The matter of the East China Sea Palace's sending people across the river to recruit troops naturally quickly spread to the Langya Palace, and more importantly, to the ears of the Langya Wang's family. At this time, Wang Han and Wang Dun had both returned to Pengze, so the family held a small meeting, and they were still the first to receive Pei Gai - Wang Dao, Wang Xuan, Wang Di, Wang Shu and Wang Bin - of course, Wang Yue's little brother and son did not participate.

Wang Xian first asked: "At the behest of Pei Wenyue, he sent Li Ju across the river to recruit troops, but the number reached 2,000, I don't know what I want to do?" Then he sneered: "After a few months of training, he will have to sand to three or five hundred, who will believe him." Money and food are hard to come by, is he willing to waste all these months of consumption? ”

Wang Bin interjected: "Yes, it's not his own money and grain, it's all borrowed from the southern raccoon dog merchants." Then his face turned cold: "Could it be that he wants to join forces with the raccoon dog......

Director Wang waved his hand: "Don't speculate on Confucianism. The southerners are all traitors...... Slippery, Pei Wenyue has only been in the south for a few months, how can he believe it and deliver a large amount of money and food to him? I believe those are indeed borrowed ......"

Wang Di said: "The money borrowed by Pei Wenyue is thrown like flowing water, so sloppy, we should be carefree and happy." But he didn't buy slaves and maids, but wanted to keep his subordinates privately - the king of the East China Sea was still young, and the concubine only Pei Wenyue listened to what he said, saying that it was the palace guard, but in fact, wasn't it his Pei's private soldier? I'm afraid it's not a small plan! ”

Wang Xuan sneered: "He thinks that we are all blind and deaf?!" ”

Wang Shu didn't seem to care: "Even if he has two thousand troops, what can he do?" Not to mention the army of Brother Zhong (Wang Dun), this Jianye official, Langya Wangfu guard, plus our other troops, there are no less than 10,000 people, how can you be afraid of his 2,000 displaced people? And Pei Wenyue is just starting to show his name, who is willing to help him? ”

Director Wang shook his head and said: "We are just watching and helping each other to tide over the difficulties together, if we really have a conflict with the Pei family, we will be weak......

Wang Xuan interjected: "Bai makes the southern raccoon dog benefit from it...... Could it be that Nan Raccoon instigated him to oppose us? ”

Director Wang glared at him: "You just think too much!" Why? ”

Wang Xuan said: "Previously, the king wanted to use Pei Wenyu as an official, and Brother Mao Hong was the king of the East China Sea, or he was unwilling to recruit this soldier to blackmail us and others......"

"If it's just for the official to do it, why not with him?" Wang Shu still had an expression of "Qing and others don't have to bother themselves".

Wang Bin nodded and muttered, "It's the same...... Instead of letting him go in the East China Sea Palace, it is better to summon him into the Zhendong Mansion...... Or Brother Mao Hong discussed with him, can he be his brother's subordinate for the time being? Today, Yu Liang, Diao Xie, Liu Kui and his brother are the supporters, Zhou Kun is in the middle of the middle brother's curtain, and the Nandu clan are all in my hands, but the Pei family is scattered, and I am afraid it is not a good strategy. ”

Several people talked about it, and the basic guess was nothing more than that Pei should be young and shallow, and it was easy to be used as a gun, and because he was young and shallow, he might not consider the consequences of doing things, so we must take precautions. As for who instigated or instigated him, there are two main objects of speculation: one is those shameless raccoon dogs, and the other is the children of the family who crossed to the south late and basically failed to share the power......

Wang Dao was able to get the brothers to discuss, lowered his head and groaned, and was silent for a long time, until Wang Bin proposed a new possibility: "Pei Wenyue went to Zushizhi's mansion every day a few days ago, could it be that the two of them ......" He suddenly raised his head, and then waved his hand again, preventing Wang Bin from talking further. Director Wang thought about it for a while, and said slowly: "I will invite Zhou Boren (Zhou Yi) and others to Xinting for a while in two days, so it is better to hand it over to Pei Wenyue, talk to him, and then find a response." ”

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Two days later, it was the second day of the fifth month, which happened to be the forty-ninth day of Wei Jue's death, which was called "Seventy-seven". However, the funeral is over seven, the original is not the custom of Zhongzhou, but from the Shi family, the real name is "Seven Days Zhai", that is, from the first seven to seven seven, every seven will be fasting monks, chanting, in order to exceed the soul. Although the influence of Buddhism was not very great in these years, it had begun to spread from the people to the scholarly class, and certain customs gradually infiltrated the upper class.

On this day, Director Wang invited Pei Gai, as well as Ningyuan General Zhou Yi, Zhendong General Changshi Diao Xie, and Xicao Peng Yuliang to worship at the tomb of Wei Jue first, and then go to Xinting to enjoy the flowers and relax. Wei Jue was buried eleven miles outside the southern city of Jianye, further south of Nantang. Everyone brought some fresh fruits and vegetables, as well as thin wine, and sprinkled them in front of the grave, and then gave up their hands in silence for a while.

