Chapter 164: Loss of face
Although the Li Mansion is located in the inner city, the mansion is not very large, and it is a four-entry courtyard. Being able to marry the first beauty in the capital Xia Xunqiu, Li Bin was so proud that he couldn't express it in words, so he posted a post to invite relatives and friends. When the guests began to come one after another, the groom official Li Bin stood in front of the gate and waited.
Tang Tong came alone, with a heavy gift, and when he saw Li Bin, he congratulated him with both hands: "Lord Li is newly married to Zhixi!".
"Thank you, Lord Tang! Please inside!", Li Bin politely replied, and another guest came behind him, busy talking to him.
At this time, there were not many guests, Tang Tong avoided acquaintances, deliberately walked to the inner courtyard, saw the wedding room, and did not dare to get too close, in order to observe the terrain, so that it is convenient to take shortcuts after dark and avoid miscellaneous people.
"Why is Lord Tang here?", suddenly there was a voice behind him.
Tang Tong looked back and saw that it was Hua Chao, and hurriedly said, "It's Lord Hua!" I'm coming to see the new house, and I know the way when I make a hole.".
Hua Chao didn't feel wrong, he was doing something for Li Bin, and he was about to go to the inner courtyard to have something." There are many people outside in the same year, and Lord Lan also came, and I asked you just now.".
Tang informed him that the inner courtyard was not a place for others to stay for a long time, and hurriedly said, "I was about to go to the front yard, Lord Hua and I'll see you later!" Have a good drink of two glasses.", and Hua Chaozuo left the backyard with goodbye.
Tang Tong did not go to the vestibule, but looked at the walls on both sides, saw that the side door was open, went to the outside and walked all the way, and returned to the side door after seeing the path clearly. At this time, it was getting dark, Li Mansion began to hold the lamp, and then turned to the inner courtyard, and saw that many rooms were lit up, and some people had sat on the wine table inside, Li Mansion was still too small, and could only put the room that could be vacated on the banquet, which was even more inconvenient to approach the new house.
After waiting for a long time in the inner courtyard, but still didn't see Jianchun, Tang Tong pretended to be looking for someone and looked at each room, when a voice came: "Brother Tang!" Let me find it, I have reserved a seat for you, come with me!".
Listening to the voice, he knew that it was Yao Can, and as soon as he turned around, he was held by the arm and pulled away. Tang Tong had no choice but to give up and came to a wine table in the front garden, where Lan Tingshu, He Xiong and Hao Jun were others, most of whom were from the Yunyang Hou family, and were pressed on the empty seat by Yao Can. Since saving him, he has become a lot closer to the disciples of Yunyang Hou, especially Yao Can, who often finds Tang Tong to drink and have fun.
A few tables away sat Chen Dingxian, Hu Zongyu and others, and there were empty seats. If he hadn't been forcibly pulled, Tang Tong would definitely go to that table, although the relationship with Chen Dingxian is not good, but he can't be too rusty in front of outsiders.
"Where did Tang Duwei go, Hua Chao said that he had called you earlier.", Lan Tingshu accosted him after seeing Tang Tong sit down.
"Oh! If someone in the house is looking for you, go outside and explain it, and don't blame it!", he waved his hand to everyone present.
"Brother Tang is a busy man, how can I see the outside!", Yao Can looked at everyone while relieving Tang Tong.
"When the groom comes to toast, you have to play tricks on him!", He Xiong is a straight man, and he is very dissatisfied with the combination of Li Bin and Xia Xunqiu, and he has long thought of the sulking in his heart.
"Then it depends on Brother Tang, we don't have a good way.", Hao Jun, who has always been silent, encouraged on the side.
Tang Tong looked at everyone, turned back to Lan Tingshu and said, "I don't have any good way except to let the groom drink more.", said and smiled weirdly, Lan Tingshu seemed to understand something, nodded and didn't answer.
After the banquet began, everyone had the same purpose, only eating vegetables and drinking less, two by two, just waiting for Li Bin to arrive. In fact, it doesn't have to be like this, Li Bin first started toasting from the cabinet ministers, and he didn't pull down any of them. and then to the Song Guogong Geng Guangding family, there is no less wine to drink, and there are many other three nobles who have drunk a lot. The top bosses are also inevitable, and the fox friends and dog friends when he was young did not let him drink less. When he arrived at the vestibule as an unimportant guest, Li Bin took the opportunity to play tricks, and only filled the cup with water, which cleared his mind a lot.
I don't know whether it was intentional or not, Lan Tingshu's table was left for the end to toast. As soon as he arrived, he raised a big glass and said, "Brothers! I'll drink it dry, you feel free.", he said as he put the glass in his mouth.
"Wait! I like big glasses, you and I will change,", it was Tang Tong who was speaking, and as soon as the words fell, he had already held the wine glass that Li Bin had reached his lips.
