Chapter 57： Southbound (catch insects)

Outside the door of Li's house, there were two long lines to welcome Zhang Yunming and Zhang Yunzheng. The two of them entered the house and got off their horses. The descendants rushed up, led the horses, offered hand towels and gargle tea, and brought soft chairs. , Asked them if they were sitting down to see the old official Li. Zhang Yunming laughed and said that they could go. But as soon as I left, I knew how big the house was. There were flowers everywhere, pavilions and pavilions, nine turns of the corridor, and small channels with flowing water. It took a quarter of an hour to reach the main hall at the back.

The main hall is located on the edge of the lake, with its back against the rockery and facing the small lake. There were also more than one hundred people standing outside the main hall. Seeing them being crowded around, the mountain saluted, it was very solemn. Zhang Yunzheng wanted to lie down and rest. He was very impatient with such a scene and kept frowning. However, Zhang Yunming kept smiling and nodded to everyone's salute, with a very noble demeanor.

The two entered the main hall, and Zhang Yunming took Zhang Yunzheng to give the grandfather and grandmother a greeting to the younger generation. The old official Li immediately asked them to help them up until Zhang Yunming was about to bow to the uncles and aunts standing next to him again. , The old official Li stopped, and the middle-aged men and women also declined - Zhang Yunming is the eldest son of Ping Yuanhou, born in honor of honor, and the Li family is a merchant and has no social status. It is reasonable for them to salute their immediate grandparents, but if they still salute their younger relatives, they would be somewhat reluctant. At the insistence of the old official Li, the two of them performed ordinary juvenile salutes.

The two raised their heads. Zhang Yunming cried out when he saw the old official Li-Li said that the old official Li is fifty-eight this year, but he looks like a person in his early 50s, and he can still see that he is young. Shi's handsome looks. Zhang Yunzheng looks a lot like the Li family, and naturally looks very much like this grandfather.

The old official Li was also stunned: This so-called second son of Zhang, a relative of the Zhang family of Pingyuan Hou, should be the child of the Li family! This eyebrow is entirely his daughter's. Mrs. Li also kept blinking: This child is exactly what the old official Li looked like when he was young, how could he not be the son of Ping Yuan Hou!

Seeing the old official Li stunned, the atmosphere in the main hall was a little tense for a while, but Zhang Yunzheng didn't notice anything. He frowned and waited impatiently for the interview to pass quickly. Seeing that everyone did not move, he stabbed Zhang Yunming from behind. . Zhang Yunming hurriedly smiled, said Li's greetings to everyone, and offered a gift list from Li's.

The old official Li smiled and said, "How can your mother be so polite." He handed the gift form to Mrs. Li and said to the two young people: "You guys come here once, so you can stay for a while and have more fun. ."

Zhang Yunming has many things to do, but at this time he definitely can't say it in front of everyone, only smiled and agreed.

Senior official Li said: "I know you are tired from coming from afar. But I still meet my cousins, and I will be able to talk during dinner later."

Zhang Yunzheng was very impatient, but Zhang Yunming bowed and said, "My grandfather said that."

An old official Li signaled, and more than 20 young men and women walked in at the door. A woman smiled and said, "I am your eldest aunt. Let me introduce it to you." Introduce them one by one who is the big watch. Brother, second cousin...until the eleventh cousin, then a team of gorgeous girls, the eldest cousin and the second cousin...until the tenth cousin.

Zhang Yunzheng was dizzy and he was about to explode. He clenched his teeth and followed Zhang Yunming's salute, and forced himself to leave without turning around. He even wondered if he could move out and live alone since he did not carry the title of Ping Yuanhou’s son.

Upon seeing the ceremony, Li's eldest brother Li Daguanren took them to the courtyard arranged for them. As soon as they entered the door, ten small servants and ten young girls bent over to salute, Zhang Yunzheng couldn't help asking. : "What is this?"

Official Li smiled and said, "It's for your little servant girl."

Zhang Yunzheng said: "No!"

Official Li looked at Zhang Yunming, and Zhang Yunming smiled and said, "You stay here, the maid. My father is very strict and won't let us use the maid."

Li Daguan was surprised: "Where is there a maid who doesn't need a maid?"

