The parade lasted more than an hour before it ended.

Then there was a banquet, hosted by the Ministry of Rites, which gave a group of Jinshi another opportunity to exchange feelings with each other.

The venue of the banquet was placed in the compound of the Yamen of the Ministry of Rites.

Each ministry and each yamen generally has a room.

However, they were usually relatively small, and it was not popular in this era to eat lunch or eat at the yamen in the evening, and the officials went home to eat.

If they are not officials, those who do business are even less qualified to eat at the yamen.

Therefore, the yamen's room was mainly used to make tea and prepare some snacks, mainly for the main officials.

For example, if there are 300 jinshi here today, and there are other officials related to the yamen, then they have to call the cook from the restaurant, and they can't shout less, more than 300 people and nearly 400 people, and at least more than 10 cooks will be busy coming.

The protagonists of the banquet this time became the champion Yu Huang, the list eye Hua Qifang, and the Tanhualang Wei Bao.

Everyone else is a foil.

Everyone still ranks their seats, so the Donglin Party, the Eunuch Party, and the Neutral Jinshi all sit cross-seated.

At this time, the importance of neutral students is highlighted, because whether it is a eunuch or a Donglin party, they can communicate with it.

And the eunuch party jinshi and the Donglin party jinshi hardly talk to each other, although they don't go to the place where they will stare at each other and fight at any time, it is quite embarrassing to sit together anyway.

"Congratulations to Master Wei, you were out of the limelight just now, and everyone was looking at you." Wu Kongjia said to Wei Bao.

Wei Bao smiled, he didn't want to eat this kind of meal at all, he just wanted to go home early.

Wei Bao knew that Wu Kongjia was praising and secretly belittling again, sowing discord between himself and fellow scholars, and said with a smile: "Lord Wu's words are inappropriate, right?" I was lucky enough to get into the Jinshi, and I was already scared, where is the focus of everyone? If you want to talk about the focus, it is also the champion Yu! ”

Yu Huang hurriedly said: "Lord Wei's words are wrong, Lord Wei is young, good-looking, and is more concerned by the people, which is also human nature, we are all half-old men, we can't compare." ”

Hua Qifang also smiled: "That's true, Lord Wei doesn't have to be too humble, if I were Lord Wei's current age, I would definitely have to compete for the limelight, but my youngest sons are older than Lord Wei." ”

Wei Bao sweats, is there such an analogy? However, he looked at Hua Qifang's expression and knew that the other party had no malicious intent, so he just smiled slightly and did not answer.

"That's right, that's what I mean, among our people, Master Wei must be the most present!" Wu Kongjia said loudly: "Thirty years later, the youngest among us will be seventy years old!" At that time, even if Zhishi has not returned to his hometown, he will not be able to do anything old, and how talented was Wei Da at that time? It's only over forty years old, and it's the year of the tiger and wolf, and it's time to do a big business. ”

Everyone nodded when they heard that what Wu Kongjia said made sense.

First, Wei Bao is indeed very young, and he is the Tanhualang of the gold list, and among the people present, Wei Bao is the most promising, which is recognized by everyone.

Wei Bao sighed, knowing that the more praise he received now, the more jealousy he would suffer, and he couldn't do anything else but give it up and be humble.

When others came to toast, Wei Bao was also afraid that others would think that he was on the shelf, so he generally toasted with the other party.

Fortunately, Wei Bao was more tactful, and no matter who came to drink with him, he would have to talk to each other for several minutes.

I'm talking to someone, so you can't interrupt, right?

He uses the method of increasing the time spent in a single chat to reduce the number of people with whom he drinks.

I have to wait in line to drink with Wei Bao.

Although he was the most envied target, fortunately, Master Wei handled it properly, giving people a feeling of being young and old, mature and modest, and was not particularly rejected by his peers.

