Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 4
The Yanji Pavilion where the Yu family lives is located in the northeast of Shiling Pavilion where the Xiang family's children live. The distance from Shiling Pavilion is similar to the distance from Shiling Pavilion to Xiaxiang County, but the administrative division of Yanji Pavilion in this era belongs to Ling County, Dongjun County. Shiling Pavilion, where the Xiang family's children live, belongs to Xiaxiang County, Sishui County. To go to Yanji Pavilion, not only the county, but also the county, and sometimes they will be interrogated by the officials of the East County. It is quite troublesome to come and go.Therefore, among the surrounding pavilions, the Yanji Pavilion is the least visited by the Xiang family's children, and Xiang Kang, who has just traveled here, has never been to Yanji Pavilion in person.

This situation is bound to change. Xiang Kang made up his mind on the way home after carefully understanding the specific situation of the well-known rich family in Yan Jiting, Yu's family. Two days later, I went to Yanjiting to visit the Yu family, and repaired the relationship between the Xiang family and the Yu family with my three-inch tongue, so that the Yu family who had tried to curry favor with the Xiang family but was rejected once again respected the Xiang family's children as honored guests. Get yourself a good place where you can often eat and drink - in this era, the knight-errant atmosphere is prevalent, and it is not too embarrassing to go to a rich family to eat and drink.

It's a pity that Xiang Kang made up his mind, but the Xiang family's children changed their minds one after another, including Xiang Ta, who was the first to encourage his uncles to make friends with the Yu family, all shook his head, and instead advised Xiang Kang, an uncle of the family, not to be whimsical , don't go to Yanjiting to make fun of yourself - it's just a trivial matter to go for nothing, and the Yu family will laugh at losing face, but none of the Xiang family's children can bear it.

In the end, Xiang Kang had no choice but to say: "Well, brother, you and I will go to Yanji Pavilion together. When you get there, you can find a place to play by yourself. I will visit Yu's house alone. If it is done, you can go in again." See Mr. Yu, if it doesn't work, I'll go home with you, so as not to lose face, is this okay?"

Xiang Kang's words reached this point, of course, the Xiang family's children couldn't insist on refusing, they agreed one after another with the same thought of wandering there anyway, and followed Xiang Kang out of the house after eating a simple breakfast the next morning, all the way Moving eastward and northward, he arrived at the Yanji Pavilion by the Diqiu River, and soon found the Yu family's house.

The closer you are to the Yu family's house, the more uneasy the Xiang family's children feel, but Xiang Kang is calm and composed, and he said to the Xiang family's children when he could see the gate of the Yu family: "Brothers, good, You go and play with yours, I'm going to visit Duke Yu, and I'll have people from the Yu family come to invite you in after a while."

The members of the Xiang family nodded, but Xiang Zhuang asked worriedly, "Xiang Kang, do you really want to go alone? What if the Yu family doesn't see you?"

"Don't worry, I'm sure." Xiang Kang said confidently: "You just go and play, and wait for a while to drink and eat meat as guests."

It's no wonder that Xiang Zhuang dared to feel relieved for no reason. After looking around at the Xiang family's children, Xiang Zhuang suddenly pointed at Xiang Ta, who was a generation younger than himself, and ordered: "Xiang Ta, you go with Xiang Kang. If anything happens, come out and find us immediately."

"Why do you want me to go?" Xiang It was unhappy, and said: "What if the Yu family doesn't see us? You guys are hiding away, where is my face?"

"Stop talking nonsense, you came up with this idea first, who else will you go to if you don't?" Xiang Zhuang forced, "Go, if the Xiang family dares to bully you, you should report to us immediately, and we will come to them immediately Settle accounts."

Xiang It was still very reluctant, but Xiang Kang had already strode towards the gate of Yu's house, Xiang Zhuang, Xiang Han and other uncles pushed and shoved Xiang Ta to go with him, Xiang Ta had no choice but to swallow his breath and catch up Xiang Kang walked side by side, venting his dissatisfaction with his mouthful of chatter.But Xiang Kang ignored it, and just strode forward under the watchful eyes of the Xiang family's children, walked straight to the gate of the Yu family, bowed his hands to the old servant of the Yu family who was guarding the gate, and said in a loud voice: "Please report to the owner of the house, Yu Yu. Lord, let me tell you that Xiang Kang and Xiang Ta, the descendants of Xiang Gong, the great general of Chu, came to pay a visit."

