During the meal, Zheng Peng frowned and said, "Recently, the movement of the teaching workshop has been getting bigger and bigger. ”

Ah Jun also said with a wry smile: "Isn't it, a few days ago, I practiced three times a day, but now it's good, I practice from morning to night every day, which really doesn't make people live in peace." ”

"The little Langjun surnamed Ma who lives next door to us also moved away, saying that the quarrel hurts his head, this kid used to complain to Li Zheng, but the Jiaofang Division is the emperor, where does Li Zheng dare to care, let people beat him out with a stick, he deserves it." Ah Fu chimed in.

Zheng Peng looked at Huang San, who was standing aside, and asked, "Huang San, do you know what the teaching workshop has been busy with recently?" ”

Huang San immediately said: "Young Master, I heard that the Inner Teaching Workshop, the Left Teaching Workshop and the Right Teaching Workshop have been busy rehearsing recently, as if the emperor is going to hold a competition, so that the three teaching workshops will compete with each other, and the winners will be rewarded, so these teaching workshops have been practicing very hard recently." ”

The teaching workshop was originally belonging to the Taichang Temple, and later became independent, Haiyou acrobatics, teaching custom music, for the officials and nobles to enjoy, Li Longji is very fond of music, especially like large-scale singing and dancing performances, the scale is large, the teaching workshop is divided into three, respectively, the inner teaching workshop, the left teaching workshop and the right teaching workshop, so that they compete with each other is normal.

There is competition to make progress.

Zheng Peng's heart moved, and he said, "Huang San, you want to find a way to inquire about what's going on, go ahead." ”

Huang San answered, turned around and went out to inquire, it was an easy job for him, because what he was best at was asking for news.

"Young master, this is a letter from your hometown, which was sent yesterday at noon." After Huang San left, Ah Shou presented a letter to Zheng Peng with both hands.

When I opened it, it was Zheng Fu's letter.

Zheng Fu came to write two letters a month, both of which reported the situation at home, such as the growth of crops, the income and expenditure of the store, the trading of Zhongdao, etc., in recent years, the wind and rain have been smooth, the country and the people, and the help of the Guo Mansion, everything is quite smooth, and finally Zheng Fu took the initiative to ask for punishment in the letter, because he saw that the dilapidated house of the Zheng family was seriously damaged after a heavy rain, and without Zheng Peng's consent, he took it upon himself to ask someone to repair it.

After reading the letter, Zheng Peng didn't speak for a long time, and was silent for a long time, and then he wrote a reply, but the letter didn't say good, nor did he say bad, as if he had forgotten about it.

In fact, if you think about it, Zheng Fu did the right thing, although the house was dilapidated, when Zheng Peng was the most depressed, he sheltered Zheng Peng from the wind and rain, and fell into his own hands, which could not be carried forward, but at least it could not be destroyed in his own hands.

lest the Zheng family in Yuancheng make a fuss about the broken house in the future.

After replying to the letter, he asked Ah Fu to take the business opened in Chang'an by Guo Mansion and ask someone to bring it back.

In ancient times, it was not easy to send letters, post stations could only be used by officials, ordinary people could only find caravans or middlemen to send letters, and some merchants took a fancy to the profits and took the lead in delivering letters.

Zheng Peng and Guo Fu are good friends, and the correspondence is entrusted to Guo Fu, and they can use the official post, fast and good.

After replying to the letter, Zheng Peng stretched his waist, feeling a little bored, and he didn't go shopping anymore, thinking that he had been practicing less words recently, and instructed Ah Fu to prepare pen, ink, paper, and inkstone.

It's rare to have a free day, and the next morning, Zheng Peng just finished boxing with Ah Jun, and Ah Shou walked in with a gift box: "Young master, this is a gift from someone." ”

Zheng Peng's face sank, and he opened his mouth to reproach: "Didn't I tell you that I didn't accept anyone's courtesy, and I didn't hear it in my ears?" ”

In order to maintain their reputation, they can eat and drink at a discount and free order, but the gift will never be accepted, lest someone say that they are unjust, and the little fame that they have finally saved is gone.

Ah Fu said with a bitter face: "Young master, how dare you accept the little one, that person will run away when he puts it down, and he can't catch up." ”

Zheng Peng took it, opened it and saw three deer whips in the box, and couldn't smile bitterly for a while.

What do you mean, I practiced at home for a day and didn't go to Pingkangfang, and someone sent this kind of aphrodisiac medicine, is this caring for myself or shabby myself?

You don't think you've been singing every night and emptying your body, right?

No, these days, I am not indecent, and I haven't fired a shot.

"Throw it away for me, and besides, those messy letters are pressing, so you don't have to show them to me." Zheng Peng said indignantly.

Du Mu said, "I dream of Yangzhou once in ten years, and win the name of Bo Xing in Qinglou", Bo Xing's name has not fallen on his head, and the problem of this kidney has been paid attention to so quickly?

For three days in a row, Zheng Peng practiced calligraphy and boxing at home, and lived a leisurely life.

On the fourth day, after Zheng Peng had breakfast, he took Ah Jun and prepared to go out for a walk.

Recently, spending money is like flowing water, only not in and out, seeing that the money is getting less and less, I have been in Chang'an for almost a month, and I still haven't got anything yet, not to mention getting ahead, but the threshold has not been touched, and I don't know how much money it will cost to get on the throne, Zheng Peng can't sit still.

It's time to make some extra money.

"Young Master, where are you going? I'll go and prepare the horses. Ah Jun asked.

"No, just go to Dongshi and take a few steps to exercise."

