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Yankangfang is a well-known rich residence in Chang'an, similar to the mountain villa of later generations, and the people who live here are either rich or noble. Among them, the most noble status is the Wei Palace, where Li Tai lives, followed by an ancient mansion separated by three streets.

The ancient mansion does not seem to be much magnificent, but it is the stronghold of the Lu family in Chang'an, which is one of the five surname families.

Because Chang'an is now turbulent, the rulers of the five surnamed families have secretly infiltrated Chang'an one after another to wait and see how things happen.

On this night, the hall of the Lu family attracted four guests.

Lu Zijian, the old man of the Lu family, personally sat in the hall to greet him.

Suddenly, four people, three men and one woman, divided into two groups, walked into the hall one after another.

Walking in the forefront is a pair of middle-aged people, one is a middle-aged Confucian with a mediocre face, and the other is slender, also around forty years old, dressed in green clothes, with a handsome face, revealing a sense of vicissitudes, it is completely conceivable that this person is twenty years younger, must be a handsome guy who is popular with thousands of girls, and there is a man and a woman standing behind him. The man wears a red tasseled crown, a yellow dress embroidered with chrysanthemums, and black samurai leather boots. The body is in excellent shape, with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, and it is full of masculine charm. The eyes are shining, the forehead is high and flat, the eyes are straight and the nose is straight, the lips are tightly formed into lines, and there is an indescribable arrogance and conceit. looks a little like the man in Tsing Yi, a handsome and graceful nobleman.

The other is a young girl, twenty-eight years old, with a goose-yellow long skirt, who looks more delicate than flowers, and is extravagant.

can let Lu Zijian, the old man of the Lu family, greet him personally, these people's identities are not ordinary.

The middle-aged Confucian is Cui Zhongping, the future head of the family with the five surnames of "Cui Lu Li Zheng Wang", and his status in the Cui family is second only to the head of the family who is ill, and he has great autonomy. Beside him was Zheng Tianfan, the head of the Zheng family in Xingyang.

The ancestors of the Zheng family in Xingyang can be traced back to the Zheng State divided by King Xuan of Zhou, and after the destruction of the royal family, Zheng was still the surname, and the hometown of Xingyang was the county. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, starting with Zheng Hun, Zheng Tai and others who were in the same vein as Zheng at that time, it gradually developed into a high-ranking family. After the changes into the Tang Dynasty, the surname Zheng is still a wang family, and it is an unattainable existence in Shilin.

Standing behind Zheng Tianfan were his eldest son and eldest daughter. The eldest son is called Zheng Shimei, and the eldest daughter is Zheng Zhipei.

"Zhongping and Tianfan have seen Lu Lao ......" The people of the family pay the most attention to etiquette, and in the face of the eldest elder of the five families, whether it is the next head of the Cui family or the current head of the Zheng family, they must worship him.

Zheng Shimei and Zheng Zhipei also visited the shrine later, but they called "grandpa" in their mouths.

The five surname families are in the same spirit, and they continue to deepen their relationship with each other by marriage, and the relationship network between them has long been intricate. Just like Zheng Zhipei's mother is the young lady of the Lu family, and she herself is the fiancée of Lu Ziqian, the great-grandson of the Lu family. However, in this era, it is not unusual for cousins to get married, and they don't have so many concerns about each other.

Lu Zijian smiled and asked the four of them to get up, but their eyes fell on Zheng Shimei and Zheng Zhipei. Like them, a gate valve family that has been handed down for thousands of years, the most important thing is the future heir of the family. He looked at it for a long time, and praised it with a smile: "Shimei has a tiger on her back, standing like a pine, and wants to be proficient in martial arts." The old man had heard the poems made by Shimei in Fanyang, and the atmosphere was surging, and he was really a good person with both civil and military skills, and there were successors to the Zheng family. ”

Zheng Shimei said proudly: "Grandpa Xie praises, Shimei is ashamed to be a ......" He was modest in his mouth, but his demeanor was calm and full of arrogance. He has been known as a prodigy since he was a child, riding a bow and horse, and his poems and songs are a must-have in Xingyang, and the younger generation is unparalleled. Although the talent is extraordinary, there is a kind of talent in the world, and I have the feeling of monopolizing eight buckets.

Zheng Tianfan shook his head and said: "Young people don't know the importance of Xingyang, they only know the vastness of Xingyang, but they don't know the greatness of the world. ”

Zheng Shimei's face was unconvinced, but she didn't dare to interject.

Lu Zijian said with a smile: "It is inevitable that young people will be so arrogant. As the ancients said, a person with high talent must have a high heart. If it weren't for the beauty of the world, Xingyang would be unmatched, and he would not be able to raise this arrogance. Xiao Zheng doesn't need to be surprised, since he is here, it is just right for young people to see the world. Chang'an is wide, the hidden dragon and the crouching tiger, the talents are countless, and there will eventually be like-minded confidants. ”

Zheng Shimei said arrogantly: "I came to Chang'an this time mainly to meet that Du He for a while, to see if this rumored No. 1 talent in Chang'an is a waste of fame......

Lu Zijian was silent, glanced at Zheng Tianfan, and saw that Zheng Tianfan looked a little helpless, but he didn't open his mouth to refuse, knowing his intentions, he shook his head and said: "Shimei has chosen the wrong person, just like Xie Lingyun of the Southern Dynasty described Cao Zhi, 'There is only one stone in the world, and Du Qinglian monopolizes eight buckets'......"

Zheng Shimei was even more unconvinced, with a stinky face.

