Chapter Eighty-Seven: The Yuntai Banquet (1)

The lights are brilliant, the carved beams and paintings, the silk and bamboo are in the ears from time to time, and the figures are shaking, all the way with He Jinxu and the snake, Jiang Qi soon came to today's banquet place 'Yuntai Palace'.

As the protagonists of today's banquet, Jiang Qi and He Jin are the latest, of course, with their current identity and status, they are also worthy of this appearance time.

Perhaps all the officials know the temper of the Son of Heaven, although the banquet has not yet started at this time, but the atmosphere in the Yuntai Hall is still quite harmonious.

As the sound of registration spread throughout the hall, the appearance of He Jin and Jiang Qi made the lively hall pause for a short time, and after an instant, there were smiling faces that greeted them.

At present, as a new upstart who has sprung up, the ministers of the DPRK and China do not want to take this opportunity to get acquainted with Jiang Qi, even if they are not familiar with him, they are constantly greeting him as if he is seeing a relative, especially the generals who are about to become his subordinates and accompany him on the expedition.

Surrounded by a warm atmosphere, even if Jiang Qi saw his acquaintances Lu Zhi and Zhou Yi smiling not far away, he could only shake his head and smile bitterly, to which the two responded with a smile of understanding.

Seeing this scene, in order not to affect Jiang Qi, not only Lu Zhi and Zhou Yi, but also He Jin, who entered the palace with him, also left with a smile at this time, of course, even if the purpose of leaving He Jin at this moment has been achieved, as a person in the officialdom, he can understand a lot of things just from the two of them walking into the scene together.

He Jinyi came to talk to Jiang Qi as soon as he walked and the official was naturally much more convenient: "It's okay that the general has been tired all the way on the saddle horse, but the general was not strictly managed a few days ago, which made Ling Mei harassed and wronged by the Hu people, and the general has not been able to explain the shame of this matter" In the greeting, the gray hair and beard of Zhijin Wu Yuan Peng apologized to Jiang Qi with a submissive look.

Hearing this, Jiang Qi looked at Yuan Peng, who could be regarded as his grandparents, and didn't know whether to laugh or laugh, although he was now Yuan Peng's superior, but Jiang Qi couldn't accept the old man's attitude towards him, but now that he saw Yuan Peng apologize, Jiang Qi remembered that the court and the central government said that Yuan Peng was the best official among the hundred officials.

As one of the nine kings in the court, Yuan Pan has always been standing, but it has a lot to do with his side's concept of being an official who does not help, does not offend, and maintains neutrality, but despite this, there are a few people in the world who can meet the source left and right, seeing Yuan Peng in Anran's current life, Jiang Qi can't help but praise him in his heart as a wise man.

"General Yuan is serious, the little sister mentioned this matter to Qi, but at that time, the little sister also praised the general's uprightness, don't mention the past, Qi is young and frivolous, this time I can go out with General Yuan, and please mention more to the general."

Originally, I thought that a young man like Jiang Qi should be very arrogant, and I didn't want to hear the easy-going in his words now, Yuan Peng couldn't help but put his mind at ease, and replied with a smile: "The general is polite, General Qilin's name is like thunder, the general who heard about it a few months ago killed Hu Ling, although the last general is old but still enthusiastic, but unfortunately he failed to kill the enemy and kill the general, it has always been regarded as a pity, and now his Majesty is happy, and now he can finally act under the general's account, if this battle can be won with one or two, even if he dies quickly, there is no regret."

"General Yuan, is it inappropriate to die on this good day! I still want to follow General Qilin to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions" Listening to Yuan Peng's flattering words, Yuan Shao, who had just said goodbye to his friends and came to say hello, said with a smile.

"Is this first brother a joke? The first friend I knew when I wanted to come to Qijin Luoyang was you, but now I heard my brother call my younger brother General Qilin, why does Qi think you are scolding me? Looking at Yuan Shao, who came up with a smile on his face, Jiang Qi scolded with a smile.

"Hahaha, this general and virtuous brother can afford it, now Your Majesty has issued an order, and your brother is already your subordinate, if you don't please the general at this moment, Shao is afraid that he will be beaten by the military stick one day," For Jiang Qi at the moment, he is still called a brother, Yuan Shao's vanity is bursting, and he laughs loudly.

"What I said at the beginning is very true, Brother Bo Xiaoxian, my brother is now also a general under your account, and I will rely on your care in the future" Listening to the piercing laughter, Yuan Shu, who came up with Yuan Shao, greeted Jiang Qi affectionately, as if he was also telling the officials present that he was also familiar with Jiang Qi.

"Brother Highway, you're also scolding Qi! Hahaha, we will all be brothers in the same room in the future, what kind of care, don't say this in the future、、、 Brother Highway just saw what you were doing, it seems to be very popular、、、" Looking at the Yuan brothers' eyes full of content, Jiang Qi didn't want to be involved, so he immediately changed the topic.

Hearing Jiang Qi's inquiry, Yuan Shu also came to the spirit, and immediately took his hand with great enthusiasm and replied to the minister who was about to talk: "Hahaha, what can you do, the banquet has not started at the moment, and you all have nothing to do, how can you come to Boxiao."

"Oh, today's lords, Yaxing is quite tall," I heard that Jiang Qi said by Yuan Shu, and looked at it casually, not far away, there were really a lot of civil and military forces around a foot-high copper kettle, and with the gentle music of the musicians, the atmosphere was very good at the moment, and from time to time there would be loud laughter.

It is said that the history of throwing pots is quite long, the earliest can be traced back to the Spring and Autumn Period, when one of the etiquettes of the princes to entertain guests was archery, and later considering that some guests did not know how to shoot, it slowly evolved into a pitching pot, and now every time there is a banquet and drink, there must be a program of "Song of Solomon Pitching Pot" to help the fun.