"The descendant of Xiang Yan, the great general of Chu?" The gatekeeper was a little taken aback, and asked, "Which Xiang Yan, Xiang Gong?"

"Zhuzi, don't you even know about my father Gao (great-grandfather)? Are you still...?"

Xiang Tie, who was extremely proud of his family background, was unhappy when he heard it, and was about to explode when he opened his mouth. Xiang Kang quickly stopped him and said, "It was the Duke Xiang Yan who defeated Qin's general Li Xin 15 years ago. Tinger's accent is also from Chu, and he is not too young, so you must have heard of his name?"

It was Xiang Kang who mentioned the last great victory before Chu's demise, and the old servant of the Yu family who was over half a century old came back to his senses and remembered Xiang Yan, a famous general of Chu who was once deeply loved and loved by the people of Chu. The servant didn't hesitate, and hurriedly returned the gift and said: "You two young masters, wait a moment, the younger one will go in and report to the master."

After all, the old servant really walked in quickly to report to Duke Yu, Xiang Kang also said to Xiang Ta: "Xiang Ta, calm down, we are guests, we must not forget the host and guest etiquette. Others ridiculed that our Xiang family's children are from a famous family, but they don't know the etiquette of a famous family."

Xiang Kang's reprimand, Xiang it really didn't dare not listen, so he agreed honestly and said in a low voice, "But Uncle Ji, will Duke Yu see us?"

"Of course I will." Xiang Kang was still confident, and said again: "But we came too suddenly after all. If I guess correctly, we will have to wait for a while before we can see anyone."

As expected by Xiang Kang, he waited in front of Yu's house for about [-] minutes. When Xiang Kang grabbed Xiang Ta who was about to leave for the third time, the old servant who had gone to report before led an old servant who was dressed in thin and dark clothes. The young man in the clothes came out and introduced Xiang Kang and Xiang Ta: "Young masters, this is Yu Zhi, the young master of my family."

Xiang Kang took a closer look at the young man named Yu Zhi, and saw that he was in his early twenties, and his appearance was rather handsome, but there was an unconcealable pride in his expression, and he deliberately did not speak or salute in a hurry, waiting for himself to have something to do first. action.But of course Xiang Kang couldn't be too fussy about this meeting, he could only take the initiative to bow Yu Zhi's hand and salute, and said: "Xiang Kang, I have met Mr. Yu, this is my clan nephew Xiang it."

Glancing at the patch on the cuff of Xiang Kang's deep clothes, Yu Zhi returned the gift casually, and said with a smile on his face, "Young Master Xiang, may I ask why the two young masters came to pay a visit to my father?"

"It's an urgent matter." Xiang Kang replied politely, "But it's a very important matter, so we can only discuss it with your father face to face. Please also ask your son to report to Duke Yu on your behalf, and ask Duke Yu to meet him in person."

"Forgive me, son. My father is involved in common affairs and cannot see guests." Yu Zhi smiled even more hypocritically, and said, "If it is convenient for you, please tell me frankly. If it is not for you, please..."

Yu Zhi deliberately didn't finish the indirect expelling the guest, and also deliberately prolonged the ending, with a mocking and contemptuous smile on his face. Seeing that Xiang Ta was furious, he subconsciously clenched his fists, but Xiang Kang stopped him. After seeing him, he said with a smile: "People in the village say that Mr. Yu's family is well-educated. Now it seems that meeting him is not as good as being famous. It is very disappointing."

"What do you mean by that?" Yu Zhi's expression changed.

"What do you mean?" Xiang Kang smiled and said, "Brother Yu, you should have read some books, right? You must know that the title of son was extremely noble in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and only the sons of princes and nobles could be called sons. Although this honorific title has become somewhat common now, it is not something that ordinary people can bear. Brother Yu, although you have a small family, you are just a commoner. I respectfully call you son, but it is just polite, but you accept it calmly. He refuses to even say a word of modesty, and is arrogant and presumptuous to this point, so how is Duke Yu's family education, isn't it obvious?"

"This……."

Yu Zhi was a little bit tongue-tied, but the neighbor next to him was very happy, and immediately said: "Uncle Ji is right, a small commoner dares to call himself a son and grandson, and he simply doesn't know the heights of heaven and earth."

