Chapter 691: Kindness is like the sea

Overnight, the city was full of vegetarianism, and the streets and alleys that were the first to talk about it suddenly quieted down. People are often worried about the unknown, and when the truth is revealed, the reaction is simpler. Compared with the princes, nobles, civil and military officials who have to cry at Sishanmen, are not allowed to stay at home all night, and have to abide by many prohibitions, the military and civilians only need to find and wear the plain clothes that they wore once last year, and they will be finished for 27 days.

Although Emperor Daxing's last words were to keep the funeral system simple—and in fact, the mausoleum was not built—and ordered that marriage should not be allowed, the mansions still invariably took off the bright red couplets in front of the door, took down the red lanterns, etc., and even restrained their children and subordinates from running outside. After all, Zhu Gaochi has been the crown prince for more than 20 years, and the officials up and down are quite familiar with his personality, so it is easy to wait for such a good-tempered emperor, who would have expected to go just like that?

Zhang Yue arrived in the capital only one day later than Zhu Zhanji. Since he is still Ying Tianfu Cheng now, and he is visiting his father, there is no other matter after the routine crying, and he is not used to rest in this yamen, so he naturally still lives at home. However, before he could recover from the tension along the way, an unexpected guest arrived at his home at noon that day.

Seeing Yuan Fang's plain gauze robe and black horn belt like himself, Zhang Yue couldn't figure out what the situation was now, so after meeting and saluting, he invited people into the main hall of the house to serve tea, and he asked as if it were true: "Lord Yuan, is this an official reinstated?" ”

"A good horse doesn't eat back grass, it's so easy to retreat, why bother not to fall in love with the power position anymore, and hinder the future of others?" Because Zhang Yueping retired, Yuan Fang spoke much more casually, "The prince has not yet ascended the throne, and now the civil and military officials are pleading again and again, so naturally it is not yet time to reward meritorious deeds." However, I have already pleaded with the crown prince, hoping to find an errand in the capital of the five armies in the capital, and most of them will be able to get their wish. No matter what position I am in, if there is a dispatch from above, I will naturally obey the order, and it makes no difference whether I return to the helm of the brocade guard. As he spoke, he told about the distress on the canal, and then asked, "The prince heard that you met Wang Bin blocking the road on the road, let me ask you, what did he say?" ”

In front of Yuan Fang, Zhang Yue knew that he would make a decision when he reported it, so he told the truth about the situation at that time, and then his face sank: "Looking at Wang Bin's fearless appearance at that time, I am afraid that not only in Dezhou, but also in Tianjin Jinghai and even other places, I don't know how many officers echoed." And even if you know, at this juncture, it is not easy to win them one by one. ”

"So, I also know that your killer move is not yet timely. Besides, if you do it too deliberately, although that Tang Sect Master can get out of the way, the master of your wife and sister will not be so easy to get rid of. In this world, everyone is indispensable to doctors, but everyone is also most afraid of doctors, especially the doctors who kill them. ”

The two of them smiled heartily, and neither of them mentioned this topic anymore, and simply held the tea cup and chatted leisurely. As he spoke, Yuan Fang suddenly diverted the topic to another matter: "By the way, do you know where Lord Chen Liujun is now?" ”

Zhang Yue was thinking in his heart that his father Zhang Zuo learned that Yuan Fang had come to the house, and he didn't know what his mood was at this time, when he heard this, he suddenly felt nervous when he didn't know what he meant. Zhu Ning has not returned to Kaifeng since he came to worship Zhu Di for his father last year, and he often passed the news to him in the center, but now that the emperor has died, he only knows that this golden branch and jade leaf person is in the palace, and the rest of the news can no longer be inquired about.

"I heard that the county lord was summoned to the palace by the queen to accompany him?"

"It's a summons to the palace, but it's not a companion." Yuan Fang saw that Zhang Yue's face tensed suddenly, and he put down the teacup after a moment of silence, "I also heard about this matter." The emperor is seriously ill, and the major government affairs are decided by the queen, and the affairs of the harem will inevitably be left behind, so let the county lord handle it on his behalf. If it is normal, this does not matter, but there is news in the palace that the concubines to be buried by the emperor have been decided, in addition to a few concubines who have never given birth to children, it is very likely that there are Guo Guifei and Wang Shufei who were canonized at the beginning. The news in the palace spread the fastest, and I am afraid that the county lord is also very tricky in the face of a few people who are destined to die. ”

When the queen was canonized, there were only three imperial concubines - Guo Guifei, Wang Shufei, and Zhao Huifei, and now two of them are to be buried at once, and the hidden situation can be seen at a glance. Thinking that Zhu Di had also been martyred by many people after his death, Zhang Yue only felt creepy, thinking that no one had been martyred for hundreds of years since the Han, Tang and Song dynasties. Thinking about Zhu Ning being unmarried, he had to experience this kind of turmoil in the palace, and he felt even more annoyed.

