Chapter 843: The Autumn Wind Is Not That Easy to Fight

Since the Gu family listened to Zhang Fu's words, the family moved from their hometown in Kaifeng to Jingshi, and many of the Zhang clansmen in Kaifeng have also moved to Beijing one after another. First, the two dignitaries in the clan are here, and they can also have a care, which is more convenient for their children to seek their origins, and secondly, they are also afraid that Kaifeng will change the magistrate, and they may not take care of the rest of the people when the most noble branch of the Zhang clan moves away. Therefore, most of the Zhang clan people who still remain in Kaifeng are side houses, either living on a few acres of thin fields, or doing a small business.

The Zhang family is like this, and the Gu family is even more unbearable. Since the death of Gu's brother, that is, the old lady of the Gu family, the Gu family almost didn't break their heads in order to compete for land and real estate, and in the end, the family was torn apart, and all the property, fields, and shops were divided up by a group of children and grandchildren like wolves. Naturally, Gu Bin's father only got twenty acres of barren slope land, and even such a small amount of property was embezzled by the clansmen after the family moved to the capital. It's only now that a few years have passed, and the Gu family's house is gradually becoming unsustainable, so I thought of Gu Bin in the capital and the noble in-laws.

So, Sun Gulin, the head of the Gu family, took two small servants, loaded a boatload of worthless native products, and entered the capital in the name of giving New Year's gifts. After all, it was the Gu family, so he naturally inquired about Gu Bin's house first and looked for it early in the morning. When he stood outside, he muttered in his heart. The hard hilltop gatehouse with clear water ridges, green tiles and green walls, does not look like a newly built house, as if it has been some years. After waiting for the report, he was invited in, and when he saw the servant who could be counted by a single slap, his hot heart suddenly cooled down.

Sitting in the main house, Gu Lin looked at the simple Qingshui fir furniture and ordinary furnishings in the house, and the clothes worn by the family, thinking that a poor Hanlin couldn't squeeze much oil and water, so he absentmindedly sat there and ate a cup of tea, said a few words about the family situation, and took the 100 treasure banknotes Cheng Yi sent by Gu Bin's father and left, and as soon as he went out, he got into the car hired by the little guy before, and went to Wu'an Hou Hutong with most of the local products left.

However, he never expected that this place would be even more cold to him.

Zhang Xin and his wife were not there, Zhang Zhen was in Hanlin Courtyard, Zheng Fangfei had never heard of this relative, and heard from the family that the person who came from Chen was from Kaifeng, and was Zhang Zhen's cousin, and she was not left in the gatehouse, she was annoyed, and the mother next to her was pinched, so she simply ordered someone to go out, and let the two family members she brought from the Wu'an Hou Mansion give an eviction order.

Yangwu Bofu is needless to say, Dongfang was a powerful character when he was the housekeeper in Kaifeng's hometown that day, and now although he eats fasting and recites Buddha, his temperament in his bones has not changed, and he heard the eldest daughter-in-law come to ask and know that this is to fight the autumn wind, so he called a girl to go outside and sent two half-old silver and gold hairpins, and closed the corner door with a sentence.

"The eldest young master of the Gu family, when the old lady is there, our family is not allowed to have any more dealings with the Gu family, although the old lady is no longer there, but the family motto is always there, and my wife does not dare to violate this meaning. We have received these from your heart, and we would like to greet you relatives on your behalf. ”

This closes the door and lets you go back and say hello on your behalf? Gu Lin was half angry, and threw the two silver and gold hairpins to the little maid, thinking that other families were by the way, and he came to the capital this time, so that the Zhang family was actually the most prominent and powerful room. Thinking of this, he pressed the placket, and then hurried a few steps to the door of Xiao Zhang's mansion.

