On this day, Song Xin was about to leave the Prime Minister's Mansion when Zhou Wenzhi behind him stopped him. "Brother Song, please stay."
"Brother Zhou, what's wrong?" Song Xin turned around and asked with a smile.
Zhou Wen looked straight at him with a smile on his face: "Brother Song, I have organized a banquet at my home tonight. Most of the guests are the young masters who are going to Piyong to study. I want to invite Brother Song to go with me. What do you think of Brother Song?"
Song Xin was a little surprised, "Oh? Since Brother Zhou invited me, Song Xin would be disrespectful to refuse."
"Brother Song, you're welcome. You and I have worked together for so long, and we haven't had a chance to get together properly. Tonight, I've also invited some of the descendants of aristocratic families in Xudu City. Brother Song happens to be acquainted with them, so it will be easier to expand in Xudu in the future."
"Thank you for your kindness, Brother Zhou. When is the best time for Song Xin to arrive?"
"The party starts at You hour. Song Xin can arrive half an hour before You hour." Zhou Wenzhi said with a smile.
The two agreed on a time and said goodbye.
Song Xin returned home and told her mother and sister that she was going to attend a party at Zhou Wenzhi's house tonight and would not have dinner at home. Mother Song said, "Son, you can take Uncle Xia Ren with you. He is familiar with Xu Du and can help you find a place."
Song Xin took a bath, changed into clean clothes, and got into the carriage.
Xia Ren raised his whip and the car moved forward slowly.
The carriage was walking on the stone brick road in Xuducheng, making an orderly sound of gada gada. Song Xin was a little excited. It was her first time in this world to attend a gathering of high-class people. Thinking about what kind of people I will meet tonight.
The guests tonight should all be distinguished people, so etiquette is very important. During this period of following Cao Chong, he also heard people talk about the etiquette of sacrifices and banquets.
After a while, I arrived in front of a very large house. Compared with Song Xin's small house with only a few rooms, this big house was very grand.
At this time, there were several beautifully crafted carriages parked outside the mansion, some with two horses, some with one horse, and some guests came on horseback, so they tied the horses to the tying stone.
"Brother Song comes to my house, Zhou Wen is very polite." After saying this, he bowed.
"Brother Zhou, you're welcome. I'm very grateful to you for inviting me, Brother Zhou." Song Xin bowed three times to Zhou Wenzhi and handed him a gift.
"Oh, Brother Song, no courtesy, please." He smiled and made a gesture to invite in.
Because the guests had not arrived yet and the host had not yet taken his seat, all the guests who came early were arranged to wait in the side hall.
There were not many people in the side hall at this time, they were all talking in groups of three or five. Song Xin didn't know them either and had no chance to join them, so he simply sat on the stone bench and waited quietly.
While waiting, two more people walked in from the door. Song Xin happened to look up at this time and looked at them. Both sides were stunned. It was actually Liu Mi and Zheng Yue who were trying to snatch Song Xin's horse by the Jishui River.
When the two of them saw Song Xin, their brows immediately furrowed, with strong hostility in their eyes.
Liu Mi looked at Song Xin, rolled her eyes, and with a smile on her face, she walked up to Song Xin and said, "Now, we meet again."
Song Xin looked as usual and said, "Oh, isn't this Mr. Liu?"
Liu Mi smiled and said, "What happened in the past few days was very offending."
"Easy to say." Song Xin replied.
Zheng Yue asked with an annoyed look on his face: "How come you're invited, too? Do you know who's party this is? Not just anyone can come in."
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Song Xin glanced at him sideways and said with a smile: "You are not the master, why do you interfere with the master's business by overstepping your authority?"
Zheng Yue choked at these words and was a little speechless. But he still refused to admit defeat and said: "We are all people of distinguished background, why do you associate with us?"
These words aroused the curiosity of several dudes around Liu Mi. They looked around Song Xin. Someone asked, "I wonder which wealthy family he comes from? How can he come to Brother Zhou's banquet?"
Song Xin said calmly: "I don't have any prominent background."
Zheng Yue was quite proud after hearing this, and asked deliberately provocatively: "Oh, then your father is a Tinghou?".
Song Xin said calmly: "My father is a farmer in the countryside. He has accumulated military exploits and has never changed his title."
"Farmer? It turns out you are a commoner. No wonder you are so at odds with this place." Liu Mi raised his voice when he heard this, and began to ridicule unscrupulously. He was sure that Song Xin would not attack him here. .
Sure enough, as soon as he said this, all the guests around him looked over. Countless looks of curiosity, contempt, confusion, and surprise looked at Song Xin up and down. They didn't understand why a person of this background could attend Zhou Wenzhi's banquet.
Zheng Yue smiled and said: "Hey, everyone, I don't study much. I once learned an allusion, but I can't remember it now. I would like to ask you for advice."
Someone asked: "Oh? He Dian?"
"Remember when Xiang Yu destroyed Qin, the people of Chu carried the wealth they had captured from Xianyang and returned to Jiangdong. What did the people at the time say?"
Liu Mi crossed his arms, raised his head and looked at Song Xin and said, "I guess what Brother Zheng said is: The people of Chu lose money and gain the crown despite being a monkey?"
Zheng Yue said hurriedly: "Hey, yes, yes, it's like being crowned by the monkey. Hahaha."
