The banquet and drinking in the Spring and Autumn Period are also called feasting ceremonies, and the most significant feature is that there are many rules.

The first is the host of the feast, and arranges for people to welcome the guests.

The greeter of this era is not a girl wearing a cheongsam, but a capable person who has the status to recognize all the guests.

Usually there is a welcome and a guest.

The subject is the guest, and the second is the mediator.

In addition to the welcome, there is also a precept guest, who is responsible for informing the guests what kind of process this banquet has today, so that the guests do not know and cause a scandal.

And these people are generally the disciples of the head of the family, and they must be people who have the ability to speak and have an excellent memory.

If you don't have this ability, you will make a mistake, and you will naturally lose the face of the head of the family.

Therefore, it is not easy to be a doorman, and you have to have the ability to do it.

It is recorded in "Zhou Li, Qiu Guan" that there will also be a master of ceremonies in the banquet hall to maintain the etiquette of details such as everyone's rhetoric and appearance.

It's that you said the wrong thing, and I'll give it to you.

If there is any etiquette mistake, I will correct it for you and quickly modify it.

So the master of ceremonies is not a foreign product, it was written on the "Zhou Li" many years ago.

When Li Yunze took Meng Pi to the door of Ji Sun's family, the greeter hurriedly stepped forward to greet him.

The welcome greeted the two outside the door, and Li Yunze returned the salute with Meng Pi.

One salute outside the door, one salute after the entrance, and another salute in front of the steps of the main hall.

And over and over again.

Three times are for three ways and three lets.

After walking through the process, the two entered the main hall of the banquet under the guidance of the second guest.

Then came the precept guests, who came to inform the two of them about the seating arrangements and introduced the process of this banquet.

Meng Pi had no experience in participating in it, so he subconsciously wanted to go to the case, but he was quietly stopped by Li Yunze.

Ji Shi invited, and his heart was terrified. Feast and entertain, dare not accept each other. ”

The biggest feature of Zhou Li is that it is cumbersome, and the details of various processes are very troublesome.

For something like this, you have to make a pleading.

The guests retreated, and the host went out to greet them.

Ji Sun, who looked a little unpleasant, stepped forward and invited Li Yunze and Meng Pi to sit down again for the banquet according to the steps.

Of course, Ji Sun's expression is not good-looking, and there is another Duke Lu who is going to die in his own home, and everyone in the world doesn't know how to point fingers, where there will be any good faces.

"Who is pulling a donkey's face to?"

Hearing Li Yunze's words, Ji Sun had to reluctantly squeeze out a smile.

"Good life." Before entering the table, Li Yunze made a statement, "After the matter is completed, there will naturally be no benefits." If things are messed up, then so-and-so will drop ten times with one force. ”

Ji Sun really didn't know what to say, so he could only smile wryly.

Meng Pi on the side saw this scene, and he was really surprised.

This is the Ji Sun clan at the head of the three Huan.

Fortunately, at this time, the next guest came according to the rules, and Ji Sun hurriedly resigned to greet the process.

In costume film and television dramas, when going to a banquet, the guests meet outside the door, gossip and then laugh and enter together, which can be said to be purely for visual effects and plot needs.

In the real sense of the feast, the guests will never come together, they all come one by one, and greet them one by one.

A swarm of bees gathered together. Rush to the market.

Sitting down, pots, knots, spoons, washes and other objects are placed on the table according to different directions.

Xuanjiu is in the west, spoon is in the east, washed in the southeast, and the festival is in the south.

The placement of things on the desk also has specific etiquette requirements.

Meng Pi turned his head sideways and asked in a low voice, "How did you do this?" ”

"I went to Meng Sun's banquet before, and it was much more troublesome than this." Li Yunze was sitting in a precarious position, "There are too many courtesies, and it will be boring." ”

When the guests arrived, the main hall became more and more lively.

The last to arrive was Lu Gong, and everyone stood up to greet him.

It is impossible to prostrate, except for the parents and ancestors of heaven and earth, they will not bow to anyone, it is all a servile ceremony brought by the barbarians.

Li Yunze looked at the slightly young Lu Gong, his eyes were a little dark, and he looked like he was overly drunk.

There was a hint of shrewdness in his eyes, but not much.

The lower disc is not very stable between walking, when it is a lack of exercise.

Overall, nothing outstanding, very mediocre.

Naturally, Li Yunze saw the thief and followed behind Lu Gong with a sword.

Naturally, the thief also saw Li Yunze.

Although he had known for a long time that this person would come, the encounter again still made the thief Tuo can't help but clench the hilt of his sword.

He has been dominating the world for so many years, what has he never done to kill people and sell goods?

Only after being deflated in front of Li Yunze, after the shock and fear at the beginning, Thief Tuo had only one thought in his heart at this time, that is, to find a way to kill Kong Lao'er!

He glared at Li Yunze viciously, but Li Yunze gave him a meaningful smile in return.

The reason why the famous thief can appear here in a grand manner is because Duke Lu gave him a legal identity.

In this era, there is no face recognition, and most of the people who have seen the thieves have been killed, and most of them don't know that the name of the Lu country, so that children dare not cry at night, and women dare not go out, are actually in this main hall.

Lu Gong was not afraid that Li Yunze would break the identity of the thief, because the thief had another completely true and legal identity in Qufu City.

If you tear your face, you can take it in the name of false accusations.

When everyone arrived, the master of ceremonies began to go through the process.

