After the birthday ceremony, the guests took their seats one after another, and the birthday banquet began.

Noah methodically commanded his servants to bring all kinds of delicacies out of the tail and bring them to the feast like water. Because it was a cold winter, she was worried that the dishes would be cold and she couldn't eat, so she put on a few iron plates and casserole dishes, and the servants trotted almost all the way to the table, lifted the lid of the dishes, and the inside was still boiling and fragrant. Filled the hall.

For the guests who are accustomed to eating tepid dishes at the banquet, the appetite is immediately appetizing and full of praise.

The old lady and the old general, as well as the crown prince, the third prince, the king of Huzhe Zuoxian and other distinguished guests sat on the table, but there was nothing in front of them, and even the cups and cups were all removed.

The conductor's wife hurriedly found Noah, and whispered to blame why she had neglected the guest seat. Noya clapped her hands mysteriously outside, and the melodious sound of silk and bamboo started, and immediately several beautiful ladies dressed in colorful cloud clothes pushed a wheeled disc five or six feet square. The middle of the disc is high and protruding, and it is covered with a piece of red silk cloth, and it is difficult to see the inside.

In the back, there are musicians in the same costume holding various musical instruments, gently picking them up, and the silk and bamboo are leisurely, like a natural sound.

Several female musicians are dressed up eye-catchingly, with fluttering streamers, like Limbo fairies. Many of the guests were already looking in this direction with their necks craned when they heard the sound.

"What is this?" The conductor's wife also asked curiously, wishing to lift the red cloth and find out.

"Second aunt, don't touch it with your hands," Nuoya hurriedly stopped: "There is a thousand-year-old ice hidden at the bottom of the disc, and you will get frostbite if you touch it directly with your hands." ”

She hurriedly stopped: "That is, you have the most ghost ideas, I want to see what kind of moth you are." ”

Noah smiled silently, and instructed several ladies to push the disc straight to the front of the guest of honor, the disc was as tall as the dining table, and with a slight push, the whole thing broke away from the lower roller, covered the round table, and then took a pot of boiling water, and slowly poured it down with a rotating disc.

The bottom of the plate suddenly sounded the sound of "snort", and puffs of white smoke rose from under the plate.

The ladies raised their slender hands, slowly lifted the red cloth on it, and the highest place in the middle was a lifelike colorful face sculpture, and Magu offered her birthday. The place where Magu pedals is not a colorful auspicious cloud, but a huge red-mouthed white shou peach, and the base of the shou peach is a lotus throne made of ninety-nine small shou peaches.

Around the dough sculpture, there is a dazzling variety of dishes, embellished with eight immortals to celebrate the birthday, the guests all get up, admired by the exquisite dough molding craftsmanship, and unique new cuts.

Before everyone could see enough, the smoke rose and swept Nana. All the exquisite dishes were all wiped out, only the Eight Immortals and Magu were left in the sea of clouds, mountains and fog, looking fairy wind and bones, and their clothes were fluttering, as if they were fresh.

The lady gently plucked the disc, the clouds and mist, accompanied by the sound of string music, there were flower buds rising, at the highest place, slowly blooming, revealing the tender yellow stamens inside, and there was a pocket longevity peach on the tip.

At this time, how can there be such flowers, and they are slowly blooming in the blink of an eye? Recently, some people curiously gathered around to take a closer look, only to find that it was actually carved from onions or radishes, and the petals were crystal clear, and from a distance they looked like flowers.

Everyone was amazed, but regardless of the taste of the table, the unique creativity alone was a feast for the eyes.

After a while, the smoke cleared, and the birthday banquet seemed to come out of the water, which was another unique surprise. During the banquet, the crystal rich golden shrimp, Peng Zu He Shou drunken fragrant chicken, eight treasures Ruyi glutinous rice melon, pine crane prolonged white jade cup, and a leap of Longmen hibiscus fish...... Eight treasures of the mountains, eight treasures of the sea, it is the delicacies of the mountains and the sea, and there is everything.

Especially the bowl of Luohan Shou noodles, in addition to mushrooms and vegetables, there are also two poached eggs lying on it in accordance with the customs of Beijing, and a longevity character is written with red tomato juice. The utensils are also specially fired clay pots, with a pottery smiling Arhat holding chopsticks in his hand, making a greedy appearance. And on the arhat chopsticks, there are several circles of longevity noodles, which is an endless stretch of longevity, which means that there is no boundary for longevity.

Bailijiu was amazed, and he had the heart to please the old lady on behalf of Noya, took the lead in taking the chopsticks, and said with a smile: "I'll feed the old lady a bite of longevity noodles first." ”

After picking one from the bowl and raising his arm high, the noodles were still ongoing, he simply stood up on the chair and exaggeratedly raised the chopsticks, which were nearly ten feet high, and there was still something left in the bowl. It can be seen that the whole bowl of noodles is one, how unique is the technique?

Coaxed the old lady to the point that she couldn't close her mouth, her face was radiant, and she was a few years younger.

When the guests saw the birthday banquet on the old lady's table, they felt that the food in front of them seemed to have no taste, and they were very curious about the craftsmanship of Lin Nuoya, especially the illusion-like mist.

The guest of honor was placed with cups of wine, and everyone kept cupping and chopsticks, staggering, and frequently toasted the birthday star and the old general, saying joy.

