The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

Second more.

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Xun You and Xun Zhen are sitting opposite each other. Xun Zhen saw the two people coming from outside the forest, but Xun You didn't see it, he continued on the topic of Shicai, and continued: "Zhenzhi, think of my great Han ancestors, Gaozu, Xiaowu, Xiaoxuan, Guangwu, and Ming and Zhang emperors are all heroic gods, but since He and Shang, the emperors have been on the throne for many years, so that relatives and eunuchs have replaced the power. . . In the world today, the Son of Heaven is smart, but the princes of the imperial court have few heroes and talents like Xiaowu, Xiaoxuan, Guangwu, Ming and Zhang emperors!"

Xun Zhen coughed, looked out, and said, "Gongda, don't talk about it anymore. . . . A bad guest is coming."

Xun You said "Oh", turned his face to look back, saw the two people walking by from the tent, and asked, "The villain? Who are these two people?"

"The man in front is called Hu / Ping, and he is a guest of the third family in this township. The man in the back doesn't know him, so he should also be a guest of the third family."

"Why the villain?"

"Indescribable."

While they were talking, the two "villains" Hu and Ping walked through the forest and approached. Dong and Xi outside the tent stopped them. Hu / Ping respectfully bowed to Xun Zhen, who was kneeling in the tent, and said, "Xunjun, the villain just went to the temple to look for you, and only then did you realize that you were here to play."

"What are you looking for from me?"

"On the order of the head of the family, I came to send you an invitation."

"Invitation?"

Xun Zhen was slightly taken aback, motioned Dong Xi to take the bamboo slips in Hu/Ping's hands, and unfolded them to look at it. Seeing the words above, "Zhengdan is approaching, and all the people will celebrate. At such a good time, it is time to hold candles and drink at night. Some fine wines are not rare, but they are rare. Xun Jun is busy day and night for the people in the township, and is very troublesome. It will soon be Zhengdan, which is a day for all the people in the world, so he took the liberty to send guests. Du/Mai, I invite you to come to my house for a feast. All kinds of delicious food are ready. When you come, you and I will listen to the sound of the piano by the Meilin Water, chat with each other, and look up at the bright moon and the bright columns. Xing'. When you're drunk, you don't know there are people in the world, and you don't even know you have a body, aren't you happy?"

The inscription at the bottom is the third cloud. Xun Zhen knew that this person was the father of the third Ming and the third Lan, and the patriarch of the third clan.

After reading the bamboo slips, he smiled and said, "We have been in the township for less than a month, and I have nothing to do. How can I be called busy? I am always ashamed and uneasy, how can I accept the banquet from your family master?"

Hu / Ping, regardless of the dirt outside the forest, knelt down on the ground and said sincerely: "When Master Xun was in the post of Fanyang, he taught customs, encouraged farming, helped the orphans, punished cunning, and all the pavilions praised him. It has been appreciated by the county lord. Although I have only come to the township today, I can already imagine the style of your governance in the future. It is really a blessing for the townspeople. Love. Please don't refuse."

When I met Xun Zhen with the third Lan last time, Hu / Ping didn't say much. Xun Zhen heard his words at this time and thought, "This person is short-clothed with a long sword and dressed as a chivalrous man, but he has such eloquence."

He pondered a little and thought: "What does the third clan mean? First, the third Ming asked the third Lan to send me money and make amends, and then their father, the third cloud, invited me to drink.  … Does it count as being soft?

He said, "I have received the wishes of the head of your family, but I don't have time recently." He pointed to Xun You and Wen Pin, and said with a smile, "This is my nephew Xun Gongda, this is my junior brother Wen Zhongye, he Both of them are from the county, and I have to accompany them for the past few days. You go back and tell your family owner that I am very grateful and will visit you when you have time."

He was talking nonsense with his eyes open. It was impossible for Xun You and Wen Pin to stay in the village for several days, and they would have to go back this evening at the latest. Xun You smiled, Wen Pin raised his eyebrows, both of them glanced at Xun Zhen, but did not speak.

Only Xun Zhen, Xun You, and Wen Pin were seated in the tent. Hu/Ping had already bowed to Xun You and Wen Pin when he was doing the salute just now. Hearing this now, he was busy again bowing and salute, saying: " The villain Hu/Ping, I have met the two princes." Persuade Xun Zhen, "The name of the nephew and junior brother of Xunjun's clan has long been known to the villain's patriarch and has been well-known for a long time. If Xunjun can bring the two princes with him, the villain's patriarch will be It must be asked for.”

