Wine Between the Flowers Chapter 34: The Banquet
After a night of fighting, the ghosts in Lucheng were finally driven away and ushered in a new day.
This night was not a light toss, the pitch-black sword light and the flat thunder, as well as the ghost magic performed by the black-clothed Taoist priest at the end, were all big battles, and ordinary people were woken up a lot, not to mention the official mansion with martial arts.
It's just that the realm of the only two remaining martial artists is too low, and the government doesn't dare to take risks, so they don't dare to come under the order, and they don't come in a hurry until after the end of this battle.
Huang Shan went to the government as early as the night, explaining that the female ghost was secretly arranging a formation in Lucheng, and the government originally planned to send additional people to investigate slowly, but who knew that there was a conflict tonight, and Xu Huaigu and his party directly chased and killed the female ghost and the black-clothed Taoist priest, which was considered to have solved a major hidden danger in Lucheng.
However, despite this, the government is still extremely concerned about the remaining formation, after all, it is a major matter related to the survival of a city, and it is also the key to whether the official gauze hat of the Yuan County Order can be worn steadily, of course he can't ignore it.
So under the leadership of Huang Shan, the government sent a large number of people to look for the formation and crack it, and carried out the final end of the haunting of Lucheng.
Zuo Qiu Xun was still reluctant to show up, so all the credit was naturally added to Xu Huaigu's head, and the cultivation of the female ghost and the black-clothed Taoist priest was also greatly depressed, so as not to attract too much attention.
It's just that this kind of thing can only be hidden from ordinary people, and the government still can't hide it, but Yuan Xianling is also a wise person, knowing that some people can be provoked, but some people are absolutely unprovoked, so for Xu Huaigu and his party, they only know that there must be masters among them, but they don't dare to investigate more, for fear of annoying the monk who doesn't know the depth and causing a catastrophe.
After this incident, there was still a lot of follow-up work to continue, so the group simply stayed in Lucheng.
Xu Huaigu was injured in the battle between the black-clothed Taoist priest, so he stayed to recuperate quietly, and Yu Qin watched from the side.
Zuoqiu had nothing to do, and early in the morning he went to hunt deer with a group of hunters who went up the mountain, saying that fresh venison was more delicious, so he wanted to try it.
It's just that a young and beautiful girl's family ran into the vast mountains, especially in the snowy winter, which attracted several hunters to curse the fox spirit behind their backs, but fortunately, this beautiful girl's skills are indeed extraordinary, and she quickly became familiar with several hunters.
Among the group, Huang Shan was the busiest. The female ghost told Xu Huaigu at night that the layout of those formations was naturally fake, so it was still up to Huang Shan to eliminate the formation step by step to eradicate the hidden dangers.
So Lucheng appeared like every household sprinkling cinnabar throughout the city, which looked quite interesting.
As for the sloppy man Kong Xiong, he has been in the limelight in recent days. I don't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, when Xu Huaigu told about his experience that night, he especially mentioned Kong Xiong's contribution to this battle, so under the propaganda of the government, every household knew the name and appearance of this rough man, so that Kong Xiong walked on the road, which inevitably attracted people to turn back.
Today, he was invited by the government to go to the banquet of Shiyeping. This banquet was quite like a celebration meeting that night, and all the famous figures in the county government came, such as the Lord Yuan County, as well as the two martial artists and a civilian master in the yamen, all of whom would come to the banquet.
said that he was going to a banquet, but in fact, Kong Xiong didn't want to go, because he was the only one in the group they came to Lucheng to go to the banquet.
Xu Huaigu was busy recuperating from his injuries, Yu Qin was guarding him, Zuo Qiuxun and Huang Shan looked down on this kind of banquet even more, they would definitely not come, even if they were counted, he was the only one who came.
Although the venison in the eating wild ping is really delicious, but the man feels that without Xu Huaigu's group of people, no matter how delicious the venison is, it is no taste.
Three or five girls dressed in colorful clothes hurriedly ran in front of him, setting off a small burst of incense, and the man smiled helplessly, and continued to walk forward.
After the girls ran past Kong Xiong, they frolicked and pulled each other to stop, and then turned to the man who was walking away slowly, commenting on them.
It seemed that something went wrong in the discussion, and several girls unconsciously quarreled, and finally came to a unanimous opinion.
The swordsman who is said to have made great achievements in killing female ghosts at night is really good-looking. So the girls were disappointed, and then they wandered around the street, discussing which one was more beautiful in rouge gouache and which one was better in color, and they didn't think about that man anymore.
As for the man's swordsmanship, personality and conduct, they naturally won't delve into it.
Admittedly, who wouldn't want to marry a good-looking son? The man walked into Shiyeping under the turn of people all the way, and this feeling of being noticed everywhere really made him very unaccustomed.
Kong Xiong walked into Shiyeping, but found that today was far less lively than the last time he came, and the storyteller did not come today.
In fact, the old storyteller hadn't been here for days, and the group of listeners who were anxiously waiting for the next step had become impatient and dwindling, and the woman who had been sitting in her seat last time listening to the book and heard sobbing was not there, which made Kong Xiong breathe a sigh of relief.
