Chapter 55: Considering the Overall Situation
As soon as the three of them left the Xu family, they got into a carriage that had been waiting outside the door. The carriage was very wide, and although there were three people sitting, it was not crowded.
After a few streets, the carriage stopped. The three of them entered the Xizi Restaurant. "Mr. Zhao" led Yu Ren and the others to a private room on the second floor.
Before entering the door, Yu Ren heard the Wu brothers talking loudly. Wu Ying was talking about how he traveled to Jiangxi a few years ago and encountered robbers in the mountains. How did they fight robbers in their wits and finally influence and subdue these people?
As soon as Yu Ren entered the door, he saw that the banquet had not started yet, and the Wu brothers were already sitting at the top. Yang Ju sat in the main seat with him. Seeing him listening to the Wu brothers blowing magic snails there with impatience, Yu Ren was really sympathetic.
"Brother Yu, you are here!" Yang Ju was so happy when he saw Yu Ren enter the room. He seemed to have seen a savior and quickly left the seat to meet him.
The Wu brothers sitting next to him seemed to have not seen Yu Ren, and they were still working on their unfinished careers - bragging.
However, the master has left the seat, who are the Wu brothers talking to? Yu Ren then noticed that in fact, the Wu brothers were not talking to Yang Ju at all, but talking to Miss Yun'er, the maid of "Mr. Zhao" standing beside him.
Miss Yun'er obviously received the order from her master in advance. Although there was an impatient look on her face, she still held back and stood beside the Wu brothers, patiently listening to their bragging.
Yu Ren really sympathized with Miss Yun'er's painful truth.
"Brother Yu is here!" Lu Xiangsheng came out from nowhere at this time.
"Ah! You're here too! I thought we were the last one!"
Lu Xiangsheng smiled bitterly, "I've come a long time ago, but I feel that there are always two bed bugs chatting here, which is really annoying, so I go out to have some breath." As he said that, he also glanced at the Wu brothers on the table.
Lu Xiangsheng's words were deliberately said loudly, obviously they were deliberately told to the Wu brothers.
The Wu brothers turned their heads and seemed to see Lu Xiangsheng and Yu Ren and the others. "Ah! You are here too! It's good to be here. Anyway, even if you make up the numbers, you still have to make up! However, Brother Yang, in my opinion, you don't have to bother Lu, Yu, the two young husbands, Tang Zhe, I know very well. To deal with them, it's enough to have us brothers.
Look at the appearance of Lu and Yu’s two young husbands. If any gentry recruits a son-in-law, they can consider sending them to the stage. As for the archery competition, I think it’s better not to make things difficult for them!”
The person who said this was Wu Ying, the second brother of the Wu brothers.
Lu Xiangsheng sneered, about to retort. Yang Ju saw that both sides were about to fight again, so he quickly came up to smooth things over.
"Everyone is for the sake of being in the lower house, for Donglin, and to be bigger, for the prosperity and stability of the Ming Dynasty. No matter how much effort it is, I, Yang Ju, are equally grateful. At this time, the enemy is in front of us, we should share the same hatred of the enemy, and we should not fight within us!" As he said that, Yang Ju led Lu Xiangsheng, Yu Ren and Fatty Xu to the table to sit down. Although he also couldn't stand the style of the Wu brothers, he had to rely on the two to contribute to the competition in seven days, so he had to endure it.
"Brother Yang's words are naturally reasonable. However, I don't think the matter that Brother Lu and the two Wu Dacai were arguing just now cannot be underestimated. At present, although we should not fight internally, we must first understand the strength of our own internal people! As the saying goes, only by knowing ourselves and our enemy can we win a hundred battles! We naturally need to inquire about the situation of the five people on Tang Che and the others, but we must also understand each other's own five people!
This competition is related to Donglin's reputation and the lifelong fame of the five of us, and we are absolutely careless!"
Yang Ju nodded. Yu Ren's words were what he thought. As the master, the few people came out to help out completely out of righteousness, so he naturally couldn't say anything that they could show their own abilities first! But as Yu Ren said, this issue was really too important. If they didn't understand their respective strengths before the war, they would not be able to set up the best military formation.