Xun Zhen laughed, handed the bamboo slip to Dong Xi, ordered it to be handed back to Hu / Ping, and said, "Is Xun Zhen a shameless person? I came to the village today, I have no merit, and I have not established my virtue. I will go to your house alone. I am very embarrassed to eat free food, how can I bring two more people? You go back. Tell your family owner, after I do one or two things for the village and establish my kindness, it will not be too late to eat his banquet. "

"If you refuse, the villain will be punished. Xunjun, you are very kind. I think you don't want the villain to be punished. Please accept this invitation!"

Xun Zhen frowned slightly and said in her heart, "Sure enough, things gather together, and people are divided into groups. Just after praising him for his eloquence, he revealed his domineering and rude nature in just a few words."

Wenpin did not know why Xun Zhen refused, nor why he said that this person was a bad guest, but it did not prevent him from dissatisfying Hu / Ping's words, raised his eyebrows and scolded: "What's the matter with whether you are punished by your master Guan Xun? Xun If you don't want to go, then you won't go. Why don't you retreat quickly?"

Although the clerk is small, this anger is quite majestic. The people from Dong Xi outside the tent were about to come over and pinch Hu/Ping and the man who was following him. Hu/Ping saw that Xunzhen didn't see it, and knew that he couldn't move him, so he got up and saluted again. Say goodbye and leave.

Xun You twisted his face, and after seeing him walk a dozen or two paces away, he turned around and asked, "Zhenzhi, why do you call this person a villain?"

Xun Zhen didn't answer him first, but took out a dozen money from her pocket and handed it to Dong Xi, saying, "Give this money to Hu/Ping, and say I will reward him."

Wenpin Daqi: "Xunjun, what are you doing? If you call him a villain, why do you want to reward him?"

Xun Zhen glanced at the two Zu Shi who were kneeling at the side, who were warming the wine, and sighed helplessly, and said, "Because they are bad guests, I dare not offend him."

Wenpin was stunned.

Xun You was careful, noticed the strangeness of Xun Zhen, blinked, thoughtfully, followed his words, and said, "There must be a story in it. Zhenzhi, tell it to me and the two of you."

At the moment, Xun Zhen recounted the third Lan Jie Le Jin from the beginning. Wen Pin was furious, raised his sword, and said angrily, "How dare a country pariah dare to offend the majesty of the king? Please order, and I will take Dong Xi and the others to destroy his entire clan!"

His reaction was too intense, Xun Zhen laughed in surprise, and said, "When you fought with Gao Su that day, you never saw such annoyance."

"The person who Gao Su insults is hired. The person who is insulted by the third clan is also the king. The person who insults the hire should see the face of the king, and the hire can be tolerated. "Wenpin is so young and has various shortcomings in his personality, and he has not been thoroughly characterized, but the concept of "respecting the elders and loyal teachers" has penetrated deep into his bones.

Xun Zhen laughed loudly and said, "Why is this!  …, sit down, sit down."

Wen Pin pressed his sword hilt and sat down angrily.

Xun You and Xun Zhen have been together for a long time. Not only does Xun Zhen understand him, but he also understands Xun Zhen. He knows that Xun Zhen is not a person who is afraid of things, and it is even less likely that he will be afraid of a bully in the village, and it is even less likely that he is afraid of a bully in the village. And even their guests did not dare to offend, knowing that there must be something mysterious.

He thought: "Zhenzhi is not a courageous person. Although he is not good at competing with others at ordinary times, he is by no means weak and only knows how to back down. Maybe when he changed his mind, he would endure this tone, but now The other party has an order in the hometown, and needs to establish prestige to facilitate the management of affairs. If this matter is let go, the government will fail in the future. It's just: 'If the secret is not secret, it will lead to harm'. Before he spoke, he glanced at the two servants who warmed the wine. Maybe he was worried that these two servants would pass the word to the third family? So he pretended to be afraid and timid. , to be deceived by people?"

He lightly deducted the case and asked Xun Zhen with his eyes. Xun Zhen smiled and nodded.

Xun You got pranked and thought, "I'll cooperate with you." Putting on a worried look, he said, "Zhenzhi, you've only come to the village now, you can't do it without your prestige, but you are just like this by the third clan. If you lose face, how will you manage the township in the future?"

