Chapter 049: Movement is not too polite
When it was not yet late, Zhang Fei came to the post pavilion again and respectfully invited Lu Min to board the car for the banquet. Lu Min changed into a new dress, carrying a black Zi Sanliang Jinxian crown, and wearing a plain Confucian shirt, adding three points of elegance. Liu Xiu and Liu Bei followed him closely out of the post pavilion, Zhang Fei took a step forward, took a small stool from the car, wiped it with his sleeve, and put it at Lu Min's feet.
"Please sir come on."
Lu Min nodded reservedly, got into the car with his feet up, and sat down on the left side of the emperor, holding the car in his hand and not squinting. Zhang Fei bowed his hand to Liu Xiu again: "Please step down and board the car." ”
Liu Xiu did not fake his color, followed the board, and sat down on the right side of the emperor.
Zhang Fei immediately asked Liu Bei to get into a car behind, and then jumped on a big black horse with a tall head, shouted, and led the way in front. The emperor shook his whip and exploded in the air with a crisp sound, and the two horses pulling the cart slowly started and walked forward briskly.
"It's a shame that such a good horse is used to pull a cart." Liu Xiu thought to himself. He has followed Gongsun Chan and Mao Zongluo to listen to some knowledge about horses these days, although it is not in-depth, he can also see that the two horses pulling the cart are not ordinary horses, and I don't know if they are located on the border, the horses are easy to come, or the strength of the Zhang family. If it is the latter, then these landlords are too rich, because he heard Mao Yan say with his own ears that the Zhang family is not anything in Zhuo County.
If this is nothing, then the small courtyard of his own three entrances is even more nothing, and the small courtyard under the big mulberry tree of Liu Bei's family is not the same as a dog kennel, the gap between the rich and the poor in this world is too big, no wonder the yellow scarf wants to revolt.
Liu Xiu sneered while looking at the surrounding environment. Zhuoxian is not big, the day he entered the city, he estimated with his eyes, a square city, the side length is about four or five hundred meters, according to the current statement, that is, a little more than a mile, and in the previous life those cities of many square kilometers are really pitiful. There were high walls on both sides of the road, so much could not be seen, but the occasional ridge or two showed that the house behind the wall was certainly not comparable to the adobe bungalows of their family.
The convoy soon came to a back door, the team did not stop, Zhang Fei guided the team in front to turn into the inner door, Lu Min frowned, coughed, and patted the car: "Stop!" ”
The emperor was taken aback, did not dare to slack off, and quickly pulled the reins.
When Zhang Fei heard the voice, he hurriedly walked over, turned over and jumped off the horse, and stood respectfully in front of the car: "What do you command, sir?" ”
"According to the courtesy, you are not allowed to take a car in and out of the door." Lu Min said lightly: "I'll walk in." ”
Zhang Fei's face turned red, he was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly took down the small stool from the back of the car. Lu Min got out of the car and walked forward without squinting. Liu Xiu reacted at this time, not knowing whether to praise Lu Min's behavior for being polite or saying that he was pedantic, so he quickly got out of the car and followed suit.
After walking about twenty steps, in front of a wide double-opened black lacquer door, Li Ding, who was neatly dressed, stood with a smile, looking at Lu Min who walked over, he turned his face slightly sideways, and smiled at a tall middle-aged man with a meaty face: "How, I just said, Lu Jun is not only proficient in Shangshu, but also proficient in Zhou etiquette, is a humble gentleman who knows the number of etiquette and behaves in a manner, he will never take a car into the inner door, I should go to the inner door to greet each other, you just don't listen, let me be rude in front of Lu Jun." ”
The middle-aged man's face was flushed, and he laughed again and again: "Rustic people, I don't know etiquette, I'm really ashamed." ”
"Don't worry, Lu Jun is a well-informed Confucian, he doesn't care about you." Li Ding smiled and hurriedly greeted Lu Min with a respectful demeanor, without any arrogance in front of a middle-aged man.
Although Li Ding's reputation and knowledge are not as good as Lu Min's, but the strength of his Li family is beyond the reach of the Lu family, plus if he wants to get things done this time, he also needs Li Ding's mediation, although Lu Min is a little angry, but since he is here, he naturally has to lower his posture a little, and hurriedly returned the gift to Li Ding, and the two were polite, and then they held each other's arms and entered the door under the almost humble guidance of the middle-aged man.
