At noon the next day, Li Zhang left the inn again with Lao Dao. This time he was preparing to go to Li Zhi's house for a banquet with a tragic feeling. It would be fine if he didn't know yesterday, but after knowing that Li Zhi was probably a homosexual who was interested in him, Li Zhang was a little scared. This was also a normal reaction of a straight man. However, in order to give Zhao Zhen an explanation, he could only bite the bullet and go.

Li Zhi's family lives in the suburbs of the north of the city, not far from Mangdang Mountain, while Li Zhang's inn is in the east of the city, so he needs to pass through half of Yongcheng. Shortly after Li Zhang's carriage entered Yongcheng, Lao Dao suddenly pointed to a big house beside the street and introduced to Li Zhang: "Master, that house is the Cao family!"

After hearing this, Li Zhang looked up and saw that although the Cao family in the distance was large and the buildings were quite grand, the paint on the door was a bit mottled, and some buildings became quite old, as if they had not been repaired for a long time, and there was no way to compare with Cao Wei's mansion in the capital.

But this is actually normal. Cao Wei's brothers are eight, and when his father was alive, the brothers and others passed by separately. Cao Wei is the most promising of many brothers. He looks the most like his father Cao Bin, and has made countless contributions in the army. Even after retreating from the army, he still plays his remaining energy in martial arts. Now, as martial arts students enter the army, Cao Wei's prestige in the army has increased instead of decline.

In contrast, Cao Wei's other brothers performed differently. His elder brother Cao Can was no less successful than Cao Wei. He was appointed as the commander of the front office of the palace and the governor of the Zhongwu Army. He was awarded the title of Grand Tutor and the posthumous posthumously posthumously. However, the other brothers performed mediocrely, and Cao Yan was even more unsuccessful in his literary career. He used to be a member of the Yu Ministry, but later he quickly retired. He has been idle at home for many years and has lived alone by relying on the remaining shade of his ancestors. It can be said that he has long been declining.

However, Cao Qi had a good couple. His son Cao Qi entered the martial arts school and now performed well in the army. He has become a middle-level general in the army. He will also embark on the same path as his uncle Cao Wei in the future. I believe that he will be able to revive his family in a few years. Now Cao Qi's daughter has been selected as the queen. It can be said that Cao Qi's family is destined to soar to the sky.

The crowd gathered in the Cao family also proved this above. Although the lintel of the Cao family was a bit dilapidated, Li Zhang saw groups of people holding prayer books, and the servants behind him stood in front of the Cao family waiting for the visit. After all, everyone was not stupid. Seeing that the Cao family was about to soar into the sky, they naturally wanted to try their best to curry favor before the other party flew up.

Li Zhang was even sure that among these visitors, there must be many people who proposed marriage to Cao Qi. Cao Qi, the Eight Immortals, had been beaten to the mortal world by Li Zhang, and they had changed from a born god to a murderer. They had not gotten married now, so I am afraid that many people now want to marry their daughter to Cao Qi, the future uncle?

It was not until the carriage passed the street in front of the Cao family that Li Zhang closed the car window, but he kept thinking about the matter of the Cao family in his mind, especially Cao Yan. This person has few records in history. Li Zhang only knew that he was Cao Wei's younger brother, but he didn't know his temper at all. In addition, he did not live in the capital, so Cao Yan had almost no sense of existence before.

However, through the fact that Cao was appointed as the queen, Li Zhang could see that Cao Yan was not simple. At least his courage was far beyond ordinary people. Otherwise, he would not dare to take the serious crime of beheading and report his second marriage daughter. Even if Lu Yijian was involved in this matter, Cao Yan still took great risks. Such courage and charm are indeed admirable. But Li Zhang was also wondering, if Cao Yan really had such courage and charm, why did he not have a reputation before? When others were middle-aged, they suddenly did such a shocking event?

Just as Li Zhang was thinking about the Cao family, the carriage also passed through Yongcheng to the north of the city. The Li family said they lived outside the city, but in fact they were very close to the city. They walked out of the north gate for a few miles, and then passed through a forest to a manor. This place was called Lijiazhuang. It is said that the Li family's fields are all within dozens of miles, and Li Zhi's family also lived in the manor.

