Chapter 569: In the dead of night, honor and disgrace are untimed

After dinner, he personally sent Gu Shi, who had not eaten anything but was satisfied, back, and sat there and talked for a long time with the chattering old man, until the middle of the moon, Zhang Yuefang withdrew and walked back along the winding road.

The west courtyard where he lives is next door to his parents' yard, and now his parents are in Nanjing, and only Hongluan's mother and son live in that courtyard. And in front of this, he had to pass through the small courtyard of the elders in the second room first. Zhang Youyuan is in Jiaoluan, and the Dongfang clan is now closed, and it is also deserted. As a result, the passage becomes more and more lonely at night, and only the occasional sound of insects brings a little vitality to the place. In the faint light of the lantern, the figure was reflected on the blue brick wall next to it, and it became more and more narrow.

Only Qiu Zhen followed him to see off the Gu family tonight, and when he just left the upper room of the North Courtyard, there were originally two old wives who wanted to send them off with lanterns, Zhang Yue just wanted to go quietly, so he refused. At this moment, Qiu Zhen personally carried a lantern in front of her, and when she passed by the two closed courtyard gates, she suddenly stopped, turned around and whispered, "Young Master, a few months ago, Aunt Fang gave birth to a boy. ”

Zhang Yue has been back for so long, and there are constant messes outside, and there is also a grandmother who is in an unstable condition and a wife who is pregnant with Liujia at home, so except for a few brothers who got together to talk, other things didn't take care of it at all. At this time, when he heard this, he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then frowned and asked, "Boy? Why haven't I heard? ”

After Aunt Fang finished her confinement, she clamored for a child, not to mention letting the maid take care of her, even the nurse who had been prepared for a long time also drove her away. Now she is in charge of all the children's daily life, and she doesn't care about anything else, even the old lady has never seen the child. The old lady said that if she went, there should be no shortage of things, as long as there was no trouble in the future. ”

Qiu Zhen shuddered as she spoke, and then whispered, "Young master, everyone in the family said that she was crazy, and she was supposed to do it when the full moon was full, but she refused, and she threw away all the gifts given by everyone." Once, however, as I passed through the back window, I heard a cry and I could faintly hear her say...... Said he regretted it. ”

I regret it......

Looking at the lifeless courtyard, Zhang Yue couldn't help but sigh. I don't know if Fang Shuixin is regretting that he shouldn't have blindly married a man who already has a family; I still regret that I shouldn't have run away from home rashly, and then returned to this deep mansion compound; Or regret that he shouldn't have been instigated and provoked something later. Although he didn't have much impression of Fang Shuixin, he thought that he should have been an enthusiastic swinging girl at the beginning, but now he has become a shadow hiding in the house.

"Let's go, Autumn Scarre."

Seeing that Qiu Zhen was still standing at the gate of the courtyard, his eyes seemed to be about to drill two holes in the sturdy wooden door, Zhang Yue stepped forward, grabbed her hand, and looked at the door thoughtfully and said: "Now that she has a child, that is, she has hope, which is better than the muddy nightmare before." People's paths are all chosen by themselves, she grew up unrestrained, and her actions are all by her heart, and now I am afraid that she does not want others to be pitied. ”

Qiu Zhen, who was originally stunned, couldn't help but be stunned when he heard Zhang Yue's words, and then nodded heavily. Looking down at Zhang Yue holding her hand, she couldn't help but smile happily, then turned around with the lantern, and looked up at the bright moon in the sky happily.

I heard that the daughter of the southwest toast is as precious as the young lady of the powerful family here, and Fang Shuixin used to be the golden branches and jade leaves of the stars and the moon, and now the days seem to have gone from the clouds to the mud, so I will regret it. But she is different, she only begs her young master to have her in her heart, and she only asks her to follow him and watch him happily for the rest of her life, that is her greatest happiness.

After passing by the courtyard of Hongluan's mother and son, she arrived at the west courtyard, and Qiu Zhen lit the lantern high and illuminated Zhang Yue into the door, until she sent people into the main house, she went to the east wing to take a look, and saw that the little Jingguan was already asleep, and the nurse was guarding beside her, so she tiptoed out and went straight to the west wing to make a bed in the middle of the west wing. This time, Zhang Yue came back from the north and has been living here all along.

After she finished making the bed, she hurried to the small kitchen to draw water, and when she saw that the water had not yet boiled, she simply stood there and chatted with the little girl for a while, and finally returned to the house with the teapot. But even so, her heart was very happy, and in the end she hummed a song softly, but she muttered and couldn't hear it clearly.