Just now, this commotion has already alarmed here, only the daughter-in-law of the long house is the daughter of Houmen, and it is not easy for others to say anything when she puts up a shelf; The Dongfang clan, who is the master of the second room, is also a well-known fierce woman in the clan; Although the Sun family, who happened to be at home, had no heart, he could think that his son's career was just right, so he didn't let the villain slander him, so he told his daughter-in-law and asked someone to come in and wait in the flower hall at the door. But when she was about to go out to meet her, she suddenly changed her mind.

When she relented, Gu Lin was overjoyed. He got his father's instructions before leaving, and knew that although the Zhang family now has another earl, it is the most proud of the three rooms, and after entering the door, he recognized that the housekeeper here was actually the most trusted housekeeper Gao Quan when the old aunt and grandmother were there, and he was even more smiling, full of calculations.

Because Zhang Yue had a second-grade title when he was the political envoy at the beginning, and Zhang Zhuo was a second-grade official, so the family should be regulated by the second-grade rank. Passing by the hall of five rooms and nine frames, looking at the gold plaque on the black ground in the middle, as well as the large case incense burner and other furnishings, Gu Lin couldn't help but have his eyes glow, and when he sat down in the small flower hall, he couldn't help but look around with his eyes, and rubbed the handrail, thinking that this was probably the mahogany that people said they brought back from the West. He didn't wait long, someone brought tea, but it was not a Ru kiln, but a pattern he had never seen, just looking at the smooth glaze, he knew that it should be a new official porcelain.

"Young Master Cousin, the Sixth Young Master is here."

Gu Lin only knew the Third Young Master, and when he heard that it was the Sixth Young Master, he couldn't help frowning. I had heard that Zhang Zhuo also had a concubine, but when he heard the sound and looked up, he saw a young man of eight or nine years old, tall and burly, and he looked quite calm, so he stood up. Although there is a difference between men and women, but he is a junior, if he is close to the Sun family, he should naturally meet himself in person, if he can't, he should always let the eldest grandson Zhang Ye come to see him, how can there be a reason to send a concubine to meet guests? Although he was not happy in his heart, he could only squeeze out a smile when he saw someone salute and call his cousin.

Zhang Xiang is kind-hearted and young, even if he sees guests on weekdays, he is also a quiet official, and he and Gu Lin don't know each other in the first place, how does he know what to say? So, after a dry conversation between the two of them, he ran out of words, and sat there, gradually uneasy in his heart. And Gu Lin is even more uncomfortable, he has to leave, and it costs a lot of money all the way to the capital, and if he goes back like this, he will attract laughter, and his father will not be able to get by. Do you want to go back...... If you don't go back, will you just sit here and wait for the strong tea to turn into light and tasteless white water, and accompany this yellow-mouthed child to sit down?

Fortunately, the upsetting wait only lasted for half an hour, and Gu Lin heard a sound of talking coming from the door of the courtyard outside the flower hall, almost subconsciously, he quickly stood up and walked out across the threshold, only to see a daughter-in-law leading the way with her head sideways, and a young man about the same age as himself in the back. Although he only saw a side face, he lifted the hem of his shirt and trotted forward.

"But Cousin Yue?"

Zhang Yue and Zhu Yong determined the place of martial arts today, and it was rare to come back early, and I heard on the door that there were relatives from the Gu family in Kaifeng, and his mother Sun called Zhang to accompany him, but he didn't go to his heart. You must know that over the years, he has risen step by step, and many of the relatives of the Zhang family have crossed the second room of the long house to fight the autumn breeze, although the Gu family is the first time, but it will not be the last, and they didn't think to take a look inside when they passed by. However, to his surprise, someone from inside suddenly ran out.

When I was in Kaifeng, there were not many exchanges between the Gu family and the Gu family, at most, they gave gifts during the New Year's holidays, and there were few juniors who came to visit the Gu family on weekdays. Therefore, after more than ten years, Zhang Yue has long been unable to remember the appearance of the Gu family, and at this moment, he saw that the person in front of him was wearing a sauce-purple dark flower Zhang velvet jacket, and the head was a horse weft Tang scarf.

