Chapter 702: Gathering in the Snow

The first snow has fallen in Beijing in October. Gu's auspicious sacrifice began in this snowy day, and the whole family was led by Zhang Zhen, who was the grandson of the eldest grandson of the long house, and offered vegetable and fruit offerings in the small ancestral hall. Listening to the melodious greetings, Zhang Zhuo remembered Gu's last wish, and couldn't help but have mixed feelings.

"The sun and the moon do not live, dying and auspicious, dreaming of the night, careful and fearful, not lazy, mourning restless, dare to use clean animal pubescent, full of liquor, recommend this auspicious thing, still feast."

Now everything is going well in the family, and the grandchildren have taken charge of themselves. Zhang Yue was already going to be released as a political envoy at a young age, and Zhang Zhen had already chosen Hanlin Shujishi, and he was about to become a father; Because of his father Zhang You's military exploits, Zhang Qi was promoted to the commander of the avant-garde of the government army; Although Zhang Chao has never moved, he has finally gained a firm foothold in Tongzhou Weizhong, and he is becoming more and more stable. Looking at Zhang Zhen, who was reciting the greetings and performing as a ceremony, he remembered that Zhang Yue had said that Zhang Xin intended to move out on the day of the funeral, and he couldn't help but sigh deeply, and then smiled thoughtfully.

When his son grows up, he just needs to wait for Zhang Yue to have a future and seal three generations!

Due to the pursuit of the throne of Zhu Gaoxu, all the sons from the Han dynasty to Zhu Zhanyu naturally all took the throne and were confined in the Xiyuan Palace. And Zhu Gaosui, the king of Zhao, who had not moved for a long time after Zhu Gaoxu's death, finally reacted - after a series of thunderous measures such as the investigation of Zhu Gaoxu's remnants in various state capitals, beheading, sitting and fighting on the border, etc., he hurriedly gave the court a recital, but he immediately drew a clear line with Zhu Gaoxu, and accused Zhu Gaochu of being rebellious for a long time, and then expressed his loyalty.

It's just that how could Zhu Zhanji be willing to gently let go of another ill-intentioned uncle, and after receiving the recital, he personally replied to the book, and ordered Yuan Rong, the Marquis of Guangping, the commander of the horse, to go with the book, which not only brought the letters exchanged between the two kings of Han and Zhao in the past, but also the ministers asked the sin Zhao Fan's recital. However, when Yuan Rong returned, he brought the news that Zhu Gaosui, the king of Zhao, was seriously ill and the "death" of Zhu Zhanyuan, the son of Zhao, as well as Zhu Gaosui's letter requesting the return of the Changshan Guard, the Herdsmen's Office, and the official school of the Honor Guard. Hearing that a lady in Zhao Wangfu had given birth to a son, Zhu Zhanji immediately named the infant as the son after ordering the Ministry of Rites to send someone to hang the funeral. It is rumored that King Zhao, who was "sick in bed", burst into tears when he received the good news, but he didn't know why he was sad.

Knowing that Zhu Gaosui, the king of Zhao, was just waiting for death, Zhu Zhanji naturally let go of his hand. Because Jinyiwei is now in prison again, he didn't have time to check Jinyiwei Prison because he was in a hurry to ascend the throne before, he had to sweep all the corners of Jinyiwei Prison, and released Sun Rujing and many others, and the last one to get the pardon was Li Shimian, who was beaten half to death by Zhu Gaochi's order. Although the old recital can no longer be found, when he learned that Li Shimian wrote to persuade the emperor that "it is not appropriate to be close to the concubines in secret, and the crown prince should not be far away", Zhu Zhanji, who originally intended to kill Li Shimian, changed his mind and reinstated Li Shimian to study for a bachelor's degree.

After a long list of things were done, the new emperor who ascended to the first few moons turned his attention to the court. Due to the haste when he ascended the throne, the four Yi vassal countries did not have time to congratulate, and now at the end of the year, it is the season when all countries come to congratulate, therefore, the Wanshi Festival brought the envoys of the various departments of the Warat Tatars, and more than 500 tribute horses, which naturally made Zhu Zhanji longyan happy. When the palace received the Wanshi Festival, he asked with great interest about what he had seen and heard outside the Saiwai this year, and someone who was a witty person naturally would not let go of this great opportunity, and told the story of what he had seen and heard along the way, and finally presented a volume of "Out of the Sai".

