Chapter 176 Being a foster father also has such benefits!
"A Cheng is just like Long Shuai, a man of righteousness!"
"When I was young, I was taken care of by Long Shuai, and when I got older, I was taken care of by Long Shuai's son. I'm really ashamed!"
"Are you all drunk too much? The Dragon Lancers are gone long ago. Don't keep talking about the Dragon Commander. If someone hears this, it will harm the right minister and Acheng!" Bi Fansheng, the oldest and most calm, reminded the brothers.
Pu Jian also said: "What Lao Bi said makes sense. Nowadays, everyone comes to Changsui. It is estimated that there are people from the palace in the streets and alleys. We should pay more attention to what we say and do."
"That's exactly what I'm worried about."
Bi Fansheng continued: "It's okay that Acheng is helping your family. Now that he has helped so many families, he must not be able to hide the news if it is too big. When the emperor finds out, he will definitely think that Acheng is trying to win over people's hearts."
Song Cheng yelled: "Your Majesty has no brains to think this way! We want power but no power, no soldiers but no soldiers, why are we trying to win over us? Play mahjong?"
"I just told you to pay attention when you speak!"
Bi Fansheng glared at Song Cheng, and then said: "You are confused. Even if His Majesty doesn't think so, someone will make His Majesty think so!"
Song Cheng's face darkened, and he understood what Bi Fansheng meant, and said angrily: "I'm leaving my words here. If anyone dares to touch Acheng in Changsui, I will kill him at the expense of my whole family!"
Pu Jian said: "Don't say these words, we are all the same and will use everything to protect Ah Cheng. But it is best to prevent problems and solve them, rather than looking for repairs when something goes wrong."
Bi Fansheng said: "Lao Pu is right."
"This is easy to handle. After the state banquet, we will resign together and return home!" Song Cheng said.
"Old Song, look at the depressing words you said..." Bi Fansheng suddenly froze in the middle of the sentence and said, "This is a good idea!"
Song Cheng curled his lips and said, "I wasn't joking in the first place!"
Bi Fansheng nodded. In the past, when everyone got together to discuss problems, he and Pu Jian were usually the first to discover the problem, and it was Song Cheng who finally proposed the solution.
When everyone put it together, they felt that this method was good.
Although Pu Jian was unwilling to do so, he could not overcome the fact. Unless Zhao Huan had the opportunity to lead the expedition, he might be selected as a general. Otherwise, even if he had been a loyal general for the rest of his life, he would definitely not be able to get his turn.
If Zhao Huan has the opportunity to take command in the future, Zhao Huan can promote himself even if he is not in office.
So what does it mean whether the general does it or not?
The key still depends on Zhao Huan!
Someone asked: "Will the emperor believe that we are sincere?"
Song Cheng said: "It doesn't matter whether you believe it or not. As long as we do this, we can let others see our posture and let His Majesty know our attitude."
"I'm so old!" Song Cheng lay back, raised his head and took a sip of wine.
Pu Jian immediately expressed his position: "I have no objection."
"I don't have any objection either."
"I think it will work."
Seeing that everyone agreed, Bi Fansheng raised his hand and said: "In that case, the matter is settled!"
night.
Build General Zhong's Mansion.
"Take a bath, I want to take a bath..."
Hearing Zhao Cheng's request, Park Youxi looked around anxiously. This was his father's room. His father usually took a shower directly by the well instead of using a wooden bucket in the room.
At this moment, where can I find the barrel?
"A Cheng, wait a minute..."
Just as Park Youxi was about to pull away her hand to think of a solution, Zhao Cheng easily pulled her into his arms.
"It's cool, so cool... No wonder Wang Yufeng and the others want to sleep on the bed, girl, it's so comfortable..."
"Ah..." Park Youxi exclaimed softly. Her body was indeed cool, but her face was already starting to feel hot.
Park Youxi's appearance can only be regarded as average among the women Zhao Cheng has seen, but after giving birth to a baby, she still maintains a well-proportioned figure, without the tightness of a girl, but with an appearance that is easy to get trapped in.
plump.
Although things happened a bit unexpectedly, Park Youxi did not refuse and twisted his body along with Zhao Cheng's strength.
"Qiu Shu, why have you become fat?"
Zhao Cheng slowly opened his eyes and murmured: "Xia Qi looks so well-proportioned...ah!"
"Sister Youxi!!"