"Also." Xiang Kang said grandly again: "Although our Xiang family is poor now, at least we are descendants of the famous generals of the old Chu State, condescending to visit your Yu family's door, even if Mr. Yu has something to do and can't see each other , Brother Yu, you should also politely invite us into your home to sit down, and explain the reason face to face. But Brother Yu, you neither invited us in, nor treated each other with courtesy. You only opened your mouth to ask us why we came. Is this the way of hospitality of your Yu family?"

"When my uncle went to visit your uncle, your uncle treated our uncle like this!" Yu Zhi became furious, and directly mentioned the past, angrily said: "If you want to say rude, it is because your Xiang family is rude! first!"

"I've heard about what happened back then." Xiang Kang didn't even bat an eyelid, and said directly: "But brother Yu, don't forget, I was only three or four years old at that time, and you were only seven or eight years old, brother Yu. Around the age of ten, the old things of the elders more than ten years ago, should we, the younger generation, still remember them in our hearts?"

"Besides, you and I learned from word of mouth about what happened back then. When Brother Yu and your eldest father, Mr. Yu, came to visit our Xiang family and was rejected, who would know if something was really wrong with my two uncles?" Being entangled, he was unable to withdraw to meet Old Yugong, which caused old Yugong to misunderstand, thinking that our Xiang family is slow to visit? Brother Yu, are you sure about this?"

Yu Zhi was at a loss for words, but Xiang Kang smiled and cupped his hands again, and said, "Brother Yu, one thing is one thing. When Lian Po and Lin Xiangru still misunderstand each other, let's not put those unhappy old things together." It's on my lips. I and my family nephew came to visit today. There is indeed an important matter that I want to discuss with my father, Duke Yu in person. I also hope that Brother Yu will report to Duke Yu quickly, so as not to lose the courtesy of hospitality and insult Duke Yu's reputation. , violated filial piety."

Wouldn't it be a violation of filial piety not to invite Dad to meet the two poor Xiang family?This logic is too complicated. Yu Zhi, a native of the Qin and Han Dynasties, really didn't know how to refute it for a while. He could only stand on the spot and didn't know how to respond.But fortunately, there was a cough from behind the door in time, and then a middle-aged man who was also wearing a white coat and a scarf stepped out with a smile, and reprimanded Yu Zhi: "Zhier, Mr. Xiang is right. , you are a little rude, hurry up and apologize to the two young masters."

After reprimanding Xiang Zhi, the middle-aged man turned to Xiang Kang and Xiang It, bowed his hands respectfully, and said with a smile: "I met two Mrs. Xiang in Xiayujian. Please forgive me. I just have something to do. I couldn’t go out to welcome the prince in time, so I could only let the dog do it for me, I never thought that the dog was rude and neglected the two young masters, I hope you will forgive me."

"Duke Yu said it, we took the liberty." Xiang Kang returned the gift, and said with a smile: "Going to visit rashly, and thanking Duke Yu for welcoming him in person. I'm being rude to my nephew."

"If it wasn't for the sake of your ancestors, do you think the old man would come out to greet you in person?" Yu Jian sneered, but the smile on his face was still kind, and he hurriedly invited: "Young Master Xiang can really talk, hurry up!" Please come inside, I will ask someone to arrange Bojiu here, invite the two young masters to sit at the table first, and then I will listen to the young master's instruction."

"Is there really any wine to drink? This trip is not in vain!"

As soon as Xiang Ta was amused, he quickly saluted and thanked Xiang Kang in a dignified manner, and entered Yu's house with Xiang Kang at the personal invitation of Yu Jian. Not daring to disobey his father's decision, he could only swallow his anger and follow through the door at the end, and quietly spat at Xiang Kang and Xiang It's back, cursing softly: "Bah! Poor boy!"

Xiang Kang and Xiang Ta entered the door, but as soon as their front feet entered the door, behind a house in the distance, a bunch of human heads appeared on their back feet, and they whispered in surprise: "Go in, Did you really go in? Or were you invited in? If we had known that we could go in, we should have gone with Xiang Kang!"

"Ah, why didn't I make up my mind just now? Not only will there be delicious food and drink after entering, maybe I can also meet the two of the Yu family..."

(End of this chapter)