Chapter 316 Hongmen Banquet
In the past two days, Liu Jianan can be said to be the most prominent person in the Trial City.
Because the team he led broke the record left by Chi Yuan again and again, allowing the people of the city to watch the flashing of the stone tablet many times for free.
Many residents who have lived in the city since childhood said that they have never seen the stone tablet flash so frequently in their lives.
It is like a disco and can't stop.
Liu Jianan's name also spread throughout the city overnight, and he was the most popular for a while.
People are always tolerant of the strong, so even if Liu Jianan kissed a man in public and exposed his sexual orientation.
People will only say that he is true to his nature, not hypocritical, and not pretentious.
In order to attend the banquet tonight, Liu Jianan specially changed into the suit that he had kept in the purple gold gourd.
This suit is well-cut. Although it is not a high-end one, it fits Liu Jianan's figure very well.
He bought it when he was stockpiling before the end of the world, and it cost him more than 10,000 yuan.
At first, he didn't plan to buy such a flashy thing, until Zhang Yaoyao reminded him that he might attend some high-end banquets in the future, so he chose to buy it.
Because he thought that he would definitely go to Kyoto to find Duan Haiping in the future.
With Duan Haiping's status, there must be a lot of social events and banquets.
I'm afraid there will be many inconveniences when the time comes, so it's better to prepare one first, just in case.
I didn't expect to use it today.
"Captain Liu, welcome, welcome. With your arrival, our Zhao family's banquet hall immediately becomes magnificent and splendid." Zhao Zhengxing held up his wine glass and walked quickly to Liu Jianan, and started to compliment him.
Liu Jianan kept a proper smile: "How can I not come when the Zhao family invites me? This is just a small gift, not a respectful gesture. I wish the Zhao family happiness as vast as the East Sea and longevity as
great as the Southern Mountains." What a blessing.
Zhao Zhengxing almost couldn't hold back his smile. He was only 45 years old this year, but being wished so much made him look much older.
As for the reason why he was 45 years old but claimed to be 40 years old, as Liu Jianan expected, it was just a gimmick for the banquet.
He took the birthday gift from Liu Jianan, but did not open the gift box to check it. He handed it to the butler.
Then he smiled and thanked Liu Jianan: "Thank you, Captain Liu. Please take a seat. The banquet will start soon."
Liu Jianan nodded slightly, took Duan Haiping's arm, and walked into the banquet hall.
He did not care about the gazes from all directions, and only focused on tonight's dishes.
Duan Haiping is an expert in this area. He introduced Liu Jianan kindly: "The birthday banquet of the Zhao family this time is divided into two floors. The first floor is the activity area. There will be singing and dancing performances later. There are exquisite meals and drinks available below the stage. The second floor is the elegant seats, which are only reserved for people of status. If you need anything, tell the servants of the Zhao family and they will bring it up for you."
Liu Jianan was amazed: "It's really extravagant. The banquets of rich people are really all about burning money."
There are many delicacies in the dishes alone that he has never seen. The palm-sized abalone and shark fin are just the lowest among them.
His consciousness can even feel that many dishes contain a strong element of chrysanthemum. It seems that they are taken from mutant creatures and cooked by secret methods, retaining the chrysanthemum element in them.
Oh, it should be called aura here.
As for the wine, he didn't understand it at all, but thought it was crystal clear and very beautiful.
"I want to taste the wine here." Liu Jianan was very curious.
Duan Haiping thought for a moment, and only remembered that when he was in the Shaanxi safety zone, Liu Jianan drank a little wine and got drunk.
"It's better to be safe than sorry. No one knows whether there is something terrible in this wine." Duan Haiping reminded him, "If you like it, we can buy it at the market some other time, and don't eat the food prepared by the Zhao family at the banquet."
Liu Jianan understood this, and he just asked casually.
After going up to the second floor, he saw an acquaintance: "Lord Chi Yuan, you are here too."
Chi Yuan's gaze stayed on Liu Jianan's hand holding Duan Haiping's arm, and then he smiled politely: "Good evening, Captain Liu, would you like to have a drink together?"
Liu Jianan shook his head regretfully: "I can't drink much, I'm afraid I'll get drunk and go crazy."
Chi Yuan didn't force it, but raised the glass and drank the liquid in the glass: "Then I wish you all have fun."
"Have fun together." Liu Jianan said, and walked past him to his seat.
He said to Duan Haiping with some doubt: "Just now my spiritual power reminded me that Chi Yuan's mood seems to be fluctuating, and he seems to be secretly planning something."
Duan Haiping thought for a while: "Maybe Chi Yuan has reached some kind of deal with Zhao Zhengxing."
"It doesn't matter. Before I came, I told Lao Hu and the others that if I didn't come back before eight o'clock, they would rush in and take us out immediately." Since Liu Jianan dared to come to the banquet, he was of course fully prepared. "I also brought a walkie-talkie, so I can let them act at any time."
Duan Haiping also felt that this arrangement was watertight, so he didn't add anything.
Soon, the guests were almost all there, and Zhao Zhengxing waved his hand to announce the start of the banquet, and the high-quality stereo played popular dance music.
The dancers spun and jumped on the stage, their graceful dance moves sometimes like swallows in the palm of your hand, sometimes like flying swans, graceful and radiant.
Liu Jianan admired for a moment, but his vigilance made him immediately realize something was wrong: "Why is Zhao Wuji not here?"
Even if Zhao Wuji and Zhao Zhengxing were at odds, as the second master of the Zhao family, he had no reason to be absent from Zhao Zhengxing's birthday banquet.
Liu Jianan believed that with Zhao Wuji's emotional intelligence, he would not do such a thing as losing the big picture for the small.
That left one possibility, Zhao Wuji could not come.
Then he discovered that Zhao Mingxi and Zhao Xingwei were not there either.
He told Duan Haiping about the situation, and Duan Haiping immediately decided: "Let's leave here first."
At this moment, a servant next to him suddenly came over and said: "I will take you out, please save my father."
Liu Jianan looked carefully and saw that it was Zhao Xingwei.
Why did he put on makeup like this?
The scowl and beard, if it weren't for the fact that his facial features still had some resemblance to Zhao Xingwei, coupled with his supernatural powers, he wouldn't have recognized him at all.
"What happened?" Liu Jianan asked.
Zhao Xingwei spoke quickly: "Zhao Zhengxing has set up a nightmare array to trap you. You must leave here quickly to save my father from him. Go!"
"My good nephew, today is my 40th birthday banquet. How can you chase away the guests?" Zhao Zhengxing appeared on the second floor at some point. He smiled sinisterly, "Not to mention such a distinguished guest."
Liu Jianan didn't intend to say a word to Zhao Zhengxing. He pulled Duan Haiping and Zhao Xingwei and was about to use the magic to take them away from here.
However, he found that his supernatural power seemed to be frozen and could not be used at all.
How could this happen?
Zhao Zhengxing burst into laughter: "It's too late. The whole banquet hall is full of Fenglingxiang. After inhaling Fenglingxiang, you can't use your spiritual power and can only be slaughtered. Captain Liu, Captain Liu, you are too cautious. You don't know that the only antidote to Fenglingxiang is the wine here."
Liu Jianan's pupils shrank. Good guy, he was tricked!
This damn Zhao Zhengxing actually played dirty!