Han Zuo Gaomen

Chapter 1066
When Xi Jian saw Shen Chong, Shen Chong was standing on a high hill near a river bend in Langya Township surrounded by hundreds of guards, looking across the river.

When he sensed Xi Jian's arrival, Shen Chong got out of the car and walked slowly to meet him. From a distance, he cupped his hands and said with a smile to Xi Jian, "I got a message early from my son, saying that Xi Gong will return to the capital in a few days, so please entrust me with hospitality from far away." .Because as soon as I got the news, I planned to spend the day, looking forward to it day and night, and I finally met you in the countryside today. I hope Xi Gong will not blame me for being negligent."

Xi Jian also took a few quick steps to respond, and smiled and exchanged greetings with Shen Chong, with a rather polite demeanor, and then his eyes turned to the other side of the river that Shen Chong had been looking at before.

Xi Jian found that there was a withered reed pond, and the reeds had been harvested clean. The ground was surrounded by bamboo fences, and there were many houses, towers, etc., and there were even many reed clusters like arrow stacks. Many other people lined up and wandered back and forth there, it looked like a place similar to a military camp.

"That's where Langya Township's Yong Ji practiced in arresting bandits and preventing thieves, and it's being managed by Wang Chuming's son, Wang Shenyou."

Shen Chongxing went to Xi Jian's side and stood side by side, explained with a smile, then pointed to the village brave camp and sighed: "The princes of the Wang family are mostly pompous and metaphysical, and there are not many who can be better than ordinary people. This Wang Shenyou is the next one in the family. Count. In the early years, I served under the command of General Wang, and General Wang loved this servant, and often took him by his side to teach him, and made him the successor of the court. According to Xi Gong, whether the construction of this camp gate is Considerable?"

When Xi Jian heard this, his expression became a little unnatural, because he remembered the depression dominated by that little raccoon Shen Weizhou in Jiangbei.

After crossing the river, he returned all the way, except for Wang Dao, Shen Chong was the only one who went out to greet him, so he was somewhat grateful.But at this moment, after hearing what Shen Chong said, I realized that the father and son are really worthy of the same feather. Where did Shen Chong come to greet him?
Thinking of this, Xi Jian felt a little sad and angry, and couldn't help asking himself, could he be a bully?The son is like this, and the father is like this again, I really think I have no temper!

Seeing Xi Jian's sudden face down, Shen Chong also felt a little baffled. After thinking about it, he thought that this old man must have lost his power suddenly, and he couldn't accept it for a while.After thinking about it for a while, he also graciously didn't care about Xi Jian, after all, it was his family who took advantage, even if the old man turned his face a little bit, it wouldn't hurt.

The two were relatively speechless for a while, and the scene was inevitably a little awkward. It was not until Xi Yin stepped forward to salute that Shen Chong took the opportunity to invite the father and son into the car he brought, and then the group went to Jincheng to join the Xi family's trilogy and return to the capital together. .

Xi Jian thought that Shen Chong came to Langya Township to spy on the reality by taking the opportunity to welcome him, but he actually misunderstood Shen Chong.Although the atmosphere in the capital is tense, it is not so serious that important figures like Shen Chong cannot move freely.

It is true that Shen Chong will never dare to go to Taicheng at will now, and spends most of his time living in Dunan Bieye, but it is not necessary to avoid suspicion when he comes to Langya County.He had nothing to do before, and occasionally came to visit Director Wang to talk about some past events, and the atmosphere was rather relaxed.

As for the fact that Wang's trilogy in Langya Township is diligently cultivating soldiers, this cannot be hidden from Shen Chong.Just like how many family soldiers the Shen family hid around Jiankang, they have generally been figured out clearly by the Taifu.

Although private soldiers can hide in the manor and not go out, they must organize some training to maintain their state.Coupled with the consumption of grain, rice, ingredients, etc., as long as you keep careful investigation for a certain period of time, even if your knowledge is not accurate, it is not far from the truth.

