The three countries are very nuclear

Chapter 48

At the end of the Han Dynasty, there was a family that was not well-known and not strong, but it had one characteristic, that is, being wealthy!
How rich is it? It is richer than Mi Zhu and Mi Bancheng who later supported Liu Bei in Xuzhou.

This family, the Wuji Zhen family, is also the family that invited Liu Bei to dinner tonight.

In fact, the Zhen family is also a powerful family. There used to be a large number of talented people in the family, but one generation of ancestors was on the wrong team.

He didn't choose to follow Liu Xiuqian, the son of the plane, but rushed to make do with the pseudo-traveler Wang Mang.

Of course, the final result will not be very happy. The huge Zhen family is gradually buried, leaving only two or three big cats and kittens to pass on to this day.

With Wang Mang's sincerity, sincerity, and wisdom, after all, he could not rely on his own strength to contend against the world's gentry, and was eventually overthrown by Liu Xiu. What good fruit would the Zhen family who belonged to Wang Mang have to eat.

What is this called?

Therefore, the descendants of the Zhen family developed a new skill. In addition to developing and growing the family, they also learned to do business.

If you can't hold power, get the money first!
After more than 100 years, it may be that the great magister Liu Xiu's forbidden curse still lingers, which has caused the Zhen family's incense to remain sluggish, and the clan's talents are still withered.

The previous patriarch, Zhen Yi, just passed away last year, and the eldest son, Zhen Yu, died of illness and died before Zhen Yi, so the second son, Zhen Yan, had to be in charge of the family business. It was this person who invited Liu Bei to the banquet this time.

According to the etiquette system, when Zhen Yi passed away, Zhen Yan had to observe filial piety for three years, so since last year, Zhen Yan and his younger siblings have closed their doors to thank guests, not participating in any contacts, and wholeheartedly observing filial piety.

If Liu Bei hadn't defeated Zhang Chun's rebel army this time, Zhen Yan would not have invited Liu Bei to the banquet at the time of filial piety.

When Liu Bei brought Lin Chao brothers to Zhen's house, Zhen Yan and his younger brother Zhen Yao had been waiting for a long time.

"I've seen Duke Xuande!"

Zhen Yan bowed her hands in salute, and so did Zhen Yao behind her.

"My nephew is free."

Liu Bei opened his mouth and said that he didn't call him the head of the family, but his nephew, which surprised Zhen Yan.

Seeing that he was puzzled, Liu Bei explained: "In the past when a certain man was conquering the Yellow Turbans, he made friends with your father several times. Your father is generous and generous, and he also helped him. I am very grateful. I don't want to say goodbye for many years, Si The person has gone, so a certain heart is very sad."

"Uncle Liu has such a relationship with my late father!"

Zhen Yan said in surprise, unknowingly, the title has changed from Xuande Gong to Uncle Liu.

Liu Bei now holds a heavy army and is in the limelight, so he naturally has better intentions.

As for what Liu Bei said, it should be true.

The Zhen family has been in decline for a long time, and Liu Bei has no need to lie.

"Nephew, can I allow someone to pay homage to Brother Zhen?"

Faced with Liu Bei's request, Zhen Yan couldn't wait for it, and quickly invited Liu Bei to the ancestral hall.

Zhen Yao lit three sticks of incense and offered them with both hands.

Liu Bei took it and worshiped Zhen Yi's tablet.

Lin Chao and Lin Xi, as followers, also received three sticks of incense from Zhen Yao in turn, and paid homage to Zhen Yi.

"Uncle, my nephew has already prepared a banquet, please come in and take a seat!"

After the worship, Zhen Yan took Liu Bei and the three to the banquet, and the table was full of wine and meat. Lin Xi couldn't help swallowing at this sight.

After another exchange of pleasantries, everyone took their seats as guests and hosts, and began to eat and drink.

Compared with the big fish and meat in front of Liu Bei's three-person table, Zhen Yan and his brothers had some light vegetarian dishes in front of them, and there was no wine.

Zhen Yicai passed away a year ago, and they were still too early to become filial piety. Alcohol, meat, sex, and marriage were all prohibited.

During the banquet, Zhen Yan chatted with Liu Bei, and Zhen Yao also exchanged polite words with Lin Chao from time to time, but Lin Xi was the only one eating hazelnuts, if there wasn't enough wine and meat during the banquet, he might have eaten it all by now.

Lin Xi also kept filial piety for three years, living a poor life, and just after the filial piety period, he followed the Lin Dynasty and joined Liu Bei.Running here and there for more than a month, there is no oil in my stomach, and I am so greedy.

The conversations during the dinner were not nutritious, and they were all commercial nonsense. Lin Chao was not interested in this, and was still thinking about how to make a fuss about Zhang Li.

At the same time, he was also thinking about where Tian Feng and Xun Chen would start planning Hanchang.

Maybe when he came to the banquet, the two had already started to act.

