Chaos in the Eastern Jin Dynasty

Chapter 114 Birthday Eight Characters
Zhuge Changmin naturally expressed his welcome. Seeing Guan Ziyang turned his face disdainfully,
With a wry smile: "The patriarch doesn't need to send any more, please go back, I have to come down in a hurry, and there is nothing to give as a meeting gift except a large box of books.
Our Zhuge family has made some achievements in divination, how about patriarch Zhengkun write me all the birthdays of the juniors in the family?
After I go home, I will ask the elders in the family to make a divination for each of them..."

The Zhuge family in the middle of Shu is famous all over the world for its divination and calculation skills, which ordinary people can't even ask for.
Moreover, in the Three Kingdoms period, Zhuge Liang made a rule that you can only come to the door to ask for divination. No matter you are a high-ranking official or aristocratic family, you have to come by yourself. I went to the door.

But Guan Ziyang didn't know about it.

The landlords on the fourth floor in the east, west, north, and south each reported the birthdays of their descendants to Zhuge Changmin. Zhuge Changmin brought a pen and paper in his luggage, and he recorded them one by one himself.

Guan Ziyang watched coldly from the side, and recalled that when he first arrived at Guan's house, he talked vaguely and intermittently after he was drunk, and there seemed to be some "birthday horoscope".

Guan Ziyang suspected that he asked for the birthday horoscope of the Guan family's children for other purposes. With Guan Ziyang's current understanding of the world, such things as internal strength really exist, and those gods and ghosts may not be sure. ...

All of this is very likely to be a premeditated scene by the Zhuge family, and he really can't think of anything in his house that the Zhuge family is worth plotting...

Just relying on myself as the governor of the Beifu Army?No matter how you think about it, it's impossible. There must be other reasons, but I don't know it yet.

Why!It would be great if An Shigong was here...

Guan Ziyang couldn't find an excuse to stop him. Anyway, Zhuge Changmin came here with the intention of making friends between the two families.

It's Guan Fu's turn to announce Guan Ziyang's birth date.

"My son Guan Ziyang, whose character is Quezhi, nicknamed Manzi, was born in the year of Jihai, the month of Guimao, the day of Dinghai, the time of Xinchou..."

Guan Ziyang hurriedly interrupted: "Father, have you forgotten? I am Xin Chou Ri, Ding Hai Shi, you said the wrong thing!"

Guan Zhenggan looked at Guan Ziyang and asked in confusion, "Really? Did I remember wrong?"

Zhuge Changmin at the side was hanging in the air with a rabbit pen, unable to write down the pen, looking at the father and son with a question mark on his face, not knowing who to listen to,
Guan Ziyang turned his back to Zhuge Changmin and winked at Guan Zhenggan. Guan Zhenggan seemed to guess that Guan Ziyang said that on purpose.

"Oh, that's right, it's Xin Chou Day, Ding Hai, I remembered it wrong." Guan Zhengqian's reaction was pretty quick.

Guan Ziyang's birthday horoscope, the one who remembers it most clearly must be his mother Zhu Ping, but at this moment, Guan's mother is not in the team sending Zhuge Changmin,

The only one who knew Guan Ziyang's date of birth was Guan Zhenggan. Of course, no one else would doubt what Guan Zhenggan said.

Zhuge Changmin asked again, asking Guan Zhenggan if he was sure, and got a positive answer from Guan Zhenggan: "Yes, this time, I remembered it after my son reminded me. I made a mistake before."

Zhuge Changmin finished memorizing the horoscopes of more than a dozen juniors of the Guan family, ordered his servants to put them away carefully, and left to cross the river.

Chengdu, in Zhuge's Mansion.

"Patriarch, I have brought back the birth date of Guan Ziyang, the governor of the Beifu army." Zhuge Changmin said to an old man with white hair.

The white-haired old man is Zhuge Yi, the current patriarch of the Zhuge family in Chengdu.

