Nightwatcher Chapter 197: Dinner and loquat
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The dinner? Well, the governor has been in the city for so long, it is impossible for Yunzhou officialdom to know... Xu Qi'an's mental state is much better, and he can't sleep anyway. It's boring to stay in the post, so he said:
"Okay, my lord, wait a moment."
He put on his boots, tied the gong on the head of the bed to his chest, and hung the black gold knife on his back, and opened the door of the room.
Governor Zhang is standing outside the door, wearing a scarlet official gown, with a straight posture and an impressive air.
The two nodded to each other, went downstairs together, and waited for a while in the lobby before Jiang Luzhong walked in from the yard and said: "The staff is counted, let's go."
The luxury carriage was parked outside the station, accompanied by 30 Hubenwei guards and 7 guards. The venue for this evening banquet was a courtyard near the river.
The mansion used by the Chief Minister to entertain officials, a four-in and four-out mansion.
Tonight, the moon is bright and the stars are sparse, and there is no wind. Although it is midwinter, it is suitable for a banquet in the back garden. As the core of the dinner and also a guest, Governor Zhang was late for a quarter of an hour.
This is not only a show of official power, but also ample time for guests to prepare.
Arrive at the gate of the mansion, where all kinds of carriages and sedan chairs, or magnificent or simple cars, have been parked here, representing the big masters with different positions.
Under the leadership of the attendants, Governor Zhang and his party came to the front hall and saw Yunzhou officials wearing various official robes. There were a plethora of more than 100 officials.
Among them is the prefect of Yunzhou that Xu Qi'an met today.
"Master Governor." Amidst the hearty laughter, an official wearing a scarlet robe and a long beard greeted him.
"My lord Chief Executive." Governor Zhang smiled and arched his hands.
The chief ambassador...the equivalent of a high-ranking official...Xu Qi'an looked at the Yunzhou chief ambassador. His cheekbones were slightly high and his eyes were narrow and long. When he laughed, his eyes were narrowed into a slit, which was shrewd. feel.
Ning is Song Tingfeng's long-lost father? By the way, if I remember correctly, this chief envoy is also surnamed Song...Xu Qi'an's lips curled up.
The Governor of Song led Governor Zhang to introduce them one by one. Xu Qi'an followed his eyes and kept the officials present in his heart.
"This is Lord Li, the commander of our capital in Yunzhou." Ambassador Song Po came to a middle-aged man in the style of a Confucian general.
The surrounding voices suddenly became much quieter, and a pair of eyes stayed on Governor Zhang and Yang Chuannan.
The two court officials looked at each other for a while and laughed in unison:
"Governor Zhang, long up for a long time."
"All command and envoy, admire for a long time."
The atmosphere suddenly became relaxed again, and the officials also showed smiles on their faces.
.... Why do I have the illusion of a momentary one? For a moment, Xu Qi'an thought that the scene would be frozen, or the two sides ridiculed the yin and yang strangely. The needle hidden in the cotton, this time fits the image of an old yin and yang person in officialdom.
The result is so harmonious?
"Your Excellency, the dinner is ready, let's go to the backyard together?" The chief envoy said immediately.
In a state (province), the three highest-ranking yamen are: all command envoys, chief envoys, and punishment and prosecutors.
Among them, the Division of Punishment and Procuratorate is subordinate to the Metropolitan Procuratorate, so the Punishment Procurator is most like a dog in front of Governor Zhang.
When I came to the backyard, the officials took the table, and two interesting episodes occurred at the main table.
The first episode:
Governor Zhang beckoned and said: "Ning Yan, come over to this officer."
There are a total of ten positions at the main table, with one spit and one nail. There are strict rules in official circles about who should sit and who can sit.
Everyone looked at the young man named "Ning Yan". He was wearing a black uniform and a short cloak. He was tied with a bronze gong engraved with dark patterns on his chest. A special mouthpiece was hung on his back, which was different from the standard saber. Slender sword.
For those with old-fashioned eyes, just by looking at this sword, they realized that the identity of this gong is unusual.
No matter where you are, someone who can be a special person will not be an ordinary person.
Many officials secretly paid attention to Xu Qi'an.
The second episode is that the commander made Yang Chuannan block an official who was seated, and pointed to the position beside him and said:
"A friend is coming."
The official was taken aback for a moment, and then remembered something, he slapped his head like an enlightenment, and went to the other table without complaint.
.... Friend, not a certain adult, but a friend? Xu Qi'an was sitting in distress.
"Ning Yan, the anagram that I said today..." Governor Zhang whispered.
"Master Governor!" Xu Qi'an said solemnly: "It's actually very simple, just change your mind."
"How to say?"
"You are too serious." As the inspector of the Imperial Palace Governor Zhang, he belongs to the Qing Dynasty in the officialdom of the capital, and the prefects are naturally.
If you want to change to an official **** who is proficient in eating, drinking, and gambling, you will understand in seconds.
Governor Zhang was about to speak when Yu Guang caught a glimpse of a young female general in light armor coming in. She was tall, perfectly proportioned, and had a high pony tail.
A beautiful and handsome military lady...Xu Qi'an's eyes lit up suddenly, saying that Yunzhou still has such a beautiful American military lady?
This dress is much more attractive than jk, black silk, nurse, flight attendant, not a class.
The American soldier went straight to the main table and sat next to the commander Yang Chuannan.
Governor Zhang looked at Jun Niang and went through the list of people in Yunzhou officialdom in his mind, and found that he could not be seated.
"This is..." he curiously asked.
