Chapter 809: Zhuang Tian, Know

The post road from Guangdong to the capital is through Nanxiong Mansion, Ganzhou Mansion, Luzhou Mansion, Xuzhou Mansion, Dezhou, Zhuozhou, nearly 8,000 miles, if you take the inland waterway, it is to go around a big circle again. Because Amber was pregnant and inconvenient to travel, although Zhang Zuo began to prepare after arriving in Guangzhou, he waited until Amber gave birth to a daughter safely and sat on the road for another month before setting off.

Considering the inconvenience of the land bumps and the slow journey, now that the sea ban has been opened, the group found the most solid sea boat from the wharf of Huangpu Town, and after rewarding them heavily, they brought a doctor with them. At that time, it was a tailwind, and the six-masted ship went north along the coastline, and arrived in Quanzhou in 12 days and nights, and continued to go north after replenishment, and arrived in Ningbo Mansion in 15 days and nights.

After changing the boat between Songjiang and Ningbo Mansion, and sailing for another day and two nights, the group arrived at the Songjiang Mansion Wharf. Although he was not sailing in the deep sea, and even avoided two storms safely along the way, as soon as he got off the boat, he said that Sun's legs were weak, and even Du Juan also breathed a long sigh.

"Master, this sea ship will not be able to sit in the future, if it doesn't dock in Quanzhou in time, the wind and waves can simply scare people to death. If something happens, what's the matter! ”

Zhang Zhuo remembered the storm that swept through Quanzhou Mansion, and he also felt palpitations. If it weren't for the fact that he had hired an experienced ship boss, and the ship was under the name of the Qianguo Mansion, a group of sailors with a large bounty and did their best, and the Japanese at sea were also swept away because of the previous blow, plus he brought enough martial arts guards and entourage, it was really difficult to predict what would happen along the way. At this moment, he couldn't help but smile bitterly: "If you don't say it, I won't dare to try this fast in the future." ”

After stopping the boat, he did not let the family get off the boat immediately, but sent his entourage to Fucheng first, and asked the steward in charge of the shops in Songjiang Mansion to send someone to pick it up. At this time, he saw that his wife, daughter-in-law, grandson, etc. got on the carriage one by one, and the luggage was loaded into the carriage, so he recruited the steward who came to greet him in person, and asked some things about Beijing one by one, and learned that it was impeachment by some officials, and it was not too special, and the big stone in his heart fell. When the horse came up, he pulled the reins and tried several times, but his legs couldn't get up.

"Master, I just got off the sea boat, and the people are all soft, I'm afraid this horse riding is not possible, or the small one will take you in the car."

Hearing the steward say this, Zhang Zhuo looked at the tall horse, and had to reluctantly agree, but secretly decided in his heart that he must practice his body well after returning to Beijing, otherwise this person is not old but can't ride a horse.

It is said that Su Song's wealth is half the world, and now Songjiang Mansion is not only planting paddy fields, but also countless cotton fields, and every year in the cotton harvest season, there are merchants who come to harvest cotton from all over the country. Zhang Zhuo originally had a silk village and a cloth shop dyeing workshop under his name, and half of his annual income came from here, and then he was involved in sea boats to make a living, and his industry in Songjiang Mansion was naturally not small. When the family arrived at a different business, the stewards who heard the sound crowded the front yard.

The carriage of the ladies entered directly from the corner door next to it, and when the curtain was lifted, they saw that Zhang Zuo had come down from the car, and a group of people kowtowed to say hello in a mess, Sun couldn't help but put down the curtain of the car, and smiled at Du Juan: "Juan'er, since you are here, you are not busy on the road, how about we go to your hometown?" ”

Du Juan didn't expect Sun to mention this, so he was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "Since my mother is going, how can I have no reason?" Zhangyan Town is indeed a good place to raise people, and many of them are hundreds of years of scholars. In comparison, the Du family is nothing, and the Shen family is a first-class family. ”

Only then did Sun remember that her husband had mentioned that when the Du family moved out of Zhangyan, it was because the clan was greedy, so the Qiu family also sold the family's paddy fields and houses, and the three ancestral houses were only managed by the patriarch.

"Forget it, I don't know how Yue'er thinks about you alone in the capital, it's good that this effort is not delayed. Anyway, you two have stayed here with Yue'er before, and you've met Japanese robbers, so you have to take me to see that place. ”

Hearing Sun say this, Amber Autumn Scar naturally smiled, and both agreed. Although it is rare to live in this other business once in a few years, the room is extremely clean, and after the people settle down, someone has already brought food in. It wasn't until Sun took his daughter-in-law and others to finish the meal, and ordered someone to take Jingguan's children to rest, that Zhang Zuo came in.

