After Zhang Shuye quietly left, Wang Lin fell into deep thought for a long time.
He repeatedly weighed and thought, but he didn't close his eyes all night.
From the heart, he was unwilling to be subject to these messy and corrupt etiquette and law, and he was even more unwilling to let Pan Jinlian, who had left everything behind, be wronged.
But unless he now has the ability to completely break the old world and establish a new world and a new order, he can be detached from being tied.
The various factors mentioned by Zhang Shuye, as well as the so-called help from the aristocratic families and scholars, are of course better than not, but not even hurting Wang Lin's roots.
He can make a breakthrough in this situation with his own strength, and he will have the confidence to go further.
However, once Zhao Ji and Zhao recruited himself as his son-in-law, everything changed.
All this he worked hard on will be gone.
Not to mention great ambitions and plans to fight against the Jin Dynasty, he would become a political vase for accompanying Zhao Ji to eat, drink and have fun.
If he disobeys the order, he will be accomplice and he will have to put aside everything and force him to go to Liangshan. After all, now, he is no longer the new recruit Wang Lin, who is the new leader of Tokyo, but the military governor who controls the six states!
As soon as he thought of this, Wang Lin made up his mind immediately.
In front of him, the beautiful face of Emperor Maode Zhao Fujin with bright eyes and white teeth appeared, and he sighed in his heart.
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The next day, Wang Lin went to the Zhe family for a banquet first, and then went to the Wang family without stopping.
There is no doubt that these are two blind dates.
The contemporary heads of the Zhe family and the Wang family came forward to receive them personally, and seven or eight direct descendants of Wang Lin appeared, and the two noble girls of the right age also hid behind the screen to observe how Wang Lin looked.
In the evening, Wang Lin went to the spring banquet of the Han family.
The Han family’s mansion is profound and magnificent, and it is a high-end gate in Tokyo.
The Han family's spring banquet has always been one of the literary feasts of the Tokyo literati class. The Han family, which has had two generations of prime ministers in decades, has been filled with guests for some reason.
When he heard that Wang Lin was visiting for a banquet, the son-in-law Han Jiayan ordered his eldest son Han Shu and Han Zhongyansun and the Kaifeng Prefecture Chief Han Ke to come out to welcome him together, giving Wang Lin enough face.
"Han Shu, the lower-ranking official, welcome the young master Wang into the mansion at his father's order!" Han Shu bowed and said.
"Han Ke, the chief judge of Kaifeng Prefecture, was ordered by the sixth uncle to welcome the young master Wang into the mansion!"
Although these two people are not at high rank, they are from the Han family, with a handsome and elegant manners. Wang Lin bowed and smiled and said, "How dare you!"
Wang Lin discovered something very interesting today.
Normally, people now call him "Encourt", and no one calls him the Marquis of Bohai because his military position is higher than the title.
But only the Zhe family, Wang family and Han family called him "Shaoshi Wang", which probably respected his highest civil position.
Wang Lin followed Han Shu and Han Ke, the uncle and nephew who looked somewhat apart, and entered the Han Mansion. According to Tokyo's social convention, he went to Zhongzheng Hall to worship the names of Han Qi and his son, who were both worthy of the royal ancestral temples, and then went there.
Huge banquet hall.
At least fifty or sixty seats were installed in the banquet hall.
Wang Lin walked along the way with a quiet expression and met the Zhe family Zhe Wengui and the Wang family's tomb that he had just met.
These two are the contemporary representatives of the above two families.
An old man with a clear face and a golden crown was sitting on it wearing a purple robe and jade belt, and there was an elderly lady beside him with a kind face as if she was full of moon. This was obviously Han Jiayan and the princess of Qi.
Without waiting for Han Shu's introduction, Wang Lin went up to pay a visit: "I have met Your Highness, and I have met Mr. Han!"
The princess of Qi smiled slightly: "Shaoshi Wang is now an important official of the court. When we are here, our Han Mansion will be full of glory!"
Han Jiayanluo bowed: "Sir Wang, please take your seat."
"Thank you."
Under the guidance of his maid, Wang Lin entered his seat, right in the first row on the left side of the main seat. When he sat down, he found that the first seat opposite was Zhang Shuye.
Wang Lin stood up and bowed: "I have met Taiwei Zhang!"
Uncle Zhang smiled loudly and stood up to return the greeting: "Give me good luck!"
The two looked at each other and smiled. Han Jiayan thought to himself, it turned out that Wang Lin had always been close to Zhang Shuye, and the rumors were true. This was so good.
Zhe Wengui, who was approaching Zhang Shuye, bowed and smiled: "Sir Wang, we are meeting again."
Wang Ling also laughed: "I have met the envoy."
Wang Lin clasped his fists: "I have met two heads of the family!"
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After the screen in the main seat of Han Jiayan and his wife in the banquet hall, five or six girls of the Han family who had not yet settled down stood there quietly, and their curious eyes were all looking at Wang Lin in the front hall.
Han Ke's sister Han Qin is the most favored granddaughter of Han Zhongyan's lineage. Although she was the concubine daughter born to her little mother, she was extremely intelligent and had all kinds of music, chess, poetry and painting, so she was deeply favored by Han Ke and his son.
Han Qin knew why her elders arranged for them here today. When she saw Wang Lin wearing a blue shirt and a crown, she was handsome and elegant, and she didn't look like a military general with ten thousand enemies, she couldn't help but be surprised and said: "
Dear sisters, I heard that Mr. Wang is known as the Godly General of the Tiger, and is invincible to thousands of men. Now he meets him in person, he is clearly a young master of the turbid world."
Several other women covered their mouths and chuckled slightly.
Han Qin's eyes rolled and she looked at Han Shu's young girl Han Yan: "Yan'er, what do you think?"
