The path of the villain is not easy

Chapter 252 Banquet
In fact, as of today, except for Guo Yu and Wang Gang, no one else knows that after the envoy sent by Changsun Ji in the capital arrives, he will leave after handing over his duties.

The night slowly fell with the passage of time, because Changsun Ji had already sent someone to notify him before, so before the sky gradually darkened, many of his generals had already arrived one after another.

Because Changsun Ji is their boss, although it is a family banquet, there is still some hierarchy between them.Changsun Ji also does not need to wait in advance to receive guests from ordinary hosts to show etiquette.

Of course, if Changsun Ji doesn't show up, someone will come out to entertain him. Wang Gang, as Changsun Ji's personal butler, is naturally the best candidate, so Wang Gang will be waiting at the door early before dark, and will be waiting for him one after another. The general who came to the door sent someone to bring him to the banquet.

After arranging all the generals, Wang Gang turned around and entered Changsun Ji's room, cupped his hands to Changsun Ji who was reading a book, and said, "My lord, the time for the banquet is coming soon, you should get dressed."

"Have all the generals arrived?"

"They're all here, only General Sun Maosheng and the Sun Department didn't come because of the patrol, but they have already sent someone to notify, and the New Year's gift has also been delivered." Wang Gang cupped his hands.

"Okay, although the grain army has been repelled by us now, we still need to take precautions. General Sun has done a good job, and he can't use his official duties for personal reasons. After the banquet, send his gift to his home. "Changsun Ji closed the book, put it on the table beside him, and stood up.

This Sun Maosheng was the soldier who assisted Changsun Ji to cross the river when it was raining heavily. Later, Changsun Ji saw that he was brave in combat and very good at swimming, so he cherished his talents and promoted him to become the leader of a hundred people.

After several battles, this person made great contributions in the battle, and slowly promoted Changsun Ji to be a general and served under He Zheng.

Changsun Ji left his seat, turned around and entered the back room, and opened his arms.

Wang Gang stepped forward very naturally, took off Changsun Ji's coat, and changed into a suit for receiving guests.

Because Changsun Ji's hairstyle was already combed when he woke up before, so he didn't need to spend time combing his hair at this time, but simply changed into a coat for receiving guests.

Afterwards, Wang Gang took a pale jade pendant from a sandalwood stand beside him and tied it around Changsun Ji's waist.

In this era, the whole country pays attention to etiquette and law, from the emperor's sacrifice to heaven and ancestors, down to the size of the mansions, clothing materials, and patterns of princes and officials.

Just take a jade pendant as an example, the emperor's pendant must be matched with white jade, and it must be tied with a black ribbon, while the princes and dukes must wear a mountain black jade pendant and tie it with a scarlet ribbon, and the doctor must wear a jade pendant. When wearing water beryl, it should be tied with a fine-colored ribbon. When a prince wears a jade pendant, he should wear a beautiful jade pendant, which should be tied with a pale ribbon.

Because the etiquette is inherited from the previous dynasty, some of the official positions that appear in them are not available in Yan State, but you can calculate what jade pendant you should wear based on your duties and titles.

Now that Changsun Ji is leading the army to the north, he already has a position as a court official. Although it is only a temporary position of general during the war, he is also qualified to wear the water blue jade pendant.

Tie the jade pendant around his waist with a fine-colored silk ribbon, Changsun Ji looked at a bronze mirror, and found that he was well dressed, and there were no out-of-the-ordinary decorations in etiquette.

Then he walked out from the back room, how can I say today that he is also the master, although he doesn't need to go out to greet the guests because of his official position, but it's not good for his subordinates to wait too long.

After leaving the door, Changsun Ji walked through the corridor, and after turning a few corners, Changsun Ji went to the place where guests were entertained, because there were more generals to entertain guests this time, the room was a bit crowded, and today was the New Year's Eve, The street outside was full of lanterns, so Changsun Ji put the banquet in the courtyard outside from the beginning.It's just right to enjoy the scenery while drinking.

A total of eighteen tables were set up in the courtyard for the banquet. When Changsun Ji arrived, the eighteen tables were already full of people.Seeing Changsun Ji approaching, they quickly stood up and saluted Changsun Ji.

Looking at the generals bowing to him, Changsun Ji waved his hands to them and said, "You generals, you don't need to be too polite. This is a family banquet, and you don't need to bring in the officials from the general camp."

Afterwards, Changsun Ji walked to the table and sat down. After Changsun Ji sat down, the generals sat down slowly.

Naturally, there would be no generals at Changsun Ji's table, except for Changsun Ji, Guo Dingxin, Xue Zhongchang, Wang Liangbin, and Guo Yu.A few of them can be regarded as the entire leadership class of the entire army.

The others are generals of a few people. Although Changsun Ji said that he should not bring in the official ranks of the generals, whether it is from the seat, position or other things, everything shows the rank everywhere. Who can avoid it? That?
As a general, there is no way to sit comfortably with them.

On the table are chicken, duck and fish, delicacies, and the drink is old cellar.After a few glasses of water and wine, the whole atmosphere became lively.

Most of the people here are rough men with military backgrounds, so naturally they don't behave like literati out of courtesy.Although some basic etiquette will be followed, there will always be a kind of roughness.

During the exchange of toasts, Changsun Ji drank a lot of wine.As the chief general of the three armies, naturally many people came forward to toast him, no matter what, at least he could get acquainted with each other.

Changsun Ji did not refuse anyone. As the number of people toasting continued to increase, Changsun Ji became a little drunk. He sat on the main seat, drank the fine wine in his cup, looked at the lanterns hanging outside, and listened to the noisy surroundings. Voice, Changsun Ji felt as if he had passed away.

Changsun Ji thought that his drinking capacity was not bad. Although he drank a little too much and made him drunk, he was still sensible, so after he drank a glass of water and wine with everyone, he asked Wang Gang to help him. Then he went back to rest.

As for the others, they drank until late at night and left in groups of three or four drunk.After everyone left, the servants of the Sheriff's Mansion stepped forward to clean up the messy scene.

Because of drinking, Changsun Ji had already lay down and slept very early.It's just that he didn't know how long he had slept, and Changsun Ji sat up from the couch with a "teng".

Rubbing his swollen head with his hands, Changsun Ji frowned. He seemed to hear another noise coming from outside in his sleep just now.He thought that there was a sneak attack by the Liang army, so he suddenly woke up.

(End of this chapter)