Chapter 896: Relatives are not far away

The Zhang family prospered because of the Rongguo Gong Zhang Yu, and was solid because of the British Gong Zhang Fu, and during the Hongxi period, Zhang Yu chased the king of Hejian, and the ancestors were posthumously sealed for the three generations of the Rongguo Gong, so Zhang Fu's relatives within the five suits were all lifted up, and they were all stained. The Zhang family used to be a big family of Xiangfu, and then a group of vassals Zhang Fu lived a life, and then followed the Yangwu Uncle's wife Gu into Beijing again, and now the surname Zhang has also become one of the big surnames in the imperial capital.

But the other two families who really Rongguo Gongzhi are now full of anger when they mention the word "Yanzhi". On the ancestor worship day of the 25th month of the lunar month, Zhang Hui and Zhang Xuan both came to the point and left after finishing things, even the reunion dinner on Chinese New Year's Eve was also excused not to be there. It's no wonder that they are full of fire, and now the people in the capital know that they are just borrowing the light of the remnants of their ancestors, and they don't have any real power, so even the people who came to the door to ask for help in the past are gone.

For this situation, Zhang Hui is just that-thinking that he almost married his daughter to the unlucky ghost of Fuyang Marquis Li Maofang, he couldn't help but feel cold in his vest, seeing that his daughter is still married to his heart's content, and his son still has an idle errand that is not up or down, although he is not angry that he can't be appointed, but he can only endure it.

But Zhang Hui is different, he has never looked down on Zhang Hui's lack of interest. In his opinion, if he didn't have an opportunity like Zhang Fu, he wouldn't be like this now. Therefore, there was chaos in Luchuan, Yunnan before, and he wrote a letter requesting to lead the troops, but it was refuted; The emperor toured the north, and he tried his best to go along, hoping to find an opportunity to make contributions, but the result was not among them; Previously, Zhang Yue mentioned martial arts and weapons in his book, and he wrote again to make a statement, but as a result, his efforts were like sinking into the sea, and even the slightest wave was not stirred.

Sitting in the study at this time, looking at the henchman kneeling underneath, Zhang Xuan could almost spew fire out of his eyes. He pressed the inkstone with one hand and pressed it again, but finally didn't throw the heavy thing out directly, and it took a long time to hold back a sentence: "You chased people away, and you didn't look for them?" ”

"The little one is looking for it!" How did the little guy not know that his master had a bad temper, so he kowtowed two more heads, and then said with a crying voice, "But that guy is extremely slippery, and he sent someone to the Four Seas Inn, and he didn't move, but the lady in his family actually left the inn straight to settle the bill, and the little one took someone up, but ......"

"What is it!" Zhang Xuan slapped the table hard, and then shouted angrily, "Then you won't start with that woman!" A female streamer, as long as she detains it and releases the wind, does her man dare to show up? ”

"However, she actually entered the Chengguo Gongshi Garden directly!"

Zhang Xuan was originally angry, but as soon as he heard the three words Shijingyuan, his anger suddenly became even stronger. Brother Zhang Fu and Chengguo Gong Zhu Yong are good friends, and he has worked Zhu Yong, but I don't know what Zhang Fu said, or Zhu Yong looks down on him, whether it is a gift or something else, he can't open any breakthrough from Zhu Yong, let alone recommend. Every time he saw Zhu Yong and Zhang Yue's intimate appearance, he was so angry that his teeth itched, but he couldn't attack. It's good now, but the woman who is the boss of the Fang family can still seek the protection of Zhu Yong, the Duke of Chengguo!

"This world is really unreasonable!"

These words can only be said in the heart, but they can't be put on the face, so Zhang Xuan took a deep breath and groaned carefully. Thinking about it, he felt that Zhu Yong must have been deceived by someone about this matter, as long as he exposed it, Zhu Yong would definitely snub Zhang Yue's treacherous guy in the future, so he made up his mind in a moment.

I got the news from King Yue, and I carefully asked people to verify it, how can this be fake?

Calm down, he drank a roll word to the little guy, and when the people went out, he ordered to call his son Zhang Jin in. Zhang Jin is only a little younger than Zhang Yue, but now he only has the title of a guard, and he doesn't even have a real job, although he is not like Zhang Bin, the son of Zhang Hui in the second room, who eats, drinks, prostitutes, and gambles, but he has not seen any big success. Therefore, when his son came in and scolded him, Zhang Xuan eased his face.

"Go change your clothes and come with me to the guests."