Zhang Yunzheng waved his hand and said, "No need, no need! Hurry up, prepare water for me, I have to take a bath, it's so hot!"

Official Li was stunned to see that Zhang Yunzheng even ignored Zhang Yunming and entered the main house by himself. Zhang Yunming smiled and said, "We have enough people. Just leave two or three little men who run errands for us to find someone. Others All go back." Although his words were gentle, there was something in it that could not be rebutted.

This was the first time Li Daguan had dealt with a houmen's son. Even his nephew, he couldn't put on airs, so he had to point a few servants to stay and take the others away first.

After Zhang Yunming and Zhang Yunzheng washed their clothes, they changed their clothes. When someone came over there to invite them, they went to a reception banquet for them. In the summer, the Li family set up a table on the terrace near the water, and there was a boat on the small lake carrying silk and bamboo wind accompaniment.

Zhang Yunming was arranged next to the old official Li. Zhang Yunzheng was originally arranged at another table. Zhang Yunming didn't dare to let Zhang Yunzhen fly solo. I didn’t know what this stunned youth would say to offend others, so he pulled his sleeves tightly. Let him sit by his side. The banquet also took care of him, and brought him some vegetables or something, so as not to get angry with Zhang Yunzheng who looked upset. Old official Li is even more suspicious-this must be a brother, otherwise there will be a problem!

At the banquet, many people secretly watched the two distinguished guests from Beijing. Li Shiyuan married Jingcheng and never came back, and his usual correspondence would not talk about privacy. Her brothers and sisters are very curious about her life. Now that she sees her eldest son coming and going out of style, handsome, confident and mature, she knows that she should be doing well. Looking at the other Zhang family brother, he was rude and childish, and he doubted whether he grew up in Pingyuan Hou Mansion. If you grew up elsewhere, just say it separately, but depending on the situation of the two people, they should have grown up together. Did Li deliberately feed the disabled to bring out his son’s sensibility?

But in any case, the two of them are both relatives of the capital. As a merchant, no matter how much money, they are always worried about the government. They don’t know where they will commit a crime, and the government takes the opportunity to squeeze out all the money. Up. This is why it is necessary to marry the official family. Now Li is the wife of Ping Yuanhou. His children are here, and they will get the first month near the water tower. Their unmarried daughters of the right age can't help but work hard.

After the banquet, the old official Li motioned to Zhang Yunming and himself to go to the study. Zhang Yunming did not want to let Zhang Yunzheng leave, but Zhang Yunzheng was tired of being cautious in front of others. He threw away Zhang Yunming's hand and said, "I will go back by myself, you leave me alone. !" After speaking, he said to the little servant of Li Mansion next to him: "Take me back to the yard!"

The young man looked at the old official Li, and the old official Li nodded and said, "Just take this young man back."

Zhang Yunzheng gave a salute, and followed the young man and left. Zhang Yunming said uneasy: "Don't go anywhere, just go to sleep when you go back!"

Zhang Yunzheng shook his hand without turning his head: "Don't worry about it!"

Zhang Yunming frowned and watched Zhang Yunzheng walking away worriedly.

The old official Li was very nervous: He should be a brother in this situation, but if he is a brother, how can he not disclose his identity... He has a doubt that he can't even think about it.

The old official Li led Zhang Yunming to his study and asked people to go out before talking. Zhang Yunming said, "Thank you for the hospitality. I wanted to tell my grandfather that we are here to do things this time. I'm afraid we can't. Stay here for a long time."

The old official Li didn’t want to know what to do now, so he quickly figured out that Zhang Yunzheng’s identity is the truth, and immediately asked: "That son is your younger brother, right?"

Zhang Yunming knew that the old official Li had seen it, so he nodded.

Old official Li clenched the handle of the chair tightly in fright: it was born of the Li family! But Ping Yuan Hou didn't even recognize his son!

Old official Li's face was green: "What's going on!"

Zhang Yunming has needed to guard a secret since he was a child. For so many years, he has been familiar with creating artistic expressions that are above the truth at any time, pondering for a moment, and solemnly said to the senior official Li: "This matter is an extremely important secret."

