When the Hong family suddenly heard this, he was taken aback, and hurriedly asked, "What's the matter?" Then he thought of all the strange things of the Fan family before, and countless thoughts came to him for a while, and before he could think about it, he poured out and said: "Isn't this Fan family still discussing marriage with the Xie family before? Even Mrs. Xie San came to ask me about the girl's character and behavior. It's only been two or three days, so why do you ask Yu'er again? I'm not saying that there's anything wrong with his girl—I've seen people, so naturally I know more or less. It's just that this thing is too sudden, and I haven't prepared for it at all. ”

Zhang Wang nodded when he heard this, and asked, "Since the girl herself is not bad, then the meaning of the eldest grandmother is allowed?"

Hong frowned, nodded his head slightly after a while, and said, "But what is going on here, Uncle still has to explain to me - Yu'er is my son, no matter what you have to do, don't pit him again!"

When Zhang Wang heard her categorical words, the smile on his face couldn't help but appear, and he said, "Don't worry, grandma." It's not cheating on him, this time he asked to marry first. Seeing Hong's surprised face, he smiled more and more, so he sat down next to her, and said warmly: "It's also fate." You'er was ordered by the lord to go to Yangzhou with his uncle and Ah Da to dispose of your makeup. I didn't want to go to inspect the fields the day before, but at the gate of the city, I encountered Miss Fan's carriage damaged, several ruffians besieged it, and the evil servants of the Xie family were bought off, taking advantage of the opportunity to make trouble. When You'er encountered such a situation, she had no choice but to come forward, take the sinner and escort her to the government, and escort her home with Ah Da - naturally she had to exchange a few words with Miss Fan, and she was more or less careful. When he arrived at Fan's Mansion, of course Gu Wenling recognized him, and his husband and wife had already had the heart to connect them, but they never looked for an opportunity. Now there is this thing, but it is a matter of course. ”

When Hong heard this, he was happy at first, but when he tasted it carefully, he felt that there were countless things wrong and abnormal, and then he looked at Zhang Wang's face, and knew that there was something else. So he sighed and said, "What kind of story, uncle just tell me." Although I am stupid and can't make a lot of twists and turns, but since the child has entered the house, it is my daughter-in-law, and I have to block and protect it to make sense of anything. ”

Zhang Wang nodded and sighed, "It's worthy of being my grandmother." When the girl of the Fan family meets you, it is called truly blessed, otherwise it is extremely Tailai. He got up and poured two bowls of tea, and handed one to Hong. Hong hurriedly took it, and moved the dim sum to eat with him tea. Zhang Wang ate a piece of dim sum, drank a bowl of tea, and then said: "Let the eldest grandmother know that when the Fan family was in the capital earlier, they had been engaged to the Jiang family of the Marquis of Pingyuan. The man is the second son of the Hou Mansion, who turned out to be very unscrupulous in the filial piety of the Hou couple in the old plains, gambling and fighting, accompanying and tying up human lives, and also contaminated with flowers and willows because of private prostitution. The Jiang family has the intention of covering up the marriage of the Fan family, but where can this kind of thing be covered? The Fan family refused to allow their daughter to be aggrieved and insisted on withdrawing from the marriage. The Jiang family felt that they had lost face and wanted to take revenge, and when they heard that the Fan family and the Xie family were proposing marriage, they deliberately caused trouble and made a group of hooligans and scoundrels to ruin the name of the cheap woman. ”

When Hong Shi heard this, he was immediately furious, and said: "Where is the bad reputation? This is deliberately forcing people to die! What kind of bullshit Pingyuan Marquis? Such a vicious work, the stomach and intestines are filled with feces, and the abscess are rotten from head to toe, and it is not enough to be happy to go through the oil pot hell eighteen times!" and said: "What kind of mold is the Fan family, how can they provoke such a vicious and disgusting bastard thing? In this way, Fan Yatou is too pitiful. ”

