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31 Tanger

I didn’t get two updates a day a few days ago, so I changed it almost, and I added one update at 9 o’clock.

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Compared with the "Fanyang Pavilion" each, Gaoyang is very neat.

The road in the middle of the inner city is straight and covered with bluestone slabs. Every morning, the inner prison gate will be swept through it. It is very clean and just sprinkled with water, and it is moist.

The houses on both sides of the alley have pink walls and red tiles, "connected to each other, and living in the alleys", arranged neatly.

Every family planted trees, including mulberry or elm, and fruit trees. The branches and leaves are towering out of the wall, and they look like a cap connected from a distance. Whenever the wind blows, the branches and leaves are rustling and sounding, like someone blowing a whistle, from the inside to the end of the inside. I remember many years ago, when I was studying with Xun You with Xun Qu, Xun You liked such a sound the most. He often closed his eyes and listened intoxicatedly in the courtyard, and asked Xun Qu: "Zhongfu, is this what Yan Zi called the 'natural sound'?"

Yan Zi is Zhuangzi. Emperor Ming, the son of Emperor Guangwu, was named "Liu Zhuang". In order to avoid his taboo, he changed the name to "Zhuangzi" and "Yan" with similar meanings. The so-called "being the taboo of the respected person" was not just Zhuangzi. Xun was the descendant of Xun Qing in the Warring States Period. The former Emperor Xuan of Han was named Liu Xun. To avoid Liu Xun's taboo, Xun Qing was also renamed "Sun Qing". "Xun", "Sun", and the ancient pronunciations are the same.

Xun Zhen has lived in Benli since traveling through time. He has lived in it for many years. Now he has returned from Fanyang Pavilion and walked in the alley. He has seen all the people and things that are extremely familiar to him. He vaguely feels like "returning home".

"I can't go back to my home in my previous life. Isn't this my home?"

Needless to say, the three surnames in Gaoyang, Xun's clan are all members of Xun Zhen. Deng and Hu have lived with Xun's clan for a long time and they all know Xun Zhen. Walking on the street, I often meet someone who comes out of the courtyard or comes back from inside and outside, talking all the way.

Someone who knew he went to Fanyang to work, saw that he came back neatly, couldn't help asking: "Jun Xun, how are you doing at Fanyang Pavilion?"

Some call him "Xun Jun", some call him "Silang" or "Uncle". The former is a foreign surname, while the latter is a clan member. The four brothers of Xun Zhen, according to the ranking of "Yuan, Heng, Li, and Zhen", were ranked fourth. The three brothers above died of stool before they grew up.

When he met someone who called him "Xun Jun", Xun Zhen replied with a smile: "It's not bad." When he met a person from his clan, he stopped and said a few more words to the other party.

He was not in the Xun family's origin and was rather a pavilion chief than a county official. Many people in the clan didn't understand it. There were many people who were talking strange words behind their backs, but after all, they were my family. The most important thing was that he was a student of Xun Qu since he was a child. Therefore, even if some clan members thought he had no ambition and looked down on him, they would not speak badly in person in front of Xun Qu's face, and they were very polite in social engagements on the scene.

——Xun Qu’s father Xun Tan was Xun Shu’s nephew. He was the prefect of Guangling. His uncle Xun Yu was named "Ba Jun". He was named "Ba Jun" with Li Ying, Du Mi and others. He also served as the prime minister and prefect. Their reputation in this lineage is second only to Xun Shu and the Balong lineage among the Xun family. In fact, it can be seen from the two most famous descendants of the Xun family that Xun Yu, who was praised by the famous scholar He Yan in Nanyang in his teens, was the grandson of Xun Shu. Xun You, who was able to "see the traitor" and praised by the villagers at the age of thirteen, was the grandson of Xun Tan.

There are hundreds of residents in Gaoyangli, and most of the Xun family live in Lixi.

Xun Zhen came in from the east gate and kept talking to people along the way. He passed through the second and third gates of the inner and middle gates, slowly passed through half an inside, and went outside his yard.

