A banquet lasted from eight o'clock in the morning to four o'clock in the evening.
These noble gentlemen and young ladies have different statuses, so naturally they will not just eat and leave like the guests outside the back door.
Rather than saying it is a congratulatory banquet, it is better to say that this small gathering in the Huxin Pavilion is a social gathering place for the young people in Youzhou City.
Huang Ancheng accompanied him, so he didn't feel uncomfortable at all. On the contrary, he got to know a lot of people.
Today's gathering is a great time for both the guests and the host.
After the young masters dispersed, Huang An, whose face turned slightly red from drinking, was dragged back to the yard by his two senior sisters to see his master.
The servants and servants were still cleaning up. Master Zhao Dun and his daughter, the four masters and apprentices, were sitting in the room, with tea to sober up the alcohol on the table.
The four of them all had tired faces, not physically tired, but mainly mentally tired.
Zhao Dun smiled and stroked his beard, took a sip of hot tea, and seemed to be thinking about something.
Huang An wanted to ask if the master was going to get married and take concubines next month, but he didn't have the nerve to ask.
I was just thinking of carrying the sacks for my master and making up for the congratulatory gifts.
Before I got up, suddenly.
"I heard from Yan'er that you made a breakthrough?"
Zhao Dun looked surprised and his eyes widened.
The master spoke.
Huang An chuckled and said:
"I wanted to come here earlier in the morning, but the disciple suddenly felt that he was about to make a breakthrough, so he was delayed for a while."
Huang An smiled happily, and Zhao Dun and the two senior sisters also laughed happily.
"well!"
Zhao Dun clapped his hands and laughed, Lao Huai was pleased.
But the surprise and suspicion in my heart could not be eradicated.
This disciple's progress in martial arts cultivation is a bit too fast.
Even compared to those proud men he heard from his aunt, they were not inferior at all.
Thinking back to the scene when I first met Huang An last year, he was dying at that time.
At this moment, he still felt that this young disciple had gone a bit too far.
Shaking his head, Zhao Dun thought to himself:
"Is it true that surviving a catastrophe will lead to blessings in the future? Will a warrior really be reborn after experiencing the calamity of life and death?"
Zhao Dun was surprised, but his face was full of smiles.
In any case, the better Huang An performs, the happier he is.
"Junior brother, your breakthrough is too fast. I have been in the late stage of the Six Fu Realm for more than three years."
The little money fan had a sad face, and his big eyes were full of envy and bitterness.
"Junior brother is indeed amazing, haha!"
Zhao Yan looked at Huang An with eyes full of disbelief and joy.
She still feels unreal.
Only a true warrior can know how difficult it is to practice martial arts and how difficult it is to break through!
When she first met her junior brother last year, she was in the late stage of the Six Fu realm.
At that time, my junior brother was terminally ill and out of breath, but he was still an ordinary person.
But in the blink of an eye, the junior brother almost caught up with her.
Involuntarily, Zhao Yan felt a sense of urgency in her heart.
She needs to break through soon.
Presumably, after these few days of work are completed, and with the help provided by her father, she will be almost there.
The curvature of the corners of Huang An's mouth became wider and wider, and he was smiling from ear to ear.
He would not pretend in front of his family.
Sudden.
"You two sisters must seize the time to break through!"
Zhao Dun gave the order, and the atmosphere in the room suddenly became serious.
The little money fan curled his lips and nodded.
"oh!"
Zhao Yan was even more like this. She looked at her father, then at Huang An, and said firmly:
"I guess it will be soon, two months at most!"
After saying that, she glanced at Huang An subconsciously, and seeing the surprise and joy on Huang An's face, she also smiled.
When Zhao Dun saw that his two daughters had upright attitudes and were still determined to practice martial arts, a huge stone fell from his heart.
What he fears most is that if he suddenly reaches a high position, his two daughters will be dazzled by the wealth in front of him.
When Huang An saw the sun setting outside, he knew that if he didn't send a congratulatory gift, he would really lose his etiquette. He immediately stood up, cupped his hands and said:
"Master, yesterday at noon, my disciple found a treasure. I would like to ask Master to take a closer look!"
When Zhao Dun heard this, he put down his tea cup in surprise.
Send a congratulatory gift?
Then he frowned and said:
"Didn't I let you give it away?"
Although there was a hint of disgust on his lips, the smile at the corners of his lips could not be concealed.
"Now that you are ready, let's go take a look!"
After that, he stood up and walked out the door first.
Seeing Huang An slowly talking to Zhao Yan behind, Zhao Dun urged:
"Go faster!"
Huang An and the three of them were speechless. They looked at each other and saw the joy and smile in each other's eyes.
However, they all quickened their pace.
I don't think I'm honest, but I didn't expect the master to have such a side.
Huang An led his master and his family straight to his small courtyard.
After asking the master and sister to sit down and wait in the courtyard, he opened the door and took the sack out.
With a "pop" sound, the sack fell onto the stone table, making a dull sound.
Zhao Dun suddenly sniffed lightly, with a look of surprise in his eyes.
Is this actually so big?
Huang An didn't know that his master had already seen through the corpse of the exotic animal deer in the sack. He smiled and didn't show off. The senior sister untied the sack and dumped the exotic animal deer out.
"hiss!"
Two consecutive sounds of air-conditioning made Huang An feel comfortable.
"Junior brother, is this, so big?"