Zhang Wang sneered: "However, there are even more pitiful. You only said that the Jiang family had a feud with the Fan family, so when you heard that the Fan family had something good, you wanted to take revenge, but you didn't know that the Xie family was not at ease. The relationship between Fan and Xie was originally the idea of Xie Kai's cousin Xie Ji and Xie Yunshu. This Xie Yunshu is young, capable, and ambitious, and he turned Yangzhou upside down by taking advantage of the maladministration of the Salt River. The salt merchants, gentlemen, and cao boats involved were eager to eat and chew him alive one by one, where could they tolerate joining forces with such an innocent and prestigious person as the Fan family? Not only did they have to cut off Xie Ji's future, but even the reputation of the entire Jinling Xie family would be completely tarnished. Here, the Hou Jiang family in the plains found someone to surround Miss Fan's carriage, and there was a henchman who bought Xie Ji, and wanted to take the opportunity to take people hostage and detain them on the Zhuangzi he had just purchased - it was Miss Fan's fierceness, and one life just forced Xie Fan's family to die endlessly. If it weren't for the chance, I just let Yu'er bump into him, chivalrous support, and more than 20 martial arts servants accompanying Ah Da to shoot together, this time Yangzhou City is a bloody case that shakes the government and the opposition!"

When Hong heard this, he was so frightened that his heart thumped: although she had been the eldest daughter-in-law for more than 20 years, she had dealt with the most with her relatives and the government on weekdays, and this was really the first time she had experienced and heard of this kind of thing. However, Zhang Wang made it clear that he wanted to accept this marriage, and at this time, he always informed himself of the causes and consequences, obviously his determination could not be changed, so no matter how many troubles and difficulties he had in the future, he had to bear them together. Hundreds of thoughts turned and turned again and again in my heart, and finally I said, "There is a god three feet above your head." The affairs of the world can't be lifted by a single word. You'er can save Miss Fan's family, this child is related to our family. Uncle, don't worry, I will go tomorrow to make amends to the third wife of the Xie family, this daughter-in-law can't give her sixteen langs. ”

Zhang Wang laughed at this time and said, "I really want to apologize." It's just that we cut off the beard halfway, so that they are disappointed again, and they can't say that sooner or later they will have to return a daughter-in-law to her family. He urged Hong to rest and said: "Now that the major events of the two children have been decided, there will be some busyness in the future - go to sleep quickly, and a lot of things will be waiting for your order tomorrow." ”

Hong asked, "Uncle doesn't sleep?"

Zhang Wang said: "I'll sort it out again, and by the way, wait for the momentum of ginseng tea to pass." Hong Shi apologized and said, "It's all my inconsiderate." Zhang Wang smiled: "Where is it? There is no better than you." After personally watching the Hong family settle, Fang returned to the outside room.

As soon as he paced to the door, he heard the sound of footsteps, but it was Zhang Hui who stood at the bottom of the stairs and stretched his head and neck to look. Zhang Wang was amused in his heart, but he was not angry, and reprimanded in a low voice: "What do you look like? The father and son then went to Huang Xing's study. During the action, Zhang Wang paid attention to Zhang Hui, and saw that his expression was solemn, although his face was slightly tight, he didn't say a word along the way, so he nodded secretly in his heart. When I arrived at Huang Xing's study, Huang Xing, Lin Hai, and Zhang You were present. Seeing the two of them coming, Zhang You immediately got up to greet him, and looked at Zhang Hui again and again, with a hint of inquiry in his eyes - this description made the three elders dumbfounded. Huang Xing cleared his throat and asked Zhang Wang, "Brother and sister agreed?"

Zhang Wangying said "yes", seeing Zhang You couldn't help but show joy when he heard the words, thinking that he had always been calm, it was rare to see such a move in recent years, and he was touched by compassion, and saw his eyes, his eyes were red, and the bottom of his eyes was blue. So Wen Yan said: "You have been traveling hard for days, so you will go and rest." He also instructed Zhang Hui: "Your brother will leave everything to you, and he will take care of it with all his heart." Zhang Hui hurriedly lowered his hand, and was about to pull Zhang You out of the study. I don't want Zhang You to thank his father for his concern, but the soles of his feet are like stakes and don't move. Zhang Huiyin persuaded in a low voice: "What else does my brother have to do, can't I talk about it in detail tomorrow? Since my father has accepted it, even my mother has agreed, and there is no more disagreement." Zhang You then went with him to the Xizhan Garden.

Here, Huang Xing and Lin Hai watched his brother walk out hand in hand, and each nodded. Huang Xing said: "Zhi Ling and Huaiying are really good. Yang Zhi and his younger siblings taught well. "Zhi Yan is the expression of the chapter.