Old official Li's heart shrank into a ball: "Secret! Tell me! I will not only keep secrets for your mother, but also think of ways for her!" Li! How can you do such a thing!

Zhang Yunming whispered: "It turned out that a Taoist priest told my father that my younger brother cannot be raised publicly, otherwise the whole family will be a catastrophe. My father did not believe him, but my mother believed his words and asked my younger brother to stand against Zhang. Jiayuan’s nephew’s name..."

Old official Li slumped and leaned back on the chair: "So..." He is your father's son!

Zhang Yunming didn’t know the dark thoughts his grandfather had in his mind, and continued: “The Taoist priest also said that if he wants to rectify his name, he has to make countless merits. He calculated that there will be four years of severe drought and one year of flooding. The food was scarce, so my mother asked us to bring 400,000 taels of silver to buy grains in the south. In the future, not only to feed and clothe everyone in my family, but also to save some people during the famine years. She asked me to tell my grandparents too. Make some preparations for buying grains. I’m not good at brokering. I have already spent most of the money my mother gave. I wonder if my grandparents can give me some to help my brother do more merits.”

If Shen Wen were there, he would definitely admire Zhang Yunming's face, which was almost three points thicker than her.

The old official Li has sweated out, and his heart is infinitely relaxed! Lee is okay! This son is still her beloved, otherwise she would not spend four hundred thousand taels of silver to do merit for him! If there are really five years of famine, then the food... The old official Li said: "Your mother gave you 400,000 taels, but I can't give you less, so I will give you 600,000 taels!" He might be shocked. , My mind is a bit confused.

Rao is Zhang Yunming who prides himself on being sophisticated. At this time, he was also stunned by the grandeur of the old official Li. He stuttered and said: "Mother said...400,000 taels...not a small number...don't say 600,000 taels."

The old official Li smiled: "Naturally it's not a small amount to her..." The implication is that it is not to me. There is a lot of courage for later generations Li Ka-shing to put one billion Hong Kong dollars in cash from the bank to the kidnappers on the spot.

Zhang Yunming hurriedly said: "I will transport all of my food to the north, some near the capital, and some further north. Can my mother's housekeeper arrange the transportation?"

The old official Li nodded and said: "If it is a disaster year, the north will be more short of food, and the people in Beijing will be richer and will buy food at high prices. She is right to think about it. In fact, among my children, she is the most prosperous in business. It's divided... I won't talk about that, I should give her her butler, and you will let him see me tomorrow."

Zhang Yunming said sincerely: "Thank you for your help. This Taoist priest has the eye to the sky. He said that there will be five years of calamity, and it should be accurate. My grandfather should also buy more food."

Old official Li said: "This is natural. I will let people start building a few grain silos. Now it is summer grain, and in a few months it will be autumn grain. If you buy it, there will be a place to put it."

With so much silver, Zhang Yunming smiled and said to the old official Li: "The grandfather must buy more, not less than 600,000 taels."

Old official Li laughed: "Don't worry, it should be a million taels."

Zhang Yunming stammered again: "Grandpa...so many..."

The old official Li waved his hand: "Don't worry. In the famine years, you need to prepare more food, not only for your own sake, but also to consider the many villagers who depend on the Li family for survival. My family can become the richest man in Jiangnan because we usually do more good deeds and welfare. In the village. When you are so old, you should also know that in this world there is one fate, two luck, three geomantic omen, four accumulate merits, five readings, six seven phases and eight respects, nine acquaintances and ten health preservation. I’m afraid it’s hard to die well. Since I have such fate, I will definitely try my best. Besides, if your brother knows his identity as soon as possible, your mother will be able to relax as soon as possible."

Zhang Yunming let out a sigh of relief and saluted the old official Li: "My grandfather bought grain, which can support the price of the grain and prevent the farmers from losing their money. In future famine years, the grain will surely help countless people. This The merit will not be wiped out."

Old official Li smiled and said: "You don't need to worry about this. Tomorrow I will call the people in the surrounding villagers to come and breathe with them. After four or five days, there will be a charter. You have to rest for two days. ."

