When Cheng Zheng returned home, it was already the beginning of the lanterns.

She went to see the two children first.

Ten-year-old Gu Ning and Gu Zhong look very good, both have absorbed the advantages of Cheng Zheng and his wife, they are young and very handsome, when Cheng Zheng entered the door, the brothers were standing straight in front of the bookcase and writing big characters.

"Mother!" The brothers shouted Cheng Zheng in unison, and they both showed happy expressions. It's just that Gu Ning respectfully put down the pen and saluted Cheng Zheng, and Gu Zhong threw himself into Cheng Zheng's arms.

Cheng Zhengci touched his youngest son's head, and then took her hand and walked to the bookcase: "Have you had dinner?" What did you eat today? Is it delicious? Haven't you finished your homework yet? To combine work and rest is, carefully break the eyes. ”

Gu Ning smiled and should be.

Gu Zhong replied to Cheng Zheng's words in a chattering voice.

Cheng Zheng heard that the dinner of the two sons was used with her husband Gu Xu, and she was a little surprised, and said with a smile: "Why did your father come back so early?" ”

Gu Ning said with a smile: "Daddy said that today the prince took the imperial grandson to the other courtyard to row a boat, and they had nothing to do, so they came back first." ”

Zhan Shifu is the yamen that assists the prince, the rank is not high, but the position is very important. Gu Xu is the young Zhan Shi of Zhan Shifu, that is, the deputy of Zhan Shifu, there are a lot of trivial things on weekdays, and he rarely rests, and there are only a handful of times when he can go home on time like this.

Cheng Zhenghe looked at his son's homework, praised the two sons a few words, and said that he would take them to Fengtai in a few days and let them rest early, so he asked the maid and went to the study in the inner courtyard.

Gu Xu was fiddling with the pots of bluegrass on the windowsill.

He is Chinese New Year's Eve and 4 years old, with a slender figure, a handsome face, and a calm bearing. After many years of official career, he has become quite silent and low-key, wearing a royal blue background purple-red auspicious clouds and flowers, which has a bit of a taste of light and dust. But when he saw Cheng Zheng coming in, his eyes lit up, and he curled the corners of his mouth and said, "You're back", and his expression suddenly became happy.

Cheng Zheng nodded, looked at the blue grass with a smile, and said, "Don't be like last time." Helped me water the flowers and watered them to death. ”

Gu Xu smiled disappreciatively. put a few pots of bluegrass back on the windowsill, called the maid to fetch water, and asked Cheng Zheng, "Have you had dinner?" I asked the kitchen to make you lotus seed lily mung bean porridge. It couldn't be better to eat this season. ”

"I had dinner at Liao's house." Despite this, Cheng Zheng decided to use half a bowl of lotus porridge.

The husband and wife sat on the big kang near the window.

Gu Xu smiled: "Why did you suddenly think of going to Liao's house?" Is the cousin of the Zhou family okay? ”

"Very good!" Cheng Zheng told Gu Xu about Cheng Chi's entrustment.

Gu Xu's expression gradually condensed as he listened.

Cheng Zheng sighed in his heart when he saw it, and said, "What's wrong?" Is there something inappropriate? ”

Gu Xu pondered for a moment, and then said slowly: "Do you remember that Uncle Chi sent me an entourage a few days ago?" ”

"Remember!" Cheng Zheng said. "People in our family will ask someone with strong martial arts skills to be their personal attendant. Da Xu beside Xishan is the one who is the one next to Uncle Chi. Did something happen? ”

Gu Xu said: "A few days ago, the imperial grandson came out of the corridor after listening to Fu Taifu's banquet. Suddenly, a few tiles fell, and the entourage named Wang Qing who was given to me by the fourth uncle happened to be passing by, and before those guards could react, he rushed over. pushed away the imperial grandson...... When the imperial grandson asked afterwards, he heard that it was a servant of our family, and he not only rewarded him with a lot of brocade silk. He also repeatedly called him over to learn martial arts skills with the guards around him, and this time His Royal Highness the Crown Prince took the imperial grandson to row in the other courtyard. The prince sent someone to tell me and brought Wang Qing with him...... I always felt that this matter was too coincidental, and it was a little strange, but Uncle Chi and I didn't deal with much, and I didn't know his temperament, so I didn't have an idea for a while......"

