With the gift given by Feng Zhong, Xiang Bo and Han Liang made a special trip to send it from Xiapi for the New Year, plus there was still one of the two fine silk horses sent by Yu Gong, and the Xiang family, who was once stretched to the extreme, had no problem having a good New Year, and the two uncles who were worried about two meals a day and firewood, rice, oil, and salt smiled and frowned, and the condition of the third uncle and aunt soon improved greatly, and it was no longer a problem to recover before the year.

Only the Xiang brothers still had no heart and lungs, and just confirmed that Feng Zhong took the initiative to withdraw the people who were monitoring his family, and he didn't leave any eyeliner to deliberately stare at his own house, the Xiang brothers wanted to take Xiang Kang out to wander around again, Xiang Guan and Xiang Han and other foodies didn't wait for the New Year to coax to kill the sheep and drink, and gave Feng Zhong to his own sheep to slaughter and beat his teeth.

Traveling east and west to visit Xiang Kang to accompany him, but the act of killing the sheep was insisted on being stopped by Xiang Kang - there is only less than half a month left before the New Year, Xiang Kang does not want to eat chaff vegetables on the first Chinese New Year's Eve after coming to this era, plus the two uncles also firmly support Xiang Kang, so the sheep sent by Feng Zhong was able to temporarily save his life, and the Xiang brothers had to drool while wandering around in groups, continuing to live the previous idle life. (The Qin Dynasty celebrated the New Year on the first day of October.) ）

Xiang Kang, who was forced to participate in it, of course knew that it was not a way to continue like this, but Xiang Kang didn't know how to change this situation - he couldn't tell the children of the Xiang family right now that there would soon be a rebellion with a surname Chen and a person surnamed Wu, and Xiang Liang and Xiang Yu would also raise troops in Jiangdong to respond, and tell the children of the Xiang family to hurry up and prepare for the rebellion now, waiting for the army to respond, right? Therefore, Xiang Kang had no choice but to hold the attitude of taking one step at a time, accompanying the children of the Xiang family to travel around every day, bragging about the mountains, and commenting on what he saw and heard in the countryside.

On September 25, there are only five days left before the New Year, and the people in the county town who buy New Year's goods are crowded with the market, and there are more people, and there are naturally more young girls. During this period, Xiang You took the lead, and suddenly talked about Yu Jia, the daughter of the Yu family, who had a relationship with the children of the Xiang family, and said with great emotion: "Don't look at the many women in this city, but in terms of appearance alone, no one can really catch up with the little sister of the Yu family in Yanjiting." That little sister, tsk, I'm afraid that in the palace of our Chu State before, we couldn't find a few beauties comparable to her. ”

"Uncle Ji, have you taken a fancy to the little sister of the Yu family?" Xiang Qi, who is a small ghost, said in a weird way: "Why don't you go and talk to the three mothers, let the three mothers invite a matchmaker to go to Yu's house to propose marriage to you, and beg Yu Gong to marry his daughter to you?" ”

"Good idea, Xiang You, when you go back, tell your mother, beg her to ask a matchmaker to propose marriage for you."

The children of the Xiang family echoed one after another, coaxing and instigating Xiang You to propose marriage to the Yu family, Xiang You was a little embarrassed, and he was a little self-aware, so he quickly shook his head and said: "Don't joke, if it was changed to before, when our Chu State was still there, marrying the Yu family would give his family face." As for now, it's strange that the Yu family can still look down on me. ”

"Or, ask Xiang Kang to come forward and ask for your marriage." Xiang Guan grabbed Xiang Kang, who had not spoken, and said with a smile: "Among our brothers, Xiang Kang's mouth is the most able to say, he went to ask for your marriage, maybe he can really ask for Yu Gong's consent." ”

The children of the Xiang family applauded together, and they all encouraged Xiang You to beg Xiang Kang to come forward to propose marriage to the Yu family, Xiang You shook his head again and again, but there was some expectation in his eyes when he looked at Xiang Kang - after all, Xiang Kang's ability to tell the dead alive, Xiang You has heard it more than once with his own ears and seen it with his own eyes. Xiang Kang, who had high hopes, saw his thoughts, so he smiled bitterly: "Brother, don't have any hope for me, if I really have that ability, I will go to the Yu family for myself, and I am also single." ”