Zhang Wangdao: "This is a brother, naturally good." ”

Huang Xing smiled: "What's the matter, in front of the two of me, you are making this outsider's appearance." I'll just praise it. Zhang Wang also smiled, poured water and tea with his own hands, and offered Huang Xing and Lin Hai. Huang Xing took a bite, held the cup for a while, and said: "Huaiying is okay, she has been in front of her for the past few years, and she knows everything inside and out." I saw it when the old lady was still in her eighties. It is said that marrying relatives and starting a family should have been adults a long time ago, but in the end they are still young, and they just think that they can't afford anything; however, in today's situation, they have an idea in their hearts and can entrust important matters to them. Moreover, their brothers must be good. Looking at it this way, some of the previous plans are no longer suitable. He is the heir, the patriarch of the Zhang family in the future, what kind of daughter-in-law of the high-ranking family can't marry?

When Zhang Wang heard this, he was surprised: his two sons are two pounds, and he knows best about his own family - not to mention reading and learning, in terms of wisdom and light, the sum of four or five chapters is not as good as Zhang Hui; Therefore, relatives and friends looked at the situation, and there were many people who were aggrieved for Zhang. Although Huang Xing has been good with his own family since he was a child, and he has always believed in his own vision, his attitude towards the eldest son of the heir is actually not much different from the people next to him, and he doesn't want to say this suddenly, which shows that Zhang is acting in the right way. Yin said with a smile: "The Fan family is not bad, and they have not wronged him." It's just that when the eldest brother said this, it reminded me that the eldest sister-in-law had to trouble the eldest brother to help say a few words and turn the head of the Zhuji Shou family around. ”

Huang Xing didn't think about this, but when he heard him, he suddenly stumbled and said, "No! I'll just say that you're too anxious." After all, the Fan family's foundation is still shallow, and they are in trouble, you shouldn't, can the Fan family still complain and hold grudges? Although you are good friends with Gu Wenling, and the Fan family specially asked him to speak, it is inconvenient for you to shirk too much, but Brother You'er is not another child, why should you take it down?"

When he said this, Zhang Wang and Lin Ruhai glanced at each other, and then each lowered their heads, with a faint look of apology on their faces. Huang Xing saw it in his eyes, touched his heart, frowned and said, "What's the matter? The Fan family suffered this time, because of his own family, at most he will spare the Xie family...... What do you two have to do with it?"

Zhang Wangdao: "It's just that I think of Fan Xie's door, and the marriage between the two families was originally a beautiful thing. Fan Taosheng and Fan Cheng love their children, but they are a little more managed, and they will be on the cusp without being careful. Pity the hearts of parents in the world, from themselves to others, I really don't care, I can't get over it in my heart. ”

Huang Xing sneered: "Yang Zhi is so soft! But don't beware? Fan Cheng is just that, Fan Taosheng did it for nothing in the General Political Envoy Division, and he planned to marry the girl over, can he not know that the door behind this kind of family is powerful? The Xie family has always been tough and flamboyant, Xie Ji is the first one who can charge into battle, but his actions are in accordance with the national law and the outline, so that people have nothing else to say. There is no fault on the bright side, and he can't do it, and his Fan family is not early or late, so he will tease his head. If it were me, if I didn't immediately raise my hand to take the Jiang family's gun, I really didn't have to think about fighting for the scenery in the court thirty or fifty years later!"

Zhang Wang nodded, and sighed again: "However, if I hadn't come up with an idea, such as smearing oil on the soles of the sea's feet, I would have slipped too neatly from Yangzhou, and I wouldn't have made such a fuss in a moment." ”

Huang Xing was stunned when he heard this, and his eyes immediately became sharp. Seeing this, Lin Ruhai hurriedly said, "Don't do anything to look up to." Yang Zhi just told a few words of truth, it was I who was woken up from a dream, and I was so frightened that I was panicked, and I was busy getting out by myself, and I couldn't clean up the rest of the things. ”

He deliberately helped cover up, where could Huang Xing not see it? His heart suddenly aroused fire, and he scolded Lin Ruhai for slashing his head and covering his face, and only said: "It turns out that you also know that you got out too quickly, and you don't want to think about what kind of important position you are sitting in, and how much weight is involved in the salt administration! Those who are afraid of the power of heaven and are afraid that they will not be able to grasp the holy will, the saints of the capital are still restraining the secret fighting under their noses, and there is a clear struggle everywhere outside the capital—— From the Haitang project to the Yanhe fraud case in Yangzhou, the people are boiling and the sky is boiling, and the world doesn't know how many pairs of eyes are staring, just waiting for a decisive result. It's good that you don't even say hello, you don't say hello, you resign without saying anything, the will of the court hasn't come down yet, this head of luggage and packages are packed up, lest you take a slow step, what do people think?"