Since Zhan Shifu acquiesced to Wang Qing's service by the emperor's grandson's side, he would definitely not let him accompany the imperial grandson just because Wang Qing was a servant of Gu Xu's family, but Wang Qing was given to Gu Xu by Cheng Chi before......

A cold sweat broke out on Cheng Zheng's forehead, and he said, "Uncle Chi has returned to Jinling, and it will take a few days before he can come back." I immediately wrote a letter to Uncle Chi to see what he was planning. ”

Gu Xu nodded slightly, comforting Cheng Zheng and said, "Don't worry, I think Uncle Chi will definitely not harm us." ”

Cheng Zheng nodded nonsense, and went to Xinglin Hutong the next day.

Cheng Jing was on duty in the yamen, took the note from the entourage, and brought it back from the yamen.

Cheng Zheng always felt that his father's ears were a little soft, although he was anxious, but he still had reservations, and after sitting down in front of the big bookcase in the study with his father, he explained his intentions: "Do you know what Uncle Chi is doing when he goes back to Jinling?" ”

Cheng Jing smiled: "You ask me, I really don't know!" Your Uncle Chi is an idle crane with a temperament, here today, there tomorrow. When I accompanied your grandmother to Putuo Mountain that year, I also met Song Jingran's father, and I made a year-old friend with the old man of the Song family, and I made up a water control charter, which was handed to the emperor by Song Jingran. If it weren't for your uncle to stop me, I'm afraid that the emperor would call your Uncle Chi to the palace for questioning......"

The eldest uncle is Yuan Weichang, the first assistant of the cabinet.

Cheng Zheng frowned slightly when he heard this, and said, "Father, didn't you help Uncle Chi at that time?" ”

"You don't think I'm blocking your Uncle Chi's Qingyun Road, do you?" Cheng Jing smiled and said, "Your Uncle Chi is staying at home, and it was your grandmother and the ancestor of the second room who decided to do so. Since the beginning of this dynasty, our family has produced seven jinshi, five of which are from the long house, and your second uncle is still the eye. Now that there is your younger brother in the younger generation, the limelight of the long house is too strong, just for your Uncle Chi to avoid the limelight. ”

Cheng Zheng disagreed.

Are there some things that can be avoided by avoiding the limelight?

Modesty and prudence are certainly one way, but the crushing of flying and domineering can also make opponents fearful, and it may not be a road. What's more, in Jiashan's generation, except for Jiashan and Youyi, she has not seen who can make achievements in the imperial examination. When the older generation has retired, the Cheng family only relies on Jiashan and Youyi, and they are afraid that they will be weakened.

She tactfully reminded Cheng Jing: "Actually, if Uncle Chi wants to take a career in office, it may not be bad, and Uncle Chi is only eight years older than Jiashan." If it weren't for the second uncle agreeing to go to the Hanlin Academy, my father and uncle would have recovered. The ancestor of the second room is afraid that he may not be able to help his father and uncle......"

Cheng Jing didn't want to talk more about these things with his daughter.

The grievances of the previous generations of the Cheng family are too complicated, and they are not a glorious thing.

He replied and changed the topic: "Your brother is not as weak as us at that time, isn't he still strong?" Don't worry. Then he talked about Cheng Xu: "Your mother wrote to me a few days ago, saying that now Guozijian is not as good as before, and many people have gone to the academy. Ask me if it's better to be a Shuanghe College or a Liberal Arts College. I want your brother to go to the academy. I heard that Jin Jiang went to Shuanghe Academy? ”

Dalun is the word of Gu Xu, and Jinjiang is the word of Peng Zao.

