On the eighth day of the first month of Gui, Zhao Siqi, the right guard of the forbidden army, was in the age of not being confused, and some time ago he had an appointment with the prince at the Gujian Inn, so he naturally invited some officialdom friends to help the fun, and held a banquet in the "Qiushui Pavilion" in the south of Kyoto that night to entertain all colleagues.

The name Akisuidaku sounds like a teahouse where people meet in writing, but they don't know that it is one of the most stylish places in Kyoto, and it belongs to the royal property.

Since ancient times, the names of the upper class Fengyue land are mainly "courtyard" and "pavilion", and the second-rate green buildings are mostly named after "room", "building", "shop" and "lower place". There are three Fengyue places in the Daluo Empire that can be named after courtyards and pavilions, and the largest one of them is this "Qiushui Pavilion".

Qiushui Pavilion has six floors, the hall on the first floor, with a music courtyard, a flower appreciation workshop, an art hall and a music and dance palace, to greet guests from all walks of life in the north and south, and you can come here for pastime if you have money.

The second and third floors are banquet halls, mainly for eating and drinking and meeting friends, with four squares and twelve elegances, which are specially arranged in four seasons and December, and only welcome powerful guests.

The fourth and fifth floors are the place to seek pleasure, and the four major areas of the fish pool, the Spring Festival Pavilion, the Hundred Flowers Pavilion, and the Jade Palace are placed, and the mandarin ducks of the fish pool play in the water, the drunken eyes of the Spring Festival Pavilion to see the flowers, the dragon opera group of the Hundred Flowers Pavilion and the carcass palace torture of the Jade Palace, which are widely spread among the merry and coquettish people in the long alley of the night cage. However, there are many people who have heard about it, but there are very few people who can really feel it, after all, it is not something that ordinary people can afford.

The sixth floor of the Qiushui Pavilion, with the ring overlapping heavy gold to create a happy, willow, welcome, spring, four courtyards, living in the four major Oiran of the Qiushui Pavilion, want to enter the four courtyards, just have money and power can not do, this is after all the royal industry, there is no shortage of money, and no one dares to be presumptuous here, enter the four courtyards need to go through an assessment, or literature, or martial arts, or art, after the assessment, even if it is a penniless scholar, will also invite you to enter the hospital.

Zhao Siqi chartered Pingxin Fang, one of the four squares on the second floor, set up eight tables for a wine banquet, and invited "Pingmei", one of the twelve plums of Qiushui Pavilion, to play the piano for everyone, which was enough to boast in the Kyoto Forbidden Army for a year.

As we all know, the prince of the world is suave and suave, is a frequent visitor to this Qiushui Pavilion, once spent a thousand gold only to seek one of the four courtyards on the sixth floor of the Qiushui Pavilion, Liu Wan'er of the Liuyuan Courtyard drunk a night of good stories, and it is still spread throughout Kyoto Fireworks Alley.

The so-called to do what he likes, Zhao Siqi is alive today, the prince wants to come in person, and he is naturally the leader, since Qin Shizi likes this Qiushui Pavilion, then he has to set up this wine banquet in this Qiushui Pavilion, but this wine banquet cost Zhao Siqi the savings he has saved over the years.

Today can be said to be Zhao Siqi's most beautiful day, Pingxinfang is full of friends, and two large tables have been temporarily added, which are also full at the moment.

I saw Zhao Siqi wearing a red brocade robe, his face was full of red light, and he was full of spirit, and the little brother Wei Beiwang next to him was guarding the door to greet the guests, and he was also very busy.

Wei Beiwang first entered Kyoto, these big names in Kyoto, today can be regarded as opening his eyes and gaining knowledge, and many officials he also knows for the first time, and it is inevitable that he will make mistakes when arranging seats. However, these high-ranking officials were not angry, congratulated Zhao Siqi repeatedly, and also gave a red gift, Wei Beiwang felt that he also had face, and his backbone was a lot tougher.