Pei Gai said in his heart: "Uncle Wei, Uncle Wei, I hope you die early and reincarnate early, and in the next life, you would rather be ugly than stronger, and don't die because of overthinking at every turn." I seem to remember that although you are famous, you have no works to pass down, what a pity you say. ”

Then I got on an ox cart and headed west to Xinting.

The southwest direction of Jianye City, bordering the Yangtze River, between the ups and downs of a group of hills, protrudes a hill, quite steep, and the road to the post is also tortuous, although it is not necessarily difficult to walk, but it is absolutely difficult to capture, can be used as an important danger to guard the river bank. However, Jianye has not been met with the police for many years, so there is neither garrison, nor repaired the base, just on the top of the hill to build a small pavilion, the surrounding green trees are shady, the flowers are gorgeous, you can see the river surging when you enter the pavilion, pass by the foot, it is also a scenic spot.

The group gave up the ox cart, talked and laughed, and slowly climbed the post. The five of them are all overseas Chinese from Nandu, from the Central Plains clan, but except for Pei Gai, the other four are all officials in Sima Rui's curtain, and there are many common languages among colleagues, but Pei Gai basically can't interject. He said in his heart, why did Wang Maohong call me this time? Is it just to pass by Wei Jue's tomb and ask me to go and pay tribute? How can this be true?

After a short time, the servants had already laid out the mats, set up the food table, and displayed all kinds of vegetables, vegetables and fruits. A few people talked and laughed, and finally shifted the topic from business to the beautiful scenery, theoretically, Pei should also be able to interject a few words, but there is always a trace of the inferiority complex of all the kings and me-only turbidity - those few people are out of chapters, lyrical and brilliant in writing, and he Pei Wenyue is somewhat inferior......

So I had to hang my head, listen to the side, and don't interject if I have nothing to do - fortunately, except for Yu Liang, the other three are much older than him, so let's just accompany the elders out to play.

Director Wang and the others are really very interested in talking, and you don't listen to me every word you say. But as he spoke, he didn't know why, Zhou Yi's expression suddenly changed, put down the wine glass, and sighed softly.

Director Wang asked, "Why is Boren sighing?" If there is any barrier in my heart, I can say it, and I will try to solve it. "Pei Caixin said yes, what do you have to say unpleasantly, so that the big guy is also happy.

Zhou Yi sighed: "My father (Zhou Jun) was once General Anton, that is, stationed in Moling, and when I was a teenager, I also climbed this post and entered this pavilion, looking at the surging river, like a heavenly river, surrounding the southeast half of the wall. It's been 30 years since I came here again, and the scenery is no different, but I want to think about the mountains and rivers in the north of the river, but it is very different from the past. Therefore, I couldn't help but sigh ......"

No one expected that Zhou Yi, who was originally happy, suddenly talked about the current situation, and everyone couldn't help but look at each other. What kind of expression should I make? It's not good to laugh, and explain him Don't think too much, we're here to have fun today, and the national chaos or something will be left behind first - we have to be sad.

Diao Xie said yes - "I am only two years old from Boren, and I am used to seeing the peaceful times in the past. When I was a teenager, Emperor Wu waved his army into Wu, although I didn't see it in person, but I thought that the state of the sky and the sky, the banner reflected the sun, how majestic, since ancient times, the prosperity of military affairs, nothing more than this! However, in the past twenty or thirty years, the kings have been in turmoil, the soldiers have been burning, the heavens and the earth have changed color, and the society has been replaced by the superintendent - I can still enjoy the magnificent scenery at this time, and I don't know how humiliated His Majesty is in Pingyang......"

As he spoke, his eyes turned red and tears flowed. Zhou Yi and Yu Liang also raised their sleeves to wipe their eyes when they heard this-and as for whether there were tears, the others couldn't see clearly.

Pei Gai turned his head and observed Director Wang's performance. Sure enough, Wang Maohong didn't have red circles under his eyes, nor did he cry, but his eyebrows stood fiercely, his eyes widened, and he didn't return to his usual humble gentleman's appearance, and he scolded fiercely: "You can do it!" We should work together to fight the royal family and overcome Shenzhou, so why should we follow the example of the Chu prisoner and cry here? What's in it for the country?! ”

The three of them all raised their heads and looked at Director Wang, and were about to make a statement, when Pei Gai suddenly clapped his hands and laughed: "What Wang Jun said is true!" Then he turned to Yu Liang: "Qing and others will ...... at night Ming cried until the night, cried until the night, and could still cry Liu Cong to death, cry all the Hulu, and make the Son of Heaven return to Luoyang? ! Of course, this is to learn from Cao Cao in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", but his attitude is inevitably a little too arrogant, so it is inconvenient for him to look at Zhou Yi and Diao Xie, so he has to look at Yu Liang, who is about the same age as himself.

