The year 269 came.

In this year, the Jin Kingdom was reformed. The new era name is Jianwu. On New Year's Day of that year, shortly after the morning bell in the center of Luoyang City rang, a dull and rapid drum sounded again.

"Your Majesty's dictation, on New Year's Day this year, we will order troops in the North School Field! Officials with more than 2,000 stone in the court, and their children, should arrive at the North Campus before noon to watch the ceremony! ”

"Your Majesty's dictation, order troops at the North Campus at noon! All officials and their sons should be punctual to observe the ceremony......"

The drums of war beat and the sound shook for nine days. The spirits of all walks of life shouted throughout the city. After hearing the news, the porters of the bigwigs hurriedly reported to the backyard.

"Head of the family, Your Majesty ...... the message"

"Got it, come on, put on armor for the master. Go and inform Jun'er and tell him to hurry to the front hall. The North Campus is not close to here. ”

"No!"

Shang Shuling, Julu County Gongpei Mansion. After Pei Xiu received the report from the porter, he immediately instructed the servants to put on armor for himself - New Year's Day, according to the previous rules, it should be more than 2,000 stone courtiers to go outside the palace to congratulate the emperor on the New Year, and then the emperor will give a little thing in return. After that, everyone happily went home for the New Year. As a result, this year it was actually a point soldier! His Majesty's refreshment could not be more obvious.

Therefore, Pei Xiu put on the armor very cooperatively - hey, this armor is really heavy.

"The head of the Qi family, the small one can't find the young master."

"What? It's New Year's Day! What are you doing out so early in the morning? ”

"Uh......"

"What are you doing? I, Pei Xiu, am not Shi Zhongrong, who kills people at every turn. What's wrong? ”

"The head of the Qi family, the young master went out late at night after the New Year's vigil last night, and he has not returned yet."

"Bastard thing! It must be going out to talk with those fox friends again! Go find it, find it! The first choice is the Shi family, if the Shi family does not have it, go to the Xun family, the Wang family, and the Pan family...... Hey, send more people, and each family will look for it at the same time! ”

"No!"

"Hey, this kid. How obsessed with literature and talk all day long. Can the current world tolerate these things? ”

Not to mention that Pei Xiu sighed in vain there. The subordinates of Pei's Mansion got the order of the head of the family, and hurriedly looked for their young master everywhere.

And it was not only the Pei family who was caught off guard at this time, but also in the mansions of many other court officials, after receiving this abrupt order, there were also all kinds of chickens and dogs.

General Jianwei, Marquis of Anfeng Pavilion, Wang Rong and Wang Xuanchong's mansion.

"Hahaha~~~~Hehe~~~~~Roar roar~~~~" A young man who was naked in the winter, but his whole body was red, and he couldn't stop exuding a heat wave, with a strange face and an arrogant demeanor, rampaging everywhere in the entire palace. Everywhere he passed, the people of the royal palace watched nervously at this man's actions. After predicting the person's forward path, he quickly removed all kinds of obstacles on the route. If this person were to run towards the doorpost or near the wall, it would be impossible to say, only the maid would use her body as a meat pad.

"When will the head of the house be served?"

"A quarter of an hour ago."

"In this case, it will take another hour to complete the dispersal. But His Majesty's dictation ......"

"Hey, there's no way, the head of the family is like this, even if he goes, he will be reprimanded by His Majesty. We had to get the bullock cart ready. When the head of the house is awake, when to go. ”

"Good, that's all there is to it."

At the same time, the Marquis of Leling.

This place used to be called Leling County Mansion. Its owner is a stone bud. Guanzhong was defeated, Shi Bao's title was reduced, and this became the Hou Mansion.

Despite this, as a big corrupt official who dared to sell armor to enemy countries in large quantities, the Shi family's money was definitely a lot. The singers and maids in Shifu are also famous for their obedience and giving and demanding, and they are famous in the Luoyang high-level cadre disciple circle. Therefore, although the owner of this place has faded out of the center of power, it is still the first choice for the gathering of the yamen.

Although it was past midnight, the winter sun was already high in the sky, and the whole sky was already bright. But in a side hall of Shifu, it is still brilliantly lit. Not only that, except for the crackling sound of all kinds of butter wax and fine Jingyao wax. There was actually a lot of incense lit in this room.

"Whew~~~ Hey, this burning knife is still too strong, and it is a little less mellow than the incense through the bottle."