Zhao Cheng was so frightened that he woke up from drinking and quickly let go of Park Youxi's hand.
Park Youxi still leaned on the bedside and murmured: "Does my sister look so scary?"
Zhao Cheng waved his hand and said: "That's not what I meant, I thought you were those two girls!"
"The lights were out in their room when I came, so they must have fallen asleep."
Pu Youxi sat up, but did not leave the bedside, and said softly: "I have also served others... I can do it well if they can do it. I can also do it well if they can't..."
"Sister Youxi! Did you misunderstand?"
Zhao Cheng was so drunk that he couldn't understand the meaning of Park Youxi's words. He quickly said: "I am not the kind of person you imagined! Those two girls... are really just my maids!"
After the conversation started, Park Youxi no longer felt awkward and said bluntly: "Don't tell me that you are still a boy..."
"That's true!" Zhao Cheng nodded like a chicken pecking at rice and said, "I'm still a young lady!!"
"puff!"
Park Youxi couldn't help laughing and said: "Come on, you are no longer invincible a long time ago, and you are still? You treat my sister as a fool!"
"How can I prove it to you? There's no way to check this thing..."
"Okay, let's see how scared you are!" Pu Youxi patted Zhao Cheng, stood up and said, "I'm from here, so I won't take advantage of you. But don't misunderstand me, don't think of me as a loose person, sister.
I just thought about your special needs, so I thought about whether to fulfill your needs. After all, you are Doudou’s adoptive father..."
Zhao Cheng was a little confused. It was the first time he heard that being a foster father had such benefits!
"Do you still want to take a shower?"
"No..."
"I'm leaving."
When he walked outside the door and was about to close it, Park Youxi smiled slightly and said, "Thank you for promising Doudou."
Squeak——
"Huh..." Zhao Cheng let out a long sigh of relief and leaned down on the bed, thinking to himself that he was really drunk and almost made a mistake.
At Zhao Cheng's age, when he is full of energy and has the conditions and opportunities to make mistakes, he basically has no chance of running away.
But Zhao Cheng would not do this to Park Yoo Hee.
It's not that he dislikes Park Yoo-hee, nor does he think it's troublesome for the relationship between Zhao and Pu's family to be involved in this kind of thing, it's just that Zhao Cheng has no feelings for Park Yoo-hee.
Zhao Cheng has always believed that playing poker with people who have no feelings is a life-changing experience.
Squeak——
Before Zhao Cheng could get over what happened with Park Youxi, the door was opened again.
The person who walked in was still a woman.
But it’s not Park Yoo-hee, nor Xia Qi and Qiu Shu.
But Zhou Nuo.
Zhou Nuo rolled his eyes at Zhao Cheng and said, "You're pretty awesome. You look pretty everywhere you go!"
"You scared me to death!"
Seeing that the person who came in was Zhou Nuo, Zhao Cheng breathed a sigh of relief, picked up the soup brought by Park Youxi and drank it.
Zhou Nuodao: "This sister is pretty good-looking. Is she that scary?"
Zhao Cheng said: "Stop teasing me, tell me the situation quickly."
After Zhou Nuo walked in, Zhou Chuan also came in, opened the door to a crack, and stood guard by the door.
"It's impossible to find out who is the backer in Lu Bin Palace, but he is indeed responsible for some of the ingredients for this state banquet."
Zhou Nuo sat down on the chair, picked up a piece of fruit on the table, ate it, and continued: "The ingredients were all delivered as required, and I didn't see him cheating. The people who received the goods in the palace were also very satisfied with him.
All in all, what I do is pretty decent."
"This guy Cai Yiyi is not simple. He is not just surrounded by the thugs you see. He is protected by masters behind him. He and I can only keep a certain distance. Whenever we try to close the distance, the master will
Put pressure on me."
"But what is certain is that Cai Yiyi is indeed from Yunjing, and often does business in Changsui. He has been selling picture albums for the past two months, which is consistent with what he said."
"Hmm..." Zhao Cheng responded, and after discussing preliminary business intentions with Cai and Lu Bin, he began to investigate.
Zhao Cheng didn't think there was anything wrong with this. Since he was thinking about long-term cooperation in the future, initial testing and investigation were indispensable. I believe Cai Yiyi and Lu Bin would also use their own abilities to investigate him.
However, Yang Taozhi was not around, so Zhao Cheng could only ask Zhou Nuo to help.
