Chapter 2 The Banquet [Part 1]
Chapter 2: The Feast of the Feast [Part 1]
As soon as Zhu Jiukang finished speaking, the whole hall became silent again. Everyone turned their eyes to Zhu Jiukang or Zhang Jiao, looking forward to the subsequent conversation between the two.
Zhang Jiao slowly put down his wine glass and said with a smile: "Old Shuai, Zhang's Zhenbaoxuan is open to business. Since it is a business, we must pay attention to integrity and abide by the rules. This jade seal in the country is an auction item, so how can we easily show it to the public?"
"Hmph!" Zhu Jiukang snorted coldly, and then said coldly: "As far as I know, the jade seal in the country has always been in the palace and has never been lost. Where did your jade seal in the country come from? Could it be that it was forged!"
"It's not true or false, it's not true." Zhang Jiao said lightly, and then saw Zhu Jiukang speak, Zhang Jiao snatched the conversation first and then said: "Old coach, some things are already known to everyone. Even if you cover them up like this, you can't save the facts."
"Everyone knows it? A joke! I think someone deliberately fabricates rumors! For the sake of his own selfishness, the person behind this scene actually ignored the safety of the people in the world and planned to usurp the throne! It is really a pity!" Zhu Jiukang said ruthlessly.
"Whether facts or rumors, these have nothing to do with Zhang. Now, Zhang has resigned from his position as the leader of the rebel army..." Zhang Jiao said this, paused for a moment, glanced at the people present, and then said: "The people here are all wise people, and Zhang cannot hide some things. Perhaps some people already know that Zhang is transferring his family. Now, Zhang does not need to hide it. Zhang is indeed transferring his family. Moreover, after the auction of the jade seal in the Zhenguo is completed, Zhang himself will move overseas and no longer care about the world!"
Hula! Buzz!
The whole hall became noisy and everyone was shocked. Zhang Jiao was in his prime and had just reached the level of a master. He actually planned to retire. It was really puzzling.
"Everyone!" Zhang Jiao shouted lightly, and the people in the hall were quiet in an instant. Zhang Jiao poured himself a glass of wine, stood up with a glass of wine, and said, "Zhang once made a move to kill the monarch. This move is infamous for thousands of years. Zhang Moude has lost his talent, so he naturally has to abdicate and give way to the wise, but..."
"Zhang never regrets the act of killing the monarch! There were four rebels in the entire Ming Dynasty. The emperor issued an order to surrender the other three rebels, but he only left the Anmin army aside! Why? This is to kill the chicken to warn the monkey! It's abominable!"
"Zhang did not have the idea of killing the emperor's actions, but the emperor actually arranged a large number of assassins to assassinate Zhang's wife, children and children! This move is really vicious! It's outrageous!"
"The emperor is so ignorant of morality! Don't blame Zhang for ignoring the etiquette of the monarch and his subjects! Zhang has a clear conscience in his act of killing the monarch!"
Zhang Jiao was passionate, as if he was venting his anger, and as if he was defending himself, but his rebellious nature was really applauding.
After Zhang Jiao finished speaking, he raised his glass and drank it all in one go. During the meal, many people cherished each other with Zhang Jiao. In an instant, many people stood up and raised their glasses at the same time...
"Respect General Zhang!" Everyone drank it all and then sat down at the same time. The catered behavior of these people immediately made Zhu Jiukang's face dark. If it weren't for the wrong occasion, Zhu Jiukang would have killed everyone.
Zhang Jiao smiled and said with a fist, "Thank you all!"
After Zhang Jiao thanked him, he did not sit down, but continued: "Everyone, after this auction, Zhang will move overseas and no longer care about the world's disputes. But there is one thing to be said that after Zhang leaves, Tizhou will be taken over by Zhang's second son Zhang Cheng. It depends on luck. However, Zhang does not want to assassinate his family again. Don't blame Zhang for not taking morality and returning from overseas to wipe out evil spirits!"
"It should be like this." "It should be like this." "What is said is very true."
Everyone responded, of course, not including Zhu Jiukang and the other four. Zhu Jiukang lowered his head and played with the wine glass with his right hand, not knowing what he was thinking.
At this moment, a middle-aged scholar suddenly stood up and said loudly: "Mr. Zhang's words are reasonable. Assassinating family members is really vicious and hateful! Everyone here may have such concerns. It is better for us to swear to fight for the world to dominate the world by relying on their abilities, but it involves family members. If someone assassinates the enemy's family, everyone here will kill them together! How about it?"
As soon as the middle-aged scholar finished speaking, the main hall was silent again, and then buzzed and discussed with each other...
The proposal of the middle-aged scholar was good, but these words were undoubtedly threatening to rebel, and threatening to rebel in front of the Grand Marshal Zhu Jiukang. It was really bold. However, someone soon pointed out that the identity of the middle-aged scholar was Guo Shi, the leader of the Yizhou Rebel Army. After knowing this person's identity, he understood why this person dared to speak out loudly.
While discussing, everyone paid attention to Zhu Jiukang's movements. Everyone was puzzled by Zhu Jiukang's furiously to destroy the banquet, but Zhu Jiukang sat down and didn't move, as if he had not heard Guo Shi's rebellious words just now.
As the master of this, Guo Shi responded to him. On the contrary, Zhang Jiao naturally wanted to respond to Guo Shi, so he stood up again and said loudly: "Zhang agrees with Commander Guo's words. Although he is not a solution to the root cause, it is also a temporary solution. What do you think?"
