At five o'clock in the evening, the feast began.

Lin Ze took Xiao Quan, Mao Chuanming, Zhou Anmin and other masters to attend this banquet together.

This feast was specially set up by Lin Renquan for Lin Ze's grandson, so tonight, Lin Ze is the real protagonist.

Although he didn't have to go outside to greet those guests in person, if some high-status ministers came, or the head of the family or something, Lin Ze would have to go outside to greet them.

This is a necessary etiquette, even if Lin Ze wants to escape, he can't escape.

Lin Ze knew the importance of this banquet tonight, so he kept a smile on his face.

Soon, as the night fell, some guests arrived one after another, Lin Hua, the housekeeper of the Hou Mansion, greeted the guests outside, and Lin Ze and Lin Yizhi, the father, were waiting at the entrance of the inner hall.

The inner hall of the Hou Mansion is very large, and the left and right sides are full of banquet tables, which are enough to accommodate hundreds of people to eat at the same time.

Today, there are more than 100 tables in the inner hall of the Hou Mansion.

Except for a large passage in the middle, all the tables and chairs are arranged neatly along the two sides of the passage, and each table is a rectangular tabletop that can seat up to four people at a time.

However, for example, those top ministers, or top family heads or something, it is one person and one table, which is the minimum respect for them.

In the middle is Lin Renquan's table, and on either side of him is Lin Yizhi's table.

And Lin Ze's seat is in the third seat on the left, and it is next to Lin Yizhi, obviously, this is to show everyone that in the Hou Mansion, Lin Ze's status has risen below his father, and he will be an extremely important figure in the Hou Mansion. (In ancient times, the left was honored.) ）

After many people saw this arrangement, they secretly wrote it down in their hearts.

Of course, there are also people here with very ugly faces, and these people are the big brothers above Lin Ze.

Lin Yizhi's generation, because Lin Renquan determined early that the heir to the title is Lin Renquan, plus Lin Renquan's strength, his strength among all the brothers is indeed the strongest, so although the brothers in his life have some dirty, no one is dissatisfied with Lin Renquan's inheritance of the marquis's title.

However, when it comes to Lin Ze's generation, the situation is different.

Before Lin Yizhi married Shi Fangying, he had already married several wives from the political /// governance level and gave birth to several sons, so these sons still have some strength in the Hou Mansion.

After that, Shi Fangying appeared and gave birth to Lin Ze and Lin Libin.

Relying on Lin Yizhi's favor, Shi Fangying began to charge the next heir of the Hou Mansion, so the situation of the third generation of the Hou Mansion is very complicated, and it has not yet been determined who the specific heir is.

However, now there is an unexpected factor of Lin Ze suddenly, and the big brothers on Lin Ze's head have no ideas in their hearts.

Now Lin Renquan has directly put Lin Ze's position in the third place on the left hand, and the position of Lin Lixuan's eldest brother Lin Liquan is still a few years behind, and the others are even further behind.

However, after all, they are also very strict in their family education, and they know that this is not the time to fight in the nest, so although Lin Liquan and these people are very unhappy in their hearts, they still sit down.

However, his face was still extremely ugly.

The people in the banquet were all smart people, and after some people saw this, a smile appeared on the corner of their mouths, and they quickly had countless ideas in their hearts.......

The time of arrival of the guests is directly proportional to their status in Kyoto, and the more prominent the person, the later they will arrive.

For example, those officials of the third and fourth grades arrived as early as five o'clock, and those who were between the first and second grades arrived at about half past six.

With the passage of time, the number of guests located above the lobby began to slowly increase, but now most of the people in the lobby are people with lower official positions, among them, because Lin Renquan is a military general, so the number of military generals in it occupies an absolute majority.

With so many generals, it is impossible to be quiet in the lobby, so now the lobby is full of people!

After a while, the number of people gradually began to increase, and the number of female customers also began to increase.

Maybe it's because there are so many female guests, so the generals in the lobby have gathered a lot, and the sound in the lobby is much quieter than before.

Among these people, some of them had their gazes drifting to one place unfreely, Xiao Quan stood beside Lin Ze with a serious face, and the aura of the innate period on his body was faintly visible.

The strong people in the congenital stage, even in Kyoto, are only a handful, except for those congenital powerhouses in the palace, other top families, each congenital powerhouse, will not exceed five, and many families don't even have one.

And Lin Ze is only eighteen years old, just a general soldier, but he already has a congenital powerhouse allegiance, and there are more than a dozen powerhouses who have reached the Great Perfection realm by the ninth layer of the day after tomorrow, and these people are really envious, jealous and hateful in their hearts.

Look at other people, just after going out for half a year, they have gathered a strong person in the congenital stage, more than a dozen strong people from the ninth layer of the day after tomorrow to the Great Perfection realm, and what about them, for decades, there are only a dozen strong people in the family who are eight or nine layers of the day after tomorrow, compared to the two, it is really ......

