Chapter 581: Saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new, removing the old and making the new

The eighth day of December is the day when the Zhang family is introduced, because it is the middle of winter, and the city is full of snow a few days ago, and now the city is still covered in silver. Although the younger generations of the children who supported the spirits added cotton clothes and wool robes to the linen clothes, their faces were still blue from the cold. On this day, there are a lot of guests who send the funeral road sacrifice, along the west fourth archway to Xuanwumen Street, all the way is the road sacrifice shed. Since the Chengguo Gong Zhu family below, Baoding Hou Meng's family, Anyuan Hou Liu's family, Yongkang Hou Xu's family...... The nobles and edicts of the princes and uncles came innumerable, plus Zhang Yue's division commanders, colleagues, relatives and friends were in the same year, and the scene was incomparably big.

Due to the cold and freezing today, most of the funeral officials have prepared large sedan cars, not to mention thirty or forty cars, plus the front and rear deacon furnishings, the line stretches far and wide. When I left the city, my family was waiting with a prepared car, and I received a small temple outside the city that had been arranged for a while. After staying for another night, the brothers Zhang Xin and Zhang Zuo set off again with a few children and nephews. As for Zhang Chao, Zhang Qi and Zhang Yue, who still have a job, it is because of the holiday, they have to wait until Qingming to be buried before rushing back to Kaifeng, and only the three of them stay in Beijing during the Spring Festival. Naturally, the same is true for the British Gong Zhangfu

In a blink of an eye, it was the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve, because the whole family was still filial piety, and the people were not complete, compared with the previous Chinese New Year's Eve, this year's Chinese New Year's Eve naturally seemed deserted. In the afternoon, after worshipping the ancestors, and looking at the south side to make offerings, the family divided the men and women to set up their own tables, and the table was full of vegetarian dishes. Zhang Yue and Zhang Chao sat opposite each other, and when they saw that they were silent, he coughed.

"According to the days calculated by the eldest uncle and father before, my grandmother's coffin has probably arrived in Kaifeng."

Zhang Qi used to be more arrogant than Zhang Chao, but after such a funeral, he became a lot more silent. Seeing that Zhang Chao just lowered his head and didn't say a word, he hesitated for a moment before he spoke: "The eldest uncle and the third uncle are both very meticulous personalities, and they should be able to arrive before the year." On a cold day, I don't know if everyone can stand it. We haven't been back to the old house for a few years, and I'm afraid it's a lot of work to clean up. The younger siblings are still young, but the eldest uncle is older. ”

At this time, the Yellow River and many rivers along the road have been frozen, and a group of people can only take the land route back to Kaifeng, which is naturally extremely hard, therefore, Zhang Qi said this, Zhang Yue and Zhang Chaodeng both showed a sad color. Thinking that it was now the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve, it was one of the biggest festivals of the year, Zhang Yue hurriedly spoke out. It's just that now after all, it's not a normal day, and none of the three brothers have the heart to talk and laugh as before, and when they finish eating, they go back to the house to keep the New Year.

In the past, all kinds of lanterns were arranged everywhere, but now they are only hung with white lanterns, and even the house has put away jade screens and other dazzling luxury furnishings. Zhang Yue entered his yard and saw that only the main room was lit up, and the east and west wings were all black, so he hurriedly took two steps into the house. Sure enough, more than a dozen people, large and small, were all crowded in the warm pavilion at this time, the girls were just wearing cyan clothes, and the quiet official was wearing a cyan velvet hat, and was quietly playing with two walnuts in the nurse's arms.

Zhang Yueping is the most lively and the least polite, but seeing such a quiet appearance in the room, he also feels that he has nothing to say, and after sitting on the kang, he is stunned and motionless, as if he is carved from clay wood. When Du Juan saw him like this, he couldn't help but have nothing to say. Autumn Mark and Amber quietly bit their ears for a while, and Amber motioned to the nurse to carry Jingguan onto the kang, and stepped forward to help the little guy stand up straight on the kang. Seeing him staggering towards Zhang Yue, she squinted her eyes, thinking that this was the best way for this little ancestor to come out.

"Daddy...... Daddy...... Daddy......"

Although he had heard his son call his father more than once, when he was restless at this time, he suddenly heard the call of this milky voice, and Zhang Yue only felt that the empty piece in his heart was suddenly filled. Seeing his son stumbling over, still holding the two walnuts in his hand, he couldn't help but pick them up and push them on the forehead. To his surprise, Jing Guan actually squeaked and laughed, and arched his head twice, that kind of cute appearance was extremely cute.

Many of the people in the room saw Zhang Yue's childish behavior for the first time, and they couldn't help but look at each other at the moment, until the little guy Xu suddenly cried because of a headache in his head, and the people who were full of awkwardness before woke up with a spirit, and in this crisp cry, there was a trace of New Year's celebration in the house for the first time.

Although there is a funeral at home and the elders are not there, the mourning period is full of 100 days, and the New Year's personal contacts cannot be neglected slightly. From the beginning of the first month, Du Juan can still steal a little leisure because of the children, but Li Yun and Zhao Fen have to receive the orders of the families who come to walk around, and they are very busy. The three Zhang Yue brothers also did not touch the ground, and they needed to visit their relatives and friends in Beijing one by one, and they were more tired during the festival than being on duty in the yamen.

On the fifth day of the first lunar month, because Meng Ying repeatedly asked people to invite him, Zhang Yue went to the Baoding Marquis Mansion. Although when the emperor was furious, Mengying, the Marquis of Baoding, who supervised the transportation of military grain after the northern expedition, was not blamed, but when he shared the merits and gave the banquet, he was just a merit and a demerit to receive a meal, and he had been cautious for several months, for fear of angering the emperor. Two years have passed since the original incident, and the only knots in his heart have long been gone, so he met Zhang Yue in person and had a conversation, and he planned to get down to business.

