The weather is hot and humid, and the sun is sinking in the west.

The righteous house at the foot of the mountain is actually still in the process of being built, but because there are restaurants and several houses available, it does not delay the accommodation.

However, most people are not in a hurry to enter the house, because most of their eyes are attracted by the huge bulletin board erected in front of the house - it is so big, it looks like there is more of a shadow wall than a billboard, especially with its rain-proof wooden eaves, which is more like a building than a building.

And for some reason, from morning to night, there are always a large number of people gathered here, and even passers-by who do not live in the righteous house are inevitably stopped to take a look.

In the evening of that day, a young man with a burden on his back but dressed as an official was also crowded in front of this bulletin board to look curiously, and when everyone saw that he was a public man, although they did not say anything, they also instinctively took a few steps back, which was convenient for this person.

On closer inspection, the huge billboard is divided into four parts.

On the far left is a general introduction to the Righteous House, which explains the origin of the Righteous House in a semi-permanent way of wood carving and lacquer - there is no piled up rhetoric, and it is simply and directly explained that this is Gongsun Xun, a scholar from the west of Liaoxi, after coming here to study, because he saw that there were many travelers here, but the accommodation was very difficult, so he carried forward the benevolence of the saint, and this was the construction of this Righteous House.

Immediately after reading it, the second section is pasted with a few pieces of inferior paper, which is the kind of paper commonly used in public doors, which is brittle and hard, and can only be written on a wooden board, which lists some general rules of the righteous house - for example, regardless of status, only look at age to provide different grades of treatment; And what is the amount of free food per person is fixed, and the forage is limited to one horse per person, and the excess will have to be paid; In addition, it is strictly forbidden to fight and scold in the hall, otherwise the righteous house has the right to expel or report to the official, etc.......

Anyway, they are all very reasonable rules, and the man in the costume of the man who looked at it nodded again and again.

And quite interestingly, one of them also specifically said that there were card games to play at night, but there was a new handwriting added to the back, saying that it was not allowed to gamble with it, otherwise it would be expelled from Yunyun, which made the public laugh immediately.

Looking further down, I saw that this third section has the largest area, and the most people have watched it, and there are even people who watch the excitement and read it out to others. The public looked around and saw that four words were printed on the top of this section in the form of wood carving - local news, so he immediately became interested.

Looking down carefully, it was indeed written on that kind of bad paper, but the content on it made this official can't help but laugh again and again:

For example, it is written on a piece of paper that Zhang's family in the big sheet behind this Qishi Mountain lost three sheep and is willing to pay ten dollars to ask for the whereabouts of these three sheep. It's okay to find a loss, but I don't know why this family is so stingy and thinks that three sheep are only worth ten dollars?

For another example, there is also a piece of paper that says that Wang's Wang, a big family in this county, has countless wives and concubines, but he gave birth to more than a dozen daughters in a row a few years after marriage, so he asked for a prescription here, if there is a supreme magic method that can give birth to a man, this Wang is willing to give ten gold! Ten gold is certainly valuable, most of the people in front of this notice board are also talking about this matter, and many people are eager to try, but this kind of thing is posted here, which shows that this Wang Mou was also forced to have no way by the matter of giving birth to a son.

There is also a piece of paper, the handwriting on it is crooked, saying that there is a Zhuojun Liu Bei here, and he wants to race horses with Zhao Fan of Hongnong on the last day of this decade, and the loser does not do anything else, as long as he runs barefoot and shirtless from this official road for five miles!

There are also two people's drawings and handprints in the back!

The young man shook his head again and again, and he didn't know whose son this was, and no one cared about it.

Then, seeing that the sky was getting dark, and many people who were watching the excitement gradually dispersed, the official dressed person finally saw the last section - nothing else here, just like the rules in the pavilion, plastered with the bounty of wanted criminals.

The official looked fixedly, but was speechless.

Without him, this bounty is too much! In addition, it doesn't seem that there are people who regularly clean and replace it like the previous two sections, so there are layers of layers here, and they are so densely pasted that you can only barely see the latest few bounties.

It must be known that there are more and more criminals in these years, and it has reached the point of affecting the operation of society, so the imperial court must find an excuse to grant amnesty every two years, otherwise this day will not be able to live.

Back in front of him, the official frowned and looked at it carefully, and then sighed again and again, I don't know if he was lamenting the deteriorating law and order of the Han Dynasty. However, as the sun was sinking more obviously, he hesitated a little, and finally turned into this righteous house with the burden on his back according to the knife.

