Chapter 112 Banquet for Guests

The three-day time came quickly, and Chang'an City was particularly lively on this day, of course, this was not because Huo Guang held a banquet in the Champion Hou's Mansion, but because the three sons of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty were going to leave Chang'an today to enter the country. "Ya * Wen * Yan * Love * First * Hair"

Before the kings surnamed Liu went to the country, they had to go to the temple to worship, and the kings had to be presided over by the emperor, and they had to formally reward the king's seal, scepter, crown and a whole set of princes and kings' ceremonial guards, and the whole process was quite complicated.

Except for a few important ministers in the court, the other courtiers did not have to be present, and most of these courtiers who had no official affairs gathered in the palace of the champion marquis.

Huo Guang learned from the chief administrator Huo Tong that there were more than 300 invitations this time, and all the officials in the court and above the thousand stone had received the invitations. This is not to say that Huo Guang has such a wide network, but this is a must, since he has been invited, then all the people within this level must be invited, and no one can be left behind. As for whether the invitees come or not, that's another matter.

Of course, it is definitely impossible for all three hundred pairs of people to come, some of them are because they have official duties, such as Zongzheng Liu Shou is also an important person invited, but he is Zongzheng and must preside over the ceremony of the inauguration of the three kings. There are also courtiers like Sang Hongyang who have a gap with Huo Guang, or who have a gap with Huo Quai, and these people did not come to attend. However, to be a person in such a position, these people can also do very well on the surface, for example, although Sang Hongyang did not come in person, he still prepared a generous gift, and he used the excuse that he was busy with official business and had no time to withdraw.

"If you have money, you go and wait outside the mansion, and when the master Du and the county officials arrive, you will take them directly into the mansion." Huo Guangzheng combed his hair under Li Yan's service and changed into a brocade robe. At this time, he did not forget to tell Zhen Youcai to pick up the officials of the Chang'an County Ya.

You must know that the Champion Hou Mansion held such a big banquet today, and it would definitely not be possible to enter without an invitation, and there were more than 100 officials in Chang'an County, and no one from the Hou Mansion would be able to pick them up at all.

"Your Majesty is really energetic today, don't drink too much wine at the banquet, it's not good for your health!" Li Yan combed Huo Guang's hair, and said to Huo Guang while combing. When there is no one in private, Li Yan and Huo Guang talk more casually, and her concern for Huo Guang is even more obvious.

"This man relies on clothes, but why do you call me a king? I still like you to call me Ah Guang! Huo Guang said with a smile, in later generations, most men have short hair, Huo Guang really has never enjoyed the feeling of being combed by others, I have to admit that although this long hair is not as convenient as in later generations, it is still very pleasant to be combed. Ya * Wen * Yan * Love * First * Fa

"How can this be? You are now a dignified Anyang Jun, you have to pay attention to your identity in everything you say and do, and I can't break the rules, and I can't call you like before anymore. Li Yan pursed her lips and said with a smile, her eyes were tender and sweet, like a little daughter-in-law watching her husband become famous.

"Alas, it's a pity that my grandmother is not with me. After the mansion is opened, I have to find a way to bring my mother to my side! Huo Guang felt Li Yan's state of mind, but it reminded him of his mother who was far away in Pingyang. Huo Guang, as the soul-based person of the future generations, does not have much affection for Huo Zhongru, the biological father of this body, but he has a mother-son relationship for his mother, and now he is also a little accomplished, he also wants to share this joy with his mother, and at the same time, he also hopes to fulfill his filial piety.

"After the king opens the mansion, you can give the old lady a surprise, every mother wants to see her children make achievements, presumably the old lady will be very happy to see the achievements of the king today." Li Yan has long regarded herself as Huo Guang's woman, and she also wants to see this mother-in-law Li Yan as soon as possible.

"Hehe, people say that ugly daughters-in-law are afraid to see their in-laws, how do I feel that you want to see your mother-in-law in a hurry?" Huo Guang said jokingly, when no one was around, he joked with Li Yan and became more and more bold.

"What nonsense are you talking about? Who's the ugly daughter-in-law? Li Yan pursed her lips, her face was crimson with shame, but she still didn't give up.

"Second master, the guests are almost all here, Hou Ye asked the old slave to ask the second master if it is okay?" Just as Huo Guang and Li Yan were arguing for fun, Huo Tong's voice sounded outside the house. As Huo Guang, he didn't have to go to the door of the Hou Mansion to greet the guests in person, and these things to welcome the guests and arrange the seats were all completed by the Hou Mansion's subordinates.

"Well, go tell my brother that I'm all right, and I'll be there later." Huo Guang replied in the house.

Soon Huo Guang walked out of the door, at this time Zhen Youcai also arranged the county officials, appeared outside Huo Guang's house, saw Huo Guang come out, Zhen Youcai hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, there are a few marquis who came in person, they were arranged in the inner hall, the marquis was personally accompanied, and the other guests were in the backyard. ”

"Well, let's go meet these Hou Ye first." Huo Guang nodded and said, his feet kept walking towards the inner hall, he estimated that most of these princes who could come in person were the champions of the Hou family, and the subordinates who followed Huo Quai's military merits.

