Rivers and Lakes Records

On the day Yang Tong succeeded to the throne, Lu Mingtong and the protagonist woke up early.Feng Ji thought that Master Yang talked too much nonsense, and he would not come until the luncheon, so he had no choice but to go to the succession ceremony by himself.

Master Yang was greeting the guests present, Lu Mingtong was so good at boasting people recently, he didn't even bother to open his eyelids, he opened his mouth and said, "Morning, Master Yang is really dragon-horse spirit!"

Originally, Master Yang had his back to him, but when he heard the voice, he turned around and answered with a smile: "Thank you, Mr. Fengyun, please sit inside. Today, you have to trouble Mr. Tonger to work for a day."

As soon as his appearance and state were revealed, Lu Mingtong almost bit his tongue, only to see that Master Yang seemed to have aged several years overnight, with several dimples added out of thin air between his brows and eyes.Lu Mingtong concluded that he did not remember wrongly, these few wrinkles had not appeared on his face a few days ago, he thought of the rumor that Duan Heng had said before, restrained his expression and said: "It should be, Mr. Yang is young and promising, It is obvious to all. I will write down all the grand occasions of today."

The two of them were polite again, Lu Mingtong turned around and thought secretly, wondering when Brother Duan would come, and he should talk to him about it.No, if Big Brother Duan came, he would definitely be able to see it, so why bother to talk about it by himself.

He was slightly relieved, and then wandered around in the crowd with his hands behind his hands. When he saw a familiar figure, he deliberately approached him quietly, trying to scare him.

As soon as the clinker came to the back, the man turned his head as if he had eyes and said, "Ming Tong."

"Brother Shi." Lu Mingtong smiled and said, "Brother came so early."

"When the weather gets warmer, I won't be able to sleep for so long." Shi Jingtian said lightly, "Besides, today is the day when Mr. Yang succeeds. Since I represent the Martial Arts League, it's not good to come too late."

Lu Mingtong was immediately in awe, look, he is also a well-known hero, the person in front of him is afraid of being misunderstood and put on the show, but someone thinks the old man is long-winded, this is the difference!

Laughing at Feng Ji in his heart, Lu Mingtong said: "Brother Shi is really considerate, but there is still a while before the ceremony begins, Brother Shi, you can sit and rest for a while."

Shi Jingtian nodded and said: "It's okay, I also made some friends during this time, they sat next to me and chatted about the Wulin League, and they didn't find it boring."

Lu Mingtong followed his gaze, and several well-looking young men nodded to him.

Lu Mingtong returned the gift and said with a smile: "Since that's the case, then I won't bother you."

Leaving Shi Jingtian's position, Lu Mingtong wandered to the back row, narrowed his eyes, and caught a familiar figure from behind.

"Second Young Master Yang!"

Yang Feng was drinking tea while hiding in a remote corner, when he heard someone calling his name unexpectedly, he was so startled that he almost spilled the tea in his hand.

"Master Fengyunshi."

Lu Mingtong sat down beside him: "Why are you sitting here alone, don't you need to help your brother?"

Yang Feng wiped the water stains from the corners of his mouth, and said in a low voice: "No need... everything that needs to be prepared is ready, I slept late last night, so I wanted to take a break here, but I didn't expect to be bumped into by Fengyun Envoy .”

Lu Mingtong looked around and asked, "Today... isn't Mr. Pei coming?"

Yang Feng put down his teacup, and said sadly: "Father didn't arrange a place for Brother Pei, I said it would be good for him to sit at the same table with me, but Brother Pei said that he still felt a little uncomfortable and wanted to be alone in the room .”

Lu Ming thought in his heart, this scene is indeed embarrassing for him, and seeing his sweetheart when he comes is also sad, he might as well rest in the room: "That's fine, but you are here, who will take care of him?"

"Brother Pei can get up and walk, and he can do ordinary things by himself." Yang Feng said: "I asked two juniors to take care of him in turn, and I will go back after dinner."

Lu Mingtong nodded, suddenly felt movement beside his boots, lowered his head, and saw a pair of big round eyes looking at him unscrupulously.

Yang Feng coughed and bent down quickly to hug the cat: "I don't have time to feed Xiao Hei recently. I was worried that he was hungry, so I brought him here to see if I could give him something to eat."

Xiao Hei meowed at Lu Mingtong, the two of you looked at me and I looked at you, Lu Mingtong took the lead and said, "But here are some tea seeds, cats can't eat them, right?"

"No." Yang Feng scratched his head and said, "I've finished eating the dried fish in my room, what else would it eat besides these, osmanthus cake?"

Lu Mingtong patted Xiao Hei's head: "It hasn't started here yet, why don't we go to the kitchen to search and find something to eat for the cat."

Yang Feng nodded in agreement, and the two of them ducked into the back kitchen to avoid everyone's sight, sneaking into the back kitchen, and secretly led a fish away amidst the frightened and angry voices of the helpers.

Behind the rockery in the backyard, the two squatted halfway, holding their heads to watch Xiao Hei eating fish with relish.

Their location is hidden, coming from the trail behind, it is easy to ignore them if you don't pay attention, so someone came over while talking in a low voice.

"Have you heard that the master is going to betroth the young lady of the Murong family to the young master?"

"Didn't you say that the young master is unwilling? Yesterday Qing'er and the others went to take care of the bath, and the young master drove everyone out. I heard that the young master already has someone he likes."

"What, it's all nonsense. Of course, the young master doesn't like Qing'er and the others. But Miss Murong is different. She is of the right family, and she is so beautiful. If I were the young master, I would definitely be tempted. .”