"The next thing is to take a boat from here to Nanjing, and then transfer to the canal to the north, which is much smoother than the previous sea boats." Seeing that his wife looked bitter when she heard the word boat, Zhang Zhuo immediately changed the topic, looked at Du Juan and said, "Just now, a few stewards talked about one thing, saying that they heard from the Yamen that someone had checked the fish scale books of several large households in Songjiang Mansion, and went to the field to ask about Tian Mu, including your Du family and the Shen family." There was no news from the imperial court, so I don't know what was going on. ”

Although he didn't have much affection for his family, when he got married, after all, it was several clan elders who sent things from Songjiang Mansion to add makeup, and the heir wanted to inherit Du Zhen's vein after all. Thinking that the grange she married was near Nanjing, and her father had no land in the area of Songjiang Mansion at all, she thought for a moment and asked, "Dad, did that person say, how much land is in the name of the Du family?" ”

"There should be no inch of land under the name of the in-laws, but under the name of the entire Du family, there are about 2,000 acres of fertile land, scattered in the hands of more than a dozen clansmen, and this is nothing. There are a lot of people in the Du family who are doing business now, and when they have money, they buy some real estate, which is all documented, and they can't implicate their in-laws. But I heard that the Shen family brothers have more fields under their names, about 1,000 acres. ”

Hearing this, Du Juan's heart couldn't help jumping. She has lived in Zhangyan Town for more than ten years, and she has to help her mother with housework, and she knows some things in the field. Although the government regularly rewrites the Yellow Book and the Fish Scale Book, and re-examines taxes and population, there are many problems in this. Tenant servants are often regarded as private property by large families, and are rarely listed in the Yellow Book, and many of the reclaimed land is often attached to the name of the official family, after all, although the number of exemptions from taxation by the gentry is limited, the government never collects according to the quota, and often turns a blind eye to the past. The father is naturally innocent, and the Shen family brothers don't have many acres of land, but what about the others, this time they just inquired about the acres of land in Songjiang Mansion?

Du Juan only pondered for a moment and realized that this was not the place, so he hurriedly looked for something else to cover up the past. Qiu Zhen has never paid attention to these things, so he naturally didn't care, and when he saw that Sun was tired, he helped her to rest. Amber Yuan was also thinking about the child, but she always felt that Du Juan's expression just now was really strange, and she took a step slower.

Sure enough, she was about to leave the house with Du Juan, and Zhang Zhuo commanded later: "It's hard to take a sea boat all the way, so let's rest here for two days before leaving." Brother Yue's daughter-in-law might as well go to Zhangyan Town to take a look, and if they are willing to go, they might as well take it together. ”

Knowing that Zhang Ju had just looked at his face, perhaps guessing something, Du Juan hurriedly turned around and agreed. When she returned to her room, she beckoned Amber to come forward, and wanted to talk about writing letters, but after thinking about it, she felt that it might be too late for this trip to come and go, so she smiled and said, "Forget it, maybe I'm thinking too much." Since my mother is in good spirits, I will have to accompany her to Zhangyan Town tomorrow. You and Qiu Zhen are thinking about themselves, if you can rest assured that you can get rid of the child, you will go together, if you can't rest assured, you can stay at home and have a good rest. ”

Amber already had some guesses in her heart, where she would follow tomorrow to cause trouble, and hurriedly excused herself and said that she would take care of her daughter at home, and even the lord of Autumn Scars did it together, so she resigned. As soon as she left, Du Juan couldn't help pressing her eyebrows and temples, and suddenly felt very worried about her husband, I don't know if he arrived in the capital, what official position he was given, and whether everything was okay......

Thinking about it, she unconsciously took a nap on the chaise longue, and in a hazy way, faces flashed in front of her eyes, and finally she vaguely saw Zhang Yue open the curtain and come in, and was awakened by a voice.

"Mother!"

Hearing this call, Du Juan opened his eyes in a daze, but saw that Jingguan pulled Sansan to stand down, looking at him with a big and a small straight eyes. Despite the heat, the brother and sister were both tightly wrapped, one was a azure gauze robe, the other was a small white striped cardigan, and their foreheads were shiny. Du Juan didn't see the person who followed, and heard that Cui's mother was talking outside the door, and knew that a pair of children were intentionally put in by Cui's mother, so she got up and hugged Sansan to the chaise longue, and pulled Jingguan to sit down.

