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Chapter Thirty-Seven: The Banquet

It was already dark when everyone came to Xizhi Street. The whole banquet was the most famous restaurant in the capital. It had first-class dishes, unique ingredients, and extremely high prices. It was not a high-ranking official, noble and rich, and could not afford to spend it at all.

Except for Chen Dingxian and Hu Xiyu, it was the first time everyone came. When they arrived at the door of the banquet, there were four friends standing on both sides of the left and right. They were specially welcomed by guests, and it was obvious that they were a big show. As for how it was inside, they had to enter it.

At the one of the eight people who were welcoming guests, Chen Dingxian asked proudly: "Is there a private room?"

The disciples gathered at the banquet were all dressed in luxurious clothes, and their eyesight was also outstanding. The eight people in front of them were either officials or their families, and they hurriedly answered with a smile: "Yes! I'll take the young master up." After saying that, they led the way in front.

When you enter the hall, there are four large ponds, which are full of various fish swimming around. Guests can kill them at the right time to ensure freshness. There are also chickens, ducks, geese and game birds in the backyard, and they eat fresh food.

Some people next to them were choosing what they like and walking back and forth. Yang Weibiao had a fresh picture and pulled Zhang Yicheng to go forward. The two of them were very excited. Yang Weibiao pointed at a big lobster and shouted, "I want this lobster." Anyway, it's not that I pay for it myself, so I don't have to consider whether it is expensive or not. I turned around and shouted to Tang Tong: "Brother Tang! Is that good?"

Tang Tong just smiled and nodded in agreement. Chen Dingxian laughed secretly at his lack of worries. This is far worse than shark fins, and there is also deer tails, which is the real delicacy.

"Isn't this Brother Tang? Why are you here in the capital?" At this time, a loud voice came.

Tang Tong looked back and saw that it was an old acquaintance, Yin Jichu, who was an official general of Liaodong. If the two were there, Tang Tong would definitely hug him and call him Brother Yin, just because they were brothers who were desperate. But at this time, not only were Chen Dingxian and others, but there was also a majestic and extraordinary military officer standing next to him. Tang Tong calmed down his excitement and bowed: "The official has met the general!"

Yin Jichu was the silver spear general of one of the eight generals of Shulu. He had a silver spear head with a bronze spear and a silver spear weighing 40 kilograms. He danced purely with green fire. There were countless people who died under his gun. Two years ago, he was ambushed by the Rouran cavalry. The enemy was too small and we could only break through the siege. Although it broke out, it was bitten by the Rouran cavalry and chased for more than a hundred miles. The guards around him were less and less, and the horses were trapped and surrounded by the hills. Seeing that the guards around him fell one by one, there were only three or four left, there were hundreds of Rouran soldiers. Yin Jichu could only sigh and never thought that he would die here today.

In despair, the Rouran cavalry suddenly became in chaos behind, and a rain of arrows shot down a group of Rouran cavalry. A hundred-man cavalry rushed out, and the leader of the leader was three arrows at the same time. The three Rouran cavalry in front fell down. When the number of people on both sides was equal, the Rouran cavalry was rushing thousands of miles away, which was already at the end of the strong. I heard someone shouting: "It's Tang Tong in a row!", and I was even more unwilling to fight, and they all rushed northwards. It was this time that I was recommended by Yin Jichu to the Ministry of War. With other military merits, Tang Tong was promoted to the Qianzheng General.

Yin Ji Chu was in the second rank of the official position, and the fifth rank of Tang Tong was not a small difference. The fact that Tang Tong was called his brother shows that the friendship between the two was quite shallow. Yin Ji Chu did not have an air of an official position and stepped forward and patted Tang Tong on the left shoulder, "This is not in the army, Brother Tang doesn't have to be polite!", and laughed cheerfully as he said. He hurriedly pulled Tang Tong forward, pointed at the majestic military officer and introduced: "This is the commander of the Imperial Army Chai Jingzi!"

After Yin Jichu's introduction, everyone present was stunned. The Imperial Commander could not have seen it with their own eyes, and they did not dare to speak out for a while. Except for Hu Xiyu, it was like seeing ordinary people.

Tang Tong immediately bowed, "The subordinate has met Commander Chai!"

"This is Tang Tong, the Thousand General Officer of Xuanfu, who has saved him among thousands of troops. He is not ordinary brave and has the style of a Confucian general." Yin Jichu did not forget to introduce it.

"The arrows in Tang Tong are like thunder!" Chai Jingzi replied with his fists.

