The banquet hall of Liu's Mansion is a large square to be precise, with a red carpet on the ground and ribbons on the ceiling, beaming with joy.

Above the clearing, hundreds of rectangular low wooden tables are neatly arranged, which in turn form two huge rectangles, leaving a wide passage in the center.

At the end of the passage, there is the seat of the birthday star Liu Lao, but it is still empty at the moment.

According to the three levels of principality, provincial city, and county town, the guests sat down in order, and many people seized the opportunity to run around and curry favor with those officials.

As for an attendant like Ye Changsheng, he was not qualified to enter the table at all, so he could only stay behind the county guard, holding the sword box in his hand.

Hong Yuntao, who was also not qualified to enter the table, looked around, and when he saw Ye Changsheng holding the sword box, he couldn't help but laugh sarcastically.

In the end, he is an innocent child, and it is better to make a mistake, saving half-heartedness and delaying the casting of the ethereal sword.

"The old birthday star has arrived!"

The waiter saluted, and all the guests got up and looked towards the passage.

Surrounded by a group of people, Liu Lao walked into the banquet hall in high spirits.

Liu Lao is tall, his silver-white hair is meticulously combed, and he is wearing a red robe, which adds a bit of festivity.

Liu Lao walked all the way, all the way to the guests who congratulated him, and finally sat down on the main seat.

Sitting at the table under Liu Lao, in addition to several high-ranking officials and distinguished guests, there was also a Buddhist monk and a loose cultivator with long hair.

Ye Changsheng suddenly found that the chubby layman, where he seemed to have seen it.

In the midst of the congratulatory voices, the envoy from the royal family stood up and arched his hand to Liu Lao: "Congratulations to Liu Lao Qingsong for not being old, and he is blessed with longevity!"

After Liu Lao returned the salute with a smile, the envoy turned around and said loudly: "His Majesty has decided to confer the title of Earl of the Duchy on Liu Lao, and the title can be promulgated only after the Ministry of Rites agrees." ”

The distinguished guest table couldn't help but stir, and the eyes that looked at Liu Lao were full of envy.

The Duchy of Yunlong, the title of the sixth class, the duke, the marquis, the earl, the son, the male, and finally the lord.

The count is second only to the marquis and the duke.

For decades, due to the bloated aristocracy, the principality rarely rewarded titles, let alone titles with titles and fiefs.

It can be seen that although Liu Lao has retired, he is still in the emperor's heart!

Countless people congratulated Liu Lao again, and Liu Lao obviously knew about it a long time ago, and got up with a smile to return the salute.

The second birthday greeting was the representative of the Imperial Military Department, a middle-aged general with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, he got up and arched his hand to Liu Lao and said: "At the end, on behalf of the Military Department, I wish Liu Lao Long is fierce and strong!"

is worthy of the style of a soldier, his voice is extremely loud, not to mention, but also a little obscure vulgarity.

Liu Lao couldn't help but laugh and scolded, obviously he had known the representative of He Shou for a long time.

The general laughed and waved his hand: "Come on, take the sedan chair!"

A group of people walked out, followed by a large wedding sedan chair, and a few delicate beauties, standing beside the sedan chair, swaying forward.

The guests who came to celebrate the birthday cheered loudly, and the ladies sitting on the other side covered their mouths with handkerchiefs and had to curse a few words.

When the sedan chair approached, the red curtain was lifted, and a silver white fox jumped out, causing an exclamation.

The white fox, only half a man tall, was covered with silver hair, with two furry ears standing like bamboo, and ruby eyes dripping and rolling.

What was shocking was that the fox actually had nine tails, which slowly unfolded like a screen, blooming with a brilliant silver light.

Nine-Tailed Silver Fox!

The nine-tailed silver fox twisted its body and walked towards Liu Lao, its face showed the charm of a girl, and its eyes were even more watery, as if it was a fox.

Suddenly, the nine-tailed silver fox stood up, flipped its upper limbs, and proudly held up a red longevity peach and held it high above his head.

Silver Fox Birthday Greetings!

The audience once again burst into exclamation, and Liu Lao also laughed and shouted: "Okay!"

The nine-tailed silver fox who begged for the reward went down happily, and in the festive atmosphere, the distinguished guests presented birthday gifts in turn, setting off round after round of climax.

