Hong John commanded the parade team with high spirits.
"Dragon and lion dance team, say hello!" John Hong ordered.
So during a burst of "Qi Root Strongness", several lions swung their heads and tails and rushed up to perform various tricks towards Jester and others, blinking, rolling, and bowing and so on!
Jester and others looked at each other.
what the hell?!
Before they, the honorees, could figure out what was going on.
The dragon dancer came out and circled around them again! It made them dazzled and dizzy!
"God, what are they doing?" Jester rubbed his head, almost going crazy.
Fortunately, John Hong stepped forward at this time and said to them solemnly: "Following Her Majesty the Queen's will, Mr. Shi Zhijian from Hong Kong has come to accept the Queen's award!"
Jester said angrily: "The Queen is sick and can't come. The three of us will take her place!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a large group of media reporters came out from behind the large team: "What's wrong with the Queen?"
"What happened?"
"Why can't she come in person?"
Jester and others were dumbfounded again!
They never expected that Shi Zhijian, who was on the street, would not only create such a big battle, but also invite so many media reporters!
This is obviously to make things bigger!
But in front of the camera and reporters, they had to put on a smile: "Accident! It was purely an accident! She was originally going to come, but because... ahem, you are in poor health, I'm sorry! Especially!
I'm sorry Mr. Shi Zhijian, on behalf of Shangfeng we would like to express our deepest apologies to him!"
Jester and the three of them were almost depressed to death. They thought that a small matter could be easily solved, but they didn't expect that it would turn out like this in the blink of an eye. The three of them would have to apologize to a Chinese man in a humble manner!
"You three don't have to be polite!" Shi Zhijian walked out of the army at the right time, walked up to Jester and the others, and accepted their apology in a friendly manner.
This was the first time that Jester and the other two saw clearly what Shi Zhijian looked like.
young!
Too young!
Still very handsome!
But such a handsome young man stabbed them just now! Making them lose face in front of the media!
"Shi Zhijian, are you Mr. Shi? As expected, heroes come from young!"
"Yes, he is indeed a young talent!"
"No wonder Her Majesty the Queen appreciates you so much!"
Under the lens of the media, the three Jesters shook hands with Shi Zhijian cordially, and burst out with insincere compliments. They felt that their personalities were much lower!
Crackling!
Reporters took pictures of this scene.
"Three imperial ministers -" Shi Zhijian really didn't know what to call these three ghosts, "I think it's almost time, so let's start the medal ceremony! Mainly, I still have a lot of things to do..."
"Huh?" Jester almost choked to death at Shi Zhijian's words, which made the three of them shameless and insisted on delaying the interview with the media!
They also want to end this mess as soon as possible. Who let Shi Zhijian do so many tricks!
"Don't worry, the ceremony will begin soon!"
"Yes, very soon!"
Seeing this, Shi Zhijian didn't say anything more. He just looked around in surprise, pointed at the empty award ceremony place and said, "Aren't you going to shoot off cannons? I heard that for someone of my level, at least 20 cannons should be set off."
A gun salute!”
Jester and the other two wanted to sew Shi Zhijian's mouth shut! But they had to explain to those reporters!
After all, what Shi Zhijian just said is right. Traditionally, the awarding of a Viscount is very grand. Even if there is no 21-gun salute, a large honor guard will be set up and a 17- or 18-gun salute will be fired.
"Ahem, I'm sorry, the gun salute was undergoing maintenance recently!"
"Yes, it has been left for too long and needs to be overhauled to avoid problems!"
"What a coincidence?" Shi Zhijian looked unbelieving.
Those reporters also raised questions at the same time.
Jester was about to cry, and he tried his best to smile and said: "Of course it is true! I would like to guarantee it with my personality! Those salute guns are really being inspected!"
"What about the guard of honor? It won't be just these twenty people, right? I heard that for people with my status to be awarded honors, at least there should be a reinforced company!" Shi Zhijian shamelessly continued to point out the opponent's shortcomings.
"Yes, I would like to ask Earl Jester, why are there so few people conferring this award? There are only so few spectators and honor guards? Does Her Majesty the Queen not pay attention to this conferment?" The Times reporter said no more
Unable to bear it anymore, he took the phone and asked.
Jester's scalp was numb when he was questioned, and he pushed Sir Henry out directly: "You explain!"