Master Wei used his own performance to forcibly bring the state of the relationship index to a negative number, and brought it back to a balanced state, and even a small number of Donglin Party students and Eunuch Party students admired Wei Bao.

Needless to say, the neutral students had vaguely regarded Wei Bao as an important figure in their unorganized group, and almost all the neutral students came to toast Wei Bao's wine.

No matter how well it was handled, a banquet lasted for more than two hours and did not mean to end, and Wei Bao drank at least more than 200 glasses of wine.

Although the glasses used by everyone are small, the alcohol content is also very low.

However, more than 200 glasses of wine, at least three catties of liquor equivalent to 20 degrees, converted into 60 degrees of spirits, more than one catty!

Although Wei Bao usually drinks alcohol, he is not a person who does not drink at all, but he still can't bear it when he suddenly drinks so much.

If it hadn't been for Mao Si's spit with his hands halfway, he would have been unable to support it at this time.

"Shall we let Master Wei say a few words?" Wu Kongjia saw that Wei Bao was already a little drunk, and suddenly said loudly.

All the Jinshi saw Wu Kongjia's intentions, and they were provoking to arouse everyone's jealousy of Wei Bao, so they all frowned slightly, including many eunuch Jinshi.

Everyone is jealous of Wei Bao's age and Tanhualang's ranking.

For Wei Bao, most of them feel very good.

I don't think there's any need to target Wei Bao so much.

In fact, Wu Kongjia in disguise is equivalent to helping Wei Bao a lot, if it weren't for him to target Wei Bao again and again today, Wei Bao would not have been given so many opportunities to perform, and it would not be easy to bring the negative interpersonal relationship index back to positive, even if it is a slightly positive number, a positive number is definitely better than a negative number.

"What am I talking about? It's not my turn to say anything, is it? Wei Bao almost couldn't hold it anymore, his eyes couldn't open a little, and he said drunkly: "If you want to say it yourself!" ”

"Master Wei drank a lot of wine! Forget it? Let him say anything? A Jinshi from the Donglin Department couldn't see it and scolded.

Wu Sanfu and Wei Bao were separated by several tables, and he didn't come to talk to Wei Bao today, mainly because he was too intimate, and he could talk at any time when he went back, so there was no need to increase Wei Bao's burden of drinking here.

At this time, it was time for Wu Sanfu to speak, he was the only person in the audience who was friends with Wei Bao.

"Since Lord Wei has already drunk too much, what do you want Lord Wei to say?" Wu Sanfu said in a loud voice.

"You're not right, today is a good day for Lord Wei's gold list, and Lord Wei is the youngest and most promising among all of us here, do any of you think it's comparable to Master Wei?" Wu Kongjia said loudly.

Wu Kongjia said this, and everyone really can't say anything.

If you talk again, you think you're better than Wei Bao.

"No one has an opinion, right? So what should Lord Wei say on behalf of our big guys? Isn't Master Wei the best in the world in poetry? It's also good to let Master Wei make a poem to help the fun, right? Wu Kongjia had a warm expression on his face, "I have good intentions, and I'm not drinking with Master Guanwei, don't you say?" ”

Hearing Wu Kongjia say this, everyone was even more embarrassed to say anything.

But everyone can see that you are giving Master Wei a chance to show off? You want Lord Wei, who has drunk too much, to talk more, say the wrong thing, it's best to lose his words after drinking, and find a chance to rectify Lord Wei, right?

Everyone stared at Wei Bao, just waiting for Wei Bao to say no more and then help Wei Bao speak.

Wei Bao really drank too much and couldn't sit steadily, but his consciousness was still quite clear, and he couldn't stand up for a long time while holding on to his chair, so he simply sat down and said: "I really can't stand up!" ’

Everyone laughed together, most of them laughed kindly, and they all said that it was good for Master Wei to sit.

For a long time, everyone's laughter dissipated.