These birthday gifts, all of which were precious or rare, opened the eyes of Ye Changsheng, who was sitting at the back.

The world is really big, there are countless treasures, and you must go out for a walk when you have the opportunity.

The most striking is the head of Tangmen Temple, the senior monk Master Longhai, the birthday ceremony is a hand-copied "Diamond Sutra", but Liu Lao stood up for the first time and took the scripture with both hands.

Sure enough, the rumors of Liu Laoqian's meditation practice were true, and Changsheng was relieved.

Seeing that the provincial city-level dignitaries were offering birthday gifts one after another, Ye Changsheng's heart slowly hung up, and it was about to arrive at them soon.

After a short rest, Lou Yunhe, the river transport supervisor of Sanshui Town, stood up with a big grin and strode towards Liu Lao.

Liu Jingye, the master of the Sword Casting Hall, held the sword box in both hands, trembling with excitement, and followed behind.

Lou Yunhe didn't talk nonsense, and saluted: "Old Liu, the lower officials have nothing to give, and they specially commissioned the Sword Casting Hall in Sanshui Town to create a Lingwu-level long sword for you, which is called Mo Chou!"

Liu Lao couldn't help but be surprised, shouldn't the first one to give a gift be Wu Tianen, the county guard?

But after all, he has been in the sea for many years, and the surprise in his eyes quickly disappeared, and he smiled: "Mo Chou, good name, are there any allusions?"

Liu Jingye had already prepared, and hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Back to Liu Lao, the Mochou sword is the sword of a generation of famous ministers Yin Zili!"

Yin Zili was a doctor of the ancient Yue Kingdom 1,300 years ago, although he was a civilian official, but he also made achievements in military exploits, and it was he who led the army to resist the attack of foreign enemies.

At the age of seventy, Yin Zi retired from his success, refused a large amount of rewards from the king, and lived in seclusion in the mountains.

Ten years later, the ancient Yue Kingdom was invaded again.

At the moment of crisis, Yin Zili re-emerged from the mountain at the age of eighty, and with his strong appeal, he formed a peasant army to defend the precarious national capital.

With the defense of the national capital, Yin Zi went down in history!

This historical allusion has been rehearsed countless times by Liu Jingye in private, and it is narrated at this moment, so that everyone can't help but listen to it.

I have to say that Lou Yunhe gave Mo Chou Sword to Liu Lao, which is really appropriate.

The wind knows the strength of the grass, and the country is in trouble.

Although Liu Lao retired, he still had a brave and loyal heart, just like Yin Zili back then.

As long as the country is in trouble, Liu Lao will definitely put on his armor again, hold Mo Chou, and fight for the country!

Liu Lao's heart was agitated, and a smile of approval appeared on his face: "Lord Inspector, you have a heart!"

He was very satisfied with this gift, which showed that people had put their hearts into it.

A scribe sitting below Liu Lao said with a suspicious expression: "This official remembers that Yin Zili's sword back then was the Izumo sword, and it doesn't seem to be included in the "Famous Sword Record" Mochou sword, right?"

Liu Jingye had already prepared, and a look of pride flashed in his eyes: "This adult doesn't know, the old man was fortunate enough to read the Fengcheng Ye family's "Famous Sword Record" back then, and the ancient sword is indeed included in it, and it is the sword used by Yin Zili after his comeback!"

Everyone couldn't help but suddenly, and invisibly looked at Liu Jingye a few times.

The world's famous sword is out of Fengcheng, and the famous sword of Fengcheng is out of the Ye family.

The Ye family's sword-casting skills are the best in the world, and everyone knows it, and the "Famous Sword Record" they use is naturally not comparable to the ordinary "Famous Sword Record".

This Liu Jingye was able to see the "Famous Sword Record" within the Ye family, which means that his own sword-casting attainments are not bad, otherwise he would not have been able to contact such a high level at all.

Thinking about it, Liu Jingye didn't dare to lie about this, after all, with Liu Lao's status and identity, it was not difficult to verify the truth at all.

Liu Jingye obviously felt the change in the attitude of the people around him towards him, and he became more and more complacent in his heart, and couldn't help but turn his face sideways and look at Ye Changsheng at the back proudly.