Although Jin Youzi used to write the "Eastern Crusade" from Zhu Di's exile, the book of Wanshijie is ingenious, full of humorous prose notes, and the description of various geographical and mountainous features is also interesting. Shi Heng under his command attacked Feng Kuanhewei to command the affairs, Cheng Jiusheng was the master of ceremonies and the five products of the supervisor, and the rest of the soldiers were all rewarded, which also made the Wanshijie, who had worked hard to bring almost everyone back safely, breathed a sigh of relief.

Before the seal of Layue, Zhang Yue finally received his new appointment - the political envoy of Guangdong Zuobu, and took office after the year.

West Chang'an Street Daqingshou Temple.

Neither the first day of the new year, nor the fifteenth, and the sky is drifting with goose feathers and heavy snow, and there are not many pilgrims in the Daqingshou Temple at the end of the year, but as usual, the shed of porridge and clothes is placed in front of the door. Just like today's son ascended the throne of the world, the first thing is to restrain the homeless, and most of the poor people in the capital are unwilling to brave the heavy snow to ask for a bowl of hot porridge and a tattered clothes, so the front of the shed is also deserted. When several carriages stopped in front of the mountain gate one after another, the monk Zhike stepped forward with great hospitality, recognized Zhu Ning who got off the car, and he immediately understood that this was the snow appreciation ordered by the Zhou Wang's Mansion, and hurriedly led people in.

Although Daqingshou Temple is also a famous big temple, no matter how big the temple is to welcome the royal people, it spares no effort, so the arrival of Zhu Ning, the lord of Chenliu County, naturally alarmed the abbot, and after a while, the abbot brought a number of monks to greet him. Zhu Ning used to come here to worship the Buddha and pay homage to his deceased mother, and at this time he greeted these old monks one by one, and even said that he was just taking people to play, and sent them away with a smile, so he led the way in front of him familiarly.

After entering the temple, the snow in the sky gradually became lighter, so everyone took off their outer clothes and walked with umbrellas in twos and threes. Zhu Ning was wearing a crane with a white fox skin gold thread embroidered with a hundred birds and phoenix patterns, and Meng Min next to him was a plain Gu suede face Lu silk cloak given by Zhu Ning, and the two played a cyan oil silk umbrella, and they were very close to each other. Du Juan and Xiao Wu on the side are exactly the same silver rat cloak, this is the leather that Zhang Yue got in Shandong before, the two sisters sewed it together a few days ago, it is just one person, Xiao Wu gave Du Juan an umbrella, and he didn't stop laughing. Then there are emerald ink, amber, autumn marks, lingxi, etc., crowded together, walking all the way, but only listening to the sound of warblers and swallows.

Wanshijie, who was walking behind, saw their happy appearance, and couldn't help muttering: "Enjoy the flowers, the snow and the beauties, this cold day has this experience, and it is not in vain to travel in the snow." ”

"Brother Wan, you are all a wife-taker, and you dare to be so open-mouthed?"

Hearing Fang Jing's teasing, Wan Shijie couldn't help but laugh, and said triumphantly: "In life, you can't do things arbitrarily, forget it, if you can't even say it, wouldn't it be the most uncomfortable?" Besides, I'm praising them, this snow plain dress is lined with a beautiful woman, which is pleasing to the eye, don't you look happy? ”

Fang Jing was still young after all, and he suddenly blushed when he heard it, Zhang Yue on the side saw that he was making fun of others instead of making fun of himself, he couldn't help laughing, and after beckoning people over, he said: "I will go to Guangdong to take office in the next year, how about you follow me?" Although the imperial examination is important, it is better to read 10,000 books than to travel 10,000 miles, and it is better to go out and see than to do it behind closed doors. ”

This year, the three of them participated in the examination, but only he failed the list, Fang Jing was originally a little discouraged, but today he was called out by everyone to relax, and he was extremely happy in his heart. At this time, when he heard Zhang Yue's suggestion, he couldn't help but hesitate a little, and thought about it for a while before nodding and saying, "Okay, I'll listen to Third Brother Zhang." After being bored in the capital for so long, I also want to go out for a walk. ”

