As soon as he heard Liu Hong ask Liu Jian, Lu Qiang's nerves suddenly tensed.

It sounds like an unintentional question, but according to Lu Qiang's understanding of this black-bellied emperor, the Son of Heaven asked the inner servant about the foreign minister, one represents his trust in this inner servant, and the other also represents that the Son of Heaven is a little hesitant about this courtier.

At this time, the words of the inquisitor who were questioned were very important to the inquisitive minister.

Perhaps it only takes a word from the chamberlain to decide whether the minister will go to heaven or to the earth.

However, as far as this matter is concerned, Liu Jian has already told Lu Qiang.

Lu Qiang already had a draft in his heart, he had been preparing for this day for too long, and for today's scene, he even did many rehearsals at home.

After Liu Hong finished asking, he saw Lu Qiang contemplatively and thought seriously for a long time.

Afterwards, Fang saw Lu Qiang saluting Liu Hong and said, "Old slave Jue, Your Majesty's Yueqi captain is very smart. ”

"Oh?

Liu Hong looked at Lu Qiang with curiosity.

Under normal circumstances, when Liu Hong asked this sentence, most of the eunuchs would answer whether Liu Jian was 'loyal' or 'disloyal', which was the real core of Liu Hong's question.

But Lu Qiang opened his mouth and said that Liu Jian was smart, which was a bit beyond Liu Hong's expectations.

Lu Qiang has been a close attendant for so many years, and it stands to reason that he can't even have this bit of eyesight, so Liu Hong thinks his answer is quite interesting.

"What's a clever law?"

Lu Qiang said seriously: "The old slave is just an internal official, although he licks the position of a permanent servant in the middle, but there are not many contacts with the people in the court, according to the old slave, His Majesty uses this Liu Yue to ride, which shows that His Majesty trusts him, and the person who can get His Majesty's trust can also gain a foothold on Yuan Ji's side, based on this alone, the old slave feels that he is smarter than Yang Fangzheng, and he is still much smarter." ”

Liu Hong nodded and began to fall into deep thought.

As Lu Qiang said, from Shan Chong's point of view, Liu Jian is indeed much smarter than Yang Qiu, at least he will not offend too many people, and he will be able to gain a foothold in Luoyang, and he will not be eliminated soon.

If it is like Yang Qiu, who offends whom, for Liu Hong, it is indeed a fast knife, but such a fast knife is rigid and easy to break, and it is not suitable for long-term use.

At the critical moment, Liu Hong couldn't protect him even if he wanted to.

And Liu Jian is more like a soft knife for Liu Hong.

"Lu Qing, in fact, everyone in Luoyang City knows that Liu Deran is now a friend of Yuan Ji's neck, according to Lu Qing, if there is really a day, I and Yuan Ji fight, will Liu Deran stand on my side, or will he stand on Yuan Ji's side?"

Indeed, for Liu Jian, as long as this matter is what Liu Hong is most worried about.

Lu Qiang pondered for a moment and said to Liu Hong: "Your Majesty, according to the old slave, the reason why Liu Yueqi can be valued by Yuan Ji is because His Majesty gave him the title of clan at the beginning, and Liu Yueqi's capital to be friends with the Yuan family was given by His Majesty. ”

This remark is very to the point, neither excessively saying that Liu Jian is loyal, nor saying that he is disloyal, but only from the perspective of Liu Jian's personal interests, to make an analysis.

And the results of this analysis made Liu Hong deeply satisfied.

"Reasonable, Lu Qing's words deeply understand my confusion, and make me suddenly open my mouth, so I and Deran, no matter how worry-free."

"Your Majesty is the Holy Lord, Liu Yueqi is a capable minister, how big the world is, such loyal ministers, there will be endless ones in the future, and Your Majesty can finally show the ambition in his chest."

"Haha, Aiqing is very good at talking, go arrange Aiqing's new gadgets, and make me happy."

"Your Majesty rest assured, the old slave has been approved in advance during this time, the old slave in the harem, selected a few skillful color girls, and taught them the method of 'loosening bones', Your Majesty can go to change clothes first, and the old slave asks Your Majesty to sweat first."

"What, what?" When Liu Hong heard this new word that he had never heard before, he immediately became interested: "Loose bones...... Steaming? What is it? ”

"Your Majesty went, so you will naturally know."

Liu Hong nodded, then stood up, and under the leadership of Lu Qiang, went to the new "Songgu Garden".

On the way, Liu Hong instructed Lu Qiang another thing.

"When Aiqing is free, you can visit the prince again for me, Aiqing is right, the matter of the palace has nothing to do with the prince."

"Your Majesty, rest assured, old slave remember!"

……

In May, Liu Jian's family moved to a new home, so he specially set up a banquet and feasted many nobles and celebrities in Luoyang City according to the list of gifts given to him.

Of course, not only did he give gifts, but there were also some people who had nothing to do with Liu Jian, but Yuan Ji thought that Liu Jian should be a person who should have a relationship with the other party, and Liu Jian also sent someone to send a famous thorn.

On the day of the banquet, there were many guests in the entire Liu Mansion, and the hall could not be located, so there were only many cases in the courtyard to invite everyone.

Among the invited guests, Lu Zhi is a teacher of Liu Jian, and he is the head of the seat, which is not according to official positions, but according to the Han Dynasty's theory of loyalty and filial piety, which must be so.

followed by Yuan Ji and other prominent people.

