[Comprehensive] Number of Merry

Kuaiji, Shangyu.

Xie Zhenshi looked at the invitation card in his hand for a long time, and Liu Yemei, who was as light as a distant mountain, frowned slightly, until he heard the sound of footsteps behind him, he came back to his senses:

"Stone."

"Sister." A slender and handsome figure brushed aside heavy flowers and branches. He walked calmly in a light robe, and his voice was as intoxicating as old wine. "What are you looking at so engrossed in?"

"Jianshi came just in time, help me to read this post." Xie Zhenshi raised his eyebrows and walked towards his younger brother, while handing over the copybook in his hand, "It was delivered this morning."

There is care and love in the action.

Seeing her being treated like this, Xie Shang raised his eyebrows slightly, and was a little curious in his heart, so he took it and stared at it.

As soon as Fang caught sight of it, he couldn't help but blurted out praise: "Good words!"

Xie Zhenshi nodded slightly, echoing his younger brother's opinion.This is indeed an amazing copybook, not much worse than the famous handwriting she has seen before.

Xie Shang read the ink characters written on the silkworm cocoon paper back and forth twice, closed his eyes and thought about it carefully, and opened his eyes for a long time before sighing:

"I have seen this style of calligraphy in the copybooks collected by my father. The style is in the same line, and the bones are superior. Langya Wang's name is well-deserved."

"It was written by the only daughter of Wang Nei Shi's family." Xie Zhenshi also sighed, and there was a bit of distress in the clear and beautiful eyebrows that belonged to the girl, "This little lady has built a new garden and sent a post to invite guests to share , somehow, but sent the post to me."

In this era, the gap in class status was especially pronounced among women's social circles, because women's social circles generally consisted of family in-laws.Men from the first-class and second-class noble families may be good friends, but it is absolutely impossible for the families to marry.

The Langya Wang family is the most prominent family in the Jin Dynasty, and the social circle of Wang's daughters will naturally not exceed the scope of the first-class nobles, that is, in the three or four generations of their ancestors, there have been clansmen who have served as officials such as Sangong and Shangshu. Origin, there are also clansmen who occupy prominent positions in the dynasty in contemporary times.

Even due to objective geographical reasons—most of the first-class gentry settled in Jiankang, which was rare in local counties—the Wang family was condescending and noble according to common customs, but the family status of the Xie family in Chen County was still a little low.

Xie Zhenshi thought slightly bitterly, if his father was still alive, the Xie family could be regarded as a family in the upper reaches of the second-class gentry. Now it is the uncle Xie Po, who lives in Taichangqing, who supports the Xie family.

The Taichang position is one of the Nine Ministers, and his official position can be regarded as dignified and prominent, but his uncle's reputation is far below that of his father. This position of Taichang Qing can basically be said to be supplemented by the imperial court to the Xie family due to the death of his father.The decline of Xie's family status is also helpless.

Hearing Xie Shang chuckle, he shook the note in his hand: "Sister, why does she have such an expression? Could it be that she doesn't want to accept it?"

"Whether Jian Shi really doesn't understand or is he pretending not to understand, what kind of family is the Langya Wang family, I..." When she said this, she suddenly realized, "What does Jian Shi know?"

Jianshi is Xie Shang's nickname.

"I can't hide it from my sister." Xie Shang hooked the corner of his mouth, leaning half of his body on the stone pillar in the pavilion, his movements were indescribably romantic, "I met Wang Yuanyou in Juzhang two days ago."

Wang Yunzhi, courtesy name Yuanyou.Peers usually call him by name but not by name, so Xie Shang called him Wang Yuanyou.

Xie Zhenshi was stunned: "Wang Yuanyou? How could Jianshi know him?"

She had never heard her brother mention it.

"My father met when he joined the army under the command of the general in the past. After three or four years, I didn't expect him to remember."

Xie Zhenshi heard his self-satisfaction in the plain, and couldn't help laughing:

"The solid stone is so beautiful that the viewer can never forget it.

Xie Shang stretched his lips, and glanced coolly: "Are you going to run on your own family?"

Xie Zhenshi laughed, deliberately ignoring the conversation, only looked at the invitation card made of silkworm cocoon paper in his hand, and reminded with some distress:

"Be careful not to wrinkle it, I like it very much."

"Am I like the kind of person who burns pianos and cooks cranes?" Xie Shang was annoyed and amused at his sister's worries, his eyes subconsciously glanced at the invitation again, and suddenly he gasped, "This post is so strangely written. "

Xie Zhenshi turned his head to look at him: "Why didn't I see anything strange."

Xie Shang didn't answer directly, but read the whole post with his eyebrows closed, without missing a word:

"How many days are the flowers blooming? How long is life? The ancients held candles to travel at night, and there is a good reason. Kuangyang is in the midst of spring, and the years are just in full swing. The distance is smooth, and the joy is flying. It is a feast of enjoying the scenery in spring, and enjoying the east wind. Yake, Shansehou Jiashi, please have a meeting, and I will live up to Fangfei.

