Lu Yi was about the same height as Cao Peng, but he looked slightly stronger than Cao Peng.
It is often said in later generations that the children of the poor will be the masters of their families early. But in fact, as a child of a family that is about to decline, one often has to bear more responsibilities. The same is true for Lu Yi. He disciplined the family at the age of twelve and assumed the important responsibility of running the family.
.This also makes his slightly childish-looking cheeks reveal a solemnity and calmness that are unmatched by his peers. Cao Peng can also be regarded as a model of youth and maturity among his peers. But compared with Lu Yi, Cao Peng
I feel that I am a little inadequate and lack the magnanimity of a child from a noble family.
Lu Yi showed no surprise when he saw Xun Yan.
On the contrary, in his words and deeds, he showed strong alertness and vigilance.
Perhaps it is not against Xun Yan, but because of the caution that has been cultivated for a long time. After all, there is quite a grudge between the Lu family and the Sun family in Huating. When Sun Ce conquered Lujiang, he still killed the Lu family members.
The indelible pain in the hearts of the people of the Lu clan.
The children of the Lu family harbor hatred towards the Sun family.
The Sun family, in turn, was wary of the Lu family's children.
The Lu family now lives under the rule of the Sun family and is wary of everything. This is originally a normal thing.
Therefore, Lu Yi's words were polite, but his attitude was cold, and he had a feeling of being distant from others.
But Xun Yanhun didn't care and was chatting and laughing. He talked about his interactions with Lu Xian and his friendship with Lu Jun in Luoyang in his early years.
Lu Yi always kept a warm smile and added a few decent remarks from time to time, which made Xun Yan very happy.
Cao Peng knelt down behind Xun Yan and silently observed Lu Yi.
Lu Yi and Cao Peng are similar in age. According to Xun Yan, they are the same age. But Lu Yi seems to be two months older than Cao Peng... But it is this two-month gap that makes Lu Yi appear much calmer than Cao Peng. He
Seeing that it was getting late, he ordered his servants to go down and prepare a banquet.
"I'm afraid it's too late for uncle to go back now. How about staying here tonight?"
Xun Yan nodded and replied: "Just as my nephew said.
By the way, I heard someone say when I came here that my nephew is getting married soon? I wonder if we can set a date for the wedding?"
"As far as uncle is concerned, the wedding date has been set, it will be in the eighteenth day."
"Uh, but it seems to me that the mansion is not prepared?"
"It's all ready... However, Uncle Gu's family sent someone to tell you that it's best to keep everything simple and don't spend a lot of time, which will be unsightly."
"Uncle Gu?"
Xun Yan was startled, "You mean..."
"I think I know my uncle too. My uncle from the Gu family is my father-in-law's brother. I heard that he had a close relationship with Uncle Xun in his early years. At that time, my uncle from the Gu family was still studying under Uncle Xun."
"You mean, Gu Yuantan?"
"Exactly."
Cao Peng cursed in his heart again: You're such a good person, can you please stop calling me "Zi" all the time? Gu Yuantan, it sounds so familiar!
But he knew who the ‘Bojie Gong’ was, Cai Yong.
Cai Yong’s student?
Faintly, Cao Peng remembered reading a Three Kingdoms time travel novel in his previous life, which seemed to introduce a lot of Cai Yong's students, and one of them... Gu Yong! Yes, that's Gu Yong, Gu Yuantan. This person seems to be Cai Yong's
student, and later became the prime minister of Soochow.
Is Lu Yi getting married to Gu Yong's niece?
Xun Yan nodded repeatedly, "Brother Yuantan rarely talks, but he is extremely virtuous, loyal and virtuous, and he was a role model at that time.
By the way, I heard someone say that he is now serving under Wu Hou? This time I came to Wu County, I didn't have time to visit the Gu family."
"Uncle is now the chief of Shangyu, but he will come on the wedding day."
"That's great!" Xun Yan nodded repeatedly, "Brother Yuan Tan and I haven't seen each other for a long time. We haven't contacted him since he returned home. We can hang out with him then."
Lu Yi would never start a conversation easily, but every time Xun Yan asked a question, he answered very appropriately and in detail.
The two of them just asked and answered each other, and time passed quickly.
Later, Lu Yi prepared a banquet. Xun Yan was at the banquet and saw Cao Peng being silent. He suddenly remembered something.
"Good nephew."
"Here."
"I also want to ask you about someone... I wonder if there is a person named Lu Xun among your Lu clan?"
This was originally a very ordinary greeting, but Lu Yi was stunned.
After a while, he nodded with a strange look on his face, "Return to uncle, there is indeed such a person."
Cao Peng suddenly opened his eyes wide and pricked up his ears.
Lu Xun is indeed a descendant of the Huating Lu family...
However, what Lu Yi said next made Cao Peng stupid.
"Lu Xun is my nephew."
Xun Yan was also stunned, "Are you Lu Xun?"
