More than ten days have passed on the winter solstice, but the hustle and bustle of the Shen family does not have the slightest intention of stopping.

Of course, among the many congratulatory voices, Shen Zhezi also heard a lot of well-intentioned persuasion or malicious sarcasm, all saying that the Shen family is now extremely prosperous and may not last long. After all, the Wuzhong portal of the Shen family enjoys the respect that Zhongxing has never had, and the last portal Yixing Zhou family that was close to such a level was the tomb dug by the Shen family himself, and the bones were already rotten.

According to this trend, it seems that the Shen family is not far from the Great Decline.

For this kind of speech, if it is well-intentioned, Shen Zhezi will be humbly taught, and if it is malicious, then he will simply be lazy to respond. In the final analysis, it is still a sentence, the situation faced by his family and the Yixing Zhou family is different, and the foundation of his life is not the same.

The Yixing Zhou clan is purely known for martial arts, and although the Shen family also has the name of Wuzong, it does not rely on it alone. Today's Shen family is a link and bridge between the north and the south, and it can even be said to be a platform for the integration of the north and the south. If the Shen family is destroyed again, not to mention whether the imperial court can still be recognized by the southerners, even if it is impossible to gain a foothold in Jiangdong.

Although Shen Zhezi's ultimate goal was the Northern Expedition, when considering the problem, he did not ignore the interests of the villagers from beginning to end. What kind of status the Shen family has gained in the current situation is not only the honor and disgrace of the family, but can even be regarded as the degree to which the entire Wu group is taken seriously in the current situation.

It is not terrible for Kanglong to have regrets, and it may be justified that prosperity must decline, but in Shen Zhezi's opinion, at present, this level is far from reaching the level of prosperity. If his family stagnates, it will naturally go all the way downhill, just like the Langya Wang family who has been lifted up in the current situation, it is not that the current situation lacks respect for him, but that its existence itself is a shackle that restricts the development of the current situation.

After entering the wax moon, things became more and more complicated. First of all, people from the township, this time in addition to his third uncle Shen Hong, even Shen Zhezi's mother Wei also came, and there are still many relatives and elders in the township. In addition to seeing the world in the countryside, Shen Yun's marriage is also on the agenda.

Shen Zhezi led the princess and her family to personally go out of the city hundreds of miles away to pick up her mother. Mother and son have been separated for a long time, it is inevitable that they will be unfamiliar, and when Wei saw Shen Zhezi, before he opened his mouth, he was already in tears, crying and laughing.

The queen mother also showed great importance to the arrival of her mother, and sent King Langya to the princess's mansion to invite the Wei family to meet in the garden. Wei is the eldest lady of Haozong, and she has seen the world, but her vision is only limited to Wu Xing and Huiji, and she has no shortage of apprehension in her heart about entering the garden to see the queen mother, and the night before leaving, she even pulled Princess Xingnan to talk all night.

The next day, Shen Zhezi personally sent his mother to the garden, and when he heard his mother and princess yawning in the car, he was really worried that his mother would not be able to help but doze off when he met later.

However, Shen Zhezi's worries were unnecessary, because after the Empress Dowager and the Wei family met and greeted, they quickly found a common topic, that is, the Heavenly Master Dao. Although the Wei family is not as knowledgeable and polite as the queen mother, when it comes to the content of the Heavenly Master's Dao, the queen mother is not as profound as the Wei family's attainments.

Today's Shen family is definitely the number one benefactor of Wuzhong Heavenly Master's Dao, and even if there are any ordinary Zhai Jiao rituals in the family, the people who are dispatched are all Shijun-level figures.

In the past, Shen Zhezi and his mother had gathered less and left more, and Wei also knew that his son was not interested in this, so he didn't want to talk more about wasting rare parent-child time. Now that I finally met a bosom friend, and she is also a respected queen mother, I am very happy to talk.

Shen Zhezi stood aside, just listening to gossip and listening to the gossip about personnel disputes within the Heavenly Master Dao. And Princess Xingnan in the banquet had already fallen asleep with his legs in her arms.

In the past, Shen Zhezi didn't know much about the Heavenly Master's Dao, but he knew that the general urns sold by those Taoist priests were really expensive. Now listening to my mother talk about many things, I can realize that the internal situation of the Heavenly Master Dao today is just like the chaotic situation, and it is also a miscellaneous talk of various families, and there is no clear and unified Taoist system. In this Jiangdong land alone, there are seven or eight masters who open the altar and confer the urn.

First of all, there are characters who cross from the north to the south, including Shijun surnamed Zhang and Shijun surnamed Lu, who claim to be orthodox with three Zhangs, but they have little influence in Jiangdong.

In Jiangdong, the most influential person is naturally Erge, but Ge Hong is more similar to a theoretical mentor within the Heavenly Master Dao, he does not open an altar to teach him, and he does not have too many disciples and grandchildren, and the most important person in this vein is the Zheng surnamed Shijun, a native of Danyang.

However, in Wuxing and Huiji, the most influential is Lu Shijun, who has the most disciples, and most people in Wuzhong come from here, including the Shen family. Even the Queen Mother, because of her father's official position in his early years, also learned from Lu Shijun.

The more he listened to his mother's story, Shen Zhezi gradually became aware of the content he had memorized about the Heavenly Master's Dao. This Lu Shijun lineage is probably the source of the Southern Heavenly Master Dao in later generations, not only Du Zigong, Sun En and other rebels, but also Lu Xiujing, a master of the world, making the inheritance of the Heavenly Master Dao more standardized, and Kou Qianzhi of the same period is called the two great heavenly masters of the north and south.