He said in his heart that he didn't expect to have gained from this trip to Xinting, and he was able to appreciate this famous historical scene - this scene was recorded in "The World Says New Words", and was condensed into an idiom by later generations, called "Xinting to cry", which was also familiar to him in his previous life.

Everyone was stunned when they saw Pei Gai's behavior. Since Pei Gai pretended to be crazy, he didn't go back to make up for it, and simply continued to go crazy. I saw him stand up, come to the pavilion in a few steps, point to the Yangtze River under his feet, and say loudly: "I have a poem, I give it to all the gentlemen - the outer building of Qingshan Building outside the mountain, when will Qinhuai sing and dance be closed, but the river water is the river water, and Yangzhou is the Sizhou." ”

Everyone couldn't help but look at each other, and said in their hearts that they couldn't imagine that this young man could still export poetry.

Seven-character poems had gradually become popular during the Wei and Jin dynasties, but there were not many literati works - the first one was Cao Pi's "Yan Ge Xing" - and most of them were folk songs, so although Pei Gai's sentences were slightly village customs, they could be understood. According to the views at the time, this is called "Fengti", that is, imitating the "national style" in the "Book of Songs" - "national style" is originally some folk songs, how can it be vulgar?

Director Wang couldn't help but stroke his palms and said: "Wen is a good poem." It seems that Wen Yue is in his heart, and he is determined to restore the old capital. ”

Pei Gai's eyelids jumped slightly, and he looked at Wang Dao: "Isn't it you?" ”

Yu Liang hurriedly patted his thigh: "Naturally, we all want to lead Pixiu to the north one day, restore the old capital, and welcome the Son of Heaven!" ”

The corners of Pei Gai's mouth twitched slightly: "If you wait for the king one day, you don't know where the Son of Heaven is...... "If I remember correctly, at most two years, Emperor Jin Huai will be killed by Liu Cong, right?"

Director Wang sighed: "However, the soldiers are weak, and the Northern Expedition cannot be done at this moment." ”

"I wonder how many soldiers there are now?"

Director Wang was stunned for a moment when he heard this, thought about it, and decided to talk to this young man: "The total number of officers and troops in Jing, Yang, Xiang, Jiang and other prefectures is only sixty or seventy thousand, and they still need to be divided; Even if you add the various parts, there may not be 100,000. And as Qing said, Zhishile has 100,000 victorious soldiers, how can Meng Lang act like this? ”

Pei Gai spread his hands: "Although it is difficult to do the things of the present and the ancient, if you don't do it, you will never succeed." ”

Director Wang looked at Pei Gai, and smiled for a long time: "Okay, tonight, I should sleep with Wen Yue and discuss this matter...... Exactly what to do. ”

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Pei Cai took advantage of "Xinting to cry", originally wanted to shift the topic to the Northern Expedition, but after saying nothing, he was held down by Director Wang, and said that you stay with me tonight, let's talk slowly.

So when they came back from Xinting, Zhou Yi and the others went back to their respective homes, and only Pei Gai followed Wang Dao to the palace in Wuyi Lane.

Dinner was eaten in the suburbs, and by the time I got home, it was already dark. Wang Dao led Pei Gai into his study, instructed the servant to fry some tea, and asked at the same time: "The southerners are good tea, and Sun Hao, the former lord of Wu, gave Wei Yao tea to him, but Yao can't drink it, and secretly replaces it with tea every time he feasts—I don't know if Wenyue is used to it?" ”

Pei Cai's eyes couldn't help but light up, and he even said yes, yes - he said in his heart that I have never seen tea since I came to this life, and I thought it was not invented...... It turns out that this custom began to become popular in the south...... Finally have tea to drink! In the future, before I cross north, I have to collect dozens of catties to take with me.

It's a pity, I guess I'll never want to drink coffee again in my life......

But who would have thought that it was not green tea, nor black tea, or even an English-style afternoon tea with milk, but a sticky, gray-white paste like old Beijing tea soup. The taste in the mouth is slightly tea aroma, tea astringency, and more ...... Greasy and salty? What the hell is this?!

After asking Director Wang, I learned that the tea of this year was to be crushed first, and then made into tea cakes with fat cream, which was a bit similar to the group tea of later generations. But the worst thing is that when you drink it, you not only crush the tea cake and flush it, but also add green onions, ginger and salt, and then fry it with boiling water to make a paste...... What is the difference between this and Henan Hu spicy soup?

So Pei Cai only took two sips, put the bowl down, and then looked at Director Wang - you didn't call me here to taste "tea", if you have something to say, just say it.

Director Wang was quite calm, and only after drinking the whole bowl of tea did he look at Pei Gai: "Why doesn't Wenyue drink it all?" ”

Pei Gai smiled bitterly: "I have heard its name for a long time, and I thought it was a good thing...... Director Wang smiled and picked up the bowl in front of Pei Gai: "Cherish material resources and don't waste them." As he spoke, he drank the other party's residual tea.

"The king should call, should he ask?" I'm not going to waste my time with you, so let's get to the point, man!

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