Pei Yan is the head of the new generation of the Pei family, in his forties, when he was in the prime of life, he was obviously dissatisfied with the ranking of the four wealthy families of "Du Pei Jia Zhao", and when he saw the trembling old lady Du from a distance, a disdainful smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

The Pei family and the Du family are both leaders in the Chang'an family, and the strength and status of the two families are basically equal, but the Du family is slightly better than the Pei family, so all along, the Du family ranks first among the Chang'an family, and the Pei family is second.

This kind of ranking has not changed since the Eastern Han Dynasty, and the position of the Du family at the top of the list has always been replaced by no other family.

Since Pei Yan became the head of the family, he has always been obsessed with this kind of ranking, the old guy of the Du family is about to die, and he is still holding on to the power and not letting go, is it possible that he can still bring the power of the family to the coffin?

If the strength of the Pei family is too far away from the Du family, Pei Yan will not think about it, but the problem is that compared with the Pei family and the Du family, the gap is just a little bit, and even in some aspects, the Pei family can already surpass the Du family, the only thing lacking is the heritage.

Compared with the hundreds of years of foundation of the Du family, the rising star Pei family is indeed lacking a little bit of heritage, and the family gate valve sometimes looks not only at strength, but also at prestige.

The Du family in terms of prestige, is indeed not generally profound, the old lady Du in the late Eastern Han Dynasty served as a guard, experienced the late Han Dynasty turmoil, the vicissitudes of wind and rain, the Du family is a solid position,

In order to compete with the Du family and redefine the ranking of the Chang'an family, Pei Yan and Guo Huai, the assassin of Yongzhou, got very close, thus gaining a lot of benefits, and faintly wanted to surpass the Du family and replace it.

"Old lady Du, you are so old, you still want to come to the Governor's Mansion in person? Why not hand over the power in your hands to the younger generations and let them dispose of it. Pei Yepi said with a smile.

Old lady Du glanced at Pei Yan and said lightly: "It's not necessarily a good thing for young people to be too sharp, although the old man is old, but in the family, there is no plastic talent, and it is because the old man has more responsibility." If the Du family can have a rising star like the Pei family's virtuous nephew, it is good to worry about the old age. ”

Pei Yan was unhurriedly hit a soft nail, and said with a smile: "What you said is very true, old lady, you have eaten more salt than they have eaten, you have walked across the bridge longer than they have walked, you are the backbone of the Chang'an family!" ”

Old Lady Du ignored Pei Yan's ridicule, and said with an indifferent smile: "The old man has lived for such a long time, and he is indeed weathered, maybe he doesn't have the sharpness of your young people, but he still has a little experience." ”

The heads of several surrounding families complimented Old Lady Du one after another: "Old Lady Du, you are Mount Tai Beidou, the great families in Chang'an City, only you are the first to look forward." ”

Pei Yan was slightly displeased, but on this occasion, he was not good at attacking, so he silently wrote down these families who patted the Du family's sycophants, and when they had the opportunity in the future, they had to give them small shoes to wear.

The heads of the Jia family and the Zhao family leaned over to Pei Yan and asked in a low voice: "Brother Pei has a good relationship with Guo Tingshi, so can't you reveal the inside story of this banquet in the Governor's Mansion?" ”

Pei Yan shook his head gently, it was not that he deliberately concealed it, but that he really didn't know, today he also deliberately inquired about Guo Huai in private, but Guo Huai said that he didn't know that the banquet in the Governor's Mansion was very sudden, Guo Huai and they also received a notice temporarily, as for the inside story, they were also confused.

However, it is certain that this time the Governor's Mansion feasted on the family, and the matter of grain and grass is inseparable, in the past two months, Xiahou Xuan has hardly done anything else, except for raising grain and grass or raising grain and grass, and the results are not good, so far, there is still a long way to go from the goal of 500,000 Hu military rations.

Therefore, Guo Huai reminded Pei Yan to pay close attention to Xiahou Xuan's movements, this banquet, it is estimated that eight or nine times out of ten it is inseparable from grain and grass, and now Xiahou Xuan has nothing to do, I am afraid that he will use a knife against the family in Guanzhong.

Pei Yan obeyed Guo Huai's words, secretly remembered it in his heart, and made all preparations.

Guo Huai secretly sneered, Xiahou Xuan has now reached the point where the dog is in a hurry to jump over the wall, he can't get grain and grass from official channels, and he actually moved the mind of collecting grain from the family, which is simply crazy.

What is the Shijia family, that is the foundation of the Wei court, once it angers the public, the consequences are unimaginable, it seems that Xiahou Xuan and Cao Liang have gone further and further on the road of death.

Xiahou Xuan's invitation was not only sent to the wealthy families in Guanzhong, but all the officials also had a copy, so this banquet was huge in scale and unprecedented.

However, after entering the banquet, everyone found that the banquet in the Governor's Mansion was so simple, just one dish and one meal, and the wine was even more ordinary turbid wine, which was completely unexpected by everyone.

For those who are accustomed to the life of brocade clothes and jade food, in the face of such coarse tea and light rice, there are faint complaints, you know, they usually don't look at such food, except for feeding dogs, only the most humble people will eat, Xiahou Xuan actually entertained everyone with such food, how can it be that there is no one in sight!

However, most people dare to be angry and dare not speak, after all, Xiahou Xuan's identity and status are there, and if he openly opposes it, he really can't get off the stage.

Fortunately, it's just a meal, no matter how bad the food is, they don't have to worry too much, if they don't want to eat, they don't have to move chopsticks, and they won't be hungry if they eat one less meal.

Many heads of the family put more attention to the content of the banquet.

It is too shabby for a dignified Yongliang Governor to fall to such a point! Obviously, Xiahou Xuan did this deliberately, and his real purpose was probably to ask for food from the Guanzhong families.

It's not that the major families of grain are absent, but if Xiahou Xuan relies on the method of coercion by power to let the families come up with grain and grass, everyone will definitely be unwilling.

So, many heads of the family stopped throwing their cups and watched coldly, waiting for the main lord to appear.

Finally, Xiahou Xuan, the governor of Yongliang, the general of Zhengxi, appeared under the expectant gaze of everyone, and he slowly walked into the scene accompanied by Cao Liang, Yanghu, Du Pre, Ren Lan and others.

At this time, the audience was silent, everyone's eyes were projected on Xiahou Xuan's body, and the atmosphere of the entire banquet hall was extremely solemn.

PS: Sorry, it's a little late today, and the next chapter correction will be even later, so let's read it again tomorrow morning.