Chapter 323: The Butcher's Notoriety

There are many famous families in Xiaoxiao Songjiang Mansion, so there are not many garden houses with small bridges and flowing water. The Yang family compound is located in the southwest of Shanghai County, facing the street on three sides, with high walls and strong doors. Although it is an old house handed down from the ancestors, but since the development of this generation of master Yang Shan, he invited skilled craftsmen to renovate the design, the inner courtyard set the yard, and carefully built pavilions and pavilions, the garden also introduced living water, take the strange stone in the south of the Yangtze River as a rockery, but there is the style of the mansion door.

Since he is not a character official, this gate can only use one or two doors, and it is an iron ring black oil gate. Only on weekdays, unless the main gate is married or there are distinguished guests and officials, the leisure is not opened, and at this time Fang Qing took Zhang Yue to enter through the East Corner Gate. Although the house furnishings cannot exceed the system, in addition to the ridges, beams, buildings, and eaves can not be decorated with colored carvings, other places such as panes and so on are still extremely exquisite and gorgeous, and trees must be planted in front of and behind the house, which looks quite pleasing to the eye.

Zhang Yue naturally wouldn't really move from the inn to the Yang family's mansion because of Fang Qing's words - Fang Qing, as a son-in-law, is an outsider, so it is naturally inappropriate to be this kind of master casually, and he doesn't want to get too close to the Yang family before the matter is clarified - this also made Chu Yun, the owner of the Xilai Inn, breathe a sigh of relief. At this time, walking on the cobblestone path, he paid attention to those subordinates, and found that everyone was going their own way, and no one paid attention to him at all, so he frowned slightly.

It's not just a matter of training, but something on your mind. It seems that the Yang family's division of production is indeed a big trouble.

Although the inner courtyard easily did not accept outsiders, since Fang Qing said that it was his best friend, the mother-in-law of the second gate did not dare to stop him, but he still looked at Zhang Yue's face for a while. While giving way, she smiled and said: "The family has been really lively in the past two days, yesterday the second young master came back and brought a friend to settle in his Meiyuan, the third aunt, you have friends to visit, fortunately, there are empty houses in Zhuyuan, just placed." ”

Fang Qing casually answered the mother-in-law, and only then did he lead Zhang Yue up to bypass the shadow wall and walk up a sandwich road from the east gate, and then he whispered: "Since the old man was not in good health a few years ago, the affairs of the sea have always been in the hands of my second uncle. He had just returned last night, probably seeing off a new batch of sea vessels. Although I don't know the exact situation, the imperial court now has a very tight control over the coast, and even if it wants to go to sea, it is about a few small islands nearby. ”

Zhang Yue Xiantou already had a general understanding of the Yang family, so he nodded slightly at this time. After walking about a few dozen steps, he turned a corner and entered a door, and when he walked around the marble wall and walked out of the moon gate on the other side, he found that it was a courtyard hidden in a bamboo forest. There is a hand-embroidered bamboo cotton curtain hanging at the door of the main house in the courtyard, and a young girl wearing a small jacket stands at the door. She was very clever, and when she caught a glimpse of someone hurriedly announcing inside, she immediately opened the curtain.

"Miss, my uncle brought the guests back!"

The woman who had been married this year did not see outsiders, but Fang Qing still directly introduced Zhang Yue to the door. Seeing that his wife Yang Lin was dressed neatly and greeted him, he blinked his eyes hintly, and when he saw her bow her head and come up to salute, he gave Zhang Yue to the seat in the middle while explaining: "This is the inner son Yang." ”

Zhang Yue replied to Yang Lin's salute, waved his hand and sat down on the first chair of the next head leisurely, because he said with a smile: "You're welcome, no matter how big the guest is, he can't occupy the main seat, this is right." Mrs. Sister-in-law, because Brother Fang hurriedly brought me here, I came to the door for the first time and did not prepare a greeting gift empty-handed, please don't be surprised. When I come to visit again tomorrow, I will definitely make up for it, and I can only be rude today. ”

Yang Lin had already heard Fang Qing talk about Zhang Yue, and knew that Zhang Yue had created a notoriety in Qingzhou Mansion, and thought that this young noble son was extremely difficult to get along with. Fang Qing next to him caught a glimpse of his wife's stunned expression, and couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart.

"Lin Niang, I asked you to see your father-in-law when I went out, what happened?"

"I didn't see Daddy." Yang Lin saw that Fang Qing's face sank, and even Zhang Yue frowned, and hurriedly explained, "It's that I didn't say it clearly, it's not that I didn't see it, but my father didn't wake up at all." I waited for an hour at my father's bed, but he was asleep all the time, and the two girls who were waiting said that he had fallen asleep late last night, and that I could not wake him......

"When is this?" Although Pingsu and his wife had a very good relationship and had never blushed, Fang Qing really couldn't show a good face at this time, and said angrily, "Although my father-in-law's illness is caused by old age and frailty, you should also know the most fundamental reason!" I invited Xiao Zhang over so easily, do I want Xiao Zhang to wait for my father-in-law to wake up after he has slept well? You...... Forget it, I'll go to Lanyuan to see my father-in-law in person! ”

Although she is not a woman who only takes care of family affairs behind closed doors, and she also knows some truths outside, Yang Lin does not fully understand the stakes, and she was stunned when she saw her husband standing up angrily and walking out. Seeing the thick cotton curtain rise and fall heavily, she realized that Fang Qing had actually given her face in front of outsiders, and she was immediately ashamed and annoyed, and finally squeezed out a reluctant smile.