Although Gu Lin didn't make it, he had been messing around outside for many years, and when he saw Zhang Yue retreating, he didn't dare to go forward, and bowed with a smile on his face: "I haven't seen this farewell for more than ten years, last time Cousin Yue went back to bury my aunt and grandmother, I happened to be not at home, so I missed it." I still remember the scene when my aunt and grandmother celebrated their 60th birthday at the birthday banquet. Cousin Yue doesn't know that the scholars in Kaifeng City now are all taking you as an example......"

He opened his mouth to talk a lot, but Zhang Yue came back early today because he had something to discuss with Du Juan, and he was impatient when he listened to it. Therefore, without waiting for anyone to finish speaking, he coughed lightly, nodded and said, "My cousin is a guest from afar, but I am busy with affairs now, and I can't spare time to accompany you to walk around in Beijing, so Ming'er will ask the executive's family to find a few people to take you around." I still have something to do now, so I won't accompany him. ”

Seeing that Zhang Yue nodded and was about to leave, Gu Lin suddenly became anxious, and almost didn't think about it, he stretched out his hand to stop him, seeing Zhang Yue looking at him with a cold face, he swallowed a mouthful of saliva hard, although he was a little stunned, but he still carefully took out a bag from his arms, and said with a smile: "Cousin, I came to the capital, in fact, in addition to visiting relatives and friends on behalf of my father, there are other things." This is a letter written by my aunt and grandmother to my father when she was still there, saying that the two families of Zhang Gu have been connected for many years, and they hope that their children and grandchildren can also get along with Qin and Jin and support each other. ”

He didn't dare to say anything more, and handed the bag over with both hands. Zhang Yue took it with a calm face, pulled open the obviously faded red rope in his head, and took out a thinly folded piece of paper from the peony pattern makeup bag. It's been about some years, the color of the paper is yellow, the corners are brittle, and the creases have been somewhat broken, but the ink color is still bright, and they are all upright Xiaokai, although it is slightly different from Gu's old handwriting, but the habit of breaking the pen is the same, it is indeed the grandmother's pen.

The whole text is full of words of admonition and teaching his brother, from reading to running the house, and through the upright handwriting, he seems to see his grandmother's solemn expression again. And the so-called good of Qin and Jin, the letter only mentioned a sentence at the end, and the meaning was only to say that if the brothers can govern the family strictly, then the two families of Zhang Gu will always be good to Qin and Jin, and support each other from generation to generation. Seeing that the date at the checkoff was gone, Zhang Yue could guess it with his toes, which was an old thing twenty or thirty years ago.

"Ling Zun has a heart, and my grandmother will be relieved if she knows it under Jiuquan."

Zhang Yue said as he folded the precious things and put them into the brocade bag, but he just took them in his hand and never handed them back, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "This mutual support is naturally due, if I remember correctly, before my grandmother moved her family out of Kaifeng, it seems that in addition to the patriarch and some clan relatives, the fields left behind were not only taken care of by the patriarch and some clan relatives, but also used a lot of Gu family children and nephews to take care of them?" If the nephew of the Gu family is willing to study hard, the family will not help less, and the seventh cousin of the Gu family is like this, and now he has become Hanlin, isn't it a gratifying thing? If you want to say that Qin Jin is good, it depends on the fate of the future, and the children in the family are still young now. ”

Zhang Yue blocked all the ways in one sentence, Gu Lin couldn't help but feel anxious, and he had the courage to interject: "My sixth brother is just fifteen years old now, and I heard that the third cousin is ......."