Sir Henry had no explanation and directly pulled Sir Fewendi out: "It's better you do it, Fei Fei!"
Fewendi didn't expect that he would be put on the shelf, so he cursed in his heart and greeted Sir Henry's eighteenth generation of ancestors very friendly!
"The specific situation is this..." Fewendi racked his brains and said: "In fact, Her Majesty the Queen attaches great importance to this award. She originally arranged a very grand award ceremony, but in view of the recent cold epidemic in London,
In order to avoid infection caused by too many crowds, we have temporarily arranged only a few people!"
Damn, I'm a genius!
Fewendi praised himself greatly!
"Of course, in order to make up for the shortcomings of this honorary award, Her Majesty the Queen will personally receive Mr. Shi Zhijian in the future and hold a more grand welcome ceremony for him! To celebrate his honor as Viscount!"
Fei Wendi talked eloquently in front of reporters, made up nonsense, and made nonsense!
These words almost scared Jester and others to death!
What's the meaning?
The Queen is going to hold a party for Shi Zhijian?
You are bragging like this, have you ever consulted her opinion?!
But the media became excited: "Is this really true?"
"Wow, it turns out there is such a grand second half!"
"Mr. Shi Zhijian, how do you feel about this arrangement?"
Shi Zhijian was also stunned. He looked at Jester and the three of them and said deeply: "I really didn't expect it! Such follow-up arrangements are so exciting!"
Earl Jester almost fainted, and immediately took Shi Zhijian's hand: "It's getting late, let's start awarding honors! Let's set off firecrackers! Uh, no salute? Then let's set off firecrackers!"
…
In an earth-shattering moment, Shi Zhijian's investiture ceremony, which was originally characterized as a "small fight" and "quietly silent" by Shangfeng, was held amidst the noise of gongs and drums!
Those people in Chinatown who were attracted by the free soy sauce to participate in the parade burst into tears one by one!
This scene shocked everyone, especially the media reporters who came to "watch the ceremony" and were stunned!
They don't understand why they cry at such a happy event?
So the newspaper reporter interviewed one of the guys who was crying so hard that his nose was dripping with tears: "Excuse me, Mr. Shi Zhijian was awarded the title of Viscount, why are you crying?"
The friend burst into tears and said: "We are so happy! It is absolutely exciting for us Chinese to win this honor! I would like to thank the British government, the Queen, and the great Great Britain... soy sauce
, three bags!”
The British reporter could still understand the previous paragraph and knew that these Chinese people were too excited, but what did the "three bags of soy sauce" at the end mean? Is it an idiom for the Chinese to work hard?
Yes, that must be the case!
come on!
soy sauce!
How similar!
An hour later, the award-giving event with great fanfare came to a successful conclusion!
For Jester and others, the ordeal has finally come to an end!
Thinking of the lively scene just now compared to the king's enthronement, Jester and others felt a sigh of relief! I don't know what will happen after this news gets out? Will they be criticized by some nationalists? After all,
It is unprecedented for a Chinese to hold such a grand investiture ceremony! It even broke hundreds of years of practice in the British Empire!
Shi Zhijian, on the other hand, is very satisfied with today's award ceremony. He feels that he has been respected! At least there are media reporters and so on! His matter may even make the front page!
A perfect award!
Hong John followed Shi Zhijian's command and arranged for the soy sauce workers to return home. He also arranged for Yan Xiong and Ax Jun to follow Hong John to help, while he said his final farewell to Jester and others here.
"Dear Earl, thank you for preparing this honor for me!" Shi Zhijian said sincerely.
The smiles on the faces of the three Jesters were uglier than crying, "You're welcome! There won't be a next time!"
"Yes, this is the only time in your life! Mr. Shi, oh no, you are Viscount Shi now. You should leave a good memory!"
"And that Viscount Medal, please keep it! That is the greatest honor our British Empire can give you!"
Shi Zhijian looked at the golden medal pinned to the collar of his clothes, which represented the status of a viscount, wiped it with his hand and said, "I can do it, thank you for reminding me!"
Jester and others did not want to quarrel with Shi Zhijian anymore. They had to go back and recover as soon as possible. They didn't know if they would be scolded by the superiors. Anyway, the three of them were already determined to die!
Shi Zhijian no longer pestered these three unlucky guys, but someone here took the initiative to pester him.
