In front of the original Zhang Mansion in Taipingli.

One last glance at the big mansion, Zhang Zhen's eyes revealed a melancholy that could not be concealed. After all, he was born and raised in this mansion, and although he spent four years in the old mansion of the Zhang family in Kaifeng City, it meant much more to him in comparison. Now, his father Zhang Xin is degrading, I don't know what year and month he will return, and he himself has to dispose of a piece of family property with his own hands, and finally even this mansion has to be sold, and the sad feeling is only known to himself.

The old housekeeper Gao Sheng saw that Zhang Zhen's face was not good, and he had to persuade while empathizing: "Young master, stay in the green mountains and don't be afraid of no firewood." Now that the imperial court is building Beijing, this Beijing division will no longer be the same as it used to be. When the old man returns to the dynasty or the young master enters the court as an official, our family will buy another big house in Beijing, and when the time comes, the wife will come over, and the family will not be happy? ”

Zhang Zhen looked up at the blue sky above, tried his best to endure the sadness in his heart, and nodded after a long time: "What you said is that what you lost today will always be able to get it back one day in the future." Let's go, this is someone else's home now. ”

After getting into the carriage and lowering the curtain, Zhang Zhen took out the account book from his sleeve and carefully examined it page by page. If he doesn't know how expensive firewood and rice are at home, he didn't have to pay attention to anything in the past, he didn't have to settle accounts for food, clothing, housing and transportation, and even the monthly money was collected by the girl, just to prepare for odd expenses. But now that he has sold his property, he has seen everything turn into numbers, even if it is all handled by the old housekeeper Gao Sheng, he just follows it, but he still hears a lot of words and knows a lot of world conditions.

"170,000 taels of banknotes, 17,000 taels of silver...... Even if the house and property are sold, it is still not as good as the gold that was brought to Nanjing......"

As he muttered to himself, he finally realized his father's intention to insist on selling his property at that time. At first, he didn't understand the value of the two thousand taels of gold, but now he understood that in order to exonerate his father, he had really done his best to take out so much money at once, from his grandmother to his two uncles. At this point, he clutched the ledger tightly to his chest and took a deep breath.

The carriage didn't know how long it had been galloping, and just as Zhang Zhen was thinking that the matter had been completed, and the packing had been completed, and that he should say goodbye to Zhang Fu and Mrs. Wang in a few days, he would leave for a while, and suddenly felt a bump under him, and he almost fell off his seat. Annoyed, he slammed the curtain and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"Young master, there is someone else's honor guard!" Zhang Zhen had already dismissed most of the servants in the family, leaving only a few servants from the Xiangfu Zhang family, and this coachman was one of them. At this time, looking at the group of people in front of him who were dressed in bright colors, his face suddenly changed again, and he hurriedly said in a panic, "It's the second master Zhang who commanded the Divine Guard, we need to avoid the side?" ”

After entering Beijing for so long, except for the time on Chinese New Year's Eve, Zhang Zhen has only met Zhang Wei once. And even when he was still in Nanjing, he didn't have much contact with this second uncle. At this time, the coachman drove to the side of the road, and ordered the old butler Gao Sheng and several entourages to retreat together, and he lowered the curtain.

I thought that the other party would forget about the past, but who knew that the sound of the horse's hooves suddenly stopped, and a greeting sound sounded outside. Knowing that something was wrong, he hurriedly lifted the curtain of the car, and happened to see Zhang Hui riding on a tall horse.

"Second cousin."

"It's all my own family, and there's nothing to avoid when I encounter it." said kind words in his mouth, but Zhang Hui's face still carried undisguised pride, "I heard that Brother Zhen is going back?" How can there be such a reason, the eldest grandson of the eldest house wants to go back to the broken place in Kaifeng, and the son of the second and third rooms will live in my eldest brother's house. Anyone should know that these two words are in front of the elder and younger, my eldest brother is really confused! ”

If Zhang Zhen was before coming to Nanjing, he would have taken it for granted when he heard this, but after encountering so many things in a row, he had already said that he was a pampered young man who didn't understand the world. At this time, he just smiled slightly, did not open his mouth to echo, nor did he say anything to refute.

Zhang Hui thought that Zhang Zhen's silence was just because he had scruples, so he immediately accentuated his tone and said: "Your father is degrading, you will inevitably have no confidence to talk at home in this room, if you let the second and third rooms be built, what will it be like?" Except for your younger brother, you are the youngest of the first brothers in the family, but you have been a prodigy since you were a child, my eldest brother doesn't care about you, but blindly recommends the eldest and the third, you should also think about the reason, don't be weak and let people out of the limelight. ”

After teaching a good lesson again, seeing that Zhang Hui just nodded and didn't speak, Zhang Hui couldn't help but feel a little excited, and even aroused his entourage to go at a gallop. And after he left, Zhang Zhen put away his respectful and well-behaved appearance and smiled coldly.

Gao Sheng on the side easily looked at the vacancy, for fear that Zhang Hui's words would make the young master have any bad thoughts, so he hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Young master, the master said when he left, I hope that the young master and the eldest young master and the third young master will be in harmony, and everything will be under the orders of the British princess......"

"If you don't say that, I know it." Zhang Zhen casually lowered the curtain of the car and ordered the coachman to go, but he didn't say another sentence that had already reached his lips, "The second cousin instigated me to be jealous of the lobby uncle and the eldest brother and the third brother, would I be so stupid?" ”

When the group drove into the door's street, the sun was already setting in the west. Before he reached the ground, Zhang Zhen heard a noisy voice, and his brows couldn't help frowning. He hurriedly poked his head out, and saw from a distance that the gate of the formerly majestic and solemn Guogong Mansion was in a mess—a young man in an autumn-scented python robe was carrying a horsewhip and shouting something violently, and his appearance was extremely arrogant and domineering.

At this moment, he suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves behind him, and when he looked up, he saw Zhang Yue rushing back with a few entourage.

"Third brother!"

"Little Four, you're back too!"

Zhang Yue easily jumped off the big black horse, and was shocked to see the chaotic scene on the door in the distance. When he saw a certain young man in a python robe who was angry and whipped at the heads of several men, his eyes flashed sharply - that is, he turned into ashes, and he also recognized that it was Zhu Zhanqi, the king of Hengshan that day. He knew that this was an arrogant but brainless character, but he didn't expect the other party to dare to openly make trouble in the British Mansion.

Zhang Zhen didn't know Zhu Zhanqi, the king of Hengshan, and he really couldn't get used to the arrogant appearance, so he clenched his fists and wanted to go up and scold, but unexpectedly stretched out a hand to stop him. Glancing at Zhang Yue in puzzlement, he asked suspiciously: "The third brother just let such a madman make trouble in front of the dignified British Mansion?" ”

Zhang Yue didn't answer this, glanced at Gao Sheng, and ordered him to take a detour to drive the carriage to the back door first, and he also took a few followers to avoid an inconspicuous alley on the side. Seeing that there was not even a single person in front of the gate over there, he explained in a low voice to the confused Zhang Zhen: "That's the King of Hengshan." ”

As soon as he heard that it was the king of Hengshan, Zhang Zhen suddenly thought of the two whips that Zhang Yue had received last time, and his eyes immediately fell on his brother's left shoulder, and then he understood why Zhang Yue stopped him, and his face couldn't help but turn red.

Zhu Zhanqi beat Zhang Yue as if he was fine, and if he went up to make a decision at this time, he would be unlucky. However, wouldn't it be a shame to allow such a straw bag emperor to make trouble in the British government?

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By the way, I recommend "The Good Moon Eyebrows", ISBN 1281629, an essay about a big family, well written.