At five o'clock in the evening, the banquet began.

Lin Ze attended the banquet with Xiao Quan, Mao Chuanming, Zhou Anmin and other experts.

This banquet was specially set up by Lin Renquan for the grandson of Lin Ze, so tonight, Lin Ze is the real protagonist.

Although he didn't have to go outside to greet the guests in person, if some prestigious ministers or heads of aristocratic families came, Lin Ze would have to go outside to greet them.

This is a necessary etiquette. Even if Lin Ze wants to escape, he cannot escape.

Lin Ze knew the importance of this banquet tonight, so he kept a smile on his face.

Soon, as the night fell, some guests arrived one after another. Lin Hua, the butler of the Hou Mansion, was welcomed outside, while Lin Ze and Lin Yizhi, were waiting at the door of the inner hall. Whenever a guest came, they would come forward with a smile on their faces, which made Lin Ze very tired.

The inner hall of the Hou Mansion is very large, with banquet tables on both sides, enough to accommodate hundreds of people to have a meal at the same time.

Today, more than a hundred tables of tables were opened in the inner hall of the Hou Mansion.

Except for a wide and accessible passage in the middle, all tables and chairs are arranged neatly along the two sides of the passage. The tables in each seat are a rectangular tabletop, and up to four people can be seated at the same time.

However, for those top ministers or top aristocratic families, they just have a table for each person, which is the minimum respect for them.

In the middle is Lin Renquan's table, and on both sides are Lin Yizhi and the others' tables.

Lin Ze's seat is in the third seat at the left, and is next to Lin Yizhi. It is obvious that this is to tell everyone that in the Marquis' Mansion, Lin Ze's status has risen below his father, and he will be an extremely important figure in the Marquis' Mansion. (In ancient times, the Left was respected.)

Many people secretly wrote down the arrangement after seeing this.

Of course, there are also people here who look very ugly. These are the older brothers above Lin Ze.

In Lin Yizhi's generation, because Lin Renquan had already confirmed that the heir to the title was Lin Renquan, and with Lin Renquan's strength, his strength among all brothers was indeed the strongest. Therefore, although his brothers in this life had some dissatisfaction, no one was satisfied with Lin Renquan's inheritance of the title of Marquis.

However, in Lin Ze's generation, the situation was different.

Before marrying Shi Fangying, Lin Yizhi had already married several wives from Zhengzhi and gave birth to several sons, so these sons were still a bit powerful in the Marquis' Mansion.

Afterwards, Shi Fangying appeared and gave birth to Lin Ze and Lin Libin.

Relying on Lin Yizhi's favor, Shi Fangying began to charge against the next heir of the Marquis' Mansion. Therefore, the situation of the third generation of the Marquis' Mansion is very complicated, and it has not yet been determined who the specific heir is.

However, now Lin Ze suddenly appeared, and the elder brothers on Lin Ze had no idea.

Now Lin Renquan directly placed Lin Ze's position in the third place on his left hand, and Lin Liquan, the eldest brother of Lin Liquan, was still in the back, and the others were even further back. Seeing such an arrangement, it would be strange if Lin Liquan and others were satisfied.

However, after all, they were very strict in tutoring and knew that this was not the time to fight in the house. Therefore, although Lin Liquan and others were very unhappy, they still sat down.

However, his face was still extremely ugly.

The banquet was full of smart people. After some people saw this, they smiled a little on their lips, and they quickly had countless ideas in their hearts...

The time when guests arrive is proportional to their identity and status in Kyoto. The more prominent a person is, the later he arrives.

For example, those officials of the third and fourth rank arrived at around 5 o'clock, while those with the first and second ranks arrived at around 6 o'clock.

As time goes by, the number of guests located in the lobby has gradually increased, but now most of the people in the lobby are people with lower official positions. Among them, because Lin Renquan is a military general, the number of military generals accounts for an absolute majority.

With so many generals, it is impossible to be quiet in the lobby, so now there are crowds of people in the lobby!

After a while, the number of people gradually began to increase, and the number of female guests also began to increase.

Perhaps because there were many female guests, the generals in the lobby gathered a lot, and the sound in the lobby was much smaller than before.

Among these people, some of them floated to a place without freedom. Xiao Quan stood beside Lin Ze with a serious face, and the innate aura on his body was vaguely visible.

Even in Kyoto, there are only a handful of strong men in the innate stage. Except for those innate stage powerhouses in the palace, there are no more than five strong men in each of the top families in the innate stage, and many families do not even have one.

Lin Ze was only eighteen years old and was just a general, but he had already been loyal to a powerful man in the innate stage. There were more than a dozen powerful men from the ninth level of the acquired level to the Great Perfection. These people were really envious and jealous when they saw it.