"How can the trick of the carving cuckoo be compared with the Longmen General!" Tang Tong bowed heavily and then pointed to the seven people behind him, "These are some friends who are here. Today I am the leader, why should Commander Chai be together?"

Yin Jichu was willing, so he looked at Chai Jingzi. It seemed that he had a secret, and he looked at someone behind Tang Tong without responding for a moment.

"Brother Tang! If I have something to do, I will take a step first!" At this time, Hu Xiyu suddenly spoke, and then turned around and left.

"Nephew Hu stays there! Your and my holidays do not have to affect the relationship between friends." Then he bowed to Tang Tong, "I originally invited General Yin to drink, so we won't bother!" As he said that, he signaled to Yin Jichu and left first.

After hearing Chai Jingzhi's words, Hu Xiyu stopped and stayed there.

Yin Jichu took a photo of Tang Tong again, "You and my brother will find another chance to get drunk!" Tang Tong nodded, Yin Jichu smiled and waved to everyone, and followed him to chase Chai Jingzhi.

When they arrived at the Wenjingyuan room on the second floor, the guy went down to welcome the guests. There was a waiter who was waiting for each room. Eight people sat down, and the tea served was also the best Longjing. The eight people drank tea first, and the waiter bowed and asked, "Is that official who ordered the food?" Everyone looked at Tang Tong.

Tang Tong put down the teacup, "Sir Chen! We have never been here, so you can do it!"

When Chen Ding first saw his skills, he picked up expensive, delicious and distinctive points, and learned to sing the storytelling tunes, "Three fresh shark fins, hanging stove sheep, steamed deer tails, turtle with turtles, roasted goose, rice-stewed duck, braised duck feet, crystal elbow, crab meat, sunflower meatballs, mixed belly shreds, assorted tofu." Chen Ding first said a lot in one breath. Even Tang Tong only knew it was delicious and had never eaten it. Looking back, he thought about what he said, but he didn't remember it, and he had forgotten it long ago.

Chen Dingxian asked proudly: "Brother Tang! Is it enough?"

Tang Tong shook his head, "I haven't remembered any of them, there is also a big lobster, and I love this one again!" Tang Tong turned to Mao Zongxi and said, "Brother Mao! Order a few!"

Mao Zongxie was not polite, "It seems that there are no vegetables, so there are two most seasonal vegetables!" Tang Tong looked at the other five, "How many do you order too?" The five shook their heads, not wanting to be ugly. Tang Tong looked up and asked, "How many dishes are there?"

The waiter had a good memory, "Steamed big lobster, sauced donkey meat and two seasonal vegetables, a total of sixteen dishes."

Tang Tong looked at everyone and said confidently: "It should be enough to eat, but order more if not enough!"

The waiter did not forget to promote the sales and asked submissively: "Do you want someone to wait?" Tang Tong didn't understand and looked at Chen Dingxian.

Chen Ding first explained, "I just want the girl to drink!"

Tang Tong smiled indifferently and waved his hand and said, "Today is a brothers party, no need!"

The waiter still didn't give up and said, "We sang this little song very well, so we can make all the officials happy."

Tang Tong started anger impatiently, "We'll go to Sang Rixuan later, waiting for the food!" The waiter saw that he was a rich man. Did he take a look at him and go to the kitchen to hand in the recipe?

Chen Dingxian was a little unconfident, "Brother Tang! Will we really go to Sang Rixuan later?"

Tang Tong did not answer and said to everyone, "Have you been to Sang Rixuan!" Except for Chen Dingxian and Hu Xiyu, everyone else shook their heads.

Tang Tong spread his hands and smiled, "I haven't been there before, so let's go and see it!" Everyone cheered and excited.

Chen Ding ordered the signature dish of Quansheng Restaurant first. After half a stick of fragrance, the dishes came one after another and ordered ten jars of two kilograms of Fenjiu.

Tang Tong first opened a jar by himself, "Except Brother Mao, everyone must finish a jar of wine! Brothers start the wine first." Everyone was shocked and looked at each other, not knowing what they said.

Tang Tong opened a jar and handed it to Mao Zongxi and said, "Brother Mao! Drink slowly!" After everyone opened the jar, Tang Tong raised the jar, "Brothers! Let's go first!" As he said that, he took a big sip to the jar.

Seeing that Tang Tong had his head open, everyone was reluctant to refuse, so they picked up the jar and took a sip. Everyone started eating the dishes. The waiter cut the sheep into small pieces, and everyone bite them one by one, which was really satisfying.

After placing the bait, Chen Ding first picked up the jar, "Brother Tang, I respect you!".