"What are you singing?"

Before she lowered the curtain, she felt someone behind her suddenly hold her shoulder. After a moment of panic, she remembered that the voice was clearly Zhang Yue, and her body suddenly froze. She didn't dare to look back, so she stood there and bowed her head and said, "It's those Tang poems that the young master taught me at the beginning, I made up some tunes casually, and sang and played them when I was fine, so that I wouldn't be unable to remember." ”

"Sing me some poems."

The autumn mark with her back to Zhang Yue was already crimson on her cheeks, and her eyes looked at the high roof, and she sang softly: "Two yellow orioles are singing green willows, and a line of egrets is in the sky." The window contains a thousand autumn snow in Xiling, and the door is berthed in the Dongwu Wanli ship. ”

"A pot of wine among the flowers, drinking alone without a blind date, raising a glass to invite the bright moon, and the shadow becomes a three-person ......"

"Jiangnan is good, and the scenery is old. The sunrise river flowers are red, and the river water is as green as blue in spring, so you can not remember the south of the Yangtze River. ”

The catchy Tang poems are accompanied by simple tunes, and Zhang Yue feels an unusual meaning in his ears. Thinking that when I was a child, I taught Qiu Zhen to write by hand, and when I was fine, I turned out those Tang poems and taught her to memorize them one by one, and taught her to copy them. She was too troublesome to memorize, but gradually, he found that she had slowly memorized better. At that time, she was still proud, thinking that she had taught her well, but who would have thought that she would use such a method to memorize by rote.

"Then do you remember how many songs I taught you to memorize?"

"Of course I remember, there were three hundred and sixty-two songs in total, and the young master taught one song a day at that time, and it was almost a whole year. Later, you converted to others, including Song poetry and Han Fu, but I think Tang poetry is the best. ”

Autumn Scar said as he remembered the original scene. At that time, she didn't know all the words, Zhang Yue taught herself a few times and then went to school, so she had to pull Amber and ask her to explain the meaning to herself. Every word of every poem, she dipped her pen in water and wrote it countless times on the green brick floor, just to win that smile and praise when he came back. Although she still doesn't have much knowledge, and her handwriting is far worse than that of Lingxi Amber, at least she is no longer the illiterate little girl.

"When I first taught you, you were just a little bit tall and small. By the way, do you remember that at that time, you were a talkative person, but you always looked honest and cautious in front of others. ”

"Young Master!" Although Qiu Zhen was sweet in her heart at this time, when she heard Zhang Yue's playful tone, she couldn't help but stomp on the polygon, then turned around like a whirlwind, and said with an unhappy face, "What is so small, young master, weren't you younger than me at that time?" Besides, it's not what you taught me, young master—I don't care about anything in my room, and I have to think three times to say a word outside—so much so that I don't dare to speak as soon as I go out. ”

"So I'm still hurting this?"

Zhang Yue couldn't help but laugh. At that time, he had just come to this world, and although he quickly accepted this reality as the locals followed, he was afraid that he would show his feet, so he said something from the mouth of Qiu Scar whenever he was free. At that time, he didn't have the idea of taking away this girl who had taken care of "himself" for many years, but when he hollowed out the news that Qiu Zhen knew, he gradually dispelled his original idea. Cheerful and lively, she listens to him for everything, and has a good temper, why should he do anything more?

At this time, seeing that her face was flushed, he stopped teasing her, and after washing her feet, he went to the bed that had been warmed up a long time ago, but he reclined on the pillow and sat half-sitting. In the north, the temperature difference between day and night is so great that you can even hear the whirring wind outside. There was only one door to the outhouse, and there was a thick curtain in front of it, but it was very warm.

Handing the copper basin to the crystal waiting outside, Qiu Zhen turned around and entered the house, and when he saw that Zhang Yue was still sitting, he hurriedly stepped forward. was about to urge him to sleep, but he grabbed his hand. Although the name had been decided before, and the old lady had admitted the matter in front of the British duchess, after all, the last layer of window paper had not yet been pierced. At this time, she suddenly felt a little unnatural, hesitated for a moment, and then took off her shoes and sat down. The two soup women who poured the quilt first had already covered the quilt hot, and at this time, she and Zhang Yue sat close again, and their bodies couldn't help but be even hotter. When her cheek fell and she kissed lightly, she already felt like she was on fire, and she didn't even notice when the green gauze tent hanging on the hook had fallen.

