Chapter 29: Angelica

As soon as March went, the winter snow fell.

During this period, Xu You came to complain once, but the three of them thought that they had to go back to study hard because they had been ordered by Lu Zhishi;

During this period, Liu Bei once again joined forces with Gongsun Zhan, stirring up the county seat of the Wei family;

During this period, Aunt Gongsun once sent a letter from home, especially praising her son's contribution to promoting the development of human civilization, such as the promotion of papermaking;

During this period, Lu Fan returned to his hometown and got married, and everyone inevitably bothered again;

During this period, in the name of transcription, Gongsun Xun asked Gongsun Yue to go to the door and hacked all the manuscripts of Cai Yong's Seven Confucian Classics and the forty-two chapters of the Classics, preparing them as heirlooms;

During this period, the litter of inconvenient tanuki that people brought home actually gave birth to a small litter, so that the courtyard of the Qi family was full of cat ancestors, Gongsun Xun even had to give Cai Yong two, saying that the cat raised by Gongsun Yue ate all the manuscripts, so the prisoner was handed over to the owner to dispose of by himself, and it was convenient to kill and chop the right......

However, the three-month wait also made the three Gongsun brothers let down a little vigilance, and even Gongsun Xun vaguely felt that he was overreacting...... The so-called outer width and inner taboo are just a kind of general talk, right?

Besides, this time Yuan Shao is really jealous, I'm afraid he will also target Han Sui, who was high that day, right?

So, after the New Year's Festival, the Gongsun brothers finally decided to go to Luoyang City...... It's one thing to explore the wind, Liu Kuan and Lu Zhi are both in the city, and they always want to pay New Year's greetings, right?

Liu Kuan's side is naturally very lively, the old man is lenient to everyone to the extent that there is no spectrum, and the status is high, old, and experienced, so the visitors include three religions and nine streams, all over the world, not to mention that he Guangluxun belongs to a large number of subordinate officials and officials, a large group of protΓ©gΓ©s, and the Gongsun brothers even saw farmers who claimed to come from Hongnong and drove cattle and carried two bundles of firewood to pay New Year's greetings...... Liu Kuan's house is completely equal, which is really admirable.

However, when he came out of Liu Kuan's place and went to Lu Zhi's place again, it seemed a lot more desolate.

You must know that Lu Zhi's Dongguan cultivates history, and Dongguan is located in the South Palace, which is due to the strict palace ban, and as soon as he enters, it is like being isolated from the world. And his residence is located in the public house at the east gate of the South Palace, although this place is not considered to be in the palace, but it is also checked enough, so Lu Zhi has rarely had any contacts in the past half a year, even if the disciples of the Qi family want to see him, it is difficult for him, plus he has a cold and serious personality...... In fact, if it weren't for the fact that the Gongsun brothers were entrusted by the people of the Yu clan to visit on their behalf, then Gongsun Chan might not be willing to come.

When they arrived at Lu Zhi's residence, although this place was not deserted, it was not a place with a warm atmosphere, and the three of them bowed to worship and sat for a while before they had nothing to say. So Lu Zhi simply suggested that the other two go to see Cai Yong and other Luozhong elders again, and he only left Gongsun Xun to serve here.

There was nothing to say for a day, Gongsun Xun spent most of his time leading a few servants to entertain the subordinate swords and pens of Dongguan who came to pay New Year's greetings, until he saw Yang Biao in the afternoon, and the two sides exchanged their names and shook hands and said goodbye, which was a worthwhile trip.

However, in the evening, Gongsun Xun did not go back, because when Yang Biao said goodbye and left, he found that Lu Zhi's feet were obviously a little swollen because of sitting cross-legged for a long time, so he hurriedly sent a servant to Liu Kuan's side, asked for some anti-inflammatory and warm medicinal materials, and sent someone back to the Qi family to find the ginseng stored there...... In short, it was a lot of toss.

And the next day, Liu Kuan's house sent warm and blood-replenishing drugs such as angelica early, and Aunt Jin also sent someone to send ginseng, but this move caused a chain reaction - Liu Kuan, who has never been rumored, heard that Lu Zhi was sick, and he actually drove an ox cart to visit the patient.

Of course, Liu Kuan is not really a sick visit, he is used to it casually, and then the family is too disturbed, so he came here to hide - not to mention anything else, how can there be a big New Year's visit without anything but with a jar of wine?

But he came to the right place, especially after Cai Yong also came over at noon...... The latter, as the deputy of Dongguan Xiushi, should have come to pay a visit.

So, the three of them surrounded a small square table in the back room to warm up, drink and chat, and Gongsun Xun was outside to take care of the decoction...... Originally, it was okay, and even Gongsun Xun had already thought that if Lu Zhi was fine, he would leave this afternoon. But suddenly, Cai Bojiao seemed to remember something, but he stopped him from taking the medicine.

"Speaking of which, since the New Year has passed, Lu Gong, a student called Gongsun Xun, is barely twenty, right?" Cai Yong asked, holding the flask.

"Look at what you say." Liu Kuan stroked his beard and smiled. "The customs are different in different places, so it's not impossible to say it if you really force it, but you usually have to wait until your birthday to talk about it......

