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Before, after everyone received the braised pork sent by Su Changan and ate it at home, they all started to miss it.
But unfortunately, it was made by the Empress herself, which is really rare.
So from the very beginning Zhou Yuanrang had been thinking about the food box.
I was even thinking about taking Zong Ze out to find a place to eat and then going to the banquet.
Zong Ze was an honest man. He nodded and said, "The Queen allowed me to eat alone."
Zhou Yuanrang hesitated and turned to look at Chu Ying, Zhou Anbu, Liang Yu and the others: "Let's go, if someone wants to eat alone, why should we follow him!"
After saying that, the general immediately walked forward, and after a few steps he turned back to look at Zong Ze and cursed: "You will definitely die of starvation if you eat alone!"
After saying that, he continued to walk forward angrily, but after walking a few steps, he turned back to look at Zong Ze and said, "Let's go! What! Do you want a one-eyed man like me to find a sedan chair to carry you, the great marshal who eats all the food alone?"
Zong Ze smiled helplessly.
General Zhou always gets angry suddenly about some things, just like now.
Just now when they were having dinner, they talked about the past events of General Zong Ze and others, and mentioned Zhou Yuanrang. Su Changan said that although General Zhou looked fierce, he was actually a very cute person.
……
A so-called welcoming banquet was held in Qingya Restaurant.
Firstly, it is the Su family's property, so letting Su Wenqing pay the bill means he doesn't have to pay. Secondly, because of the relationship with the Empress, any gatherings of officials here are mostly held here, and it has become a habit.
It's just that today's banquet for officials is as big as this one, and each of the participants is extremely important in the court. They can be said to be people who carry the land of several states of Daxia or other important matters on their shoulders.
The banquet was held in the central courtyard.
There were several tables placed in the huge courtyard, but only the one in the middle was occupied by Mu Xu and others.
There are still vacancies above the chairs, and not all the people have arrived yet.
However, Mu Xu, Zhao Wuxiu and others were all there.
Even Yan Yunxiao and Bao Xian were among them.
However, Baoxian did not sit at that table, but stepped aside to give his seat to his wife.
Yan Yunxiao had already picked up the wine and started drinking, not caring about the admiring looks from the young people around him.
Young people and old people walked into the yard one after another, and the young people followed behind them.
Without exception, they are all young talents, either descendants of these officials, or discovered people from humble backgrounds or common people.
Marshal Zong personally gave the order to bring the young people here.
Another meaning of this message is that I, Zong Ze, want to see these young people, and you can bring them here.
Whether you will be noticed and what your future will be like after being noticed are all matters to be discussed later.
However, it would be amazing if he could really be appreciated by the [Military Genius] Zong Ze.
And it’s not just Zong Ze who is here today, there are others too.
Therefore, regardless of Zong Ze’s words, it must be brought about just for the future of the younger generation.
Therefore, there are fewer old and middle-aged people in the yard, but too many young people.
Xun Kuang, who was sitting at another table, yawned and looked at the young people who came. Many of them were the sons and nephews of the officials in the capital, but there were also many who were minor officials in the court or children who had not yet achieved any official title.
Xun Kuang knew half of them, and he could guess the way to the other half and think of who they were.
So after a thorough review, there were no unqualified people who sneaked in, all of them were people with real skills.
But.
Looking over here, wow, some of the older people have already started comparing themselves with the younger generations they brought with them.
Especially my own teacher.
I saw Mu Xu walking around the yard with Yan Shu. Some people didn't say anything, but Mu Xu said, "Yes, he is the top scholar Yan Shu, the boy praised by the queen herself, my disciple."
Xun Kuang shook his head helplessly, not knowing what to say to the teacher. You could at least add the words "Xun Kuang's apprentice".
Xun Kuang sighed and picked up the wine glass.
But you have to drink it.
"What! Only the fourth rank? Old Zhao, my grandson is the fifth rank. A few days ago, when he saw the fight between the queen and the commander of Yan, he was quite insightful and said that he would definitely be the sixth rank within three years. Your fourth rank is not bad, but don't show off to me."
"Old Qi, don't get me wrong. The fourth rank I mentioned is the fourth rank of his horizontal training before. But he gave up his horizontal training and wanted to practice swordsmanship. It's only been a year, and he's already the second rank. I thought of letting Zong Ze take him to the northern border. Practicing swordsmanship means killing people. How can you not kill people? But your grandson is already the fifth rank. At this age, he still hasn't joined the army. Does he have to find a wife before going?"
The speakers were two dukes, the Duke of Qi and the Duke of Zhao. Two young men stood next to each of the two old generals, who were over 70 years old.
The two old generals looked at each other sarcastically, but one could faintly feel the feeling of being glared at.
Xun Kuang shook his head. He was close, so he planned to stand up and leave so as not to involve him.
And deep down, I feel that this trend is worrying.
But at this time, Xun Kuang noticed Yan Ruyu coming over.
Yan Ruyu was naturally called over with Yan Yunxiao.
The reason was that Yan Yunxiao originally came alone, but when he sat here and saw that others brought their grandchildren and younger generations here, he asked someone to call Yan Ruyu over.
I saw Ruyu walk up to me, feeling a little embarrassed and a little ashamed.
After paying respect to the two dukes, Yan Ruyu said, "Dukes, my mother said that those of you who are only fourth or fifth rank should not speak so loudly. My Ruyu is ninth rank and I don't speak, so you two are almost the same."
