Prime Minister

Chapter 142 Banquet Collection
Wu Chong met with all the scholars in a hurry and then left.

When I met Wu Chong just now, it was recommended by Wu Anchi.

At that time, Wu Chong came to Shuixie and met the scholars one by one. Zhang Heng and Wang Guan were both familiar with Wu Chong and said a few words.

For the unmarried Zhang Yue and Liu Ji among the few scholars, it is a simple number.

It's like meeting each other.

But don't look at it so simple.

This kind of person can be regarded as a first-class knowledge. Of course it is wrong to judge people by their appearance, but by looking at a person's side, you can get a rough idea of ​​it. I dare not say it is accurate, but the probability is still too high.

An official like Wu Chong can be called "reading countless people" in his 20-year career, but Zhang Yue only has "reading countless films".

Seeing Wu Chong leave, Zhang Yue thought to himself, according to Zhang Heng's words, this means he didn't like it?

After the tea break, it's time to go to the banquet.

Everyone turned around again, Zhang Heng was walking beside Zhang Yue with a solemn face, he looked at the loose robe on Zhang Yue and couldn't help saying: "Why don't you come here wearing a better robe?"

Zhang Yue looked at the robe on his body and said to Zhang Heng: "This is already my best robe."

Seeing Zhang Heng's surprise, Zhang Yue hurriedly explained: "Most of my robes were purchased in the past. Recently, as my stature has grown, the robes I used to wear have become shorter and shorter. As for this one, it was given by Liu Zhidao."

Zhang Heng heard the words and said, "So that's the case."

Immediately Zhang Heng took off his beige and put it on Zhang Yue's body, he was only wearing a robe and said: "You take this one and wear it first."

Zhang Yue was silent for a while, but finally did not reject Zhang Heng's kindness.

The place of the banquet is a tall building in Wu Mansion.

The high-rise building is as high as three floors. When you climb up the high-rise building, you can have a panoramic view of the outer city of Bianjing.

Everyone praises it is really a good place.

Everyone came to the top of the building, and there are pavilions on all sides of the building, which is a good place to enjoy the scenery.After Zhang Yue climbed the tower, he could see the lights of thousands of houses in Bianjing City and the stretch of the outer city wall, and a bright moon and a few stars in the sky.

Standing on the edge of the building, facing the cool night wind, Zhang Yue looked at the moonlight from the railing, and saw the tens of thousands of mansions in the city of Bianjing. The feeling of being in a foreign land is always lingering. I don't know how many people and I have such feelings for the moon?
There are more than a dozen other scholars, who are also well-known talents in Bianjing, some of them are married and some are not, but they all gathered together.

Although Zhang Yue is currently a student of Tai Tai, he has no articles or poems at hand, so his reputation is not obvious.

Therefore, when others introduced it, they always said, "Oh, you are Brother Ge who wrote the song Partridge Sky." '

"I have long admired my name, Huanxisha in Xiongtai has already been sung about the Qinglou Chuguan in the capital."

Everyone knows each other like this, but when it comes to Zhang Yue, the others are "Ziping's so-and-so", "Zihou's so-and-so".

Zhang Yue didn't care too much about it, and took his seat.

There is a table for each person, and there is a young maidservant beside him.

Wu Anshi and Wu Anchi sat facing south, those with official status sat on the east side, and those without official status sat on the west side, and they were arranged in order of age.

Zhang Yue has no official status and is the youngest, so he naturally sits with him at the last seat.

Zhang Yue sat on a brocade pier, and while everyone was busy talking and laughing, he was also very relaxed.Seeing that no one was paying attention to him, he swept away the delicacies on his table like a storm.

This was also the first time Zhang Yue had such a banquet, and it had to be said to be very high-end.

But all the utensils are exquisite, silver chopsticks and silver bowls, and the rule of "every wine is offered, and two dishes" is strictly followed.

It means that the host raises a glass to toast, and after drinking one cup, two dishes will be exchanged for you.

The dishes are secondary, but it is a test of the cook.

A family of officials and officials like Wu Chong prepared two sets of chefs, and the cooks cooked one dish at the same time, so that they could calmly serve two dishes after toasting.

