This dragon banquet was carefully prepared, and with the presence of Kong Delun, the grandson of the Kong family, the Kong family restaurant served dishes extremely quickly. As soon as everyone finished eating the previous dish, the next dish would appear immediately.
Thirty-six dishes made from dragons were served one after another, including charcoal-grilled dragon neck, stir-fried dragon belly, braised dragon meat, braised dragon meat strips, spicy dragon cubes, braised dragon tail, braised dragon hand, dragon blood cake, dragon tendon pot, stir-fried dragon liver, stir-fried dragon kidney, sweet and sour dragon chops, fried dragon skin, etc.
The group ate a dragon from head to tail and from outside to inside, bringing out the racial talents of the human race to the fullest.
Halfway through the meal, Fang Yun made up his mind that he must establish a super-large dragon tribe in the Xuemang Realm, so that the dragons could train the human race while they were alive, and be eaten by humans after they died.
The dragon bone is like a giant scorpion, and is commonly known as dragon scorpion. It is served as the last dish. Everyone eats the meat and sucks the marrow, and praises it endlessly.
After finishing the last dish of dragon scorpion hotpot, everyone was still not satisfied.
"How much does this cost? An ordinary dragon banquet would never cost so much. This is a three-table dragon banquet." Li Fanming asked.
Kong Delun smiled and said, "It should be tens of millions, but I don't know the exact amount."
There was silence in the courtyard. Most of the people present were either rich or noble, and many of them were children of aristocratic families. However, they were still surprised to hear that ten million taels of silver were spent on a meal. This was really too extravagant. Once it was spread out, they would definitely be criticized by the Hall of Rites.
Fang Yun said, "Don't ask these useless questions. It's too vulgar to come to Kong's Restaurant to ask for money! I want to ask a serious question. Can we take the leftover dragon bones away?"
Everyone smiled. The dragon king's dragon bones are top-quality divine objects with great uses, especially when used as the material for cultural relics such as pen holders or pen holders. They can extend the life of cultural relics and enhance their power.
Everyone was very educated, so even if they ate a lot, it would not harm their bodies and they could digest it quickly. So after the hot pot was served, everyone could continue to eat.
However, Fang Yun originally thought that everyone would enjoy the meal, but he found that everyone was not in a good mood.
Fang Yun thought about it carefully and suddenly realized it. He went to the kitchen himself and not only prepared the dipping sauce, but also made three pots of spicy beef oil hot pot.
After the new spicy hot pot was served, everyone tried it. Except for a few people who didn't like spicy food, the others were very addicted. They ate and breathed in, and drank cold water while eating. The atmosphere in the yard was immediately as hot as the hot pot.
"It's edible to have a clear soup or a light hot pot, but if you want to enjoy it, it has to be this spicy hot pot, nothing else will do!"
"Fang Yun, your chili peppers are from the demon world. Even a semi-saint would find them spicy. Tomorrow... everyone, be careful."
"Where there is enjoyment, there is bad luck. Everything is balanced."
Everyone smiled knowingly.
Everyone ate hot pot, drank wine, occasionally played drinking games and composed couplets, and spent most of the time chatting about all sorts of things.
These people were very curious about the Blood Mang Realm. Fang Yun selectively recounted his own experiences. When he talked about being splashed with feces at the door, everyone was furious. Especially the children of the aristocratic families, who could not stand such an insult and unanimously believed that Fang Yun was not cruel enough. Some even thought that the three clans should be executed.
Speaking of Fang Yun's torture, many people sighed. The Crime Hall was for punishing those thick-skinned ancient monsters. It was considered that the human race had great fortitude if they did not die under the punishment.
Finally, Fang Yun mentioned that he almost died together with the Demon King, and did not say that he was the Lord of Blood Light, so now is not the time.
Before we knew it, we were chatting late into the night.
Although the people here all had academic status, the wine in Kong's Restaurant was not ordinary wine. Gradually, many people became tipsy and started talking wildly, teasing each other and exposing each other's secrets.
