Chapter 417: Birthday Banquet (I)
Liu Xin personally believes that because of his arrival and the intention of cooperation with Yuan Feng and Zhang Rang, this has also led to an inexplicable self-confidence in Yuan Feng and Zhang Rang, thinking that they have a great advantage now, so they want to make a big news in Luoyang City. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
So although Liu Xin has the heart to stay out of the matter, as a man's seventh sense, Liu Xin feels that even if he is not really involved, there is a chance that he will be "named to fight" by Zhang Rang or Yuan Feng, after all, as far as the current situation is concerned, Liu Xin also knows how loud his "name" is in Luoyang City, or how loud it is for the entire Han Dynasty, and the most important thing is that Liu Xin's "name" is not only very loud, but also weighty!
Therefore, Liu Xin feels that Yuan Feng or Zhang Rang will definitely pull his own "tiger skin" to establish his dominant position, so Liu Xin also has a headache now, in case he leaves Luoyang, Yuan Feng These guys may be unscrupulous to deal with Zhang Rang in their own name, when the time comes, Zhang Rang can't think about it for a while, mistakenly thinking that he has "abandoned" him, and then Zhang Rang gritted his teeth and made a big news with the mentality of burning jade, such as a palace change or something in advance, and Yuan Feng was directly killed...
Then there is no way to end this scene.
Therefore, the situation that is most in line with Liu Xin's interests now is to maintain the status quo, the family forces led by Yuan Feng and the eunuch forces where Zhang Rang is located naturally maintain a certain balance, and it is best to be the kind of situation where no one can help anyone, and then both sides are looking like "you can't get used to me but there is no way to beat me", so it is better for Liu Xin.
After all, for Liu Xin, after he returned to Yizhou and Chengdu, the period before the start of the Yellow Turban Uprising was Liu Xin's "single-machine farming" time, so it was best not to have any big news, even if big news happened, it was best not to involve himself, otherwise Liu Xin would not want to live in peace.
However, the current situation is not optimistic for Liu Xin, after all, according to Zhou Yi's statement, Yuan Feng has begun to plan a big move, and began to mobilize his own forces in Luoyang City, looking like he may attack the eunuch forces at any time.
And Zhang Rang is not a fool, let alone a blind man, so Zhang Rang naturally understands what Yuan Feng wants to do, so Zhang Rang has also taken countermeasures and seized some important "nodes", so that Yuan Feng has no way to launch a "raid".
And now, Liu Xin's situation in Luoyang City can only be described as "the mountain rain is coming and the wind is full of buildings", and the most important thing is that Liu Xin feels that this mountain rain will be a thunderstorm nine times out of ten, and the first "thunder", I'm afraid it is himself!
After all, Liu Xin's identity is too special, the two identities of Chengdu King and Yizhou Assassin are nothing, the most important thing is that Liu Xin's "Immortal Master" identity is too important, and now Yuan Feng and Zhang Rang can use the name of Liu Xin's "Immortal Master" at any time to fabricate some prophecies and other names, and take the lead in attacking each other!
Therefore, Liu Xin feels that he is okay in Luoyang City now, and the eunuch forces and the family forces will remain happy, after all, Liu Xin, the "spokesman", is still in Luoyang City, and they dare not speak on behalf of Liu Xin at will.
And when Liu Xin left Luoyang, Liu Xin could already foresee that the eunuch forces and the family forces would begin to fabricate their own "famous sayings", and then he would definitely be inexplicably involved in this chaos.
This feeling Liu Xin felt very bad, but if he thought about it carefully, Liu Xin also found that all this was his own pot, after all, he was "merciful everywhere" in Luoyang City, after all, the current Liu Xin has not been able to get a relationship with the scribe power because he has not yet gotten the "admission ticket" in terms of the scribe power, Liu Xin and the other three major forces have an ulterior relationship, so Liu Xin finally realized what it means to be "greedy and chew too much", although Liu Xin was still a little proud before today, I was able to maintain a good relationship with various forces, but now that I look closely, this relationship is very good, but it has also brought too many variables to myself.
But now that the matter has come to this, Liu Xin has no way to change what has happened, after all, it is impossible for Liu Xin to break the contract without saying a word, and then leave Luoyang directly.