Yiyangfang is next to the East Market, walking is a moment of effort, it is inconvenient for many people to ride horses, if you are frightened and bump into a certain royal relative, it is not good.

As soon as he got out of the workshop, someone suddenly blocked the way: "Yo, isn't this Zheng Dacai, I didn't expect us to meet again." ”

Zheng Peng looked up, it was a coincidence, it was not that the enemies did not get together, it was Sun Yaozhou who blocked his way.

This guy also came to Chang'an.

"Brother Yaozhou is joking, with you, the number one talent, who dares to call him a talent in front of you?" Zheng Peng said with a smile.

Sun Yaozhou's face was gloomy, and his old face couldn't help but twitch twice, the first talent was a thorn in his heart, every time he thought of it, he had an urge to vomit blood, after the Lanting meeting, Sun Yaozhou, who had lost face, was embarrassed to go out, and felt that he had no face in Weizhou, so he tried every means to get a place in the country, study in Chang'an, and impact his career by the way.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he arrived in Chang'an, he saw Zheng Peng, and when he saw Zheng Peng's somewhat depressed appearance, he couldn't help but block his way.

Zheng Peng is not particular about his clothes on weekdays, in order to better inquire about the market, he doesn't ride horses, and he specially wears a set of missing crotch shirts worn by ordinary people, and there is no maid around him.

If you dress up too well, those merchants will stay away, and it will be difficult to inquire about the news.

Sun Yaozhou had seen a big scene, and when he heard this, he laughed, and deliberately diverted the topic: "Feiteng, you are... What's this outfit? ”

Zheng Peng could see that Sun Yaozhou was concerned on the surface, and he felt very happy when he saw his "down" appearance, and his eyes showed a look of gloating.

There was something in his heart, Zheng Peng didn't bother to talk to him, and replied casually: "Alas, it's hard to say, don't hide it from Brother Yaozhou, a certain knowledge is actually average, otherwise he wouldn't be kicked out by the family, Lanting will be that time, in fact, it was a flash of inspiration, and he couldn't make a good poem afterwards, he was a little afraid of being recognized by others, so he went to the sky to study, and after completing his studies, he could return to his hometown in a beautiful and beautiful manner, but he didn't expect to be deceived by a broker, he said that he could help me get a degree from Guozijian, and he ran away after cheating the money, and he really couldn't find it, and he was going to run out of sight. I was thinking about finding something to do, by the way, Brother Yaozhou, do you have any good errands to recommend, do you want to borrow some plates? ”

Where is Sun Yaozhou willing to borrow, I can't wait to see Zheng Peng begging for food, and he said with some embarrassment: "There are not many entanglements in a certain place, but I'm afraid that love can't help, but it's an errand, there are still some connections here, so I'll help Brother Feiteng pay attention to it." ”

Zheng Peng heard the words "thank you" repeatedly, said a few more words, and then took Ah Jun away.

"Young master, can't you just ignore him, why do you tell him so much?" Walking away, Ah Jun said with some puzzlement.

Zheng Peng said nonchalantly: "You didn't see his face, he looked like a dead man just now, he was too lazy to quarrel with him, just pick up something he likes to listen to and coax him, just take it as a good deed every day." ”

Sun Yaozhou is a showy and stubborn person, arguing with him wastes time, simply saying what he likes to hear, and then borrowing money from him and coaxing him away.

Regardless of ancient or modern, this money is not easy to borrow, and it is said that borrowing money can best verify the quality between the two, Zheng Peng deliberately said this, for fear that Sun Yaozhou would not be convinced after knowing that he was in Chang'an, and he would run over every three or five times to cut it, so how could he work with peace of mind?

Seeing Zheng Peng leaving, Sun Yaozhou sneered and said: "It's really naïve, how can there be so many places in the country, that is from the township to the county, from the county to the state, the list is passed up layer by layer, talking about talent and learning, talking about background, where to get him." ”

Zheng Peng's words, think about it, it seems to make a little sense, Sun Yaozhou sent someone to investigate Zheng Peng, and found that what Zheng Peng said was true, before the Lanting meeting, he didn't learn and didn't have any skills, and he was messing around in Fireworks Willow Lane all day long.

Is it possible, running to Chang'an is really to study?

"Changshui" Sun Yaozhou suddenly opened his mouth and called his henchmen.

"What do you have to say?" Changshui asked respectfully.

"Follow him secretly and see what the guy surnamed Zheng is doing."

"The little ones go right away."

......

At sunset in the evening, Changshui, who had been ordered to follow Zheng Peng, finally came back and reported to Sun Weizhou in an upper room called Daxing Inn in Chongrenfang.

"Xiao Langjun, surnamed Zheng, took a turn in the East Market, as if he wanted to do business, and asked the shopkeeper from time to time, but I didn't know if he was looking for an errand, and he kept finding the market to close, and then he went back."

Sun Yaozhou opened his mouth and asked, "Oh, which inn does he live in?" Is it an upper room or a lower room? ”

"It's not an inn, it's a house in Xuanyangfang, the location is good, but it's close to the workshop, the noise is very loud, the rent is relatively cheap, and the small one follows him to the place where he rents, because it's getting dark, so he doesn't follow it."

"Okay, it seems that the surname Zheng didn't lie to my son" Sun Yaozhou stood up, was so excited that he paced back and forth while rubbing his hands, and said to himself: "The shame of the surname Zheng, there is no revenge and no gentleman, there is no Guo Ketang and Guo Fu to protect him here, see how long he can jump, I have to think of a way to treat him, how to deal with him..."

Suddenly, Sun Yaozhou seemed to think of something, snapped his fingers, and shouted: "There is." ”