His house was not big, and he entered the front and back twice. The gate was not locked, so he pushed open the door and led his horse in.

Although I haven't come back for a few days, the yard is quite clean. On the east side of the front yard is a hall, which is wide and bright, for guests. On the west side are stables and chicken basins. A small piece of vegetable field was cultivated against the walls of the west, and it was divided into several pieces with ridges. The ones were planted with cabbage, leeks, etc. The cabbage was still early before it sprouted, and the leeks grew very well, green and very gratifying.

A woman in her thirties came out of the backyard and said in surprise: "Oh, Shaojun is back!"

She is a maid from Xun Zhen’s family, with her surname Tang, and her single name is "er".

Xun Zhen's family was not very rich, but his grandfather had served in the county, and his father was good at managing the family business. After two generations, he also saved some family resources and was a family of middle-aged people. There were hundreds of acres of land outside the city and a maid in the family.

Originally, there were two big slaves who were used to plow the fields. When Xun Zhen's "parents" died, Xun Zhen was still young. The elders in the clan were worried that the slave would bully the master, and secondly, his "parents" died one after another. The expenses for funerals were quite expensive, so they took the initiative and sold the two big slaves, and all the money they had received was paid for the funeral, and the land was temporarily handed over to the clan for custody.

Last year, he was awarded the title of adult, and the clan returned the land to him, but his mind was not on this and he was unwilling to take care of it. So he simply entrusted it to Xun Qu on the grounds of concentrating on his studies.

Xun Qu is his clan brother and his teacher. He is also a bit poorer than Xun Shu's family. His family has thousands of acres of fertile land and will not take advantage of him. At that time, he said that he would not charge him any fees at all, but would only help him rent the land to his own apprentice. When the harvest comes, the apprentice will be deducted. The guests should give him as much as they should.

Seeing Tang'er come out to greet him, Xun Zhen smiled and replied, "Yes, I'm back."

As he said, he pulled the mount into the stable. Seeing that the trough was empty, he said, "I ran dozens of miles and the horse was tired. Ah, get some feed to feed it." The sweat on the horse was not dry and wet. He wiped it and wiped it dry on the pillars, and said, "It's cold, wipe the horse's body. I have to rely on it tomorrow, so I can't be sick!"

"I'll go back tomorrow?"

Tang'er was originally from Haiyan, Wujun. Because her family went bankrupt, she was sold by her husband within two years after marriage. She traveled to many families and was bought by the Xun family more than ten years ago. Although she had been in the Central Plains for a long time, she still had a Jiangnan accent and was soft. Xun Zhen was used to hearing Beiyin and liked to listen to her. She felt that she had a unique charm and replied: "Although the head of the pavilion is young, she is not free. She only has one day off, spend the night at home tonight and leave tomorrow morning."

"It's good at home, Shaojun, why did you say you have to be a pavilion chief? The slut thinks Mr. Xun is right. Even if you want to become an official, you don't need to travel dozens of miles to go to Fanyang to be a pavilion chief? Isn't it good to be a civil servant in the county? Although you can't live in the home forever and need to stay in the county, at least you are close to home and you will be convenient for you to come back, so you don't have to work so hard."

Tang'er was only in her twenties when she was sold to the Xun family, and Xun Zhen was less than ten years old at that time. Although she was a maid, she actually acted as a sister. After Xun Zhen's "parents" died, most of the chores in the family were handled by her. Xun Zhen can be said to have grown up by her "care" and she grew up. The two of them were together, living like siblings, familiar with each other, and they were not restricted when speaking.

"Even if you have a lot of benefits to being an official in the county, in my eyes, it is better to be a pavilion chief and be free."

Tang'er took out the feed from behind the yard, spread it into the troop, and fed the horse. The horse was hungry and chewed it, very happy, and shook its tail from time to time, Ang'an't care. Seeing that she didn't care, Xun Zhen simply went to the hall to find a piece of rag to wipe the horse's sweat.

Tang'er snatched it over and said angrily: "What kind of person is Shaojun? How can you do such a rough job!"