Xiang You's eyes suddenly darkened a little, and then asked in surprise, "What?" Xiang Kang, do you also have a crush on that little sister of the Yu family? ”

"My Fair Lady, the gentleman is so beautiful, who doesn't feel impressed when she sees it?" Xiang Kang replied very directly, and said: "But just think about it, that person Yu Gong is very shrewd, and he won't take a fancy to us." ”

It was also a coincidence that when the topic focused on the Yu family, a few men dressed as servants suddenly came over in a hurry on the opposite side, and the middle-aged men led by them saluted the Xiang brothers as soon as they met, and said respectfully: "Ladies and gentlemen, do you remember the little ones?" I am the housekeeper of Yan Jiting Yu's house, and when you went to visit my lord a few days ago, the little one met with you. ”

After seeing that the middle-aged man was indeed the housekeeper of the Yu family, Xiang Kang and the others nodded hurriedly, and asked him about his intention, and the housekeeper of the Yu family replied: "On the orders of the head of the family, I came here to sell some excess food, and also bought some things for the New Year, and I was going to go to Shiling Pavilion to meet you when I went back, but I didn't expect to meet you here, it's really good." ”

"What's the matter with us?" Xiang Kang asked.

"The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and our family master would like to ask you to come back to the house before the New Year." The housekeeper of Yufu said with a smile on his face: "The head of the family still wants to get drunk with you, and in addition, he has also purchased some New Year's things for the family, and I want to ask you to accept them." ”

"Okay, let's ...... together now."

"Xiang You."

Xiang Kang grabbed Xiang You, who couldn't wait, in time, and said with a smile: "Okay, since Gong Yu sincerely invites us, we will definitely visit us before the year." ”

The housekeeper of the Yu Mansion was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly thanked Xiang Kang, but Xiang Kang suddenly asked: "Butler, have you heard about what happened to our Xiang family a few days ago?" ”

"I heard." The housekeeper of the Yu Mansion replied without thinking about it: "I heard that Shiling Pavilion got the wrong news, ran to your mansion to disturb it, and was sent away by Xiang Gongzi. ”

Xiang Kang's heart lit up, and he suddenly understood the reason why Yu Jian took the initiative to be courteous again - he must have heard that he had used tricks to scare Feng Zhong into bowing his head and begging for mercy, and knew that his own children really dared to fight and dare to die, so he wanted to sprinkle some more dog food to buy his brother, so that he could use his brother as a dead soldier at a critical moment in the future.

Clearly, of course Kang would not break such a matter in public, but he promised to visit him again and say goodbye to the housekeeper of Yufu. As a result, Xiang You, who was held hard by Xiang Kang before, was not happy, and just walked away and complained to Xiang Kang: "Xiang Kang, why don't you agree to go right away?" If you go to Yanji Pavilion as a guest today, you will definitely be able to have a good meal tonight. ”

"Go as soon as you call, where will the face of our Xiang brothers go?" Xiang Kang asked rhetorically, and said with a bit of a face: "If you meet someone on the set, you will immediately follow the descendants of the Yu family to Yanji Pavilion, what will Gong Yu think of us when he hears about it?" This kind of thing is that the people of Qianshou feel ashamed when they do it, not to mention the children of our Xiang family. ”

"Xiang Kang is right, Xiang You, don't embarrass our Xiang family." Xiang Zhuang also reprimanded Xiang You, Xiang You nodded submissively, but his expression was still very disappointed, and Xiang It, Xiang Yang and the others over there were also full of disappointment, and they were extremely sorry that they couldn't eat and drink tonight.

Seeing the regrets of the brothers, there was always another thing in his heart, and after thinking about it for some time, Xiang Kang said: "But it's not difficult to find a place to eat tonight, who wants to go with me?" I'll take you to a good meal. ”

"I, I, I'll go."

