At noon the next day, Li Zhang left the inn again with the old knife, this time he was ready to go to Li Zhi's house for a banquet with a sense of tragedy, I didn't know yesterday, but after knowing that Li Zhi was probably a gay who was interested in him, Li Zhang was a little stunned, which is also a normal reaction of a straight man, but in order to give Zhao Zhen an explanation, he could only go hard.

Li Zhi's family lives in the northern suburbs of the city, not far from Mangdang Mountain, but the inn where Li Zhang lives is in the east of the city, so he needs to pass through a small half of Yongcheng, and not long after Li Zhang's carriage entered Yongcheng, Lao Dao suddenly pointed to a big house on the side of the street and introduced to Li Zhang: "Master, that house is the Cao family!" ”

After hearing this, Li Zhang also looked up, and saw that although the façade of the Cao family in the distance was very large and the building was quite magnificent, the paint on the door was already a little mottled, and some of the buildings had become quite old, as if they had not been repaired for a long time, and there was no comparison with Cao Wei's mansion in the capital.

But this is actually normal, Cao Wei has eight brothers, and as early as when his father was alive, the brothers were separated and lived alone, Cao Wei is the most promising one among the many brothers, he is most like his father Cao Bin, and has made countless contributions in the army, even after retiring from the army, he still exerts his residual heat in martial arts, and now with the entry of martial arts students into the army, Cao Wei's prestige in the army is not declining but increasing.

In contrast, Cao Wei's other brothers are not the same, his eldest brother Cao Can's achievements are not lower than Cao Wei, the official to the front of the palace are all commanding envoys, loyal military festival envoys, tired of giving Taishi, Wu Yi, but the other brothers are average, and Cao Xi is even more literate, once did a member of the Yu department, but then quickly retired, these years have been idle at home, only relying on the ancestors to survive, it can be said that it has long declined.

However, Cao Xi has a pair of good children, his son Cao Yu entered the martial arts, and now he has performed well in the army, has become a middle-level general in the army, and will also embark on the same path as his uncle Cao Wei in the future, I believe that in a few years, he will be able to revitalize the family, and now Cao Xi's daughter has been elected as the queen, it can be said that Cao Xi's family is destined to soar.

And the crowd gathered by the Cao family also proves the above point, although the lintel of the Cao family is a little shabby, but Li Zhang saw groups of people holding worship posts, and the servants behind him were carrying gifts, standing in front of the Cao family waiting to see them, after all, everyone is not stupid, seeing that the Cao family is about to soar into the sky, they naturally want to try their best to tie the knot before the other party flies.

Even Li Zhang can be sure that among these visitors, there must be many people who propose to Cao Tong, Cao Tong, the eight immortals, has been beaten to the dust by Li Zhang, from a born immortal to a murderous general, and now he is not married, so now I am afraid I don't know how many people want to marry their daughter to Cao Tong, the future uncle?

waited until the carriage passed the street in front of Cao's house, Li Zhang closed the window, but he kept thinking about the Cao family's affairs in his mind, especially Cao Xi, this person has few records in history, Li Zhang only knows that he is Cao Wei's younger brother, but he is not clear about his temperament at all, plus he usually does not live in the capital, so Cao Xi has almost no sense of existence before.

However, through the establishment of the Cao family as the queen, Li Zhang can see that Cao Xi is by no means simple, at least his courage is far beyond ordinary people, otherwise he would not dare to risk the felony of killing his head and report his daughter from his second marriage, even if Lu Yijian is involved in this matter, but Cao Xi is still taking great risks, such courage and charm are indeed admirable, but Li Zhang is also wondering, if Cao Xi really has such courage and charm, but why was he not famous before, and waited until others were middle-aged to suddenly make such a shocking event?

Just when Li Zhang was thinking about the Cao family, the carriage also passed through Yongcheng to the north of the city, the Li family said that they lived outside the city, but in fact it was very close to the city, and they walked a few miles out of the north gate, and then passed through a forest, and came to a manor, which is called Li Jiazhuang, it is said that the Li family's fields are all within a radius of dozens of miles, and Li Zhi's family also lives in the manor.

