The fragrance was soft in his arms, and the Liao Zhenfu ambassador immediately burst into laughter, with a little more color on his fair face. He hugged Lianxiang tightly with his arms.
This posture was obviously that of an old acquaintance. Shen Hao was walking behind and saw it, secretly wondering whether this Liao Zhenfu was the big financial backer behind Lianxiang?
This is a senior official from the fourth rank! He is still a fourth-grade subordinate in the Xuanqing Guards, and he is definitely more popular in the place than a fourth-grade official.
Moreover, according to the rules of the old Jing Dynasty, all military positions, once their titles exceed the fifth rank, will be included in the imperial city office. They belong to the imperial city officials. Under normal circumstances, they will not be responsible for specific front-line affairs in one place, but they are far away from the center of power. Closer. Xuanqingwei happens to be a military officer. In addition, the special nature of the Xuanqing Guards is very different from the general powers of the military. Therefore, other military positions have limited power when they are close to the imperial city, but the Xuanqing Guards, on the contrary, have greater authority the closer they are to the imperial city.
According to Shen Hao's memory, there was only one surnamed Liao among the governors of Xuanqing Weili, and he happened to be Jiang Cheng's direct superior, Liao Chengfeng.
If Liao Chengfeng is the financial backer behind Lianxiang, it can also explain why Jiang Cheng always treats Lianxiang, a mere singer, with courtesy.
After exchanging pleasantries, they took their seats, with Shen Hao sitting at the bottom. Logically speaking, he, a person trying for the title of Baihu, was not qualified to sit at a table of this size. However, this was a private banquet, and Shen Hao was obviously brought here specially by Jiang Cheng, so the other three bosses did not say anything. , I was just curious about who Shen Hao was, and that he was worthy of Jiang Cheng to introduce him to them.
Sure enough, not long after he sat down, Jiang Chengcheng happily pointed at Shen Hao and introduced: "Master Liao, this is Shen Hao, the general flag officer of Licheng Black Flag Battalion. He is currently learning some scene things from his subordinates. I will take him with me today." I came here just to let him see the world.”
"Oh? Is he Shen Hao?"
Not only Liao Chengfeng looked sideways, but the other two Qianhu officials also looked sideways at Shen Hao. The meaning in their eyes was unclear, but it was obvious that they had heard about him for a long time.
"Yes, he is Shen Hao. He was responsible for several big moves we made in Fengri City before. He is a young man with great abilities and ideas."
Jiang Cheng's words seemed casual but full of mystery. He even called Shen Hao a "youngster". There is no need to elaborate on some words too clearly. Once they are pointed out, everyone present can understand them.
Liao Chengfeng's eyes brightened a bit when he heard this, and he sat up straighter. He looked up and down at Shen Hao with a smile and said, "You are younger than I thought, and you are so talented!"
Shen Hao was a little flattered. He didn't expect Jiang Cheng to praise him so much. He quickly bowed to Liao Zhenfu and said loudly: "Shen Hao has met all of you! My subordinates' little achievements are all due to Master Jiang's guidance. I don't dare to be a grown-up." High praise."
Liao Chengfeng shook his head and said with a smile: "Haha, Jiang Cheng has a straightforward personality and never likes to whitewash anyone. He said that if you can do something, you must be capable. There is no need to be modest."
As soon as Liao Chengfeng said this, Shen Hao immediately remembered Jiang Cheng's advice to him this afternoon. Suddenly, Jiang Cheng was giving him some advice about tonight's drinking party. I guess Liao Chengfeng is not a person who likes polite words and is too modest. On the contrary, it will cause resentment. So he was no longer humble, but just looked silly.
Here Jiang Cheng, as the host, raised the wine glass and kicked off the evening banquet.
Shen Hao's sharp eyes clearly noticed that there was something different about today's banquet. According to his understanding, Jiang Cheng is a man with a bold personality. Whether he drinks or eats, he likes to have "a lot, a lot, and a lot of fun." It is Jiang Cheng's habit to brag loudly with big meat, big shots, and wine. But now almost everything on the table is the other way around.
