Han Zuo Gaomen

Chapter 386
In the northwest of Jingkou, there is an ancient city named Tieweng City.The city was built in the south of Beigu Mountain, surrounded by mountains and mountains, and shaped like an indestructible iron urn, hence the name.

This city was first built at the end of the Han Dynasty. On the eve of the Red Cliff War, Sun Quan of Jiangdong gathered troops to fight against Cao Cao in the north. Therefore, the original scale of the city was huge, and it looked like a royal city.However, with the changes of history, this place was gradually abandoned. It was not until the tension between Jiangbei Guangling and Jingkou in recent years that it was repaired and used as a garrison near Jingkou to guard against Jiangbei.

In addition to its military role, the scenery near Iron Urn City is also beautiful.According to legend, when Sun and Liu were married, Sun Quan, the lord of Jiangdong at that time, personally entertained Liu Bei in the villa in the south of the city, leaving many legends.Today, the hero has gone with the river, and the romantic life exists alone in the world.

With many people pouring into Jingkou, the wind of disposing of property in all directions is hot for a while, and the magnificent scenery of Beigu Mountain is unavoidable.Although it is limited to military purposes, the wind of enclosing land here is slightly less than that in the southern suburbs of Jingkou, but many locations with excellent views have gradually been excavated.In just a few months, this area near Zuojian has been recommended as one of the ten scenic spots by many celebrities and refined scholars.

Among them, Yishui Futai is a very popular place.Yishui is a tributary of a large river on the side of Beigu Mountain. It passes around the mountain, twists and turns due to the terrain, and is shaped like a silver snake.Strange peaks and rocks on both sides, lush pines and cypresses, lying on the stones and shouting echoes to respond to the river tide, the breeze does not stir up dust, making people refreshed and unable to go.

The stream at the foot of the mountain turned a bend, the waterway was open, and the river was gentle.One day, a group of mountain tourists discovered this beauty, and Dang even decided to erect a buoy on the waterway.

Today, the pontoon bridge on the river has been built long ago, and it can hardly be called a pontoon bridge. The bridge deck is nearly ten feet wide, and the bamboo platform is suspended several feet above the water surface. The slight trembling makes people feel as if they are floating on the river, which can be described as strange.

Wearing a cloak and sitting on the ground, listening to the rolling of the pines, gently shaking the feather fan to dissipate the heat, or fishing with a pole, or singing a song, walking without fatigue, and wandering in the wilderness.Since the day when the floating platform was built, there has been an endless stream of tourists.In such a secluded mountain, the people who come and go are extraordinary, adding a lot of elegance and vitality, but without the hustle and bustle of the world.

Today, another group of young people came together, beautiful maidservants in gorgeous clothes, shouting and hugging, it can be seen that the origin is extraordinary.After this group of people arrived, they first visited the scenery among several bamboo pavilions on the left side of the floating platform, and the attendants moved many utensils onto the floating platform, and soon built a simple but exquisite viewing platform on the floating platform Small building.

The small building is built with animal tendons and bamboo joints, surrounded by many exquisite step screens, and tulle hangs down inside and outside. Although it is not as magnificent as the grand hall, it has a kind of ingenuity and elegance.

After nightfall, young people walked into the small building, and as the candles inside and outside were lit, the seemingly ordinary veil hanging around the small building took place in an astonishing change.Under the light of the lights, the veil reflected a hazy brilliance like mist.

There are dots of light flickering in the mist, looking like a starry sky, but the most surprising thing is that there are still some soft light lines hidden in this hazy starry sky. When you look closely, the lines are intertwined. Becoming slim and graceful figures, when the night wind blows, with the swaying of the veil, the hazy figures seem to have vitality, which makes people feel very surprised.

"This, what kind of foreign object is this? How could there be such a miraculous change?"

Young people are the most curious, especially when they suddenly see a strange picture that they have never experienced before, they are even more stunned.For a while, the small building kept ringing out the sound of admiration, which lasted for a long time.

This group of young people is naturally not ordinary people, surrounded by the crowd are Wang Biaozhi, the son of Wang Bin, Yang Ben, the son of Yangman, and Zhuge Heng, the youngest son of Zhuge Hui, all of whom are leaders of the Qingxu family.As for the other young people, they are also members of various families nowadays.

These young people present are of extraordinary backgrounds and knowledgeable, but most of them are still seeing such a strange scene for the first time. After a moment of amazement, they can't help but look at an inconspicuous young man in the seat. The man asked with deep curiosity: "The thin veil hides no one. I don't know where Cao Shixiong got such a strange thing?"

Although the young man surnamed Cao who had attracted everyone's attention came all the way, he has been almost a transparent person in the team since the afternoon, and few people chatted with him.At this moment, he was finally attracting everyone's attention, especially even the man of Wang Guanglu's family looked at him with eyes full of curiosity and astonishment, which greatly satisfied his vanity.

As if to avenge everyone's ignorance of his small grievances, the young man was not in a hurry to explain the confusion to everyone present, but stood up, respectfully saluted the leader Wang Biaozhi, and said, "Pengcheng Cao Li, In the name of Mr. Jiumu, I finally have the honor to travel with Wang Lang this time, it really makes me so happy!"

