Chapter 14: Going to the Feast

At two o'clock, the five gathered in the front hall on time. Miko handed over a rough map of the Huai Wang's Mansion that had been drawn at some point. Lhotse said to the scholar and the lotus-clothed beauty: "Uncle, Mengzi, come to the banquet with me." The scholar and the blue beauty nodded in agreement. He also said to the purple-clothed man and Miko, "Gully, Miko, answer outside." Yako pointed to a place on the map and said, "Then we will wait for you here." From the backyard over the wall, there is a forest, and as far as I can see, this is the weakest guard, and if something happens, this road is easier to get out of. Luo Zi nodded: "It's naturally okay to go back from the main gate." and other signals. Mengzi, bother to pretend to us. ”

An hour later, my uncle was dressed as a handsome boy in a gorgeous brocade robe, his moon-white robe was embroidered with cloud brocade patterns, various jade rings hung on his light blue belt, and a cinnabar red mole was dotted on his eyebrows. This is requested by the uncle, because this time the impersonation of a prince of a family in Huizhou, according to the introduction and record in the "Eastern Jin Dynasty Beauty Genealogy", Huizhou men are prevalent in the forehead of Zhu Mole. The ivory flute he used to keep in his hand was pinned to his waist.

Lhotse and Yumeko are dressed as attendants and maidservants. Lhotzi asked Yumeko to give him a sticky beard and pockmarked face. Everyone was very strange, this usually the most elegant and beautiful captain, I don't know why he is so ugly himself, Mizi laughed: "Luozi, aren't you afraid of being favored by King Huai, so you stayed in the mansion directly tonight." Everyone laughed. Only Lhotse herself knew in her heart what she was worried about tonight. Seeing this, the gully suddenly seemed to understand something, and said to Mengzi: "Then you should also pretend to be ugly." Mengzi gave him a blank look: "Are you also afraid that I will be taken aback?" and everyone laughed again.

Miko and the purple-clothed man are already tight-fitting shorts, and they have enough weapons and hidden weapons to avoid unpreparedness.

The five of them were discharged from the hospital with a secret passage, which led to the outside of the bamboo forest. Two house slaves had already prepared a brocade cart over there, and the five of them went their separate ways. The uncle sat in the car, a house slave led the horse, another house slave followed behind the car, and Luo Zi and Mengzi followed the side of the car. Along the way, Mengzi taught everyone a few words of Anhui dialect and Hui-style official dialect, and those who learn quickly speak more, and those who can't learn speak less, so as not to show their feet.

Nothing happened all the way.

When I arrived at the Huaiwang Mansion, it was close to the time of the palm lamp. The place was easy to find, and from a distance, it was already full of wagons, horses, and slaves. Outside the gate, a man dressed in crimson and wearing a crown was smiling at the guests.

The uncle raised his hand and shook the fan and walked over, and Lhotse handed over the invitation, and the man immediately bowed his hand and ordered someone to take them in. The front yard is not lively, the cornices are full of red gauze lamps hanging high, and the bonsai is prosperous in a courtyard, crowded with people, bustling. It's true: autumn is quiet, the night is long, the lights and the sky are far away, and the king flower crosses the Xie Bridge.

Entering the middle courtyard is even more lively, the stage is set up on the two-storey attic on the side, several courtesans are dancing with long sleeves, and the warbler is singing and dancing. Jumping to the enchanting place, a group of onlookers downstairs clapped their hands and cheered. The main hall and courtyard are full of wine tables, and people are walking among the guests with trays, busy serving wine and food. Because there are so many guests, there are no fixed seats, and everyone is looking for familiar faces, greetings, introducing each other, and sitting at will. A good faction: Zun Qianxiao Ling listens to Yusheng, the red light song is too enchanting, who can get drunk in the song, I have not disappeared with you.

The uncle shook the folding fan and pretended to nod to the passing guests, but he didn't know each other. Everyone saw that he was extraordinary, and they didn't know which son, and he should also be in harmony. The three of them were not in a hurry to find a place to sit down, looked around, and continued to walk in with a pretended pace. The third courtyard was much quieter, and there was not a single guest. Only a few families are making the final arrangements. There are no wine tables in the courtyard, and there are a few tables on the main hall of Yuanjian, and the layout is very solemn. The three of them were about to go inside again, when two young men at the door stretched out their hands to stop them and asked if they had any waist cards. The uncle's face was sideways, and Mengzi hurriedly stepped forward, pinching his throat and whispering: "What waist card, does my son-in-law still need a waist card to enter?" Mengzi insisted on entering, there was a housekeeper in the courtyard who was directing the people to arrange the table, heard the sound of dispute, hurriedly walked over, and heard the little guy say that the three wanted to enter without a waist card, so he smiled and said to the uncle: "This son, I'm really sorry, there is no hospitality here, please move to the first two into the courtyard, there is much more lively than here, and there will be poetry and other amusements, which will definitely make the sons have fun." Seeing this, the uncle put the fan away and said to Mengzi, "Okay, let's go." Since there is no waist card, I will not go in. Besides, there's really nothing fun here, it's still more lively outside. A few people turned around and left, and the housekeeper continued to make a gesture, and said with a smile: "I hope the son will forgive me." When they walked dozens of steps, they immediately put away their smiling faces and whispered to the little guy guarding the door: "Check for me, and no idle people are allowed to enter." The voice was not high, but it still did not escape the ears of the three people. The three of them secretly glanced at each other.