It was only at this time that Liu Xiu breathed a sigh of relief, this fucking Confucian rule is too much, it's really tiring. He glanced back at Liu Bei, Liu Bei also smiled bitterly and shrugged his shoulders, it seemed that he was also tired enough. However, although he was a little tired, his eyes showed a little excitement, and from time to time he looked at the eaves and gatehouse of the Zhang family, which were a little ridiculously high.
"Two brothers, please come in and talk." Zhang Fei came up and said with a smile.
Liu Xiu followed him into the house. As soon as he entered the door, several women in brocade clothes walked past him with a smile, talked and laughed around Mao, and hugged her to the side courtyard, and the enthusiasm was like seeing the princess and daughter-in-law who was married. Thinking of Zhang Fei's eyes when he saw Mao Yan in the morning, Liu Xiu probably understood something, and finally showed his first smile in front of Zhang Fei.
Zhang Fei didn't know why, but when he saw Liu Xiu smiling, he was also very happy, and his attitude was more respectful.
The courtyard of the Zhang family is not as big as the Mao family, but the luxury is not much better, the hall is not crowded, only a few food tables are placed, and even less in the hall, only three. It seems that Mao's words of care have worked, and the Zhang family has not had a single guest except for inviting Li Ding to accompany him.
There was a shout outside, a team of maids holding the food table, led by a middle-aged woman, walked in from the small door on the east side, and put the wine and food in the table on the table like flowing water, and then retreated in turn, the whole process was silent, looking very solemn, but the smiles on the faces of those maids were a little stiff, and they seemed a little nervous.
Everyone sat down, the middle-aged man, that is, Zhang Fei's father, invited Lu Min to sit in the chairman, and invited Li Ding to sit in the second seat, and he accompanied the last seat, Zhang Fei invited Liu Xiu to sit in the hall. At the beginning of the banquet, Zhang Fei's father stood up, holding a small wine glass with a thick and big palm, his face was swollen, and he stammered to Lu Min to welcome him.
Li Ding smiled, got up to take his words, and skillfully toasted Lu Min, and the procedure became smooth. After three rounds of drinking, Zhang Fei got up and clapped his hands, and several musicians who had been waiting on the side porch for a long time began to play, and a team of young and beautiful women dressed in beautiful clothes came to the court to dance and sing softly, which was very lively for a while.
Liu Bei's eyebrows fluttered, he leaned over, pointed to the woman who was leading the dance in the middle, and said, "Big brother, look at that woman." ”
Although the singing and dancing are lively, for Liu Xiu, this is just a novelty, to say that the degree of exquisiteness is far from the songs and dances he has seen in his previous life, whether it is the dancing posture or the change of formation between the dancers, it seems a little monotonous, and it does not make him as excited as Liu Bei. Of course, in the eyes of others, his calmness is a kind of bearing.
"Who?" Liu Xiu lowered his head slightly, glanced at the woman along Liu Bei's fingers, and rolled his eyes: "Is it the beauty in the picture of the beauty in the restaurant?" ”
"Alas, the eldest brother thinks so?" Liu Bei patted his thigh and said admiringly: "Sure enough, the eldest brother has excellent eyesight, and he can recognize it at a glance, I also think it is a little similar, but I am not sure." ”
"Does Brother Tai like this woman?" Zhang Fei also came over, two big black and bright eyes swept around Liu Xiu and Liu Bei's faces, laughed, and finally landed on Liu Xiu's face: "If Brother Tai likes it, I will give it to Brother Tai." ”
Liu Xiu didn't say anything, just shook his head: "I don't like it, I just think she looks like the beauty in the beauty picture." ”
Zhang Fei was a little disappointed.
"That ......" Liu Bei swallowed his saliva and laughed dryly: "No merit is not rewarded, the first time we meet, how can we accept this great gift." ”
Zhang Fei rolled his eyes, lowered his voice, and laughed softly: "It's just a maidservant, what's unbearable." If you don't like Brother Tai, I'll take you to meet the others later, maybe there are people who can barely get into Brother Tai's blue eyes. ”