"Tch, it's so true, have you seen someone?"

"Of course! I was ordered to bring tea to the front hall yesterday. I saw that Miss Murong's skin is fair, and she speaks quietly. She is going to the grand ceremony today. I heard that the master intends to arrange her seat next to the young master." .”

"Ha, if this is true, wouldn't that be double happiness?"

Listening to the discussion of the two maids, Lu Mingtong and Yang Feng looked at each other, and shrank themselves back in a tacit understanding.

After nibbling a fish, Xiao Hei licked his paw, looked at the two silent people above his head, and let out a flattering cry.

Lu Mingtong: This pig-like cat!

"Who's there?" The two maids panicked when they heard the movement, discussing the Patriarch in private, if someone listened to it, it would be their guilt.

There was a sound of swaying leaves behind the rockery, and a moment later, the cat, which had been all black and shiny, jumped out of it, walked gracefully in front of the two, and flicked its tail behind it.

The maid's heart was relieved: "So it's you, a little rascal."

Looking at the naive kitten, the two relaxed their vigilance, squatted down and began to tease the cat: "How did you sneak here, ho, it smells so strong of fish!"

Taking advantage of the time when they were all focused on Xiao Hei, Yang Feng pulled Lu Mingtong and slipped away from the other side.

The two were silent all the way, neither of them knew how to speak.What Lu Mingtong was thinking was that Mr. Yang had decided so quickly to find a marriage for Yang Tong, and he didn't know if Yang Tong himself had heard the news.What Yang Feng thought was how to face Brother Pei now, if he knew, it would be even more uncomfortable.

They came back with a heavy heart, and all the guests had already taken their seats. Master Yang whispered a few words to Yang Feng, asking him to take his juniors and younger sisters to wait behind, and then sent a maid to lead Lu Mingtong to one side to sit down.

The guests in the audience whispered to each other for a while, and Master Yang said some words of gratitude in person. Before Lu Mingtong's eyelids trembled, the grand ceremony finally began.

In the distance, Yang Tong came slowly in formal attire with a huge gilded sword on his back.

He was indeed handsome today, Lu Mingtong had secretly inquired about Miss Murong's position before, looked aside, saw her face showing a look of longing and admiration, he couldn't help but think of Pei Lian who was still in the room, he could only sigh.

Master Yang stood on the cast cloud platform, looking at him with relief, until he approached, then took the gold-plated sword behind him and placed it on the platform.

Two maids behind him came forward with a mahogany box side by side, Master Yang took out something from it, Lu Mingtong took a closer look, it was the heirloom sword that had triggered many incidents.

Yang Feng, who had been waiting in the back, brought a group of juniors and juniors forward, and knelt down together with Yang Tong.Master Yang closed his eyes and saluted the heirloom sword before carefully handing it over to Yang Tong.

So far, the position of the No.20 third Patriarch of the Yang family is finally held by Yang Tong, the son of the Yang family.

After the dust settled, Lu Mingtong made the last stroke, heaved a sigh of relief, and looked up at the intertwined eyes of the father and son.Regardless of whether Master Yang's decision is right or wrong, from today onwards, Yang Tong's burden is the entire Yang family.

He tidied up the rice paper and handed it to Douya behind him. Lu Douya took it and said, "Young Master, Master Feng and Doctor Duan invited you over. Master Yang has arranged your positions together."

This made him feel a lot better, Lu Mingtong nodded, followed him all the way to behind Feng Ji, saw him sitting there lazily, and said: "Why, haven't you slept enough?"

Feng Ji turned his head and said with a smile: "The wind and cloud made your lord very angry, I will become your punching bag without doing anything."

Duan Heng smiled slightly at the side, Lu Mingtong couldn't hold back, and wanted to ask Duan Heng if he saw Mr. Yang aging, but there were people around, and he was so anxious that he scratched his head.

As if he had practiced mind reading skills, Feng Ji stretched out a hand in front of him, motioning him to write for himself.

Lu Mingtong lowered his head and glanced at his palm, feeling that it was too conspicuous and shameless to make such an action in public, so he stretched out his hand and patted it lightly: "Forget it, let's talk about it when we go back."

Feng Ji smiled and said: "Since this is the case, then don't worry about it anymore, today is a big day for Yang Tong, you are his friend, you should spend it with a smile."

Lu Mingtong nodded, and the two spoke briefly, during which Yang Tong sat beside Master Yang, talking politely and distantly to the people who came to persuade him to drink.

Lu Mingtong pulled Feng Ji's sleeve corner, pointed at Miss Murong over there with his eyes, and said softly: "Look at that girl, isn't she pretty?"

Feng Ji said: "Not as good as you."

"I won't be happy because of this." Lu Mingtong said nastyly: "I heard people say today that Mr. Yang intends to match her and Yang Tong."

Feng Ji laughed and said: "Why are you always so close to these gossips? Yang Tong is not a fool, he has inherited the position of Patriarch now, so it's not easy for Master Yang to force him on some things."

Lu Mingtong looked over and saw that Miss Murong was also brought by his father to offer a toast. Yang Tong's expression was indifferent, as if turning a blind eye to the hazy glint in her eyes.

The two finished their meal hastily, and Master Yang even carefully prepared a performance for the guests, but Lu Mingtong was full of heart to go back and discuss his questions with the two of them, so naturally he didn't want to stay longer, and sneaked out around the crowd.

It's a pity that his plan to go back to the room was still ruined by God. As soon as he left the banquet hall, Lu Mingtong could smell the smell of burnt wood floating in the air. stopped.

That was where Pei Lian lived.