Chapter 674: Stand still, the joy of making a child

When the crown prince arrived in Nanjing, the officials who had been idle for three or four years suddenly became energetic and busy. Naturally, he should be busy and try his best to perform, and those who shouldn't be busy also want to find a few errands that are good for the scene to show their faces, after all, everyone knows that this master was the grandson of the emperor in the past, and no one in today's prince's generation can compete with him at all. Even those who have their hearts set on the King of Han have pressed their minds at this moment, and they are open in front of the saddle and behind the horse, without revealing the slightest clue at all.

All in all, all the officials of the yamen in the entire Nanjing City had a tight string in their heads.

However, there are always exceptions to this. Zhang Yue, the Ying Tianfu Cheng, is not a Zhengyin official, even if there is something, Yin Zhangxu of the Mansion will stand on it, so he doesn't have to bother to perform. And he can't get along with the five mansions and six departments, and Wenhuadian doesn't have anything to do with him, so he is still only in charge of the government, at most he will deal with some official affairs at hand. Since he had nothing to do, he took turns to take two scholars from the clan to act as an entourage every day, explaining to them how to deal with the correspondence and papers, or chatting with papers, and lived a more leisurely life than anyone else. And Rui Yixiang and Li Guoxiu have been in the school for three months, and now they are following him every day, which is naturally even more lively.

On this day, he took people around the school, and said to the white-haired and white-bearded professor that he would take advantage of the good weather to ask someone to repair the house, which attracted a burst of joy from everyone, and there was a lot of movement outside. Strange in his heart, he sent Zhang Bu out to ask what was going on, and after a while, Zhang Bu hurriedly turned around and whispered something in his ear.

"My lord, Liu Zongxian of the Metropolitan Procuratorate has now arrived at Yingtianfu, so a soap officer has been sent over there, please go back quickly."

Hearing this, Zhang Yue arched his hand to the unknown professor and other old masters, explained casually, and immediately went out of Yingtianfu School. As soon as he got on the horse, a student of clan studies leaned over and asked with a puzzled face: "My lord, the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Yingtianfu are not under the same unit, and besides, there is Lord Zhang in the mansion, why do you have to go back?" ”

These days, taking turns to take these young people outside, Zhang Yue felt that his mood was also a lot lighter, so he smiled and said, "Not unified? Kedao officials supervise the civil and military, and the imperial history of Zuodu is almost a sword hanging over the heads of all civil and military officials, is this not considered a boss? If you can come out in the future, you will remember the five words of the imperial history pen like a knife. ”

Seeing that both of them nodded again and again, Zhang Yue saw that Li Guoxiu and Rui Yixiang were biting their ears, and couldn't help but smile slightly, but they didn't explain anymore, and galloped out with a shake of the reins. Since Zhu Zhanji arrived in Nanjing, he has been immersed in the government every day, even if he has official business, he often takes it with him at hand and disposes of it at any time, and he does not miss things, and his colleagues and subordinates in the Tianfu are used to it, with Zhang Xu's personality, unless he really can't resist it, he will never let people call him.

Sure enough, as soon as he entered the Yayi Gate of Yingtianfu, he found that the first major courtyard where people were constantly shuttling in the past was extremely quiet. Behind the ring stone pavilion, the wooden fence in front of the lobby on the platform was faintly visible, and further on, he saw the officials standing in two rows on the lobby, and in the middle of the hall he saw several officials dressed in black gauze hats and plain clothes. He quickened his pace and went up the steps in front of the platform, and at this time there was already a report from the soap li, so as soon as he spoke, he stepped into the threshold.

Ying Tianfu Yin is different from ordinary foreign officials, not only has a respected status, but also is one level higher than ordinary Fucheng in terms of rank. Therefore, even if you are the imperial history of the left capital, Liu Guan does not have any arrogance on his face, and his words are full of spring breeze, and he is approachable. However, the officials present are all old oilmen who have been in the official career for many years, and the weight of the three words of the Metropolitan Procuratorate is all well known, especially the Fu Yin Zhangxu, when Liu Guan asked about Zhang Yue, he immediately sent someone to ask Zhang Yue to come back - although Liu Guan's question about the detention of the prisoner in the Tianfu Ya has nothing to do with Zhang Yue, it is also good to have one more person in the town.

At this time, after Zhang Yue saw him as a week, he sat down under Zhang Xu. Seeing that there were many officials in the hall standing in this posture, he originally thought that Liu Guan came here today to try the case with a posture of Qincha, but who knew that this person was always just talking about him left and right, and never turned to the topic. Seeing that the six judges of different ages were straight, they were gradually a little absent-minded, and he couldn't help but feel even more strange. Sure enough, just after half an hour of rambling, an important word suddenly entered his ears.