Zhang Yunming agreed, saluted and retired, worried about Zhang Yunzheng, and hurriedly returned to the courtyard. As soon as I entered the room, I saw Zhang Yunzheng sitting right in front of the case and writing. For a while, he let go of his heart, and said to Zhang Yunzheng in a low voice excitedly: "Our grandfather gave us six hundred thousand taels of silver to buy food!"

Zhang Yunzheng looked at Zhang Yunming: "Are you a lie!"

Zhang Yunming whispered: "What! I mean to do merit for you."

Zhang Yunzheng looks sideways: "This is not a lie"

Zhang Yunming pointed to the paper: "You are wrong!"

Zhang Yunzheng didn't even look at it: "No, you lie!" Put down the pen and wanted to fight with Zhang Yunming. Zhang Yunming said hurriedly: "Don't fight! Don't fight! If you have a stomach full of food, what should I do if I vomit?"

Zhang Yunzheng was immediately uninterested, and picked up the pen again and said, "Go and don't bother me."

Zhang Yunming said: "You also have to write something to your parents, don't just write your own things."

Zhang Yunzheng said: "I'm too lazy to write! You just write."

Zhang Yunming yawned and said, "You are so lazy... I will write tomorrow."

The next day, the old official Li asked people from the surrounding villagers to come into the city, and sent another person to convey the instructions to buy grain through his extensive business network, and set up several locations to build warehouses... these are positive. At the same time, there were a lot of people coming to visit from all the cities in the city. When the words went, they all said that there were people in Li’s Jingli, so they had to celebrate well. Don’t let the people in Jingcheng underestimate Jiangnan’s. beautiful. If it is inconvenient for the Li family, someone else has a banquet with various flowers and wine, and I would like to invite the two young masters of the capital to come here.

The old official Li has been in business for a lifetime, and he knows that this is because each family has extended a fishing rod, and they will come and drop a golden turtle. Both of his own grandchildren are precious, where can he marry a business girl casually-he does not look back at how he tried so hard to marry his daughter into an official family. Even if you really want to marry a business, your grandson should also marry your own grandson and granddaughter. But everyone has been doing business in the same city for generations, and couldn't give a good impression, so they decided to hold a large song and dance party at home and invite the children from each family to come and enjoy it. The two grandsons are under their own eyes, so it's good to have a look after them, don't let people blindfold them.

"Annoying! I won't go!" Zhang Yunzheng waved when he heard a big garden party the next day.

These days, as soon as they left the yard, they were followed all the way by maids of various colors, asking if they wanted something, and then bringing them tea-what kind of tea to drink on the road! Along the way, handkerchiefs and the like often fell on the ground, Zhang Yunming turned a blind eye, and Zhang Yunzheng sometimes stepped on it. Not only that, but also "random encounters" with cousins ​​who are supported by maids. The first meeting must be full of consternation and horror, and then he salutes extremely shyly and greets softly. Zhang Yunming replied politely, but Zhang Yunzheng didn't even look at it, his eyes turned to the sky and continued walking. He believes that there is no need to put an end to this deceptive trick.

Zhang Yunming whispered: "How can you not go to your grandparents to know your identity? He will be unhappy if you don't go."

Zhang Yunzheng said: "If you know it, you know, you tell him that I am too lazy to talk to people!"

Zhang Yunming sighed: "Why are you so ignorant! My grandfather gave us six hundred thousand taels of silver! He asked us to go to a banquet and we will not go, can he be happy?

Zhang Yunzheng rolled his eyes: "Shall I sell my body and I can't buy me for six hundred thousand taels. Just go!"

Zhang Yunming gritted his teeth: "I'll kill you bastard! Heartless thing! We are here to show our grandfather. If you don't go, people will say that people from Beijing don't give your grandfather face, you have to go, let He thinks that money is spent comfortably, which is considered to be a filial piety for his mother! Understand!"

Zhang Yunzheng was very unhappy, and the next day Zhang Yunming, with a stern face and a smile on his face, appeared in front of everyone. When they entered the city that day, everyone saw these two nobles and youngsters in the capital, one cool and the other cold, and looking at them in such a contrast, they really have their own merits, and they are all outstanding.