What surprised Shen Zhezi was that the old liar named Yan Mu, who had participated in the poisoning of the first emperor and was still imprisoned in his house, was actually a conferrer of the Heavenly Master Dao Northern Sect, and his reputation was not small. After learning this, Shen Zhezi had a hidden forbidden pleasure in his heart that offended the immortal figures.

Although the Empress Dowager often has the opportunity to meet with the wives of various families in the capital, it is really rare to see a great master like Wei who respects the way of the Heavenly Master. After a conversation, there is a tendency to hate each other, if it weren't for Shen Zhezi's insistence, he would even have to leave this mother-in-law to talk in detail all night.

Seeing that his mother was obsessed and seriously taught the already crooked Queen Mother, Shen Zhezi also had to sigh that religion and the like, if it weren't for the fact that there was no way to live, or if it was so idle, it really couldn't be studied. His mind was also spinning quickly, but after listening to his mother introduce the names of various talismans like a number of family treasures, it didn't take long for him to be confused.

No wonder Confucius wants to say that he doesn't care, he is sad and can't understand!

Shen Zhezi's mother arrived in the capital, which gave the wives of various families a reason to visit. Shen Zhezi really didn't see his mother discussing her Heavenly Master Dao theory with those wives, and they all avoided it. But soon he also had something to do, to help Yu Manzhi go to Guangling to meet his relatives.

Now two years have passed since Yu Liang's death, and in terms of etiquette, Yu Man's marriage is nothing, after all, it is just a son. But logically speaking, it would be best if you could wait another year.

The Yu family and the Xi family, the reason why this ugly political marriage is so anxious is, of course, it has nothing to do with love, and it is not that Yu Manzhi has any urgent physiological needs to be satisfied. In fact, in this matter, his own needs and thoughts are minimal. The reason is simple, Yu Yi and Xi Jian need to forge a more intimate bond with each other in order to cooperate in the next step.

Tao Kan's use of troops in Xiangyang was recognized by the edict of Taichung, which is equivalent to releasing a signal for the border town, that is, the tone of Taichung's decree has changed, from conservative to radical. This is tantamount to a mouthful of blood for Xi Jian, whose position is even more unstable than Tao Kan. If there is something to do on the border, only the generals can be valued, which is an eternal truth.

Earlier, Taichung arranged Liu Chao in Jingkou to deter Xi Jian, and now Liu Chao is withdrawn, which seems to be delegating power, but isn't it a kind of laissez-faire? Or maybe you just want to choose someone else to replace you!

Therefore, Xi Jian is eager to use things and consolidate himself through military action, which is similar to Tao Kan in principle.

And Yu Yi there, the thirst for merit is even greater than that of the east and west towns, once the border land rises, there is no reason or possibility to stand still.

Therefore, in this situation, Yu Manzhi, a stupid boy, is about to start preparing the cave room.

In the past two years, the Yu family has been tempered, suffering a lot, but there are few happy events. Yu Yi can't easily leave the town because he wants to sit in Liyang and prepare for war, and Yu Tiao took a long vacation with Taichung here, preparing to return to Jinling Township to hold a wedding banquet.

When Shen Zhezi got married, the Yu family helped him a lot, and now the relationship with the Yu family is closer, so this time he naturally wants to repay the favor. So I also planned on behalf of me, prepared a lot, and gave it back.

When the scholars get married, the first thing is naturally to put on a show on the human face. In the early years, the Shen family was pitiful, and many relatives and cousins were still the Yu brothers who helped Zhang Luo, but now the invitation is sprinkled, it is really a cloud-piercing arrow, and thousands of troops come to see each other! In just two or three days, nearly half of the children of the family in the capital, including hundreds of people, gathered in Shen Yuan to discuss the itinerary and the honor guard day and night.

There is a difference that Jiangxia Gongwei Chong, who played the leader in Shen Zhezi's team in the early years, could not participate this time, and it used to be an equal relationship, but now there is a faint tendency to grow up, so naturally he can no longer mix with young people. But it is not without saying that he sent his two sons to serve tea and water to others. Looking at an eight-year-old and a six-year-old child coming in and out of Shen Yuan, Shen Zhezi felt that this Lao Tzu was really evil!

On the eighth day of the lunar month, the people of Dunan saw a strange scene: hundreds of children of the family in the capital, all dressed in white and snowy, with a blooming plum blossom on their left shoulder, rode out of the capital in a procession.

Shen Zhezi was at the front of the team, bowing his head to avoid the eyes of those onlookers, and he shouldn't have any hope for this group of strange and strange aesthetics, and it was still embarrassing. Shen Yun, the newly promoted Duting Marquis beside him, felt good about himself, with a straight chest and a concave belly, and he looked complacent.

However, when he turned his head and saw a bruise on Shen Zhezi's left neck, Shen Yun couldn't help but be curious, so he leaned up and pointed there and asked, "Brother, why did you get hurt here?" ”

"Fuck off!"

Shen Zhezi quietly straightened his robe, and then glanced at Shen Yun, stunned is stunned, others don't say anything when they see it, just this guy owes it.

The pleasure of the boudoir is certainly not enough for outsiders. But the problem is that Shen Zhezi doesn't feel much fun, but a lot of trouble. Originally, Princess Xingnan also planned to accompany her to join in the fun, but she was hit by his mother Wei's heart-warming hammer: "There is a letter in Erlang's room, but there is nothing to do in your house, and you still have the leisure to take care of others to add new marriages!" ”

So since then, Princess Xingnan has fallen into a kind of madness. Shen Zhezi was often forced to the critical situation of sword and shoe, but when he saw the childish and pretty face, he still gritted his teeth and planned to wait for another two years!