"At the beginning of the year, my nephew had a wedding ceremony, and then the wedding date was set. At that time, since my nephew... uncle was on a mission to Jiangdong, he should know the situation of the Lu family. The Lu family and the Gu family are both prominent families in Wu County for a century. Now,
They got married again... My nephew felt that things would be difficult for him in the future. Now that he is in a disciplined family, he feels that he has a heavy responsibility, so he changed his name to 'Lu Xun'."
Xun means giving in, forbearing, and being in harmony with others.
At the same time, it also represents the current situation of the Lu family. They must be equal to the light, they must give in, they must endure...
Lu Yi changed his name to Lu Xun, which roughly means this.
Hearing Lu Yi's words, Xun Yan couldn't help but be filled with emotion. Although Lu Yi was young, he was already very proficient in the way of surviving in this world.
He didn't say it too clearly, but the word "Xun" described his dilemma very clearly.
Lu Yi said: "Why did my uncle suddenly ask about this matter? Not many people know about my nephew's name change. Apart from my uncle, even my family members don't know. I originally planned to make it public after the wedding...
…Where did my uncle learn this name?”
"this……"
Xun Yan hesitated for a moment, "Is there no second Lu Xun in Jiangdong?"
"As far as I know, there is no one with the surname Lu in Wu County named Lu Xun."
Xun Yan turned his head and looked at Cao Peng.
Cao Peng rolled his eyes and said quickly: "Sir, the student also heard about it from the market by chance.
People say that Lu Xuncai has learned a lot and is a talented person from Jiangdong. But where exactly is he from? The student is not sure, so he asked this question on the way."
Cao Peng's words suddenly obscured the question.
Have you heard about it in the market?
Of course, there is no way to study it...
Lu Xun looked a little unnatural and said softly: "May I ask, what does that person look like?"
"Alchemist, he is an alchemist."
Lu Xun's jade face sank slightly, showing a dignified look.
After a long time, he smiled bitterly and sighed: "The trees want to be quiet, but the wind doesn't stop."
This sentence was said by Gao Yu in the Spring and Autumn Period, and comes from "Han Shi Wai Zhuan". Puyang Kai studied Korean poetry intensively, so Cao Peng was no stranger to it.
The original words are very famous in later generations: The tree wants to be quiet but the wind does not stop; the child wants to be raised but the kiss does not wait.
What Lu Xun meant by this sentence is: I have tried my best to be patient and give in, but it seems that someone still wants to push me to the forefront.
Xun Yan was silent.
"Good nephew."
"Here."
"There is something I don't know whether to say or not."
"Uncle, please speak clearly."
After Xun Yan hesitated for a moment, he said softly: "If you can't stay in Jiangdong, you might as well go to Yingchuan."
Lu Xun smiled bitterly, "Not because my nephew doesn't want to, but because the family business is here, it may be difficult to leave... However, my uncle's words will be remembered in my heart."
Cao Peng never expected that a sentence he made up casually would actually make Lu Xun want to leave Jiangdong.
If, if Lu Xun is not in Jiangdong, who can resist Liu Bei in the future?
Cao Peng couldn't help crying in his heart, but he didn't know how to speak... It could be seen that Lu Xun actually had a lot of resentment and even hatred for the Sun family. Otherwise, he would not have said such words. Everything would have happened early.
When we were in Lujiang, we came to a conclusion.
However, since there is such hatred between the Lu family and the Sun family, why did Lu Xun later...
Cao Peng couldn't understand the ingenuity in this.
After the banquet, Lu Xun arranged for Xun Yan and others to rest.
The lintel of the Lu family seems to be in ruins, but its industry still exists. After Lu Kang's death, the two descendants of Lu Xian and Lu Kang merged into one.
The two tribes also merged, which was able to protect themselves.
The Lu family's northern courtyard is occupied by Lu Kang's children; the southern courtyard belongs to Lu Xun's family.
There are about a thousand people living in the nearly two hectares of house. Among them, there are about 800 people in the middle group, and there are less than 200 children of the Lu family. Xun Yan said that there were nearly 500 children of the Lu family at the beginning, plus the distant branches,
There are as many as two thousand. Although it is not the most prominent family in Wu County, it can definitely be ranked in the top ten. However, since Lu Kang's death, the direct branch has suffered heavy losses, and only these less than two hundred people are left, and they are very old.
The small one...and the distant branch, the wandering and fleeing, made the Lu family no longer regain the momentum it once had.
Sometimes, one step is wrong and every step is wrong.
This is the situation of the Lu family.
I wonder if the Lu family can rise again in the future?
Cao Peng wanted to tell Xun Yan that the Lu family would definitely rise.
Not only will it rise, but it will also become extremely powerful. I vaguely remember that in the later years of Sun Wu, the entire Jiangdong naval force was under the control of the Lu family. The three generations of heroes following Lu Xun built the Lu family into the number one family in Jiangdong.
