"Tail?" Biyu looked at Xun Bao and Xiahoumen, each of them shaking a handful of tails in their hands, a little embarrassed, and was so anxious that he clapped his hands and said, "Two brothers, I came in a hurry and forgot to bring it, what should I do?" ”

Biyu wanted to go home to get it, but then he thought that he had run out without permission, and if he went back, if he was seen by his family, he would definitely not let himself out. The three of them thought about it, but they didn't have an idea for a while. Suddenly, Xun Bao saw a pawnshop on the side of the road, his eyes lit up, and he said, "Hey, why don't we go here to have a look, maybe there is." ”

Walking into the pawnshop, the shopkeeper saw a few sons, and asked with a smile: "...... three sons?"

Before the other party finished speaking, Biyu asked eagerly, "Do you have a tail in your shop?" ”

The shopkeeper said: "Childe, what a coincidence you asked, a few days ago, there was a guest who was the tail, and now the deadline has just passed, I don't want to redeem it, you see, do you like it?" ”

The shopkeeper said as he took a handful of tails. The tail is similar to a small pu fan, but it is much more expensive than a pu fan. Its main body is a piece of wood board with a straight lower end and a gradually sharp round upper end, the two sides of the wooden board are filled with the hair of wild animals such as deer, and the tail end has a handle, and the material of the handle is not the same, the good ones are made of jade, rhinoceros horn, and the second ones are also made of bamboo and wood, which can be used to repel mosquitoes and flies, dust dust, and can also be used to fan cool and play. Holding a tail was a symbol of the fashion of the scholars at that time.

Biyu took it and looked at it, and said very dissatisfied, "How can the hair on it look like an oxtail, and the handle is only a silver handle, like the two of them, is there no coral handle or ivory handle?" ”

The shopkeeper shook his head and said: "This kind of thing is rare but not sought, and the son wants to be expensive, how can he have it for a while?" ”

Xun Bao said: "What is expensive and cheap, let's make do with it first." If you don't like it, it's a big deal to get rid of it when you come back. ”

Biyu was reluctant, but there was no other way, so he grabbed the tail and left. Seeing this, the shopkeeper hurriedly stopped and said, "You haven't given the money yet, why do you leave?" ”

Biyu was dumbfounded when he heard this, it turned out that when he went out, he was always followed by a servant, and he had never brought money with him, he looked at Xiahoumen and Xun Bao, and they both told him with helpless eyes - we didn't bring any money, so we couldn't help.

The shopkeeper looked at it and sneered: "It turns out that you sons are all virtuous, just take things, no matter how much money you give." In a fit of anger, Biyu took off his robe and threw it to the shopkeeper: "Do you think this robe is for you?" ”

The shopkeeper took the robe and took a closer look, and found that not only the robe itself was of the highest quality, but also a very delicate white jade belt hook on the robe. But before he was happy, he heard Xun Bao laugh and said: "It's nonsense, you give him the robe, the tail is there, but you can't be naked, right?" ”

A sentence reminded Biyu that he was in trouble again. Xiahoumen sighed beside him: "It seems that Liulin on South Street can't go today." Even if they go, it's getting late, and it's time for them to leave. ”

Biyu was even more anxious when he heard this. The shopkeeper looked at it, lest Biyu regret it, but the other party had no clothes, and the transaction was difficult to make. In a hurry, he suddenly remembered that there was a shirt that pressed the bottom of the box, which had not been sold for nearly a year, and it was not worth anything, so why not give it to him? Thinking of this, he smiled at Biyu and said, "Childe doesn't have to make difficulties. I have a shirt here, which was left by a son the day before yesterday, and I made an appointment to pick it up today, seeing that you are in such a hurry, I will let you take it first. ”

When Biyu heard this, he came to his senses, but he felt that it was not quite right: "People came to pick it up today, but you gave it to me, so how can you explain it to others?" ”

The shopkeeper said: "I see that Gongzi is such a good person, I can't bear to be annoyed by Gongzi, if the other party comes to pick it up, I can only transfer this robe of yours to him." But in this case, you will not be able to redeem this robe. ”

Biyu didn't distinguish between good and bad, and after hearing it, he was grateful and readily agreed. Put on the shirt, pick up the tail, and hurriedly walked south with Xun Bao and Xiahoumen.

Ah Miao, Ah Yan, and Ah Ji couldn't wait for Ah Zhuang to set up the car, so they looked for Biyu along the street, chased for a long time, and disappeared. The three of them were panting, and they were already sweating. Seeing that it was not the Fa to continue looking for it like this, they discussed it and divided into two roads, one to the south and the other to the west. Ah Miao and Ah Yan to the south, and Aji to the west.

