Chapter Seventy-Six: The Night Banquet
Lord Xu laughed and scolded a few words, then ignored Cao Bao, walked into the hall with Zhou Dingyuan, and sat behind the long case at the top of the hall.
After the two of them sat down, Lord Xu saw that everyone was still standing in the hall, turned his head, and said to Zhou Dingyuan: "Today is the general's east, so please ask the general to demarcate the seat." ”
When Zhou Dingyuan heard this, he laughed and said, "Since this is the case, Ben Jiang is not welcome." ”
After that, Zhou Dingyuan pointed to the first few cases on the left hand side and said, "The Taoist of Qingji is already the Taoist master of this mansion, and he is the same as the five grades of the imperial court, and he can rank first on the left. ”
When the Qingji Taoist heard this, he didn't shirk it, made a joke, and sat down.
Bai Cheng secretly said in his heart, no wonder Uncle Zhou is so concerned about the position of the Taoist master of Qingyang Mansion, the position of the fifth grade is already at the same level as the prefect of this mansion, as long as a little means are used, it is enough to affect the civil affairs of one party.
Zhou Dingyuan continued: "Brother Cao has fought bloody battles on the battlefield for many years, and now he has meritorious service in guarding Lord Xu, and he can rank first on the right side. ”
Cao Bao laughed and said: "You and I have been colleagues for many years, and I have always admired the boldness of my eldest brother, why do you play these tricks today." With that, he sat down too.
Zhou Dingyuan saw that he was open-mouthed, and said with a smile: "Brother Cao is full of food and the whole family is not hungry, so he can naturally be chic and wishful, and I have to worry about the tens of thousands of soldiers of the Blood Flame Army eating horses and chewing horses, so I really can't get up at will." ”
After Cao Bao sat down, Zhou Dingyuan lined up the seats for several other civil and military generals one by one, and in the end, only Wei Qianxue and Bai Cheng were left, one of them was too young, and the other was not a person in the officialdom, so they occupied the last two cases, and the seats were far away.
After everyone sat down, even if the banquet began, the head of Xianyun Building was next to the curtain door of the hall, gently stroked his palm, and dozens of servants came in outside the door, serving the wine and dishes one by one like flowing water.
After these servants retired, more than a dozen graceful women came from outside the door, dressed in white and snow, green silk like ink, holding colorful fans, like fairies, sometimes raising their wrists and lowering their eyebrows, sometimes lightly Shuyun hands, light Luo small fans, jade sleeves and wind.
With the clear music played by the musicians, the women in the field turned, throw, opened, closed, twisted, rounded, and curved, and the graceful dance posture and the melody of the music were all in the loop, like flowing water and clouds, like dragons flying and phoenixes dancing. ,
At the end of the song, the women in the field retreated like a tide, and the hall was silent, and after a while, Cao Bao was the first to wake up and shouted: "It's amazing, Lao Cao has never seen such a wonderful dance in the capital, Brother Zhou is really blessed!"
Zhou Dingyuan has always been moody, and he also had a headache with Cao Bao, and said: "How can I have such a blessing as you, there are a few Shangguan in the world who can love his subordinates as much as Lord Xu." ”
Lord Xu smiled on the side: "General Zhou is joking, now that General Zhou is guarding one side, it is the dry city of the country, who can control General Zhou's head?"
When Zhou Dingyuan heard this, he shook his head and said, "Don't talk about these things today, drink and drink."
At this point, everyone in the audience had no scruples, and a few people who knew each other began to drink and chat, and after three glasses of wine, the atmosphere in the venue became more and more enthusiastic.
During the banquet, different dancers came to the hall to dance, dancing and seducing, attracting the attention of everyone in the audience.
Although other people already felt very amazed when they saw this dance, when Bai Cheng was on the earth in his last life, the information was developed, and he had seen all the ancient and modern Chinese and foreign dances, so he was not very attentive to the performances in the field.