At the table, Wang Biaozhi received this courtesy, but he just smiled reservedly and nodded slightly as a response.He vaguely remembered that this young man seemed to be the owner of this game, but because he was not familiar with this young man, his reaction was relatively cold.

Because his father, Wang Bin, has been getting a lot of attention in the industry recently, even Wang Biaozhi is also on the rise, and is greatly sought after by all the young people in Jingkou.Nowadays in Jingkou, I don't know how many young people are trying their best to invite Wang Biaozhi to a banquet. Naturally, he can't afford to treat people differently just because of a banquet.

Many people in the downstairs were asking questions to Cao Li, but the young man didn't answer others when he got up, he just worshiped Wang Biaozhi.This scene fell into the eyes of others, and I felt a little uncomfortable in my heart.After a while, someone whispered to the core members of the party including Wang Biaozhi: "Wang Lang, you probably don't know this person. This Cao Li's father, Cao Na, is currently serving in the army in Guangling. They all occupy their forts..."

Wang Biaozhi still had a little smile on his face, but after hearing Cao Li's background, his expression suddenly sank, and he glanced at Yang Ben beside him with a slight frown.The Cao family in Pengcheng was originally an old surname in Xuzhou, but from the history of Cao Li's father's generation, it is clear that they are just ordinary shabby army leaders in Jiangbei, and they are not regarded as Qingwang people at all!
Some time ago, because of the tense war in Wu County, and his father Wang Bin came to Jingkou after a victory, Wang Biaozhi also rushed here from Wu County.He got his father's advice to make good friends with some overseas Chinese with old surnames in Beijing.Although making friends widely, it doesn't mean that Wang Biaozhi has no bottom line. If the contacts are all shabby, it will hurt his own reputation, and even bring criticism to his family.

So when making friends, Wang Biaozhi also had a choice.Even so, as he was overly active in Jingkou, there were actually some voices of criticism.Therefore, Wang Biaozhi is inevitably more cautious. Generally, he ignores such kind of invitations that he does not know the basics of.

But this time it was Yang Benli who asked him to see some fantastic scene, and it was really hard to refuse, so Wang Biaozhi reluctantly attended.But he didn't expect that the host of the treat this time was actually an uneducated and shabby military soldier. This made Wang Biaozhi feel that he had been tricked by Yang Ben, and some resentment arose in his heart, and his face suddenly became ugly.

Seeing the change of Wang Biao's face, Yang Ben also complained in his heart. He pondered for a while at the table and said: "It is inevitable that the family members will be displaced when the families come from the south. This brother Cao is originally a relative of Duke Yi, and his family is very popular with the local people. With high hopes, many people came to the south, and they couldn't bear to abandon their relatives and fellow villagers, so they were trapped in this village and were unknown to the people of the time."

Hearing this, Wang Biaozhi's complexion slightly eased.The Duke Yi mentioned by Yang Ben was named Cao Yi, and he was also a famous person at that time. China and North Korea failed repeatedly, and after crossing the river, they were recommended by the Taibao to be appointed Minister.

It's just that after hearing Yang Ben's remarks, even a few people in the banquet laughed, including Zhuge Heng who was sitting at the head.Because the explanation given by Yang Ben is really lacking in convincing.Cao Yi didn't have many old relatives when he crossed the river, and he himself died a few years ago, and he never heard him mention that there is still a lineage of people in Jingkou when he was alive.

So this rhetoric is the real death without proof.That Yang Ben didn't know how many benefits he had received from others, so he racked his brains to help people fabricate such a background.As for whether this ancestor Cao Li was General Sangong or a butcher and thief, no one can tell for sure.

As Yang Ben said, nowadays many people come from the south, and it is inevitable that some clan members will be displaced. Naturally, some people want to fish in troubled waters, pretend to be their ancestors, and seek a good background for themselves.Like Cao Li, finding a family with the old surname that is almost extinct to cling to is a relatively low-end method. After all, there is no living person to testify, lacking any convincing power, and few people will take it seriously.

The more advanced method is to directly impersonate those families with the old surname who still have members alive. The method is also very simple, either intimidation or temptation.Those who are rich and powerful but born in poverty, all want to improve their family status.And with the chaos in the world, those noble families with old surnames in the past are no longer unattainable. What's more, the genealogy may be missing during the war. There are often people living in poverty, and they are willing to admit a few wealthy people. The tribe is the backer.

This kind of phenomenon is also a tacit unspoken rule nowadays, which is seen through but not revealed.If there is no actual conflict of interest, if those descendants of the old surnames do not care about the legacy passed down from their ancestors, and insist that what the false clansman said is true, what else can others say.After all, nowadays, not everyone has Liu's resilience and can sell the first pot of gold for a second venture by weaving straw sandals.

Hearing the inexplicable laughter from others, not only Yang Ben couldn't sit still, even Wang Biaozhi panicked with embarrassment.Until now, he still can't see that this party is not simple, the reason why he was invited is clearly to testify to that Cao Li pretending to be his ancestor!
　To be honest, although the Liu family's throne has been intermittent, the ancestral business of selling straw sandals is really well passed on. . .

　　
　
(End of this chapter)