Lu Dynasty

Chapter 70

I came to visit Zhang Rang's house, and Zhang Rang saw that I was very kind to him, so he began to test me.So he left me for dinner, wanting to see if I could be won over by him, so that he could also win over Cai Yong through me, after all, I am Cai Yong's son-in-law, and Cai Yong is such a beloved daughter.

Zhang Rang took my hand and came to the hall. I saw, okay, it's hot pot again.Zhang Rang looked at me and said with a smile: "Baxian got something occasionally, but it makes people like it, and now even His Majesty likes it. So our ten permanent servants also have such a way, and mine is a reward from His Majesty." of!"

I laughed and said, "Your Majesty is not rewarding Lord Hou's things like that? Your Majesty values ​​Lord Hou and relies on Lord Hou. It is a great honor for Feng to have a friendship with Lord Hou."

"Okay, Baxian, don't say too much good words, or you and I won't look friendly, just be casual!" Zhang Rang asked a waiter next to him: "Have all the people I invited come?"

"Reporting to Lord Hou, we are all waiting in the side hall!" The waiter replied.

"Tell them all to come here!" Zhang Rang said to the waiter: "Tell them to be more polite!" Then Zhang Rang sat in the main seat and pulled me to sit next to him.After a while, a dozen or so eunuchs came outside the door.Entering the hall, they all sat down as if they had fixed seats.Among them was a burly man with a dark complexion who looked like a military general and said in a rough voice: "Brother Zhang asked me to come here, what's the matter?"

Zhang Rang said with a smile: "Well, you Jianshuo, why, Zhang Rang called you to drink, can't you?" That Jianshuo also touched his head as if it was a little bit two hundred and five, and said with a smile: "Of course it's good to drink wine, I Jian Shuo likes to eat wine the most! But who is that little boy next to you!"

Zhang Rang seemed speechless towards Jian Shuo, so I saw the corners of his mouth twitch, and then said: "Jian Shuo must not be rude, this is Cai Bojie's son-in-law Lu Feng and Lu Baxian! The hot pot we are waiting for is created by him! "Then Zhang Rang said to me: "Baxian, let me introduce you!"

Zhang Rang pointed to the first person on his left hand and said: "This is Zhao Zhong, Zhao Changshi!" I quickly saluted.Zhao Zhong and Zhang Rang had a good relationship, so they also stood up and returned the courtesy.Then Zhang Rang introduced Zhao Zhong's seating order, Xia Yun, Guo Sheng, Sun Zhang, Bi Lan, Li Song, Duan Gui, Gao Wang, Zhang Gong, Han Kui, Song Dian and other eleven other regular attendants , and the eunuch who looks like a general is Jian Shuo.After listening to Zhang Rang's introduction, I was startled. Could it be that today is the day when the ten servants have a meeting?I guess Emperor Han Ling didn't see all of them that I usually see.

After I saluted these eunuchs, I sat next to Zhang Rang.Zhang Rang said: "This is Lu Feng and Lu Baxian, Cai Yong's son-in-law. You have been famous for a long time!" All the regular servants nodded in agreement.After all, since Cai Yong made the paper and hot pot, these servants have also gained a lot of fame. After careful inquiry, they knew me.Zhang Rang continued: "Why, I saw him today, he is indeed romantic and elegant, and I will introduce him to His Majesty later, what do you think!" After hearing what Zhang Rang said, I felt a chill in my heart. The mark of the eunuch party.But I don't care, anyway, Emperor Han Ling didn't have many days to jump up.Once Han Lingdi dies, as long as I have money, power and status, what am I afraid of?There are at least [-] cavalry, if not, I will take people to fight in Rome. Those wild monkeys in the west should not be my elite opponents.

Zhao Zhong said: "Master Zhang, if Baxian is willing, we will introduce him to His Majesty!" What Zhao Zhong said was that if I was willing to be marked as the eunuch party, then I would be recommended to the emperor.