Now that Yu Ren has mentioned it, he is just taking advantage of the situation to get down to the side.
"Then, according to Brother Yu's intention, what should I do?" Yang Ju asked deliberately.
"This is also very easy. We found a hidden place and first let each of them reach out to let everyone know their strength in advance. Then, based on the strength of the five people on Tang Zhe we investigated, we will discuss the order and tactics of our appearance."
"This matter is easy, I can arrange it tomorrow. I met a friend who opened a martial arts school in Hangzhou. Our family and their family have always had some business dealings. I will say hello tomorrow, so we will borrow the martial arts training ground in their martial arts school and have an internal discussion first! What do you think?" "Mr. Zhao" said immediately before Yu Ren finished speaking.
"What do you think, brothers Wu?" Yang Ju looked at the Wu brothers and asked.
"This is not completely unreasonable. Then do it like this!" Wu Peng stroked his beard and said in a pretentious manner.
"That's great, so let's decide. When will the exact time tomorrow? After 'Brother Zhao' has been arranged, we will notify everyone separately. Now, let us put aside all the unhappiness in the past and have a drink together! From now on, we are brothers who are in trouble." Yang Ju said, raising the cup first.
Although Yu Ren and Lu Xiangsheng did not like the Wu brothers, they also knew that the overall situation should be the most important. After all, this competition was not only related to their personal fame, but also determined whether the Donglin Party could leave influence in Hangzhou, the old nest of Zhejiang Party, and ultimately gain an advantage in the struggle with the Zhejiang Party.
Because of the overall situation, the few people were still relatively restrained afterwards. As a result, the atmosphere at the banquet began to become harmonious, and everyone drank a lot of wine.
This is the first time Yu Ren has traveled to this world to drink so much wine, and it is also the first time he has felt that he has enjoyed drinking.
What Yu Ren didn't expect was that Yang Ju, who had always been very low-key, had an amazing alcohol tolerance. However, Lu Xiangsheng, who was regarded as generous and upright by Yu Ren, was drunk and couldn't get up on the table.
So Yun'er hurriedly called the servant in the restaurant, carried Lu Xiangsheng out, and temporarily settled him in the guest room of the restaurant. Yu Ren and the others continued to drink.
Fatty Xu is the only person on this table who has not drunk alcohol. This is not because Yang Ju doesn't value him, but because Fatty Yang is born to be unable to drink. As soon as he drinks, his whole body will turn red and itchy. Therefore, others will not make things difficult for him.
Originally, Yu Ren saw that the Wu brothers were still not weak at all at the dinner table, so he wanted to use the wine to suffocate the two of them. However, because of Lu Xiangsheng's early exit and Xu Fatty's voluntary abandonment, he became the target of the Wu brothers' attack.
Although Yu Ren's alcohol capacity is pretty good, the Wu brothers' alcohol capacity is also very good. If Yang Ju hadn't helped him stop a lot of alcohol, Yu Ren would have been drunk by these two guys.
Finally, when Yang Ju saw that Yu Ren could not bear it anymore, he quickly found an excuse and left the table.
Yu Ren was finally awake, but he was a little shaking when walking. Lu Xiangsheng fell asleep completely.
"I only have one car here. I'm afraid it's not very convenient to call a car at this time. I think I'd better arrange the car to take Brother Lu back to the inn first. I'll sit here for a while and I'll go back immediately." Yang Ju said, then went downstairs to arrange to see Lu Xiangsheng off.
After Yang lifted it down, the waiter came up and removed the dishes, and served some fruits, desserts, etc. Several people sat at the same table, eating snacks, fruits, and chatting. At this time, the momentum of the wine began to rise, and Yu Ren's drunkenness became stronger and stronger. Listening to the words that the Wu brothers on the opposite side praised each other, Yu Ren couldn't help but want to say a few sarcastic words.
But although his mind was already a little confused at this time, he still understood in his heart that it was not appropriate to break up the relationship between everyone at this time. However, if Yu Ren sat here and listened to the stingy flattery of these two people, he felt like he wanted to vomit.
"Fatty, let's go back too!" Yu Ren said to Fatty Xu.
Chapter completed!