Chapter 158: Not Daring to Eat 2
Those people probably haven't done such things a few times, but being a follower is much better than being a male companion. A male companion has no benefits other than showing off, and it also brings a lot of trouble.
But when it comes to being a follower, it's completely different. Not only can you get a lot of benefits, but you can also eat and drink freely, without any worries at all!!
Ah, you think Xiao Yao is just going to go and indulge in food and drink? How could that be possible, Xiao Yao isn't very greedy when it comes to eating. However, Xiao Yao has a little demon beast, who is a very greedy little foodie.
"Are you not staying to accompany Lonely Star?" Leyou Yan asked with some curiosity.
"It's been more than two days, almost done, everything that needs to be said has been said. What I'm most afraid of is that the old lady, Long Gong Zhu, will wake up ahead of time. If that happens, I won't be able to leave even if I want to!!" Xiao Yao replied, this sentence also explained why he wanted to leave and why he was with Le You Ran together.
Anyway, we're going to leave, so let's just follow Le You Ran and have a good time eating and drinking, then find a broken temple to rest. Yeah, it's a broken temple, now that Xiang Yang is free, he won't go to Lanruo Temple, going there would be no different from staying with Gu Xing, the princess will definitely look for us there too.
"You'd better hide from Empress Long, or else I'll definitely be tortured to death by her." Le You Ran said immediately.
"Don't worry, I won't. I just went out for a midnight snack and then left... You're late, what should the penalty be?"
When Xiao Yao followed Le You Ran to a large courtyard, someone quickly came out to greet them and smiled at Le You Ran, saying something that seemed half-joking to Xiao Yao, but the other person appeared to be seriously wanting to punish Le You Ran.
The name of this large courtyard is Shi's Grand Courtyard, one of the four major families in the Tang Dynasty capital. Although it can't compare to the powerful Le family, the Shi family is also very strong and won't be much weaker than the Le family.
That's why. Leyou Ran would come over, and at the same time, it was also very lively here, with many imperial capital dignitaries coming.
The person who came was none other than a young lady from the Shi family, a prominent member of the Shi family. On the surface, she and Le You Ran seemed to get along fine, but everyone knew that they were like fire and water, incompatible. They had been at odds with each other for many years.
"The penalty wine is fine, let's drink together later!" Leyou Ran said with a smile. She knew that the Miss Shi in front of her was completely unable to drink, and whoever made her drink was her weakness... "Who is this person you've brought?" Miss Shi quickly found a weak point, she thought Leyou Ran's male companion this time seemed too inferior.
"This is my home, Ding Xiang, Le Xiang, she is the fourth miss of the Shi family, Shi Zhenxiang." Le You Ran introduced very naturally.
But she was natural. Others were unnatural, Miss Shi Jiazhen was very unhappy: "Le You Ran, what do you mean by this? Are you treating me like a servant?"
"What's wrong?" Leyou Yan was still unaware of the problem for a moment.
"What do you mean by introducing me to a servant? Are you treating me and him as equals, is he worthy of that?" Shi Zhenxiang said with a dark face, Le Youyan's previous behavior was like treating Shi Zhenxiang and Xiao Yao as people on the same level.
"Ah, sorry, this is indeed my negligence!" Listening to Le You Ran's apology, Shi Zhen Xiang's face looked much better, but soon her face turned black again, and it was even darker than before.
Because Le You Ran continued to say another sentence: "Le Xiao Yao, you don't need to know who she is, she's not qualified enough... Le You Ran's words made it clear that Shi Zhen Xiang was not worthy of being introduced to Xiao Yao, which made some people who were paying attention to this side feel ashamed, although they knew Le You Ran was overbearing. But I didn't expect her to do something like this, directly trampling on Shi Zhen Xiang's dignity.
"Now I know, Shi Zhenxiang? This name is quite interesting, the person who gave you this name is really a genius!" Xiao Yao smiled and didn't care about these things. He was just a house servant after all.
"What's so special about this place?" Leyou Yan was a bit puzzled, and others were also a bit puzzled. This name wasn't particularly striking, it could only be said to be mediocre.
"You all still have to eat later, I'd better not say anything!" Xiao Yao shook his head.
"What are you selling? Spit it out!!" Leyou Yan said directly with a carefree tone.
"Alright, don't you think the homophones of these three characters are interesting? The character 'shi' isn't it those things in the toilet... Shi Zhenxiang, read it again..." Xiao Yao said with a smile, looking like he's asking to be beaten up.
"What the crap? Shi Zhen Xiang? Shi Zhen Xiang smells like crap? Ugh, you're disgusting!!" Le You Ran couldn't help but feel a little nauseous and scolded Xiao Yao.
"You'd better figure it out yourself!!"
"My god, my god!! Shi Zhenxiang, this name is too genius! From now on, don't appear in front of me when we're eating, I'm afraid I'll vomit!!" Le You Ran directly said to Shi Zhenxiang, she wouldn't hold back like others, she would say out her thoughts straightforwardly.