Alas, this is true, there is no comparison, there is no harm!

At this time, there was a commotion from outside the door, and many people got up one after another, and when they saw the movement outside the door, they knew that some big man had arrived.

Sure enough, after a while, there was a burst of hearty laughter outside the door, and then a person full of literati demeanor appeared at the door, and the people in the lobby immediately recognized this person as the teacher of the Seven Princes, that is, Kong Yu, the deputy sect master of Confucianism.

Behind him, Lin Yizhi personally accompanied him into the hall.

Kong Yu's status is noble, even among the guests, he is one of the best figures, but at this moment, he is full of smiles, and he is very grandmaster demeanor to salute the people who salute him one by one.

Just looking at this performance, he can definitely be called a humble gentleman.

Facing this Kong Yu, who had previously exuded murderous intent in front of the Hou Mansion, Lin Ze raised his vigilance in his heart.

As soon as he saw Kong Yu's appearance, he couldn't help but remind Lin Ze of the gentleman's sword in the serial he had watched before.

The same Confucian demeanor, the same smile, the same impression of a gentleman, and the same integrity.

However, in fact, they are all faked, but the truth inside is to achieve the goal, unscrupulous means, as long as their goal can be achieved, even if it is the closest person to them, they can also be betrayed and killed with their own hands.

No matter how good Kong Yu is now, but the murderous aura in front of the Hou Mansion before has made Lin Ze truly understand his true face, so Lin Ze is not confused by the kind gentlemanly smile on Kong Yu's face.

"My lord, this is the deputy sect master of Confucianism, in Kyoto, he is a top figure!" Wang Ming reminded in a low voice.

"Well, I know, it's a pity, he's the teacher of the Seventh Prince, Yan Yucheng!" Lin Ze replied with a smile.

However, in order to avoid Wang Ming being deceived, Lin Ze directly pointed out Kong Yu's details.

After all, Wang Mingzhiqi was born in Xiucai, and the identity of the deputy sect master of Kong Yu's Confucian sect, in the eyes of Wang Ming's students, it was their lifelong pursuit, many literati, after seeing Kong Yu, were like those star-chasing clans on the earth, crazy, Lin Ze didn't want Wang Ming to become like this, so he said Kong Yu's details in advance, so as not to make a mistake by Wang Ming.

"Yes, my lord, I understand the humble duty!" The glimmer of joy in Wang Ming's eyes disappeared, and was replaced by a complete blandness.

If Wang Ming hadn't experienced the feud of breaking his family and the precarious life of being an exile, Wang Ming would have seen Kong Yu, the deputy sect master of Confucianism, maybe he would really be like those star-chasing clans, crazy chasing stars, but Wang Ming, who had experienced these things, had already tempered out the impetuousness in his heart, so as soon as he heard Lin Ze's words, Kong Yu's identity as the deputy sect master of Confucianism was completely ignored by Wang Ming, but instead it was vigilance and hostility.

Wang Ming's changes, Lin Ze on the side saw it clearly, and he nodded in this regard, very satisfied in his heart.

Wang Ming is his think tank, and Lin Ze doesn't want to lose Wang Ming's think tank because of this.

After dealing with Wang Ming's affairs, Kong Yu had already come to the door of the lobby, at this moment, Lin Ze did not dare to slack off in the slightest, and hurriedly stood up and greeted him in person.

Kong Yu is Lin Ze's enemy, but as long as it is not time for the real sword soldiers to meet, Lin Ze has to pretend.

Kong Yu kept greeting the people around him, and suddenly, he felt as if someone was looking at him, and his eyes looked straight forward, and immediately, Kong Yu saw Xiao Quan standing out from the crowd at a glance. (Xiao Quan's innate aura did not converge.) ）

Subsequently, Kong Yu saw Lin Ze, the main purpose of his coming to the banquet.

Although he had seen Lin Ze in front of the Hou Mansion before, and he knew how young Lin Ze was, but now when he saw Lin Ze, who was not decent in front of him, but had already achieved great feats that other soldiers could not achieve in his life, even if he Kong Yu, he would inevitably lose his mind for a moment.

However, Kong Yu was a congenital third-layer powerhouse after all, so he quickly recovered and walked towards Lin Ze with a smile on his face.

"I've seen Master Kong!" Lin Ze stepped forward and took the initiative to see Kong Yu.

Kong Yu is one of the three princes of the Chu State, and his official rank is superb, so of course Lin Ze has to meet him thousands of times.

Fortunately, on the Shenzhou Continent, martial arts are respected, so as long as you are a martial artist, you don't have to bow down, otherwise, Lin Ze really doesn't want to see Kong Yu.