The next day, Wei Mao looked solemn when he received the invitation.
It's just a relative, but he even invited the prefect to come out. It's really too much.
Wei Mao felt that there was more to this matter than just making friends.
and…
Wei Mao looked at Lu Bei's name on the invitation and was confused for a moment. Zhu Ting was holding a banquet in Mingyue Tower and there were several explanations for inviting him to go. What did he mean by inviting Lu Bei
Are you dissatisfied with the number of people? Want to make up the number
Wei Mao didn't understand why, but he still chose to attend the banquet. He had to give face to the prefect, so he passed a message to his superior, the county lieutenant, and arrived at Mingyue Tower at the appointed time.
Mingyue Tower is located on a busy main street, and most of the people who come and go are wealthy businessmen. As a famous local banquet resort, you must make an appointment and queue up to eat there.
This is a century-old store, and the rules are like this, no one can get around it.
The prefect is an exception.
The shop owner's attitude was very clear. Breaking the rules had nothing to do with the prefect, it was purely out of his respect for the prefect.
Lu Bei accompanied Wei Mao to the banquet and met this governor in a private room on the second floor. He climbed to the high position through his own efforts without relying on his ancestors.
He looks graceful and elegant, a middle-aged man.
Wei Mao was going to the military camp tomorrow, so he drank three cups of tea instead of wine to apologize. Zhu Ting was not angry, but said he was not feeling well and changed to tea.
After three rounds of tea, Zhu Kui invited Lu Bei to come over and enjoy the performance, saying that he had found a singer in the next room.
Lu Bei was familiar with this scene. Today's protagonists were Zhu Ting and Wei Mao. The two had something secret to discuss, so the scene had to be cleared.
He nodded to Wei Mao and came to nextdoor with Zhu Kui. What caught his eye was another banquet. To his disappointment, behind the semi-transparent screen, there was no one, not even a ghost.
"Brother Lu, don't be polite. Come, have two drinks first."
"Forget about drinking."
Lu Bei waved his hand: "I can't hold my liquor, I can only drink two or three cups, let's get down to business!"
The one who is singing, hurry up and call someone!
"Okay, get to the point and speak quickly."
Zhu Kui clapped his hands on the table and cheered, then opened the food box in the middle of the table and slowly pushed it in front of Lu Bei.
There was a stack of silver bills in the food box. Although they had no fragrance, their color was excellent, and both the denomination and quantity were very tempting.
"Brother Lu, this dish is called 'Wealth and Self-Knowledge', please taste it!" Zhu Kui said solemnly.
"???"
Lu Bei was confused and exclaimed that he had learned something. It turned out that this is how people in the spiritual world eat.
If you had told him this earlier, why would he bother making elixirs? Wouldn't it be more enjoyable to just come out and eat every day
"Brother Lu, how is the tasting? Are you dissatisfied with the lack of dishes?"
"It's quite a lot. I feel full."
Lu Bei was full of doubts and was about to ask a question, but after thinking for a while, he packed up the food and asked, "Master Kui, I don't accept gifts without merit. To be honest, I dare not accept it if you suddenly give me a fortune."
Then you take it out!
Zhu Kui looked down on me and said with a smile, "Brother Lu, I just praised you for your quick words, why did you suddenly... Oh, I understand, the misunderstanding has been resolved, right?"
Misunderstand
What misunderstanding is this? Can you please clarify it
Do you know that you are very cool
Lu Bei thought about it, and in order to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings, he decided to make it clear: "Master Kui, please tell me what the misunderstanding is. If the governor wants to win over my cousin... To be honest, he is a principled person, and I am afraid I can't help him."
“Hahaha, brother, you are really humorous. I understand what you mean. The past is like smoke, which will be blown away by the wind. Nothing has ever happened.” Zhu Kui nodded repeatedly and thought to himself that Zhu Ting was worrying too much. The spy was a little greedy, but he was still a sensible person.
Look, before the hush money had even warmed up to his heart, the person had lost his memory.
Very professional!
