The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

Five days later, in the evening, Xun Zhen went to a banquet.

That day Xun Yu said he wanted to be with him, but he didn't agree, and it wasn't a good thing, so there was no need for the two of them to go together. Xun Yu was very worried. He laughed at the time and said, "The county people wrote a song for me: 'Today there is a milk tiger in the Xun family.' Waiter, the emperor calls him 'Amu'. Let's wait that night to see if this 'Emperor's mother and nephew' can be the one who subdues the tiger."

In front of Xun Yu, he appeared very confident, but in fact, he was still a little nervous.

Not because he was afraid of Zhang Zhi, but because he didn't know Zhang Zhi's plan. If you know Zhang Zhi's plan, the water will come to cover it. If you don't know it now, you can't come up with corresponding countermeasures. As the saying goes: the unknown is the most disturbing.

Zhang Zhi long ago separated from his parents and moved out to live alone. His family's house is very large, with a high-walled courtyard covering half a mile.

At the door of his house, Xun Zhen and others were stopped. The person who stopped the person was a tycoon who was a gatekeeper. He was in his twenties and thirties. He was wearing green silk and green clothes. He was standing on the steps. : "The door of the nobles, do not enter the lowly. The land inside the door is not for enslaved servants to step on. The owner of the family is hosting the northern postmaster's dinner tonight, not the servant boy."

Xun Zhen thought, "Are you going to get off the horse?" Standing under the steps, he looked up at the tyrannical slave. The setting sun hung in the sky, illuminating the tyrant and the entire Zhang family brilliantly. If it was another timid person, he might pretend to be furious, so as to take the opportunity to escape this grand banquet. Xun Zhen is otherwise, since he is here, he will not stop in the middle. Going now will make people even more ridiculed, so it is better not to come at all.

In order to be safe, in addition to Cheng Yan's three people, Cheng Yan's team also followed. Cheng Yan thought: "Zhang Zhi deliberately bumped into Jun Xun outside the post office a few days ago. It's damned. Today, he came to his house for a banquet, and let the evil slave stop the guests at the door! It's really unreasonable." The guest, the master humiliated the minister and died. His anger rose from his heart, and his wickedness turned to his courage. He stepped up the steps in two steps, pushed the tyrannical slave, raised his fists to fight, and scolded: "In order to go to your family's banquet, under the order of Xunjun, I will lay down my sword and bring my sword. Show your respect, and you, a vertical slave, dare to stand in the way?"

Xun Zhen ordered Xiao Xia and Xiao Ren to hold Cheng Yan. He thought about it and said, "Since you don't know Zhang Zhi's plan, instead of rashly hitting hard at the beginning, it's better to lower your posture first, respond softly, and avoid its sharp edge for the time being. The so-called 'the bending of the inchworm, in order to stretch it' .It won't be too late to stretch when Zhang Zhi's arrangement is clear."

After the plan was settled, he smiled and said, "I didn't think about it carefully. You are right. If that's the case, I'll leave them all outside the door." Ling Chengyan's team of Qing Xia said, "You guys are outside the door. Wait for me in the alley." Called Cheng Yan, Xiao Xia, and Xiao Ren, "You three come in with me." Pulling up the clothes and climbing the steps, Cheng Yan, Xiao Xia, and Xiao Ren gave way, followed closely, and walked towards the courtyard gate.

The rest of the people retreated to the wall opposite the courtyard gate, held their sword hilts, and stood against the wall, watching them enter.

The tyrant guarding the door was still reluctant, so he blocked the door and said, "Patriarch's order: slaves are not allowed to enter the hospital." Looking at the three of Cheng Yan, it meant that these three were also slaves, and they were not allowed to enter.

Xun Zhen thought: "If I go in alone, a hero will be hard to beat. If there is a change, wouldn't it be hard to be alone?" He wasn't stupid enough to leave Cheng Yan's team outside. It's not enough to leave Cheng Yan and the three of them behind. He coughed softly.

Cheng Yan was immediately furious, took the sword from his waist, held it in his hand, threatened the tyrant, and scolded, "Dead prisoner, do you want to die?" He grabbed in front of Xun Zhen and bumped the tyrant away. Step into the courtyard.

There was more than one person guarding the door, and several other Zhuang slaves who were holding their arms and watching jokes saw that Cheng Yan was rough, and hurried up, trying to stop him outside.

Cheng Yan didn't stop for half a step, just rushed in, half unsheathed his sword, and asked the people surrounding him, "Young generation, dare you?"

The servants of the Zhang family who were guarding the gate didn't believe that he would draw their swords, so they didn't take it seriously and continued to swarm. Cheng Yan said angrily, "Do you want to try the sword edge?" The slaves paused.

Cheng Yanfu shouted again: "Or is the prisoner trying to make Nai Gong angry? When a man is angry, he bleeds for five steps!" He drew his sword in his hand.

