Chapter 179: Going to the Banquet
Yue Yang has been very silent since he came out of Dashifang, and he has been thinking about things for several hours in a row, and this silence makes even Hu Laosan, an old man who has been with Yue Yang for many years, very panicked.
Fortunately, in the evening, Yue Yang finally returned to normal and finally spoke to the people around him, and his first words were: "Hu Laosan, call the master to go to the banquet!" β
Just after the unitary hour, Yue Yang took five or six officers, including Hu Laosan, Wu Chengfeng, and Feng Xiaoming, to the Zhuangyuan Building, which was located opposite Dashifang. Zhuangyuan building is a building that covers an area of nearly two acres of land, up to more than 30 meters of high-rise building, the whole building is made of stone, blue brick mixed with glutinous rice juice and then used a lot of wood to build, upstairs there is the famous Ming Dynasty pavilion old Li Xiangyang left the ink treasure, has always been the faΓ§ade of Hunyuan Prefecture.
When Yue Yang brought Hu Laosan, Wu Chengfeng, Feng Xiaoming and other officers and a group of sergeants to Dashifang, this lively market during the day had been closed, and the street was replaced by a group of officers and soldiers wearing mandarin duck battle jackets. Looking at these officers and soldiers with their chests and stomachs stacked as if facing a great enemy, the corners of Yue Yang's mouth moved hiddenly, after so many battles, he could see at a glance how an army was, and the officers and soldiers standing guard on the street seemed to him to be a group of ruffians in armor at best, purely for the sake of appearance.
Downstairs in Zhuangyuan, Yue Yang saw Jiang Xin and other people standing at the door to greet him personally. At this time, Jiang Xin was still wearing an official robe with a lovely smile, as if the unhappiness of his previous life at the city gate yesterday had never been born, and the cloud goose on the official robe was reflected vividly under the bright air death lamp.
Behind Jiang Xin, there were still the chief bookkeeper Fang Yingdi, the garrison 6 Youyuan and three or four officials with dark and calm faces, and the others were some civil officials wearing black gauze and wearing green official uniforms, embroidered with quail or refining magpie complements, they were either nine grades, small officials from nine grades, or simply some miscellaneous duties, strictly speaking, there were only two official civil officials in the entire Hunyuan Prefecture, Jiang Xin and Fang Yingdi, and the others were all officials. This is what was called a temporary worker in later generations.
Seeing Jiang Xin with a smile on his face, Yue Yang couldn't help but be secretly surprised in his heart, but it was just surprise, as long as Yue Yang was in power, he would not be afraid of the other party making any trouble.
Jiang Xin, who was the first to greet him, smiled and said to Yue Yang: "Lord Yue, today the official has prepared a little thin wine, for Lord Yue and the generals and soldiers in the army, I hope that the lord will not dislike the official for not greeting him well!" β
Yue Yang also smiled, and arched his hand: "Lord Jiang is too polite, from now on, everyone will be colleagues, if the adult is so polite again, the official doesn't know how to get along with the adult." β
Jiang Xin smiled slightly. Elegantly made a gesture of please, signaling to ask Yue Yang to go first, but this time Yue Yang did not give in, but also made a gesture of invitation to Jiang Xin, the two looked at each other at the same time and smiled and went upstairs together, and when the two left, the group of people behind them followed behind.
The champion building has a total of six floors, and in this era it is considered to be a rare high-rise building, and the venue for today's banquet is on the sixth floor. When Yue Yang and Jiang Xin walked hand in hand to the sixth floor. Looking out of the window, the entire Hunyuan City came into view, looking at it to the east. Faintly, you can see the distribution of blocks of fields in the shape of a square. A short distance to the south, the Sanggan River, a few miles south of the city, slowly divides into two other rivers.
Seeing Yue Yang looking out the window and being silent, an old voice sounded: "Everyone says that Lord Yue was also a scholar before he put pen to paper. He is also a well-known talent in Yingzhou Mansion, so why don't you take this opportunity to leave a pair of ink treasures for us tonight? β
"Good!"
"Master Fang is right!"
"Well said!"
As soon as these words fell, there were people around to applaud. He asked Yue Yang to write a poem on the spot and write it down. This kind of situation was commonplace for civil servants, and ancient literati had a penchant for writing wherever they went, so this request sounded absolutely reasonable at first glance. After all, Yue Yang was also a talent before becoming an official, so it shouldn't be difficult to write poetry.
But how could these people know that the new conductor in front of them, Master Tongzhi, was an out-and-out modern man from more than 500 years later, and he would not have done such a difficult thing as writing poetry.
In the face of everyone's coaxing, Yue Yang, who had an empty stomach, had no choice but to reluctantly arch his hand and said: "You have won the award, although this official has also read a few books, but now he has long forgotten about it, and now it is indeed embarrassing for this official to let this official write poems." However, although the official can't recite poetry, but Lord Jiang is full of economy, why don't you let Lord Jiang do it, after all, you don't need to let the Jinshi do it, but let the official write it only after a sour show, isn't this embarrassing? β
"Hehehe......"
Yue Yang's words caused a chuckle, everyone upstairs didn't expect this Lord Yue to have such a funny and easy-going side, this is very different from his arrogant appearance at the city gate yesterday.
