Gai Jun carried his socks to Ma Mansion early in the morning. It is one of the winter solstice customs to present socks to the elders.
There is a proverb in later generations that the winter solstice is as big as the new year. Although there is no such saying today, the essence is the same. As the most important festival in the Han Dynasty, all officials do nothing before and after the winter solstice and do not listen to politics, so the Imperial Academy naturally has a holiday. With free time, he almost
He had been traveling frequently to and from Cai Mansion these days. What troubled him was that Cai Wan's condition had not improved at all.
Today, Ma Mansion is very lively, with hundreds of people standing there, laughing and chatting loudly.
Ma Rixi sat high on the table with a smile on his face. He had completely lost the seriousness and rigidity of the past. His disciples and disciples came forward to toast according to their school age. Of course, Ma Rixi could only take a sip and mean it. No matter how few his disciples were, they would still be close.
Hundreds of people, everyone drank a glass of toast, and they didn't get drunk to death.
The lively and noisy banquet lasted for several hours. Gai Jun looked at the sky and worried about Cai Wan, so he stood up and said goodbye to his classmates. He was intercepted by Ma Rixiu in the middle and asked him to follow him.
It wasn't until Gai Junfang got into the carriage that he asked, "Where do you want to go, teacher?"
"Yuan Mansion..." Ma Rixi closed his eyes and replied.
Ma Rixi went to Yuan Mansion and took him with him. Gai Jun couldn't help but think of someone, Ma Lun, the wife of Situ Yuan Wei, Ma Rong's daughter...
Ma Rixi closed his eyes to rest his mind, while Gai Jun felt bored and leaned against the wall of the car, listening to the squeaking sound of the wheels rolling over the snow on the ground.
After traveling for about a quarter of an hour, the carriage slowed down. Has it arrived?
"Doctor, the alley is blocked by large and small vehicles, and we can't get in." The groom's voice came into the car.
"Oh." Ma Rixi opened his eyes. Gai Jun hurriedly lifted the car curtain for the teacher and looked out. The scene was extremely spectacular. Let alone the car, it was difficult for anyone to squeeze in. He thought to himself: "Ms. Yuan
The Four Generations and Three Dukes are said to have disciples and former officials all over the world, and it is indeed true."
Ma Rixi got out of the carriage, waved his sleeves and walked towards the gate of Yuan Mansion, Gai Jun followed behind.
Yuan Ji saw the two of them from a distance, handed over the guest in front of him to his personal attendant, went up to greet him and said with cupped hands: "Doctor Ma, you are welcome, you are welcome, please come in." After saying that, he glanced at Gai Jun curiously.
Yuan Jiwang looks like thirty-five or six, tall, handsome, and gentle. He is the eldest son of Yuan Feng, the head of the Yuan family. He has a younger brother adopted by his father who passed away, and a younger brother named Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu.
Gai Jun passed by the Yuan Mansion many times and felt that it occupied a large area and was luxuriously decorated. The feeling was even more obvious when he was in it. He dared to conclude that even if it was not the most luxurious house in Kyoto, it would still rank among the top ten.
After going around three times and twice, he was dizzy, and then he heard Yuan Ji say: "Yida, you welcome Dr. Ma to see his aunt." Then he apologized to Ma Rixi, said "I'm sorry, I'm sorry," and turned to leave.
The man named Yida was Yuan Wei, the eldest son of Ma Lun. Ma Rixi and Yuan Ji only talked in general terms, but it was different for him. They talked and laughed all the time on the road, which can be said to be a difference between closeness and distance.
Finally I met this strange woman, Maren.
She is in her fifties, with fair skin and kind eyes. She does not look like an eloquent person. Who would have thought that on their wedding night, she would actually make her husband speechless and all the members of the Yuan family outside the wedding room blush with shame?
Ma Lun gave Gai Jun a loving look and asked Ma Rixi, "Who is here?"
Ma Rixi replied respectfully: "Reporting to my aunt, he is the son of Ma Zhao and his nephew's disciple. He is very handsome and talented."
"Oh, good boy, shooting a tiger to save your father is a great act of filial piety. Come here and tell me to take a look."
Child? For Gai Jun, who has a mental age of more than 20 and a body of about 17, this title is really not appropriate.