Before Xiang Kang's words were finished, the Xiang brothers were already scrambling to sign up, including Xiang Zhuang, who was relatively stable, but after signing up, Xiang Zhuang naturally hurriedly asked, "Where to eat?" ”

"Go to Feng Zhong's house." Xiang Kang gave an unexpected answer and said: "Although his family's wine and meat are definitely not as good as the Yu family, they should be passable, and it is worth our trip." ”

"Feng Zhongjia?" The children of the Xiang family were a little surprised, and Xiang Guan hurriedly asked, "Xiang Kang, will Feng Zhong still entertain us?" We just got into that with him a few days ago, and forced him to kowtow to our aunt and uncle at our house, and when we go to his house today, will he invite us to dinner again? ”

"Do you know what it means to slap a sweet date?" Xiang Kang asked rhetorically, and said with a smile: "A few days ago, we had a feud with Feng Zhong, ran to his door to intimidate and kill the dog, we slapped him, he softened, and today we went to his house to eat, so that he understood that we didn't have a grudge against him, and the past was over, and it was also to feed him a sweet date, so that he could relax, and he would only receive us happily." ”

Generally too muscular, I don't understand the meaning of Xiang Kang's words too much, but seeing that Xiang Kang said confidently, and full of confidence in Xiang Kang's ability to deceive people and deceive people by eating and drinking, the children of the Xiang family still applauded one after another, and couldn't wait to follow Xiang Kang to Feng Zhong's house to eat and drink. Only Xiang Zhuang, who was caught in the middle of the Hongmen banquet and was in a dilemma, was more sensible, and asked carefully: "Xiang Kang, can this really work?" Will it make Feng Zhong feel that we are deliberately bullying him, forcing him to lower his head and go to his house to eat and drink? ”

"Don't worry, I'm sure." Xiang Kang patted Xiang Zhuang on the shoulder and said in a low voice, "I still have a purpose for going to Feng Zhong's house, which is to see what kind of attitude he has towards us now. Feng Zhong is the pavilion chief after all, and he has a little power in his hands, so we have to prevent him from whispering in front of him and suddenly stabbing us in the back. ”

"Do you want to test Feng Zhong? See what he wants to do with us? Xiang Zhuang understood what Xiang Kang meant, and when he saw Xiang Kang nodding, Xiang Zhuang didn't say anything more, and hurriedly followed the other Xiang family children to hug Xiang Kang out of the city, and returned to Shiling Pavilion with a smile.

After successfully returning to the Shiling Pavilion, under the leadership of Xiang Kang, the children of the Xiang family came directly to the door of the pavilion where Feng Zhong's family lived, and the result was similar to Xiang Kang's estimate, seeing that the Xiang family brothers suddenly came en masse, the pavilion pawn and the Feng family's doorman who were bragging about playing chess in the pavilion were immediately like a big enemy, full of vigilance, Feng Zhong, who quickly ran out after receiving the news, was also trembling, and asked while saluting: "Ladies and gentlemen, what is the matter?" ”

"Brother Feng, don't be nervous, it's fine." Xiang Kang said with a smile: "When you come back from a trip to the city, come here by the way to sit down and say hello to the eldest brother and sister-in-law Qiu (sister-in-law), don't you mind?" ”

"Really?"

Feng Zhong's face was full of disbelief, and Xiang Kang held his hand and said with a smile: "Of course it's true, eldest brother, junior brother and all the elder brothers came here to visit, why, don't you invite us in and sit down?" ”

Seeing that the Xiang family brothers looked kind and did not seem to be here to stir up trouble, Feng Zhong felt a little relieved, nodded hurriedly, and said, "Quick, Xiang Kang Gongzi, Xiang Gongzi, please come inside." Chang Ji, Hou Qianzi, hurry, go and tell your sister-in-law Qiu, and say that Xiang Gongzi and they are coming to be guests, and ask her to prepare some good dishes, and then move the wine out. ”

Hearing Feng Zhong's words, of course, the Xiang brothers quietly gave Xiang Kang a thumbs up, and all said secretly: "You really said it, and you really invited us to dinner." ”