Look at them, after only half a year of going out, they gathered up a strong man in the innate stage, more than a dozen strong men from the ninth level of acquired level to the Great Perfection. As for them, they have been decades, and there are only a dozen strong men from the ninth level of acquired level in the family. Compared with the two, they are really...

Alas, this is true. Without comparison, there will be no harm!

At this time, a commotion broke out from outside the door, and many people got up one after another. When they saw the abnormal movement outside the door, they knew that some big shot had arrived.

Sure enough, in a short while, a burst of generous laughter came from outside the door, and then a person full of literary demeanor appeared at the door. The person in the lobby immediately recognized this person as the teacher of the Seventh Prince, and Kong Yu, the deputy leader of the Confucian Sect.

Behind him, Lin Yizhi personally accompanied him into the hall.

Kong Yu has a noble status and is one of the best among the guests. At this moment, he smiled and bowed to the person who bowed to him with a great master.

Just looking at this performance, you can definitely be called a humble gentleman.

Faced with Kong Yu, who had previously exuded murderous intent in front of the Marquis' Mansion, Lin Ze raised his vigilance.

When he saw Kong Yu's appearance, he couldn't help but reminded Lin Ze of the gentleman sword in the TV series he had watched before.

The same Confucian style, the same smile, the same gentleman's impression, and the same righteousness.

However, in fact, they are all pretending, but the truth inside is to achieve their goals and use any means. As long as they can achieve their goals, even the people they are closest to can betray and kill them with their own hands.

No matter how well Kong Yu pretends now, the murderous aura in front of the Marquis’s mansion has made Lin Ze truly understand his true face, so Lin Ze is not confused by the kind gentleman smile on Kong Yu’s face.

"Sir, this is the deputy leader of the Confucian sect. He is a top figure in Kyoto!" Wang Ming whispered.

"Well, I understand, but unfortunately, he is the teacher of the seventh prince Yan Yucheng!" Lin Ze replied with a smile.

However, in order to avoid Wang Ming being deceived, Lin Ze directly pointed out Kong Yu's background.

After all, Wang Mingzhi was born as a scholar. In the eyes of Wang Ming and other students, it was their lifelong pursuit. Many literati, after seeing Kong Yu, were like those star-chasing tribes on the earth, extremely crazy. Lin Ze didn't want Wang Ming to become like this, so he told Kong Yu's background in advance so as not to mistake Wang Ming for accidental mistakes.

"Yes, sir, I understand!" The joy in Wang Ming's eyes disappeared, replaced by complete dullness.

If Wang Ming had not experienced the life of a refugee who had broken his family and was in danger of peace, Wang Ming would have seen Kong Yu, the deputy sect leader of the Confucian sect, and he might have been like those star-chasing clans, but Wang Ming, who had experienced these things, had his impetuousness in his heart, had been tempered. Therefore, when he heard Lin Ze's words, the identity of Kong Yu, the deputy sect leader of the Confucian sect, was completely ignored by Wang Ming, but instead he was alert and hostile.

Lin Ze on the side could see Wang Ming's changes clearly. He nodded and felt very satisfied.

Wang Ming is his think tank, and Lin Ze does not want to lose Wang Ming as a think tank because of this.

After handling Wang Ming's affairs, Kong Yu had already arrived at the door of the lobby. At this moment, Lin Ze did not dare to be negligent at all, so he quickly stood up and greeted him in person.

Kong Yu is Lin Ze's enemy, but as long as there is no real swords and weapons meeting, Lin Ze has to pretend.

Kong Yu kept greeting the people around him. Suddenly, he felt sensitive and felt that someone was looking at him. He looked forward with his eyes. He immediately saw Xiao Quan as if he was standing out in the crowd. (Xiao Quan's innate aura did not gather.)

Afterwards, Kong Yu saw Lin Ze, the main purpose of his visit to the banquet.

Although he had seen Lin Ze in front of the Marquis's door before and knew how young Lin Ze was, now when he saw Lin Ze, who was not decent in front of him, who had already achieved great military achievements that other soldiers could not achieve in his entire life, even Kong Yu would be in a flash of consciousness.

However, Kong Yu was a powerful man in the third level of the innate level, so he quickly recovered and walked towards Lin Ze with a smile on his face.

"Meet Lord Kong!" Lin Ze stepped forward and took the initiative to meet Kong Yu.

Kong Yu was one of the three Dukes of Chu, and his official rank was of superb level. Of course, Lin Ze had to be seen thousands of times.
Chapter completed!