Qin Xiu [comprehensive martial arts + sword three]

When Long Wan left from Changsheng Escort, she did not see Chu Liuxiang and the others again. Her schedule for the past few days was a bit tight. Today she had a banquet at Changsheng Escort, and tomorrow she had to go to Hua Ruling's invitation, and after that, Li Xunhuan over there.

Hua Ruling's banquet this time is not at his own residence. Although Hua's family has their own property in the capital, but because it is not a long-term residence, the place is not big. The well-connected Hua Ruling invited all his relatives and friends in the capital to have a drink.

So in the invitation that Long Wan received, the venue for the banquet was set at the Zhuangyuan Building in the capital.

That's right, it was the Zhuangyuan Building that made Li Xunhuan carry rumors about eating flower wine and was almost slaughtered by Long Wan.

This Zhuangyuan Building is very famous in the capital. Although it is not the best restaurant in the capital, it got its name because most of the customers who come and go on weekdays are literati and calligraphy, and because almost all the champions of the recent imperial examinations have left calligraphy treasures here. , so it is highly respected among literati.

Hua Ruling was able to host a banquet here to entertain relatives and friends not only because of his family's strong financial resources, but also because the behind-the-scenes owner of the Zhuangyuan Building seemed to have some business contacts with the Hua family.

These were all Long Wan dressed up in disguise and listened to the chatting of the invited guests when she went to the Zhuangyuan Building for a banquet.

At this time, she was holding a congratulatory gift for Hua Ruling and waiting for someone to check the invitations at the door. Because there were too many guests today, the housekeeper who was in charge of checking the invitations and recording the gift list at the door was too busy, so the guests had to wait at the door. Queuing up to enter, compared to other people coming in groups of three or four, Long Wan, who was alone without even a small servant and book boy, was a bit more conspicuous.

When it was her turn to enter the door, the person in charge of checking the invitation card seemed to be the housekeeper. When he saw the name written on the card she handed over, he was shocked, and quickly said: "But Mr. Longge Long?"

Long Wan nodded, and was about to hand over the gift box, when the butler cupped her hands and said, "Young Master has an order, let Mr. Long come and go upstairs, Mr. Long, this way please." She leads the way.

Long Wan had no choice but to put down the gift box and follow the servant upstairs.

Long Wan, who was leaving, didn't notice that the butler separated the gift box she gave from the others, put it aside, carefully put it away, and continued to greet other guests this time.

Although he didn't know the background of that Mr. Long, but Guan Ping's young master repeatedly asked him to treat him well and not neglect this point, so the housekeeper knew that he could not offend him.

Long Wan was led upstairs by the servant, and in the private room, she saw Hua Ruling who was greeting the guests. Today, Hua Ruling is beautifully dressed, her face is like a crown jade, and the fragmentary ornaments on her body are all high-quality jade. Extravagance, telling the youth's spring breeze.

Almost as soon as Long Wan showed up, Hua Ruling saw him, immediately apologized to the guests who were greeting him, and turned to meet Long Wan.

"Brother Longxian is here."

"Brother Hua."

Hua Ruling took Long Wan to another private room. The guests on the second floor were either distinguished or very close to Hua Ruling. Seeing him passing by with a strange boy, they all discussed in low voices about that person. Who actually let Hua Ruling lead the way in person, such treatment, even if there are not many present here.

But it is a pity that no one knows the identity of "him" after asking and asking, so I have to give up.

Hua Ruling finally brought Long Wan to a private room, this private room was huge, there were five banquet tables in it, among those guests, she knew only one Li Xun Huan.

After exchanging greetings with everyone, Hua Ruling arranged Long Wan to Li Xun Huan's table, and sat down next to Li Xun Huan, and the person sitting with him said: "Everyone, this is my friend Long Ge, she is too young to be clingy. Wine, you are not allowed to ask her to drink later."

There are men and women in this private room, most of the men are dressed as literati, those women should be their wives and concubines, after listening to Hua Ruling's protection, and seeing that Long Wan really looks young, he naturally said that he would not drink with her.

Li Xunhuan knew that Hua Ruling didn't have any friends surnamed Long who seemed close, and this "Long" surname soon reminded him of his cousin's good sister—Long Wan, so he guessed that this person might be Long It's just that Li Xunhuan also knows that Long Wan is an orphan, she is alone and has no relatives?So he looked at "Long Ge" a few more times.

This "Long Ge" was sitting next to him, the two of them could rely on each other, Li Xun Huan practiced throwing knives, his eyesight was trained, so he quickly noticed the flaw in Long Wan's ear.

This is a guest in disguise.

