Chapter 8: The Birthday Banquet

At midnight, before dawn, a fire ignited in the cooking room of the Grand Opera Hall. There are thousands of distinguished guests who come tonight, ranging from the emperor to the poor people in the capital, and the inside and outside are wide open. The guys are full of spirits, roll up their sleeves and work hard, the big theater does not accept women, and the young men are selected to work hard and exercise their might. Everyone practices the family, swords, guns and sticks are said to go, and the master of the courtyard carefully selected two rough men from them, and sealed the nickname of "right-hand man". The Grand Theatre was built by the royal family, and on grand festivals, there were many people with mixed eyes, and often mixed with assassins to assassinate, and the methods of murder were extremely cruel, and they shot their eyes. The master of the courtyard has a rule that before Liu Ye's birthday banquet starts, all men will suffer a crime and become strong-willed outlaws. Every year on the day of Liu Ye's birthday banquet, the perpetrator is no one else, a habitual offender in the imperial court, and he has not been arrested so far. The master of the courtyard got up early and instructed his entourage to send a letter to the local magistrate of Yamen County, and sent him with generous gifts. The top of the stage was covered with traps, and when the assassin arrived, he was on the verge of attacking. The Imperial Court's Horse Master also came for this assassin, and at dusk yesterday, the fast horse and whip had a number of hidden weapons hidden in the bag, occupying the territory, and she had a full view of everyone around. When the horse master suspected that this assassin admired Huai Ling and had a lot of people, this person came so much, he must have mixed in the crowd and couldn't tell the difference!

As the day dawned, there were already guests coming, riding horses and carrying sedan chairs, all the way to come. The old man of the courtyard went out to greet him with a spring breeze, not far away a team of people and horses carrying eight sedan chairs to come, Zhao Dashang and his son Zhao Wenge, who were famous overseas, were inside, Zhao Dashang was rich, but he was a bully, and there was a prime minister in the background to support him. His son Zhao Wenge is suave and suave, there is nothing special about him, unlike his father, he is a knowledgeable man. has no special temperament, and in the eyes of some arrogant people, it is also bland. The master of the courtyard smiled and invited Zhao Dashang into the theater, and said Mantong. Dozens of people approached one after another, and the horse master leaned on a tree to peek in.

Just then, she saw a handsome man coming from no man's land! The man was disheveled, his face was fierce, he was holding a knife, he didn't see the quiver, and he was disdainful and murderous! The old man smiled and said, "Yo, this master, quickly follow me to live in a leisure house!" He said as he pulled his arm. The man withdrew his hand, dodged the courtyard master to flatter him, and walked in viciously.

The old man noticed that he had a scarred face, and he was also a handsome ruffian, and suspected that this was an assassin who was about to be caught!

The scar man was disgusted with the oncoming person, so he made a direct detour into Xiaolin, and the old man of the courtyard sent his eyes to follow him all the way. He walked all the way and turned into the last hall of the Grand Theater, where there was no one inside, and he jumped up. I went back to the court master and thought that the assassin was this person! A few words of instruction were given to arrange the preparation of dishes.

When the horse master came to the cooking room, the stewed dishes were all big pots, the aroma was fragrant, and the firewood and water were boiling hot, and the heat was soaring. A few cooks chopped the stuffing, chopped the ground quickly, and found a large plate to put aside. The big wooden table was full of fish and meat, all prepared for the birthday celebration that night, and a few men were shirtless, wiped with stinky sweat, threw them aside, and showed their fists in the kitchen to practice. Shangguan Feng couldn't stand it anymore, so he raised his hand to strangle a man.

"You're practicing here? Aren't you afraid of dirty Liu Ye's feast? Shangguan Feng scolded.

"My lord, we are also forced to save our lives." A man answered her. A large iron pot outside, five feet high, was carried in, and the servants set up stools to wash, Shangguan Feng felt that the inside was like a steam room, and his feet were covered with rotten cabbage leaves, which was not something that people could stay in.

Taking advantage of the fact that it was not yet dark, the servants prepared a wine banquet and pomp, and the servants went up to the second, third, fourth and fifth floors of the Grand Opera Hall with large and small wine vessels in their hands, and placed them in a circle, placing hundreds of them. The large long table serves dozens of plates of melon and fruit pastries, without a single flaw. The servants ran up and down, the flow of people continued, and as the big guests arrived, the master of the courtyard was dressed brightly, and personally asked to go upstairs to find a place. The older servant put on makeup and braided his hair for his sleeves, and he couldn't stop sneering when he looked at his heavy makeup in the mirror. The servants washed their sleeves and waited to put on a seductive pink robe, and took care of it up and down. His hair was covered with jade ornaments, and his face was as white as a pearl. Chen Baolian and I were also dressed in clothes, and it was inevitable that there would be some nervousness in this major scene. Huai Sleeve snorted at me, "Bad luck! "That's what I heard him say. Because the sleeves are impeccably beautiful, and there are still many people, the master of the courtyard ordered us to go to the last hall of the Great Theater to dress up, that is, the place where the assassin haunts, and he came here for the sleeves.

Outside the Grand Theater Palace, the master of the courtyard is waiting for Liu Ye to come in person! The emperor's uncle has a big birthday, and the emperor and queen can't help but come, and the lord of this courtyard is like a thorn in his heart!

The team is mighty and brightly lit! The gongs and drums were beaten, and the colored cannons were set off vigorously. The people who have no money, everyone is crowded together, and those who go up the trees look at it, and there are hundreds of them when they climb up to the roof! Walking the roof tiles "creak" muffled. If you can do light work, you can simply fly the eaves and walk on the wall, jump on the high wall, and go straight to the top floor. The big theater is bright inside and out, and there are crowds of people, making a lot of noise. When the master of the courtyard saw the emperor and Liu Ye, he turned his head down, and invited him to sit down in the middle of the second floor of the Grand Opera Hall, and the master of the horse also sat down with the emperor, and saw that there were eight or nine big men standing beside His Majesty, holding sharp blades, eyeing the tiger, and calling the eunuchs to serve. The second floor was full of court officials, with prominent status, and the servants around them were frightened and poured wine. The delicacies of the mountains and the sea are served together, and there is wine and meat everywhere.

The master of the courtyard ordered his entourage to turn off the lights, "Huh! "It's dark. Under the big stage, the lights and candles were lit, and a charming man slowly descended from the suspended staircase, and the audience was silent. The horse master looked at Liu Ye, his old man's soul flew out of the sky, and he coveted it. The adults drank and were frightened, and poured three mouthfuls.

Outside the side hall, the woman in Tsing Yi had no intention of watching the play, she was forced to sweep the floor in the last hall, holding an umbrella and carrying a lamp, but was noticed by the assassin on the roof, who leaned over and took out an arrow and aimed it at the woman's eyes. The woman approached, and her beauty was in full view of the Assassin. The Assassins decided that the last assassin would be the First Huai Ling, and that he was done by deposing him once and for all. Hanshan subconsciously extinguished the lights, she noticed someone, turned around and ran towards the small forest, and the assassin jumped down and chased after her.

"Stop! Don't kill! The Assassin shouted in the back.

Hanshan hid in the small forest, the big theater was still boiling, she didn't know that there were assassins outside, she cried, and at this time, a person jumped out of the darkness!