Different from the beacon fire and smoke in the Central Plains and other places, and frequent wars, the red lanterns are now hanging high in Xiangyang City, Jingzhou, and the entire Liu Mansion is full of lights, and the figures in red clothes are busy up and down.

In a remote courtyard, Liu Xiu, Liu Bowen and other four people were sitting around drinking and chatting, as if the lively scene had nothing to do with it.

"If it weren't for the busy crowd in the house today, you and I wouldn't be able to get such a good wine, food, it's really rare, such a day, I don't know when it will be the end, hey" Liu Xiu took a full glass of wine, sighed and said: "Berwyn, I can think of a way to get me out of such a cage in the past few days."

"Don't be in a hurry, you must know that you have to endure hardships in order to become a master; Although the lord is not doing well now, he can still do something to plan for the future. Liu Bowen said to Liu Xiu with a wry smile, now that he has only been in Xiangyang for three days, how can he think of a way to get out of this predicament so quickly, but he and Liu Xiu really did not expect that this identity treatment is even worse than imagined a few days ago, whether it is food, clothing, housing and transportation, or servant treatment, it is far from Liu Qi and Liu Cong.

1,800 years ago, food, clothing, housing and transportation were already poor enough, but now Liu Xiu is even more unbearable than this, how can this make Liu Xiu, who was still enjoying the life of the 21st century a few days ago, habitual.

When Liu Xiu heard this, he could only be helpless, and drank the wine in the cup in one gulp, enjoying this rare good wine and food

Not long after, a subordinate hurriedly ran in and called, "Second son, is the second son here?" After shouting, he even gasped twice.

"Where are you here, when will you call me?" Liu Xiu asked curiously, but it was strange, at this hour, his father should have just finished saluting, and the people in the mansion should be busy greeting guests.

The man replied quite respectfully: "The little one was ordered by the master to invite the second son to the main hall to attend the wedding banquet." ”

"Call me to the main hall?" Liu Xiu asked in a surprised voice.

"Yes, the second son, it was the lady who wanted to call the second son, so the master let the younger one come."

Liu Xiu secretly thought in his heart: After talking for a long time, it turned out that the stepmother who had just entered the door wanted to see him, it was really strange, I don't know what it would be

In fact, it's no wonder that Liu Xiu thought so, originally everyone had already had a wedding, and was greeting Jingxiang and other Confucians, celebrities, wealthy families, relatives and friends in the main hall to drink and have fun, but he never thought that Mrs. Cai actually reminded Liu Biao: "Why don't you see Ji Xu coming?" After speaking, he asked his subordinates to summon Liu Xiu to come.

And Liu Biao also remembered at this time that he forgot to let his second son come, although he didn't want to see this son, but after all, he was his own son, and it was unreasonable not to call him.

Hence the scene where the servants hurriedly came to invite him

When Liu Xiu came to the main hall, the hall was already full of guests and friends, only to see everyone looking at each other, talking and laughing, and there were singers chanting in the middle of the hall, accompanied by dancers, and there was no scene of troubled times at all.

Liu Xiu took Liu Bowen forward to salute, but heard Liu Biao ask: "Ji Xu!" What time is it, and how did you come, don't you know that today is a day of great joy for the Father? As soon as Liu Biao opened his mouth, he directly pushed the responsibility to Liu Xiu, and did not admit that he had forgotten at all.

