The big feast in the main hall has begun, thousands of people gather together, the music has been turned into turtle music, the Han musical instrument bell, chime, sheng, zheng, wo gong hou and the Western Regions musical instrument vertical gong hou, the song item pipa mixed use, plus the Zhaowu Hu people's unique bamboo basket, five-string pipa, shell, copper cymbal, clapper, drum and other musical instruments, played by several orchestra ensembles, dancers as many as 180 people, the momentum is heroic and majestic, the dance is sonorous and powerful.

Suddenly, the music stopped abruptly, turned into a separate drum, the sound of drums, the rhythm was tense and excited, eighteen dancing girls swirled out from the dancers, this is the Tuzhi dance from the nine kingdoms of Zhaowu, also called the Hu Xuan dance, the pomegranate skirt is flying, enthusiastic and unrestrained, the golden rings on the wrists and ankles hit each other, crisp and pleasant.

The guests in the banquet were in high spirits, laughing constantly, a team of maids and eunuchs holding food plates shuttled between the banquets, putting pieces of delicious fat sheep cooked in the golden tripod into the plates on the table, and the carp caught from the Wei River was stewed into a delicacy, the sauce was overflowing, and the aroma was tangy.

This Yang Huahua's birthday is actually Li Longji's one-handed work, most of the furnishings are from the palace, its luxury and exquisite, jaw-dropping, drinking utensils inlaid with gold and jade, there are base gold inlaid jade cups, purple fragrant Luo wood crystal bowls, white jade double lotus cups and plates, crystal teapots; There are flower pots and vases in the banquet, including Samarkand gold vase, Khorasan silver vase, and local Yuezhou celadon vase.

The names of the flowers in the pots and bottles are marked with ivory plates, and the white jade plate contains grapes transported from Bashu, mangoes, pineapples and lychees sent by Nanzhao and lychees sent by Lingnan, which are especially precious in the cold winter wax moon.

Li Qing'an is most satisfied with the wine, the wine is served in the crystal pot, there are two kinds, one is the high-grade Jiaohe wine paid tribute by Gaochang, this wine is made with the best grapes, only for the palace, the ministers are only rewarded by the saint, and the market can not buy it at all.

The other kind of liquor is the Sanle pulp from Persia, as the name suggests, it is made of three kinds of liquor, namely Anmol, Pilile and Halil, which is a low-alcohol liquor, although this wine is small, but it can also be drunk in the large liquor store of Qiuzi, but the price is expensive, and a glass of wine costs 300 yuan.

In contrast, Li Qing'an still prefers Jiaohe wine, which is poured into a cold crystal bowl, and the red is crystal clear, as if it is a precious work of art.

The opportunity is rare, Li Qingan has already drunk three bowls in one go, sweet and mellow, and he is drenched in joy.

"General Li, what a drink! Come, I'll toast you again. ”

Sitting next to him is the imperial history of Cheng Wang Heng, Wang Heng is also a famous family, in the Tang Dynasty status respected, Tang Gaozong, the daughter of the royal family even for the Tang Dynasty queen, the Wang family flourished, in order to eradicate the influence of the famous family on the Tang Dynasty politics, Tang Gaozong resolutely abolished the queen Wang, Wu Zetian ascended, which means that the Wang family began to decline.

But the children of the family enjoy the best education, in the imperial examination of the Tang Dynasty, they have a great advantage, Wang Heng is one of the outstanding children of the Wang family, he is about thirty-five or sixteen years old, looks like a talent, especially he is gentle and elegant, but also looks personable.

Wang Hui came to the banquet with his wife and daughter today, his wife and daughter sat at another table, and he and Li Qingan sat at the same table, the two drank a sip of wine, Wang Heng squinted and smiled: "General Li, Xiangguo values you very much!" Don't let him down. ”

Wang Heng is Li Linfu's confidant, and he also knows about Li Qing'an, but he is also a little confused about why Li Linfu values Li Qing'an so much, and the only explanation is that Li Qing'an has a simple background and is valued by Gao Lishi.

Li Qing'an had already seen Li Linfu, he was sitting in the first seat on the right, and he was sitting in the same seat with Gao Lishi, at this moment Li Linfu also drank a lot of wine, and he was talking to Gao Lishi with his eyebrows.

Li Qingan put down the crystal bowl and asked in a low voice, "Wang Zhongcheng, I don't know what Li Xiangguo wants to arrange for me to do?" ”

Wang Heng pondered for a moment and said: "To be honest, I don't know very well, Xiangguo has always been far-sighted in doing things, and it is not something that our subordinates can guess, but one thing I can be sure of is that General Li will carry out a major strategic deployment of Xiangguo." ”

At this time, Yang Huahua's laughter came not far away, "Everyone came to participate in my birthday, Huahua is deeply grateful, drink this glass of wine to express my gratitude." ”

I saw Yang Huahua, accompanied by more than a dozen maids, came over to toast one by one, and she changed into a red and yellow long skirt, wearing an emerald green short skirt, wearing a red silk on her shoulders, and the skirt was more than five zhang long, and the two maids were holding her far behind. She wears a bead ring made of eighteen night pearls on her wrist, wears a green feather hairpin, pinned a beaded jade hairpin, and a beautifully crafted phoenix with beads swaying obliquely inserted in the bun.