After saying that, Yan Ruyu hurriedly bowed again, with an embarrassed and even slightly shy look on her face.
When Xun Kuang heard this, he almost spit out his wine.
I couldn't help but look over there at Commander Yan, only to see that Commander Yan was drinking and didn't even look at this side.
But the two Dukes, you look at me and I look at you.
If it were someone else, given these two people’s hot tempers, they would definitely chase after them and have a talk.
But Yan Yunxiao's words.
Endure it!
The main thing is that Yan Yunxiao really took action against them.
Zhao Huniu was sitting on a chair at this time, blinking her eyes with a bored look on her face, watching the old men chatting. She thought of the seriousness with which the generals and the people from the Ministry of War discussed the affairs of the Western Regions at home that day. It was a world of difference.
But Zhao Huniu was just curious as she looked at the adults showing off their daughters, and then looked at her father who was sitting in his seat and chatting with Lord Gao Rou about something.
Zhao Huniu turned her head and looked at Xia Yaomo beside her: "Xia Yaomo, why don't you tell me why my father doesn't take me to show off."
Xia Yaomo looked at Zhao Huniu with a complicated expression, because he didn't know how to answer. If he answered wrong, he would be beaten. If he answered right...
If you answer this question correctly, you will definitely get beaten!
The reason why Xia Yaomo was here was because he was pulled here by Zhao Wuxiu, otherwise he originally wanted to follow Yu Jianyi to find Qingshu and the other two at Luoying Mountain today, because Big Brother Yu had made an appointment to fight with the three of them, and Lian Qiao would also go!
However, Xia Yaomo was actually quite curious as to why Zhao Wuxiu came to pull him, and why many people looked at him with strange eyes.
Snapped!
Zhao Huniu couldn't understand it, so she reached out and slapped the girl next to her on the back of the head.
The little girl looked about fifteen or sixteen years old. She glared at Zhao Huniu angrily and waved her hands randomly a few times. She couldn't hit her, but she felt relieved. Then she said, "Sister Niuniu! What are you doing? I'm just thinking about the unity of knowledge and action. Why are you hitting me?"
Zhao Huniu reached out and rubbed the little girl's head: "My hands are itchy."
The little girl gasped in anger, but just after taking a breath, she deflated again.
The little girl is called Li Yueyue, the daughter of Li Wenyu. Although she is young, she has already been admitted to the Imperial College.
After the incident in the south, the students marched and this little girl was one of the leaders. The fight against the Zoroastrians a few days ago was also led by this little girl.
I heard that when the fight happened, the little girl picked up a tile from the roadside and hit the Zoroastrian Westerner on the head. Fortunately, it was a tile; if it was a brick, someone would definitely have been killed.
He is very much like his father, the vicious scholar Li Wenyou, who is cruel and ruthless, but also very polite and well-mannered.
The little girl was so angry that she turned her head to look at Cui Yuer beside her.
But just as she was about to speak, Cui Yuer turned her head and looked at her and said, "My hands don't itch."
Li Yueyue's cheeks puffed up. Sitting here, especially between these two people, he was unlucky for eight lifetimes! !
But at this time
The originally noisy central courtyard suddenly became quiet.
Li Yueyue and everyone else looked up.
Just at the entrance of the yard, Su Wenqing, Zong Ze, Zhou Yuanrang and others appeared.
Many people stood up and saluted.
Among all the military generals in the world, in terms of status and identity, Zong Ze, Zhao Wuxiu, Meng Qin and Li Xuance are at the top.
Therefore, except for those few people present, everyone else had to bow when they saw Zong Ze.
The young people looked at Zong Ze, the legendary "Military Genius".
There was disappointment in some people's eyes, but more people had admiration in their faces, just like when they saw Zhao Wuxiu.
Li Yueyue was standing on tiptoe and didn't see anything. After all, everyone stood up, so she stood on a chair to watch. She didn't care about etiquette, she would come down immediately anyway.
Seeing Zong Ze, Li Yueyue pursed her lips with a look of admiration.
I only admire two people in my life, one is my father, the Marshal Zong Ze, and the other is the Empress.
Meeting Zong Ze today was worth the trip!
I will wait until I can see the Queen up close again, and my life will not be lived in vain!
However, when she saw Zong Ze, Li Yueyue saw Su Linhan right behind Su Wenqing, and was so scared that she quickly got down from her chair, because Mr. Su was her teacher in the Imperial College, although he only occasionally took the place of the master in class.
After getting down from the chair, Li Yueyue tried hard to look again and saw a little girl. After a moment of confusion, he suddenly realized that it should be Su Wan'er, the disciple of Mr. Yuan and Mr. Shuiyun. She was quite cute and he wanted to pinch her face. However, she was so young with a sword by her side. It seemed that she had practiced sword with Mr. Yuan, but she was definitely not as good as me.
"I heard you guys talking about your nephews and nieces outside." Zhou Yuanrang looked at the old men standing at the entrance.
They smiled but didn't say anything yet.
Zhou Yuanrang said, "My family is worried. You guys don't dare to compete, right? His name is on the poetry list, and he looks like this. Do I need to say anything?"
When I first arrived, I started without doing anything extra.
This made Xun Kuang, who had already been frustrated with this trend, even more helpless.