Chapter 42 Banquet
Chapter 42 Banquet
After listening to this, Pei Yuan roughly understood that it was he who brought back the news of Yuan Lang's death.
Monk Yuantong was also unlucky. He was conscripted to Nanjing by the Qianhu Division and suffered an unexpected disaster.
The four of them continued to chat and talked about what happened after they separated.
Upon hearing that Pei Yuan and the other two went directly to Jining after leaving, and then successfully escaped before Jining fell, Monk Yuantong couldn't help but sigh with emotion.
Near noon, the Sun family's steward simply opened the windows and held a banquet on the boat.
He also instructed the servants that as long as a girl had slept well and finished dressing, she should ask the maid to come and talk to the guest.
Just as the banquet was set up, someone announced at the door, "Miss Lingbo is here."
Pei Yuan stopped drinking and looked up.
A beautiful woman with a graceful figure and exquisite curves walked in with a smile. Her facial features were quite three-dimensional, her eyes were bright, and the corners of her mouth were slightly raised, revealing a sense of playfulness and agility.
The most surprising thing was that she was wearing a black tight-fitting men's suit with the cuffs tied tightly, looking quite capable.
She glanced around the table, her eyes lit up, and she chuckled and said, "My little sister is late."
Having said that, he walked forward naturally and sat next to Pei Yuan.
Pei Yuan was slightly excited.
He just looked at the beautiful woman smiling at him and didn't know how to start talking for a moment.
Qin Lingbo was well-informed and naturally noticed Pei Yuan's restraint. She took the initiative to speak with a smile and said, "I heard that the person who came was a senior from the Jinyiwei. I changed into neat clothes on purpose so that I can show off my skills in the game of pot tossing later."
As she spoke, she intentionally shook her wrist in front of Pei Yuan.
Seeing that she was so close and spoke so naturally, Pei Yuan inexplicably felt that the distance between them was rapidly shortened.
Chen Toutie and Cheng Leixiang, who were standing below, saw that Qin Lingbo was chatting enthusiastically with Pei Yuan in just a few words, so they looked at each other and raised their glasses with a smile.
Monk Yuantong pretended not to see anything and slowly ate the vegetarian food in front of him with chopsticks.
After a while, several more girls, accompanied by maids, entered the flower hall.
When they saw that Qin Lingbo had already taken the seat, they tacitly went to sit next to Chen Toutie and Cheng Leixiang.
Those who didn't get a seat went to the seats reserved for girls, and no one was tactless enough to disturb Monk Yuantong.
As more girls came, the atmosphere at the table gradually became lively.
Perhaps because they knew that the guests at the table would not understand any poetry or prose, the small games played during the toasts were replaced by tossing pots and throwing dice.
Qin Lingbo seemed to be teasing him intentionally. He would come closer and explain to Pei Yuan the popular ways of playing from time to time.
Those little procrastinating movements made Pei Yuan distracted and start to daydream.
Seeing that no one was paying attention, Pei Yuan couldn't help but reach out to touch it, and his hand was slippery and soft.
But Qin Lingbo seemed unaware of it. He still smiled and pointed at the two girls drinking together, telling them their interesting stories.
Seeing her nonchalant look, Pei Yuan almost suspected that he had touched the wrong person.
His fingers trembled, and finally he mustered up the courage to squeeze it with a little force.
The smooth and heavy feeling in her hands made Pei Yuanmei almost forget where she was.
Qin Lingbo then looked at him sideways, leaned close to Pei Yuan's ear, and begged softly, "Please spare Lingbo's dignity."
When Qin Lingbo spoke, his body was very close, as if he was putting his whole body into Pei Yuan's arms. When he left, he was very determined and put his hand into his arms, pressing the back of Pei Yuan's hand with his slender fingers.
Pei Yuan immediately withdrew his hand tactfully.
Qin Lingbo looked at Pei Yuan with a smile, rewarded Pei Yuan with a piece of pastry, and then held his chin up to watch, insisting that he eat it immediately. Pei Baihu felt that this kind of ambiguous and elegant place was much more interesting than watching the scripted play in Jining.
After another round of wine and food, the steward surnamed Sun came in and said to the girls with a smile, "The masters have important matters tonight, so please stop."
It seemed that the mention of the word "tonight" gradually made the atmosphere in the field stagnate.
Even Qin Lingbo showed a look of uneasiness on his face.
Pei Yuan was full of ambition at the moment, and said to Manager Sun with full confidence, "It's okay as long as I'm here."
This time, in addition to the magic ball and earth grenade, there is also a Yuantong monk, so Pei Yuan is much more confident.
Manager Sun smiled and said, "Of course I believe you, sir."
He looked around again and asked, "Where is Miss Yujing?"
Someone said, "Not here yet."
Steward Sun looked out the window and saw that it was almost dusk, so he urged unhappily, "Go and ask someone to invite her to toast Lord Pei."
Then, Manager Sun said to Pei Yuan, regardless of spoiling the fun, "Including Bai Yujing, the few people who might have been involved in something unclean before are all here. Sir, take a closer look first."
Pei Yuan then realized that it was not a joke, but was sent to him for him to find clues.
Fortunately, Monk Yuantong was in the hall. Since he had been silent just now, I guess nothing happened.
Pei Yuan still firmly believed in his previous judgment that someone must be causing trouble on purpose.
Unless the mastermind behind this would rather fall out with the Nanjing Jinyiwei in order to accomplish this, there shouldn't be any major problems.
He then said casually, "Don't worry, everything is under control."
Hearing Pei Yuan say that it was under control, Qin Lingbo glanced at Pei Yuan imperceptibly.
Pei Yuan looked out the window and saw the moored ships lighting up lanterns and slowly rowing into the Qinhuai River. He then asked Manager Sun, "Shouldn't you guys be preparing to cruise the river as usual?"
Manager Sun said, "Not bad."
Pei Yuan thought to himself that it would be better to go to the Qinhuai River instead of staying on the shore and being a target. There were many flower boats there, and it would be possible to mix the fakes with the real ones. Even if there were really arrogant people, they could find someone to support them in a hurry.
If you have nothing to do, you can take this money for free.
Pei Yuan said, "Since I'm here, Manager Sun should follow the normal business arrangements. You have to show up more often so that people can believe that those things are no longer a concern."
Manager Sun smiled as brightly as a flower, "Your Excellency, what you said makes sense."
Solving this problem is only the first step. It will take more than a few days to restore business and win back regular customers.
People have to get used to the existence of this flower boat and forget the strange things that happened on it.
This all takes time.
At this moment, a beautiful girl in white entered the cabin.
Steward Sun took a look and introduced, "This is Miss Yujing."
Pei Yuan saw that Bai Yujing had extremely long legs and was slightly taller than Song Chunniang in terms of height. In terms of appearance, Qin Lingbo next to her was slightly inferior in terms of refinement. Moreover, Bai Yujing had an extremely high temperament and was quite extraordinary.
Bai Yujing walked into the flower hall and took a look. She did not choose the seat for the girls, but naturally walked forward and sat on the other side of Pei Yuan.
She smiled and looked at Pei Yuan, and said gently, "Are you the host here tonight? Bai Yujing is late."
(End of this chapter)