The Pretty Eldest Daughter of a Scholar's Family

Chapter 201 Deer Crying Banquet ([-])

Su Yunduo thought that after the release of the list, there would be a Luming Banquet, but he did not expect to receive a post from the magistrate's office until two days later. The Luming Banquet was arranged on the fifth day after the announcement of the list.

The deer crowing banquet in Yanshan Mansion was presided over by the magistrate. In addition to inviting all the students who passed the examination, it is said that some local gentry were also invited to participate.

In addition to Su Chengzhi receiving the Luming Banquet, the other courtyard also received a post inviting Lu Jinkang to attend the Luming Banquet.

Naturally, Lu Jinkang knew that this was a custom. Students who passed the exams in each subject would be invited to participate in the Luming Banquet hosted by the magistrate, but it took a lot of thinking for the magistrate to post him.

Holding the post sent by the fast horse in the mansion, Lu Jinkang looked and looked over and over again, and asked the person who sent the letter carefully, and learned that some famous gentry in Fucheng had also received the invitation, so he nodded to confirm his attendance .

It wasn't until about [-]:[-] in the afternoon on the day of the Luming Banquet that Lu Jinkang and his party returned to the other courtyard in Fucheng.

Knowing that the purpose of Lu Jinkang's return was to attend the prefect's Luming Banquet, Su Yunduo was both surprised and happy.

With Lu Jinkang at the Luming Banquet, she can really feel at ease, even if someone is really so ruthless to attack Su Chengzhi, she doesn't need to worry anymore.

In the past few days, news has been sent to Su Yunduo one after another, especially what happened in front of the Gongyuan on the day the list was announced.

It is said that that day when Su Yunying learned that Su Chengzhi was actually ranked fifth on the Guibang, she was so angry that she almost rushed forward and tore up the Guibang. Gan Xin, besides turning herself into a white lotus flower and whimpering, she also let the maids and servants around her release many rumors unfavorable to Su Chengzhi among the crowd watching the list.

All the rumors point to Su Chengzhi as a disobedient and hypocrite who put his adoptive parents to death.

People who knew about the turmoil at Dongsheng Inn the day before said some fair words for Su Chengzhi, but there were more people who didn't know the inside story, which immediately caused an uproar.

Although Yin Bao's people showed up at the Gongyuan within a quarter of an hour after Su Yunying's appearance, and insisted on taking away Su Yunying, who seemed to be crying and was actually complacent, but the false rumors about Su Chengzhi's treason and unfilial piety spread like wildfire again.

Su Yunduo, who had heard the news at the beginning, hated Su Yunduo very much. Regardless of Su Chengzhi's dissuasion, she brought Zisu, Tietou, and Tongshan to Yin Bao's temporary residence in Fucheng to find Su Yunying's theory, but was told that Yin Bao and his party had left Fucheng in a hurry. I went back to the capital.

Yin Bao, who agreed to severely punish Su Yunying, just let Su Yunying dig such a big hole for Su Chengzhi and then turned around and slipped away. Su Yunduo was angry and hated but could do nothing, only hated himself for being too slow to catch up Go to the capital and have a theory with Su Yunying.

Rumors are too bad for Su Chengzhi!

Su Yunduo's life in the past two days was really trembling.

Su Chengzhi received the post from the Luming Banquet as scheduled, and Su Yunduo finally felt a little relieved, but some faint worries arose in her heart. She always felt that things would not be so easy to pass, and maybe someone would embarrass Su Chengzhi at the Luming Banquet.

Seeing Lu Jinkang now, he was really relieved.

Even Su Yunduo himself didn't know that he had so much dependence and trust on Lu Jinkang unconsciously.

Strictly speaking, this should be the first time for Su Chengzhi to participate in such a high-level and formal banquet. Su Yunduo understood what the words "literati look good on each other" meant, so he prepared a good set for Su Chengzhi as early as the day when the list was announced. Let him wear the clothes to the banquet.

After more than a year of practice, Su Yunduo's clothes-making skills are already very good, and her embroidery skills are not as good. However, to her surprise, Zisu's embroidery work is not worse than Ning's, so her embroidery work It was directly handed over to Zi Su.

Su Yunduo prepared for Su Chengzhi a blue brocade dress after rain, with auspicious clouds embroidered on the neckline and cuffs.