The youngsters of various families bowed to each other, making Zhang Yunzheng big. He didn't have the habit of being familiar with strangers, so naturally he didn't want to talk. People's talks were all nonsense to him. He answered one or two words before he was too lazy to speak, silently following Zhang Yunming. Everyone knows that he is Ping Yuanhou's relatives, nephews and relatives, and instead of fawning over him, they attacked Zhang Yunming.

Zhang Yunming was naturally familiar with this, and soon started talking with everyone, talking about the fashions that are popular in Beijing, etc., both decently and distinctively. There are often a few witty remarks that drew everyone into laughter, and also brought out Zhang Yunzheng's loneliness.

When the light singing and dancing on the lakeside begin, people will go to the lake, and they will naturally encounter groups of girls. Although they wear a veil, they can see the faint outline. Merchants in the south of the Yangtze River are wealthy for generations, and the women's dresses are some gorgeous, some are elegant, colorful, colorful, and their clothes are all luxurious.

Zhang Yunzheng's own spending has been the best since he was a child, and he didn't feel much about these things, but the attitude of those women always reminded him of the little liar in the capital! If the other party is shy, he remembers the shyness that Shen Wen had when he first came to see him asking for money-fake! If the other party's tone is sweet, he remembers the sweet and waxy tone Shen Wen used when asking for something at the beginning-it is also fake! If the other party was reserved and solemn, he would remember that he himself kept Shen Wen a secret, but Shen Wen solemnly told Zhang Yunming about his blackness-false and serious! …

Shen Wen had ruined his novelty and respect for women, making him treat all the girls who had gathered together as liars, and no one was pleasing to his eyes.

Zhang Yunming had already remembered the five princesses in his heart. A few years ago in the Lantern Market, although the five princesses had their eyes red and swollen from crying because of their worries about Concubine Chen, they did not forget to pull out a pearl hairpin from their heads and give them to the second lady who was pretending to be silly and stupefied at the Hou Mansion in Zhenbei. In contrast, how cunning the second lady is, and how gentle and kind-hearted the fifth princess is. He has only seen the five princesses a few times in so many years, but every time she left him with a good impression: her appearance is soft and gentle, and she is in the same boat with his sister in times of crisis... I heard that the five princesses are a copy of Chen Guifei. The emperor was really blind, so that such a good woman was poisoned to death. If he married the fifth princess, he would treat her well... With these thoughts, Zhang Yunming looked at Yingying and Yanyan around him, but he didn't catch his eye at all. , Just superficially courteous, without a trace of error.

When they reached the lake, Zhang Yunzheng decided not to go to a crowded place with Zhang Yunming. He took a person to sit in a pavilion on the rockery, and watched the singing and dancing by the lake from a distance. He realized for the first time that although he yearned for socializing with people when he was raised in captivity, when it became a reality, he was not used to interacting with everyone at all. So many strangers made him unable to adapt, and he felt very anxious.

Zhang Yunzheng sat on the horizontal board of the pavilion, feeling a little melancholy. It's like something, he struggled for a long time, but when he got it, he didn't please him...

There was a burst of fragrance, and several women pushed each other towards the pavilion. Zhang Yunzheng frowned, but several girls had become accustomed to the expressions on this handsome boy's face, thinking that he might be acting so cool because he was shy, perhaps because the big young man Zhang had received most of his attention and he felt embarrassed. Seeing Zhang Yunzheng arrived in the pavilion alone, the few people wanted to "pass by" together to see if the young man would stand up and strike up a conversation.

Zhang Yunzheng turned away from the women walking towards the pavilion, looking at the lake. The women are all young ladies from businessmen in the city. They are usually wealthy at home. They have learned how to manage the family since they were young. They are very clever and are not as cautious as the daughters of ordinary officials and eunuchs. Seeing the handsome son from Beijing now, I feel that I should step forward and show myself. But they stood outside the pavilion for a while, Zhang Yunzheng just didn't look back at them. No matter how active the girls are, they can't stand such a coldness. Had to turn around and walked away, talking under the pressure of the voice. Zhang Yunzheng is a martial artist with very strong ears, and he can hear clearly: "It's just a nephew of Ping Yuanhou, and not a serious son, so big!" "It's rude..." "But he looks so good-looking." "Then you go and call him..." "No, you go..." "I don't know the family background, maybe he was born to a concubine." "Let's go and see Mr. Zhang..."