In addition, there are some old men of ancient scriptures, although Liu Jian sincerely invited, most of them did not hold their own identities, but they still sent gifts and congratulatory letters, which can be regarded as giving Liu Jian enough face.

In addition, including Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Yuan Shu, Xu You and others, were also invited to the mansion by Liu Jian.

With so many nobles attending the banquet, the amount of wine consumed during the banquet can be imagined, and the people of the Han Dynasty like to drink heavily, even if it is the ministers of the court and the central government.

It had only been an hour since the banquet began, and some people were already getting drunk.

Many people ran to the toilet to vomit, and some people who were drowsy were temporarily arranged by Liu's domestic servants to rest in the backyard first, and then return to the table after they woke up.

As the host, Liu Jian also drank a lot, but fortunately, he drank a lot of wine, and it was quite enough to deal with these wine Mengzi in the court.

After several rounds of the banquet, the things that everyone talked about changed from the matters discussed by the court and the central government to the things in everyone's private life, including some recent anecdotes in Luoyang City.

If everyone is not discussing a topic, there is no need to sit at the table, but in the name of toasting, everyone talks in pairs, and gathers in three or three, and the atmosphere in the venue is quite relaxed.

At this time, Liu Jian was chatting with Yilang Yin Xiu and Changshui Captain Yuan Shu.

To be honest, Liu Jian didn't particularly want to talk to these two people, but it should have happened that Yuan Ji Shi specially led himself to the side of Yin Xiu to make an introduction, and after talking and drinking a lot of wine, Yuan Ji himself ran away to other tables, leaving Liu Jian alone by Yin Xiu's side.

However, this Lang Yin Xiu is still a master who is willing to brag, and he caught up with a few more horse urine, chattering endlessly, and after a while, Yuan Shu next to him also sat down, and Liu Jian was even more inconvenient to move around, so he could only listen to these two people boasting about themselves.

Nanyang County was named the southern capital, and it is also the township of Emperor Guangwu, which is the economic capital of the Han Dynasty.

Among them, the Yin family arose in Nanyang Xinye, Emperor Guangwu used to let the royal family and the family of the meritorious generals, and used the marriage relationship to maintain political relations, so as to consolidate the rule of the royal family, among which the Yin family and the Deng family were quite famous in Nanyang, but unfortunately they gradually declined later.

In the past, the Nanyang family, which occupied the absolute main power in the court, after several court purges, the military power in the court was gradually pulled up, and during the time period of transformation to the Jingxue wang clan, most of the Nanyang clans did not grasp the opportunity, especially after the death of Zhu Mu, the Nanyang scholars did not have a superior leader, and their reputation was not as good as that of Yingchuan and Runan.

Therefore, sometimes, there is always a bit of competition between the Nanyang Wang clan and the Ruying Wang clan.

Just like today:

Although Nanyang's Yin Xiu is knowledgeable, he is quite proud at the moment, and there is a domineering tendency between conversations, and from time to time he always squeezes Yuan Shu's two sentences, and from time to time he begins to ridicule some of Yuan Shu's absurd behaviors on weekdays.

And Yuan Shu is not a big-hearted person, and he is always looking for an opportunity to reply to a boastful and secretly sarcastic person like Yin Xiu.

Liu Jian saw that the two of them were arguing, and hurriedly persuaded each other.

Fortunately, he has spent a lot of time with Jian Yong over the years, and he has a lot of experience in persuasion, so he persuaded the two of them before these two princes of the wang clan scratched up, and did not let the situation escalate further.

Liu Jian's original intention of persuading the fight was very simple, if you want to beat the two of you, get out and fight, don't fight in my new home, the newly painted house, it's not good to splash a wall of blood again.

In the end, I saw Yuan Shu raise his head and take a sip of wine, and then put the wine lord down heavily, panting like a bull and glaring at Yin Xiu.

Yin Xiu was not to be outdone, staring at Yuan Shu opposite domineeringly.

Liu Jian really couldn't understand, since they weren't all the way, they didn't like each other, so why did they have to go to the side of a case? Why don't you just walk and relax the atmosphere a little?

He sighed secretly, turned his head and changed the topic with Yin Xiu: "Brother Yin is well-informed, Liu deeply admires, let's not say something unhappy, we might as well talk about some anecdotes in the market, how about it?" ”

Yin Xiu no longer glared at Yuan Shu, but turned his head to look at Liu Jian with a smile.

"De Ran said this very much, today is the time for you to move to a new home, or should talk about some happy things, oh, by the way, I have a hand-copied map here, about strengthening the body, seeking the way of longevity, today I want to give it to Deran, in order to express the congratulations of moving to a new home."

Liu Jian excused himself and said: "Hey, it's not good, Brother Yin has already sent someone to give me a gift before, how can I accept it again?" ”

Yin Xiu replied very seriously: "The gifts given before are all mundane things, and today this gift is what I carry with me, and the meaning is very high. ”

With that, he rummaged through his sleeve and found a silk silk.

Although Yuan Shu was disdainful, he also peeked at the past.

Liu Jian took the silk silk in his hand and looked down at it.

But I saw that there were four words written on it in flying white font: Taiping Five Elements.

Liu Jian's heart tightened slightly.