Respect Tai'an, Langya King Lang. "

Hearing his words, Xie Zhenshi also felt strange, and said a little uncertainly: "The writing style of this young lady of the Wang family... seems to be happy after being sad..."

Nowadays, most of the articles follow the route of joy first and then sorrow.The style of the post is reversed, first lamenting the rush of time and the shortness of life, and then changing the previous sentiment, giving people a sense of cheerfulness and clarity.Although the text of inviting people to a banquet should not fall into the sad place, it is rare to do the opposite.

Both siblings stared at the post in a daze.

After a while, Xie Shang put down the invitation first, stood up and stretched his arms, with a lazy expression:

"Not only the writing is strange, but the name is also strange. Wang Lang, Wang Lang, I don't know if Master Neishi wants to marry a daughter or recruit a son?"

Xie Zhenshi's forehead twitched slightly: "Jianshi..."

How can you just say the name of your daughter's family casually?

"I don't say it." Xie Shang lowered the corners of his lips, and his ink-painted phoenix eyes turned slightly, and the sky was full of stars and fell silent, "The little lady of Zhuge's family has always been good with my elder sister, and she should have received it this time." Invite, sister may wish to go with her."

Xie Zhenshi nodded curtly: "I understand."

The siblings had just left their mourning clothes, and they had been cut off from social contact for three years, only seeing relatives and friends.Now that Xie's family status has slipped, she must actively strive for any opportunity. This time, the invitation is due to her father's legacy on the one hand, and her younger brother's hard work on the other. She will definitely seize it firmly.

Seeing her like this, Xie Shang fell silent, and suddenly said for a long time:

"Sister, your son will marry Wang's daughter."

The voice is sonorous and resounding.

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It is no coincidence.

While Xie Shang was making fun of Wang Lang's name, Wang Lang was also looking at the family tree of the Kuaiji gentry. She always felt familiar with the four characters of the Xie family in Chenjun. This family seems to have been mentioned in the notes, and when I woke up the next day to check it carefully, I immediately leaned back with laughter.

"Stone, real stone, hahahaha, is this the stone family!"

Xie Shang's character is Renzu, the small character is Jianshi, and the small character of Xie Shang's sister is Zhenshi.

Suddenly remembering that Xie An, a famous minister of the Eastern Jin Dynasty who came from the Xie clan in Chenjun, was named Anshi, and Xie An's younger brother Xie Wanbiao was named Wanshi, Wang Lang laughed so hard that his stomach hurts.

How deep is this family's love for stone hahaha!

After laughing, Wang Lang sat upright, carefully deliberating on the genealogy in his hand.

Later generations mentioned Wang Xie together, and she was well aware of the Wang family of Langya, but she hadn't heard much about the Xie family of Chenjun.Judging from the current status of the Xie family, it should be regarded as the middle class among the second-class gentry, and Xie An is the younger brother of the county magistrate of Shan County in the story she heard that day, and he is only nine years old now.

After Xie An presided over the battle of Feishui and defeated more than [-] former Qin troops with an army of [-], the Xie family could be counted as the axis of the Eastern Jin Dynasty and be compared with the Langya Wang family.

And the rise of a family is definitely not enough by just one person.

Before Xie An became an official, he had been living in seclusion in Dongshan, so the idiom of making a comeback spread, and before Xie An raised his family status and supported Xie's family...

Wang Lang's eyes narrowed slightly, his fingers paused for a moment on the word Xie Shang on the bamboo slips, and then scratched down heavily.

The one who can be praised by the second brother as "fair and enlightened, not inferior to Anfeng", and who is regarded by celebrities as "the face of a family" at the age of eight——

It should be him, Xie Shang.

After confirming the character, Wang Lang closed the score book, leaned on the railing and looked at the mountains and rivers in the distance.

Although this era advocates talk about mystery and Wuxu, if you want to establish the status of a family, you must have the strength of Fangzhen.According to the second brother's description, if he hadn't been a filial piety for his father and stayed for three years, Xie Shang should have become an official now, and he has emerged in Jiankang with his outstanding character and talkativeness.But the party who wants to let go, holding military power, must have the ability to command the army.

Judging from the results alone, Xie Shang must have both these talents at the same time, so it is no wonder that the Xie family can rise.

Thinking of this, Wang Lang looked back at the banquet list on the table.

Because her elder brother mentioned that she also sent invitations to the Xie Shi Zhenshi who just came out of the server, and then she can get a glimpse of Xie Shi's family style.

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"Brother, you have borrowed that craftsman named Xiao Ma for many days, and the things haven't been finished yet?"

Throwing away only the green skin of the melon, Wang Lang dipped his hands into the copper basin placed beside him, and sat on the porch talking to his brother.