Most of the people present were children of the Ma family, and there were no outsiders. Everyone just talked about their hometown and family. After a while, Cangtou came to announce that the banquet was about to start, and everyone bid farewell to Ma Lun and headed to the front yard.
The main hall was packed with seats, and all of them were outstanding people in the world. Cai Yong had always been on good terms with the Yuan family and was among them. However, he was not very happy because of his daughter Cai Wan.
Ma Rixi was a famous Confucian in the world and a leader among Guanzhong scholars. Everyone in the audience stood up to greet him, and Ma Rixi returned the greeting one by one.
In addition to Cai Yong, Gai Jun also found many acquaintances, such as Zhang Hong, who came here with his teacher Han Zong, who was a doctor of Taixue, and Zang Hong was also there. Before Gai Jun had time to come up to say hello, he saw three old men coming from behind.
The hall turned into the front hall. Two of them had similar looks. Unsurprisingly, they were the second princes of the Yuan family. The other person he happened to know was Duan Jiong and Duan Jiming, one of the three famous people in Liangzhou. He hadn't seen him for several years, but his demeanor remained the same.
It's just that being in the court all year round has worn away a lot of the murderous aura in his body.
Everyone went up to meet him in twos and threes, and Ma Rixi also led him there.
Yuan Feng is tall, has a rosy complexion, and is full of energy. It doesn't look like he is nearly seventy years old at all. He looks like he is about sixty, and Yuan Wei's appearance is a little younger than his actual age.
"Greetings to the Second Duke." Gai Jun came up and paid homage.
Yuan Feng stroked his beard and said with a smile: "This son must be a hero who shoots tigers and destroys locusts. He has both wisdom, strategy, filial piety and bravery. He will be the pillar of my great Han Dynasty in the future. Get up quickly."
"Brother's words are absolutely true." Yuan Wei agreed with a smile.
"How can this son be so praised by the Second Master? Don't praise him badly." Ma Rixi said so, but the look on his face betrayed his true inner thoughts.
Yuan Feng said to Duan Jiong beside him: "Ji Ming, do you know this young man from Tongzhou?"
"Fortunate enough to meet Mr. Duan."
"Oh? Where did Gao Ming see this servant? How come he doesn't know?" Duan Yan looked curious.
"I had the pleasure of meeting Huangfu Jun once before his tomb."
Duan Ji suddenly nodded.
When Gai Jun lowered his head to answer, he noticed a pair of eyes falling on his back, which made him feel uncomfortable. He took advantage of the gap when he stood up to look over and found a middle-aged Confucian scholar in white standing behind Duan Qiao, looking at him with a half-smile, even though the two of them were not smiling.
Even when people's eyes met, they never avoided it.
"He knows me?" Gai Jun was confused.
Yuan Fengdao: "The affair between Gao Ming and Cai Bojie has been rumored to be a good talk. Unfortunately, Bojie has always refused to show the divine music to others. He only said that he did not get Gao Ming's permission. Today is a festive day, can Gao Ming let me have a taste of it?"
"My elders wish, how dare you resign?" Gai Jun shook his arms and bowed, took the qin from the maid's arms, gently placed it on several tables, and fiddled with it. The notes beating on his fingertips seemed to turn into individual notes.
The flying shadows fly up and down, and the tail notes are like white reeds floating towards the distant sky. As the most widely circulated Qin music in later generations, the wild geese on the flat sand can be called a representative work of Chinese classical music, and everyone in the room is intoxicated by it.
, it’s hard to extricate yourself.
Yuan Feng knelt down and sighed for a long time: "Compared with the composer of this music, we are all ordinary people."
Yuan Wei told everyone: "While walking in the middle of the song, I actually had the thought of returning to seclusion."
Duan Yan's eyes showed a strange color, it was hard to imagine that such a person would come out of Xizhou, and the Confucian scholar in white behind him showed a different kind of smile.
As soon as the second man opened his mouth, all kinds of complimentary words came one after another. Gai Jun had something on his mind and was not interested in it.
At this moment Yuan Ji walked in, but what he said immediately after was shocking.
"Father, Father, come to see you from the beginning."
The hall fell into dead silence for an instant, and you could hear the hair falling.
Gai Jun turned his head suddenly, his heart beating like a cramp.
No one cares about Yuan Ji, even if he is the future head of the Yuan family. Gai Jun, like everyone else, turns his attention to another person almost instantly.