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Zuo Xiang Wang Heng also received an invitation from the Pei family, in order to congratulate Pei Kuan on his birthday, the imperial court specially closed the dynasty to show sympathy for the Pei family, Wang Heng also ended up half idle, at noon, he changed his clothes, ready to go to Pei's house for a banquet, in fact, from the morning, there were officials of all sizes rushed to Pei's mansion, since ancient times, the birthday banquet of the powerful is an important occasion for officialdom communication, especially for some small and medium-sized officials, a fruitful conversation, often determines the fate of his officialdom, Therefore, small and medium-sized officials usually rush to the venue early to look for opportunities to meet with senior officials.

But Wang Heng is different, he is the left minister of the dignified state, the minister of political affairs, and he is already a very popular minister, he doesn't need to run around anymore, find a high-ranking official to talk to him, only people are looking for his share, so Wang Heng is not in a hurry, he has lunch leisurely, and is ready to go to the study to take a nap, this is his thunderous rule, just arrived at the study, a maid came to report, "Master, Mrs. please!" ”

Wang Heng knew that this must be his wife who came to urge him to go, and he had urged him three times since early to now, so he waved his hand unhappily and said, "Go and tell her not to worry, I will naturally take her when the time comes." ”

The maid smiled and saluted again: "Master, it's not a matter of departure, it's that Madame has a guest coming, please come over too." ”

"Guests? Who is it? Wang Jue asked strangely.

"It's Madame's niece."

'It was her!' A flash of brightness flashed in Wang Heng's eyes, so he nodded and said with a smile: "Let Madame wait, I'll come right away." ”

He didn't feel sleepy anymore and immediately went to the inner house.

．．．．．．．．． Wang Heng's wife is the sister of Yizhou Taishou Cui Yuan, the daughter of a famous family, married to Wang Heng for nearly 20 years, it is the Cui family's help to Wang Heng, so that Wang Heng's officialdom in the Tianbao period rose step by step, and finally became one of the most powerful Xiangguo in the Tang Dynasty, so the Cui and Wang families have formed a situation of common loss and common prosperity in the officialdom.

Although Cui Yuan became Li Longji's prime minister, which also had an adverse impact on Wang Heng to a certain extent, Wang Heng's power has been deeply rooted, and a small marriage relationship can no longer move him, and he is the pillar that Li Heng relies on to support the situation, so he will never dare to touch him, so the relationship between Wang Heng and Cui Yuan will be looked down upon.

Others looked down on it, but Wang Heng himself didn't look down on it, otherwise he wouldn't have ignored the routine of napping like this at this time, and hurried to the inner house.

Today's guest is Mrs. Wang Heng's niece, that is, Cui Yuan's daughter, nicknamed Chun Niang, married Zhao Xun, a member of the Ministry of Industry four years ago, some time ago when the powerful ran to Shu, she and her husband also fled to Chengdu, but today they are back, and the first thing is to come to her aunt.

Chun Niang looks really ordinary, and she adds a three-point look because of her bright makeup, but she is fast-talking, shrewd and capable, and she is talking to her aunt about Shudi people.

"Although Chengdu is not bad, but I think it is still not as prosperous as Chang'an, just the shops in the East City, the whole Chengdu adds up to less than half, I am talking about making money, and Zhuque Street, Chang'an's tall city wall, the magnificence of Daming Palace, etc., Chengdu is beyond reach."

"How's the food and clothing?" Wang Heng's wife is a woman after all, and she cares more about these details.

"The price of food and clothing is slightly cheaper than that of Chang'an, 20 yuan for a pound of meat, 70 yuan for a bucket of rice, and the price of Anxi silver dollars there is extremely high, a silver dollar can be exchanged for 300 yuan, but this time we brought a lot of silver dollars to go, and made a lot of money, so we were not lost by buying a house."

"Is the house expensive?"

"It's not just expensive, a price a day, go up every day, it's expensive, the key is that we go south, we are forced to be divided into three, six, nine, etc., the prince's family went to Chengdu to have a good house, no need to pay a penny, those high-ranking officials and magnates also have official houses for free, don't worry at all, only we small officials, must pay for their own money to buy a house, now any two acres of small house to two thousand yuan, although we have a little savings, but if all used to buy a house, what do we eat? I don't have the money to buy maids and miscellaneous servants, so when I go back to Beijing this time, I want to sell the house in Chang'an and make some money to go back. ”

"I advise my niece not to sell it!" Wang Heng walked in with a smile.

