Chapter 46: The climax of the banquet

After saying a few words to Gongsun Ruyun, Yuan Qi ordered someone to bring five altars of burning knives to Gongsun Ruyun's table for Gongsun Ruyun and a few people to drink. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info which made Zhang Wu, who was sitting on the futon behind Taishan, very happy.

When the banquet officially began, Yuan Qi temporarily bid farewell to Gongsun Ruyun and returned to Yuan Ying's side.

Yuan Ying cleared his throat, and then said: "Colleagues, relatives and friends, today is the sixteenth birthday of the dog, and it stands to reason that it should not have been celebrated, so I didn't send out any invitations, but you came uninvited, Ben Hou was deeply honored, so I had to prepare a little thin wine and drink with you." Then he turned his head and greeted Yuan Qi: "Yuan Qi, thank you all here." ”

Bending down deeply and saluting, Yuan Qi said loudly: "I have thanked you in advance." There are elders here, relatives and friends of so-and-so, and even subordinates of so-and-so. After that, he picked up a glass of wine and drank it dry. Although Yuan Qi's alcohol consumption is indeed not very good, but he has been practicing martial arts for many years, and his physical fitness is excellent.

After waiting for Yuan Qi to drink a glass of wine, the atmosphere in the hall began to be warm, and cheers and congratulations rang out one after another. Yuan Qi poured another glass of wine, held the wine glass and said: "Everyone, the amount of wine is really not good, I can't toast you one by one, so I have to drink three glasses first, and then replace it with tea, please forgive me." As he spoke, he drank another glass of wine.

After pouring a full glass of wine again, Yuan Qi raised his wine glass and saluted everyone present, and then said loudly: "The last glass of wine, I bother you to raise a glass together, let me and others wish our emperor a rock and a peaceful country." ”

Hearing Yuan Qi's words, everyone had their own feelings, and they raised their wine glasses in the direction of Yuan Qi. Even Guan Wei, who was sitting behind Mount Tai and was extremely proud, was slightly moved, and after hesitating for a moment, he also raised his wine glass. The reason why Guan Wei joined Mount Tai is because although he came from a humble background, he has a very strong heart to serve the country, and his heart is full of the ideal of serving the Son of Heaven.

The heartstrings were deeply plucked by Yuan Qi's words, Guan Wei unloaded his pride and toasted Yuan Qi from the bottom of his heart.

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As Yuan Qi drank the last glass of wine, everyone present also raised their glasses and drank the glass of Chinese wine. Then Yuan Qi stopped drinking, but changed to tea and toasted everyone present one by one.

The guests were also staggered and had a good conversation. The banquet was held in a warm atmosphere.

Yuan Qi came to Gongsun Ruyun again with a teacup, and said with a smile: "Brother Gongsun, Taishan Gong, please drink this cup." Gongsun Ruyun and Taishan also smiled and picked up their wine glasses and drank a glass with Yuan Qi.

After that, Yuan Qi poured another cup of tea and toasted to Guan Zhang and the two behind Taishan: "Two generals, a certain toast to two people." Yuan Qi's words, listening to the ears of people with many eyes, will inevitably think that Yuan Qi is talking the opposite, but listening to the ears of Guan Zhang and the others, they feel very useful. Who is Yuan Qi? He is the general Huwei who was personally appointed by the Son of Heaven. Loyal and righteous marquis, these two titles alone are enough to vote for the temper of Guan and Zhang, Guan Wei has always been loyal, Zhang Wu is a tiger, plus today Yuan Qi does look at Guan and Zhang and the two of them, and does not regard the two as small horse archers, but a general shouts, so that Guan and Zhang have a good impression of Yuan Qi greatly increased, and Yuan Qi's attitude towards Mount Tai is also different from the previous princes, it can be said that he respects Mount Tai, and this attitude has also won the favor of the two.

At that moment, Guan Wei stood up, raised his glass and said, "Thank you, General Huwei, for breaking the knots." In the future, if you have a request, you can send someone to send a message. Please drink!" The implication of this sentence is that I, Guan Wei, will treat you as a friend in the future, and if I have a place to get Guan Wei, I will let you know, and he will never shirk what he can do.

