Brother Ying Zhen spread his hands a little helplessly, and said: "I will definitely go, my grandfather and his old man, you know, and he will never offend civil officials, let alone this high ...... Well, this Gao Gongzi, that is the nephew of Gao Ge Lao personally brought by him, if I dare to sweep his face, I will be sent to the ancestral hall to kneel when I go back! After speaking, he looked at each other with inquiring eyes.

The little boy named Yuan Gong also smiled bitterly: "Don't look at me, we are people who have the same disease and sympathize with each other, and our ancestors are unwilling to offend, and my father naturally refuses to offend." ”

At this time, there was a gentle knock on the door of the Accord, and at the same time, a cautious voice came: "Little grandfather, the little marquis of the Li family is here." ”

In the Accord, the little boy named Yuan Gong replied lightly: "Please let him in." ”

There was an answer outside, and soon the door opened, and the Li Gongzi, who had won a thousand taels of silver from Wang Dengbang downstairs just now, walked in with a smile on his face, and when he saw the two in front of him, he immediately arched his hand and said: "The eldest grandson and younger brother of Linhuai Marquis Li Zongcheng have seen Brother Ying Zhen and Brother Yuan Gong." ”

It turned out that this unremarkable Li Gongzi was the eldest grandson of the Linhuai Hou family. Then the identities of the two little sons of "Ying Zhen" and "Yuan Gong", who can be called his brothers, are about to come out: one is Zhu Yingzhen, the eldest grandson of Zhu Xizhong, the Duke of Chengguo, and the other is Zhang Yuangong, the eldest son of Zhang Rong, the British Gong.

However, Zhu Yingzhen and Zhang Yuangong's attitude towards Li Zongcheng is not very affectionate.

Li Zongcheng had seen the two of them, and he was considered to be polite, but Zhu Yingzhen only smiled slightly, and nodded lightly at him, even if he returned the courtesy; Zhang Yuangong, as the master, just smiled and waved his hand, and said, "Brother Xian is a guest from afar, sit down and talk." ”

Li Zongcheng was so neglected, not only was he not angry, but he smiled and said: "The younger brother heard that the two brothers are good at weaving, and they specially found some good products in Nanjing to bring them to the Beijing Division. After that, he handed Zhang Yuangong the silver ticket of the Changlu Salt Field that Wang Dengbang lost to him.

Zhang Yuangong raised his eyebrows slightly, as if he was a little surprised, but he immediately waved his hand and said: "Wang Dengbang has been tossing this little bit of business with me all the year round, and today he broke a general, which is indeed a loss, but the money he lost has nothing to do with me, since you won this money, take it." ”

Li Zongcheng refused, and insisted: "How dare the little brother? Not only did the younger brother dare not accept this silver, but the younger brother also had some meeting gifts to give to the two brothers. ”

"Oh?" Zhu Yingzhen and Zhang Yuangong spoke at the same time, glanced at each other, and it was the master Zhang Yuangong who spoke, and asked: "Your Linhuai Marquis Mansion is the founding of the country, and you have always been an official in Nanjing, and we are in the same line...... To be honest, I don't have much friendship, you are so polite, but Brother Ying Zhen and I are a little puzzled: What is the reason? ”

In the end, he is still a child, although his bearing is not the child of an ordinary family, but the city government is limited after all, and he can't hide his words in his heart, so he asked this kind of thing so straightforwardly.

Fortunately, Li Zongcheng's age is similar to the difference between them, but he doesn't feel abrupt, and said with a smile: "Actually, it's not a big deal, but I heard that the senior attendant of the high school scholar invited several sons and daughters of the lords in Beijing to go out of the city, and the younger brother was ashamed and was not invited......"

Zhu Yingzhen and Zhang Yuangong glanced at each other again, but this time it was Zhu Yingzhen who opened his mouth and asked, "So what?" Do you want to go? ”

Li Zongcheng hurriedly said: "The two brothers may not know, my father has always been a good writer, and a few days ago, I learned that Gao Shilin was shocked by the reading of "Longwen Whip Shadow", and he admired it very much, and praised it many times in front of the younger brother......

"Oh, I see." Zhu Yingzhen looked enlightened and interrupted: "It's your father, my grandfather and uncle, and I often read it at home...... Well, come and spur me and other juniors, I can understand your situation. ”

Zhang Yuangong also nodded and said: "That's the truth, and it's the same in my family...... But Brother Zongcheng, I still have something I don't know, I wonder if you can solve my doubts? "Maybe it's because of the sympathy for the same disease, they were all hit hard by the elders at home who compared them with high pragmatism, this time Zhang Yuangong's attitude has improved a lot, at least he is willing to call someone a good brother.

Li Zongcheng still had the attitude of smiling, and nodded again and again: "Where do you dare to speak out to solve your doubts, Brother Yuangong has any questions, but it doesn't hurt to say it, the younger brother must know everything." ”

Zhang Yuangong was not polite, and asked directly: "Ling Zun is good in Nanjing, why did he suddenly remember Jingshi?" ”

Li Zongcheng showed a hint of surprise on his face, and replied: "My father loves to study literature, especially good poetry, and he has already visited all the places of interest near Nanzhili, and this trip to the north is also to take his younger brother all the way...... Later, I probably thought that in terms of places of interest and historic sites, there were still the most Jingshi, so I came. ”

Zhang Yuangong smiled: "All the way? ”

Li Zongcheng chuckled in his heart, and sure enough, he immediately heard Zhu Yingzhen say lightly: "Brother Zongcheng, there is nothing that Beizhen Fusi can hide from my family, you should know this." ”

Of course, your uncle is the governor of Jinyiwei.

Li Zongcheng's face looked a little embarrassed for the first time since he entered the door.

When Zhang Yuangong saw it, he forced him to ask: "Not long ago, Zhao Ge Lao proposed the restructuring of the Beijing camp, and there were rumors in private that my Jing Nan family, especially the Chengguo Gong and the British Gong, had been in charge of the Beijing camp for a long time, and I am afraid that there will be a big tail. Then, in order to avoid suspicion, Cheng Guogong and his old man and father repeatedly resigned...... However, there were still people who secretly suggested that they might as well find among the lords in Nanjing and pick a new prime minister or assistant to him. ”

He saw that Li Zongcheng's face turned a little pale, and he continued coldly: "Ling Zun hasn't even inherited the title of Marquis of Linhuai, so has he started to fight the idea of the prime minister's Jingying Rongzheng?" I think so...... Not quite right, right? ”

Although Zhu Yingzhen didn't speak, his eyes were blazing, and he also stared at Li Zongcheng.

The cold sweat on Li Zongcheng's back suddenly fell, and he hurriedly explained: "Misunderstanding, misunderstanding, two brothers, where did this rumor come from?" Father, father, he has never been interested in military affairs...... Not to mention, the ancestor is not sick or sick at the moment, and the father even has the heart to come out to visit the mountains, rivers and mountains, as Brother Yuan Gong said: The title has not been inherited! How could you possibly think of such an impossibility? Jingnan is a series of guards in Beijing, and the founding of the country is a guard in Nanjing, this is my ancestral system of more than 100 years in the Ming Dynasty, who dares to disobey? ”

This is still reasonable, so after Zhu Yingzhen and Zhang Yuangong glanced at each other, they generally believed it, but Zhu Yingzhen still asked: "In this case, why did your father originally play in the Luoyang area, and he should have gone to Guanzhong next according to the plan, but suddenly changed his route a month ago and came directly to Jingshi?" Brother Zongcheng, can you give an explanation to Brother Fool? ”