As for the highest standard is a glass of wine, four dishes, as for the ordinary banquet, it is just one dish.

The Neihuan cakes, jujube tarts, fruits and other appetizers that were served first were all prepared before the host’s toast.

But Zhang Yue unceremoniously swept them all away. Anyway, according to the rules, if you drink a glass of wine, you have to take down two dishes, and if you can't finish it, throw it away.

As Zhang Yue, who was educated by CD-ROMs, he felt that the shameful habit of wasting is really bad.

That's why Zhang Yue was not polite. The life of the real Taixue was "leading the Toutuo Temple". In the words of the Water Margin, "birds fade out of the mouth". It is impossible to miss such a rich feast.

The wine is served with lamb wine.This kind of lamb wine is the best wine in the Song Dynasty besides the royal wine, and tender lamb is used in making the wine.

How much is such a dime?
But it's only more than 80 yuan a dime of wine.Ordinary people can afford it.

After drinking a glass of wine, the servants on the left and right brought the dishes to the front, and the beautiful maid beside him removed the empty plates from Zhang Yue's table and served two more dishes.

Three rounds of wine.

Everyone let go and began to persuade each other to drink.

Zhang Yue is a very good drinker, and when others come with persuasion cups, he doesn't hesitate to drink a glass of wine.

Seeing this, everyone called Zhang Yue more refreshing.

However, there are also a few people who see that Zhang Yue must empty every plate, which is also a secret joke.

"Sanlang is a good drinker, so is he good at eating too?" The scholar sitting beside Zhang Yue said in a teasing tone.

Zhang Yue smiled and said: "It's time to grow muscles, so you can't eat more! Don't you hear the saying that a half-grown man eats a poor old man?"

The other party laughed for a while and said: "Sanlang, you can be said to be a man of temperament, come, I will respect you!"

Zhang Yue smiled and raised his glass to drink.

This wine cup is only [-] to [-] milliliters, so Zhang Yue can't get drunk.

The beautiful maid of the Wu Mansion at the side saw Zhang Yue like this, although she was not lacking in courtesy, she still pursed her lips and snickered.

"Today is full of guests, don't just focus on eating and drinking!" Zhang Heng couldn't stand it any longer, so he came over to remind him.

Zhang Yue picked up the meatloaf and chewed: "I toast with people, and I also talk to people at the table!"

Zhang Heng shook his head, feeling helpless for a while, if he had known this, it would be better if he pretended not to know Zhang Yue.

As for Zhang Dun drinking with his friends, he is the governor of Kaifeng, and he is also the most eye-catching person at the banquet after Zhang Heng. Many people toasted him with persuasion cups.

Zhang Dun has a very strong drinking capacity. After drinking so much wine, he is not drunk at all.

At this time, the banquet was in full swing, and all the talents gathered together. Someone suggested to write some poems while the wine was in full swing.

Everyone present applauded.

Wu Anshi drew up a title of Chanting the Moon.

Someone laughed and said, just after the Mid-Autumn Festival, everyone wrote many moon-chanting poems, but now they are writing again.

Wu Anshi said with a smile: "Only when there is a moon can we sing about the moon. Otherwise, it's not enough to show everyone's talent."

At this time, everyone laughed.Wu Anshi smiled again: "It must not be written by you in the past. If there is any repetition or failure to write, three cups of wine will be fined. But poetry is fine."

One of them smiled and said, "The wine from Mr. Wu Dalang's house is so good, I tried my best not to write it on purpose, but I have to drink three cups myself."

Everyone laughed loudly.

At this time, the maid on the side immediately offered a pen and paper.

Zhang Yue had already filled his stomach to the full at this moment, but saw the maid looking at him with a smile on her face.

"My lord, please pick up your pen!"

Zhang Yue said: "If you are full of wine and food, how can you be interested in writing poems?"

The maid smiled and said, "Your Majesty has eaten too much, just go to the side of the bar to digest."

Zhang Yue said: "Alright."

Said that the maid helped Zhang Yue to get up.

Zhang Yue moved to the side of the fence, but saw two or three scholars who couldn't write poems walked to the side of the fence with him.

Everyone looked at the bright moon in the sky and wandered around, racking their brains to collect poems.

(End of this chapter)