Lu Zijian didn't say much about this matter, and asked Zheng Shimei and Zheng Zhipei to go to the back hall to find the juniors of the Lu family to catch up, and told Zheng Zhipei that Lu Ziqian had been notified and told her the news that his future husband was coming.

"It's not a bad thing to be young and vigorous, it's good to let him suffer......"

It was Cui Zhongping who said this. Zheng Tianfan smiled slightly, which is also what he meant.

Whether it is Lu Zijian, Cui Zhongping or Zheng Shitian, they all know that the gap between Zheng Shimei and Du He is not a little bit. In Xingyang, Zheng Shimei was able to become the first, but in Chang'an, it was already remarkable to be able to enter the top ten. And Du He has occupied the first position since his inception. There is no one among the younger generation.

"Xiao Zheng, what do you think of what Xiao Cui told you...... It's all your own people, so it's okay to say it directly. Lu Zijian affectionately set his eyes on Zheng Tianfan, and today Cui Zhongping brought Zheng Tianfan here, the real purpose is to pull the Zheng family into the water in Xingyang.

The five surnamed families looked down on Li Shimin's background, and they were very unwilling to Li Shimin's rejection, and they would make some small moves in secret, but they didn't tear their faces with each other. They no longer pin their hopes on Li Shimin, and plan to start with the future heir of Datang and use the future prince of Datang to carry forward their own strength.

Li Tai is good at literature, emphasizes literature and abandons martial arts, and is the most ideal candidate for the family with five surnames, and they are very close to each other. But this is close, and it does not mean that it is effective. Among the five great families, only the Cui family and the Lu family really decided to fully support Li Tai, and the remaining three families failed to make up their minds and fully support them.

The Cui family and the Lu family have already regarded Li Tai as the future prince of the Tang Dynasty, and for their own interests and long-term calculations, they have spared no effort to persuade the remaining three, hoping that they can also support Li Tai and enhance Li Tai's strength like themselves.

When Zheng Tianfan was young, he was an elegant noble son, the first handsome man in the family of five surnames, but due to a change in love, he lost his lover and had to accept the position of head of the family. He is calm and wise, and he is the best able to distinguish the situation. Therefore, the two targeted Zheng Tianfan. As long as the Zheng family is persuaded that among the five surnamed families, three will be submissive to Li Tai, and the remaining two will naturally not have much of a problem.

It's just that Zheng Tianfan has a steady temperament, and he is the kind of person who does not seek merit but seeks no fault. Li Tai is not the crown prince now, and it is not easy for him to bet everything in the family on Li Tai.

Cui Zhongping said: "It is also appropriate for the world to have scruples, but you should be clear about the current situation. With the reform of the imperial examination and the gradual rise of the Hanmen, within ten or twenty years, the Hanmen will be able to stand side by side with our family, and it is also a matter of time before they replace us. The families of Cui Lu Li and Zheng Wang have a thousand-year-old history with each other, and they must not be lost to us. ”

The imperial examination is a pioneering initiative created by the Sui Dynasty, and the talent is roughly that Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty Yang Jian also has the heart to promote the Hanmen, but the gate valve of the Sui Dynasty is more powerful than the Tang Dynasty. The imperial examination was almost a decoration, and it did not solve the recent situation at all. In the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin changed the imperial examination system. The imperial examination became more and more fair and just, giving the son of a poor family a chance to advance.

This has made the gate valve family fearful, but they have resources in their hands, and they have many more favorable conditions than the poor family. It is how fair the imperial examination is, and the children of the gate valve who are treated well have always had to count the poor people who can't afford to read books or buy pens.

However, the emergence of Duhe has changed this situation, the establishment of the library, so that the poor family who can not afford to read have the opportunity to learn, the improvement of printing, so that the price of books has fallen again and again, the price is no longer out of reach, the present world of cheap paper, but also to the basic learning of the poor family.

Because of their poverty, the children of the poor family have to study harder than the children of the door valve, and once they have the conditions to study, it is difficult for the children of the door valve to compare with the children of the poor family.

This can be seen from the previous imperial examinations, in the past imperial examinations, the children of the gate lords in various places implemented a monopoly posture on the list, and there were very few poor sons who could be on the list. But in recent years, there have been signs of the emergence of the poor family.

This is what the gate lord clan never wants to see.

And all this is due to Li Shimin's "malicious" intentions, as well as the proposal of the Duhana Library, as well as the improvement of printing and papermaking.

"It's up to Li Tai's choice......" Zheng Tianfan is not ignorant of the current situation, and there are signs of relaxation here, but before agreeing, he seems to know how far Li Tai and the gate valve family can advance and retreat together.

"There are some people in the Wei Wangfu Literature Museum who are members of my Zheng family, and one of them is very talented, he is proficient in the art of lip language, and he can look at the shape of other people's mouths and roughly see the content of what is being said. When Li Tai discussed with Du Chuke, although his voice was low, he did not hide it from that person, and the "Lanting Collection Preface" was in Li Tai's hands. ”

Lu Zijian was old and refined, and suddenly understood Zheng Tianfan's intentions, and said with a smile: "It is not disgraceful to steal the "Lanting Collection Preface", if Li Tai is willing to lend it, he will undoubtedly admit that he is the one who stole the "Lanting Collection Preface". It also means that he has a lot of heart and soul for us, and he can be trusted. ”

At this time, they got the news that Li Tai sent the "Lanting Collection Preface".

Du He followed the man in black to the outside of the Lu Mansion, looked at the ancient plaque, and thought, "Could it be that the Lu family did it?" ”

He planned to go to the backyard to climb over the wall and enter the house, but a carriage was mysteriously parked in the shadow of the backyard. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to ***(***.***) to vote for recommendation, ***, your support is my biggest motivation. )