While the four prominent families were waiting for Bao Xin and the pottery merchant to arrive, the head of the Ping family, Ping Zheng, received another shocking news.
Three days ago, the area around Huai County was looted by the Baibo Army. I thought that the Baibo Army bandits would not come to harass them in the short term. However, who knew that this morning, the Ping family slaves brought back the rumor that people from Huai County were there?
In the countryside in the east, someone again vaguely saw signs of the Baibo bandits' secret activities.
This incident shocked Heimasa! Three days ago, the White Wave Army came to plunder, which had already caused huge losses to the Taira family's properties around Huai County. Now these bandits are back again? What do these bastard bandits want to do? They
It was a vicious dog that gave birth to him!
At this juncture, Hanoi's noble families could no longer rely on the government and the army.
It's really unreliable. The family's property in Hanoi really can't withstand the attack of the Bai Bo thieves.
But to take the initiative to invite Wang Kuang, Bao Xin and others to send troops is too humiliating. Where is the glory of such a noble family?
So the head of the Binh family met with the Zheng family from Ji County, the Sima family from Wen County, the Li family from Yewang County and others... In the end, the four prominent families in Hanoi came up with a tactful method.
Li Shao of Yewang County held a banquet in a mansion in Huai County, and invited his disciple Wang Yun, Yushi Zhongcheng Huangfu Song, Grand Sinong Zhou Zhong, Wei Wei Zhang Xi, Hanoi Prefect Wang Kuang, Jibei Prime Minister Bao Xin, Xuzhou Gongzi Tao
Shang and others were the head of the official family, and they also called the heads of the other three families to celebrate their sixtieth birthday.
In fact, Hanoi had just been plundered by the Baibo Army. It was really inappropriate to hold a birthday banquet at this time. After all, ordinary believers had trouble eating due to the disaster. As the leader of the clan, Li Shao held a birthday banquet here? Could it be that he felt that his birthday was too long?
The number is getting longer, do you want to lose two years of your life?
The prominent families in Hanoi should really criticize themselves and restrain themselves appropriately.
However, for the pottery merchant, no matter what the purpose of Hanoi's noble family was, his goal was achieved... he made the noble family bow to his side and seized the opportunity to negotiate.
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On the day of the birthday banquet, Tao Shang led Xu Chu and a group of Tiger Guards to Li's residence in Huai County to pay homage to Li Shao.
Li's house is located on a high hillside in Huai County, next to his own private forest. On the slope of the forest stands a large, isolated and quiet house. The house is not big, but it has a unique and elegant atmosphere.
It embodies the style of a century-old noble family and is far beyond the ability of those upstarts who have only been great for twenty or thirty years to imitate.
When they arrived at Li's mansion, there were servants waiting at the door. Tao Shang and Xu Chu both dismounted. The servants respectfully led Tao Shang and others to the mansion. They walked through a quiet avenue from the house to the courtyard.
Outside a hall facing the water.
In the distance, I heard the sweet music of the piano coming from the hall next to the water...
Since returning from time travel, what Tao Shang heard was the sound of fighting on the battlefield and the sound of fighting horses. Now listening to the soothing and elegant music, Tao Shang felt refreshed and relaxed.
It's really good... Even though I can't understand it, it still sounds nice.
When he walked outside the hall and took a look inside, the potter couldn't help but wonder: "She can also play music?"
Except for the pottery, all the other guests have arrived.
The person playing the piano in the hall is Diao Chan.
After arriving in Hanoi County, Wang Kuang arranged for Wang Yun and Huangfu Song to live in the prefect's mansion to show his sincerity and respect for the imperial officials.
Now that there is a place to stay in the city, the pottery merchant will naturally not let Diao Chan and Xiao Ying'er continue to live in the military camp, so he will let them live in the city with Wang Yun and others. Li Shao invited Wang Yunhe to his birthday today.
Huangfu Song and Diao Chan, who was Wang Yun's adopted daughter, also accompanied her at the banquet.
Diao Chan, wearing a wide robe and tight skirt, knelt on the cushions in the hall. On the table in front of her was the guqin that he had brought from Luoyang City. Her slender fingers were gently playing with the strings. Next to the guqin was
There was a small pottery stove, which was slowly emitting refreshing smoke.
The old men sitting on both sides were shaking their heads one by one as they listened to the end of the song. Their faces could not help but reveal a look of intoxication, as if they were completely immersed in the wonderful sound of the piano... But the pottery merchant had already watched from outside the hall.
