C7 Hydroscope Hangover

"Humph!" Chen Ren shook his hands. His face was still ashen, but he did not insist on leaving. Instead, he stood with his back facing Si Ma Hui, not saying a word.

"About that, filial piety!" Sima Hui gave Guo Jia an awkward look.

Guo Jia walked over with a heartless smile, and patted Chen Ren on the shoulder. Brother De Cao, it wasn't because you were in a difficult situation that you would do such a thing! Don't blame him. "

With Guo Jia's help, Chen Ren didn't really want to lose his temper, so his face relaxed a little. Seeing this, Sima Hui was overjoyed. He quickly pulled Chen Ren and Guo Jia along, laughing as he walked. As an apology! I'll treat you guys to wine! "Drink!"

When Guo Jia heard this, she immediately became spirited and left even faster than Sima Hui, "Alright! Drink the wine! Brother De Cao! I remember the last time you forcefully took a few jars of American Bar from Zi Ci! "I'll have to bring it out today!"

Chen Ren was at a loss whether to laugh or cry: "You two! It's morning! How can you drink so early in the morning! "

The three of them were playing around, but they did not expect that their actions had already been reported by the servants of the imperial palace.

After quietly listening to the reports of the servants, both of them did not express any opinions. They only waved their hands to allow the servants to leave, then looked at Duke Pang De who was sitting in the seat of honor, not even daring to make a sound.

"Duke Pang!" In the end, it was Kui Yue who couldn't hold it in any longer and said, "This Chen Ren is just a country bumpkin, why would he need to put in so much effort?"

"A mountain villager?" Pang De smiled and asked, "Zi Rou, what do you think of Chen Ren?"

Kui Liang pondered for a while, then replied, "Chen Zigong is unfathomable!"

"Oh!" Kui Yue was stunned by the completely different answer, but Pang De still smiled, "Zi Rou, why do you have such an answer?"

When we were talking about the matter of the state yesterday, although Chen Zifu did not make any comments, but when we told him about the secret edict, even he and Guo Fengxiao looked surprised, but Chen Zifu was expressionless. This person was either an extremely shrewd person who liked to show off his anger, or he was extremely resourceful, and had already predicted the situation of Luoyang, so he was not surprised at all. "With these three points, I am sure that Chen Zifeng is not as useless as he appeared in the hall yesterday."

Kui Yue wasn't stupid. Hearing this analysis from Kui Liang, he also felt that Chen Ren was not a simple person. Pound nodded repeatedly and said, "That's right! For you to be able to observe all these, it shows that your eyesight has improved a lot over the years. "

"It's all thanks to Mister Pang's guidance!" "Thank you," Kui Liang expressed his gratitude with a proud expression.

"Just as Zi Rou said, this Chen Zichong is not as simple as he appears to be. I can see from his appearance that he is definitely not an ordinary person. Since you two are interacting with him, you must take care to take this opportunity to recruit him. "

"Yes!" The two brothers stood up at the same time and bowed.

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While the Kui brothers were secretly chatting with Pang De, Sima Hui was already dragging Chen Ren and Guo Jia's group towards the west side of the city.

"Brother De Cao, how much wine did you have left from last time?" Guo Jia kept asking questions about the wine along the way.

"Don't worry!" "Don't worry!" Sima Hui replied with a smile, "Last time I took a total of six jars of wine from Zi's Gift. Only when Pang De came to visit me did I take out one jar. "Right now, there are still five jars of fine wine left. That is more than enough!"

"Alright!" Hearing that Guo Jia was assured of the quantity of the wine, Chen Ren also felt that it was impossible for an alcoholic like Guo Jia to share the wine with others.

"Right!" Chen Ren seemed to recall something as he asked, "Brother De Cao, why is the relationship between the Pang De Association and the Kui brothers so close?"

"Ha ha!" Seeing Chen Ren ask a question, Si Ma Lin knew that Chen Ren's anger had mostly disappeared. He was not in a hurry to get on the road, so he replied with a smile, "Duke Pang De is the most learned man in Jing Prefecture. Although the Jing family is considered a large clan, their reputation is still not as great as Duke Pang De's!"

"I know about that, but as far as I know, Duke Pang De seemed to be indifferent to fame and fortune. I heard that when Liu Jing Prefecture first took over Jing Prefecture, he also accepted him as an official, but he politely declined. Since Duke Pang De has such a temperament, how could he be closely associated with the Qu Clan? "

Si Ma Lin frowned and shook his head, "I don't know much about this. It seems that the two brothers of the Qu family have always been a disciple of Duke Pang De, but I have never seen them call Duke Pang a teacher. I don't know much about the relationship between the two of them." It was also because of this proposal made by Duke Pang De that he was willing to receive you two at the Qing Residence that I found out they were familiar with each other. "

"Oh." Chen Ren softly replied, frowning as he lowered his head in thought. Clearly, Simma's answer didn't satisfy Chen Ren. In the historical records, Pang De didn't seem to have made any events that would have a great impact on history. The only connection was that Pang Tong, who was known as "Feng Yu", was Pang De's nephew.

