Chapter 120: A Cup of Wine (2-in-1)
Just as Lu Zhe, Dingming, Sun Simiao and others were drinking happily in the natural residence, in Chenzhou City, dozens of miles away, there were also several people, under the night breeze of early spring, staggering, smiling and laughing, which was very happy.
"Watching the fish under the moon this month is really different from the daytime, and it adds a lot of flavor." A young scholar who always has a faint smile on his face, looking at the red-scaled fish that keeps swimming under the water pavilion, stands in the wind with a knight, and takes a sip of the wine in the jue, fluttering with the feeling of a fairy.
"This night fish watching is really better than the day." Following the gaze of the scholar, everyone at the banquet exclaimed.
The water of the pond is very clear, in the faint moonlight, like the crystal world, the hundred tails of red carp in the pond swim, red, sparkling, quite beautiful.
"The dogwood comes out of the fragrant tree, and the carp comes out of the Luoshui Spring. The Red Lin Gong of this Heluo Land is really redder than other places. Another young gentleman also exclaimed. This grandson Jingguo is talented, refreshing, and only two sentences show the family atmosphere. ”
"What Yang Langjun said is extreme, I think that his grandson was born in the Jing family, his ancestor was Cao Wei's hussar general, and he is a romantic figure. Putting a piece of sliced fish meat as thin as a cicada's wings into his mouth, Cui Yuanli said to Yang Hongyi with a smile.
"It is rumored that this grandson Jing also loves this Chilin Gong, and once set up a garden, and there are several koi fish in it, but a certain view, I am afraid that it is this Zheng Taishou's view of the fish garden, I am afraid that I will not let it more." Lang Jun, who was smiling faintly, turned around, it was Lu Zhuoyu, who had stayed in the natural residence a few days ago, and at this time he carefully looked at Zheng Taishou's garden. Let out a sigh of admiration.
In this fish garden, the high platform Fangxie, the flower forest and the pond, there is everything, and the flowers that are not thanked for the four seasons are also planted, and the grass of the eight sections of Changchun is magnificent, and it is unique. It was late at night, the servants of the Zheng family fixed the candles mixed with spices on the copper candlesticks, as lighting objects, and placed them among the plants, trees and strange stones.
This Xingyang Zheng clan, sure enough, is a thousand-year-old clan, and it is a branch, and it also has such a weather. Looking at the light of the candles, Lu Zhuoyu admired in his heart.
In this era of oil lamps, candles are still a very luxurious thing, even if they are nobles, not everyone can afford to use them, like the land of Baiyue, candles are presented to the Tang Emperor as a tribute, and the inner library of the Tang Dynasty even specially assigned an official to manage candles, which shows the preciousness of candles. When candles enter the homes of ordinary people, they will not be used on a large scale as lighting objects until at least seven or eight hundred years later, during the Ming and Qing dynasties, but not everyone can afford to use them. At this time, the Zheng family actually used candles mixed with spices to light it at night, which was quite extravagant.
"Lu Langjun has a good reputation, the Lu family is also a big family with five surnames, and the garden at home can be called the best in the world, not compared to a small fish garden." Zheng Taishou's son, Zheng Dejin said with a proud face, and his expression was quite self-proud.
At this time to mid-heaven, it became more and more wonderful and lovely than before, and Zheng Dejin, who was a little colorful, said: "Such a good month, you can't help but hear the flute." "He ordered the singer of the house to come up, whimpering melodiously, and blowing some flutes.
"Sure enough, it's a separation, it's still a little cheesy." As soon as the flute sounded, Lu Zhuoyu's brows furrowed imperceptibly, and he glanced at Cui Yuanli, and the two looked at each other and smiled, a unique mockery of the children of the family echoed between the two.
"If there is too much music, it will lose its elegance, and it is enough to use the flute player to play it from afar." After listening for a while, Cui Yuanli leaned on the edge of the water pavilion and said lightly.
As soon as these words came out, Zheng Dejin of course immediately asked people to do it, and it really added a bit of elegance, Cui Lu and the two looked at each other and smiled, everything was silent, and the arrogance of the disciples of the family family was not expressed at all.