Although Tang'er was illiterate and from a rural area, he was in a famous family like Xun, and had no contact with him. He also respected them very much. Especially the county magistrates of this county, he would visit him from time to time. After hearing and witnessing him, he was influenced day and night. He was very proud of Xun Zhen, thinking that he should be an amazing person innately and never let him do anything at home.

Xun Zhen teased and said, "I don't do such a rough job at home, but I don't have you in Fanyang Pavilion, so I have to do the same!"

"Nonsense! Although A'er is a woman and a maid, she has no knowledge. She also knows that there are pavilions, pavilions, pavilions, and pavilions. She washes horses and feeds, and opens and closes and cleans them. It's not the young master's turn to do it!"

The stables of the Xun family are not big, similar to Fanyang Pavilion, so they can only put down two horses.

Tang'er took away the rag, took care of the horse's food, and wiped the horse's sweat. His figure turned around and occupied half of the stable. Xun Zhen could not compete with her, and he had nothing to do, so he said, "I just met several tribe members in the alley. I haven't come back for a few days. I have to go back to see the elders of the tribe. A'er, you're busy, I'll go to their house to take a look."

"Just just passed Chen Shi. You must have come back without eating in the morning. Even if you go to pay homage to the elders, you don't have to rush. Wait until the slut cooks you and then go there!... I don't know what the food in the Tingshe is like. A group of men cooks must be tasteless and difficult to swallow." Tang'er observed Xun Zhen's face and said with heartache, "Look at you, your face has become thinner and darker."

"It's only a few days. Even if you want to be dark, you can't be so fast even if you want to lose weight?"

Xun Zhen laughed, but refused to wait. He took some water from the well with a wooden bucket, washed his face, wiped it clean, and then tidied up his towel and clothes, saying, "You can eat anytime you want. When you pay homage to elders, you can't be rude. The sooner the better... Ah, don't say it. In the past few days in the pavilion, I really missed the chicken-headed rice you made. You can make it first and wait for me to come back to eat."

Tang'er took his hand and couldn't hold him back. He watched him push the door out and stamped his feet by the stable, muttering as if he was blamed and complaining: "Since the cold that year, Shaojun felt like he had changed his body, as if he was not caring about anything and entrusting all the fields to Mr. Xun! It seemed that he had his own idea, and now he had to be a pavilion chief! In short, he was no longer as cute as before."

I remember when she came to Xun's family, Xun Zhen was so cute, just like her young brother in the family before she got married. At first glance, she fell in love with him. After Xun Zhen's parents died, she even put her heart all over him, taking him as her younger brother to take care of him and serving him as the young master. Now, in a blink of an eye, more than ten years have passed. The boy back then has grown up and grown into a young man in the twentieth crown.

She threw away the rag and came to the door without realizing it, looked into the alley, looking for Xun Zhen's figure, and saw him standing in front of a house not far away knocking on the door.

The Xun family has many beautiful appearances. Although Xun Zhen is not as beautiful as Xun Yu, Xun Yue is beautiful and literary, she is also a handsome man. Because he knows that troubled times are approaching, he has been practicing martial arts at a young age. He is not as weak as a corrupt scholar who only knows how to bury his head in books. He is tall and long and has a well-proportioned body. At this time, he is wearing a black robe, short beards under his chin, and there is no other ornament except for a long knife on his waist. He is refreshing and looks heroic.

She didn't know what she remembered, leaned against the door, and a blush appeared on her cheeks, thinking, "Although she was not as cute as before, growing up has the benefits of growing up."

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1. Xun You was aware of his traitor: "You were young and orphans. When Tan was killed, the former official Zhang Quan sought to guard Tan's tomb. You were thirteen years old and doubted him and said to his uncle Qu, "This official has a very special appearance, and there will be a traitor!" Qu Wu then asked, and he killed someone and died. Therefore, he was different."

2. Tang Er: In the Han Dynasty, women named male names were quite common, such as Wei Zifu, Wang Nan, the wet nurse of Emperor Shun of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and Deng Mengnu, the empress of Emperor Huan of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Although they were named after the female, the word Feng was added in the middle.
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