In fact, the date when the invitation was sent was because it was expected that the Empress Dowager would have a large-scale gathering, and it was a day when the invitation would probably not be seen.

However, the Zhao family themselves did not expect that their careful calculation would happen to coincide with the fact that Qu Da went too far. On the first day of the Tenth Festival, the imperial camp and the entire army were all under control. On the first night of the annual holiday, there was not even a party to drink.

There was no place to go, and in the end the commotion actually came to my own home.

There's nothing you can do about it once you're here, can you still fight out?

Can't beat it?

As a result, Da Zongzheng, who had also just returned, hurriedly held a banquet, and at the same time hurriedly sent people to invite his father-in-law Wang Shuzhan and his son Wang Ruohai to come with him. He was planning to rely on the father and son to take advantage of his son's brother-in-law Hu Hongxiu and Hu Jinglue.

To be a middle-aged person means to erase the past.

"how?"

After three rounds of drinking, some appetizers, and two sips of hot mutton soup, when it was time to speak, Qu Da spoke first. "Zhao Bufan, now you know what Feng Shui turns, right?"

Zhao Bufan raised his head blankly, but only looked at his father-in-law and biological father, not knowing how to reply.

"Don't think too much. I'm not talking about your little drunken holiday, but the inside story of you all..." Qu Duan raised his hand and pointed with his middle finger. "Before, among all the in-laws of yours, the most

It was your father who gained the upper hand, a dignified and upright man, while the Wang family relied on their in-laws to rely on your Zhao family, and then Hu Hongxiu and Hu Jinglue relied on their in-laws to rely on the Wang family. The result? As a result, once a hero has achieved great things, he can do it easily.

All of them have fallen apart, and now Hu Jinglue is known as one of the three Husbands in the current dynasty. He is ranked as a general manager at a young age, and his future prospects are unlimited. Instead, you two families have to rely on him together with your in-laws!"

Not to mention Zhao Bufan was startled for a moment, but Zhao Shi? Wang Shuzhan, Wang Ruohai, and several of Zhao Bufan's younger brothers who had set up another table in the outer hall were also startled.

In the end, it was Zhao Shi? He was sure of it. He twirled his beard slightly, and then sighed: "This is what I will do in my life. It is indeed his fate that my son can have such an in-law."

Qu Duan put down the glass of wine he was drinking from, shook his head and sneered: "Da Zongzheng, don't beat the drum here, just be at ease. Although I, Qu Da, sometimes act and speak absurdly, and I have done wrong things, but for one thing

Be arrogant and don't be slow to down, and bully outsiders but not inside... I don't know who stuffed your son into my cavalry, but since he was stuffed in, it turned out to be a good thing.

I don’t think it’s good for Hu Jinglue’s face, but it’s the opposite!”

Everyone in the audience was in high spirits, and Wang Shuzhan even winked at his eldest son-in-law. The latter understood, immediately stood up, and respectfully came to serve wine with his immediate boss, Qu Jiedou.

Qu Duan also openly accepted a glass of wine from the other party, pointed at the other party and smiled again: "Now that I have accepted your drink, I am no longer an outsider. Tell me the truth. Are you a little uneasy at first because you joined the cavalry?"

But when I think of your brother-in-law’s achievements, I can’t let go of him like a hundred claws scratching my heart? Is this why you are so coy?”

Zhao Bufan looked a little embarrassed, but still nodded slightly: "I have this intention... Jiedu doesn't know that the future of the clan members is embarrassing, but not everyone can study and study like the number one scholar.

For my sake, I would not let go of this opportunity no matter what... Besides, as Jiedu said, my brother-in-law’s achievements are right in front of me, and I have also been on the road since I was a child, so how can I not be envious of him?"

"Actually, the officials are not that harsh on you clan members." Qu Duan continued casually. "Whether you are going to school or joining the army, the officials are happy to see success. They just don't want you to occupy the honors and titles and not serve the country.

It’s just for effectiveness…”

"Who doesn't want to serve the country?" Hearing this, Wang Shuzhan, the ex-taichang who had never held an official position, finally broke his guard. He put down his wine glass and lamented repeatedly. "Jiedu, we are all the same.

I want to serve my country passionately, but there is no way to do so!"

"What do you call serving the country?" Qu Duan took two sips of the mutton soup and sneered more and more. "The officials like Yuan Xue, why do they like it? Aren't they attracted by the terms of seeking truth from facts and utilitarianism? In the end, you are good, what kind of alchemist are you?

If something is utilitarian, does it count as seeking truth from facts? It deserves it!"

