The Grand Banquet of Shengpin (II)
Xiling Transcript Officer really sang and recited for a quarter of an hour, and told the guests at the table that his eyes began to twitch and his ears gradually became numb. Oh, the problem with the eyes is mainly due to winking at each other and squinting too much.
After the Transcript Officer finished speaking, his lips were a little dry, and he closed the scroll and handed it to the Qin family servant waiting beside him.
After that, Xiling Transcript Officer turned his gaze to Qin Ruqing, who immediately waved back: "Quick, bring the Transcript Officer a pot of tea, your mouth is dry."
Xiling Transcript Officer: "..." This young lady's painting style is really as unique as ever.
However, when the servant brought him the tea, the Transcript Officer really drank it all in one gulp. Apart from other things, he was indeed thirsty.
After quenching his thirst, the recorder began to speak nice words to the ancestors Wenxuan and Qin Ruqing.
The content was roughly:
The Qin family is our official cooperative family of Xiling, and the cooperation between us is very pleasant. The Qin family is our good friend of Xiling. Now that the Qin family has been promoted, the Xianpin Bureau is also very happy, and sent a little gift to express congratulations.
Oh, and also specifically mentioned that this is also the intention of their director, all because of the true friendship between the director and the Qin family and the six elders of the Qin family.
This sentence is completely not the style of the Xiling recorder. This person is so solemn and serious. At first glance, it is a special instruction from a certain director. Even if he is not here, he must find a sense of presence.
There were eagles in front, and gift lists in the back, and now there is the friendship of the director. Xiling’s wave can be said to be full of force, giving the Qin family all the face.
The Lin family at the table once again felt lucky that they did not try to snatch the Xuanxin Liquid last time. They knew that the relationship between the Qin family and the Xiling Xianpin Bureau had always been good, but after seeing this wave today, they realized how good it was. The
family of Nanling held a promotion banquet, and the Xiling Xianpin Bureau even specially organized such a big event to celebrate. The local family of Xiling has never enjoyed this treatment. Under normal circumstances, it should be like the Beiling Xianpin Bureau, and not ask at all.
Lin Yijun, who was sitting next to Lin Yan, now looked at Qin Ruqing with a complicated feeling.
She knew that the little monster of the Qin family was very powerful, and she couldn't compare to her. But her attitude before was always, I am also a genius, although I am not as powerful as you, but I am not bad either, if I work hard in the future, maybe I can surpass
her. However, now that she has come to the little monster's house, she knows how big the gap between her and her is. This gap is not in strength as she thought before, but in status.
The little monster actually sat directly next to their ancestor, a position that is almost like the main position, and the elders of their family didn't even have any objections? !
Don't the elders usually find fault with young people like us? Why are the elders of the Qin family so good-tempered? Or have they been subdued by the little monster a long time ago?
Lin Yijun never knew that a young person of the same age as her could be so dignified and stylish in the clan. Yes, she is so stylish! Lin Yijun even felt that even the elders in their clan were not as glorious as the little monster.
The entire Qin family was in awe of her and praised her. Because of the Qin family's attitude, the bigwigs of the same level of silver family also looked at Qin Ruqing with a very serious eye.
Whether they recognized her or not was another matter, but they definitely took it seriously. Lin Yijun had never been treated like this before! Even when she was in the Lin family, the elders and ancestors in the family only regarded her as a young person with a little talent.
They would pamper her and obey her in everything, but they had never respected her so much from the bottom of their hearts!
Lin Yijun's worldview was completely refreshed at this table today. She clenched her fists, stared at the little monster's pretty, smiling face, and quickly adjusted her next goal.
She no longer wanted to be a genius kid, it was meaningless. The next step for her, Lin Yijun, was to become the elder of the Lin family! An elder with a dignified demeanor like the little monster!
While Lin Yijun was having a complex and sour lemon-like psychological activity in her heart, the ancestor Wenxuan also ended the friendly and cordial conversation with the Xiling Transcript Officer. The ancestor invited the Transcript Officer to join the table for a drink, and the Transcript Officer readily agreed.
Since he was here to give face to the Qin family, he had to do the whole show.
So, while the attendants were setting up tables and chairs for him, the Xiling Transcript Officer blew towards the sky, and the Pengying formation seemed to have received an order and temporarily found a place to rest.
Soon, the seats were arranged. Coincidentally, they were arranged next to the Nanling Transcript Officer, and the two sat next to each other.
The Xiling Transcript Officer and the Nanling Transcript Officer looked at each other. The Xiling Transcript Officer smiled and said, "Xiao Xiyao, how are you these days?" The
Nanling Transcript Officer, that is, the Fifth Xiyao, raised his cup to the Xiling Transcript Officer without expression, and first said, "The apricot wine brewed by the Qin family is very good."
