Chapter 203: The Township Banquet is Joyful
In the early morning of the second day, as soon as the sky was bright, Fuwang was lively. After a day of spreading, the news of Wu Yong's return spread like a whirlwind throughout the township, and then spread farther away.
Most people's first reaction when they heard the news was that they couldn't believe it, after Zhuo Liang's propaganda last time, almost everyone in Wancheng knew that Wu Yong was thriving in Luoyang.
Compared with the suspicion of most of the villagers in Zhangli, the reaction of the head of the family surnamed five after getting the news was very different, they were not suspicious at the first time, but invited each other to Wu Yong's house to directly ask Wu Yong for verification in person.
After the group came to Wu Yong's house, Li Huang, the head of the Li family who took the lead, immediately laughed and said when he saw Wu Yong: "It's only been a few months, and the demeanor of the virtuous nephew is even better than in the past!" Wu Yong hurriedly stepped forward to salute, for the five surnamed family heads, Wu Yong was still very grateful to them, after all, when they went to Luoyang, they sent a lot of money, although these money and goods, Wu Yong did not use them in the end, but for this friendship, he still cherished it.
It has been almost a year since he came to this world, and Wu Yong knows that this era is dominated by clans, and it is impossible for personal development to be without the support of clans.
Just like he was in Luoyang, with the support of the Hou Mansion of the Five Surnames, it was much smoother to do things. is that he can be the Son of Heaven to study, in addition to his own talents, the remnants of his ancestors are also a major reason.
The head of the family with the five surnames was invited to the living room of the hall to take a seat, and the old lady also came out of the east room and talked with everyone.
Li Huang and the others inquired about the Hou Mansion of the five surnames in Luoyang, and praised Wu Yong a few words in front of the old lady.
For a time, the guests and hosts were happy. At this time, Zhuo Wenxuan also rushed over, and Wu Yong pulled away to receive the others.
After all, today, he is the protagonist, everyone is coming for Wu Yong, and it is impossible for him to accompany the head of the family with the fifth surname all the time.
At the gate of Wu Yong's side just now, Zhu Wang led a group of friends to surround Wu Yong, his face was full of excitement, and he asked urgently: "Wu Yong, I heard that you have been rewarded by the Son of Heaven and have become an official!" Is this true? ”
"Of course it's true!" Hearing Zhu Wang's words, Wu Yong hadn't opened his mouth yet, and He Ye on the side was the first to jump out, and said with a smug face: "Look, this is the seal ribbon that the Son of Heaven gave to my brother, how about it, you should believe it this time, right?" Wu Yong didn't know when she hung her seal ribbon around her waist, and she was showing off to everyone at this time.
"It's really a seal of the government! I've seen the same thing with Zhu Lidian, so I can't be wrong! When Zhu Wang and the others heard this, they all turned their eyes to He Ye, and they couldn't help but exclaim.
Then, more than a dozen young men and women all gathered around, looking at the seal ribbon in He Ye's hand with surprise on their faces, and they said, "Is this the seal of the government?" It's beautiful! It seems to be much bigger than Zhu Lidian! Looking at everyone's envious and shocked expressions, He Ye couldn't help but snort, raised his white chin, and proudly said to everyone with a small face: "What's this, my brother still has an official uniform given by the court, it's good-looking!" It's in his bedroom, and I'll show you it in a moment. ”
"Yikes! There are also official uniforms, Zhu Lidian and Li Tiandian don't seem to have an official mansion. Hearing that Wu Yong still had the official uniform given by the imperial court, a group of friends were stunned.
