"The banquet is going to be used, and all the purchases are complete?" Seeing the carts rushing in one after another, the second housekeeper asked Director Liu, who came over.

Director Liu bowed his hand: "Butler, don't worry, the purchase is complete." ”

The second housekeeper looked at a few more cars and nodded: "It's good if it's complete, tomorrow's banquet is all friends of the general, and if we lose the general's face, we all have to scold." ”

"Provincial, please rest assured. "Master Liu is busy.

Hearing this, the second housekeeper's face softened, and there was nothing anymore, but in addition to this, there were many things to worry about when holding a banquet.

The invitation was sent out, and it was sent out earlier, and that's it, under the inspection of the second housekeeper, he unexpectedly found that there were two people missing from the invitation.

"You idiots, such a bright post, can you still miss it here? Fortunately, I read it again, if I don't read it, there will be two fewer guests in the general, and after investigation, it is the matter caused by these few goods, even the general is benevolent, and I am afraid that I can't tolerate such fools! What are you doing in a daze? Why don't you send these two copies out quickly?"

“...... "A few people were scolded by him, and suddenly woke up, hurriedly took the missing post, and ran to send it.

Looking at their backs, the second housekeeper wiped the sweat from his forehead and sighed.

Thousand yamen

"Tomorrow evening, the Fan Mansion is going to hold a banquet?" Qianhu asked thoughtfully.

According to the Dacheng military system, there is no regular rank for military generals, the highest substantive position is from the first rank of privy envoys, and the highest dismissal post is the general of the town country.

The second rank is a member of the Privy Council, and the dismissal is an auxiliary general.

From the second grade, the actual position is to know the affairs of the Privy Council, and the dismissal is the general of the country, and the general of the left and right.

Fan Liuhai actually started from the second grade, and only then did he really have the title of general, and now Fan Liuhai's official position is the general of Dingguo.

"My lord, this is true. "Although I don't know that the general flag that suddenly made them pay attention to the Fan Mansion but came back to report it, they still have the news they got as true, and there is a record of this month.

"Just keep staring. Lightly, Zhang Qianhu waved them down, he had just returned from the cabinet and was about to arrive in Jinling, and he had already dealt with the cabinet officials and the Privy Council.

The speed of the fast horse galloping by land will arrive in Jinling tomorrow.

"Your Majesty urgently ordered General Fan to lead the troops to the expedition, could it be that the army is in trouble in Gunzhou?" Qianhu thought secretly, but this matter is not something that just Qianhu can criticize, after thinking about it, he smiled.

The next day, Fan Liuhai's mansion was very lively.

Fan Liuhai has made many meritorious contributions, received rich rewards, and lived in a deep second-grade mansion, a wealthy family, and was very wealthy.

On weekdays, there are a lot of comings and goings in front of the mansion.

However, there are not many important ministers and generals, all to avoid suspicion.

It is the guests who have some dealings with Fan Liuhai, although Fan Liuhai is a military general, but he is very elegant and elegant, and there is a leisure banquet once a few days, and a garden banquet once a half month.

The place where this banquet was held was in a newly built courtyard in Fanfu.

This courtyard is elegantly arranged, with rockery pavilions, with elegance, at the end of May, not far from the garden, bursts of floral fragrance swing out of the heart of the smell of refreshing.

In the evening, the guests had already arrived, and a maid dressed in flowing clothes came early, lighting up a series of glass lamps nearby.

The courtyard, which had been somewhat dim, immediately brightened.

Look at the beauty under the lamp, the more you look at it, the more beautiful it becomes.

Under the reflection of these glass lamps, the girl who already has some posture is more delicate, walking through the banquet, the wine is not intoxicating but self-intoxicating, which makes the banquet at the beginning, the atmosphere is a little warm.

These glass lamps, with Fengyun lanterns, Guanyin lanterns, Shih Tzu lanterns, and flowing water seats, change with eating, eight dishes on the table, although not much, but very exquisite.

"Everyone, you have to have a good time here for a banquet today, come, please drink!" Fan Liuhai, who was dressed in civilian clothes, raised his glass in public and drank it.

Everyone agreed, raised their glasses, laughed, and pushed the cups together.

At this moment, on a street along the city gate, a group of armored soldiers rode horses and escorted a carriage at a gallop.

There were several groups of people on the road, and the carriage finally went into the darkness, and in the slightly dim moonlit night, not many idlers saw this scene.

After a while, the carriage turned around again and headed towards Fanfu.

At this time, Fan Liuhai smiled slightly and talked to the guests.

Although the dancing girl just now was beautiful, but it was only a medium color, seeing that the banquet was getting longer, everyone was emotional, Fan Liuhai clapped his hands and signaled, and a group of dancing girls entered the room.

A total of twelve girls, between the ages of sixteen or seventeen, bright eyes and bright teeth, dressed in dresses, about the same, are all high-grade colors, reflected in the light, very moving, people present, can not help but feel refreshed, for a while, many people are a little stunned.

In his heart, he was even more envious of General Fan's wealth and pleasure, and the atmosphere was pushed to a high tide, and there were enough people with enough body and friendship, so he laughed at General Shuo: "I have chosen a beauty." ”

Fan Liuhai smiled but did not speak.