Wei Baocai continued: "I really drank too much, since Lord Wu has to force me to speak, I will say one more word~!" However, if you let me go early, you won't blame me for being rude, right? ’

"No, no, no."

All the scholars said one after another, there were no high-ranking officials present today, and the officials of the Ministry of Rites and Honglu Temple were also middle and low-level officials, and the atmosphere was quite relaxed.

Wu Kongjia saw that Wei Bao's speech was slurred, and he had a strong big tongue, secretly proud that his plan had succeeded, waiting to find fault with Wei Bao's words! It's best that Wei Bao can say something about the imperial court, so that Wei Bao can be charged.

"Okay, I'll give you a sentence to cheer you up, I'm just a shallow learner, don't laugh at it." Wei Bao said, he was not pretentious, and really said: "Since you have chosen the distance, you only care about the wind and rain." In the future, we will all be members of the imperial court and His Majesty's people, this sentence, will we encourage you all? ”

Seeing that Wei Bao was drunk like this, he could still say a sentence that was quite standard, catchy, and worth playing for a while, and they couldn't help but applaud.

In this way, in addition to a song by Li Hongzhang's "Entering the Capital", Lord Wei Baowei has one more sentence that can be circulated.

Since he chose a distant place, he only cares about the wind and rain.

This is indeed a very good sentence, but the Ming Dynasty does not have this style of sentence.

President Wei inadvertently opened up a new genre for the Ming poetry circle.

It has played a great role in promoting the vernacular language to become an official language.

This is also Wei Bao's recent imperial examination idol, if it is replaced by others, this kind of sentence will really be criticized for being unlearned.

But whether Master Wei was born as a Jinshi, or Tanhualang, if Tanhualang is not educated, how many people dare to say that they are educated?

The dull atmosphere on the field was ignited at once, and after everyone applauded, they discussed Master Wei's new sentences, and the discussion was very enthusiastic.

This made Wu Kongjia almost faint out of anger, originally wanted to make Wei Bao ugly, and it was best to be convicted for saying something that shouldn't be said.

Who knows, Master Wei, he can be so showy when he is drunk?

Isn't this Lord Wei born to be in the limelight, right?

No one cares what Wu Kongjia thinks.

provoked Wu Kongjia to pour himself a drink, so he was not lonely.

Originally, he should have been Tanhualang today, and he should have enjoyed everything that Wei Bao was enjoying.

Wu Sanfu was born in the same jinshi and belongs to the kind of people who sit with him, but Wu Sanfu is naturally very good at socializing, and he can get a lot of friends anywhere.

On the one hand, he saw that no one left in advance, and on the other hand, he was a person who liked to be lively, if it weren't for Wei Bao being drunk like this, Wu Sanfu was really reluctant to leave.

At the critical time, Wu Sanfu still accepted the heart of continuing to drink and brag, took a leave of absence with a circle of jinshi at the same table, and then went over to take Wei Bao to go first.

Wu Sanfu is still very personable, and he helped Wei Bao, who really couldn't speak, to ask for a leave of absence from the Jinshi at Wei Bao's table.

In addition to Wu Kongjia, he also said that Master Wei was not drunk, and it was too disappointing to leave at this time, and he didn't give face to the people present.

The other Jinshi at Wei Bao's table were very reasonable, and they all agreed that Wu Sanfu would take Wei Bao first.

Several officials from the Ministry of Rites and Honglu Temple who were in charge of on-site arrangements also came to care, and also agreed that Wei Bao and Wu Sanfu would go first.

Wu Sanfu took Wei Bao away.

"Xiaobao, drink so much, won't you say you can't drink it?" Wu Sanfu said while helping Wei Bao to walk out.

Wei Bao couldn't respond anymore, walked around a corner, leaned against the wall and threw up, almost not throwing up his stomach.

Wu Sanfu patted Wei Bao on the back while being angry and funny: "It's okay, it's okay, it's okay to spit it out." ”

Wei Bao vomited for almost two minutes before stopping, and in the end it was all sour water, and his nose, mouth, and throat were all uncomfortable to death, as if they were filled with sour water everywhere.