After another long period of etiquette, Ji Sun, as the master, got up and washed his hands in the copper basin brought by the maid, and also washed the wine glass (Jue).

Then, Ji Sun stepped forward with the wine lord who poured the wine and began to toast the guests.

First of all, it is naturally the monarch Lu Gong, although he is a puppet, but he is also a puppet of the monarch, and this kind of etiquette naturally cannot be wrong.

The guests stand up, the host toasts, the guests return the salute, and the servants bring preserved meat and folded meat, that is, dried fruit and meat plus chopped meat and table.

As for the specific process, such as what to say, such as how to put the hand, how to square the foot, how to symbolically take a bite, and then say some words of thanks, the process is too cumbersome to skip the table.

The process of the host's toast is called dedication.

Next, the guest returns the favor to the host, which is called sorrel.

Finally, there is a round in which the host toasts the guests for the second time, which is called reward.

In this way, it is collectively called a gift.

Among them, there are many etiquettes to follow, such as bowing, resigning, ascending, descending, advancing and retreating, etc.

The reason why "Zhou Li" was abandoned in later generations is that it is too cumbersome.

After some etiquette, the next step is naturally a series of musical performances such as rising songs, sheng performances, intermittent songs, and ensembles.

In the era of low productivity, music, which is only an input but not an output, is only enjoyed by the aristocracy with the qualifications and abilities.

The musicians are constantly accompaniment and singing, and the guests and hosts frequently raise their heads to drink, and the atmosphere is very lively.

It stands to reason that this is the time when there should be some activities, such as pot throwing games or something.

It's just that Ji Sun received Li Yunze's gaze, coughed and said to Lu Gong, "Your Majesty, dry drinking is boring, why don't you dance the sword to help the fun?" ”

Lu Gong was thinking about his heart, he was thinking about how to kill the unashamed Kong Qiu, and it would be better if he could kill Sanhuan outside.

Although his skills are not very good, he really dares to think about it.

Faced with Ji Sun's proposal, Lu Gong nodded his head, "Yes." ”

During the Spring and Autumn Period, martial arts and heavy etiquette, it was a tradition for scholars and doctors to carry swords with them, and it was not like the so-called scholar's pretending to be used in later generations, which had real skills.

In the same way, the sword dance during the banquet is also a popular program, and even a good master with a sword will be valued by the nobles, and he will be recruited as a guest to embark on a glorious and rich life.

Li Yunze rolled up his sleeves and was about to get up, but when he saw a guest from the Ji Sun family, he couldn't wait to rush out, and saluted to the Ji Sun family and said, "Family master, Uncle Zhongli is ugly." ”

There is a Zhong Liguo south of Xu Kingdom, and Uncle Zhong Li is from there.

Ji Sun was a little stunned, he forgot to tell him in advance, and his doorman jumped out to steal the show.

subconsciously looked at Li Yunze, and saw Li Yunze bowing slightly.

Li Yunze's meaning is very simple, let Uncle Zhongli go to the hot field first, and then go back to the scene later.

Ji Sun understood what he meant, and promised on the spot.

However, at this time, he had been paying close attention to Li Yunze's theft, but he suddenly took a few steps forward and saluted to Lu Gong, "Your Majesty, Yu Fuyou please compete with Uncle Zhongli." ”

Yu Fuyou is the official identity of the thief in Qufu City, a swordsman from the Yu Kingdom.

And the reason why he took the initiative to ask for the battle was very simple, that is, the thief thought that Li Yunze would end up, and he would name himself to compete with the sword.

When the time comes, he will definitely die, so he simply seize the opportunity to confront this Uncle Zhongli first.

In this case, it will be safe whether you win or lose.

Of course, Lu Gong didn't know that Li Yunze's real purpose was actually himself, so he glanced at the thief in some surprise, and then nodded and responded.

Ji Sun's side was clawed, and he subconsciously looked at Li Yunze again.

This time, Li Yunze was too lazy to take care of him.

You sand sculpture, come to see me do anything. Are you afraid that others won't know, what is there to do between you and me?

Uncle Zhongli, who wanted to show himself in front of the nobles of the Lu Kingdom, and who wanted to take the opportunity to escape the dangerous thief, stood in the middle face to face.

After the two raised their swords and saluted, they soon clanged together.

Ji Sun, who had an anxious look on his face, would look at Li Yunze from time to time, wondering what to do in this situation.

This kind of performance, at a glance, you can see that he is incompetent, and his mentality is also poor.

Where is it like Li Yunze, sitting there eating roast mutton slowly.

Eating a small lamb chop, Li Yunze broke off a few small bones, staring at the two people in the fight, but his hands were constantly grinding the bones.

When he first started to travel through thousands of worlds, Li Yunze's swordsmanship could be said to be miserable, that is, he barely hurt himself.

But after so many worlds, he didn't sit on the bed all day to make Gatling, but worked the battlefield all year round, and he was already proficient in the use of various weapons.

The swordsmanship of the two of them, he could see through it, and he could even predict what moves they would do next.

He had been waiting, waiting for a good opportunity that was very suitable.

Opportunities are reserved for those who are prepared, and when the thief faced Lu Gong and stabbed Uncle Zhongli on the opposite side with a sword, and Uncle Zhongli dodged to dodge, Li Yunze made a move.

A small lamb bone bounced out of his finger and hit the knee precisely on the side of the thief who rushed forward.

The thief who was preoccupied with the sword, where would he have thought that when he was attacked, his feet were soft, and he staggered straight to Lu Gong, who was a few steps away!

(End of chapter)