Chapter 591: Don't be gutsless, don't be scheming

Due to the large number of relatives within the five costumes, the officials always have several bereavement experiences throughout the year, so in addition to Ding Wei, when the civil and military officials serve the period of mourning or other minor mourning, they are all removed from the Yamen Council and the previous dynasty, which has become a common practice. And in order to express their condolences for the deceased, even if they are not convinced, people will choose plain colors of clothing outside. Among them, cyan is the first choice for most people. Zhang Yue appeared in front of people as soon as he came back, so he kept wearing green clothes and green boots.

He is still in the military department, but the function of the Arsenal Division has been appointed as another member of the Langzhong, and he does not need to go to the military department to order, but the Zhan Mansion needs to be there every day. Since Jian Yi, who is also the duty of Zhan Shi, has to take care of the affairs of the Ministry of Officials most of the time, most of them are not in Zhan Shifu, and the main thing he needs to deal with is the old pedant. It's just that these people are all high and proud, and he rarely speaks through mourning, and no one bothers him.

Zhan Shifu is located in the east of the Liubu Yamen and the Hanlin Courtyard, a few steps further south is the city wall, and a little further east is the Chongwen Gate, which is a noisy place among the first class in the capital. There are a total of twenty or thirty people in the small courtyard of Sanjin, most of whom are over forty years old, except for Zhang Yue, who is not yet thirty years old, that is, a few miscellaneous soap li.

At noon dinner that day, the big room in the East Courtyard brought food to the officials in Zhan Shifu's house according to the custom. Zhang Yue has been a vegetarian for most of the year, so he only took white rice as always. Just as he was picking up the rice grains with pickles, he heard a young soap servant calling outside, and when he went out to listen to the man's report, he hurried out of Zhan's mansion. But I saw a young man with a big shoulder and a round waist standing in front of the horse-tethered post on the west side of the gate. Recognizing that this was Shi Heng, he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then stepped forward.

"Why is it only you? What about your cousin-in-law? ”

Shi Heng originally followed Wang Yu to run around, and he had seen a lot of the world more than when he was at home before, and he liked this kind of happy life very much, but after seeing Zhang Yue for the second time, he was immediately left at home by Wang Yu and ordered to reflect, and he was almost depressed. However, he is a straight-hearted person, and his aunt at home persuaded his cousin to persuade his cousin-in-law to persuade him more, so he felt that he was really reckless and always doing wrong things, so standing in front of Zhang Yue at this time, he lost the big grin he had at the beginning.

"My cousin-in-law left for Kaiping yesterday." Seeing that Zhang Yue was taken aback, he hurriedly explained, "Because my cousin-in-law was diligent before, he was recommended by Shangguan, and Wu Anhou personally ordered him to be transferred." He said I wasn't right with the past, so he let me stay at home, and my cousin brought me here today. ”

Hearing that Jin Shu was also here, Zhang Yue couldn't help but be taken aback, and then saw a half-old black oil carriage parked at the base of the wall, and a coachman was standing next to the carriage, and the checkered cotton curtain in front of him had been lifted. At that moment, he stepped forward, and saw that Jin Shu in the carriage was wearing a purple silk shirt and a white threaded skirt, which looked a little light, so he bowed his head and said hello, because he asked, "Are you really relieved to entrust Shi Heng to me?" ”

"My third aunt is such a lone seedling, I just hope that he can have a future, if the third cousin can help take care of it, my mother and I are grateful." Jin Shu, who was sitting in the car, was inconvenient to get out of the car and salute, so he could only owe, "If he is just an ordinary stubborn teenager, we will not dare to trouble, but he is still young, and he may be able to become a big weapon if he ponders it, and Xiang Gong has always told me that Xiao Heng is better than him at that time." ”

"Everyone has their own advantages, your family is calm and capable, and the future is limitless."

Zhang Yue smiled slightly, and then nodded: "Okay, I'm going to the vanguard of the government army in the afternoon, just take him with me, so I can see his skills." Sister Shu, go back, turn around and tell Wang Yu that I should be busy. It's just that he may have to suffer if he follows me, so don't regret it in the future. ”

"As long as he is out of breath, what is it to suffer a little!" Jin Shu had been on good terms with Shi Heng since he was a child, and at this time, he beckoned Shi Heng with a smile and stared at him for a long time, and then instructed word by word, "Xiao Heng, don't forget that your mother is still looking forward to it at home, and you must fight for it!" You have never complained about the hardships you have suffered so much in learning martial arts, and you will have to learn this perseverance when you encounter things in the future. Remember, listening to Mr. Zhang, he is right! ”

Unexpectedly, his words would also be called a day when he was right, Zhang Yue couldn't help crying and laughing. However, seeing that the burly Shi Heng nodded obediently in front of Jin Shu, looking happy and convinced, he would not say anything more. When Jin Shu thanked him, the coachman stepped forward to lower the curtain and drove away, and he called Shi Heng over.

"I'm going to the vanguard of the government army at three o'clock in the afternoon, and I'm going to stay in Zhan Shifu for a while, do you see that teahouse?" Pointing to an inconspicuous small teahouse diagonally opposite Zhan Shifu, he said to Shi Heng, "It's still two o'clock in the afternoon, you go inside and sit and wait for me, don't run around, and I'll come out on time to find you when the time comes." Remember, if I come out and can't find anyone, I won't be able to do anything about the avant-garde of the government army! ”

Seeing Shi Heng nodding his head like a chicken pecking rice, and saying that he had tea money on him, he didn't say anything more, turned around and entered the gate of Zhan Shifu. When he arrived in the courtyard, he beckoned a soap who was about the same age as himself, and asked him if he had nothing to do in the afternoon, so he handed over a few new bills, and then ordered in a low voice: "Show me the young man who came to me just now, and write down where he has been and what he has done, and report me in every detail!" ”

That soap Li knew that Zhang Yue had always been kind, and this time he gave a reward, where was there any reason not to agree, so he nodded again and again, and soon slipped out of the door. Zhang Yue, on the other hand, returned to his room, and saw that the two colleagues in the same room were struggling to write something, so he didn't bother them, and sat down at the table to read by himself.