"If it weren't for King Zhou's Chitose, Lord Chen Liu wouldn't have taken over this matter. The queen's mind can be seen by anyone with a discerning eye, and the county lord Bing Xue is naturally not ignorant of his cleverness, but he will solve the future crisis on behalf of the palace, and this ambition cannot be underestimated. In this world, it is difficult for men to stand in the world, but it is even more difficult for women. ”

After sitting for such a long time, Yuan Fang had to get up and say goodbye, and Zhang Yue personally sent people out of the door. When he arrived at the second Yimen, Yuan Fang suddenly stopped at his feet: "The prince also asked me to bring you a word, after he ascends the throne, he will reopen the sea ban." Now that Wang Jinghong led the fleet to sea, he claimed to be a messenger to Japan, and the ministers had nothing to say. Also, if you want to know the follow-up to the story I told you, you might as well ask your daddy. ”

After so many years in the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Yue knew that if Zhu Zhanji borrowed Yuan Fang's mouth to leave something to live up to you or be promoted to the rank of lord, then he should really be disappointed. Now that he heard that Zhu Zhanji had promised to reopen the sea ban, he couldn't help but feel very good, and secretly thought that when the situation was settled this time, he would finally be able to free up his hands to do something. However, Yuan Fang's last sentence caught him off guard, and when he sent people out of the gate, he went straight to his father and mother's residence.

In addition to Zhang Zhuo, who is worried about Ding, the younger generation of the Zhang family now has their own errands, and the three little concubines have different temperaments, some deal with housework during the day, some read books behind closed doors, and some go out to visit the door, and the huge mansion door is often quiet during the day. Sun and several nephews and daughters-in-law are just ordinary love, most of the time they just take their daughters in the house to watch their granddaughters, happily enjoying the joy of family. At this time, she teased her granddaughter Sansan while talking to her daughter Zhang Jing, and only after a long time did she find that her husband was fidgeting next to her, and there seemed to be some sweat on her forehead, and she couldn't help but feel strange.

"Master, do you have something on your mind?"

"It's fine." When Zhang Zuo thought that Yuan Fang was outside, he always felt a little up, but it was not good to explain this to his wife, so he patted Zhang Jing's head at this time, "Now during the national funeral, you don't have to go to school, but you are not allowed to be sloppy in schoolwork!" The first Liang Gongzi wrote a letter saying that he would arrive in the capital at the end of the year, and when the time came, don't ask three questions, I don't know if I will lose the face of our family. ”

"Daddy looks down on people!" Zhang Jing wrinkled her nose angrily, and said with her head held high, "Sister Tian and I read a lot and read well, and the gentlemen have all praised it!" Now Sansan is still young, and when she is older, I can still teach her to read! ”

"It seems that our family has a little talented girl?"

While talking, Zhang Yue opened the curtain and came in, and when he saw Zhang Jing's eyes lit up and ran over, he hurriedly rushed forward and said: "You have asked several times, I told you before, your sister-in-law still has to stay in Nanjing, and it will be difficult to come back for a while." After saying that, he didn't pay attention to the disappointed little guy, stepped forward to see his father and mother, and saw Sansan looking at himself with his fingers in a daze, he couldn't help but feel a little guilty, stepped forward and gently pressed the pink cheek, his heart was filled with an indescribable tenderness.

Sun saw the granddaughter in his arms writhing unnaturally, so he sneered at Zhang Yue: "If you don't come back, the child will forget about your father...... Alas, you've been running around all these years, and you don't have a head, so you should be able to stay at home for a while this time, right? Hurry up and let my daughter-in-law come back, I haven't seen her for more than a year, and I miss her. Also, every time I hold Sansan, I want to be quiet, and I don't know how he is now! ”

Zhang Yuetian was not afraid of the ground, he was afraid of his mother's complaints and nagging, so he hurriedly responded with a smile at this time. Seeing his son the eldest alone, standing beside Sun and talking with a smile on his face, it was indescribable harmony, although Zhang Zhuo was thinking about other things in his heart, he didn't want to say anything to disturb this rare atmosphere. It wasn't until Sun sent Zhang Yue over that he asked a few words with a smile, and after finding an excuse, he asked Zhang Yue to go out together and talk to the empty West Wing.

asked what Yuan Fanglai said just now, Zhang Zhuo fell into silence, and it wasn't until Zhang Yue mentioned the story of the year that he woke up with a thrilling spirit, and said with a pale face: "He actually told you everything?" ”

"Uncle Yuan only talked about the same end."

