Chapter 155: The Hour? Fate?

It has only been 50 years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, and there have been three emperors. Now the world of Yongle is still in the early Ming Dynasty, so although there is a clear system for the election of officials, but there is not much demand for qualifications and experience, etc., the political performance is really good, and even one year old four or five moved, from the seven products directly promoted to the fourth grade, and more cloth clothes are moved to the political envoy. For example, although Du Zhen was a jinshi, he was degraded for more than ten years, and once he was restored, he was the seventh grade, but he was promoted to the second grade in just over a year, which was simply unimaginable in the late Ming Dynasty.

There are four divisions in the Ministry of Officials, the Literature and Selection Department is in charge of selection, and the Examination Department is in charge of inspection, and these two divisions are naturally the most powerful and powerful. Compared with the prison and the people, the selection of the Jinshi has always been the most important, because the directors of the six departments of the Beijing officials, the Zhongshu, the pedestrians, the commentators, and the doctors, and the foreign officials Zhizhou, Tuiguan, and Zhixian are all selected by the Jinshi. Although there are Beijing officials and foreign officials, reputation and favor are also very important.

Therefore, when the emperor sent someone to pass on the message, Yang Rong personally came over to say hello, and the British public Zhang Fu also hinted at it, and Tang Qing, who was in charge of the selection of the undergraduate Jinshi Quan, and the grade was only the fifth grade. Just a Jinshi actually worked so many people, and the children of the family were really different from ordinary Han scholars. But if this is the case, even if you can't stay as a Hanlin Shujishi, wouldn't it be safer to be a principal in the six departments, why bother to release it, and it's Shandong?

Zhang Yue didn't know that there were so many people behind this election who were fueling himself, and he didn't expect that a good article would suddenly push him to the forefront that day. In the past half a month, many scribes have come to visit, although there are also those who admire the power of the British government, but more people are purely curious, and some people are unconvinced.

All in all, after discovering that this trend could not be stopped at all, he could only refuse all requests to see him on the grounds that his eldest brother Zhang Chao's wedding was approaching and he was not available.

However. He can hide from outsiders, but he can't hide from his family. Zhang Fu and Mrs. Wang made a joke about him, and that's it; Grandmother's side taught him a great deal of lessons about not being too sharp, until the roots of his ears became calluses; Mother Sun is the most proud of him, and he doesn't know how much effort it took to hold it; As for his father, Zhang Zuo, he always looked at him with a strange gaze.

The most difficult thing to resist is the coaxing of the brothers, even Zhang Qing will make fun of him when he comes.

Seeing that the auspicious gift has been accepted, it is gradually the day of Zhang Chao's wedding, and Zhang Yue got rid of the entanglement of internal and external people. When he was waiting for the results of the election of officials, he keenly found that the eldest brother Zhang Chao behaved very strangely. He knew in his heart that although Zhang Chao had not gone to see the daughter of the Xiangcheng family with his own eyes, Dongfang had gone to see it with Zhang Qing, and when he came back, he was full of praise for his daughter-in-law. Zhang Chao is like this now, is he still worried about the sisters of the Dijin family before?

Early this morning, he went to his grandmother's room to say hello, and went to the martial arts arena to practice a set of swordsmanship with Peng Shisan, and sweated profusely. I went back to the room and changed my clothes for breakfast, and was thinking about visiting Du's house again today, when there was a report from the little girl outside.

"Young master, the eldest young master is here!"

Zhang Yue was slightly stunned, and saw Zhang Chao, whose face was gloomy, as if someone owed eight hundred taels of silver, crossed the threshold and came in. He suddenly felt even more strange. Instructed Qiu Zhen to pour tea, he asked Zhang Chao to be put on the kang, who knew that the other party didn't care about the elders and young, and sat down on a chair under him.

"Third brother. I'm cornered, so I'm here to beg you today! Zhang Chao didn't care about how shocking the first sentence of his mouth was, gritted his teeth and said, "Do you know what can be done to delay my marriage?" Or in other words, just let Uncle Xiangcheng also withdraw from the marriage......"

Before he finished speaking, Zhang Yue was still shocked, and he only heard an exclamation from the side. He turned his head to look, but it was Qiu Zhen who held a cup of tea with a Yunnan agate carved lacquer square plate, and his hand shook when he heard this, although the tea cup barely fell to the ground, the hot tea was splashed on the ground and splashed on her hands, and even her skirt and shirt were splashed a lot.

Seeing the autumn marks described it as quite embarrassing. At that moment, he didn't have time to think about it, so he hurriedly got up and stepped forward, and casually took the square plate and rested it on the high table on the side. He pulled the sweat towel from her waist. Rubbed it on her hand, and then handed it to Amber, who had just been stunned for a moment before she reacted. asked her to fetch some ointment and put it on Autumn Scar, and told her not to spread what she had just said, so she turned around and sat down.

"No wonder the eldest sister once said that you are different from our three brothers, I only learned today that what she said is not bad at all." Zhang Chao stared at Zhang Yue for a long time, and then sighed dejectedly.

