Chapter 7: Gathering of Guests

"Mrs. Shen is a famous talented woman, General Shen, why don't you let Mrs. Shen be happy too?" A man sitting under Shen Ke's hand held a bronze three-legged bottle and glanced at the man beside him with a smile.

"Yes, yes, Mrs. Shen is full of talent and learning, and she has won the true biography of Prime Minister Lu Cheng, how can such an interesting thing as drinking order not have this famous talented woman." The crowd chimed in.

"Since you are so enthusiastic, the insiders can't sweep your Yaxing, Xiangxue Yiyi, you can find a place to sit down." Shen Ke smiled loudly and waved his hand to let the maid behind him pick up the wine jug.

Shen Ke was the center of the banquet, and he was already surrounded by people who had no place, and it was impossible for Shen Ke to let them give way, so he could only say this sentence by retreating.

Lu Xiangxue is Shen Ke's wife and the mistress of Shen Mansion, of course they are going to sit together, and the people sitting on both sides of Shen Ke's left and right hands immediately stood up consciously when they heard this, "Mrs. Shen sit here!" ”

"You don't have to be so polite, there's a vacant seat there, I'll just go and sit there." Lu Xiangxue naturally refused.

"Mrs. Shen, naturally you are going to sit next to General Shen, come on, come on, everyone will step back two positions, and let Mrs. Shen and Miss Du sit down." The man who had just said that he invited Lu Xiangxue to join the drinking order waved his hand with the person under his right hand, and everyone got up and moved with a smile, and suddenly vacated two empty places.

The seats were vacated, and Lu Xiangxue was pretending to be hypocritical if she excused herself, and said thank you, Lu Xiangxue took Du Yiyi's hand and sat down.

The creek is only half a meter wide, the two teams of people sit on both sides of the stream, behind them are standing a maid holding a wine jug, and in front of each person in the creek there are boulders protruding from the water, the literati's wine order of course to pay attention to an elegant, with Shen Ke as the leader, with the nine meanders as the line, Shen Ke put down the wine glass in the water, the wine glass will be blocked by the boulder, if it stops in front of whom, who will write a poem, if not, drink the wine in the cup and then put the wine glass in the water and let it flow with the water.

Regardless of whether you win or lose, it is just for fun, and there is a shade of trees to cover your head and a breeze blows on your face, and the atmosphere is natural and harmonious.

Among these people, there are the sons of Wenchen after the general, some are talented, and some are outstanding in martial arts, but they all have one thing in common, that is, they are rich and good, and Shen Ke also paid attention to screening before the banquet, and he naturally would not invite those who had bad character.

These people don't recognize Du Yiyi except for the Yan Xinglu that Lu Xiangxue pointed out to her, but she also knows one thing, these people come to the banquet, but most of them must be in front of Shen Ke's face, and she is not a talented and beautiful young lady like Lu Xiangxue, and now she is notorious, and no one with a brain will move the idea of marrying her, although it is not ruled out that some people will be willing to wear a green hat in order to win over the forces of Shen Ke's side, but this probability is still not large.

"Yang Changfeng, I've just arrived at you, let's continue." The man who took the initiative to vacate his position stretched out his hand and pointed at a purple-clothed man on the opposite side.

"Zhang Jing, joined the two, according to the rules, they are going to start over, General Shen, right?" The Yang Changfeng, who was called by his name, held the wine glass and stretched out his index finger to sweep in front of the person.

"Of course, the inner man and the sister are sitting on the dragon's head, of course, they have to start over." Shen Ke laughed and raised his glass, and asked the maid behind him to pour him a glass of wine. "Then start with me, just now we are using the willow as the theme, and no one has been punished yet, so let's use this as the topic again." Saying that, Shen Ke looked at the weeping willow and coughed twice, raised his glass and chanted a poem: "Flowers fly everywhere in Spring City, and the cold food is the east wind and the willow is slanted." ”

Then, Shen Ke leaned down and placed the wine glass in a tray of containers, and gently pushed it to let the water flow.

The tray floated in the water, and when it touched the stone, it stopped, Yan Xinglu only glanced at the wine glass in front of him, and smiled and chanted a poem to push the tray away again. "The clothes want to wet the apricot blossom rain, and the wind blows the willow wind."

"Weeping willows on the wave embankment, delicate flowers and birds continue to sing." A man leans over and pushes the tray away.

"The thin red plum is cold, and the light green willow is light in spring." The glass continued to float in the water.

"The long elm breathes the beacon fire, and the high willow is quiet and dusty."

"The wind is shaking on the Qingyun Ridge, and the water is blowing at the edge of the tender willow pond."

The tray floated in front of Yang Changfeng with the wine glass. "Willow ...... Hey......" Yang Changfeng hung his head and brewed for a long time, but he still couldn't hold back a word of poetry.

"Drink, Brother Yang." Zhang Jing looked at Yang Changfeng scratching his head and ears, and smiled heartily.

"Drink, drink, drink." Everyone laughed loudly and agreed.

"Drink it." Yang Changfeng sighed anxiously, picked up the wine glass, raised his head and drank the wine in the cup, snatched the wine bottle in the maid's hand, poured a full glass of wine, and put the wine glass into the card slot of the tray.