Only the sound of "嘡唷, 嘡哷" could be heard, and the slaves looked at them and saw that all the people standing against the wall in the alley had pulled their swords out of their sheaths. In the twilight, the sword light was dazzling. The gatekeepers are just slaves. They usually rely on Zhang Zhi's power to bully the weak and be afraid of being tough. When they meet someone who really wants to work hard, no one has the courage to be tough. Unexpectedly, Cheng Yan actually dared to draw his sword. Facing the sharp sword, they hesitated.

Cheng Yan shouted loudly three times: "Or maybe the prisoners want to make the postmaster angry? Hearing the thunder in their ears, sharp blades in their eyes, and being reminded by Cheng Yan's question, the slaves suddenly recalled what Xun Zhen had done in the north of the county: driving a thousand stone orders is like driving a chicken, killing six hundred stone officials is like killing a dog.

The six-hundred-stone official said he would kill him, let alone their servants? The slaves were afraid to come up, and no one could guarantee that Xun Zhen would kill someone in a rage, and immediately lost his courage.

Cheng Yan's murderous aura was exposed, and they stepped back. Xun Zhen took Xiao Xia and Xiao Ren to the hospital calmly.

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Entering the courtyard, Xun Zhen said in her heart, "I haven't even seen the seats yet. There are so many twists and turns just entering the courtyard. Zhang Zhi, I don't know what sinister trap is waiting for me to jump in?"

The servants who guarded the door couldn't stop them, but they had no choice but to look at me, and I looked at you. In the end, they had to "suffocate" and separate one person to lead the way.

After entering the gate, turning into the main house, walking along the way, pavilions and pavilions, small bridges and flowing water, there are slave boys in green silk and good clothes and maids in beautiful clothes and thin skirts.

They traveled all the way, attracting all the slaves and maids along the way to watch.

Those who knew it, whispered to others, "The head of the family has invited the postmaster to the north, and the man in black with the sword must be Xun Ruhu." Someone who knew something, tsk tsk shook his head, and said in an unbearable state: " It’s a pity, it’s a pity. Look at this Xun Ruhu, a heroic and wise man. It’s a pity that it’s a pity that it’s not good to offend anyone, but the master of our family. He will be beaten violently and thrown out of the house. Despite his great reputation, after tonight, he will be ridiculed by the county people behind his back." Someone asked, "Oh? How do you say this?" But he refused to speak, just kept sighing.

The banquet was held in the side hall of Zhang Zhi's front house. Said to be the "front house", walked from the gate, and walked for a long time. Arriving outside the hall, the big slave who led the way asked Xun Zhen to wait outside quietly. He entered the hall to report, and after a while, he came out and said, "Patriarch, please post to the hall."

Xun Zhen instructed Cheng Yan and the three to wait on the porch outside the hall, take off their shoes, slightly straighten their clothes, hold their swords high, and enter the hall.

It was sultry outside, and the twilight was dark. As soon as I entered the hall, the lights were bright and cool.

Xun Zhen looked intently, and saw that the hall was very large, quite deep and wide, with two rows of red columns supporting the roof, and twelve or three lacquer cabinets were placed between the columns.

Next to each paint case is a basin of ice. There are bronze lamps in the corners and corners of the hall as well as on the sides of the columns. There are no less than dozens of them, with different shapes, either a woman kneeling and holding a lamp, or a turtle with a lamp plate overhead. Candles were lit in the lamps and lamp trays, and the candles were glowing brightly. Lots of people in the hall. Dozens of showgirls in short skirts and **** were listed in the hall.

In the innermost part of the hall, facing the door of the hall, sitting in the middle of the top of many desks, a person, about thirty years old, with a dignified appearance, is Zhang Zhi.

Zhang Zhi was wearing a black silk Zen robe with wide sleeves and colorful thread embroidery, which was extremely gorgeous. Zen clothes are a kind of robes worn by noble men in summer. They are unlined and very light. Seeing Xun Zhen entering the hall, he didn't get up either, and said without a smile: "How late is the rafters coming! Look, you only arrived after all the guests have arrived. Why, but Do you think my food and drinks are not delicious?"

"Jun Zhang is joking, but because Jun's family's meal was praised by the county, I didn't dare to come early."

"Why?"

"I'm afraid people will laugh at me for being greedy."

"Haha, haha." Zhang Zhi laughed twice, stopped his laughter, changed his sitting position, bent his left leg, placed his right leg flat, put one hand on the table and the other on the bent knee, comfortably Leaning on the beautiful maid who was fanning him, he lit Xun Zhen and said to the guests, "Qiaozui supervising the post." All the guests laughed together. He said to Xun Zhen, "Please take a seat."

There were people sitting on the slumps, only the entrance to the hall, which was empty after the last table. Xun Zhen didn't care, she bowed to everyone in the hall, and sat down on the case.