"Forgive me, my lord, I'm young and knowledgeable, and I don't know how important the matter is, so I delayed it......" Without waiting for Zhang Yue to answer, she hurriedly said, "I forgot to serve tea when I was talking, so I will go and tell Xiaoqing." Please sit in the room for a while, and I'll go ahead and see what snacks are available for you. ”

Seeing Yang Lin hurriedly going out in a gust of wind, and there was another sound of instructions outside, Zhang Yue couldn't help but smile, knowing that the daughter of the Yang family was worried about any conflict between her husband and father, so she made an excuse to leave. After sitting for a while, he saw that the curtain outside was raised high again, but it was the girl who had just stood in front of the door who came in with a tea tray.

"Childe, please use tea."

I heard that my uncle brought the guests in just now, and Xiaoqing was driven outside by her own lady to wait, and the cold wind blew for a while before she picked up. At first glance, she just felt that Zhang Yue was very young, and there was nothing else, until she heard the sound outside suddenly became louder, and then her uncle slammed the door and hurried away, and soon the young lady also found an excuse to chase after her, she couldn't help but feel a little strange. After serving tea at this time, she had to look at Zhang Yue carefully.

With two eyes, a nose and a mouth, he looks like a very easy-going person, how could he provoke his uncle so much anger as soon as he came? Just now I heard my uncle's name Xiao Zhang, he looked so young, and he didn't expect it to be a big official...... Wait, why is the title of Lord Zhang so familiar?

In an instant, her still ruddy face turned dead white, and she staggered back several steps, until she finally stuck to the wall, and she swallowed hard, but her heart was beating fast.

Could it be that this is the little Zhang who dropped more than 400 heads in Qingzhou last time with a flick of his fingers? Although she didn't go to the execution ground to watch the execution, many clansmen and subordinates of the Fang family went to see the excitement, and as a result, they all went happily, trembling back, and when a bold servant woman described to her afterwards the scene of a river of blood, she couldn't help but shudder several times when she didn't see it with her own eyes, and she had nightmares that night.

Zhang Yue lowered his head and took a sip of tea, and as soon as he raised his head, he saw that there was no figure in front of him, and when he looked around, he found that the girl in the small blue jacket had already hidden in the corner, and couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, and asked, "Do you know me?" ”

"Slaves and maids know...... You are Lord Zhang...... Ahh ”

Xiao Qing thought of Zhang Yue's reputation as a butcher for a moment, and felt that this room was full of cold, and even stammered a little when he spoke, and he couldn't wait to immediately put on his wings and fly out of this ghost place. Seeing Zhang Yue looking at herself with interest, she couldn't help but think of the countless sayings she had heard at the beginning, and even her scalp was numb at this moment.

"Since you know me, I want to ask you a question." Zhang Yue smiled slightly, and put down the teacup casually, as if he didn't realize how terrifying his smile was in the eyes of others, "Your young lady and aunt came to the Yang family this time, how are the people up and down the Yang family treating them?" ”

"Of course, the old man and the two young masters are very good to the young lady and the aunt......" Xiaoqing instinctively burst out with a sentence, and when she saw that Zhang Yue's gaze never left her body, she was immediately extremely confused. Thinking that this was not a great secret, she simply gritted her teeth and said, "The old master and the eldest young master are very happy, but the second young master is not happy...... In fact, the young lady can't divide the family property, and she doesn't know what the second young master is worried about, so even many people in the family are muttering behind her back. ”

Zhang Yue casually asked a few more words, and saw that although Xiaoqing was a little resistant, he still answered one by one, so he simply talked to her without a match. Seeing that she was always cautiously far away from him, he couldn't help but think that his notoriety would help somewhat. He didn't care, but this made Xiaoqing suffer, while thinking about whether what he said would hurt the young lady and his uncle, and on the other hand, he had to face those two "gloomy" eyes. Unconsciously, she didn't know how many words she had been covered. Just when she was about to collapse, the curtain was raised high again, and the person who came in was Fang Qing.

"Lord Zhang, my father-in-law has woken up. Hearing that you are coming, he originally wanted to come here to meet in person, but he was afraid that the leak would expose your identity, coupled with the difficulty of mobility, so he could only invite you to Orchid Garden. ”

Zhang Yue stood up at this time, but before going out, he smiled at Xiaoqing again: "Thank you Miss Xiaoqing for answering my questions, as for my identity, please keep your mouth shut." ”

Seeing Fang Qing cast a warning look, when the door curtain was lowered, Xiao Qing suddenly sat down on the ground, and after taking two big breaths, she looked at the beams and pillars of the roof in confusion. The butcher is finally gone...... Wait, how did he know his name was Xiaoqing? What did she just say to him...... Damn, he asked a lot of questions, except for the private affairs between the young lady and the uncle, she seemed to have revealed a lot of things about the Yang family!