August 15th.
On the night of Mid-Autumn Festival, the moon is full.
The autumn wind seems to have taken a special leave in order to allow people to have a good reunion during the festival.
The weather from this morning to evening has been much warmer than in recent days.
Therefore, in the huge square in front of Fengtian Hall, apart from the two stoves standing on the left and right of the throne, there is only one stove next to the rest.
The long eucalyptus tables are filled with gold bottles of fine wine, jade plates of delicacies, and the most delicious mooncakes of the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Emperor Yan entered the banquet at an auspicious time, and the ministers took their seats one after another after a great ceremony.
Perhaps the thousands of lights in the venue complemented each other with the bright moon, and the little emperor with a face as golden as paper seemed to be more energetic than usual.
The officials who were invited were surprised and relieved to see this, and they were not worried about their master Long being ill and would not be able to enjoy their meal happily.
Under the full moon, the sound of silk and bamboo orchestras was melodious, the actors danced to the songs, and the officials exchanged cups and cups with the songs.
What a peaceful scene where the emperor and his ministers enjoy themselves together.
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"Humph, there are still Northern invaders who have not retreated in Xing'an. The turmoil caused by the Red Sect in Fujian has just been resolved, so they are singing and dancing to whitewash peace. With such a mediocre king in Zhongzhou, it is no wonder that things are getting worse."
"Hey! Be careful! The war situation in Xing'an Realm has basically stabilized. The Wala people have not been defeated on the fifteenth day of the month. It is time to get out on the first day of next month. There is no trouble. The disaster of the red-clothed rebels has also subsided, and Fujian has The people are gradually being supported and appeased. The Emperor resumed the Mid-Autumn Night Banquet. Firstly, it is an affirmation and reward for everyone's recent efforts. Secondly, it also releases a strong confidence and signal to the outside world. We must not let down the Emperor's heart."
"Oh, just for this dinner, you can make up nonsense with your eyes open and say such high-sounding words. Maybe you and I have not toasted to each other for a long time. I will take this opportunity to ask you tonight, you are so high-sounding." Third-grade Shangguan Dou, don’t you feel guilty for saying these words?”
"Eh! You bitch, Lu Dongbin, don't know what's good or bad! If you don't want to live, just curse, don't let me stop you from committing the crime of decapitation!"
"Bah! I..."
"you're drunk!"
"Well……"
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At the banquet.
Some people ate meat and drank wine in silence, not saying a word except saluting in return.
Without realizing it, the amount of alcohol consumed and the frequency of raising the glass are far greater than the amount of food being stuffed into the mouth.
Some people have no appetite at all and are looking around with smiles.
Little did he know that the wry smile on his face was stiffer and crooked than the bitter gourd.
Some people almost treat this extended banquet as a restaurant canteen. After taking a few sips of wine, they start to complain and lose their temper with the people at the table.
I thought that being able to speak my mind directly through the power of wine would be a piece of outspoken advice worth remembering.
Fortunately, the place was bright enough and the sound was noisy enough, so not many people paid special attention to these small scenes.
Only Fifth Hou Zhuangruo, who had attended no less than ten Mid-Autumn Festival banquets, could see everything inadvertently.
He has been observing it all night, and this Mid-Autumn Festival banquet is really an ordinary banquet. Except for the topics that everyone wants to talk about and the hidden thoughts, everything is no different from the previous Mid-Autumn Festival banquets.
He asked his subordinates to investigate the time and process of purchasing the fine wines and delicacies at the venue, to investigate the whole process and details of inviting music officials and actors to the palace for rehearsals, and to investigate the deployment of the imperial army, garrison and other military forces in the city, but found nothing. .
In fact, based on the current operating speed of the various departments in the imperial court, even if it was decided yesterday to reopen today's night banquet, there would still not be a big problem if everything could be done within one day.
In short, the Fifth Marquis has not seen any problems with this night banquet until now.
But no problem is the biggest problem for the Fifth Marquis.
He was completely unable to tell from the arrangement of the night banquet whether this was a simple impromptu move or a hasty move stemming from a sudden conspiracy.
He really couldn't understand why the little emperor suddenly resumed the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet at this time.
He definitely didn't think it was the little emperor's whim.
proposal.
What made him most uneasy was undoubtedly what Yu Tian wanted to do with this trick.
The Fifth Hou Wu took a long sip of wine to clear away the haze of the nightmare in his heart.
Last night, or rather this morning so far, the less than two hours of sleep had really messed him up.
