On the second day, Dongluo and the three beasts rubbed their eyes and yawned and walked out of the door of an inn, an inn naturally would not be called an inn like a tavern before Dongluo. But unfortunately, he still hasn't remembered the name of this inn after staying overnight.

I found a kind old mother on the street and asked the road clearly, so I walked to the Chengkan District of Luoyang, all the way through the streets and alleys to ask for directions and then ask for directions, and finally at noon, I saw two big locust trees.

There is a quiet street and alley between the two big locust trees, wide and narrow can pass the carriage, but it does not seem to be extravagant, I don't know what is the house of the family on both sides of the street, there is no sound, many towering trees stretch out from the courtyard wall, put on the top of the heads of three or two pedestrians, cover the clear light of spring, sprinkle a shade.

In the middle of the alley, there are two mansions standing opposite each other. The stone lion standing next to the stairs on the right hand side is exceptionally clean, there is no conspicuous dust and fallen leaves on it, the Zhu door is closed, and the copper ring is silent.

The one on the left hand side seemed to be much more decayed, the patent leather on the door was peeling off, and the two seals were weakly floating in the wind, and the stone lion was left with only one, and the other did not know where it had been moved, even if the remaining one was broken, missing ears and claws, and deep dirt, it seemed that no one had cleaned it for a long time.

Dongluo's gaze went back and forth on the Zhu Men of the two mansions, his mood at the moment was gloomy, complicated and low, and he didn't know why, he suddenly felt that the wind in the alley was a little cold. He hurriedly wrapped the shabby jacket on his body.

The name of the house on the right-hand side, Chen Mansion. The name of the house on the left-hand side, Han Wangfu.

Chen is Chen Baxian's Chen, but Chen's Mansion is not Chen Baxian's Chen's Mansion.

When he walked through the gate of the Han Palace, the gloom in Dongluo's eyes flashed, and he could no longer see any unusual emotions on his face, he did not stop, and even his footsteps did not become a little slow, he still walked as usual, so the big black with the two blacks and three blacks on his back had to follow as usual.

One person and three beasts walked calmly through the long alley, walking between the Zhumen and the broken door, looking for the ordinary, just like the most ordinary tourists from the countryside who strayed into a street and alley in Luoyang City in spring.

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The squeak, as if the old doors and windows had been re-impregnated by time, instantly attracted the attention of everyone in the seventh lane of the 43rd Street in Kan District.

The first squeak was like a clear sound, and the next squeak was more like the long, dull murmur of a man who had been sick in bed for a long time.

The middle door of Chen's Mansion slowly opened with a creak.

A group of attendants quickly rushed out of the middle gate of Chen's mansion and began to clear the streets, and the fallen leaves and dust all over the ground were swept clean. A red carpet was laid out from the Chen Mansion, stretching from the front of the Chen Mansion to the far and far alley.

"This middle door is extremely exquisite, it is not something that can be opened casually, and only people who are highly valued by a family are qualified to go through the middle door. I don't know what kind of person makes the Chen family attach so much importance to it, and even the middle door that has not been opened for many years has been opened. ”

"Yes! I remember that the last time I opened it, it was for Hanwang Chen Ba to open it first. At that time, it was said that there were many battles than that. ”

In a restaurant at the corner of the alley, Dongluo sat on a small table in the corner with the three beasts, quietly eating small dishes and drinking gruel, but listening to the idle chatter of those old neighbors. For these old households who have lived in the neighborhood for decades or even several lifetimes, the most worthy thing for them to talk about is naturally the matter of the old sesame seeds and rotten grains in the high-ranking households. Everyone is like a witness to the big and small things in the deep-walled compound, and it is not too tired to talk about these things every day, but it is also in line with Dongluo's heart.

"To say that this Chen Baxian is really amazing! The Chen clan back then was just a small and weak clan in this Luoyang City. However, this Chen Baxian took a side line and single-handedly brought the Chen family to today's height, and became one of the eight kings of the Great Zhou Dynasty. ”

"Don't say it, this Chen Baxian is really a genius, and no one in the older generation in Kan District doesn't know his story. But the last time the Chen family opened the middle door, there was something strange and a bit of a story. ”

After a middle-aged man saw that he attracted the attention of the people at the same table and even a few people in the small restaurant, he slowly took a sip of tea, like the storyteller in the big restaurant After arousing everyone's appetite, he whispered and said mysteriously: "It is said that the middle door was not opened by the Chen family, but kicked open by Chen Ba first." But he kicked the door open, but he didn't go in. ”

"Kicked open? Didn't the Chen clan have today's glory created by him Chen Baxian? Why did he kick the middle door of the Chen clan, this is tantamount to slapping the Chen clan in the face! And why did he kick it open and not enter?" The middle-aged man at the table asked puzzled.

The middle-aged man mocked: "Full of warmth and lust*, this sentence will not be wrong at any time." After some people of the Chen clan have been poor and rich for a long time, the villain's face has been revealed. I started to have some ideas about rights that I shouldn't have. Chen Ba came out of the side line first, how could some people in the original lineage who were active in the family watch their power in the family fall, not to mention that the power of the Chen family in Luoyang City and even the entire Great Zhou Dynasty at that time was enough to breed their ambition to the extent that it was not too much to do anything. ”

"The seeds of desire are planted, and germination is only a matter of opportunity. The middle-aged man took a sip of wine, smacked his lips, sneered, and waved his hands to the north of Chang'an City: "Do you still remember when Your Majesty ordered the founding of the Hundred Tribes? Chen Ba first established the state of Chen, and Yang Jian established the state of Yang. On the battlefield, Yang Guo was not Chen Guo's opponent, and Yang Ling, the brother of Yang Jian, who stayed in Luoyang City, had a crooked mind. The people of the Chen clan, who secretly colluded with the active minds in Luoyang, deliberately stumbled Chen Baxian, causing him to run away in Chen Guo and Luoyang. It was impossible to take care of the two places, and the Chen Kingdom, which had just been built, was naturally dragged down. ”

