Chaos in the Eastern Jin Dynasty

Chapter 6
After passing Wujiang Ferry, the four of them drove slowly for a whole day, and finally arrived in Fuling City in the evening.

Because of the promotion ceremony for the nobles of the Wei family, the small city of Fuling was full of traffic and voices!Compared with the desertedness in the past, it seems to be the scene of Jiankang in the capital!

There was only one official post in Fuling City, so it was already overcrowded. Fortunately, Guan Zhengqian had already booked a room for them.

The ancient ox cart was no better than the modern means of transportation. Although the ox cart was much more stable than the horse cart, Guan Ziyang was not used to sitting for a whole day and felt a little motion sick.

The wind and dust along the way, so Guan Ziyang ordered Qing Chan to help prepare a bucket of hot water, he wanted to take a bath and then sleep well.

Tomorrow's promotion ceremony for the Wei family nobles can be said to be the most important event in Fuling County for hundreds of years, and he still has a task, so it will be more solemn to take a bath and freshen up.

After all, the Eastern Jin Dynasty is an era of looking at faces...

Throughout the long history, almost most of the legends of beautiful men are concentrated in the Wei and Jin Dynasties, because only the Wei and Jin Dynasties care so much about a person's appearance, it is called Rongzhi.

Among the literary works, only the Wei and Jin Dynasties describe a person's tolerance and movement in a large amount of space.

In "Shi Shuo Xin Yu", there is a single chapter "Rong Zhi", in which there is a story: "Pan Yuemiao has a beautiful appearance and a good look. .”

Pan Yue is Pan An. When he was young, he went out hunting with a slingshot. Countless young girls and women went crazy for him.

To put it more simply, it's like male idol stars of later generations, wherever they go, there are a group of female fans chasing and blocking them, just to see the 'god'.

Another one is about Wang Yan, an important minister of the Western Jin Dynasty. The original text is: "Wang Yifu has a neat appearance, better than talking about Xuan, and he keeps catching white jade handles and tails, which is no different from his hands."

The main point of this story is to praise Wang Yan for being handsome. His hands are as white as white jade. It can be seen that Chinese people regard white as beauty, which is indeed "passed down from origin".

It even became a part of judging a person's talent for a while, and the upright demeanor of the Ninth Rank actually included Rong Zhi, so that in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, many men had to put on powder when they went out before they were willing to meet people.

It can be seen from this that Wei Jin society's pursuit of men Rongzhi is almost obsessed, and it can be regarded as part of Wei Jin's absurdity.

Before Guan Ziyang was reborn, he had a pretty face since he was a child, because he practiced martial arts since he was a child, and he has a long and strong body.

After rebirth, his appearance only returned to his teenage appearance. At least in terms of appearance, Guan Ziyang felt that he would not be deducted points in the Zhongzheng inspection because of his appearance...

In the Eastern Jin Dynasty, appearance is justice...

Qing Chan fetched a bucket of hot water for him, holding Guan Ziyang's clean clothes in her hand, she stood beside the tub and said, "Young Lord, the hot water is ready, come and take a bath."

Guan Ziyang responded, and after walking around the screen, he was about to take off his clothes, only to find that Qingchan was still standing aside, his movements froze, and he suddenly remembered: "This native Guan Ziyang used to be served by Qingchan to bathe him!"

Guan Ziyang was a little dull, looked at his 13-year-old body, and said with some embarrassment: "Sister Qingchan, I can wash it myself, you can go back to your room to rest, and you don't need to wait."

Unexpectedly, Qing Chan pursed her lips tightly after listening, her body trembled slightly and she lowered her head.

Trembling and whispering: "In the past few years, Mr. Xiaolang didn't even know how to take a bath, but he despises Qingchan for being ugly and stupid...the service is not good..."

The voice became lower and lower, and she was about to cry.

Seeing her big crystal eyes filled with tears, Guan Ziyang said with a heartbroken expression, "How can I dislike Sister Qingchan's clumsy hands, and besides, Sister Qingchan's pretty face, why is she ugly!"

"Then... that little man, why did you suddenly..."

