Hearing Shen Zhonglun's three words, the boy was a little surprised, this Shen Zhonglun is Wu Xing Shen's family, his grandfather also served as the Zuo Min Shangshu of Southern Liang, and his father also had a good relationship with Chen Wu Emperor Chen Baxian, but after the establishment of the Chen Dynasty, the Shen family gradually declined.

Shen Zhonglun also had the reputation of "beautiful demeanor, erudite in history, and knowledgeable" when he was young, and in his early years, he also wrote a "Persuasion Note" to advise Emperor Wu of Liang to punish extravagance and enable the children of the Han family.

"Why did Brother Qing want to see this person?" The boy asked, and then stopped, "Forget it, Brother Qing has his own reason no matter what he does, and Phoenix just listens." However, where Shen Zhonglun lives now, Phoenix may have to inquire. ”

Xiao Moyu nodded.

The carriage drove into Jiankang City.

The two found a wine shop for a short rest, and Phoenix went out to inquire about the news, leaving Xiao Moyu alone in front of the window to wait, because it was the location of the window, Xiao Moyu could clearly see the people coming and going on the street, the river was endless, and the ox cart could be seen moving slowly everywhere, and most of the people on the ox cart were some scholars in white clothes, all holding jade Ruyi or shaking a feather fan, talking and laughing, so it was not romantic.

The crowd of onlookers cheered from time to time, and their shouts all revealed their admiration and admiration for these gentlemen.

Since the Wei and Jin dynasties, the folk customs have been open, but the great Confucians of the mortal clan have paid attention to a "straightforward expression of the mind, open to ambition", and the sisters-in-law are no longer as strict as before, advocating independence and special behavior, emotional exposure, and the pursuit of beautiful gentlemen has become a fashion of the times.

Once upon a time, she also drove around with her sisters of the same clan, and whenever she traveled, she would be surrounded by everyone, unable to walk an inch, and enjoy the glory of thousands of people's attention, which was the glory given to her by the noble status of the world, but now......

Xiao Moyu quickly retracted his gaze and drank all the wine in the cup.

At this moment, there was a sudden quarrel in my ears:

"A person who has achieved today's status by virtue of his efforts to flatter is also worthy of your praise and praise?" A Lang Jun said.

"What did you say?"

"Isn't it? That Han Manzi is just a commoner who sells straw shoes and weaves shoes, his status is humble and he is not even a poor family, if he didn't capture the heart of Emperor Wen with his face, how could he get today's status? And only those of you who would take it as a role model? ”

Xiao Moyu looked for prestige, and saw several Lang Jun gathered not far away to cook wine and talk, in this era, it is the trend of the times to evaluate characters, and "recognition" is a kind of ability, but these Lang Jun seem to have argued because of the evaluation of a certain character.

Xiao Moyu shook his head and ignored it, at this time, he heard another voice continue: "No matter how General Han got to this position today, he was a corporal of Lixian during his lifetime, loyal to the country, and bravely killed the enemy on the battlefield, how can ordinary people despise and compare, there is a so-called, do not cite people by words, do not use people to talk nonsense, since people have passed away, why should you make such words to slander others?" ”

This voice was different from the anxiety of other people, but with a clear moon, as if it washed away the noise and anxiety in the tea shop at once.

"Yo, it's Xiao Lang here!"

I don't know who shouted first, everyone in the tea shop turned their heads in the same direction, and saw that the person who spoke was actually a young man in a wheelchair, different from other scholars, this young man was dressed in a pure blue black clothes, his complexion was pale as jade, his eyes were full of affection, both the clear light of the bright moon and the pines, and the purity of the clear spring stone, there was no ornament on the body, but it gave people a kind of "meticulous chestnut, warm and moist" clear and beautiful.

Such a temperament and appearance are undoubtedly in perfect line with the current Nanshi's pursuit of morbid beauty, however, perhaps only Xiao Moyu can see that under the handsome appearance of this young man, he is already a body that is strong to the extreme.

I'm afraid this young man will die soon!

In fact, in the memory of the original owner, the young man did only live to be twenty years old and died of illness, and since the young man died of illness, the original owner's situation in the Xiao family has been even more difficult.

Xiao Xian, the eldest grandson of the Xiao family, is the only one who has ever given warmth to the original owner.