"Boxiao, the world knows that you are both civil and military, and you are not bad at throwing pots, how can you let us see one or two today" Yuan Shao, who followed suit, also echoed.

At the instigation of the Yuan brothers, He Jin, who had just met with the minister not far away, also heard what they said, and immediately smiled and said: "Bo Xiao, how can you be interested, this general has often practiced these days, how to try it、、、、"

"Hahaha, general, you want to make a fool of yourself! Qi is a rough person, how can he do elegant things" For He Jin's proposal, Jiang Qi smiled and excused, of course, this excuse is not that he is afraid of losing, for him who has practiced the art of throwing since he was a child, not to mention the pitcher that is more than ten steps away, even a hundred steps away, he is also a hundred shots, and at this moment, the resignation is just not to think that the opponent is embarrassed.

"Really? I have heard that the general Qilin is both civil and military, and the Huns shot down the enemy chief a hundred steps away in a battle, why don't you even dare to throw a pot at this moment, is it in vain" Although Jiang Qi said politely, but now someone is looking for him is not happy, and in his words, he saw a big man who was more than eight feet tall and had a white beard approaching with a little civil and military smile.

As soon as this remark came out, it was like a shocking thunder, and in the face of provocation, Zhao Yun, who was following Jiang Qi, wanted to refute it out loud, but it was Zhao Yun's good temper, if Zhang Fei was present at this moment, he might have swung it with a punch at that time.

Of course, as a civilized person, Jiang Qi 'can't see' the violence, and he has stopped it when Zhao Yun moved, and said with a casual smile: "This lord, whether the Qi has a false name is not up to you and me, even if the Qi has a false name, but as long as you can keep the peace of the Han side, then what if you have a false name?" ”

"Hahaha, I used to hear the market say how powerful General Qilin is, and it seems that this is just the case at the moment, why, the general just said that throwing pots is an elegant thing, and now you dare to try it with me" For Jiang Qi's four or two thousand catties, the person who came did not stop there, and continued.

"This person is one of the ten permanent servants, Jian Shuo, his person is quite powerful, he is known as the first force in the palace, and now he is in charge of the Zhonghuangmen in the palace, and his majesty loves him" Seeing that this person kept provoking Yuan Shao kindly reminded.

However, although it is a good word, but at this moment, the slight light flashing in Yuan Shao's eyes betrayed his original intention, as a child of the family, although he is a concubine, Yuan Shao has always looked down on the world with a superior appearance, and now he sees Jiang Qi, who was still a declining child more than a year ago, but now he has climbed on his head, how can he not be envious, jealous and hateful, and now that he sees Jian Shuo appearing, he naturally wants to encourage Jiang Qi.

Of course, although there was no instigation in Yuan Shao's words, a sentence of ten permanent servants was enough to affect Jiang Qi's nerves.

In the middle of it, how could Jiang Qi, who had long been irreconcilable with the lieutenant official, let go of this opportunity, and in a blink of an eye, a smile appeared on the corner of Jiang Qi's mouth, who was still low-key, and then listened to his words: "Qi is a martial artist, don't dare to say anything else, but since someone dares to write a war letter, how can Qi retreat?"

"Okay, then let's take a look at the majesty of General Qilin today" Jian Shuo, who had already heard Zhang Rang's words, was looking for an opportunity to sweep Jiang Qi's face at any time today, and immediately said loudly, the sound was enough for all the civil and military who came to the banquet to hear.

As expected, as soon as this remark came out, everyone present put down their behavior at the moment, and surrounded them in a blink of an eye, as Han people to see the excitement is their nature, even if it is the princes and ministers, dignitaries and nobles, the current three layers of onlookers inside and outside the three layers speak for themselves.

Seeing that he was stared at, Jiang Qi was no longer uncomfortable, and said with a casual smile: "Qi is a general of the chariot and a marquis, so today I will not bully the small, swords, guns, swords, halberds, axes, hooks and forks are up to you."

Jiang Qi's modest words immediately made the ministers laugh, yes, Jiang Qi is too bad, how can he say that Jian Shuo is also a person in his thirties, a person who is not as weak as a weak crown He actually said that he does not bully the small with the big, how can the tone of the concession make people not laugh.

Jiang Qi blushed when he said it, and after snorting coldly, he said: "Today's banquet is all powerful people from the DPRK and China, how can they fight and kill like martial artists, aren't all the ministers playing with pitchers just now?" Then let's try the elegant technique of drawing the bow, how to 、、、"

Obviously, Jian Shuo is not easy to get along with, and Jian Shuo directly vetoed the weapon mentioned by Jiang Qi, and scolded him silently at the end.

"So very good, the sword has no eyes, Qi is also afraid of hurting the adult, and it will be bad if no one puts on linen and filial piety for the adult" Jiang Qi couldn't hear Jian Shuo scolding him, but Jiang Qi was also very civilized to give a counterattack, saying that beating people does not slap people's face, exposing people does not expose shortcomings, Jiang Qi said that no one wears linen and filial piety for him, isn't he scolding him for being a eunuch without a queen.

"It seems that Jiang Houye's eloquence is good, but I don't know how the kung fu is in hand, someone will bring up the things prepared" Although Jian Shuo is not well-developed and simple-minded, he is also a little short of words when he meets Jiang Qi today, and he greets directly even if he doesn't say much.

Obviously, Jian Shuo came prepared today, and ran out of a group of Zhonghuang Doors with a greeting, and in a blink of an eye, more than ten bows were lifted in turn, and with the appearance of the bows, the two Zhonghuang Doors put a screen on the main hall next to the temple gate, and at the same time lit three expensive candles as thick as children's arms on the screen, seeing this scene, the ministers in the palace more or less guessed what Jian Shuo was going to do.