The mansion behind the Ming Zhu Mansion is called the Qilin Courtyard, five steps on the first floor, ten steps and a pavilion, all imitation palace-like buildings, the regulation is wider than the Ming Zhu Mansion, and the momentum is more majestic. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

This Qilin Courtyard is specially used to receive emperors and princes and uncles of various countries, only those noble and big people come to use, usually the door is closed, never opened. Therefore, Song Qi came to the island for more than two months, and he did not have a look inside, but only peeked from the outside of the wall from a distance, and it was difficult to see the whole leopard.

Today, the fourteenth prince came to Dream Island, and the door of the Kirin Temple Natural Courtyard was wide open, and it was sprinkled with a new sweep. The fourteenth prince and Princess Chu Xi rested in this Qilin Courtyard.

The main hall in the middle of the Kirin Temple is called the Dragon Yin Hall, everyone knows that it is dedicated to entertaining the emperor, and it has only been opened twice in the past 20 years, and the door of the hall is still closed at this time. Although it is far away from the island, no one dares to trespass.

There is a large compound on the east side of the Ryuyin Pavilion, called Heming Temple, where the fourteenth prince and his entourage live; A large courtyard in the west is called Bird Dance Garden, which is the residence of Princess Chuxi and other female dependents.

That night, the lights of the Yuehu Hall behind the Longyin Hall hung high, shining like day.

Ming Zhu Gong held a grand banquet here to entertain the fourteenth prince and Princess Chu Xi and his party.

In the hall, the east and west compartments are divided into two parts with a brocade gauze screen, the east chamber is for male guests, and the west compartment is for female guests, one person and one seat, according to the official rank, arranged in turn.

There are two seats on the central throne, and the fourteenth prince and Ming Zhu are the chairmen, and from the chairmanship, you can see each seat in the east and west compartments at a glance.

The east seat is the general Hong Yu of Donghai County, Shi Panhuang, the governor of the palace, Sima Churui of the palace, the two personal guards of the fourteenth prince, Tong Gaosheng, Ximen Liu, Ming An, Hua Meng, Le Wugan, Fan Yinao, Mao Yong, Feng Dan, Ximen Yun, Ximen Yu and so on...

The west seat is much more spacious, in order for Princess Chu Xi, Ming Yu, Ling Xue, Princess Chu Xi's nurse Sheng Mama, Princess Chu Xi's two personal maids Yining Yili, Mrs. Ximen, Mrs. Tan, Mrs. Le, Mrs. Fan and so on. Originally, Ling Xue's position was arranged under Mrs. Fan, far opposite Ximen Yu opposite, Princess Chu Xi had to let Ling Xue sit closely, Ling Xue had to move to Mingyu's head, and moved the others down in turn.

Under the corridor outside the hall, dozens of large round tables are also set up in the courtyard, and the tables are full of delicacies from the mountains and seas, mixed with water and land, and delicious food and wine. The entourage of the Fourteenth Prince sat casually with the guards of Dream Island.

Today's seat was completely arranged by Ximen Liu, of course Ximen Liu would not take care of Song Qi, according to his understanding, Song Qi was an unemployed vagrant, so he naturally could not enter the house, so he arranged him to sit in the courtyard with his family.

Song Qi didn't care either, and happily sat down.

There are dozens of long tables in the courtyard, each with twelve people. At the same table with Song Qi were Ding Chaohu, Ma Dai, Hao Peng, Wu Biao and others.

Mingyu and Ling Xue were both pestered by Princess Chu Xi, and they had no time to take care of Song Qi at all. When entering the seat, Mingyu glanced at the opposite seat through the gauze screen, and from the chief to the last seat, there was no shadow of Song Qi. Mingyu was a little puzzled and a little helpless.

"Sister Mingyu, who are you looking for?" Princess Chu Xi patted Mingyu's hand and asked in a low voice.

"I didn't look for anyone, I was counting how many guests came." Mingyu turned back to Princess Chu Xi and smiled.

At this time, everyone sat upright, or bowed their heads in contemplation, or whispered to the people on the left and right, waiting for the feast to begin. There was a low hum inside and outside the hall.

At this time, Ximen Liu saw that the time was almost up, so he stood up from his seat, slowly scanned the hall with his eyes, and then looked up at Ming Zhu Gong and the fourteenth prince, and said with a smile on his face: "Everyone be quiet." The host Ming Zhu Gong is invited to make a speech. and ask His Highness to announce the opening of the feast. After speaking, he sat down steadily.

There was a round of applause, and then everyone held their breath and turned their eyes to the chairman, and the huge hall turned silent...

Ming Zhugong got up slowly, raised his eyes to look around the left and right sides, waved his hand to both sides, cleared his throat, bowed with a smile, and said loudly: "His Royal Highness the Fourteenth Prince, His Royal Highness Princess Chuxi, General Hong Yu, distinguished guests, welcome to Dream Island." As the old saying goes, there are friends from afar, and it is also pleasant. Today, with a glass of thin wine, I will wash the dust for the distinguished guests who come from afar. I hope you don't want to be too slow! ”

The fourteenth prince also got up, slowly turned his gaze, his gaze froze on Mingyu for a while, and then quickly swept over the seats of everyone in the hall, and finally landed on Ming Zhu Gong, and said with a spring breeze on his face: "Ming Zhu Gong, your hospitality makes Xiao Wang deeply admired!" Dream Island's dream beam liquid is comparable to the heavenly elixir and jade liquid, Xiao Wang has already heard of it. Ladies and gentlemen, drink freely today, and do not get drunk and do not return. ”

Everyone applauded and agreed: "Drink freely, don't get drunk and don't return!" ”

At the same time, Ming Zhu Gong and the Fourteenth Prince both raised their wine bottles and saluted them downward, but the two smiled and clinked glasses and fell away. Everyone inside and outside the hall raised their glasses together and toasted the first glass.