Zhang Yunzheng was even more bored, almost blurting out curses, but remembered that Zhang Yunming said that he could not lose face to his grandfather, and could only bear it down. After watching the singing and dancing for a while, it was really boring, so he got up and walked back. He showed his face, it's fair to say.

Seeing his unhappy expressions, the few servants did not dare to stop him, so they could only follow from a distance. Zhang Yunzheng passed through a few fallen weeping willows, and heard a woman's voice over there: "Miss, you are so beautiful, they will definitely like you." A soft female voice said, "The young man Zhang is not as good-looking as the other one. , But he is the eldest son of Ping Yuanhou, the other is very handsome, but he has no life experience, which one shall I choose" "Someone is coming, let's go quickly."...

Zhang Yunzheng rolled his eyes and hurried past. He heard the chaotic footsteps ahead. He hurriedly left the road, picked up the grass to avoid the people, and listened to the voices of several women from a distance: "Your daughter is well-known and reasonable, she should be worthy of Ping Yuan Hou. The son of the mansion..." "You really praised her! Your Sanniang is good, that needle and thread..." "The Xue family also brought the eldest lady here today..." "In fact, the Xue family had already intended to send her daughter off. To the capital..."

Zhang Yunzheng shook his head, as if trying to get rid of the spider web that had fallen on his head. He returned to the yard, turned around anxiously, trying to get out of the house, but knew that he would have to go out to entertain at the dinner party for a while, so he couldn't walk away. I had to sit at the table and start writing to calm my mood. After writing a page or two, he felt better and raised his head. At this time, the distant sheng music was melodious, mixed with occasional human laughter. Suddenly, the feeling of loneliness that often surged from being locked in the yard in the past reappeared. But this time he felt even more uncomfortable: he has come out, but still can't get rid of this feeling.

Soon after, someone came to invite him to the dinner. When I got there, I met with Zhang Yunming again, and Zhang Yunming asked in a low voice: "Where have you been, I can't find you everywhere."

Zhang Yunzheng said disgustedly: "I'll go back and rest for a while."

Zhang Yunming gritted his back teeth and said, "You silly fellow! Leave me here alone!"

Zhang Yunzheng frowned and said, "I think you are doing well, especially moisturizing, I don't bother to talk to people!"

Zhang Yunming asked in a low voice, "Who made it out for so many years!"

Zhang Yunzheng said angrily: "Who knew it would be so troublesome!"

Zhang Yunming coldly snorted: "Grow up! Everything comes at a price. If you want to get involved, you have to learn to deal with people, and avoid it."

Old official Li called out: "Come here and meet my old friend, Old Official Xue."

Zhang Yunming and Zhang Yunzheng stepped forward to see the ceremony. The round-faced old official Xue said with a smile: "It's really two young talents, come and meet my younger generation." After speaking, a few young sons and girls walked up and talked. When Zhang Yunming and Zhang Yunzheng saw the salute, the girls were blushing. One of them was extremely beautiful. When they looked at them, they had spring eyes and sentimentality. But Zhang Yunzheng recognized from her "Meet the Two Young Masters" that it was one of the voices heard in Liulin. He was not happy in his heart, and his face was faint. Zhang Yunming is still polite, nothing unusual. There was a sad expression on the woman's face, and there were tears in her eyes. But Zhang Yunming and Zhang Yunzheng didn't take a second look.

Seeing that the two grandchildren were not tempted by such a beautiful woman, the old official Li was a little proud, but he said to the old official Xue: "It's really scary to be born after generation. Boys and girls are so outstanding. The Xue family is really thriving. ."

Old official Xue was a little disappointed, but he didn't show it on the surface. He also smiled and said: "Where and where, who can compare to your Li family"

The teenagers all retreated. Old official Xue asked Old Official Li in a low voice, "I heard that you asked me to buy food, what's the matter?"

The old official Li knew that he could not hide such a big movement, he simply said something, and sighed: "It's not to prepare for a famine year. Isn't this a good harvest for a few years? I'm worried, always It feels unstable. They came from the capital and said they wanted to buy some food, so I would buy more, which would be considered as a backstop." But it didn't say that it was just for a few years.

