Zhang Shou, who was full of hope to avoid the drudgery of the calendar, naturally avoided going to Gefu for the next few days, and even the Xiao family just asked Ah Liu to help take care of it, Guan Qiu just brought a few books there, and hid in the Guozijian house at other times.

It wasn't until he heard that Ge Yongzhen had gathered a few old friends and officials from Qin Tianjian to write a letter requesting observation from all over the world, and for a while there were different opinions in the DPRK and China, some for and some against, at least I didn't hear that Mr. Ge betrayed and said that it was all his bad idea, that Zhang Shou breathed a sigh of relief. Anyway, with the official position he is holding now, it is unlikely that he will go out of Beijing to preside over any measurements......

And this kind of controversy in the tide of the selection of horses and guests, although there are also a few waves, but in the end the response is not too big. Everyone was looking forward to the list of the Ministry of Rites, but when the list of 80 people really came out, there were still a few happy and a few worried.

And the children of Guijie who once came to Zhang Shou's side to shout for special counseling all passed. If Zhang Chen hadn't trained people back, everyone would have been eager to immediately set up a drink and invite Zhang Shou to drink two cups. Everyone thinks that if it weren't for the coincidence that they called Mr. Zhang Shou in Cuiyun, and they were honest in the middle of the mountain hall these days, they would have been eliminated long ago with their past reputation!

After the initial screening, there is the second selection, when the list of 40 people comes out, and 17 people are still among them, everyone is really happy. Although Zhang Chen said with a straight face that Mr. Xiao didn't like to swagger, he couldn't help but persuade Zhang Wu and Zhang Lu to live and die, and the others were soft and hard one by one, so he had to block people in Jiuzhangtang the night before the rest of the day.

"Please invite me to the Qin State Mansion for a banquet? Is this an invitation to your house? ”

Zhang Shou was suddenly a little surprised. Don't look at the children of these noble disciples in Banshan Hall, they have to call him a teacher in person, and there are countless people who learn Zhang Chen behind their backs and call him Mr. Xiao, but there are really not many people who treat him as a teacher. The Lu family is because Lu Juan has grown wise by eating a trench, and most of the rest have sent people to give gifts, and the rest can't be said.

As for Zhang Chen's father, Zhang Chuan, the Duke of Qin Guogong, although he heard Zhang Chen say that this son who was addicted to the sea of books and didn't care about his son, and he also took a look at Zhang Chuan from afar at the court meeting, but he didn't even say a word. And after Zhang Chen was praised by the emperor twice, the Qin State Mansion sent someone to send gifts, which is not a lot of exchanges.

"It's not my dad who invited me." Seeing Zhang Shou's contemplative face, Zhang Chen was worried that he would be wrong, so he hurriedly explained, "It's Awu Alu's classmates who said that my family is big, and my father doesn't care much about me, so I want to borrow my home to set up two tables Thank you, Mr. Xiao." ”

He paused as he spoke, and wanted to add a sentence to Zhu Ying, don't come. Even if he has now discarded that extravagance, he is determined to find a stunning beauty who is more beautiful than Zhu Ying, such as Princess Yongping. But if Zhu Ying was always dangling in front of him, he still couldn't stand the heart-piercing feeling. However, when the words came to his lips, he swallowed them back.

Although his father and Zhu Ying's father Zhao Guogong did not have obvious discord, they did not have much friendship, and Zhu Ying should not come. Most importantly, his mother, Mrs. Lin, of the State of Qin...... I have always liked Zhu Ying very much.

And Zhang Shou only thought about it, and finally agreed very happily. When he went to Zhao Guogong's mansion on the evening of this day, when he told Mrs. Tai and Zhu Ying's ancestors about it, Zhu Ying suddenly complained angrily: "It's rare to take a day off, Zhang Chen and they have a lot of things, where can they come with so many courtesies, and finally when they become the guest of honor of the horse, it's not too late to thank the teacher again!" ”

"Yingying, haven't you heard a word? Don't blame many people! Mrs. Tai nodded with a smile and said, "Yes, you should go, but although it is not the Duke of Qin who invited you, and it is your students who thank you, Mrs. Qin Guo is so much older than you, and it is not good for you to come empty-handed." Well, you can send her something for me. She often has dizziness and headaches, and she takes a little gastrodia. ”

Zhang Shou naturally didn't understand this kind of routine of honorable exchanges, and Mrs. Tai was willing to mention it, so he agreed with kindness. And when Mrs. Tai stopped Zhu Ying, who wanted to join in the fun, he had no worries.

The next day, after he got up early at home to change clothes and wash, he was still eating breakfast, and Lao Liu Tou came in with a smile to report that the eldest son of Qin Guo had arrived. When he saw Zhang Chen wearing a new brocade dress and carrying a gift box into the door, he couldn't help but have the illusion that someone came to his house as a guest.