In less than three moments, Zhang Yue packed up his things and left the house. He couldn't help but be surprised when he learned that Shi Heng had been staying in the teahouse patiently for more than an hour, but when he couldn't stay idle, he got up and walked a few steps. When he got out of the gate, he saw that Peng Shisan was already waiting there with his horse, and knew that the message that Niu Dare had brought was there, so he stepped forward to say a few words to him, and then went to the teahouse to bring Shi Heng out, and the three of them got on the horse and rushed to the school field of the front guard of the government army.

The four of them had just arrived at the ground and dismounted, and there was a puff of smoke and dust billowing in the direction of the other side, and after a while, they saw dozens of people galloping over with Zhu Zhanji in their arms. Zhu Zhanji, who was the leader, jumped off the horse, and when he saw Zhang Yue leading someone forward to give a salute, he shook his horse whip casually: "Okay, okay, this is not in the palace, no one picks your courtesy." Yuan Festival, you have been in Kaifeng for more than a month, let me see if your previous riding and archery kung fu is wasted! ”

Hearing this, Zhang Yue couldn't help laughing. Since he often went to the avant-garde of the government army with Zhu Zhanji to practice riding and archery, I don't know whether he was stimulated by Zhu Zhanji's skillful bow and horse skills, or whether his previous battlefield experience greatly exercised his body, or that gambling and fighting were really too grinding, and his riding and archery skills have now made some progress. It's just that when he returned to Kaifeng to bury his grandmother, he was always bad at practicing these, so when he took the Zhemu bow handed over by Zhu Zhanji, he felt a little handy.

Pulling the bowstring and trying his hand, he glanced at Shi Heng, who was eager to try behind him, and Peng Shisan, who was full of indifference, and after a little thought, he rode his horse closer to Zhu Zhanji, and then said: "Your Highness, how about the three-person fight this time as before?" Lao Peng naturally brought a guy, but the little one didn't bring a bow and arrow. ”

Although the standard bow and arrow is a controlled thing, Zhu Zhanji naturally trusted the person brought by Zhang Yue, and with a wave of his hand, the avant-garde officer of the government army took another pair of bows and arrows. He had seen Peng Shisan, and he laughed when he looked up and down.

"The last time you brought four people, although the strength was great, but the accuracy was not good, and the result was a fiasco, and this time you simply brought in all the most trusted parts of the British duke? Who is the other one? Looking at the tiger's back, I just hope it doesn't look like those four. This time, there will also be a competition to shoot willows in front of the Dragon Boat Festival, and we just practice in advance. Today, the rules are the same as before, whoever loses is responsible for washing all the horses! After that, let's go to the avant-garde camp outside the city to watch the drill of the barracks! ”

This is already an old rule that Zhang Yue is extremely familiar with, and he naturally will not raise objections. Looking at Chen Wu and the others who were smiling all over their faces, he couldn't help but think that if Zhu Zhanji lost, I am afraid that it would be these eunuchs who were in the tank, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. A clip of the horse's belly and Peng Shisanshi Heng rendezvous, he handed the bow and arrow to Shi Heng, explained the rules one by one, and saw that Peng Shisan's body was fine, but Shi Heng was a little nervous, and he had to gently kick the latter's leg with his toes.

"Take out all your usual skills, if you can behave well in front of His Royal Highness the Imperial Grandson, let alone inherit your father's position, even if you take another step, you may not know. Don't miss the opportunity, the time will never come, you take advantage of it! ”

That being said, he muttered to himself. Although this horseback archery has never been his forte, but I think he was able to hit the Tatar army flag in the first place, and now that it has been twenty or thirty times, he should always win once, right? As for Shi Heng...... The so-called ambition is slowly fueled when he is in power, even if this Shi Heng is really another Shi Heng, he is sure that he can use it well.

Afraid of fame and dare not use it, it is inevitable that there is no courage; If you dare to use it but can't make it, you can't help it. Shi Heng is still young and malleable, and it would be a pity to miss it and waste it. After all, both the present and future nobles are not easy to control.

Shi Heng was so excited by these simple words that his vest was hot, and when he saw Zhang Yue and Peng Shisan crouching on horseback, he galloped out, and the imperial grandson in a red brocade robe also chased forward with two guards, and he couldn't help biting his tongue hard. It was easy to regain his composure, and he immediately flicked the reins and chased after him.

Isn't it just shooting willows? If he can show his skills, look at those people in the military department who dare to embarrass him!

Just as there was a shouting and cheering in the school field, a huge team of cars happened to pass by. The carriage in the center slowed down considerably at the sound of an order. A man in the carriage lifted the curtain and summoned an attendant to inquire into the situation, and when she heard about the situation, she immediately dropped the curtain and shouted in a deep voice: "Go! ”

Although she didn't see the person she was looking for, when she thought of Li Maofang, who was still imprisoned in Xiyuan and suffering, Princess Yongping felt that the fire in her heart was strong for a while. She has already planned everything, and she will definitely fish out her son this time!