"The third sister has already been married, and it was set by the British Duchess for one of her distant nephews." Zhang Yue glanced at Gu Lin coldly, and when he saw that he was taken aback, he couldn't help but smile and said, "It was a month ago, although this matter made many princes in the capital annoyed for a while, but since it is decided, others have nothing to say." It is good to get married and support each other, but the Zhang family does not need to use their daughter to seek benefits from others now. Besides, no matter which family she marries into, can I still protect her? ”

At this moment, a cold wind happened to hit, and Gu Lin couldn't help but feel that his hands were cold, and his feet were even more stiff. Although he is a relative, he has not been in contact for many years, why did he forget how to spread Zhang Yue outside? This is a ruthless lord, who would rather marry a distant relative of a British duchess than sell his honorable face, what is this relative? Thinking of this, he immediately thought of getting out of the favor with some benefits, and nodded his head again and again.

"Yes, yes, my cousin is now famous all over the world, so naturally I don't care about those who have or don't. It's just that our Gu family has been really unorthodox over the years, and the uncles and uncles of the family have made housework, and the Yellow River has flooded again in the summer, and many paddy fields have been flooded......"

"Come on, go and invite the executive's house to come." Zhang Yue didn't wait for him to finish speaking, he gave an order to the daughter-in-law behind him, and immediately waved his hand to Gu Lin, "You don't need to say it, since you are a relative, I will naturally help if I can." ”

Hearing Zhang Yue call Gao Quan, Gu Lin's heart suddenly put into his stomach, knowing that at least one thing had been done this time. Seeing Zhang Yue raise his feet and go to the small flower hall, he hurriedly followed up, but this time he couldn't be as ignorant as just now, so he deliberately only picked up some big and small things that happened in Kaifeng. Zhang Yue, who entered the house and sat down, glanced at Zhang Fei and asked him to go first, he just listened to Gu Lin casually, but he fell into a trance.

Gu Lin has no other skills, but his eloquence is quite good, "Princess Zhou is a step-married, and she is from the palace, and she is very lowly, so the princesses of the other county kings look down on her." Although King Runan of Xin'an has been imprisoned, there are still many county kings who covet the throne of the prince, and it is said that there are also contacts with other relatives for this. By the way, it is said that the last time Zhou Wangfu killed two maidservants, it was actually said that they used witchcraft to harm the princess......"

"Witchcraft? What do you mean by this? ”

Since Zhang Yue was interested, where did Gu Lin hide his secrets, he hurriedly came to the truth of the matter one by one, and added fuel and vinegar to say a lot of rumors, and after Gao Quan came in with people, he saw that Zhang Yue had never stopped, so he continued to tell the story of this sensational Kaifeng incident completely. At this time, Zhang Yuecai beckoned to Gao Quan.

"In those fields that my grandmother left me, how many of them did you remember near Kaifeng?"

No one in Zhangjiatian is more familiar with the local affairs than Gao Quan, he glanced at Gu Lin, his heart suddenly brightened, and after a little thought, he replied: "In the east of Xiangfu County, there are still 400 acres of dry land and 200 acres of sloping land. ”

"Okay, you find out the title deed and give it to the eldest cousin of the Gu family."

Zhang Yue saw Gu Linxi's expression, so he revealed the bag in his hand, "It's just that there is one more thing I asked my cousin to help, now that my grandmother has passed away, you may leave this bag to me?" ”

600 acres of land in exchange for a worthless bag, Gu Lin was unwilling, he hurriedly stood up and shook it to the ground: "Since it is my aunt's and grandmother's things, my cousin will keep it." On behalf of my family, I would like to thank my cousin for his help! ”

It wasn't until Gao Quan sent the person out that Zhang Yuefang looked down at the bag in his hand. Since the Gu family has turned out all the old objects from decades ago, it can be seen that there are no relics of their grandmother in their hands - seeing things and thinking about people, this thing is left in the hands of those losers, it is better to hide it in a precious place. At the very least, those words that persuade the good and the frugal to persuade the family and the family can be left to future generations.

600 acres of land in exchange for this family motto is worth it. Moreover, Gu Lin's news is still somewhat useful. Of course, he will let people know that the autumn wind is not so easy to fight, and his Zhang Yue's field is not so easy to take!