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Chapter 35 The Banquet Part 2

On the second floor of the main house, the huge banquet hall is magnificent. Although the spacious hall has only two dining tables, the atmosphere is extremely lively. The guests who have been drinking for three tours can look extremely familiar even when they meet for the first time under the catalysis of alcohol.

Wang Che is not unfamiliar with this situation. He has been doing business for more than 30 years, and has seen countless people in the political and business circles. Today's occasion is essentially no different from the dinner he has experienced. If you have to find something special, there are probably only five people at the next table.

All five were dressed in white clothes, four of them were big men with beards, deep eyes and high noses, and they didn't look like people who could easily get close to them. But in the center of the four of them was a boy, with blonde hair and blue eyes, as handsome as a sculpture.

As soon as the banquet began, the person with the highest official position introduced their identities - "He came from a distance from the Pure Land Tower and was about to help the court explore the distinguished guests of Shangyuan." Then the banquet was opened with toasts from several senior officials.

His eyes were only turned over there once at that time, and he never swept over again.

"Brother Wang."

A greeting brought back his thoughts, and he turned to his seat next to him: Here was a middle-aged man who was similar to his age and was dressed in the same outfit. His slightly fat square face looked leisurely and his slight smile naturally hung on his mouth.

He was Wang Che's colleague, a businessman, and the only person in this banquet who had known Wang Che before; most of the information about the banquet was told by him, Qi Lei, in advance.

"Brother Wang." He raised his glass, "Come on, this wine is good today, it's a pity not to drink it."

"Yes, come on."

Wang Che also raised his wine glass and the two of them drank the wine in one go.

Although they have drunk a lot, the taste of the wine they drank because of social events and friendship is a little different. Otherwise, the two of them would not have filled the cup again with unfulfilled satisfaction.

In the banquet hall at this moment, people were talking, discussing, toasting, and urging them to drink. All kinds of people were doing all kinds of things, and no one paid attention to the conversation between Wang Che and Qi Lei at this moment.

"Look, sitting next to the white clothes on the table next to it, the second person to the right is the Minister of Revenue from the Southern Sixth Ministry, with the surname Zhang. The remaining people on the table were almost all officials who managed finance in various places around Yingtian."

"Well, there are many officials coming this time." Wang Che observed the surroundings quietly, "but they were all sitting at that table, drinking around the Holy Spirit people."

"Yes, there are only merchants in our table. Some of them do spiritual weapon business, some of them start factories and develop and produce them, including me... It seems that your business has nothing to do with spiritual weapons." Qi Lei smiled, "But this banquet was not for business negotiations."

Wang Che nodded, and the two looked at each other and drank a drink.

Before they came, they knew that all the people who participated in this banquet except those five "white clothes", regardless of the officials and businessmen, had children or relatives' children to participate in the next exploration of Shangyuan-

Thinking of this, he saw a person raising his glass in the distance and stood up: It was exactly what Qi Lei mentioned just now, the Minister of Revenue from the Southern Six Ministry, the person with the highest official position in this banquet.

"Everyone."

As soon as he spoke, the banquet hall quickly calmed down and everyone's eyes were focused on him.

"Today's banquet is first to welcome the five adults who came from the west." He raised his glass, "I'll give you a toast to you, Lord Suge."

"Don't be so polite."

Su Ge, who was sitting among the five, stood up with a smile, raised his glass to return, and then sat down; the Secretary Zhang continued:

"Everyone here, at home, should have children, and they want to go to Shangyuan. The same goes for me, so I'm invited you here today. There is another reason, I think—"

"I think you all hope that your children can be safe and sound in Shangyuan."

Su Ge, who interrupted his voice, raised his hand and spoke to everyone:

"We are here today to make you feel at ease. I believe you all know the quality of the tower spirit controlers and the spiritual weapons produced, and you also know the matter of your court inviting our sect to explore Shangyuan."

He paused and his eyes swept across everyone present.

"You are of different wealth and status, so your children deserve extraordinary treatment, right?"

As the words came to the ground, everyone said nothing; even Zhang Shangshu who was standing next to him showed embarrassment, not to mention that a few people looked at Su Ge and directly brought anger. However, Su Ge himself looked calm and even smiled.

"Am I wrong? I've been to the Ming Dynasty for three months. Everything I saw and heard along the way is consistent with what I said. I believe you are more concerned about face, but unfortunately I always speak straightforwardly. Please forgive me if you have any offense. However, the protection I promised just now will definitely do what I say."

Speaking of this, the four big men sitting on both sides of him suddenly stood up, raised their hands, and black fog suddenly emerged from the wide sleeves of the robe, and in a blink of an eye it spread. Not only that, black fog suddenly appeared in the four corners of the banquet hall and swept towards everyone.

Several high-ranking officials who were sitting close to each other suddenly collapsed on the chair without moving. Some of them were ashamed of the iron locks stretched out from the chair. In an instant, the banquet hall was in chaos. Some people shouted, some fainted, and some were as stupid as a wooden chicken. Wang Che also began to struggle hard.

Suddenly, the table completely swallowed by the black fog lit up and flashed. After instantly condensed, the light spot exploded into a beam of light and spread it around. The black fog that spread was "bound" by the spreading light beam in an instant, and it "pulled" back to the original light spot.

"Everyone, this is just a demonstration, why scare it like this?"

Su Ge smiled and shook his head, put the spiritual weapon in his hand on the table, and with a "clang" sound: This is an oval metal block with a gap on the surface, and an orange-yellow glow faintly emerges from it.

