Chapter 291: Makeup and Reward

The Du family lives in the countryside of eastern Zhejiang, and most of their relatives are in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Although it is also a local scholarly family, because Du Zhen has been traveling abroad for more than ten years, there are many relatives in the clan who have fallen into the well and few relatives who send charcoal in the snow, which is inevitably annoying, so as soon as Qiu got Du Zhen's information at that time, he simply sold his family's land and property at a low price to those relatives and friends who were eyeing him, and took his daughter and all his family members into Beijing. At the beginning, when I was in Nanjing, there were relatives who came to fight the autumn breeze, and it was a long way to Beijing, and Du Zhen had been imprisoned for several months before, so the court was inevitably cold, and now the marriage party is lively again.

After receiving the post of the Zhang family's fixed ceremony and invitation, and after drawing up the auspicious day, Du Zhen personally wrote a happy post and sent it everywhere, and even the relatives in his hometown in eastern Zhejiang also ordered someone to send the wedding post according to the rules. Although he was the one who survived the disaster, several good colleagues in the capital did not shy away from it, and after receiving the post, they made an appointment to come to the door to congratulate them, and they all brought their daughters.

"Before, we were still talking about when the girl would get married, but I didn't expect this day to come so quickly!"

When the Shen family suffered in the Hongwu Dynasty, the Du family used to help the Shen family very much, and Du Zhen was even more divided into half a division with Shen Cang. Although the Shen family is also a big family of Zhang Yan, most of the family property is field property, and the daily consumption is not extravagant, this time it is just to express their hearts. The two families got together and gave away a pair of thirteen-grid boxes with carved lacquer and colorful icing patterns, a set of official kiln tea sets and a luodian money cabinet.

Qiu knew the background of the two families very well, and knew that these were already expensive, so he thanked him again and again. And Yang Rong's wife Zheng, who came with Liu's Zhou, sent a pair of mandarin duck embroidered pillows and a huge mahogany carved lacquer box.

Seeing that the Shen family and the concubines were also staring intently at the box, the Zheng family hurriedly explained: "My lord is an upright official, and of course he can't afford to do this. To tell the truth, this is the day before yesterday to Nanjing sent home, it is said that someone else entrusted Cheng Guogong to carry it, and it was clearly said that this was to add a box to the girl, so I asked my sister-in-law to accept it. We can't compare to the family background of those heroes and hairpins, but the first two of the Zhang family are married to the daughters of high-ranking families. ”

Knowing that it was sent from Nanjing, Qiu was taken aback, although he reluctantly accepted it, he couldn't help but be apprehensive. At this moment, she heard a voice from outside again, and hurriedly went out of the door to ask what was going on, and she was stunned for a moment.

Not long after the wedding card was sent, the relatives in my hometown had already come all the way to Baba, and they also brought large pieces of furniture to add boxes to Du Juan? At the beginning, those people almost made it impossible for their mother and daughter to survive in the countryside, how can they be so kind now?

In a blink of an eye, on the third day of August, Zhang Qi's wedding date came as scheduled. Because Zhang You's career is just right, there are countless relatives and friends who come to congratulate him, and the flowing wedding feast has been placed for five days, and the congratulatory gifts are piled up like a hill

On the first day after the wedding, when the newlyweds met their in-laws and elders, they showed a little unease, because it was a festive day, and naturally no one would care about this little festival, and then the bride returned to the door and so on. Because Anyuan Hou Liusheng helped his niece in the dowry, the sixty-four dowry was stuffed to the bridle, and the furnishings and gold and jade jewelry were all very valuable, even more generous than Li Yun's dowry at the beginning, Dongfang was very satisfied.

Although he had just finished working on this marriage, no one in the Zhang family had time to rest, and they were all full of energy to deal with the next one. The small cross-courtyard next to the north courtyard has long been neatly repaired and whitewashed, just waiting for the bride's dowry to enrich the furniture. The Gu clan first added a lot of gold utensils during the ceremony, and now they no longer intervene to help, and let the Sun family be busy with it, but every day she still asks Bai Fang to inquire and inspect, in addition to caring about the application regulations, she also vaguely noticed something.

Before, when the two rooms and three rooms of the long house were ready to go to Nanjing to make a point, Zhang Zuo took out three thousand taels of silver, and now that Zhang Yue is married, Zhang Zhuo took out a private house that is not less than this number. He has only been an official for a year, and although he seems to have accumulated some farm shops outside, she has never asked, but it seems that he does not have so much money.

Thinking about it, the Gu family is now the time to support the third room, so naturally they will not delve into that much, but just sit at home and mention some inconsiderate and inappropriate places of the Sun family, and let the others go.

In a flash, it was the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15, and the palace awarded ministers, as usual, it was the cake and fruit of the military ministers, and the new books of the civil officials were made, and it was Lu Feng who went to the Zhang Mansion to give the reward. Ordered a few little eunuchs to carry things, and when he saw that it was Zhang Yue who came to pick up things today, he said with a smile: "The melons and cakes here are all given to Zhang Dudu, but in the box over there are four new books newly presented to the emperor by the Hanlin Academy, and four of the best wolf hairs paid by the Kanto Palace, as well as an inscription written by the emperor himself, but it is for Xiao Zhang." ”

Zhang Yue originally thought it was a regular reward, but at this time, he couldn't help but be quite surprised when he heard Lu Feng say this. With such an extraordinary reward, it stands to reason that the whole family should kneel down to receive thanksgiving on the incense table, but this situation is absolutely not in accordance with the etiquette at present. Just as he was about to ask, Lu Feng in front of him suddenly took a step closer.