After all, Cheng Zheng is a daughter, and there is no reason for a daughter to teach her father.

She sighed deeply. said: "I will go to Fengtai with the second sister, the third sister, and the second miss of the Zhou family in a few days, and ask the third sister when the time comes!" ”

The father and daughter talked for a long time, and Cheng Zheng went to Cheng Wei to live in the West Cross Courtyard.

Cheng Wei's wife, Qiu, was also from a scholarly family, but she broke her body when she was born to Cheng Rang. has been sick in bed, unable to preside over the middle feed of Xinglin Hutong. I heard that Cheng Zheng is coming. She was very happy, leaned on the head of the bed and talked to Cheng Zheng for a long time, and then left Cheng Zheng for lunch before letting Cheng Zheng go.

Cheng Zheng always felt a little bad in his heart.

Although she and Cheng Chi have not had much contact, she has heard of Cheng Chi's reputation in Beijing in recent years.

The Cheng family started by selling salt. The salt transport envoys of the two Zhejiang and Huai are all serving for two years. Seeing that the new salt envoys of Liangzhejiang and Lianghuai are about to be baked. Uncle Chi did not stay in Beijing to do some work, but went to Jinling...... This business is the same as being an official, if you don't advance, you will retreat. Even if Uncle Chi doesn't want to do this salt transportation business anymore, he just lets it go! Who would believe that the Cheng family didn't want to do this business and didn't get the salt lead?

Cheng Zheng thought about it again and again. sent his ** brother back to Jinling: "I live in Jiuru Lane." If my grandmother asked, she would say I sent you to buy it. As soon as there was any movement at home, I took the master's name post and handed the news to me. ”

The companion said "yes". Retreated.

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A few days later, when it was time to make an appointment with Zhou Shaojin to go to Fengtai, Cheng Zheng took his two sons to Yuqian Hutong.

Zhou Shaojin wore a moon-white plain Hangzhou silk armor, a peach-colored Hunan skirt with treasure flowers, and her hair was curled into a silk and she wore two pearls of southern pearl beads, which was obviously a little lively.

Cheng Zheng nodded secretly.

Although it is said that when it blooms, it is more than green leaves, and the most scruples of people watching flowers are to wear green, which does not show the color, and it is best to wear red, which corresponds to the green tree and is much more colorful.

It seems that the second lady of the Zhou family is still a good dresser.

She asked her two sons to come forward and salute Zhou Shaojin.

Zhou Shaojin's gaze stopped for a moment on Cheng Zheng's eldest son, Gu Ning.

In the previous life, the four princes ascended the throne and changed the country name to "Tianshun". Nineteen-year-old Gu Ning was the youngest of the two rank jinshi in that subject. After three months of revision in the Hanlin Academy, he was transferred by the fourth prince to concurrently serve as the left deputy director of the pedestrian division, and after three months, he was promoted to the director of the pedestrian division......

He is an enviable person when he says it.

Cheng Zheng was only the eldest son, but he was young but looked like an adult, which surprised Zhou Shaojin a little, and explained with a smile: "Let you see and laugh!" Brother Ning is the eldest son in our family, and my lord and I are stricter with him, and after a long time, I can't help but be a little unruly......"

Zhou Shaojin hurriedly said a few words modestly and took out the meeting gift that had been prepared for a long time.

What was given to Gu Ning was a duan inkstone and a half-knife Chengxin paper; What was given to Gu Zhong was a box of Huzhou wolf pens and a few ink ingots.

The brother looked filial and educated, saluted and thanked Zhou Shaojin, and then the group went to Zhou Chujin in Shuangyu Hutong.

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Sisters and brothers, today's update.

ps: I don't have much time to write essays during this time, and most of them are pasted in drafts, but I will correct the typos after a while, and you can read the chapters that have corrected the typos by brushing it again.

※(To be continued)

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