He slowly walked upstairs, upstairs in Shiyeping, where he could have sat down to slowly hundreds of people, but now there are only a dozen people sitting, and this is the place where the banquet in the official mansion is held.
There are several shopkeepers waiting next to them, and the people who serve tea and water are all scantily dressed and dressed in fancy clothes.
The man had never seen these scenes before, but he felt disliked at the first sight of it, and he knew a little bit of the reason why Xu Huaigu and the others were reluctant to come.
As soon as Kong Xiong came in, he was immediately greeted with a grand welcome, and Yuan Xianling, who had spoken disrespectfully to him before, took the lead in bringing him a glass of wine with a smile, which was regarded as a little reparation.
In addition to the martial arts, masters, and several important people in the official mansion, there is also an old man in a Taoist robe on the seat.
The old man had a long face, very thin, and when the Yuan County Commander got up to toast, he didn't even raise his eyelids at all, and only glanced at it unhappily when the man sat down.
This is the monk who came to Lucheng from the county to catch ghosts, but before this monk reached Lucheng, the ghost thing was killed by another group of people first, so he didn't take any credit and ran away in vain.
This old monk was already dissatisfied with being sent to Lucheng, but this moth came out again, which made him even more unhappy.
It wasn't until this man attended that his emotions intensified even more. With his cultivation in the four realms, coming to such a small place to attend a banquet, and the person who came from the other party was just a vulgar and wild cultivator of the first realm, wouldn't this be humiliating to him?
The old monk was determined to humiliate this Xiaoye Xiu, so the moment the man sat down, the old monk made a move, but instead of killing in the open, he deliberately wanted the man to lose face.
So the moment Kong Xiong sat down, the old monk suddenly used his aura to damage the foot of the chair.
Yuan Xianling looked panicked, but the monk was the first to laugh, laughing at Kong Xiong and saying: "Sure enough, he is a vulgar man, and he can sit on a bad chair if he is a seat, is that female ghost being killed by you?" Everyone in the government wanted to laugh a little, but when they saw Yuan Xianling's serious appearance, they didn't dare to laugh, so the scene was quite embarrassing.
The man hurriedly got up, but saw that although the old monk on the other side was smiling, his smile was full of mockery, so he probably knew the reason for this incident.
It's just that the man saw that this old monk's cultivation was not low, and it was definitely not something he could provoke, so he didn't dare to say more, for fear that he would cause trouble.
Yuan Xianling's face was gloomy and he said, "Change a chair for Brother Kong." Immediately, a servant ran to the side, moved a chair, and helped him change it.
Kong Xiong was much more cautious this time, and carefully leaned on to the chair before sitting down, but fortunately, there was no problem this time, and he sat down peacefully.
The banquet began immediately, and Yuan Xianling began some routine rhetoric, which was nothing more than to commend Kong Xiong, saying that he had worked hard and made great achievements, and naturally he did not forget the old monk, and he kept pouring wine for the old monk throughout the banquet.
The man was so uncomfortable with this meal that he wanted to finish it quickly and leave, but the old monk didn't seem to have any intention of letting him leave properly, and made him stumble a little.
This time it was also some tricks, which made Dekong Xiong's chopsticks extremely slippery, so his chopsticks couldn't hold the food, and every time he picked up the dishes, they would slip into the bowl, which was quite embarrassing.
Yuan Xianling's face turned blue with anger, and he was already angry, but it was still not good to attack. The old monk continued to taunt Kong Xiong: "Have you never used chopsticks or what? If you don't know how to use chopsticks, you might as well grab them with your hands, and you should find it more convenient. Kong Xiong pursed his lips, stopped his chopsticks, took a sip of wine, and stopped picking up vegetables.
The old monk smiled brightly, gulped down vegetables, and boasted: "Yuan County Order, your venison in Lucheng is really delicious, and it lives up to its reputation, so you didn't let me come for nothing." Yuan Xianling was not happy, after all, this was Lucheng's territory, he invited guests, but he wanted to let the guests suffer this shame, he felt embarrassed.
So he said, "Is it a bit too much for the Taoist to do this?" The old monk's face suddenly turned cold, he stopped his chopsticks and asked, "What did Lord Yuan say, why don't I understand it?" Yuan Xianling was angry, but no one was the opponent of this old monk at this time, so it was difficult to continue, so he was silent.
But everyone heard a flat voice from outside the restaurant: "You don't understand, I'll tell you." ”
"Isn't it too much for you to use your hands and feet on Kong Xiong's chair first, and then on the chopsticks, so that he is so embarrassed?" The old monk smiled slyly: "Who are you, and what evidence is there that I did it?" At this moment, a loud bang exploded, and the wooden window on the second floor of Shiyeping was broken, and sawdust flew all over the place.
A white flying sword flew from the window and stuck into the ground, startling a circle of people around them to retreat and dodge.
A woman in white jumped lightly from the window, and then deftly went upstairs, and then stretched out her hand at the white sword, and the sword returned to her hand on its own, trembling slightly.
When the old monk saw this, his eyelids trembled slightly. The woman in white looked around, raised her sword and said loudly: "I have evidence, and the evidence is not someone else, I want you to say it yourself!" ”