Chapter 129: The Scourge of the Human Heart (25)
The banquet in Longnan City is divided into three sections, and the guests are also divided into three types. The family of the sect held the black gold medal and went into the garden to take a seat. Those with the background of middle and lower class sect families, holding jade plates, enter the garden and enter the casual guest seats, and ordinary casual cultivators can only hold wooden plaques and enter the farthest lower seat in the flower hall.
The etiquette sequence is to open the door in the morning to welcome guests, and start to eat some drinks and socialize at noon, and all kinds of delicacies on the table are available for the guests to eat. However, the monks who come here do not come to eat and drink, but walk through the ranks with wine, and socialize with each other, so it is not lively.
In the afternoon, it was time for Zang Lingling to begin her salute, and after a series of long and trivial ceremonial sequences, from welcoming guests, taking their positions, to the final thanksgiving of the people, and the ceremony, a total of sixteen sets of procedures were considered to be real women's adulthood.
However, there are generally many people in the cultivation realm who are at ease, and this set of procedures from mortals has long evolved into a relatively simple etiquette, but the deleted version is still cumbersome to make people doze off, and it takes almost an hour and a half to end at dusk.
At night, at the banquet after the ceremony, the blood-stained demon will be brought out and killed by Zang Tian, the city lord of Longnan City, who is still young, proving that his strength is undiminished.
At this point, it's dusk.
The sun was slanting in the west, the heat went down, the remnant sun was still hanging in the sky like blood, and the orange-yellow light sprinkled down and fell on Zang Lingling's face, like a yellow powder on the face, bright and dazzling, a joyful face, adding more brilliance.
After finishing the final rites, the celebrant shouted:
"Rite into ββ!"
Everyone felt drowsy and suddenly cleared, and raised their eyes to look at the platform in the middle of the gardenβ
The circular platform is small and delicate, and a thin layer is carved into the shape of a lotus flower, and it floats on the water.
Zang Lingling, who was stepping on the platform, was being helped up by the maid, and after getting up, the gorgeous skirt of the dress suddenly spread out all over the ground, and the expensive fabric like water was embroidered with delicate flowers and butterflies, as if she wanted to embroider the wealth of the entire Longnan City on a skirt.
The skirt was huge, and the group almost covered the semi-circular platform, so that the salute could only be squeezed to the very edge so as not to step on the hem of her skirt.
The city lord's mansion and the banquet have reached the most lively moment, and Zang Tian, the city lord of Longnan City, brought his daughter to the stage with a smile on his face, ready to greet everyone.
But Zang Tian was dressed neatly, and he walked like a dragon and a tiger, very neat, and suddenly stepped on the stone carving in the water and walked off the platform.
Behind.
Zang Lingling could only walk very slowly because of her skirt, and the skirt behind her was carefully led by several maids, and she stepped on the platform over a few carp lotus stones on the pool.
Suddenly, one of the maids suddenly felt a pricking of his ankle at the last step, and he was frightened and slipped down the stone carving, and stepped into the water in an instant.
With a "bang", there was a lot of splashing, staining a small piece of skirt.
The rest of the maids were stunned by the unexpected situation. Knowing Zang Lingling's temper, they immediately sensed that something was wrong, and immediately threw off the skirt on their hands, "Plop!" Thump! "Got to his knees.
"Please spare your life."
Not far away, Lu Chaoyan withdrew the magic trick in his hand, and his eyes swept over Zang Lingling's face as black as pot ash, as well as the precious but ruined skirt, the corners of his mouth rose slightly, with a bit of vague schadenfreude.
Zang Lingling is against me, this is just a small lesson, so let's bear it.
At this time, Lu Chaoyan didn't find Xie Hanzhou in the position next to him, and after he went out under the pretext, he never came back.
The other compartment.
Sensing the movement behind her, Zang Lingling already had a very bad feeling, her face was cold, and she immediately turned around to look, and she felt that her eyes were dark.
The corners of the skirt were stained with large areas of water, and the embroidery was ruined.
On that day, after spending countless treasures and embroidery girls, she almost hollowed out half of the income of Zang Feng's Tibetan Pearl Pavilion, and it took almost half a year to come out with this skirt, and now, everything is ruined, and it is ruined at such an important moment, in front of everyone.
She felt that she wanted to vomit blood and go crazy, but in the face of the eyes of everyone at the banquet, she finally swallowed this breath, and was glad that she drank a lot of "meditation tea" today so that she would not get sick.
She just wanted to pull her skirt back from the maid who was standing in the water stupidly.
But the maid who stepped into the pool was originally because of a sudden mistake, so she grabbed the things in her hand as a life-saving straw, and the two forces were superimposed, only to hear the sound of "Sla", the sound of cracking, exploded in the air, and fell into the ears of everyone in the garden.
Originally, this maid fell into the water and accidentally splashed her skirt, which was a trivial matter for most male cultivators, so she didn't pay attention to it and continued to communicate. But now, the sound of tearing clothes was so loud and strange that everyone subconsciously looked in the direction of Zang Lingling and found that her skirt was torn.
In everyone's sight, Zang Lingling's cheeks slowly turned red, her body stiffened into a wooden plank, her head hung down, her chin almost poked into her collarbone, she only felt extremely embarrassed, and she couldn't wait to find a hole to get into.
