Ouyang Bei has been in the officialdom for a long time, and he knows that whenever the court officials have weddings, funerals, etc., the officials with lower positions must take care of them, so he takes this opportunity to dredge up the relationship. Not long after he first came to Beijing, this kind of thing should be especially careful, so as not to give people a handle and say that he is an ignorant person, who will be willing to come together in the future?

Ouyang Bei has been excited and happy all day long since he got the news, but Meng Dongting was silent and noncommittal.

On the day of the birthday banquet, Ouyang Bei prepared a gift, but it was a gilded folding fan from Dongying, the fan bone material was flexible, and the fan surface was exquisite. This kind of plaything was quite popular with the literati and elegant guests at that time, but it cost a lot of money, and it cost Ouyang Bei more than half a month's salary.

Ouyang Bei saw that it was not early, so he called his subordinates and said, "You told Meng Gongzi to freshen up and prepare, and he is about to leave." The subordinate agreed, and went to call Meng Dongting.

After a long time, Ouyang Bei sat for a while, but still didn't see Meng Dongting come out. Seeing that it was too late, he couldn't help but burn in his heart, and the temper of the head catcher in the past surged, he walked to the front of Meng Dongting's room and shouted loudly: "Brother Meng, why are you so slow-moving, and it's not a woman's house, if you don't hurry up, you will have to open a banquet over there." ”

Ouyang Bei screamed for a while, and then Meng Dongting opened the door, only to see that he was unkempt and unclean.

Ouyang Bei was a little angry, and said suddenly: "Brother Meng, today is a good day for us to get acquainted with the dignitaries of the court, why are you still so virtuous?"

Meng Dongting shook his head and said, "Brother Ouyang, you have done it by yourself, brother, I can't get on the stage, so I won't go to show you a fool." ”

Ouyang Bei stretched out his hand and scratched his head, and said hurriedly: "Brother Meng, why are you so ignorant? I can't let you mess around, come soon, let's go with my brother!" said that he forced Meng Dongting to change his clothes and wash his face, and insisted on taking him with him.

Meng Dongting was originally hiding in the room to study, but when he saw Ouyang Bei losing his temper, he thought that he was also a good intention, so why bother to make him unhappy, so he just obeyed.

The two hurriedly dotted up, and when they saw that it was already dark, they hurried to the banquet. When he arrived at the official's mansion, the family was about to close the door, Ouyang Bei waved his hand and shouted, and hurriedly rushed in, so he didn't miss the hour.

When I entered the hall, I saw that the black pressure was all human heads, and the hall was hung with longevity couplets, and the lanterns were colorful, so it was not lively.

Meng Dongting's eyes swept over, and he saw more than a dozen old men sitting in the hall, all of whom seemed to be important figures in the dynasty, and there was a gray-haired old man sitting in the crowd, full of red light, in good spirits, talking and laughing loudly, but it was Liu Angtian. Behind him stood a young man, whose face looked quite similar to Liu Angtian, who was his son and nephew.

There was a person sitting next to Liu Angtian, who seemed to have a slightly sickly look on his face. When Meng Dongting saw it, his whole body suddenly shook violently, and he couldn't help but take a step back. That person turned out to be Wu Fengzhao, the secretary of the current military department.

Meng Dongting never expected that he would see Wu Fengzhao here and now, and his mind was buzzing for a while. Thinking of many past events in Nanjing, suddenly feeling sad, and thinking of the snobbery and ruthlessness of the eldest lady of the martial family, Meng Dongting couldn't help but sigh, and just wanted to turn around and leave.

Suddenly, one person grabbed him, but it was Ouyang Bei, who only heard him say: "The banquet will start later, don't run around, this is the mansion of the military department!"

Meng Dongting asked in a trembling voice, "Today is a martial ...... Does Master Wu do longevity?"

Ouyang Bei bowed slightly, and said: "It's not him, but who is it?" This martial artist only took over the military department book a few days ago, and everyone in the court wants to sell him face. Even our Marquis Yang came to celebrate his birthday, which can be seen in general. ”

Meng Dongting was distraught, only to see the guests mink fox fur, talking loudly, only to feel ashamed of himself, Ouyang Bei's words didn't even listen to half a sentence, only perfunctory.

After a while, the martial artists saw the guests gathered, so they held a banquet and entered the banquet, all the big officials, you pushed me to let me, everyone was smiling, and after a while, they finally sat down according to the age of their official positions.

Meng Dongting watched in the crowd, stunned for a while, only to see that Wu Fengzhao was a little older than when he was separated, and his back was a little tired, although there was a smile on his face, his face was full of wrinkles, as if he was ten years old.

Suddenly, a family member came over and said to Meng Dongting: "This son's surname is high, please take a seat!" Meng Dongting was stunned for a moment, and when he looked back, Ouyang Bei didn't know where to go.