When Mao Zongxi saw Chen Dingxian in a dilemma, he came forward to stop him, "Don't listen to your brother Tang, use a small bowl like me!"

Chen Ding looked at Tang Tong first, and Tang Tong waved his hand, "Waiter! Change everyone to small bowls, and the wine is full!", and Tang Tong took advantage of this gap and said: "Everyone eat food! Don't waste it!".

After the wine was poured, Tang Tong raised the jar again, "I will finish my jar of wine tonight, brothers, I will have a good time to drink!", and then took another big sip.

Everyone respected Tang Tong's wine, and they all stood up and said, "Brother Tang! I want to toast you!" No matter whether Tang Tong drinks or not, Tang Tong only drank three big sips, which was completely in the style of a big brother. Tang Tong drank a few pieces of donkey meat with a sip of wine, and he drank very happily with his brothers.

After three rounds of drinking, the eight people were a little sober, except Mao Zongxie, and the other seven people were drunk. Mao Zongxie wanted to activate the atmosphere, "Waiter, aren't there anyone who sang a song? Call these drunkards to sober up!"

The waiter had already seen that everyone heard the oldest person's words and immediately responded, "I'll go and call!" After a while, a middle-aged man in his forties came in with a thirteen or fourteen-year-old woman.

The middle-aged man shrank a little and bowed, "Hello, all the officials! What song do you want to listen to?"

Mao Zongxie comforted elegantly, "Don't be afraid! We are not bad people, what will you do?"

The middle-aged man replied: "It's good at small songs in the capital, and it's okay to tune small songs in the time."

Mao Zongxi, like Tang Tong, came from Shanxi and asked inadvertently, "Where is Shanxi Xiaoqu?"

"I can't sing a few songs very well."

Mao Zongxie smiled disapprovingly, "It's better than us adults, sing!"

The middle-aged man sat down and played the erhu. The little girl sang ten scenes, which were gentle and beautiful, and the voice was crisp and nice. The people who were still toasting and talking calmly and listened carefully. Even Tang Tong stopped drinking and leaned on the chair to listen. Since he could be at such an occasion, he would definitely be able to hold on to the table, otherwise he would not have eaten this bowl of rice. After the song was sung, everyone was fascinated.

Tang Tong suddenly became interested, "Give me a song of jasmine!" The middle-aged man immediately played the jasmine. The little girl sang very attentively, her voice was pleasant, and her voice was like a singing of an oriole. Mao Zongxie kept shaking his head while stroking his beard, and was intoxicated. The others woke up a lot after hearing the alcohol. Tang Tong stared at the woman, with a simple makeup and a small jasper, which was not beautiful but somewhat beautiful. The jasmine song was really nice, and the people present had not yet recovered.

Tang Tong was still squinting his eyes and appreciating himself, "Let's embroider the purse again!".

The woman sang again, still crisp and clear, soft and melodious. Tang Tong was happy to show her expression, Chen Dingxian was surprised, Mao Zongxie nodded and intoxicated, and the others were also addicted to it.

After singing the third song, the woman seemed to be waiting for someone to order the song. Tang Tong took out two taels of silver from his body and put it on the table and said, "Sing well! You can't sing anymore. Look, no one can drink the wine, just take the silver!"

The waiter came to get the silver immediately. When he was about to stuff it into his body, Tang Tong shouted, "This is the reward for the girl. The money for singing is counted at the banquet, give it to her!" Tang Tong shouted, and everyone else stared at him. The waiter had to hand over the silver to the girl obediently.

The little woman was very grateful to Tang Tong. When she came to Tang Tong, she bowed and said, "Thank you, lord!" Tang Tong just waved her hand and signaled her to go down. The little woman bowed her head and stepped out slowly with the middle-aged man.

After a while of silence, Tang Tong shouted loudly: "Brothers! Come and drink!"...

After another toast, Tang Tong drank a jar of wine, and finally drank most of the remaining jars of Mao Zongxie, and drank the remaining two jars of wine with everyone, and was very sober. Chen Dingxian admired Tang Tong's alcohol tolerance. Everyone was in a fog. Yang Weibiao was talking nonstop, and only Hu Xiyu was still a little sober.

It was so drunk that Yang Weibiao and Zhang Yicheng hugged each other and kept talking. Yu Jian and Xiang Guozhen were talking in their hometown dialect. It seemed that they were a little homesick. When Mao Zongxie settled the account, because he drank too much, Yu Jian and Xiang Guozhen, Chen Dingxian and Hu Xiyu also hugged each other two. Mao Zongxie also held Tang Tong, and everyone talked and left the whole banquet.
Chapter completed!
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