Chapter 049 yang Fengyin violation
Among the people's circle, I was very uncomfortable sitting there. I sat in a fake seat, pretended to smile and said false words. I felt like an actor, playing an involuntarily "minister" in front of an "emperor" sitting in the center of the stage. What's more, in my current status, I can't even talk about the qualification of a minister.
After chatting with me and Huan Xiu, two distant guests, and talking about some irrelevant things, Huan Xuan personally took everyone to enjoy his newly built East Garden.
The East Garden was repaired after Huan Xuan ascended the throne. Its scale is naturally very large. Huan Xuan couldn't live in the Jiankang Palace and wanted to live in the Chu Palace. The reason must be that the Chu Palace is better than the Jiankang Palace. When I was in Jingkou, I heard that the East Garden of the King of Chu Mansion was called "the first garden in the world" by the city. However, after I entered this East Garden, I knew that the name of the first garden did not come from its scale, but from a coral garden full of corals. Huan Xuan named it "Coral Bush".
I thought that the three-foot-high corals in the crane pond were the treasures of the world, but the corals in this "coral cluster" were more colorful and ingenious. When the fire was raised around, the corals reflected colorful colors. Everyone was stunned.
Corals have been a treasure since ancient times. At the beginning of the founding of the State of Jin, the country was rich and the people were strong, so from the royal family to the local tyrants, they all took pleasure in treasure and tasting corals. Corals are no less precious than ancient jade.
At that time, the comparison between Wang Gong's stomachs reached the extreme with Shi Chong and Wang Kai's fight for wealth. When they fought to the upper level, they disdained to use gold and jade, using coral. It is said that Wang Kai's coral is two feet, which is rare in the capital. And Shi Chong's coral is three or four feet, which is the best in the world. Now it seems that the corals of these two families are not as good as Huan Xuan's.
In the coral bush, two or three feet of coral is like a Broom, cut into a carved rail by craftsmen. There are several tall corals, which are afraid to be six or seven feet tall. Standing on the rockery, there is a kind of amazing momentum when you look up.
Huan Xuan turned around and asked me, "What do you think of this coral?"
"It's really the best in the world." I answered.
"If you like it, you can choose one of them. It's a gift for you and me." When Huan Xuan said this, he was quite arrogant.
"I dare not. I started from the cold, and I'm afraid I can't stand such a treasure. I have to answer like this.
"Deyu is too modest. You don't have to be too courteous, and you don't have to be a minister in this house. Come and send the 'Purple Kirin' to the post hall of General Deyu. At Huan Xuan's command, five or six servants came over and removed a four- or five-foot-high purple coral from the seat.
"If you send a big one, Deyu will certainly refuse; if you send a small one, you can't express my intention, and you are too stingy. Haha. And send one of them. It must be time to accept it with a smile." Huan Xuan said so. Everyone smiled. I also have to laugh with you.
Huan Xuan has served as the assassin of Guang, Jing, Jiang and other states, and it is not surprising that some corals are hidden in his home. The coral forest in this east garden is bound not to be his previous savings, but to make use of Jiankang's governance for the convenience of the local government. In such a short time, so many corals have been collected. It can be seen that Huan Xuan is extravagant.
"Can General Liu put a word for this garden?" One of Huan Xuan's relatives said so.
"This is inexorable. I am a soldier, and I am neither good at writing nor good words. I'm afraid it will stain such a beautiful garden. I'm busy declining.
Everyone's expression has also become quite unnatural. I can generally guess what they think.
Some time ago, I entertained friends in a restaurant and listened to some anecdotes about Huan Xuan. One of them said that a minister wrote a wrong word on the table. After Huan Xuan found out, except for the minister himself who was severely demoted, all his superiors and subordinates were degraded. Therefore, everyone was careless in front of Huan Xuan. When they had nothing to do, they could try not write. They had to think twice before they dared to speak for a long time.
Since I know this, of course, I have no choice but to open my mouth and move my hands. When you really want to speak, try to say some high-sounding sayings. My knowledge is not so high, and I don't need to be shocked like those scribes and talkers.
The Huan's nephew who encouraged me to write also felt a little embarrassed when he saw that I insisted on not writing. Huan Xuan said at this time, "Deyu is a person who dances with knives. If you let him play with ink, won't you be majestic? This is like making a scribe dance a knife. Haha. That's it. In martial arts and military, you and other descendants need to ask the general for more advice.
Huan Xiu also interrupted at this time and said, "Deyu is indeed powerful and unstoppable on the battlefield, but in terms of writing, it is not his specialty. When he was in my house, he always cherished ink like gold, and even I rarely saw it. In the future, if you want to reward General Liu with pen and ink, you have to get a lot of money.
Everyone laughed together when they heard Huan Xiu's funny words. When Huan's nephew saw two fathers rounding for him, he also became cheerful.
At dusk, the candlelight in the house gradually increased. When everyone was drinking tea in the shuai pavilion, a waiter came far away to tell him that the family banquet had been set up. The banquet was held in the West Garden.
As soon as I left the main gate of Dongyuan, I saw a carriage parked outside the door, followed by a row of sedan chairs. After the waiter Huan Xuan left, he arranged for everyone to walk into the West Garden in a sedan chair.
After the sedan chair traveled through the West Garden for a long time, I knew that this West Garden was bigger than the East Garden known as "the first garden in the world", almost the size of three East Gardens. There are huge trees and strange rocks in the garden. The cloister goes around the garden, and there are several green pools in the middle of the garden. The family banquet was held in the huge forest.
Hundreds of torches were lit in the forest, making the long night like day. The seats are not arranged in several rows like ordinary banquets, but mixed in the forest. In addition to Huan Xuan, the guests sat in groups of groups. In this way, it feels a little like hunting in the suburbs. There is an open space in the middle of the seat, which is the stage of singers and dancers.
I have heard about Huan Xuan's humanistic and martial arts talents for a long time. I don't know whether he has martial arts talent or not, but I have learned whether he has literary talent or not. During the banquet, he exported several times, and the discussion of poetry and fu was also full of answers. Even those literary ministers are ashamed of themselves, and generals like me are even more out of reach.
After the baptism in the apse and the East Garden, even the most unreasonable ministers saw that Huan Xuan treated me extraordinary. They came forward to toast and talk for fear of lagging behind. It is a little difficult for me as a humble person to adapt. However, I do not refuse to come, maintaining the necessary etiquette and humility and perfunctory with them...
This family banquet didn't break up until the middle of the night.
I drank a lot of wine this night, and even if I drink a lot, I can't stand everyone's advice. I didn't know how to get back to the post. I didn't wake up until about noon the next day.
The ceremonial officer of the post office saw that I woke up and brought several servants to see me. A tall servant said that he was from Situ's mansion and had been waiting for me in the post hall for a long time. Situ sent him to invite me to the banquet.
I was about to accept that another servant said what kind of royal house it was and invited me to the banquet. There is another one from another house. I thought these servants were from the same family, but I didn't know. I asked carefully and found out that in addition to Situ, the other two invited me were Huan Qian and the captain.
It's easier to weigh among these three people. I accepted Huan Qian's invitation and wrote a few posts to resign the rest, leaving only Situfu. I made an appointment to meet Situ at night in the reply.