Suddenly, there was a person in front of her, she immediately looked up, and saw a clear and gentle face, and at the same time, her shoulders were warm, Zang Lingling subconsciously reached out and touched it, but it was a cloak.
Just now, a fire destroyed the internal space of the painting scroll, and when she came to the banquet, she happened to bump into this scene.
Her eyes moved, and she did the opposite, and did not choose to fall silently in the crowd, but took the initiative to come out of the crowd Sang Ling in front of Zang Lingling.
At this time, she looked clear and polite, and her movements were restrained and polite, which instantly attracted everyone's attention, and she only thought that she had been watching the ceremony in the crowd just now, without any suspicion.
In everyone's sight, Zang Tian was included.
He looked at his daughter's flushed cheeks, staring at the person opposite shyly, frowned slightly, and immediately let go, showing a free and easy smile, and strode over.
Sang Ling saluted gently and said:
"The city lord is good, there is no soul below."
Zang Tian laughed, stretched out his hand and patted Sang Ling's shoulder, the force of heavy pressure and pressure suddenly came like a mountain, with a bit of temptation.
Sang Ling's eyelids drooped, and her long eyelashes covered the cold light and killing intent in her eyes, and at the same time, the aura around her body swayed, instantly blocking Zang Tian's spiritual pressure.
Zang Tian sighed lightly, but the look in his eyes was even worse, and his palms were heavy and pressed again, and he was already in his heart.
Sang Ling instantly felt that there was an almost shattered force on her shoulder, and the spiritual energy around her body was running rapidly, and it was already at the maximum, but Zang Tian took a shortcut in the end, and after the spiritual pressure was added, Sang Ling's face was pale with cold sweat, but her eyes were burning, cool as snow, and she looked at Zang Tian's eyes tightly.
She will never give in, and at the same time, the desire in her heart to rescue the demon and become stronger has expanded several layers, and one day, she will trample all these filthy and disgusting people under her feet, and replace them with mud under their feet.
It seemed that he was infected by Sang Ling's gaze, or in front of everyone, Zang Tian was not suitable to do too much, he withdrew his hand and did not continue.
The corners of his mouth grinned, revealing a hearty atmosphere, which was simply an advanced version of Zang Feng's image of a man, and jumped out:
"Hahaha, the young man is really kind-hearted and easy to cultivate."
Zang Lingling was ignorant, she was still a mortal, she couldn't see it at all, her father's behavior just now made an aura, and Sang Ling was almost overwhelmed, I only thought that my father patted Sang Ling's shoulder lovingly, and felt that she was good, so he immediately stomped his foot and said angrily:
"Father!"
"Let's go change your clothes, it's still early, don't worry."
Zang Tian made a big move, but Zang Lingling still turned around in three steps and looked at Wuling non-stop.
Zang Tian glanced at his daughter's indisputability, but he didn't say anything to stop it, and after sending Zang Lingling away, he only smiled and didn't say much to Sang Ling.
Sang Ling took the initiative to retreat into the crowd and began to talk to the curious crowd.
At this time, Zang Feng at the other end had a pair of eyes, like a poisonous scorpion, climbed up and landed on Sang Ling-
It's this little white face again, trying to seduce Miss three times and twice, and to go against him!
Attracted by his yin owl's gaze, Sang Ling looked sideways and met a pair of resentful eyes. In the sharp and cold gaze, she suddenly hooked her lips and smiled, not caring about it.
Even if you really stumble on me, I won't be afraid at all, the Buddha will block and kill the Buddha, the god will block and kill the God, these people in Longnan City who are in front of her will be eradicated by her, including you.
Zang Feng, who saw Sang Ling's meaning clearly, had scarlet in his eyes, clenched his hands into fists, and was about to make a sound, when he suddenly felt a cool breeze blowing beside him, but it was Xie Hanzhou.
With a little surprise, Zang Tian took the initiative to greet him and said with a smile:
"Thank you, nephew, for coming to my little girl's banquet today. A few days ago, I was at the critical juncture of retreat, and I couldn't come out to meet you, and I don't know how I was entertained in Longnan City? β
This is just a kind word, no one will take it seriously, just forget it in the past.
But Xie Hanzhou didn't speak immediately, but abruptly looked sideways at Zang Feng who was standing on the side.
Zang Feng was startled, and had a bad premonition.
"Xie Xianjun?"
Xie Hanzhou's eyes were light, and when he looked straight, there was a sense of oppression that came straight to his heart.
"I want to apologize to the city lord for yesterday's incident."
"Why is that?!"
Zang Tian's eyebrows suddenly twisted, and he was in a hurry.
Xie Hanzhou always doesn't like to talk much, and there is always a faint sense of alienation on his face, but today he rarely talks more. The clear and icy voice sounded slowly, but it was like a sword, instantly cutting through the calm on Zang Feng's surface.
He spoke:
"Since I came to Longnan City, Brother Zang gave me a little demon maid. Given by Longnan City, I didn't dare to retreat, so I only stayed in the courtyard to clean, but the little demon died yesterday and ruined the gift of Longnan City, I want to say sorry. β
Sang Ling was standing under a weeping willow at this time, and the high heat roasted the leaves into a delicate and slightly curly posture, which was not half beautiful.
But she looked very seriously, her slightly cold eyes fell, and she listened to Xie Hanzhou's "apology".