Guan Ziyang interrupted Qing Chan's choked words and said: "I just saw that Qing Chan's sister is very busy on weekdays, not only taking care of me, but also taking care of my mother, and today has another day's journey, Qing Chan's sister must be very busy. I'm tired, I just can't bear your hard work."

In ancient times, maidservants were despised by their owners for being ugly and stupid. It can be said that they were going to be swept away. They were either sold or married to a servant or tenant as wives. They worked hard every day, and their lives were much more difficult than being a maidservant.

The young master of a rich family like Guan Ziyang usually has a book boy and a maidservant. As for the noble family, there are even groups of servants and maidservants.

After all, in the era of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the cheapest thing was people.

In the past two years, Heng Wen led the army to recover the land of Shu, and the life of the Guan family was very difficult under the chaos of war, so Qing Chan, the little girl who accompanied Guan's mother from her natal family, took care of Guan Ziyang's usual life. living.

After listening to Guan Ziyang's consolation, Qing Chan wiped her tears with her sleeves, and finally burst into a smile on her slightly red face.

She shook her head and said: "There are no shortage of green cicadas, I am happy to serve Xiao Langjun, and I will sleep after Xiao Langjun falls asleep..."

Guan Ziyang knew that it would be impossible not to let her take a bath today, so he thought to himself: "Do as the Romans do! Anyway, I won't suffer..."

"Then please trouble Sister Qingchan, please help me wipe my back, I can't reach my back..."

Then, a peaceful night.

The next day, when the sky was slightly bright, Guan Ziyang and his party set off again.

Wei's family is ten miles west of Fuling City, and it takes another hour to walk.

Guan Ziyang was sitting in the bullock cart and saw many people walking on the road.

There were groups of ordinary people dressed in plain clothes on foot, and occasionally there were ox carts with servants and big families. These people were all rushing to Wei's house.

Along the way, many passers-by were discussing, Guan Ziyang heard along the way...

"I heard that on the night when the third miss of the Wei family, Wei Yiqing, was born, dozens of meteors streaked across the sky. There was a natural phenomenon, and a great person must be born. It must be the third miss of the Wei family..."

"The ancestor of the Wei family was after Wei Qing, the great general of the Han Dynasty. The title was passed on to his son and he was expelled. After that, he had no heirs to learn from Wei Qing's family. But a hundred years later, Wei Yiqing was born..."

"This time the Wei family was promoted to a noble family, the emperor not only sent Zuo Min Shangshu Lu Na who had to be present, but also heard that there were three other great ministers coming to examine Wei Yiqing."

"That's right, I heard that there are many people of great background in Dulai. There is Huan Chong, the Duke of Fengcheng County, Xi Jianzhi, the regular servant of Sanqi, and another one, guess who? It's the white-headed general Xie Yi!"

"General Xie, as General Anxi, is too busy with affairs in Yuzhou, so how can he have the time to take care of the affairs of a small and remote county like Fuling City?"

"You don't know this. Although General Xie is an official and he is in command of Yuzhou's military, he is naturally unrestrained and unrestrained. How can he bear the loneliness of being an official? When I heard that the emperor was choosing Dazhong to go to our Fuling, he said I took the initiative to invite Ying, in fact, I just want to take a tour in our Sichuan..."

"I also heard that this General Xie likes to talk the most, maybe we can get a glimpse of the elegant demeanor of General Baitou!"

"Hey, do you know that Guan Ziyang from the Guan family is also here this time? And I heard that he is here to divorce the engagement!"

"Hahaha, this Guan family is self-aware. Since ancient times, scholars and concubines have not intermarried. How can a toad eat swan meat?"

"How do you know that the Guan family took the initiative to withdraw the engagement? If Guan Ziyang can marry Wei Yiqing back home, their children may also awaken their blood. Wouldn't the Guan family have a chance to be promoted to the noble family?"

"It is rumored that this marriage contract has been made for more than ten years. If the Guan family clings to the marriage contract, the Wei family can forcefully break the engagement."

"In my opinion, his Wei family is a newly promoted gentry, and his foundation is not stable. If the Guan family makes a big fuss, won't the Wei family's reputation be completely ruined? Then it's hard to say whether the Wei family can be promoted to a gentry..."