The lobby was bustling with the so-called merchants coming and going, travelers wandering from east to west, and perhaps outlaws from side to side, all with accents and various topics. But all this, after a man in an official uniform entered the door, quickly disappeared without a trace.

The young official seemed to have expected this, but he just took off the burden on his back and bowed his head and waited.

"What is the matter with this duke here?" Sure enough, a sturdy man with thin beard and eagle eyes quickly appeared with seven or eight companions, but his tone quickly softened after seeing the burden of the comer. "I saw you face to face, didn't you pass by here to invest in a store?"

"Exactly." The official hurriedly bowed. "I came from Nanyang and went to Luoyang on an errand, and I heard that there were nobles living in the pavilion next to me, and I really didn't want to be angry, and I heard that there was a Gongsun Shaojun here who built a righteous house, so I wanted to try my luck."

"I see, since it's not a business trip, then the door-to-door is a guest." The sturdy man immediately relaxed. "Find your own seat, and then go over there to get the number plate, and use the number plate to serve food and stay overnight...... The righteous house is about a casual stability. ”

"Thank you, brother." The official said again. "I have heard the name of Gongsun Shaojun and Shiyu for a long time, and when I come today, I really live up to my reputation."

The surrounding noise resumed violently, and for so many merchants and travelers in the hall, the officials who came here to find trouble and the officials from other places who passed by here to spend the night were not the same thing at all...... The former requires 10,000 guards, while the latter is barely harmless.

Of course, even if it is harmless, everyone does not want to sit with an official, but fortunately this duke is self-aware, he does not set up a table with others, and takes the initiative to go to the last empty table and sit down - there are no futons and a few cases in the hall, but a kind of high-legged table and chair that I have heard of but is the first time I have seen it, but the lobby is full, and I don't have to worry about not knowing how to sit and making a fool of myself.

Take the number plate, receive the meal, and then the duke also gave himself five copper coins and asked for a small bottle of slightly sweet turbid wine, just sit there and eat slowly, and then listen to those people who come and go from the north to the south to tell some distant anecdotes, which is also interesting for a while. And when it was getting darker quickly, the lobby became even more interesting, because he saw the card game that had been impressive long ago.

I saw that as soon as Yishe lit torches around the hall under the urging of everyone, a group of people hurriedly took the initiative to set up a few tables in the middle of the hall, and then rushed to the field by drawing lots, and the first time visitors couldn't help but look around.

And rightfully so, while the smell of pine torches is a bit of a rush and hot days can be a bit hot, the card games on these tables are a novelty for travelers who don't have fun at night...... Besides, isn't there an unlimited amount of cool boiled water?

This so-called card game, in fact, is a game of number points, from one point to twelve points, corresponding to the zodiac, and divided into four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter, so each season adds the largest season card as thirteen points, and finally there are two god cards of the emperor and the earth. The whole table has a total of 54 cards, all made of good hardwood, the back is empty, but there are their own merits, and then the three of them face off, with a variety of rules combined with each other to shoot, whoever finishes first wins!

The public listened attentively while eating, and after a while, he already knew the rules well, and he knew that this kind of game had both the luck of the game and the competition of brainpower, which was really much more interesting than the calamus, so he had long been itching to play...... Of course, fortunately, he still knows that he has a special identity, and he shouldn't show his face at this time, so he can only sigh, ridicule, and praise those who play like most people.

"This duke, I don't know if there is anyone sitting here?"

Just when the official was distracted, he suddenly heard someone asking in a Hebei accent, he turned his head and was about to answer, but he quickly put down the chopsticks in his hand and got up to salute: "Don't dare to ask as an elder, I am the only one here, please feel free to the elder." ”

It turned out that the questioner was a middle-aged man in gray.

You must know that at the age of forty, you can be called old, that is, the recognized elder in society, and although this person may not be forty years old, how can it be more true for an official in his twenties?

Anyway, it's a lot more than myself, it's an elder.

And besides, although this person is only wearing a gray dress, he is extremely tall, not counting the wooden crown on his head, standing there is probably also the appearance of eight feet two or three, plus this person is thin, this height is even more prominent, and standing there can be called extraordinary.

Even, there are two young men in white behind this person to follow and serve, either juniors or children...... In this case, the identity of this person is intriguing.

