Chapter 44: The Chongyang Banquet
The flower like a wolf excitedly ran towards a piece of chongyang cake in the center of the palace. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
The chongyang cake was about the same height as the flower like a wolf, and it was made into the shape of a pagoda, with a total of nine layers. He cut the middle layer, the piece with the most red dates, and ran back to Su Ji with a small plate.
Su Ji took it, only to see a small paper flag on the cake, and candles were lit at the four corners, which was beautiful and exquisite, making people can't bear to talk.
The flowers are like wolves smiling, and Lang Lang explained:
"Master! This is called lighting the lamp and eating cakes, with the shape of the exquisite pagoda, it has the meaning of climbing the heights. ”
Su Ji touched his little head, found a random place, and while eating cakes, he told Hua Ruwolf about what had happened these days.
Hua Ruwolf was very interested at first, but as he listened, the expression on his little face became heavier and heavier, and he was full of thoughts about his agreement with Mu Lingyu.
Su Ji saw his solemn expression, so he called him:
"Little wolf!"
Hua Ruwolf suddenly came back to his senses, blinked his eyes, hesitated for a moment, and asked:
"The apprentice remembers that the master has a bronze bell, why didn't he bring it today?"
Su Ji felt a little strange, Mu Lingyu and Hua Ruwolf seemed to be particularly interested in their Hongjun Bell after a long absence.
"You mean it?"
As he spoke, he put his hand in his arms and went to dig out the brocade bag.
At this moment, the fox attached to him suddenly awakened, instantly occupied his body, and stopped this action!
Hua Ruwolf watched as Master took his empty hand out of his arms, revealing a blank expression.
Fox Xi borrowed Su Ji's body and shouted:
"Dead imp, what are you asking for?"
Hua Ruwolf's whole body was shocked, and he replied in a low voice:
"I just want to know what happened to the person who gave Master's bell......
The fox didn't think about it, and replied impatiently: "I've already killed me!"
Hua Ruwolf suddenly opened his mouth slightly in shock, and looked blankly at the master who was like two people in an instant.
"Is there any more questions?" asked Fox Fox coldly, her eyes full of disgust.
Hua Ruwolf shook his head, his little head slowly drooped, and said in a low voice:
"Master...... In vain...... Leave with us for a while. ”
With that, he slowly got up from his seat and left lonely.
When Su Ji's consciousness woke up, he only saw the small back of the flower like a wolf gradually moving away, walking through the bustling guests without looking back, and walking straight in one direction......
Looking in the direction he left, Su Ji was surprised to find Mu Lingyu, who was dressed in white, standing there, only to feel that the two seemed to say something to each other, but they couldn't see their expressions clearly.
Su Ji's eyes were stunned, and there was a groggy feeling in his head, recalling that when he wanted to take out the Hongjun Bell just now, he also had the same fainting feeling.
"Gollum!"
The palace maid at the banquet put a tray of chrysanthemum wine on the table, and when he caught a glimpse of the reflection of the blonde hair in the bronze knight, he suddenly realized, and immediately asked the fox:
"Did you say something to them?"
Instead of admitting it, Fox said in a blaming tone:
"Xiao Ji is the most well-behaved! brother, don't lie to good people!"
Su Ji didn't eat her, and she already decided in her heart that she must be the one who got in the way. Just wanted to continue the interrogation, but suddenly heard a soft voice from behind:
"Master of the Spiral Spirit Pavilion, you make it so hard for the slave family to find it! Instead of talking to yourself here, it is better to let the slave family accompany you to drink two cups!"
In the voice, Li Rumei was dressed in a gorgeous palace dress, walked over, and said delicately:
"The feast is about to begin. Come and sit down with the slaves!"
She tugged at the corner of Su Ji's clothes and led him to the patriarch's seat on the right, so that he could sit next to Huangmei Daoren while she sat on the other side.