When Li Zhang's carriage came to the gate of Lijia Manor, several carriages happened to come together. When Li Zhang got off the carriage, the people on the carriage also came down. Li Zhang also found that these people were all acquaintances he met at the garden party yesterday, such as the thin and blue man. If he remembered correctly, this person seemed to be named Zheng Guan and his courtesy name was Zifu.

"Brother Li is here too, what a coincidence!" Zheng Guan and others also saw Li Zhang, and they all smiled and greeted him.

"Brother, please come, okay!" Li Zhang also smiled and said hello. Zheng Guan looked overly lustful, and yesterday he seemed to be very close to Li Zhi, which made Li Zhang wonder about the other party's sexual orientation?

Zheng Guan was very enthusiastic about Li Zhang. He invited Li Zhang into the mansion with other people. Li Zhang also took the opportunity to chat with the other party and inquired about the origins of the people like Zheng Guan. In fact, as he guessed, Zheng Guan was either an official family or a few nobles in the capital. Anyway, none of them were real ordinary people, and even the children of wealthy businessmen could not get into the small circle of these people.

The Li family's manor covers a large area and can even be compared with Li Zhang's manor in the capital. You should know that Li Zhang's manor turned out to be the royal royal house, and the Li family's manor can be compared with the imperial house. This shows that although the Li family has left the officialdom, it is still a first-class wealthy family.

It is obviously not the first time that the pedestrians in Zhengguan have come to Lijia Manor. They are very familiar with the roads in the manor and do not let the servants lead the way. They directly took Li Zhang to the back of the manor. This place is also built into a garden, and there is a slow stream passing through it in the middle of the garden.

"Brother Li, you are finally here. I haven't seen each other for a day. It really makes me feel like I'm apart!" When Li Zhi saw Li Zhang coming in, he immediately came out to greet him. However, Li Zhang felt his whole body numb when he saw his smiling face. He tried to make himself look natural and greeted him a few words, and then Li Zhi invited everyone to take a seat.

Today's banquet was quite special, because the banquet was not set indoors, but along the streams in the garden. There were many high and low stone tables on both sides of the stream, and tables and chairs were also placed on the three tables. Although the weather was good today, it was still a bit cold, so a charcoal basin was prepared next to the tables and chairs, which could be used to keep warm by guests. The preparation was very thoughtful.

Li Zhi sat in the main seat, while Li Zhang sat on the stone platform to his right. The two were only a few steps apart, so it was decided by the other party without asking. Li Zhang resisted the discomfort and sat down, but Li Zhi had no words to talk to Li Zhang. Li Zhang could only bite the bullet and perfunctorily deal with the other party.

Soon everyone arrived, almost all of them were acquaintances they had met yesterday. Li Zhi clapped his hands and asked his servants to serve wine and food. There were musicians and dance girls next to him to cheer him up, and the banquet began immediately. The group of people were very happy to listen to music and enjoy the dance.

I have to say that the food and food of Li Zhi’s family are indeed good. No wonder Zheng Guan and the others have been praising each other yesterday. Even Li Zhang, who is used to eating the skills of Beijing chefs, feels that the skills of Li’s family are unique.

"Everyone, today's beautiful scenery, and there are distinguished guests like Brother Li, which reminds me of the Lanting Cultivation. Today is just right. Why don't we just follow the ancients and have a Qushui Liushang?" At this time, Li Zhi suddenly stood up and suggested that the so-called Huanting refers to a sacrifice held by the ancients by the waterside during the Spring and Autumn Period, which later evolved into a play program. For example, the Lanting Collection preface was written during the Lanting Cultivation.

"Okay! Brother Li is also deeply loved by me!" Zheng Guan was the first to take the lead and others visited and agreed. At this time, Li Zhang already knew that Li Zhi and his group were interested in metaphysics and took the elegance of scholars from the Eastern Jin Dynasty as examples, liked empty talk but not physical objects. Fortunately, since the decline of the Jin Dynasty, this trend was no longer popular among scholars, but it would appear in some small groups.
Chapter completed!