Zhou Chuan is too straight and Zhao Wu is too stupid, neither of them are suitable for this kind of reconnaissance work.
In addition to his cleverness, Zhou Nuo's greatest characteristics are his agility and good eyesight, which is different from the snipers in his previous life who needed to be equipped with observers. An excellent shooter is himself an excellent observer!
"Where's Zhou Jinghuan?"
"Nothing happened. He rarely goes out unless summoned by the palace. But I saw the master beside him, Hunyuan Sword Chen Chong, he is a powerful character."
"He also uses a sword?" Zhao Cheng glanced at Zhou Chuan behind the door and asked, "Which one is better between you and your brother?"
"I haven't competed, but he is just like my brother, he is also a top player."
"Interesting..." Zhao Cheng sneered: "Zhou Jinghuan is quite tolerant this time. He was slapped by Wang Yuluan that day, but he didn't even let this master take action."
"Chen Chong was not there that day."
"I know he was not there that day, but is it possible that Zhou Jinghuan deliberately made him absent?"
Hearing this, Zhou Nuo stopped biting the fruit and asked, "What do you mean?"
"You have underestimated Zhou Jinghuan."
Zhao Cheng sat up from the bed, took down the cattail leaf fan hanging on the wall to fan himself, and said: "Zhou Jinghuan is the most beloved younger brother of the Southern Zhou Emperor. Being named a prince at a young age may be a sign of the emperor's great favor, but being appointed as
The envoy came to attend the Dajing State Banquet... Could he be a mediocre person?"
"A man is capable of bending and stretching. Judging from the speed with which he changed his face when he apologized to the veteran, he is not mediocre!"
Zhou Nuo couldn't understand and asked: "Then why did he deliberately push Chen Chong away? Is it itchy?"
"It's just itchy skin!"
Zhao Cheng sat down on the chair next to Zhou Nuo and said: "Smart people will not be as rampant as him. Let alone beating people randomly abroad, they would not do this even in their own country. He is deliberately looking for trouble!"
"Why?"
"After being beaten, I will have an excuse to talk to our Emperor Dajing, the Lion King!"
Zhou Nuo thought for a moment and figured out the reason. He was surprised and said: "Isn't this too pretentious?"
As he said that, Zhou Nuo looked at Zhao Cheng and said, "Is it just that you are too evil-minded, and that's not what he thinks at all?"
"Xiao Nuo, I agree with the judgment of the young prime minister." Zhou Chuan interjected: "Chen Chong has been famous in the world for a long time. After practicing the Hunyuan Sword, he is even more arrogant and will not join the sect of mediocrity."
Zhou Nuo let out a deep breath, as if he was lamenting the mentality of these people, and suddenly thought of something. He looked at Zhao Cheng and said, "Then you encouraged Wang Yuluan to beat him, didn't you just let him succeed?!"
Zhao Cheng nodded and said: "I didn't know beforehand! But it's really not our fault. Even if we don't agree with him, regardless of the veteran, he will try his best to get himself beaten."
"A man deserves a beating, can you stop him?"
"That's true..." Zhou Nuo nodded.
Zhao Cheng sighed: "In order to get an opportunity for a lion to open his mouth, the prince can risk his face and get beaten. It can be seen that what Nan Zhou wants this time is extraordinary!"
Zhou Nuo asked suspiciously: "What do they want?"
"It's not me anyway." Zhao Cheng muttered.
"You don't have to say that!"
"I have to keep a low profile during the state banquet. It's best not to let him notice me, so as not to involve me."
"Well, you're very mean-spirited when it comes to making trouble. I guess he's remembered everything."
"Regret! I was just too busy trying to win glory for the country..."
"Shit, are you thinking about winning glory for the country? Are you just here to trick Wang Yuluan?"
…
Dajing reigned for ten years.
Yuan Xiu's largest state banquet to date began.
The state banquet was held outside the Yongshou Palace. It was not that the Yongshou Palace could not accommodate so many people, but Yuan Xiu saw that the weather was good these days, so he thought that it would be more layered if it was outside during the day and inside at night. He also spoke
The state banquet lasts for three days and three nights without interruption. If you want to drink all night, feel free to drink. If you can't drink, you can go home at night, or you can sleep on the spot in Yongshou Palace.
Anyway, let’s just let go and have fun. We, the emperor and his ministers, are of the same mind and have fun together. There aren’t that many rules!
