Hu Song was forced to return to his teacher from Nan'an in a hurry, but was angry and complained by Sima Bao in public, and within a few days, he reported that he was sick and has been closed at home since then. After a long time, his civil and military colleagues gradually got used to it, and even Sima Bao seemed to be a little out of sight and out of mind, and he was about to forget it.

On this day, after lunch, Hu Song had nothing to do, paced under the pillars of his backyard, and stood looking at a plum tree in the courtyard with his hands in his hands, thoughtful.

When he was thinking about it, a voice came from the voice of "Brother Shizuo, why do you stand alone?" ”

Hu Song was stunned and looked at the voice, only to see a person coming from the corridor in a hurry, with a calm gait, eyes and a friendly smile on his face, but he was engaged in Zhonglang Pei Xu.

"Enjoy the plum blossoms alone, and enjoy the province and enjoy it." Hu Song hurriedly stepped forward, held his hand and said with a smile: "Brother Fanqing, where is the east wind that makes the foot uninvited?" ”

Pei Shu laughed: "Brother Shizuo's mansion is very tight. The east wind has nowhere to borrow, but it took a lot of spit to get the doorman to let me in. ”

Hu Song also laughed, and said straight and ashamed. The two stood and exchanged pleasantries for a while, and Hu Song invited Pei Shu into the study. At the beginning of February, the spring was cold, and a small charcoal stove was burned in the study, but it was warm but not pressing, and it was very comfortable. The master and slave sat down, and a maid served fragrant tea, and the two held cups in their hands, chatting for a while.

Although Hu Song was curious, he was not anxious. As the saying goes, if you have nothing to do, you will go to the Three Treasures Palace, and Pei Xu took the initiative to visit, which must be some big and small things. Hu Song secretly said that if you don't say what you mean, I will also pretend to be confused, anyway, it is rare for someone to come to the door to chat, and talk about it once.

After talking leisurely for a while, sure enough, Pei Shu gradually put away a pleasant smile, and said slowly: "If there is chaos today, Hu Lu does evil, and the territory of this state is not peaceful." After the father of the Shizuo brothers, he has a strategy, do he plan to live in seclusion like this, and linger among the plum grass flowers and birds? ”

Hu Song had already taken precautions in his heart, and immediately said without changing his face: "The imperial court has its own second duke of Kosuo to preside over the government. Honshu...... I am just an idle official, and it is not my turn to worry about military and political affairs, or rely on the name of my father, and I will not starve to death. ”

Pei Xu couldn't help but sneer and said: "Everyone in the world knows that the king is indecisive, and you say that he is arbitrary. Okay, you Hu Shizuo, you can mention it in person if you have any opinions. ”

Hu Song smiled wryly and didn't make a sound. Pei Xuan then shook his head and said, "Besides, Brother Tai deliberately despised himself, obviously insincere. Lingzun is famous and prestigious, and the whole world admires it, and when Emperor Wu was in the first dynasty, it was already the dry city of the country, and he was in and out of the phase. Brother Tai should inherit the martyrs and rise up, but when he is in his prime, he will follow the example of dying old and decaying, and be willing to be depressed behind closed doors? ”

Hu Songliang was speechless for a long time. After a long sigh, he waved his hand and sighed: "I don't have anything to say, the current situation is certainly like this, and human affection is also elusive, it's not that I don't want to work hard." You see, the last time I was ordered to be in danger, in Nan'an for him to block Gao Yue's army, just about to turn around, he was frightened by thousands of people, ignoring the previous enemy's battle situation, and insisted that I come back to save him. Save it, save it, I ran all the way back, the enemy ran away early, not only did he not even have a word of comfort, but he was also angry and afraid of losing face, and in turn scolded me in public! You say that such a master, what is he trying to do with him? ”

"That's it! It doesn't help to say more. Brother Fanqing, don't you know that although I am in a high position, I am really not as good as a partial school, and I have no way to put my beak, so it is better to simply shrink my head and come back, and it is best to close my eyes and mouth from now on. It's only hateful that the tiger father has a dog, and I have the appearance of now, and I really don't have the face to see my ancestors in the future. ”

Hu Song was originally the son of Hu Fen, a high-ranking general in the imperial court during the period of Emperor Wu of the Jin Dynasty. Hu Fen was the left servant of the imperial court during the time of Emperor Wu, the general of the town army, and the three divisions of Kaifu Yitong. In his life, he attacked Gongsun in the east, fought against Zhuhu in the west, attacked the Huns in the north, and destroyed Sun Wu in the south. And both civil and military, loyal and upright, with an excellent reputation. There is also a daughter who was accepted by Emperor Wu as a nobleman is very favored, so in public and private, Hu Fen is highly valued and trusted by Emperor Wu of the Jin Dynasty, and is an important minister and famous general in the early years of the Western Jin Dynasty. If you talk about Hu Song's grandfather, it is also amazing, but he is the general of the chariot and cavalry in the Cao Wei period of the previous dynasty, Hu Zun, the marquis of Yinmi, and he is the lord of the country.