Taking advantage of the bright moon and clear wind, the sky is quiet, which makes people feel relieved and all worries are removed. Everyone couldn't help but sit solemnly and silently appreciate each other, and when they listened to about two teas, they stopped, and everyone praised them, so they poured warm wine again.
Zheng Dejin smiled at this time: "If that's the case, is it better to have a farther flute?" Everyone laughed and said, "It's really good." We couldn't have imagined that! We have to get Cui Langjun's guidance, and we have to open our hearts! ”
Yang Hongyi stood tall at this time, and said with a smile: "If you want to get one of the samadhi, you have to choose the score that the slower it blows, the better it sounds." When he had finished speaking, he ordered a large glass of wine to be poured and given to the flute, and he ate it slowly, and then played a song carefully.
Sure enough, the piper changed another set of Ji's four lanes, and after "Changqing", "Short Qing", "Long Side" and "Short Side" were all blown again, everyone seemed to have come back to their senses, and bluntly said that they just seemed to be in the emperor's hometown, and they had a heart out of the dust.
"This Hongnong Yang family, sure enough, the thousand-year-old hairpin family, the children of the clan, really all have extraordinary knowledge." Yang Hongyi's proposal, even if it was Lu Zhuoyu and Cui Yuanli, who were born in the Lishi clan, they also admired Yang Hongyi's family origins, and he was worthy of being from the Hongnong Yang family.
As for Zheng Dejin, he felt a fever on his face at the moment, and from a small matter, he could see the gap between the children of the big clan and his own family, and secretly looked at the three Lang Jun who were talking and laughing, and felt that these three people were full of energy, they were heavenly figures, and he was ashamed of himself just because of his insight and bearing.
The other old man in Taoist costume who was present seemed to be deaf to the small game between the four of them, and dealt with the wine and food on the table at a speed that seemed to be slow and fast.
The wine is good wine, and the wine on the table is all natural wine, whether it is Fenglaiyi or Xinghua Village, most of them are given to Yang Hongyi by Lu Zhe.
The dish is even better, the main dish is the ceviche sauce with the cut meat, the auxiliary dishes have raw lamb belly, wild boar spicy, and there is also the honey sword that makes the Tang people salivate (a noble way to eat in the Tang Dynasty, the crab is pounded into a paste and stained with honey, because there is still a shell, everyone can imagine the taste by themselves, of course, this dish is sought after because the ancient sweetness is difficult to obtain, so it is regarded as delicious).
And what surprised the old man in Taoist costume the most was that there was a "square meal with meat" tonight, which made his index finger move.
The meat of this dish is beef, which alone was considered a very luxurious dish in the Tang Dynasty, just like eating some protected wild animals in later generations.
And this dish is accompanied by a sauce called "Shengji", which is made of fine dung from the calf's colon and eaten with beef.
Although for Lu Zhe, the dishes in front of him are simply beyond the category of dark cuisine, but for the people of the Tang Dynasty at this time, these dishes can be regarded as the best hard dishes in the aristocratic banquet.
"Three Langjun, why don't you use more?" Seeing that Lu Cuiyang and the others didn't move their chopsticks much, Zheng Dejin thought that his own dishes were too vulgar, and these big clan children couldn't look down on them. So the exit asked.
In the rules of the scholar clan that pay attention to the point, this can be regarded as a rather harsh tone, and Lu Yangcui and the three of them can't say that since they have eaten the stir-fried and hot dishes of the natural residence, they suddenly feel that the delicious food of the past is difficult to swallow, and they all shirk that they are not strong enough to drink, and they do not eat much.
Is there really such a difference between this family and ours? Zheng Dejin didn't understand that this was the words of the three Lang Jun, and he was even more ashamed in his heart. Fortunately, there is also the old man who pretends to be very face-saving, and the amount of food is quite high, which makes the Taishou Gongzi's heart feel a lot better.
"Mr. Gongsun, why don't you use some more?" Zheng Dejin knew that the old man named Gongsun Hao had eaten a lot, but he still asked politely.
"The master is gracious, the old man is flattered, but he is a crippled body, and he can't compare to you and other young people, so let's stop it, don't blame Wanwang Langjun." Gongsun Hao looked calm, as if he didn't do the cup and plate in front of him that was wiped out.
