After Lao Pei entered Luoyang, he found that he had pounced.

The gate of Taifu's mansion was closed, and only a few guards and servants remained. After a little inquiry, it turned out that his daughter and Princess Lu of Fanyang went south to Guangchengze Courtyard together.

The name of the temple is "Tang Pear", which is named after the large number of wild pears on the mountain near the temple.

Her daughter once mentioned in her family letter that after the autumn harvest in August, she and the Lu family were looking for land to build a manor in the northwest of Guangchengze.

Tangli Courtyard covers an area of several hectares, and a small part has been built.

Princess Fanyang's manor is named "Liuhua", which is slightly larger than the Pei family, and is managed and supervised by the former courtiers of the Lu family.

The Lu family should be relatively rich.

Fanyang Wang Zhen Yuzhou for many years, and then attacked Hebei, and died violently at the age of 37. Because there is no heir, Li is the son of Sima Mo, the king of Nanyang, as the heir. But Sima Li was still young, and had been living in Chang'an, and did not come to serve his titular mother-in-law, Lu.

The Lu family had nowhere to go, so he got involved with his daughter. King Fanyang's assets, half of Tai in his hands, no wonder there is money to build a manor.

Pei Kang stood at the door for a while, and the servants invited him to come in and rest. Lao Pei waved his hand and went directly to Wang Yan's house.

At that time, it was already on the lights, Wang Yan heard about it, and hurriedly went out to greet him, and after a warm greeting, he was invited inside.

Although Guo was stingy, he was still a scene person, and hurriedly ordered the servants and maids to withdraw the banquet that their family wanted to eat and reopen a new one.

It takes time to hold a banquet, so Wang Yan and Pei Kang came to the study and sat down opposite each other.

"Zhongyu entered Beijing, and he still brought hundreds of parts, and the battle was quite big." Wang Yan smiled: "What? Liu Yuanhailing is so dramatic, can't wait? ”

"Liu Yuanhai still understands the rules, so it won't be like this." Pei Kang shook his head and said, "After the New Year, the old man will go back to Hedong, nothing serious." ”

Wang Yan smiled, didn't ask much, just sat there, calm and relaxed.

Pei Kang's qi cultivation skills are not as profound as his, and he did not win Wang Yan in the debate when he was young, so he said: "I heard that Yifu built a civil engineering courtyard in Guangchengze, which is really enjoyable. ”

"When I get older, I think about the bright moon in the pines, the clear spring and the flowing water, and spend my days leisurely, without asking about the world. Haha, Zhong Yu smiled. Wang Yan chuckled, and there was a look of fascination on his face, as if he wanted to leave everything behind now and enjoy the idyllic world.

"Guangchengze is close to the mountains, there are bandits in the mountains, wouldn't you rather be afraid?" Pei Kang asked.

"A little thief, what's there to fear?"

"Guang Chengze has made great changes from a wild place, all thanks to the work of one person."

"The Holy Son of Heaven is above, and all the counties and countries work together, and they will eventually have this appearance."

"Yifu!" Pei Kang didn't want to go around in circles, so he accentuated his tone and said.

Wang Yan laughed and said, "Just playing Jun'er, why hurry? ”

"After Luoyang was occupied by Liu Yuanhai, Yifu was afraid that he was more anxious than me." Pei Kang said dissatisfied.

Only then did Wang Yan hold back his smile and ask, "Zhong Yu came all the way from afar, what is it for?" ”

It's certainly not because of the war in Hebei.

Although Hedong County is not far from Luoyang, it is not close. Before Pei Kang set off, there may not have been a fight over there.

He came to Luoyang for only two purposes, one was to meet Shao Xun, and the other was to meet Sima Yue.

The troubled times have come, and the Pei family has had frequent activities in the past two or three years, and if they change their style of cowering back then, they may really be forced to be anxious.

Hanoi, Hongnong, Xingyang, Xuzhou, and Yuzhou have successively gotten their hands on them, and they were once at their peak.

But as the situation developed, Yuzhou was gone, Hongnong was gone, and even his hometown Hedong County fell into the hands of the Xiongnu.

If the Xiongnu move south, will Xingyang and Hanoi be able to keep it? Not necessarily.

In this way, there is only one Xuzhou left in the Pei family's hands.

But Pei Dun's talent is just like that, is it really enough for him to keep Xuzhou? Not necessarily.

From this point of view, in the end, the Pei family is very likely to be beaten with chickens and eggs, and they can't keep a single benefit, so they will lose everything.

However, if the Pei family is like this, how can the Wang family go?

