In the evening, a banquet was held to entertain the envoys of Lord Linxi. There are four tables in Changzhai, one table is for Li Boxen and others, and the other three tables are for the accompanying sergeants. Dozens of tables were lined up on the newly flattened construction site outside the house to congratulate the villagers.
Li Bochen sat at the top of the room, with Chang Xiu on the left, Wei Dongshan on the right, and in turn Chang Qiuwu, Qin Le, Tao Chunxi and other stewards.
They said some words when they were seated, and then after everyone exchanged glasses to eat and drink for a while, the atmosphere gradually became lively. Wei Dongshan seems to be an out-and-out old master, but with Chang Xiu and Chang Qiuwu accompanying him, he can relax. Qin Le was originally a martial artist and a son of a well-known family who had seen the world, and he was not restrained.
However, Tao Chunxi had no experience as a female official before, and she was surrounded by men, so she felt a little uncomfortable looking at her. At first I followed the crowd to explore a few chopsticks, but then I put them down. At first, some people said a few polite words to her, but when everyone was half drunk, no one paid any attention to her.
When Li Bochen saw her sitting alone in the crowd with her lips pursed and a forced smile, he felt inexplicably like a deer that had entered a hunting ground. Alas, she came at the wrong time. If he had never met Xiaoman before, he would be a little happy to see her here now. But now that she was like this, I was afraid that I couldn't even treat her with normal courtesy.
I am the only one who is her acquaintance here, and if I talk to her, I am afraid that she will get closer and cause trouble.
Fortunately, after a while, people at another table came to toast, and Mrs. Meng was among them. When she raised the lamp to him, Li Bochen whispered in the noise: "Sister Meng, you are also a female officer, please talk to Miss Tao."
Mrs. Meng was stunned for a moment, smiled and nodded: "Okay."
Then he walked up to Tao Chunxi, smiled and drove away another familiar steward, and started talking to her. The two of them talked for a few words, and Tao Chunxi gradually started to smile, and even glanced at him occasionally.
Li Bochen pretended to be socializing, and when he glanced distractedly, he saw Tao Chunxi listening to what Mrs. Meng said, with a slightly surprised look on his face, and looked at him again, seeming to have some sympathy. He smiled bitterly - Did Sister Meng say something about Xiaoman? I forgot to tell her this.
Just when he thought of this, Qin Le came over drunkenly with a wine cup in hand and said: "Junhou, I'm so sorry. Did I say something wrong again during the day?"
He looked next to Qin Le and saw Sui Buxiu smiling apologetically, his face flushed. Oh, he also told Qin Le about himself, right?
He could only smile bitterly - the wife of a monarch suddenly ran away without a trace, no wonder others would say it. If it were you, you should also treat it as someone to talk about. Besides, on this occasion, his wife didn't show up, so there had to be an explanation.
He was also a little drunk at this time, so he waved his hand: "It's nothing, I just like your outspoken temperament, Brother Qin."
Qin Le laughed, reached out and patted his shoulder, saying: "The lord is really full of heart, haha!"
Li Bochen was about to say something when he saw Fang Yu leave the mat outside the courtyard and walk to the door of the hall, winking at him. At this time, people in the hall were walking around, and there were sounds of silk and bamboo, but no one noticed him. But when Li Bochen saw his look, his heart skipped a beat.
In the past few days, someone has been guarding the perimeter of the barrier, and tonight, Zhao Bo was asked to take turns. He is already at the peak of the spiritual enlightenment realm, and his ability to hide his tracks in the world is not bad. Judging from Fang Cheng's look, Zhao Bo should have discovered something.
Li Bochen then shouted: "Brother Fang, come!"
Fang Pei came over, and Li Boxen said: "Brother Qin, let me introduce you - this is Fang Pei. Now I call him the tenth general of my private squad, and he is also the military judge. In the future, you will organize the army without him. Gotta deal with him.”
He originally thought that Qin Le would say a few words, but after hearing his words, he suddenly frowned, stared at Fang Bao, and hummed: "Junhou, there will be many opportunities to speak in the future, but I won't do it today." I’ll accompany you.”
After saying this, he turned around and left. Fang Bao was holding the wine cup, the smile on his face not fading. Li Bochen was stunned, thinking that Qin Le might have heard Tao Chunxi talk about Zhangcheng and therefore looked down on Fang Yu.
He could only say: "Brother Fang——"
Fang Cheng came closer and said, "Forget it."