After hearing Zhao Zhong's words, I said with a smile: "Marquis Zhao, I, Lu Feng, don't really want to be an official in my life, but it would be nice if I could look up at Long Yan. I'm brewing a kind of wine. If it's brewed, I ask Lord Zhang Hou and Lord Zhao to present it to His Majesty for me, what do you think Zhao Hou wants?" Zhao Zhong's eyes lit up, and he said with a smile: "If that's the case, Zhang Hou and I will definitely recommend Baxian."

Zhang Rang was very happy to see that I agreed to my recommendation instead of buying an official.If I were to buy an official, all I had to do was pay.Everyone said that the ten permanent servants sold their officials and nobles, but if there was no Han Lingdi's consent, how dare these powerless eunuchs!If I just bought an official, I would have nothing to do with him. It can be said that it was just a business, and the money would also be handed over to the inner treasury of Emperor Han Ling.And I agreed to the recommendation of Shi Changshi, but I didn't want an official position, that is to say, I would like to join their party of eunuchs.Of course I don't want me to be a eunuch.

Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong were very happy, they kept bringing food to me at the banquet, and even repeatedly agreed to persuade Emperor Han Ling to give me and Cai Yan a marriage.You know, if you win me over, it means you win over Cai Yong, and Cai Yan and I have a marriage certificate.But Cai Yong used to be the teacher of Emperor Han Ling, and had a very good relationship with Emperor Han Ling.If Cai Yong hadn't been involved in the disaster of the party, Emperor Han Ling would never have sent him to the frontier.Even so, Emperor Han Ling sent Cai Yong to Ding Yuan, an old friend of Cai Yong's.

Since the disaster of the party, Cai Yong devoted himself to writing history and writing books. Even though Emperor Ling of Han later called him back to Luoyang, Cai Yong didn't want to get involved in those dirty politics anymore.People like Wang Yun still want to drag Cai Yong into the quagmire of party struggle, and use Cai Yong's status as a great Confucian and his relationship with Emperor Ling to fight against the Ten Permanent Attendants.The reason why Wang Yun proposed marriage to Cai Yan for Wei Zhongdao was to use Cai Yan to win over the Wei family.Cai Yong will also fall for Wang Yun because his daughter married the Wei family.However, Cai Yan has a marriage contract with me, which made Wang Yun's wishful thinking come to nothing.Therefore, Wang Yun was very angry with Cai Yong, but he didn't dare to force Cai Yong too much.After all, the relationship between Cai Yong and Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty was not so good. If Cai Yong turned to Shi Changshi, then Wang Yun's vote would have a bitter fruit.In addition, Cai Yong has always been lukewarm towards He Jin, a group of aristocratic and foreign relatives, which makes He Jin and his group want to win over Cai Yong even more, which also makes Wang Yun very jealous of Cai Yong, an old friend who has been with him for many years.After Wang Yun came to power, Cai Yong violated Wang Yun's order again and collected Dong Zhuo's body. Wang Yun's anger erupted and Cai Yong was finally killed.

But now, because of Wang Yun's relationship, I, Cai Yong's son-in-law, have turned to Shi Changshi.Even if I can only make Cai Yong remain neutral, it will be of great benefit to Shi Changshi.The appeal of Cai Yong, a great Confucian, is not comparable to those of relatives from aristocratic families.Among the scholars, apart from Zheng Xuan and Zheng Kangcheng, the masters of the classics, Cai Yong and Cai Bojie had the highest prestige.Zheng Xuan has been obsessed with academics for a long time, and Zheng Xuan is not too young, it is impossible for those aristocratic families to want him to come out to swim in the muddy water.And Cai Yong was in his prime, and he was a great Confucian second only to Zheng Xuan, a representative of scholarly society, so both the general and the ten servants wanted his help.But the ten permanent attendants not only have a bad reputation, but also bear the notoriety of Emperor Ling's prostitution. It is impossible to get Cai Yong's help, so we can only hope that Cai Yong will not help each other.

My arrival not only allowed Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong to see Cai Yong's discord, but also let them see the hope of winning over Cai Yong.In this way, I became the guest of Shi Changshi.

(End of this chapter)