"My mother specially asked me to pick up Mr. Xiao." Zhang Chen is even more unnatural than Zhang Shou. Zhang Shou is in the house of Guozijian, he has been to countless times, but this small courtyard is the first time he has come, he has seen his own Xuanchang, and then compared with the crampedness of this place, he looked at Zhang Shou's home green robe, leisurely and comfortable, and saw his own dress that claimed not to be rude, he only felt very uncomfortable.

It really made Mrs. Tai right, and many people are not to blame! Zhang Shou smiled while thinking about it: "Then have you had breakfast?" If you haven't eaten it, eat it with me before leaving. It's only time, and you're so early! ”

Zhang Chen was about to say that he had eaten, but his stomach growled directly, and he immediately betrayed him. He could only laugh dryly, especially when Zhang Shou ordered to send out another four-color bun with porridge and side dishes, he felt a little hungry. When he sat down to have breakfast with him, he invited Zhang Shou to go out and get in the car, and then whispered: "It was my mother's order to send a car to pick me up, and let me come early......"

"It's my father's order!"

Zhang Shou was suddenly a little surprised: "Your father? Does your dad know that there will be such a bunch of people in your house today? ”

"I didn't want to tell him, but he never cared anyway." Zhang Chen, who was sitting in the car, snorted angrily, and then said sullenly, "Who knew that he, who has always only read books and doesn't care about family affairs, actually asked my mother this morning, knowing that those people in Banshan Hall were coming, and they invited you, Mr. Xiao, and my mother said that she would send a car to pick me up, so he instructed me to come early." ”

"God knows what he wants to do!" When he said this, Zhang Chen's face was annoyed, but his eyes were a little wandering, "Anyway, he only has those books in his heart, at most, he just commanded this, I also had friends come home in the past, and he has never seen it!" ”

Listening to Zhang Chen's tone, he was suddenly classifying himself as a friend, and Zhang Shou couldn't help but laugh. After all, he looks like a peer from the outside, except for when he is in class, he doesn't think of himself as a teacher too much. The rest of the way, he casually asked about irrelevant trivia until the carriage finally stopped. However, before he could get up and get out of the car, a respectful voice came from outside.

"Dr. Zhang, the master said that there is still some time until noon, please go to the incense house to taste tea."

Zhang Chen, who was originally going to walk in front, was stunned. Immediately after, he leaned out and jumped out of the car, and the person standing in front of him was Zhang Ling, the most confidant of his father's side, and he asked angrily: "This is my guest, what's the matter with Dad directly intercepting people?" Don't talk to me beforehand! ”

Zhang Ling also lowered his eyebrows and looked at Zhang Chen, and was respectful: "Young master, Dr. Zhang is your teacher, and the master invited him to go for a while, which is also a sign of respect." Besides, the old man said, please accompany Dr. Zhang. ”

At this moment, Zhang Chen's face was full of anger and turned into nothing, although his face was still tense, but this time it was not anger, but confusion. From childhood to adulthood, although his father did not look up and looked down, but he couldn't say a few words all day long, whether he was praised for reading, or wrote well, or made trouble, and was sued, he always knew lightly.

So, later, he didn't bother to care about what kind of reaction his words and deeds would make his father, and he did his own thing - anyway, as long as the sky didn't fall, he was sure that Zhang Chuan would definitely not care!

So this time, he really felt a little uneasy. When he took Zhang Shou and Zhang Ling to the so-called incense house, he deliberately explained angrily: "That incense house is where my father mixes incense, and he just loves the elegance that these scholars like." Every year, there are dozens or hundreds of bottles of incense sent out from the Qin State Mansion, and the raw materials alone cost countless people. ”

is obviously criticizing his father, but Zhang Chen's voice is not small, and Zhang Ling in front of him is also deaf, and even walked a few steps quickly, as if his ears are not listening. And taking this opportunity, Zhang Chen immediately lowered his voice and said: "Don't look at my father who is calm in front of people, but he is also a first-class old fox, little sir, don't underestimate him." ”

Holding a box of gastrodia that Mrs. Tai asked her to give to Mrs. Qin Guo in his hand, hearing this, Zhang Shou couldn't help but laugh secretly. Even if your father is a second-generation noble, then he is the Duke of Qin, I dare to underestimate him?

"That's your father, the pillar of the country, don't criticize him behind your back! As for perfumery, this is just as legitimate as some people are obsessed with gold and stone, some people are fond of looking for antiquity, and some people like poetry and songs. The spices made by your father are sent to relatives and friends, that is a piece of his heart, and it costs a lot and is a normal human expense, so you can take care of it? ”

Zhang Chen glared at himself when he saw Zhang Shou say, although he knew that this was not so much a warning as a reminder, but the boss was still unhappy. Anyway, it's not been a day or two since he said bad things about his father, but he hasn't seen anyone scold him, so what's the matter? If he really doesn't recognize this father one day, he won't bother to say a word!