Old official Xue secretly said that today's banquet was really not in vain, that is, his granddaughter had not been in the eyes of Pingyuan Hou's son, and it was worth the letter. Who doesn't know that the old official Li is a genius in business, and if he gets a move, he must quickly follow up.

So, the next day, the Xue family also began to send people out to buy food. Soon, the news spread that various merchants began to buy food in large quantities, and the news spread to their relatives. Some people in other cities also bought food. Jiangnan Regional food prices have been maintained, and they have not fallen into a trough that caused farmers to go bankrupt. This is something to be said.

After the flower fair, the Xue family had other gains in addition to the tips to buy food. Miss Xue, who had never wanted to enter the palace, told her grandfather that she was willing to enter the palace.

Although the emperor did not uniformly elect his concubine, it is known everywhere that after the emperor was abolished, the harem began to accept people. As long as they are young and beautiful, they are sent to the capital.

Miss Xue looks like a fairy and is sixteen years old. With eyes above the top, I can't look down on the local teenagers. The Xue family originally wanted to find a capital official, but now they finally have a chance to see two genuine princes from the capital, but they didn't even like her! This made Miss Xue very angry, and decided to join the court to break out of the world, so that people who look down on her now regret it!

Naturally, the two brothers in Li's mansion had no knowledge of these things. After the flower party, various parties and feasts continued for several days, and Zhang Yunzheng was on the verge of breaking out. He started clamoring to go outside and stopped eating in the house. Someone naturally told the old official Li of his request.

These days, the old official Li has fully understood the temperaments of the two children: Master Zhang is mature and sleek, but this younger brother is ignorant of the world, lacks in harmony, and has a short temper. Although Zhang Yunzheng was obviously crooked, the old official Li had a special love for him. Maybe he looks too much like himself. The old official Li and Mrs. Li also counted together to see if he could be sent by Li's, and they could take care of Li's. Hearing that Zhang Yunzheng was going out to eat, the old official Li smiled and said, "This is because our chefs are not diverse enough. It's okay, let people accompany them to the restaurants in the city to eat casually. Anyway, it is not easy for them to come here. Let them have a good time."

So Zhang Yunming and Zhang Yunzheng were led by the princes of each house to taste various delicacies in the city in turn. At the banquet, people often come to say hello, so he sits together. Director Zhang Yunming communicates with his cousins ​​and the important sons in the city. Zhang Yunzheng ignored no one, so he slumped his head to eat, and for the first time he was grateful that he hadn’t made it public. Identity-Everyone believes that Zhang Yunming is the righteous master who should be pleased, and don't bother him.

A month later, Zhang Yunming couldn't stand it anymore, and told the old official Li that he would go to buy food far away. The veteran official Li knew that Ping Yuanhou had let them out because of the long experience, and he couldn't spend half a year playing with it, so he sent his own powerful purchaser and Li's housekeeper to take them to the south.

This time, the group of them was stronger than when they first left the capital, but Zhang Yunzheng was much more happy after they left the fixed courtyard and the people chasing them in groups every day. He probably got addiction when he went to the restaurant. Everywhere he went, he inquired about food, tasted it, and wrote down his own experience, which he called "Jiangnan Delicacy".

After being out for a long time, Zhang Yunming also gradually let go of Zhang Yunzheng, no longer worrying about him not being able to find him back. I feel that as long as he doesn't fight with himself, he can do anything, and he will encourage and less hinder Zhang Yunzheng's actions, and the two are in harmony. They roamed for thousands of miles for three months, until Zhang Yunming had spent all the money given by the Li family and the old officials, and then went back.

When they returned to the old official Li, it was already winter. After they met the old official Li, they stayed for a few days and then left, and tried to return to the capital before the New Year's Pass.

The old official Li called Zhang Yunming to the study room alone and said, "Your brother seems to have little experience in life. Go and tell your mother that if it is not convenient for him to show up in the capital, let him come to me. He wants to go to school. Okay, whether you practice martial arts, I can arrange it. There are many brothers here, and it's very lively."