Just as he was thinking about it, another sentence came to his ears: "Xiao Xianlang, why are you still free to come here today to join in the fun, didn't you hear that there is a little lady in your family who has already suffered from lovesickness because of the death of General Han?" ”

The young man who was called Xiao Xianlang didn't seem to care about the sarcasm in his words, and only replied: "Private matters at home, how can they be casually passed out as jokes for others to talk about, if it is really a disease of lovesickness, it will not be known to Zhu Jialangjun, how can Zhu Shilangjun know better than me, there is a little lady in my Xiao family who has a lovesickness, could it be that someone from my Xiao family told you?" ”

This is also a change of direction of irony, he arbitrarily arranged rumors to slander others, and at the moment, the eyes of the surroundings looked at the Lang Jun surnamed Zhu, all revealing disdain, and the face of the surnamed Zhu Lang Jun was also blue on the ground, and then turned pale again.

"What are you looking at? I'm just asking. After that, Zhu Shilang waved his long sleeves, and hurriedly ran towards the tea shop with a few entourages, and muttered when he left, "What are you pretending, it's just an unfavored abandoned son of the Xiao family, do you really think that if you are literary and stylish, you can occupy the reputation of the first handsome man in Jiankang City?" ”

Xiao Xian still didn't care, and beckoned the little guy behind him to leave.

At this time, a boy's voice came from the ground and asked, "Wait, Xiao Xianlang, are you from the Xiao family of Lanling?" ”

It was the phoenix who went and returned.

The young man immediately ordered the little servant to stop the wheelchair, and his eyes also looked in the direction of the phoenix.

"Exactly, dare to ask this little man, what do you do?" Xiao Xian asked politely.

Phoenix was about to answer, but Xiao Moyu preemptively said: "I have heard the name of Jiankang Xiao Lang for a long time, and my brother is just a reputation for Mujun, just say hello." ”

The phoenix was stunned, and when he was about to say something, a ridicule sounded around him.

"It turned out to be a person who didn't know the height of the sky and wanted to cling to the Xiao family!"

After all, the Xiao family is a famous nobleman, although it has now fallen, there are still many scholars from poor families who want to take the opportunity to climb in order to get the opportunity to be recommended to join the office.

But this kind of clinging behavior is often even more despised by the children of these scholars.

Just as everyone was waiting to see the show, they didn't expect Xiao Xian to have no anger on his face, and he actually smiled and nodded at Xiao Moyu, and then ordered his entourage to push the wheelchair away.

After Xiao Xian walked away, Phoenix couldn't help but ask: "Brother Qing, why didn't you let me tell him clearly just now, you can also recognize the people of the Xiao family." ”

Xiao Moyu shook his head: "You also saw it just now, it's just to say hello, we will also be despised by others, it can be seen that the southerners' hierarchical concept is even worse than that of the north, if we rashly admit our relatives, it will backfire, no matter how much we say, they won't believe it." ”

Only then did Phoenix nod: "Also, those scholars value their identities, and they will never take the Shu clan in their eyes, let alone rashly accept a stranger as a child of the family." ”

People in this era still value surnames and pure bloodlines, even if you are in a high position and do not have a noble surname, you can only be regarded as a poor family, and those who pretend to be the surnames of the scholars are not even guaranteed heads.

"What then?" Phoenix was a little anxious, and then thought of something, "But, Brother Qing, didn't my aunt leave you a token?" She said, you can go back to Xiao's house to recognize your relatives. ”

Referring to those tokens, Xiao Moyu was silent for a moment, Fang shook his head and said: "It's not enough to have tokens, first, we don't know why my mother left the Xiao family and went to the land of Northern Qi, second, I don't know who my father is, and why did my mother only take me to live alone and never mention my father, and third, what do the people of the Xiao family think of my mother?" Will they really recognize me as a granddaughter? ”

When Xiao Moyu said this, the phoenix also fell silent.

"That's right, but it can't be because of these reasons, Brother Qing won't go back to the Xiao family, right?"

Seeing the frustration on the boy's face, Xiao Moyu smiled, took his hand and walked towards the outside of the wine shop.

"It's definitely going back, but not now." With a whispered mutter, Xiao Moyu asked, "Phoenix, have you ever found out where Shen Zhonglun lives?" ”