Winter night, dark as ink, cold wind. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The interior of the Taishou Mansion was brightly lit, and the fire in the hall was blazing, dispelling the cold.

The gate of the Taishou Mansion is wide open.

"Changyang County Order"

A loud voice came from the gate. After the soldiers sang the promise, Changyang County ordered Chang Xiong to stride in. Behind Chang Xiong, followed by his staff member Sun Yi and a burly warrior.

"Qucheng County Order Arrives"

"The country and the country meet"

"Dongmu County Order Arrived"

"Not to its county order"

One after another, the sound of singing promises sounded, and officials from various counties in Donglai County arrived one after another. Led by the attendants of the prefectural government, the county officials entered the hall in turn and sat down in the arranged seats.

At the end of the day, all the officials arrived at the Taishou Mansion.

Before Wang Yan arrived, some of the officials in the hall closed their eyes and rested their minds, some chatted with familiar people, and some looked left and right to look at the situation......

Directly above the hall, as well as the first three rows to the left and right, six places remained.

At this moment, the hall was noisy, like a busy city. After waiting for about half an hour, Wang Yan still did not show up, and the officials in the hall were a little impatient on their faces

"Taishou-sama arrives"

At this moment, a loud voice suddenly came from the door of the hall.

The voice was abrupt, startling many officials.

Everyone looked away in unison towards the door of the hall.

"Knock Knock"

The sound of footsteps one after another, from far to near.

Immediately after, a figure stepped into the eyes of the county officials.

I saw Wang Yan wearing a black Bo collar coat, wearing a virtuous crown on his head, a jade belt around his waist, holding his head high, and striding towards the top. His eyes were sharp, his face was cold, and his left hand was pressed on the hilt of his sword.

Behind Wang Yan, Huang Zhong, Hu Zhao, Guo Jia, Jia Xu and others entered in turn.

Wang Yan walked to the top of the hall, took his robe and knelt down to sit down.

Huang Zhong and Hu Zhao sat in the first place on the left and right sides, Guo Jia and Jia Xu sat in the second place, Shi A and Guan Hai sat in the third row on the left and right sides respectively, only Dian Wei sat behind Wang Yan, staring at everyone with wide eyes, as if he was going to kill.

In the hall, there was a sudden silence.

The noisy county officials no longer spoke, and they all looked at Wang Yan.

Although Wang Yan is young, there is an incommensurate calmness and atmosphere on his young face, which has more or less changed the hearts of officials in various counties and countries.

I saw Huang Zhong get up and walk to the center of the hall, and bowed his hand and said, "Meet Lord Taishou"

Immediately afterwards, Hu Zhao, Guo Jia, Shi A, and Guan Hai got up one after another.

This scene made the county officials embarrassed. They were Wang Yan's subordinates, Huang Zhong and the others saluted, they couldn't not salute, they could only be manipulated like puppets, get up and walk to the hall.

"Meet Taishou-sama"

Everyone bowed, and their voices echoed through the hall.

Wang Yan's face was very calm, his eyes swept over everyone one by one, and after examining it for a while, he said in a deep voice: "The princes have come from a long distance, and they have worked hard all the way, sit."

When everyone heard this, they sat down one after another.

As soon as the officials of the counties sat down, one of them stood up and arched his hand: "Lord Taishou, Zhu Rong, the commander of Qianqian County." The lower official has something unclear, please ask Lord Taishou to clarify his doubts. "Zhu Rong's position is at the last position on the right, he is the farthest away from Wang Yan's position, but his voice is loud, and everyone can hear what he said clearly.

As soon as Zhu Rong spoke, the atmosphere suddenly changed.

The serious atmosphere suddenly became turbulent, with a hint of gunsmoke.

The officials looked at Wang Yan and looked forward to Wang Yan's reaction.

As soon as Wang Yan arrived in the hall, before the banquet began, the county magistrate of Qianqian County jumped out to ask, obviously to provoke trouble. For a while, the county magistrates of each county all had the mentality of watching the show, waiting for Wang Yan to make a fool of himself.

Chang Xiong sat in the middle position, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, and he was looking forward to it.

looked at Wang Yan's eyes, and was even more disdainful.

Zhu Rong's questioning, maybe Wang Yan will be swept away. If Wang Yan had swept away his prestige from the beginning, let alone the follow-up debriefing, the county orders of each county would definitely no longer obey Wang Yan's orders.