He took the paper that Zhuge Changmin handed over, looked at it twice, and then asked, "Did Guan Ziyang become suspicious?"

Zhuge Changmin lowered his head, two drops of cold sweat broke out, he must not let the patriarch know about his drunkenness.

"Probably not." He said firmly.

Zhuge Yi nodded: "Well, it's done well, I'll send it to my ancestors right now, Changmin, you have worked hard all the way, go and rest."

"Yes", Zhuge Changmin withdrew from the hall.

Zhuge Mansion, Guanxing Tower.

Zhuge Yi knocked on the door: "Old Ancestor, Guan Ziyang's birth date is here."

The door opened with a creak, and the ancestors in the room meditated facing the portrait of Sanqing.

Zhuge Yi entered the room, and with a bang, the door automatically closed again.

Zhuge Yi was already familiar with his ancestor's ability to control things from a distance, and repeated what he said just now in a low voice: "Ancestor, Guan Ziyang's birthday is here."

As he spread his palm, the thin piece of paper floated up, as if dragged by an invisible hand, and slowly floated in front of the ancestor.

Zhuge Yi didn't know the name of the ancestor of the Zhuge family.

Since he was a child, he had heard his father call him Old Ancestor, and his father only knew that he was called Old Ancestor, but no one in Zhuge's family knew who this Old Ancestor was...

"Get ready, I'm going to enter the Tower of Heavenly Secrets again tonight." A deep voice sounded, this voice was a little younger than the patriarch Zhuge Yi's.

"Old Ancestor, you just entered the Tower of Heavenly Secrets not long ago, after such a short time, has your body recuperated?"

Zhuge Yi asked concerned: "How about? Wait another two days?"

The old ancestor turned his back to Zhuge Yi and remained motionless. Then he turned around and said calmly, "It's too late to rest. Guan Ziyang is about to enter the entrance of the capital to rebuild the Beifu Army. We don't have much time left."

No one dared to disobey the orders of the ancestors, even Zhuge Yi, the patriarch, could only obey him unconditionally.

"Yes, I'll make arrangements now."

……

According to legend, the Tianji Tower was built by Zhuge Liang.

The top of the tower corresponds to the sky, and the luminous pearls inlaid in it correspond to the stars in the sky. The mystery of this tower of secrets lies in divination.

Divination in the Tianji Pagoda, the accuracy and precision of the hexagram images can reach unimaginable levels.

However, not everyone can enter the tower. As the saying goes, the secrets of heaven cannot be revealed. Those who can enter the tower of secrets for divination are only descendants of the Zhuge family who can withstand such karma.

And it's just barely bearable, more or less will be backlashed by some heaven, basically a bloodline descendant can only enter the Tianji Tower three times in a lifetime.

And each interval has to be ten or eight years.

The ancestor had just entered the pagoda a month ago, and was about to enter the pagoda again, so the patriarch Zhuge Yi persuaded the ancestor to rest for a while.

The ancestor entered the Tianji Tower again, and Zhuge Yi called more than 100 men, women and children from Zhuge's family to pray outside the tower.

The Zhuge family encountered great danger countless times, or the catastrophe of extermination,

No matter it is the Rebellion of the Eight Kings, the chaos of the Five Husbands, the founding of the Han Dynasty, or the destruction of Shu by Huan Wen, the reason why the Zhuge family can stand still.

The old ancestor is like Zhuge's family's Dinghai magic needle. As long as the old ancestor is there, Zhuge's family will be as stable as Mount Tai.

So every time the ancestor entered the Tower of Secrets, the members of the Zhuge family would sweat hard for the ancestor.

"Zhuge Sui, Zhuge Jin, Zhuge Heng, Zhuge Wenbiao, Zhuge Wenxing, Zhuge Wenxiong, hurry to the Tianji Pagoda, burn 36 incense sticks, light [-] longevity candles, and add seven-star longevity lamps."

