Tibet

Chapter 308 Not a VIP
There was a row of tables in front of the gate of the garden house, the fourth son Dugujue was in charge of welcoming the guests, and several Dugu children led the servants to direct the carriage to stop.

There are five or six staff members sitting behind the desk who are responsible for registering the guest information and registering the gift list.

In addition, there are sixteen burly and tall warriors lined up against the wall. They are responsible for maintaining order and preventing people from coming to make trouble. It can be seen that the Dugu family has thoughtful and well-organized arrangements.

It was the peak time for guests to arrive at this time, and carriages came from the city and stopped in front of the gate. The guests got out of the carriages, almost all of them were high-ranking officials of the imperial court, with their wives, daughters and sons.

One invitation card can bring three family members, the wife must bring it, and the children each bring one person. This kind of opportunity is rare. Let the son increase contacts and let the daughter meet someone he likes, and maybe a marriage will also be achieved.

This seems to be the thinking of most of the guests, almost all of them are a family of four, a capable and shrewd husband with a graceful and luxurious wife, a handsome son and a pretty daughter.

"Welcome! Welcome! I haven't seen Shilang Yu for a long time. I heard that Shilang Yu is going to be promoted. Congratulations!"

"Where! It's all rumors, it can't be true. This is my wife, Mrs. Dou, and these two are the dog and the little girl. I saw you when I was alone!"

"Yes! I met them ten years ago, when they were children, and they have grown up in no time. They have both sons and daughters. Minister Yu is so lucky!"

Dugujue is currently serving as the governor of Tongzhou, and previously served as the Shaoqing of Taichang Temple, and he is very familiar with the high officials and dignitaries of the court.

Dugujue received guests thoughtfully and warmly, and was eloquent, but there were too many guests, and he couldn't accommodate everyone. He mainly received high-ranking officials, like the Yu Qian in front of him, but the left servant of the Ministry of Rites, the son-in-law of Xu Guogong Dou Ci, who holds real power, Of course he will receive it in person.

"Please, Shilang Yu, Qilang, take Yu Shilang's family to Hall No. [-] to rest!"

A shrewd young man hurried forward to salute, and respectfully invited Yu Shilang's family into the mansion.

At this time, Dugujue saw a tall and strong young man who was registering. He seemed to be coming alone. He was about to go up to inquire, when a disciple came to report, "Fourth Master, Chen Xiangguo is here!"

It was Zuo Xiangguo Chen Xilie who came, Dugujue didn't dare to neglect him, and didn't bother to ask the tall young man, so he hurried up to meet him.

The tall young man is naturally Li Ye. He wears a royal blue satin gown, a leather belt around his waist, and a gauze hat. In fact, most of the guests are dressed in this way. Fine linen is the clothing of ordinary civilians, and the coachmen and the like all wear fine linen and black clothes.

As a guest, it is the minimum etiquette to wear a decent satin gown, and it is also a respect for the host. Generally, older men wear dark satin shirts, while young people mainly wear white with gold flowers embroidered on them. Just polite and pleasant.

Li Ye looked a little old in a royal blue satin gown, but he was tall and straight, and he had a temperament in everything he wore.

Of course, Li Ye didn't expect Dugujue to exchange pleasantries with him. He was holding a light blue invitation card. Generally, the purple invitation card is above the third rank, the dark red invitation card is above the fifth rank, and the light red invitation card is below the fifth rank. There is a light blue invitation card, which means a celebrity, such as Wang Yuanbao got this kind of invitation card. Of course, being invited by the Dugu family to attend the birthday banquet is a great honor in itself.

Generally, the guests holding the light red and light blue invitation cards are very self-conscious, and directly register and enter the mansion, don't expect to be warmly received like Yu Qian just now.

The invitation card in Li Ye's hand is for Lie Feng. If Lie Feng himself came, it would definitely be a purple invitation card, but Lie Feng is in retreat, and the Dugu family also knows that it must be Lie Feng's apprentice who came, so he Used light blue invitations.