Yang Chuannan smiled and said: "You must have never heard of the Feiyan Swordswoman's name. She is Li Miaozhen, a ranger general hired by this official. Over the past year or so, she has been fighting bandits everywhere and has repeatedly made war exploits. If so. In terms of rewards for meritorious deeds, the position of the official commander will have to be handed over."
His words drew many officials to express their opinions and praised the female general.
Governor Zhang did not make a statement, but just nodded.
The ranger general hired by Yang Chuannan...that is to say, there is no establishment, and it is not a regular court general...Xu Qi'an looked at the American army mother and moved in his heart.
No.2 is also in Yunzhou, and she is also keen on suppressing bandits and Emperor Ping Yuan Jing... She said that she was not a member of the court... I also praised her for her bravery, and this handsome young lady Called Feiyan Woman...Puff, Feiyan Woman...
When chatting on the canal, No.2 supported Yang Chuannan and had a lot of relationship with him....She wouldn't be No.2, right? Xu Qi'an calmly drank tea.
Don't worry, slowly find opportunities to try again.
In the ground book chat group, you can now confirm that No. 5 and No. 2 are both girls. The appearance of No. 2 is very good, and the temptation of uniforms is OK... I don’t know how the appearance of No. 5 is... Nanjiang Little barbarian girl.
Two rows of dancers dressed in colorful clothes and bare shoulders entered the stage, dancing lightly to the accompaniment of the musicians.
There is no Ziyang layman in Yunzhou. Therefore, everyone does not praise Xu Qi'an. The topic is centered on Jingcheng and Governor Zhang. Bah, official social gatherings are really boring and a waste of time.
Li Miaozhen calmly looked at the governor and the group. She focused on Jiang Luzhong, knowing that he is a golden gong, a fourth-rank martial artist.
I don’t know what I am good at or what my personality is.
The age is not young, but the blood seems to be at the peak... I don’t know what weapon I am good at, what kind of "intention" I have cultivated, um, after the banquet, ask number three.
Li Miaozhen lowered his head and took a sip of wine, and immediately began to examine Xu Qi'an: He was restrained, unable to see the depth of his energy, but the warrior of the copper-skinned and iron-bone realm occasionally flashed divine light on the body, and this person did not, at most Refining God Realm...
The tired eyes are hard to hide, the bags under the eyes are swollen, and the body is hollowed out by the color of wine.... This person is either a relative of a certain important person in the yamen, or a relative of Governor Zhang, I hear Yang Chuannan said that the Metropolitan Procuratorate was under Wei Yuan’s control, and Governor Zhang arranged for his relatives to be the guards. It was reasonable...
The dinner came to an end in a harmonious atmosphere, and the people brought up plates of dull-colored loquats, full of large ones.
There are still loquats this season? Xu Qi'an twisted a loquat that was not very fresh, peeled it, and tasted it. It was sour and sweet. The taste was very good. The most important thing was that it had no pits.
"Master Governor, try it. Our Yunzhou loquat is a must. It matures in the late spring and early summer. You can't eat such a refreshing loquat in Beijing.
"After the loquat matures, it has been kept in the ice vault. The spoiled ones are picked up every ten days. Now, there is nothing left." Song Changfu, the governor of Song enthusiastically grabbed a few of them and placed them in Governor Zhang. before.
Governor Zhang took a pill and his eyes widened in surprise: "Even without seeds?"
President Song made a laugh, and other officials also laughed.
Governor Zhang was quite surprised. It was the first time he had eaten the seedless loquat. The experience is simply not too good, don’t talk about it:
"There are seedless loquats in the world, wonderful, wonderful."
What is this, if you want to eat seedless watermelon, don't you want to be moved by tears like rain? Xu Qi said with a heart.
"This seedless loquat is a special variety of Yunzhou? Why haven't the officials heard of it before?" Governor Zhang said.
"No, it's only because the loquat tree has been blessed by the incense smell of the Baidi Temple, so it bears seedless loquat." Song Buzheng smiled.
"Yes, yes, this is my Yunzhou Jirui."
"Yunzhou is a blessed place, under the influence of Emperor Bai, the weather is smooth."
All the officials immediately touted them, instilling the idea of "Yunzhou auspicious land" in Governor Zhang, and they united.
Governor Zhang was lost in thought. He tasted the taste, but he couldn't figure out the mystery of the seedless loquat. Cautiously did not refute.
The Chief Minister of Song peeled another loquat, handed it over, and asked with a smile: "My lord Governor, did you say that?"
...Governor Zhang said helplessly: "Song Master said..."
"Master Song's words are very bad." Xu Qi'an interrupted abruptly.
The officials at the main table and other tables looked over and stared at Xu Qi'an.
Li Miaozhen, who bowed her head to eat vegetables, was very disdainful in her heart. She knew the reason, but she was on the Yunzhou official field on the battlefield, so she didn't dismantle the Song Chief Minister.
She raised her head and stared at Xu Qi'an who was utterly rude, wanting to hear what he would say~IndoMTL.com~The Minister Song frowned, looked at the gong that she had almost ignored, smiled unchanged and said:" What advice does this lord have?"
Xu Qi'an put down the wine glass, slowly chewed the food in his mouth, swallowed it, then picked up a loquat and smiled:
"The principle is actually simple. Just pull out a beard in the center of the stamen during the blooming period of the loquat, and the resulting loquat will not have nuclei.
"Your excellency, is what the next official said right?"
The table was silent for a while, and the Yunzhou officials around looked at him stiffly.
Song's chief ambassador's expression suddenly stagnated.
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