Han Zuo Gaomen

Chapter 563
More than ten days have passed since the winter solstice day, but the noise of the Shen family has no intention of stopping. Every day, the front of the mansion is full of guests and traffic.

Of course, among the many congratulations, Shen Zhezi also heard a lot of well-intentioned persuasion or malicious irony, saying that the Shen family is now extremely prosperous, and it may not last long.After all, the Wuzhong sect of the Shen family enjoys a level of reverence never seen before in Zhongxing, and the last tomb of the Yixing Zhou family, which was close to this level, was dug by the Shen family himself, and its bones are already rotting.

According to this trend, it seems that the Shen family is not far from a big decline.

Regarding such remarks, if they are well-intentioned, Shen Zhezi will be taught with an open mind, and if they are malicious, then he will simply be lazy to respond.In the final analysis, it is still a word, the situation faced by his family and the Yixing Zhou family are different, and the foundation of their lives is also different.

Yi Xing Zhou's family is distinguished purely by martial arts, and although the Shen family also has the name of Wu Zong, they do not rely solely on it.Today's Shen family is a link and bridge for the communication between the north and the south, and it can even be said to be a platform for the integration of the north and the south.If the Shen family is destroyed again, not to mention whether the imperial court will be able to gain the recognition of the southerners, it will become impossible to gain a foothold in Jiangdong.

Although Shen Zhezi's ultimate goal was the Northern Expedition, when considering the issue, he never ignored the interests of the villagers from the beginning to the end.What kind of status the Shen family has gained in the current situation is not just the honor and disgrace of the family, it can even be seen as the degree to which the entire Wu people are being valued squarely in the current situation.

It is not terrible for Kanglong to have regrets, and there may be a reason for prosperity to decline, but in Shen Zhezi's view, the current level is far from reaching the level of prosperity.If his family stagnates at this point, it will naturally go downhill all the way in the future, just like the Langya Wang family who was thrown up and down in the current situation, it is not that the current situation lacks respect for it, but its existence itself is a restriction The shackles of the current situation moving forward.

After entering the twelfth lunar month, more things happened.First of all, people from the village came. This time, in addition to his third uncle Shen Hong, even Shen Zhezi's mother, Mrs. Wei, was here, as well as many relatives and elders from the village.In addition to seeing the rich man from the countryside, Shen Yun's marriage is also on the agenda.

Shen Zhezi led the princess and a group of family members to go out of the city a hundred miles away to pick up his mother.Mother and son have been separated for a long time, and it is inevitable that they will be unfamiliar. When Wei saw Shen Zhezi, before he opened his mouth, he was already in tears, crying and laughing.

The empress dowager also showed great importance to the arrival of her mother-in-law, and sent King Langya to the princess mansion to invite Wei to meet her in the court.The Wei family is a grand wife of the Haozong family, and she has seen the world, but her vision is only limited to Wu Xing and Kuaiji, and she is quite nervous about going to the court to see the Empress Dowager. The night before her departure, she even took Xingnan The princess talked all night.

On the second day, Shen Zhezi personally sent his mother to the garden. Hearing that the mother and the princess in the car were yawning again and again, I was really worried that my mother would not be able to help but doze off when we met later.

However, Shen Zhezi's worries were superfluous, because after the empress dowager and the Wei family exchanged greetings, they quickly found a common topic, which was the way of heavenly masters.Although the Wei family is not as knowledgeable and courteous as the empress dowager, when it comes to the content of the Tao of heavenly masters, the empress dowager's flattery is not as profound as Wei's attainments.

Today's Shen family is definitely the No. [-] benefactor of Wu Zhong's celestial master's way, and even if there are any ordinary religious rituals in the family, they are dispatched by figures at the level of masters.

In the past, Shen Zhezi and his mother would spend less time together, and Wei also knew that his son was not interested in this, so he didn't want to talk about wasting precious parent-child time.Now that they finally meet a bosom friend, and she is also a respected empress dowager, the conversation is naturally lively.

Shen Zhezi stood aside, just listening to gossip, to listen to the gossip about personnel disputes within Tianshidao.And Princess Xingnan in the banquet had already fallen asleep while hugging his leg.

In the past, Shen Zhezi didn't know much about the way of heavenly masters, but he only knew that the general talismans sold by those Taoist priests were really expensive.Now, after listening to my mother talk about many things, I realized that today's Tianshi Dao is just like the chaotic current situation.In this land of Jiangdong alone, there are seven or eight masters who opened the altar to give the talisman.

First of all, there are people from the north to the south. There are Shijun Zhang and Shijun Lu, who claim to be the orthodox of the three Zhangs, but they have little influence in Jiangdong.

In Jiangdong, the most influential person is naturally Erge, but Ge Hong is more similar to a theoretical teacher in the Tianshi Dao. It's Shijun surnamed Zheng, from Danyang.

But in Wuxing and Kuaiji, Lu Shijun had the greatest influence, and he had the most disciples who conferred the talismans, and most Wuzhong families followed here, including the Shen family.Even the empress dowager, because her father was an official in Kuaiji in the early years, learned from Lu Shijun's lineage.

The more he listened to his mother's story, Shen Zhezi gradually became familiar with what he remembered about the Tao of Heavenly Master.This Lu Shijun's lineage is probably the source of the Nan Tian Shi Dao of later generations. Not only Du Zigong, Sun En and other rebels, but also masters like Lu Xiujing appeared, making the inheritance of Tian Shi Dao more standardized. They are also called the two great heavenly masters of the north and the south.