The next day, the Zhangjia compound was busy before dawn as usual. Several little girls in the West Courtyard were carefully selected by the Gu family's Lingxi, although there were naughty mouths on weekdays, but at this time, they were all obedient one by one. Crystal went into the house last night to clean up, and now she quickly changed Zhang Yue's clothes with her hands and feet, and when she sent people out of the door, she immediately slipped back to the back room, and saw that Qiu Zhen was biting her lip and dressing herself, she had to step forward to help, and squeezed her eyes with a smile.

Gu had dinner at Zhang Yue's place yesterday, and made a lot of noise, but after coming back, he only cared about talking, but slept late, so he was a little lazy this morning. It's just that after all, she has cultivated a meticulous temperament, so she doesn't want to waste her time for work and rest due to illness, so she still struggles to get up. Although the morning and dusk are fixed, Zhang Yue hurriedly went to the court early in the morning, and he had not yet gotten up when he greeted him in the morning, and only Zhang Xin led the other juniors to come with him. When everyone went out one after another, she left Zhang Zhen and Zhang Jing's brothers and sisters to have breakfast together, and when the messenger from the West Courtyard came to report the news, she only learned about last night's incident.

"Tell this matter to Brother Chao's daughter-in-law, she is now in charge of the house, since the first has been decided, now this person and things are on her mind to add."

After ordering this, she remembered that Zhang Yue mentioned that he was in the procession of this escort, and she couldn't help but feel a little worried in her heart. With the lesson of the last time, it will not be too late to welcome the car this time, but who knows if the Son of Heaven sent Zhang Yue back before, and whether it will be an immediate attack when the royal driver returns to Beijing. If only a few civil officials are sent out, I am afraid that the Son of Heaven will be thundered, and if it really changes, I don't know what will happen to my family. At this moment, she suddenly heard the sound of the door curtain stirring, and when she turned her head, she found that it was Bai Fang.

"Old lady, just now the British government sent someone to send the news, the British government has returned!"

Zhang Fu is back!

After confirming the news again, Gu finally felt relieved. Although the first title of the Zhang family comes from Zhang Yu, the Duke of Rongguo, the real prosperity depends on Zhang Fu's military exploits again and again, and what she is most worried about is what happens to him in the prime of life. Now I can finally rest assured, this time I should be able to live a peaceful life in a few years, and Mrs. Wang doesn't have to worry about it all day long. With Zhang Fu's age, as long as he lives for another twenty or thirty years and adds a few more heirs, the inheritance of the house over there will no longer be a problem.

Everything that needs to be done is done, at least, even if God accepts her, she has no regrets.

In the evening, Zhang Fu, who had just arrived at home, personally came to the house here to greet the Gu family. He is accustomed to the fatigue of soldiers and horses, although this expedition for nearly half a year is extremely tiring, but the spirit is very strong. Therefore, listening to Gu's nagging, he just smiled blindly, comforted them one by one, and waited until he watched people fall asleep after dinner, and then he was ready to go back. He has always been unsmiling, and most of the juniors in this family are afraid of him, so only Zhang Xin is waiting for him at the door at this time.

"Fortunately, you came, and my mother forgot Brother Yue for a while, otherwise I wouldn't know how to tell her." Zhang Xin paused for a moment, and then explained, "He was originally scheduled to leave in three days, but today it seems that he was called urgently, so he only sent a message home, and hurried to Yunzhou before he had time to make any preparations." I also heard that tomorrow a group of important ministers will leave for Yunzhou to send Pinghu Biao, including Mu Xin, the commander of the horses, Shi Zhao Litong, the governor of the Zhao Palace, and Guo Dun, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites. ”

"I know that." Zhang Fu frowned, but he was not surprised, and immediately bowed his head lightly, "Although I have a small merit in my enlistment this time, there is nothing to be rewarded. Something went wrong with the Shen Cewei, who was transported after the army, and the second brother was afraid that he would have to eat and fall, which was probably just a matter of offsetting the merits and demerits. After all, his position is not obvious, and the emperor will not criticize him harshly because he is from the Zhang family, but others are not so lucky. Chen Yu, Marquis of Taining, missed the military rations this time, and the outcome was worrying. ”

"Taining Hou?" Zhang Xin was immediately surprised when he heard this, "The late Yasukuni Gong was building Beijing and was in charge of the Houfu, and he was very favored, and now this Marquis of Taining is also the eldest son of Yasukuni, how could he ......?"

"When the emperor was angry, his mistakes were made in the open, and at least he was imprisoned. If it is more severe, I am afraid that it will inevitably fall. It's just that this title was fought for on the battlefield by the pioneer Yasukuni Gong, and it should not be hindered. ”