"You are right, but if Guan Ziyang, a son of a common clan, marries Wei Yiqing, it will break the roots of the Wei family. Now the Wei family is counting on Wei Yiqing..."

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Guan Ziyang listened to all kinds of rumors from passers-by along the road, feeling mixed feelings in his heart.

The big sign of the son of the common clan hangs over his head, he will always be inferior!
Guan Ziyang clenched his fists and said silently in his heart: "The gentry! I will fight the gentry from now on!"

The Wei family's ancestral house, like the Guan family's, is also a big fort, round in shape, but slightly larger than the square fort of the Guan family.

At this time, there were lights and festoons everywhere in Wubao, everyone was smiling from ear to ear, and it was a joyous and lively scene.

At the gate of Weijiabao, there was already a sea of ​​people at this time, and people were standing everywhere, most of them were people from the county government who came to join in the fun, and there were some who lived near and far.

After Guan Ziyang and his party arrived at Weijiabao, a groom took Tiewei to set up the ox cart, and a steward led them into a study room and served them tea soup.

After the steward of the Wei family left, Qingchan muttered with displeasure: "What's so great about being promoted to a noble family? It's really deceiving. It's so rude to arrange us in the study!"

The people of Jin welcome guests, either in the main hall or in the special meeting room. Of course, the highest courtesy is to receive guests in the ancestral hall. Last time Wei Lin and his son came to the Guan family, the Guan family greeted them in the Guan family ancestral hall.

As the study is the place where the master often stays, people who don't value them, or very close friends, are usually arranged to receive them in the study. Obviously Guan Ziyang does not belong to the latter.

Hei Nuer took a cup of tea and drank a big gulp, looked left and then again.

He straightened his servant's hat, and said: "I'm not being rude, I think this room is very nice, much more refined than the young master's study."

Qing Chan gave Hei Nuer a thump with her hand: "Little book boy, don't talk nonsense if you haven't seen the world."

Hei Nuer was in pain, oops, and ran away with his head in his arms: "Sister Qingchan, why did you hit me, what did I say wrong?"

Qing Chan pretended to hit again, and said: "You still say!"

Guan Ziyang shook his head, helped the black slave to block Qingchan's hand, and said: "Sister Qingchan, don't hit the black slave, he is right, this room is quite good, and the main hall and ancestral hall are naturally not the place for our common people to point out guests ,They come, the security……"

At this time, there was a noise outside the door...

"Chang Rong, the Guan family's son is here, do you dare to bet with me?"

"Just bet, bet, why not dare, it's just a tael of gold! I haven't paid attention to it yet!"

Guan Ziyang frowned. When he came here, he thought about all kinds of troubles he would encounter, and sighed: "As expected, troubles are coming."

A group of four people filed in, Wei Pu and Wei Jiu were impressively in line.

Wei Pu pointed to Guan Ziyang and said, "Mr. Chang, Mr. Li, this kid is Guan Ziyang."

After speaking, he smiled sinisterly at Guan Ziyang...

There are not many aristocratic families in central Shu, only four, commonly known as the four surnames in central Shu, namely Li, Chang, Quan, and Zhuge.

347 AD, that is, two years ago.

Huan Wen destroyed Cheng Han, Li Shi, the king of subjugation, was taken into captivity, and Huan Wen took Li Shimei as his concubine. Although most of the Li family of the royal family were punished, Li Shimei was able to keep his legacy because of "I see pity" (later will be described in detail).

The Li surname, the first of the four surnames, was also demoted from the royal family of Cheng Han to the lower-class gentry, and the other three surnames were also lower-class gentry.

This Mr. Chang and Mr. Li are the two Mr. Chang and Li of the four surnames in central Shu, named Chang Rong and Li Chengkang respectively.

Based on Guan Ziyang's 30 years of experience, it is not difficult to guess that these two young boys were not deeply involved in the world. Righteous rebuke of revenge.

Guan Ziyang sat on the chair without moving, ignored the brothers of the Wei family, and asked Chang and Li, "What are you betting on, can you add me?"

(End of this chapter)