Walking through a street corner, when passing by this pawnshop, Ah Miao and Ah Yan looked around for a while, and inadvertently glanced in, just in time to see the shopkeeper of the pawnshop holding Biyu's robe and the jade belt hook secretly admiring. This guy got a big bargain, and after Biyu and the others left, he couldn't wait to take it out and admire it, and was secretly happy: this jade belt hook is not counted, this robe alone is worth the price of a few tails and a few shirts, and it is considered to be earned today. Hahaha, the current son-in-law, I don't know if he is rich and capricious or ignorant of the world!

Ah Miao saw it in her eyes, and wondered in her heart: "How is this robe so similar to what my son-in-law is wearing?" Ah Yan also saw it, the two of them walked into the shop with a pair of eyes, and glanced at the robe carefully through the counter, and it was already determined that it was nine. Biyu's daily food, clothing, housing and transportation are all taken care of by the two of them, and this robe is more familiar than the clothes they are wearing, how can they not recognize it? I saw the jade belt hook again, and I was even more certain. Ah Miao couldn't wait to ask the shopkeeper, "This is my son-in-law's robe, where did you get it?" What about my son-in-law? ”

"You girl is so ridiculous, I don't care if you are a son or not, of course the things in the pawnshop are pawned, am I not robbed?" The shopkeeper snorted after speaking.

Ah Yan saw that Ah Miao's words made the shopkeeper angry, so she pulled Ah Miao over and said with a smile: "Shopkeeper, we don't mean anything else, we just want to ask, who is the person who pawns this robe?" ”

The shopkeeper said angrily: "It's a son, and there are two other people who come with him, both of whom look like sons." ”

Ah Miao was happy and anxious when she heard this, "It's my son-in-law, what about others?" Why do you want to pawn this robe? It's still cold, what did he wear in his robe? ”

The shopkeeper listened to Ah Miao's words, as if he only cared about the person who pawned the robe, and it was not on this robe, so he was relieved, and saw that she was so anxious that her face was red and her heart was frowning, and she was very funny, so her anger disappeared, and she said to the two of them truthfully: "The three sons are going to the south of the willow forest to participate in the Qing talk, but they lack the tail, so they pawn the robe." Oh, no, I can't say it's a pawn, I should say that I gave him a shirt and bartered it, and you don't have the right of redemption......"

When they heard the shopkeeper's words, they didn't care about the robe at all, but followed the route he had said, and chased south.

Biyu followed Xiahoumen and Xunbao along the street to the south, and saw a small willow forest on the side of the road in the distance. At this time, the weather is warm, and the new shoots on the willow trees have long since grown into tender green leaves, and the long willow branches hang down and shake in the wind. Under the willow forest is a green meadow, and many people gather on the grass. When Biyu saw it, he couldn't help but speed up his pace, but left Xiahoumen and Xun Bao behind. When I arrived at the periphery of the crowd, I found that as Xun Bao said, most of these people were holding a handful of tails in their hands, with wide clothes and belts, and they were either literati or sons of families. These people do not stand facing each other or in a circle in a regular manner, but each of them is based on a hu bed, spread a felt mat, or sit on a basket or side, and they are not confined to one style, and they are in a casual and leisurely manner. In the middle of the crowd, a man sat on a felt mat, talking endlessly about the avenue, and debating a few words with the people next to him from time to time. These people, though scattered, listened to the preacher with humility.

Outside the Golden Horse Gate, a group of sages gathered, and the copper camel Mo was a teenager.

This is an era of advocating appearance, standing on the street of Luoyang, no matter where you are, you can see a beautiful boy; This is another era of free-spirited thoughts, under the bamboo forest, in the high hall, there are a number of celebrities.

Tan Xuan was the most unique cultural feature of this period, and it was also the most enthusiastic and fashionable entertainment activity for celebrities and scholars in the Jin Dynasty.

Since the end of the Han Dynasty, the society has been in turmoil, various warlords have been fighting back and forth, and dynasties have been constantly changing. Even within the same court, various factions compete for power, oppress the imperial power, and use the imperial power to attack opponents, although the person who wins the power is proud, but no one dares to guarantee that he will always gain power. In such troubled times, ordinary people from humble backgrounds naturally can't avoid the pain of chaos, and even the big families dare not guarantee that they will not be implicated one day. In this way, they have to become cautious in their words and deeds: first, many people who were determined to change the status quo and make a difference in the past often failed, which led them to lose hope for social stability, and subjectively became passive and inactive, and no longer considered changing the status quo; Second, objectively, in order to avoid being caught by the opponent and causing trouble, these scholars dare not talk about political affairs in public. The children of these families were often scholars, and when they gathered, they were supposed to talk about the Five Classics, the Analects, and so on, but the Confucian doctrines pursued by the rulers were often related to politics, so Confucianism should never be discussed. Since they were disappointed by Confucianism's promising thoughts, it was natural that Laozi's quiet and non-acting thoughts, which corresponded to Confucian promising, were included in the scope of their discussions. They extended from the Tao Te Ching to the Zhuangzi and the Book of Changes, and over time, formed a unique doctrine - metaphysics.