At this time, the housekeeper stepped forward and saluted with a smile: "Guests, these qualifications are good, but the practice is not long, I'm afraid it will be difficult to enter the eyes of you, just drink for everyone to have fun now......"

At the end, the twelve girls danced, and for a while, laughter and laughter were faintly heard in the backyard of Fanfu.

At this moment, the butler, who had just gone out to direct the servants to carry the wine, suddenly ran in from the outside in a hurry.

"What's wrong, this panic?" Fan Liuhai looked over.

The butler hurried up to him, leaned into his ear, and whispered a few words.

Fan Liuhai's expression changed greatly: "Really?"

"General, it's true, people have arrived at the gate!

The people present didn't hear what the master and servant were doing, but the solemn atmosphere was all felt, and suddenly, everyone's eyes turned from the dancing girl in the courtyard to Fan Liuhai's body.

"Stop, stop!" Fan Liuhai stood up from the table at this time, stopped the musician and the dancing girl, and at the same time bowed his hand to the people present: "Everyone, there is a holy decree, today's banquet will be dispersed, please welcome it together, Fan Mou will make amends in the future." ”

Then, he turned and hurried out.

When the people heard this, they looked at each other, and they all got up, and when the decree came, even if they were not from here, they should kneel down to receive it, as a sign of etiquette.

When they arrived at the Zhongtang compound, the oncoming situation made them a little uneasy.

I saw that there was already an incense case in the courtyard, and the group had already stood still, so they hurriedly stepped forward.

Several guards surrounded a white-faced bearded man and walked inside, and Fan Liuhai greeted him with a solemn expression, and then led to the incense case.

Looking at the white face without the clothes of a man, it is clear that he is a high-grade chamberlain, and what he has in his hand must be a holy decree.

At this time, His Majesty, who was on the expedition, sent someone to issue a holy decree to General Fan, what would happen?

Is it a blessing or a curse?

When these people saw it, they couldn't help but beat the drums in their hearts.

However, when the decree was announced, these people did not wait for the order, and they all knelt down.

What do these people think, but Fan Liuhai was a little uneasy in his heart.

Fan Liuhai is intelligent by nature, and after making great contributions, he is content with Jinling, only letting himself be a rich idler, and the unofficial celebrities who meet friends in the garden every day only take the meaning of elegance, which is not to express his attitude to Emperor Dacheng.

But I don't want to, at this moment, a will suddenly comes down!

Fan Liuhai took two more steps, turned back to face north, and knelt on the ground.

The waiter who came was expressionless, stood south behind the incense case, and said loudly: "Fan Liuhai listens to the order!"

"Chen Fan Liuhai!" Fan Liuhai kowtowed: "Listen to the holy pleasure!"

"Fengtian carries the emperor's edict and says, Fan Liuhai, the general of Dingguo, is diligent and hardworking, and has great merits, and he is deeply in line with my heart, and now I order the military department and the Privy Council to allocate 30,000 troops to go to the front line, and wait for my dispatch, thank you!"

"Shane!"

This is the order of Fan Liuhai to immediately lead the army to join the previous army after receiving the order.

Fan Liuhai listened to the will, his mood was complicated, and he thanked him for receiving the will.

"I'm the general of Dingguo, the slave and maid rushed back this time, but hurry up, Your Majesty is in a hurry, you have to lead the troops over quickly. The chamberlain handed him the decree at the same time.

Fan Liuhai hurriedly said: "Gonggong Xie reminded that Fan is going to prepare for the expedition." ”

From the butler's hand, he took the purse, stuffed it, and the waiter took it in his hand and squeezed it, and smiled: "General Fan is really too polite." ”

After the greetings, the chamberlain hurried back and left directly.

But the whole audience, together with the guests, got up, and before they had time to speak, they saw another official come in, holding an order: "The Privy Council and the Cabinet have an order, and tomorrow morning they will take this order to the Cabinet to hand over the order and the Privy Council, and go out of the city thirty miles before noon tomorrow." ”

It was not a matter for the army to go on the expedition, but before Wang Hongyi left Jinling, he had made many deployments, and now he knew the inside story two days in advance, so he was naturally prepared.

Fan Liuhai got the will and the order, and he was going to lead an army to the front line.

At that moment, they sent the guests out of the house one by one, and when they were done, they gathered their families and slaves.

"Listen, during the time when I was not at home, the house was closed to guests, the pleasures were stopped, and there was no extravagance and waste, so as not to be discussed, do you hear it? If there is a violation of the order, it will be done according to the family law!" Before leaving, Fan Liuhai swept the crowd and asked the people of the Fan Mansion to act in a low-key manner.

"Yes, sir!" everyone below responded.

Fan Liuhai instructed a family general again: "It's my old department, the house is staring at the rules, the main family has no power, look at it and tell me, the housekeeper and below, all star, if you collude with outsiders and break my family law, you don't even have to send it to the government, just deal with it on the spot!"

This face is resolute, and responds: "Yes!"

The people around him who heard these words were all cold, knowing that this person was originally from a military background, and he would definitely be executed in front of him if something bad happened.

Fan Liuhai listened to it and said, "Go to the study!"