Luoyang City is located in the north of Luoshui, and the north of the water is called

"Yang", hence the name Luoyang, has been considered since ancient times

"In the middle of the world". Nowadays, Luoyang is not only the capital, but also the capital

The easternmost starting point of the "Silk Road" has attracted businessmen from all over the world to gather here, with endless streams of cars and horses.

After a day of traveling, Wu Yong and his party finally came to the Luoyang realm, and soon they were shocked by the scene in front of them, there are too many people!

Yesterday they did not rush to the night road, but chose a post station to rest for a night, set off at dawn, all the way straight, at this time, just at the hour, came to Luoyang outside the city.

I saw a long line of vehicles in front of me waiting to enter the city, and at a glance, it stretched endlessly, I don't know how many miles.

Compared with Wancheng, I don't know how many times more lively and prosperous. Wu Yong was still thinking about when it would be their turn to enter the city, but he found that the coachman would write it on one side

A banner with the word "Waiting" was planted on the side of the carriage, and he drove straight towards the city gate.

Those who were waiting in line, although they pointed at the carriage that Wu Yong was riding, no one came out to stop them, obviously they were used to it.

After walking for another half an hour, he suddenly saw someone at the gate of the city waving at him. Wu Yong was a little puzzled, he didn't know this person, but the coachman drove to this person and stopped, and then got out of the car to introduce Wu Yong: "This is Zhu Yuan, the eldest grandson of the Hou Mansion." Without waiting for Wu Yong to speak, Zhu Yuan walked to Wu Yong's side, took his hand cordially, and then laughed: "You can be regarded as waiting for you, go, quickly follow me into the city, the wife of the family is in a hurry, and has sent people to urge her several times." Before Wu Yong could react, he was pulled by this person into another luxurious carriage and sat down.

As the carriage slowly rose, Zhu Yuan lifted the curtain and kept explaining the scene outside the car to Wu Yong.

"Brother Wu is coming to Luoyang for the first time, do you see the prosperity of this Luoyang market, the prosperity of the population, how does it compare with Wancheng?"

"It's not comparable!" When Wu Yong was at home, his grandmother told him to pay attention to Luoyang every step of the way, always care, and not to be like at home, and to speak without scruples.

Therefore, when he faced Zhu Yuan, who met for the first time, he had always been very cautious, and he could not speak, and tried not to speak.

Seeing Wu Yong like this, Zhu Yuan was also very bored, and couldn't help but sigh: "Brother Xian, you don't have to be so restrained, now that you have been named by the Son of Heaven as an attendant, it is too late for many people to envy you, and I dare not find fault with you." Even in my five-surname family, your current status is well-deserved in our generation, and the elders have entrusted us to be friendly with you. Wu Yong smiled slightly, and arched his hand: "What my brother said is very true, the younger brother will live in the Hou Mansion in the future, and he will have to harass the elder brother, and I hope that the elder brother Haihan." Zhu Yuan waved his hand,

"It's all my own brothers, you're welcome! If anything happens to you in the house in the future, just come to me. Seeing that he was so frank, Wu Yong gradually reassured himself of guard, talked with Zhu Yuan, and inquired about the situation in the Houfu Mansion by the way, so as to prepare in advance.

In fact, before coming to Luoyang, the head of the family with the five surnames had popularized the situation of the five Hou mansions in Luoyang to him, but they were also hearsay, and they only knew some general overviews, and as for the specific situation of each Hou Mansion, they were not very clear.

The five-surname family living in Luoyang, although it is still headed by the Li family of Gushi Houfu, is the most prominent of the Zhu family of Houfu.

The reason why the Zhu family is now prominent is because Zhu Yan, the father of the contemporary waiter, was implicated in the witch Gu incident of his granddaughter Yin Queen because his brother and uncle were involved, and he was dismissed as a concubine.

Later, Empress Dowager Deng remembered the kindness of her ancestor Zhu You and continued to crown Zhu Chong as the contemporary marquis. Since then, after the Zhu family took the line of the Empress Dowager Deng, it gradually became prominent, and Zhu Chong's son Zhu Zhu married the daughter of the Deng family in Nanyang Xinye, and gave birth to a son and two daughters, and the son is Zhu Yuan.

Speaking of the Zhu family, we have to say that the Zhuo family, because the five families are married to each other, after the Zhu family was deknighted, Zhuo Di, who was the Marquis of Panxiang, wanted to recruit Zhu Chong as his son-in-law and take over the Marquis of Panxiang because he only had one daughter under his knees.

But he didn't expect that providence would make people, and Zhu Chong was later favored by the Empress Dowager Deng and continued to be named Houhou. After the death of the Panxiang Hou Zhuo, because there was no successor, he was directly dismissed, and now there is only a huge Panxiang Hou Mansion left.

Therefore, the property of the Zhuo family's Panxiang Houfu has always been taken care of by Zhu Chong's wife Zhuo, and even after Zhu Chong passed away, because the eldest son Zhu Zhu inherited the Hou Mansion, Zhuo's family asked the second son Zhu Xian to inherit the Panxiang Hou Mansion.

Therefore, if you want to say who has the most right to speak among the five surnamed families, it must be Zhuo Taijun of the Zhu family of the Houhou Mansion. Because of his own relationship, Zhuo Taijun attaches great importance to the talented juniors in the five surnamed families, so many people have received her favor and respect her very much.

