The Heavenly Officials of the Ministry of Civil Affairs entertained guests, and the banquet was hosted by the Governor of Yanyun County. Naturally, many people came to support him.
Lu Jing, the Minister of the Ministry of War, Ma Wuming, the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, Wu Zhongze, the Admiral of the Nine Gates, Li Hong, the left minister of the Ministry of Industry, Xu Haiming, the right minister of the Ministry of Personnel, Lin Dongyang, the governor of Jiangdong County, and Liu Qiheng, the imperial censor, and other high officials in the court. All the staff have arrived.
A small part of this is Wang Anbang's face, and the other half is Xiao Chen's face.
Xiao Chen only brought Shangguan Qiji to the banquet, because Fu Yan and the others did not have any official positions at all, so it was obviously not suitable for them to attend such a banquet.
Only Shangguan Qiji had a third-grade title, and after all, he was also the honorary president of Tai Hospital.
Needless to say, they met each other and exchanged pleasantries. After everyone took their seats, Wang Anbang ordered the banquet to begin.
After three drinks and five dishes, Wang Anbang pointed at Xu Haiming and said, "Haiming, you and Mr. Xiao are the only ones here who are not familiar with each other, so that there was a little misunderstanding. Today, I take this opportunity to express my sincere gratitude." Mr. Xiao, a glass of wine can be considered an apology."
Xu Haiming was reluctant, but he didn't dare not listen to his immediate boss, so he had to pick up a glass of wine and say to Xiao Chen, "Master Xiao, I don't have any personal grudges with you. Everything is business. If you offend me, I hope Mr. Xiao will be honest!"
The apology was quite blunt, and without waiting for Xiao Chen to speak, he just raised his head and drank the drink in one gulp, then sat down, which was extremely rude behavior.
"Hahaha, Hai Ming's cup is not a toast, but a penalty drink!" Xiao Chen laughed, "But whether it is a toast or a penalty drink, we have to accept it." After saying that, he drank it all in one gulp, although the words It was thorny, but it didn't attack directly.
It can be seen that the gap between the two sides in terms of quality is quite large.
"Mr. Xiao may not know yet, but the father of Hai Ming is the Marquis of Min, Xu Wensheng." Wang Anbang said.
"Who?" Xiao Chen was shocked when he heard this, and subconsciously looked at Shangguan Qiji beside him, only to see him slightly nodding at him, indicating that he was right, the Tongpan I met back then was this person!
"Haha, Mr. Xiao is young and may not know the reputation of Mr. Xu Wensheng. During the previous dynasty of the Han Dynasty, he was already the governor of Minzhou County. He was one of the Thirteen Heroes of the Han Dynasty. Later, he returned from his lost ways and turned to the light. , became a hero of our Great Zhou Dynasty, and the emperor relied heavily on him back then." Ma Wuming said with a smile.
"Oh...I see. Mr. Xu Wensheng, the old Marquis, was truly a man who knew the current affairs. Unexpectedly, he died so young, which is a pity." Xiao Chenqiang suppressed the excitement in his heart and said this sentence without saltiness.
In fact, his regret came from the bottom of his heart, but his words sounded like ridicule.
Xu Haiming snorted and said nothing, but his face grew longer.
"Although I'm bidding farewell to brother Xiao today, I shouldn't be too sentimental. How about I throw some light on it and tell a joke to make everyone laugh?" Seeing the awkward atmosphere, Ma Wuming changed the topic.
Everyone said they were all ears.
"It's a joke, but it's actually true. I heard it from my Ma Fu, but Ma Fu heard it from Mr. Wang's Family Code and Wang Shiwen, and it was also about Mr. Wang's family affairs." Ma Wuming looked serious.
Ma Fu is his housekeeper, while Wang Shiwen is the general manager of Wang Anbang's family. Although they are both servants, they are the so-called seventh-rank officials in front of the prime minister. They are both famous in Fengyang City, at least everyone here knows them.
