Don't move. ”

Chang'an City, Qili, a three-entry courtyard, Zhang Chang pinched his wife's chin and gently straightened her head.

"A raccoon slave is just passing by, what is there to see, if you move again, this eyebrow will be crooked."

Zhang Changzhi's wife pouted, she went to see the raccoon slave outside the window, obviously because she was shy and moved her head.

Zhang Chang's wife is a typical small family jasper, born in the Spring and Autumn Period, poetry and books heirloom of the Hejian Guan family, accustomed to the seriousness of the parents in the family and the mother's chatter about female virtue.

But who would have thought that when he married his own serious husband, he was an interesting person at home, and he changed his way to make himself happy every day, and he became more and more considerate, and he often had to thrush for himself before going out every day.

Guan Shi said a little shyly: "The hour is not early, the beloved person is busy entering the palace on duty, and the concubine herself can face the bronze painting." ”

Zhang Chang didn't care about being late for work: "No matter how smooth the bronze jian, the shadow is blurry, and the color has changed, where can I see you clearly?" ”

These words are too sweet, not to mention the Guan family, even the slaves and maids who are waiting on the left and right are almost tired of losing their teeth.

Zhang Guang's eyes were wantonly on his wife's eyebrows, and the thin eyebrow pencil in his hand was slightly dipped in the green daisy paint.

"It's been half a year, haven't you been tired of looking at paintings? This is the case every day, if the slave and maid with broken mouths are passed out, how can the concubine see people? ”

"How can I see enough in half a year?"

Zhang Chang raised his eyebrow pencil and gently painted his eyebrows for his wife: "Besides, the joy of the boudoir of husband and wife is more than that of thrushes, haven't other families done it?" I live my life behind closed doors, without harming the world, what do I do to others? ”

Guan Shi was even more ashamed, and when Zhang Chang finished painting her, he took a photo of the bronze jian, but he couldn't cry or laugh at the long curved green eyebrows.

"Lover, why are you blue eyebrows?"

"It's called Yuanshan Mei." Zhang Chang explained: "Sima Xiang is like his wife Wenjun, his eyebrows are like looking at distant mountains, and the people of the time imitate painting distant mountain eyebrows, which is very popular in the court, and it is said that the queen also paints it like this." ”

Saying that, Zhang Chang stood up: "You don't have to wait for me at night, Yang Ziyou sent a letter of worship yesterday, and the Marquis of Xi'an moved into the new house in Shangguanli today and invited me to the meeting." ”

"Xi'an Hou, is it Ren Hong, who is rumored to destroy a country by one person and ride up the Tianshan Mountain alone? Does the lover know him? "Ren Hong's prestige has even spread to the boudoir of the noble lady of Chang'an.

Zhang Chang laughed: "Of course I know him, but I never thought that he knew me too." Although I didn't know why I was invited, this person was an upstart in Chang'an, so I couldn't refute his face. ”

Saying that, Zhang Chang picked up the small fan and was about to go out.

"On such a cold day, why do you still have to bring noodles?"

Zhang Chang interjected his face: "I told Yang Ziyou that it was used to cover his face when he met someone he didn't want to greet, but in fact, it was to leave an impression." ”

"There are countless officials in Weiyang Palace, and it is not easy to make the emperor and the three dukes and nine kings remember."

"But when you talk about the Weiyang stables that always like to take noodles, they can think of me!"

……

Chang'an's Li Ju is surrounded by walls, and Shangguanli is no exception, the walls here are high and thick, and those who don't know think it's the palace.

Although Zhang Chang is not qualified to live in Shangguanli, he is friends with Yang Yun and often visits, and both Li Zheng and Li Jian Men know him.

There is a saying in later generations, called the prime minister's door in front of the seven officials, this is still in the crown, but there are countless ministers, and now the mansion of the powerful general is also among them. Therefore, the janitor in Shangguan is a little more proud and confident than the rest of Chang'an, and he just nodded slightly when he saw Zhang Chang:

"The order is here again?"

Where did Zhang Chang dare to offend: "Chen Lizheng, is there something lively in China today?" ”

"What else can I do, that Xi'an Hou just moved in and invited all the families in the house to drink, and I was also invited."