What do you understand now that the past is like smoke
Something was not right. Lu Bei found that the banknote in his arms was a little hot, so he threw it into his Qiankun bag decisively. His face turned serious: "Master Kui, let's stop playing dumb. What misunderstanding has happened? If you don't tell me clearly, I'm leaving."
"Brother, this is boring. Some things will hurt feelings if you talk about them openly!"
At the same time, in the private room next door.
Zhu Ting's hand holding the teacup shook slightly, with a slightly embarrassed look on his face: "General Wei, is what you said true?"
Wei Mao was silent for a while, then said helplessly: "Sir Governor, you know Wei Mao well. I don't mean to raise the price. Lu Bei is indeed not a spy. He is my wife's junior brother, and he is just staying here for a while."
"That… "
"Misunderstand."
"…" x2
Zhu Ting felt deeply ashamed for revealing himself, and it was fortunate that Zhu Kui was not around, otherwise he would have strangled him to death on the spot.
Wei Mao just pretended nothing happened and raised his teacup to toast him a few times. After a while, the two of them put aside the awkwardness and talked and laughed about political affairs.
These two have been officials for many years and are well-mannered and thick-skinned. They can laugh off awkward situations. However, it is different for Lu Bei and Zhu Kui.
"MD, you cheated me out of my money!"
"MD, you're selling fake medicine!"
Zhu Kui was stunned, and so was Lu Bei, looking at him with an increasingly hostile look. No wonder he hadn't refined any high-quality Qiling Pills in the past month. It turned out that there was something wrong with the raw materials.
Previously, he had thought that the "Emperor's Essential Technique of Pill-Nourishing" was too watery, and its upper limit was the finished product, a fine product that was to be admired but not to be touched.
"So it was you who did this!"
Lu Bei narrowed his eyes slightly. The quality of the Qi Ling Pill affected the amount of experience he gained. Without the best quality ones, he would lose at least tens of thousands of experience points, which would be rounded off to 100 million.
How could he bear the loss of 100 million experience points!
Lu Bei couldn't stand it, and Zhu Kui couldn't stand it either. He slapped the table and said, "You little bastard, be smart and hand over the money honestly, or I'll turn my back on you."
"Money? What money?"
"Don't play dumb, I just gave you the money!"
"Pooh!"
Lu Bei spat out a mouthful of saliva and said angrily: "When you gave me the money just now, I said that I would not accept it without merit, but you insisted on giving it to me, and I endured it at that time. Now you want to take the money back, which is really too much."
"You, you..."
Zhu Kui stretched out his hand tremblingly: "I have never seen someone as shameless as you."
"What? You, a fake medicine seller, never look in the mirror!"
Lu Bei's eyes widened: "That's right, look at your facial features, each has its own characteristics, and no one is willing to give in to the other. Not looking in the mirror does help you live longer."
Bang!
Zhu Kui was furious, slammed the table and rushed towards Lu Bei.
"Are you sure?"
Lu Bei remained motionless, curled his lips and said, "I'm not trying to scare you, the governor and my eldest cousin are having a good chat next door, try to move me."
Zhu Kui felt like vomiting blood after hearing this. He withdrew his hand that was about to pinch Lu Bei's neck and said through gritted teeth, "The governor... is my uncle, and your cousin is just a county lieutenant, a mere commoner."
"It is because the governor is your uncle and my cousin is just a nobody that you are in such great trouble."
Lu Bei said disdainfully: "Don't you think about it? A prefect exposed his family's scandal and lost face in front of the county lieutenant. He is full of anger. How can you get away with it?"
"Ah, this..."
Zhu Kui's forehead was covered with sweat and he took a deep breath.
"Look at you. I just made some pills. I didn't provoke anyone. Why are you putting the blame on me?"
Lu Bei said sarcastically, "Well now, see you next time. I can only attend your funeral."
"It's all your fault!"
Zhu Kui gritted his teeth, unable to think of any rebuttal, and said sarcastically: "You never leave the house, and you refused to go to Yunshui Tower when I invited you. Who would believe you if you said you were normal?"
"Come on, if you have the guts, ask me again and see if I agree or not!"
"… "