Chapter 210: The New Year (3)

Zhang Shijie looked at the buildings around the mansion with some expressions, due to the hasty repair, many places are still slightly dilapidated, but this mansion has a history of hundreds of years, although it has been abandoned for a period of time, but the princes and nobles have lived in the past dynasties, this pavilion and pavilion, the general layout is naturally first-class, Zhang Shijie has been in Beijing for so long, but this place is still the first time to arrive, and the taste in my heart is more and more difficult to understand.

The manager next to Wang was attentively accompanied, he was the steward who stayed here to take care of the house, and he was so hung up that he ended up with a revolution, or Zhao Shi said a word, he stayed, and it happened that there was indeed a shortage of people in the house, and he was the steward who came out of the palace, Princess Jing, he was not a person from the palace of King Jing, and he was appointed as the housekeeper of the Zhao Mansion, a man of fifty or sixty years old, and he had no wife or children, and he didn't even have a little hope, just thinking that he could live quietly here, It's good to get a good ending, but I didn't think about it, the willows are bright, and the yin and yang are wrong, and suddenly I became the outer courtyard steward of this Zhao Mansion, although the master's house is really nothing compared to King Jing, but an outer courtyard steward is far from the identity of the abandoned house keeper who was basically taken care of before.

This old man seems to be dozens of years younger overnight, his face is red, he has the energy to do things, and he can wake up happily in his sleep, a few days ago, there were a lot of big officials, and he probably wouldn't even look at him in the past, but now they are all polite and like something, nothing more than come here to make friends, go to the door, there are relatives of those sergeants of Yulin Zuowei, and there are also officials of the military department, although the new old man has not yet come to the new house to take a look, but this prosperity has been undoubtedly revealed, He's in charge of things, and he's getting a good taste.

It was a busy day a while ago. But after all, there is still some popularity in the house, but now it's good, the old lady has moved from the countryside of Gongyi County, as well as the master's fiancée, plus the fierce guards who brought it, and their families, this mansion that could only be described as deserted before is finally lively again.

glanced at the person next to him slightly, he knew best that the old man was from a poor family. There are more poor relatives in the family, this is no fuss, now that the lord has an identity, it is indispensable to rush to the future, and those who have long been famous are also here like this, thinking of these, I am even more reminded of myself in my heart, this foreign house manager is not easy to come by. In the future, you can't look at people with dog eyes, otherwise when you offend someone who shouldn't be offended, you won't regret taking the medicine if you lose this errand.

There are as many as three flower halls in the backyard, which are divided into main halls and partial halls, but now only one is sorted out. It's all made by the woman in the inner house commanded by Xihong, and although it looks elegant, it also smells of fat powder.

Shi Niang was accompanied by Xihong and the eldest son of the Fan family who were already waiting in the flower hall, and Shi Niang was stunned when she saw Zhang Shijie come in. She has only seen this eldest son of Zhangjiadi a few times, when Zhang Shijie was young, Zhang Shijie has never seen him since he went on a study tour.

However, Zhang Shijie had already knelt down first, "Nephew Shijie has given a gift to my aunt, here I will pay my aunt a visit to my aunt in the early years." As he spoke, three heads had already knocked down.

He is away all the year round and does not pay much attention to relatives at home. It's like a frog jumping out of a well, the outside world is so vast, how can he pay attention to what is in the well, Gongyi County is too small in his eyes, although this aunt is a dear person, but he has no impression here.

If it was before, maybe he would have taken it again, but after this change. I was even more discouraged before. The journey is hard, so it is better to return to the hometown to live. The scholar's habits were exhausted for a while, and he would kowtow when he met, which was rare for a scribe like him to have some reputation in Beijing.

"Hurry up, hurry up, the world ...... Shijie, I haven't seen you for so many years, I've grown so big, when I saw you back then, I was still a child...... Shi Niang went up and grabbed his arm, and her mouth kept babbling.

However, Zhang Shijie stood up, and before he could speak, someone outside the door had already said loudly: "This is Zhang Botao, who is the senior brother of Fang Gong, but he has repeatedly failed and called himself a Songzhu layman?" ”

With this somewhat hoarse voice, Li Bowen had already strode in, dressed in a neat cotton robe, wearing a cyan scarf, although his face was a little haggard, but a pair of bottomless black eyes were burning and shining, looking at Zhang Shijie.

