Shu Chen

Chapter 32
Liu Yin's address is in the west of Chengdu.

This is related to the division of Chengdu pattern.

It is customary for the emperor to sit in the north and face the south, so the imperial palace, the prime minister's mansion and the mansion of the honorable nobles are all settled in the north of the city; outside the city, there is the Zouma River winding south to Guangdu County, and along the Longquan Mountains, it can hold the east into Chengdu. The dangerous pass "Jintang Gorge"[Note 1] has always been the place where the imperial court guarded garrison troops and hoarded warehouses and armored soldiers.The south of the city is where merchants, walkers, butchers, and handymen gather; if a large family wants to build a mansion in the city, the first choice is the west of the city.

All the way to find the way, and walk and see.

In contrast to the majestic and majestic aura of the mansions of meritorious nobles in the north of the city, the aristocratic mansions in the west of the city, although row upon row, with pavilions and pavilions, are equally splendid, but they are engraved and splendid, and they are less solemn and extravagant.

The Liu surname in Chengdu is a rare home where "three generations share wealth and clans live together".

Therefore, there is no embarrassment that "it's not easy to live in the capital".

On the contrary, the buildings built by the Liu family are so grand and graceful that they can't even match the Qin Mansion.

When Zheng Pu was looking for him, he raised his head and looked at him, smacking his tongue in secret.

With such a scale, if there is another double-eave stone tower in the hallway-style symbolizing the gate, it would be no exaggeration to say that it is the home of a prince.

He walked forward slowly and handed the bamboo slips left by Liu Yin to the squire outside the gate. Without waiting outside, he was welcomed into a separate room to rest and escape the heat.

When he was young, a rush of footsteps sounded, and Liu Yin's majestic body came into view.

Before the person arrived, the sound of Hong Zhong's voice had already entered his ears.

"Zijin arrives late, so Brother Yu can wait for a while! Hahaha."

Liu Yin stretched his brows and stepped forward with a big laugh. He didn't do the formalities, and he took Zheng Pu's hand and pulled it towards the inner hall, "It's almost noon, and the heat is in full swing, Zijin, please come with me. Wu Qihan, go see that mansion again."

"But it's disrespectful."

Zheng Pu nodded and smiled. When walking side by side, he also made a joke and said with emotion: "If I had known that Xiuran brother's family was so rich, I would have shamelessly accepted the intention of donating a house when I was in Shifang Mulberry Garden!"

"Zijin dares to be a promise?"

Liu Yin, who had long been familiar with Zheng Pu's temperament, squinted at him when he heard the words, and said in a slightly provocative tone, "Now, it's not too late!"

"Brother Xiuran treats guests like this, and is not afraid of the evil that the elders in the family will give you with sticks!"

"If I have guests, I should be trumpeting; if I harm my friends, I should be harsh!"

"My husband, Liu Xiuran is also! Hahaha~~~"

"Hahaha~~~~~ The sour Confucianist, Zheng Zijin is also!"

And joking, and laughing, and walking.

All the way through the moon gate, through the pavilions, corridors, and pavilions, and finally enter Liu Yin's own house.The two were seated separately as host and guest, and their own servants and servants from the Liu family served the well-dipped lamb wine, candied melons and fruits, and other items.

Hold a cup for a while, please drink it together.

Liu Yin waved his hand to dismiss the servants, leaned forward slightly, leaned forward and asked softly, "Zijin, the day before yesterday, you entered the Prime Minister's Mansion. It's night, so you're staying overnight?"

"Well, the Prime Minister's official duties are cumbersome and rigorous, and he only summoned me at dusk, and told me to wait until midnight."

Zheng Pu nodded and explained, "That's why, I stayed in the house of the Superintendent's Office."

Immediately, he sighed again, "Squeezing into the army tent with many soldiers, it was so disturbing that I hardly slept. I didn't come to find brother Xiuran yesterday."

Hearing Zheng Pu and Prime Minister Zhuge Liang sit and talk until midnight, Liu Yin's brows are raised, and he is inexplicable.When Zheng Pu said that he was almost sleepless, he couldn't help but laugh, "Zijin has been in the mulberry garden for a long time, and he is used to being elegant.

After a pause, he said with heartfelt joy, "In this way, Zijin is talented in learning and must be in the eyes of the prime minister!"

"Ha, it was a fluke!"