Therefore, what Liu Xin has to do now is to find an opportunity to join the "battle meeting" of the family forces that may be held tomorrow, and then Liu Xin will find a way to guide Yuan Feng to make the right "decision" - to live in harmony and love with the eunuch forces... It's no wonder that Liu Xin doesn't think he has the ability to let Yuan Feng live in harmony with the eunuch forces, so Liu Xin can only hope that Yuan Feng can give up this plan, at least not in the name of Liu Xin.
Of course, Liu Xin also felt that he needed to go to Zhang Rang to talk about this matter, and not let Zhang Rang drag himself into the water inexplicably.
Thinking of this, Liu Xin felt that he had a long way to go, he originally thought that he had pitted everyone, but now that he thought about it carefully, Liu Xin completely pitted himself, and Liu Xin, who realized this, could only choose to go to bed... After all, there are still a lot of things to do tomorrow that Liu Xin needs to spend a lot of energy on, so Liu Xin feels that he needs to rest and recharge to face the various challenges of tomorrow.
Early the next morning, Liu Xin got up and began to plan what he should do today, after all, today is Yang Ci's sixtieth birthday, at this level of banquet, Liu Xin can take Su Jia into Hongnong Yang's mansion in Luoyang at most, and then Su Jia will be arranged to the living room where the entourage should stay if there is nothing to do, it is impossible to follow Liu Xin's side, simply put, Liu Xin must fight alone today, and he can no longer expect Su Jia to be able to "assist" himself.
Therefore, Liu Xin decided not to discuss with Su Jia what to do today, after all, the plan could not catch up with the changes, and Liu Xin could only rely on himself completely.
So, before breakfast, Liu Xin finally figured out what he should do today, and also sorted out his thoughts and prepared to meet today's challenges.
And Su Jia understood Liu Xin's thoughts very well, so he didn't deliberately give Liu Xin any advice, but just warned Liu Xin to keep a cool head, after all, those who are qualified to participate in the "battle meeting" of the family forces are basically the patriarchs of some big families, simply put, a group of old foxes, if Liu Xin can't keep calm, it is very likely that he will be buried by this group of old foxes, so Liu Xin must deal with it carefully.
However, Su Jia is not too worried about this problem, after all, although Liu Xin's experience has some shortcomings, Liu Xin's identity gives those old foxes a natural suppression, so those old foxes don't dare to dig a pit for Liu Xin unscrupulously, so as long as Liu Xin calms down, he will be able to deal with all the troubles.
In addition, Su Jia thinks that Liu Xin is worth noting, how to deal with Yuan Feng's possible invitation to assist, after all, it is always unconvincing to be in name only, if Yuan Feng really intends to launch an attack on the eunuch forces in the name of Liu Xin, then Yuan Feng will definitely open his mouth to invite Liu Xin to join or assist their family forces, and nine times out of ten he will also ask Liu Xin to write a "prophecy" in writing to accuse the eunuch forces of the crimes.
Therefore, this is the biggest problem that Liu Xin may encounter today, and it may also determine whether Liu Xin's purpose today can be achieved, so Liu Xin must deal with this problem carefully.
Liu Xin said that he had been prepared for this, as long as there were no accidents, Liu Xin should be able to easily deal with this problem.
Su Jia saw that Liu Xin was so confident, so she didn't say anything more.
After breakfast, Liu Xin arranged for Yuan Shao and others to be busy, after all, today's banquet, Liu Xin could only take Su Jia to Hongnong Yang's mansion in Luoyang, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao did not receive an invitation, so they could not attend Yang Ci's sixtieth birthday, and Wang Shuang and others were the same, so they could only stay in the compound to rest.
However, Cao Cao is also an idle lord, he feels that Liu Xin still has more than ten days to leave Luoyang and return to Chengdu, so Cao Cao is ready to take advantage of this time to go back to his hometown Chen Liu, and call his family and the two Xiahou brothers, after all, even if Liu Xin wants to go south to Jingzhou to return to Chengdu, he will not pass through Chen Liu, so Cao Cao in order not to affect Liu Xin's itinerary in unnecessary meetings and time, so Cao Cao went to bring people to Luoyang in advance.