Meng Dongting was afraid that the martial arts family would recognize him, so he hurriedly turned his head away, did not answer, and found a seat in the side hall and sat down.

On that day, he was expelled from the Wu Mansion as a bandit, knowing that he was sorry for Wu Fengzhao's love, and he really didn't want to meet the Wu family again. At this moment, he was restless, but he was reluctant to leave, what was that for? Meng Dongting's heart was sour, and he shook his head vigorously. He couldn't think about it, and he didn't dare to think about it anymore.

On the banquet, the guests enjoyed the wine and the sea. Meng Dongting's table was located in a side hall, and most of the people sitting were the guards of a group of adults, and they saw them talking and toasting, and it seemed that they had known each other for a long time.

Meng Dongting didn't have the heart to listen to them, he only lowered his head and pondered.

Seeing that he was sullen, one of them asked kindly: "This friend is a little unlucky, I don't know the name of Gao, where is Gao?"

Meng Dongting was uneasy, shook his head and said: "There is no name and no surname in the next place, and now Captain Ouyang is a coach and soldier." ”

The man saw that Meng Dongting didn't want to say more, but he didn't move, and only said: "It turned out to be a lieutenant general in the army, disrespectful! Disrespectful!" said and toasted to Meng Dongting, Meng Dongting responded with a sound, and did not refuse, and drank it clean as soon as he raised his head.

The man smiled and said, "It seems that my brother has just arrived in the capital, and I don't know much about the characters in our capital, so I will introduce you to it." ”

The guests at the same table toasted Meng Dongting one by one, and everyone couldn't help but hold their breath when they saw his sad face and his face was full of ignorance.

In the middle of the drinking room, one of the guests suddenly stood up and said excitedly: "Ahh

Everyone rushed to the hall to watch with happy faces.

Meng Dongting didn't coax them, he still sat on the seat and poured himself a drink.

Only the audience talked and laughed in a low voice, and one person praised: "These two beauties in Nanjing City really live up to their reputation, but they can compare with the girls of our Beijing Division!"

Another human: "Nanjing was known as Jinling in ancient times, since the people are outstanding and spiritual, the beauties are all brilliant, and the talents and appearances are unique, this is finally an eye-opener!"

Another person smiled and said, "Where did these two beauties come from? But the concubine of the birthday star Lord Wu?

The guests on the side hurriedly slapped the man on the head and scolded: "Don't talk nonsense, these two girls are the beloved daughters of Master Wu, the dignified daughter, don't let out the bullshit!

The man hurriedly said, "Damn! Damn! Look at my dog's mouth!"

Everyone was smiling and scrambling, and all kinds of demeanors were difficult to describe one by one.

When Meng Dongting heard this, the wine glass in his hand fell to the ground, and with a bang, it was shattered. He stood up and looked into the hall from afar, only to see two beautiful women walking out. The two of them were so graceful, and one of them was even more beautiful, and came to the front of the hall to bow down to Wu Feng Zhaoyingying.

Meng Dongting had already recognized that one of the two women in this hall was Wu Baihua, the eldest lady of the martial family, and the other was Wu Qianhe, who he had been thinking about for a long time and had never forgotten. After more than half a year of separation, Wu Qianhe's appearance became more and more beautiful and moving, Meng Dongting's mind was confused, and his whole body trembled slightly.

The guests on the side talked and laughed in a low voice, and said: "These two daughters of the martial arts family were born to the country and the city, and the martial family is so blessed, but I don't know if the in-laws are right?"

Another person smiled and said, "Are we afraid that there will be fewer merry sons in the capital? Who doesn't make every effort to ask for this family affair?"

"Yes, among those sons of dignitaries, which one didn't run to the martial arts family twice in three days?"

Everyone, you and I say a word, frolicking endlessly.

Meng Dongting looked into the hall, and sure enough, several young nobles who seemed to have a deep family background surrounded them, and they were talking and laughing with the two sisters of the martial family. I saw that Wu Baihua was radiant and generous, and it was really the style of the eldest lady of the official family, although Wu Qianhe didn't talk much, but when he stood in the crowd, he was more beautiful and refined, like a fairy who fell into the mortal world.

Several noble sons stood beside Ermei, and everyone praised the man for being proud and the woman for being delicate, so it didn't match.

Meng Dongting looked away, and said in his heart: "Why do I still have such a non-trivial thought, isn't it too stupid and stupid? What is the identity of Miss Wujia, and what is my background? Meng Dongting, Meng Dongting! Can't you see it?"

He sat back at the table, and without saying a word, drank a jug of wine. The wine is sad, it is extraordinarily intoxicating, and his internal strength is exquisite, and he is also overwhelmed by alcohol at this time.

Several guests at the same table were holding their stomachs, they had intended to tease him, and at this moment they toasted again and again, Meng Dongting drank until the cup was dry, and those who came did not refuse, and drank more than 100 glasses in an instant.

