Chapter 304: A Great Beginning
Peng Jingqing is not like the average lady, the kind of twisted woman who hides in the room and does not show up when she sees a strange reader.
She directly and generously invited the three scholars into the Peng Mansion, and the servants of the family along the way were all respectful to the eldest lady.
Peng Jingqing casually asked when he saw someone: "What about my father, are you coming back?" β
The family member said respectfully: "Back to the eldest lady, the head of the family has not returned to the house yet." β
"Okay, you guys are busy going, and by the way, call the official family over." Peng Jingqing instructed the family to find the official's house.
"Yes, Miss!" The family went to the second courtyard and looked around for the official's house.
Peng Jingqing turned around and said to Su Chen, "Let's go to the main living room and talk." β
Jiang Taoren was a little more flexible, and proposed on the side: "Miss Peng, the three of us have no merit, and they are not guests invited by Lord Peng, so it is not appropriate to be guests in the main living room, just find a room at random, and we can chat with Su Gongzi about poetry and articles." β
Peng Jingqing waved his hand and said very boldly: "It's okay, Peng Mansion Su Mansion, there's no difference, don't see outside!" β
When Su Chen heard this, he smiled bitterly, thinking that if he was heard by Master Peng, he would be angry again: raising a daughter is to outsiders after all!
Liu, Xia, and Jiang looked at each other, since the eldest lady of the Peng family was so hospitable, they didn't have a lot of excuses, and finally stared at Su Chen, and it was up to him to decide.
Su Chen showed a hearty smile like a sunny face, his eyebrows were clear, he was even more handsome, and said with a smile, "Then go to the main living room, and when Master Peng comes back, we just happen to say hello to him and introduce each other." β
When Jiang Tao and the others heard that Su Chen was going to introduce them to Lord Fu Yin, they immediately showed a little joy. They are regarded as rootless people in Jinling City, they have no way, and they can't worship those big names such as Hanlin University scholars, Shangshu, and Shilang, if they can get to know Master Peng, it will also be of some benefit.
After entering the living room and sitting in the primary and secondary positions, Tan Jiu, the old housekeeper of the Peng Mansion, came over and greeted the eldest lady.
Peng Jingqing commanded generously: "Steward Tan, this is Su Chen's son, you have also seen it in Runzhou, and you also know your identity." Now that he has come from Runzhou, he has specially treated the queen, and he will live in Peng Mansion during this month, you can send someone to clean up the side courtyard of the East Wing, and that courtyard will be used by Su Gongzi for the time being. β
Tan Jiu has been in the Peng Mansion for 20 years, and has a deep relationship with the head of the Peng family, so he naturally knows the relationship, it can be said that Su Chen is the quasi-son-in-law of the Peng family, and the fact that the head of the Peng family can be promoted to Jiangning Mansion Yin also has a lot to do with Su Chen. Therefore, he didn't dare to slack off, and smiled at Su Chen: "Welcome to Jinling Peng Mansion for Young Master Su, and the old man will send someone to clean up the courtyard and room." β
Su Chen also smiled and replied, "Then there is Steward Lao Tan." β
Tan Jiu said politely: "It's okay, some little things are what we should do as servants." β
Su Chen asked again: "By the way, yesterday, three members of the Jing family were introduced to live in Peng Mansion, where are they now?" β
Tan Jiu replied: "Arrange to stay in two wings, and arrange to stay when the eldest lady and Su Gongzi come back!" β
Su Chen confessed: "Very good! Let them also go to the side yard to help with the work, and by the way, make room for them to live in the same yard during this time. β
"Okay, let's arrange it." Tan Jiu nodded to Su Chen and Peng Jingqing, and then left the living room.
Su Chen said to the three of them: "Let's treat the injuries of the three brothers first, and then prescribe a prescription and let the Peng family's family go to grab the medicine." β
"That's embarrassing." Jiang Tao, Liu Dong and others felt that they were a little reluctant to be favored in this way.
"It's fate for us to meet, it's rare to look at it, talk about speculation, don't care about these side matters." After Su Chen finished speaking, he began to check the injuries on the three of them.