"Ying Tianfu is in Nanjing, which was originally a place of difficulty, and being involved in such an inexplicable matter this time can be regarded as a disaster. By the way, Zhang Fucheng, I heard that one of those people who came out of Jinyiwei has a relative of yours? ”

"Returning to Lord Chiefxian, there is indeed one." Seeing that many of his colleagues in the room showed surprised expressions, Zhang Yue owed and said, "His father asked someone to beg me earlier, but since it was Jinyiwei who acted, I naturally didn't want to ask, so I could only write a letter to the British duke." As for the person who entered the government and the eunuch, since it was no longer in the way, and there were two officials in charge of the matter, I didn't bother to ask. ”

Liu Guan's eyelids jumped, and the smile on his face became more and more modest: "Even if you avoid suspicion, Zhang Fucheng doesn't have to be so cautious." The legal principle is nothing more than human affection, as long as there is no favoritism and obstruction of national law, what does it matter if you see each other, the two magistrates will definitely be accommodating. ”

As soon as these words came out, the others below were fine, but Zhang Xu sneered in his heart. These words originated from Liu Guan's words in the past when he was still the deputy capital of the imperial history and Wu Zhong, the right capital of the imperial history, however, those who know the inside story know that when he turned around to face Chen Ying, the famous imperial history of the left capital back then, Liu Guan said with righteousness and awe-inspiring that the national law is like a heavenly rule, and there can be no favoritism. He glanced at Zhang Yue and saw that he frowned, but he was a little worried about his response.

"Lord Zongxian is certainly justified in saying this, but if you really talk about it, that relative is already a little far away, and besides, the prince is arrogant, and I am really impatient to deal with him, so I can only send a letter to his father to report his safety. Besides, my Fucheng is only in charge of Lord Zuo Lizhang and the school, and the two officials have been working hard enough these days, I can trust their due diligence, how can I trouble them with personal affairs and personal affairs? ”

Ying Tianfu's two officials are all seven products, but they are older than Zhang Yue for more than a round, this time because of those characters whose identities are in the way, they don't know how many nobles they have to deal with all day long, and their brains still hurt, hearing Zhang Yue's reasonable words, the two looked at each other, and they both felt that this praise was very good, so they both showed a smile on their faces.

Zhang Yue had a feud with Wang Quanbin when he went down to the south of the Yangtze River, but Liu Guan had heard of it, and when he saw him move this out, he didn't want to ask anything, so he immediately snorted and continued to ask something else. In the end, he said that he would bring Yiying people to Dali Temple for investigation, because he was ordered to come to Qincha, Zhang Xu naturally had no objections, and immediately ordered two officials to go to handle the handover. When he finally led the crowd to send Liu Guan to the wide open Yimen, he didn't have time to breathe a sigh of relief, but he didn't expect that the Du Yushi, who had been in charge of the Metropolitan Procuratorate for nearly ten years, suddenly stopped his steps and turned around.

"Although this matter was ordered by the emperor to be done, this time the prince went to Nanjing to pay tribute to the mausoleum, and he also had deep doubts about this matter. Yesterday he also said that he would send a proper person to ask about the case, since Zhang Fucheng is not busy, and he is a trustworthy person of His Royal Highness, why don't I simply borrow you from Master Zhang? You were able to be so unbiased before, and it was difficult for others to find faults. ”

This was unexpected, and even Zhang Yue was stunned. Thinking that Huang Run didn't mention such a thing at all when he came before, he suddenly realized that Liu Guan was talking nonsense, but if this remark was to be exposed, it would undoubtedly mean that he had been trusted and knew the true intentions of the prince. Therefore, thinking about Liu Guan's attitude when he asked him before, he knew that this person had already laid the foreshadowing at that time, and he couldn't help but feel a big pang in his heart, and after thinking about it for a long time, he actually felt that no matter how he answered, it was not appropriate. After all, although Liu Guan was asking him, it was Yin Zhangxu of Ying Tianfu who really made the decision.

"Lord Liu, Brother Zhang is not an idler, the former Guozijian also came, to be selected by Tianfu School Tribute Supervisor, he is in charge of this matter, and the house over there is old, because it is close to the Tribute Academy, it is necessary to have some lawsuits with the Nanjing Ministry of Rites, which should be inseparable from him. Although Brother Zhang is a well-known person, he is not a strong point in trying cases, so don't be embarrassed by Lord Liu. ”

Since Yongle Zhongying Tianfu Yin Jizheng was degraded due to things, and Zhang Xu took over as Ying Tianfu Yin, he has been standing still in this position, and he has always been regarded as a person who does not want to make progress and is stable. Therefore, at this time, he directly refuted Liu Guan's face, not only Liu Guan himself was surprised, but even other subordinate officials were also surprised. However, Liu Guan's face only changed slightly, and then he nodded with a smile: "Since Master Zhang won't let people go, then I'll ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to talk about it later." ”

With these words, he led a group of entourages away, and the figure of the plain clothes, black hat and black boots looked particularly dazzling in the green environment of spring. After a long time, the officials of Yingtianfu in front of the Yimen dispersed, and Zhang Xu didn't say anything else to Zhang Yue, just nodded and went back to the second hall. And Zhang Yue returned to his usual house, and his face immediately sank.