The roar of the guests in the distance couldn't help but come to his ears, Meng Dongting was sad in his heart, he just wanted to use wine to drown his sorrows, remembering that he was just a small step archer, and he could drink here today, or rely on others to promote, and a voice in his heart couldn't stop laughing at himself, as if he was laughing at his inability and delusion. In a daze, he couldn't support it anymore, his eyes were drunk, and he finally fell on the table, unable to move.

The guests on the side shouted: "Hey, get up, let's drink again!" Meng Dongting muttered, and said vaguely: "Drink again! Come on!"

Meng Dongting was drunk on the table, and no one paid attention to it. I don't know how long it took, but I heard a man's voice say, "Ahhh

Meng Dongting was so drunk that he didn't wake up and didn't pay attention to it.

The man snorted, helped Meng Dongting up, and said, "This son, wake up, it's time to go back!"

Meng Dongting opened his eyes, only to see that the hall was empty, and the guests had all said goodbye, and only one family member supported him. Meng Dongting squinted, but that Ding was his old friend Wugui.

Meng Dongting was taken aback, and most of the time he woke up, but fortunately Wugui looked to the side, and the two did not face each other.

Meng Dongting was afraid of being recognized, so he hurriedly got up, raised his sleeves to hide his face, and reluctantly walked out. It's just that I drank too much wine, and I suddenly became dizzy, and my legs became weak, and I slipped and fell to the ground.

Wu Gui frowned and said, "This son, are you still okay?" Do you want to ask someone to send you back?"

Meng Dongting fell to the ground, shook his head and said, "No...... I'll be ...... after a while."

Wu Gui cursed in a low voice: "Where did the drunkard come from, it's really annoying." When he stepped forward, he was about to pull him up, but Meng Dongting was not angry, and suddenly he was nauseous and vomiting, only to make the side hall smelly and dirty.

Wu Gui said miserably: "This son, you should leave quickly! Don't make a mess of us here!" When several other family members saw that someone was lying on the ground, they also gathered around and talked about it.

Everyone was in the middle of the noise, when they suddenly heard a woman's delicate voice say, "Go and pour a cup of tea, let this son rest for a while." ”

This voice is not delicate and kind, but it makes people's hearts shock.

Meng Dongting fell to the ground and peeked, but saw a beautiful woman looking at him. His heart was shocked, that woman was beautiful and vulgar, elegant and pleasant, who was not Wu Qianhe?

Meng Dongting didn't want to see Wu Qianhe in the first place, not to mention that he was full of filth and ugliness at this time? He hurriedly raised his sleeves to cover his head and face, pulled his throat and said, "Thank you Miss for your kindness, I've already woken up from drinking, so don't let it go." As he spoke, he staggered to his feet, without looking back, and hurried out of the house.

Wu Qianhe saw that he was behaving vulgarly, and he was not awake when he was drunk, but he was not angry, so he whispered behind him: "Childe don't worry, be more careful on the road." ”

Meng Dongting heard her say this, and suddenly remembered all kinds of things when the two of them were separated in Nanjing. A moment of sadness came from it, and I couldn't help but cry like rain, so I just lowered my head and rushed out.

A family member said: "This person is really a master of good wine, and when he drinks like such a drunk cat, everyone really has it." ”

Wu Qianhe looked at Meng Dongting's distant back, and couldn't help but shake his head.

Meng Dongting staggered all the way, didn't know the height and level, and finally got out of the martial arts gate.

He stood alone in the middle of the street, the night was deep, it was difficult to distinguish the direction, and there was no trace of Ouyang Bei. He sighed, simply found a street corner, and lay down, at this time he was depressed in his heart, looking at the gate of the martial arts family on the opposite street from a distance, knowing that his sweetheart was close at hand, but he was a noble scholar's daughter, and he was so embarrassed and broken, how could he be embarrassed? After many days of separation, Wu Qianhe had already been the stunning beauty that countless children of rich and powerful families in Beijing yearned for, but he was still a poor fugitive, thinking of this, Meng Dongting's chest was stuffy for a while, and he just wanted to get drunk on the street to be better.

When he was giving up on himself, he suddenly ran to him and said happily: "Great, it turns out that you are here." ”

Meng Dongting opened his eyes and saw that he was a descendant of Ouyang Bei's family.

The man said: "The master ordered, ask me to come and pick up the son home, the master said that he has a party tonight, I'm afraid he won't go home." ”

Meng Dongting nodded, and said in his heart: "No wonder I couldn't find Brother Ouyang at the banquet, it turned out that he went to socialize by himself." Alas, I smeared him everywhere and caused trouble, and he treated me like this, and it was really hard for him to ......."

Meng Dongting let the subordinate help him up and go back to the house together.