Chunniang hurriedly got up and saluted: "See uncle!" ”

"Don't be so polite, sit down!"

Chun Niang sat down again, and Wang Heng's wife hurriedly asked, "Master, why did you persuade Chun Niang not to sell the house in Chang'an?" ”

"Yes! Why didn't my uncle let me sell the house? Chunniang also asked curiously.

Wang Jue smiled slightly: "There are still three caves in the cunning rabbit, don't you want to go back to Chang'an in the future?" Do you really think that the split in Datang will last for decades? ”

"But we heard that many of the mansions of the powerful clans were confiscated by the imperial court in Chang'an, and the officials who went south were all frightened, and now Chengdu is full of rumors, and we are very worried about whether our houses will also be confiscated."

"You little people don't have to worry, you can rest assured! Except for the sect that fled south, even Yang Guozhong's house has not been confiscated, what are you worried about? ”

Chunniang patted her chest and smiled: "Then I'll rest assured, in fact, we are also a little hesitant, in case we have to go back to Chang'an, and there is no home, where to live?" As soon as my uncle said this, I wouldn't sell it. ”

Speaking of this, Chun Niang took out a letter, handed it to Wang Heng and said, "Uncle, this is a letter from my father to you, I will bring it by the way." ”

Wang Heng smiled understandingly, he knew that Cui Yuan would definitely ask Chun Niang to bring the letter to him, he took the letter and said with a smile: "You talk first, I'll go to the study to read the letter." ”

Mrs. Wang Jue hurriedly said, "Master, when will we leave?" ”

"There's no need to rush this, if you want to go first, then take Yong'er first! I'll come back a little later. ”

Wang Heng quickly returned to the study, sat down and opened the letter Cui Yuan gave him, from the time he got the letter, he knew that there was content in the letter, Cui Yuan never wrote more than one page, but this letter is quite thick, at least three pages, there is probably another mystery in the letter.

Sure enough, Wang Heng opened the letter and immediately found a folded small piece of paper hidden in the letter, which turned out to be Li Longji's handwritten message.

'Aiqing has followed me for many years, I know Aiqing's loyalty, the ancients, sitting on the high of the temple, can see the world's greatness, Aiqing has been in a high position, what I think is the safety of the Tang Sheji, today the sky of Chang'an is confused by the Anxi magic barrier, the wind and rain, the Tang Dynasty artifact was forced into Shu, I lamented the ancestral Sheji, hated his own strength is weak, I hope Aiqing can take the Wang family out of the magic barrier, hand in hand with me, and return the Tang Dynasty to the blue sky, I wait and see. ’

Wang Heng slowly closed the letter, his mind was blank, Li Longji's edict did not bring him ecstasy, on the contrary, he had an inexplicable fear, being targeted by Li Longji can certainly prove his worth, but it also brought him pressure, Wang Heng knows very well that Li Longji is a person, once his request is not responded to or satisfied, he will be regarded as an enemy, let you die, now Li Longji has taken a fancy to him Wang Heng, how should he respond, ignore it?

Wang Hui's heart was in a mess, he had just persuaded Chun Niang to be cunning in the three rabbit holes, but in a blink of an eye, it was his turn, did he also want to be cunning in the rabbit three holes?

Wang Heng put Li Longji's edict aside, not thinking about him for the time being, he opened Cui Yuan's letter again, the content of the letter made him breathe a sigh of relief, the letter did not mention Li Longji's edict, but just hoped to strengthen the cooperation between Cui and Wang, and maintain the greatest interests in both the north and the south of the Tang Dynasty, at the end of the letter, Cui Yuan mentioned one thing, Wei Jiansu, the squire of the military department, has secretly taken refuge in Li Longji, and he may have a big move recently, so that Wang Heng may wish to pay attention to it, this will be an opportunity to completely bring down the Wei family.

'Down with the Wei family! ’

This thought flashed through Wang Hui's mind, in fact, Wang Heng wanted to bring down the Pei family, especially Pei Min, he wanted to get rid of it quickly, but Pei Min couldn't move, Pei Min was Li Qing'an's spokesperson, but it was not bad to be able to get rid of Wei Jiansu, when Wei Jiansu followed Yang Guozhong, he was his opponent, and the Wei family has always had a close relationship with the Pei family, and bringing down Wei Jiansu is also a warning to the Pei family, who has been arrogant recently, Wang Heng knows that this is actually what Cui Yuan means.