After Fang Jing finished speaking, Xiao Wu in front of him beckoned him over. Seeing him leave, Wan Shijie had to give Zhang Yue a thumbs up, and then said with a smile: "There are so many political secretaries, except for the places that no one wants to go to, and some of the others are high-grade fat, you deliberately picked a Guangdong, but there are other intentions?" If you want me to say, although the sea ban is only open in Ningbo, but when you go, Guangzhou Bosi should almost be opened, right? ”

"Guangzhou faces the South China Sea, and the next exchange is originally convenient, and there is a city shipping department, where is the sea not opened, where is the sea? It's you, now that you've taken over as the head of the office, the affairs of the north will depend on you. Needless to say, the spy department is in charge of you, and even the opening of the mutual market, etc., you have to come forward. Regardless of the greed of Tatarvarat, the burden on your shoulders is no less than mine. ”

"The sky is falling, and there are tall people to carry it, although I am half a cut shorter than you, but since you are gone, I have to carry it! Don't worry, I won't be worse than you in dealing with those old adults! Wan Shijie shrugged his shoulders heroically, then hooked his shoulders with Zhang Yue, squeezed his eyes and said, "Who made us both friends and brothers-in-law?" ”

"Hey, you two guys are muttering in the back, but what are you discussing?"

Hearing this sudden shout, Wan Shijie raised his head, but saw that Xiao Wu had already run in front of him in a hurry, staring at him with his hands on his waist. Seeing that the silver rat rabbit on her head was a little crooked, and there were many snowflakes on her hair, he couldn't help laughing, and naturally reached out his hand to dust it on it, and then slapped it on the top of his head while he was unprepared.

"Only the governors are allowed to set fires, and the people are not allowed to light lamps, how do I know that you are not discussing something unseemly in front of you? Look at you like this, you're about to become a tigress! ”

"Who is the state official, you dare to scold me tigress!"

Seeing that this couple was in a mess for a while, Zhang Yue couldn't help but laugh, and immediately stepped forward and got under Du Juan's oil umbrella. At this moment, Zhu Ning also pulled Meng Min back, and saw Xiao Wu reluctantly grabbing a large handful of snow balls from the ground to stuff them into the collar of Wanshijie, she couldn't help but smile and leaned back, and finally sighed: "Only a character like Wanshijie can tolerate Xiao Wu, and it is a shame that she has no in-laws to support and serve." However, if this girl becomes a mother-in-law and has this temper in the future, I will obey her! ”

Zhang Yueyin smiled: "Does the county lord dare to make a bet with me?" I dare to say that even if she has a full house of children and grandchildren, she will definitely have this temper! ”

As soon as he heard this, Zhu Ning immediately tilted his head to look at Zhang Yue, and immediately asked Du Juan, "Juan'er, what do you say?" ”

"I don't dare to say anything else, but Xiao Wu ......" Du Wanwan smiled, then shook his head and said, "There is Shijie to protect her like that, and there will be no other setbacks and obstacles, she has been like this all her life, and there is nothing wrong with it." ”

Meng Min also nodded with a smile on the side: "Xiao Wu's temperament is like this, if it changes, it won't be her." It is said that when a woman marries someone, she is like a different person, but just look at her, you can know that there are special cases and different people in the world. ”

"Oops, that's boring! It seems like a losing bet, and I'm not interested. ”

Zhu Ning spread his hands helplessly, and walked out of the umbrella alone, and walked straight forward in the snow. A good couple is born, peace and joy, life can be like this, what more can a husband ask for? It's just that she can't choose her background, and she can't turn her back on the father who raised her and loves her, and she has to maintain the integrity of the Zhou Palace. Since you are born to enjoy fine clothes and food, then you have to pay a price.

