Lin Linyou and Yu Miaolan squeezed into the banquet and sat down. On the surface, they looked carefree, but on the inside, they were panicking.
It's not that I'm panic, it's just that I'm a little shy - it feels like I've taken out the tools of crime in public.
Yu Miaolan felt even more uncomfortable. She was not in the mood to eat or drink.
The atmosphere at the table suddenly became subtle. Everyone looked up and stared at Lin Lin, You Yu and Miaolan. Only Yue Rong lowered his head and ate in silence.
Yu Miaolan also lowered her head. She could feel the fiery gaze of everyone, as if they wanted to see through her underwear. She felt even more uncomfortable...
"Why are you looking at me? Eat!" Lin Linyou said with a guilty conscience.
Fortunately, the eldest brother Zhang Bi was more able to liven up the atmosphere and broke the awkward atmosphere: "We're just waiting for you two! If you don't come, how can we dare to use chopsticks!"
Lin Linyou looked at the pile of bones in front of him and thought, do I believe you or not?
Zhang Bi asked him with ambiguous eyes: Have you done anything bad for so long?
Lin Linyou also replied with his eyes: Look down on me! You only have so much time, what can you do?
Zhang Bi’s eyes: I don’t know about you yet?
"I'm so rude. I'll punish myself with three drinks!" Lin Linyou didn't want to get entangled with his eyes anymore. Zhang Bi's eyes were too vulgar and annoying.
"Of course you have to be punished!" Zhang Bi said, "But before you are punished, you should introduce the big guys..."
"I thought you introduced..." Lin Linyou held up the wine glass.
"I have introduced you, but you haven't introduced us to this beautiful girl next to you!" Zhang Bi obviously did it on purpose.
Yu Miaolan felt that she really couldn't fit in with them, and she seemed to have embarrassed Lin Zongqi. She stood up and wanted to leave, but Lin Linyou held her down: "Yu Miaolan, Miss Yu...Mr. Zhang, Mr. Yang, you two are each other." I won’t say much more about those who know me. This is my roommate, Lin Long, and this is..."
"Yue Rong." Yue Rong said first, then lowered his head to eat the food and taste the wine.
"this……"
"My surname is Ren, and my single name is Ran." Ren Ran looked at Yu Miaolan, "Miss Yu, we have met before."
Yes, they have met before. When Li Rui, the canal supervisor, died in the room next to Yu Miaolan, Ren Ran personally inspected the scene and asked Yu Miaolan for questioning.
Of course Yu Miaolan also remembered it.
"Miss Yu, don't be restrained, just treat it as your own home." Ren Ran said, got up and walked over, pouring her a glass of wine.
"I have no home." Yu Miaolan said.
"You don't have a home? Where do you live?" Lin Long asked.
Yu Miaolan looked at Lin Zongqi's sister, hesitated for a moment, and said honestly: "Jiaofang Secretary."
"Jiaofangsi? Is it a gambling house?" Lin Long asked Yu Miaolan, and then turned to ask Zhang Bi. After all, it was Zhang Bi who said that his eldest brother often went to her place to gamble and often lost everything.
"Yes..." Zhang Bi wanted to laugh but didn't dare. He secretly prayed that his little sister would stop asking.
"Jiaofangsi is the place where the families of criminals are distributed and the men's romantic playground." As the conversation started, Yu Miaolan lost the restraint and uneasiness she had just now and no longer hid. yes! I'm not the Jiaofang Division I want to join, what's wrong with me?
"Fengyuechang?" Although Lin Long was not familiar with the world, he also knew what kind of occasion Fengyuechang was. After understanding, he glared at his elder brother angrily.
Unexpectedly, Lin Linyou stared back at her: "Little sister, don't ask any more questions, after all, I am a guest!"
Then he said with a smile on his face: "Miss Yu and I make friends through poetry..."
"Men! It's normal to go to the Fengyue Market," Ren Ran said. "Besides, your eldest brother went to the Jiaofang Department for official duties, so he went to the Jiaofang Department. Am I right, Yang Xiaoqi?"
"That's right." Yang Fang didn't dare to speak. Unexpectedly, the finger of blame was still pointed at himself... That's right. Who allowed him to use the spearhead to pierce other people's shields in the first place?
"Yes, yes, I can prove it." Zhang Bi said, "General Manager Lin is only with Miss Yu because of official business... As for whether there is any personal matter between them, it's hard to say." When he said the second half of the sentence, his eyes stayed on Yue Rong's face.
"Why are you looking at me, Mr. Zhang?" Yue Rong swallowed the food in his mouth, put down his chopsticks and wiped his mouth, then raised his head and frowned slightly.