That Zuo Xianwang was accustomed to eating rough stewing and barbecue on the grassland, and eating such exquisite cooking dishes, one dish and one style, a hundred dishes and a hundred flavors, felt very novel. He is also an unruly temperament, heroic and uninhibited, gobbling up during the banquet, and the food is a bit staggering.

When the prince on the side saw it, he was a little cold-eyed and looked down on it in his heart. He was originally arrogant by nature, and in the face of a defeated country, he was naturally full of a sense of superiority, and between his words, he was arrogant and full of disdain.

The king of Zuo Xian is also used to being respected in the Great Khan, and there has always been no one in his eyes, and he sympathizes with the old general, and he is somewhat polite between his words.

In addition, when he sat down, he didn't understand the cumbersome rules of Da Chu, and he was informal, so he sat in the position originally reserved for the prince, and others reminded him in a roundabout way, and the prince was even more depressed, and he couldn't let him be ugly in public.

He raised the wine glass in his hand and said to King Zuo Xian, who was immersed in eating and drinking: "I haven't consulted King Zuo Xian yet, this year's Gui Geng?" It's good to talk about the young and the old. ”

King Zuo Xian reluctantly swallowed the food in his mouth and said vaguely: "Two out of thirty." ”

"Oh? Thirty-two spring and autumn, that is the year of the pig. ”

The Great Khan did not say that he was a relative of the year, but he knew a little about it, and waved his hand casually and smiled: "In our Great Khan, the people have always worshiped the totem of faith, and there is no such thing as a physiognomy. What's more, we love cattle, sheep and horses, roosters Si Chen, and loyal dogs can also take care of the house, but your country actually worships mice and pigs as the guardian saints of the year, which is really a bit puzzling. ”

The prince smiled: "Because there is an allusion and legend in this." ”

King Zuo Xian continued to bury his head in hard work, still not forgetting to ask curiously, "What is the allusion?" ”

The prince picked up the tea in his hand, took a sip, and said meaningfully: "Originally, there were no rats and pigs in this zodiac, and they were supposed to be donkeys and cats. ”

"Then how did it change again?"

"In ancient times, there was a kind of mythical beast called gluttony, which ate a huge amount of food, was insatiable, and could devour all things in the world.

In order to protect themselves, the zodiac agreed that the cat would squat on the tree at night and be on duty, and once it found that the gluttony was approaching, it would notify the donkey under the tree. And the donkey has the highest voice, and a single call can wake up all the beasts.

But cats are always negligent and lazy. One day, when the gluttony approached the village, it was sleeping, unaware. Gluttony began to hunt and devour beasts frantically. The donkey was horrified, and fled in a hurry, silently.

Pigs are the most voracious and fat, so they fall behind other animals. Gluttonous appetite, happy to see pigs, relentless chase.

Because the rats burrow in the ground all the year round, hollowing out half of the underground there, and the gluttony is bulky, so when chasing after it, it suddenly collapsed the ground and was trapped in the ground, so that everyone turned the corner.

The animals thought that the pigs were heroic, and they were desperate to lure the gluttony away in order to save them, so they were very grateful. The cat and the donkey were kicked out of the zodiac, and the mouse, as the biggest hero, was at the head of the line, and the pork chop was at the end. It seems that sometimes gluttony is not useless, what if you accidentally mix up the name of a hero? ”

Everyone had never heard of this story, and when they saw the prince smiling ill-intentionedly, he turned his head to look at King Zuo Xian, who was eating and drinking, and they all woke up. But because of etiquette, I didn't dare to laugh out loud.

The Zuo Xian King was stunned for a moment, and only then did he come to his senses, his face was blue and purple, he slapped the table suddenly, stood up, and scolded angrily: "You Da Chu is simply too deceitful!" ”

Although this Zuoxian King has no one in his eyes, it is indeed a bit rude for the prince to insult him with insinuations. The old general was in the middle, in a dilemma, and did not know how to mediate.

"That's because we have the capital to deceive people." In the face of the angry King Zuoxian, the crown prince didn't care at all, and sneered coldly.

"What else do you Dachu rely on besides General Baili? Just by virtue of a few of you yellow-haired children who have not dried up? Bite off more than one can chew! ”

"The courage of the horseman, disdain."

King Zuo Xian stretched out his hand and pointed at the crown prince: "You, come out, I will use the way of our Great Khan boy to defend honor and duel with you, and fight it out!" ”

"Bold! He is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of my Great Chu, what qualifications do you have to shout like this? Let the prince duel with you, you are not qualified enough. ”

The three princes were afraid that the world would not be chaotic, so they stepped forward to add oil and vinegar.

His words naturally made King Zuo Xian very angry: "How is the prince? I am also the most honorable king of my Great Khan, the first warrior of the Great Khan. To duel with your prince is nothing but exalting him! ”

"In a defeated country, how can you be brave?" The prince snorted coldly, his nostrils facing the sky.

The two sides were tense, and Bailijiu saw that the situation was not good, so he hurriedly stepped forward to mediate: "Da Chu Shangwen, so my Da Chu prince is dedicated to studying the way of Confucius and Mencius, the way of governing the country, and practicing martial arts on weekdays is not to strengthen the body. If King Zuo Xian is interested, you might as well come to my military camp in the future and point out my subordinates, and we will definitely benefit a lot. ”