Li Bowen is also unlucky, he has such a benefactor as Zhao Shi, a few days ago, Zhao Shi was dragged into the military camp for some training on the grounds that he was too weak, he was cold for ten years, although his mouth is tough, and he is an expert in poetry and songs, but how strong can this body be, plus Du Shanhu and others are fed up with his vicious words, can he still feel good in the army? Within a few days, he was practiced vomiting and diarrhea, and he was seriously ill, so he was sent back, and at this time he had just recovered from his illness, and his body had lost several pounds.

Today he was wandering around the house, and heard that Zhang Shijie was coming, although Zhang Shijie's reputation was not loud, but Zhao Shi took him to find Zhang Shijie, although he didn't see a figure, but he was also interested, just a little inquiry, he knew that this person was originally a proud disciple of the great Confucian Fang Fu, Fang Fu Fang Wenxian's reputation is like thunder, where else can this disciple go?

Hearing that this person was coming, he immediately rushed over, but the so-called country is easy to change, and the nature is difficult to change, although it was a few days ago that he suffered a lot, but this mouth is the same as at the beginning.

Zhang Shijie listened, and immediately frowned, although he had been through the wind and rain and was depressed, but the literati arrogance hidden in his bones was still there, only glanced at Li Bowen slightly, and then sneered at each other: "Who should I be, it turned out that Li Hongru, who is famous for his prodigals, does not fill in the lyrics and sing songs for people in the Qinglou, but what are you doing here?" ”

Li Bowen has never been afraid of anyone in the fight, and he didn't think about it, and then said: "I heard that Brother Zhang often compares himself with pine and bamboo, and Bowen is also very admired, but Lord Zhou treats Brother Zhang very well, he is now a prisoner in Dali Temple, I thought that Brother Zhang would run in many ways to excuse him, but I didn't expect it...... It is said that the situation is cold, the icing on the cake is many, and the charcoal in the snow is rare, and now even characters like Brother Zhang are like this, which is really embarrassing......"

Although Zhang Shijie is talented, he is really not this person's opponent on his lips and tongue, and a sentence has already made his face half darkened, only to feel a depression stuffed between his chest, his body shook a little, his expression immediately turned miserable, and he gritted his teeth to stabilize his mind, "It turns out that Brother Li is here to make fun of Shijie, a down-and-out person, everyone says that Li Hongru's teeth are as sharp as a knife, Shijie has learned today......"

Shi Niang listened to their words one after another, a little confused, but Zhang Shijie could still see that she was suffering, she was a country woman, she had never seen anything in the world, she was simple by nature, and she didn't have as many thoughts as these two people, but the characters bred in the land of Qinchuan didn't mess with her, she was the most tolerant person, but her heart was also strong and abnormal, and when she saw that her family had suffered, her face sank.

"Mr. Li, you are a scholar, and I have always respected you here, but our aunt and nephew met just now, what do you want to do? Don't even understand this bit of human truth? Tricking you to be smarter than others? Tongue sharper than others? Sitting in our country, there is no reason to talk about it, it must be a stick to let you know something powerful, now, get out of here for me ...... immediately. ”

Honest people generally don't get angry, but once they get angry, it's a little scary, Shi Niang's scolding made the two scholars stunned, Zhang Shijie pulled Shi Niang's sleeve, and said in a low voice: "Aunt is angry, Brother Li ......"

"What brother is not a brother, I don't like this brother you know, who is this person you invited? I'm going to have to talk to him when I come back. ”

Ren is Li Bowen's tongue is like a sword, and he is also a little dumbfounded at this time, but he doesn't seem to know what embarrassment is like by nature, plus since he became Zhao Shi's staff, life is not worried, and there are things for him to do, although the days in the military camp a few days ago made him hateful, but he has long since stopped thinking of leaving, and when he saw that it was not a matter, he immediately put on what he thought was the most amiable smile, bent over and said: "Old lady, don't be angry, I met Brother Zhang for the first time, and it was just amusing to chat a few inconsequential words, Don't take it seriously, we scholars are like this when we meet, if you don't believe it, you can ask Brother Zhang......"

One sentence wiped out half of Shi Niang's anger, and her face was full of doubts, and she couldn't help but ask Zhang Shijie, "This...... Is what he said true? ”

Zhang Shijie could only smile bitterly, although he couldn't wait to go up and kick Li Bowen a few times to relieve his anger, but he really couldn't let go of his face and let his aunt come to give him this breath, "Yes, the red tape of the literati made my aunt laugh." ”

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