Guangling, the military marshal's mansion of Beifu.

In the past, people came and went, a military atmosphere of this handsome house, today is a lantern, a joy, a few days ago the heavy snow has stopped, after the snow Guangling City, a piece of silver, which makes the silk and satin inside and outside the house, adding a little color, today running back and forth, is no longer those in armor sergeants, or green clothes and small hats of the scribes, but replaced by a green dress of the Xie family servants, and red and green Xie family maids, they hold various fruit bowls in their hands, there are candied fruits in them, Everyone's faces were filled with smiles, and the tense atmosphere of the great enemy's pressure was not visible at all today.

Liu Yu and Liu Muzhi changed into a silk casual clothes, which was specially approved by the quartermaster, although the two of them are not high-class scholars, and there is no silk and satin to wear, but today is the Xie family's Wuyi meeting, dressed too shabby, obviously out of place, Liu Yu, a mighty man with five big and three thick, has never worn such good clothes in his life, at first glance, it looks like Zhang Fei wearing an official robe, it looks so discordant.

And Liu Muzhi, who is dressed in a blue dress, is different, people rely on clothes and makeup, although he is not wearing satin, but the literati temperament full of economy is undoubted, today Liu Muzhi also specially applied some powder to his face, and the hair towel also used the purple silk cloth scarf given by the old man when he married, holding a small feather window in his hand, at a glance, there is really a bit of Zhuge Liang's demeanor.

Liu Yu stood beside Liu Muzhi, looking at the distinguished guests who came to the door to sign in like a flowing price, while Xie Xuan, Xie Yan and others took a few children and nephews, and kept greeting the officials, Liu Yu smiled bitterly: "Fatty, you said that today's grand event is all the children of the Gaomen family, like the Xi family, the Yu family, the Wen family, and the children and nephews of the Liu family, is it really appropriate for us to come here?" ”

Liu Muzhi smiled slightly: "What's inappropriate?" It was Xie Xianggong who invited us, if he didn't even think that there was anything wrong with him, why should we feel inferior. You must know that the difference between high and low is first of all the superiority of people's hearts, and you don't value yourself yourself, so how can you expect others to value it? What they have, you will have, and what you have, they will not have! ”

Liu Yu's heart suddenly became much more comfortable and comfortable, and he smiled: "You dead fat man can still speak, I love to listen!" ”

As he was talking, he only heard a familiar voice from the door: "Liu Yu, long time no see!" ”

Liu Yu's heart moved, and he looked at the voice, only to see that "Yang Linzi" was wearing a white shirt, wide robe and large sleeves, and a high white jade crown scarf, just like the fairy when he first saw him, looking at himself with a smile.

Liu Yu hurriedly stepped forward and saluted: "The juniors have seen Senior Yang. ”

"Yang Linzi" smiled and waved his hand: "You still call me Senior Yang, it seems that my old friend has not disclosed my identity, Youdu, this is yours." ”

Xie Xuan, who was standing on the side, smiled slightly: "It's better to tell your identity yourself." ”

"Yang Linzi" nodded, looked at Liu Yu, and said: "My surname is Wang, my name is Gong, the word Xiaobo, and the small character A-Ning, but after the Taiyuan Wang family, Situ Zuo Changshi, Wang Gong Zhimeng is my eldest father, Huiji Internal History, Wang Gongyun is the father, and my sister Wang Fahui is the current queen." I am now living in the secretary, and I am about to transfer to the Chinese scholar, you can call me Wang Zhongshu in the future. ”

Liu Yu has been prepared in his heart, although he doesn't know Wang Gong's specific identity, but his relationship with Xie Xuan has long proved that he is a first-class son of a family, and this is not too surprising, but his identity as the uncle of the dynasty is still greater than his family background, Liu Yu nodded, and said: "I have seen Wang Zhongshu." ”

Liu Muzhi on the side also saluted, they were all bowed, neither humble nor arrogant, it was completely the etiquette of a scholar who made friends on an equal footing, this was agreed between Liu Muzhi and Liu Yu before, no matter how noble the wealthy family he saw, he came to participate in this black clothes meeting today, he must make friends on an equal footing, and he must not be dwarved.

Wang Gong was about to return the salute with a smile, but a cold voice came from the side: "Uncle Xiao, you are the noble descendant of the Taiyuan Wang family, how can you lose the bearing of the family in front of the descendants?" ”

As soon as these words came out, the people around who were laughing stopped talking and looked here, and the atmosphere suddenly became very tense, just like at the Jiang family's wedding banquet that day.

Liu Yu and Liu Muzhi had long expected such a thing to happen, their expressions were calm, and they looked at the person who spoke out, only to see a forty-two or thirteen-year-old scribe in Tsing Yi, with an ugly appearance, big and small eyes, high and low eyebrows, wrinkles all over his face, but his nose was disproportionately large, like a leper dog in later generations.

Liu Muzhi's expression was calm, he looked at the person who came, and he didn't salute, and said indifferently: "I don't know which branch of the Taiyuan Wang clan Your Excellency is?" Could it be the brother of the current Shangshu Zuo Servant Shooting Wang Guobao? ”

No one looked at Liu Mu, and one of his attendants said loudly: "Bold, blind your dog's eyes, don't you even know my master, after the Taiyuan Wang family, the hussar Changshi?" ”

Wang Gong's brows furrowed, he took two steps forward, walked to the person who came, and said softly: "Yuanda, today is the Xie family's Wuyi meeting, so it's not good." ”

The person who came was the big corrupt official who was in power at the moment, the younger brother of the Taiyuan Wang family, and the current hussar chief Shi Wang Chen. This person has always been good friends with Wang Gong, like brothers, and today he was also invited to represent the Wang family to participate in the Xie family's Wuyi meeting, but he has always looked down on inferior scholars like Liu Yu, and today when he saw Wang Gong arguing with his peers, he immediately became furious, and even humiliated him in public.

Wang Chen said coldly: "Youdu, today is an internal gathering of the Gaomen family, how can these two people also get in?" Even if Xianggong Xie invited them, but we, the sons of the upper family, should also respect our own identity, these two people have no etiquette at all, and they actually treat you with this kind of etiquette, if this is in our Wang family, just rush this point, you can drive them out! ”

Liu Yu said indifferently: "Wang Changshi, I have an old relationship with Wang Zhongshu, when he visited Jingkou privately that day, he had already made a year-old friendship with me and was commensurate with his peers, if I didn't follow his wishes, it would be disrespectful to him." However, you, as a member of a high-ranking family, openly humiliated the guests at a gathering at someone else's house, and if you want to say that it is not in accordance with the etiquette law, you are not in courtesy. At least I, the Jingkou villager, know that respecting guests means respecting the host! ”