Chapter 16: The Prince's Banquet

Kaihuafang, Guo family.

Guo Yunlei looked at the invitation just sent by the housekeeper and smiled slightly, heh, it's this kind of boring invitation again.

Put the invitation on the stone table aside, ignore it, and continue to practice swordsmanship.

The martial arts tournament is coming.

Three generations of the Guo family have been in business, starting from Guo Yunlei's great-grandfather to Guo Yunlei's father Guo Hongyi, after years of hard work, they have saved a huge family business.

Since ancient times, it has been said that "Shinong industry and commerce" is a businessman, and although the Guo family has a lot of face, it is also attached to the family of the powerful, where can it be compared with the big families such as Lin, Li, Han, and Zhang.

Guo Hongyi inherited a huge family business in less than 20, and for decades he trembled, fearing that he would anger the powerful and affect the family.

He wanted to change his style and pin his hopes on his son Guo Yunlei, hoping that Guo Yunlei could shine in the martial arts conference, receive attention, and then enter the martial arts, and it was best to become a saint guard, which would have a bright future.

You must know that Tang Feihu, the current Yangzhou assassin history, was the current saint's personal guard in his early years, and was sent to Jiujiang as a general in the early years, and now he has become the Yangzhou assassin history.

Dayan implements the state and county system, and the world is divided into nine states, and there are one hundred and eight counties under Kyushu.

When Tang Feihu entered Beijing not long ago to report on his work, many officials went to visit, and when the court meeting, even Mrs. Lin was polite to him, and the limelight was unparalleled for a while.

Guo Hongyi's eyes were hot, and he was looking forward to his son Guo Yunlei even more.

In such a situation, Guo Yunlei seized the time to practice martial arts, although he is one of the "Five Sons of Chang'an", martial arts are strong, reaching the peak of the six grades, but recently Chang'an City has come to many young masters, pointing to the martial arts conference, which makes him feel quite pressured.

Therefore, he can push the general banquet as much as he can.

Brush Brush Brush!

He swung three swords in a row, and the sword qi was strong, splitting the wooden stake used for practice in front of him into several pieces.

"Good. ”

Some people clapped their hands and applauded.

Father Guo Hongyi and little sister Guo Yunling came, Guo Yunlei put his sword back into the sheath and greeted him.

Guo Hongyi looked at his son with satisfaction and said, "It's really good that the Cloud Thunder Sword Technique has been refined again...... That, it's still the pinnacle of the sixth grade?"

"Yes, Father. My son feels a little irritable these days, he can't do it, and he doesn't know what's going on, he just can't break through. Guo Yunlei was quite troubled, and he had been at the peak of the six products for some time.

"Then go out for a walk to change your mood, I heard that the second son of the Zhang family sent you an invitation, you can go to the banquet, there is no need to push it." Guo Hongyi said.

Guo Yunlei frowned, he really didn't want to go.

The sons of Chang'an City can be roughly divided into two categories, the upward faction and the gentleman faction.

The upward faction is headed by the "Five Sons of Chang'an", most of them are the eldest sons of the family, they have been trained by the family since childhood, most of them are proficient in civil and military affairs, shoulder the heavy responsibilities of the family, most of them will not go out to mess around, occasionally have gatherings, and also invite celebrities to do some poetry and papers, learn martial arts and other elegant things.

The third prince Lu Xuanming is the leader, and there are people like "Han Dasha" and "Li Erdu", the scum among the scum, and Zhang Yanbo, the second son of the Zhang family, who sent the invitation this time, is Lu Xuanming's number one friend, and it is not a good thing.

The invitation on the stone table was sent by Zhang Yanbo, saying that it was to make peace with Lu Xuanming and Han Dazhi and Li Wuchang, and let the sons go over to testify, and by the way, they chatted and drank in Fenghualou to enjoy the wind and moon together.

The contradiction between Lu Xuanming and Li Wuchang, Guo Yunlei heard it, and he was quite disdainful in his heart.

