Chapter 327: There is no good banquet
"Customs": "The long official's horse is fat, and the spectators are quick, and the rider is happy with his words, and he keeps galloping until he dies." During the May 4th Movement, Mr. Cai Yuanpei quoted this allusion in his resignation letter on May 9. The original words were: "I am tired, and 'the one who kills the king and the horse is just beside the road.'".
To put it simply, the person who kills your horse is the one who applauds your horse next to you, that is, the person who kills your horse.
On the surface Yan Shifan was promoting himself, but in fact he was flattering him. Without Yan Shifan's promotion, Luo Longwen's accusations would be dull and pale. Zhu Ping'an understood this clearly.
The singing and harmony of Yan Shifan, Luo Longwen and others were clearly meant to give themselves a disincentive!
Is it okay for Hui Yuan to not be punctual? Of course not! Then why are you, Zhu Pingan, not punctual? Is it because your personal character is too poor or your personal character is too poor? ! Seeing the big from the small, being a Huiyuan but not being punctual, being a person without faith and not knowing what to do, then can you, Zhu Ping'an, still be worthy of the title of Huiyuan?
Listening to Luo Longwen's accusation, Zhu Ping'an smiled. It was interesting. It was indeed a good feast for five.
The invitation I received clearly stated: It’s a day of drinking and drinking, and I’ve already gathered together to gather together for the night. When people in Jin Dynasty are talking, they often wave their tails to help them talk. In layman's terms, the meaning of the invitation is that today, we will drink and play, starting at nine or ten o'clock in the morning, and three performances at six or seven o'clock in the afternoon, and we will not stay overnight.
It was almost ten o'clock when I received the invitation. It was estimated that the banquet had started at that time. Although I rode over on a black horse as soon as I received the invitation, I had already been late for it. It was already doomed when I received the invitation.
No matter what the reason is, being late is a fait accompli, so it depends on how you deal with it.
Everyone at the banquet also turned their attention to Zhu Pingan, wanting to see how Zhu Pingan responded.
"Ping'an is late, I punish myself with three cups of wine to apologize."
In the eyes of everyone, Zhu Pingan bowed his hands and bowed, apologized, and then walked straight to the corner of the banquet, from The maid who was waiting nearby took a wine glass from the tray, took a full glass of wine from the meandering wine stream, and drank it all in one gulp, punishing herself with three glasses of wine in one go.
If you speak truthfully, on the one hand, others will think that you are making excuses, thinking that you know your mistakes and will not correct them; on the other hand, if you speak truthfully, aren't you just plainly criticizing Yan Shifan? They just praised you, you It is the most despised thing for people to repay kindness with hatred.
Then the road is too congested, so pull it down. It’s not modern!
In fact, no matter what, the other party must have other countermeasures to achieve their goals. After all, they are waiting for work, and they must have been prepared long ago.
So, it’s better to accept this dirty water readily.
Zhu Pingan's response was beyond the expectations of Luo Longwen and others. He had prepared a lot of rhetoric, but who knew that Zhu Pingan "recognized" it so readily, which gave Luo Longwen an iron fist. It feels like hitting cotton.
There is no greater humiliation than being shameless; there is no greater improvement in doing too much.
Others were quite satisfied with Zhu Pingan's attitude of readily admitting his mistakes. Moreover, some people could guess the truth to some extent, so they appreciated Zhu Pingan's reaction more.
"Ping'an came to the capital for the first time. He was not familiar with the journey, but he took a lot of mistakes. Therefore, he came late. I hope you seniors can forgive me. Seniors, Ping'an is like the brightness of the bright moon. Ping'an is not like the shining fire. How dare the shining fire Competing with the sun and the moon, Ping An is not as good as looking up at him, so how dare he feel contempt?"
After punishing himself with three glasses of wine, Zhu Ping'an bowed to everyone again and explained calmly.
"Huh, Hui Yuanlang is quite eloquent."
Hearing this, Luo Longwen sneered and said sarcastically, implying that Zhu Pingan was confusing right and wrong with his words.
"Hanzhang, that's all. Zihou is a very human being, so how could he break his promise to us? I think it was probably the servants in the mansion who were cheating, and the invitation was sent late. After the banquet, Let’s settle accounts with them again. Zihou, come and sit down.”
Yan Shifan pressed his hand down towards Luo Longwen, brushing aside the fact that Zhu Pingan was late, and then looked at Zhu Pingan, smiling with a trembling face and waving his hand to signal Zhu Pingan to sit down.
"Brother Donglou is so generous, I can't wait to be more generous." Luo Longwen naturally followed Yan Shifan's lead, and no longer pursued Zhu Ping'an's lateness, and took advantage of the situation to flatter Yan Shifan again.
"Thank you, Mr. Yan." Zhu Pingan thanked him with a look of gratitude, and then sat down in the corner of the banquet.
If I hadn’t known what kind of person Yan Shifan was earlier in history, I would have been moved by Yan Shifan’s words today, crying and asking the wealthy people to be friends with us, but Yan Shifan, I already had a deep understanding in the history books that the director who was showing off his power today was probably Yan Shifan. Of course, I still had to pretend to be grateful.
Yan Shifan looked at Zhu Pingan's expression of gratitude and smiled with satisfaction. Fourteen-year-old Huiyuan was smart, but he still had little experience.
The atmosphere at the banquet became lively again. Zhu Pingan sat in the corner and looked at everyone at the banquet quietly. The banquet was roughly divided into three waves. The largest wave was the Yan Party who loyally supported Yan Shifan, and the smallest wave was only a mere A few people, but gathered together, were vaguely hostile to Yan Shifan; the other group was the neutral faction, there were probably seven or eight people.
Sitting at the banquet, Zhu Ping'an got to know Yan Shifan more deeply and intuitively. This fat man was very arrogant and seemed like no one else around him, but he was really good at talking and chatting away.
Sitting next to Yan Shifan is Comrade Ouyang, the second person in this examination. Yan Shifan has just introduced Comrade Ouyang to many people. Comrade Ouyang looks like a typical tall, rich and handsome man. , the literary talent is also quite good.
At the banquet, everyone was playing poems and drinking games. Comrade Ouyang had not lost yet, and he frequently came up with good sentences, which attracted everyone's praise and made everyone praise Comrade Ouyang. .
Zhu Ping'an's performance at the banquet was mediocre, and he deliberately lost twice in the drinking game. Even if he won at other times, his poems were just average. He was not like Comrade Ouyang who stole the show and was completely ignored. Comrade Ouyang pressed his head.
In fact, it's not that Zhu Pingan doesn't want to perform well, but that he can't perform well. Through observation, Zhu Pingan has a clear understanding of this banquet. The theme of this banquet can be summarized as suppressing Zhu and raising Ouyang.
Besides, at the banquet, many people came to offer toasts in the name of congratulating Zhu Ping'an on becoming a successful member of the imperial family. Zhu Ping'an drank a lot and his head began to feel dizzy. Even if he really wanted to It’s not easy to be scared.
This is to prepare for little Comrade Ouyang's imperial examination. He is stepping on his own stepping stone to help little Comrade Ouyang improve his reputation.
You can tell from the fact that Comrade Ouyang lives in the Yan Mansion. Comrade Ouyang is a relative of Yan Shifan, very close. He may have other interests in private. It is logical for Yan Shifan to help Comrade Ouyang. thing.
In this banquet, I am destined to be a supporting role. From the moment I received the invitation, I was destined to become a stepping stone for Comrade Ouyang. (End of chapter)