Fortunately, Wu Sanfu was quite experienced, so he asked Wei Bao to hold on to the wall first, and he went to the messenger of the Ministry of Rites to ask for a bucket of water and got a cloth towel back.

Wei Bao was already sitting on the ground unconscious at this time, but fortunately, the little consciousness that still existed allowed Wei Bao not to sit in the filth he vomited and did not stain his new clothes.

"Oh my god, what is this drunk?" Wu Sanfu hurriedly went over and helped Wei Bao to stand up.

Wei Bao himself couldn't move at all, and he was unconscious.

Wu Sanfu is fortunately bigger than Wei Bao, so he won't be able to pull Wei Bao.

Wu Sanfu scooped up the scoop of water first and asked Wei Bao to rinse his mouth.

"Those who rinse their mouths have vomited, don't drink raw water!" Wu Sanfu said to Wei Bao vigorously.

Wei Bao subconsciously rinsed his mouth, but a small half of it was swallowed into his stomach, and he was very thirsty after drinking, and after drinking it, he was sick to his stomach and vomited a lot of sour water.

After Wei Bao finished vomiting, Wu Sanfu rinsed Wei Bao's mouth again, and when Wei Bao had nothing to vomit and his mouth was a little fresher, Wu Sanfu quickly wiped his face for Wei Bao, and then completed a set of first aid procedures.

However, Wu Sanfu was also tired enough, and he really couldn't help Wei Bao, this was the yamen of the Ministry of Rites, and it was inconvenient to call people in from outside, so he had to turn back and ask an official in charge of the banquet arrangement in the Ministry of Rites to call two messengers to help Wei Bao out.

Originally, Wu Sanfu thought that he could get Wei Bao out with his own strength.

In this way, the two messengers of the Ministry of Rites carried Wei Bao out of the Ministry of Rites one by one.

Fortunately, Wu Sanfu gave Wei Bao an emergency treatment, Wei Bao's body was not very dirty, and his handsome face was also maintained, and he was not embarrassed.

Otherwise, at the gate of the Ministry of Rites, there are not only soldiers guarding the door, but also the families of a group of Jinshi waiting, and thousands of people see Tanhualang's drunken filth, isn't it shameful?

Fan saw Wu Sanfu and Wei Bao coming out, and saw that President Wei seemed to be drunk and unconscious, so he hurriedly brought someone up to greet him.

"Drinking so much, huh? It's the first time I've seen my son drink like this? Nothing, right? Fan asked Wu Sanfu uneasily.

Wu Sanfu was also tired enough, and said weakly: "I'm here, can I make your son have something?" My sister can't kill me when you turn around? ’

Fan Datou hurriedly instructed people to get his son-in-law into the carriage and get him back to the mansion.

Wu Xuexia, Wang Qiuya and Princess Zhenming were still waiting for Wei Bao to come home, and seeing Wei Bao drunk this unconscious appearance, the three daughters were distressed.

"Why do you drink so much, don't you know how to help block the wine?" Wu Xuexia couldn't help complaining about Wu Sanfu, "You didn't drink too much, did you?" ”

"Am I drinking too much? I won't drink more than an hour. Wu Sanfu sat down on the Taishi chair, "How good is Xiaobao now?" He's Tanhualang, and I'm not eating at the same table as him, how can I help him stop the wine? Besides, everyone went over to toast him like the stars holding the moon, and I couldn't run from my table to his table to help him block the bar? Don't be told to be dead? However, don't worry, Xiaobao is out of the limelight today, and there is no shame at all. He was still able to walk on his own until he left, but he couldn't do it when he was about to leave the Ministry of Rites, and he didn't make a fool of himself at the banquet. ”

Wu Xuexia was relieved and asked about the banquet process.