Therefore, the current situation is that each party has a lot of weight, which is already very clear to each other.This is just like a game of chess. Each side knows how many pieces there are and how many patterns are on the board. The final victory or defeat still depends on how each side moves the pieces and sets up the game.

From Jincheng to Jiankang, if you travel quickly, it will take less than a day.However, Shen Chong took good care of Xi Jian and was not in a hurry to hurry, and he sent people to vacate the Bieye in Qu'a on the way early to rest on the way.

Although Shen Chong took good care of him, Xi Jian was still not used to having too much contact with Shen Chong.It should be said that people who lived in the same period as him, especially overseas Chinese who had the same experience, couldn't like Shen Chong.This old raccoon has long been known as a treacherous man, and he is difficult to deal with. This is already a consensus among Xi Jian's contemporaries.

Among other things, the rise of the Shen family in the early years was full of tricks and betrayal.The rich Shen family is rich, but in the eyes of Nanlai Qiaomen, they are nothing more than a local tyrant who can't stand on the stage.It is precisely because of Wang Dun's intimacy that Shen's family is gradually known to Shi Liu, so Wang Dun has a kindness to Shen's family.

But even so, Shen still has no sense of guilt for betraying Wang Dunlai.In the eyes of the contemporaries, Wang Dun's second rebellion failed completely, which was inseparably related to Shen's betrayal at the critical moment.

Although it was at this point in time that Shen Weizhou gradually became known to the contemporaries, most of the contemporaries still felt that such a strange situation could not have been planned by Shen Weizhou, who was a yellow-kissed child at that time, but must have been planned by his father Shen Chong. After the trader.This kind of argument still persists today, probably because people at that time paid too much attention to Shen Weizhou's elegance and were unwilling to pin such treacherous behavior on him.

Therefore, people at that time had complicated feelings for the Shen family. Although his family, especially Shen Weizhou, had helped the community a lot, they still could not make people completely at ease.And Shen Chong is naturally the representative of the evil side of the Shen family.

Xi Jian has been in Jiangbei for a long time, and he didn't have much contact with Shen Chong. The only frequent interaction was during the period when Su and Zu made rebellion and the capital went to Taiwan.But that brief interaction was enough to make Xi Jian deeply impressed with Shen Chong and keep him at a respectful distance.

Therefore, on the way, Xi Jian did not forget to let his family return to the capital first, and to report the news that he was going to the capital to Taicheng.Although he also knows that the Taifu may not be happy to receive him, but he has not officially resigned now, and he has the rank of Taiwei, Taicheng can't completely ignore him, and it is the most important thing to solve the accommodation problem of his entourage. Basic etiquette.

In the evening, there was still some time before dark, but it was obvious that Jiankang would not be reached before nightfall, so they could only stay at Shen’s villa in Qu’a, more precisely, it should be the villa under the name of Princess Danyang. Azheng is his fief.

The largest property of the Shen family in Qu'a is the large manor in Yunyang Township, where the husband and wife lived in Kinki in the early years when Shen Zhezi had not officially entered the current situation.

Later, the manor was destroyed by the Su Jun rebellion. After the Su Jun rebellion was settled, Shen Zhezi was in charge of Jiankang construction again, and his main energy was still in the operation of Dunan. Therefore, Yunyang was abandoned, and many properties were split up and given away or sold. For the goodwill family, only this manor was preserved under Princess Xingnan's stubbornness.

Later, the husband and wife both crossed the river and settled down, and the property left behind was naturally taken care of by the old father Shen Chong.After Shen Chong took over, he carried out large-scale construction of Yunyang's manor. He is a character born with a hatred for money, and his handwriting is extremely bold. Gongben dug lakes and stacked stones to build a large number of garden landscapes.

Today, this Yunyang Manor is the leading manor in the entire Danyang County. Even many overseas Chinese have praised that it is far superior to the Jingu Garden built by Shi Chong in China and North Korea. A large number of people linger here every day. Reluctant to leave.

