Chapter 105: The Dinner Party
When he arrived at the Qingzhou Yamen, Cheng Ge understood why Qin Changqi said that Qingzhou was the Qingshui Yamen, and as the prefect of a state, the Yamen was so simple. Cheng Ge has seen so many ** institutions, and Qingzhou can be said to be the most humble.
Bai Zixiu greeted in the courtyard, but in fact, there were no guests, except for Qin Changqi and Lu Changting, who were from the capital, there were only local officials and their wives. All the officials and their wives were basically dressed simply, which made it even more luxurious for Qin Changqi and his party.
"Thank you for today, the princess and Lu Yuanzheng." Bai Zixiu looked very restrained, looking like a sour showman, "I still need to trouble the princess and princess a lot in the future." With that, he stood up and toasted the three of them with a glass of wine.
"Lord Bai is too polite." Qin Changqi raised his wine glass and drank it all, looking cold and indifferent, "The silver is already in place, Lord Bai and Lord Zhang should make arrangements." ”
Zhang Hongtao had never worked with King Chang'an before, and he had some vague expectations this time. Seeing Qin Changqi's strategizing, he was very admired, and stood up and toasted a glass of wine, "The last general will give the prince a glass." ”
Qin Changqi was in the barracks when he was young, and he actually admired General Zhang very much, so he drank it all again. It was rare to see a noble person from the capital in Qingzhou, and the officials below couldn't help but want to toast, and Qin Changqi also drank them one by one.
Cheng Ge was drinking with a group of ladies over there, although most of these ladies were family members of soldiers and had excellent drinks, but because Cheng Ge was the highest rank here, these ladies did not dare to pour her wine.
"I heard that the princess is a strong doctor." Bai Zixiu's wife saw that others didn't dare to speak, so she took the initiative to speak, "The concubines are very impressed, and I salute the princess." ”
Cheng Ge naturally knew that they were a little restrained, after all, they hadn't seen it before, and her status was so high, ordinary people didn't dare to talk casually, so Cheng Ge could only take the initiative to chat with them, "Concubine Ben also admires all the ladies, she has been in the border city for so long, she is really a model of women in the Dafeng Dynasty." ”
When the ladies here heard this, they were very happy, they had been in the border city for so long, and they had suffered a lot, and what they were most afraid of was that no one recognized them, but they didn't expect Princess Chang'an, who was far away in the capital, to understand them.
"The princess is really polite." Several ladies said with a smile on their faces, and their views on Cheng Ge changed suddenly.
"In the future, we will need the support of the ladies to do a good job of reserve forces." Cheng Ge raised his wine glass and toasted to the ladies present, although these ladies didn't know what a reserve force was, but they were more or less literate, and the general meaning was understood.
Cheng Ge chatted with these ladies, from the way of husband and wife to raising children, Cheng Ge, as a modern person, has too many topics to talk about with these people, so they chatted very happily, and these people are also happy and convinced of Cheng Ge.
After drinking all night, Chengge only felt dizzy. Although they drank a very low degree of fruit wine, they drank a little too much, and they also felt a little uncomfortable in their stomachs. Quietly summons Fluttershy from within, and prepares a hangover pill for herself.
"Fluttershy, can you find out if the poisoned person is a man or a woman?" Cheng Ge didn't think about this problem at first, or he didn't have time to seriously think about it at that time.
"It's a man." Fluttershy says with her nose covered, as if she could smell the alcohol on Cheng Ge's body.
"If it's a man, it should be nothing more than Bai Zixiu and Zhang Hongtao." Cheng Ge thought about it, after all, other petty officials, even if they poisoned them, they would not have much effect.
But now the question is, who is between the two people?
Cheng Ge walked towards the banquet with her still a dizzy head, she had just come out to change her clothes under the pretext, and it had been some time since she came out. When I was about to go back, I heard two people talking on the other side of the rockery. Cheng Ge didn't hear it clearly, and he didn't plan to eavesdrop, but when he heard that the two of them seemed to be saying "King Chang'an", he couldn't help but stop.
"Are you telling the truth?" A family member whispered, and looked around.
"That's nature." Another family member lowered his voice and said, "This time the King of Chang'an is here from the capital, I don't know what the reason is, wait for you to put this in the Baida hangover tea......
"Why don't you pour it into the tea of the King of Chang'an? If it weren't for him, how could we have died so many brothers? The first family said hatefully, and when he heard it, he was very angry.
"Don't forget, he is the king of Chang'an, and others will pay special attention to his diet, if it is put in his tea, it will be exposed." The family patted the family on the head vigorously, looking very iron-clad and steelless, "Don't let me go quickly!" ”
After saying that, he watched the family leave, and then looked around himself, and saw that no one paid special attention to this place, so he also left. After Cheng Ge listened to the conversation between the two people, he suddenly sobered up - this is someone who wants to harm Lord Bai.
Since they sprinkled the medicinal powder in Lord Bai's tea, it means that they have already taken action against Lord Zhang, and it is very likely that the person who was poisoned is Lord Zhang. Cheng Ge tells Fluttershy to wait for herself to approach the adults one by one, and to tell herself if she finds the one with the strongest signal.
After making up his mind, Cheng Ge went to the men's table with a wine glass. After all, it is in a border city, and everyone does not have those cumbersome etiquette in the capital, so they don't care about Cheng Ge coming to the men's table.
"All the adults have worked hard recently, and this concubine respects you with a cup." Cheng Ge raised his glass to toast those adults, these officials here are all relatively low official positions, and they are very lucky to see the king and princess of Chang'an in this life, and they are toasted by these two together, I only feel that I have no regrets in this life.
Cheng Ge is just looking for an opportunity to get closer to these people and wait for Fluttershy to give a signal. As expected, when Cheng Ge was a big man, Fluttershy spoke, "That's the man, he can't afford to be poisoned anymore." ”
Cheng Ge has a bottom in his heart, thinking that he wants to find an opportunity to check the pulse of Lord Zhang, and besides, Lord Zhang is Zhang Ziling's father, even if it is for his good friend, he has to save Lord Zhang. Thinking of this, Cheng Ge decided to discuss it with Qin Changqi in the evening.
But Cheng Ge didn't expect that Qin Changqi was in a bad mood today, he was greedy for a cup for a while, and he was a little drunk, even if Cheng Ge fed him the wine pills, the medicinal effect still didn't come into play in time, and he still had to wait to wake up.
"Cheng Song!" Qin Changqi said in a daze, "Do you blame me?" It's all my fault, it's all my fault to get you into such a situation......"
Cheng Ge looked at him with a flushed face, and felt very uncomfortable......