And after Yue Yang finished speaking, he also set his eyes on the old man who had just asked him to write a poem, when he saw this old man, his heart moved, and then when he moved his gaze to Fang Yingdi behind Jiang Xin, he immediately saw the similarity in the faces of these two people.
"It seems that this is to provoke the little one, and the old one will come out." Yue Yang sneered secretly in his heart, now he didn't believe that the old man just now asked him to recite poetry out of kindness.
Before he could think about it for a while, Jiang Xin invited him to the table. Soon, more than 30 official prostitutes with various musical instruments in their arms walked in with a smile.
As soon as these scantily clad official prostitutes came in, they threw a wink at everyone, and then sang a small song to the accompaniment of Jinse and silver zheng, showing their glamour and style, and the generals behind Yue Yang were dumbfounded.
With the sultry posture, the women who were sassy threw the flattering eyes of Yue Yang and the others one by one, and Wu Chengfeng and Hu Laosan, who were born hard, were almost ugly on the spot. Only Feng Xiaoming's old fritter is slightly better, but it is also very limited, and at this time, his eyes are rolling around, almost a little insufficient. As for Yue Yang, although he was only a *** silk before the crossing, but in the era of the information explosion, he has seen too many videos such as the sea and sky feast, pole dancing, striptease, etc., and he has watched hundreds of island love action movies that are more than ten times more exposed than here, and naturally there will not be much reflection on this level of temptation, but his reflection is in the eyes of Jiang Xin and others, and his evaluation of him has risen a lot.
At this time, the two sides have begun to sit down, everyone is seated according to the honorable etiquette, Jiang Xin is in the main seat, Yue Yang is in the main guest position, Fang Yingdi and 6 Youyuan are also seated together, and the rest of the officials are seated.
Looking at the rich dishes and lively banquets on the table, it is hard for those who don't know to imagine that just last month ago, the tens of thousands of Jurchen troops were almost about to break through this city, and it is also difficult to imagine that countless people and homeless people inside and outside the city are selling themselves into slavery for a full meal.
After drinking a glass of wine, Jiang Xin waved his hand, and the two official prostitutes walked to Yue Yang's side and sat down, they gently leaned on Yue Yang's side and persuaded him softly.
Not only Yue Yang, but even Wu Chengfeng, Hu Laosan and Feng Xiaoming behind him also had an official prostitute to accompany him. At the beginning, Wu Chengfeng and Hu Laosan were still a little frightened like a frightened little white rabbit, and from time to time they would secretly look at Yue Yang in front of them with their eyes, for fear that the boss would blame them, but after a while, after seeing that Yue Yang didn't pay attention to them at all, these two people were also bolder, and they could talk and laugh with the official prostitutes around them.
And Feng Xiaoming on the side was different from them, this guy who was obviously from an old fritter, and he didn't know where he learned it, so he hugged the official prostitute next to him at the beginning and began to wander. I saw him holding the official prostitute next to him with his right hand, and touching her little hand with his left hand and asked with a smile: "Little girl, your little hands are so slippery!" By the way, is there any part of your body that is more slippery than your little hands, can you show me? β
"Eh, Master Jun, you're dead......
The official prostitute smiled and writhed in Feng Xiaoming's arms, taking the opportunity to pour a glass of wine into his mouth, causing Feng Xiaoming to laugh out loud. Regarding Feng Xiaoming's profligate appearance, those officials in Hunyuan Prefecture looked like they were not surprised, and they changed their words to talk and laugh, and they looked commonplace.
After three rounds of wine and five flavors, the old man who had just asked Yue Yang to write a poem raised his wine glass and said to Yue Yang: "Lord Yue, the old man Fang Jiuming is the president of the Hunyuan Prefecture Chamber of Commerce, and I am very happy to hear that Lord Yue came to Hunyuan Prefecture to take office, but I heard that the Lord had some misunderstandings with the dog yesterday, and today the old man specially ordered the dog to make amends to the adult. β
After finishing speaking, Fang Jiuming's face sank and he said in a deep voice: "Evil obstacles, why don't you hurry over and make amends to Lord Yue!" β
Fang Jiuming's words fell, and Fang Yingdi, who was sitting next to Jiang Xin, stood up slowly, saluted Yue Yang, and then raised his wine glass and said, "Lord Yue, how much the lower official offended you yesterday, please don't remember the villain's mistake and spare the lower official this time." A glass of wine to Lord Xiaguan! β
Yue Yang's eyes froze, and his gaze wandered over Fang Jiuming and Fang Yingdi's bodies for a while without speaking. At this time, the eyes of everyone present looked at Yue Yang, quietly waiting for his decision.
Yue Yang stared at the other party for a while, and suddenly smiled, smiling very happily, he picked up the wine glass and said to Jiu Ming and said with a smile: "This official Mengxu and Lu Duchen are carrying love, and they have just taken office in the state city, and they will need a lot of support from their colleagues in the future. β
After Yue Yang's words fell, Fang Jiuming's face seemed to freeze for a moment, while Fang Yingdi was stunned, and finally drank the glass of wine in his hand amid the roaring applause of everyone...... (To be continued......)