Soon, as Zhang Ling stopped in front of the door of a seemingly ordinary house, knocked on the door and pushed the door open himself, Zhang Shou smelled that there was an extremely elegant sweet fragrance of citrus in the air. The fragrance is different from many spices in these years, it is not rich, but it seems to be entwined all over the body, and people smell it gently, and even their spirits are lifted.

But Zhang Chen obviously didn't like this fragrance, and followed Zhang Shou impatiently. Especially when he entered the inner room, the fragrance was slightly lighter, and he saw that behind the big case near the window, his sideburns were slightly frosty, and his father Zhang Chuan, who was in clear shape, was concentrating on dividing tea, and his movements were soft and focused, and he was quite good-looking, when Zhang Shou casually stuffed the box in his hand to him, he couldn't help but turn his head to look away.

My own family is obviously a noble family, and my father likes this kind of tune!

"Qin Guogong."

"Dr. Zhang, come, try this cup of tea."

Unlike Zhang Chen, who was awkward and deliberately ignored people, Zhang Shou took the initiative to see it first, but when he saw Zhang Chuan greeting him, he also enthusiastically handed over a very small teacup, and he didn't say that Zhang Chen had ever said that he was withdrawn and indifferent, so he was a little puzzled. He took the tea with both hands, and under the gaze of the other party's bright eyes, he immediately raised his glass and drank it all without hesitation.

Anyway, he once said to Zhu Ying that he was a layman who couldn't taste tea at all, so he couldn't taste the precious Sheqian tea at all, so he simply kept this setting to the end.

And this drink, he found that the tea soup he had just drunk ...... It's citrus!

He remembered that whether it was in this year or in later generations, the real tea people all despised people who drank flower tea and fruit tea the most, and some people even felt sad that the fragrance of flowers and fruits would destroy the fragrance of tea. If ordinary tea is forgotten, it is even more violent to take the top tea to brew flower tea. But if his sense of taste is okay, what he is drinking right now seems to be the best tea!

Zhang Shou tasted this aftertaste, and when he saw Zhang Chuan looking at him with a smile, he simply laughed at himself: "Qin Guogong asked someone like me to taste the quality of the tea, I'm afraid I'm going to be disappointed." Anyway, I have a reluctant request, this citrus tea is quite thirst-quenching, can you have another cup? ”

Zhang Chen, who had just looked slightly tight, laughed with relief. To say that although Zhang Shou is handsome and elegant, he is like a fairy, but he doesn't often put on a shelf on weekdays, and he doesn't have those elegant hobbies, so he and others naturally gradually feel that this little gentleman is actually very easy to get along with. At this time, Zhang Shou's big scenery, he couldn't help but feel relieved.

Drinking tea was originally to quench your thirst, and Dad also deliberately took out the tea ceremony to entertain the guests.

Zhang Chuan calmly took back the small teacup that Zhang Shou held in both hands, and poured another cup. Seeing that Zhang Shou really drank it all again, he smiled and said: "I originally thought that since Dr. Zhang, since you have unparalleled appearance and demeanor, you must pay attention to elegance in your gestures, but I didn't expect you to be such a happy and free person." ”

"It's no wonder that the dog has always been rebellious, but now he can be a serious fasting chief in the mid-levels hall."

Zhang Chen heard that his father did not use words such as stubborn and unbearable to belittle himself, but used the word unruly, and he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, thinking that his father, who had always ignored him, still had a little vision.

"After living in the mountains for a long time, it is inevitable that some people will go their own way, and I ask the Duke of Qin to forgive me for my rudeness." Seeing Zhang Chuan motioning for him to sit, Zhang Shou sat down unceremoniously, and then said with a smile, "As for Zhang Chen, he was born in the public mansion, but he was arrogant and did not bully, and he thought that the incident in the Linhai camp was very amazing and admirable. The rest of the people in the Mid-Levels Hall were all very obedient to him. ”

"Convincing him? Was he convinced? Zhang Chuan smiled, seeing that Zhang Chen turned his head away from looking at himself, but his face was a little red, he said casually, "I have always been lazy and careless, he has never taken care of his affairs since he was a child, and this father is indeed too leisurely." I am grateful that Dr. Zhang, as a teacher, has helped me fulfill my father's duties. ”

Without waiting for Zhang Shou to answer, he coughed and said, "Therefore, Zhang Chen's marriage has bothered Dr. Zhang a lot." ”