"A lot of exotic animal meat!"
Zhao Yan and Xiao Cai Mi's eyes lit up, their mouths opened slightly, and they couldn't help but stepped forward and stretched out their hands to stroke the deer's fur.
He looked surprised and said curiously:
"Where did such a big strange beast come from?"
Even Zhao Dun has set his sights on Huang An.
He was also very curious about the fact that alien beasts are different from ordinary animals. No matter what kind of alien beast they are, even if they are grass-eaters, after becoming alien beasts, their temperament will change drastically, their combat power will increase sharply, and they will become meat-eaters.
He had never heard of anyone hunting such a large exotic beast in Youzhou.
Huang An chuckled, winked at the master, and explained: "I got it yesterday!"
Zhao Dun raised his eyebrows and let out a long "Oh——" to show that he understood.
As long as he knows these things, he is not interested in anything else.
Even without investigation, you can know that the price paid by the people in Feng'an County for this third-grade exotic beast, the roe deer, is definitely not small.
This deer cannot be hunted without more than fifty people dead.
Zhao Yan and Xiao Cai Mi were still circling around the body of the exotic roe deer, and did not notice the little jiujiu between their father and junior brother.
Zhao Dun seemed very satisfied with this gift.
But, thinking about accepting this big guy, is it too expensive?
Huang An has helped him enough.
The winner's family of three all helped him with all their money.
This disciple is even more filial than his own son!
He, the master, had just compensated Huang An a little. Unexpectedly, he, the disciple, would give him this great gift this time.
He was thinking of pushing it back and letting Huang An sell it on his own.
Suddenly, he noticed the smiling Zhao Yan, and then looked at Huang An who was standing next to her.
Zhao Dun frowned slightly, then relaxed and said secretly:
"That's all, just accept it and treat it as a betrothal gift for our master and apprentice!"
After saying that, he stroked his beard with satisfaction.
He was still worried about what to give as a betrothal gift for marrying the governor's daughter, but he didn't expect that Huang An, a disciple, would bring it to him.
After his wife passed away during childbirth, he had never married a wife or concubine for so many years, and he rarely even touched women.
Now that his cultivation has reached the Iron Bone Realm, he will not make any more breakthroughs for a long time in the future.
He also decided to stay in Youzhou and make great achievements.
Marrying wives, taking concubines, and spreading branches and leaves were naturally included in his plan.
Simply marry a few more!
.......
For the next two days, Huang An stayed in the Zhao Mansion to help entertain some less important guests, those who were younger, or whose official position was not high enough to meet the master.
He also slept in Zhao Mansion at night.
The first three days of the entire banquet are the most important. All the dignitaries who can come have already come.
As for the next few days, people from all over the country or ordinary people in Youzhou City usually come to say a few good words and enjoy a meal.
Naturally, Huang An and the four of them did not need to personally entertain these people. The servants could get things done.
At the end of the third day, Huang An breathed a sigh of relief as he walked back to the courtyard.
He was going to put on some clothes and go find his master to say goodbye.
He planned to return to the small courtyard in the southeast of the city now.
Because he will set off with his men early tomorrow morning and go directly back to Xialin Village.
However, when Huang An pushed open the door to his yard, his steps suddenly stopped and he said in surprise:
"master?"
The master is sitting in the courtyard, enjoying tea leisurely.
Seems to be waiting for yourself?
When Zhao Dun saw Huang An coming, he smiled and said:
"Close the door. Come here and sit down!"
Huang An closed the courtyard door, then walked over as instructed, sat down next to the master, and said curiously:
"Master, do you have a problem with me?"
Zhao Dun took a sip of hot tea and nodded.
However, he didn't say what he wanted from Huang An, but asked:
"How are you doing with Xialin Village? Tell us in detail!"
Huang An was stunned, why did the master ask this?
When he came back a few days ago, he specifically asked his master to explain what he had done in Xialin Village.
However, the master at that time waved his hand and refused, saying that he was not interested in Xialin Village. Why did he take the initiative to wait for me today and ask specifically?
Huang An pondered for a moment, organized the conversation, and started to talk in detail starting from the meeting at the Xialinzhai school field that day.
Huang An said, Zhao Dun asked, and Huang An explained again. The whole conversation lasted for half an hour before stopping.
Zhao Dun lightly clasped his fingers on the table and narrowed his eyes slightly, as if he was thinking about something.
Huang An was disturbed. The master came to him and asked Xia Linzhai, is it a useful place to go to Xialin Village?
He looked at his nose with his eyes, and his heart with his nose, and sat quietly aside without saying a word.
After about two minutes, Zhao Dun suddenly spoke.
"Do you want to join the military now?"
Join the army?
What to do in the army?
Accumulate merit!
Huang An was stunned, thought for a second, nodded and said:
"Whether you join the army earlier, you can also accumulate merits earlier and obtain the skills of the Bronze Skin Realm!"
Zhao Dun also nodded and said directly:
"You are my disciple. I can directly assign you to serve in the Firearms Department. Then I will send you out to establish meritorious service and go through the process!"
"The mission you declare to the outside world is to lead your men to search for saltpeter ore, iron ore and other materials in Youzhou. So even if you are farming in Xialin Village, you can block other people's gossip, and the court will not embarrass you.
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Huang Anjing listened quietly to the master's arrangements, thinking about the pros and cons in his mind.