"Sister Ning, it's snowing so hard outside, you are walking barehead like this!" Xiao Wu chased after Zhu Ning with an umbrella, and then grabbed her arm and squeezed her eyes and said, "My brother-in-law made fun of me just now, it's so hateful!" Later, I will enjoy the snow and drink in Ning Xinju, how about we let my brother-in-law dance the sword, don't look at his crepe appearance, I heard that the swordsmanship was learned from Brother Peng, and it is very good at a glance! ”

Zhu Ning was stunned when he heard this, and turned his head to take a look, only to see that the people behind him had already been divided into several other groups, Du Juan and Meng Min were holding hands together, while Zhang Yue didn't know what he was talking about with Cuimo, and Peng Shisan was still hanging unhurriedly at the end. Thinking that she had heard about this girl's life experience from Meng Min, and now that she had finally taken revenge, she couldn't help but sigh.

Ning Xin Ju is an elegant and quiet and deep house in the Daqingshou Temple, and there is a plum forest in front of it. In other seasons, it is just a little more green, but now there are some buds blooming on the branches, although they are only scattered in the forest, but they are particularly dazzling in a plain white. The people of King Zhou's mansion, who had been waiting here for a long time, had already prepared a charcoal pot of tea, snacks, etc., and everyone sat down one by one, waiting for the hot tea to relieve their breath, but they all fell silently.

In addition to Wan Shijie and Xiao Wu and his wife still staying in the capital, Zhang Yue Du Juan will take Autumn Trace Amber and Peng Shisan Lingxi to Guangdong, Zhu Ning is going back to Kaifeng to serve Zhu Hu, the king of Zhou who is sick in bed, Meng Min and Cuimo plan to go back to Baishazhuang to arrange the future marriage of Meng Tao and Meng Fan's brothers, and so many people will gather again in the future, but no one knows when to wait.

On weekdays, it is the lively atmosphere of Wanshiji, which is the best at gags, or the chattering little five to break the silence, but seeing that they were silent at this time, Zhang Yue had to stand up and cough dryly, raised the teacup and said with a smile: "Although there is a saying called the banquet that is inseparable in the world, I believe in another one, that is, there is a fate to meet thousands of miles away." If we have a fate, we can still be so happy together in the future as we are now! Today, I toast everyone with tea instead of wine, even if I toast this parting in advance, but also for the future meeting! ”

When he said this, Xiao Wu immediately wiped his eyes and stood up, so that everyone temporarily eliminated their worries, and after raising their glasses together, they drank this cup with tea instead of wine. When he sat down again, Xiao Wu had to pick up Zhang Yue to dance the sword, and pulled Wanshijie to help on the side, and Zhang Yue, who was so troubled, had to take his own saber to the end.

At first, the sword was extremely slow, and it seemed a little difficult to go up and down, but gradually it became agile. The snow-covered snow and the silver sword seemed to rush to the face, and even the people who were just joking at first quieted down and watched with interest. Peng Shisan, who was in the corner, stood there with his hands crossed, his eyes narrowed into a slit. Unconsciously, he thought of the scene when he first arrived in Kaifeng, and thought of the thin boy at that time.

On the Pilu Pavilion in the southwest of the temple, Yuan Fang, who was wearing a Ma Ge robe, stood with his hands in his hands, condescendingly overlooking the scene on the grass in front of Ning Xin's residence, with a faint smile on the corner of his mouth. After a long time, he felt that someone lightly approved a cloak on his shoulder, so he said without looking back: "This Pilu Pavilion can overlook the palace, sooner or later it will have to be demolished, now it's cheaper, let's come and see together, I'm afraid there will be no such good opportunity in the future!" ”

Hearing the words of us, Lin Sha was stunned for a moment, but he couldn't help but take two steps forward. Holding on to the new wooden railing, she only felt extremely happy in her heart, and the gaze that fell on Zhang Yue, the sword dancer in the distance, was also extremely soft.

It is precisely because she met him in the past that she has today's Lin Sha, and she is already content in this life.

Yuan Fang pressed his chest gently, as if he could feel the jade ring that was close to his heart. Just as Zhang Yue said, he can already enjoy happiness at home in peace, and he no longer has to carry this old bone to work hard outside. In the past, when they first met, he was just a young man, but now he is famous enough to be independent, and he can rest assured.

Thousands of miles of yellow clouds and daylight, the north wind blows geese and snow. Don't worry about the road ahead, no one in the world knows you.