Zhuge Yi said hurriedly.

And these six are the juniors of Zhuge's family, they are all the children of his younger brother Zhuge Hui, three boys and three girls.

He himself, because of a backlash in the Tower of Secrets when he was young, has no descendants in his life.

The six juniors got the order and immediately entered the Tianji building to prepare.

In the Sky Secret Tower, the door is open.

A few people are laying out joss sticks at the bottom, these are the things that the ancestors need to prepare for entering the Taba divination.

"Fifth Sister, the ancestor just entered the Tower of Heavenly Secrets last month, why is he entering again today?" A delicate little girl asked while placing candles around the tower.

The woman next to her was fourteen or fifteen years old, with a melon-shaped face, red lips and white teeth, and a head of black and beautiful hair scattered like a waterfall because she was kneeling on the ground.

She is Zhuge Wenxing who is expected to be the first to enter the Tianji Pagoda divination among the younger generation of the Zhuge family and ranks fifth in the family.

Zhuge Wenxing was lighting the candles placed by the woman in front of him, and said, "How do I know, but the old ancestor naturally has his reasons."

"You are the only closed disciple of the ancestor, you don't even know?"

"I really don't know, but it should have something to do with that Guan Ziyang." Zhuge Wenxing said again.

"Fifth Sister, Sixth Sister, stop talking, you two, finish it quickly, the patriarch is pressing you hard." A man in the tower who was fiddling with the wick of the life extension lamp said.

The two girls stuck out their tongues and smiled playfully: "Got it, brother."

……

Not long after the group of boys and girls left the tower, the ancestors entered the tower and closed the gate. The tower was suddenly plunged into darkness, only the flickering candlelight.

The night pearl on the top of the tower, like a star, shone with a strange light.

The old ancestor threw the seven copper coins in his hand, and these copper coins ignited flames, flying around the old ancestor...

"Hey, I didn't expect this little guy to even hide his birth date, he is cautious in doing things, he is a person who does big things, hahaha..."

Fuling, Guanjiabao Ancestral Hall.

The Guan family is getting together, discussing a return visit to Zhuge's family.

What Guan Zhengqian meant was that since Zhuge Changmin had taken the initiative to make friends with him, and had sent hundreds of books as a gift, it would be inappropriate for the Guan family not to send someone to return the gift.

Everyone agreed very much, but it was difficult to send who to send.

Originally, apart from Guan Ziyang, there was no perfect candidate, but Guan Ziyang still had important things to do in Jiankang, and he didn't have the time.

In the end, everyone decided to let Guan Ziyang's father, the patriarch Guan Zheng, go, and look solemn.

Two days later, Guan Zhenggan set off with two ox carts filled with Guan family mulberry wine.

On the second day, Guan Ziyang also reluctantly bid farewell to Guan's mother. Before leaving, Guan's mother, Zhu Ping, held Qingchan's hand and talked for a long time in the room before letting Qingchan out.

Guan Ziyang now has innate essence, his five senses have been greatly strengthened, and he can hear the two people's words clearly outside the room.

"Hey, I also know that 'there are three ways to be unfilial and to have no descendants is the greatest', but my "Baopuzi" doesn't allow it!"

Finally, with the accompaniment of Guan Guiying crying, Guan Ziyang took Qing Chan back to Jiankang.

Guan Ziyang had just arrived in Jiankang, and before he returned to Guan Mansion, he was stopped at the entrance of Wuyi Lane.

"Great Governor, the Queen Mother is here to invite you."

Sure enough, I really delayed my trip to Fuling for too long this time...

But before entering the palace, Guan Ziyang went to Xie's house first.

Xie Yi was the only one in the Xie family, seeing Guan Ziyang came back, he said a few words angrily, and did not say hello in advance when he returned to Fuling.

Guan Ziyang repeatedly apologized.

"Hurry up and follow me into the palace to meet the queen mother, I guess you will go to Jingkou tomorrow!"