For this kind of invitation from the gentleman, he usually pushes it away directly, and sends the housekeeper to explain it afterwards, only saying that he is entangled in mundane affairs and cannot go, and apologizes, but this kind of superficial etiquette is still in place.

Now that his father wants to go to the banquet by himself, Guo Yunlei can't understand.

Guo Yunling asked: "Zhang Yanbo wants to invite the third prince and that Li Er, as well as Han Dasha, to help them make peace?"

Guo Yunlei nodded.

"Father is right, brother, you go to the banquet, practice martial arts every day, don't practice bad body, just rest and rest, and take me to see it by the way. Guo Yunling blinked her eyes and remembered Li Wuchang, she always went to Dongshi these days, but she didn't meet Li Wuchang.

Guo Yunlei glanced at his little sister strangely and felt strange.

The little sister usually hates the most is those gentlemen, and she has taught them a lesson, why do you suddenly want to go to the banquet today, and say that you will see, what do you know?

"No, even if I want to go, you can't come with me, Fenghua Building is a Qinglou, you are a girl's family, what are you going to do?" Guo Yunlei immediately objected.

"Father, look at him...... Don't take me to play, what's wrong with Qinglou, isn't it just drinking, I'm just pretending to be a man as usual. Guo Yunling shook his father's arm and was coquettish.

"Uh...... It's not impossible, get a private room, everyone drinks, just like in a restaurant, anyway, everyone knows each other. Guo Hongyi is extremely fond of his baby daughter and is reluctant to refute.

Guo Yunlei smiled bitterly, feeling helpless.

......

The Guo brothers and sisters got into the carriage and slowly drove towards Pingkangfang, Guo Yunlei looked at his excited sister beside him, and felt very awkward, what is this called, take his sister to visit the Qinglou?

When approaching the Fenghua Building.

"Eh, stop. Guo Yunling kept looking out from the small window, and at this time she seemed to see something.

The carriage stopped, and Guo Yunlei looked out curiously.

I saw the protagonist of the banquet.

Lu Xuanming, Zhang Yanbo, Li Wuchang, Han Dazhi are all here, as well as the sons and daughters of other families, all of them are gentlemen, and they also brought a lot of entourage.

"You stinky pariah, you dare to rush into a nobleman, I think you are tired of life. Zhang Yanbo shouted at a victim in front of him who was asking for food.

It turned out that when they walked to the street next to Fenghua Building, as soon as they got off the carriage, they met a group of stinky people begging for food, and one of them dared to come up and say that it was okay and wanted to beg for money.

The third prince frowned, quite displeased, and Zhang Yanbo suddenly couldn't bear it.

"Break his leg for me. After Zhang Yanbo scolded, he waved his hand and ordered his subordinates.

Guo Yunling in the carriage was indignant, and he was going down to stop it, but he was stopped by Guo Yunlei, the third prince was present, so don't be nosy, just treat that beggar as unlucky, there are too many victims who are unlucky this year, and there is no shortage of him.

Guo Yunlei made up his mind not to interfere or get involved in this matter, and wanted to wait for them to finish the matter before getting off the carriage.

A miserable scream sounded, the young beggar's right leg was stepped on fiercely, the scalp was numb from the pain, and there were many people watching the excitement.

Lu Xuanming nodded with satisfaction, raised his feet and walked towards the Fenghua Building first, and the younger brothers followed.

"Stunned, let's go, what are you doing?" Han Dazhi looked at Li Wuchang, seeing that he was angry, he didn't know what to do.

Li Wuchang looked at the scene in front of him, he was indeed very angry and helpless, seeing that Lu Xuanming and the others had already walked into Fenghua Building, he smiled faintly: "Silly young man, you go up first, I will teach this untouched a lesson again." ”

Han Dazhi frowned, gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, this is also a gesture to the Third Highness, and it is rare to have a chance to reconcile." With that, he followed.

The only people left on the scene were Li Wuchang and the poor beggar.

