"My lord, this is the name of the guest in the house. He claimed to be a good friend of the lord, and this time he came to visit him because the villain did not dare to slack off, and after the lord made it clear, he welcomed him into the second hall for a while, and it has been half an hour. ”

The janitor's abrupt interjection interrupted Zhang Song's thoughts, making him very displeased. Immediately, he glared at the little guy angrily, and then took the famous thorn, but he was not in a hurry to look through it, but slowly walked to the front yard hall with a heavy heart.

At this moment, his thoughts were still immersed in the current state capital dispute, and what lingered in his mind was still the scheming and calculating Zhao Wei.

Changshi Zhao Wei has assisted Liu Yan and Liu Zhang's father and son for two generations, with old seniority, high prestige, high power, and the city government is very deep, meticulous, and not leaking.

In recent years, Zhao Wei has put down the Dongzhou Rebellion and led the army to resist Liu Biaoxi's entry into Ba County in Jingzhou.

Because of this, this time, a group of subordinates in the state government jointly impeached Zhao Wei, and most of them were those who had prejudices against Zhao Wei. They are jealous of Zhao Wei's power today, but they did not grasp Zhao Wei's handle, they belong to the people who chase the wind and shadows, and all the crimes listed are trumped-up, purely following the trend.

Seeing that there was an opportunity, Zhang Song carefully weighed the pros and cons and resolutely chose to join the local forces in Yizhou that impeached Zhao Wei. For this reason, he admonished Liu Zhang, advocating that prevention should be taken before it happens, and that no matter whether Zhao Wei had bad intentions and rebellious intentions, his military power should be weakened and appropriately suppressed, so as to prevent the strong ministers and weak lords from breeding disasters sooner or later.

I have to admit that Zhang Song's proposition is not wrong. On the contrary, it is the best strategy of the old man to seek the country. It's a pity that the lack of evidence in his hands has greatly reduced his claim. is not convincing, so that Liu Zhang cannot make up his mind as soon as possible. Since then, all the state council meetings in the past half month have been spent in endless debates, and the result of the debates has always been the same: no result.

Disputes have been shelved again and again and have remained unresolved. As a result, the controversy heated up sharply and was out of control. But the result still hasn't changed, Liu Zhang has never made up his mind and is still hesitating. Indecisive.

"Ugh! Fa Xiaozhi? ”

Absentmindedly walked to the main hall and sat down, Zhang Song casually took the teacup handed to him by the maid, only to see that he was still holding a famous thorn in his hand, and there was a long-awaited "guest" in the second hall to the west of the main hall. Thereupon. He held the tea lid in his left hand and gently stirred the heat. With his right hand, he took the thorn in front of him and examined it carefully.

In an instant, Huo Ran, the name on the extremely conspicuous position on the name thorn, came into view, Zhang Song was taken aback when he saw it, and he lost his voice. Just as he exclaimed in amazement, his left hand was raised, and he knocked over the steaming teacup, causing it to tumble to the ground.

With a crisp "bang", the teacup shattered. The tea in the cup then scattered and splashed, and half of it fell on the hem of Zhang Song's lower body. Frightened, he hurriedly got up, lest the hot tea splash on his face, and his image was completely gone, so he was not a wolf.

"Slaves and maids deserve to die, and the official family forgives their sins!" The maid standing not far behind Zhang Song watched this scene happen in front of her, even if she wanted to stop it, she was powerless. Immediately, seeing Zhang Song's annoyed and embarrassed appearance, the maids trembled with fright, and hurriedly stepped forward to ask for guilt.

"Rubbish! The tea is so hot, do you want to burn me to death? If you can't do something like serving tea, what's the use of waiting? ”

Under the great disgrace, Zhang Song was furious, and reprimanded the four maids kneeling in front of him sharply, so frightened that they put their faces on the floor, trembling and holding their breath, and did not dare to come out.

However, Zhang Song was angry and didn't care about the tea stains on the hem of his clothes, but reached out and touched his smooth cheeks, from the left side of his face to the right side of his face, and then to his forehead, until he confirmed that there was no tea splashed on his face, and then he breathed a sigh of relief. Apparently. Although this not beautiful face looks a little unsatisfactory, he attaches great importance to it, and attaches great importance to Cheng Dù even far above his body.

Fortunately, the case is not high, and it is spring at this time, so he is dressed thickly, so he is not burned, but it is a damage to his image, which is quite wolf.

If you are an ordinary person, you will definitely not lose your temper because of this little thing, after all, it is nothing to stain the brocade robe, and it is necessary to change it again. However, the officials of Yizhou are very different from the officials of the Central Plains states, they have always paid attention to grooming and appearance, and they are very concerned about their image, no matter when and where they are well-dressed and neatly dressed, especially some people with poor talent pay special attention to their external image.

And this phenomenon itself is not bad, but it is a very good habit, but nowadays it is a bit of a maverick taste, which is the most in the Han states. After all, it is a troubled time, most people are still struggling in the war, and survival has become a problem, how can they pay attention to their image. However, half of the counties in Yizhou have not been poisoned by war, and even if there has been a war for many years, it has been a local war, and it has not affected the whole territory of Yizhou, because most people have lived a relatively peaceful and stable life for a long time.