Gongsun Xun was also stunned, he looked up and thought about it for a while, as if it was really like this...... He was born in the second year of Yongshou, and now it is the fifth year of Xiping, although he has not yet had a birthday, he is indeed barely twenty years old. Thinking about the day when I first heard that my brother Sun Zan was going to come to Lu Zhi to apprentice, he couldn't wait to take a hitchhiker, so that he was trapped in Lu Longsai, who was only eighteen years old at the time, and although this was only more than a year later, two New Year's festivals passed in the middle, and I couldn't help but sigh.

"So......" Lu Zhi also seemed to understand something. Gongsun Xun. ”

"The disciple is here." Gongsun Xun came back to his senses and hurriedly agreed. "What does Master Lu command?"

"You come forward."

"......"

"Since you're twenty years old, let me ask you, do you have any ambitions?" Lu Zhi pressed the table and asked seriously.

At this moment, Gongsun Xun happened to be asked about his heart, only to see him leaning over and saluting: "Don't hide it from Master Lu, I have been a fool since I was a child, and I was raised by my mother, and I am also obedient to her...... She often said to me that if one day I could do Liaoxi Taishou and keep one side safe, it would be enough to comfort her. ”

The three people who sat on the top of the drink laughed in unison.

"Do you want to do 2,000 stones?" Lu Zhi asked with a smile. "It's also ambitious."

"You are also a handsome child that I have rarely seen in so many years." Liu Kuan also smiled. "Why do you keep thinking about the remote place in your hometown?"

"Either way, it's going to be extremely difficult." Cai Yong couldn't help but laugh. "Don't you know the Three Mutual Laws?"

The three mutual laws refer to the rules that officials should avoid some administrative areas after reaching a certain level, roughly speaking, if a person from county A is appointed as a county guard, then a person from county B is not allowed to be a county guard. Of course, the actual situation will be more complex and strict, involving official parity, marital relations, and so on......

But in any case, from the point of view of the 600 stone court officials, it is an iron law that you cannot serve as an official of this county.

That's why Cai Yong opened his mouth to laugh...... How can you, a native of Liaoxi, be the Taishou of Liaoxi?

Gongsun Xun also laughed when he heard this, of course he didn't bother to explain to the other party the true meaning of his wife - first take a high position, make friends with heroes, and then go back to his hometown immediately in troubled times. Only by holding the key border county of Liaoxi, suppressing Wuhuan and Xianbei, and keeping the peace of Hebei, can we be qualified to keep changing our thighs!

According to his wife, there was such a family surnamed Chen in Guangling, Xuzhou, who did so, and it was really free to the end of the troubled times.

"Let the teacher and the elder smile." As soon as he thought of this, Gongsun Xun just said perfunctorily.

"It's okay......," Lu Zhi shook his head. I already have a plan in mind, you go to the outer side room, open the top willow box, and fetch the contents with me. ”

Gongsun Xun didn't know why, but he had to do what he said. However, when he opened the box, it suddenly dawned on him - this is an ordinary Jinxian crown.

The so-called Jinxian crown is a very common crown in Confucianism, which can be worn by ordinary scholars to super-grade officials at the level of the three princes, and can even be used when facing the king. The ritual is also very simple...... There are detachable beams on the crown, and the three beams are used by the princes; The two beams are in the middle of the two thousand stones (Jiuqing level) to the general doctor; And a beam can be used by all Confucian students from the doctorate level and below, including private disciples.

Therefore, how can Gongsun Xun not understand that Lu Zhi is actually going to take this opportunity to crown himself here!

"Isn't that a bit rushed?" After Gongsun Xun came out with the Jinxian crown, Liu Kuan didn't say anything, but Cai Yong was a little embarrassed. "What I just meant was that you might as well take this opportunity to give him a word, shouldn't this kind of thing wait for him to go back and be carried out by the elders of his clan? And the guests should be feasted as witnesses......"

"How can there be so many words?" Lu Zhi said disapprerovingly. "He has been sluggish since he was a child, he has never seen his biological father since he was born, and his mother is also a non-etiquette person, if you really want to talk about the elder, the people you will find after going back may not be more suitable for me and Liu Gong."

"That's just as well." Liu Kuan also shook his head. "What etiquette is false, I want to be in the West Liang Qiang chaos that day, the imperial court in Sanfu conscription, I took an ox cart back to Hongnong, on the way I saw a fifteen-year-old boy who had just tied his hair was ordered to serve in the military, and his parents directly took a piece of cloth to wrap his hair in a bun, which can be regarded as crowning him...... Today, I am sitting here, and my son is holding a crown for him, and I am singing for him...... Enough too! ”

Anyway, it wasn't his turn to make his own decisions, so Gongsun Xun was expressionless throughout the whole process, and when he heard the other party arrange this, he knelt directly in front of the three of them, and he was ready.

"Stay." Cai Bojiao still shouted to stop again. "After all, it is a famous scholar, and you still have to take the words first."

"That's just as well." Lu Zhi nodded. "Both of you are everyone, can you get something?"