After being invited by Feng Zhong into the lobby of his house and taking a seat, the atmosphere was still a little awkward, Feng Zhong was obviously a little restrained sitting in the main seat, speaking with nervousness, and the doormen who accompanied him were all full of vigilance, carefully paying attention to the every move of the children of the Xiang family who were all wearing swords, so that the children of the Xiang family could not talk and laugh wantonly, and had to be careful to guard against the guests of the Feng family. Only Xiang Kangyan smiled freely, and invited the guests of the Feng family to sit down, constantly taking the initiative to find topics to improve the atmosphere, during which he looked at the lobby of the Feng family and said: "The first time I came, I didn't expect the eldest brother's house to be so large, and there were more than 20 people sitting in the hall, and it was not crowded at all. ”

"It's a house in the pavilion." Feng Zhong explained: "I heard that when the Shiling Pavilion was built, the grain depot in the township was located here, so it was built relatively wide, and then the grain depot was changed, and the house was empty. ”

"Those who chew the root of the tongue are just boring." Xiang Kang said in a big way: "Brother, you moved your home here to handle the official business in the pavilion for the convenience of being loyal to your duties, why don't those who say cool things want to think about this?" ”

"It's still Brother Xiang Kang who understands the foolish brother and knows the troubles of the foolish brother." Feng Zhong complimented, sighed softly, and said, "But I may not be able to live for a few days, and after the New Year, I may have to move my family back to the old house." ”

"What? Have something to say above? Xiang Kang asked curiously.

"It's not that there is something to say above, it's me, the pavilion chief, I'm afraid I won't be able to do it for long." Feng Zhong said with a sad face: "Don't hide it from Brother Xiang, there is already a rumor in the county, saying that the pavilion chief of this Shiling Pavilion is going to be replaced." ”

Seeing that Feng Zhong's sad face did not look like a fake, Xiang Kang once misunderstood, thinking that Feng Zhong's imminent resignation was related to Xiang Bo's incident a few days ago, so he simply left the table and got up, sat down next to Feng Zhong, and asked in a low voice, "Big brother, what's the matter?" Does it have something to do with your visit to my house that day? ”

"Brother Xiang misunderstood, it's not like that." Feng Zhong shook his head and said truthfully: "It's my bad luck, there have been several mistakes in this year's errands, and the new county order is a little unpleasant, so I want to get rid of me and change someone to be the pavilion chief." ”

After careful observation and seeing that Feng Zhong didn't seem to be telling a lie, Xiang Kang couldn't help but have a small calculation in his heart, and said secretly: "Do you want to find a way to help this Feng Zhong?" Although this kid has a holiday with our Xiang family, he is timid and afraid that he will stop when I am scared, and he is a relatively easy person to deal with. If you can help him keep the position of the pavilion chief, not only can he be more obedient, but when it comes to a critical moment in the future, maybe it can come in handy? ”

Having this idea, although he didn't have any certainty, Xiang Kang still decided to give it a try, and then said in a low voice: "Big brother, can't you think of a way to go to the county for a while?" Ask someone to say something for you, so that the county will not touch you? ”

"What can be done?" Feng Zhong smiled bitterly and whispered: "It's the county order that decided to move me, who dares to speak for me?" ”

He didn't know much about the officialdom of Xiaxiang County, Xiang Kang didn't dare to come up with an idea to ask Feng Zhong to beg someone in the county, but just thought about it and said, "In that case, why don't you go directly to the county order, big brother?" As long as you get his way through, won't your position be kept? ”

"Is that easy?" Feng Zhong smiled even more bitterly and said, "I'm a little pavilion chief, it's hard to see the county commander, what way can I get through his door?" ”

"Isn't the Chinese New Year just an opportunity?" Xiang Kang pointed out, patted Feng Zhong's hand again, and said in a low voice: "On the first day of the first month of October, under the pretext of congratulating the New Year, I went to visit the county magistrate, and paid more money to give a generous gift, and there was hope that the matter would be done." ”

"Yes, on the first day of October, on the day of the New Year, I can justifiably go to meet the county order and give gifts?" Feng Zhong's eyes lit up, and he suddenly had a feeling of sudden enlightenment when he saw the light of day, but after thinking about it in detail, Feng Zhong's gaze quickly dimmed......