As the saying goes: Cang Liao knows etiquette, and knows honor and disgrace when he has enough food and clothing.

For the people who have been in a stable life for a long time, as long as they are not people who are not easy and tired, they can basically be fed and clothed, and there is no pain of displacement, and over time they will pay attention to their own external image, pay attention to dress, and pay attention to etiquette. Ordinary people are still like this, so the children of famous families like Zhang Song and the dignitaries in official positions are undoubtedly even worse, and they have extremely high requirements and standards in terms of dress and dress, which are unimaginable to ordinary people, and they are glamorous and eye-catching everywhere they go.

And this is also the external difference between the current Yizhou officials and the officials of the Central Plains states, which is completely clear at a glance and very eye-catching.

After groping around on his face for a long time, Zhang Song shook the hem of the brocade robe stained with tea stains, and snorted coldly with anger: "Hmph! What are you doing kneeling here? Don't hurry up, wipe it down quickly, and I'll entertain you later! You will remember to me that when you entertain guests later, if you are so negligent and rude to others, I will expel you from the house and sell them all to the West Lane as prostitutes! After speaking, Zhang Song threw up his sleeves and walked straight into the backyard, thinking that he should be going to change clothes.

?????? Half an hour later, Zhang Song, who was dressed in new clothes, appeared in the main hall again.

This time, however, instead of sitting on the top of the hall, he sat at the bottom of the hall, sitting casually on the floor, while across from him sat a young man with a confident smile on his face. In terms of age, Zhang Song is much older, and he looks more "anxious", because he looks at least ten years older than young people, and they are like two generations.

But that's not the case. In fact, he was only six years older than the young man opposite, and the two had studied together, and they were both former classmates and like-minded friends.

"After a farewell to the years, the filial piety and upright demeanor are even more than back then, which makes the foolish brother deeply gratified. Brother Please. In the midst of the greetings, Zhang Song raised his lamp to invite a drink. His smiling expression, although not pretty, was very sincere and touching.

It goes without saying that the person sitting opposite him at this moment is the Fazheng Fa Zheng and filial piety who has been the Taishou of Hanzhong for three years.

Fa Zheng is called Hanzhong Taishou, but in fact, he wears many hats. Hanzhong Taishou is his actual position, in addition, he also hangs the master book of the General's Mansion to engage in official positions such as the general of the Xiliang Army, and was given the title of Marquis of Duting by Li Li. Therefore, don't think that Zhengzheng is young, and his actual position is only a county guard, but his actual official rank is above Zhang Song, and his rank is higher than Jiuqing, which is really young and promising.

"Brother Yongnian is too polite." After a glass of wine, Fa Zheng smiled and said: "Although you and I are not brothers of the same mother, we have similar interests, and the depth of friendship is better than that of brothers. Yes, Brother Yongnian must not be formal, you and I are still like when we were studying in my younger brother's house, go straight and go without scruples. So, Brother Yongnian thinks it's okay? ”

Back then, Zhang Song studied under Fa Zheng's father Fa Yan, and his room and board were at Fa Zheng's house. There were more than ten people studying with him, but many of his classmates deliberately kept their distance from him because of his ugly appearance, but Fazheng, who was six years younger than him, did not judge people by his appearance, and studied with him all day long, and got along with him day and night for three years.

Because of this, when the situation in Xiliang was turbulent, Fa Zheng and his father Fa Yan wanted to move their family to Yizhou and defect to Zhang Song. Unexpectedly, Li Li quickly pacified Xiliang and dared to order someone to find Fa Yan before the Fa family father and son were about to leave, so the Fa family father and son changed their original plan and stayed in Xiliang for a long time. Two years ago, Fa Yan passed away, Zhang Song specially asked Liu Zhang for leave after hearing the news, and made a special trip to Youfufeng County to mourn his teacher Fa Yan, during which he got along with Fa Zheng for half a month.

Therefore, the friendship between the two of them is indeed extremely deep, not brothers but better than brothers.

"According to what Brother Xian said, it is rare for you and me to get together, and we must get drunk today!"

Fa Zheng's words made Zhang Song feel warm, and this brotherhood between them is even more precious and rare. This is because the current atmosphere of Yizhou officialdom is very different from other states and counties in the world, perhaps because the peaceful life has passed for a long time, or the sense of superiority is too strong, and they all boast of being smart, so that the entire Yizhou officialdom is full of intrigue and deceit, everyone wears a mask of hypocrisy, and is always on guard against others, lest they fall into other people's calculations if they are not careful.

In the cup, the two talked happily, and the words were speculative, as if the wine was a thousand cups less than a confidant, and they drank for an hour unconsciously, and they were already slightly drunk.

"Brother Xian must have something important to do when he comes to Chengdu this time, I don't know what Brother Yu can do for Brother Xian?" Halfway through the wine, Zhang Song finally made the point clear, and made his position clear without shirking, as long as it was within his ability, he would never shirk.

This is the attitude that a friend should have, knowing that Fa Zheng must have a big deal when he came to Chengdu with his hidden whereabouts, so he didn't ask why Fa Zheng came, and directly asked me what I could do for you. Regardless of the outcome, this clear stance alone is enough to show that Zhang Song's treatment of his friends is far more beautiful than his appearance, pure and beautiful.

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