"Brother Tang has the courage, bring a big cup!", Li Bin pushed Tang Tong's hand away, staring at him and laughing.
The best man Hua Chao handed Tang Tong a large glass of wine when he heard the sound, Tang Tong took it and brushed it to his nose, and said quickly: "If you want to be blessed, you have to exchange lamps with the groom's official.", said and held the wine glass in Li Bin's hand again.
Li Bin looked at Tang Tong a little annoyed, Tang Tong was just laughing, his hand never let go, suppressing the rising anger, Li Bin laughed loudly and explained: "I have a habit of cleanliness and don't like to share a cup with others.".
Tang Tong was stunned for a moment, and immediately smiled and said, "Okay!" You and I poured the wine in the cup, why don't you use the wine from this table?", Tang Tong poured his own wine first, picked up the wine jug from the table and filled it with wine, and raised the jug to look at Li Bin.
It's a fool who can see that the wine in Li Bin's cup is fake, but no one wants to wear it. Li Bin smiled helplessly, poured out the wine in the cup, and asked Tang Tong to serve it. He turned to the audience and said, "Thank you for coming, I'll drink dry, you are free.", and finished it in one gulp.
Everyone consciously took a sip, but when Li Bin saw that Tang Tong only took a big sip, he had a sarcastic tone: "Why doesn't Brother Tang drink dry?".
"I originally wanted to drink it, but I couldn't steal the limelight, and besides, the groom's official said that everyone was casual, so he didn't include me?", Tang Tong replied very harshly, and he was also playing a scoundrel.
This is not a quibble, seeing that there is no reason for the dispute, he will no longer pay attention to Tang Tong. Li Bin changed a small cup to hold the wine, and toasted to Lan Tingshu: "Thank you, little marquis!" If it weren't for you giving up your cheapness, where would I marry such a good lady, I respect you!".
This is a provocation, Lan Tingshu came to be arrogant, and quickly stood up and said, "Change the big cup!" Don't dare?".
At this time, Li Bin, who was already difficult to ride a tiger, did not dare to flinch in the slightest, looked at Lan Tingshu and replied; "Today is my good day, if you dare, bring a big cup!", the voice was louder than Lan Tingshu.
Hua Chao, who was watching from the sidelines, knew that with Tang Tong there, Li Bin would not be happy. Hurriedly brought the wine to the big cup, but was immediately stopped by Tang Tong, personally put the two new cups between the two, filled the wine on the table, and stretched out his right hand to make a gesture.
Lan Tingshu didn't wait for Li Bin to get the glass, he took the lead in picking up the wine glass and soaking it down, and put it heavily on the table. Li Bin originally came to provoke, he was not afraid of Lan Tingshu, he was always a head shorter than him before, and today he wants to earn enough face. Then he picked up the wine glass and watched Lan Tingshu drink it slowly. He also put it heavily on the table and said, "One more drink!".
Lan Tingshu replied quickly, "At least two cups!".
Li Bin replied fearlessly: "Okay!", because he knew that he couldn't escape today, so it was better to only deal with one person and let the others have no way to start. Only Lan Tingshu and Hao Jun have the worst amount of alcohol at this table, and Hao Jun is not energetic, Lan Tingshu is just right.
Tang Tong is not good to go up and pour wine, that is too deliberate. Yao Can, who was next to him, took the wine jug and became a wine officer. After two glasses of wine, Lan Tingshu was full of interest, but he pointed out three fingers and said, "Three more glasses!".
Yao Can knew how much Lan Tingshu had drunk, and he wouldn't get drunk after three glasses. Served quickly, Lan Tingshu drank first, Li Bin followed later, he was confident that he would get drunk first. After drinking three cups, Li Bin said with some reluctance: "Do you want to come again for three cups?".
At this time, Yao Can stepped forward and said: "The amount of wine of the little marquis is already poor, this is not picking soft persimmons and pinching, or we will come!".
said that he was about to go to serve wine, but was stopped by Li Bin; "No! Drink with you and others, I'm a wine fairy?".
Li Bin's words revealed everyone's shortcomings, and they all looked at each other, and no one spoke for a while. Seeing that he had grasped the key point of everyone, Li Bin looked at everyone with some pride, and now Lan Tingshu could only stand up and say loudly: "Who said I won't drink, go on!".
The matter has come to this point, and it can only make Lan Tingshu stiffen his head, and Yao Can has no choice but to serve wine. When Lan Tingshu just picked up the wine glass, Tang Tong's voice suddenly came: "Wait!", everyone turned around and saw him holding a jar of wine and two bowls in his hands.
Slap the two bowls on the table, "It's too small!" If you use a bowl for wine, the groom won't admit it, right?".