This is also the reason why Wu Yong will be arranged to live in the Hou Mansion. Thinking of this, Wu Yong couldn't help but ask Zhu Yuandao: "I don't know what Mrs. Tai's preferences are?" The younger brother came in a hurry, and she didn't know if the gift she had prepared was in line with her old man's heart. After hearing this, Zhu Yuan laughed and said: "Grandmother, she loves a promising junior like you the most, and you can live in the Hou Mansion, which is also contributed by her efforts." As for the gift or not, it is secondary, and you don't need to take it to heart. Wu Yong hesitated for a moment and continued to ask, "Do the uncles, brothers and sisters-in-law in the house have preferences?" The younger brother has just arrived, so he can show his heart a little. Zhu Yuan glanced at Wu Yong with some surprise, he didn't expect Wu Yong to be so knowledgeable at a young age, and he really deserved to be named by the Son of Heaven, and his wisdom was different from ordinary people.

Therefore, he thought carefully for a moment before he spoke: "Actually, there are not many masters in the Waiting Mansion, my father is on duty in the court, and he is rarely seen during the day, and my mother serves my grandmother all the year round. A few years ago, my uncle died unexpectedly, and my grandmother was worried that my aunt and daughter would have no support, so she sent someone to take them back to live in the house. In addition, there are four younger sisters and one cousin in the house. Then he straightened his face and said: "Your five sisters are okay, they are guarded by elders on weekdays, so they shouldn't bother you, but my cousin is not easy to get along with, he has been pampered by his grandmother since he was a child, and his temper is very weird, you don't want to conflict with him if you live in the house." After listening to this, Wu Yong suddenly knew in his heart, he didn't expect that the Hou Mansion would be so prosperous and yang, and there were only three male hosts living in the huge Hou Mansion.

It is said that this Hou Mansion covers an area of 80 houses, and his family has a house, and a family of six feels empty when they live, and I really don't know what it is like to live in a real 80 house.

Thinking about it boredly, the carriage soon came to the gate of the Beard Mansion. At this time, a few servants were patrolling, and when they saw them coming, they all greeted them with a smile and said, "The young gentleman is back, and Mrs. Tai sent a maidservant to check on it just now." ”

"Go to the backyard and inform Mrs. Tai, and say that Wu Yong has arrived." Zhu Yuan handed over the carriage to the servant to dispose of, and then pulled Wu Yong into the house.

"Wait a minute, brother, I have three companions to wait." Wu Yong also wanted to wait for Cheng Zhao and the three of them to be together. didn't want Zhu Yuan to pull him away,

"Don't worry, those companions of yours have their own servants to arrange, and now the top priority is that you go with me to see Mrs. Tai." Wu Yong was pulled by Zhu Yuan, but did not enter the main entrance, but only entered through the corner gate on one side.

When the two of them first came to the backyard, they saw two people holding an old mother with silver sideburns to greet her, Wu Yong recognized her at a glance as Zhuo Shi, the wife of the Hou Mansion, and just wanted to see the courtesy, but was supported by Zhuo Taijun.

"Good boy, don't be so polite in your own family, come over and let me take a good look at what the Qilin'er of our five-surname family looks like." As he spoke, without waiting for Wu Yong's reaction, he pulled him in front of him and looked at him carefully.

"Yes, yes, the sword eyebrows and starry eyes, it is really a good look, no wonder the five family heads of Wancheng have passed on the book to tell me that you are a rare strange man in the world. Now that I see it, it really lives up to its reputation. ”

"Hehe, my mother didn't say anything to the point, this nephew of the Wu family is not only good-looking, but also first-class in terms of talent and conduct, otherwise how could he be recruited by the Son of Heaven." The woman on Zhuo Taijun's right also coaxed.

Zhuo Taijun was interrupted by her, and then he remembered what he was doing, so he pointed to the woman and explained to Wu Yong: "This is your aunt." Then he pointed to the two women on the other side and said, "This is your eldest aunt, second aunt." Wu Yongyi stepped forward to salute one by one, causing another burst of laughter.

At this time, Zhuo Taijun pointed to a group of young men and women behind him and said, "This is your cousin-in-law." This is your lobby sister Haifeng, second cousin Chunfeng, third cousin Yufeng, cousin Baofeng, cousin Zhu Zi, and cousin Ren Hui. Wu Yong stepped forward to greet them one by one and recognized each other, and everyone looked at Wu Yong with curious eyes.

After that, Zhuo Taijun took everyone to the house and sat down, and asked Wu Yong about some deeds. Wu Yong picked up some daily interesting things in the township, as if telling stories, and told them to everyone.

Later, he was asked about some things in the too illusory realm, and Wu Yong also responded decently. Everyone saw that although Wu Yong was young, his demeanor and speech were good, although he was born in the countryside, he was neither humble nor arrogant, and suddenly felt a little closer.

Even the four winds of the Zhu family gradually eliminated their sense of alienation from Wu Yong, and began to ask questions around Wu Yong.

This made Zhu Zi on the side quite unhappy, all the time, everyone in the family was around him, and suddenly a kid who was a few years older than him appeared, robbing the attention of his family, making him very unhappy, so he couldn't help shouting: "I heard many people say, you can become a poem in five steps, why don't you compose a poem now?" Wu Yong saw that everyone in the room was staring at him, but no one came out to stop him, and it seemed that he also had the intention of taking the school exam.

So after thinking for a while, he opened his mouth and said: The Son of Heaven is heroic, and the article teaches Ercao; Everything is inferior, but reading is high.

Young children must be diligent in learning, and articles can stand up; Zhu Zigui of the Manchu Dynasty is full of scholars. This is the first four sentences of Wang Zhu's "Prodigy Poem" in the Northern Song Dynasty in later generations, but it made everyone look at him with admiration, and even Zhu Zi, who was still shouting just now, looked at Wu Yong in surprise at this time.

Although he is young, he is not stupid, and naturally understands Wu Yong's intention in writing this poem. That night, when Zhu Jun returned home and heard about this, he called Wu Yong and said to him: "You prepare tomorrow and enter the palace with me to meet the Son of Heaven." ”