According to the etiquette, Zhang Qing should serve the mourning period for her grandmother Gu, while Meng Jun did not serve, and Meng Ying, as an elder, did not have to be taboo. It's just that when he sees Zhang Yue now, he still deliberately changed into stone blue clothes, and there are no other accessories on his body. Because Meng Jun has now accumulated merit and been promoted to the commander of the left guard of Xuanfu, he is quite relieved in his heart, and at this time, his tone is also brought out.

"Your eldest brother-in-law is still quite stable in Xuanfu now, although he is a few years older than you, but when he writes in those days, he often says that he has received a lot of inspiration from you. He is my eldest son, I have always felt that he is good at everything, but his temperament is too lazy, but now he looks at it has changed a lot, and this is also thanks to you. The things of the big brother in the past...... Alas, I actually knew early on that not only did I not blame you, but also thanks to your timely execution, but when people are old, they can't get over it in their hearts, so it's awkward for these two years, and it's still that my elder is too small. ”

Zhang Yue was also sent to Meng's house by his grandmother during the New Year's festival in the past, but it was indeed rare to see Meng Ying in the past two years, and he was quite surprised to hear this Baoding Marquis say this at this time. After a little hesitation, he simply said: "Uncle Meng, don't say that, the eldest brother-in-law was originally a thoughtful person, but he didn't pay attention to it in the past, but now he has accumulated merit and promotion, but it has nothing to do with me, how dare I take credit?" As for the first things...... The past is gone, so why bother? ”

"It's really passed, if it weren't for the emperor's grace from heaven to earth, and you found out early, and you didn't make a big mistake, I'm afraid that even the Baoding Marquis Mansion may not be able to be saved."

Until now, Meng Ying often has nightmares, and it is not uncommon to wake up in the middle of the night in a cold sweat. After taking a breath with palpitations, he stopped beating around the bush, "I invited you here today for the sake of Ang Ge'er. You mentioned to your eldest sister before that you want to let the children of each family get together so that they can take care of them, and I also heard that your fifth brother is the first book to read in your family study. It's just that your family has been famous for the past two years, but there are too many people. ”

Originally, the re-establishment of the family study was to allow the children of the family to be motivated, not to be as famous as in Kaifeng, but in fact, it was notorious, not for the sake of their brothers and nephews. You know, for these children in his family, he prefers to make a place similar to a kindergarten, so that the children can really mingle from an early age and cultivate a sense of trust between each other. Therefore, Meng Ying actually took the initiative to bring up this matter today, and he couldn't help laughing.

"Uncle Meng is right, this ethnology was originally to motivate the children of the clan to make progress, and it was also to sponsor some poor teenagers who can study hard. As for Ang Ge'er and Tianci, as well as my family's fifth and sixth brothers and Jingguan and the like, I intend to set up a separate hall next to the clan school, so as to choose a gentleman who is knowledgeable and has good character. ”

"That's a good idea!"

Meng Ying relieved himself at this time, secretly thinking that if the British prince was relieved to send his only sister-in-law over, he would not have to worry about the eldest grandson. It is better to grow up with the children of nobles of ordinary age from an early age than to be spoiled at home by a woman. Because Zhang Yue was still in mourning, he sat down and talked for a while before getting up to say goodbye, and at this time, Meng Ying suddenly remembered another important matter.

"In two months' time my nephews and nieces will be discharged, because their father had not recovered his orders when he was convicted and exiled, and the two nephews did not have to start from scratch. The avant-garde of the government army is not subordinate to the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, but directly belongs to the command and envoy of the Shangzhiwei pro-army, and I can't take care of them. I heard that you are now serving His Royal Highness the Emperor's grandson, and the avant-garde of the government army often goes, if possible, please take care of one or two. It's nothing else, I'm afraid that someone will talk nonsense, and if they can't be provoked, they are afraid that they will get into trouble. ”

For Meng Tao and Meng Fan's brothers, Zhang Yue was very close at the beginning, and he also had a good impression of the two of them, but he didn't expect that such a big event would happen to the Meng family later. At this time, Meng Ying said earnestly, he pondered for a long time, asked a few more words, and then had some thoughts in his heart. When he got out of the hall, someone led him to the backyard of the Meng Mansion. He first went to visit Mrs. Lu, and then went to see his eldest sister Zhang Qing.

My grandmother passed away, and my husband was far away in Xuanfu, I don't know when I will be able to return, and Zhang Qing, who has always been cool and generous, can't hide Qi Rong, with two red and swollen eyes on her emaciated face. Even so, she couldn't change her eldest sister's true colors after all, and after listening to Zhang Yue's few words of comfort, she couldn't help but care about him, but at the end she said another thing solemnly.

"A while ago, when I took someone to Tanzhe Temple to offer incense, I bumped into Princess Yongping and her party. Princess Yongping did a lot of magic for her son in Tanzhe Temple, and what she said to the monks in the temple was very excited, and when she saw me, she also raised her eyebrows and gritted her teeth. Didn't you personally arrest Li Maofang, Marquis of Fuyang, at that time? If she is like this to me, I am afraid that she will be even more jealous of you. Third brother, you must be careful, I am afraid that this kind of golden branch and jade leaf will retaliate. ”

Hearing this, thinking of the inside story of Ji Mingyi's assassination that Lu Feng had revealed before, Zhang Yue couldn't help frowning. There is no possibility of any change between him and Princess Yongping, and it is really a bad thing to be remembered by a woman full of hatred, and when he is free, he has to think of a way to solve it once and for all.

Bidding farewell to the old and welcoming the new, we must also get rid of the old and cloth the new.