Its strength even exceeds that of Xunshi...
Perhaps Xun Yan was not in a good mood when he saw that his old friend's family was in ruins.
After settling down, he went back to his room to rest early.
Cao Peng and Xia Houlan still lived next to Xun Yan's bedroom.
Xia Houlan was a little tired after driving all day, so he fell on the couch and fell into a deep sleep.
Cao Peng was lying on the couch, tossing and turning, unable to sleep. He didn't know what was going on, but he often suffered from insomnia after arriving in Jiangdong.
Putting on his clothes, Cao Peng got up and walked out of the room lightly.
The scenery in Jiangnan is very good, but the undercurrent is surging and makes people feel very depressed.
Here, Cao Peng felt that there was no room for him to use his skills. The people he came into contact with were all outstanding talents of the time. He had to be careful even when he said a word and did not dare to relax for a moment. In contrast, in Xudu and Haixi,
Even in Dongling Pavilion, he seemed very comfortable.
I don’t know when I can return to Guangling?
The moonlight is like a wash, shining in the courtyard.
It was quiet in the courtyard. The walls of the courtyard were covered with wall-creeping tigers, which dyed the walls green. The green was dotted with many small white flowers, which added a lot of interest to the night. Along the gravel paved road
Cao Peng walked along the path and walked out of the courtyard unknowingly.
The air is filled with an extremely quiet and elegant fragrance.
Cao Peng shrugged his nose, feeling that the aroma seemed familiar.
On the ground, peach blossoms and apricots were stained with white leaves, and the late night dew made the path wet. Walking along it was quite confusing.
There is an arch in front, and past it is the Lu family's garden.
Cao Peng stepped forward and passed through the arch. He saw a small flower pavilion at the end of the path among the sea of flowers, which was particularly eye-catching in the moonlight.
The reason why it is eye-catching is because of the wisteria hanging from the flower pavilion.
Wisteria flowers bloom one after another, spreading their fragrance to the heaven and earth.
That familiar fragrance comes from the wisteria flowers... Cao Peng stood on the path and suddenly froze.
Because, under the wisteria flowers, a girl in white was sitting quietly. Cao Peng could only see a back outline with exquisite curves.
The snow-white neck shows graceful and sexy curves.
The girl was dressed in Zen clothes, kneeling down under the wisteria, her slender fingers passing over the strings, and the beautiful sound of the piano suddenly came out.
Her black hair is spread loosely, like a waterfall, hanging down to her waist.
Under the moonlight, the girl was like an elf on earth, without any mundane atmosphere.
Cao Peng is musically blind and cannot hear anything good or bad.
When he was that age in his previous life, he grew up listening to the songs of Alan Tam and Leslie Cheung. To be honest, when it comes to ancient music, he knows nine out of ten and knows nothing about it.
However, he heard a weeping sadness from the sound of the piano.
Cao Peng stood at the end of the path and listened to the girl playing the piano.
Suddenly, there was a clang, the strings broke, and the sound of the piano suddenly stopped... The girl in white lifted the expensive guqin and threw it to the ground.
"ah!"
Cao Peng was startled by the girl's sudden behavior.
However, following his soft call, the girl suddenly turned around and looked towards him.
Under the moonlight, the girl's face was soft and beautiful, with the unique charm of Jiangnan women. But there was a cold light shining in her eyes, which made Cao Peng tremble and shiver.
Cao Peng quickly stepped forward and wanted to apologize to the other party.
After all, it is someone else's business to drop the piano, and it is reasonable for him to apologize for disturbing someone's purity.
Unexpectedly, he only took two steps forward when the girl in white turned around and left. When Cao Peng arrived at the flower pavilion, the girl's graceful back had disappeared into the sea of flowers.
"sorry."
Cao Peng's apology words came to his lips and he swallowed them back.
In the flower pavilion, there is a faint fragrance, which makes people feel relaxed and happy.
Cao Peng couldn't help but take a deep breath and savor the fragrance left by the girl. After a while, he squatted on his back and reached out to pick up the guqin from the ground. The workmanship of the guqin was excellent, and the head of the qin was engraved with a phoenix pattern, which glowed in the night light.
The bottom is very clear. There is another character on it, but Cao Peng doesn't recognize it. The character is not the popular official script or seal script, but Cao Peng can be sure that it is one character...
After picking up the broken qin, Cao Peng stood up.
There is a long black silk wrapped around the wisteria. It must have been hung up when the girl left just now...
This aroma is really familiar!
Well, I seem to have smelled the girl's fragrance from somewhere.
Cao Peng held the broken qin and stood blankly in the flower pavilion. After a long time, he sighed softly, shook his head, turned around and walked out of the flower pavilion.
That girl seemed like an elf in the night.
Although it was just a glimpse, it left a very deep impression on Cao Peng.
Who was she? Why did she appear in the Lu family's garden? She was playing sad music and then broke the precious guqin.