Chapter two hundred and eighty seventh salted leg of lamb
As Qin Liang expected, Fu Gu agreed to serve as the Chief of General Wei's Palace. Qin Liang ignored the paperwork and directly asked Fu Gu to take office and prepare the banquet together.
Mrs. Bai and sister-in-law Zhang also came to help Wang Lingjun with trivial matters. This was the first time Qin Liang's family had received so many guests since they moved here.
But Qin Liang has never hosted a banquet before. In the past, it was hosted by his brother and sister-in-law in Pingyuan County. Later, he went to the Wang family to entertain guests. After all, the Wang family had ready-made manpower, utensils and ingredients.
Of course, the standards for banquets in Luoyang are very different from those in Pingyuan County. In Pingyuan County, guests only need to kill a home-raised pig or sheep, and have wine and meat, and the guests will feel very rich. But the gentry and wealthy people in Luoyang are used to it.
If you don’t live a life of luxury and good food, if the things are too bad, you might as well not buy them.
In the morning, Wang Lingjun came to the front kitchen in person to check the prepared ingredients. She walked around and knew that there was no problem. It seemed that she could smell it.
Wang Lingjun was about to leave when he suddenly turned around and looked at Mr. Dong who was surrounded by linen, frowning and said, "Why are you here?"
Mrs. Dong said softly: "Mrs. Zhang asked my concubine to help."
Wang Lingjun said: "You will go back to bathe and change clothes first. There will be many female family guests in the hall behind the pavilion. It is business for you to follow me to greet the guests."
Mrs. Dong hurriedly knelt down and said, "Here."
Wang Lingjun walked past her and said softly: "You don't have to listen to Mrs. Zhang's orders from now on. Wang Wuji is General Sima of the Guard. Don't you still know your identity?"
Ms. Dong said, "No matter what their identities are, I and my wife are members of the Qin family."
Wang Lingjun glanced at her, then went to the stove and picked up a whole leg of raw lamb and said, "The leg of lamb is marinated with refined salt. You have been busy for a long time and took one back. Doesn't Wang Kang have an old mother?"
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Mrs. Dong bowed her head and said, "Thank you, Mrs. Wang, for the reward."
Wang Lingjun noticed another thin girl with slightly tanned skin and asked, "I see you look strange, what's your name?"
The thin girl timidly said: "My surname is Qi, and my eldest brother is Qi Da. The eldest brother said he had met General Qin twice and asked me to do the work."
Wang Lingjun glanced at her one more time and left without saying anything. The girl didn't know how to salute and stood there blankly.
Mrs. Dong was very happy to get the food this time, not because she thought the salted lamb leg was very expensive, but mainly because it was not leftover meat, but something given to her before the banquet!
Dong was about to go out of the mansion as she was told, and she met Wang Kang, who was neatly dressed and preparing to welcome the guests. When Wang Kang saw his wife coming out, he glanced at the things in her hands and asked, "Where did it come from?
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"Mrs. Wang rewarded my concubine." Mrs. Dong said generously with a smile on her face, "I will cook it for my aunt to eat at night."
Wang Kang didn't say anything, but turned to the tall general next to him and said, "This is my Chou Jing Dong clan. His name is Qi Da, and I chose him to be in General Wei's Mansion because he is loyal to General Qin."
Qi Dayi bowed and said, "Meet Mrs. Dong."
Mrs. Dong hurriedly returned the courtesy and said: "Nice to meet General Qi."
Qi Da hurriedly said: "I dare not call myself a general."
Wang Kang added: "During the battle of Xuchang, I heard him shouting that he would pay for his life by eating the food provided by the governor of Qin, so I felt that he was a person who knew how to repay his kindness and it was right to follow General Qin."
Qi Da touched the back of his head and said with a forced smile: "I don't remember shouting that sentence. On the battlefield, my heart was tense and everyone was shouting. General Wang remembers it clearly."
Wang Kang said: "You must remember that only by protecting General Qin can our life be saved!"
Qi Da Dao: "Here."
Mrs. Dong said: "I will go home and change my clothes first."
... Chief Shi Fu Gu and Sima Wang Kang were responsible for welcoming the guests. Qin Liang also stood at the steps of the mansion for a while. When meeting the guests who had arrived early, they greeted them and exchanged a few words.
He met a very famous person here, at least in Qin Liang's heart, he was Ji Kang.
This person who could be read in textbooks two thousand years later actually appeared in front of him. Even though he is not that famous now, Qin Liang couldn't help but smile.
Ji Kang came with Lu Xun, and the famous "Book of Severance of Diplomacy with Lu Changti" has obviously not yet been published. I saw that Ji Kang was very tall and handsome. No wonder Princess Cao Wei fell in love with him. But this man
His dress was a bit sloppy and he was very plain, and he hardly looked like a prince-in-law.
But Ji Kang was willing to follow Lu Xun to the banquet, probably not because of Lu Xun's face, but because King Pei Cao Bao, Ji Kang's wife, was Cao Bao's granddaughter. Princess Jinxiang was Cao Bao's half-sister.
Letters have been exchanged.
When the three of them bowed to each other, Ji Kang said calmly: "I feel ashamed that I came here uninvited."
The words were polite, but the look on his face showed no shame at all. It seemed to say: I am only willing to come because I think highly of you.
Qin Liang didn't mind either, and said with a warm smile: "I have long admired Uncle Ye's name, and I welcome you if you can come. I thought you were not in Luoyang, so I didn't invite you, so I still wanted to see Haihan."
Ji Kang noticed that Qin Liang's enthusiasm was not fake. He looked at Qin Liang a little curiously and surprised, and said, "I have heard the name of General Qin for a long time."
Qin Liang said: "It's such an honor."
At this time, Lu Xun said: "If General Qin is a month or two late, my servant may not be able to come."
Qin Liang followed his words and asked, "Why?"
Lu Xun sighed and said, "My father is not in good health and I am the eldest son. I am planning to report to Your Majesty to ask for your favor to go to Jizhou to serve my father."
Qin Liang said casually: "That's it, this should be done."
Lu Xun then said: "My father is old. It would be better if he could return to Luoyang."
When Qin Liang heard this, he suddenly understood.
Lu Xun wanted his father, Lu Zhao, to step down from the post of General Zhenbei and return to Luoyang to become an official. For a prince of this level, he might have to be given the position of the Third Duke when he comes back? As a descendant of the Third Duke, Lu Xun's future career will be completely different.
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At this moment, Huan Fan was seen coming from the corridor with ease. Qin Liang took a look and said, "We will talk later. Please go to the hall and take a seat first."
Lu Xun followed Qin Liang's gaze, looked back, his expression immediately changed slightly, and he cupped his hands and said, "I'll go to the hall first."
Qin Liang returned the gift with his hand, and then made a special trip to give Ji Kang a gentle nod.
After a while, Huan Fan walked up to Qin Liang to greet him. After greetings, Huan Fan asked in a low voice: "Who was Lu Zhao's son Lu Xun at that time?"
Huan Fan's tone was not very friendly. Qin Liang nodded in agreement and said quietly quietly: "I heard that General Lu is not in good health."
Huan Fan actually laughed, as if he wished Lu Zhao would die early and be born early.
Qin Liang was speechless for a moment. Although Qin Liang knew that Lu Xun's personal ethics might be bad, the fact that the Lu family offended Huan Fan was indeed as Qin Liang said seven years ago, "When a person sits at home, the pot comes from the sky."