"The Whistler...... Speaking out of "Huainanzi", the so-called beauty of the Orient, there is no medicine and no Lu Xun. Cai Bo sighed. This Yiwulu Mountain is in Liaoxi, which is the place where the ancient Xian Emperor Zhuan was buried, and the person who named him is also considered to be knowledgeable. ”

"What about the words, what are you doing about this?" Lu Zhi shook his head and smiled.

"Definitely." Cai Bojiao retorted seriously. "Duke Lu needs to know that there are many words and names, since the name of this Liaoxi kid is a 'Xun', there should be 'Xuan' or 'Qi' in the word, otherwise, wouldn't this good name be abolished? I mean, we should take the word 'Qi'. ”

"That's 'Qi'." Liu Kuan nodded at the table quite impatiently, which was regarded as a slap. "And then?"

And then ...... Not as good as 'Ziqi'? Cai Yong glanced at Gongsun Xun and said. The word "son" is often used to show humility. ”

"I think it's not as good as 'Wenqi'." Lu Zhi also looked at Gongsun Xun and said with a smile. "What does Gong Liu think?"

"How is 'Gongqi'?" Liu Kuan actually had a third plan.

The three people at the top of the front argued, and Gongsun Xun, who was kneeling and sitting below, listened and his face changed, but he was helpless after all...... There's really no way, it's like this in these years, and I have the least say in the matter of my name, even if I am an adult after today.

"Don't even fight." I don't know how long it took, Liu Kuan, who was sitting on the main seat, suddenly raised his black hand that hadn't been washed for I don't know how many days and patted it on Fang Ji, and then said proudly. "I'm the oldest, I'm the highest, and of course this kind of thing depends on my intentions...... That's it's 'Gongqi'! ”

Thankfully not the rooster! However, the name Xun character Gongqi is quite similar to the name Yu character Gongjin, and I don't know how old the peerless beauty Zhou Lang is this year in the mother's mouth...... Of course, Gongsun Xun secretly complained in his heart, so he could only hurry down and thank him.

However, just as Gongsun Xun leaned over, Mr. Lu suddenly came to remember: "That's not right! The word 'gong' is in conflict with his surname, and it can't be used! ”

Liu Kuan was stunned when he heard this, but he could only shake his head helplessly...... The surname Gongsun is restored, and the word Gongqi is indeed underconsidered.

"As for what Cai Bojiao said, don't think about it." After repelling the biggest enemy, Lu Zhifu took advantage of the victory to pursue Cai Yong again. "This is a crown gift, where can I abandon the teacher's words and use someone else's?"

Cai Yong shook his head again and again: "Obviously, it was Lu Gong who asked me first...... Anyway, Lu Gong is the tallest, just according to what you say! ”

Gongsun Xun bowed down again to thank him, and this time there was finally no more moths...... Liu Kuan sat in the middle as an elder, Cai Yong stood up and sang, and Lu Zhi put the Jinxian crown with only one beam on his disciple's head.

In other words, from today on, he is Gongsun Xun, the word Wenqi, and the Lingzhi of Liaoxi, and that's it.

"It's good!" When Gongsun Xun got up, Lu Zhi took two steps back and said with a smile. "Since Wen Qi is an adult, you should have come up and have a drink with us at the same table, but during the New Year's Festival, you also lingered with me for two or three days, and personally decocted medicine for me...... I heard what is Angelica blood tonic soup? Since the angelica soup is already good, you should also be angelica, I won't keep you! ”

Gongsun Xun was stunned when he heard this, and he didn't know if it had multiple meanings for a while...... But since he said this, with Liu Kuan and Cai Yong by his side, he didn't want to ask too much, so he had to bow down again and say goodbye, only saying that he would come back to serve the teacher Yunyun for a while.

However, when he returned to the Qi clan, he found that Jia Chao had returned from Liaoxi again, and he had been waiting here for two days.

Gongsun Xun became more and more suspicious, but this suspicion finally disappeared after he opened the bag sent by his mother--without him, in addition to a letter written on a blank piece of paper, there was actually a Chinese medicine in the bag.

"Treat me like a child again!" Gongsun Xun looked at the angelica in his hand, shook his head angrily, and almost didn't throw off the Jinxian crown that he had just put on for less than a day.

"Taizu performed the crown ceremony, with Liu Kuan, Lu Zhi, and Cai Yong on the side, discussing its words, one said Gongqi, one said Wenqi, one said Ziqi, and argued for a long time to use Wenqi. A few years later, there was a Zuo near praise and said: 'These three words are all beautiful, and the young man must be heroic and martial arts, so as to get this love.' Taizu smiled and said, "You don't know, I am young in Luo, and my behavior is cunning, selfish, and bold. Cai Gong said, but sarcastically I have no line to persuade me to be humble; Liu Shi said that he was a man, and I really thought that I was not selfish during the narrow period; Lu Shi said, he was tired of my stupidity, and hoped that I could keep my morality...... Although it is love, how can it be heroic? Taizu's words and deeds are so frank. - "New Yanshu". Volume I. Emperor Taizu Wu Benji

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