Zhang Wu was even more direct, picked up the wine glass with a smile, and lightly touched Yuan Qi: "You are a good person, I like a refreshing person like you, and I like you to burn a knife even more." Good people! Good wine!"

Yuan Qi said with a smile: "Today's banquet is no matter the official position, only about age, the two brothers are older than a certain age, if you don't give up, just call a certain Yuan Qi." Come on, it!"

The three of them looked at each other and smiled, and they all raised their glasses to their lips, and raised their heads to drink the wine in the glass.

Taishan, who was sitting on the side, looked at it more and more unpleasantly, and thought to himself: Could it be that this Yuan Huwei knows that these two brothers are strong in martial arts and wants to recruit? But after thinking about it, it doesn't seem to be, on the one hand, Yuan Qi treats himself well, on the other hand, if he wants to recruit his two brothers, he should be more affectionate, right, the banquet has been going on so far, and he and the two brothers have not spoken more than ten words?

With the doubts in his heart, looking at the back of Yuan Qi walking elsewhere, Taishan couldn't help it, so he quietly asked Gongsun Ruyun: "Brother Ruyun, Yuan Huwei treats people on weekdays, is it so kind?" Gongsun Ruyun glanced at Taishan in surprise, and asked suspiciously: "What? Is there anything wrong?" How dare Taishan say what is in his heart? He had to shake his head and said: "There is nothing wrong with it, but I just think that Yuan Huwei treats people and things differently from others." Gongsun Ruyun said nonchalantly: "Hehe, Brother Yuanqi is like this, he never puts on a show, and he is different from the children of other families, otherwise, how can a certain martial artist get along with Brother Yuanqi?"

"Oh, I see. Tarzan looked relieved and let go of a boulder in his heart. It turned out that it was not that people wanted to recruit their two brothers, but that it was for everyone. Smiling self-deprecatingly, Tarzan felt a hint of loss again.

Just as the banquet in the hall was in full swing, a shout suddenly came to mind outside the courtyard: "Angel has arrived! The Holy Lord has given General Huwei and the Loyal Marquis Yuan a gift for the New Year, and a treasure bow!"

This shout made the hall suddenly silent, and it was almost audible that a pin dropped. What does this mean? The Son of Heaven actually sent an envoy to congratulate Yuan Qi on the New Year? Even if Yuan Qi was a member of the royal family, even if Yuan Qi's father Yuan Ying and the current son were uncles and brothers, and even if Yuan Qi repeatedly made great contributions to the Assassin Tower, after all, Yuan Qi was only the emperor's nephew, not the prince! Even if the prince celebrated his birthday, the Son of Heaven would rarely send an envoy to congratulate him. For a moment, everyone was stunned and shocked.

While everyone was still in a state of shock, the messenger of the Son of Heaven had already strode into the hall. Yuan Qi recognized this envoy as the person who went to Beiping last time with the edict of the Son of Heaven and appointed himself as the Taishou of Beiping.

Yuan Qi hurriedly stepped forward, greeted the angel, and bowed as he walked: "Rude and rude, I didn't know that the angel came, and I missed the distance." ”

Then Yuan Ying also reacted, walked over quickly, and also arched his hand and said: "Ling Jun came from afar, tired all the way, please take a seat." ”

The rest of the people finally reacted and stood up and saluted.

The angel smiled and said: "The saint has a lot of trust in Yuan Youzhou and Yuan Huwei, and specially ordered a certain person to give a congratulatory gift on behalf of the saint on the day of Yuan Huwei's birthday. Don't be busy drinking, let's wait for a certain to read the holy edict, let's talk about it. ”

Hearing that the Son of Heaven had issued an edict, the people in the hall hurriedly knelt on the ground, looking black and oppressive.

"The emperor's edict said: General Huwei, the Marquis of Zhongyi, and the emperor's nephew Yuanqi, loyal to the monarch and defending the country, and working hard. On the occasion of his 16th birthday, he was given a carved bow to show his loyalty. In addition, Yuan Qi rushed to the capital within ten days, and I personally married the emperor's nephew. Chin!"