"The Holy Spirit is above. Although the black fog just now was all real, it was all eliminated by the 'Yongming' piece in my hand. If you are worried, you can go to the best doctor to see if you have been infected with the dream poison. I will be responsible for everything."

At this moment, most of the dozen officials at the table looked pale, and two of them had fainted on the chair. Zhang Shangshu was sweating all over his face, but he quickly said, "I'm sorry to disturb you, but after the demonstration just now, I think you should have a sense of the effect of the spiritual weapon brought by Lord Su..."

"I think they all know each other very thoroughly." Su Ge, who interrupted him again, smiled and glanced at the people who were sitting in the position and did not dare to move. "As you can see, the 'changming' in my hand can defend and control the dark tide. Although it is very small due to the limitations of raw materials and technology, it can still be provided to everyone present."

The four big men then picked up the iron boxes beside their chairs, got up and walked to both sides of each table.

"Of course, because it is very precious, I will not hand it over to you now. Now I send someone to distribute objects as vouchers. Please keep them. Before leaving, take it to the staff of this sect, and someone will send you spiritual weapons."

As he spoke, there was an iron piece in front of everyone; however, there was silence in the banquet hall: no one spoke, no one refused, but no one put away the iron piece in front of him.

Judging from their terrified expressions, the fear brought by the black fog just now did not disappear.

At this time, Su Ge smiled:

"Don't be afraid, everyone. It's probably the first time you've faced the black fog. If I hadn't done this, you might not have seen it in your life. After all, you are always safe, and you will be given priority to evacuation when the black tide comes."

After saying this, he looked at his side:

"Shangshu Zhang, are you not satisfied with the help I provide?"

“…No, satisfied, satisfied!”

Shangshu Zhang smiled and nodded, and immediately put away the iron sheet in front of him. Seeing this, a few of them laughed, most of them were still silent, but they all put the iron sheet in front of him into their pockets.

But Wang Che did not look at the iron piece more, but looked up at a grid inlaid on the ceiling above. After that, he also put away the iron piece.

The last episode of the banquet finally ended at this moment. People began to leave the seat and say goodbye. Qi Lei found that Wang Che, who was sitting in the seat, was still motionless.

"Brother Wang?" He looked up at Wang Che who was diagonally above, "Is there anything?"

"No, no."

Wang Che shook his head gently and stood up and left the seat with him.

At this time, no one noticed that the chandelier on the ceiling shook.

Because it is too spacious, this banquet hall uses additional means to ensure the flow of the internal air and the constant temperature - by opening air ducts on the ceiling, embedded with a spiritual weapon called "air conditioner". It is abbreviated as "air conditioner", which is native to the hot pure land, and is now widely used in various buildings in the Ming Dynasty, and even houses in some areas are equipped.

The narrow and long air duct is designed to accommodate just one person for future maintenance. The entrance to the maintenance passage on the second floor is far away from the banquet hall and is built on the ceiling next to the staircase for emergency escape. In the silence, it is slowly opened silently.

The sound of the sensation condensed below the entrance and caught Feng En who jumped from it.

Starting from Su Ge's speech, he could see clearly everything that happened in the banquet hall through the air duct grid. Just now, when the iron piece was placed in front of Wang Che, he asked Xisheng to pick up a drop of water condensed in the air duct and accurately hit Wang Che's ear:

"Uncle Che, accept it."

After that, Feng En returned here along the same route. Now he had climbed down the stairs to the first floor, but he was close to the wall and did not move.

Behind the wall, the steps approached, and the voice rang:

"The so-called high-ranking officials of the Ming Dynasty are just like this. These people live comfortably than anyone else, no wonder they are afraid of death than anyone else."

It was Su Ge who said this. He walked swaggeringly on the road. At the banquet, the four great men followed him, but another man walked beside him. The man was dressed in black, with a hood on his head, covered with his face, and his hands were hidden in his sleeves, and his whole body was like a cloud of fog.

"No matter how afraid of death, they are also officials."

He spoke, even the sound was as blurred as fog. Although he called out Xisheng, Feng En could only hear that this was a male voice. Su Ge's voice was still as arrogant as ever:

"If all the officials of the Ming Dynasty were like this, I really don't know why the elders in the sect would be so cautious. This banquet was organized by you and you invited people. I don't want my energy to be wasted on unimportant guys."

"Do you know that they are more comfortable than anyone else, and are still doubting their status?" The man in black said in a deep voice, "If it weren't for these people, you wouldn't have the chance to step into the abyss."

"Yes, yes, I really have to thank them, and even more so." Su Ge stared at him, "Thank you for causing me to lose [never stop] and haven't been able to catch that maid. The attack the day before yesterday was ineffective. How could you not doubt you?"

This sentence suddenly shocked Feng En in the bushes.

About Qiyu...and this person is still making trouble?!

He hurriedly calmed down, held his breath, and listened to the man in black continue to speak:

"It's not important now. The maid is not important, and the boy is the same. Don't lose your roots because of your willfulness. The "leader" should be a task to teach you by the Holy Spirit."

"It's not small, but it has nothing to do with you."

At this point, Su Ge suddenly stood still and looked around:

"You sent someone to monitor me?"

"...I'm here, do you still need to send someone to monitor you?"

The man in black said and stopped and suddenly turned to the right:

The low bushes were passed by the moonlight, quiet and without movement.
Chapter completed!
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