One hundred and ninetieth chapters walking on thin ice (twenty-two)
Zhao Zhang has been familiar with Lou Sui since he was young, but he didn't seem to be alienated. Hearing this, he stepped forward and held Lou Sui's hand and laughed, "Lou Xiang is really good at joking. If you want to drink, the wine warehouse in my mansion will always be open to Lou Xiang."
Lou Yan smiled at the corner of his mouth and said deliberately, "Are you serious?"
Zhao Zhang slapped his chest and said, "You don't have any jokes."
"Okay, this is a matter of determination. At that time, please don't let me hang up and keep my face off and refuse to leave."
The two of them looked at each other and laughed loudly. Tian Bulili also smiled and led the Lou Yan into the seat.
Lou Yanhui Wang Xu for a few words, but looked at Zhao Xin beside him and listened in surprise. "You are here too. I would have known that you would come with you."
Zhao Xin smiled and said before Zhao Zhang had already replied first. "I don't know anything about Lou Xiang. General Zhao and I are brothers of the same clan, but we don't walk much, so we got a little bit apart. I think I am often not by my father's side. General Zhao has done a lot of responsibilities as a son for me and made a great contribution. I just want to invite him to have a glass of wine today."
Zhao Xin smiled and said modestly, "Your words are so serious. I am the guards around the Lord Father. These things that are not overly inseparable are actually the responsibility, so how can I get the credit? Besides, the Lord Father takes great care of us subordinates, so we will naturally serve our lives with death."
"That's right." Lou Yan couldn't help but smile and said, "What Zhao Xin said is very true. The Lord's father really cares about his subordinates. The so-called "scholars die as confidants, and the Lord's father treats us like this, how can he not serve his life with death?"
The crowd responded with a loud voice, saying yes in their mouths, and it seemed that they were all people who had been supported by the Lord's Father.
Everyone took the seats one after another, but Wang Xu quarreled over the seat and refused to sit in that seat, but just gave in to each other.
If he was ranked according to his position, Lou Wei was the right teacher, ranked as the Shangqing, and was a prime minister of Qin, so his position was naturally above Wang Xu. However, in terms of qualifications, Wang Xu would have passed Lou Wei much earlier. He had already entered the court as an official at the time of Suhou, and was considered a senior of Lou Wei. Although the position of Sikong was lower than that of the right teacher, he was a real position rather than a scattered official, so his importance was naturally incomparable.
However, Lou Yan, the right master, was an unusual person, not an idle person but a confidant minister of the master's father. Wang Xu knew this very well, so he naturally did not dare to be arrogant. No matter what, the first person refused to sit in, and was willing to settle down at Lou Yan.
After refusing for a long time, Lou Yan saw that he could not push him off, so he sat down helplessly.
The guests and hosts all took their seats, and the banquet had begun. Zhao Zhang sat down and looked at Tian Buli with a wink. Tian Buli understood and then reached out to pat him. The singing and dancing in the hall followed, and the maids who had been waiting behind the curtain brought out plates of exquisite dishes, shuttled between the halls like butterflies.
Everyone in the hall was talking and laughing, and they were having fun. After a while, Zhao Zhang on the seat patted his divine palm several times, stood up and said with a smile, "Everyone, everyone."
Seeing that everyone turned their eyes to him, Zhao Zhang smiled and picked up the wine glass and said, "Today is the day when I, Zhao Zhang, officially returned to Handan. I am very honored to have you come to welcome me. I am a straightforward person. I am not going to say anything, but I can slap my chest to you. But I, Zhao Zhang, will not let you down."
"Please drink as much as you like, don't be restrained. Come and drink this glass of wine with me."
Everyone raised their glasses, including Lou Yan, and stood up with a smile. They all drank it all, and the atmosphere suddenly became high. Only Zhao Xin was a little unwilling to do so. Seeing that the people around him stood up and raised their glasses, he had to stand up with him.
Among these people, he was probably an alien, that is, he did not have too much friendship with Zhao Zhang, and he did not support Zhao Zhang on behalf of his father like Lou Yan. In fact, if Zhao Xin had known that this banquet was a core party of Zhao Zhang's party, he would not have come here at all.
The atmosphere in the hall was in full swing. Most of the unsuccessful officials in the court were in high spirits and toasted Zhao Zhang to talk about their old feelings. For these old subordinates of Zhao Zhang, as Zhao Zhang's position as crown prince was deposed, their political future had basically come to an end. Now Zhao Zhang has returned to the court with strong strength, which has to make them happy and excited.
Zhao Xin sat at the wine table and was bored, just drinking the wine in the glass, listening to the musician's music boredly. A beautiful maid kept passing by, and when he saw that the cup was empty, he was filled with it.
Although the wine is a good wine, it is sweet and mellow in the mouth and has a lot of aftertaste; the dishes are also good dishes, each of which is carefully prepared and takes a lot of effort. Even the maids who serve the dishes and the utensils for serving the dishes are carefully selected, which shows how much Zhao Zhang attaches importance to this night banquet. However, Zhao Xin has no intention of having fun in the banquet. This kind of banquet that is linked to political interests is better than drinking bad wine with three or five friends in the open air.