Xun Zhen sighed and said, "Yes, if you don't have prestige, you can't govern the township, but this third clan is extremely vicious and wicked, and it's not an ordinary tyrant!" He lowered his voice and said, "Do you know? There are rumors in the township that ten Five years ago, so-and-so, who was in the township at the time, wanted to find their home, guess what?"

"What's the matter?"

"Killed by them!"

"Ah!" Xun You was taken aback and said, "How dare you kill an official?"

"Isn't it!" Xun Zhen slapped her knees with a look of fear and fear, and said helplessly, "Their family dares to kill even officials, so what can I do to them? I can only avoid them for the time being!"

"But you can't just give in."

"Yeah, so didn't I just refuse his family's banquet? I'll show it to the villagers, I have a bit of backbone."

Xun You nodded and said, "So your reason for rejecting his family's banquet is here! ..., um, it makes some sense." He took a slice of radish with chopsticks and put it in his mouth, while chewing, While peeking at the faces of the two Zuo Shi, he saw that although the two of them were well concealed and their faces were respectful, there was disdain in their eyes.

Xun Zhen also noticed. He thought: "The third clan is notorious, and there are not many villagers who have contact with them. According to the investigation by Xu Zhong and the others, these two small officials have nothing to do with his family. Maybe they will not take the initiative to Go to the third clan's house to tell the truth, but they will definitely say that I am cowardly in private. There is no impermeable wall in this world, not to mention a sensational topic in the township such as 'the township is cowardly and weak'? It won't take three or five days, the first Sanshi will definitely know what I said today. Hey, if you want to take it, you must first take it, this is also the 'showing it with weakness' in the art of war, right?"

Wen Pin's eyes widened, looking at Xun Zhen and then at Xun You. The performance of these two Xuns surprised him too much. Although he was young, he felt a little strange. Xun Zhen and Xun You smiled at each other without saying anything.

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Xun Zhen guessed whether the patriarch of the third clan invited him to drink a drink, and he was half right.

What kind of family is the third clan? He has been domineering for more than a hundred years, and he has passed through dozens of townships before and after. It's just that the third Ming is a scheming person, and unlike the third Lan's brave and ruthless fight, he is unwilling to have a grudge against Xun Zhen for no reason.

After the third Ming "Dao Guoqian" came home, he was busy with other things, so he didn't ask any more questions until he discovered a strange thing a few days ago: more and more strangers come and go in the past few days. .

He is not a fool like the third Lan, and he smells danger sensitively~www.wuxiaspot.com~ It is not surprising that there are strangers, but the timing is not right.

One, it's the end of the year now, and it's not a New Year or a festival. Where do so many people come from to visit relatives? This has never happened before. Second, it happened just after the third Lan offended Xun Zhen. Putting the two oddities together is weird.

He keenly sensed that this matter must be related to Xun Zhen, so he summoned Hu/Ping and asked about the situation of the third Lan's apology that day. Hu / Ping did not dare to hide it and told the truth. After listening to it the third time, the anger is not at all, where is it to apologize, it is clearly that the hatred is not deep enough! At that time, the third Lan was called over and scolded fiercely.

After scolding, he thought: This can't be done, the hatred is deep, maybe Xun Zhen will look for his family's affairs, although he is not afraid, but it will soon be the festival, more things are worse than less things, so he decides to use his father's In the name of asking Xun Zhen to come to the house for a drink, to resolve the rudeness of the third Ming when he apologized. Therefore, Hu / Ping sent invitations.

Hu / Ping returned without success. He would tell the story again, and finally said: "After the villain left, Xun Jun sent someone to catch up with me and rewarded me with more than ten dollars."

"Confiscated the invitation, but rewarded you with money?"

Third Ming was stunned, a little confused, couldn't guess which drama Xun Zhen was singing, and sent Hu/Ping out. The more he thought about it, the more wrong he felt, and he decided to report to his father.

His father was also a bully when he was young. Fifteen years ago, his father was involved in the murder of the township. However, now that he is old, he is in his sixties, and he doesn't usually take care of things. Hearing him say it, I feel strange.

The two guessed for a long time, and since they didn't know much about Xun Zhen, they couldn't guess why. At the end, his father said, "Put out your eyes, ears, and eyes, and give some money to the Zuo Shi and the little officials in the official temple to find out what this surname Xun means and what you want to do."

The third promise is respectful.