The next day, Wang Tianhu sent someone to invite Xiao Yu to the luncheon early.
Originally, a petty lord like Xiao Yu was not qualified to ask Wang Tianhu to hold a special luncheon for him, but the series of unusual behaviors shown by Xiao Yu made Wang Tianhu full of curiosity about Xiao Yu, and he paid more attention to it. .
Xiao Yu also knew that Wang Tianhu's banquet today would definitely not be as simple as just inviting him to a meal, so he made all preparations and brought Antonidas, Grom, and ten orc infantry with him.
These orc buddies no longer wore cloaks, but directly wore neat armor, carrying a wheelaxe, and walked all the way there.
The place where Wang Tianhu hosted the banquet was the administrative hall in the city, not the city lord's mansion, in order to show the treatment he gave to Xiao Yu, the duke. Since Xiao Yu made such a fuss yesterday, there is no need for Wang Tianhu to make Xiao Yu feel that he doesn't take him seriously as a duke.
Aristocrats have extremely strong self-esteem, even if they are declining nobles, they must maintain their dignity.
The administrative hall in the city was a certain distance from where Xiao Yu lived, so Xiao Yu resolutely got into his luxurious carriage and appeared with absolute momentum.
Such carriages are not found everywhere.
Xiao Yu heard from those robbers that this carriage was given to the emperor of the Yunmeng Empire. Although he didn't know if it was true or not, at least the spectrum was definitely big enough.
A luxurious and extravagant carriage, equipped with eight white horse-drawn carriages, surrounded by orc soldiers and magicians, this kind of ostentation, no matter where it goes, it is definitely full of aura.
When Xiao Yu's carriage was running across the streets of Fengyan City, the people on both sides looked sideways, wondering if the emperor of the Tianshi Dynasty had come.
When they arrived at the entrance of the administrative hall, this time Wang Tianhu led a group of people to personally receive the duke here.
Seeing Xiao Yu's flamboyant carriage, even Wang Tianhu was shocked. He just heard Wang Zimo talk about Xiao Yu's luxurious carriage, but when he saw it with his own eyes, the visual effect was too powerful.
Especially those eight white Pegasus horses made him jealous. Back then, he also found countless connections to buy some Pegasus horses, but he only bought a few Pegasus horses with impure bloodlines.
Xiao Yu directly used eight noble white sky-drawn horse-drawn carts, which was a fucking limitless pretense.
Isn't it good to ride such a good horse? You have to pull the car.
"Ahaha, Uncle Wang, you are too polite, how can I let you come to the door to greet me in person. What I said last time was not aimed at you, but just at that fat man. How dare I take what you say. "Xiao Yu got off the carriage and hurriedly said politely.
Wang Tianhu said with a smile on his face: "Nephew Xiao Xian, you are now inheriting your father's title of duke. Greeting you is actually equivalent to welcoming Brother Xiao. This is a respect for Brother Xiao, who was the first-class duke back then."
Wang Tianhu cursed in his heart: "If you hadn't made such a big commotion last time, do you think I would be willing to come? I came to greet you for your father, not for you."
Taking a peek at the orc guards beside Xiao Yu, Wang Tianhu was also secretly shocked. Although he knew that Xiao Yu had orc guards, he did not expect them to be so strong, much stronger than the orcs he had seen in his previous adventures. Especially Grom, that kind of domineering aura makes people feel that this orc is definitely a leader of orcs.
"Where did this Xiao Yu get so many orcs? And there is such a leader of orcs? Now the relationship between orcs and humans has long been incompatible. When orcs see humans, they hate them so much. How can they still become him?" guard?"
Wang Tianhu was very puzzled, but he didn't want to ask more questions at this time, so he could only welcome Xiao Yu in first.
Xiao Yu took Grom and Antonidas in, while the other ten orc buddies were waiting outside, standing by the carriage to show off.
Many spectators have already followed, forming a group in front of the administrative hall, pointing at the luxurious carriage and the mighty orc, talking about this man who can be greeted by the lord himself Who is it.
Xiao Yu and Wang Tianhu entered the administrative hall together. At this time, there were already some celebrities waiting inside. When they saw Xiao Yu coming, they all came out and saluted Xiao Yu.
Indeed, Xiao Yu's title, no matter where he went, was almost always saluted by others. There are not many people in the entire empire who can let him salute first.
Wang Tianhu introduced these celebrities to Xiao Yu one by one. Xiao Yu greeted each of them with a smile. His attitude was extremely modest, his etiquette was standardized, his speech was appropriate, he was neither humble nor overbearing, and his gestures were absolutely aristocratic. Who could compare him to that hooligan yesterday? The lords linked
Xiao Yu saw that Wang Tianhu had invited so many celebrities nearby, he was a little strange, and thought to himself: "Even if you want to punish me, you don't need to invite so many people here, right? Why are several lords from other territories also here? Old man Wang seems to have a lot of tricks."
Many of these celebrities simply looked down on him, the petty Lord of the Lion King's Territory, but due to his title of first-class duke and Xiao Zhantian's prestige back then, they all came to salute him.