Lin Ruhai saw that Huang Xing was angry, and knew that he had endured it for a long time, but there was no accident at first, so it was inconvenient to say more; at this moment, the matter between Xie and Fan was in trouble, and the boundary in the south of the Yangtze River was shaking, and his duty was unshirkable, and he had to deal with the aftermath, and he must have some grievances to vent. didn't dare to argue more, so he smiled helplessly and said with a wry smile: "Big brother taught me a lesson." It's just that Ruhai originally thought that his own actions over the years should be regarded as a lonely minister and a direct minister, but he didn't expect that in the eyes of people, he would have already stood on a faction. ”

Lin Ruhai didn't argue, he was honest and soft, and what he said was very pitiful. Huang Xing saw it, thinking that he was seriously ill and weak at the moment, although he was still full of complaints, he had to be dumbfounded for a while. sighed and said: "You are the smartest, why can't you think through this? The Lin family is a good scholar for generations, and if you want to say that you really made a career, you still follow Emperor Shizu to start an incident, strategically praise and draw military aircraft, and you are naturally tied to the military generals and nobles; As for the people at the bottom of the imperial city, the other money bags on their waists are all salty-the so-called 'five points of military merit, five points of salt supply', you are the salt politician for three terms, you are stable and stable, I don't have a good, how can I not draw you aside in the eyes of others? Not to mention the matter of transporting the salt river, I naturally know that you don't want something to happen to this part of the south of the Yangtze River, so you work around with your heart, and press Xie Ji not to let the persecution go too far, but the person has a narrow heart and narrow eyes, and it is not directly regarded as you are standing up for them!"

Lin Ruhai smiled bitterly: "Actually, it's not too careful. If I really don't want to make any moves, Xie Ji won't be able to go to Yangzhou City. ”

Huang Xing said: "But isn't it? Those few families look arrogant outside, in the final analysis, they are just the goods that can make a few splashes, what kind of wind and waves can they set off, and it is worth your fear of becoming like this? When the matter comes, the other family has not really moved, so you first wiped the official by yourself -- but the saint allowed it! Not only did you agree, but also recognized in front of the Manchu Dynasty that you were touched by your illness and practiced filial piety. This stuffy stick came down, not to mention the weakness of the clan relatives Wu Xun's group, even the family names behind Xie Ji were also in a daze one by one, and the usual two points of cleverness became a dream. If it weren't for the coincidence of the Yang family's brother, the sky in Yangzhou City would have been turned over, isn't it all the sins you created?"

Lin Ruhai didn't dare to say a word when he was said. Zhang Wang couldn't help it, and only said: "Big Brother is too biased to say this! Who knew that this group of sub-clan relatives and nobles had no confidence and no success, and they would do something like a dog jumping over the wall in a hurry, and the means were such a dirty thing? Not to mention how the Holy Will is decided now, even if the eldest son of the emperor is decided, the Shen family can only commit taboos if they are so open-minded and open-minded -- can it be that if they pull up a plain marquis Jiang family, others will not know who the Xie family is not dealing with? Brother Yu said earlier that when he experienced the beginning and the end, Ruhai said that Xie Ji's newly bought Zhuangzi, the surname of that piece of land seven or eight years ago was Shen. ”

When Huang Xing heard this, his face suddenly turned cold again, and he snorted: "That one is greedy, and his hand is stretched long enough." In the past few years, I have become more and more arrogant and unscrupulous, and I don't bother to hide my deeds. But it is also a loss to save more manpower to investigate, so that the mind and spirit can be used to deal with the right things. Speaking of this, he paused, and his heart quickly calculated. Seeing that Zhang Wang and Lin Hai next to him saw it, they threw a look at each other, poured water and held a cup one by one, and sent the tea bowl to Huang Xing's hand. Huang Xing took a bite and said, "Don't mention the battle in the capital first. In this matter of Yangzhou, it seems that the Jiang family of Pingyuan Hou is bent on revenge against the Fan family, and it is just in time for Xie Ji to hate the local area, staring at him and not turning over. Brother Yu happened to meet him, saved people, caught the scoundrel who surrounded the carriage and the evil servant who framed the master's family on the spot, and handed it over to Yangzhou Mansion - then he will be tried to death according to this reason, and bite out the mastermind behind the Jiangnan boundary, one is counted as one, and they all go to the government prison to relax their muscles and bones. As You'er said earlier, those who spent money to stir up trouble and besiege the Fan family's carriage, although Xie Chong and Xie Zhun both said that the Jiang family instructed them, and the confession Gu Wenling brought was also the Jiang family, but before handing over the person to Yangzhou Mansion, he heard that the person who came forward at that time was surnamed Xue - if he dared to come forward, he was colluded, and it was not a grievance to use it as a raft; ”

