The king of Yanning County looked like a welcome guest in front of the door, but the king of Yanning County himself did not come in person. Han Jian thought that although the king of Yanning County made a gesture of warm invitation, he would also retain some of the shelf of the county king, Yang Xi was his junior, and although Han Jian was at the same level as him and had no seniority, he was a young man after all.

The guests of the Yanning County Palace's palace were very enthusiastic, saluting to greet Han Jian and the others inside, and just when they arrived in the front yard, the king of Yanning County pretended to be a coincidence and came out from inside. In this way, he not only made a thorough number of welcome gifts, but also maintained a kind of host's posture.

"Uncle Huang, let's ......" Yang Xi said, looking around, where are there guests, what did he say to invite a banquet today, but he only invited the three of them.

"The virtuous nephew is here?" The King of Yanning County changed into a light regular clothes, looked very wide, and his smile was a little more affinity, and said, "This must be the King of the East, and we have a relationship in the palace." Speaking of which, my father and I are also old acquaintances, if it weren't for your father's encounter...... Uh, I'm also going to marry my daughter to her......"

Han Jian was slightly stunned, this is really a "county king" who has nothing to say and doesn't know how to shy away from when they meet. said that his father "met", and then joked, who did he meet? Mother or Empress? Say this kind of thing in public, aren't you afraid that Yang Xi's big mouth will go back to sue his sister?

"The younger generation has seen Shibo." Han Jian saluted politely.

Originally, the king of Yanning County smiled very enthusiastically, but when he heard this flower, he was also stunned. Just now he deliberately said that he wanted to marry his daughter to Han Jian's father, that is, he regarded himself as Han Jian's grandparents, and now Han Jian calls him Shibo, and his generation seems to have been mentioned for a generation. But even so, Han Jian also considers himself a junior.

"Please ......" The king of Yanning County personally led the way for Han Jian and Yang Xi. Sima Yi, who followed behind, just seemed to be a companion and didn't say much. The group walked around the flower gallery. In front of him was a small and elegant pavilion, in which there was only one hexagonal stone table. On the stone table are a few simple plates of snacks and tea. In front of the stone table, there are no more or no less than six chairs, all upholstered, and the main seat is not particularly decorated.

Han Jian thought, this means that the three of them were not the only ones invited by the king of Yanning County to the banquet.

The pavilion is just outside the flower corridor, which looks very elegant, and in this early summer when the flowers are in full bloom, there is a bit of floral fragrance and pleasant feeling. Gazebo in the distance. It is a water pavilion, because the light is not too strong at night, but the sound of water in the river pond reflecting the moonlight can be faintly heard. Han Jian is a little unpredictable, it is not easy to have such a Jiangnan garden scenery in Luoyang City, a river pond should not be big, is there a koi fish jubilant inside, or someone will only make the sound of water when bathing in a lotus pond full of silt?

Han Jian carefully glanced in the direction where the moonlight was reflecting, but unfortunately he still couldn't see clearly.

"Virtuous nephew, nephew. Come, please be seated. Oh, and this Sima Shaoxia. After the king of Yanning finished speaking, he remembered that Sima Yi was still behind.

Originally, Sima was already a little unhappy when he was left to be hung and ignored. However, being called "Sima Shaoxia", Sima Yi immediately felt that his body was fluttering, and this title was very useful to him.

"Don't dare to be." Sima bowed with a gift. After laughing and following Han Jian and Yang Xi, he also sat down.

"I don't know when the three will come. The kitchen didn't let them serve the food, waiting for a few to arrive. Again. Seeing that Yang Xi's eyes had been searching on the table, the king of Yanning County thought that he was hungry and explained.

"Oh." Yang Xi was already a little uneasy, because he felt that what he ate today should not be very "ordinary".

"I can't wait for Shibo's kind invitation. I don't know ...... this," Han Jian pointed to an empty seat on the left and right sides of the King of Yanning County and asked.

The king of Yanning County sighed slightly: "I invite you to come over today, mainly for the old and unsuccessful wife and uncle." He has been doing this household book for almost a year, and he doesn't even know that such a big case has happened around him, this time His Majesty is just demoting him and punishing him with a salary, and the old man feels that this is far from enough. This time, he was asked to come so that he could make amends to a few people in person, and it was his fault that made you very busy these days. ”

Han Jian and Yang Xi glanced at each other, today's banquet for the king of Yanning County was invited for Tang Sheng, the head of the household department?

“…… You see, he is talking about him, he is coming......" The king of Yanning said, and then got up, and two people walked over from the flower gallery. In front was a Zhike with a lantern, and a person in the back stepped forward, and Han Jian recognized it as Hubu Shangshu Tangsheng who entered the palace with the king of Yanning County yesterday.

Tang Sheng looked even less energetic than yesterday, looking sluggish, and when he walked over, Han Jian and the three of them also got up.

"I've seen two county kings, His Royal Highness the Prince. The next official is late, and he hopes to atone for his sins. As soon as Tang Sheng spoke, his tone was very deep, and his words seemed to be choreographed.

Han Jian sounded as if he was listening to the announcer speak official words, which was unnatural.

"It's okay, it's okay, Tang Shangshu is polite." Yang Xi glanced at Han Jian first, Han Jian didn't speak, he felt that it would be impolite for people to greet him and not reply, so he said politely.

Han Jianxin said, where is this Tang Sheng late, it is obvious that the king of Yanning County intends to arrange for his descendants to come one step later. The king of Yanning County made an explanation in advance, and it was to test the attitude of Han Jian and the others, so that his brother-in-law came out to meet them.

