Chapter Thirty-Six: Fighting Openly and Secretly (Part II)
Qin'er stayed at the post house, and Zhao's party stayed in Xiangyang's most magnificent Xiangyun Building. The five yellow-clothed warriors were crammed into two rooms, but Zhang Wei's treatment was higher, like Steward Zhao, there was a separate room, and there was wine and meat at every meal, which was really different from the previous situation, Zhang Wei couldn't help but sigh, no matter what era, people can't change such snobbish habits, maybe this is human nature, or maybe this is the result of natural selection of survival of the fittest, no matter what, only a few people will find the answer to this question.
When the time came, Zhao Yudan slowly got on the sedan chair and set off for Cai Mao's mansion, this time the accompanying Zhao steward and the yellow-clothed warrior were naturally indispensable, and Zhang Wei was invited as a guest, riding a horse and walking with Zhao Yudan. The inn is very close to Cai's house, and it only takes a stick of incense to walk, and everyone has a quarter of an hour away from Youshi.
When the steward at the door saw Zhang Wei coming, he hurriedly put down the man in his hand and ran over, took Zhang Wei's horse aside, helped Zhang Wei to dismount, and was courteous. Since Zhang Wei traveled to ancient times, it was the first time he had enjoyed this VIP treatment, and his heart couldn't help but flutter.
Zhang Wei, under the guidance of the steward Cai Fu, walked into the banquet hall and sat on the third seat on the right-hand side, the main seat was vacant, and Cai Mao sat on the first seat on the right-hand side. ”
Zhang Wei hurriedly resigned: "General Cai's name is like thunder, and it is really an honor to be able to drink with the general today!" ”
Cai Mao smiled: "It's easy to say, it's easy to say!" It has been a few days since the last time I was in a hurry in Zhao's camp, and in the past few days, Cai has always remembered Zhang Yingying's heroic posture of defeating Kuai Shao, and always can't sleep at night, just looking forward to being lucky enough to make friends with such heroes, and now we are destined to gather here, and we must not be drunk tonight! ”
Seeing Cai Mao bending down to chat with a strange young man, and treating him as a guest, everyone couldn't help but speculate privately about where this young man came from, and he could have such a big face, so that Cai Mao, who was empty-eyed, could treat him with all his heart. Zhang Wei saw that Cai Mao was in a high position, but he had no shelf, so he couldn't help but feel good, and said: "General Cai is really polite, heroes and heroes really don't dare to be, if you don't give up, you can call me Zhang Wei directly!" ”
Cai Mao said: "Sure enough, he is a good man, speak quickly, then you and I will be brothers in the future, I will call you Brother Zhang Xian, you call me Brother Cai, how about it?" ”
Zhang Wei said: "Then I will climb Cai Jiang in the next place... Brother Cai! Cai Mao smiled: "Good virtuous brother! After a while, when the state pastor comes, I will definitely ask for an official position for the virtuous brother, so that the hero can be useful, haha! ”
Zhang Wei had no intention of being an official in Jingzhou, but he chatted with Cai Mao very much just now, and he couldn't bear to refuse this kindness, so he had to say helplessly: "Then there will be Brother Lao!" ”
The speaker has no intention, but the listener has a heart, but these words made Zhao Yudan on the side hear it really clearly, and a pair of beautiful eyes suddenly lit up.
Everyone was talking, only to hear the steward shouting: "Master Liu Biao of Jingzhou has arrived!" Everyone hurriedly got up to greet each other, only to see Liu Biao wearing a light green dress, slowly walking into the lobby, and said with a smile: "Everyone doesn't have to be formal, this is General Cai's banquet, I'm just here to eat some wine!" The words made everyone laugh, and the atmosphere of the scene suddenly became relaxed and lively.
When everyone sat down, a string of servants and maidservants came in from outside the lobby, each holding a variety of wine and food in their hands, and put them in front of everyone's desk, and the maidservants behind Zhang Wei hurriedly came over to pour wine for Zhang Wei, which shows that the servants in Cai's mansion are well-trained. Cai Mao clapped her hands lightly and said: "Today's banquet for my Cai is mainly for the Zhao family's giants, you don't have to be formal, the wine and meat are enough, I salute you with this glass of wine!" The people hurriedly took up the wine cup and drank it all.
Zhang Wei smelled the aroma of this wine, and the smell was long when he drank it, and he couldn't help but sigh secretly about good wine. Suddenly, the drums sounded in unison, and a group of singers dressed in costumes, like fairies, danced in the field. The Oiran in the field is dressed in a translucent pink gauze dress, her beautiful figure looms with the dancing, and her appearance is also outstanding, especially a red lip, dancing and singing, which makes people can't help but fantasize about the feeling of kissing Fangze.
Zhang Wei looked at the dance of the Oiran and unconsciously remembered the exquisiteness of the sword dance, and thought of the rhyme with no news, and Teng thought of Qin'er with outstanding temperament, and his heart was disturbed.