Then he said, "I'm fine. But after what happened today, someone is afraid that he will be in trouble."
This someone is naturally the Fifth Ziyan. He must have known about this matter now, and he must be angry for at least ten days. He may be jumping up and down in the Nanling Xianpin Office.
After hearing this, the Xiling Transcript Officer actually laughed.
Having a boss who does whatever he wants and has amazing brain circuits is a headache, but now seeing Xiaoxi Yao's expression and thinking about the reaction of the fifth Zi Yan, the recorder actually felt a strange sense of happiness in his heart.
It seems that when the boss doesn't go crazy and mess with himself, it's quite exciting when he messes with others!
Xiling recorder laughed even more happily, and raised his glass. After drinking the wine in the glass, he widened his eyes slightly, "This wine is really good!"
The progress of the banquet has been smooth so far, except for the small disturbance at the beginning when the Ren family was a little late, and it seems that the guests have enjoyed themselves.
When the banquet entered the middle, the ancestor began to give a speech according to the procedure.
This is all the old routine at the banquet. The ancestor talked about how much pain and suffering the Qin family had gone through from a small family to the current silver-quality family, and how much effort the Qin family had put in.
Of course, the current development of the Qin family is not only the credit of the top management, but also the result of the concerted efforts of the Qin family. So at the Qin family's promotion banquet, it was time to reward according to merit.
While they were enjoying the rewards, they turned the topic to the two affiliated families below.
The guests at the table immediately understood that this was to make a fuss about the two affiliated families at the top to gain face.
This is normal. Generally, the newly promoted families will do something and use various methods to show that we are a very powerful family and are no longer the same as before.
Methods include but are not limited to: using countless spirit stones and spiritual treasures from heaven and earth to create a luxurious and grand banquet, which is the most direct way to show off; secondly, you can go find your old rival to fight, create some trouble, and as long as you win, the effect will be maximized.
The Qin family has done a very high-end job this time. Apart from other things, the support of the two local Xianpin Bureaus can make the Qin family stand tall in the silver industry without worrying about not being able to integrate and being looked down upon.
But the Qin family seems to be unsatisfied and wants to do it more perfectly. Let's see what you can see. If you are too stingy, you will also ruin the dignity in front.
The ancestor Wenxuan seemed not to notice the people watching the show. He closed his eyes slightly, and after thinking for a while, he said:
"As the affiliated families of my Qin family, the Cheng and Yan families have always been loyal and hardworking. Today, the Qin family is very happy, so I will give each of the two families a foundation-building pill as a reward."
As he spoke, he stretched out his hand, palm down, and casually wiped the table. Two exquisitely carved sandalwood boxes appeared in front of everyone. With the ancestor's fingertips, everyone saw the lid of the sandalwood box was opened, and two brown round pills were quietly inside.
There was a faint smell of medicine, and just by inhaling it, the spiritual energy in the body had a magical pull.
Everyone at the table was no longer shocked, but looked horrified.
Who would give Foundation Building Pills as rewards to a subordinate family? Wouldn't it be nice if you could use such a precious thing yourself? Even the old silver brands wouldn't waste it like that.
The Zuoqiu family was completely shocked, and even felt that it was completely incomprehensible.
Because honestly, it was impossible for them to give it to their family, and even the Foundation Building Pills were still a very important resource within their family and could not be used lightly.
In the core of the development of a family, there is a very important point, which is to maintain the grade first, and then talk about development.
If this family is a silver family, then the most important thing at the moment is to find the golden elixir seeds and cultivate them into Jindan monks who can take over the highest combat power in the family and complete the family's grade continuation. After that, the rest of the development issues can be discussed.
Therefore, even the Zuoqiu family is still secretly looking for the raw materials of the foundation-building pill, hoping to accumulate more foundation-building pills. This is a core strategic resource, because only when there are more foundation-building people in the family, the probability of the formation of the pill will be greater, and the development of the family will be stable.
As a result, now, a family that has just been promoted to silver dares to use the foundation-building pill as a reward? Is this just a pretense, or is this family really so rich?
Ancestor Zuoqiu couldn't help but say: "Can I take a look at the foundation-building pill of your family?"
Ancestor Zuoqiu is an old woman who looks very majestic, with her hair neatly coiled up, and she often leans on a snake-head cane, which is said to be her weapon.
Qin Wenxuan smiled indifferently, waved her sleeves lightly, and the two wooden boxes automatically floated in the air, slowly floating to the table of Zuoqiu Patriarch.
Several high-ranking officials of Zuoqiu who attended the banquet looked at each other, and actually picked up the wooden boxes, put them in front of their eyes, and observed them carefully.
The eyes of other guests at the table also looked over curiously. They knew why the Zuoqiu family wanted to observe, wasn't it just to see whether the foundation-building pill was real or fake.