Thinking of this, Wang Yan was also a little discouraged.

Chu Zhong went to Qingzhou to take office, and fled back halfway, losing a big face.

Pingzi served as the assassin of Jingzhou, but he drank and had fun and did not ask about political affairs.

Mao Hong accompanied the governor of Yangzhou and Wang Rui of Langya to Jianye, and the situation was also very difficult.

But in comparison, he is already the best at what he does. Pull the relationship, climb the friendship, and make a balance, this is the Wang family's family heirloom, Maohong was still relatively immature a few years ago, and now he has learned a lot of wisdom.

He's in a much better position than he is.

King Langya has a weak temperament, and he is obedient to him, so he can show his strength. Here in Luoyang, Taifu Sima Yue ......

Taifu should have been dissatisfied with himself recently, and even a little dissatisfied with the Wang family.

Once Taifu is dissatisfied, what will he do, the examples are all ready-made-

After Pei Yuzhou was dismissed, Hongnong Taishou Pei Hui was unlucky.

Taifu shouldn't be able to move himself, so what about the others?

Wang Yan cleaned up his mood and asked, "Zhong Yu has something to say, now that the matter is now, there is no need to hide it." ”

"That's good." Pei Kang nodded and said, "After the Battle of Wild Horse Gang, the Marquis of Luyang became more and more famous, and he chased after Gou Xi. He may have some ideas......"

******

After the banquet was dismissed, Wang Yan returned to the study.

Two daughters are reading.

The "gale" yawned at the sight, and little by little, it seemed that a person would fall down with a slight push.

"Xiaofeng" looked at it very seriously, and even stopped for a long time in a certain section and chewed repeatedly.

It's better to be a little girl! Wang Yan sighed, his only son was a staff member in Xingyang, and his wife was only interested in taking care of the family business and accumulating money.

Sometimes he has something to understand, and if he wants to change his mind and ask people, he can only find his youngest daughter.

"Grandpa." Wang Huifeng stood up and saluted.

"Boom!" Wang Jingfeng was startled and fell to the ground with a bang.

Wang Yan glanced at her in disgust and scolded: "If you don't know anything like this, just send you to Luyang Hou." ”

When Wang Jingfeng heard this, he instantly sobered up, and said with tears in his eyes: "Grandpa, even if you are in a hurry to marry me, you can't pick a rude and incomprehensible person like Shao Xun." ”

"Ignorance!" Wang Yan is indeed not thick-skinned enough to give his daughter, but after the words were in a hurry, he said without thinking: "If the Marquis of Luyang is so vulgar and unliterate, Queen Hui Yang will not come to visit the door twice in three days." ”

"Sheep sacrifice?" Wang Jingfeng was stupid and stunned.

Wang Yan coughed, subconsciously feeling that Fang Cai's words were a bit excessive.

He has always been true in front of his family, and he doesn't hide anything, after all, if he wears a mask when he goes out and wears a mask when he comes home, it's too tiring. So, sometimes a lot of things can be revealed if you're not careful.

Wang Huifeng was also a little surprised.

She knew Yang Xianrong and even had a relationship when she was a girl.

She knows very well what kind of person Yang Xianrong is.

Needless to say, appearance, talent or something, they are all the best choices, just talking about temperament, proud like a white swan.

Ordinary scholars are not taken seriously by her at all, no matter who she wants to marry, she may not really look up to this future husband.

I haven't seen you for many years, and the sheep sacrifice has changed so much?

Of course, unlike his sister, Wang Huifeng's perception of Shao Xun is not too bad.

She doesn't judge people by their appearance, and from her limited observation, she feels that Lu Yanghou is not the kind of arrogant person. Moreover, in his heart, he still has simple feelings, which is more than many people.

"Don't talk about that." Wang Yan sat down and got down to business: "Hedong fell, Pei Zhongyu was anxious, and asked the old man to help Shao Xun and seek some benefits for him. ”

"Was it asked by Lu Yanghou?" Wang Huifeng sat down and asked softly.

"Perhaps." Wang Yan frowned and said, "But what good can he do?" ”

"Favors." Wang Huifeng said with certainty: "Favors can be big or small, for people like Lu Yanghou, they would rather owe someone a thousand pieces of silk than a favor." ”

Wang Yan nodded and shook his head again.

Wang Jingfeng smiled "poof" next to him, and then quickly covered his mouth.

"Why is Ah Yu laughing?" Wang Yan glanced at his eldest daughter helplessly and asked.

