At the end of the emperor's birthday, the great Sima Linxie sighed with the king of Qi all night, and there was no taboo at all, and the royal family had no doubts about it. The emperor didn't ask or say, and naturally no one dared to ask. The palace has never been quiet, and the noisy concubines in the early years tried their best to please the emperor. Now I have ideas and don't dare to do more, many people think that Ji Yulian, who lives in Qinglin Palace, is just a yellow-haired girl, but unfortunately she has never walked out of the palace for half a step, and His Majesty the Emperor has not gone much, and the most important thing is that she has never spent the night.

The city of Zhuangyuanlang is lively and lively, and a couple in Jiming Lane are very generous in giving gifts to others, where is still the housekeeper who can argue with others for half a day for a penny. Gifts in large bags and small packages, and sending some pastries between neighbors to please a good omen is not. Do the closer neighbors have more melons and fruits? It's better to talk about good things than nothing, Zhang Bai has just won the champion, and there is a lot of money in his hand after all. The Liu couple also took out a lot of family funds, and Zhang Bai didn't care about these things.

Now he also has a proper official position, that is, eleven or two taels of silver. At that time, Qing Shui Zhang Gongzi didn't have any money at this point, but still gave all his belongings to the Liu family and his wife. The new house allocated by the imperial court is not in Jiming Lane, and it will be moved out in a few days. said that the two couples followed him into the new house and did not refuse, Zhang Bai felt relieved in his heart. Taiping City has been taken care of for more than two years, otherwise how can a rich boy learn to live and study. At that time, I felt that it was even more difficult to study because I was addicted to oil and salt, and the woman often sent some food, and the man would also help to chop the firewood more finely. Every bit is a kindness, far from being comparable to money.

Zhang Bai, who was still early in the next dynasty, returned home, and the woman cleaned up. Zhang Bai said: "Sister-in-law doesn't have to be so busy, she will move out later." It is also not suitable for the court officials to live here, and the house has already been sold. The sister-in-law and the eldest brother also cleaned up and lived in a new house with the younger brother. I've also found a private school over there, and it's quite far away. ”

The woman said, "Let's forget it, our ancestors have lived here for generations, and we will not get used to it if we go to a good place." It's good to let the children go together, and you can't follow the unproductive father and mother for the rest of your life. ”

Zhang Bai smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, I can't help you, my eldest brother has already agreed." Besides, there are still many people living in the new house, and others are not at ease with their little brother. Without the help of the eldest brother and sister-in-law, the younger brother is not living in a mess. ”

The woman helped Zhang Bai take off his official uniform and said: "Brother Zhang's family can't be without a woman, they are all champions, when will I marry Miss Ji home!" That's a good girl, and it's not good to let other boys take advantage of it. My sister-in-law's eyes are so good! Miss Ji is a prosperous woman at first glance, and she must not miss it. ”

Speaking of Yulian, Zhang Bai's mood suddenly fell, and he didn't know when he would be able to see it. Knowing from Yang Chen's mouth, Zhang Bai was hateful about King Qi's plan, and the solicitation of the crown prince of Qi could be ignored. Now I can continue to hide, but I don't want to do that. In particular, Yulian's entry into the palace is very involved, especially the last blessing that Yang Chen said about Yulian in the main hall. The implication can be big or small, depending on whether the person has the heart to use it or not.

Unexpectedly, the woman had already helped to take off her official uniform and put on a hurried green robe, with an extra jade pendant around her waist and a hosta pinned to her head. The calm woman said: "Brother Zhang is a talent, so he looks more like a scholar." ”

Zhang Bai, who seemed to have figured out some joints, suddenly opened his heart, and the key point for Yulian to enter the palace was not even in King Qi but in the crown prince. Now Concubine Xin in the palace has died, and the queen is in power. There needs to be someone in the harem, and there is no need for King Qi to do anything, as long as there is a need for someone to remind His Majesty invisibly at all times that it is enough for King Qi to be the son of Concubine Xin, and there are still a few people who are alive. The friendship is not deep, and the uncle Sima Lin Xie, who is also one of the four wealthy families, is enough for the head of the Lin family in Shuzhong.

Zhang Bai suddenly took a book from the table, the book is not thick, Zhang Bai never gets tired of reading it. said: "Sister-in-law, I will go out, so I don't have to wait for dinner." Anxiously pushed open the courtyard door and ran away, before the man entered the door, Zhang Bai walked away and said silently: "I am still a teenager when I am admitted to the top prize." ”

All the way from Jiming Lane to the city gate, Zhang Bai never stopped, but went all the way to Kunling Villa. The last book presented by Mr. Zhou Wen in his hand, most of them are empty truths. What is written in the book is a well-known person, and the old man once said that it is enough to read the book. After the end of the scientific expedition, Zhang Bai read it several times in a row and got something, and most of the truth in the book is still people-oriented.