After Peng Jingqing put the medicine box next to Su Chen, she left the living room and let the two male family members come in to do chores.
After Su Chen's diagnosis, the three of them had some skin trauma, but there were also bruises and purple places, which needed to be adjusted in time, otherwise, it would also cause damage to the body and leave dark diseases.
"This Cha family is really not a thing!" Jiang Tao scolded resentfully, originally they acted bravely, but they were beaten like this and humiliated in public, but now that they think about it, they are still angry.
Xia Baosong snorted: "When Cha Wenhui was alive, he was one of the five ghosts of the dynasty, although since Cha Wenhui's death, the Cha family is not as good as before, but these years the power has leaned towards the government and the opposition, and with some background, few people find trouble with the Cha family." β
Liu Dong said with joy in his words: "Fortunately, it was Peng Peng Peng who rescued her, and if she was someone else, I am afraid that I am afraid...... There will be trouble! β
Su Chen wasn't too worried that after Zha Yuansheng was beaten, he learned Peng Jingqing's identity and would come to trouble the Peng family. After all, Cha Yuanfang, the son of the Cha family, is only a member of the water department, and the official title and real power are not as big as Peng Zeliang, although the Cha family has power and background, but behind Peng Zeliang is Han Xizai and other Sun Dang people, so he will not be afraid of the power of the Cha family.
"There's no need to be angry with this kind of person, as long as the three of them can enter the rank and rank in the future, and become officials in the imperial court after entering the office, one day, the Cha family will be jealous of your identity and cleanse today's shame." Su Chen comforted and persuaded him, and at the same time, he also planted an introduction in the hearts of the three of them to fight against the traitors of the Song Party in the future.
Jiang Tao followed his words and said: "What Su Gongzi said is extremely true, it is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years, we must not be angry and resentful about this matter, and hurt our bodies, it is not worth that, in the future, we will all become ministers of the imperial court, and we are not afraid that there will be no opportunity to clean up the family." β
Liu Dong and Xia Baosong nodded, agreeing with this point of view.
Su Chen asked again about the origins of the three people, so as to compare whether the five generations of historical figures he saw in history textbooks were the same.
Jiang Tao, Xia Baosong, and Liu Dong glanced at each other, and then the former sighed and said, "It's not a secret, I have known Brother Xia and Brother Liu for more than ten years, and they were my father's protΓ©gΓ©s when they were young......"
It turned out that after Jiang Tao was a celebrity, his grandfather was Jiang Wenwei, and he also left a strong mark in the history of the Southern Tang Dynasty. Jiang Wenwei was a jinshi in the second year of Changxing in the Later Tang Dynasty, because of the murder of the second son of Mingzong Li Siyuan, Congrong and the Quanchen An Chongzhu incident, he fled south to Li Yu, when Yang Wu was still in power, he was appointed as the Xuanzhou Observation Judge. Soon after the founding of the Southern Tang Dynasty, Li Yu promoted Jiang Wenwei to be a member of the Zhongshu Society.
After Li Jing ascended the throne, he was awarded the deputy envoy of Yingtian, and was promoted to Wei Weiqing, and was promoted to the right counselor and the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, and Xu Xuan, a famous minister of the Southern Tang Dynasty, was in charge of the same order, and later Jiang Wenwei died of illness due to illness, and returned to his hometown after returning to his hometown, and died of illness in the tenth year of Baoda.
Jiang Tao's father's name is Jiang Wei, there is a good name for poetry in the south of the Yangtze River, but he is depressed, and later because the Fujian rebels fled to Jinling, hid in his house, and talked about some things by others, were implicated and punished, and since then the Jiang family has declined in the middle of the road. And Xia Baosong and Liu Dong followed Jiang Wei to learn poetry and literature in Jiang's house when they were young, and they can be regarded as closed disciples, so Jiang Tao has a bad relationship with the two.
"I see!" Su Chen nodded slightly, Jiang Tao's grandfather, Jiang Wenwei, was also a good official in the history of the Southern Tang Dynasty, and he was a member of the Sun faction, so this friendship should be deepened.
As soon as we chatted here, there was a sound of footsteps and conversation in the courtyard, and it was Master Peng who had returned to his house.