"Have you been to your grandfather or grandmother?"

"Mother, it's almost time for dinner, and my grandmother also slept until she just got up, so let me and my sister come and see you." Jingguan swept Du Juan's face as he spoke, and then said seriously, "Grandmother said that if my mother is tired, you don't need to go over, it is the time to be sleepy, and each room uses her own and rests early at night, and my grandfather said the same." ”

Du Juan originally wanted to go to her in-laws to eat together, but when she heard this, she couldn't help but feel sore, so she sat down and told Amber Autumn Mark not to come over, and to rest early. After leaving her children for dinner, she personally sent people back to the room, and then called Cui's mother.

"Tomorrow I will accompany my wife to Zhangyan to visit guests, you can pick two clever old daughters-in-law to go with me, and ask for more news when you wait. Especially in the large and small farms of each family, if you inquire about it, there are people who have come to ask for news. ”

Earlier, when Du Juan got married, there was no family to marry, although Cui's mother served later, but she was cautious and tight-mouthed, and over time, the big and small girls around Zhang Yue and Du Juan have changed twice, and she is the only one who has kept it. She only knew a little about the big things outside, but since it was Du Juan's order, she immediately nodded.

"Young grandma, don't worry, I'll pick someone when I turn around. I'll go with me tomorrow and tell the truth. ”

The night ban in the capital is from 3 o'clock (8:12 a.m.) to 3 o'clock (4:12 a.m.), and once the night ban bell rings, no one is allowed to walk on the street, and official business, illness, childbirth, and death and funeral are not within the scope of restrictions. Naturally, there are policies and countermeasures, but all the leading people with heads and faces, people who come and go, and those who make notes to call churches, etc., can be classified as official affairs, and the night watchmen of the Five Cities Terracotta Division will never rush to stop people.

But even so, no matter how big an official is, he will definitely not swagger through the market when he goes home at night, and the streets are quiet after one or three o'clock, and there is only the occasional sound of bangzi. However, on this night, those who slept late in the houses on the street were awakened by the sound of galloping horses' hooves. The servants were alarmed by the inverted rooms facing the houses of the various officials, and while they reported to the lord's house, they sent men to look through the small windows on the corner doors. At this moment, no one will rush out.

Knowing that there was a big movement outside, Zhang Yue didn't keep Zhang Qi and Zhang Zhen anymore, he had already said everything he had to say, and the two brothers should have an explanation for their family when they went back. Sending people to Dongjiaomen, he looked out by the way, and saw that calm had been restored on Xuanwumen Street at the mouth of the alley, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart how far this night's abnormal movement would develop.

"Young Master......"

When he turned around, he saw Lian Hu who was full of worry, so he waved his hand and said: "Don't worry, let people pay attention to the door at night, tell the upper and lower levels not to panic, just sleep well, this matter has nothing to do with our family." ”

Zhang Yue was so calm that even the porter servants in the outer courtyard behind Hu glanced at each other, and they all felt a little relieved. And Zhang Yue ordered to close the door, so he turned around and went inside, and when he was about to reach the second gate, he saw Gao Quan guarding there, and he didn't ask for anything, just let clean up the things under the grape trellis, and then went straight inside.

It's July in the blink of an eye, I don't know where my parents and Du Juan have gone?

On this night, some people can be calm, but some people can't. This is especially true of those who were dragged out of bed by the brocade guards in their sleep. Throughout the night, such a thrilling scene was staged everywhere in Beijing, but most of them were small people, and none of them were high-ranking officials with extraordinary ranks.

When the night ban was lifted early the next morning, those who slept hard at night went to the court, went to work, and opened their businesses, only to find that their neighbors or street houses suddenly had all kinds of seals.

Therefore, when the officials waited for the court at the left gate of Chang'an, they had to talk to each other. Although only a few people were present at the scene in the main hall of Fusi in Beizhen yesterday, and those things that were rumored to be seen were quickly filed and locked, the things in front couldn't be hidden after all, and the things behind became the center of everyone's speculation. It's just that seeing the faces of several people involved, no one dared to rush up to ask the reason, even if it was Yang Rong, he also found someone else.

"Yuan Festival, I heard that the emperor met you in the English Park yesterday?"

Seeing that it was Gu Bin, who was now appointed as the attendant of the Hanlin Academy, Zhang Yue couldn't help but glance at Yang Rong who was not far away, and then said in a deep voice: "You just have to rest assured, we will see you at today's court meeting." ”