Wang Heng couldn't help but think of Li Qing'an's recent attraction of major families, Chang'an's famous famous families, Pei, Lu, Wei, Xiao, Zhang, Dugu, Changsun and other dozens of families He personally came to the door, the momentum is rapid, yesterday Li Heng also discussed with him, how to stop Li Qingan's ambitions.

Isn't it a warning to these families to knock the Wei family hard?

At this time, the voice of the maid came from outside the door, "Master, Madame said it was time to go, and she was already waiting for the master in the carriage." ”

"I see!"

Wang Heng was annoyed for a while, so he changed his clothes, put on a gauze hat, and hurriedly went out.

．．．．．．．．．． Pei's mansion was already very lively at this time, the street in front of the gate was full of guests' carriages, and there was still a steady stream of carriages coming, more than a dozen Pei family children were riding horses, and they were busy guiding the carriages to stop, and more than 300 Li Qing'an's personal soldiers also came to help and help maintain order.

This time, Pei Kuan celebrated his birthday, and sent out a total of 1,200 invitations, most of which were the leading figures in Chang'an, plus Pei Kuan was bold and good at making friends in the past, and his popularity was excellent, so Wang Yuanbao and other Chang'an giants also got invitations and came to pay their respects to his birthday.

Generally speaking, a famous family like the Pei family will not interact with businessmen, but the Pei family considers that this may be the last birthday of Pei Kuan's life, so no matter how noble or low, anyone who has a relationship with Pei Kuan will be invited together, which can be regarded as the last explanation to Pei Kuan.

In front of Pei's mansion, Pei Zunqing, Pei Min, Pei Zhen, Pei Xiang, Pei Yu and other elders and juniors of the Pei family all came out to greet the guests, but they didn't see Li Qing'an's shadow, and the Pei family didn't ask much.

A group of guests came forward with their wives and children, most of the men in the Tang Dynasty were dressed in the same way, wearing a robe with a belt, wearing black leather boots, wearing a gauze hat or a head, all of them were ruddy and energetic, and the women's dress was varied, wearing wide long skirts, there was a reason for this, Li Yu asked for frugality after his accession to the throne, it was strictly forbidden to use Shu brocade, and it was strictly forbidden to wear six long skirts, Queen Shen led by example, and took the lead in wearing four skirts, and the six large skirts of Chang'an were extinct, but after Li Yu died, his ban expired, The ladies of Chang'an turned out their wide skirts from the bottom of the box one after another, and the grand occasion of the skirts dragging six pictures of Xiangjiang River water appeared again.

I saw red, yellow, green, purple, the long skirt was colorful, the skirt was breast-high, the two rounds of the crescent moon were half dewed, snow-white as fat, wearing a short shirt, the shoulder shawl was clothed, most of the combs were in a high bun, such as dark clouds, the face was covered with heavy makeup, the step shake, the hosta, the gold ring, the walk was shaken three times, and all kinds of jewelry rings were jingled, which was particularly graceful and colorful.

At this time, Zhang Hao, the left waiter under the door, walked forward quickly, he was Taiyuan Yin, and he was transferred to Chang'an in three months, and his wife and children were still in Taiyuan, so he was the only one who came to celebrate his birthday, and walked forward, Zhang Hao smiled and said: "Pei Ge boss's birthday, I am here to celebrate his birthday!" ”

There are generally two people under the door, one left and one right, the left waiter is Zhang Hao, and the right waiter is Pei Zunqing, although Zhang Hao is also Li Heng's person, but he is upright, resolute and upright, has an official reputation in the court, and has a very good relationship with Pei Zunqing.

When Pei Zunqing saw him coming, he hurriedly greeted him with a smile and said, "I don't care if you come or not, you just need to send the birthday gift." ”

Zhang Hao pointed at Pei Zunqing and smiled at Pei Min: "Pei Xiangguo, look at this person, he is still a high-ranking official in the imperial court, he actually said such snobbish words, I want to impeach him." ”

The three of them laughed together, and Pei Zunqing patted Zhang Hao's back and smiled: "Come on!" I've left you the best spot, let someone secretly serve you a pot of good wine first, you must not say that I arranged it! ”

"There are a few! There are a few! ”

Zhang Hao smiled and said, "You go to entertain guests, I'll go find wine to drink." ”

Pei Zunqing hurriedly recruited a Pei disciple, gave him a few instructions, and asked him to bring Zhang Hao in, at this time, several important guests came, Wang Hui came with his wife, Pei Zunqing told Zhang Hao a crime, and Pei Min greeted him with a smile.