Without being modest, Zheng Pu nodded and smiled.

After speaking, Lianrong lowered his head and thought for a while, then looked at Liu Yin and asked, "Brother Xiuran, you and I have the same temperament, so I will say it bluntly. The Liu family in Chengdu can be called a rich man, but I don't know how many people in the family are fighting each other. Well, what I'm asking is, if you are an official in the army, how many chapters can your family help you bring along with the army?"

Ok?
Suddenly, Liu Yin's face flashed with strange colors.

Also, instead of answering immediately, he lowered his eyebrows and pondered.

It wasn't that Zheng Pu's question was the taboo of the Liu family.

Since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, it has become the norm for aristocratic families to build docks and gather private soldiers to protect themselves.The Liu family in Chengdu is a tycoon, and the clan has a common wealth and does not divide the family. There are many acres of land and they are pursuing the profit of the merchants.If they are in danger, there will be more than a thousand people who gather together and give swords and armor to Zhuangke, Jianhu, etc.

However, the Liu family already had sons and nephews serving in the prefectures, and would not use too much of their heritage for the imperial court.

After all, Liu Yin is not the head of the Liu clan now, and the elders of the clan mostly hold the view that they are old and safe.

"I know the meaning of Zijin's question."

After a long time, Liu Yin raised his head, bowed his hands first, and then said softly, "My family knows that I have always liked martial arts, and they value it very much. If I follow the army and give [-] or [-] squires, I should have it. If there is a promotion level. , the number of nearly a hundred is not necessarily impossible.”

"Forty or fifty is enough!"

With a look of joy on his face, Zheng Pu nodded again and again, looked over his head, and said in his ear, "Yesterday, I listened to the instructions of the subordinate governor. If there is no accident, I will follow the Nanzhong expedition to the conclusion! At that time, if brother Xiuran does not agree with me Be humble, you and I will walk together and build a common cause!"

"Great!"

After listening to Liu Yin, he immediately clenched his fist and waved it fiercely, overjoyed.

He also held up the wine cup and invited him warmly, "This should be a big white! Come, Zijin, drink it!"

"drink!"

After the matter was settled, the two did not dare to drink heavily, and turned to chatting and laughing.

When he was young, seeing that the summer heat had receded a little, Liu Yin called his servants to prepare carriages and horses, and went to the good house.

According to Zheng Pu's requirement of "not seeking spaciousness and high tiles, but seeking clean and undisturbed", Liu Yin found a small house at the corner between the west and south of the city.

It was originally a businessman who traveled to Nanzhong all the year round to store goods.

But today in the rebellion of the counties in Nanzhong, he has no goods to sell, and he has a lot of credit, and he has long thought of selling his farmland.It's just that when the first lord Liu Bei was on his way, all the scholars and commoners were panicked, and no one cared about it.

That's why, just let Liu Yin find it.

Zheng Pu got out of the carriage and looked at the inside and outside for a moment, and his heart was filled with joy.

This house is close to the city wall, and there are often guards patrolling it, without worrying about safety; there is no extravagance of carvings and red carvings, and the exquisite decoration of jade lanterns and rockeries. It is just a quiet house.

"Those who know my heart, brother Xiuran!"

With a sincere compliment, Zheng Pu thanked him and asked, "I don't know what the price of this house is?"

To this, Liu Yin did not answer, but dragged him to a low wall, pointed at the door of the moon, and smiled, "Going through the door of the moon is my new residence. Zijin is here. The small house is the addition that the merchant sold me!"

Zheng Pu was dumbfounded when he heard the words.

Afterwards, he shook his head and smiled bitterly, "I don't want to, but I was tricked by brother Xiuran and forcibly gifted him with his house."

"This is what the "Six Taos" annotated by the ancestor Zijin Zun was also taught! Hahaha~~~~~~"

"Hahaha~~~~~"

The two looked at each other and laughed.

After a while, Zheng Pu put away his smile and nodded at Liu Yin, "It's a blessing to live next to brother Xiuran. I just want to have a banquet to get acquainted with brother Xiuran."

　[Note 1: Jintang Gorge and Diaoyucheng are both known as the Little Three Gorges. They are the main road to Chengdu in the east of Shu. When Zhao Yun led his army to the east to join forces with the First Lord Liu Bei to form the capital, this was the way. 】

　　
　
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