Zhou Lang Zhou Lang

Inviting guests to dinner to attract favors has existed since ancient times.

Li Mu had only been in Wan County for two days, and before he had sorted out the county's government records in his busy schedule, he received an invitation from the wealthy Fan family in the city.

During the siege, there were flying sand and rocks, mountains of corpses and seas of blood, but after the city was broken, there were still incidents overwhelming.

Li Mu's original intention of only being a mascot has long since dissipated. Even though Zhou Yu's army has its own officers, apart from the military reorganization, the city defense force, and the announcement of Anmin when he first entered the city, He didn't care about handing over to the people's family, liquidating the casualties of the people's husbands, destroying and rebuilding the houses, farming the fields, collecting taxes, and checking the stored grain.In the barracks all day long, Yan Lian and other former Wan County officials were sent to Li Mu directly.

As if she was really Sun Quan!

She also wanted to let her go, but when things came to an end, Yan Lian brought a dozen subordinates to carry bundles of bamboo slips recording the tax collection and usage in Wan County and piled them up in front of her, even if she immediately beat her chest and screamed that she was not Sun Quan is also useless.

A few days ago, she had nothing to do during the war, and suddenly she was too busy to touch the ground. If Zhou Yu hadn't sent someone to tell her to attend the banquet, she wouldn't even bother to look at the invitation.

It rained for two consecutive days before and after the city was broken, and the weather has improved again in these two days.In addition to the ferry, the city has its own winding waterways, which shuttle back and forth from the row upon row of houses. In the evening, the sky is full of clouds and clouds, reflecting the white walls and gray tiles.

Li Mu took the car, changed into the deep robes of this era for the first time, and drove slowly through the empty streets.With fluttering sleeves and a wide belt around the waist, she replaced the trousers, which were just two pieces of fabric folded together and used as trousers, with inner and outer trousers that she sewed by herself. No one could tell the difference.

When she arrived, there were already a lot of horses and horses parked outside the gate of Fan's house. Several servants were busy leading the cattle and horses to the backyard. They all bowed to each other.

Li Mu hastily returned the gift, glanced around, saw Zhou Yu was among them, and smiled at her.Changed to a straight train and wide sleeves, a lun scarf to tie her hair, Yushu Lanzhi, graceful and elegant, showing her sharpness when she was covered with blood and bones, like a son of an aristocratic family traveling on an outing.

I haven't seen you for two days, but it seems like a long time.

Picking up the clothes and getting off the car, Zhou Yu walked up a few steps, stood with her, and introduced everyone in front of her one by one.

"Young Master Quan, this is the Patriarch of the Fan family, he is the former chancellor of Western Chu. This time we were able to enter the city smoothly, thanks to Patriarch Fan."

Before he finished speaking, a middle-aged man with a small beard under his chin and a pot belly said he didn't even dare, and saluted Li Mu: "Old man Fan Xu, his name is Gongchi, I have met Mr. Quan..."

Before he could finish his sentence, Li Mu heard someone snort coldly behind her.Looking up, he happened to see Yan Lian, the magistrate of Wan County, showing dissatisfaction and turning his head with a wave of his sleeves.

Li Mu raised her eyebrows, she thought that Yan Lian's attitude was too arrogant as a county magistrate who surrendered in Kaesong.From this point of view, the idea of ​​descending the city probably came from Patriarch Fan.

Without Liu Xun's rescue, although there are [-] defenders in Wan County, these self-supporting followers of wealthy families are also a force not to be underestimated.Coupled with the supply of military rations, if they made up their minds to surrender, Yan Lian really couldn't force the battle to continue.

The magistrate of a county is controlled by others even in battle and surrender, unable to decide on his own, which shows the great influence of the wealthy aristocratic family.

The first time is raw and the second time is cooked, and it is not much different from that in Xiapi City.Li Mu nodded with a smile, and listened to the names of the others one by one, and then said, "I have been in a hurry for a few days, and I have not visited the house. I am rude, please forgive me." The crowd waited in a lively manner, and Fan Xu led them in. go.

In fact, Li Mu only experienced the banquet in ancient times.In Xiapi City, Sun Ce's banquet was aimed at celebrating his achievements in the army, but it was not a big show, and there was no fun in the wine, just watching Zhou Yu and Tai Shici having a lively fight.Therefore, when she saw the banquet set up by Fan, if Zhou Yu hadn't tugged her sleeve, she would have been dumbfounded and almost couldn't help showing her timidity.

In the huge back hall, two rows of fire frames one person high were set up, and the billowing thick smoke covered up the last twilight of the sky, but the raging fire shone like daylight in front of the eyes.There is a huge incense burner cast in the shape of a copper crane standing on the stone of the rockery lake, and a wisp of light smoke slowly drifts from the mouth of the crane.The winding corridor twists and turns, a trickle of flowing water meanders under the corridor, and several spirit fish jump up from the water. However, if you look closely, the whole body is crystal clear, and it seems to be carved by a whole jade. If you probe your hand, you can touch the body and tail of the fish, and even the scales of the fish are clearly palpable.

Going forward along the corridor, the bamboo curtains on both sides hang down, and behind the curtains, the tall chimes, chimes and drums are lined up in the shape of wild goose wings, and dozens of figures can be vaguely seen kneeling on the ground.

In the hall, there are throwing pots and Liubo, jade spoons and cups on two rows of facing wine tables, exquisite copper lamps, and fist-sized pearls on each table, which are placed together with plates of vegetables and fruits, reflecting in the raging firelight. With moist and soft light.