Zhao Siqi is the right Yiwei of the forbidden army, and the official position of the sixth grade, but on the right side of the first seat today, he is sitting on the deputy capital of the Kyoto Forbidden Army, and the official residence is on the fourth grade, and the first seat is sitting on the left side of the military department supervising the imperial history Liang Guangping, who is also the official residence on the fourth grade.

Kyoto has a strict door, paying attention to seniority, and today's two fourth-grade officials have passed their lives for the next six-grade Yiwei, which can be said to have given Zhao Siqi enough face.

However, Zhao Siqi knew in his heart that this was for himself, but it was for the face of the eldest prince Qin Feng, and the position of the first seat of the banquet was not reserved for himself, but for the prince, and his seat was still after the deputy capital was presented.

The auspicious time has passed, and the friends who came have been seated for half an hour, and Xu Niang, the old bustard of the Qiushui Pavilion, also said hello twice whether to serve the food, but today, the real protagonist Shizi Ye has not yet arrived, and this dish, I am afraid that it will take a while.

Xu Niang is also a shrewd person, and hurriedly asked Pingmei to sit on the left side of the hall to play the piano for the guests, so as not to be too embarrassing, and whispered to Zhao Siqi: "I heard that the prince has recently been grounded on the cliff by the eldest prince, and tonight, I'm afraid I won't be able to come." ”

Looking at Zhao Siqi's embarrassed appearance, Xu Niang proposed again: "Why don't you let your little brother at the door visit the eldest prince's mansion?"

Zhao Siqi shook his head and said with an embarrassed expression: "After Miss Ping finishes playing this song, let's serve it first." ”

Zhao Siqi sat down and sat on the left side of the curtain Xianze, while the position of the main seat was still empty.

Pingmei, one of the twelve plums of Accord, has superb piano skills, and it is by no means a waste of fame, only to see that Qianqianyu fingers on the strings lightly, a song "Night Rain and Listening to the Wind", played tactfully.

The beautiful sound of the piano sounded slowly, gradually overflowing like a tide, sometimes soothing like a flowing spring, sometimes rushing like a waterfall, sometimes crisp like a pearl falling on a jade plate, sometimes low back like a whisper.

The sound of this piano has the miraculous effect of washing away the dust, with the freshness of the rainy night that reverberates the intestines, so that the listener is happy, like bathing in the spring breeze, and people can't help but recall the most quiet and good time, the most brilliant wind and frost, back to the original appearance of life!

A good song "Night Rain and Listening to the Wind".

The applause rang out, Ping Mei thanked him and retreated, and the exquisite wine and food were served one after another.

Unfortunately, the main seat was still vacant, and the atmosphere at this banquet was filled with a taste of loss and a faint sense of mockery.

Zhao Siqi filled the cup, got up to toast, and said loudly: "Today's little brother is forty years old, thank you friends for your support, the food is enough, the wine is full, everyone is open to eat and drink, come, I Zhao Siqi will do it first as a respect." ”

After speaking, Zhao Siqi raised his head and drank it all, and there were a few cheers from the audience, which seemed a little clean, Zhao Siqi was not annoyed, knowing that he was at fault today, looking at his colleagues at the main table, most of them were taking a sip, and it was inevitable that the sadness of a stock market would rise in his heart.

"The food is enough, the wine is full, the open to eat and drink, what a big breath, no wonder the public security in Kyoto has been so chaotic recently, and there are endless murders on the street, it turns out that the forbidden army in charge of the security of Kyoto is actually a group of wine bags and rice bags. ”

At this moment, there was a stern reprimand outside the hall, Zhao Siqi was angry in his heart, hearing such words, where could he still endure it, and immediately responded: "That Wang Ba Lamb, if you dare to slander the Kyoto Forbidden Army, you are not afraid of destroying you?"

However, as soon as this sentence came out, Zhao Siqi regretted it, at the entrance of Pingxinfang, Yuguan walked out of the four people, and the leader was Lu Yan, the captain of the Criminal Department, who was responsible for supervising and reporting the illegal acts of the hundred officials of the Beijing Division and the royal family.