The middle-aged man shook his head and sighed: "With Chen Baxian's intelligence, how could he not know the conspiracy, but he is too affectionate." In the end, he didn't do anything to the white-eyed wolves of the Chen clan, but just kicked and smashed the middle gate of the Chen clan, and after standing at the door for a day and a night, he turned around and went to the Yang clan. Start killing from the door and kill all the way to the ancestral land. In the end, it was His Majesty who came forward to save the Yang family, and after this battle, the Yang family was also greatly injured. And Chen Baxian was sent to the frontier by His Majesty in anger and will never be recalled. It's been more than 60 years. ”

"Your Majesty......"

The people drinking at the table glanced at each other, showing a smile in their hearts, the entire Great Zhou people knew that the Great Zhou Empire had a great emperor, who had appointed honest officials since the founding of the country, restrained the cultivators, and made the people live and work in peace and contentment.

The people's demand is simple, that is, to be well fed. As long as you have food to eat and drink wine, you don't have to worry about being killed by the rebel army from nowhere and being humiliated by the cultivators. And these, the Great Zhou Emperor gave them, and everyone naturally supported such an emperor.

"If someone else dared to exterminate the clan in Luoyang, His Majesty would have killed him a long time ago. But this Han king not only survived, but also lived well. It is said that His Majesty had a friendship with Chen Ba, the king of Han. Although he exiled Chen Baxian, he sent Taifu to protect Chen Baxian's Chen State. He also issued an edict ordering the Chen and Yang clans not to touch the Chen State lightly, and those who violated the clan were exterminated. It's just a rumor that Chen Ba died not long ago, and I don't know what will happen to Chen Guo next. ”

"Alas! What else can it be, naturally the Chen and Yang clans are divided and eaten! It's just a pity that a generation of heroes Chen Baxian has been eaten! Retribution! The life of the Chen clan is not much better now! Is the Chen clan still worthy of being called the Chen clan without the Han King Chen Baxian?"

Everyone at the wine table sighed and sighed, and Dongluo gently plucked the appetizers on the plate in the corner, listening silently. He had no impression of the Great Zhou Emperor, nor did he have the slightest impression of the Chen and Yang clans. He even once wondered if the high-spirited Chen Baxian they were talking about was the old man he knew who was dressed in a sheepskin fur, sometimes drunk and sometimes sober, and relied on Li Mu to help.

But his intuition told him. The Chen Baxian they are talking about is the Chen Baxian he knows. Although he had never heard of these stories, the truth of them became obscured over time. But there is a story about him, and he doesn't want to miss it at all.

"Compared with Chen Baxian, Li Mu, the general of Da Zhou Fei, is a bit miserable. Li Mu was originally a general of Peking University in the Great Zhou Kingdom, and later met the exiled Chen Baxian and became brothers. Reputedly...... For his sake, he even escaped from his big marriage to the daughter of the previous patriarch of the Snow Clan. Now that the Great Zhou Kingdom is full of wolves, it is difficult to predict whether Li Mu will live or die. ”

The old man picked up the tip of the chopsticks and poked the salted egg in the plate, took a sip of cheap rice wine with that taste, and sighed: "You don't know, I happened to be there that day." Only the last ceremony was missing, and the big wedding was done, but as soon as he heard that Chen Ba was in danger first, he didn't even care about the big wedding, so he took off his dress directly, and went to the battlefield in his battle robe. ”

"I don't want to speak for this kind of person who abandons his wife, but sometimes things in this world are really unpleasant to think about and ponder, one side is his fiancée, and the other side is his good brother. Before your brother's life and death, will you choose to go after the marriage? If it were me, I might choose like him! But why didn't he go to the Snow Clan to explain the situation?"

The old man put down his wine glass, subconsciously looked around the restaurant, looked at the Chen clan attendants who were driving pedestrians on the street outside the door, and said in a low voice: "After all, there is still no good thing in this Chen clan! I don't know if they will think of the person who took them from Weiwei now, was exiled by their own hands, and is now lying in the dirt of unknown places, if they think about it, what kind of feeling will it be in their hearts." ”

"Time is really cruel and merciless! more ruthless than people. I think, except for us idlers, no one in this Luoyang should think of him anymore!"

The chopsticks tip dipped in the egg yolk on the wine, although it was slow but it would still be eaten, and the Luoyang idlers at the wine table drank up the share of yellow sprinkles stipulated by the fierce wife at home, and then ended the chatter and said goodbye with a smile.

There were a lot of people coming and going in the restaurant, some were smiling and saying goodbye, and some were picking a place to sit down in the hustle and bustle, and continued to chatter without a match.

The pedestrians on Lane 7 of Forty-third Street in Kan District have long been emptied by the people of Chen's house.

When the sunset is about to sink in the west, the golden afterglow warmly illuminates every quaint but heavy alley in Luoyang City. Gently hit the tired or lazy Da Zhou people.

An old man with a gossip map stepped on the red carpet and slowly appeared in an uninhabited alley. Step by step, I walked forward slowly. Walked all the way to a mansion with a wide open door.

Turning his head, he looked at the dilapidated mansion behind him, and the plaque on which the red paint of the Han Wangfu had already fallen off had been peeled off for a long time.

Then, ignoring the strange eyes of the people who came to greet him, he bypassed the middle gate and entered the Chen Mansion from the side door.

This person is Yi Tianji, the national teacher of the Great Zhou Kingdom.