"Hahaha, Mr. Gongsun is also an interesting person." Several people laughed at the same time.
"Last year, the corn in Henan Province was ripe, and a certain also asked the old farmer at home, saying that this year's wind and rain are smooth, presumably the grain is also a bumper harvest, I don't know ......" The flute has stopped, and the first person to speak is Zheng Dejin, who wants to speak and stops looking at everyone.
Talking about things at the dinner table, this habit has long been reflected in the bones of Chinese.
"Zheng Langjun doesn't need to worry, a few days ago, the Tibetan envoy Lu Dongzan wanted to ask for marriage, the official family was displeased, so he refused, Lu Dongzan left Chang'an in a hurry, the Tubo people, the tiger and the wolf, will not easily expose this matter, and the official family also has the heart of the Tubo War, so that the Kanjiang Niu Commander Army secretly trained, and the Niu Commander Army was stranded in Chenzhou, which is for this matter." As Cui Yuanli, who accompanied Lu Dongzan to Chang'an, he has more say in this matter.
"Oh? The official family actually wants to start a war with Tibet? Although Yang Hongyi had known it for a long time, he still made a surprised look.
"That's nature." Lu Zhuoyu glanced at Yang Hongyi, and made a bad comment in his heart about this person's acting skills.
It's all a thousand-year-old fox, what are you talking about here for me?
"It is said that the official family has strange people to give advice, and the ox enters the secret training of an army, intending to send troops to Tibet, presumably this matter, Yang Langjun, Cui Langjun, and Zheng Langjun, you and others know better than a certain family." Lu Zhuoyu looked at the three of them and meant something.
"Is that so?" "I've never heard of this secret." Among the three, only Zheng Dejin was confused. Cui Yang and the others both knew that at this moment, a young man who sang and walked, talked and laughed and killed people appeared in front of them, but they also pretended to hear it for the first time.
"Last year, Henan Province was ripe, and Jiannan Road, which is closer to Tubo, was not harvested in the last year, once it was at war with Tubo, Niu Tongjun must collect grain from Henan Province, and it would be ....... at that time."
"In the land of three states, the price of grain will rise!" Lu Zhuoyu faintly spat out a sentence that made several people's hearts beat faster.
"Besides, whether this autumn is also ripe, is it still between the two theories, is something right? Mr. Gongsun? Lu Zhuoyu stared at the old man in Taoist costumes.
"Mr. Gongsun?" Everyone stared at the chubby old man in Taoist clothes.
"Mr. Gongsun is a master in the world, especially good at farming, and he is also a guest of the Lu family. Lu Zhuoyu introduced it a little proudly, and when the old man heard this, he stood up cautiously and saluted the three of them again.
According to a certain view, this year's greedy wolf is guilty of confusion, and the fish is singing in Nanshan, and the bird is now in the western Xinjiang, I am afraid that there will be a great drought this year. Have you ever found that it is only early spring at this time, it is so warm, and the flowers bloom in advance, if it is the summer solstice, the seedlings will dry up, and the fields will dry up, I am afraid that it can be seen everywhere. ”
Gongsun Hao stroked his beard, but his eyes never left the wine glass in front of him.
"He deserves to be a master of the world. Seeing the subtle knowledge, Yang (Cui) admired. Cui Yang and the two said together, and their hearts suddenly had a bottom.
In fact, the two of them are the same as Spiegel in their hearts, what kind of worldly masters, they are clearly people from the mountain gate raised by the Lu family, and inviting him over today is nothing more than the hearts of the rest of the people, because this kind of person Cui Yang and the two families also raised it, and they also came to the same conclusion.
Now that I think about it, this Lu Tingdong is unusual, and he has been in the land of Chenzhou for a long time, I am afraid that the Lu family has already been planning this matter, even if there is no immortal disciple to stir up the situation, this Lu family will definitely not let the Tubo marriage succeed, so this Lu Zhuoyu went to the natural residence with great interest, just to see who the immortal children who helped him the Lu family are.
At this time, the same thought appeared in the hearts of Cui Yang and the two Langjun. Immediately understood why the people of the Lu family frequently went in and out of Zheng Taishou's mansion during this time.