And such a character, how dare this official disrespect?

"Thank you." The gray-clothed man sat down dizzily, and commanded the two behind him without looking back. "There should be a place at the entrance to get the number plate, go and get three signs, and then use the sign to get some food to use."

"Yes!" The two young men in white agreed in unison, and then the older one was about to turn around but couldn't help but ask again. "Teacher, it's getting dark, and we didn't see anything when we came in, how do you know there's a license plate to take?"

"I'm from Youzhou." The gray-clothed middle-aged man was also easy-going with his disciples. "As soon as I came in and saw this table and chair, I knew the origin of this righteous house, the Liaoning Anli number, the business of Aunt Gongsun. This business is accustomed to coming up with new things, and some of them are well-known in the world, such as the ginseng that is known as the elixir of life, which was discovered by this company; There are some things that are not well-known in the world, but they are spread in some specific places because of their practicality, such as these furniture, and the fire kang that you will never see in your life; There are also some things that are difficult to move into, such as the bulletin board in front of the gate of this righteous house, because of the effect of encroaching on the pavilion, so it can only be used in the county of Liaoxi where their Gongsun clan is located; There are even some that disappeared as soon as they came out, I can't remember clearly......"

After listening to the teacher's explanation, the two disciples bowed down again and hurried to get the food.

"However, how did this Amway do its business?" After the student left, the man in gray couldn't help but shake his head slightly. "Isn't it that for more than ten years, you can only circle around the Bohai Sea?"

The duke peeked at the unusually tall Youzhou 'teacher', and immediately couldn't help but interject: "The elder doesn't know, it's dark at this time, you probably didn't see the statement on the sign at the door...... This shop is indeed related to the Gongsun clan in Liaoxi, but it is the personal work of a scholar of the Gongsun clan who came from Liaoxi, and this person is called Gongsun Xun, who came here to study. Because of his bold atmosphere, he seems to be quite famous among Wanluo these days. ”

"Gongsun...... Xun? The middle-aged man in gray was slightly stunned when he heard this, but he twisted his beard again and thought about it. Xun, out of "Huainanzi", the so-called 'Oriental beauty, there is a doctor without Lu Xun Xuan Qi Yan', this medicine without Lu Mountain is in Liaoxi, and this Gongsun Xun, if I remember correctly, should be the only son of the Amway Gongsun Aunt......"

The man's demeanor became more and more cautious, and there were students who studied so well in these years...... If it was really in the past, I must have tried my best to make friends, but at this time, I have something to do, and I am at the same table with this kind of big guy, and the ghost knows whether it is a blessing or a curse?

"It's a lot better, too." The middle-aged man didn't look back, just listened to the noise behind him and continued. "It used to be just numbers and what plum blossom squares, no one played at all, but now it has been changed to the zodiac and spring, summer, autumn and winter, and it's really interesting, I estimate that it will soon replace the calamus, and it will be spread all over the world......"

The young man was submissive and did not dare to say much.

"Teacher." While speaking, the two young men in white had already brought the food, and the one led by the one introduced it with great interest while placing the food. "I heard that the place where the meal was served was for our own teacher, and we specially reheated the meal, not to mention, but also gave a small cold dish, and the teacher, as an elder, already had sweet wine, and the other party said that we respected the teacher, and added more...... It's okay to drink and eat, but there are indeed rules and etiquette in the lively house, and the coexistence of elegance and vulgarity is not annoying. ”

"Of course." The man in gray let out a rare sneer. "Let's eat!"

The man dressed as an official finished his meal first, went out to rinse his mouth, and then came in with four glasses of cold boiled water, and then sat there drinking water while pretending to listen to the game over there...... In fact, at this time, this person is secretly sitting on pins and needles.

In other words, he originally didn't want to continue to sit with this formidable man in gray, but he only reacted when he went out to rinse his mouth, and if he stayed according to the number plate, he and these three people happened to be numbered! If you fall asleep and then come in, and hear some of your dreams, it might be terrible.

It's just a trip to Luoyang, and I used to go a lot, why is it so difficult this time?

After a while, the man in gray and his two students also finished eating, one of which was the man in gray holding the sweet wine presented by the righteous house and tasting it there, while the two students were also sitting on the side, holding two glasses of cold boiled water and taking a sip there...... It's like a ritual that is cultivated on weekdays.

Seeing this person's posture so high-end, the young man dressed as an official became more and more apprehensive.