Temporarily leased a horse to gallop, and has not seen his husband since the end of the scientific expedition. I felt a little guilty in my heart, and more importantly, there was a person living in Kunling Villa now. Mr. once commented on the two outstanding grandchildren, Zhou Jin is cautious, rigorous, diligent in studying, and a good official in the local government. I feel that it is a pity not to be a soldier, but to be a strategist, but to abandon the learning of a lifetime. I feel a pity for another grandson, Zhou Heng is seventeen years old and famous in Taiping City, a good son of the Zhou family, known as Zhou Lang. At the age of twenty, he already has the talent of the top student in the scientific examination, but he has never participated in the scientific examination, but likes to recite poems and leave more exquisite poems.

It's a pity that when he was twenty-five years old, the second master of the Zhou family was imprisoned for a corruption case, and only this talented man was left in the family. If it weren't for the fact that he had never left Taiping City and had the prestige of an old man, I am afraid that he would be implicated and his head would not be guaranteed. From that day on, Zhou Heng couldn't bear this big Liang literary circle, Zhou Wen, the imperial court teacher. Of course, there are a lot of examples that should be taken, and Mr. calls them ghosts. There was once a theory that Zhou Heng's talent was compared with the Korean Junhiko. The old man praised his grandson a lot, but he felt that it was a pity, how could a good young man become an alcoholic.

More and more remembered that he had a conversation with Zhou Heng in the villa, and at that time Zhang Bai could see that Zhou Heng had mentioned the prince intentionally or unintentionally. At first, I couldn't figure out how a drunkard could talk so much that day, but now I think about it, I'm afraid it's not that simple.

I ran all the way to see Mr., and my body was quite tough. A simple meal was very pleasant, and the old man felt very relieved. Can there be a few champions among the thousands of students? The first one is not good, is the last one the real skill? didn't fall into the name of the old man's generation of Wenzong, and at that moment the old man wanted to drink. Until Zhang Bai left the dining room, the old man wanted to cry inexplicably, there were many students under the door, how could the younger generations in the family not be angry one by one.

The trees in the nearby courtyard are delicate and stylish, and the front door is also clean, and there is no place like a lazy drunkard living in it. I once came to the small courtyard once, and because of the remoteness, I had a few words with Zhou Heng at that time. I haven't deliberately cared about the neighborhood, but today it seems to be different.

When he walked to the door, a plainly dressed scholar opened the door, as if he had expected him to come. Zhang Bai followed the scholar into the courtyard, which was very different from the last time he entered. The courtyard is clean and tidy, unlike the last time I saw it overgrown with weeds. At one moment, the arm-thick jujube tree is particularly conspicuous, and the fruit on the book is red, but the leaves are yellow. The scholar said: "The fruit of this jujube tree tastes very good, and you can pick one or two if you like." ”

Zhang Bai said: "No need. ”

When I walked into the study, I saw a pot of tea in front of the neatly dressed table, and a roll of ordinary subsets in my hand. The copywriting is all in place, and there is nothing missing, Zhang Bai is even more curious about whether this is still a famous drunkard of the Zhou family? Zhou Heng is personable, and the son should be like this.

Seeing Zhang Bai entering, Zhou Heng put down the book and got up to compose. Zhang Bai returned the salute.

Zhou Heng waved his hand, and the scholar gently closed the door and left, motioning for Zhang Bai to sit down at will. Put the teapot and a pair of delicate porcelain cups in front of you, gentle and elegant son. Zhou Heng filled the teacup and said: "If you don't drink alcohol today, can you drink tea?" Zhang Bai nodded.

Zhou Heng, who was in his thirties, was calm and elegant, and said: "Aren't you curious, I'm an alcoholic who actually understands tea." "On the desk was a pair of tea sets, and only two cups of that pot of tea were empty. Zhou Heng's tea skills are extremely exquisite, and after a while, Zhou Heng buckled down the two teacups and turned them up. The tea is poured back into it, and the aroma is tangy.

