Chapter Forty-Six: The Feast Begins
Zhang Ning was also quite helpless, but he ate soft and not hard, and there was no good way to meet this scoundrel, so he changed his words and said, "Uncle Jin." ”
"Hey, that's a good name. Jin Shenxi smiled, and then said: "Just now, my sister introduced you to live in Yiyang District, Liujia Lane, and you are a prisoner guarding the prison. But let me ask the world, there are other prisoners who can take out a three-grade internal skill as a birthday gift like your virtuous nephew?
"Uncle Jin praised it falsely, my Zhang family is just a little special, and as for the prisoners, it is only an ancestral occupation, as a descendant of the Zhang family, I dare not lose the profession passed down from my ancestors. There is no intention of being deceitful. Zhang Ning explained.
"How can I say that your nephew is playing tricks, I just said that the real person does not show his face. Jin Shen said with a smile, he went up the tree smoothly, and even called his nephew.
Zhang Ning also smiled.
Wuyang Hou Jin Taisu, Mrs. Jin and others looked at Jin Shen and Zhang Ningtao, although they didn't say anything, but they gave a thumbs up in their hearts.
"Well done. ”
Zhang Ning simply wrote down a congratulatory gift, but knew that he was a strange person who was hidden in the world.
Being able to have a relationship with such a strange person is naturally beneficial.
Don't think that there are many losers in luxury families, and the son and brother who looks down on people with dog eyes, this person's character is cultivated.
Therefore, there are many people like Jin Shen, the son of the Hou Shizi of Wuyang, who understands the family.
This kind of person because of his superior family background, well-informed, and has his own scale, he can know the heroes of the world, and then know the advance and retreat, and distinguish between good and bad.
The so-called etiquette heirloom has been around for a long time. The tutor of the Hou family in Wuyang is very good, and it has been passed on to Mrs. Jin, and then to the three brothers and sisters of Li Yuanba, Li Yuanxiong, and Li Hussar.
Li Yuanba is a very approachable person, when Zhang Ning and Li Yuanba met, Li Yuanba didn't know that Zhang Ning had a vast background, he felt that Zhang Ning was worth dating, so he dated Zhang Ning.
Later, when the friendship became deeper, Li Yuanba knew many secrets of Zhang Ning.
If it weren't for Li Yuanba's character, how could a young grandfather of the Guogong Mansion make friends with a person like Zhang Ning?
All in all, Zhang Ning felt that it was okay for the Li family and these people in the Wuyang Hou Mansion.
The people of the Wuyang Hou Mansion didn't know the peculiarities of Zhang Ning, but they were just ordinary people in the market, and they could treat each other politely. Now I know that Zhang Ning is a strange person, and he is even more polite.
The subsequent conversation revolved around Zhang Ning. Although Zhang Ning has a weak temperament, there is a person like Jin Shen, so he said a little more, and the atmosphere is lively.
Soon after, someone came to report that the feast had begun. Zhang Ning went to the lobby with Mrs. Jin and the people from the Marquis of Wuyang's Mansion.
There are many lobby buildings in the entire palace. For example, the East Pavilion, where the long house is located, is a large complex of buildings, and there is also a main hall.
The main hall of the entire Guogong Mansion is the lobby in the middle of the Guogong Mansion. It is wide and very tall, and it is very translucent.
This hall is usually not open, and only when a new prince succeeds to the throne will come here for ceremonies. Or it is a major event, for example, this time the birthday banquet of Li Qianning, the contemporary Duke of Ningguo, was held here.
When you enter the lobby, you can notice the bustle. Zhang Ning swept it roughly, and saw that there were twenty or thirty large round tables, and there were all kinds of cold dishes on the table, most of which were rare delicacies for ordinary people.
Each table is served by eight beautiful maids, and it is very magnificent.
Of course, the guests should not be underestimated, most of them are high-ranking officials and dignitaries with purple and gold, including royal relatives, meritorious heroes, and important ministers of the dynasty, as well as family men.
Only the adults can enter the lobby for a banquet, and the women and children are placed in a separate place. So Mrs. Jin and Li Hussar did not come in.
Wuyang Hou Jin Taisu has a very high seniority, so he sits separately. Zhang Ning sat at a table with the rest of the Wuyang Hou Mansion, as well as Li Yuanxiong.
This kind of place is like heaven for ordinary people.
This ordinary person does not refer to the common people in the market, the pawns of peddlers, or even ordinary gentry and ordinary officials, but refers to those who are qualified to enter the upper class in this Qi country.
The entire Qi country is a pyramid structure, with the nine-thousand-year-old Zhang Baigong on top, then the Queen Mother, the Emperor, and the rest are these people.
The six great princes, many marquis, uncles, cabinet scholars, six books and so on.
If relatively ordinary middle and high-level personnel can enter such a banquet, it is naturally a good time to expand their contacts. I can't wait to hold a wine glass, toast one by one, and get to know more dignitaries and dignitaries.
It's a pity that those who want to come in can't get in, and they can't even get an invitation.
This insists that the ordinary people in this group of dignitaries and dignitaries are Zhang Ning, the prison watcher. It's a pity that Zhang Ning didn't have much interest in getting to know the dignitaries of Qi State.
Zhang Ning only treats it as an ordinary wine, this wine, Zhang Ning is not too interested, but to be honest, this dish is not bad, Zhang Ning thought to himself while picking up the dishes.
"It is worthy of being made by a chef, this dish is better than that made by the aunt of the Liu family. ”
Zhang Ning eats vegetables and eats, as if at home, leisurely. It was Jin Shen, the cheap uncle he had just recognized, who still didn't let go of Zhang Ning, from time to time he raised his wine glass and beckoned Zhang Ning to eat wine, and said funny things from time to time, setting off the atmosphere, and looked very concerned about Zhang Ning.
The elders have the seats of the elders, and the juniors have the seats of the juniors. These tables near Zhang Ning are all seats for juniors. The identities are similar to Jin Shen, the son of the Marquis of Wuyang, and the like.
Of course, the Wuyang Hou family is also a big family, and it is second only to the top heroes of the six great princes. Of course, this hero also has his own circle after that.
Therefore, there are a lot of Jin Shen's fox friends and dog friends at the tables nearby, saying that it is because the current Ningguo Mansion Changfang is weak, and Wuyang Hou is a relative of the Changfang family, and many people are slightly alienated from Jin Shen because of this.
Not a true friend.
All in all, there are many people who are familiar with Jin Shen, and they know that Jin Shen is a person who has a wide range of friends, is good at making friends, and is even better at making elite friends.
They saw that Jin Shen cared very much about Zhang Ning, and Zhang Ning himself stood out from the crowd, because many people present had talked about it in private, but no one knew Zhang Ning.
This prominent family in Qi Du is not too much, but not too much, and people with a particularly noble status generally know each other.
So after so many heroes present, no one knew Zhang Ning, so obviously Zhang Ning was not in their circle.
But since Zhang Ning was invited by the Changfang to sit with the Hou family of Wuyang, and was treated so warmly by Jin Shen, a sharp-eyed person, there is obviously something peculiar.
Curiosity is inevitable.
It's not. There was a prominent person, so he was curious and came up with a wine to get acquainted.