After hearing He Ye's words, Zhu Wang, who had a more out-of-the-box personality, couldn't help but run to Wu Yong's side and asked Wu Yong: "Wu Yong, what kind of official position did the Son of Heaven give you?" Is your official position greater than that of Zhu Lidian? Wu Yong was a little speechless in his heart, you always compare me with Zhu Lidian, one is an official, the other is an official, how can this be compared, so he smiled and said: "The Son of Heaven is my official position, with a rank of three hundred stones, which is equivalent to a county lieutenant or a county official!" It is indeed a few levels older than Zhu Lidian! Hearing Wu Yong say this, He Ye immediately became proud,
"Hear me! My brother is now a big official, and his official position is much bigger than our Zhu Lidian! The crowd exclaimed, "Huh? That's amazing! When we see Wu Yong in the future, do we want to salute first? ”
"I'm his sister, so I don't need to salute!" He Ye asked hesitantly. Everyone coaxed: "Relatives also have to salute, the emperor's sister still has to salute the emperor!" At this time, He Damei squeezed in out of nowhere, pointed at He Ye and shouted: "He Ye, you are finished, this official seal ribbon was taken by outsiders privately, and it was going to be arrested by the government and sent to prison." After everyone heard this, they were all dumbfounded, they didn't expect that the official seal ribbon could not be taken privately, just now they couldn't hold back their curiosity, and touched it, if they let the people of the government know, they will not be imprisoned!
"I'm going to dinner, but I haven't seen the ribbon!" The crowd dispersed. Only He Ye was left alone, holding the seal ribbon, and he was at a loss,
"Brother, I'm not really going to be arrested by the government, am I?"
"Hehe..." Wu Yong shook his head with a smile and comforted: "It's okay! When someone asks, you just said I gave it to you. Then, he smiled again: "However, you have to be careful not to break it, otherwise, you will be questioned by the court." When He Ye heard this, he hurriedly returned the seal ribbon to Wu Yong and said, "It's better for my brother to keep it, I still have to help my mother wash the vegetables!" As he spoke, he hurriedly ran away without waiting for Wu Yong to speak.
"Brother, show me, I've never seen what the seal ribbon looks like!" Seeing this, Sister He snatched the seal ribbon from Wu Yong's hand and played with it carefully.
Seeing her like this, He Jin on the side immediately scolded: "Eldest sister, return the seal ribbon to Wu Yong, if you mess around like this again, next time, I won't take you out." When Sister He heard He Jin say this, she immediately pouted, "Oh! Give it back to you! For He Jin, He eldest sister is still a little afraid, after all, the eldest brother is like a father, and He Jin has supported a large family.
She could be presumptuous in front of Wu Yong, but she didn't dare to disobey He Jin's words. Wu Yong took the seal ribbon, hung it on his waist casually, and said to Sister He with a smile: "I brought you a gift from Luoyang, and asked your sister Lian to keep it for you temporarily, you will go to her and ask for it later!" ”
"Really!" When Sister He heard that there was a gift, she immediately smiled, and said sweetly: "Thank you, brother!" Then I'll go find Sister Lian. ”
"Go ahead, I just have something to say to your big brother!" Wu Yong smiled and nodded. After Sister He left, He Jin sighed at Wu Yong and said: "My sister has been negligent in discipline since she was a child, and she has a big personality, and it is a loss that she met you, otherwise I don't know how much trouble she will cause." As he spoke, he wanted to speak and stopped: "I heard Guo Fei say that you are now a popular person around the Son of Heaven, and you are more valued by the Son of Heaven than his uncle, Lord Guo Sheng, the tenth permanent servant, but is there such a thing?" Wu Yong shook his head and said with a wry smile: "It's all misinformation from the world, what a powerful person the Ten Standing Servants are, how can a little person like me compare." ”
"Also, you are too young after all, no matter how much the Son of Heaven favors you, you must take into account the opinions of the hundred officials and ministers." He Jin was a little stunned.
He thought that Wu Yong was favored by the Son of Heaven and wanted him to help him get an official position. didn't expect Wu Yong to say this, so he could only break off the original plan in his heart.
This is not He Jin's untargeted! Since he got on the line with Guo Sheng, who is the tenth permanent servant, he is also well-known in the officialdom of this Wancheng area.