"Hmph..." Some onlookers burst out laughing, and they started whispering to each other, obviously spreading the news. At this banquet, the three words "Shi Zhen Xiang" would definitely become the focus of attention.
"I'm going to kill you!!" Shi Zhenxiang's face turned red and green, she wanted to kill Xiangyao, the mastermind behind all this, and started attacking him.
"If you dare to move him, you're asking for death. I'm warning you, if a single hair on his head is harmed, the Shi family will never be able to set foot in this great Tang Empire again!!" Leyou Ran blocked Shi Zhenxiang's attack and said coldly.
"Hmph! Even if the Lus are overbearing, they can't stop our Shi family from standing in the Great Tang Empire!!" Shi Zhenxiang coldly snorted, thinking that Lu You Ran was exaggerating, but despite this, she didn't bother to provoke Xiao Yao again, because it wasn't worth causing trouble between their families for his sake.
It's a good thing she thought so, otherwise if she had touched Xīu Yóu, the trouble would have been absolutely unbearable for her. In fact, Lè Yōu Rán wasn't bragging, because now whoever moves against Xīu Yóu will be struck by the Dragon Princess, and it's very likely to involve the imperial family of the Tang Dynasty.
Although I won't move freely, I'll still cause some trouble for you!
"Leisurely and carefree, my family's manpower is a bit insufficient. Why not let your attendant help out? I'll give you compensation... here are ten taels..." As she spoke, Shi Zhenxiang had already taken out a silver ingot worth ten taels.
"No..."
"Deal!"
Le You Ran still wanted to refuse when Xiao Yao had already agreed and taken the ten taels of silver. His movements were extremely fast, disappearing in an instant, making people wonder if he was a practiced thief.
"What are you doing? If it's money you want, I can give it to you. I brought you here, you don't need to do this." Leyouyan said with a look of displeasure at Xiao Yao.
"A banquet can earn ten taels of silver, it's a good deal!" Xiao Yao replied disapprovingly. Not to mention earning ten taels of silver, being a servant also gets to eat first, which is what Xiao Yao likes the most.
"Hum, since I've taken the money, I'll go help out then!"
"Okay, what do you want me to do?"
"Of course, it's serving dishes and pouring wine!!"
"Good!"
"No way!!"
It's a carefree response, but it can't be leisurely. Serving dishes and pouring wine requires showing one's face, and at that time she knew Shi Zhenxiang would definitely play tricks.
"Everyone has already agreed, what right do you have to say no!" Shi Zhenxiang completely ignored Le You Ran.
"It's all right, I'm carefree and good at serving dishes and pouring wine!!" said with a nonchalant tone.
"Shi Zhenxiang, don't regret it later, when the time comes and you can't eat this banquet, don't blame me for not reminding you!!" Leyou Ran suddenly remembered something, she thought that maybe the unlucky one was Shi Zhenxiang.
"You're not trying to cause trouble, are you? Today's guests are all high-ranking officials and ministers from the imperial court. Don't make too much of a scene, or don't say I didn't warn you!!" Shi Zhenxiang thought Le You Ran was going to cause trouble, but she had no idea that what Le You Ran said wasn't about this matter at all, and the development of events was completely beyond her imagination.
This originally joyful banquet really can't be eaten, because many people don't dare to eat this dish, and don't dare to drink this wine!!
At that time, Shi Zhenxiang was still happily calling for Xiangyang to serve dishes and wine, and loudly proclaiming that Xiangyang was a follower of Leyouyan, in order to prove that she was stronger than Leyouyan and could command the other's followers.
This is a blatant blow to this carefree face!!
At first, everyone just laughed and thought it was only a quarrel between two people, which had nothing to do with them, until...
"Eight Treasures Duck, everyone please enjoy!" Xiangyao presented the dish and said very politely.
"Eat, eat, this is a famous dish..." The people at the table didn't go to tease Xiang, they all started preparing to eat. And this point, for them, felt very fortunate, fortunately, they hadn't joined in on Shi Zhenxiang's angry outburst at that time, or else they would have been unlucky too.
Because the people on the table suddenly found that an important figure had a strange behavior, this important figure was the Minister of War in the court, although he was not the largest official here, there were not many who could be larger than him, so his behavior would attract everyone's attention.
The Minister of War stared at Xiao Yao for a while, and the chopsticks he stretched out were suspended in mid-air. It was clear that he had also wanted to pick up his chopsticks to eat, but suddenly stopped due to something.
And then, he suddenly put down his chopsticks and stood up!
"What's wrong?"
Everyone's mind was filled with doubts.
"Don't just stand there, eat quickly, the dishes will get cold." Xiangyang saw the Minister of War's behavior and casually said a sentence, not knowing if he was being deliberate or just speaking off the cuff.
Then, Xiao Yao continued serving dishes at other tables.
The Minister of War sat down, because he felt that this matter should not attract other people's attention. He was eating something, but now he really couldn't eat anymore. Let alone a dish of eight-treasure duck, even if dragon meat were placed in front of him, he wouldn't dare to eat it.