How could Song Xin not hear the ridicule from Zheng Yue and his group? They were mocking him? However, when he was in Xiangyang, even Cao Ren was ridiculed by Lu Jun for his background. Today, the ridicule from these dandy Zheng Yue could not stir up any emotion in his heart. Family background, which they valued, was nothing in Song Xin's eyes.
Song Xin did not feel dissatisfied, and casually dusted his sleeves and said, "Everyone, this allusion reminds me of a bird in my hometown that is three inches long. Although this bird is not big, it still has a Outstanding."
At this time, several unfamiliar faces came over and asked, "What's so special about you?"
Song Xin paused and said, "This bird is three inches long, but its beak is seven inches long. It makes a noisy cry, which is very annoying. We country people often catch it to drive away crows."
As soon as these words came out, some people frowned and thought, and then burst into laughter and looked at Liu Mi and Zheng Yue. Seeing that Song Xin dared to ridicule him in public, and the previous grudge at the Wei River, the two hated Song Xin even more.
Zheng Yue couldn't hold back his anger, pointed at Song Xin and said, "We are rude, how dare you call us noisy birds!?"
Song Xin said with a surprised look on his face: "What? I'm just talking about strange birds. When did you say that you two are noisy bird people?"
"You...you...well, common man, remember, I, Zheng Yue, will definitely get back the resentment of taking away my horse and the hatred of being humiliated in public!"
"Get it back!? Huh!" As he was talking, the crowd moved out of the way, and Guo Yi and a few young people walked in.
Liu Mi and Zheng Yue's expressions changed, and they immediately saluted respectfully and said: "Young Master Guo, Young Master Xiahou, Young Master Cao, please be polite..."
Liu Mi introduced himself:
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"I am Liu Mi, the Liu family of Bohai County, Jizhou. My father is the Prime Minister of Bohai. I would like to pay my respects to several young masters."
"I am Zheng Yue, from the Zheng clan of the Beihai Kingdom of Qingzhou. My father is the Lang Zhongling of the Beihai Kingdom of Qingzhou. I would like to pay my respects to the young masters."
Guo Yi ignored them and said coldly, "You guys have such a big background. You failed to seize Brother Song's horse. You didn't know how to reflect on yourself, so you came to the Zhou Mansion to ask for trouble again. Now that you have lost face, you still have the nerve to do so." Do you resent others?"
Liu Mi and the others did not dare to say anything. After all, the other party's identity and family background far surpassed their own. He had no choice but to endure this tone and said, "I was just joking with Song Xin..."
Guo Yi said: "Humph, are you kidding? Brother Cao, Brother Xiahou and I all saw what happened clearly. You still won't apologize to Brother Song?"
Liu and Zheng turned pale and asked them to apologize to Song Xin. What was the difference between this and flogging them in public? But they were afraid of Guo Yi and the others, so they just gritted their molars and squeezed out a few words, "Brother Song, I'm offended..."
Song Xin found it funny, cupped his hands and said, "That's easy to say."
"Humph!" Liu and Zheng snorted and turned around to leave.
Seeing that there was no more excitement to watch, all the guests dispersed one after another. At this time, the young man next to Guo Yi asked: "Is Song Xin at your feet?"
Song Xin saw that this man was about eighteen years old and had never seen him before. He smiled and said, "I am Song Xin. I haven't expressed my name yet. Now I am studying with Mr. Cao Chong. What should I call this Mr. Cao Chong?"
"I'm Xia Houchong, a man with a good character. My father is Xia Houyuanrang, the Marquis of Gao'an Township." The man said.
"It turns out that he is the eldest son of General Yuan Rang. Song Xin is polite." Song Xin did not expect that this was actually Xiahou Dun's son. Guo Mu had mentioned him before. They said they would go together to rob the eunuch's wife, but they were afraid when it came time to do it.
Guo Yi introduced the two people next to him:
"This is Cao Tai, the son of General Zixiao. This is Cao Zhao, the son of General Wenlie (Cao Xiu)."
Cao Tai took a step forward, cupped his hands and said, "My father once praised Brother Song in his letters home, which made all my brothers fall in love with him."
He has always been curious about why Cao Ren praised Song Xin so much in his letters home, and warned him not to rely on his identity or treat the other party lightly in the future.
When Cao Tai, Cao Zhao and Xia Houchong saw Song Xin, although they couldn't say they were very affectionate, they would naturally not be too rude to someone who had been praised by their fathers.
They all knew about Song Xin's affairs in Jiangling, so they started chatting with him.
"Is this Song Xin who broke into the battle with General Zixiao to save people?" A few more teenagers came over out of curiosity. They were young, all between seventeen and nineteen years old. Although these people all came from wealthy families and said that Song Xin was brave, Song Xin could still tell that they were not convinced.
It is easy for young people to get acquainted with each other, and Song Xin also met some new faces, including Xun Yun's son Xun Yun, his second son Xun Mao, Yu Jin's son Yu Gui, also known as Ruifang; Cao Cao's son-in-law and adopted son He Yan, also known as Ping Uncle, there are also several children from aristocratic families in Xudu City who are also here.
Halfway through Youshi, the guests have basically arrived, and they are all today's celebrities. There were also some disciples from the local gentry, but they were not as polite to Song Xin as Guo Yi. He also looked indifferent to Song Xin's greetings.
Zhou Wenzhi saw that all the guests had arrived, so he walked to the side hall and said to everyone: "I am very grateful for your presence in my humble house. You have been waiting for a long time. Please take a seat."
"Thank you, Brother Zhou, for the banquet." Everyone saluted.
(End of chapter)
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