Zhang Yunming said in his heart how it is possible that there will be a disaster in the capital, and Zhang Yunzheng has to go back to take care of it. But he said, "Thank you, grandpa, I must tell my mother when I go back."

The old official Li was worried about taking over Zhang Yunzheng, so naturally he should cultivate some affection with him. The next day he also called Zhang Yunzheng and asked: "Do you like it here? Is it good?"

Zhang Yunzheng usually doesn't have a good face to his parents. Now facing an old man, he can only suppress his temper, and nodded his head and said, "Thank you, grandpa, I live well."

Old official Li asked again: "Tell your grandparents what you want and I will let you do it."

Zhang Yunzheng asked unceremoniously: "Does my grandfather have a dried fruit shop? I want to pick it."

Old official Li smiled and said: "Those worthless things, as many as you want, can't be given away."

Zhang Yunzheng frowned: "Then how can I get it?"

Old official Li likes and sighs again. What he likes is that this child is simple and clear, and what he sighs is how he can deal with people without being fooled by others.

Old official Li said: "Then you have to work **** the utensils, and the boxes should be beautiful and expensive."

Zhang Yunzheng nodded and said, "Thank you, grandpa, then I will pick the dried fruits now."

The old official Li laughed: "Go, it's really impatient." He let in, took Zhang Yunzheng to the dried fruit shop opened by Li's family, and Zhang Yunzheng tasted them one by one, and finally ordered more than 20 kinds, each with a big bag , Packed a big sack. Because I was afraid that others would not take it seriously, I could not throw it away, so I carried it back on my own.

Zhang Yunming saw Zhang Yunzheng carrying a sack into the house, haha ​​smiled and asked, "What's inside?"

Zhang Yunzheng said grumpyly: "It's dried fruit, you forgot that little liar will never forget, what if I don't help you?"

Zhang Yunming tilted his head and said, "So much! Don't you give it to the second lady"

Zhang Yunzheng said: "Who would want it except her"

Zhang Yunming sighed: "My mother is so pitiful! And don't forget, you still have a younger sister!"

Zhang Yunzheng frowned and said, "My grandfather said it's not worth money, how can you buy something for your mother and sister, didn't you?"

Zhang Yunming rolled his eyes: "What did you buy for them?"

Zhang Yunzheng said: "I think you have bought enough, so I should count as one."

Zhang Yunming said: "Are you embarrassed to be out for more than half a year, I will not buy anything for my mother when I go back."

Zhang Yunzheng felt a lot of pressure and gave up and said, "Well, then I will put these dried fruits in a valuable box for my mother and sister..."

Zhang Yunming shook his head: "Just take any boxes for the family and take them directly from the sack. But you are embarrassed to give such a worthless thing."

Zhang Yunzheng was anxious: "What do you mean! It won't work if you don't give it, it won't work if you give it, right?"

Zhang Yunming raised his hand: "Well, courtesy is light and respectful. Any mother you give will be happy, as long as you don't tell her that you actually bought it for someone else."

Zhang Yunzheng was worried: "Then don't give it, let me buy something for my mother."

Zhang Yunming said: "Where is there so much time! That's it! I know you..."

Zhang Yunzheng finally punched him: "You know what to do when you say bad things!"...

After the two of them had finished fighting, Zhang Yunzheng went to the street with an annoyance. He bought Ping Yuanhou a pair of walnut balls, bought an abacus for Li, a comb for his younger sister, and a set of lake pens for his younger brother. Nothing was expensive in Pingyuanhou's Mansion, but after all, he personally bought it. Zhang Yunming felt that it was enough to make his parents happy.

On the day of departure, Li Mansion once again sent off warmly and surrounded them out of the city. Zhang Yunming and Zhang Yunzheng said goodbye again and again, and finally took a dozen carts full of gifts from each house to the capital. The return journey is much easier than when it came. Zhang Yunzheng has long stopped running around. He has become a skilled traveler. He will help unload the truck when he arrives. Then he will familiarize himself with the roads around the inn as soon as possible. When he asks where there is good food, he will come back and take Zhang Yunming with him. Go... Zhang Yunming remembered all the mischief of Zhang Yunzheng when he first left the capital, and even missed the younger brother who was always worried about taking care of him.