Zhang Zhi looked at his actions and said to himself, "Tian She'er is so hard to bear. On the street that day, I humiliated him with fees, and he tolerated it more than he was a slave to my family. He, treated him at the lowest and lowest position, and he endured it again. Hehe, he can endure so much, but it makes me uncomfortable to have a sudden attack." Xun Zhen was so tolerant, even if Zhang Zhi wanted to attack, he couldn't find an excuse.

He thought: "As soon as the twilight left, the night came. Tonight is long. You can endure it once, you can endure it twice, I don't believe you can endure it ten times or eight times, and you can endure it all night! Hmph, I It depends on how long you can endure it!" He asked lazily, "Do all the guests in the hall know the post supervisor?"

Of the dozen or so guests, Xun Zhen knew three.

One was the Southern Governor, sitting diagonally across from him. One is Fei Chang, sitting on top of the Southern Supervisor Post. One is Fei Tong, sitting above him. In other words, that is to say, his seat in the hall is not as good as Zhang Zhijianu's younger brother, and the word "low" is well deserved. Xun Zhen was not the kind of mediocre person who only cared about the surface, and he didn't care about it at all, nor did he care about Zhang Zhi's rude sitting posture and attitude, and replied warmly, "I'm so humble, I only know Fei Cheng and Gu Rong. And Fei Jun, I don’t know where the rest of the people here are nobles?” Gu Rong’s department was the postal supervisor in the south, with his surname Gu and his given name Shan.

"You still have some vision, you know that they are all nobles. Let me introduce to you, this is the second son of Chunyu's family, this is the son of Duke Huang, and this is Lord Meng, who was named Xiaolian just last year. This is the beloved son-in-law of the Honshu Bekka,..."

Names were uttered from Zhang Zhi's mouth, and all the guests were of great background, either the sons of Hao's family or the relatives of officials. Xun Zhen knew that Zhang Zhi had invited these people here, not to introduce them to herself, but to let them see with their own eyes how Zhang Zhi's family was humiliated, and then spread the matter through their mouths. Bianzhou County.

If Zhang Zhi succeeds, then Xun Zhen's reputation will be completely ruined from now on, don't think about recruiting people and gathering people to save their lives. If nothing else, Xu Zhong, Le Jin and others will look down on him. .

The guests invited by Zhang Zhi are all good friends with him. When Zhang Zhi introduced them, Xun Zhen stood up and bowed every time Zhang Zhi introduced someone. None of these people returned the salute, showing arrogance. The better nod is considered to be seen, and UU reading www.uukanshu.com rudely raised his head as if he was air.

After the introduction, Zhang Zhiyao pointed to Cheng Yan and the three of them on the outer porch of the hall, and asked Xun Zhen, "Is he a follower brought by the postmaster?"

"Yes."

"You can go to another courtyard for a drink."

Xun Zhen summoned Cheng Yan and the three of them to approach and said, "Jun Zhang told you to go to another courtyard for a drink."

Of course the three Cheng Yan refused.

Zhang Zhi said: "I see you and the others are extraordinary in appearance, very human, and they are all strong men. How can strong men wait outside the hall like servants? I will ask people to set up a good seat in another courtyard, and you can go and drink. ." With a smile on his face, he was proud of himself, quite satisfied with what he said. His implication: Xun Zhen did not know people, and regarded "strong men" as "slaves".

Cheng Yan clenched his neck to speak. Xiao Xia knew that he was reckless, and was afraid that he would say something unpleasant, which would embarrass Xun Zhen, so he grabbed him and laughed first: "Mr. Xun, the master is also; I'll wait, the servant. The master is in the hall, how can the servant stay away? Zhang Jun is very kind, thank you so much." Without waiting for Zhang Zhi's reply, he pulled Cheng Yan and Xiao Ren back to the corridor.

Zhang Zhi's smile was still on his face, and Xiao Xia pushed back his words neither softly nor hard, secretly embarrassed: "The cheap slave is rude! ... Well, these three slaves are sturdy and strong, and they don't seem to be weak, with scarred faces. The children are especially terrifying. They have just arrived, when they are full of qi, so let’s tolerate them for the time being. Confucius said: 'The teacher has no name.' After what happened to your son is wrong, if you see Nai Gong’s attack again, I will tell you to kneel down and beg for mercy!”

The scars on Cheng Yan's face went straight from his eyes to his mouth, which looked really terrifying. Zhang Zhi also knew some art of war and the principle of venting the enemy's morale first, but he just misremembered the source of "the teacher is unknown". He looked out of the hall. There were four or five slaves standing outside the hall, and one of the slaves standing beside Cheng Yan and others nodded slightly. He was calm in his heart and smiled: "Xun Rafter has arrived, let's have a feast now."