Li Zheng talked about this slowly: "It's just that I'm busy on duty, so I only let Xiao'er send the gift and go back." Moreover, all the officials who came today are court officials like Zhang Jun, and I am not a Li Zheng who has rank, although the Marquis of Mengxi can afford to send a post, but he still has self-knowledge, don't embarrass the master. ”

"Chen Lizheng laughed, who doesn't know that the general trusts you a lot, even if two thousand stones see Chen Lizheng, you have to be polite."

Chen Lizheng was very useful, although he knew Zhang Chang, he still had to check the official talisman and leave his sword at the inner gate, and then let him go - the people living in the middle were all high-ranking officials and nobles, and he should not be careless, decades ago, King Xiao of Liang sent assassins to infiltrate Shangguan and assassinate several ministers who opposed him becoming the crown prince to inherit the throne.

This is okay, if you want to enter General Huo Guangda's house, it is more troublesome, the intersection next to it is full of Huo's soldiers, and the taxis and people who enter the house must be held hostage by two guards first, stripped naked and checked. Zhang Chang's other friend, Xiao Wangzhi, refused to show his body, and was given a cold reception, and now he is being sent to another county to work as a small official.

Zhang Chang knew the Huo family's dominance, and he was too lazy to touch the mold, so he went around in a big circle, and he heard that the Xi'an Hou Mansion was around the Yang family.

Seeing that he was about to arrive, he suddenly saw a young man in embroidered clothes in front of him, dragging an old man.

"Isn't this Du Xiaojun?"

Zhang Chang stepped forward, this young man he knew, named Du Tuo, was his direct boss, the servant Du Yannian's middle son, who also lived in Shangguanli.

General Huo's family has always been high above and does not participate in any invitations in Lizhong.

And Du Yannian, a high-ranking official at the Jiuqing level, was very busy, and although he was invited by Ren Hong, he would not go to the banquet in person, but only sent his nephews to do it for him.

Du Tuo bowed his head to Zhang Chang, but still persuaded the old man: "Uncle Xu, you are all here, just go with me, didn't the Marquis of Xi'an also invite you?" ”

The old man is Xu Guanghan, the father-in-law of the emperor's great-grandson, and it was his turn to rest again today, but he was kicked out by his wife, asking Xu Guanghan to go to the Xi'an Hou Mansion to have a look, and go back to tell her about the excitement.

Xu Guanghan came over along the wall, and saw from a distance that the Xi'an Hou Mansion was very lively today, and the crown at the door was like a cloud, all of which were high-ranking officials and dignitaries.

Look at yourself again, hey, the old vertical slut with a crippled body, ashamed of himself for a while, and dare not go over.

But he didn't want to turn around but bumped into Du Tuo, who was a good friend of his son-in-law Liu Aiji, and often fought cocks together, so he persuaded Xu Guanghan to go to the meeting together.

"Peng Zu is also over there, there are guests and friends when our emperor's great-grandson got married, see who dares to embarrass you!"

Xu Guanghan couldn't resist Du Tuo's enthusiasm, so he could only reluctantly follow the past, and when he arrived in front of Xi'an Hou's house, he saw that the ground had already been paved with evergreen pine leaves.

And Yang Yun was next to him, introducing the visitor to Ren Hong, and at this moment he was pointing to a young descendant:

"This is the son of the Marquis of Fuping, you can call him the word, Zhang Babai!"

Zhang ...... Zhang Eight Hundred? ”

Ren Hong was stunned when he heard this, good guy, Sun 100,000 only became Sun 10,000, why did Zhang 800 pop up again?

But I immediately remembered that this was the son of Zhang Anshi, Marquis of Fuping.

Zhang Anshi's naming of his sons is very regular: the eldest son Yanshou, the second son Qianqiu, and the youngest son Peng Zu, only a long live Zhang, even the high-crowned children are easy to die in this year, and he expects his sons to live a long life.

It was the youngest son Zhang Pengzu who came, the word was eight hundred, and Peng Zu was eight hundred years old, and it was reasonable to sit down.