Lao Tzu is a hero, Zhang Wei is a person who is unwilling to be lonely, Zhang Jin naturally sharpened his head and wanted to get a good seat, so he did not work hard among his colleagues on weekdays, but he hated Xunwei as the sons and daughters of the nobles who had not yet taken power, and it was okay to have fun together, but it was difficult to do things, so he could only pin his hopes on his father. At this moment, he didn't care about the reprimand he had just eaten, and hurriedly asked, "Dad, where are you going to visit?" ”

"Go to Chengguo Gongshi Garden!"

Scenery Garden? Zhang Jin's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly retreated to prepare. He knows, don't look at Zhu Yong, the Duke of Chengguo, who is famous for saluting the scholars, but he has never been true to them, and even his own family is only because Zhang and Zhu's two families have always been friendly, so they are a little relieved. Hurriedly changed into a guest clothes and came back, he knew that his father was not in a good temper at this time, and he didn't dare to ask more, until he went out and got on the horse, he finally heard a command.

"Look back smartly, look at me. If today's things are done well, your Uncle Zhu will know who the real credible person of the Zhang family is. ”

It sounds subtle. Zhang Jin's heart jumped, and for a while he thought of Zhang Yue, who was now young but in the ministry, and suddenly became envious and jealous, and hurriedly nodded heavily.

is also a member of the Zhang family, and in the past two years, as soon as winter comes, the British public Zhang Fu has always traveled in a sedan chair on the grounds of rheumatism; Zhang Hui, on the other hand, is afraid of the cold, and always has a warm mule cart at home to shelter from the wind; On the contrary, Zhang Xuan wants to show the martial arts of the noble children, but whenever he goes out, he rides a horse. Now it is said that it is spring, but the weather in the capital is still extremely cold, and when the horse gallops, the strong wind blows on the face, which hurts like a blunt knife cutting meat. When he jumped off the horse in front of the Chengguo Gongshi Garden, Zhang Jin almost felt that his face was blown wood, and it was not until the family members who welcomed the guests took them to the warm flower hall that he eased up.

After the tea, the two servants retreated and waited in front of the door. Zhang Jin couldn't see anyone, so he couldn't help but be a little impatient, so he asked in a low voice: "Dad, won't the Chengguo Guild not see us?" ”

"Usually I can't say it, but this time...... I have already told the butler that it is an extremely important matter, and if you want to come to Chengguogong, you must come to see me! Zhang Xuan picked up the teacup and took a sip, and then found that his son had an expression of gain and loss, and immediately reprimanded angrily, "Don't look like you're dead, people think you're not old when you look at it!" Zhang Yue's kid is cunning, but he can pretend to be first-class, and he has the most appropriate face when he sees anyone, you should study hard! ”

Outside, Zhang Yue originally came with Zhu Yong, and Zhu Yong had just sent the little guy under the corridor, who knew that as soon as the two arrived at the door, they happened to hear such words. Zhang Yue smiled dumbly, then turned his head to look at Zhu Yong, and whispered: "Uncle Shi, since they said so, I still won't go in, lest they feel unhappy." ”

"I rarely have a day off, and my family is flooded with them, alas." Zhu Yong shook his head helplessly, and nodded again, "Don't worry about that, how can you say it, several fleets that have gone to the West and the South Seas have their help, what is it to take someone in, not to mention that it is your future in-laws." I'd like to see who doesn't take me seriously! ”

Zhu Yong has always said that one is one, and two is two, and when it came to this, Zhang Yue naturally raised his hand and left. Although he didn't know what Zhang Xu's father and son were doing here, he had never had a good impression of Zhang Hui's two cousins, so it was naturally ideal not to meet people. Thinking of the foreshadowing he had planted when he sent Fang Rui away in the past, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Fortunately, his habit is to take one step and look at ten steps, otherwise it would not be good if he really had a seizure this time.

Zhang Yue left, and Zhu Yong opened the curtain and stepped over the threshold to enter. Seeing Zhang Xuan and Zhang Jin's father and son standing up to salute, he nodded lightly: "The next person came to report, saying that your father and son have something important to do with me?" There are some things that I don't help you, you also know, except for the military position, all of them are in the military department, although I am the governor of the Chinese army, I am only in charge of the army and lead the army. Besides, Brother Jin's martial arts are really sparse, even if he is as motivated as you, I am easy to speak. ”

Zhang Wei was used to seeing Zhu Yong's demeanor, so he naturally just smiled, but Zhang Jin's face was flushed, and he wanted to stand up and leave immediately, but he didn't dare to move because of his father. After Zhu Yong finished speaking, Zhang Xuan waved his hand and said, "Brother Shi, I didn't come to you this time for Brother Jin's business, I also know that you also bothered a lot about his military position in the past. The stakes are indeed high...... I heard that a woman came to your house yesterday? ”

"Woman?"