Zhao Xin knew in his heart that the reason why Zhao Zhang invited him was, on the one hand, he wanted to make himself good to eliminate the knot in his heart; on the other hand, he wanted to show himself strength to see if he could invite him to join. After all, as the leader of the Yulin around his father, Zhao Xin was not in high position but crucial.
Tian Buli returned to his seat toast, but saw Zhao Xin sitting alone, and then sat aside and smiled, "Why, General Zhao doesn't like it?"
Zhao Xin forced a smile and said, "Tian Xiang was joking. Most of the people here are not familiar with them, but they are just a little uncomfortable."
Tian Buli rolled his eyes and suddenly said, "I have an idea, you will definitely be very interested."
Seeing that he looked mysterious and curious, Zhao Xin was also aroused in his abdomen, so he asked according to his words, "What is it?"
Tian Buli laughed and said, "Don't be impatient, you will know soon."
The more Tian Buli concealed it like this, the more curious Zhao Xin felt. Fortunately, Tian Buli did not sway his appetite for too long. After a while, Tian Buli stood up and clapped his hands and said loudly, "Your Majesty, I have something to say."
"Oh?" Zhao Zhang restrained his drunkenness and looked at him with a smile, "What's wrong with Xiang Tian? Just just say it."
"I think I can't enjoy myself if I have wine and music but no singing or dancing. I can't enjoy myself. Why don't you send someone to sing and dancing to help you enjoy myself?"
"This..." Zhao Zhang looked embarrassed and had to say, "I did not arrange singing and dancing in advance, Tian Xiangdao made things difficult for me."
Tian Buli smiled and bowed, "Your Majesty, I have already prepared for it."
"Oh?" Zhao Zhang showed an interesting look.
"What are your arrangements?"
"Miss Xu Yao, the proud disciple of Feng Fei, the master of Jixia dance skills in Qi State, is now a guest in my mansion. Today I know that you are at a banquet for guests, so I invite him to come and dance music to entertain you."
Everyone was very surprised after hearing this. You should know that although Feng Fei was a dancer, she was admired by King Xuan of Qi because of her extraordinary dance skills. She even placed her in the Jixia Academy as a dance master, and was admired by the people of the world. The scholars and officials of Qi also became eager to take her towards her, and they were all proud of being able to invite her to dance. Now that Feng Fei is old and declining, she no longer dances, but just concentrates on teaching her disciples. Tian Buli can actually invite Feng Fei's favorite disciples, which is really a great face.
Zhao Zhang said in surprise: "How can sir invite this girl Xu Yao from Linzi?"
Tian Buli smiled and said, "Your Majesty has forgotten that Tian Buli is from the Duke of Qi and still has some old love in Qi. I had a very good relationship with Feng Fei back then. This girl was young and joined her disciple. When I saw that she was smart, I took him as my goddaughter. Now that I have grown up, I just want to go home to worship my ancestors, so I came to my house to live."
Zhao Zhang laughed, "It's a coincidence. I just don't know if the sir is really as beautiful as the rumor as Lingbo Fairy."
Lou Yan was also a person of lust. His thoughts were aroused by Zhao Zhang's words, and he also smiled knowingly. "I heard that Feng Fei's subordinates are all virgins who are as good as jade. Since Xu Yao came to our Zhao Kingdom today, we have to look at our Zhao Dierlang's ability. If we can become a guest in the boudoir with a kiss, it would be a good story."
As soon as Lou Yan finished speaking, everyone laughed. The so-called beautiful ladies and gentlemen are all men, so they naturally understand what Lou Yan means.
Tian Buli smiled slightly and said, "Then please wait and see."
After a few light pats, several maids who were ordered in advance came forward to blow out the lights, and the hall suddenly fell into darkness.
I heard the sound of the clear flute and flute again. A girl in white held a long sword in her hand and slowly walked into the hall with the music. It turned out to be a sword dance.
The woman was graceful, with the light sword in her hand slowly waving, and dancing slowly with her long sleeves that were leaking like flowing water. She was wearing a veil on her face, which made people yearn for her in a hazy way. The sound of the sheng and flute suddenly rose and fell, and the Buddha was whimpering and crying in a low voice to express the girl's longing, but the person she missed was far away in the sky.
Although he had a veil on his face and couldn't see clearly, his eyes were like stars in the night sky, and his eyes were like smoke. As he flowed, he had the power to attract people's hearts and minds, which made people unable to help but fall into it. Zhao Xin stared at the girl's starry eyes, wondering if it was an illusion, but he always felt that the girl's eyes seemed to have a moment of stagnation when she looked at her.
Suddenly the sound of the sheng and flute changed, the tune became fierce, and the girl's figure also rotated rapidly. The sword in her hand moved forward with great force, looking like she was not returning. Although it was just a woman dancing the sword, it made people feel the coldness of the battlefield.
The cold sword light shone brightly in the darkness, like autumn water and long sky, pouring down, turning into an endless galaxy in the sky, and it was like scattering into stars all over the sky, shining with the girl's dancing figure.
Everyone opened their eyes wide, and their eyes were closely following the girl's sparse shadows, for fear of missing a trace of excitement. They opened their mouths, held their breath, and were worried that a slight sound would alarm the sword dance that seemed to be above the Nine Heavens.
The sound of the sheng and flute was instantly loud, and the girl's body suddenly turned tremendously, and the sword was like a rainbow, stabbing Zhao Xin quickly.
Chapter completed!