"Hello, Viscount Shi! Meet Wells! The future quasi-duke of the British Empire!" A white man about the same age as Shi Zhijian blocked Shi Zhijian's path with a haughty attitude, and then extended his hand in a gesture of charity.
Shi Zhijian glanced at him, did not shake hands, and said with a smile: "Wells, right? Sorry, I am a viscount and you are the future duke - that is to say, not yet a duke! In this case, my status is now higher than yours
, so I don’t feel the need to shake your hand!”
Wells was stunned!
This was the first time in his life that he was looked down upon by someone! And the person who looked down on him was a Chinese!
"Um... do you know who I am?" Wells felt it was necessary to remind the other party of his special status.
"Who are you to care about my shit!" Shi Zhijian cursed when he saw no one around.
Whistle was shocked!
He was actually scolded!
"I am the heir of Edward VIII, and the Duke of Windsor is my uncle--"
"Uncle, mother! I don't have time to fight with you!" Shi Zhijian pushed Wells away, "Don't you see that I'm very busy now? I want to celebrate with my friends! If you want, you can follow.
Come with me behind my back, if you don’t want to, just get out of the way and don’t block the way!”
Wells was once again shocked by Shi Zhijian's rude and barbaric behavior!
He grew up among aristocrats, and was strongly required to behave like an aristocrat in both words and deeds! In many cases, the requirements were so harsh that Wells was almost depressed!
But today, for the first time, he saw a "Viscount" who was so savage and rude, swearing at every turn, which directly subverted his understanding of nobility!
"Why, you don't want to go without giving me face? I'm going to throw away your mother. I'm also a viscount after all, so who do you think you are?!" Shi Zhijian swore at Wells again!
Listening to these foul words, Wells felt like drinking nectar! There was a strange trace of intoxication on his face!
"What's the matter with you? I scold you and you still laugh? Do you look down on me? I'll slap your lungs in the face!" Shi Zhijian continued to scold Wells.
The happy expression on Wells's face is even more obvious!
Shi Zhijian was a little frightened, wondering if there was something wrong with this guy. He was afraid that he would suddenly hug his thighs and shout: "Please whip me, please ravage me!"
Fortunately, Wells did not do this, but exhaled: "I would be happy to attend your celebration party!"
Shi Zhijian took a step back: "But I don't want to!"
"Don't cheat!" Wells quickly stepped forward and grabbed Shi Zhijian's arm, "Suddenly I realized that I can talk to you very well!"
"Talk about your mother!"
"Yes, that's what it tastes like!"
…
Chinatown, Taibai Restaurant.
As the most luxurious Chinese restaurant in London, the huge Taibai Restaurant was fully booked by Shi Zhijian tonight.
In addition to hosting a banquet for Principal Martins, Sheriff Charlemagne, and other ghosts, Shi Zhijian also hosted a banquet for members of the Chinese Association, senior leaders of the Chaozhou Gang, and some Chinatown neighbors.
In the private room, a table is filled with all kinds of delicacies.
Afraid that Gui Lao wouldn't be used to drinking white wine, Shi Zhijian specially arranged red wine and foreign wine.
Shi Zhijian said to Martins, Charlemagne and others: "I'm sorry, everyone! Thank you all for coming to support me. I have a banquet here, and I don't know if it will suit everyone's taste. If there is any slight, please forgive me!"
Principal Martins sat at the head. He was very satisfied with attending Shi Zhijian's celebration banquet! After all, it was an honor to be able to sit with the Viscount.
Not to mention Charlemagne, he was just a small sergeant in the London Police Department. It would be even more happy for Shi Zhijian to think highly of him and invite him over to have a party with such a big shot as Martins!
"Oh, by the way, let me introduce you to a friend!" Shi Zhijian suddenly remembered that annoying guy Wells!
Shi Zhijian was just talking casually before, but he didn't expect this guy to actually follow him. He was so shameless!
However, Shi Zhijian entertained him well in line with the traditional etiquette of being a guest as soon as he came.
"Come in, Wells! I'll introduce you to some friends!" Shi Zhijian greeted Wells outside.
Wells was outside arranging music with his hands behind his back. In his eyes, the people around him were all low-level and boring, and they were nothing compared to his noble status.
At this moment, when he heard Shi Zhijian's call, Wells pushed the door open and entered!