Then everyone eats their own food, clinks glasses with each other, and talks to each other, and the hall is filled with a kind of festive atmosphere. From time to time, maids and maids shuttle back and forth, serving food and pouring wine for each table.

Everyone at the table had mixed reactions. The fourteenth prince turned his gaze to Mingyu from time to time, and also saluted Mingyu Yao when he toasted with Ming Zhugong. Princess Chu Xi was busy chatting with Mingyu Lingxue in a low voice, and only stopped for a while when her royal brother toasted with Mingyu. Mingyu, on the other hand, felt a little absent-minded, but because of the presence of Princess Chuxi, he forced his spirit to deal with it. Ling Xue was not very interested in this kind of entertainment, and at this time, she was just perfunctory to Princess Chuxi, and when she heard something funny, she laughed twice from time to time.

At today's feast, Simon's family was the busiest. Ximen Liu was busy clinking glasses with Hong Yu and chatting happily. Mrs. Simon continued to pay tribute to Mama Sheng. Ximen Yun faintly peeked at Mingyu through Shaping, and today's Mingyu's appearance was better than before, which made his soul shake. Ximen Yu only paid attention to Ling Xue.

Today, Song Qi is a little overwhelmed. Song Qi is always in and out with Mingyu Lingxue and other upper-class figures, and it is rare to have a relationship with the family, and these family members naturally do not dare to climb high, so although they have met, they have not spoken much. Today, Song Qi was arranged at their table, which surprised him very much, and treated Song Qi as a guest, and frequently raised his glass to toast him.

Chao Hu raised the wine glass in front of Song Qi and said with a smile: "Song Gongzi, last time you were kidnapped by bandits, I have not been able to comfort you. This glass of wine will surprise you! Song Qi thanked him, and the two of them fell on their backs.

As soon as the cup was down, Hao Peng raised his glass and stepped forward again: "Song Gongzi, when you were kidnapped by the bandits, you were so calm. I'm waiting for you! Admire, admire! I salute you! Song Qi also did not refuse.

Those who did so drank dozens of cups.

When Ximen Yun went to change clothes, he deliberately walked around to Song Qi's table, and said sarcastically with a smile: "Why is Brother Song sitting outside?" Is this a private visit to Weifu and a joy with the people? ”

"It's good outside, the air is fresh outside." Song Qi lifted the quilt and shook it towards Ximen Yun.

Chao Hu and the others were very unhappy when they heard this, and they all said angrily: "Ximen Gongzi go back to your high hall quickly, why bother to find our little people happy outside here?" ”

Ximen Yun found it boring, and returned to the hall with a smile.

At this time, the fourteenth prince in the hall coughed dryly, and said to Ming Zhu with a smile: "I heard that there has been a recent incident of hostage-taking by bandits on the island, I don't know if you have found out the ins and outs of this matter?" ”

"Thank you, Your Highness, for your concern!" Ming Zhugong arched sideways to the fourteenth prince, and slowly stretched out his hand to the chief of the East Chamber, and said with a slight smile, "This is the misfortune of our island. The matter has been reported to General Hong. I have to bother General Hong to call the shots for our island. ”

Hong Yu is about forty years old, with a beard on his face, listened to Ming Zhu Gong's words, put down his wine glass, bowed his hand to Ming Zhu Gong, and said: "I received a report from Hua Jiaotou, so I immediately arranged for the arrest and investigation of the case. After checking for half a month, I basically found some clues. ”

When everyone heard that they had touched some clues, they all dropped out of their cups and stopped drinking, turned their eyes to Hong Yu, and listened quietly: "The Meng bandit was originally a guard of Dream Island, and his real name is Zhai Wang. ”

Everyone knows this, and clear-eyed people understand that Hong Yu just started with this and slowly told the investigation process. However, one person still couldn't hold his breath and said, "We all know these situations. What we want to know is who killed Zhai Wang, and who is the mastermind behind Zhai Wang. Everyone turned their heads and looked, and it was Mao Yong, the deputy head of the sect, who spoke.

Hong Yu turned his head and smiled at Mao Yong, "Don't worry! Zhai Wang also has a pseudonym called Yan Zifei, you shouldn't know about this", seeing Mao Yong shaking his head embarrassedly, he turned his gaze in the direction of the chairman again, and said: "It is found out that Yan Zifei also has two accomplices, and they stayed in Donghai County for four months. One of his accomplices is called Chameleon Tiger and the other is Squirrel Kong, of course, these two people also use pseudonyms. After catching and finding out, the squirrel empty is very likely to have come out of Dream Island. That's the clue I'm talking about. ”

When everyone heard this, they all shook their heads. Everyone didn't expect that there would be another traitor in Dream Island.