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Bai Feng and A Ke found a place next to each other and sat down. Immediately, a servant from the palace came to wait on them and asked, "Which master do you two belong to? Do you have any taboos about eating?"
"We will work with General Gao Gao." Bai Feng replied truthfully: "We don't pay much attention to eating. It's enough to fill our stomachs."
"Then let's just do things as usual." The boy responded and left. However, after a while, several more maids came with a few newly lit candles, seemingly ready to replace the nearly burned out candles to ensure that the lights would remain on until the end of the birthday banquet.
They only set up dozens of tables in the center of the palace and set them up with large banquets. The seats were arranged in a zigzag shape, and the innermost seats were reserved for actors who were good at singing and dancing. More and more people went out in turn, and these servants The maids walked around in the space between the words "hui" and waited for orders.
Akko peeked at the palace maids working hard and noticed that each of them had the same makeup, clothes, and demeanor, and their hands and feet were neat. After finishing their work, they quickly packed up their things and returned to the outermost part of the palace to wait for their orders.
Suddenly, a waiter brought a plate of raw fish and carp and explained: "This dish is called 'carp'. It is an appetizer. It tastes tender and smooth, and tastes mainly fresh and salty. To make it truly top-quality, every piece of fish should be as thin as a cicada's wings." , crystal clear!”
Yu Ke picked up a piece of fish with his chopsticks, looking a little surprised and asked, "Is this meat not cooked yet?"
"Ake, you try it." Bai Feng took a bite and replied: "This dish is good, it is indeed top quality."
Yu Ke tried to swallow a mouthful, but unexpectedly, the fish meat melted as soon as he held it in his mouth. The fragrance of fish meat spread from the tip of his tongue to his nostrils, and the aftertaste was sweet and delicious: "Delicious!"
At this time, another troupe of fine music came on stage, playing five-string pipa, flute and flute, and drums and drums. Yu Ke felt even more excited about it.
"I can eat this fish all day and all night without getting tired of it!"
Seeing this, Bai Feng suddenly straightened up solemnly and glanced at Yu Ke angrily: "Ake, pay attention to your appearance."
"Since the girl likes it, I'll ask the cook to get more so that the girl can take it home to eat!" Before the man finished speaking, Bai Feng declined again: "No need, just do your business as usual, we will leave soon. "
The boy accepted with his hand, and someone not far away called him to serve him. It was not unusual for him to make more than a hundred trips in a day.
Yu Ke thought that Bai Feng felt that he was too greedy, so he didn't dare to move his chopsticks since then. Bai Feng had been looking around to inquire about the situation and had no time to take care of his feelings. The silence between the two ended only when a certain "big shot" arrived.
"General Murong An!"
"It's General Murong An. Is he here to drink with us again?"
"How come he has such a distinguished status and comes to sit at the same table with us disciples?"
While everyone was talking about it, a handsome and graceful young man appeared in front of the diners. Many people hurried up to greet him, hoping to become familiar with him.
But this young man was extremely arrogant and walked straight to the banquet, where a pair of female warriors with green eyes and curly hair were inviting him warmly.
"Qiaoer, Linger! Long time no see, how are you two?" Murong An invited the two of them to sit down and poured wine for them himself.
The two female warriors immediately knelt down and begged: "Thank you General Murong for not killing him, we two sisters are willing to die in repayment!"
Murong An said: "To be honest, I like you, that's why I am willing to select you from many prisoners of war to be my personal guards. Therefore, you don't have to say silly things like repaying death in front of me in the future, you can just continue Just be yourself and let me continue to like you."
"Um..." The two foreign women blushed at the same time.
After speaking, Murong An immediately sat down between the two women, flirting and teasing with them from time to time, raising an eyebrow here and pinching an ear there. What a vicious killer once fell into his hands and instantly turned into a well-behaved pet.
"Who is he?" Yu Ke couldn't help asking: "He is as beautiful as a woman, but he is still a general?"
He is clearly a general, but his skin is more delicate and fairer than that of young people like Bai Feng and Yu Ke. Without seeing the outline of his body clearly, I would have thought he was a young woman!
Bai Feng replied: "I have met him once during my travels. Like Gao Gao, he is also a hussar general. It seems that this guy is very close to Taiping Road..."
"How do you say this?" As soon as Yu Ke finished speaking, a group of Taiping Taoists suddenly broke in outside the door and asked sternly: "Have you ever seen a pregnant woman?"
Everyone at the time denied it, but Bai Feng was stunned and whispered: "It's her!"
As soon as the Taiping Taoists left, Bai Feng immediately stood up and said, "Ake, let's go and find someone."
"Who are you looking for?"
"Murong Yan, the person you have always wanted to know."
The two of them immediately walked out of the palace gate, jogged all the way, and finally caught up with the Taiping Taoists who had passed by the palace before.
"Have you looked for it in the Royal Garden?"
"Where is the Imperial Palace?"
"The only place where she can run is the 'Purple Bamboo Forest', but that is the territory of the 'Meilin', and Taiping Taoists have always been prohibited from setting foot there."
Bai Feng was overjoyed. Regardless of any risks or obstacles, he showed up and shouted, "I can go wherever you don't want to go!"
"Is it Bai Feng?" The Taiping Taoists immediately drew their swords and said to each other: "How brave you are to break into the palace privately!"
"Is there anything wrong with me coming here as a guest under the orders of General Gao Gao?" After Bai Feng finished speaking, everyone was speechless.
Some Taiping Taoists saw that they had no other choice, so they could only come out and bow their hands in respect: "Young Master Bai, please be sure to bring the Xianbei witch back safely. It's all our fault for being negligent. If anything happens to the witch, everyone will lose their heads!"
"Hmph, lead the way."
When they were young, several people walked for a long time to the foot of a hill. It is said that there is a bamboo forest on it. There is a small Buddhist pagoda in the bamboo forest. There is a stone tablet on the pass at the foot of the mountain, and the three words "Purple Bamboo Forest" appear there. .
Bai Feng and A Ke decided to go up the mountain to find the person.
Following the lush green scenery and the mottled stone stairs, they walked for a long time before reaching the top of the mountain. Although the place was not high, the road was winding and winding, making it difficult to walk. It was almost dusk when we arrived in front of the pagoda.
The pagoda is not high, with only two or three floors. Only one monk is left to take care of it. Bai Feng asked him if any strangers had visited recently. The monk said: "This place will only be opened when the emperor and Mr. Mei come together to worship the Buddha and perform repairs." , there can be no outsiders.”
But things happened suddenly. Before the monk could react, a figure suddenly appeared on the second floor of the pagoda. She waved to Bai Feng and shouted: "Brother Feng, I knew you would come!"
The monk was shocked: "Are you Bai Feng?"
"Is it true that monks can also lie?"
"Sin, sin, sin... Mr. Mei has ordered that whenever Miss Murong is in need, the young monk will do his best to help."
Murong Yan ran downstairs excitedly, and Bai Feng ran towards the pagoda equally excitedly. The two hugged each other tightly under the pagoda.
"Yan'er, Yan'er!" Bai Feng's mood was indescribable, and he could only keep repeating the other person's name.
Murong Yan looked extremely calm at this time and replied: "Brother Feng, everyone else is watching! Let go..."
"No, I will never let go this time! I promised you..."
"It hurts me so much. Come on, stop making trouble."
Yu Ke and the monk looked at each other and smiled, as if they understood something in an instant.