Don't say it to Lan Tingshu, but ask yourself, it is clear that it is with him, although Li Bin thinks so in his heart, it is not easy to say it. At this time, Hua Chao came up to play a round and persuaded Tang Dao: "The groom has drunk enough today, how to cave the house when he is drunk, let's stop here!".
"No wonder we waited, it was the groom's official beginning, in front of the little marquis, he found the wrong person, said the wrong thing, just apologize!", Tang Tong said so, he had already opened the lid of the altar and filled the two bowls of wine.
Because he had long expected that Li Bin would not admit it, because he was confident that he could bring down Lan Tingshu. I saw Li Bin pushing Huachao, and said righteously: "Who is afraid of whom, drink!", and stretched out his hand as he spoke.
Tang Tong picked up a bowl of wine and handed it to Lan Tingshu and said, "Little Marquis!" Don't let people underestimate it, you drink first!", when Lan Tingshu took it, he squeezed his eyes at him, Lan Tingshu realized, and drank a bowl of wine without hesitation, and showed the empty bowl to everyone. There was a shout of "Good! Okay!", and a round of applause.
Another bowl of wine was served to Li Bin, and Tang Tong only nodded and did not speak. Li Bin knew what he meant, and drank the wine in one gulp. Tang Tong clapped his hands, took the bowl and quickly put the two bowls of wine on it, and came to him respectfully with a bowl, this time saying: "The groom should drink it first this time!", a wicked smile flashed at the corner of his mouth when he spoke.
Li Bin just finished drinking a bowl, and he was about to drink it himself, and it was a king-size bowl, he would definitely get drunk after drinking this bowl, it turned out that he was waiting for himself with this trick, he was really a traitor. At this time, seeing Lan Tingshu holding on to the table, he didn't dare to let go, Yao Can stayed by his side worriedly, afraid that he would fall down at any time. Immediately take it into account, if you delay the time, Lan Tingshu will fall down at any time, and he doesn't need to drink this bowl of wine.
Li Bin slyly pushed Tang Tong's hand away, "I just finished drinking a big bowl, wait!".
Hao Jun saw Tang Tong's intentions, and immediately shouted: "It's not a man, it's better to admit defeat.", He Xiong and others immediately followed the team and echoed, "No seed!" Throw in the towel!", shouting over and over again.
Li Bin is still unmoved, still grinding. Tang Tong urged: "If you don't drink it again, even if you drink it, you will lose!", and shouted to everyone: "Do you say it?", everyone present replied intermittently, 'Yes!', and 'If the other party drinks first, even if you lose!', especially He Xiong promised the most simply and loudly, and everyone was looking forward to it.
Tang Tong made the intention of taking this bowl of wine to others, and twisted and pinched it several times, as if to encourage Li Bin to drink quickly, Li Bin was unmoved, he wanted to rest and drink again, and he didn't bother to pick up the bowl in Tang Tong's hand.
At this time, Tang Tong walked quickly to Lan Tingshu and whispered, "Quick!".
Although it was very quiet, Li Bin was too close to hear it, and immediately shouted: "I'll drink!".
But at this time, Lan Tingshu was ruthless, and drank a bowl of wine quickly in one go, which was considered to be a struggling life, and the bowl was shown after drinking. He Xiong and Hao Jun jumped up happily, they had never seen Lan Tingshu drink so much wine, no matter how the evil anger in their hearts came out, even Yao Can screamed excitedly. At this time, Lan Tingshu suddenly collapsed to the ground, and someone couldn't help but let out a frightened scream, Yao Can immediately supported him and hugged Lan Tingshu to his chest. He Xiong and Hao Jun also hurried up, He Xiong squatted down in a hurry to put Lan Tingshu on his back, and the clever Hao Jun shouted in front: "Let go!" Let Jean!", Yao Can held behind and left in a hurry.
From time to time along the way, some people felt unworthy for Lan Tingshu, there was no need to drink like this in one go. But Tang informed him that he had to take this breath, and his grudge with Li Bin was too deep.
Li Bin stayed where he was, and he didn't have an aftertaste for a long time. Hua Chao hurriedly comforted: "Fortunately, I didn't drink it!" Otherwise, what's the good of being like him?", he could only choose good words and say that he knew that Li Bin was wronged for losing face...
"There will be gains and losses, and the groom's official will be blessed tonight.", Tang Tong, who walked not far away, came back and patted Li Bin on the shoulder.
Li Bin glared at him, it was all this guy who was doing it. Tang Tong shook his head and left with interest, first to go to the convenience, and then turned to the inner courtyard, and saw Jian Chun, Tang Tong exchanged glances with her, the two came to a secluded place, handed over a thing to Jian Chun, and gave a few words of advice, and the two separated in reverse, and no one could see it.