"So fast?"

"It's fast, you should have gone a few days ago!"

"What happened in the court?"

"It's not that something happened in the court, but something happened in Jingkou!"

"Two refugee armies are fighting!"

The refugee army started fighting?
Guan Ziyang couldn't help wondering, Yin Hao's Northern Expedition failed not long ago, and it is supposed that the Jingkou refugees should work together to deal with the harassment of the northern barbarians.

So on the way into the palace, he asked Xie Yi why.

It turned out that this matter was related to the elder brother whom I hadn't seen for a long time.

Ran Min dominated Yecheng, but in just over half a year, Yecheng was managed by him to flourish.

"It seems that my original 'five-year plan' is still working!"

Today's Yecheng area, under Ran Min's rule, coupled with the favorable weather, is now full of granaries and has greatly increased its military strength.

The most important thing is that the Taixue established in Yecheng can be enrolled by both scholars and ordinary people, which has attracted many Han people in the north to join them, especially many Wubao forces and families.

The refugees in Jingkou had conflicts with the two refugee armies who stayed in Jingkou and attached themselves to the Jin Dynasty precisely because they wanted to return to the north and join Ran Min.

Even to the point where swordsmen meet.

This is something that the imperial court does not want to see. Today's refugees have become an important force in the Eastern Jin Dynasty to prevent the northern Hu people from going south. If the refugee army is infighting and loses troops, it is an unacceptable loss for the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

After Chu Suanzi heard about this, he couldn't sit still anymore, so he discussed with the ministers of the court and asked Guan Ziyang to go to Jingkou immediately to find a way to prevent the further expansion of the internal strife among the refugee army.

Guan Ziyang followed Xie Yi to Xianyang Hall, and Chu Suanzi was overjoyed to see Guan Ziyang finally returned from visiting relatives.

"Guan Dudu, you are back!"

As if seeing a savior at last, Chu Suanzi put away his former majesty and personally helped Guan Ziyang who was paying homage.

After some discussion, he will set off for Jingkou tomorrow to take the post of censor inspector. On holiday, he will go to Jingkou to appease the refugees, reconcile conflicts, and secretly prepare for the reconstruction of the Beifu Army.

……

Niaoyi Lane, Guanfu.

He was going to Jingkou tomorrow, so he had to make some arrangements for Jiankang.

Guan Ziyang hurried to Gu's house, Gu Kaizhi was still the only one at home, he was very happy to see Guan Ziyang's visit.

"Guan Ziyang, I have already told my father, and the madam of Lichun Courtyard will give it to you!"

When Guan Ziyang heard this, his brows were filled with joy, and he said, "Thank you, Mr. Gu!"

With his wish fulfilled, Guan Ziyang wanted to say goodbye and leave.

Gu Kaizhi sensed that something was wrong and asked, "I've done your business for you, but you haven't done mine yet!"

Only then did Guan Ziyang remember that he had agreed to be Gu Kaizhi's mannequin.

So I had to agree.

Guan Ziyang was dressed in armor, held high the long sword in his hand, and stood upright on a piece of bluestone. This was the shape Gu Kaizhi designed for him.

Guan Ziyang stood there motionless, Gu Kaizhi's painting took three hours to pass.

From morning till dark.

Guan Ziyang's hand holding the sword was a little numb, seeing that Gu Kaizhi didn't intend to let him rest.

So he asked: "Young Master Gu, how long will it take! Can you take a break?"

"Oh, it's getting dark! Let's take a break."

When the 'boss' finally spoke, Guan Ziyang put down his sword, and walked over to look at Gu Kaizhi's painting, who would have known that seeing this made his heart go cold.

On Nuo Da's drawing paper, for three whole hours, there was only a piece of bluestone under his feet!
"I've been standing for so long, you just drew a stone!"

At this moment, Guan Ziyang had the urge to beat him up!

(End of this chapter)