Due to the early death of Hu Fen's only son, Hu Song was adopted by Hu Fen as his adopted son when he was a teenager and was regarded as his own. After Hu Fenji died of illness, the court praised and posthumously praised Hu Song, as the third generation of the son of the root and Miaohong, inherited his father's position as the general of the town army, but he was demoted by one level, not a general.

Ancestors and fathers are all heroes of the moment, and they are admired all over the world. But Hu Song has stumbled so far, he feels that in addition to the name of the general of the town army inherited from his father, he is already over forty years old, but he has achieved nothing and nothing, so it is no wonder that he is depressed.

Pei Shu saw Hu Song's gloomy and hateful appearance, so he first said a few words of comfort. But since the king of Nanyang was mentioned, they touched the common thoughts, and they couldn't help but sigh to each other. Pei Shu and Hu Song used to be just simple colleagues, but when they met, they gave up politely, which can be regarded as general friends. But after staying under Sima Bao for more than a year, the two of them are getting closer and closer quickly, and they are now irreversible.

One of the two is the father, and he will become famous; One is also from a prestigious Pei family, and the gate valve is noble, so there is no situation where anyone deliberately flatters whom. It is not just to boycott the faction of political opponent Zhang Chun for the sake of forming an alliance, the root cause is that without him, Pei Shu and Hu Song are all under the command of Sima Bao, typical royalists loyal to the imperial court.

In addition to Hu and Pei, the famous faction in Shangtai City is also the rebellious general Yang Tao, who is still in prison. Their central idea is that without the imperial court, there would be nothing they had, and nothing should be left out of the imperial court. To put it bluntly, it is the concrete embodiment of the idea of loyalty to the monarch in feudal society. The righteousness of the Spring and Autumn Period, the orthodoxy of the monarch and the minister, this absolutely cannot be ignored and blasphemed.

You Sima Bao is the king and hegemon, you can acquiesce or accept, but the premise is that you must support the court, be loyal to the emperor, and abide by the courtiers' festivals without half a point of transgression, and try your best to protect the Great Jin Dynasty. As long as this can be satisfied, everything is negotiable. But the key Sima Bao has long despised the imperial court, has no intention of serving the king, and the Huns have persecuted the Son of Heaven several times, and he has not seen him take the slightest specific action to actively deal with it, even if it is to show the indignation and pain that a courtier should have.

In their expectations, Sima Bao should be a famous king who can turn the tide and prosper the emperor, and can raise his arms and shout to gather the hope of the people and the people of the world, so that in the end, it is logical to inherit the throne. However, what Sima Bao did was obviously looking forward to the emperor's death so that he could succeed him, which was completely inconsistent with the standards of morality and etiquette in the hearts of the two, so Pei Xu and Hu Song gradually became disappointed in Sima Bao.

Coupled with the current situation, it has come to such a point. In the past, it not only completely controlled Qinzhou, but also radiated Qinghai, Liangzhou, Saibei and even Yizhou, which was very strong. Now that it has only been a few years, Sima Bao's power can't even hold a complete county in his hands, only the four cities of Shangqi, Xianxin, Chengji, and Lixian in Tianshui County are still under his orders, and the other lands have either changed the court and officially changed hands, or they have raised their banners to stand on their own.

In today's Qinzhou, even the assassin Shi and the governor were officially transferred to Gao Yue by the emperor. But Gao Yue can't be compared with disobedience, after all, he once fought bravely to defeat a strong enemy, this loyalty and courage everyone in the world has clearly seen, the emperor let him take charge of Qinzhou, but also to repay the peach, you yourself are not loyal, and you have no ability, then you can't blame others to replace you. Therefore, Hu Pei and the others were very ashamed of Gao Yue's unreasonable hatred.

The strong contrasts and stimuli brought by these internal and external effects made Hu Pei and others feel cold. Sima Bao can no longer follow, and Shangtai is not an ideal place, this is the consensus of the royalists in the city. But the situation is in front of us, there is no place in the southeast and northwest of the world that is not chaotic, Chang'an is in danger, but surrender to the Hu people, it is better to let them die; went south to attach Sima Rui, the king of Langya, and also had all kinds of scruples. In addition, Youzhou, who was loyal to the imperial court, had Xianbei Duan Pipan, and disdained to vote; And Sikong Liu Kun's annex is an island in the sea, and he doesn't dare to vote. In addition, the loyal emperor's Leling Taishou Shaoxu, Hanoi Taishou Guo Mo, Xingyang Taishou Li Ju, etc., are just a small place, deep behind the enemy and struggling to support, self-protection is a problem, let alone contact and shelter others.