If I were to say "the characteristics of the night", it would definitely be "darkness" – but not at night in Luoyang.

The house was as bright as day, which made me suddenly overwhelmed, and I had a feeling of "tonight and night".

I once saw light bulbs in Luobei County, which were lit by the county government with something called "storage batteries", and these "batteries" were charged in Luoyang. The light bulbs in the county are dark red. I used to think that electric lights were not as bright as candles, but people used them because they thought it was expensive, as if shark fin was not much better than vermicelli, but because shark fin was expensive, people ate it.

The light bulbs here were dazzlingly bright, and after looking at them for a while, I could actually see the afterimage of the black pupils from the white light.

Dongfang Qiang and I followed these people into a large room, next to the door there were more than a dozen rows of chairs, in front of the chairs was a row of tables, and behind the tables there was another row of chairs.

Dozens of people began to sit down in their chairs.

I asked Dongfang Qiang: "Brother Qiang, is this a fixed position or a casual sitting?" ”

Him: "Sit casually." It's just a routine gathering before meals, and it's useless. ”

We sit at the end.

These people sat and waited, and began to ramble.

I watched them. They didn't show any special behavior to me, so it can be seen that they have not been here for a long time, they are not familiar with each other, and they may have just arrived just like me. There were few people in the room and many chairs, and they sat in scattered places, large scatters, small gatherings. The people gathered were probably acquaintances, just like me and Dongfang Qiang.

Some people are not young, they should have been in their thirties and forties, and some are obviously only in their teens.

Some people have unshaven beards, fierce faces, ape arms and bee waists, and they are martial arts people at first glance, these people should be military warriors or something.

Some people are white, some are yellow, some are thin, and some are wearing glasses. These people should be eunuchs of the Jinshi. The Imperial Statute of the King James stipulated that any county official and above must be castrated, as well as any civil servant of a noble family—a particularly severe practice.

The reason why armed forces such as the government army and the imperial army are not castrated is because people will be peaceful and have no fighting spirit after being castrated - just think about the castrated animals. Of course, I'm talking about the general situation, because there is also a special circumstance: His Majesty the Emperor has a forbidden army of a million eunuchs, who possess the ruthless loyalty of the eunuchs and the terrible knowledge of the inner court, which is the most terrible power in the world.

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The eternal hierarchical order is the only cornerstone of this world, the purity of bloodline is the only means to forge this cornerstone, and the emasculation of anyone who wants to climb up is the only content of this means.

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Dongfang Liang and Dongfang Qiang are both such eunuchs.

I'm going to be like them soon.

Ay.

I still don't know what Dongfang Yongbai meant by bringing me over.

I'm not the kind of person who relies on strength to eat, which means that I can't be a general, and I can't keep my body intact.

If I only be a civil servant, I will soon be emasculated and become a small staff like Dongfang Qiang, and if I mix well, I will become a leader like Dongfang Liang, and even the county magistrate will have to give three points.

If Dongfang Yongbai is good to me, he will let me go to the imperial capital in the name of the Dongfang family to participate in the annual examination, just like Pork Rong. If Sun Shan is famous, he can only continue to return to Dongfang's house as a staff member - of course, he will still be castrated. If you get the rank, you will still be castrated, but you will become a direct courtier loyal to the emperor, and the lowest rank is also a county magistrate, becoming a county magistrate, county governor, county magistrate, county governor or something among the tens of thousands of counties in the world. If you mix it well, you can even become the head of the inner court or the commander of the forbidden army under one person or above ten thousand people - of course, this is not even imaginable.

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While he was thinking about these inconsistencies, five men walked in through the doorway, and all of them stood up and looked respectfully. I quickly stood up, too.

The leader is an old man, with red phoenix eyes, a thin face, black hair but white eyebrows, tight teeth, slightly wrinkled brows, a vigorous figure, and a neat walk.

Behind him is Dongfang Liang.

Behind Dongfang Liang was another white-faced and beardless scholar.

Behind them were two martial artists in their forties, with sabers hanging from their waists.

"Oriental Chitose! Swear allegiance! The old man at the head stood still, and his deep voice came out loud, and even at the end I could hear it clearly. Banzai is the emperor, and Chitose is the great warriors under him.

"Oriental Chitose! Swear allegiance! All the others, including the four on stage and dozens of people in the audience, raised their fists above their heads and shouted at the same time. I also learned to raise my fist and shout the same.

Dongfang Qiang whispered to me: "This old man is Dongfang Gui, a major general of the government army, the head of this operation. ”

The government army is the army of the scholars. Major General is the lowest-ranking general.

I was about to ask what to do, but he nodded at him and whispered, "I'll tell you later." ”

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All of us sat down.

The white-faced scholar who came in the third stood up and said in a shrill voice: "The Lu of the Eater, the Matter of Loyalty to the King." How's the brothers doing today? All the commanders came up to speak. ”

Dongfang Qiang bowed his head and said to me: "This person is Dongfang Lu, the third young master Dongfang Yongde's person. ”

A man from below came up, stood still, bowed to the stage, and said loudly, "In the lower east!" ”

This person is about thirty years old, nearly two meters tall, with a square face, a black face and red eyes, thick short hair, a full face of scum, and full of neutrality. He preached: "The first battalion marched 30,000 kilometers outside the city in the morning and camped for drills. Return to camp in the afternoon. ”

With that, he walked down and sat back in his chair.