Seeing that Lin Chao was distracted from time to time, Zhen Yao thought he was unwilling to talk, so he followed his brother to chat with Liu Bei.

After three rounds of drinking and five flavors of food, Lin Chao felt a little anxious, so he got up and confessed, and asked Zhen Yan where there was a latrine, Zhen Yan smiled and asked the servant at the door to take Lin Chao to the toilet.

Zhen's family servant took Lin Chao to the hut, but when Lin Chao came out, he found that the servant was gone.

But fortunately, this place is not far from the place of the banquet, Lin Chao is only slightly drunk, so he won't get lost.

As he was walking back, Lin Chao saw a glimmer of light coming from a distance.When I got closer, I saw that it was the servant who had led the way just now holding a lantern, and there were two women, one big and one small, behind him.

The youngest is only three or four years old, carved in powder and jade, really cute.The older woman seemed to be only fourteen or fifteen years old. She wore plain clothes and white shirts without whitewashing, but her face was beautiful, like a lotus flower emerging from water.

At this time, she was holding the three or four-year-old little loli, and the two girls had anxious expressions on their faces.

"Little sister, think about it again, where did you leave that hair ornament?" The girl asked, "It's getting late now, why don't you look for it in the daytime tomorrow."

Little Lolita was already aggrieved, but she was about to cry when she heard this.

"No, sister, my mother said it was left to me by my father. Sister, let's look for it again."

Facing Little Lolita's pitiful expression, the girl thought of the hair ornament left by her late father, and her heart softened immediately, and she agreed to look for it again.

The servants lit the lanterns, and the two sisters searched all the way, slowly finding where Lin Chao was.

Lin Chao saw it strangely from a distance, and guessed that the second daughter should be Miss Zhen's. Looking around, he thought that he had strayed into Zhen's back house by mistake.

But Lin Chao remembered, this was the road just now, how could it become the back residence of the Zhen family?

Seeing that the second daughter was getting closer, Lin Chao decided to avoid it.

It was night and the lights were dark. Regardless of whether this was the back house or not, Lin Chao didn't want to have any interaction with the two daughters. If rumors spread, it would be bad for her reputation.

After making up his mind, Lin Chao turned around and took two steps when he felt as if he had kicked something under his feet.And after the thing was kicked away by Lin Chao, it made another 'clang' sound.

Not only did Lin Chao subconsciously look down at the ground, but even the three masters and servants next to him were startled and walked towards this side quickly.

Well, it's inevitable now.

Lin Chao simply picked it up, and saw that it was a silver-white hair ornament, which was quite exquisitely carved.

"Sister, over there!" Little Lolita called out in a childish voice, "He took my hair accessory!"

Hearing this, the girl glared at Little Lolita, and then saluted Lin Chao.

"The hair ornament in Langjun's hand belongs to my younger sister, can you please return it to me?"

The little girl is graceful and generous, her words are neither humble nor overbearing, she is really dignified and gentle.

Think about those girls in the rice circle who eat "Ouba" in future generations...

The gap between people is sometimes greater than the gap between humans and pigs.

"That's natural."

Lin Chao nodded, stepped forward and handed the hair ornament to the girl.Inadvertently, she slightly touched the girl's little hand, causing her to blush.

This person is handsome, but he is so frivolous when he doesn't want to act, and he doesn't know etiquette at all.The girl said angrily in her heart.

However, considering that this person might be her brother's guest, coupled with her own good upbringing, the girl gave Lin Chaofu another blessing and spoke softly.

"Thank you sir!"

"Little lady, you are welcome!"

Lin Chao cupped his hands, thinking that he had done a good deed.

Little did she know, the girl had already listed Lin Chao as a prodigal son in her heart, and after paying the salute, she turned around and left.

From Lin Chao's point of view, it's normal for him to return your things after picking them up.

Restitution is of course the right thing to do, but it’s not the way to do it.

He should be handed over to the servants instead of going up and handing it into the hands of other girls, because it is inevitable that there will be skin-to-skin contact during the process.

But Lin Chao didn't know it at the moment, and looked at the girl's back cheerfully.

Such a well-educated woman must be a good match.

Well, Lin Xi doesn't seem to be engaged yet, so let Mr. Xuande make the match later, and it will be better for him.

After all, in this era, most men aged seventeen or eighteen are already fathers.

Thinking in his mind, Lin Chao never thought that he was older.

……

Not far away, because of drinking too much, Liu Bei, who also came out to the latrine, watched the whole scene just now, and suddenly thought of Uncle Fu's request when he was in real life.

It turns out that Zichu likes young ladies, such a hobby is really rare.

Liu Bei thought he had discovered the truth.

Do you want to match up?

It also depends on the origin of the little lady, if it is the daughter of Zhen's concubine, it is very unlikely that Zichu would want to take her as a concubine.

Moreover, the Zhen family is still in the filial piety period, and it is unreasonable to marry at this time.

At this moment, Liu Bei can be said to have broken his heart about the lifelong affairs of his subordinates.

(End of this chapter)