Zhu Yong suddenly woke up, remembered what Zhang Yue said first, and after a moment of silence, he shook his head in confusion and said, "There are many people coming and going in my Shijing Garden, and there are so many orders to visit your sister-in-law every day, so I can remember who lives there." ”

Hearing this, Zhang Wei felt more and more that he was right, so he immediately changed to a solemn expression: "I knew that Brother Shi must have been deceived by someone." I don't tell the world that the thing is like this, the woman yesterday was a tricky person, and her father-in-law was a distant relative of my sister-in-law...... cough, let's put it this way, that's Fang Jing's brother Fang Rui! In the past, when Brother Yue's sister promised Fang Jing, I felt that it was inappropriate, but the eldest brother and sister-in-law didn't care at all, but I only got the news a few days ago, saying that Fang Rui had been a palace official for the Hanshu people, and he was still the confidant of the prince......"

The more Zhang Xuan spoke, the more excited he became, and finally he simply stood up: "How can such a person who has committed a heinous crime be a good match for Jing Yatou, not to mention that now that woman has arrived at the brother's house, isn't this causing trouble for you?" ”

Zhang Jin on the side saw that Zhu Yong frowned at first, and then did not show any surprised expression at all, and felt a little bad in his heart, and when he saw that his father was indignant, Zhu Yong still lightly covered his mouth and yawned, he knew that his father had miscalculated this time. However, he couldn't find a way to remind him at this time, so he had to cough heavily, but Zhang Xuan didn't notice it at all.

Finally, Zhu Yong was really impatient and waited for Zhang Xuan to put away the gushing words, and the lid of the teacup touched the teacup, making a crisp sound. Seeing that Zhang Xuan finally closed his mouth in a knowing way, he put down the teacup and said with a smile: "Thanks to you for inquiring about these joints so clearly, I want to thank you for your enthusiasm." It's just that you might as well think about it, what a shrewd person your eldest brother is, if Fang Jing's eldest brother really has such a criminal record, how can he come forward to be a matchmaker? ”

One sentence made Zhang Wei speechless, and Zhu Yong stood up lightly and skillfully: "Besides, didn't you tell Brother Jin at the beginning that Zhang Yue is the most appropriate character, he wants to marry a sister, and the son-in-law in the Beijing division is not one hundred but eighty, how can he not choose carefully?" As for the woman, she has some dealings with my brother-in-law's wife in Nanjing, and she is not an outsider. ”

Every time Zhu Yong said a word, the surprise on Zhang Yuan's face increased, and in the end, he was full of surprise, and watched Zhu Yong leave with an excuse after bowing his head. It wasn't until the person left that Zhang Jin next to him called several times, and he came back to his senses when he lost his soul, but he lost the spirit when he came, and sat down on the chair.

"Dad, let's ......"

"That treacherous boy, I don't believe ......"

Zhang Yue, who had left Shijingyuan early, naturally didn't know what others were arranging behind his back, but he was a little curious about the intentions of Zhang Yu's father and son. It's just that as soon as he entered the yamen of the military department, his messy mind was put aside. In the Ministry of War, military generals from other places enter Beijing to report on their work, which is the first pass, and when there is a shortage of military generals in Beijing to go to the local government, they also need to go here to get documents. In the past, he pushed all this matter to the old Shangshu Zhang Ben, but now that the right attendant of the military department has someone, he gave it to Xu Kuo again. As a result, the bigwigs praised him for his humility, and the generals were not so breathless in the face of a gray-haired old man, and only the officers of the military department who were familiar with Zhang Yue's temperament knew that he was just tired of the clichés of the officials and was just lazy.

At this time, he entered the three gates, and his own scribe stepped forward to report that Xu Shilang had something important to discuss with him, so he went straight there, and met a person coming out. The two looked at each other, and Zhang Yue was stunned for a moment.

Liu ...... Now I have to change my name to Deputy Chief Liu! ”

The opposite person was none other than Liu Zhong, the commander of the Shandong capital when Zhang Yuezhong was assigned to Shandong as an official after Jinshi. Later, during the rebellion of the Pinghan Domain, it was Liu Zhong who went all the way to Sasuke, and then he first entered the governor's mansion, and then he guarded the place, but now he is the deputy chief military officer who guards Gansu - the reason why he didn't get the main post is only because Liu Zhong has no title.

Liu Zhong immediately grinned when he heard this, and nodded at Zhang Yue again: "Just now I asked Lord Xu why I didn't see you, and Lord Xu still talked to me about him, saying that this is your respect for the elderly, and in my opinion, you are lazy, right?" I won't be able to stay in the capital for a few days this time, and I'll leave in two days. You don't have to send me, can you, the proprietor, invite me to a meal tonight? ”