"Haha...you look good..." Zhang Ben smiled.
Yue Rong said nothing and lowered his head again. Even though she lowered her head, she could feel Yu Miaolan's eyes looking over...
But the atmosphere at the wine table finally returned to normal.
A bunch of people gathered around the hot stove and hot pot, it was lively and warm, and there was a kind of warmth with friendly lights.
"The main course we are having today is the 'Wind Sheep Hot Pot' pioneered by Emperor Taizu Gao," Zhang Bi introduced. "The top-quality fat sheep from the Dabie Mountains that my third brother specially selected. Everyone should eat more...especially you. Ah second brother!"
"What's wrong with me?" Lin Linyou was picking up a piece of mutton with chopsticks.
"This is a good recipe for keeping healthy in winter and for those who are afraid of cold limbs. It will strengthen your waist and strengthen your kidneys! It's perfect for you," Zhang Bi said.
"What do you know? My hands are cold because I left all my warmth to you." Lin Linyou smiled and glanced at Yue Rong pretending to be casual.
Yue Rong didn't look at him at all, he just stared at the mutton in the pot, his pretty face flushed red by the charcoal fire at the bottom of the pot.
It seems that this little girl likes to eat... This is not good. If she eats and becomes a big fat person, wouldn't it be ruined?
"We are having a fire-warming party today." Yang Fang raised his wine glass, "I propose that we all have a drink together! Chitose!"
"Chitose!"
When people in the Ming Dynasty held banquets and drank wine, they usually said "Qiantai" instead of "Cheers" when toasting, especially among scholars from the north and the south. Although Yang Fang is a martial artist, he has also studied for two years, so he is used to saying "Qiantai" instead of "Cheers".
Zhang Bian, Lin Linyou and others often drank with him, so they were naturally used to it.
At this moment, amid the fireworks, Yu Miaolan was happy. They seemed to really regard themselves as friends, which made her feel the warmth of home that she had not seen for a long time.
I was originally a lady, the daughter of an official family. In the past, every October and winter, my father would hold a "warm-warming party" at home, where the whole family would eat meat and drink wine around the stove like a festival...
Until one day, his father was accused of being a traitor to the party, and Jin Yiwei stepped into the house!
That day, she remembered, they were also eating hot pot.
Then, the tables and chairs were overturned, the boiler was knocked over, and wine and meat were spilled all over the floor...
Everything is like a dream.
If only it was really a dream...
"Green ants are making new wine, and the red clay stove is small." She recalled the poem that her father often loved to recite in winter.
…
Everyone drank a little too much. Yang Fang brought back three kilograms of Qiulubai and three kilograms of Nuerhong. There were six kilograms of wine for six people, and each person drank almost a kilogram.
Although the alcohol content of these two kinds of wine is not particularly high, it is still very strong after one pound!
Especially Ner Hong, she has great stamina!
Yu Miaolan often drinks with her guests, so she naturally has a good capacity for drinking. Not only can she not get drunk after a thousand drinks, but she can still drink two more at this moment.
Yue Rong also drank a lot. Unexpectedly, she also had a good drinking capacity.
Lin Long drank the least, but was also the most drunk.
Lin Linyou saw her emerald hair swaying wildly and scolded: "You don't have a girly look. This Bu Yao is to restrain your posture and behavior. If you don't have a girly look, you are not suitable for wearing a Bu Yao... …”
Zhang Bi was unhappy: "Second brother, when did you become so old-fashioned? I think my little sister looks good wearing a pacifier. Little sister, let's ignore him. Come, have a drink with Brother Zhang... have a drink How about a drink?"
Lin Long took out the string of bells from nowhere: "Brother, what is this? Give it to me to play with!"
"If you like..." After seeing what she was holding, Lin Linyou suppressed his words and blushed to the base of his ears.
Yu Miaolan and Yue Rong's faces turned redder. Yu Miaolan blushed because she had used it; Yue Rong blushed because she had just read the book "The Legend of Ruyijun"...
Fortunately, they were all drunk, so no matter how red their faces were, it would only make them more charming.
Yang Fang and Ren Ran had already rolled up their sleeves and stepped on the stools to punch and give orders.
Looking at them like this, there must be another storm tonight with thunder and lightning...
Lin Linyou: "Little sister, I think it would be more appropriate to give this to Brother Yang..."
…
Nothing lasts forever.
It was late at night, and Lin Linyou sent Yu Miaolan on her way back to Nanshi Tower.
When they were almost at Nanshi Building, Lin Linyou asked:
"Huang Ze...was he responsible for all the Jiaofangsi cases?"
