there were a lot of futons in the open space in front of him, and a huge offering table was placed in the middle, on which there were many tablets, but when Zhou Chong saw the name on the tablet, his face changed greatly, and an incredible look flashed in his eyes. (To be continued......)