Behind the Kong Family Restaurant is the Kongcheng Grand Canal, which is also the second most scenic spot in Kongcheng after Daofeng Mountain.
When everyone had almost finished eating, Li Fanming suggested taking a walk along the Grand Canal, which received many responses. So everyone got up and staggered towards the Grand Canal.
Kong Delun displayed the behavior of a dandy young man and ordered the waiter of Kong's Restaurant to bring wine and food in food boxes and follow them. There were many pavilions and stone tables around the Grand Canal, so when everyone got tired they could eat and chat at the same time.
There were few people around in the second half of the winter night, and only they were staggering along, chatting as they walked.
Although they were drunk, they were sober and did not do anything to disturb others. They soon arrived at the Grand Canal.
The Grand Canal is also known as the Little Yangtze River. There are railings on both sides of the river bank, and there are stairs leading down to the river every ten feet.
During the dry season in winter, the Grand Canal has less water, exposing many steps.
Everyone walked down the stairs slowly and came to the canal.
As the cool breeze blew, the alcohol in their bodies faded, but their spirits remained high. Kong Delun ordered the waiter to place the wine and food on the steps, and everyone started eating and drinking as if they were on a spring outing.
In order to avoid embarrassment to everyone, Fang Yun was extremely active at the beginning and made everyone forget his identity as a virtual saint. After the banquet became lively, he spoke less and listened more.
Fang Yun listened to everyone's conversation with a smile. Occasionally, when there was a dispute, both sides would regard him as an arbitrator. He would either smooth things over or interrupt them, not wanting them to quarrel while they were drunk.
Some people are on the path to sainthood smoothly and only talk about love and romance, but there are also some people who are hindered in their practice and complain bitterly under the influence of alcohol.
Some are happy, some are sad.
As the eastern sky turned from black to blue, the topics people talked about occasionally became repetitive, and their interest gradually faded.
Before they knew it, everyone was sitting on the steps.
The stars shine on Kongcheng, the man in white looks up at the sky and earth, the water ripples with sounds, and no one speaks.
Kong Delun drank the wine in his glass and said with a smile: "Now that the fun is over, the banquet is over. We are parting today, and we will definitely meet again in the future. Everyone, let's have one last drink, and then we will go."
The scholars present were all free and easy-going people. No one tried to persuade them and they all raised their glasses.
"I hope that many years later, we can gather together by the Kong River and drink wine together." Yan Yukong said.
Everyone drank it all and stood up, but no one left.
Li Fanming smiled and said, "Let's go. Fang Yun will have a meeting tomorrow. If he doesn't sleep well and something goes wrong, we will be guilty."
"Fang Yun, on the Double Ninth Festival that year, we all got together, but you were the only one missing. You wrote, 'I know my brothers are climbing the mountain, but there is one less person wearing dogwood branches.' Today, you also wrote a poem to commemorate the reunion of friends at Shengxu."
"Is it okay not to do it?"
"No!" everyone laughed in unison.
Fang Yun smiled, picked up the wine jug, walked to the river, tilted the jug, and wine flowed out of the spout and fell into the river.
"I have a pot of wine that can comfort the world. I will pour it into the rivers and seas and give it to people all over the world."
As the wine fell into the water, Fang Yun recited a poem.
The poem is finished and the wine is gone.
When everyone heard the first two sentences, they smiled faintly. For some reason, a faint regret arose in their hearts, which lingered on them and was difficult to let go, but they felt that this regret was not a big deal.
After hearing the last two sentences, everyone felt as if their eyes were suddenly enlightened and they all looked delighted.
Alone Better Together.
.(To be continued.)
ps: "I have a gourd of wine, which can comfort the wind and dust" is the original sentence of the Tang Dynasty poet Wei Yingwu, and the last two sentences are the beautiful sentences added by a netizen not long ago. The first two sentences are actually the ending of the original poem. I will say a few words about this in WeChat when I have time. After all, it is difficult to talk about the main text.