The real Wang Guobao was suddenly so shocked that he thought Huan Xuan was a dog. Did he really think that Huan Xuan was a dog? Would he come back in such a state after being so humiliated? It seems that without Sun Tai's guidance , his intelligence is really not as good as that of a three-year-old child.
But Wang Guobao then thought again, wasn't it because I worked so hard to help him because he was useless? If this man is really smart, why would it be my turn to help him? In any case, the prosperity and wealth for the rest of his life will depend on him, first of all Let's get this guy settled.
Thinking of this, Wang Guobao changed his smile and said, "Okay, I'll do it right away. However, Huan Xuan may go to Yixing to take up his post in a few days, and he may not have time to come back. I'll try my best to arrange it."
Sima Daozi nodded and stretched: "Hey, I drank a lot today, and Gu is a little drunk. You guys should step aside first. Let's talk about other things after Gu wakes up."
As he spoke, he lay down on the couch and turned to the inside without even looking at Wang Guobao. Soon, loud snoring echoed throughout the inner room.
Jiankang City, Baiguanfang, Wangyun Mansion.
Wang Yun, named Shuren, was born after the Wang family in Taiyuan. His father was Wang Meng, a famous scholar in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and Wang Fahui, the queen of the current emperor Sima Yao, was his daughter. However, he is now the internal history of Kuaiji and is not among his younger brothers. Among them, the person who met Huan Xuan just now at the Prince's Mansion in Kuaiji was his legitimate son, Wang Gong, who had traveled to Jingkou with Xie Xuan under the pseudonym and appeared under the pseudonym of Yang Linzi, with the nickname An Ning.
In a pavilion in the back garden, the autumn wind blew slowly, the pond was filled with moonlight, and the sound of frogs croaked one after another. There were two people sitting in the pavilion. Huan Xuan and Wang Gong were still dressed as before, facing each other. Sitting down, there were several plates of preserved fruits and two bowls of sencha in front of them. The tea had a faint aroma of bitter cloves and pepper, mixed with the aroma of lotus, which was refreshing.
Wang Gong gently picked up the tea soup and took a sip: "Mr. Huan, this is a tea that has recently become popular in the Jiangnan area. It can refresh the mind and relieve fatigue. As far as I know, it is also popular in Jingxiang area. There is no such thing as fashion, why don't you try more."
Huan Xuan sighed deeply and did not go to drink tea. He stood up, looked at the lotus pond, and said leisurely: "My father is the uncle of Jiuzhou, and my son is the leader of Wuhu. How can I return to Jingzhou after being so humiliated?" ?”
Wang Gong's expression changed and he shook his head: "King Kuaiji just made a blunder while drunk. Mr. Huan does not need to be so concerned. I think he will apologize to you after he sobers up."
Huan Xuan shook his head, sat back opposite Wang Gong, looked directly at Wang Gong with bright eyes: "Secretary Wang (Wang Gong is now the official Secretary Cheng), you are the uncle of the country, why do you have to attend this event of the King of Kuaiji?" What about a banquet? With all due respect, most of the people at the banquet are stooges, and they are not the same people as you, a famous person."
Wang Gong's lips curled up and he said with a smile: "The convener of this banquet is Wang Pushe. Originally I didn't want to go, but his fourth brother Wang Chen is a classmate who has known him since childhood, so today I have to go. But you are right, this kind of banquet is depressing, and I don’t want to stay there for a long time."
Huan Xuan nodded, looked at Wang Gong, and said: "In the past, when the Xie family was in power, the government was relatively clear and everyone could be used to their best advantage. But now that King Kuaiji is in power and Wang Guobao is in charge, it has only been less than a year."
, causing the birds and magpies to nest in the hall, I'm afraid that now that foreign enemies are suppressing the country, and there are people like this in the court, there will be big trouble."
Wang Gong sighed: "Yes, I went to Jingkou before and saw with my own eyes how that Diao Kui behaved. I wanted to impeach him when I came back, but in the end I was dissuaded by Xie Youdu, saying that now we are facing a powerful enemy.
Unity is the most important thing. Huh, these greedy and despicable people can get the governor of a big state by clinging to powerful people. If this continues, I'm afraid if the Qin army doesn't come, our country, Jin Dynasty, will be in chaos first!"
When Huan Xuan heard that Wang Gong had been to Jingkou, his face changed slightly and returned to normal. He took a sip of tea calmly. The spicy and bitter taste of pepper made him frown slightly and put it down.
After taking the tea bowl, he said casually: "Oh, Secretary Wang also traveled to Jingkou with Xie Zhenjun? Have you ever met any heroes in Jingkou?"
Wang Gong smiled slightly: "Both your father and your uncle once went out of town to Jingkou back then, and your father even left a famous saying that Jingkou has wine to drink and soldiers to use. This time I have seen the heroes of Jingkou with my own eyes, and it is true."
Huan Xuan smiled and said: "Then who is the hero that Brother Wang mentioned?"
Wang Gong said sternly: "The third-term military leader in Jingkou, Liu Yu, known as the tyrant of fists and legs, is what I call a hero. This time he taught brother Diao Kui a lesson in Jingkou. I heard that Diao Kui
It was also because of him that Kui finally left Jingkou and transferred the seal to Guangzhou. A commoner could actually overthrow the governor of a state. If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have believed it."
At this point, Wang Gong's lips curled up: "I heard that Liu Yu joined the Beifu soldiers and was under the command of Xie Youdu. Mr. Huan came from the Beifu military camp in Guangling this time. He should have met Liu Yu."
Huan Xuan smiled slightly and did not answer the question directly. He raised the tea bowl, took a sip gently, and said with a smile: "This tea is really good. It feels a little bitter when I drink it at first, but after it goes into my throat, I just feel like my mouth is dry."
It produces fluid and leaves a lingering fragrance in the cheeks, like drinking mellow wine, with endless aftertaste. I don’t know how it was fried."
Wang Gong said with a smile: "Master Huan, what's the difficulty if you want to know how to make tea? The moonlight in the lotus pond is almost here. We can go to the teahouse to talk about it. I can also discuss the method of making tea with you."
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Huan Xuan stood up with a smile and bowed: "How dare you disobey your orders?!"
An hour later, in a teahouse in Wang Yun's mansion, Huan Xuan and Wang Gong sat opposite each other, chatting happily.
The weather has turned cooler and it has entered early winter. At this time, both of them have added two mink fur jackets to their satin clothes. In addition, there is a charcoal fire burning under a water cauldron that is cooking in the secret room, which makes it even more exciting.
There was already some sweat on their foreheads.
While wiping the sweat from his forehead, Huan Xuan looked at the dark, doughy pancake-like thing that Wang Gong was tossing in his hand, and said with a smile: "Secretary Wang, is this the tea you told me about?"
Wang Gong laughed: "This is a new thing that has only become popular in our Jiangzuo area in recent years. It's called tea."
Huan Xuan looked at the piece of tea cake in Wang Gong's hand. It looked like a large piece of flour cake, not the leaf-like shape of the legendary Biluochun and Longjing in the south of the Yangtze River, and asked: "This tea is spread from the northern and western regions."