Come out, many of them are pretending to be fake.
Let’s not talk about it, just the old man Pingzheng, who was beating the rhythm with the ancient music with his hands, shaking his head... The pottery merchant clearly saw that the old man was instantly killed when he shot an eight, and he was not in tune at the same time.
A man in his sixties is still acting arty.
After the lingering sound of the song lingered, everyone in the hall applauded vigorously.
Wang Kuang clapped his hands and praised loudly: "What a song 'Chang Gong Yan'! The daughter of Wang Situ is indeed a master of music. The music that the young lady can play is probably only Cai Zhonglang in the world who can play it.
Someone is lucky enough that he can’t bear to have his ears cleaned for the next three years.”
Diao Chan stood up and retreated from the court to the banquet. She smiled slightly and said, "This little girl is only a master of music. How dare you compare with Cai Zhonglang? The prince is very complimentary."
Li Shao, the head of the Li family, stood up, smiled at Wang Yun and said, "It's my birthday today. It's really a blessing for me to be given a song by Wang Situ's beloved daughter!"
Wang Yun stroked the beard on his chin, his face glowing red, obviously his vanity was greatly satisfied.
Pingzheng stood up, cupped his hands at Wang Yun and said with a smile: "Today is Brother Li's sixtieth birthday. It is such a coincidence that Lord Situ, Lord Zhongcheng, Lord Sinong, Wei Wei and other Luoyang officials are here.
Brother Li is a blessing to the whole family."
Li Shao nodded vigorously and said: "Exactly, exactly."
Ping Zheng continued to turn to Wang Yun and said: "Master Situ was born in the Wang family in Taiyuan, Bingzhou. Tracing back to the origin, our ancestors were named after Ji. My Ping family in Pingyi comes from Han Aihou in South Korea, which is also derived from Ji. That's what he said.
Come on, Wang Situ and I were from the same clan thousands of years ago."
Wang Yun smiled lightly when he heard this: "There is nothing wrong with what Mr. Ping said."
The potter didn't go in, so he couldn't help but smile outside the hall... His relatives from more than a thousand years ago also had to be recognized, and there was no one left including Old Man Ping.
Pingzheng continued with a smile: "Although the Ping family in Pingyi is not as high-ranking as the Wang family from which Sir Situ came, and is the leader of the world's gentry, it is also a prominent family in Hanoi. Today, I took advantage of Brother Li's birthday banquet to see Master Situ's beloved daughter again.
As beautiful as a celestial being and as virtuous as any, I have a suggestion..."
Wang Yun was stunned when he heard this and said: "What does Mr. Ping propose?"
Pingzheng smiled and said: "In the clan headed by me, the third generation of children has produced many young talents. Today I can see that Lord Situ's beloved daughter is so beautiful and virtuous, and the Wang family of Taiyuan and Ping
The Yiping clan all share the same origin, so why not take advantage of Brother Li's birthday today and let's get married to each other. Lord Situ will go to our clan the next day to select a heroic young man who is a direct descendant, the adopted daughter of his father-in-law, and the Wang clan of Taiyuan.
The Ping family in Pingyi has become a good couple of the Qin and Jin Dynasties. In the future, we will work together on the same boat and share weal and woe. I wonder what Master Situ will do?"
After saying this, everyone in the hall couldn't help but whisper to each other, obviously very interested in Pingzheng's sudden opinion.
As for the Li family, the Zheng family couldn't help but secretly scold the Ping family for being cunning, for actually taking advantage of this opportunity to get married to the Wang family in Taiyuan!
Even Sima Lang, the acting head of the Sima family, was also moved.
Diao Chan's embroidered eyebrows wrinkled slightly, she was very unhappy with Ping's words and deeds.
It has to be said that the influence of the Wang family in Taiyuan is indeed very large in Bingzhou.
In this era, the gentry and clans paid great attention to concubines when they married each other's daughters. For larger families, when they married each other's daughters, the concubines could only be used as a supplement.
And Ping Zheng is willing to use his own family's direct descendant to marry Wang Yun, an adopted daughter. This move is amazing! If it were to marry another ordinary noble family, the direct descendant of the Ping family would definitely marry a legitimate daughter, and marry a daughter.
On one side, there might be two concubines as dowries... let alone a so-called adopted daughter.
As a relative from more than a thousand years ago, and as a daughter-in-law, Pingzheng's desire for the Wang Yun family was far beyond the potter's expectation.