After a while, Zuoqiu Patriarch spoke with a complicated expression: "...It really is a foundation-building pill, and it is one of the best quality and efficacy among the foundation-building pills." As
soon as these words came out, a buzzing sound rang out at the table.
They really took out two genuine foundation-building pills? Where did this Qin family come from, and why are they so rich? Who doesn't count money these days? How come your newly promoted silver is even more luxurious than our old brand? When
the people at the table heard this answer, their curiosity was not quenched, but even stronger. They all wanted to invite the wooden box over to verify its authenticity.
So, the wooden box was passed down and passed to the Ren family.
This was not intentional by the Zuoqiu family. It was simply that the Ren family and the Zuoqiu family were both Beiling silver brands, and the two families sat next to each other.
However, the ancestor of the Ren family took the wooden box in his hand, glanced at it casually, and actually raised his hand to close the wooden box.
There was a click. The loud sound made the table quiet for a moment.
Patriarch Ren seemed to be unaware of it. He smiled and said, "These two pills that Patriarch Wenxuan took out reminded me of something."
No one asked him what he remembered, because looking at the attitude of Patriarch Ren, it felt that what he was going to say was not good.
No one said anything, and Patriarch Ren did not mind. He chuckled and said to himself, "If I remember correctly, before the Qin family upgraded to a higher grade, they opened a pill shop in Beiling? And introduced a new medical model?"
Qin Wenxuan shifted her gaze and put down the wine glass. This time she did not laugh, but nodded and said, "That's true. I don't know what it has to do with today's incident?"
Patriarch Ren shook his head, "Huh, it's very relevant. Because I once heard that , the elixirs sold by the Qin family in Beiling have caused deaths before, and those were the very common and in-demand basic elixirs that caused deaths. Simple basic elixirs can have flaws, and I wonder if the Qin family has carefully checked such high-level foundation-building elixirs. Otherwise, the reward was a good intention, but if something went wrong and the two affiliated families suffered, that would not be good, right? "As soon as
these words came out, the whole table fell silent. The surprised eyes of the guests at the table moved back and forth between Qin Wenxuan and the ancestor of the Ren family.
At this moment, they have confirmed that the Ren family's previous late arrival was not an accident, they did it on purpose, just like the provocative words of the ancestor Ren at this time, it was also intentional.
Didn't the Qin family just get promoted? How did the two families become enemies? The
Zuoqiu family was even more confused. They were supposed to be the ones who were most hostile to the Ren family? Why do you seem to hate the Qin family even more now? How
big of a grudge do you have to cause trouble at someone's promotion banquet?
Elder Wenxuan's face darkened, and he knocked the wine cup heavily, saying in a loud voice:
"Elder Ren, please be careful with your words! The Qin family has always been upright in their medical practice, and there has never been a situation where there was a problem with the elixir that resulted in a death. Elder Ren, please don't spread rumors at the banquet to ruin the reputation of our Qin family!"
As a result, seeing Qin Wenxuan's excitement, Elder Ren seemed to panic and said "aggrievedly":
"It's just that I remembered this matter when I saw these two foundation-building pills, so I mentioned it casually. How can it be as serious as what Elder Wenxuan said? Spreading rumors? I don't deserve this title. Besides, my Ren family has indeed heard about this matter, and it is indeed related to Qin's elixirs. How can it be a rumor? Could it be that our Beiling Ren family, a dignified silver family, would tell lies at the table!"
At this, the guests at the table seemed to be shaken for a moment. The two families had never heard of any hatred before. Now Elder Ren suddenly brought up the issue of Qin's elixirs. Did something really happen before? Did someone die?
"I don't know whether the dignified Beiling Ren family told lies at the banquet, but it is indeed inappropriate to bring up something that was heard from others and has not been verified in the court." The light female voice came from the young female cultivator sitting next to Grandmaster Wenxuan.
The guest's eyes sparkled as he recognized that this was the respected sixth elder of the Qin family.
She was dressed in a red dress, kneeling dignifiedly, her back straight, her lips half-smiled, and she glanced at the direction of the Ren family with an expression of indescribable contempt.
Ancestor Ren didn't expect that someone would dare to pout back at his words, and pout in such a disrespectful way. His face immediately turned black, and he glanced at Qin Ruqing up and down, saying: "Who are you, little girl? I am talking to your ancestor, how can you, a young man, have a say?"
As a result, Qin Ruqing covered her mouth and smiled, and said slowly: "Unfortunately, the Ren family was late on the way today, otherwise, it should have been me and the ancestor to welcome the Ren family to the table. It's my fault that Ancestor Ren didn't recognize him."
There was a faint laugh at the table. The sixth elder of the Qin family has a very clever mouth.
She was the one who came to greet them, but the Ren family was late, so they didn't recognize her. This must be the Ren family's own fault. The Sixth Elder was just making an excuse to refute.