Zhang Wang heard him say that he was murderous, and he no longer looked like Wen Dun, so he felt compassion for a while, because he asked: "What is the origin of this surname Xue?" You Er only mentioned one sentence. The Xie family was also vague and didn't intend to be implicated. ”

Huang Xing just sneered. Lin Ruhai sighed and said, "The Xue family is the Xue family, the imperial merchant who is now the banker of the Inner Government. The ancestral home of Jinling, except for the elder one, who often walks around the two places in the capital, the rest of the six or seven rooms are only set in Nanjing, and the heads on the ground are familiar. And when Xue Shi'an was a Ziwei Sheren, in terms of seniority, he was still before Xie Zhanshang. This is a broken son of his family's side branch, who had spent four or five years in the capital, and only suddenly returned to the south at the end of last winter. ”

Zhang Wang understood the scruples of the Xie family: Jinling is a fellow villager, and the cabinet is old, and being too eager to fry each other will only make the fisherman profitable; since he has completely torn his face with the clan of the same country, he can no longer completely offend the military generals and nobles. It's just the scruples of the Xie family, but Huang Xing doesn't plan to pay attention to it. Zhang Wang thought for a moment and said: "Since it is a side branch, and it has been in Beijing and only returned to the male companion, how much does the Jinling Xue family have to do with the Pingyuan Hou Jiang family, and now we can only guess roughly." The eldest brother really wants to move, but I'm afraid it will be difficult to start. It is better to collect from the ground in Yangzhou, and cut off the lines to and from the capital to be simple and deterrent enough. ”

Huang Xing lowered his head and thought for a while, and said, "It also makes sense." That's it. Just do what you're doing. He said to Lin Ruhai again: "This time, the two of you brought it out, and you should be together in the aftermath." For the past two days, I have followed me, cleaned up the ground in Yangzhou, and then went to Changzhou to see my grandmother. As a word, he provoked the longing for Lin Ruhai and the two of them. Seeing Lin Ruhai's gloomy face, Huang Xing sighed and said, "It really won't take a few days to cook." Besides, the marriage of the two great-grandsons was decided together, and the old lady must be happy to know it, so it doesn't hurt to postpone it for a day or two. ”

Hearing him say this, Lin Ruhai laughed, looked at Zhang Wang, and said, "It's okay." In the final analysis, it's all about the work of Yangzhi. Because he said: "If you think about it carefully, Yang Zhi also raised a good son." This time in Yangzhou, the layers of calculations are all dangerous, and the brother broke into it unconsciously, but he just broke the game; how many things in two days and two nights, I also remember that the score is not bad, if he is not careful, I am afraid that we will not be able to know that the forces of the military generals and nobles, the civil ministers and Qingliu, the family members of the country, and the local families have all gathered together. Shi Pingzi is brave and brave, anxious for justice, chivalrous in his actions, and not good at literature, but he can break prison in a few words - your family's brother is really not a loss of the word 'Zhi Ling'. The Fan family can get such a son-in-law, and it is not in vain to go through such hardships and suffering. ”

Zhang Wang nodded and smiled: "It's good if Ruhai knows, but don't spread it outside." provoked Huang Xing to pick up his hand and beckoned him in the face, scolding: "What nonsense are you talking about? The city wall is not as thick as you!" said that he couldn't help laughing, and said: "I don't know how to teach so many boys to be in shape." ”

The three of them talked and laughed for a while, ate another round of tea, and sorted out the things to be done from the beginning one by one: the various joints behind the marriage of Zhang You and Zhang Hui, the etiquette procedures of Zhang, Huang, Lin, Fan, and Xie, and the aftermath of Yangzhou's movements, the respective reactions of several forces in the court and the response here, and so on. Everything was laid out on paper, and then it was divided into three parts, and each of the three brothers received a share of his own, and then he went back to rest. When they got up the next morning, they were busy - the scenery of the Red Mansion was well known

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In the thirty-eighth chapter of the text