Ren Hong smiled and invited Zhang Peng's ancestor to enter, but he secretly said in his heart: "Yang Yun told me that Zhang He, the brother of the Marquis of Fuping, was a hardcore princeling of Wei back then, and Wu Gu later went to the silkworm room and became a eunuch, which was a court order. It was Zhang He who raised the great-grandson of the emperor to adulthood, and he was very cautious, and invited the great Confucian Weng of the East China Sea as a teacher for him to teach poetry. ”

"As Zhang He's nephew, Zhang Pengzu often goes in and out of the court, classmates with the emperor's great-grandson, and when Liu Yi is married, he is also a man's guest and friend."

Just thinking about it, Xu Guanghan, Liu's father-in-law, also followed Du Tuo over, and said to Ren Hongne:

"The old man is contemptible, Xi'an Hou has a call, and he doesn't dare not come, but he is especially afraid of polluting the banquet, and he also asks Xi'an Hou to let me sit at the end of the table."

"What kind of business, Xu Weng is an elder."

Ren Hong then instructed the slave that Xia Dingmao bought a few days ago: "When I meet Xu Weng, I want to treat him as a guest!" ”

Zhang Chang stood aside and watched this scene, and waited for everyone to go in, before he took a step forward and smiled:

"Congratulations to Xi'an Hou on his housewarming."

"Zigao can be counted!"

Ren Hong asked Yang Yun carefully yesterday, and when he heard about Zhang Chang's habits at home, he suddenly realized.

"It turned out to be Zhang Chang of the thrush allusion!"

Ren Hong suddenly became interested in this person, and he might be able to make use of his specialty.

Of course, I didn't want Zhang Chang to give himself a thrush, Ren Hong's thick eyebrows and big eyes are very beautiful without painting.

Instead, he took a fancy to another ability of Zhang Chang.

"Hong Po likes to read history, a few days ago I borrowed the Taishi Gongshu from the imperial historian, and the "Spring and Autumn Zuo Biography" practiced by Zi Gao has also admired its name for a long time! After the feast, ask Zigao for a lesson or two! ”

When Zhang Chang followed the slave maid who led the way into the door, he arrived at the courtyard, but he smelled a unique smell.

It is the burnt aroma of barbecue, but the spices used are Zhang Chang has never smelled in the past, non-pepper and non-cinnamon, refreshing people's hearts, so that the guests will have a great appetite when they smell it.

But in the courtyard, Jiacheng Xia Dingmao was dressed as a cook, standing in front of a half-person-high barbecue grill, holding a large handful of mutton skewers made of thin wooden skewers in his hand, and was skillfully rolling on the charcoal fire, and the mutton fat was sizzling.

To Ren Hong said that under his own guidance, Xia Weng's barbecue skills have been perfected, and a little hat will be alive.

Under the watchful eyes of the guests, Xia Dingmao changed hands, sprinkled the ingredients, and acted skillfully, and when the mutton skewers were charred on the outside and tender on the inside, they let the slaves and maids serve them to the guests.

Needless to say, the strange taste and applause behind the entrance are endless.

And the wonderful aroma of cumin rose under the charcoal fire, wafted out of the Xi'an Hou Mansion, and drifted to the neighbors and the small half of Shangguan.

It passed through the densely packed domestic soldiers standing in front of the gate of Huofu, climbed over the high powder wall, and burrowed into the inner courtyard without hindrance.

At this moment, it was time for the Huo Mansion to have dinner, but there was a tense scene in the inner courtyard.

"If I don't eat, I won't eat!"

On the steps, an eleven or twelve-year-old girl dressed in a goose-yellow dark coat and wrapped in a white fox fur was staring at her eyes and shaking.

The attendants and maidservants knelt all over the ground in front of her, and the leading Fu Mu pitifully held a small table, on which were obviously all kinds of precious dishes, but the little lady refused to eat them, and they were full of helplessness.

If you change to another family's children to make a mistake, you can just beat it, but this is Huo Chengjun, the youngest daughter of the general and his wife, who dares to touch her to try?

Madame is ruthless and is known for beating and killing slaves and maids. And Huo Chengjun is also quite a true biography of his wife, very picky and difficult to serve, the slaves and maids can only keep their heads, their heads are bleeding, but Huo Chengjun is indifferent.

The two sides confronted each other like this, seeing that the dishes on the table were cold, Huo Chengjun raised his head and sniffed his nose, smelling the faint smell of cumin.

……

PS: The second chapter is in the evening.

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