Chapter 41: The Birthday Banquet
The streets in Taicang County are not very wide, but the street leading to Chengfu is wide, even if eight horses run side by side, there is no problem.
However, at the moment, all the carriages that came to pay homage to the birthday were lined up in a straight line, so there was no special congestion and traffic jam.
Just when He Yiming thought that they were going to line up at the back, and then wait for the carriage procession that was moving at a snail-like speed, he saw the uncle and his father pat the horse's head and stepped directly into the center of the avenue.
This time, everyone looked sideways, but those people were not noisy and dissatisfied, but showed a flattering smile, and greeted He Quanming and them.
And He Quanming didn't answer them one by one, just nodded slowly with a smile on his face, and he didn't know which person he was responding to. Occasionally, though, he would stop and talk to a few people.
Anyone who spoke to him held their heads high and looked forward to it, as if they had encountered something remarkable.
He Yiming was amazed in his heart, he couldn't imagine that his father had such a majestic presence here.
Suddenly, He Yixuan said beside him: "Sixth brother, how is the prestige of our He family?"
He Yiming nodded hurriedly and said, "It's amazing." ”
"Of course, if you can't even do this, then what are the three major families. He Yixuan's eyes had a little pride.
He Tiantian, who was closely behind He Quanxin's brothers, also turned his head and said in a low voice: "Yiming, now you are one of the celebrities of the He family, you should be reserved when you go in later, don't fall into the prestige of the family." ”
He Yiming replied heavily, but he was at a loss in his heart, although he had high internal strength, he still had too little contact with people after all. I don't understand what it takes to be reserved. But then he came up with a way, and everything was in line with the big brother.
Before the He family and the others arrived at the Cheng Mansion, someone came out of the mansion to greet them.
It was a rich and simple middle-aged man, wearing a red satin dress that represented festivity, and a vivid smile on his face, as if these people from the He family were his closest relatives and friends.
From afar, the middle-aged man shouted: "Brother Quanming's coming, it's really brilliant." Hey, even Brother Quanxin is here......"
He Quanxin and the two brothers laughed and dismounted, and bowed to him, but compared to He Quanxin's name, the smile on He Quanxin's face was much more stiff, but fortunately, everyone knew his name as a martial idiot, so no one was surprised at all.
He Yiming and the others dismounted at the same time with their fathers, He Yitian turned his body a little sideways, and said softly: "Yiming, this is Cheng Jiahui, the eldest of the second generation of the Cheng family, although his internal strength has not yet reached the ninth layer, but it is also the peak of the eighth layer, known as the second master of the Cheng family, and his reputation is still above the second and third uncles." ”
Nodding slightly, He Yiming was a little wary of this man who looked like a businessman.
Cheng Jiahui and He Quanxin talked a few words with the two brothers, and suddenly looked at the small number of people, but his eyes only swept over He Yitian and others, and finally fell on He Yiming.
He smiled and said, "Brother Quanming, I heard that another seventh-layer cultivator has appeared among the three generations of disciples in Guizhuang, I don't know if I will come today?"
He Quanming laughed and said, "Brother Jiahui, Xiao'er is indeed here, how can he not come to congratulate Old Man Cheng on his birthday." ”
He stretched out his hand, although He Yiming was full of reluctance, but he was helpless, so he had to step forward slowly, bow to Cheng Jiahui, and said, "Little nephew to meet Uncle Cheng." ”
"Excuse me, excuse me. Cheng Jiahui hurriedly helped him up and said, "The virtuous nephew is really a dragon among people, and his name is well deserved." ”
He Yiming slandered in his heart, where do you see that I am the dragon among men? But he didn't dare to question this sentence in person, only like his father, he maintained an almost professional smile on his face.
Of course, his pretentiousness can't be compared with his father in any way, but he has some imagination with Uncle He Quanxin.
Although the people on the side of the road did not dare to rush up to talk to them, they watched from a distance and vaguely heard their conversation.
When He Yiming walked out, the voice on the side of the road suddenly became a little louder, and almost everyone was curious about this sudden young master of the He family, even if they didn't care about it, they wanted to take a look at it at this moment.
Cheng Jiahui's face turned and he glanced towards the side of the road.
When he was talking to the He family just now, he smiled and was extremely kind, but as soon as he turned around, his face suddenly turned black as the bottom of a pot, and his eyes were full of light, revealing a fierce evil aura.
Suddenly, the crowd on the side of the road became much more honest, and no one dared to raise their voices anymore.
He Yiming took all this into his eyes, and his evaluation of him in his heart couldn't help but be even higher. can be called the first master of the second generation of the Cheng family, and it really deserves its name.
