Chapter 2096: Cold bench

Chao Gai and Lu Zhishen had a good meal at the small restaurant not far from the Daxiangguo Temple vegetable garden.
They didn’t mention Lin Chong much. After all, it was Lin Chong’s own housework. The two outsiders talked too much, and they always felt it was not a thing!
After eating and drinking, Chao Gai said goodbye to Lu Zhishen, and agreed on the time and place of the next meeting.
At this time, he had forgotten Lin Chong's things, and had no thoughts or thoughts.
In the next half month, Chao Gai was dangling in Bianliang City, Tokyo, and he followed Lu Zhishen repeatedly, inviting people to eat and drink from time to time, and the relationship quickly warmed up.
Chao Gai also discussed with Lu Zhishen for a while. This time Lu Zhishen took out a heavy and convenient shovel. Chao Gai used a cooked copper rod and hit it fiercely, which was extremely labor-saving.
In the series of Dangdang gold and iron symphony, Lu Zhishen still failed to support the defeat. He admired Chao Gai's martial arts and innate divine power.
Chao Gai didn't speak out the words of solicitation, with Lu Zhishen's character and current identity inappropriate. However, he said that if Lu Zhishen had leisure, he could go to Yuncheng, Shandong, and he would do his best to be a landlord.
Lu Zhi agreed readily, and that's it.
He was a real Buddhist at this time. Although his behavior was far from that of Buddhists, he did not have the idea of ​​going to rivers and lakes. Otherwise, with his strength and the skills developed in the army, Zhanshan is the king.
Chao Gai saw this, so he didn't open his head to solicit. Some people can accommodate it without soliciting it. He must also figure out his own initiative to invest.
Without mentioning gossip, the time rushed quickly to the day before Cai Jingshou's birthday.
In ancient times, the dignitaries had a long life, and because of their wide involvement, it was impossible to just hold a feast on the right day. Most of them would be a few days in advance and a few days later.
On this day, Chao Gai took his servants, entered the door, and sent a gift list.
"Yuncheng county magistrate gave a birthday gift..."
The welcome greeted the gift list at the door, lengthened his throat and read out the gift on the gift list aloud, attracted some people to wait for the side, and also wanted to show it in front of Cai Jing.
Chao Gai entered the door of the Cai family. The Prime Minister’s house was extraordinary in nature, yet without losing the elegant beauty of Jiangnan, it turned him dizzy like a maze.
In his identity, and the status of Yuncheng County magistrate, he can only occupy a place at the corner of the banquet. His peers are all dressed in gorgeous and magnificent manners, but he is very restrained to sit here, even his hands and feet seem to be a little stiff, action Very unnatural.
This is, was shocked by Cai Jing's power!
Chao Gai saw the clues but didn't say much. The expression on his face wasn't revealed. He picked up the chopsticks and tasted the skills of Cai's chef slowly. He showed neither ostentatiousness nor excessive humility. Compared with customers, naturally it looks much more generous!
It is a pity that he is in a corner, and no powerful dignitaries are willing to take a closer look here, and few people realize that the cover is unusual.
It was the guests who were sitting next to them, one by one, who couldn't keep their souls, how could they have thought and kung fu to pay attention to Chao Gai such a stranger!
Yes, those who are sitting in Chaogai should be the birthday celebrants in the south and the sea. They are not representative of the local dignitaries behind them, or they have taken the initiative to come to the house to celebrate the birthday but have a low status.
It is said that this is a good opportunity to expand communication. Unfortunately, this is Cai Xiangfu. Which guest with insufficient status has the courage to dare to act like this?
Chao Gai was dare, but unfortunately he was not interested in communicating with strangers around him. It wasn’t that he was too arrogant and proud, but the dialect was too sharp and he couldn’t understand many words.
This is a sad story, because the capital city of Song Dynasty is Bianliang in Tokyo, so the Henan dialect at this time is the official language.
Cough, anyway, Chao Gai feels a little speech impaired, slowing down the speed of speech and still being able to understand, but if he speaks quickly...
Each of the guests here is not a court official or a local power figure. Who will deliberately accommodate Chao Gai to talk and chat?
If there was such a guy, Chao Gai said that he would still be vigilant and doubt the other party’s motives.
Of course, it is impossible to say that Chao Gai is indifferent to everyone, and if he is more than one meter nine, Kui Wei's unusual figure can be noticed.
Not to mention, the boss should get used to it, although he deliberately pretends to be low-key, but the heroic breath can't be covered. Sitting in the corner area, directly compare the surrounding guests to dust.
Some people are still concerned about Chao Gai, there are people from Cai Fuzhong and others from the side. It's just that Chao Gai is indeed sitting too far, and no one can make a big difference.
Chao Gai had some feelings, but he didn't care much. His mind was focused on the many guests who paid attention to birthday.
Cai Jing’s power is really not covered. Today, it’s all his cronies and doormen. It’s been almost half an hour from Chao Gai’s entrance to the present. The list of birthday gifts is endless, as if there is no end.