"The emperor still has some original words, let our family bring them to Lord Xiao Zhang." He coughed lightly as he spoke, and his voice was lowered by three points, "The emperor said, 'Since you couldn't figure out the two words of civil and military at the beginning, I will give you the two words of civil and military today, and you hang them in the house every day to look at them, and ponder the deep meaning of them!'" Although the previous Analects were copied, it is not enough to copy and memorize, you have to understand the meaning! If you have an understanding, write it down and submit it to you! ’”

After saying this, Lu Feng took two steps back, and then slammed it to the ground, and only after straightening up did he explain seriously: "It was a business just now, but this is to repay Lord Zhang for your life-saving grace." Our family has nothing to repay now, so we can only send a few messages. The emperor wrote the words 'civil and military', and after writing it, he also muttered a sentence of 'civil and military harmony'. The cabinet Xiao Yang once mentioned whether to reinstate you and Lord Du, but the emperor was noncommittal, and only muttered a sentence afterwards, as if to say that Lord Du is not degraded, and everyone in the feudal territory will follow suit, but he did not mention you. ”

These alone were enough for Zhang Yue to figure out a lot of information, and he hurriedly thanked him at the moment, and personally sent Lu Feng and his party to the door, which was naturally sent according to the usual practice. And Lu Feng, who sold favors and thanked favors, pinched the small purse in his hand after getting into the car, and also felt that this time it was not in vain - the size of mosquitoes is meat, and besides, his favors are also sold extremely naturally.

Zhang You came back from the Governor's Mansion of the Left Army in the evening, and when he learned that there was Zhang Yue's share in the reward sent today, he couldn't help but wonder in his heart. When he went to the upper room of the north courtyard to ask Gu for peace in the evening, he asked a few more words with concern, and when he learned that there was Zhu Di's handwritten inscription, his face showed a surprise that could not be concealed.

"The emperor has always given military attaches a lot of brocade robes and weapons, and most of the civil officials are new books and the four treasures of the study, and Mobao is almost rare, you are really blessed!" Because Gu opened his mouth to ask, he had to explain who Zhu Di had given Mobao several times before, and then said, "Since Mobao was given to you by the emperor, and you don't need to thank you, you will hang it in the upper room of the west courtyard first, and remember to wipe it often." It's just strange, your marriage is imminent, why didn't the emperor write anything else, but just write the words civil and military? ”

The emperor meant to let him ponder carefully, and Zhang Yue thought about it for a whole afternoon, and he already had some clues in his heart. Hearing this statement at this time, and seeing Zhang You's frowning and pondering full of concern, he hurriedly said: "My new official position has not yet been dispatched, and I will have time before next month, so I just think about it." ”

As a military general, although Zhang You is not lacking in scheming, he does not like to think about anything in a complicated way, so as soon as Zhang Yue said this, he naturally attributed the matter to the uniqueness of this nephew's fate. Just thinking of the gold satin everywhere last time, this time the wolf pen, the new book and the emperor's inscription, he couldn't help but look at his brother and daughter-in-law, and sighed for Zhang Zuo's good luck.

Raising such a good son who doesn't have to worry about it, his third brother is really lucky!

In the past, she served in front of her mother-in-law, and Sun was always the daughter-in-law who was neglected, and although it was not the first time that she was looked at with envy, she still felt a great satisfaction in her heart. Therefore, even if everyone went out of the house together after the Gu family went to bed, she didn't pay attention to it at all when she heard Dongfang muttering some resentful words beside her.

On the way back, Sun suddenly remembered that his brother and cousin had mentioned that Zhang Yue would be there when he got married, and he was suddenly a little embarrassed. Although on the one hand, she is the eldest brother who didn't miss family affection in the past, and on the other hand, she is the cousin who has caused her husband to be anxious for a while, but after all, they are all Sun family, and it is impossible for her to turn people away. After returning to the room, there were many inconveniences, so she simply grabbed Zhang Yue on the road, instructed the girl who followed to take a few steps back, and told the Sun family that the Sun family would come to participate in the wedding banquet, and said a lot of good things.

Although Zhang Yue had little impression of his two uncles, let alone a passer-by like his cousin who had never heard of him at all, since his mother had said it, he couldn't put on a cold face, because he smiled and said: "Of course, it's understandable that uncles want to come, just talk to the old lady when the time comes, after all, you have to arrange accommodation and others." ”

Sun only felt that the big stone in his heart fell to the ground, and he smiled with a smile: "I know that you know the general situation best, after all, relatives are also face-saving." Now I don't want to do anything, I just hope that my future daughter-in-law will come in quickly. In the past, it was your father and mother who helped you, but in the future, you will have to rely on your daughter-in-law. ”

At the same time, in the most famous murderous place somewhere in the capital, Yuan Fang, who was wearing a red satin robe, was staring at the happy post in his hand and was stunned. Although it stands to reason that he can go to the wedding feast with a congratulatory gift after the wedding card, if he goes, he is afraid that he will be seen by a thousand eyes. It's just that the kid can still remember to send him a wedding card, and he finally didn't let him waste his efforts.

Looking at the auspicious day above him over and over again, and looking at the vivid ink on the top over and over again, he could only sigh deeply, put the wedding card on the oil lamp, and watched it turn into a cloud of ashes and scatter it on the ground.

He can't see the light, there is no need to ruin that child's good future!