The two capitals are well-deserved political, economic, cultural and military centers in the whole world.

It is precisely because of this that in order to maintain their influence in the current situation, many families had to give up the business strategy of their ancestors who were deeply rooted in the countryside in the early years, and gave up the original rural foundation and settled in Liangjing.

As a famous clan in Hebei, the Qinghe Zhang clan naturally followed the trend, and the clansmen settled in Luo in large numbers. Located on the west side of Changxia Gate in the south of Luoyang City, the two squares of Guide and Shangxian are the main settlements of the Qinghe Zhang clan in Shendu.

On this day, the door of Zhang's mansion in Shangxianfang was wide open, and the guests were full, and since the beginning of the morning, the children of Zhang's family and the house slaves in the house went out to invite guests to enter the house to participate in the banquet and watch the ceremony.

Although the scene was huge, the expressions of the children of the Zhang family were not happy at all, and there was a depressing atmosphere inside and outside the entire mansion. Just because today's so-called family rites are not to marry or marry, but to be married to others.

This kind of thing is not uncommon nowadays, but there are really not many things that are as big as the Qinghe Zhang scene. Everyone understands the truth, because this in itself is not something to boast about.

Whatever the reason, it is not dignified for a large family with a long tradition to even have omissions in the genealogy of the family heirloom.

Despite this, there is still no shortage of people who come to watch the ceremony, and many of them come uninvited, after all, there is a little bit of gloating in people's hearts.

But the relatives and friends invited by the real Zhang family were not very present. After all, those who can maintain friendship with the Zhang family will never be ordinary people, so they are naturally ashamed to show up in this kind of thing.

A child of the Zhang family hurriedly came to the hall, and his expression was gloomy, saying that the invited guest had something at home, and he had no time to come to congratulate him. Hearing this, the faces of several old men of the Zhang family sitting in the hall couldn't help but become even more ugly.

"Shi Siye is a famous old man who moves the government and the opposition, and he has family dealings with my family, if he doesn't come, my family will inevitably be questioned again for poor preparation. So far, I just have to deal with the present. ”

In just two days, Zhang Xungu looked much older, and when he heard his son's reply, his face was gloomy, and he looked at an old man who was older than him in the banquet and said: "There is Brother Lao, you can go and ask again, and tell me a little about my family's difficulties, as long as Shi Siye can help my family tide over the current difficulties, there will be a good reward in the future." ”

After hearing this, the old man's face changed, and after a while, he sighed suddenly: "Okay, there is no hope for old decay, there is no need to give up the plan of children and grandchildren for some face, I will invite Shi Siye!" ”

After speaking, the old man went out of the hall with the help of the slave at home.

Everyone in the hall looked at the old man's trembling back, their expressions were full of sadness and anger, and one of them clenched his fist and slammed it on the wooden case, hatefully saying: "Wang Meichang is not sincere enough to make a living!" It happened to him, but he withdrew and left, leaving my family alone to be rebuked by His Royal Highness King Yong."

Yes, after the people of the Zhang clan learned about the reason, although they also complained about Zhang Xungu, but when things got to this point, what they hated the most was not King Yong and King Lu, but Wang Meichang, who had plotted ahead and abandoned each other halfway.

Hearing the clansmen say this, Zhang Xungu's face showed even more sadness, he saw in the Yongwang Mansion that even if Wang Meichang came to the door in person, he was not taken into the eyes of the Yongwang at all, and even sent only a eunuch and a domestic slave to expel them from the mansion. Even if Wang Meichang is willing to try his best to help his family, I am afraid that he will not be able to withstand the anger of King Yong.

But the truth is such a truth, since that day Wang Meichang has never contacted him again, and he has been turned away from several tens of millions of visits, which also makes Zhang Xungu even more helpless.

In particular, as a temporary camp began to be built near the Changxia Gate outside the fang, there will soon be a sergeant stationed, which makes it even more difficult for the Zhang clan people living in the nearby fangs to sleep and eat.

If his family is not the party who is wronged, he may also hope to win some support in the court, but this matter is their family's fault first, and they rashly publicize the trouble, and King Yong is afraid that he will attack his family more unscrupulously.

In desperation, after two consecutive days of sleepless deliberation, the Zhang family finally made such a decision, agreed to the conditions proposed by the two kings, and obediently sent out their own pedigree, and decided to recognize their relatives today.

After noon, the guests arrived one after another, and at the same time, the children of the Zhang family, who had been waiting outside the workshop, also reported that Zhang Yan had led his people to this journey.

Hearing this news, Zhang Xungu hurriedly led the clansmen out to greet him, but when he saw Zhang Yan and the seven, seven, eighty, and eight clansmen behind him, his face couldn't help but collapse again, and he couldn't help asking: "Two highnesses"

Zhang Yan was detained in King Lu's Mansion for a few days, and he was also terrified to death, but he didn't want to come to Ji Tai and pick up such a big bargain, which was considered a happy event, and he waved his hand with a red face: "His Royal Highness King Yong is going to Shangyang Palace to discuss state affairs today, and His Royal Highness King Lu wants to escort his sister to travel behind." I'm worried about missing the good time, so I'm one step ahead. ”

When the people of the Zhang clan heard this, the negative energy in their bodies inevitably became even stronger. In order to prepare for today's scene, they can be said to have thrown the face of the entire family out for others to trample on, hoping that this could resolve the resentment of the two kings, but they didn't take this matter seriously at all.