With Yongshou Palace as the central axis, the seats are arranged in a fan shape from both sides. Each side is divided into five areas. Each area has nine rows of seats, which coincides with the meaning of the Nine-Five-Year Lord.
The emperor naturally sat on the central axis with his back to the Yongshou Palace, with his relatives and Beijing officials sitting on his left, and foreign missions and local officials on his right.
The fans on both sides form a virtual circle in the middle, which is the activity area and stage for the state banquet.
There are nearly 5,000 seats alone. Taking into account singers, dancers, actors, service personnel, etc., as well as private citizens who are specially approved to enter the palace to join the banquet, it is estimated that the number will reach more than 20,000 during the peak period.
This is a unique feast in the entire history of the Jing Dynasty that continues to this day!
Although Yuan Xiu has not yet entered the venue and taken his seat, he is already standing on the observation deck on the top floor of Yongshou Palace, watching from a distance.
"Your Majesty, the envoys from various countries are the first to arrive. It seems that they are all here. Do you want to move?" Lu Lu reminded, standing behind Yuan Xiu.
"Not urgent."
Yuan Xiu stared at the grand occasion not far away, put his left hand behind his back, raised his right hand and gestured: "Look again, look at how majestic this prosperous age created by me is!"
"It is a blessing to the country and a blessing to the people to have a holy master like His Majesty in the empire."
Lu Lu responded, then stepped back a little and said nothing.
While the guests were still taking their seats, performances had already begun on the stage, including dancers, opera singers, and folk acrobats... The form of the state banquet was beyond the expectations of many people. The most surprised person was not the local officials, but the local officials.
Those foreign envoys who came from all over the world did not expect that the majestic and majestic country in the north would be prosperous! The atmosphere of the state banquet was actually so lively, which was very different from the seriousness they imagined.
At this time, the foreign missions area on the right was the busiest and the first area to be filled up. Because there were not enough chairs, the ladies in charge asked the ladies to add chairs.
"Oh, isn't this Prince He of Southern Zhou Dynasty? Are you here in person?" An envoy from the Western Region Kingdom greeted Zhou Jinghuan.
Seeing this person, Zhou Jinghuan smiled and returned the greeting: "It turns out to be Prince Da Yue! Look, you are still laughing at me. I was just an idle prince in Southern Zhou Dynasty. It doesn't matter whether I am in the court or not. You are different. I heard that Da Yue is the prince."
King Yue's health is getting worse day by day, and the affairs of the Great Yue State are all on your shoulders, yet you are actually free to come here."
"Who am I? Look at them!" Prince Dayue pointed behind him.
Zhou Jinghuan looked over and saw two people talking in the crowd. He couldn't help being stunned and said in surprise: "King Trentu? King Abilie? The two kings are here in person?!"
Prince Dayue shrugged and said: "You see, they are the head of a country who personally serve as envoys. Who am I? I am so weak!"
Zhou Jinghuan sighed: "It seems that you have been fighting very hard recently..."
"A bunch of shameless people." Prince Oyue said disdainfully: "If you can't win, just hug him!"
Zhou Jinghuan smiled and said: "If you feel that Jingguo's thigh is too crowded, you can try giving Nan Zhou a hug."
"Nanzhou is too far away to help, so what's the use of holding it?"
"Maybe one day the Southern Zhou Dynasty will become the Great Zhou Dynasty?"
Prince Dayue was stunned for a moment, gave Zhou Jinghuan a thumbs up, and said: "You are really a hero for saying words that will destroy others on other people's territory!"
Really heroic?
Zhou Jinghuan curled his lips and thought, you actually want to say that I am a real fool, right?
Prince Oyue narrowed his eyes, thinking that you actually know that I actually want to say that you are a real fool, right?
"Hahahahaha..." The two of them laughed "knowing themselves and knowing each other".
Conversations and fake smiles like this are happening in many areas at this time. They are shabby and polite, and business compliments are exchanged. This is usually the atmosphere when people from all over the world gather together.
Zhao Cheng had actually arrived early. He wanted to keep a low profile, so he didn't want to be stared at when he entered the venue too late. But he didn't expect that his seat would be so close to Zhou Jinghuan!
In order to show the style of a great power, the area closest to the emperor's right hand side is the foreign missions, and the next area is the local officials of several important cities.
Among these important cities, Yanchuan, the eastern capital, certainly ranks first.
So the Yanchuan phalanx and the mission phalanx are next to each other...