Of course, there are also the Guo brothers and sisters who watched all this from the carriage.

Li Wuchang looked at the beggar lying on the ground with a frightened face, sighed silently, and felt helpless, in this era, people who have no identity and no strength are destined to be bullied.

What exactly did this beggar do wrong?

He was just killed by natural disasters and his home was destroyed, and he came to the city to beg for a living, but he suffered this fate.

"Do you know what mistakes you made?" Li Wuchang squatted down and looked at the beggar's ankle, it seemed that it was dislocated, but it was okay, and some were treated.

The beggar was so frightened that he could not say anything, and bowed his head.

"Ah......" A scream, cold sweat broke out on the beggar's forehead, and the boy in front of him pinched his ankle and twisted it, and after a sharp pain, he found that his foot was not painful.

Is the leg good?

Li Wuchang took out a piece of broken silver and secretly stuffed it into his hand, leaned into his ear and whispered: "Hurry up, in the future, if you meet a second ancestor like me, it's best to stay away." ”

Alas, soft-hearted.

Only then did the beggar realize that the boy in front of him was a good person, this boy first helped him straighten his bones, healed his feet, and then gave himself a piece of silver.

Who the hell is he, someone called him stunned just now, what is this name?

The beggar looked at the silver in his hand, looked at Li Wuchang's back in a daze, couldn't say a word, stood up and gave Li Wuchang a deep look, and then turned to leave, his legs and feet were numb, and he couldn't see that he had been stepped on hard just now.

The brothers and sisters of the Guo family in the carriage looked at this scene with different expressions.

Guo Yunlei's face was serious and silent.

"It turns out that he really knows how to heal, not only can apply needles, but also can correct bones...... Hmph, a few days ago, he said that he just learned a few tricks casually, and he dared to lie to me. Guo Yunling Nannan muttered to himself.

"What...... What kind of needle?" asked Guo Yunlei.

"Ah, nothing...... Oh, let's go up too. Guo Yunling covered up for a while, stopped talking about this issue, and was asked by his brother, as if a secret was about to be discovered.

In his heart, he was even more curious about Li Wuchang.

In the Fenghua Building, more than a dozen sons and brothers gathered in the private room, and everyone was very enthusiastic about Guo Yunlei's coming, but they were not surprised that Guo Yunling could come.

Good wine and good food, there is still Liu Ruxiu, the top girl of Fenghua Building, caressing the qin, because Guo Yunling is present, it is not good for everyone to ask more girls to accompany the wine.

Zhang Yanbo, as the host of the banquet, is not only Lu Xuanming's number one friend, but also Li Wuchang's cousin, inviting all the sons to witness and help Lu Xuanming and Han Dazhi and Li Wuchang make peace.

Yes, the Zhang family is the maiden family of Li Wuchang's aunt, Zhang Yanbo is the nephew of the Zhang family, Li Wuchang's cheap cousin, and he has a general friendship with Li Wuchang on weekdays, and he can just say hello when he meets at home.

"Today, Zhang invited you to a banquet, and I was deeply honored to be accompanied by His Royal Highness and Miss Guo, the son of Guo, and all friends, and I am deeply honored to be accompanied by everyone Liu, now let us first toast His Royal Highness. Zhang Yanbo picked up his glass and said the opening remarks.

Everyone raised their glasses and toasted to the three princes.

After a cup, Zhang Yanbo glanced at Li Wuchang and said softly: "Cousin ......" and then said in the direction of Lu Xuanming, meaning to ask Li Wuchang to apologize.

Grandma is a bear, Li Wuchang sneered, it was really funny, he was beaten half to death, and he even had to apologize first.

Under the eaves of people, I had to bow my head.

The name of this banquet was Zhang Yanbo, but anyone with a discerning eye knew that it was instructed by the three princes, and the purpose was to make Li Wuchang and Han Dazhi bow their heads and admit their mistakes in front of everyone.

In this way, the momentum of the three princes can be displayed.