"Lao Ma, in front of all your colleagues, you must not talk nonsense!" Wang Anbang was suddenly startled and hurriedly warned him.
Ma Wuming has always been witty and has no taboos in speaking. He and Prince Li Shi dare to joke. Once it involves their own family affairs, there will definitely be nothing good to say!
"Master Wang, you have always behaved upright, sat upright, and been a gentleman. You speak uprightly to others! But what are you so afraid of?" Ma Wuming said with a smile.
Everyone laughed, knowing that he must be making fun of Wang Anbang, and urged him to speak quickly.
Ma Wuming took a sip of wine and then spoke slowly.
"It is said that there is a new boy named Wang Xiaoliu in Master Wang's house. He is very diligent, but he is a bit dull. He is always worried that when he is on duty at night, he will not hear Master Wang's call through a door, so he So he simply hid under Mr. Wang Anbang’s bed so that he could be there whenever he was called.”
Everyone was happy when they heard this. Only Wang Anbang shook his head helplessly and asked, "How can this happen?"
"But he said that early the next morning, after his shift was over, he climbed out of the bed, which shocked Mr. Wang and Mrs. Wang. They quickly asked him when did your kid come in? How long have you been under the bed? !What did you hear?"
"Wang Xiaoliu hurriedly reported back truthfully, saying that he was working the night shift under the bed and was there even before the fifth watch. He would never dare to leave his post without permission. Mrs. Wang asked quickly what did you, the boy, hear? The boy pondered for a moment and then said, "It's the first watch of the night." At that time, my lord, you and your wife have not rested yet, and are admiring a painting, or a landscape painting."
Ma Wuming was very eloquent and spoke vividly. He also imitated the tone of several people very well, and everyone listened with great concentration.
When they heard that Wang Anbang and his wife admired paintings, they believed it to be true, because they all knew that Wang Anbang liked calligraphy and painting, especially the expensive ones. Xiao Chen even gave him a landscape painting of Shenglin Daozi...
But Ma Wuming continued, "Master Wang asked, how did you know that we were appreciating paintings? Then Wang Xiaoliu replied, I heard it really, tell the lady, 'Come and let me see the twin peaks' Show off your breasts!’ Since there are twin peaks, it must be a landscape painting, right?”
As soon as he finished speaking, the whole room burst into laughter. Wang Anbang was both funny and angry, "I know you can't spit out ivory from your mouth!"
"Master Wang asked again, what did you hear on the second watch? Wang Xiaoliu said that it was not good on the second watch. Sir, you were climbing over the mountain in bed and accidentally dropped it to the ground. Master Wang said how did you know? ? Wang Xiaoliu replied that he heard his wife say to the adults, 'Come up quickly!' So the villain inferred that it was Jiang Zi."
Hahaha!
Everyone was stunned when they heard this and burst into laughter.
Those with lower ranks did not dare to laugh loudly, so they could only hold their stomachs and suppress their blushes.
Xiao Chen, Lu Jing, Wu Zhongze, Li Hong, and Lin Dongyang laughed out loud regardless of the situation.
Wang Anbang's face turned red and white while he was laughing, and he shouted for someone to come and tear off Lao Ma's bad mouth!
The boys and girls waiting nearby naturally didn't take it seriously, and they all blushed and suppressed their laughter. However, there was a boy with a round face who agreed loudly and rushed forward with his arms and sleeves rolled up, pretending that he really wanted to pull it off. Ma Wuming.
The other boys were so frightened that they hurriedly pulled him back, but the boy was still unconvinced, "Why are you pulling me? Didn't you hear the adults' instructions?"
Wang Shiwen, whose face turned pale with anger, pointed at the boy's nose and cursed, "Wang Xiaoliu, you idiot, you can't even understand a true or false word, don't make such an embarrassing noise here." , get him out of here quickly!"