When Li Zhang's carriage came to the gate of the Li family's manor, it happened that several carriages also arrived together, and when Li Zhang got off the carriage, the people in the carriages also came down, and Li Zhang also found that these people were all acquaintances he saw at the garden party yesterday, such as the man with a slender body and a blue face, if he remembered correctly, this person seemed to be named Zheng Guan, the word husband.

"Brother Li is also here, what a coincidence!" Zheng Guan and the others also saw Li Zhang, and they all stepped forward to greet him with a smile.

"Brother Zifu, don't come unharmed!" Li Zhang also greeted with a smile at this time, this Zheng Guan looked overindulgent, and he seemed to be very close to Li Zhi yesterday, which made Li Zhang doubt the other party's sexual orientation?

Zheng Guan was very enthusiastic about Li Zhang, and invited Li Zhang into the mansion with other people at the moment, Li Zhang also took the opportunity to chat with the other party, and by the way, he inquired about the origin of Zheng Guan's people, in fact, as he guessed, Zheng Guan These people are either official eunuchs, or some noble side branches in the capital, anyway, none of them are real ordinary people, and even the children of rich businessmen can't mix into their small circle.

The Li family's manor occupies a large area, and it can even be compared with Li Zhang's manor in the capital, you must know that Li Zhang's manor was originally the royal imperial village, and the Li family's manor can be compared with the imperial village, which shows that although the Li family has left the officialdom, it is still a first-class rich and noble family.

Zheng Guan pedestrian obviously not the first time to come to the Li family manor, and he was also very familiar with the roads in the manor, and he did not let the next person guide the way, and directly took Li Zhang to the back of the manor, which was also built into a garden, and there was a gentle stream passing through the garden.

"Brother Li, you are finally here, I haven't seen you for a day, it really makes me feel like I'm in the next three autumns!" When Li Zhi saw Li Zhang coming in, he immediately came out to greet him, but Li Zhang felt numb all over his body when he saw his smiling face, and tried his best to look natural and greet each other, and then Li Zhi invited everyone to take a seat.

Today's banquet is quite special, because the banquet is not set indoors, but along the stream in the garden, there are many high and low stone platforms on both sides of the stream, and tables and chairs are also placed on the three tables, although the weather is good today, but it is still a little cold, so there is also a charcoal basin prepared next to the table and chairs, you can borrow guests to keep warm, and the preparation is very thoughtful.

Li Zhi sat on the main seat, and Li Zhang sat on the stone platform on his right, the two were only a few steps apart, and it was deliberately arranged by the other party without asking, Li Zhang endured the discomfort and sat down, but Li Zhi had nothing to talk to Li Zhang, Li Zhang could only perfunctory each other.

Soon everyone arrived, almost all of them were acquaintances they had seen yesterday, and Li Zhi also clapped his hands at this time and asked his subordinates to send wine and food, and there were musicians and dancers next to him, and the wine banquet began immediately, and a group of people listened to the songs and danced very happily.

I have to say that Li Zhi's wine and food are really good, no wonder Zheng Guan and they kept praising them yesterday, even Li Zhang, who is used to eating the skills of chefs in Beijing, also feels that the chefs of the Li family have unique skills.

"Ladies and gentlemen, today's beautiful scenery, and the presence of distinguished guests like Brother Li, reminds me of the Lanting Cultivation, which just happened to be the occasion today, why don't we follow the example of the ancients and come to a meandering water?" At this time, I saw Li Zhi suddenly stand up and propose, the so-called cultivation refers to a kind of sacrifice held by the ancients at the water's edge in the spring and autumn season, and later evolved into a play program, such as the Lanting Collection Preface was written during the Lanting Cultivation.

"Good! Brother Li also won my heart! At this time, Li Zhang also knew that Li Zhi's gang was good at metaphysics, taking the scholars of the Eastern Jin Dynasty as an example, good talk and not good in kind, fortunately after the decline of the two Jin Dynasty, this kind of atmosphere is no longer popular among scholars, but it will still appear in some small groups.

However, when he thought of the flow of Qu Shui, if the wine glass flowed in front of him, he would have to write poems, which made Li Zhang's head grow up, although he had read some books in the past few years, it was still too difficult for him to let him recite poems.