The group of people climbed up to the top floor of the Star Reaching Tower in a lively manner, and several more people immediately came to greet them.
The first one was Kong Qingming, who was known as the leader of the Four Young Masters of the Imperial Capital. He was about to say hello to Kong Ming, but he saw Kong Qingyi following Kong Ming at a glance. He couldn't help shouting in surprise: " Big brother??!”
Kong Qing's name is the famous second son of the Kong family, so of course he recognizes Kong Qingyi. However, after Kong Qingyi became the direct disciple of the great ancestor of the Confucius family, he did not leave the inner courtyard of the Confucius family for more than ten years. Kong Qingming really did not expect that he would see Kong Qingyi on such an occasion.
Kong Qingming was not an idiot, on the contrary, he was very smart. After seeing the way Kong Ming and Kong Qingyi got along, he suddenly felt a little bitter in his heart.
Even Kong Qingyi, the direct disciple of the great ancestor of the Kong family, has to act like he is dominated by Kong Ming in front of outsiders, so his name as Kong Qing is naturally not qualified to show off in front of Kong Ming.
Kong Qingming's character is quite competitive, so he is unwilling to admit that his reputation as a genius will gradually dim with the emergence of Kong Ming. I think back then, even when facing Kong Qingyi, Kong Qingming was still eager to compete in his heart!
Kong Qingyi became the direct disciple of the great ancestor of the Kong family, and was basically recognized as the head disciple. However, there are still several ancestors of the Kong family, and no direct disciples are included in the door. As long as Kong Qingming performs well, doesn't he have the opportunity to become a direct disciple? When the time comes, standing on the same starting line as Kong Qingyi, we can naturally compete.
You know, when Kong Qingming was promoted to the junior general, he was more than a year younger than Kong Qingyi when he was promoted. Isn't this enough to show that his qualifications are even higher than Kong Qingyi's?
Unfortunately, the appearance of Kong Ming shattered Kong Qingming's pride.
Kong Ming not only directly became the direct disciple of the third ancestor of the Kong family, but also succeeded in being promoted to the Yuan Jiang realm at the age of less than fourteen years old. Not only did he leave Kong Qingming's record far behind, but he also became the most famous person in the history of the entire Tianyuan Continent. The youngest person to advance!
With such a record, no matter how confident Kong Qingming is, he can only feel ashamed. Moreover, after Kong Ming became the direct disciple of the third ancestor of the Kong family, among the four ancestors of the Kong family, only the fourth ancestor of the Kong family was left without a direct disciple, and this was Kong Qingming's only hope. Therefore, Kong Qingming is still working harder, hoping that one day he can become the direct disciple of the Fourth Patriarch.
For the Kong family, only by becoming the direct disciple of a certain ancestor can one be considered to be at the pinnacle position that all disciples of the Kong family can only look up to! And this is Kong Qingming's last hope that he can still compete.
However, after seeing Kong Qingyi's attitude towards Kong Ming, Kong Qingming couldn't help but feel a little discouraged.
So what if I become the direct disciple of the Fourth Ancestor? Do you have the capital to compete with Kong Ming? Just take a look at Kong Qingyi and you will know that he is a direct disciple of the ancestor of the Kong family and a prominent figure among the younger generation of the Kong family. However, in front of the wealthy and aristocratic families in the entire imperial capital, he still has to put on an image of Kong Ming. The attitude of the Lord. What does this mean? Even if he, Kong Qingming, could become the direct disciple of the fourth ancestor of the Kong family, could he compete with Kong Ming
Kong Qingyi's attitude has actually shown the attitude of the Kong family, that is, Kong Ming is the core figure!
Maybe, a few years later, when the descendants of the Kong family mention the respected ancestor of the Kong family, it is actually Kong Ming, right
Fortunately, Kong Qingming can be regarded as an extremely outstanding person. Even if he was depressed, he did not show it on the surface. Instead, he politely stepped forward to greet Kong Qingyi, then greeted Kong Ming and explained, The reason why he didn't greet everyone downstairs was because everyone was a descendant of the Kong family. If he really wanted to greet him, it would make people feel alienated.
Since Kong Qingming behaved so generously, Kong Ming and Kong Qingyi naturally did not lose their etiquette. It can be said that the three of them were "brothers" and had a very happy conversation.
At this time, several people, like Kong Qingming, who had not gone downstairs to welcome him, also came up to greet everyone.
The first person was Cao Podi, one of the "Two Heroes of the Cao Family". He had met Kong Ming before, and now he looked familiar. He cupped his fists and saluted Kong Ming, and said loudly: "Brother Kong Ming is really a genius! Cao Mou that day When I first met Brother Kong Ming in Fangshan, it seemed like it was just yesterday. I didn’t expect to see you again today. Brother Kong Ming has been promoted to the first level of Yuan Jiang. It can be said that he is famous all over the world and can become a role model for our generation! Cao was not here just now The reason for the distant greeting downstairs is not that Mr. Cao has any objections to Brother Kong Ming, but because our families have different positions and we still have to avoid suspicion in the outside world. However, the friendship between us young people has nothing to do with the family. Today we only Discuss personal friendship, not official matters!"