Cai Mao saw that Zhang Wei could see it, and hurriedly called Cai Fu to whisper, and then picked up the wine glass to toast Zhang Wei frequently.
Cai Mao drank very well, raised his glass again, and said to Liu Biao: "The last general will Jingzhou Mu a cup!" ”
Liu Biao said: "General Cai has already toasted many times just now, I don't know what to say about the toast at this time?" ”
Cai Mao said: "This cup of wine is not for the sake of being in the next place, but for Lord Jingzhou Mu to be able to get a virtuous and talented general!" By chance, the last general got acquainted with Zhang Wei Hero, who is brave and incomparable, and can be a general! ”
Liu Biao groaned: "It's rare to see General Cai praise a person, and the one who can make General Cai look at it must not be a layman!" There is still a shortage of a post in Dongcheng School Guard, so it is better to let him succumb to this position first! "Being the captain of the city gate is a fat shortage, not to mention having real power, you can easily get a lot of benefits, especially Xiangyang City is a transportation hub, and it is a necessary place for caravans going south and north, Liu Biao can give this position to a person who has never met, which shows that Cai Mao has been given enough face.
Everyone was about to congratulate, but Cai Mao smiled and said: "If Lord Zhou Mu gives up this position to the person recommended by the last general, I am afraid that it will be overkill and bury talents, and I hope that the adults will think twice!" As soon as these words came out, everyone was stunned, Cai Mao actually openly rejected Liu Biao, some people couldn't help but sweat for it, and even more people were watching the excitement, just wanting to see how the two ended.
Liu Biao's displeasure disappeared in a flash, and he said flatly: "Then General Cai has a suitable position in his heart, you might as well talk about it!" ”
Cai Mao said word by word: "The last general thinks that with this person's ability, he should be the keeper of Xiangyang City!" As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked, and Zhao Yudan was even more shocked, and even Zhang Wei was surprised-although he and Cai Mao were very chatty, Cai Mao actually recommended him to be such an important position as a city guard, which made Zhang Wei, who had never been employed in ancient times, a little at a loss.
Liu Biao said: "General Cai is indeed a good proposal, but it is not only for the city guard but also needs to have prestige, although the person recommended by General Cai is outstanding, but the qualifications are still shallow, I am afraid that it will be difficult to convince the public, if I choose a day to invite the Son of Heaven, canonized by the Son of Heaven, it will definitely shine on the lintel, and at the same time, it can also make the relatives and villains dare not talk about it!" How is it? He didn't wait for Cai Mao to answer, and continued: "The artists in General Cai's mansion are really eye-opening, I don't know if there will be more exciting performances in a while?" ”
Cai Mao knew that Liu Biao didn't want to talk about it anymore, and he didn't dare to be too persecutive, so he took the opportunity to say: "Naturally, there is, come here, please dance again!" ”
Everyone was eager to see the appearance of the Oiran again, and they couldn't stop applauding, and the atmosphere was lively again. The Oiran danced in the middle of the field, one would dance to the left seat, and the other would dance to the right seat, like a butterfly fairy, which made people dizzy, and some people's eyes were straight, and they didn't even notice that the wine in the oblique end of the wine cup in their hands was spilled on the table.
At the end of the dance, the Oiran just danced in front of Zhang Wei's banquet, sat next to Zhang Wei, and said angrily: "The slave family is thirsty when dancing, and I hope that the son will enjoy a glass of wine!" Zhang Wei hurriedly picked up the wine cup and said to the Oiran: "Girl, please drink!" Oiran took the wine cup according to Zhang Wei's appearance, drank it all along the position where he was drinking, and then returned the wine cup stained with his lip print to Zhang Wei, smiled, and retreated.
This scene only made the other wealthy children in the field both envious and jealous, and Zhang Wei was a candidate for the city guard, but everyone did not dare to exonerate, at this time it was really contradictory.
Zhao Yudan saw that everyone was depressed, and said lightly: "General Cai picked up the wind and washed the dust for the Zhao family, which really flattered the concubine, and now there are so many wonderful performances, which really opened the eyes of the concubine, and the concubine also prepared some superficial performances, and I hope that Lord Zhoumu and General Cai and all the talented people here will comment on one or two!" After that, the jade hand was raised, and the two handsome girls walked up to the stage with the same footwork, and everyone couldn't help but admire in their hearts when they saw it, these two girls couldn't help but look good, and the figure was good, and what was even more rare was that the two of them were exactly the same, even the beauty mole at the corner of the mouth was not the same, as if they came out of the mirror.
The two of them bowed down and said goodbye, and then one stroked the piano and the other played the flute, the melody was like a heavenly sound, which made people yearn for it, as if they saw the blue sky and white clouds, saw the horses galloping on the grassland, and saw the samurai who sacrificed their lives on the battlefield.
The sound of the piano and flute was abruptly interrupted in **, and I saw the second girl pull out the long sword at her waist and suddenly take a step forward!