The wine is good wine, but it tastes sweet like fruit wine; the wine glass is not a horn cup, but a thin cup that measures five cents.
The same is true for the food and wine on the table. The number of dishes is not "so cool", but "beautiful and exquisite".
Even Jiang Cheng, who loved to laugh out loud after drinking, spoke in a soft voice without letting up his voice. What was even more rare was that he still looked as usual, not feeling aggrieved at all.
The proprietor is Jiang Cheng, but the host and guest are Liao Chengfeng. All the changes on the table were made to cater to this bookish host and guest.
Drinking from a small cup and talking in a low voice, Shen Hao almost fell asleep after drinking. He felt uncomfortable all over, and he had to pretend to be happy on his face, but he was actually feeling very uncomfortable in his heart.
Seeing Jiang Cheng chatting and laughing, Shen Hao couldn't help but sigh in his heart: It's not easy for people.
After three drinks and five dishes, Liao Chengfeng put down his chopsticks. Seeing this, the others politely took handkerchiefs and wiped their mouths, knowing that the next "show" was about to begin.
"Jiang Cheng, let's do the drinking order. Do you have any objections? Jiang Cheng, what about you? You're just drinking alone, why don't you participate?" Liao Chengfeng laughed.
"That's right, Mr. Jiang always avoids the drinking order, or just relies on the huge amount of alcohol to get drunk alone. It's very boring!"
"Haha, Mr. Jiang is a knife wielder, so naturally he can only get drunk alone when we compose poems during the drinking ceremony!"
Including Liao Chengfeng, these three people are all working in the imperial city. They have been away from the killing place for a long time, and they are less evil and more bookish. After all, it is not good to see anything elegant in the imperial city, and over time it will become ugly. This is the way to go. It's just that at this time, it's hard for Jiang Cheng, a rough guy who can drink wine but can't come up with a poem.
Although everyone was teasing Jiang Cheng, they were familiar with each other, and Jiang Cheng was not annoyed at all. For him, it was already very difficult for him to read, and it was difficult for him to write poems.
But today Jiang Cheng was smiling and had no intention of continuing to get drunk. He waved his hand and pointed at Shen Hao, who was sitting at the bottom, and said proudly: "I came prepared, Shen Hao is my subordinate. He’s learning from me again, now that I’m in trouble, it’s not too much to ask him to help me, right?”
"What? You want Shen Hao to help you compose poems? Then won't he participate?"
"Participate, just do double duty. Shen Hao still has this ability."
Jiang Cheng spoke with confidence, which made Liao Chengfeng and others very surprised. However, Lianxiang who was beside him smiled and whispered a few words into Liao Chengfeng's ear before the confusion was resolved.
"Haha, Jiang Cheng, Jiang Cheng, let me tell you why you are so calm today. It turns out you hired a master to help!" Liao Chengfeng laughed and was interested in Jiang Cheng's little thoughts. At the same time, he turned to the other two Qian The household official explained: "Don't you think Shen Hao's name is familiar to you? The author of "Yijian Mei" and "Bu Suanzi: Jun Lives at Baijiangtou" has recently been sung in all the flower houses in the imperial city, and even in bookshops and teahouses. Isn’t this the one in front of us?”
As soon as the two poems "A Cut of Plum Blossoms" and "Bu Shuanzi·You Live at Baijiangtou" came out, people suddenly understood, and at the same time, the eyes looking at Shen Hao had something else.
It’s not the fault of these three people’s slow reaction, it’s the fault of Shen Hao, who is not only full of evil spirit but also capable and heroic. He has nothing to do with the literati who writes soft love poems. How can ordinary people connect the two together?
However, none of them said that Jiang Cheng was shameless. Instead, they were curious about whether this lyricist, who had recently been rumored to be famous for his literary talent, would produce another masterpiece when he was on the drinking circuit.