Therefore, Bai Cheng didn't look at the dancing girl, but looked at all the visitors in the field, and swept away, only to see Lord Xu and Uncle Zhou, who were chatting most of the time, only occasionally glanced at the dance in the field, and Senior Brother Qingji was on the side, occasionally interjecting a sentence or two, and also looking at the dance in the field in his spare time, without the slightest intention of avoiding women.
Commander Cao couldn't take his eyes off it, his two eyes stared at the dancing girl in the field like a copper bell, and he didn't let go, as for the other few people in the field, although he was not as attentive as Commander Cao, his eyes were not idle, and he was very happy to watch, and the most incomprehensible thing for Bai Cheng was that Wei Qianxue, as a daughter, actually saw it.
Everyone in the audience was happy, but Bai Cheng felt a little depressed, so he left from the side door silently, came to the verandah outside, found a coffee table and sat down, and asked for a pot of tea and a few plates of fruits.
The moon is bright and the stars are scarce, and the breeze is cool.
Bai Cheng sat on the verandah, looking at the lights of ten thousand homes, and sighed a little in his heart, the matter of coming south this time has been resolved, but what should be the next step? It is good to stay in seclusion in the mountains, if you return to the door, you can see the embarrassment of your identity at a glance.
According to the rules of the door, after Bai Tiehan passed away, he should have taken over the position of head of the house, but because he was young at the time, several brothers in the door decided to let Liu Qingshan take charge on his behalf. Although he wants to travel the world and has no intention of fighting for the position of the head of the family, Liu Qingshan may not believe that he thinks so, but he is afraid that he already has a mustard in his heart.
When he came this time, Liu Qingshan wrote in the secret letter that if Bai Cheng failed to complete this task, he would not return to the Flying Star Gate, from here it seems that Liu Qingshan was deliberately making excuses to drive himself out of the sect, but Liu Qingshan just gave him the secret book of qi training and three pills of marrow washing pill with the letter, if this is the compensation for the position of the head of the house, it is too heavy, so Bai Cheng can't judge how Liu Qingshan plans.
This thing, as well as Elder Jiang Fang Hejiang, although this person did not hesitate to travel thousands of miles to stand up for Bai Tiehan, but in turn, he assigned such a difficult task to Bai Cheng, if it were not for various coincidences, it would be impossible to complete it, whether this person was friend or foe, and what was the purpose of doing this, he had not figured it out until now.
Bai Cheng was pondering in the moon, and someone came lightly and patted him on the shoulder, he couldn't help but be startled, and hurriedly turned his head to look, but he didn't expect that it was Lord Xuanfu Xu.
Seeing that Bai Cheng was about to open his mouth, Lord Xu hurriedly made a downward gesture, motioned him to whisper, and said at the same time: "It's so easy to get out of the wine field, let me have a cup of tea with you, how about sobering up?"
Bai Cheng hurriedly poured fragrant tea and said, "My lord, please take a seat!"
Lord Xu was also polite, and took two sips of tea.
Bai Cheng saw this Lord Xu several times today, he was far away, thinking that he was still young, and when he sat down face to face, he found that although this Lord Xu was handsome, there were already wrinkles on his forehead and eyes, and he was not as young as he thought, at least fifty or sixty years old, but his face did not look old.
Whether in the past life or in this life, Bai Cheng and such high-ranking officials of the imperial court have never intersected, and at this time, they suddenly sat together, and they didn't know what to say, but fortunately, this Lord Xu didn't seem to want to talk much, just under the moonlight, slowly sipping tea.
After sitting for a long time, Bai Cheng already felt a little uncomfortable, and was ready to say goodbye and go back to the house.
Master Xu seemed to feel that Baicheng was leaving, so he suddenly turned his head and said: "In just a few days, I have heard of it for the first time among this generation of teenagers, to be able to practice a copy of the "Thunder Universalization of All Things Life and Destruction Sutra" to the realm of white and divine light. ”