Scheming and scheming, doing things without leakage. Han Jian sighed in his heart.

Han Jian just smiled and arched his hand, without saying much, and then a few people sat down, but Tang Sheng seemed to know the "rules" very well, and he sat down only after everyone else was seated.

When he was asking Yang Xi about the empress's body in the guest suite of the king of Yanning County, Han Jian took a look, the hexagonal table was still missing a corner, and there was still a guest who had not yet appeared. Because Tang Sheng only sits on the left head of the main family of the king of Yanning County, and the vacant seat of the right head of the king of Yanning County is obviously more important than Tang Sheng.

The atmosphere at the beginning of the banquet was also harmonious, and the king of Yanning County was like a smiling Buddha, speaking with a leisurely smile. It's just that Yang Xi looked very restrained when he was questioned, and Han Jian knew that Yang Xi was still worried about those strange "mountain treasures". As he was talking, the subordinates of the county king's mansion had already begun to serve the wine jug and the plate to the table. Originally, the hexagonal table in the pavilion was not large, but when a few dishes came up, the table was filled.

The banquet looked at a few ordinary dishes on the plate, and then breathed a sigh of relief, finally not to let him eat the food that made him sick.

The wine and food were all served, and the king of Yanning County smiled and poured wine for Han Jian and the others. There are many rules on the etiquette of pouring wine, although the owner generally does the wine, but different people accept it, have different particularities, among all people, Sima Yi has no official and no quality can be said to be the lowest status, but he learned from Han Jian, just handed the wine glass forward and asked the king of Yanning County to pour the wine, the king of Yanning County was only slightly stunned, probably not to understand why Sima Yi, who was born in a family, did not even understand this rule. However, he was too rigid about the law, so he still poured wine for Sima.

"Come, old man, I will give you a drink. The old decay is the first to do it as respect. As he spoke, the king of Yanning County was about to bring the wine to his mouth.

Han Jian thought to himself, isn't this last guest coming? But now, the last guest's glasses, plates, saucers, and chopsticks are ready, indicating that people will definitely come. With the identity of the king of Yanning County, he should know the rules of the banquet very well, that is, if the people are not together, the banquet will not be opened, even if it is to be opened in advance, some explanations must be made, so as not to be embarrassed after the guests come late.

At this time, Tang Sheng on the side reminded "at the right time": "Brother-in-law, that girl in Qingle...... I haven't come here yet, so why don't you dress up in the room? ”

The king of Yanning put down his wine glass and said with a smile: "Look at me, I am old and forgetful, but I forgot about Qingle's girl." A few of them first, the old man asked someone to urge her, that girl has always been slow to do things, and she doesn't know the priority. ”

Only then did Han Jian know that the last "guest" was none other than Yang Qingle, whom he had already met once, that is, the granddaughter of the king of Yanning County. Because the son of the king of Yanning County died early, and his daughter married away from home, the king of Yanning County treated this granddaughter like a jewel.

"Grandfather, who said that people are slow, I'm not here?" A delicate sound sounded from behind the gazebo, but not in the direction of the flower gallery. Behind the pavilion is connected to the back house of the county king's mansion, which means that Yang Qingle is still living in the county king's mansion to this day.

Before anyone arrived, the sound was heard first, and then a delicate and beautiful girl came over accompanied by a maidservant. The two maidservants carried the lantern to the side, and Yang Qingle walked out, dressed in a pale pink lady's dress, but it was retouched. The pink on his face is a little heavy, his cheeks are red, and his red lips are gorgeous, which is the standard dress of "beauties" in the world, but Han Jian doesn't like this kind of dress very much.

"Qingle, why are you so ignorant of the rules? Didn't you tell you that you would have guests coming today, so that you could come out early to accompany me to welcome you? Come out so late, and you still have guests waiting for you? The face of the king of Yanning sank, as if he was blaming, but he did not show anger.

From this point, Han Jian could feel that the king of Yanning County should be very fond of this granddaughter on weekdays. It's no wonder that when Yang Xi first mentioned Yang Qingle, he said that Yang Qingle was an eccentric girl who would always play tricks on him. It should have something to do with homeschooling.

"People won't be next time." Yang Qingle pursed his lips slightly, looking very cute.

Tang Sheng on the side hurriedly said a few words of peace, and the king of Yanning County eased his calm face.

"Several distinguished guests smiled, this granddaughter is spoiled by old decay, and she doesn't understand the rules in front of people." The King of Yanning looked at Han Jian and the others with an apologetic expression.

"It's okay, Uncle Huang." Yang Xi smiled and said, "Qingle, this girl has been like this since she was a child, I am used to it, but I am not used to her changing personality." ”

Yang Xi's "outspokenness" made Yang Qingle wrinkle his nose and glare, and then Yang Qingle's eyes lit up and turned around Han Jian and Sima Yi before saluting everyone, but he saluted Tang Sheng first.

"Uncle Ann. Uncle hasn't been here for a few days, but what gift did he bring to Qingle this time? Yang Qingle begged Tang Sheng for gifts like a child.

Tang Sheng obviously came today for another purpose, how could he remember to bring a gift to a little girl.

Seeing that Tang Sheng's face was a little embarrassed, the king of Yanning County shouted: "Presumptuous! Sit honestly, there are guests here today, if you are so unruly, the old man will marry you off, and let the husband's family discipline you well! (To be continued......)