Seeing that she turned her head and looked over at her, with a hint of familiarity and indifference in her eyes, Li Xun Huan knew who this person was with a twitch in his heart.

There is no one whose surname is Long who looks at him with such eyes, except for Long Wan who was quite dissatisfied with him because of the "drinking flower wine" incident a few days ago.

It's no wonder that Hua Ruling arranges people by her side, firstly because they are somewhat familiar with each other, and secondly because she entrusts herself to take care of them.

In front of so many people, Li Xunhuan didn't conjecture, but looked up at Hua Ruling, who nodded imperceptibly when he cast a questioning look, and said with a smile: "Xunhuan Brother, Brother Longxian is Miss Lin's junior brother, sister Jinlan, you have to take good care of her."

Li Xunhuan got the answer, how could he disagree, and said with a smile: "So that's the case, then I have to take good care of it, everyone is not allowed to toast Brother Long today, if the drink turns out to be good or bad, my cousin will come to me later gone."

Everyone here knows that Li Xun Huan has a fiancée, and they have a very good relationship, since this young man is his cousin's good sister's younger brother, with this relationship, it is natural for Li Xun Huan to take care of "Long Ge".

One person heard him say this and joked: "Since the little brother can't drink, then Xiao Li Tanhua will come to drink. Come on, brother Xunhuan, I will do it first to respect."

Another person also said: "That's right, that's right, Brother Xun Huan, today we must not get drunk or go home!"

Li Xun Huan was younger than everyone present, and he got the title of Tanhua, everyone was somewhat unconvinced, so they took advantage of this opportunity and started drinking.

The wine table immediately became lively, everyone rushed to pour wine for Li Xun Huan, and Li Xun Huan never refused to come, Hua Ruling saw that they had a harmonious atmosphere and did not make trouble on Long Wan's head, so she greeted them again and went out Ya Jian went to greet other people.

After Hua Ruling finished toasting all the guests, it had been a long time. Some fast-eating guests outside began to leave the table one after another. He sent a few elders among them, and the rest were handed over to the housekeeper. As a guest, he turned back to the private room where Li Xunhuan and Long Wan were.

Most of the people in this private room were drunk, only a few people were still drinking, and Li Xun Huan, who was besieged by everyone, was still calm and composed, even though he was the one who drank the most, his face remained unchanged.

Sitting next to him, Long Wan, who watched the wine fight from the beginning to the end, was also a little speechless. Although the purity of the wine here is not very high, after drinking so many jars of wine, almost everyone else poured it down, and Li Xun Huan still had a little Not even drunk, with such a capacity for drinking, it can be said that he is not drunk after a thousand glasses.

Some people who brought their family members saw Hua Ruling came back, and hurriedly said goodbye to him, Hua Ruling said some polite words, and then asked the servants to help the drunk guests.

This busy work, when it stopped, most of the guests had left, the only ones left in the private room who were still fresh were Li Xun Huan and Long Wan.

Hua Ruling specially came here for the last toast. Naturally, he planned to stay here forever. He reserved a seat for himself when he arranged the guest list - the seat on Long Wan's side was always vacant.

Now that he saw a table full of drunks, he regretted making such an arrangement.

Looking at Long Wan again, because of Hua Ruling's instructions and Li Xunhuan's protection, and because no one else knew her, naturally no one asked her to drink, she was happy and quiet, and silently swept the food on the table. After filling my stomach for a while, I was bored leaning on a chair to digest food.

So Hua Ruling asked people to send these drunk guys to the guest room at the back of the restaurant to rest.

In the end, there were only three of them left in the private room.

Li Xun Huan was in the middle of drinking, but all the people who accompanied him to drink had left, and the only thing left was Long Wan who he dared not and could not invite to drink, so when he saw that Hua Ruling was done, he raised his glass and asked, "Hua Ruling Do you want to have a drink together?"

"I should have known that Li Xun Huan and you would be indispensable in places with you. It seems that I made a mistake this time." Hua Ruling sat down and poured himself a glass of wine, "It's alright, I'll only drink this glass with you. I've been busy for a long time, but I haven't moved a single bite." He toasted all the way, but drank a lot, and now his face is flushed.

"Okay, just this cup."

Li Xun Huan didn't force him, after drinking this cup, he didn't bother him anymore.

Only then did Hua Ruling have the time to eat some food to fill his stomach full of drinks.

Long Wan watched him eating those leftovers that had started to get cold, she was a little surprised and a little embarrassed—she was also one of the makers of these leftovers—raised her hand Helped to serve him a bowl of red dates, wolfberry and white fungus soup, and brought it to him.

"Have some soup, this one's still hot."

Hua Ruling thanked her and enjoyed eating even more.

This is the soup that Miss Long gave him!