The first year of Jian'an, early February.

Chenliu County, the garrison of the forbidden army.

After several years of training, Huang Zhong has become more mature, and his every move is quite a bit of a general's steady bearing.

He followed Liu Bian's side, followed Liu Bian's inspection of the military camp, and said: "Your Majesty, Liu Envoy Jun still abides by the orders of the imperial court, and has not interfered in the affairs of the forbidden army. ”

Liu Wei looked at the soldiers who were training not far away, carried his back with one hand, paced, and said: "Well, Liu Dai has always been cautious, there will be no big mistakes, he knows what can be done and what cannot be done. ”

Huang Zhong held the saber in his hand, his eyes were calm, and he followed suit.

On the side of Liu Wei, there are also Dian Wei, Zhao Yun, Huangfu Jianchang, Lu Yu and others.

"Your Majesty, do you want to see Liu Yuanjun?" Lu Yu said on the side.

Chen Liujun, or Chen Liuguo, is the fief of Liu Xie, the king of Chen Liu, and is theoretically not under the management of Yanzhou Mu Liu Dai, but in practice, Liu Xie is only the nominal king of Chen Liuguo, in fact, Chen Liuguo's affairs are handled by Chen Liuguo, and Chen Liuguo's affairs are appointed by the imperial court, yes, or under the jurisdiction of Yanzhou Mu.

But Chen Liuguo is Dong Cheng, Liu Xie's distant uncle, Dong Cheng doesn't pay much attention to Yanzhou Mu, yes, Chen Liuguo is a little semi-independent.

Liu Wei paced and said, "No." What's going on lately? ”

Lu Yu thought for a while, and looked at Huangfu Jianchang.

Huangfu Jian thought carefully and thought, and said, "Your Majesty, not for the time being. ”

They all know that the 'lively' that Liu Wei said is definitely not the kind of excitement in their hearts.

Liu Wei turned his head suddenly, looked at a middle-aged man not far from Huang Zhong's side, and said with a smile: "Kuaiqing's family, do you have it?" ”

Kuai Liang stepped forward, pondered, and said, "Back to Your Majesty, there is a ritual in the county to sacrifice and ask for rain. ”

"Asking for rain?"

Liu Wei looked up at the sky and said, "It's only February to ask for rain?" ”

Kuai Liang said: "It is a local custom, which is said to have originated from the Zhou ceremony. ”

Liu Wei suddenly became interested and said, "Zhou Li? If there's anything important, let's hear it. ”

Kuai Liang said: "Back to Your Majesty, it was originally a ritual to pray for rain, and later evolved into a family celebration, it is said that anyone who is an adult or born will be blessed by his ancestors, whether it is a high family or a small household, they attach great importance to it, comparable to Taiyi." ”

"Oh?"

Liu Wei became interested, and said with great interest: "Kuaiqing's family, how long is it left?" ”

Taiyi, or 'Taiyi God', this is an important sacrifice in the Han Dynasty, the time is on the fifteenth day of the first month, overlapping with the Lantern Festival, which shows the degree of attention.

Liu Wei touched his chin, and said with bright eyes: "Okay!" Second son, you get a good identity, let's get in and have a free meal. ”

"Yes." The emperor replied with a long voice.

As he spoke, he looked around, as if to see if these people could be trusted, if they would leak the news.

Huang Zhong and the others were not surprised, His Majesty in front of him went to Beijing this time unusually, with a strong sense of 'investigation', and it would not really be a free banquet.

Early the next morning.

Liu Wei took Huangfu Jianchang, Zhao Yun, and Lu Yu, pretending to be young people from the Chen family in Yuzhou, and mixed into the Ding family compound.

Lu Yu sat next to Liu Bian, looked at the crowd of people coming and going, and argued with Liu in a low voice: "Childe, we just need to sit here and wait for the banquet to begin." ”

Liu Wei snorted, moved the jar to the side from under the table, and said quietly: "How much gift money did we give?" ”

"Three hundred texts." Lu Yu said.