But no matter what the mood is, since it has reached this point, the Zhang family can only continue to do it head-on, and welcome Zhang Yan and his party into the house.

At this time, in the Zhang family's hall, the guest seats were also seated, and everyone was curious about what kind of characters were worthy of Qinghe Zhang's putting on such a big battle to recognize their relatives.

But when Zhang Yan and his entourage entered the hall, everyone present was disappointed, and many of the Zhang clan members who looked at the hall already showed obvious ridicule on their faces.

What is the quality of a person, you can see it in words and deeds. If Zhang Yan is quiet, he looks decent, but when Zhang Xungu introduced the guests in the hall to him, once he answered, the essence of his misdemeanor and rudeness was fully revealed.

As for the other clansmen, their performance is even more unbearable, some are timid, some are looking around, and all kinds of shallow gaffes are unbearable.

The performance of Zhang Yan and others is also normal, their family is not from a high background, and the only friendship that can be boasted of is Zhang Liangyuan. And to be honest, this family affair didn't bring much to his family, but he had to hide because of this, and his basic life was greatly disturbed.

It is only in recent years that the young king has left the cabinet, the family's situation has improved, and he was summoned to Luoyang, the capital of the gods, and received a manor rewarded by King Lu.

To be honest, if it weren't for Zhang Xungu taking the initiative to let people contact, Zhang Yan really wouldn't have dreamed that he would have such an encounter in his own family, which is really beyond his past cognition. But Lu Jinglian, who was in charge of contacting him, said conclusively, coupled with Zhang Xungu's personal promise, made him feel that this matter was promising.

Now that the wish is about to be fulfilled, although the method is different from the original idea, the effect is much better than what was thought before, and Zhang Yan naturally has no reason to be unhappy.

After entering the hall of Zhang's house, Zhang Yan was not in the mood to get to know the guests in the hall anymore, and after patiently listening to Zhang Xungu's introduction of a few people, he couldn't help urging: "You can't delay when it's good, it's better to pay tribute to your ancestors first, and then return to the hall to entertain guests." ”

Zhang Xungu and the others were also urged to have no choice, so they could only stay here with some branch clansmen and doormen to entertain guests, and some of their direct clansmen led Zhang Yan and others to the ancestral hall.

Originally, according to the original arrangement of the Zhang family, the representatives of relatives and friends who had wasted a lot of effort before also went to the ancestral hall to watch the ceremony, but seeing that the people of the Zhang family were so unbearable, those relatives and friends who were reluctant to attend also felt offended at this time, and they did not want to fall with the Zhang family, so they all sat motionless in the seat.

In this regard, Zhang Xungu and others are no longer demanding. The reason why his family invited these guests was to give an explanation to the two highnesses, and now that the two kings were not present, there was no need to plead with these people to attend the ceremony.

"Where did Zhang Shaoqing visit this family? This is the Zhang family's relatives who are outcast? ”

When Zhang Xungu and his entourage left, the guests in the hall were no longer afraid and began to discuss, and they did not hide their ridicule of Qinghe Zhang's family in their words.

In fact, many of these guests are also from poor backgrounds, not necessarily because they look down on Zhang Yan and others, but Qinghe Zhang's flaunts the family style of famous families, but they end up arguing with such people, which will inevitably make people look down on the style of the family, and they are really not worthy of the usual noble attitude.

It didn't take long for someone to tell the identity of Zhang Yan and the others, and learned that this Zhang Yan was a member of the mother clan of King Lu, and the guests present understood the reason why the Qinghe Zhang family did this. But even so, the Zhang family is so shameless and unashamed, and the appearance of this trend is too ugly.

But because the matter involved King Lu, the guests in the hall did not dare to ridicule and criticize without scruples, but they couldn't help but despise Qinghe Zhang's family even more in their hearts. It's just the mother of King Lu, and she has to lower her figure like this, which is really nameless.

Since the two kings did not attend the ceremony, Zhang's family ceremony did not last too long, it was nothing more than to copy the family tree brought by Zhang Yan in the Qinghe Zhang family genealogy, and each of them saluted after the eldest and youngest.

The most embarrassing thing is to enshrine the spiritual seat of Zhang Liangyuan's father into the ancestral hall and place it next to the spiritual seat of their ancestor Zhang Yanzhi, and then the elders of the Zhang family led by Zhang Xungu will hold a junior salute to Zhang Yan.

Although it is said that the priest can be killed, but after this week, Zhang Xungu and the others were just glad that there were not too many outsiders present, so that the scene of their Zhang family's loss of dignity spread.

After enduring this most embarrassing scene, the feelings of the people present in the Zhang clan were also different. Some people are mournful, some are stunned, but there are also people who secretly rejoice.

Now that their family is also involved with the second king, it is reasonable that the two highnesses will not continue to embarrass his family. And it is also an indisputable fact that the two kings are powerful at the moment, and their Zhang family is posted at this time, not only can they avoid the disaster of breaking the family in front of them, but they may also be able to share some power.

Not to mention anything else, since King Lu is so attentive to raising the family affairs for his mother's family, it can be seen that it must be deeply affectionate. Even if they don't take care of their Zhang family directly, they shouldn't treat Zhang Yan's uncle badly, and it is logical that their Zhang family can take advantage of the situation.

When the group returned to the middle hall, another servant came to tell him that King Lu had escorted his mother into the workshop, Zhang Xungu and others naturally did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly led their own children to meet them.