Even if Zhao Cheng wants to prick up his ears and listen, he can clearly hear what Zhou Jinghuan and Prince Dayue are talking about...
Zhao Cheng sat sideways with his back to Zhou Jinghuan, trying not to talk to others, but just because he didn't take the initiative to pay attention to others didn't mean that others didn't look for him.
"The young prime minister is really a talented person. How about the right prime minister coming here?"
"Be well, be well!"
"Young Master, you have come all the way from Yanchuan. Is it hard for you?"
"You have worked hard."
"The young prime minister destroyed the Southern Zhou spy network as soon as he took action. He is really young and promising!"
"Serve the people..."
Zhao Cheng laughed with him one by one. Yanchuan's acquaintances all ignored him in a "tacit understanding". Deng Fugui, Li Shu, Li Dai and other acquaintances were seated behind Zhao Cheng, but they pretended not to be familiar with each other, but they didn't.
Thinking of the Beijing officials, they took the initiative to come over.
According to Zhao Cheng's prediction, there should be very few people who would take the initiative to talk to him at the state banquet. After all, everyone knew that the emperor did not want his ministers to get too close to the right minister's house. But it was strange that the style at the state banquet was too relaxed and lively.
, before the emperor came, some people started to drink. Or maybe it was because Zhao Cheng had hit the Southern Zhou intelligence system twice in a row, which made Dajing's ministers feel embarrassed and couldn't help but want to talk and praise him.
Anyway, it’s not about making friends with Zhao Huan, but just saying hello to his son. What are you afraid of?
The shouts of the little prime minister inevitably attracted the attention of the foreign missions, especially Zhou Jinghuan, who was very close. He was first attracted by Zhao Cheng's side face, and then couldn't help but move around to look at Zhao Cheng's face.
Positive face.
Looking at it, Zhou Jinghuan was not feeling well.
"It's you!"
Zhao Cheng pretended not to hear, indulging in the conversation with the people around him, and even smiled a few times as if it was serious.
"You are actually the young prime minister!"
Someone patted Zhao Cheng on the shoulder and said, "Xiao Xiangye, Nan Zhou and the prince are calling you."
Zhao Cheng shook his head and said, "I don't know Prince He."
"Of course I know you don't know me, but you are famous in Southern Zhou Dynasty, so he knows you!"
"Am I famous in Southern Zhou Dynasty?" Zhao Cheng was stunned and suddenly figured out something.
Yes, I am famous in Southern Zhou Dynasty!
First, he took down the Southern Zhou spy network in Yanchuan, and then destroyed the Southern Zhou spy network in Jingdong Thirteen Cities. If the same person was so successful in Dajing's spy network, could he not become famous in Dajing?
I have already earned the hatred of the people of Southern Zhou, why am I still hiding from you?!
"Hahaha, it's the prince!" After figuring out this logic, Zhao Cheng immediately turned around and said with a warm smile: "It's our first time meeting you, I'm glad to meet you!"
Zhou Jinghuan asked: "First meeting?"
"if not?"
"When Wang Yuluan humiliated me, you were the one cheering me on, right?"
"Prince He, I see you are not very old, so why are you getting confused? Everyone in Dajing knows that Wang Yufeng's death is related to me. His brother Wang Yuluan and I are not the same people at all, so why are you helping? How is it possible?
!”
Pretend! Keep pretending!
If it weren't for you, there would be a ghost!
Seeing Zhao Cheng's face, Zhou Jinghuan became more and more sure that he had recognized the right person. The person who stirred up trouble next to Wang Yuluan at that time for fear of not being able to fight was definitely him!
Zhou Jinghuan remembers his mean look!
Zhao Chengcheng's denial is no longer important to Zhou Jinghuan. Even the title of 'Southern Spy Evil Star' fell on this man. What does it mean that he was humiliated by him?
Zhou Jinghuan smiled coldly and retreated to his seat, only glancing at Zhao Cheng from time to time.
This feeling made Zhao Cheng uncomfortable. Zhao Cheng was not afraid of Zhou Jinghuan. Anyone would not feel comfortable being stared at by another person.
boom!
boom!
boom!
Bang bang bang bang bang——
At this moment, everyone who was performing stopped, and the big drum placed outside the banquet made a powerful sound, accompanied by the sound of other musical instruments, drowning out all the conversations in an instant.
Everyone immediately stopped what they were doing and looked in the direction of Yongshou Palace.