Wu Sanfu drank wine, talked about it, hurriedly exerted his eloquence, and talked about the process of the banquet, especially aggravating the process of Wu Kongjia's vital Wei Bao.

Wu Sanfu's memory is also good, and he also recited Wei Bao's sentence since he chose a distant place, so he only cared about the ups and downs.

"How? Xiaobao is talented, right? You can compose poems when you're drunk, but this poem is a bit weird, not neat. However, I like it, and many Jinshi also like this sentence. Wu Sanfu said with a smile: "Everyone also said that when Wei Bao woke up, he would complete the whole poem." ”

Wu Xuexia didn't care about Wei Bao's poetry, Wei Bao had also written poems for her before, she was very concerned about that Wu Kongjia harming Wei Bao, "Is that Wu Kongjia sick?" Gongzi just came to the capital, if you want to say that there is a little festival with the Jin merchants, it has also passed, what is the matter with that Wu Kongjia? Does he have a relationship with the people of the Jin merchants?"

"No, Wu Kongjia seems to be Wei Zhongxian's person! This person also helped the Wang family clean up the Xiong family before, I told you. Now that Wei Bao has robbed his Tanhualang again, the two things are combined, can he not hate Wei Bao? Wu Sanfu said.

"So that's the case, then you have to let Childe be careful of this person in the future!" Wu Xuexia nodded.

"Don't worry, you son, you are more shrewd than a monkey after picking up the hair, don't worry, he naturally knows to beware of Wu Kongjia. Moreover, Xiaobao can compose poems when he is drunk, and he can still stay sober, what else do you have to worry about? In officialdom, the most important thing is to have a good amount of alcohol! Wu Sanfu looked like an old god.

Wu Xuexia, Wang Qiuya and Princess Zhenming were all amused by Wu Sanfu.

"Brother, you haven't been an official yet, have you? Started officialdom officialdom, as if you have been an official for many years? Wu Xuexia teased: "It's not just the amount of alcohol that is important in officialdom, right?" ”

"Others are important, but the amount of alcohol is the most important!" Wu Sanfu said very firmly: "You think, you can't drink, how can you make friends?" I can't make friends, what should I do? Officialdom depends on friends. ”

"Well, if you don't have the ability, you just need to drink, then you can find someone who drinks a lot to be an official!" Wu Xuexia said.

"How can you drink too much? Do they have what it takes to get into the Jinshi? Wu Sanfu proudly cocked Erlang's legs and shook desperately.

"I won't tell you, we are serving the son and resting, you officialdom experience, when your father comes tomorrow, you can tell your father." Wu Xuexia smiled again.

"Huh? Dad is coming to the capital? Wu Sanfu immediately put his feet down, as if Wu Xiang was already standing in front of him.

"Well, it's not so you can get a good spot, is it? What are you afraid of? Dad will definitely not talk about you this time, you are proud of the Wu family's ancestors, maybe Dad will reward you. Wu Xuexia said with a smile, "Dad said, I will find a big mansion for you in the capital!" ”

Wu Sanfu sighed and touched his mouth, "I have to ask my father to give me more silver!" Socializing always requires silver. ”

"Hehe, you can see your father tomorrow, you ask him yourself." Wu Xuexia smiled and left with everyone. Wei Bao was helped by several maids to take a bath.

"I'm sure I'm going to have to, it's finally time to ask for silver!" Wu Sanfu leaned back in the Taishi chair, feeling happy in his heart.

The next day, Wei Bao slept until noon before waking up.

After waking up, he still had a terrible headache, and he couldn't remember anything about yesterday.

At this time, Wu Xiang had already arrived, and was accompanied by Wu Sanfu and Wu Xuexia to drink tea in the front hall.

Not only did Wu Xiang come, but Wu Xiang also brought Wu Sanfeng and Wu Sangui to the capital, saying that he wanted to get a touch of Wu Sanfu's joy.