Dongfang Qiang whispered to me: "This is Dongfang Yongwu's military attaché. "Dongfang Yongwu is the eldest son, that is, the son, the future head of the Dongfang family.

The second person stood up and spoke, and then the third person stood up, and so on, and there were about ten people in the end, and there were no more.

Then it was the same Dongfang Law who continued: "Today there are a few more brothers. Come up and make a show. ”

"Talking about you." Dongfang Qiang stabbed me with his hand.

My mind immediately thought of a hundred ways to do it in a second, and chose the one I wanted to do the most.

I immediately got up and walked to the front. There were three other people in front of me who also stood up and wanted to go, but I walked fast and walked forward quickly. The first thing to do is to make a deep first impression on others.

I said loudly: "Zhao Daniu, Luobei County, Luoyang City, Central Plains Province." Slightly familiar with the scriptures, promoted by the Oriental family, willing to swear allegiance to the Oriental family! "Usually I always look ahead and talk nonsense, but I still have a sense of proportion. I paused, didn't see any indication from the people at the table, and immediately walked back.

The other three also trembled, stumbled, and nonsense to express their allegiance to the Oriental family.

In the end, Dongfang Law said: "Dissolve." ”

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The five people at the table walked out one after another, followed by the people below, and I continued to walk at the end.

The people walked through a long corridor, a garden with a lotus pond, rows of houses, a courtyard, and into another large room, where some servants were already busy, men and women, old and young. More than a dozen large tables are placed in the center, filled with wine and meat dishes.

People sat down at the banquet, greeting and shouting, and they seemed to be quite skilled.

I didn't follow Dongfang Qiang, he quickly squeezed into a wine table to eat, and the table was already full.

I had to sit casually at a wine table. The wine table was full of wilting people.

I just eat some noodle soup, because I know that all the food sensations are just brain self-deception – and besides, it's not nice to eat and drink.

A man came. He picked up a chair and stuck it between me and the person next to me, and I moved out of the way so he could sit comfortably at the table.

Him: "Brother is not feeling well? ”

I replied respectfully: "Little brother Zhao Daniu." It's not that it's uncomfortable, it's that the younger brother has only eaten simple things since he was a child, and he really can't eat big fish and meat. ”

People who can hold chairs and stick around, people who can talk everywhere are definitely not ordinary people, and it's better to be careful with each other.

He raised his glass: "Then surely you don't drink anymore?" ”

In Zhaojiazhuang, I didn't drink at all, because there was no need to drink at that time. I don't drink stuffy; When I toasted, no one paid attention to my arrogant temper.

But here it's different. Drinking is a kind of self-abuse, showing weakness through self-abuse and winning the favor of the strong; And the strong control the weak by forcing others to drink. Today is different, this is an opportunity to show weakness and masochism.

"I drink a lot." After speaking, I picked up a wine jar and filled the wine glass, raised it and touched the bottom of the other party's wine glass with the rim of the wine glass, "I'll give it to the ...... today" I respectfully faced the other party, not far away.

"Dongfang Xing."

The hand holding the wine began to tremble.

I had already inquired about the situation of the Dongfang family on the road before.

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Dongfang is one of the princes of the imperial capital, and his ancestors assisted the emperor of the Ming Dynasty to set the world, and the title will be passed down forever. Passed to the present day, it is Dongfang Chengping, the official worships the second product, and guards the Xuanwu Gate of the Emperor's capital. - Of course, this is impossible, because it was the Dongfang family who killed the original general of Zhengbei. Of course, the killed general of Zhengbei is also the former general of Zhengbei who was killed......

Dongfang Chengping has a younger brother named Dongfang Chengding, who worships the governor of Xiliang Province and the overseer of Xiliang.

Dongfang Chengping's staff is called Dongfang Xing.

Dongfang Chengping has countless children, four of whom are famous:

Dongfang Yongwu, the eldest son, controls the headquarters, and Dongfang Gui, a staff member;

The second son, Dongfang Yongbai, is a concubine, an assistant to the prime minister, and a staff member Dongfang Liang;

The third son, Dongfang Yongde, is a descendant, serving as the prince's eunuch and a staff member Dongfang Law;

The eldest daughter, Dongfang Mingyue, is beautiful and beautiful, but she is capricious, but she is Dongfang Chengping's favorite.

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And he actually met the staff of the head of the Oriental family here.

Just as he was about to get up and bow down on the spot, he pressed me: "No need to be polite, I'm just drinking a glass of wine with everyone." ”

He raised his glass and began to drink.

I immediately raised my glass and poured it into my mouth, slower than he did, faster than he did.

He patted me on the shoulder when he finished drinking, and went somewhere else to get someone else to drink.

After a while, the men were drunk, and the atmosphere became more lively—and some even fought, but no one seemed to care.

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After it was over, Dongfang Ritsu assigned me a room. I was separated from Xiaoqiang and was in a room with a guy named Xie Chendong in Tangyin County. As soon as Xie Chendong inquired about my place of origin, he began to recognize my relatives. I thought to myself, the Dongfang family is recruiting troops and horses in the Central Plains, of course they are all fellow villagers, and it is hell to recruit Hebei people and Shandong talents in Henan!

I was tired and groggy all day, and for the first time in such a soft bed, I fell asleep immediately.