When Xi Jian and his party arrived at Yunyang Manor, they were also overwhelmed by the magnificent and luxurious garden landscape in front of them.Especially Xi Min, in Langya Township before, he felt that the Wang family's residence was located in Fengyin, which was quite impressive, but compared with the Shen family's other residence in Yunyang Township, it was really just a rudimentary rural place.

The manor covers an extremely large area, covering dozens of hectares, and it is divided into various parks with different styles. The pavilions and elegant houses, where the north and south winds meet, all kinds of wonderful scenery are simply unimaginable and invisible.

Hearing Xi Yin's admiration of looking left and right along the way, Shen Chong said with a smile: "I am also vacant now and have no work. I am gradually developing elegant tastes and enjoying the mountains and rivers, but my spirit is not as good as in my prime. Although I have this fun, I can't bear to travel Bitterness. So I can only do a little bit of floating, so that the mountains and rivers are mine, and this garden is formed."

When Xi Yin heard this, he couldn't help but widen his eyes. Shen Chong's few words, which were calm and breezy, directly broke through the limit of his imagination. Me, what a heroic pattern this is!

"Ordinary people's elegance is mostly limited by simplicity. Sikong's elegance is really as strong as a heavenly man. If you can enjoy this casual happiness, what can you ask for in this life!"

Xi Yin couldn't help sighing, his tone and demeanor were full of admiration, which showed that he was completely convinced by Shen Chong in his heart.

When Xi Jian heard his son's words, his face became even more ugly, and he remembered the lesson he had been interrupted in Langya Township earlier, so he snorted coldly: "There are all kinds of people, and there are virtuous people who excel in a certain way and reach the extreme. You only see Sikong is surrounded by beautiful mountains and rivers and prosperous things, how did he get to this place, the hard work, how could you be able to look forward to it! Now you have no virtue, no deeds, so what qualifications do you have to dare to peek at the world of happiness!"

Hearing his father's stern reprimand, Xi Yin hastily kept quiet and didn't dare to speak any more, but his eyes still couldn't help drifting left and right, obviously his love for this manor was hard to restrain.

For Xi Jian's cold face all the way, Shen Chong also endured it, but seeing that he still scolded his son for being a disappointment in such a trivial matter, his heart gradually became displeased, and he also sneered and said: "Xi Gong regards himself as benevolent." At that time, Yazhong taught by precepts and deeds and taught the backward, so I shouldn't have said too much. But since your son's interest is close to mine, I really can't hold back if there are some words. I think Xi Gong's reprimand is actually a bit out of order Harsh."

During this period of time, Xi Jian also suffered from the idleness of the father and son. Now that he is teaching his son, Shen Chong still interrupts, which makes him very upset, so he said: "Although the flow of time does not regard dryness as beauty, but the sages have passed on for a long time. , it is better to give virtue than things. It is true that things are nourished in the body, but they can be used enough. If the obsession is too much, they will be decadent and not enterprising. Especially for children, whose virtues have not been consolidated, they are more likely to flow into obscurity. Desire for material things, it is because of this that we have strong words to guide goodness.”

Xi Jian's remarks are not purely for argument, he really thinks that virtue is more important than material things, because there is the best example of himself.In his early years, he was affected by military disasters, and he could not sustain himself. He had to rely on the help of villagers to survive. However, because of his outstanding virtue, he won the support of the villagers.

Although he was mostly supported by Shen's products before, there are many reasons for this, for example, there are a large number of people relying on him to live, and it is difficult to maintain without property.

What's more, if he behaves too straightforwardly, Shen may not be relieved, because their handover is out of the rules and regulations, and it is not in line with the etiquette. For Shi, it is a hidden danger.

There are too many trade-offs in it, and Xi Yin, a young man, can't see clearly.That's why Xi Jian felt a lot of dissatisfaction when he saw that his son was too obsessed with material benefits, and even regretted accepting too many gifts from the Shen family, and planned to gradually disperse after this period of time.

　There is one more chapter later, continue to write. . .

　　
　
(End of this chapter)