He knew that Zhu Zhanji was born in the emperor's family, and he was a real young man, but compared to the most favored and convenient imperial grandson in the past, the position of the crown prince was originally roasted on the fire! What is the basis for this Liu Guan to dare to act like this?

He picked up a piece of ink and poured water into the inkstone to grind it carefully, seeing that the ink was getting thicker, he still didn't stop, still mechanically grinding it with his wrist. I don't know how long it took him to let out a long sigh. So far, it is still the policy he set at the beginning, people do not move, and first do not move, and then change according to the changes of people.

There is still half a month before the Dragon Boat Festival, and every household is busy preparing rice dumplings with green basket leaves, and the Zhang family is naturally no exception. In the evening of that day, as soon as Zhang Yue entered the second door, he smelled the fragrance of zongzi leaves, and couldn't help but ask Cui's mother who came forward: "A few days ago, I only saw you preparing green baskets of green leaves, and today they have been wrapped and cooked?" ”

"Yes, today's young grandmother led everyone to do it herself, and even the second lady also came, more than a dozen people were busy working together, and they packed hundreds of them in one afternoon, and the first pot was cooked at this time, all of which were meat dumplings. Don't look at it so much, if you cook it, there will be few of you! ”

Seeing that Cui's mother was talking loudly, Zhang Yue was about to answer, but he saw a small figure probing his head at the door of the house, and retracted his head behind the curtain as soon as he saw him. Nodding at Cui's mother with a smile, he strode forward, and when he arrived at the door of the house, he saw a pair of tiger head shoes revealed by the cyan flower curtain that day, and he couldn't help but shout angrily: "Come out!" ”

After a while, a little guy wearing a tiger-headed hat and tiger-headed shoes flashed out from behind the curtain. Seeing Zhang Yuehu's face, he suddenly shrank a little, and Ai Ai called Daddy, and knelt down and kowtowed. His head was pulled up by someone as soon as it touched the ground, and then he felt a finger flicked on his forehead, and the whole person flew up like a cloud.

hugged his son up, and when he saw that he was shocked, Zhang Yue couldn't help but wonder: "What are you hiding when you see me?" ”

"I ...... I want to eat zongzi! The milk voice spit out such a sentence, and Jing Guan leaned back again, "The eldest aunt said, I can't recite those ancient poems, and my father won't allow me to eat zongzi, so I'm afraid of my father!" ”

Zhang Yue was just teasing his three-year-old son, where did he think that he would spit out such a reason with one mouth, he couldn't help but be angry and funny. At this moment, the door curtain moved, but it was autumn marks and amber coming out. Both of them heard Xiao Jingguan's last sentence, and Amber smiled and said: "Let's make zongzi in the afternoon, my brother is making trouble, I have to work together, Sister Qiuzhen had to coax him to recite poems, and scared him again, who knows that he remembers it so clearly!" ”

"Compared to the stubbornness of the young master when he was a child, he is nothing. At that time, the young master was thinking about the halva in front of him before going to bed, and he had to count the pieces before he was willing to sleep, and the next day when he got up, he opened his eyes and wanted to eat, and his wife was very happy. ”

Qiu Zhen couldn't help muttering, and seeing that Jing Guan was blinking at herself, she wrinkled her nose and stuck out her tongue at him while others were not paying attention, and when she caught a glimpse of Du Juan also out of the house, she hurriedly got out of the way. Du Juan, who was holding the letter in his hand, saw that Zhang Yue was holding his son and still didn't put it down, and the little guy was twisting around, and he reached out to grab Zhang Yue's black gauze hat, and couldn't help laughing.

"People say that a gentleman hugs his grandson but not his son, just for the majesty of his father. But you often hug him, and you are afraid of you when you have children, but you don't care about making trouble. Jingguan, come down, you're a three-year-old child, don't mess with your father, look at what that black gauze hat has tossed for you! ”

Jingguan had already taken off Zhang Yue's black gauze hat, and when he saw his mother's face and his father's dark pupils staring at him, he panicked, and hurriedly buckled the black gauze hat on Zhang Yue's head, but the hat wings hit his little head in a panic. When Zhang Yue took off the black gauze hat angrily and put him down on the ground again, he hid behind Cui's mother with a smoke, looking like he was afraid of being punished.

"This naughty boy! Cui's mother, take him down to wash his hands and prepare for dinner. ”

Zhang Yue casually handed the black gauze hat to Qiu Zhen on the side, and then took off his coat and gave it to Amber, and then stepped forward to take the letter handed by Du Juan, he was not busy reading, and asked directly: "What does the letter say?" ”

"It was written by my father, because Xiao Wu entrusted Sister Ning to send it, so it is faster than ordinary mail, and it is safer and more secure. He first mentioned the fact that the three divisions of Tewarat are now in a mess and there is no news about the festival, and then he said the ranking of the temple examination. The fourth brother is ranked in the top three, as for your cousin of the Gu family......" Du Juan paused for a moment, and said with a smile, "I won the second place in the foreign test, I was second in the general test, and now I am still second in the palace test!" I guess it's time for my father-in-law's letter to report the good news. ”