Lin Rui's idea of not wanting to go out was finally broken that night, because the Marquis of Xinyang held a night banquet to entertain the young general who came from afar.
When the invitation arrived, Lin Rui was already lying in bed. Sanliang received a notice from Wang Sanhu, who came to inform Lin Rui. In the end, he had no choice but to get up miserably. After all, he had to go through this face-saving project.
He was wearing a suit of moon-white brocade that he had brought with him, and he looked like a handsome young man in troubled times.
Han Wenjing was also wearing a bamboo green suit, which made him look tall and slender; only the major general was still dressed in a black suit, which was very suitable for the posture of drawing swords and fighting in the middle of the banquet at the slightest disagreement.
The three of them sat in the carriage that the Marquis of Xinyang had come to pick them up. Lin Rui stuck his head out to look. The streets were clean and tidy, and the houses were arranged in an orderly manner. This Marquis of Xinyang was quite something. He not only replicated the imperial palace in scale, but also replicated the iconic buildings of all sizes in Linjing City. He must have really wanted to be the emperor.
Xing Lie naturally saw it too: "Is this built according to the pattern of Linjing?"
Lin Rui nodded. When he first came here, he was wandering around Linjing looking for an opportunity to sell the glass teacups in the house. He looked at all the pawnshops in Linjing, big and small, and naturally took in the buildings on the main streets of Linjing.
Han Wenjing shook his head. "That's crazy! Large-scale construction is a waste of money and labor, especially for a place like Yishu Pass, which is smaller and less populated than Huangmo Pass. How did they do it? And the people there seem to be doing quite well."
At this moment, their carriage suddenly hit something. It turned out that a man was passing by and didn't pay attention to the carriage and was hit.
Wang Sanhu hurriedly asked: "Brother, are you okay?"
The man who was hit may have been influenced by his status as a nobleman in the carriage, so he waved his hands and ran away.
"Is it too simple?" Wang Sanhu talked to the three or two people around him.
The vehicle continued to head towards the palace of Marquis Xinyang as normal. When they arrived at the palace, there was a great deal of cheering and talking. Wow, the interior was decorated magnificently, with all kinds of precious items such as gold, silver, jade, blood jade, coral, etc. The level of luxury surpassed that of countless generals' mansions in Huangmo Pass.
It is no exaggeration to say that the General's Mansion is penniless. All the money is used to support the soldiers. Now the hot pot factory is doing a booming business. Sometimes even the old general has to beg Xing Lie for money to support his four camps.
When Lin Rui and others met the Marquis of Xinyang, it was a place of wine and meat, a perfect replica of the absurd behavior of the old version of King Zhou and Daji.
There are two lifelike carved dragon heads on each side of the pool, and wine with a strong aroma flows out of the dragon heads' mouths. There are also three or five women in gauze playing and frolicking in the pool.
A heavyweight meat mountain was wearing a bright yellow dragon robe, and his flesh was sunken into the dragon throne.
Seeing Xing Lie coming, he pointed to the first row and told him: "The Major General is here? Please take a seat."
"Marquis Xinyang, how are you?" Xing Lie greeted him politely.
Xinyang Marquis's eldest son, Yan Xiuyu, politely seated Xing Lie, while Han Wenjing and Lin Rui were seated at the end by his second son, Yan Xiuzhuo. This was considered a seniority-based seating arrangement. If it were a true imperial banquet in the capital, people like Lin Rui and Han Wenjing wouldn't have been eligible to sit down.
Perhaps they should also thank Xinyang Hou of Yishu Pass for giving them this opportunity to broaden their horizons.
Seeing the Marquis of Xinyang was truly beyond everyone's expectation. He wasn't a human being, but a mountain of flesh. He was served by dedicated staff, including food, clothing, shelter, transportation, eating, drinking, and urinating. He was like a fleshy Ganoderma lucidum buried deep underground, his body white and plump. He swayed three times with every step, and the longest he'd ever walked was only five steps. He couldn't even speak a few words without gasping for breath.
So tonight's banquet was hosted by his eldest son Yan Xiu Yu. What was even more amazing was that the wine in front of them was actually drawn from the pool where many women were playing.
Lin Rui is full of questions?
Can I drink this?
What if a woman has athlete's foot or a skin disease? Will the wine they drink contain these skin flakes? Or maybe these women are all carefully selected beauties, but no matter how you look at it, it's still shameful!
In short, the wine placed next to Lin Rui and Han Wenjing was not drunk after they looked at each other.
Yan Xiuzhuo glanced at them, drank the wine in his glass, and sneered at Lin Rui and Han Wenjing: "Could it be that the guests from Huangmo Pass look down on the wine from our Yishu Pass?"
Lin Rui coughed twice: "That's not the case, it's mainly because I can't drink."
Han Wenjing was about to speak, but Yan Xiuzhuo glanced at him and said, "You can't drink, can you?"
Han Wenjing also shamelessly agreed: "To be honest with you, Second Prince, I really can't do that."
Yan Xiuzhuo's expression visibly relaxed, and he let it go with a cold snort.
Han Wenjing couldn't believe it and whispered to Lin Rui, "I thought he was trying to make things difficult for me, so why is he so easy to talk to now?"
Lin Rui thought for a moment and said, "I think your calling him the Second Prince touched his heart."
Han Wenjing smacked his lips and said, "Is he crazy about wanting to be the emperor?"
Who says it isn't true? Now people in Yishuguan have to rely on others to survive, but the people here seem to be living a peaceful life, and they have the leisure to paint the land and build a country.
Xing Lie naturally didn't drink the wine in his glass. Yan Xiuyu's face darkened. "What do you mean, Major General? Yishuguan specially prepared this fine wine for you, Major General, and you're just being so disrespectful?"
Xing Lie shook his head: "Young Master, you misunderstood. The main reason is that I really can't drink such soft wine. Huangmo Pass is freezing cold with snow and ice, and only burning knives can be strong."
Upon hearing this, Yan Xiu Yu used alcohol to cover up the disdain on his face, and sneered in his heart: Wild boars really can't eat fine bran!
The accompanying officials at the banquet seemed to be non-existent. They ate and drank without daring to make a sound. The only sounds at the banquet were the women's deliberate laughter and the sound of water flowing in the wine pool.
Lin Rui, who was afraid of the aliens, didn't dare to drink the wine or eat the food here. He threw the food he ate into his clothes under the etiquette of covering his face with his sleeves. He would rather go back and clean it up at night than have it poisoned by Xinyang Hou's men and eaten by them.
Xing Lie was the same, but he just confronted them head-on, refusing to drink or eat, and no matter how the two sons of Xinyang Hou acted, he remained motionless.
By the middle of the wine, the half-drunk and half-awake Xinyang Hou clapped his hands and said, "Please invite the young lady out."
Yan Xiuyu clapped his hands and said, "Miss, please come here."
Four people came carrying a lotus-shaped bud. It was obvious that the young lady of the Yan family was hiding in this bud.
I don’t know what kind of fragrance the flower bud was fumigated with, but when it was lifted out, a pleasant fragrance emanated from the flower bud.
"What do you think of this aroma, Major General?"
Xing Lie nodded: "It smells good."
Yan Xiuyu laughed heartily: "This is the body fragrance that my sister has had since she was born. My sister is fourteen years old this year. She has been raised in seclusion and has grown into a beautiful woman..."
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