Yang Huahua's face was slightly drunk, her cheeks were flushed, and she was holding a small crystal cup the size of her thumb, she walked up to Li Qing'an and Wang Heng, raised her glass with a smile and said: "A general, a Confucian minister, arranged in one seat, can be described as a double wall, come!" I would like to toast you two and thank you both for your appreciation. ”

She put the wine glass on her lips and sucked it gently, looking at Li Qing'an with a pair of wonderful eyes, the eye waves in her beautiful eyes flowed, and there was an affectionate charm.

Li Qingan raised the bowl and said with a smile: "It's not fun to drink with a cup, I salute the third lady with a bowl, and I wish the third lady eternal youth and endless age." ”

After speaking, he gulped down the wine in the bowl and said with a smile: "The third lady's wine is a sweet alcohol that Qing'an has never drunk, thank you!" ”

"General Li is a bold man, so I will drink this cup too." Yang Huahua chuckled lightly and drank all the wine in the cup, arousing a round of applause.

Yang Huahua smiled at Li Qing'an and went to the next table.

At this time, Dugu Mingzhu quietly came to Li Qing'an's side and laughed in a low voice: "General Li, let's go play too!" ”

"Where to play?" Li Qingan asked with a smile.

"Look there's a pot throwing over there! My sister also went. ”

Dugu Mingzhu pointed to the side hall, only to see more than 100 young men and women gathered in the side hall, is playing the game of throwing pots, throwing pots is the literary drama of archery, put a tall gold bottle in a few zhang away, the player will put the arrow into the gold bottle to win, this was originally a game in the palace, gradually introduced into the people, because it is suitable for both men and women, so it is popular with the people, become a must-play game in the banquet, generally with a color head, according to the number of arrows in the bottle and the distance, divided into the first prize, two colors, three colors and so on more than a dozen rules, the rewards are different.

Li Qing'an often plays this game in Qiuzi, he is a master of this way, he was not interested in the Liyuan Courtyard last time, but now he has nothing to do, and there is a kind invitation from the little beauty, so he stood up and smiled: "Go!" Let's play. ”

Dugu Mingzhu was very happy, carrying a long skirt in one hand, and holding Li Qingan's hand in the other hand and running to the side hall, the Tang people are open, and it is extremely normal for men and women to hold hands with each other, such as stepping on songs, that is, hundreds of men and women holding hands and singing and dancing, so Dugu Mingzhu took Li Qingan's hand and ran between the couches, except for a few noble ladies muttering that they were running too fast, no one cared about them.

There are three gold bottles on the side hall, which are judged by three eunuchs, two of them are divided into arrows, one person is colored, and the color head or pearl and emerald jewelry, or money, that is, the Kaiyuan Tongbao made of gold, and then there is the silver nude, most of which are worth one or two dollars, the value is not high, and it is mainly used to adjust the atmosphere.

More than 100 young men and women lined up in three teams and threw pots in turn, and Dugu Mingyue was also in the line, but her eyes were cast on Li Jiao, the king of Guangping, from time to time.

"Sister, let me cut the line, okay?"

Dugu Mingzhu ran to her sister with a smile, Dugu Mingyue saw Li Qingan walking behind her sister, and knew that her sister dragged him over, so she smiled and nodded to him, and said to her sister: "It's not okay to cut in line, or my sister will give you the seat, and I will re-arrange." ”

"Forget it! I'll still do it myself, and it's going to be fast anyway. Mingzhu pulled Li Qing'an and went to the end.

There are three kinds of distance in the pot throwing game, one zhang, three zhang and five zhang, each time five arrows are thrown, according to the number of shots and the distance is multiplied by the score, for example, one zhang three is three points, three zhang three is nine points, five zhang three is fifteen points, the distance is about the higher the score.

At this time, there was a burst of cheers from the front, Guangping Wang Li Jiao was three zhang and four middle, scored twelve points, this is the highest score today, everyone applauded loudly, many girls flashed with brilliance in their eyes, and looked at him with great admiration.

Li Jiao was also very excited, after all, the young man's surname, he couldn't help but have a sense of pride, stepped forward to get a jade hairpin, and gave it to Cui Lian's daughter Cui Yiyun, Dugu Mingyue's eyes were gloomy, turned around and left the team, and lined up with his sister.

"Mingzhu, I'll vote with you!"

Dugu Mingzhu saw it in her eyes, and she took advantage of her sister's inattention, and said to Li Qing'an: "You have to show your ability to teach this little prince a good lesson." ”

Li Qingan smiled and nodded, "Okay!" I'll give it a try. ”

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Note: The pot throwing game is a famous game in Datang, but the rules of this book are written by Lao Gao.