After nightfall, the Pang Mansion in the north of the town was decorated with lanterns and colorful lights. The whole street was blocked with water. All the residents in the town crowded here and lined up in a long queue.
On the right side of the mansion gate, there are three long tables, and six gentlemen who look like accountants are sitting inside. They are recording the birthday gifts of the townspeople. After verifying the money, they put it in a basket under them.
inside.
And these residents who came to give "gifts" were not qualified to enter the mansion and sit at the banquet. As soon as the "gifts" were delivered, they turned around and left. There was not even a big banquet set up on the street. This shows how expensive this Pang Mansion is.
Door.
On the other side, there were prominent figures in the town arriving in cars and sedans, and the gifts were delivered to the mansion several times. Those who greeted the guests at the door were the county magistrate Niu Zhanwang and his wife.
In the mansion, Pang Jinrui and his wife were waiting for the guests who brought heavy gifts and their family members, with festive smiles on their faces, and the folds on their faces were squeezed together, like a Shar Pei dog.
Xiao Muting changed into a dark-white robe and stood at the street corner with her hands behind her back, watching. Su Han was also dressed in a white young man's uniform, with a jade crown on his head, and stood beside him holding a folding fan while shaking it gently.
, while curling his lips.
"How much money do you have to charge for this? Is this considered a clever way to make money?" She pouted again.
"Of course it counts. Fortunately, the carefulness of reading the records over there saved us a lot of trouble. Afterwards, we can just return it according to the records on the roster." Xiao Muting had a stern face, but his voice was soft.
"Look, there's another pile of bags. What are those big boxes and small bags?" Su Han stretched his neck and looked ahead.
"It must be a big gift, otherwise, you will be in trouble later. No one wants to get into trouble." King Yi standing next to her today was wearing a light blue robe. He had been holding a folding fan in his hand.
When it was in Su Han's hand, he could only hold his fingers with one hand behind his back and the other in front of him.
"When are we going to go?" Su Han nudged Xiao Muting with his elbow.
"Wait a little longer. Didn't you see that there are still about ten people in front of you?" When Xiao Muting turned to look at her, a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
Su Han's eyes rolled slightly, and he took a small step closer to him, bumping him twice with his elbow: "I have another bad idea, can you agree?"
"What?" Xiao Muting looked at her with a deeper smile.
Su Han then raised his head and looked at him, his eyes shining: "Hey, but this may damage the image of His Royal Highness as a wise and powerful warrior. Do you really agree?"
"I am now King Yi, and if I damage his image, what does it have to do with King Chen?" Xiao Muting immediately corrected her words.
"Yes, will King Yi mind?" She immediately turned to look back at King Yi.
"Auntie Huang, don't worry. I don't have a tall and majestic image. If you lose it, it will be damaged. It may be another persona. It doesn't matter, as long as we are happy." King Yi replied very considerately.
"King Yi doesn't mind, just say it." Xiao Muting reached out and turned her head back to look at him.
Su Han smiled again and said: "I want to do some tricks on the banquet and add some little spices to them to ensure it is wonderful."
"How is the effect?" Xiao Muting's eyes also flashed with excitement.
"My farts are loud and my stomach hurts like a knot. The toilet must not be enough, because the people squatting in it can't get out... Hehe..." Su Han said, and he laughed first.
When the people around her heard this, they all looked at her in surprise. King Yi also smiled: "The effect is too obvious... Oops!"
Prince Baoqing's explosive force hit Prince Yi directly on the head. Seeing him covering his head in pain, he glared and said, "You are still beautiful. What she said also includes us!"
"Ah? This..." King Yi finally came to his senses and looked at Su Han in embarrassment.
Xiao Muting also frowned: "Han'er, we think the effect is okay, but when it happens to us, it really has nothing to do with image. Can we change the way?"
After Su Han thought for a moment, he snapped his fingers behind him, and someone immediately squeezed over. It turned out to be Lan Yang, who had also changed into men's clothes.
She took out a porcelain bottle from her arms and handed it to Su Han: "Master, this is newly prepared. It only has superficial changes, but it has no actual physical effect."
"I know you are the smartest." Su Han took the bottle and raised it in front of Xiao Muting: "Do you dare to eat the effect of the scene?"
"As long as it's not as ugly as you said before, why don't you dare." Xiao Muting grabbed it, opened the lid, poured one out, and threw it into his mouth.
Su Han immediately reached out to pry his mouth: "Oh my God, you've had breakfast..."
"It doesn't matter, I can use my inner strength to press it first, and when you give the order, I will stop." Xiao Muting raised an eyebrow at her proudly.
Su Han stopped there with his extended hand, and bared his teeth at him: "The internal strength is so amazing..."
Xiao Muting immediately put her in his arms and comforted her: "Of course not, I won't cooperate with your actions. If you eat it inside, if you are discovered, your feet will be exposed."
Su Han could only curl his lips and reluctantly believed what he said.
No one else had to eat, because there was only one master, and he was the only one qualified to sit at the table and eat, and they all stood with him.
When they walked into the street together, the sharp-eyed Niu Zhanwang saw it immediately and pulled the wife beside him. The two of them pushed away the people blocking the door and came to the door of the house with flattering smiles on their faces.
, after bowing deeply and respectfully, he knelt down with his wife, raised his hands with fists above his head, and shouted loudly: "Xiaguan Niu Zhanwang welcomes His Royal Highness King Yi!"
People who were originally unaware, after seeing this scene and hearing his loud voice, knelt on the ground one after another, shouting one after another, "Greetings to His Highness King Yi!"
Xiao Muting took steady steps and stood still five steps away from Niu Zhanwang. Then he waved his hand majestically and said: "You don't have to be polite. Today, I also accepted the invitation of Master Niu.
Everyone who came to the birthday banquet, please get up, Mr. Niu! You also need to get up."
"Thank you, His Highness King Yi!" Everyone said in unison.
Xiao Muting put his hands behind his back again and looked at Niu Zhanwang who was being helped up by his wife with great effort. When he stood up and looked over, he nodded lightly and waved behind him: "This is the birthday gift prepared by the king.
Please accept it, Lord Niu."
Niu Zhanwang felt that this was the most glorious moment in his life, and it would be recorded in the annals of his life. He immediately smiled and said: "His Royal Highness, King Yi, is so kind that I am extremely honored that Your Highness can come to attend the birthday banquet of Xianguan's grandmother."
, I have already brought glory to my palace, how can I accept your highness’s gift? Please come to the palace of His Highness King Yi, please take a seat!”
Xiao Muting nodded lightly and walked towards him with his hands behind his back. After stopping in front of him, he glanced at him sideways: "Master Niu is really reasonable, so I won't be polite."
Just when Niu Zhanwang was proud, he heard him say again: "Master Niu won't accept the gift from this king, so just accept it. Don't embarrass Master Niu. After all, he is an official of the imperial court. How can he make clever excuses to collect ill-gotten gains?"
"Excuse me, Mr. Niu has always known himself as an upright official, and this is indeed the case."
Seeing the people who had arrived at the door carrying the gift, they greeted him in front of him, then turned around and carried him away. Niu Zhanwang was extremely anxious, but he did not dare to make a mistake, and he had to endure the lady beside him pinching his arm.
Due to the pain in his flesh, he could only grin in pain and stretched out his hand to invite Xiao Muting to enter the house.
I wanted to be humble and courteous, but I didn't expect him to take advantage of it. It's really difficult to eat Coptis chinensis...