"The willows are green, and the roses are red." The wine glass finally stopped in front of the last man, and the man took out a poem, leaned over and picked up the tray and handed it to the maid behind him: "Mrs. Shen is a famous talented woman in the capital, and the leader of the second turn is up to you." ”

Lu Xiangxue smiled lightly, and her lips opened lightly: "Then, let's take this water as the theme, I'll come first, the water is bright and sunny, and the mountains are empty and rainy." Yiyi, we joined later, and for the sake of justice, I will push the wine glass to you, and you will take it. ”

Lu Xiangxue's question was actually not random, before she was afraid that Du Yiyi would not be able to teach her a few verses about water, but since Du Yiyi did not plan to make herself a cabbage in the vegetable market, she would not be in the limelight in front of these people, when Lu Xiangxue handed over the wine glass, she turned her head to the crowd: "I have lived in the army with my brother since I was a child, where can I chant poetry, but this wine, you can drink three or four catties, in order to show justice, I will drink a glass today." "Anyway, raise your glass and raise your head, and don't cover it with your sleeves, and drink it all.

Lu Xiangxue's face was red and white, and everyone was also taken aback by Du Yiyi's heroic move.

"Yiyi has a straightforward temperament, don't be surprised, since it is a drinking order, I am willing to gamble and lose, and my sister and my inner person are no exception." Shen Ke had already roughly guessed her plan when Lu Xiangxue simply took over the tray, and now looking at Du Yiyi's appearance, he also guessed Du Yiyi's thoughts, women, three from four virtues are gentle and dignified, that is what these celebrities and talented people love, Du Yiyi is deliberately trying to make herself dispel the idea of choosing a son-in-law for her!

"General Shen has a good way of governing the troops, and the military orders are like mountains, all of them are treated the same, we really admire, admire!" Shen Ke spoke out to resolve the embarrassment, and everyone also smartly turned the topic to Shen Ke.

In this way, it is in Du Yiyi's arms, but Lu Xiangxue's arms are to make Du Yiyi show off today and convince these talented and arrogant talents, Du Yiyi just got along with her and obeyed her words, but she changed in front of people, which made her not angry.

"Husband......" She waved her hand and the maid put down the tray for Du Yiyi, and said to Shen Ke: "Yiyi, this is to see that you have broken your guilt, so I punished myself with a cup."

"General, the four highnesses outside the door have come down." Shen Ke was about to speak, but a soldier ran all the way over.

In order to show his importance to Shen Ke, the emperor authorized him to bring his own soldiers back to Shen Mansion as guards, and Shen Ke did not shirk it, and selected 500 people in the army to bring them back to the mansion, and the people of the capital also knew about it, these 500 personal soldiers seemed to be coming to Shen Mansion to protect the family, but in fact, they had been accepted by Shen Ke and became private soldiers.

A great general, military merits and equal body, but it is very easy to be crowned with the name of supporting the army and self-respect, the emperor's permission is also intended to be tempted, Shen Ke chose straightforwardly, but only selected five hundred personal soldiers, among which there are a few people specifically pointed out by the emperor, and the Shen Mansion does not have guards, compared to those high-ranking families in the capital who have thousands of guards, it is nothing at all, so that the defense of the Shen Mansion is loose, and Shen Ke generously shows his every move under the emperor's nose, which can naturally solve the emperor's worries.

With last night's incident, Du Yiyi thought that Ning Zhiyuan would not come, but his appearance was indeed beyond her expectations. Looking at Shen Ke's expression, he didn't feel surprised at all, could it be that the two of them had another discussion on this matter?

"You guys sit down first, Shen went to greet the Fourth Highness, and he was lost." Shen Ke and everyone hugged their fists to apologize, and quickly disappeared with the soldiers on the bank of the Nine Curved Willows.

The four princes are royal relatives and nobles, but in the eyes of those who deal with the emperor's relatives and relatives every day, they are not a great person, and most of these people who come today have chosen the Mingjun in their hearts, not to mention the government and politics, to the point where they can also gather together to talk and laugh, if they are mentioned, they will only be-for-needle to the endless arguments about Mai Mang, the reason why Shen Ke was so confident in choosing a son-in-law for Du Yiyi before was that he calculated the needs of the princes who these people were attached to, Just marrying Du Yiyi can win over a general who holds military power, no matter how it is counted, it is a worthwhile business, and they will inevitably let these people under their command fight for this opportunity.

But last night, Du Yiyi told her that if she wanted to marry, she would have the matchmakers of the four princes come together. In this way, the opportunity for these people is directly cut off. Du Yiyi is Shen Ke's favorite sister, if he wants to marry, Shen Ke in the side room is categorically unwilling, but once Du Yiyi has a bad reputation, marrying her as the main room will smear a layer of dust on her future, and their choice between one side of the power and the bright future is naturally clear. In other words, Du Yiyi is now a phoenix with a hair, and it is okay to stay in the peacock group, if you want to be among the phoenix group, it is wishful thinking.

What kind of medicine did the four princes sell in the gourd of the Shen Mansion?

This point is not clear to Shen Ke.

Lu Xiangxue didn't let go of this good opportunity to introduce Du Yiyi to the nobles, after Shen Ke left, she pulled Du Yiyi to walk from beginning to end, all of them were people who came for the interests of the backers behind her, Du Yiyi didn't take it to heart, only when she walked in front of Yan Xinglu, she looked at it curiously, she had only seen those eyes before, but ignored the others Just stood in front of Yan Xinglu and looked up, this angle can see his resolute outline, the lips that protrude his cheeks and the high bridge of his nose, From this point of view, Du Yiyi still thinks that he has a pair of good-looking eyes that shake people's hearts.