Wen Ya chuckled: "Taste it." ”

The tea fragrance enters the nose, the fragrance enters the lungs, the entrance is slightly astringent, the tip of the tongue is sweet, and the lips and teeth are fragrant. Zhang Bai said: "Brother Zhou's tea art is rare, and the younger brother can't tell what is good if he doesn't understand the tea ceremony. If it's wine, maybe you can say one, two, three, I don't know what is particular about tea. ”

Zhou Heng replied to the question: "The wine is really not good, there is no intoxicating wine in the world, and then the heart is drunk." Brother Zhang thought so. ”

The two looked at each other and smiled, it is difficult to know people in the world. Zhou Heng said directly: "It's true that I have been pretending for seven or eight years, and grandpa knew early on that it was he who couldn't pass that hurdle, not me." Many people think that I am obsessed with the events of the past, but in fact, it is my grandfather who can't get by. Although I didn't agree with my father's approach for so many years, I was even more annoyed afterwards, why didn't I fight for an answer with my status and fame. At that time, my grandfather was in a high position, and as long as he said a word, who would dare to say no. In fact, grandpa knew in his heart that his father's greed and self-defilement would not protect the Zhou family and go further. A big family has the difficulties of a big family, everyone is a careful and thoughtful wicked person is actually not terrible, you know what is the most terrible. ”

Zhang Bai said bluntly: "It is not the advantage of strong soldiers and strong soldiers, nor is it that everyone is in danger of being in a high position, but the words of a saint and ethics are all in one family." ”

Added tea to Zhang Bai again: "Indeed, grandpa has done everything that a scholar should do all his life, and he has done everything he shouldn't do." And my father is the biggest stain on my grandfather's life, and once there is a stain, he is not a saint. What the imperial court needs is never a saint, there is a Wenzong whose name is already very big, and it is even more terrifying for everyone in a family to be like this. I, Zhou Heng, have never been a saint, and the Zhou family has been like this, not only can not be left in the annals of history, but will be left behind for thousands of years. After his father beheaded him, his grandfather withdrew from officialdom after a few years, and everyone under his disciples was proud of his disciples, and many people looked down on Zhou Wen and admired his knowledge even more. There is no right or wrong between the two, grandpa's knowledge is mostly the stability of the world, and Mr. Shuangshang is mostly the righteousness of the world. Prime Minister Wang An could not learn his grandfather's knowledge but found another way, and it was not wrong to replace the nobles with a cold family, but it was too extreme to shake the foundation of the aristocracy. Grandpa had a conversation, and then you know that the teacher and the student parted unhappily. ”

Zhang Bairan came here today not to say this, but to know some inside information. Zhou Heng never said a word about the DPRK and China, but kept talking about the past of the year. never said that he was a subordinate of the prince, why did Zhou Jin have a strategist of the king of Qi instead of an official in the court. Both of them are Zhou's Junyan, Zhou Jin is even more sister-in-law, Zhou Heng's eldest grandson wants to enter the court as officials, how simple it is for Zhou Yingxiang to be an official in the Ministry of Shangshu, and the promotion and scheduling of officials in the Ministry of Shangshu are all in one hand.

talked all the way to Zhou Jin Zhou Heng said: "I, Zhou Heng, seem to be confused, but in fact I am already a first-class strategist of the prince's sect, do you know why I chose the prince instead of the king of Qi." ”

Suddenly, the teacup trembled slightly, Zhang Bai looked up at the reader who was like a spring breeze, as if he would always be so elegant. Zhang Bai said: "I don't know. ”

Zhou Heng asked rhetorically: "I have been in Taiping City for more than two years, and I should have heard about the crown prince of Qi." ”

After stroking the teacup and thinking, he replied: "When I first came to Taiping City, the king of Qi could use the power to lean over the government and the opposition, and say that there are outstanding military achievements outside and virtuous ministers inside. Several battles in the north over the years were fought by the King of Qi, and several reforms in the imperial court were mostly suggested by the courtiers under the King of Qi. On the other hand, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is unknown except for the position of the prince, and the only thing he can do is to codify etiquette and intersect outside the state. Since last year, the king of Qi has been defeated in the military service of the disaster in the three northern states, and the crown prince has successfully rehabilitated the disaster and set an example, and the reputation of the court is flourishing. ”

Zhou Heng nodded silently and continued: "You underestimate His Royal Highness the Crown Prince too much, for so many years. The Southern Mirror Changfeng Army has conquered and garrisoned many times, and the troubled prince is responsible for the aftermath, and after the northern general Liu Ce pacified the Turkic tribes in one fell swoop, it has been scattered for a short time, and it is difficult to gather unless someone can unify the Turkic tribes. It seems that the court is offering advice to benefit the people, so who is doing these things is His Royal Highness the Prince. It's not that King Qi is bad, but the prince thinks more about his work diligently. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is more ambitious than King Qi, and King Qi's vision is only in the territory of Daliang, although there are words to conquer Nanchu, he is just talking, not afraid to do it. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is more willing to look at the people's livelihood, and what he needs is an opportunity rather than a disagreement. ”

Zhang Bai saw Zhou Heng clearly for the first time, this person has his own world in his chest, not a splendid article. He smiled slightly and bowed his head: "Xiaosheng Zhang Bai is willing to listen to his brother's opinion." ”