He dreamed that Yu Tian used the male and female balls played in the house as weapons and practiced them to perfection.
At the banquet, Yu Tian was still playing with the pair of iron balls, and while they were toasting, they shot them towards him.
There was nothing in his hands, nothing to escape from, and he was shot through between his eyebrows by one of them!
The shocked face had a big mouth underneath and a big bloody hole above it. The death state was particularly horrifying!
Fortunately, as an important minister of the court, the Fifth Marquis had enough ability and time to investigate various matters related to tonight's banquet.
While ensuring that his own life is not in danger, he also has the opportunity to intervene in the preparations for tonight's banquet and defeat his opponent.
Thousands of years ago, the overlord of Chu held a Hongmen Banquet and asked Xiang Zhuang to dance with his sword to test his powerful rivals.
Since today's Hongmen Banquet was hosted by Yu Tian, his archrival also arranged a sword dance to test his opponent.
Except for the guards, no one in the court is allowed to wear sharp weapons to meet the Holy Emperor.
As for the swords used in the performances at the night banquet, they were all specially made. They were extremely tough, not sharp, and soft in texture, making them difficult to hurt.
Only the Fifth Marquis had a Jin Yiwei who specialized in practicing this heresy.
Used to make fun of the situation, one deception is enough to add to it.
Especially the Fifth Marquis has determined that Yu Tian did not bring the pair of male and female balls into the venue.
There is no way that such a heavy thing will leave traces on your body.
The Fifth Marquis was thinking about it, and finally saw his subordinates performing a sword dance.
For a moment, the Fifth Marquis was shocked when he saw Yu Tianhao sitting there, seemingly unaware of his presence.
Seeing Yu Tian smile again, he picked up a large bunch of grapes and swallowed them one by one from bottom to top.
It looks quite evil and scary!
I also saw Yu Tian’s cheeks bulging and swollen!
These are not grapes! ?
Just as the Fifth Marquis was thinking this, he saw that Yu Tian's left and right cheeks suddenly collapsed inwards!
Instead, two iron balls as big as eggs were spit out from Yu Tian's mouth one after another!
Shoot straight towards the door facing the Fifth Marquis!
Wuhou's thoughts were racing, and he tried at least ten ways in his mind, but he couldn't completely avoid the ball!
There is not much time left for the Fifth Marquis, he has no choice!
The Fifth Marquis could only obey his instinctive reaction and lie back to avoid the sharp edge.
At the same time, the left arm uses its internal force to hook back toward the face as a defense, preparing for the worst case scenario of losing an arm.
Click!
The Fifth Marquis seemed to hear the sound of bones breaking from his left elbow.
Then the first iron ball passed through his elbow without any hindrance!
The second iron ball roared through the hole!
The Fifth Marquis had not had time to feel the pain of his elbow being pierced.
I can feel the coldness coming from my chin rushing straight to my forehead!
Then his vision fell into darkness, without any pain at all!
"General."
"General?"
"The fifth general."
The fifth prince came to his senses.
He found Yu Tian holding up the golden bottle and looking at him with a smile.
It was Yu Tian who woke him up from his confusion just now.
"Our family proposes a toast to the general, and we hope that the general will show his respect."
Without saying a word, the Fifth Marquis raised his glass and drank it all in one gulp, showing unspeakable pride!
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A night of silence.
Only the servants of the Fifth Marquis' family knew that the clothes the general took off after returning home actually cracked the tung oil-finished wooden floor in the house!
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The next day.
The Fifth Marquis entered the palace early.
Not long after, he got the decree and left the capital as he wished.
Go to the north and set up border defenses to prevent the Oara people from sneaking into the border.
Overnight, the fifth general's temples became more gray and white, making him look very old.
Overnight, the Fifth Marquis figured out many things.
I think Yu Tian never paid attention to his fifth prince.
Letting him grow up to compete with him, saying that raising a bandit is self-respecting may be inappropriate. You should just feed a paper tiger that seems to be able to compete with it at first, so as to avoid a dominant family and the loss of the public.
Now it's time to blow away his paper tiger.
He could die easily if he didn't leave.
The saddest thing is that after he is gone, we still have to follow Yu Tian's wishes to join forces with the Northern Alliance to fight against Oara.
Of course he could do nothing.
But if he does nothing, he will undoubtedly be forgotten by the world and become worthless soon.
By then, he will not even be able to touch or reach the fifth position in the Zhongzhou court...