It was the newly appointed Nanyang Taishou Gaisheng, and He Jin was also fortunate to meet a few times. Although he now kills sheep and sells meat, earning a lot of money, and he is generous, the nearby rangers are only looking after him.
But he is still not satisfied with his current life, and he wholeheartedly wants to blend in with officialdom. However, he neither has a deep clan background nor has a reputation for talent, which makes him politely rejected every time he wants to find someone to find a tone.
Although he didn't know why Wu Yong was so fond of He Damei, he still thought that Wu Yong was a young man, after all, although He Damei was still young, her appearance was already quite good.
Originally, he was cheeky today and wanted to find some ways from Wu Yong's side, but when he heard Wu Yong's words, his heart immediately cooled down, so he no longer had hope.
When Wu Yong was talking to He Jin, Yan Zhan also brought the owners of the twelve villages of Funiu Mountain to the Wu family's courtyard.
They didn't come empty-handed, but bought a lot of ingredients from the market. At this time, Cen Sheng also brought his family to Wu's house to help.
He now considers Wu Yong to be the lord, and he can be regarded as half of the Wu family! Today, Zhu Lidian went door-to-door to inform the villagers, but there were also many villagers who could not come.
Some of them may be old and lazy; or there is no one at home who makes it inconvenient for them to come; or there is a sickness that is drowned, and the desire to come cannot come; or there is a class of jealousy of the rich and the poor, and will not come.
Except for these people, almost all the other villagers who can come. It was not yet noon, and the small courtyard of Wu Yong's house suddenly became lively.
The villagers took out the tables, chairs and benches of each family, and happily gathered together to chat about family life.
The women began to kill chickens and sheep, cook fish and meat, and were very busy, and soon the tempting smell of meat spread in the courtyard of Wu Yong's house.
Today's banquet is all villagers, and there are no professional cooks, all the women from the township come to help.
Especially those boys who followed Wu Yongxue to make a banquet, this time they were the main force of the banquet, and the women were all helping them.
Everyone was busy with their own business, and soon it was noon, and the feast officially began, and various dishes began to be served one after another.
Everyone drank wine and ate meat, talked and laughed loudly, the atmosphere became more enthusiastic, and the small courtyard was full of laughter and laughter everywhere.
"I didn't expect that Wu Yong had made a bloody investment, and we could also eat seafood in inland areas!"
"It's not, these beefs are said to be transported from the border areas, and we can't see them in the Central Plains." The villagers were very satisfied with the ingredients prepared by Wu Yong this time, and they did not hesitate to praise them.
When Wu Yong, under the strong request of He Ye and He eldest sister, as well as the support of a group of partners, dressed in a black cross-collared deep coat, pedaling silk shoes, wearing a virtuous crown, wearing a yellow ribbon around his waist, and greeting everyone with a warm smile, the atmosphere in the courtyard suddenly reached its peak.
"Huh~ Wu Yong's clothes are really beautiful, and they are really spiritual when they wear them!" After seeing Wu Yong appear in the courtyard in an official robe, the villagers couldn't help but exclaim.
"After Wu Yong put on this dress, the whole person has changed, look at the material, look at the workmanship, it must be worth a lot of money!"
"The black official robe, this is only worn by big officials, and our five family masters don't dare to wear it like this!" …… In the voice of warm greeting, Wu Yong smiled and continued to greet the surrounding villagers, causing everyone to exclaim again and again, and returned the salute one after another, and even those who did good deeds also raised the wine bowl to toast Wu Yong.
"Wu Yong, come, dry this bowl of wine, I wish you a high rise in the coming year!"
"This bowl of wine must be drunk...... Not long after, Wu Yong felt that his face was stiff with a smile, and after the bowl of wine was down, he soon felt that his stomach began to turn over.
In the end, before the feast was over, Wu Yong was already drunk and unconscious......