"Xun Maobo, don't be picky there. After a year of fighting in Guanzhong, the supply of this liquor was cut off for a year. Such a burning knife was stolen by me sneaking under my father's bed. If you hadn't said that today was New Year's Day, Lao Tzu would have been reluctant to take it out! ”

"Huh~~~ Qi Nuer, you don't have a vertical word yet, who are you going to be Lao Tzu?"

"Lao Tzu is twenty years old, and he will be crowned within the year! Oh, by the way, all of you will have to come and watch the ceremony. ”

"Hey, hey, hey, if you can get a bottle of incense, we'll come!"

Hmph, the guy who said this either has a low family background, or the elders in the family are extremely strict: Don't you know that the Shu thieves are going to start selling all kinds of alcohol again this year? And it's a regional monopoly. In this Luoyang court, didn't the slightly powerful families send their right-hand men to Chang'an some time ago?

Although he drank a lot of wine, Shi Chong's mind was still very clear. So, he didn't say this at all.

"Hey, when will there be a bottle of incense, if it goes on like this, will it be difficult to rely on five stones?"

"Yes, yes, the new wine is out of stock, and Goshisan is selling well again. Those alchemists who didn't know where to hide some time ago came out and peddled around. ”

"Hey, after the five stones are scattered, it can indeed make people completely empty. However, after eating it once, the body also has other reactions. Compared to this new wine, it is still a lot worse. ”

"Well, Anren, have you been praising new wine lately?"

An Ren here, of course, is the famous beautiful man, Pan Yue Pan Anren, Pan An, who will be known as Tan Lang in later generations. In addition to being handsome, this person is also one of the best in the world. In the historical plane and later after the fall of the Eastern Wu Dynasty, the land machine that entered the Jin Dynasty and left the Shi has the same name as "Panjiang Land and Sea".

However, on this occasion, someone asked Pan An if he had written a masterpiece of wine recently, which was not to make a name for Pan An, but to mock him: In these years, due to the cut off supply, the big families have not been able to drink new wine. You Pan An, a child of an ordinary scholar family, are now just living under Jia Chong as a staff member, how can you drink new wine? If you can't drink new wine, how can you write an article - a stinky and shameless house, this is a real gathering of high-level cadres, what are you doing with the fun? The point is that TM's is still so handsome! The beautiful maids who came out to accompany the Shi family are all peeking at you. This is really infuriating!

Although from the point of view of later generations, this Pan An didn't figure out what officialdom was from beginning to end, and he was swept away many times, and finally lost the lives of his whole family. But now he can still hear such obvious contempt and ridicule. The beautiful man suddenly felt a pang of shame. But because his status is too low, it's hard to open his mouth and go back.

"Okay, okay, Anren was invited by me." At this time, it was Pei Jun, the son of the Pei family, who Pei Xiu was sending people to look for everywhere. Thanks to Pei Xiu's blessing, this person now has such a noble official position as a free rider and a regular servant, except for Xun Kai Xun Maobo, who is about to be thirty years old but is shameless and squeezed here to pretend to be tender, in this group of teens and twenties of sons, his official position is the highest.

"Ladies and gentlemen, we've rested just now, so let's continue with last night's topic."

"Bertone is right. You laity, what is the meaning of wine every day? Come on, clean up the case and everything, and then you all step down! ”

The Shi family's current situation is very bad, so Shi Chong is desperately trying to win over and marry the children of the powerful families according to Shi Bao's meaning. In Mr. Jia Chong's grandson, Jia Mi is not even a cell now. Only Pei Xiu's eldest son, Pei Jun, has the most pleasing value.

It is not for nothing that the people of Shifu are famous. Soon, the entire meeting place was cleared. Various candles that consume extreme oxygen were also extinguished. In the process of opening the window for a short time, the cold wind from the outside world blew in, which made everyone who was drowsy feel refreshed!

"Okay, then let's pick up where we talked last night. The so-called theory that saints are sentient and sages are sexually ruthless. Before the pause last night, Anren's conversation was very strong, and at this time, I also invited ....... uh, little nephew to meet Shi Shibo. ”

"Ladies and gentlemen, the old man just received an edict from His Majesty, asking the court to have more than 2,000 stones...... and the children of each family went to the North Campus for a military parade. I think the heads of all the families are looking for you. Let's go home and change your clothes! Don't be late! ”