An urn of fine wine is piled up on the side, and there are dozens of grills roasting whole suckling sheep. From time to time, mutton fat drips along the grills into the fire, making a chirping sound, causing sparks to splash .

What's even more rare is that there are two osmanthus trees behind her wine table. I don't know how to use some method to urge bunches of fine golden osmanthus in the autumn wind when the day is still warm. It's not very bright, but it has a refreshing fragrance.

The aroma of wine, meat, and flowers are mixed together, needless to say, it is already lively.

Li Mu looked at the osmanthus tree again and again, until he stood under the tree, and a coldness came over his face, and he didn't realize the key to it.The soil at the root of the tree was extremely soft, and it was obviously filled up later. I sat down and propped it up there, only to feel that the tentacles were cold and wet, and it was actually ice that had been buried in advance.

Li Mu couldn't help but gasped - in this year, what a luxury it is to have ice in summer!

What a great deal.

Zhou Yu took a seat beside her, flicked his long sleeve calmly, just covering her hand that was outstretched and fumbling here and there, looked around and said with a smile: "It seems that Patriarch Fan has put a lot of effort into this banquet."

Fan Xu was very pleased with everyone's reaction, but Zhou Yu was the one who spoke, so he could only touch his beard and bowed down and said humbly: "It's just a few playthings, I'll make you laugh."

Unexpectedly, someone next to him interrupted immediately: "Brother Gongchi's words are wrong. We ordinary people are like frogs in Kanjing who recognize turtles in the East Sea when we see this scene. .”

Zhou Yu's fathers and ancestors were all high-ranking officials in the court, and their family background was very deep. It's not like Fan Xu, who only lived for generations, and threw a banquet like a nouveau riche, and found that the whole yard is rich and powerful.

Of course Fan Xu knew this truth, that's why he was willing to humbly say "plaything" in front of Zhou Yu.However, once it is said in person, the meaning behind the words becomes stinging.

Zhou Yu just smiled and didn't speak, as if he didn't hear the obvious provocative meaning in these words. Seeing that Li Mu had already sat down and raised an eyebrow at her, she slowly retracted her sleeves and shook her head almost invisibly.

The person who spoke was surnamed Lu, and he was the nephew of the former Lukang family in Lujiang.When Sun Ce served under Yuan Shu's command, he led an army to attack Lujiang, and fought with Lu Kang intermittently for two years. Lu Kang was defeated again and again, and died of illness shortly after Lujiang finally fell.Since this person was Lu Kang's nephew, it was expected that he would be provoked by Sun Ce.

Li Mu glanced at Zhou Yu, raised his head knowingly and turned sideways, pointed upwards at the osmanthus tree, and immediately diverted the topic away: "May I ask if this osmanthus flower is useful for Patriarch Fan? If there is no other use, Quan Shaoqing must have the audacity to ask for some fallen flowers." Broken petals. I have long wanted to make sweet-scented osmanthus wine, but my brother is very strict, afraid that I will lose my ambition and lose my temper, so I will never get the chance."

Why don't you just pretend to be stupid? In her previous life, she had struggled in the workplace for five or six years, so he still knew how to do it.

Few of the people here are really fools, Fan Xu's complexion had already darkened, after hearing what she said, he knew that Li Mu was going to change the topic, so he immediately laughed, and immediately followed the ladder to ask the right question: "This sweet-scented osmanthus can still make wine?"

Li Mu smiled: "When it's done, I'll give Patriarch Fan an altar first, please comment."

"So, it's a deal."

With a few words, everyone in the seat laughed happily and chatted, as if the young man surnamed Lu had never spoken before.

Fan Xu clapped his hands, and the sound of silk and bamboo rang leisurely behind the bamboo curtain. Two rows of long skirts reached the floor, and bright-looking maikos filed in lightly and charmingly, dancing to the music.

The long sleeves are flying up, revealing a section of the arm that bullies Frost Saixue. The collar of the snow-white tunic is slightly open, with the head up and down, the neck is slender, the train wraps around the knees, and the wide belt forms a slender waist. , with a graceful figure.In an instant, almost all the men turned their attention from the topic in front of them to the group of maikos.

Generals and soldiers who have been fighting for many years like enchanting beauties with open breasts, and Fan Xu knew that Zhou Yu was from a noble family, so he was different from ordinary and vulgar soldiers, and Li Mu was young, so he might not like too strong taste, so he did everything possible to find him. Here came eight delicate, slender and beautiful dancers.

Even if this is the case, he still chose two house tricks in a prepared manner, draped the veil through the chest, followed suit, and put them at the end, just in case.

Zhou Yu frowned, and glanced sideways at Li Mu with concern.

He originally wanted Li Mu to use the opportunity of the banquet to make friends with the powerful in the city, whether it would be beneficial to collect food in the city in the future, or to recruit people who rebuild the damaged houses, so he specially sent someone to invite her to the banquet.But forget this kind of occasion, the word wine and sex can't be escaped in the end.Of course he can try to stop her from drinking, but this dancer...

Right now it's just a mess... When the wine is full later, the scene is going to be extremely embarrassing, Li Mu is a woman, how should she deal with herself...

He was negligent.

After the dance, a group of dancers lined up to salute Li Mu.All of them are delicate, with soft waists, lowered their eyes, revealing a touch of white skin on the back of their necks, and covered their bodies with wide, curvy gowns. They lost their graceful posture when they danced, as if they suddenly grew bigger and empty. The ground covered them, making them even more vulnerable.

Fan Xu stretched out his hand to Li Muyi: "Young Master Quan please first."

"Patriarch Fan..." Zhou Yu raised her eyebrows and picked up the wine cup.