Wang Yan looked very calm, and said unhurriedly: "Zhu County Order, please say"

The tone is indifferent, revealing strong confidence.

In the face of the officials of various counties, if Wang Yan himself is timid, there is no need to talk about the follow-up. Moreover, Wang Yan entered Luoyang alone, and knew Dong Zhuo, Dou Li Ru, and even Cao Cao and Yuan Shao were not afraid, not to mention Zhu Rong, a small county order.

Zhu Rong looked uneven, and said loudly: "Qianqian County is located in the southernmost part of Donglai County, the farthest away from Huang County, but it has a large population, and it is a large county in Donglai County. Qianqian County is not the worst, why is Qianqian County the last one? Could it be that when Wang Taishou ranked his seats, he arranged them according to the distance between each county and Huang County? But the country is the closest to Huang County, and the ministers of the countries who have not seen the country are in front. ”

The deep dissatisfaction and resentment were revealed in his tone.

These words ignited the voice of the county order in the last part.

Wang Yan smiled lightly and said, "How is Zhu County's order generally arranged to receive guests?" "On the issue of seating, Hu Zhao personally drew up several plans and handed them over to Wang Yan for decision, and it was Wang Yan who chose the seating plan.

Zhu Rong's question is in Wang Yan's arms.

This time, on the contrary, we can take the opportunity to suppress the arrogance of county officials.

Zhu Rong replied: "Ranked by importance"

Wang Yan shook his head and said: "Zhu County Order didn't understand what the official meant, if the guests who came were familiar, they could be ranked according to their importance. But these people are people you don't know, how do you arrange the seats? ”

Zhu Rong was stunned, he had never done such a thing.

Because this time it was about his own seat, he asked. Now when Wang Yan asked, he didn't know, because his subordinates arranged it for him because of the usual reception.

Seeing Zhu Rong's embarrassment, Chang Xiong immediately jumped out and arched his hand: "Wang Taishou, now it is Zhu Xianling who has doubts in his heart, not that you ask Zhu Xianling." Therefore, please give a reasonable explanation. ”

Wang Yan's eyes stared at Chang Xiong, and his eyes became cold.

Seeing this, Chang Xiong didn't give an inch, and said again: "Please let Wang Taishou clear his doubts"

Wang Yan suddenly laughed, this Chang Xiong is really bold, this debriefing, if Chang Xiong dies and does not repent, then Wang Yan will not be soft.

In front of everyone, Wang Yan replied: "This official has just taken office, and I don't know about the situation in the ten counties and two countries of Donglai County. This is the first time I've met with you. Therefore, when arranging the seats, the official shall take the number of strokes of the first character at the beginning of the name of each county as the order, with the few in front and the more in the last. The Qianzi character of Qianqian County has the most strokes among the counties, so it ranks last. ”

After a pause, Wang Yan asked, "Zhu County Order, do you still have doubts?" ”

When Zhu Rong heard this, he sighed lightly in his heart, but he didn't expect the answer to be so simple. In front of the county orders, Zhu Rong's face was hot, and he felt embarrassed, and hurriedly said: "The lower officials understand, thank you for your doubts."

"Sit down."

Wang Yan waved his hand, and Zhu Rong sat down.

In fact, if Zhu Rong calms down and thinks about it, he can also find out the reason. It's just that he preconceived his contempt for Wang Yan from the beginning, and when he thought of his dignified county order of Qianqian County, he actually sat in the last position, and his heart was full of Wang Yan's idea of deliberately ranking like this, so this situation appeared.

Wang Yan looked around at everyone and said with a smile: "Before the banquet, if you have any questions that you can ask together. Especially Chang Xianling, you are very active, what other questions do you have? ”

The corners of Chang Xiong's mouth twitched, he didn't expect Wang Yan to hold such a grudge, and immediately pointed the finger at him. In front of everyone, Chang Xiong smiled and said with a full gesture: "Lord Hui, the lower officials have no doubts." ”

Wang Yan asked again, "Princes, what about you?" ”

Everyone shook their heads one after another, looking at Wang Yan's eyes, but there was a slight change. The young man in front of him is very good at grasping taboos, and with the help of Zhu Rong's question, he coerced Chang Xiong and firmly grasped the initiative.

Wang Yan waved his hand and said loudly: "In this case, open the table." ”

The attendant was already waiting outside the hall, and when he heard Wang Yan's order, he immediately began to serve food and wine.