Cao Po Di can have such a resounding name. Naturally, he is not a simple person. Just looking at his current magnanimity, it is beyond the reach of ordinary people. To be listed as one of the "Two Heroes of the Cao Family" is indeed a real person.
As for the person following Cao Po Di, Kong Ming recognized him as Liu Shaoxing, the fifth son of the Liu family who was married to the Cao family.
Speaking of this Liu Shaoxing, he is just a typical embroidered pillow. He has gained a good skin in vain. Apart from deceiving everyone's ladies and making bed sheets, he has no other skills. Faced with such a person, Kong Ming really had no interest in dealing with him. After giving him a bow, he completely forgot about the fifth son of the Liu family.
However, there was another person following Cao Podi, who caught Kong Ming's attention.
This man was thin, with a scribe's scarf on his head, and a green Confucian robe. He followed Cao Podi quietly. His face was sallow, his eyes expressionless, and his hands were always in his sleeves. , said nothing from beginning to end, and Cao Podi did not introduce his identity, as if he was just a passerby.
However, Kong Ming knew it well, because this seemingly inconspicuous person had a special identity that was different from everyone present - this person was a woman in disguise!
The people attending the banquet today are all young masters from major aristocratic families in the imperial capital. Although many of them also have female dependents, the only ones who can climb to the top floor are the young masters themselves, their female dependents and guards, and those who follow Kong Ming. Mo Yue, Mo Fei and others can only stay on the third and fourth floors of the Zhaixing Building, but cannot go to the top floor to sit down.
This woman, who was disguised as a woman, used a very clever disguise to cover up the original skin color on her face, and even changed the shape of her face, without revealing the slightest trace of a woman. In addition, her hands are always trapped in her sleeves, so there will be no flaws due to the size of the skeleton on her hands. However, Kong Ming's eyes were so sharp. No matter how good this woman's disguise skills were, she could not change the Adam's apple unique to men! And Kong Ming recognized her identity as a woman precisely from the fact that she had no Adam's apple.
Who else could be the woman who could follow Cao Podi and specially disguise herself besides Cao Jun'e, who is known as a woman who cannot be compared to a woman
Since Cao Jun'e is the female think tank of the Cao family, and now has the opportunity to meet a genius like Kong Ming, she would naturally rather dress up than miss such an opportunity.
Of course, given the current situation, Kong Ming will not reveal Cao Jun'e's identity. Since she is willing to play the role of a passerby, Kong Ming will also adopt an attitude that does not reveal anything strange.
After everyone saw the ceremony, they naturally sat down at the table together. The top floor of the Star Building was originally divided into private rooms, but for this reception banquet, the partitions in all the private rooms were removed, and only three tables were set up in the middle of the top floor.
Since the banquet was held under the banner of honoring Kong Ming, everyone naturally elected Kong Ming to be the chief. Kong Qingyi had a special status and was the oldest, so he naturally took the second seat. As for those who could share the table with Kong Ming and Kong Qingyi, apart from Kong Qingming and others who were among the four young masters of the imperial capital, there were only a few children of the most prominent aristocratic families such as Cao Podi.
As for Cao Jun'e, who was disguised as a man, she sat at another seat inconspicuously. The people sitting at the table with Cao Jun'e were also disciples of relatively famous families in the imperial capital, but Cao Jun'e just sat quietly and did not say a word to them.
Although it was strange that Cao Jun'e looked so quiet, she came with Cao Podi. Unless she wanted to offend Cao Podi, who would deliberately target Cao Jun'e? Since Cao Jun'e didn't want to speak, everyone just treated her as nothing.
After everyone sat down at the table, Ji Honggao, as the host, stood up, holding a wine glass in his hand and said loudly: "Everyone, we are gathered together today to welcome Brother Kong Ming! Although Brother Kong Ming came to the imperial capital at the same time, It has not been long, but his name has spread throughout the imperial capital, and can even be said to be famous in the entire Tianyuan Continent! Haha, the name of the youngest first-level Yuan general in history is enough to make us proud! Everyone, let's Let us all raise our glasses to toast Brother Kong Ming! Because of Brother Kong Ming’s outstanding performance, all of us young people in the imperial capital have a bright face!”
When Ji Honggao said this, everyone naturally applauded in unison and raised their glasses together. Regardless of whether they were sitting at the same table or not, they all paid homage to Kong Ming.
Naturally, it was impossible for Kong Ming to show the slightest arrogance at this time, so he raised his wine glass and returned the salute, saying loudly: "I have just come to the imperial capital for the first time, and I am the youngest. All of you here are considered Kong Ming's elder brothers. Today, I can talk to you all It’s an honor for me, Kong Ming, to get to know each other. I’ll drink this first as a token of respect!”
As soon as he finished speaking, Kong Ming raised his head and drank all the wine in the glass!
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