Sure enough, as soon as Huo Guang entered the inner hall, he saw several familiar faces, among which Zhao Ponu was impressively listed, and the others were also close to Huo Quai's illness on weekdays. These people are not so much here to congratulate Huo Guang, but to see Huo Quai's face.

"From the Marquis of Hu, Marquis Zhuang, Marquis of Xialu, Marquis of Huiqu, Huo Guang is polite here. Thank you for coming, you don't want to get drunk today! Huo Guang took out the titles of these people one by one, and then gave a deep salute, these people who came were all subordinates of Huo Qubing in the Battle of Mobei, and Huo Guang was also very familiar with them.

When several people saw Huo Guang walking in, they all hurriedly got up, returned the salute to Huo Guang and said, "Anyangjun is polite." ”

"Since Ah Guang said that if you don't get drunk, you won't return, then you have to drink a few more bottles with us!" After seeing the ceremony, Zhao Ponu said with a big grin, among Huo Quai's many subordinates, he and Huo Guang walked the closest, and he spoke straightforwardly.

"It's natural, I'll greet the other guests first, and then I'll accompany you." Huo Guang said with a smile, he must have drunk some wine with these people, but before that, he had to go outside to deal with the large number of guests.

"Ah Guang, you go and greet the guests outside first, if you want to drink, Ben Hou will accompany you to have a drink first." Huo Quzhi hurriedly came out to relieve the siege, picked up the wine bottle and stared at a few people, and asked Huo Guang to greet the guests outside first.

Huo Guang saw the complaint and left, looking at this posture, he estimated that he would have to lie down and go back to the house tonight, but when he arrived at the backyard banquet, he realized that he didn't know if he could carry it.

In this era, everyone is sitting around a big table to eat and drink, and the backyard is full of hundreds of desks, which means that hundreds of people are waiting for Huo Guang to thank them one by one. Huo Guang suddenly felt that his head was extremely big!

"Anyangjun is here, congratulations to Anyangjun, congratulations to Anyangjun!" Someone saw Huo Guang appear, and hurriedly got up to say hello, saying festive words in his mouth. Huo Guang hurriedly nodded in return, and more and more people got up to salute, and Huo Guang had to return the salute one by one.

"This is not a solution...... Huo Guang felt that he had to be tired to death like this, and it seemed that he could only be a little easier to pack and thank him, thinking of this, Huo Guang hurriedly walked to the open space in front of the banquet, and then bowed deeply to everyone.

Seeing Huo Guang saluting everyone, it was basically quiet at this time, the ancients were not stupid to know that Huo Guang must have something to say when he did this, today's protagonist is Huo Guang, and everyone is naturally listening to him if he wants to speak.

"Thank you for your presence today, I am not very grateful, and I will not say much about the extra polite words, here I will drink three bottles of myself to pay tribute to you." Huo Guang bowed his hand to everyone and said, and then as soon as he waved, the maid of the Hou Mansion brought three bottles of wine that had been filled.

Huo Guang lifted the wine bottle, just drank it all, and then the second bottle went down, which immediately attracted the applause of all the guests. When Huo Guang drank it, he was already dizzy, and his stomach was overturned. However, this time, he aroused the interest of all the guests.

"Your Majesty, the lower officials respect you!" Some people took the lead in saluting Huo Guang from the seats, and then more people picked up wine bottles and drank themselves. The whole atmosphere became hot all of a sudden, and as Huo Guang said your casual words, the whole banquet was completely lively, most of these people were also familiar with each other, even if Huo Guang didn't come forward to toast, these people themselves drank hotly.

At this time, Huo Guang, under the leadership of Zhen Youcai, came to the area where the officials of Chang'an County were seated, and here Huo Guang also paid tribute to his subordinate Sanzun. This time, Huo Guang was completely dizzy, but this was not the end, because he had to go to the inner hall to toast those marquis.

Now Huo Guang feels that the only thing to be thankful for is that when he was entertaining guests at that time, Huo Quzhi suggested that for the time being, he should not invite close relatives such as Wei Qing and Marquis Pingyang and Marquis Ruyin, these people might as well stay in Huo Guang's mansion and invite them. Huo Guang felt that this decision was simply too right, if these people also came today, it was estimated that they would be drunk to death.

At that time, there will be such a record left in the history books, 'Anyang Jun Huo Guang, entertaining guests, to congratulate the king, died drunk in the palace of the champion marquis. That's a laugh for eternity!

Outside, Huo Guang drank a total of six bottles of wine, but when facing Zhao Ponu and others, he couldn't pack it up, and toasted these people one by one, and Huo Guang, who came and went, didn't know how much he drank. And the capacity of this wine bottle is also large enough, almost equivalent to about three taels in later generations, Huo Guang estimated that he drank three or four catties of wine at least, fortunately, the degree of wine in this era is not high, otherwise so much wine can really drink the dead.

In the end, Huo Guang was completely drunk, and he didn't know when he was helped back to the room by whom. Lying on the bed, Huo Guang only felt that the sky was spinning, and after a while, he finally felt a chill on his forehead, which finally made Huo Guang slightly sober.

Huo Guang opened his eyes in a daze, and a beautiful face was introduced into his eyes, I don't know if it was the effect of alcohol or Huo Guang's dazzle, he knew that what was in front of him was Li Yan, but he felt that Li Yan had never been so beautiful and moving at this moment......