However, the staff in charge of registration didn't care about this. They registered the invitation number, and Li Ye took a pen and wrote his identity and name under the number, General Yunhui, Li Ye.

He handed over a flat and elongated gift box together, "This is my birthday gift to the old birthday star, a string of Buddhist beads."

The next few guests all went 'poof! Laughing out loud, actually giving Buddhist beads to Dugu's family, can you get it?
The few staff members were veterans, seeing that this young man was actually General Yunhui, he was a third-rank military officer!And it still represents Liefeng.

They hurriedly said: "It is enough for the general to have this kind of intention, please come in!"

Li Ye also felt a little bit regretful, although the string of Buddhist beads he gave belonged to an eminent monk, they didn't know it!And have they heard of Guru Rinpoche?
There was no other way, the other party had already accepted the gift, so Li Ye had no choice but to bow his hands and walk into the garden house.

Several staff members discussed it, and felt that they should tell the master, one staff member got up and walked towards Dugujue.

At this moment, Dugujue had already sent Chen Xilie into the mansion. Just as he came out, the staff stepped forward and said, "Third Master, I have something to report."

"what's up?"

"A very tall young man just registered"

"I saw him just now, what happened to him?"

"His registered official position is General Yunhui!"

Dugujue was taken aback immediately, General Yunhui was from the third rank, he should know all the senior military officials in the court himself!That young man is quite young, he seems to be under 20 years old, how could he be General Yunhui?
"What's his name?"

"It's called Li Ye!"

Dugujue is the governor of Tongzhou, he just came back from Tongzhou, he really didn't know Li Ye.

He frowned, and waved to his nephew Dugu Jinyang, "Sanlang, come here!"

Lonely Jinyang walked forward quickly, "What does Fourth Uncle want from me?"

"Let me ask you, who is Li Ye?"

Lonely Jinyang was startled, "Li Ye! His official position is General Yunhui?"

"Exactly!"

Lonely Jinyang said with a smile: "He is a very famous new young general in the imperial court recently. He has made great achievements in fighting Dashi in the Western Regions. The emperor named him the governor of Hezhong, General Yunhui, and Duke of Gaochang County. It is said that he almost became the king of the county. "

Dugujue was even more surprised, he was actually the Second Rank Founding Duke, with a higher title than himself, and he was just an earl.

"Is he a son of the clan?" Dugujue asked again.

Lonely Jinyang smiled and said: "He is the grandson of Li Linfu, he can barely be regarded as the first grandson!"

Dugujue suddenly realized that he was Li Linfu's grandson, and his background was strong enough.

He suddenly frowned, "Why did he take the light blue invitation card, did he make a mistake?"

The staff quickly explained: "He took Lie Feng's invitation card!"

Lonely Jinyang nodded with a smile, "That's right, this kid has a deep relationship with Feilong and Liefeng. I heard that Liefeng is in retreat, and it's normal for him to represent Liefeng. I guess Suzaku gave him the invitation."

Dugujue felt very inappropriate and disrespectful, the majestic second-rank Duke actually gave a blue invitation card, and later his seat would be among the ordinary guests, let others know, and they would say that the Dugu family was neglecting the guests.

"Third Lord, this is a congratulatory gift from him!" The staff also handed the brocade box to Dugujue.

Dugujue opened the gift box, inside was a string of Buddhist beads, extremely blue, with three white spots on each bead, evenly distributed, very much like three eyes.

Although Dugujue doesn't know the origin of this string of Buddha beads, he knows the goods. This is the top lapis lazuli, one of the seven treasures of Buddhism, and there are three white spots, which are probably the legendary three-eyed lapis lazuli. It seems that Daci Temple also enshrines a string , the object of Master Xuanzang.

He hurriedly said to Dugu Jinyang: "This is not an ordinary gift, you show the prayer beads to the old lady, and then you find this General Li and transfer his seat to the second level, we must not be rude. "

Lonely Jinyang nodded, "I'll go right away!"

Lonely Jinyang hurried into the mansion with the box.

(End of this chapter)