What surprised Shen Zhezi was that the old liar named Yan Mu, who had participated in the poisoning of the late emperor and was still imprisoned in his house, was also a talisman granting master of the Northern Sect of Tianshi Dao, and he was not well-known. Small.After learning this, Shen Zhezi felt the taboo pleasure of offending a god.

Although the empress dowager often had the opportunity to meet wives of various families in the capital, it was really rare to see a great master like Wei Shi who respected the way of heavenly masters.After some chatting, there was a tendency to meet each other and hate the lateness. If Shen Zhezi hadn't insisted on resigning, he would even have kept the mother-in-law to talk in detail all night.

Seeing his own mother's obsession with obsession, earnestly teaching the already crooked empress dowager to become more and more crooked, Shen Zhezi also had to sigh with emotion, religion and the like, if it's not that there is no way out, or it's too boring, it's really The research does not come.His mind was quick, but after listening to his mother's introduction of various talisman names, it didn't take long for him to become confused.

No wonder Confucius wants to talk about saving and not caring, exhausting his heart and mind, and not understanding it!

Shen Zhezi's mother arrived in the capital, which gave the wives of various families a reason to visit.Shen Zhezi really didn't see his mother discussing her theory of the way of heavenly masters with those wives, and kept away from it.But soon he also has something to do, and he has to help Yu Manzhi go to Guangling to meet his relatives.

It has been two years since Yu Liang's death. In terms of etiquette, Yu Man's marriage is nothing, after all, it is just a child.But from a rational point of view, it would be best if we could wait another year.

The reason why Yu's family and Xi's family are so anxious about this ugly political marriage, of course, has nothing to do with love, and it's not because Yu Manzhi has any urgent physical needs to be satisfied.In fact, in this matter, his own needs and ideas are minimal.The reason is simple, Yu Yi and Xi Jian need to establish a closer relationship with each other, so as to cooperate in the next step.

Tao Kan's use of troops in Xiangyang was approved by Taichung's imperial edict, which was tantamount to sending a signal to Bianzhen that the tone of Taichung's government order had changed, from conservative to aggressive.For Xi Jian, whose position is even more unstable than Tao Kan's, this is nothing less than a mouthful of blood.Only when there is something in the frontier can the general be valued. This is an ancient truth.

Earlier, Taichung arranged Liu Chao in Jingkou to frighten Xijian, but now that Liu Chao is withdrawn, it seems to be a decentralization, but is it not a kind of letting go?Or simply plan to choose someone else to replace it!
Therefore, Xi Jian is eager to use things to strengthen himself through military operations, which is similar to Tao Kan in principle.

In Yu Yi's case, the desire for success is even greater than in the east and west towns. Once the frontiers rise together, there is no reason, and it is impossible to sit on the sidelines.

Therefore, in this situation, Yu Manzhi, a foolish boy, is about to start preparing for the bridal chamber.

In the past two years, the Yu family has experienced a lot of hardships, with many sufferings, but few happy events.Because Yu Yi wanted to sit in Liyang and prepare the army for war, he couldn't leave the town easily. Yu Tiao took a long vacation with Taichung, and planned to return to Jinling Township to hold a grand wedding banquet. decadent.

When Shen Zhezi got married back then, the Yu family was very supportive, but now the relationship with the Yu family is closer, so this time it is natural to reciprocate.So it was also planned on behalf of me, prepared a lot, and gave back.

When the gentry get married, first of all, it is natural to put on a show of momentum.In the early years, the Shen family was poor, and the brothers of the Yu family helped organize many best suitors, but now that the invitations are scattered, it is really an arrow piercing the clouds, and thousands of troops come to meet each other!In just two or three days, nearly half of the family's descendants, a total of hundreds of people, gathered in Shen Yuan to discuss the itinerary and guard of honor day and night.

One difference is that Jiang Xia Gongwei Chong, who was the head of Shen Zhezi's best man team in the early years, can't participate this time. In the past, they were friends of the same generation, but now there is a faint tendency to grow up, so naturally they can no longer mix with young people. Together.But it was not without saying that the two sons of the family were sent to serve tea and water.Watching an eight-year-old and a six-year-old kid come and go in and out of the Shen Garden, Shen Zhezi felt that this old man was really doing something wrong!
On the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, the people of Dunan saw a strange scene: hundreds of children from aristocratic families in the capital, all dressed in white and snowy, with a plum blossom in full bloom on their left shoulders, riding horses out of the capital.

Shen Zhezi was at the front of the line, lowering his head to avoid the eyes of those onlookers. He shouldn't have any hope for this group of bastards with strange aesthetics, and it really made people feel embarrassed.Next to him, Chen Yun, the new capital Tinghou, felt good about himself, with his chest out and his belly out, looking full of ambition.

But when he turned his head and saw a bruised and red spot on Shen Zhezi's left neck, Shen Yun couldn't help being curious, and leaned over to point there and asked, "Brother, why did you get hurt here?"

"Fuck off!"

Shen Zhezi straightened his robe calmly, and then glanced sideways at Shen Yun. Lengtouqing is just Lengtouqing. Others don't say anything when they see it.

The pleasure of the boudoir is indeed not enough for outsiders.But the problem is that Shen Zhezi didn't feel much fun, but a lot of troubles.Originally, Princess Xingnan also planned to accompany her to join in the fun, but was hit by his mother Wei's heart-warming hammer: "There is another letter in Erlang's room, but there is nothing in your house, and you still have time to take care of others." Tim Xin married!"

So from then on, Princess Xingnan fell into a kind of madness.Every time Shen Zhezi was forced to the critical point of sword and shoes, but seeing that pretty face that was still childish, he still gritted his teeth and decided to wait another two years!
(End of this chapter)