"Brother De Cao, I wonder if you know the nephew of Lord Pound?" Chen Ren couldn't help but ask once again when he thought of Pang Tong.

"Nephew? Oh! You must be talking about the Top Scorer! " Si Ma Hui thought for a moment and then shouted, "This Si Yuan is quite talented. When he was young, he was very popular with Lord Pang De. He often came to my Water Mirror Manor to play with him." "I don't know why, but after the kimono was worn, I began to distance myself from Pang De. Even Pang De sighed often in front of me."

Chen Ren's heart skipped a beat as something seemed to connect with his brain. As he was thinking, the three of them had already reached the city gates of the west side. Just as he was about to exit the city gate, he saw a troop of cavalrymen approaching from the front.

Seeing the cavalry unit, Sima Hui's face changed. He pulled Chen Ren and Guo Jia to the side of the city gate. Chen Ren could clearly see a trace of disdain and disgust on Sima Hui's face.

Just as he was about to ask for the reason, that troop of cavalrymen had already strutted over. Only then did Chen Ren notice that behind the cavalrymen were a large group of men and women in tattered clothing, who were being held by ropes.

"Ah!" It was General Zhang! "General Zhang has returned victorious after killing the bandits!" When the guards at the west gate saw the cavalry, they hurriedly caught up with them with a coquettish smile.

The leader of the cavalrymen, a man with a pale face and no beard, laughed out loud. He sounded rather outspoken, "When this general takes action, a few groups of petty thieves will be easily captured!"

"That's right!" "That's right!" The guard quickly flattered him.

General Zhang ignored the flattery of the guards and pulled on the rope in his hand. A woman behind him fell to the ground immediately, and with a curse, he led his cavalry through the city gate and walked towards the center of the city.

"Bah!" Sima Hui spat towards the back of the cavalry and muttered, "Scum!"

"Brother De Cao, who is this?" Guo Jia asked curiously as she rarely saw the gentle Sima Hui show such an expression.

"It's nothing!" Sima Hui said with disdain, "This person is Liu Jing Prefecture's nephew, his name is Zhang Yun. He carries the name Liu Jing Prefecture in his heart all day and has committed heinous crimes in Xiangyang City!"

"Didn't he participate in the extermination of bandits?" Chen Ren pointed at the prisoners in tattered clothing, who were following behind the mounted soldiers.

Looking at the prisoners, Simayan could not help but shout angrily, "What bandit?!" Zhang Ye was only looking for a village to loot the place. He would be able to capture some ordinary people to make up for his efforts! "What a pity for those villagers. For some inexplicable reason, they were accused of being a bandit and were sent to work. If it were a beautiful woman, she would have been dragged into the mansion and humiliated!"

"Ahhh!" In this chaotic world, human lives are worth more than money! " Listening to Guo Jia's emotional speech, Chen Ren's heart seemed to be moved by something. Looking around at the numb expressions on everyone's faces, Chen Ren clenched his fists.

After the incident at the city gate, the three of them were no longer interested. They came to the west side of the city where the Water Mirror Villa was. The three of them also drank their wine in silence. Amongst the three of them, Si Ma Hui had the lowest alcohol capacity. Not long later, he collapsed onto the bed, drunk. Chen felt that drinking in the room was too stuffy, so he suggested leaving Sima Hui to rest in the room. The two of them went out to the courtyard to drink, and Guo Jia also clapped her hands in agreement.

Both of them brought a jar of wine to the yard. Although Water Mirror Villa's courtyard wasn't very large, it was very elegantly decorated. A willow tree and a small stone path gave off an indescribably elegant feeling. The two of them were not particular people, and immediately sat cross-legged on the ground, drinking wine one gulp at a time.

"Paying respects." Chen Ren looked at Guo Jia and noticed that he was different from before. His heart skipped a beat as he asked, "Is it my duty to be filial?"

Guo Jia was not surprised that her feelings were not exposed, but she nodded silently.

Chen Ren didn't say much, he just continued drinking with Guo Jia. He knew that from yesterday's cold treatment at the Jing Residence, this unruly prodigal son already had a thought in his mind. Today, seeing Zhang Yun bully the common people, Guo Jia was already thinking of joining the government. Of course, Guo Jia came from a history that was already destined to happen. Chen Ren naturally wouldn't interfere, but thinking about Guo Jia's end in this world where she died from illness, looking at one of his few friends in this era, Chen Ren had an inexplicable impulse.

Forget it! Forget it! In the end, Chen Ren resisted the urge to persuade Guo Jia. He raised his wine glass and drank to his heart's content. As a result, both Guo Jia and Chen Ren were drunk in the courtyard of Water Mirror Manor.