Liu Xin also agreed with this, after all, being idle is also idle, Cao Cao's coming and going can be regarded as a little time left, after all, the speed of news transmission in these years is too slow, and it is not timely, even if the time of the meeting is agreed, it is possible that the time will be delayed for various reasons, so it is better to meet directly in Luoyang, which is also convenient for the soldiers to divide into two ways.
Therefore, Liu Xin approved Cao Cao's idea, so Cao Cao decisively left the compound, ready to go home and simply pack his luggage, and then go directly to Chenliu.
And Yuan Shao's side took over the work that Cao Cao promised yesterday -- to prepare the carriages in the "Taoyuan".
As for the others, they are busy with their own things, and Liu Xin went to chat with Ying'er in order to "relieve his nervousness". . .
After lunch, Liu Xin cleaned up his image, and after making preparations, he took the flowing horse driven by Su Jia to the mansion of Hongnong Yang's family in Luoyang City.
The reason why Liu Xin thought of letting Su Jia drive the flowing horse today is naturally to play a deterrent role, after all, Liu Xin's current name is mainly supported by the two identities of "King of Chengdu" and "Yizhou Thorn History", so Liu Xin in order to show his identity as an "immortal master", give those old foxes a dismount first, and then choose to sit idle for a long time, and the flowing horse that has been reduced to a "warehouse" in Luoyang City will participate in Yang Ci's 60th birthday.
And Liu Xin's effect is also very good, after all, Liu Xin saw a mixture of curiosity, amazement, and fear in the eyes of Yang Biao, who was standing outside the door and waiting for him, after all, the way of action of the flowing horse was far beyond Yang Biao's imagination.
After all, the existence of flowing horses has been tens of centuries ahead of time, no matter how rich human imagination is, it will be limited by the times, just like the people of the Han Dynasty, no matter how much they imagined, they would not have thought that in the future, there would be lifeless iron lumps flying in the sky, running on the ground, and swimming in the water.
But what Liu Xin wants is this effect, after all, Liu Xin is now wearing himself with a veil of mystery, which can make those old foxes not know their own details, and they don't dare to attack themselves at will.
And Liu Xin separated from Su Jia after receiving the annotated set of Four Books and Five Classics handed over by Su Jia - Liu Xin went to the courtyard where Yang Ci was under the guidance of Yang Biao, and Su Jia went to the banquet place prepared by Hongnong Yang's family for Su Jia and his entourage after settling down the flowing horse.
However, Su Jia also has his own goal, that is, by contacting the entourage of those guests who came to participate in Yang Ci's 60th birthday, after all, the guests who can come to Yang Ci's 60th birthday are all famous and surnamed big people in Luoyang City, and the entourage of these big people naturally knows some gossip, and these gossip is difficult to get information from formal channels, so Su Jia is ready to take this opportunity to collect more information in case of emergency.
Under the leadership of Yang Biao, Liu Xin passed by one small garden after another, and finally arrived at the courtyard where Yang Ci lived.
After all, in a top family like the Hongnong Yang family, the mansion is composed of large and small courtyards, and then arranges the specifications of the residence according to the hierarchy of the family members, and as the head of the Hongnong Yang family, the compound where Yang Ci is located is naturally the center of the Hongnong Yang family's mansion in Luoyang City, and the area is also very large.
Thinking of this, Liu Xin had to sigh that the Hongnong Yang family is worthy of being the Hongnong Yang family, and can have a mansion of such a scale in a place like Luoyang, where every inch of land is valuable, you must know that although Liu Xin has a lot of money now, but in Luoyang, where the architectural pattern has been fixed, he can only buy a courtyard that is very small and cannot become a mansion.
Some things really can't be bought with money, especially the heritage of this kind of family, which is also the capital why the Hongnong Yang family can continue for hundreds of years in the future.
But now is not the time to think about these questions, Liu Xin took a deep breath, and then followed Yang Biao into the compound, ready to meet Yang Ci.
In the compound, Liu Xin met Yang Ci, who was already sixty years old, although Yang Ci was already a sixty-year-old man, but because he had been engaged in academic research for many years, Yang Ci was full of books, giving Liu Xin a very cordial feeling, like an amiable old man.
However, Liu Xin knew that Yang Ci would not be as harmless to humans and animals as he appeared to be!