Chapter 118 Nanyang Wine Banquet
The marching route of the Heavenly Wolf Army is very clear, starting from Chang'an, going to Nanyang after leaving Wuguan, and then going directly south until Guilin, and finally entering the land of Baiyue, exterminating the Baiyue clan who do not return to the king.
The army was almost broken by Lin Ze along the way, it was getting dark, and it seemed that he would soon be able to set up camp in a nearby county town, and after spending a night, Lin Ze suddenly gave a military order, and the whole army accelerated and camped in the next county town.
Or when crossing the river, wait until the people's wolf army's marching route is very clear, starting from Chang'an, going to Nanyang after leaving Wuguan, and then going directly south until Guilin, and finally entering the land of Baiyue, exterminating the Baiyue clan who does not return to the king.
The army was almost broken by Lin Ze along the way, it was getting dark, and it seemed that he would soon be able to set up camp in a nearby county town, and after spending a night, Lin Ze suddenly gave a military order, and the whole army accelerated and camped in the next county town.
Or when crossing the river, when the people carried the supplies and crossed the river first, and the soldiers of the Heavenly Wolf Army were halfway through, Lin Ze suddenly called Qingfeng to cut the bridge and ordered the whole army to swim across the river.
And it is a limited time, and there is a prize, and the punishment that does not arrive.
When crossing the mountains and valleys, let the breeze strike, smash part of the mountain, block the shortcut, the army can only go over the mountains and mountains, or order one of the teams to move the gravel within half an hour, open the road, and complete it on time with a prize, and punish if it is not completed within the time limit.
The entire Sky Wolf Army was nervous all the way, and I don't know when Lin Ze will give them another one.
Ten days later, the army left Guanzhong from Wuguan and arrived in Nanyang.
When he was marching, Li Xin sent someone to report that someone claimed to be a retinue of Nanyang County, and on the order of Nanyang County, he sent a banquet invitation to Huhai Gongzi, hoping that Huhai Gongzi must appreciate his face to participate.
Regardless of whether it was true or not, Lin Ze asked Li Xin to bring the person over to take a look, and when the person arrived, he immediately took out a letter of worship from his arms.
After the master doctor checked that it was correct, he gave the prayer note to Hu Hai.
Hu Hai got the post, opened it and looked at it casually, and asked Lin Ze beside him, "Nanyang County Guard's banquet, are we going?"
Lin Ze asked rhetorically, "Why don't you go?"
Hu Hai was stunned, as if someone had told me not long ago that Fusu was asking for his own death by participating in the banquet of the feudal officials, and he couldn't help but grit his teeth: "Didn't you say before that Fusu was asking for a dead end by winning over the officials and the people?"
Lin Ze rolled his eyes: "Who told you that having a meal together is to win over? Besides, I don't see where the people are, as long as you don't talk and do less, there will be nothing." β
Hu Hai muttered: "What Fusu did was to win over the officials and the people, but what did my son do?"
Besides, His Majesty must be clear about his words and deeds, and as long as Gongzi has no such intentions, he will definitely be fine. β
Hu Hai finally confirmed again: "Lin Ze, then you mean to participate?"
Lin Ze replied affirmatively: "Of course I go, take a bath by the way, eat and drink well, besides, I have something to ask the Nanyang County Guard." β
After speaking, he asked the messenger to go back and tell the Nanyang county guard that Hu Hai would take some people in the army to the banquet.
The messenger hurriedly saluted and retired.
When the army arrived outside Nanyang City, an official came to greet him, and after meeting Hu Hai, he said: "My county guard is arranging a banquet and can't go out of the city to greet Gongzi, so the lower officials greet Gongzi and ask Gongzi for forgiveness." β
"However, the county guard has already prepared a camp outside the city, so that the army can set up camp as soon as possible, and has prepared enough grain, grass, wine and meat to reward the army, please rest assured. β
"Please go to the city with the subordinate to the banquet, and the army will have its own subordinate to send someone else to arrange. β
Hu Hai shook his head: "This matter is not in a hurry, you lead the way in front, and settle the army first." β
The subordinate officer had no choice but to take the army to the camp prepared by Nanyang County.
But the time was already in the afternoon.
When all the soldiers of the Heavenly Wolf Army had set up their camp tents and began to bury pots and cook food, Hu Hai took Lin Ze to prepare for the banquet.
Lin Ze was a little worried about the barracks, and after arranging the defense of the barracks, he repeatedly instructed Chen Ping to guard the barracks, and let Jiang Yuesheng and the others stay in the barracks in case of accidents.
Only then did he take the four elders of Fang Xiandao to go to the city with Hu Hai for a banquet.
The banquet venue of Nanyang County Shouxuan is the largest restaurant in the city, named JiΓ ochΕ«n Wind Building. Even at night, the whole restaurant is brightly lit and bright as day, of course, because it is not yet curfew. {PS: The curfew here in Daqin starts from the third watch in the middle of the night}.
As early as when Hu Hai and Lin Ze entered the city, someone notified the Nanyang county guard in advance, so when Hu Hai arrived in front of the restaurant, the Nanyang county guard was already waiting with his subordinate officials to greet him.