Su Ji kept staring at Mu Lingyu and Hua Ruwolf, and saw that the two did not come with him, but sat on the opposite seat.
The expressions of the two of them were different from usual, especially the flowers like wolves, who always hung their heads, lost the vigor just now, couldn't see his expression clearly, and didn't know what he was thinking.
Su Ji's face sank, and the faint uneasiness spread in his heart like a drop of ink.
At this moment, the guests on the side stood up from their seats one after another! The eyes of all the guests gathered at the door, only to see Mo Shu and Jiang Ying walking in side by side.
Su Ji also stood up curiously, wanting to take a look at these two people who came later than him. I saw Jiang Ying walk to the chief on the left and stretch out his hand to ask Mo Shu to sit down, but Mo Shu gave in and refused to sit first.
The two of them were very polite to each other, which made Su Ji wonder, so he asked the Huangmei Taoist beside him:
"I didn't expect these two people to fight for so long, and they were so polite on the surface. ”
Huangmei Daoren burped and explained: "Jiang Ying once worshiped the Xuanhu Sect to learn art, Mo Shu is his master, and Mo Shu should sit first, but according to respect, Jiang Ying is a nobleman, Mo Shu is a people, and Jiang Ying should sit first, so there will be such a scene." ”
Su Ji stood for a long time, looking at the two people pushing back and forth, he felt a little impatient, and couldn't help but raise his voice a little and complained:
"Rules are dead! Two people are alive! Sit down together and it's over!"
As soon as the words fell, more than a dozen sect elders stared at Su Ji together. The Huangmei Daoist hurriedly made a silent gesture to him.
Su Ji suddenly realized that the elders of the Sect Interception Sect were not ordinary people, and those Qi Refining Cultivators who had reached the Xuanqing Second Realm had ears that were more spiritual than dogs!
Jiang Ying's pale face was a little more disgusted, but Mo Shu showed a sudden look on his face, and arched his hand:
"What the Lord of the Spiral Spirit Pavilion said is not unreasonable, why don't the two of us sit at the same time, what does Gongzi Ying want?"
"Just sir. As he spoke, Jiang Ying made a gesture of please.
The two finally agreed to sit down, and then the twenty-five elders sat down, and the family members also sat down one after another.
Jiang Ying announced the official start of the Double Ninth Banquet. The little carp stood next to him and waved his hand, the palace music played, and the maiko entered.
Tightly, groups of small eunuchs brought precious dishes such as ice dates, bird's nest, cordyceps shark's fin, steamed bear's paws, and other precious dishes to the table in large pots and bowls, and filled the tables of the guests.
According to the rules, Shen Hou was absent, the main seat in the middle of the heavy nine palaces was vacant, the chief Jiang Ying on the left raised a glass on behalf of his father, and Mo Shu, the chief on the right, returned his thanks as the most distinguished guest today.
During this period, although there were also conversations between the elders of the left and right, they were only talking about trivial matters. The patriarchs seemed to know each other, and none of them mentioned the matter of the sect leader.
"We won't just have a meal, will we?" asked Su Ji to Huang Meidao.
The yellow-eyed Taoist rubbed his wine-red nose and replied:
"Of course not, most of the sect elders came from the Rong tribe from thousands of miles away, and they would measure their length before coming, which was to be used when making coffins. Now everyone is eating and laughing because no one wants to be a starving ghost, because this will probably be the last meal. ”
The last meal?
Su Ji glanced at the families of the elders, and the vivid faces turned into chess pieces waiting to be slaughtered in his eyes.
I don't know when this bloody power game will end?
"Gollum!"
Su Ji found the wine jug on the table, and suddenly moved slowly, the body of the jug tilted, and automatically filled an empty bronze wine jue!
Su Ji subconsciously looked to the opposite side and found that Mu Lingyu was staring at her tightly, it seemed that she was using Xuanqing Qi to control the wine jug, as a signal to the assassination of the Jue.
He suddenly realized that he was also in this bloody chess game.