Han Yan has a quiet personality and smiles without saying a word.
Although she and Han Qin are both seventeen years old this year, she is the legitimate daughter. The youngest daughter born by Han Shu’s wife is better than Han Qin.
Han Qin approached and looked at it with concentration.
But Han Yan was really absent-minded and stood there silently thinking about her own thoughts.
The elders in the family suddenly wanted to marry Wang Lin, the powerful minister in front of the official family and the prince, and she was quite dissatisfied with it.
Wang Lin is very famous and has been a hot topic in Tokyo these two days.
But in Han Yan's heart, although Wang Lin is known to be both civil and military, and is indeed handsome today, he is the leading general after all. He didn't know how many people's blood was stained with in the Tokyo Incident a few days ago, so she couldn't say that
I hate it, but I am not as fanatical and flocked to girls like Han Qin.
She originally wanted to marry a scholar with a literary talent, not seeking to have a prominent family background, but as long as she gets along with her literary style, and is in harmony with her zither, and respects each other as guests. Just like Mr. Yi'an and Zhao Mingcheng.
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lobby.
In addition to the routine singing and dancing, the banquet quickly entered the stage of throwing pots.
Han Jiayan and the Princess of Qi made the first prize, and all the unmarried young men who attended the meeting took the show one after another. They probably knew that the Han family’s spring banquet today was actually a son-in-law’s banquet, so they all wanted to show it.
A young man in brocade saw that Wang Lin could not move, so he stepped forward and bowed, "Where is Su Dan, why don't Master Wang come out to play with us to play and cheer up?"
Although the boy had a smile on his face, his eyes were filled with a hint of provocation.
Another young man also held his fists and greeted him, but his eyes were more aggressive: "When Fan Zhizhong was the leader of the martial arts department last year and was the commander of the first army. This time, the game of throwing the pot must be more convenient, so it is better to give me some advice."
Wang Lin's mouth was sunburned.
He knew that these old-fashioned things were always indispensable for such ancient powerful banquets, and these playboys who didn't know how to be tall and rich were always necessary to appear on stage, but he was too lazy to play with them.
"I have never played throwing pots and know nothing about it, so I won't be ugly."
Wang Lin refused directly.
I wanted to take the opportunity to compete with Wang Lin, who is very famous. It doesn't matter if I lose, but if I lucky enough to win Wang Lin, I can directly step on Wang Lin's shoulder to become famous.
Wang Lin didn't accept the call at all.
Fan Zhichong walked back in disappointment, and Su Dan also frowned and returned to his seat.
They believed that they were all descendants of famous families, one was the great-grandson of Su Shi and Grand Secretary Su, and the other was the great-grandson of Fan Wenzheng. Even the top powers in Tokyo would give them some face. Unexpectedly, Wang Lin would not pee at all.
Han Jiayan and the Princess of Qi looked at each other and laughed: "Although Mr. Wang is about your age, he is in a high position and has a status here. It is normal not to play with you and others."
The princess of Qi stood up and smiled and said, "You may know that the palace and the prince consort will hold a spring banquet today. In addition to gathering with the elders of the family as usual, they also have the idea of choosing a son-in-law for my Han girl."
Zhe Wengui and Wang Ling sneered secretly.
It is said that they are choosing a son-in-law for the Han girl, but in fact, the couple just wanted their granddaughter, Han Yan, to marry Wang Lin.
For the sake of the Han family's face, I didn't want to get married directly, so I created such a scene of taking the son-in-law in public, which attracted some high-ranking families who admired Han Yan as foils, and the girls from other houses of the Han family also accompanied Han.
Yan just reads.
The two families had this idea, but they seemed to see Wang Lin having no intention of the two families. After all, they were unhappy in their wealthy families, but they could not force them.
Tonight, it was just to watch the fun.
"These girls in my family are all beautiful, dignified and virtuous, and have read a lot of books, so they are inevitably a little bit energetic. If you want your future husband, you should be as good as your ancestor, Wei, and your talent is as beautiful as your ancestor, Wei.
Double all..."
The princess of Qi smiled and said, Zhe Wengui lowered his head and curled his lips, thinking: "Test the son-in-law? What a nonsense, isn't this tailor-made for Wang Lin? This old woman doesn't even want her face.
Need for the essay talent, the great-grandson of Grand Secretary Sun and the great-grandson of Fan Wenzhenggong, neither of these two are the best people, which one is not worthy of your Han girl?
But he still needs to be both civil and military, and to compete for martial arts. Those two generals of the Fuhu who can beat the Tiger Fu who just killed the six thieves?
Fan Zhichong and Su Dan's face turned red.
They can barely call it both civil and military, after all, they can ride horses and shoot arrows.
But it would be a dream to say that Wang Lin, who had won the victory of two thousand volcanoes, killed Tokyo City.
So their final hope is to be able to beat Wang Lin in literature, and see if they can win Miss Yan's favor.
The princess of Qi waved her hand, and five beautiful maids walked into the hall with five scrolls of paintings.
The picture is left blank, obviously there is a need to wait for the poem to be written.
The princess of Qi smiled: "Dear boys, these five paintings were written by my girls, and they are not named. Whoever is quick-witted and able to write poems on a painting and win the favor of girls will win the victory.
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The five paintings represent the five unmarried daughters of the Han family.
Fan Zhizhong, Su Dan and seven or eight young men rushed up immediately.
Wang Lin sat upright there, motionless.
Han Jiayan frowned. They tried their best to do this, and their main goal was Wang Lin, who wanted to marry his granddaughter Han Yan. As for those girls Han Qin, they were just a big shot.
But seeing Wang Lin like this, did he have no intention to me, the Han girl? But if he had no intention, what would he do here again?