Su Chengzhi's appearance was originally pure and gentle, and the light and elegant rainy sky blue color obviously matched his temperament, and he tied a wide girdle of the same color around his waist, and hung his precious jade pendant, making him look unparalleled for a moment.

When Lu Jinkang came out and stood with the young and handsome Lu Jinkang, Su Yunduo felt that today's Su Chengzhi was not inferior to Lu Jinkang, but had more elegance that Lu Jinkang did not have.

The Luming Banquet was held in the magistrate's yamen in Yanshan Prefecture. The other courtyard was a little far away from the magistrate's yamen, and the carriage took about three quarters of an hour.

Today, Lu Jinkang did not intend to ride a horse, but asked the housekeeper to come first and inform Su Chengzhi, and asked Su Chengzhi to wait for him to take the carriage to the magistrate's yamen.

Su Chengzhi wanted the carriage to go around to Dongsheng Inn to pick up the Zuo brothers, but Su Yunduo asked him to follow Lu Jinkang's arrangement, and the Zuo brothers asked Tietou and Tongshan to drive the carriage to Dongsheng Inn.

Only with Lu Jinkang by Su Chengzhi's side can Su Yunduo feel at ease.

It's just that the newly dressed Su Chengzhi waited and waited, but he couldn't wait for Lu Jinkang. Seeing that he would be late if he didn't set off, he saw Lu Jinkang arriving slowly with Cheng Ran and Jiu'er.

When they arrived at the prefect's yamen, the street where the prefect's yamen was located had already been blocked for almost half a mile, and the prefect's yamen was extremely lively.

The Zuo brothers had also arrived, and knowing that Su Chengzhi hadn't arrived yet, they stood outside the magistrate's yamen with those classmates who had good friends with Su Chengzhi and waited for Su Chengzhi to enter together.

Today, Lu Jinkang specially asked the housekeeper to prepare a carriage with the logo of Zhenguo Gongfu. The carriage had just arrived at the street where the magistrate's yamen was located, and the yamen servant who was in charge of welcoming them ran over from a distance and respectfully brought them to the yamen.

As soon as the announcement was made, the magistrate and the commander-in-chief personally led a large group of people who attended the banquet to welcome them out, and the scene was quite spectacular.

It's just that the first person to get off the carriage was not Lu Jinkang, the eldest grandson of the Duke of Zhen and the deputy commander of the imperial guards they were expecting, but an elegant and elegant scholar. Where is the eldest son? !
Fortunately, soon Lu Jinkang stepped out of the carriage with his long legs. It was as if the buttons were lighted up instantly. All the officials and gentry came forward to greet Lu Jinkang in unison, shouting haha.

However, Lu Jinkang watched Su Chengzhi who was squeezed away from him, and simply joined the Zuo brothers, but did not move. Now Su Chengzhi, the Zuo brothers and others became the target of public criticism, and all eyes were focused on a few people.

Su Chengzhi was slightly startled at first, and soon understood what Lu Jinkang meant. This was an opportunity for him, the Zuo brothers and others to show their faces in front of these officials and gentry in Yanshan Mansion. Naturally, such an opportunity should not be missed, so he hurriedly pulled Seeing the Zuo brothers and several classmates come forward, it was a good exchange of greetings.

Although the invitation to the Luming Banquet was issued in the name of the magistrate, it was co-hosted by the magistrate's yamen and the general army's yamen. Apart from the candidates admitted this year and the well-known gentry of Yanshan Prefecture, all civil and military officials from the officialdom of Yanshan Prefecture also came.

The magistrate's surname is Shen, he is in his early forties, he is of medium build, and he is very affluent, the chief soldier's surname is Zhang, he is about fifty years old, he is tall and strong.

At the beginning of the banquet, the magistrate first made some opening remarks, which were nothing more than some clichéd scenes of looking back at the past and looking forward to the future, and of course some encouragement at the end.

After the magistrate finished speaking, the commander-in-chief, not to be outdone, also spoke some words of encouragement openly.

The master of ceremonies had already received orders from the magistrate, and as soon as the commander-in-chief finished speaking, he asked Lu Jinkang to say a few words to everyone, but Lu Jinkang raised the teacup in his hand and refused to speak.

Although the prefect and the chief soldier are of higher rank than Lu Jinkang, no one dared to force Lu Kaikang, so they could only signal the master of ceremonies to proceed. The next step was naturally to sing the poem "Deer Crying" and dance the Kuixing dance. After the ceremony, the banquet officially began.

(End of this chapter)