The He Quanxin brothers turned a blind eye to Cheng Jiahui's actions, and in the crowd outside, there may also be wealthy people, but in this remote county, even the power of the government is weak and pitiful, let alone their families.
In Taicang County, in addition to the three major families, it is rare for a cultivator whose internal strength has reached the eighth layer. And this is also the biggest capital that the three major families can dominate the county.
In front of the three great families, these people really have no qualifications to be proud of, if they really provoke the three major families and kill them, it is estimated that no one will stand up for them.
So once Cheng Jiahui put on his face, everyone was silent and didn't dare to speak anymore.
After a while, He Quanming coughed lightly and said, "Brother Jiahui, today is the old man's birthday, let's hurry up and go in." ”
Cheng Jiahui changed his smiling face again and said, "Brother Quanming is right, let's go in." ”
Under his leadership, everyone entered the gate of Chengfu.
As a big family side by side with the Cheng family, the treatment enjoyed by the He family can be imagined, not only did they enter the main hall, but all the juniors also sat independently.
Of course, the two brothers He Quanxin and He Quanming were invited to the chief, and looking at the entire Taicang County, there are few people who have this qualification.
Cheng Fu came to congratulate the birthday this time, it can be said that there are a lot of people, although the front hall, the main hall, and the side hall have opened banquets, but it is still crowded.
He Yiming was secretly shocked when he saw it, but he was also quite yearning.
This is the heritage and connections of a century-old family, which is by no means comparable to the He family at this moment.
After a while, someone hurriedly ran in and whispered a few words in Cheng Jiahui's ear, the eldest man of the Cheng family confessed to the chief and then left.
Not long after, he walked in with several people.
He Yiming's gaze fell on them, and his eyes suddenly froze slightly. He had already recognized two of them.
One is Xu Xiangci, and the other is naturally Xu Yude, as for Xu Yucai, who is with Xu Yude, he is nowhere to be seen. The corners of his mouth curled slightly, although it was impossible for Xu Yucai to be killed by him, he was also seriously injured, and if he wanted to recover completely, he didn't have to think about it for ten days and a half months.
After everyone in the Xu family entered the hall, their eyes immediately met that of the He family, although there was a hint of a smile on each other's faces, but everyone's eyes suddenly became fierce.
However, this contest has only converged in an instant. After all, this is the territory of the Cheng family, and no one is willing to take the initiative to provoke trouble on the 80th birthday of the old man of the Cheng family, which will only have a negative impact on the family and is definitely not in the interests of the entire family.
Suddenly, He Yiming felt a gaze like substance fall on his body.
He had the feeling that the owner of this gaze was extremely powerful, and among the masters he had sensed, only the uncle and the old servant in the library had such a strong gaze.
Of course, Grandpa's internal strength cultivation is even higher than theirs, but Grandpa has never looked at him with this kind of gaze.
Turning his head slowly, he suddenly saw a middle-aged man who seemed to be in his thirties, who nodded and smiled at him.
He Yiming was slightly stunned, unwilling, and nodded reluctantly.
He had already recognized that this person was also a member of the Xu family, but he didn't know the origin of this person.
"Yiming, this Xu Xiangqian, the fourth master of the second generation of the Xu family, has broken through the eighth layer of barriers a few months ago and reached the ninth layer. He Tiantian looked at the four roads, and when he saw Yiming and the fourth master of the Xu family, he immediately said softly.
He Yiming's heart sank, and he looked at the fourth master again, and kept his appearance firmly in his heart.
Cheng Jiahui's arrangement is extremely interesting, and the two elders of the Xu family who came to congratulate him were also invited to the chief, as for the juniors, although they were also arranged in one seat, they were far away from the seats of the He family.
Obviously, these people of the Cheng family also don't want to stage any martial arts at the old man's birthday banquet.
Not long after the people of the Xu and He families arrived, in a burst of gongs and drums, a burly old man with white hair but a flushed face walked into the main hall surrounded by several young people.
As soon as the old man appeared, everyone stood up in unison.
He Yiming looked at the old man silently, he sensed the powerful momentum that emerged from the old man's body, and immediately knew his origin.
Sure enough, in the subsequent introduction, Cheng Ningsheng, the current head of the Cheng family, sat in the first place.
The birthday banquet began immediately, and countless programs flowed one after another, and everyone sitting on the chief was smiling, as if they would never get tired of watching it.
A few hours later, it was dark, but the atmosphere at the banquet was still unusual.
He Yiming shook his head lightly, excused himself to urinate and went out of the table, and went to breathe.
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