He entered the door from almost noon, until the sun on the horizon was obviously westward, at least for two hours, the guests celebrating at the door were still incessant, and the various gift lists did not stop. The ceremony changed several people in a row.
The atmosphere of the area where Chao Gai sat was festive and somewhat weirdly depressed. In short, he felt a little uncomfortable.
It's a pity to tinker with officials and family members, especially Cai Jing's banquet has many rules and regulations, he is not easy to move around at random, he can only depressed a table of exquisite dishes and stuffed his mouth.
Delicateness is exquisite, but the taste is not so good in Chao Gai's view, which makes Chao someone who is accustomed to being tired of the taste feel uncomfortable.
No way, the iron-making process of this era is not enough. If you can't make a thin-skinned iron pan like that of later generations, you will naturally save the process of making dishes such as copying and frying.
Everything is steamed and cooked, or just a barbecue, and the ingredients are not very complete, and the taste will be natural.
Chao Gai made a copy of the dish at his site, and that cost is definitely not a joke. A single set of pots and pans cost hundreds of dollars!
Coupled with the prosperity of the Hohai trade, there is no shortage of all kinds of weird seasonings on hand. The taste of his family's dishes is absolutely unique, and he can barely eat them outside.
At present, the ingredients on Caifu birthday banquet are definitely the best. It may be better than the ingredients in the palace, but how can he break it?
After the beginning of Xingtou went away, the time after that was tormented.
Unfamiliar names of greetings came into the ears, and the positions of listening to the prefixes were very extraordinary, but Chao Gai basically didn't hear much, so that he couldn't be in the slightest interest in making friends or exploring.
Also, he sits in Yuncheng all the year round, and even rarely sees the boundaries of Shandong. He is also concerned about the news of Shandong. Where can he think about the official changes on the Bianliang side?
Knowing that the Tokyo Six Thieves or their notoriety is too famous, it is unfortunate that today's Shouxing Gong is the head of the Tokyo Six Thieves. Coupled with a non-learning and inexperienced scumbag, the highest level of the Song Dynasty is such a guy.
Even more disturbing, the so-called Qingliu Qingliu, even the six thieves, can’t even compare, I really don’t know what to say.
As for those military ministers who later shined, they were either struggling slowly at the middle and lower levels, or they had not yet entered the officialdom.
If there are no foreign enemies, Song should be able to delay for nearly a hundred years. As long as there is a prosperous emperor during this period, it is not impossible to rise up with the deep heritage of the Song Dynasty.
It's just a pity that all the princes in Chaotang only wanted to recapture the 16 states of Yanyun, but they did not hesitate to seek the skin with the tiger, and introduced the golden soldiers to the Central Plains area in advance.
Of course, these are just the thoughts in Chao Gai's heart, and they are a bit different from the lively and festive atmosphere around them. Fortunately, none of the guests present had the ability to read. Naturally, he did not know that Chao Gai was eating Cai's banquet, and he was slandering Shouxing Gong in his heart.
Through the chatting of surrounding guests, Chao Gai also learned a lot of information. Sure enough, as he expected, Daming's birthday ceremony for Liang Zhongshu was sent to Cai's!
The birthday program that Yang Zhi escorted before was really just a guise!
However, from the mouth of the guests around, the birthday gift given by Liang Zhongshu was controversial but worth less than 100,000 yuan!
What's going on, is there something going on between Liang Zhongshu and Cai Jing?
Thinking about the official system of Song Dynasty and the status of Liang Zhongshu at this time, Chao Gai felt that he understood what it was.
The title of Liang Zhongshu's Zhongshu is a false title. He wants to go further in the officialdom, he is to enter the ranks of the governors and become one of the true prime ministers.
Even if Song Huizong is confused, it is impossible for Cai Jing and Liang Zhongshu to become prime ministers at the same time, otherwise Zhao Jiajiang may really change hands.
That is to say ~EbookFREE.me~ As long as Cai Jing is still in the prime minister's position, Liang Zhongshu has no possibility to move on.
Of course, the ministers like the three ministers can be regarded as one of the prime ministers. With such good conditions in Liang Zhongshu, it is absolutely impossible to be a deputy national finance minister.
The contradiction came out. It is estimated that Cai Jing and Liang Zhongshu have secretly been filthy. They just don't know how big the crack is.
Chao Gai drank a little wine and listened to gossip. He only went down to the sunset in the sky. At the end of his cold bench this time, he accompanied a humble guest to the master, and he would not leave this one. Flowery prime minister's residence.
Back at the Feet Inn, Chao Gai ordered another table of meat dishes to have a good meal, and then he filled his half-full stomach with a full eighth, which made him feel better.
His mission has been completed. As for the "Tian Da Ji Ching" in the mouth of Yuncheng County Commander, it is simply nonsense. It is estimated that he came over in person and respected the life of the last seat. He said that he would be favored by Cai Jing. Let's dream.
Chao Gai felt that it would be meaningless to stay, and there was a thought of leaving in his heart, but...