Liu Xiu naturally couldn't blame him, so he could only bite the bullet and say: "The child is a little unwell in the afternoon, so he forgets the hour of sleep, and I hope my father will forgive me." ”

But fortunately, Liu Biao knew that it was not all his fault, and it was enough to stop: "Hmph! Forget it this time, don't take it as an example! ”

Liu Xiuwei replied resignedly, "Yes, father." ”

Mrs. Cai, who was sitting next to Liu Biao, saw that Liu Biao finished speaking, and then said: "Husband, Xiu'er is late because he is unwell, how can he be blamed," and said to Liu Xiu: "Since Ji Xu is here, hurry up and find a place to sit down, today is the day of my great joy with your father, how can I miss Ji Xu." ”

Everyone in the hall is clear about Liu Xiu's life and status, and they are not surprised by the situation of the father and son, but they have never seen it. Liu Xiu also took Liu Bowen with him, found a seat at the end of the hall, and began to observe the various characters in the hall, these people are all capable and have backgrounds, even hermits like Sima Wei have never been absent from today's banquet, therefore, Liu Xiu naturally has to recognize his face and make friends if he has the opportunity.

Liu Xiu carefully observed a few people on the first seat, the three people at the head, all of them were middle-aged Confucian scholars, Liu Xiu heard others call the three people as moral exercises, Pang Gong, Huang Chengyan, it turned out that these people were the three most prestigious celebrities in Jingzhou, although they did not appear in Jingzhou, but they had close friendships with the major wealthy families in Jingzhou.

Behind the three of them were six teenagers, who looked to be about his age, whispering and talking about something; Thanks to Liu Xiu's ears, it turned out that these six people, the oldest young man was Xu Shu Xu Yuanzhi, and the next ones were Pang Tong and Zhuge Liang, and the remaining three were Cui Zhouping, Shi Guangyuan and Meng Gongwei, this is really a big celebrity, Liu Xiu couldn't imagine that he could still see these people here, and he planned how to get to know each other.

But at this moment, Liu Biao drank the singer and dancer, and in an instant, the whole hall was quiet, and everyone looked at Liu Biao, not knowing what he was going to do.

I saw Liu Biao raise his glass and say loudly: "Liu can sit in the position of state pastor, and thank you for your help!" ”

Everyone also raised their glasses in unison and said loudly: "Lord Zhou Mu is too polite, this is within my boundaries!" ”

"Come, all the princes will drink this cup with me, and in the future, I need to rely on everyone to govern Jingzhou!"

"I am willing to share the worries of adults!"

Liu Biao put down his wine glass and began to really throw out the topic, saying: "Now that Dong Zhuo is in control of the government, robbing the Son of Heaven to move westward, and the Kwantung princes are powerless, each dominating one side, how should we deal with ourselves?" I don't know why you teach me? ”

As soon as Liu Biao's voice fell, the hall was immediately silent, everyone knew that Liu Biao's position as the governor of Jingzhou was obtained from Dong Zhuo, if he opposed Dong Zhuo, it was unjust, if he did not oppose Dong Zhuo, he would be disloyal to the Liu family, and he would be enemies with the princes, which was very difficult; And everyone knows that Liu Biao is also in a dilemma, so he neither sent troops to oppose Dong, nor helped Dong Zhuo, just waited and waited for the opportunity.

And just when everyone was pondering, or didn't know how to speak, a simple young man behind Pang Degong stood up, Liu Xiu noticed that this person was Pang Tong, and only heard him say in a green voice: "Fang is in chaos today, the way of justice is gradually declining, there are few good people and many evil people, and Dong Zhuo is the biggest villain among them, the state pastor should naturally unite with the Kwantung princes to oppose Dong, in this way, the state pastor can get the name of a loyal minister, and can also promote the prestige of the royal family. “

Pang Tongyi's words are well known, but now when it comes to the mouth of a child, it is amazing, no wonder he can enter the door of Mr. Shuijing.

Liu Xiu on the side saw Pang Tong speak, and he was also curious about what Feng Yan could say in the future, but he didn't want to, he actually wanted to send troops to fight against Dong Zhuo, but Liu Xiu was also a little disappointed for a while, but he didn't expect that although the twelve-year-old Pang Tong was better than most of his peers, it was nothing more than that, thinking about it, Liu Xiu actually sneered.

This smile didn't matter, but in this quiet but unusually harsh hall, in an instant, countless pairs of eyes in the hall looked at Liu Xiu.