Wang Shuzhan immediately turned pale... It turned out that as early as the second half of this year, the official published a small article in Lu Benzhong's tabloid, using that alchemy as an example, describing the use of mercury to melt gold, and then

The principle of precipitation, and then put forward the conjecture about the changes of solid, liquid, and gaseous states with temperature, as well as the compatibility and incompatibility between various materials, and finally encouraged everyone to summarize experimental information in this area in a tabloid... After reading that tabloid

, Wang Shuzhan himself did the experiment himself, and when he saw the gold really melting into the liquid tribute, he felt as depressed as if he had been struck by a thunderbolt on a sunny day.

Until now, every time he thinks that the Zhao Guan family had already discovered the alchemist's scam, but still resisted telling the truth, Wang Shuzhan couldn't help but want to give himself two slaps... Who didn't know that such a stupid thing,

It will be difficult for him to turn around in his life.

"That incident was caused by Zhidao (named by Wang Shuzhan) who was not aware of it for a moment and fell into the tricks of charlatans." Seeing that his in-laws had been exposed to big scars, Da Zong could not bear it, so he simply spoke out to interfere with it.

"If you say you don't notice, what does it mean that Da Zongzheng repeatedly urged the officials to sacrifice to the eight tombs?" Qu Duanfu turned back to look at Da Zongzheng, but still sneered. "The officials hated the two saints to the bone because of the Jingkang incident.

"What I want in my life is to succeed in the Northern Expedition and unify the nine states so that I can distinguish myself from the former Song Dynasty. When did Da Zongzheng wake up?"

"No matter when you wake up, you have conflicted with the official's intention. At that time, you had a clear conscience. Today, you are open-minded. Why bother mentioning the old things again?" Zhao Shiyi must take it calmly.

Qu Da took one look at Da Zongzheng and couldn't help but feel convinced, so he bypassed this person and warned Zhao Bufan again: "Your Majesty, if you learn a thing or two about your demeanor, it will be the same when you join the army."

There are benefits... And as your father said, the past is over, your family's situation is still excellent, and no matter what happened in the past, the first big plan in the future is the Northern Expedition. With your background, there is no way anyone can

If I dare to tamper with your merits, as long as I put my best effort into it, why can’t I fight for my future?”

"What Jiedu said is true." Zhao Bufan quickly stood up and prepared to pour wine again.

"It doesn't matter if you die." Qu Duan took the wine, glanced at the scene in the outer hall, and smiled even more. "Anyway, your father has a lot of sons, and they are trying to use you as a way to change your ways..."

Zhao Bufan, who had just drank a glass of wine, suddenly turned red from holding back the wine. Even the great Zongzheng Zhaoshi were also embarrassed for a moment.

While Qu Duanwu drank the wine, he looked at Wang Shuzhan, Wang Ruohai and his son opposite again, and then he was thoughtful for a moment.

Wang Shuzhan was startled for a moment, and his heart moved slightly, but he actually stood up on his own initiative, and regardless of his identity, he went around to the opposite side to pour wine for him, and then said: "Qu Jiedu has something to teach me?"

"I remembered something."

Qu Duan calmly took the other party's wine and drank it in one gulp. At this time, he was obviously smelling of alcohol. Then he raised his eyebrows slightly, but directly grabbed the other party's sleeve and asked jokingly. "Wang Taichang still wants to enter the secret in this life."

Can you enter the secret pavilion? Or can your son enter the secret pavilion in this life?"

Wang Shuzhan was excited and immediately responded sincerely: "If you can do this, you will live up to your kindness in this life."

Upon hearing this, his son Wang Ruohai also came over early and listened attentively.

"Don't remember me, this is just a matter of mutual benefit." Qu Duan shook his head and smiled, while the Zhao family and his son next to him hurriedly went to pick up the food, but they didn't see it. "The overall situation now is the Northern Expedition, and the success of the Northern Expedition is either this

It is well known to everyone that your two sons-in-law are looking for military strategy or finance... In fact, Wanqi Jinglue had an idea that day, but the officials took the initiative and missed it.

That's all, now there is still a chance, don't you father and son have any intention?"

"If we have the opportunity, we are naturally willing to do our best." Wang Shuzhan was puzzled for a moment. "But the imperial court has already exhausted all its means to obtain money. Where is there any room for us to repay the favor?"

"I'm not asking you to serve me, nor are you talking about means, but I'm talking about people's hearts." Qu Duan smiled half-heartedly. "Wang Gong, think about it...your two sons-in-law and several sons are all talented people. I can't see who can compete with them."

Who is stronger, and why was Hu Jinglue able to achieve great success first?"

Wang Shuzhan was about to speak, but Qu Duan was already in the seat and replied: "It was he who had joined the army as early as Jingkang, fought with the Jin people with weapons, and saw life and death on the ground on the front line of the city with his own eyes.

, I knew in my heart that these were troubled times, so I plunged into military affairs... Then, although I stumbled and was overly honest, I couldn't help but be the first batch of scholars in the world to know soldiers and armies. This is what is called responding to the times.

Take. Then last year, the things accumulated in my heart and the temperament I have developed over the past seven or eight years were finally repaid... This is called following the good fortune at the right time, and having accumulated a lot, so sooner or later this happened."