He lowered his voice again: "Zhao Bo saw someone coming from the west, spoke a few words to one of them at the edge of the barrier, and left again, but didn't hear what was said."
Li Boxen said: "Okay, hard work."
After drinking a glass of wine together, Fang Yu walked away.
Li Bochen walked back to the table and sat down. Tongwei Dongshan also drank a few drinks, then pretended to be too drunk and leaned back on the chair, saying to Chang Xiu: "Grandpa, let me take a rest."
Then he whispered: "Someone is coming."
Chang Xiu was stunned for a moment and nodded.
Li Bochen then squinted his eyes slightly and pretended to sleep, and his Yin spirit came out of his body.
There is indeed a spell to control the house in the regular house. Now that he was out of the body, he felt that the surroundings were bright, as if there were a dozen suns shining on him, which made his Yin spirit feel hot all over, as if it was about to be evaporated. But fortunately, he is already a dragon and tiger, and he is not an ordinary spiritual master, so he can still endure it. It's just that if you are more than ten steps away from your body, you will feel dizzy. If you are further away, it will be impossible.
He stood next to his body and waited quietly. After about a quarter of an hour, he finally saw a Linxi soldier who had been staying at the guest house walking in among the crowd, came to Qin Le and said something. Qin Le's expression did not change and he sent the man away. He toasted a few more glasses of wine before walking to Wei Dongshan's side and saying something to him.
Wei Dongshan's expression changed. The two of them looked around and saw that no one was paying attention, so they walked out of the hall.
Li Bochen's Yin spirit immediately followed.
The two of them walked under the verandah, walked a dozen steps further, and stopped beside a bush of flowers and trees outside the verandah.
Before Qin Le could speak, Wei Dongshan said, "What letter did you upload? Are you in such a hurry?"
Qin Le could no longer detect his drunkenness at this time, and said in a deep voice: "Maybe this Wuwei Marquis is not a descendant of Beichen, please ask us to verify it."
Wei Dongshan was stunned for a moment: "Isn't he?! Where did you get the news?"
Li Bochen was also slightly surprised. But I was not surprised by what they said, but I was surprised that Chang Gaoyi's movements were so fast and his methods were so high!
After discussing with grandpa and Chang Qiuwu a few days ago, they decided on a plan to ask Chang Gaoyi to let go. It was just over three days ago, but he actually accomplished it? !
Qin Le said: "Isn't Chang Gaoyi in Linxi? Your Majesty accidentally learned that he had been wandering around in order to find the successor of Beichen. Now I know that he seemed to have really found him before, and he was an illegitimate student living outside. But when we arrived, the man happened to be dead. He then went to the area near Mengjiatun, and then went to our place to request a seal."
"I don't know whether this matter is true or not. Your Majesty also sent people to investigate and informed us at the same time, asking us to look for opportunities to verify."
Wei Dongshan took a breath and said: "Li Bochen is so brave? If it is true that he is pretending to be the heir of luck, isn't he afraid of death!?"
Qin Le smiled: "Mr. Wei, he is not a scribe like you. He was killed in the mountains of corpses in Beiyuan, how can he be so timid? If this is true - how can he do it if he doesn't pretend to be this heir? Got the Wuwei Hou? Ha... I have to admire his courage."
Wei Dongshan shook his head: "That's it, let's talk about it later. Go back first, don't make them suspicious."
Li Boxen stood two or three steps away from the two of them and listened quietly. At this time, he immediately withdrew and reattached himself to his body.
Listening to the two people talking, Chang Gaoyi seemed to be very successful, and Li Shengyi was half convinced. He would also send someone to seek confirmation, maybe in person - but since Chang Gaoyi could do this at this time, he probably could also do a perfect job of "seeking confirmation".
He had never seen his "cousin" before, and he was inevitably curious for a moment. What kind of person was he to have such abilities?
He slowly straightened up in his seat, rubbed his eyes, and before Qin Le and Wei Dongshan came back, he whispered: "Gao Yi has done it. Li Shengyi asked them to find an opportunity to test me."
At this time, Wei Dongshan came in. Chang Xiu smiled slightly and drank the wine in one gulp.
The banquet ended at about eight o'clock in the evening, and the soldiers all dispersed. Several people in the hall stayed to drink a few cups of tea and then left one after another.
When Li Bochen walked out of the door, he saw a figure in the night, and said to Fang Chu: "Brother Fang, you will stare outside the house for a while and come back later."
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