They saw that Xiao Yu handled it well and had elegant manners, and they all felt that although the Xiao family had declined, the heir seemed to be able to make sense of it.
Moreover, when they saw Grom next to Xiao Yu, they were all extremely curious. Orcs were not uncommon, but there were few orcs that could actually be seen, and there were even fewer orcs who could become human guards.
Among them, Xiao Yu also saw Yun Cao and Kunka whom he saw yesterday. Yun Cao was greeted by Xiao Yu's old mother. Seeing Xiao Yu at this time, although he wished to eat Xiao Yu, his face was still very kind. The smile is like an old friend for many years. Let Xiao Yu sigh, as expected of a political player, his skin is thick enough, but fortunately his skin is not thin, otherwise he really can't deal with this old guy.
When that Kunka was introduced, it turned out to be Wang Tianhu's second son-in-law and the husband of the second lady Xihong, which surprised Xiao Yu somewhat.
Kunka is not as sophisticated as Yuncao, he can hold back his anger. He was scolded by Xiao Yu yesterday, and not long after he went back, he learned that his wife was slapped by Xiao Yu's female guard and almost killed. Yes, naturally extremely angry, seeing the undisguised murderous intent in Xiao Yu's eyes today. If Wang Tianhu hadn't instructed him not to do anything casually, he would have gone directly to Xiao Yu's residence.
Everyone entered the hall and sat down according to the guest and host, Xiao Yu's seat was naturally high, second only to Wang Tianhu's seat. The group of people below chatted with each other, but no one came to talk to Xiao Yu, the Duke. It's just that many people still set their sights on Grom, talking about where Xiao Yu got the orc guards, and they all showed envy in their eyes.
They didn't come to provoke Xiao Yu, Xiao Yu didn't bother to talk to them, just sat there quietly, thinking about how to deal with these people who made things difficult for him later.
Not long after, the banquet began, and everyone began to raise their glasses and toast each other politely. Some of them offered a toast to Xiao Yu, and Xiao Yu also politely responded.
After drinking for three rounds, Wang Tianhu suddenly waved his hand to signal everyone to be quiet, then looked at Xiao Yu, and said with a smile: "Everyone knows that Wang is holding a banquet here today for my brother, Marshal of the Lion King of the Empire. Nephew Xiao Yuxian, the sixth son of the first-class Duke Xiao Zhantian, took the wind and washed away the dust, and asked them to toast Xiao Xiannephew together to show their respect for Marshal Xiao back then."
When Wang Tianhu said this, everyone raised their glasses, most of them sincerely. After all, Xiao Zhantian's name is there, if not for a series of political conspiracies, he would not have ended up like that.
People in this era always worship heroes, and Xiao Zhantian is undoubtedly the biggest hero closest to this era.
Xiao Yu looked at the eyes of these people, and thought to himself: "It seems that the dead ghost father I have never met, does have some skills."
After toasting the glass of wine, Wang Tianhu still looked at Xiao Yu, and said: "Everyone knows that Brother Xiao has been a hero all his life, but he was defeated by the Lion King. Under the leadership of nephew Xiao Yuxian, it is very prosperous, and uncle here also wants to ask nephew Xiao about the law of governance."
Hearing Wang Tianhu's words, Xiao Yu thought to himself, "Here we come."
Immediately, Xiao Yu smiled slightly and said: "Uncle Wang is ridiculously praised, how can my nephew compare with Uncle Wang? The Wang family's territory now has millions of people and ten thousand hectares of fertile land, while my lion king owns one barren land, but They rely on the mountains to eat the mountains, rely on the water to drink water, go to the mountains to hunt, dig and mine, and just make do with it.”
Hearing what Xiao Yu said, Wang Tianhu laughed, and said: "Nephew, this is too modest. There are countless lords in the empire, but it has been a long time since I have seen a lord who can have orcs and elf guards. You can actually What is the secret to attracting so many orcs and elves? Can you share it with everyone? Or I can spend money to buy some orcs from you."
Hearing what Wang Tianhu said, Xiao Yu chuckled, and said: "It can only be said that the location is favorable. The Lion King Territory is remote. When the emperor divided it, he gave the entire Ankola Mountains to my Xiao family. The land there It is barren, but the mountains are rich in resources. There are some monsters, trolls, orcs, and elves. One day I went hunting in the mountains and met a powerful elf and a powerful orc. Tell me, they are the gods of the elves and the orcs. Because I am brave and mighty, I will be a generation of unrivaled heroes in the future, so I specially asked me to lead their tribes of elves and orcs to help them survive in this world so as not to perish. I Seeing that the elves and orcs were also powerful races back then, but now they have fallen to this point, I couldn’t bear it, so I reluctantly agreed to their request and became the current rulers of the elves and orcs.”
Xiao Yu's words are still the same. Anyway, believe it or not, I just said so. If you have the ability, you can find other explanations.
If there is no other explanation, then it means that Lao Tzu is the greatest hero and the most wise king of this era, so you should submit obediently, haha.
Hearing what Xiao Yu said, everyone looked at each other in blank dismay.
Xiao Yu's words are definitely very coquettish and pretentious, but now there are indeed no nobles who can have elf guards and orc guards.
(end of this chapter)