The worst that Zhang Qingfeng expected did not happen.

When the outermost officials were almost finished serving, more than a dozen palace maids finally came over with plates.

"Brother, I'm hungry ......"

The little black dragon sat beside Zhang Qingfeng, seeing the steaming palace delicacies on the table, the gluttonous drool, and his little hands rubbed on his clothes, wanting to grab but not daring to move.

It's been almost a year since he arrived at the Hou Mansion, and although the little black dragon has learned to use the dishes and chopsticks, he still habitually likes to grasp them with his hands, especially when he is hungry.

"Come, my brother will serve you vegetables. ”

Zhang Qingfeng, who was enduring his annoyance, heard the weak voice of the little black dragon, and his heart was about to melt, who cared if Emperor Zhou deliberately wanted to make the Hou Mansion of Wu'an ugly, picked up the chopsticks and put the largest piece of venison on the plate in front of the little black dragon.

"Taste it, this is the best cook in Zhou Guo to cook the meal, see which one is better than Xiaochan's cooking. ”

The happy eyes of the little black dragon, who had regarded eating and sleeping as the top priority in his life, narrowed into willow leaves, grabbed the venison on the plate and bit a large piece, but stopped after just two bites.

"What's the matter?

Before the little black dragon could speak, the iron bull on the table next to him shouted, "Who made this venison?

"Brother, it's so unpalatable. ”

The little black dragon had a bitter face, and she couldn't bear to spit it out, Zhang Qingfeng taught her that it was rude to spit things on the dinner table, and the little black dragon kept it in mind.

Zhang Qingfeng frowned, lowered his head and took a bite of the venison in the little black dragon's hand, and the meat spit out as soon as he entered his mouth.

Salty.

It's not just salty, it feels like taking a bite of salt!

"Emperor Zhou!"

Zhang Qingfeng had a chill in his eyes, picked up the chopsticks and tasted all the dishes again, most of them were salty and couldn't be eaten at all, the only plate of green vegetables that wasn't salty was light and didn't put salt at all, in short, a table of dishes, on the surface, looked no different from other tables, but none of them could be eaten.

"Young master, this wine is not right. ”

Du shouted with big eyes, "It seems to be white water at all." ”

Zhang Qingfeng picked up the wine jug and took a sip, and sure enough, as Du Dayan said, what kind of wine is contained in this chic and carefully crafted palace jade pot, it is simply cold water.

"Father, Emperor Zhou is too insidious, this is deliberately abusing our Wu'an Hou Mansion, I said a long time ago, I shouldn't have come today, you didn't listen, now it's okay, why bother to come here in vain?"

Zhang Beitian couldn't help but complain about Zhang Chaoyang.

Zhang Chaoyang sighed, glanced at his son, and said: "I didn't expect Emperor Zhou to do such a desperate thing, I was humiliated alone, and I also starved Xiao Baixue and everyone together, I'm really sorry for you." ”

Xiao Baixue saw that Zhang Chaoyang was unhappy, and hurriedly said: "Grandpa, Bai Xue is not hungry......

Zhang Chaoyang stretched out his hand to touch Bai Xue's face, his eyes were full of doting, "You see, the king of a country is not as sensible as a child, it's okay, there are distinguished guests from the six countries present today, and grandpa is also the marquis of the Great Zhou Kingdom, you can't leave at this time, you go back first, go back." ”

Zhang Qingfeng felt Zhang Chaoyang's loss and suddenly smiled: "Grandpa, what's wrong with you? Didn't you just say it when you came, no matter what accidents you encounter......ed, you will advance and retreat together?

The bowl came soon, Zhang Qingfeng put the meat on the little black dragon's plate into the bowl, washed it and took a bite, and said with a smile: "Don't say it, this soaked water, it tastes really good, if you don't eat it, I will eat it all." ”

Du Dayan saw that although Zhang Qingfeng had a smile on his face, his eyes were as cold as a knife, knowing that the young master was angry, sit there and look at me, I will look at you, no one dares to say anything.

Seeing Zhang Qingfeng bowing his head to eat meat, Li also picked up a piece of chopsticks, put it in his mouth without water, chewed a few bites, and swallowed it, his face did not change at all.

The high priest Lu Jianli, who had been watching coldly, moved her chopsticks, picked up a vegetable leaf from the plate next to her and put it in her mouth, but when the vegetable leaf entered her stomach, she suddenly opened her small mouth and spit out a few transparent ice crystals the size of sesame seeds.

Zhang Beitian saw that Zhang Chaoyang didn't leave, so he naturally didn't dare to leave, and when he saw his son Zhang Qingfeng soaking meat in water, he also called the palace maid to ask for a few big bowls and water, so he learned from Zhang Qingfeng to eat.

Emperor Zhou sat in the escort area opposite the VIP seat, although he was chatting and laughing with the representatives of the royal family of the six countries, but the afterglow of his eyes swept to the northeast from time to time, and he saw that Zhang Qingfeng's family not only did not leave with their sleeves but lowered their heads to eat and drink, and their brows were slightly wrinkled.

"Father-in-law Xu, have you explained everything I told you?"

Taking advantage of the time to drop the cup, Emperor Zhou asked Gonggong Xu behind him in a low voice.

Xu Gonggong said: "Your Majesty, everything is explained according to your wishes, and there will never be any mistakes." ”

"Are you sure?"

Emperor Zhou glanced at the northeast, "Since the explanation is clear, why are Zhang Chaoyang's family eating and drinking there?"

Gonggong Xu turned his head and was stunned when he saw the table of people in the northeast who were 'gobbling up'.

"You go to the imperial dining room and check it, and if anyone makes a mistake, they will be cut down. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty. ”

Gonggong Xu quietly retreated.

The hall is staggered, pushing the cup and changing the lamp, so it is not lively.

"Ladies and gentlemen, in three days, it will be the Great Competition of the Nine Armors, tonight our royal families of the Seven Kingdoms will gather together, the opportunity is rare, why don't we also follow the example of the five major sects of the Celestial Elephant City, and have a 'famous teacher discussion'?"

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, King Yan suddenly raised his wine glass and proposed loudly.

There are five regions in the Dayan continent, the eastern region is divided into Kyushu, the seven countries of the Central Plains are located in Yunzhou, one of the nine states, the Celestial Elephant City mentioned by King Yan is the state city of Yunzhou, the place where the lord of Yunzhou lives, and is also known as the 'holy city', and the five major sects are the five most powerful sects in the holy city.

The cultivation world respects the armed forces, and the most important thing is all kinds of competitions, from the clan meeting of a family to the big competition of the nine armors, in the final analysis, they are all martial arts competitions that use force to prove their strength and compete for a higher status.

The 'Famous Teacher's Discussion of the Dao' mentioned by King Yan is different from ordinary martial arts.

The core of it is on the word 'theory', to put it simply, someone throws bricks and leads to a topic, and others have participated in the speech, to see whose insight is more profound and more convincing to the opponent, it proves whose strength is stronger, and it is compared to the depth of understanding and understanding of martial arts.

Although victory or defeat in the Dao discussion does not fully represent a person's true strength, one thing is certain: if a person cannot even explain the truth clearly, how can he be expected to achieve higher achievements on the path of cultivation? After all, the later he reaches the stage of cultivation, the more he attaches importance to talent and understanding, and diligent study and hard training are only suitable for the first two realms.

"yes, that's a good idea. ”

"The famous teacher said that there is no need to shed blood to determine the high and low, and this king agrees. ”

King Yan's proposal attracted a lot of support, and the atmosphere of the banquet suddenly rose after the news spread.