And closely behind Lu Yan is a big man who can't be provoked by himself, the eldest son of the military policy general's mansion, the eldest young master Cai Ting.

The last two characters, whose identities are also extraordinary, are closely followed by Cai Ting's grandson Wang Weihai, who is Cai Ting's best friend. And the other is the new left envoy nominated by the Military Policy Office this year, and the Concert Academy, Zhou Xiu.

The wine glass in Zhao Siqi's hand was almost unstable, and he quickly got up and squeezed out a smile to forcibly calm himself, but the corners of his eyes that kept beating and the trousers that trembled slightly when he walked showed how frightened he was in his heart at this moment.

Zhao Siqi greeted him, slapped himself hard in front of Cai Gongzi, and said with a flattering smile: "It turned out to be Cai Gongzi and the adults, the villain spat out wild words before, should be beaten, should be beaten, and I hope that the two adults will not care about the villain, don't take it to heart." ”

Lu Yan's appearance is extremely rough, with a Chinese face, a beard, quite the appearance of a green forest bandit, but he is very short, of course Zhao Siqi did not dare to talk to him with a downward gaze, naturally bent his legs, bent over to answer, this appearance, somewhat seems to have a bit of the embarrassment of a lost dog.

I saw Lu Yanping raise his left hand, pat Zhao Siqi's shoulder, and said in a non-hurried tone:

"The Criminal Department has always been fair and strict, bending the law for personal gain, announcing personal vendetta will never happen, how you scold me, it's all a personal grudge, I won't do anything to you, if I catch you committing a traitor, don't blame me for not thinking about my colleagues. ”

"That's that, Lord Lu has a lot of people, how can he be as knowledgeable as me. Zhao Siqi nodded in response, looked sideways at Cai Gongzi, and said respectfully: "Today, Zhao Mou has chartered this Pingxin Fang, if the two adults don't like it, why don't you sit down and drink two cups?"

Cai Gongzi didn't answer, and ordered his subordinates to summon Xu Niang, the old bustard who was in charge on the third floor, and asked: "Xu Niang, how much does Zhao Yiwei consume in Qiushui Pavilion today?"

"Reporting to Cai Gongzi, the appearance fee of the banquet and Miss Pingmei, plus the cost of contracting Pingxin Fang, Zhao Yiwei spent a total of 3,450 Luo coins. Xu Niang lowered her head and replied cautiously.

"Hehe, more than 3,000 Luo coins, come on, take down this corrupt scum for me!" Cai Gongzi stared at Zhao Siqi fiercely with a pair of peach blossom eyes, not angry and arrogant, and drank loudly, Yuguan walked out of five sword-wielding Jinwei and quickly escorted Zhao Siqi down.

Zhao Siqi was about to explain, but was concentrated in his throat by the leading Jin Wei, Zhao Siqi only felt that it was difficult to breathe, the throat tube was as painful as if it was cracked, and he coughed and whezed violently, and he couldn't say a word.

"A small forbidden army guard, a salary of only 800 lopolis a year, actually spent more than 3,000 loin on a meal, hum!" Cai Gongzi snorted coldly, with a bit of murderous aura, and said to Lu Yan sideways:

"Lord Lu, you supervise hundreds of civil and military officials, and among the forbidden army, some people eat a meal and eat nearly four years of salary, don't you think there is a problem in this? Now that there is a great drought in Changzhou, the people are displaced, and they are hungry. ”

Cai Gongzi looked around the scene for a week, first found out what Zhao Siqi was not, and then insinuated that many officialdom veterans present naturally knew Cai Gongzi's intentions, and they didn't know how Zhao Siqi offended Cai Gongzi, and he clearly wanted to find him, and there were threats and warnings in his words, indicating that anyone who wanted to speak for Zhao Siqi should first weigh their own abilities.

Sure enough, several colleagues in the forbidden army who originally had the intention of opening up for Zhao Siqi also closed their mouths one after another, except for Wei Beiwang, who had been standing outside the door to greet guests, saw that this situation was not right, quietly withdrew from Qiushui Pavilion and rushed towards the Great Prince's Mansion.