"Wang Xiangguo is only here now, and he should be punished with three glasses of wine!"

．．．．．．．．． Pei Fuzhong is noisy, beside the rockery, among the flowers, in the pavilion, you can see a group of guests chatting together, at this time a thin middle-aged man walked through a small courtyard, very casually greeted a few acquaintances, he didn't seem to have the interest in talking, there were crowded crowds everywhere, which made him a little upset, he liked to be quiet, and wanted to find a quiet place to meditate alone.

After walking a few courtyards in a row, there were fewer and fewer guests, and then he came to the gate of a small courtyard that seemed to have no guests, which was full of green trees and flowers, which was pleasing to the eye, and he was in a good mood, and was just about to enter the courtyard, but two soldiers came out of nowhere and stopped him, "Sorry, this is a forbidden place, and ordinary guests are not allowed to enter." ”

"I just want to see the flowers and trees inside!" The middle-aged man pointed to the small courtyard and said with a smile.

The two soldiers shook their heads, "Sir, just watch here, you can't go in!" ”

At this moment, there was a sound of talking in the courtyard, and the soldier hurriedly said to the middle-aged man: "My general is here, sir, please avoid!" ”

The middle-aged man had nowhere to go, so he hurriedly dodged and hid behind a big tree, and at this time, Li Qingan sent the guests out.

Since the morning, he has continued to meet many important guests, and the man who walked out with him is Xiao Hua, the left attendant of the Criminal Department, Xiao Hua is also from a famous family, he is a nobleman of the Six Dynasties after the Xiao family, Xiao Shi has three people in the Tang Dynasty, Xiao Hua's father is the name of Xiao Song, his younger brother Xiao Heng because he married Li Longji's daughter Princess Xinchang as his wife, and worshiped Guanglu Siqing as the emperor's son-in-law.

However, in the southward tide some time ago, Xiao Heng, at the instigation of his wife, also went south to Chengdu and went to Shujing as an official.

"Xiao Shilang don't worry, it's not just the Xiao family that brothers go to the north and south, take the Cui family as an example, aren't Cui Lian and Cui Yuan in the north and south? I don't see anything wrong with it, my lords. ”

"Thanks to the general's advice, my heart has finally fallen, otherwise I would have been restless."

Li Qingan also laughed and said: "Then Xiao Shilang has to drink a few more drinks today, and he won't return home if he doesn't get drunk!" ”

"Definitely! Certain! Be sure to have a few more drinks today. ”

Li Qingan sent Xiao Hua out of the small courtyard, he felt a little tired, and was about to go back to the house to rest for a while, when he turned around, he happened to see a middle-aged man hiding behind a big tree, and said with a smile: "Why are you hiding there?" ”

His personal soldiers hurriedly stepped forward and explained: "This gentleman wanted to enter the courtyard to admire the flowers and trees, and just as the general came out, he hid. ”

The middle-aged man knew Li Qing'an, and he hurriedly stepped forward to salute and said, "See the general!" ”

Li Qing'an pointed to a tall apricot tree in the distance, and said with a smile: "There are also a few small apricot trees planted in this yard, if this envoy likes to admire, you can go to Beibi Garden, where there are two five-hundred-year-old apricot trees, as well as the famous Taihu Lake stone, the pavilions and pavilions are particularly exquisite, I suggest that the envoy go there to enjoy." ”

The middle-aged man smiled bitterly and said: "The essence of the garden is in the word 'quiet', Beibi Garden is overcrowded, noisy and noisy, no matter how exquisite, it is just a pile of civil engineering, how can there be any appreciation." ”

Li Qingan saw that he was reasonable, so he nodded and said with a smile: "You are right, I am also a person who likes to be quiet, the most headache and social with people, it is better to order it at will alone, even if you come in to see the scenery, you can watch it for as long as you want, and no one will disturb you anymore." ”

The middle-aged man was overjoyed, and hurriedly bowed down and thanked: "Thank you for the kindness of the general." ”

Li Qing'an smiled, walked away towards the courtyard, and when he walked to the door, he suddenly felt, why had this official never seen him?

He stopped and looked back and asked, "May I ask the name of the envoy, in which temple does he serve?" ”

The middle-aged man bowed to Li Qingan and said: "Xia Guan is in the middle of the ministry under the door, surnamed Wang Mingwei, the word Maha, and Lu Youcheng came to Pei Mansion to celebrate his birthday." ”

(To be continued)