Chapter Eighty-Eight: The Night Banquet
I really came into contact with the Chu River in Dachong Pass, and I was inexplicably emotional.
He didn't expect that behind this border pass that had experienced countless wars, there would be such a big city full of fireworks and market flavor.
Those children who laughed and laughed can be said to be General Chen Shida's greatest achievement.
Resist the enemy to the west and protect the stability of the country.
The sky gradually darkened, and Chu He and the others also returned to the front of the general's mansion.
At this time, on both sides of the General's Mansion, a row of red lanterns were hung, which means that there is a banquet in the mansion today.
The general is still commanding the battle in Hegu Road, and the only one who can hold a banquet in the General's Mansion can only be the major general.
As soon as Chu He and Jiang Wuxian walked into the mansion, Hu Bai greeted them.
Chu He was a little embarrassed, "Are we coming back late and causing trouble to Steward Hu." ”
Hu Bai hurriedly waved his hand and said, "It's not too late, it's not too late for you to come back, and the adults from all the mansions have just arrived, so I'll lead you over." ”
Chu He nodded, and followed behind Hu Bai with Jiang Wuxian and walked towards the banquet hall of the General's Mansion.
This banquet hall, which was specially responsible for setting up banquets and entertaining, shocked Chu He, who had never seen much of the world.
The open-air banquet hall with an area of hundreds of square meters is paved with polished smooth and shiny stone slabs, and large black solid wood tables are placed on it, which is magnificent.
At this time, a lot of people had gathered in the banquet hall, and looking at the service, it should be all civil and military officials serving in Dachong Pass.
Yan Chen was in the middle of the main position, and Liang Yi was sitting next to him, and the expressions of the two of them were unnatural.
The two of them have now changed into more decent clothes, especially Liang Yi, who has changed into a gorgeous and complicated gold and red robe, and has also smeared some high-grade fat powder on his face, which is bright and moving.
But I don't know why, Yan Chen's head is a little red.
At this time, Chu He and Jiang Wuxian found a place in the most corner and sat down and squeezed into a table.
Jiang Wuxian looked at Yan Chen's head from a distance, covered his mouth and laughed in a low voice: "It can be seen that Lao Yan was very hard just now." ”
When Chu He heard this, he also laughed maliciously, "You must work harder tonight, otherwise he will be ...... I'm sad. ”
The guests in the banquet hall arrived one after another, and they all began to find a place to sit.
Next to Yan Chen's subordinates, there was a white-haired old man, dressed in silk clothes, with a majestic face, and even Duan Jaw could only sit behind him.
"Who's that man?"
Jiang Wuxian followed Chu He's gaze and explained: "Oh, that one, he is also a veteran who fought the world with the general back then, his name is Cui Qingshan, and he is the number two person in our Liang Army. ”
"On the surface? What do you mean? ”
"This old general Cui has long been in a semi-retired state, he followed the general to fight in the south and the north, and suffered a lot of secret injuries, and now he just raises flowers and catches fish every day, and hangs up the position of a Liangzhou general soldier, and he doesn't care about anything at all."
"Then why is he here today?"
"I must be here to support Lao Yan, Cui Qingshan, like Wang Minglun, belongs to the old school in the Liang army, and he can't get along with the new school led by Xu Conghu. What they are most afraid of seeing is that Xu Conghu will be in charge of the Liang Army in the future. ”
Chu He nodded clearly, and then asked, "Then today is the banquet of the old school, and the new school has not come?" ”
Jiang Wuxian straightened up slightly, looked left and right for a long time, shook his head and said, "I didn't come, none of the new people came." ”
At this time, the originally noisy banquet hall suddenly fell silent.
It turned out that Yan Chen got up, he was a little unaccustomed to holding the wine bowl in both hands, and said: "Uncles, uncles, and brothers, I don't know what is going on now, I don't know very well, I will ask him when the general comes back, but since he has arranged for me to invite you, then I have nothing to say, and I will get drunk with you today!" ”
The guests in the courtyard all got up, and Chu He and the others had no choice but to get up and raise the bowl.
"Major General Xie!"
Most of the people here are from the military, and they are really strict in military discipline, and they don't need to rehearse much, so they just shouted out in unison.
The officials, regardless of civil and military affairs, drank all of them in one go, and then all threw their wine bowls to the ground.
For a while, the banquet hall was crackling, so it was not lively.
Chu He and Jiang Wuxian obviously hadn't seen this scene, and they looked at each other in surprise, although they were half a beat slower, they finally threw the wine bowl out.
Only Yan Chen, whose brain was spinning slowly, was still holding the wine bowl stupidly.
The guests in the entire banquet hall all looked at him like this.
Liang Yi gently tugged at the corner of his clothes and said in a low voice: "Fall!" ”
Yan Chen reacted at this time, but it didn't matter, his face had always been very thick, and the rhythm was not right.
As soon as he raised his arm and waved it hard, the wine bowl in Yan Chen's hand fell out like lightning, and broken porcelain pieces splashed everywhere in the banquet hall.
And the group of guests below, when they saw that the young general they had in mind was so brave, they were all excited, and shouted in unison.
"Good!"
The people were obviously accustomed to this kind of scene, and one by one they walked in quickly, swept away the broken porcelain pieces all over the floor, and then replaced each table with new bowls.
Cui Qingshan, who was full of white hair, heroically picked up the wine bowl handed over by his subordinates, and said loudly: "Happy, today is the happiest day for the old man in so many years, Xu Conghu's little cubs, openly and secretly said that we are old, and it is time to abdicate and make way for Xian." It's true that my surname Cui is old, but look at my eldest nephew, he is just the right age! ”
After speaking, Cui Qingshan walked quickly to the center of the banquet hall with the wine, and said happily: "Young General, this bowl of wine, the veteran respects you!" ”
Yan Chen saw this posture, hurriedly walked down from the high position, collided with Cui Qingshan, and then the two of them drank it all.
The following guests also accompanied a bowl, and then there was a heroic smashing scene.
Chu He coughed lightly and said in a low voice, "Isn't this a bit of a waste." ”
Jiang Wuxian fell again excitedly, "Brother Chu, don't ruin the fun." ”
The men rushed in again, picking up the pieces and changing them to new bowls.
Just when the banquet hall was staggered, pushing cups and changing lamps, and the atmosphere became more and more enthusiastic, an uninvited guest suddenly broke in.
A strong man covered in armor walked in with a swagger.
The strong man was bald and fierce-looking. Dressed in pitch-black battle armor, the position of the heart armor on his chest is a hideous iron tiger head.
Chu He hurriedly looked at Jiang Wuxian, "Who is this?" ”
Jiang Wuxian quickly explained: "In the Hundred Tigers Battalion, there is a saying that the Hundred Tigers are pioneers, and all the soldiers are proud to be among the Hundred Tigers. And among these hundred people, the weakest is also a Three Realm martial artist. ”
"So strong?"
"Xu Conghu is not only the main general, but also the head of the Hundred Tiger Pioneers, known as the Tiger King. And now this is the second among the Hundred Tiger Pioneers, Shazhuang Tuo. ”
The bald man glanced at the people in the banquet hall, and suddenly laughed and said, "Hahaha, the General's Mansion is holding a banquet, why hasn't anyone informed me Lao Sha?" ”