Yuan Qi hurriedly took the edict with both hands and said loudly: "Chen Yuanqi, thank you for your saint's grace!"

After everyone stood up, he said: "General Yuan, the treasure given to the general by the Holy Lord, it is rumored that it was cast by the Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan, and it was made of nine days and nine nights of gold and nine nights of gold and black stone in the south of Mount Tai. This bow can shoot 300 paces and pierce boulders. Now that the Holy God has given you such a treasure, I hope that the general will not live up to the high hopes of the Holy One. ”

Listening to the angel tell the story of the origin of the treasure, everyone present was shocked again! The Son of Heaven can no longer be described as pampering Yuan Qi, and he is simply treated like a parent! Even most people are thinking in their hearts whether the congratulatory gift they have given is too light, and they must find an opportunity to give another generous gift in the future to make up for the mistake of today's light gift. Only a few people such as Cui Shou and Gongsun Ruyun are either open-minded, or have a good relationship with Yuan Qi, or Yuan Qi's subordinates such as Zhang Chong and Zhao Hu, do not have a look of gain or loss.

Standing beside Gongsun Ruyun, Taishan has a complicated look in his eyes, envy, jealousy, self-blame, sadness, all kinds of emotions are intertwined, at this moment, how Taishan hopes that the person who stands there to accept the treasure of the Son of Heaven is himself, but Taishan also knows that the reason why Yuan Qi can win the praise of the Son of Heaven is because he has repeatedly defeated the invasion of Xin Man and Thorn Tower, and when he was guarding Beiping, he fought more than ten battles with Xin Man, and did not taste defeat. What can I compare myself with such a glorious record? My greatest record is that I have killed more than a thousand traitors. Whether it is a family, or an identity, whether it is a military exploit, or a soldier under his command, he and Yuan Qi are not on the same level at all. If Yuan Qi has completed the Long March, then he has just taken the first step at most.

After taking the treasure, Yuan Qi took a closer look, the carved bow was heavy, the bowstring was thick and powerful, and the back of the bow was also carved with the pattern of the sun, moon and stars, and at a glance he knew that it was not ordinary.

Handing the carved bow to Zhang Chong behind him for safekeeping, Yuan Qi said to the arch again: "Thank you for the love of the saint, I am flattered." Please also take a seat quickly, and be sure to toast Lingjun for a drink. ”

Smiling and twisting his beard, the angel followed Yuan Qi to the first row of the hall and sat down. Due to the arrival of the angel, Yuan Qi's reward, the atmosphere in the hall became more enthusiastic, everyone stood up and toasted to the angel, this person was also refreshing, the person did not refuse, and after a while he was drunk, and was helped by Yuan Qi to the back hall to rest.

The banquet lasted for two hours, and everyone was happy, and they all got up to say goodbye to Yuan Qi, and Yuan Qi was personally sent outside the courtyard gate.

Later, Cui Shou also got up to say goodbye, and Yuan Qi even pulled Cui Shou's arm and sent him out of the State Pastoral Mansion. Cui Shou whispered when he parted: "The Lord is committed to training soldiers and raising soldiers, and once the time is ripe, Shou will definitely come with his family." The title of the lord made Yuan Qi overjoyed, and he would soon have another great talent under his command, and he was also a very scarce domestic affairs talent.

After sending Cui Shou away, Gongsun Iruyun also offered to say goodbye. Yuan Qi naturally sent him out of the house in person. The two walked side by side, talking in a low voice as they walked, the topic was not only cherished by each other, but also related to the movements of the Xianbei people in the north, Gongsun Ruyun told Yuan Qi that the actions of the Xianbei people were a little abnormal recently, so that Yuan Qi should pay more attention. The two also agreed that once the Xianbei people invaded the border, the two would jointly send troops to resist the Xianbei together.

Walking outside the mansion gate, Gongsun Ruyun said goodbye to Yuan Qi again, but Yuan Qi grabbed Gongsun Ruyun's arm and said, "Brother Gongsun wait a minute, the younger brother almost forgot a big thing." After saying that, he beckoned to a sergeant, whispered a few words in the sergeant's ear, and the sergeant nodded in understanding, and then ran quickly into the house.