Liu Wei slurred his lips and said, "It's a little much, let's eat more, and then bring some." ”

Lu Yu has long been accustomed to Liu Wei's occasional 'impropriety', and said more and more in a low voice: "Childe...... Be careful, some people may recognize Childe. ”

Chen Liujun is too close to Luoyang, and it is Liu Xie's feudal state, or Dong Cheng is the minister of state, and it is not surprising that some people recognize Liu Wei.

Liu Wei nodded and said, "Try to sit for as long as possible." ”

Lu Yu bowed in response.

'A little longer' is to see more, not to really eat a little more to return to the cost.

Not long after, gongs and drums inside and outside the courtyard were noisy, singing and singing.

And groups of people appeared in Ding's mansion, coming and going, congratulating each other, and the complicated etiquette gave Liu Wei a headache.

"When will it be served?" Liu Wei shook his legs and knocked on his chopsticks, without any image, and said a little eagerly.

"Childe, don't worry,"

At this time, a middle-aged man happened to pass by, clasped his hands, looked at the nameplate on the table, and said with a smile: "It turns out that it is the first time that several sons of the Chen family have participated in our Taiyi ceremony, right?" Wait, I'll be right away. ”

Seeing that the middle-aged man was quite gentle, Liu Wei couldn't help but say, "It's the first time I've come." Dare to ask what kind of ritual is outside? ”

The middle-aged man looked outside, and said with some pride: "These are actually welcome gifts, mainly for people close to our Ding Mansion." ”

Liu Wei instantly understood the intention, and took advantage of this ritual to move around.

At this moment, the side door was opened, and a group of peasant households, pushing carts of things in.

Needless to say, vegetables, pigs, dogs, cattle, sheep, etc., you can't see the end at a glance, and then there are bags of grain.

The middle-aged man became more and more proud, clasped his hands, and said with a smile: "This is the tenant of Zhuangzi outside the city, presumably Chen Gongzi is not uncommon, right?" ”

Liu Wei remembered what he had seen a few days ago, shook his head suddenly, and said, "This is not what we do in our house, it usually arrives at the end of December, and it will not be delayed until now." ”

The middle-aged man hurriedly explained: "It stands to reason that this is the case, isn't it that some governor of the imperial court is investigating, so it's a little late." Chen Liu is not as close to Yuzhou as he is from Si Li. ”

Liu Wei listened to the words, his eyes still on the side door.

I saw all kinds of ox carts one after another, constantly walking towards the backyard, as if there was no end.

At this time, a large number of people came out of the atrium, men and women, more than thirty people, crowded and walked outside.

The middle-aged man seemed to be intending to stay here at Liu Bian, and when he saw Liu Bian's target, he said, "This is for Beppu." ”

Liu Wei nodded, there is more than one compound in a large family, the so-called is different, I don't know how many branches there are outside, and the head of the family has to take care of it.

"How much does this cost...... Liu Wei looked at the box in the hands of those people, and was a little curious.

Knock knock

Before he could think about it for long, there was a sound of bells and drums, and someone not far away shouted: "Worship ancestors!" ”

A sound fell, and from both sides of the atrium, dishes were passed one after another.

It was almost human-to-human, and no one was moving around, all the way to the atrium.

Liu Wei sat a little far away and couldn't see the inside clearly, but judging from those exquisite dishes, this ritual cost a lot.

Half an hour later, the bell and drum sounded again, and someone shouted, "Birthday!" ”

I saw that on the road on both sides of the atrium, men in formal suits, of different ages, all solemn, walked over in turn and entered the atrium.

Liu Wei stretched out his head, but he still couldn't see clearly, turned to the middle-aged man, and said, "Is it to pay a birthday greeting to your ancestors?" ”

The middle-aged man smiled slightly and said, "It's the old ancestor, although he is younger, but the generation is really big, and our master has to call grandpa." ”

Liu Wei sighed, his eyes were the same as everyone else's, still staring at the atrium.

Huangfu Jian's long eyes swept the middle-aged man playfully, and he had quietly waved away three waves of subordinates.

Not long after, these middle-aged people came out, holding large plates in their hands, on which were placed clothes, valuables, and things.

Almost all of them are like this, but they are completely different, and they seem to imply different identities from each other.

(End of chapter)