Wang Yunzhi blinked: "When did Shanshan call a craftsman named Xiaoma? Why can't I remember?"

Wang Lang shook off the water on his hand, wiped it with a white cloth, and said:

"Brother, didn't you recruit a lot of craftsmen in the name of my house, and there are ponies in it. Well, I also transferred a lot of materials, such as bamboo, rhino horn, and so on."

The corner of Wang Yunzhi's mouth twitched, and he helped his forehead helplessly: "Just ask what you want to ask, I know everything."

Just wait for your words.

Wang Lang hung it on his elder brother skillfully, and a series of questions popped up like pearls falling on a jade plate: "Brother, are you making bows and arrows? The legendary Kuaiji bamboo arrows? Why did you build them secretly?"

"It's not as exaggerated as in the legend, but the fine bamboo in Kuaiji is indeed suitable for making arrow shafts." Although Wang Yunzhi felt a headache, he replied patiently, "Know yourself and the enemy, and you can fight a hundred battles. I have inspected the military equipment one by one, and the reason why I secretly repaired the military equipment is mainly to prevent the news from leaking and Su Jun to know the truth."

When Emperor Ming died of illness, Crown Prince Sima Yan came to the throne at only five years old. Empress Yu of Ming Emperor came to the court as empress dowager, and the power in the court fell into the hands of Yu Liang, the younger brother of Empress Dowager Yu.Wang Daoze, who was also the auxiliary minister, was excluded.

Yu Liang suspects Tao Kan, Zu Yue, Su Jun and others who are supporting soldiers outside, and tries to recruit Su Jun who is in Liyang into the court and seize his military power.Wang Dao's persuasion was ineffective, and he knew that Su Jun would not obey his orders, and the military disaster would happen, so he sent out his younger brother Wang Shu as foreign aid, and was awarded the general of the Fujun and the internal history of Kuaiji, with a rank of two thousand stones.

Wang Shu was over [-] years old at this time and was suffering from illness. Most of the major affairs in the county were handled by his second son Wang Yunzhi.

Wang Yunzhi was with his father when he went to serve as governor of Jingzhou last time, and he has rich military and political experience.Emperor Jinming wanted to confer an official position, but Wang Shu refused because "there are still few ministers, and he is not happy to be an official early". This time he followed his father to Kuaiji, but Wang Yunzhi still did not have any official position.It's just that the county officials all know his deeds and talents and are willing to work for him.He also handles such important matters as checking armaments and defending against war chaos, Wang Shu just nodded.

Wang Lang nodded, thought for a while and asked, "There's not much room to hide in this way, so brother, are you making some magic weapon, Zhuge Liannu?" At the end of the speech, his eyes sparkled.

The mainstream bows and crossbows of this era are still made in the Han Dynasty, but the reputation of Zhuge Liannu is passed down in later generations. Wang Lang couldn't help being curious, waiting for his elder brother who is proficient in military matters to answer.

"Shanshan is talking about the Yuanrong crossbow. Mr. Ma has improved that kind of crossbow, but the manufacturing process is too complicated, and the arrows have to be specially made, so there is no mass production, and I have never heard of it in recent years."

Zhuge Liang's Gain and Loss Liannu, called Yuan Rong, uses iron as arrows, the arrows are eight inches long, and one crossbow shoots ten arrows at once.During the Cao Wei period, Ma Jun looked at Zhuge Liang's crossbow and said: "It's clever, it's not perfect." Words and deeds can be multiplied five times.Waste it instead of using it later.

Wang Lang hangs his brother's neck and thinks for a while, his black eyes are bright:

"Brother is misleading people again. Kuaiji Bamboo Arrows are well-known in the world; Zhuge Wuhou ruled Shu and made Liannu, brother also went to Jingzhou with my father; Xiao Ma is from Fufeng, and he happens to have the same prefecture as Mr. Ma, don't tell me These are all coincidences."

"As much as you know."

Wang Yunzhi reached out and patted her on the head, but didn't answer directly, but the meaning in his voice was confirmed.

"It's just normal reasoning." Wang Lang let go, and slid down from his brother like a slide, "Brother, I have something to ask of you."

His expression was unprecedentedly solemn and serious.

【Note [-]】Explanation

Spring has returned, look at the beauty's head, curling up with spring banners.The unprovoked wind and rain did not agree to take away the remaining cold.When the swallow was young, it was expected to dream of the West Garden tonight.Hunwei made yellow mandarin oranges to recommend wine, and even passed on a pile of green leeks?

But Xiao Dongfeng has smoked plums and dyed willows since then, and has no leisure.When I am free, I come to the mirror again to change my face.With constant worries, who will solve the chain?Afraid of seeing the flowers bloom and fall, I will return the Sai Yan first.

(——Han Gongchun Xin Qiji)