Chapter 15: Pick-up
"Big brother, is this dinner party just for everyone to get together in twos and threes to talk?" Meng Fan looked at the guests in the banquet hall and said, "Yes, Claude, don't underestimate this short conversation, the banquet held by the nobles is more like a social meeting." Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info," Bogula said, standing beside his brother.
"You see, the man in the red and white robes, he is the head of the Purple Sun City Church, Bishop Denowen. Bogura pointed to a man not far away and said, "The person who spoke to Bishop Denowen is Lord Dorne, the city defense officer of Purple Sun City, and Lord Dorn is the nephew of Marquis Lewin, Lord of Purple Sun City. ”
"And the fat man over there, do you see? Bogura pointed in another direction, "He's the owner of one of the largest distilleries in Purple Sun City, Crum, and the ram we used when we burned down the siege towers of the Bretan army was taken from his distillery..."
"And the sheriff Baron Chermit I told you just now, the people who came to the dinner tonight are all people with a certain status in Ziyang City, although it is called a dinner party, but everyone is not here to eat, but to use tonight's opportunity to get close to those who want to get acquainted with each other. ”
Meng Fan understood what the eldest brother meant, no wonder the table where the food was placed was placed in the corner of the banquet hall, because the theme of the dinner was not eating and drinking.
Bogula knew that Meng Fan didn't know anyone, "Claude, don't worry, the dinner won't be so boring, there will be a dance later, you can take the initiative to talk to the person you want to know now." Bogura smiled and patted his brother on the shoulder.
"Bogura, let's go over and have a few drinks. "There were several burly men walking on the side, and these men, like Bogula, were the commanders of the Purple Sun City Territory Army.
"Kapua, Torre, I..." Bogura wanted to refuse, but was eventually dragged by the men to the table where the drinks were kept.
When the eldest brother was dragged away by several commanders of the territorial army, he stood alone in the banquet hall, Meng Fan didn't know what he should do, and Meng Fan didn't know any of the guests in the hall.
In a large banquet, it is normal to not know all the people, but only need to know a part of it, the social network will continue to expand with the people you know, even if you don't know who the other party is, but your friends will always know, friends of friends know it, as long as someone is on the line, two unfamiliar people will soon be able to talk.
But Meng Fan didn't know anything except for his eldest brother, and Meng Fan didn't look like a noble child from a famous family, so no one would take the initiative to come over to talk.
Standing in this luxurious and spacious banquet hall, Meng Fan felt lonely and indifferent, this kind of taste is so familiar.
Meng Fan recalled in his mind a New Year's Day party held by the school when he was in college, the party was held in the school's sports academy hall, boys and girls sang and danced in the sports academy hall, and Meng Fan was like a log that no one cared about, on the earth Meng Fan was also very thin, wearing a pair of thick glasses, and often stayed in the dormitory to play games.
Meng Fan's hand couldn't help but clench, he was reborn in this other world, although the gods did not give him extraordinary power, but Meng Fan wanted to change himself, Meng Fan didn't want to stay in the corner all night watching other people's performances like he used to, he had to take the initiative to talk to strangers.
Having made up his mind, Meng Fan was ready to search for an object that could speak, Meng Fan's eyes scanned the banquet hall, those who were very popular and were surrounded by a large group of people in the middle could not be selected, most of these people were prominent figures in Ziyang City, and even if they got together, they couldn't speak.
It is not good to be too old, Meng Fan thought that the person he was talking to should be about the same age as himself, and Meng Fan's eyes fell on a blue-haired girl, Miss Beatis, the daughter of Baron Chemet. Baron Chermit and his wife went to talk to the guests in the banquet hall, while Beatis sat on a sofa on one side of the hall and was pleasantly talking to a group of noble ladies of similar age.
Let's choose a male guest to talk to first, Meng Fan looked at the blue-haired girl not far away and secretly swallowed his saliva, and searched in the banquet hall again, Meng Fan finally found a suitable person to talk to.
On the bench on the east side of the banquet hall sat a young man holding a book and reading, this brown-haired young man was about 25 or 6 years old, about the same age as Meng Fan, and he was also very ordinary in appearance, not tall or handsome, and there were no other people gathered around the young man.
Okay, let's go up and talk to him, Meng Fan tidied up his clothes and walked towards the east side of the banquet hall.
Coming to the bench, Meng Fan coughed lightly, "Hello." Meng Fan opened his mouth to greet the young man sitting in the chair, and the brown-haired man slowly raised his head.
With an innate indifference in his small eyes, and a little hooked at the tip of the high bridge of his nose, the young man glanced at Meng Fan with a cold gaze, "Hello." The two short words were considered to give Meng Fan a response.
Meng Fan was about to continue talking, but found that the other party had already lowered his head and read the book, eh, it seemed that he had chosen the wrong person to talk to, this young man's personality seemed to be very withdrawn, and the other party had no intention of talking to him at all.
But Meng Fan didn't want to give up just like that, Meng Fan's eyes fell on the book held by the young man - "Peggy Loraine's Battle Notes", and Meng Fan saw the name of the book.
Peggy Loren is a famous army commander in the Qinglan Continent two hundred years ago, in Peggy's life, he participated in hundreds of battles large and small and never failed, Peggy's descendants have left some information on army command and tactical arrangements left by this great ancestor into a military book, which is this "Peggy Loraine Battle Notes".
For those officers in the army, this book is undoubtedly a must-read, Meng Fan remembered that in his hometown of Black Rock City, his eldest brother Bogula collected such a book, but Claude, the former owner of Meng Fan's body, only knew that his brother Bogula had such a book, but he hadn't read it, so Meng Fan didn't know what was written in the book.
"Ahaha, Peggy Lorain's Battle Notes, Your Excellency must be very interested in military warfare. Meng Fan said with a haha on the side.
Slowly closing the book in his hand, the young man sitting on the bench raised his head and looked at Meng Fan, under normal circumstances, as long as he showed that he didn't want to talk, the other party would leave with interest, but the black-haired man standing in front of him today was very annoying.
"If you want to come close, then you may be looking for the wrong person, there are many talkative people in the banquet hall, you better talk to someone else. The brown-haired young man bluntly issued an expulsion order to Meng Fan.
"Well, I have the same hobby as Your Excellency, and I also like to read military works, although I haven't read this book in Your Excellency's hand, but I have read some other military works, maybe I can communicate with Your Excellency. Meng Fan was cheeky and actively wanted to find a common topic.
Hearing Meng Fan's words, the young man sitting on the bench couldn't help but let out a contemptuous laugh, "Other military works?" The young man held the book in both hands. "Let's talk about it, you haven't even read the most classic "Peggy Loraine Battle Notes", so what military books have you read?" The brown-haired young man looked at Meng Fan with a mocking gaze.
"Well, I don't know if Your Excellency has read this "Art of War". Meng Fan said with a smile.