Emperor Road of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 168
A moment later, when everyone in the hall was drinking, a handsome middle-aged man walked in with a blank expression.

Everyone was surprised that they were not drinking, but looked at the middle-aged man curiously or playfully, and discussed in low voices at the same time.

"Brother, why is Xu Lang here? Didn't it mean that the Xu family won't come?" He Yong was surprised and said in a low voice.

He Cheng also showed doubts, but after a moment of contemplation, a playful smile suddenly appeared on his face, "Second brother, I guess there is a good show to watch. Hehe, let's watch first."

"Why did Xu Lang come here? Could it be that the Xu family didn't dare to confront Liu Yu again when they heard the news of Liu Yu's expulsion from Ying Fu? It's unlikely. The Xu family is backed by Yuan Shu. Although they are not taken seriously on weekdays, recently Liu Yu Controlling Runan, Yuan Shu is using the Xu family to influence Runan, and treats him favorably. It is said that Yuan Shu even sent troops to the Xu family to act as his guards." Zhang He has far more news than He Cheng, and at this time he has already fallen into contemplation involuntarily. "Besides, with the domineering nature of the Xu family, I'm afraid Liu Yu, a humble eunuch, might not even look down on him. From this point of view, Xu Lang is very likely to be making trouble today."

The Xu family is a big family in Runan, located in Pingyu, and it has been dilapidated in recent years.But even so, its reputation spreads all over the world, and no one dares to do it in Runan.And such a huge reputation is entirely due to two people, it is a pity that these two people are not in the Xu family, otherwise the Xu family's reputation will only be greater.

These two people are exactly Xu Shao and Xu Jing, both of whom are well-known and praised by the world.

Xu Shao, styled Zijiang, was born in Pingyu, Runan.Shaojun's famous festival, good human relations, are appreciated by many.If Fan Zizhao and Heyang scholars are famous in the world.Therefore, those who speak the best scholars in the world, praise Xu and Guo.He created the Yuedan Commentary, and commented on all the people in the world, and no one is not convinced.In the past, Yuan Shao used to be courteous and virtuous, but now many people would rather spend a lot of money just to get a comment from him.

Xu Jing, written by Wenxiu.Runan Pingyu people.Contemporary celebrities and critics.Shanxingcao is famous all over the world for criticizing characters together with his younger brother Xu Shao.In the future, his achievements will be higher than that of his younger brother.However, he and Xu Shao had a bad relationship, so last year he was living in the rivers and lakes, fleeing everywhere, and he was in Jiaozhou at this time.

And the Xu Lang in front of him is the No. 3 member of the Xu family, but his reputation is only limited to the powerful gentry in Runan, and he cannot be compared with the first two at all.The first two are both famous people in history, and he...hehe, let's not talk about it!

Although this person has a mediocre reputation and ability, he is proud of himself and thinks that his talent is unparalleled, but he was born at an untimely time and cannot meet Bole.Therefore, although this person is tall and handsome, he speaks harshly and is narrow-minded.

At this time, he walked in with his head held high and his chest held high, full of arrogance that no one in the world would notice.

"Liu Yu, as the prefect of one party, you are not devoted to political affairs, but you are gathering here for banquets and drinks. You should..." As soon as he came in, he frowned and looked around, then raised his head to stare at Liu Yu, and yelled loudly.

But before he finished speaking, a man dressed as a guard beside him stopped him.Xu Lang, who was stopped, gave the man dressed as a guard an unhappy look, but he didn't get angry, and he didn't continue to scold him.

Others didn't pay attention to the guard, but Liu Yu took a deep look at him, only feeling that this person was a bit extraordinary.However, he didn't think deeply about it, thinking that that person was just the favored bodyguard of the Xu family, and even Xu Lang had to pay attention to it.

Turning his eyes to Xu Lang, a playful smile appeared on the corner of Liu Yu's mouth, but he didn't stop him from spitting.