"Third brother, I don't know what you have always thought of me, in short, my family knows my own affairs, I can't do what you do. Most of the girls in my room are through the room, and I usually look at them to be pleasant, but if they leave one day, I don't pay much attention. Therefore, even though I liked my sister very much at the beginning, I was very unwilling to marry my sister, and later I was very angry at the Jin family's divorce, but after a long time, I gradually forgot about it. The family of Xiangcheng Bojia is high, and that one must be a good land, and I am not worthy of others. ”

Being circled around by Zhang Chao, Zhang Yue was simply big, but a certain inappropriate feeling in his heart became stronger and stronger. He didn't bother to go around left and right for a while, so he simply asked bluntly: "Big brother, I guess you are probably not dissatisfied with your marriage with Miss Xiangcheng's uncle, but you have someone else in your heart, so you don't want to get married?" ”

Seeing Zhang Chao's expression that suddenly stiffened, Zhang Yue gasped - wasn't it, he actually said a prophecy by coincidence? Thinking carefully about Zhang Chaodi's words just now, he immediately excluded a few girls, and then instinctively ruled out the possibility of falling in love at first sight in Jin Xiangwei, but if so, where would Zhang Chao fall in love with the woman he liked? Suddenly, he felt a flash of inspiration, and he remembered something.

"Could it be that the last time you went to visit the sister of the fallen flag, and then you ......"

"I originally just wanted to repay someone's affection, who knew that as soon as I saw her, I would ...... Anyway, it feels very different. Zhang Chao was a little incoherent at this time, and after a pause, he gritted his teeth and said, "Third brother, the worst news I brought over was the worst, but she was strong and tight, and it didn't take long for her to recover." She was unlike any other woman I'd ever met. There is a bit of spicy in the coolness, but it is not a calculating temperament...... The daughter of the Xiangcheng Bo family may be gentle and generous, and she may be very good, but I already have another person in my heart, even if this marriage is completed, she and I may not be compatible. ”

Zhang Yue had never felt such a headache as he did now. It seems that his eldest brother is ready to marry someone else, but the question is, what is the use of a junior who eats the scales and is ready to marry someone else? The words of the matchmaker of the parents. Not to mention that Zhang Chao's parents are here, how can the grandmother above be easy to deceive?

"It's too late to say if it's compatible or not."

After holding back such a sentence, he had to simply say the truth: "The door is not the right one, for people like us, this is an unbreakable reason." If you had said this before you got engaged, there might have been a glimmer of hope, but now it's different. At the beginning, the Jin family incident was because there were variables on both sides, and the family didn't want to tear their faces to sue the official, but now even the marriage certificate has been issued. And it's still the Xiangcheng uncle's house. You have already become like that when you were dismissed, why don't you want to think about what the situation will be if Miss Xiangcheng Bojia is dismissed? ”

As he spoke, he stood up and stood in front of Zhang Chao, and said condescendingly: "It's not your business alone, it's the business of the two families." Uncle Xiangcheng and Uncle Hall are colleagues in the court, and they have a good relationship, if they really make trouble and the two sides are out of harmony, can you be happy? And if it sets off a bigger storm because of this. Don't talk about killing the enemy on the battlefield in the future, you don't want this future. Even if you really succeed this time, the girl who likes the land enters the door, do you think she will be able to live a comfortable life in the future? ”

Zhang Chao's face was gloomy, and he was even more demented at this time, and only burst out of a sentence after a while: "She didn't know that our family had such a family background, she just thought I was an ordinary rich man......"

"You didn't tell her your family history, which shows that you know that this thing can't be successful." Although Zhang Yue was also thinking in his heart, it was cruel to beat mandarin ducks. But he knew that if he had a bad idea at this moment, he was afraid that he would be more cruel to them in the future, so he had to tear his words more clearly, "Big brother, those poor scholars in the book can marry a rich lady when they wait for the title of the gold list, but the son of a family and a girl from a poor family are different. The wealthy family is as deep as the sea, and it has never been a good place for poor girls. ”

Zhang Chao was so depressed by Zhang Yue's words that he was in turmoil. He was a little reckless, though. But it's not a reckless man who doesn't have any thoughts. A lot of things are not that you don't want to, but that you don't want to think about them. Now these pieces are clearly explained by Zhang Yue. He only felt that some roads in the land he had once imagined were blocked to death, and it was easy for him to burst out with the last sentence.

"Third brother, you say, if I tell her to let her wait a few more years to accept her as a second room......"

"Big brother, with all due respect, if that's the case, are you worthy of your dead robe? If you don't give up, I can accompany you to see that girl again. ”

At this moment, Zhang Yue had to make such a suggestion. He has not met Zhang Chao's sweetheart, but there are many women who would rather be heroic concubines than mediocre wives, but how do you know that there are no women who would rather be poor housewives than concubines of Zhumen?

However, when he accompanied Zhang Chao to Surabaya Street again and followed the low door to find the house, he was faced with the scene of people going to the empty building. The room was neatly tied, and the tables, chairs, and benches seemed to have been specially wiped, but there was nothing left that could take away the soft floor, and not even a note was left.

Zhang Yue held the door frame with one hand, his eyes glanced at Zhang Chao, who was sitting on the old bed in a daze, and couldn't help but sigh. Zhang Chao will never publicize this relationship with a big mouth, and since this is the first time he has told him, no one else must know. In that case, I'm afraid that it would be in vain to find someone to ask why the girl who lived here suddenly moved away.

When? Fate?