"Take the liberty of disturbing the elderly." At this moment, the person who broke the siege suddenly arrived, and it was the majestic man with the slender beard and eagle eyes before, but this time he was only one person, and he personally held a tray, which was full of wine and food, and it was obviously some elegant and high-grade things.

It seems that the eyes of this righteous steward are not blind! The duke sighed secretly, but he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"I don't want that, and I don't want any food." The gray-clothed middle-aged man unceremoniously raised his finger. "It's best for me to drink this slightly cloudy sweet wine, and bring me a jar and a big wooden bowl."

Except for the two disciples dressed in white, the people around them, starting from the official errand, one counted as one, almost all of them were stunned, but the man holding the tray was stunned for a moment, but he quickly agreed, and after a while, he personally carried a whole jar of sweet wine, and then personally served the gray-clothed middle-aged man to drink.

"Listening to the elder's accent, it seems that I am from Youzhou?" As soon as the hardcover man poured the wine, he couldn't help but ask, probably thinking that it was rude to ask so directly, so he immediately added another sentence to introduce himself. "The contemptible Han Dang, the word Yigong, is a person from the Lingzhi of Liaoxi, because my young monarch needs to study on weekdays, so I am here to take care of Yishe."

"Are you from Lingzhi in Liaoxi?" The middle-aged man in gray drank a large bowl of sweet wine in one gulp, and he didn't even blink his eyes, just motioned to the other party to continue pouring wine. "Seeing that you are not very old, could it be that you are the adopted son of the Gongsun family?"

"Not really." The sturdy man, that is, Han Dang, quickly explained again. "When I was young, although I helped the people of the Amway to sell horses, I was a free man, and my family was a Hanmen in Liaoxi, and after I was crowned, I went to the army, and I also made a small official of two hundred stones......"

"Then why did you follow your young gentleman later?" The man in gray poured a bowl of wine into his stomach like drinking water, and the official on the other side looked straight in his eyes. "If you don't go back to Youzhou for a few years, could it be that this Amway has already hollowed out Liaoxi? If you don't follow the Amway, you won't be able to live? ”

The elder laughed. Han Danggan laughed, but he hurriedly told him about his enlistment in Lulongsai that day, the night attack later, and the fact that he was transferred to a captain after the war.

The story is naturally exciting, not to mention the people nearby, even those who play cards can't help but turn back frequently, and the public next to him is even more fascinated by it, and his mouth is open.

Only this tall and unusually tall man in gray listened to it over and over again, his face remained unchanged at all, and only when he heard that Gongsun Xun participated in the night attack and desperately tried his best to defeat the Xianbei people, he was only slightly stunned, and waited until Han Dang finished speaking, he opened his mouth unhurriedly:

"Han Yigong, let me ask you, isn't it for the sake of fame that your young monarch opened a righteous house here?"

Han Dang was stunned, but finally nodded honestly: "It really has this intention." ”

"Then why do many people here seem to have heard of this night attack for the first time?" The man in gray pointed to the left and right. "I'm afraid that this kind of deeds will be famous in Hebei...... If you publicize it, it can also add a lot of fame to your young monarch. ”

"Don't dare to deceive the elderly." Han Dang already had a lot of fine sweat on his forehead, and he didn't know if it was because of the heat. "I also asked my young gentleman about this...... He said that the military affairs of the border counties can be famous in Hebei, and there is no need to be famous in Henan. ”

"That's just as well." The gray-clothed man nodded slowly when he heard this, and then he went down with another bowl of wine without blinking. "Since you have come to Luoyang, you must not be regarded as a martial artist in the border county, and it is not too late to think about it when the imperial court is going to fight...... Han Yigong, are you just looking for me to say these things? ”

"Of course not." Han Dang was sweating profusely and said reluctantly. "Actually, my young gentleman came to this Qishi Mountain to follow us Youzhou Daru Lu...... Lu Gong studied the scriptures, and he did stay here for a long time, otherwise he would not have thought of buying a house here. It's just that...... Just ......"

"Just what?" The man in gray asked curiously. "If you have something to say, say it."

"It's just that this Duke Lu went to Jiujiang to quell the rebellion, and no one taught him, and before Duke Lu left, he left a message, saying that although the children who came to study this time were entered into the famous school, if anyone could find other famous teachers by themselves...... Just go and ...... It doesn't hurt either. Han Dang's words were extremely blunt, as if they were read out by a newly enlightened child.