Seeing that Liu Yu was silent, Xu Lang coughed loudly and continued: "Prefect Liu, if you know your mistakes, you can correct them. There is nothing good about it, so I won't talk about you."

Is this person brain-dead?Liu Yu looked at Xu Lang, who felt good about himself, and couldn't help but have such an idea in his heart.But it's no wonder that Xu Lang's performance is really... brainless!
He is both a gentry and a Qingliu, and he has never asked about the facts.Xu Lang's behavior in this way is also in line with his self-righteous image of a nerdy student.However, it is impossible for the Xu family not to know Xu Lang's character, but they still sent him here, which has a deep meaning.

However, regarding Xu Lang's performance, the tyrants of the Runan gentry were not even surprised. Presumably they knew what he was like, and they were all waiting to watch the excitement.

"Prefect Liu, my Xu family is from a scholarly family, so I will give the prefect a set of calligraphy and painting today." Xu Lang was about to speak, but the guard beside him spoke first.Xu Lang was naturally dissatisfied, but he didn't say much, but looked at the guard angrily.

At this time, everyone naturally saw that the guard was extraordinary, but it was not the same as what Liu Yu thought, thinking that the guard was just being favored.In addition, they also saw that the guard seemed to be the one who had the right to speak.

"That's right, my Xu family will give you a set of calligraphy and paintings, and let me recite the poems on the paintings for the eunuch." Xu Lang was unwilling to be lonely, and rushed to say again.The guard glanced at him unhappily, but didn't speak, and just let Xu Lang speak loudly.

Anyone can send calligraphy and paintings, wouldn't it be better to send a servant, why let Xu Lang come?From this point of view, Xu Lang may have been sent to recite this poem.

"I didn't cross the river, but I crossed the river! I fell into the river and died, what will I do?" Before Liu Yu agreed, Xu Lang had already recited aloud with emotion.

It has to be said that Xu Lang, as a "qualified" Confucian scholar, is still very good at reciting poems, and he even sang this ancient Yuefu poem so touchingly.But don't you think it's inappropriate for you to sing such a sad Yuefu at the banquet?

The Xu family naturally knew it was inappropriate, this song "Kong Hou Yin" was about a mad husband drowning and his wife screaming, it was not suitable for singing at a banquet.From this point of view, the Xu family did it on purpose.What do you mean, the Xu family naturally couldn't use the original meaning of this Yuefu poem, they just used it to show: You crazy man is doomed to die.

This is what literati are best at, writing love poems alluding to monarchs and ministers, writing hymns to ridicule...

All the people here are powerful nobles, so they couldn't understand the meaning of Xu Lang's chanting of this poem.After they listened, they saw Xu Lang's complacent face and looked at Liu Yu involuntarily.

However, they were disappointed. Liu Yu had a calm face and even smiled at the corner of his mouth, as if he didn't understand the meaning of the poem.But when they thought that Liu Yu was just a martial artist, it was normal for them not to understand. As for the poems that were rumored to be written by him, they might have forced a certain literati to write them.Thinking of this, they became worried about Liu Yu's character again.Of course, not everyone thinks so.

"Prefect Liu, I wonder if you are satisfied with this poem?" Xu Lang seemed to find it unsatisfactory, so he asked loudly again.

Liu Yu narrowed his eyes slightly and smiled at the corner of his mouth. Instead of answering his question, he said playfully: "Put your poems and paintings aside first, and watch the sword dance of my soldiers in Runan. This sword dance is made by me for the banquet, everyone. You have to listen carefully and take a look! But Xu Lang, you can stand and watch, there are no extra seats now."

When everyone present heard this, they immediately became interested.They don't think this sword dance is simple, especially Liu Yu emphasized that he composed it himself.It seems that this sword dance is Liu Yu's counterattack.But they don't understand, it's just a sword dance, so what can it do?

Really, just a sword dance?

(End of this chapter)