Since they want to store grain in Chenzhou, Zheng Taishou's family, as the head of the Chenzhou Shi clan, will definitely not be able to get around, and they will also have a piece of the pie, I am afraid that this Lu Gongtingdong has already informed Zheng Taishou of this matter, so there are several people meeting today, because this matter has been determined, and the older generation is not good to come forward, so let a few young children share the cake.
And the purpose of inviting Gongsun Hao to come today is mainly An Zheng Dejin's heart, after all, Zheng Taishou is only a second-class family, and he generally can't contact the people in the mountain gate. Cui Yang and the two of them had a conclusion in their hearts at the same time.
Sure enough, under Gongsun Hao's words, Zheng Dejin's eyes lit up, and he couldn't hide it, and blurted out: "But this princess of Rencheng also wanted to join this matter a few years ago, but for some reason, a few days ago, she sent someone to inform her that Ren Cheng would no longer participate in this matter." And this bull commands the army......" Zheng Dejin wanted to speak and stopped.
Hey, in the end, it's a child of a separate family, and it's so embarrassing to eat. Sanjia Langjun sighed in his heart at the same time, and his evaluation of Zheng Dejin was a few points lower.
Although I don't know why Princess Rencheng, who is also involved in this matter, quit halfway, but as the three Langjun with a higher vision, I vaguely guessed a little, but as soon as Zheng Dejin's words came out, it was even more naked to expose his eating appearance.
Taking advantage of the dispatch of troops to levy food, the family hoarded Juqi and made a fortune, and if there was no one in the army to cooperate, it would be difficult to do a few points. In the original plan, the role in this army was played by the leader of the Zuo Wuwei line, Ren Chengwang Yimai, although Niu Jinda also belonged to the Zuo Wuwei line, but its weight was not enough, and he couldn't eat so much. And the king of Ren Cheng suddenly withdrew, fearing that it would avoid arousing suspicion and doubt among the officials, so he withdrew.
Although there is a faint saying of this, the three Lang Junjun all think that this king of the city is also too cautious. And Zheng Dejin, who is in charge of the military and political affairs of Chenzhou, raised this matter, and what he thought in his heart was nothing more than the contradiction between his own adults and Niu Jinda before, I am afraid that there is a stalk in this matter, and at the same time, he also thinks that Niu Jinda is just a subordinate of King Ren Cheng, so it is naturally impossible to give him as many shares as King Ren Cheng.
In the final analysis, what the Zheng family is trying to do is nothing more than a little more part.
"This matter of unifying the military government is handed over to Yang. Hongnong Yang has always sought justice and is worthy of doing things. Yang Hongyi drank a glass of wine and said appropriately.
Everyone here knows that Hongnong Yang and Niu Jinda are good friends, so the reason why Cui Lu and the others brought in the Yang family of the Shanxi Shi clan is because the Yang family has a lot of power in the Jianghuai generation, and on the other hand, he also wants him to be the intermediary between the military and his side.
"If that's the case, that's great." Hearing the words worthy of his heart, Zheng Dejin was overjoyed, and it was done, naturally Yang Hongyi said so, and his family can also share a little more.
"In that case, then so-and-so will advance and retreat together, and from tomorrow onwards, I will order my subordinate merchants to begin to purchase grain." Zheng Dejin was overjoyed and immediately patted his chest to make a statement.
"In the land of Chenzhou, we are looking forward to Zheng Langjun." Lu Yangcui and the three gentlemen bowed to Zheng Dejin together, and a just right smile appeared on their faces.
"A few Lang gentlemen are serious, which is so, which is so, hehehe." The three Lang Jun saluted together, which made this son of Zheng Taishou a little fluttery, and the bones in his body were a few taels lighter.
"Come on, serve wine, I want to make a long night drink with a few Lang Jun." Zheng Dejin waved his hand arrogantly, asked the servants at home to serve wine and food again, and ordered the singer to blow a set of Cai's five lanes.
"Dare to disobey?" The three of them laughed in unison, and as for what they thought in their hearts, only they knew.
So, in the cool spring night breeze, accompanied by the aroma of peach and plum blossoms in the fish garden, and in the faint sound of the flute, the scholars of Shanxi and Shandong drank opposite each other, and jointly divided the Hu cakes with human blood on the table.