Wang Jingfeng carefully observed Wang Yan's expression, and after making sure that he would not be angry, Fang said: "My daughter still remembers that a few years ago, Grandpa set the time of the 'Three Caves of the Cunning Rabbit' and was in high spirits. At that time, Uncle Maohong was also there, and Grandpa was complacent, rampant-arrogant-not right, and Grandpa was very satisfied at that time, and he felt that he had a clever plan to sell. ”

Wang Yan couldn't hold back, but he didn't know how to refute, and finally could only smile bitterly.

He was not a serious pedant, but a good debater. It's just that I'm old now, and twenty years ago, I didn't do less dissolute things, and sometimes I can call it arrogant. Although it is only at home, it is inevitable that it will be seen by those close to you.

"Pei Zhongyu didn't dig three holes." Wang Yan complained.

Wang Jingfeng smiled again and said, "Two big holes, three small holes, make people ...... quickly."

Wang Yan and Wang Huifeng looked at Wang Jingfeng at the same time.

Wang Jingfeng choked, lowered his head and didn't dare to speak.

"Grandpa, Taifu wants Ding Shao and Wang Bin to be the governors and assassins, can the court agree?" Wang Huifeng quietly pinched his sister and asked instead.

"The three chief officials of Shangshutai, Gao Guang is the confidant of the Son of Heaven, Liu Jun and Shan Jian I am sure." Wang Yan said: "Liu Jun, Liu Changsheng and Shao Xun have also had a relationship. Shan Jilun and Pei Zhongyu have a good relationship, alas, if you really want to talk about it, the combined face of Shao Xun and Pei Kang on Shangshutai is really not small. If Taifu returns to Beijing, he will definitely clean up Shangshutai. If you don't do it again, the old man will not be able to help Taifu in the future. ”

Since the Wei and Jin dynasties, Shangshutai has been the most central authority.

At the end of the Later Han Dynasty, when Emperor Cao Cao of Wei Wu was on an expedition, Xun Yu was Shang Shuling.

The dynasty inherited the old system, and Shangshutai still oversaw the national government affairs.

Taifu Sima Yue has the title of "Lu Shang Shushi", but he is not in the court, and his influence is declining. The Son of Heaven took the opportunity to meddle in the Shangshutai system and pushed Gao Guang to the position of Shangshuling, and Liu Jun was also inclined to the imperial court when he was the first emperor, and the intention of fighting against the Taifu court was very obvious.

Even Wang Yan, after stepping down as Shangshu's left servant and being promoted to Sikong and Situ, he still needs to rely on the six second-class bureaucrats such as Shangshu and Left and Right Cheng, as well as his personal relationship with Gao Guang and Liu Jun to operate indirectly.

Of course, he has other means of exerting influence, which is not enough for outsiders.

In short, Sima Yue needed him. But he will not pin all his hopes on him, and it is imperative to clean up Shangshutai - Wang Yan seems to have seen many tragedies of broken families.

"What does Shao Xun want?" Wang Huifeng asked again.

"He's pretending to be acting in Yecheng." Wang Yan said angrily: "First for the funeral of the dead soldiers and civilians, and then gather the fathers and elders, set up a monument of meritorious service, and brag about his military exploits." In addition, he also sent someone to send a letter of recommendation, the noble person, the person who is familiar with the scriptures and history, the person who is not afraid of danger, the loyal and admonishing person, the brave and witty person, etc., there are dozens of people, and I heard that the father and elder of Hebei do not celebrate. In the end, he also has to be too obedient. ”

"He can't be too guarded at this age, it's too appalling." Wang Huifeng said.

"I really can't do it." Wang Yan nodded and said, "But he can let others be it." ”

Wang Huifeng sighed and didn't say anything more.

She carefully recalled all the things mentioned by her father, and found that Shao Xun was really methodical in doing things, and he took into account both public and private affairs, which was much better than many people who only knew about private affairs.

It's just that she still doesn't understand one thing: what is the purpose of Shao Xun doing so many things in Hebei?

He can't stay there for long, isn't this making a wedding dress for others?

"That's it." Wang Yan suddenly sighed and said, "This year, it has become too fast. Shao Xun couldn't get into the eyes of the old man before, and now he has to help him with things, this world is really ......"

Wang Jingfeng looked at his father's long sigh, and suddenly shivered subconsciously.

It's only been a few years? The relationship between his father and Lu Yanghou became like this.

If there is any big change next year, will you send yourself out?

Thinking of this, tears were about to flow out, and his hand subconsciously grabbed his thighs - uh, suddenly let go again, it turned out that he accidentally grabbed his sister.

Hehe, my sister's thighs are not as strong as mine, and Wang Jingfeng's mood has inexplicably improved.