"Die together, end up together......" Zhang Zuo muttered twice, suddenly sighed deeply, the whole person sat down on the chair, looked at the high roof, and said in a hollow voice, "Not long after I was born, my mother died, and I was helpless in the Zhang family. Until I married your mother, because of the martyrdom to Beiping to hide, on the way to meet the homeless, I and the group was separated, and encountered robbery, fortunately he rescued. It's just that at that time, I didn't know that it was not only a righteous hero, but also a relative who could be relied on. ”

He didn't notice Zhang Yue's expression at all, and the figure who had broken the siege seemed to appear in front of him. At that time, he almost fell into despair, he only felt that as the third son of the concubine, he had no ambitions, and it didn't matter what the future path was, he and his wife just relied on each other to live, but when it came to the critical moment of life and death, he knew that some things were not outside the body, and the critical moment was also a means to protect himself.

"At that time, I had to be rescued by him, and I learned that he went to Beiping to join King Yan, so I walked with him all the way. Because he was bold and righteous, and he didn't talk to me without the twists and turns of those children of the family, I simply recognized him as a righteous brother. There were also sister-in-law and Mu Ning along the way, the sister-in-law was not in good health, but she was a kind person, and she also helped me sew and mend clothes in the car. From her mouth, I learned that Brother Yuan depended on his mother in his early years, and later he became seriously ill, and Brother Yuan's mother had to agree to remarry someone else as a concubine. The owner of the house not only asked the doctor to cure him, but also left a sum of money that would allow him to live. ”

"People say that starvation is a small thing, and a big loss of festival is a big thing, I thought that Brother Yuan must be haunted by this past, who knew that when I camped, Brother Yuan did not shy away from it, and also told me about the past. From his father and the gang of thieves who died together, to his mother burying his body and hurriedly escaping from the countryside to Kaifeng, to his mother having to marry into another family ruthlessly, just so that he could live in that year...... I listened to it at the time, and I only felt that his parents were rare, and it was even more rare for him to have such a free and easy personality in such a situation. ”

Compared with Yuan Fang's drunkenness at that time, Zhang Zhuo's mind was quite sober, and when he said this, he suddenly lowered his head, and pulled out a red silk thread from his neck, with a jade ring tied to it. Seeing Zhang Yue staring at this thing curiously, he couldn't help but smile bitterly.

"This is the only thing my mother left me, and Brother Yuan also has one. We also encountered the rout from the south on the road, and when we were wounded after finally breaking out of the encirclement, we found that the two were exactly the same. Because of the weal and woe along the way before, there are not so many twists and turns in this recognition. I also learned from Brother Yuan later that it was because of the four characters of Xiangxing Imperial Treasure engraved on these two rings that people could see that my mother would be regarded as a member of the Song royal family, and the family was ruined. We have no intention of investigating anything about those life experiences and the like, until now, the case of the rebellion of the Song royal family in Shaanxi has not been resolved, so Brother Yuan took advantage of the fact that he was in Jingnan Chidi for thousands of miles to do tricks and feet in the Yellow Book, and he has always falsely claimed to people that he is the Yangwu clan of Henan. ”

Zhang Yue understood the cause and effect, and couldn't help but ask again: "Since Uncle Yuan saved his father and has such a connection, why did his father keep pretending not to know him later?" ”

"He's not very good at fighting, but he's just practicing his skills in the market. He felt that King Yan would definitely be able to take the world, but in order to convince the scholars, he would definitely reset the Jinyi Guard, so he set his sights on this road, but he knew that I couldn't speak at home, and he didn't want to borrow this heavy connection, so we were separated when we arrived in Beiping. In the fourth year of Yongle, I returned to Kaifeng with the old lady, and he was already a hundred households in Jinyi. You were only four years old at that time, and I took you to show him and his sister-in-law, and they liked you very much. It's me doing business with Brother Yuan, my share is your mother's dowry, but his share is the capital saved by my sister-in-law's frugality. I didn't expect that my sister-in-law died at a young age. ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Zhuo looked at the thoughtful Zhang Yue and smiled bitterly: "Your eldest brother Yuan was seriously ill when he was young, and he couldn't have children in this life, so he has always treated you as his own child." He had already said that everything left in the future would be yours, so even if the emperor gave him hereditary grace, he still didn't think about adopting a child in the end. So you can't forget that you still have such an uncle outside! ”

Zhang Yue nodded silently, but sighed deeply in his heart. What he didn't get in his previous life, he got too much in this life.