"I, Xu, agree!"
"Yuchi Yuanche agreed!"
"I, Liu Shuo, agrees..."
"I agree too..."
"I agree..."
With Zhang Jiao and Guo Shi taking the lead, everyone responded one after another. In a blink of an eye, 80% of the people in the main hall expressed their opinions, and the other 20% were still hesitating. Seeing this situation, they had to stand up and express their opinions. The most surprising thing was that Old Man Gu Xing, a master-level warrior, and the great elder of Tianjian Sect, also stood up and expressed their opinions.
"Okay! Since everyone agrees, it's better to choose a day than to hit the day. At this moment, I'll just swear to death, how about it?" Zhang Jiao said loudly.
"Okay, not bad, okay, everything is up to the arrangements of General Manager Zhang." Everyone responded one after another.
"Okay! Then, everyone is full of wine!" Zhang Jiao shouted lightly, and at the same time filled himself with a glass of wine, while the others in the main hall also filled him with wine.
"Blood drop!" Zhang Jiao shouted softly again, and his right index finger scratched his left middle finger. A small wound appeared, and then dripped into the wine glass. The others were also dripping blood into the wine glass. However, the situation was slightly different for each person. Some people took out a dagger from their arms, while some people simply bit their fingertips with their teeth... and so on.
After everyone dripped in the bloody wine, Zhang Jiao raised the wine glass, and the others also raised the wine glass. Zhang Jiao said loudly: "Everyone, we will swear blood. When we are hostile in the future, we will never involve the families of both sides. If we violate this oath, the heaven will not kill them! We will kill them together!"
"We will kill him together!" everyone said in unison.
"Drinke together!" Zhang Jiao shouted lightly, raised his glass and drank it all.
"Drinke together!" Everyone drank the glass of bloody wine.
"Happy! Hahaha..." Zhang Jiao laughed happily and continued, "The banquet starts, everyone has fun in time."
Zhang Jiao said as he gestured to the butler of the city lord's mansion not far away. When the butler saw Zhang Jiao's gesture, he immediately greeted the drummer in the corner of the wall. In an instant, a cheerful music sounded, and then more than a dozen beautiful singers and dancers entered, singing and dancing. The solemn atmosphere in the entire hall disappeared instantly, becoming cheerful and relaxed.
At this time, the guests at the banquet left their seats and started chatting with each other, and only a few were still listening to music and dancing.
Zhang Jiao also left his seat and took Zhang Cheng around. There were hundreds of powerful people in the hall, each of whom was in power, so he must not neglect one party, and must be fully equipped. In this way, Zhang Jiao and Zhang Cheng are very busy, but there are huge benefits in this busyness. Once they can win over a few allies, the strength of An Minjun will increase greatly, so Zhang Jiao and Zhang Cheng cannot be careless at all.
Zhang Yuan, Zhang Chong and Zhang Xu sat in the northeast corner of the main hall. The three of them sat at the same long table, eating and drinking while chatting. In fact, it was mainly Zhang Xu and Zhang Chong who were talking, pointing out the origins of some people in the lobby, as well as the martial arts and special abilities of these people. Zhang Yuan was listening all the time. He was very curious about these martial arts people, so he didn't feel impatient, but listened carefully to Zhang Xu and Zhang Chong's words.
While listening, Zhang Yan observed the situation in the main hall. Suddenly, he saw a lot of people gathered beside a young woman. He couldn't help but ask curiously: "Second brother, who is that woman?"
"I have never seen it before, cousin, do you know each other?" Zhang Chong asked.
"That's Su Keqin, the current valley owner of Miaoyin Valley. In recent years, there is a master of piano art. Su Keqin is Su Xiu'er's cousin, an old girl in her twenties, but there are countless suitors. Look at her who is artificially in her inner and outer circles." Zhang Xu replied in a strange tone.
Zhang Chong looked at Zhang Xu with his head in his eyes, and said with a treacherous smile: "Counse, you are not one of Su Keqin's suitors, right?"
"Haha, I already have a wife. It's impossible for a woman like Su Keqin to be a concubine. What a pity." Zhang Xu did not refute, but admitted it happily, but his tone contained deep regrets.
When Zhang Yuan, Zhang Chong and Zhang Xu were talking about others, they did not expect that there were people around him talking about the three of them. To be correct, they were talking about Zhang Chong and Zhang Yuan, and the two were talking about the official Taoist Fufeng and Taoist Zhuang.
"Returning, what did you see?" Taoist Fufeng said softly.
"It's very strange. The fat boy should be Zhang Liang's second son Zhang Chong, and the other young man should be Zhang Liang's fourth son Zhang Yuan. The internal skills of these two sons obviously have the shadow of communicating with the Heart Sutra, but the true qi and communicating with the true qi are very different. Moreover, the true qi in Zhang Chong's body is deep and inconsistent! Amazing! And the total amount of Zhang Yuan's true qi is also amazing, but what is most shocking is his true qi purity! It's really incredible!" The Taoist Guiyu said in surprise.
"The Zhang family is really full of talents. Zhang Chong has already reached the threshold of his innate nature. He will become an innate master within one or two years. As for Zhang Yuan..." Taoist Fufeng suddenly remained silent, as if he was thinking about something.
Chapter completed!