Wang Shuzhan rarely nodded sincerely, and even Da Zongzheng and his son, who were pretending to eat vegetables, felt a little emotional.

"Moreover, don't underestimate the difference between one day earlier and one year later, one year earlier and one year later. One day earlier is the difference between heaven and earth, and one year earlier is the difference between life and death." Qu Duan was obviously drunk.

"Han Shizhong was one year ahead of me and was the best in the world. Yue Pengju joined the army when the Jurchens first went south. Even if he was just a death warrior under Liu Ziyu's father, he had experienced the entire Song and Jin wars without fail.

How did I become the second best person in the world with this qualification? I am the greatest Qu Da. If I had not made a mistake and wasted a year in the middle, I dare not let these two people climb over me, but how could I let Li Yanxian be in front of me?

?”

This is a huge truth!

But Zhao Bufan and his son looked at each other and said nothing.

On the other side, although Wang Shuzhan and his son were already a little anxious, they could only nod their heads: "As Jiedu said, Jiedu should also have a four-character scroll!"

Hearing this, Qu Duan simply dropped his opponent's sleeves and stamped his feet... Although he usually didn't bother to pretend, this drunken gaffe was really rare:

"A real man is born in this world, regardless of all generations, regardless of one life! After the world was in chaos, I was determined to do great things and become famous for thousands of years, but I thought very highly of myself. I only felt that everything should be done by me. I only regarded others as obstacles, even officials

Neither my family nor the court took it seriously... When outsiders say I am domineering, I admit it, but when they say I am disloyal, I dare not deny it."

"It's all in the past." Even Da Zongzheng quickly came to persuade him.

But Qu Duan ignored the other party at all. At this point, he just picked up the Lanqiao Fengyue wine bottle at hand, raised his head and drank a few sips, then threw it on the ground, and continued to sigh with a mouthful of wine:

"But who would have thought that a proud person like me could actually meet this official? The strength of an official does not lie in his talent and virtue, but in his ability to always be tolerant of others and to attract the heroes of the world to his advantage... ...I have never been convinced that this official could use Han Shizhong, Yue Fei, or even Li Yanxian. Everyone knows that this kind of person is a hero in the world... But I never thought that the official could actually use Zhang Junna. The old boy in Qian's eyes can use water bandits like Zhang Rong, can use vulgar warriors like Wang De, and can tolerate useless trash like you. In the end, he can actually ignore the past and use me. Such a domineering person! Then I can only be convinced!"

The two pairs of father and son around heard the useless trash and wanted to scold them, but then they heard the other party's last sentence and didn't know what to say.

"Wang Gong." Qu Duan finished speaking in one breath, and felt much relieved. He grabbed Wang Shuzhan's sleeve again and said to him. "As I just said, you know, experience or not, it makes a world of difference... ...Have you ever thought about it, if Empress Dowager Yuanyou is coming, the Yangzhou people will most likely be unable to sit there anymore... These people have been hiding behind them for many years, enjoying their wealth and wealth without ever seeing any danger or danger. Aren't they just a bunch of fat sheep waiting to be slaughtered? Where is it like in Tokyo, where even an honest man like Da Zongzheng has become so slippery that the officials can't catch them even if they want to?"

"Qu Jiedu means..."

"What I mean is... the official family has always lived up to others. As long as you don't involve the Queen Mother, no matter how you arrange it, you just need to give the officials the handle of those people and let the official family make a fortune. Are you worried that you and your son have no future? Even if the official still remembers the alchemist's bad deeds, your son will be punished! He will never sell you!" At this point, Qu Duan couldn't help but play. He flicked the opponent's waist and abdomen, which was already full of belly. "If you can make money for the official family, it will be equivalent to bringing a real alchemist into the official family... Is what happened that day still a big deal?"

Wang Shuzhan, Wang Ruohai and his son were both thoughtful.

Next to him, Zhao Shi? father and son wanted to speak, but in the end they were speechless.

After getting drunk, everyone went home.

A few days later, the New Year's Eve came, and the eighth year of Jianyan arrived as scheduled. Before the Shangyuan Festival, Queen Mother Yuanyou, who had played a huge role in supporting Zhao Guan's family, finally arrived in Tokyo. Along with her, there were countless people who had fled from Jingkang to Yangzhou in the past. The rich and powerful.

The last group of people from the prosperous Henan era, and also the most conservative and cowardly group, finally returned to Tokyo, which is as prosperous as before, after seven or eight years.

Don't tell me, maybe it's because it's full of feudalism and monarchy...The air in Tokyo actually seems so sweet and fresh.

PS: Thanks to Uncle Xiong for the reward, and thanks to the it6 student from the livestock shed for the cuteness. It took me a year to write this book, but it already has 160 alliance leaders.
Chapter completed!