The Ren family's face really turned black, but he didn't know how to refute it. After all, the Ren family was late.
It was the Zuoqiu family who said something to smooth things over: "This is the Sixth Elder of the Qin family."
He is a formal elder, and it is normal for him to speak in this situation. So, don't use this point to criticize him anymore, otherwise you will lose face.
The old ancestor Ren was shocked and realized his previous slip of the tongue. He choked for a while and added unwillingly: "The Qin family has now been promoted to silver grade. It is better to be cautious about such an important position as the elder."
This means that the Qin family has been promoted to silver grade, but the quality of the leadership team has not kept up.
Qin Ruqing shook his head and smiled even more. "If we follow what Patriarch Ren meant, wouldn't the selection of the ancestor of the Ren family be even more reckless?"
"Today, my Qin family is very happy to be promoted. Patriarch Ren suddenly mentioned an unconfirmed fact - saying that my Qin family's elixir caused a death - Patriarch Ren, can you tell me in detail, which elixir of my Qin family caused the death? Why did the person who lost his life buy my Qin family's elixir before? What kind of illness did he have? Where can you prove that he lost his life by taking my Qin family's elixir, where is the witness, and where is the physical evidence?"
Patriarch Ren was silent for a long time, and then said with a dark face: "I just heard it, it's not like I'm going to judge the case in court, what witness or physical evidence do I need to bring?"
Qin Ruqing smiled and spread his hands: "Look, Patriarch Ren himself said that this was heard. How can you say something you heard from others so convincingly in court, as if it were true?"
"That's one thing. Secondly, I'm the sixth elder of the Qin family, and I'm also registered in the Immortal Product Bureau, but Patriarch Ren scolded me. Afterwards, he didn't apologize, but interfered with the selection of elders in the Qin family."
"From what Patriarch Ren did today, it seems that he didn't come to participate in the banquet, but rather to deliberately cause trouble... To use what Patriarch Ren said before, my Qin family is upright and upright, and we are not afraid of what people say. But if what happened at the banquet today gets out, Patriarch Ren's reputation will be ruined, right?"
A radiant little face looks at you with a smile, but speaks in a crisp voice.
Patriarch Ren said before that if there is a problem with the Qin family's foundation-building pill, it would be bad if something goes wrong after it is awarded. The sixth elder of the Qin family said that Patriarch Ren had lost face at the banquet today, and if the news got out, it would also be bad for his reputation.
An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, that's what should be done.
"You..." Patriarch Ren's face turned from black to red, he was speechless, and was so angry that he couldn't speak for a long time.
Soon, he realized something. Originally, his messing up this matter would not have any impact on his reputation, because he was sure that the Qin family would swallow this loss. But now the development of things has exceeded his expectations, he didn't expect the Qin family to react so strongly!
If he doesn't make any response today and lets the dead girl's words get out, not only will he lose face, but the reputation of the Ren family will also be affected.
A stamp of "disgraceful" was directly stamped on him.
After figuring this out, the ancestor of the Ren family suddenly became more angry. He decided not to be patient anymore and to follow this anger and teach the little girl of the Qin family a lesson.
Qin Ruqing stared at him in the morning, thinking that it would be best if this old thing could be so angry that he couldn't help but attack. It would be fine if I could use my aura to suppress her. I just opened my badge skill and had a good fight with you.
However, before she could open her badge, an invisible wave lightly blocked the pressure from the ancestor Ren.
Qin Ruqing paused in the action of opening the skill and looked in the direction of the wave.
Our handsome recorder from Nanling waved his hand and summoned two wooden boxes, saying calmly:
"The ancestor of the Ren family said this before, probably because he was not sure about the quality of this foundation-building pill and was afraid of damaging the reputation of the Qin family... It was also a good intention. Why don't I help to identify it? In this way, it can not only prove the reputation of the Qin family's pills, but also solve the many worries of the Ren family. What do you think?"
The plot development is like a roller coaster. The audience at the banquet was really wonderful.
Nanling Xianpin Bureau... He really, he loves it!
This "many worries of the Ren family" is so subtle, it's just like saying that the Ren family is meddling in other people's business.
Faced with so many scrutinizing eyes, Diwu Xiyao remained calm. He originally didn't intend to intervene, but the communication stone from a certain adult in his sleeve pocket suddenly vibrated wildly.
It turned out that the previous movement of Pengying still stimulated the Fifth Ziyan. He didn't know when he was lying on a cloud and looking at this place, and happened to see the chaos of the Ren family.
So he began to call him frantically.
The communication stone was connected, and he only heard his good director excitedly:
"Good, good, good! The timing is perfect! The place in front can be recovered. The dog Fifth Lingyu is still trying to snatch people from me... Xiyao, you have to do it right now! Hit him hard in the face and keep my people for me!"