But the meaning of these words is still there, at least the two white-clothed young men who were students have quickly got up, stood aside with their hands tied, and then looked at their noses and noses.

"It seems that there is such a thing, but which famous teacher is it? Let me see. The man in gray asked with a slight joking as he held the wine bowl.

"It is the Jiuqing of the Dynasty, surnamed Liu Zhikuan, Guangluxun Liu Gong." Han Dang hurriedly replied, and then added in passing. "It's quite a coincidence, Liu Gong broke the car at this intersection that day, and then went into my courtyard to borrow a car, just ......"

"Isn't Liu Wenhuan Pingsu a self-proclaimed elder?" The man in gray drank another large bowl of wine, then suddenly slammed the wooden bowl upside down on the table, and asked sharply. "Is this kind of thing that an elder should do?!"

The hall was stunned, left and right, playing cards and drinking water, standing with their hands tied, and sitting with their legs folded, no one dared to speak out again, and Han Dang was even more at a loss.

"Your Excellency!" At this moment, a young man dressed in brocade suddenly appeared behind Han Dang, and then knelt down directly in public to plead. "This matter is indeed my frivolity, and it really has nothing to do with Master Liu!"

The public man who was sitting awkwardly on the side peeked and knew that the person kneeling down should be Gongsun Xun of the thirty cavalry robbery camp, that is, the owner of this place. And the 'adult' also made the identity of this tall middle-aged man at the same table with him public-it was the famous Confucian in the sea, Lu Zhi, the Taishou of Jiujiang who had just stepped down, and Lu Zi.

After all, the title of adult, aside from the chaotic usage of aliens and palaces, according to etiquette, can only be used on nobles above the princely level, old people with high moral standing and a large age gap, and people who have an obvious direct relationship with the speaker.

Fathers and mothers are natural adults, grandfathers and uncles can also be adults, uncles and fathers-in-law are barely adults, and teachers can barely be called adults.

As for Gongsun Xun's voice, there is actually some smell of accusation and pleading in it.

"How many days have you been waiting for me here?" The gray-clothed man, who was also Lu Zhi, glanced at the people on the ground, but turned the wooden bowl back.

Han Dang only felt that his trouser leg was tight, and then he was startled, and hurriedly went up to pick up the wine jar and filled the other party with wine.

"Don't dare to deceive adults." Gongsun Xun, who knelt down there, was sweating profusely, but he was still holding his head high. "The boy did have the idea of waiting for you at the foot of this mountain, but I really didn't expect you to be so fast. I only came from Luoyang this afternoon, and I was resting in the opposite courtyard, when I suddenly heard that you have come here......"

"I see." Lu Zhi slowed down his tone after a bowl of wine. "Don't worry, I have to know what I'm saying, and I won't let one of your uncrowned disciples be affected in this matter...... You and I are talking here, and many travelers are uncomfortable, so get up and lead me to rest in your courtyard. Then early tomorrow morning, you will quickly enter Luoyang, invite that Liu Wenhuan to me, and say that I want to drink with him to settle accounts! ”

"Yes!" Gongsun Xun finally stood up.

At this point, Lu Zhi picked up the unfinished half jar of wine and the wooden bowl, and didn't need to be helped, just stood up with his head held high and walked out.

"That's right." As soon as he took two steps, Lu Zhi suddenly turned around and bowed his mouth to the man at the same table. "Take this man down, and ask him why he is pretending to be a public man, isn't he a fugitive?"

Before the 'official errand' who had watched it with relish before could react, he was locked up by Han Dang and Gongsun Xun, and then the whole person was slapped on the table in a venting style, and half of his face was swollen by friction.

"The Shi clan is also the throat of the southeast of Luoyang. Emperor Yan Taizu Wu tried to establish a righteous house here, regardless of the head of the minister, he was all devoted to making friends. Or say, the situation is chaotic, the fugitives in Henan run to it, Taizu every time he asks about his crime, if the evil deeds are obvious, he will be chased, and if there is a reason, he will hide. The officials also knew about Taizu's trip, respected his morality, and did not dare to intrude. For several years, even the ministers and thieves and officials drank in the same room, and they got along as if they were the same. - "Local Chronicles of the Clan"

PS: Push the book, "Walking in the World of Movies", not a py transaction, it was written by an old book friend in the group...... I really didn't expect him to stick to it, so if you're interested, you can check it out.