Hu Hai swaggered in front, followed by the palace guards and the masters of the doctor. Lin Ze silently followed behind, surrounded by the four elders of Fang Immortal Dao.
Nanyang County Shou's eyes lit up when he saw Hu Hai, and he strode over to salute Hu Hai, and the accompanying officials also saluted Hu Hai.
Hu Hai accepted them one by one, and then pretended not to care and let everyone be exempted, and everyone hugged Hu Hai into the restaurant, but Lin Ze, who was following Hu Hai, ignored it.
Lin Ze didn't mind, he still followed silently, and Hu Hai was invited to the banquet hall and took a seat. Immediately followed by the Nanyang County Guard in the left-hand position.
When Lin Ze invited Hu Hai to them, he was already sitting on his right hand, and the four elders of Fang Xiandao were also unceremoniously sitting around Lin Ze, they were also elder-level figures, how could they be like ordinary entourage, the master was sitting and standing by himself.
When the lieutenant of Nanyang turned around and wanted to sit on the right-hand seat that he should have been sitting on, he saw that there were already five people sitting on it, and he couldn't help but feel a little frustrated.
Are all the servants now so bold? Not only do they dare to sit directly at the table, but they also dare to directly occupy such an important position as the right-hand position? The county lieutenant looked at Hu Hai cautiously and did not react at all, and asked Lin Ze with anger: "Who is your Excellency, and is you sitting in the wrong seat?"
Lin Ze looked left and right, pointed to himself and asked, "Are you asking me?"
The lieutenant of Nanyang County was suddenly angry: "What qualifications do you have to dare to occupy the right position, for the sake of reading that you are the son of Huhai, it will be good for you to go to the court, and you will not go down." β
At this time, the others also paid attention to the situation here, and when they saw Lin Ze sitting around a desk with the four elders, they couldn't help frowning, where did they come from so rudely, so they accused Lin Ze one after another, and asked him to quickly step back and give up his seat.
At this time, the county lieutenant saw that Hu Hai did not speak for Lin Ze, and even more thought that Lin Ze was making his own decisions and occupied a position. On the contrary, he was even more arrogant: "I advise you to leave your seat before the official gets angry, otherwise you will regret it." β
However, the Nanyang county guard saw that Hu Hai was clearly looking like a good show, and looked at the dispute between the county lieutenant and Lin Ze.
Lin Ze smiled slightly, and said slowly: "In Xia Nai, the military master of Ganquan Palace, the family teacher Xu Fu." β
The lieutenant of Nanyang County, when he heard the first half of the sentence, was about to make a move, until the second half of the sentence directly put back all his anger, and looked back at Hu Hai: "Childe, this son is a disciple of the national teacher?"
Hu Hai nodded: "That's right, otherwise how can you be qualified to go to the banquet with my son." β
The lieutenant of Nanyang County showed a smile that was more ugly than crying and said: "Your Excellency turned out to be a disciple of the national teacher, what a rudeness, so who are these four?"
Lin Ze replied crisply: "The four sixth-rank elders of Fang Immortal Dao who are responsible for protecting me, what's the matter, this position belongs to Your Excellency?"
The head of the lieutenant of Nanyang County shook like a rattle: "No, this seat is the height of the national teacher, but I saw Your Excellency and the four elders crowded together, thinking that it was not convenient, and asked Your Excellency if you want to add a few more tables." β
The county lieutenant of Nanyang decisively took a wave from his heart, not to mention that Lin Ze's identity is a disciple of the national teacher, just four six-rank elders, and any one of them can abuse his fifth-grade county lieutenant.
At the same time, he hurriedly sat down at a table near the door, to show that he had no intention of competing for a place with Lin Ze.
It made the petty official who was originally in that position look bitter, and he finally got a seat at this kind of banquet, so he wanted to show his face, but now it's okay, there is no place to sit.
But for him, the lieutenant of Nanyang County is another behemoth, and he really can't afford to provoke him, so he gritted his teeth in the end, stopped eating, and stood in this hall.
The other officials who had just righteously accused Lin Ze of their words suddenly swarmed up and saluted Lin Ze.
Who doesn't know that the national teacher is in full swing and always accompanies His Majesty, even the prime minister, who is the head of the hundred officials, is not favored by the national teacher.
The officials behaved like this, not to befriend Lin Ze in order to be promoted or something, but that they had accidentally offended Lin Ze just now, and if Lin Ze sued him, it would be really unlucky.
At the same time, some people looked at the Nanyang County Lieutenant gloatingly, especially those who wanted to take a step closer, and they were already silently calculating in their hearts.
Then the Nanyang county guard came out to play a round, and first apologized to Lin Ze for the county lieutenant. Then arrange for someone to serve the food.
So one by one beautiful maids walked in with plates, all of which were delicacies made of all kinds of demon beast meat.
At the same time, a team of maids stood at the tables, helping to pour wine and food.
It's just that those who were assigned to Lin Ze's table couldn't help but be a little stunned, what was the situation of five people at a table, standing on the scene, at a loss.
Lin Ze was still understanding and told her to stand aside, eat and drink and do it themselves.