Chapter 111: Such a congratulatory gift, such a congratulatory guest

With the wealth and manpower of the British government, the courtyard at the east end of Hubu Street was quickly cleaned up. Although it is not as large as the scale of the British Mansion, there are three north rooms with one light and two darkness, two rooms in the east and west wings, and three rooms in the south room.

Zhang Zhuo himself brought many people to Beijing with him, and the previous Gao Quan was still kept, in addition to two housekeepers' daughters-in-law, so there was no need for the British government to send more people. But Mrs. Wang was still not at ease, so she stuffed two elderly and polite mothers-in-law to come, and gave the moonset and tassels to Zhang Yue.

On the auspicious day that was specially selected, Zhang Zuo took Zhang Yue and Gu Bin to move over. Mrs. Wang's own woman's family was not easy to come forward, so she ordered the housekeeper to send Zhang Zhuo, Zhang Yue, and Gu Bin over with a large number of people, and the firecrackers were crackling.

Although there is no fanfare, but there are still a lot of people who come to congratulate, the little marquis of the Baoding Hou family, Meng Jun, personally brought a few close friends to the door, Fuchang Bo Fangsheng's grandson Fang Ling and Yingcheng Bo Sun Yan's son Sun Han naturally came, plus the news of the Wanshi Festival, the scene is lively. Not only that, everyone is regarded as Zhang Zhuo's juniors, and they have to persuade him to drink repeatedly, this happiness, Zhang Zhuo drank a few more glasses, and soon he was drunk, Zhang Yue was busy personally leading people to help him down.

This time, those young people who were in high spirits naturally turned the spearhead to him. After a few glasses, he didn't dare to drink more, and rejected those endless methods of persuasion. When he was in a chaotic commotion, there was a sudden sound of silk bamboo playing and singing in front of him. At first, the crowd didn't care, but after a few words, the noise gradually subsided, and even the half-drunk people shook their heads and sat up straight, looking around for the singer.

When she was in Kaifeng, Mrs. Gu liked to listen to plays. Every birthday or festival, he will inevitably invite the opera troupe to perform a few performances, but Zhang Yue himself is really not interested in things such as opera music, and he dozes off in the middle of every time. This time was no exception, he was already a little sleepy because he had drunk several glasses, and at this time he listened to the lullaby-like tune, and even more like a chicken pecking rice, until he didn't know who slapped and shouted hello, and he woke up.

Hazy between. He saw a few women in costumes singing lines he didn't understand, so he rubbed his swollen temples, but he saw that the people on the left and right were listening to it with ease, and some people were beating along with the singing.

"I said third brother, I took great pains to invite you to invite the Chengqing class to perform "Jade Pot Spring" for you, you are good, you actually fell asleep!" As soon as Meng Jun turned around and saw Zhang Yue's appearance of waking up from a dream, he couldn't help but slap him on the shoulder. Immediately pouted and said, "Don't underestimate such a scene, with this scene, those local snakes in the capital will immediately report around, and under normal circumstances, there will never be a thief who does not have a long eye to come here." ”

Zhang Yue was really confused by Meng Jun's call. Immediately after listening to Meng Jun's explanation, he suddenly laughed dumbly. It turned out that the Yongle Emperor Zhu Di was very fond of opera and had not yet moved the capital to Beijing. The teacher over there has already prepared opera flattery, and this Nanjing teacher is also waiting for the call on weekdays. And although this priest is in charge of women's music, it is different from the Fuller House that governs official prostitutes, that is, it can be watched from a distance and cannot be played profane. Although the Chengqing class is not as good as the Teaching Workshop Division, it can perform the new plays that are discharged there in time, and it is also quite famous among the civil and military officials.

Therefore, if you can invite the house of the Chengqing class, the snakes of the Beijing division will retreat. Even the county government and the government will also focus on patrolling, and in modern society, only wealthy and powerful people can invite big stars, and they can enjoy the treatment of key patrols.

He was thinking that this temporary new apartment was only a stone's throw away from the British Mansion, and that no one should come to the door to provoke him, when a loud voice immediately interrupted the sound of blowing and singing.

"It's so lively, Brother Zhuo has this housewarming joy today, why didn't anyone inform me?"

Zhang Yue, who was slightly drunk, saw the person coming clearly, and the wine suddenly disappeared without a trace. There was a slight coldness on his face.

The one who came wore a red gold crown on his head. He was wearing a dark embroidered gold brocade robe with a jade belt around his waist. Although he was smiling, he couldn't hide his arrogance between Gu Pan, it was Zhang Fu's younger brother, Zhang Hui, the commander of the Shen Cewei. However, when he saw the crowd at the banquet clearly, the high-spirited look on his face immediately retracted slightly, but he didn't expect that almost all of the people who came to congratulate him today were the sons of heroes.

"Brother Jun is also there." He caught a glimpse of Meng Jundi and saw Zhang Yue at the same time, but he deliberately pretended not to see it and ignored the past, because he smiled and said, "My cousin will pick someone to post, even you have invited it, but he forgot about my cousin!" ”

Meng Jun is a human spirit, he already knew that the British Duke Zhang Fu and the two brothers did not agree, Zhang Hui has always stared at the British dukedom, a few days ago I heard his wife say that Zhang Ke was more and more difficult to Zhang at the poetry meeting, now Zhang Hui said this, he stood up with a smile: "Uncle Hui is really wrong to blame people, where is someone posting today, but a few of our little lovers join in the fun, so we all rushed here." If you don't believe me, ask the big guy, who got the post? ”

Zhang Hui saw that everyone shook their heads, and was secretly annoyed, but it was not good to offend Meng Jun, who was determined to attack the Marquis of Baoding in the future, and immediately laughed dryly: "Anyway, this is the joy of housewarming." This brother and brother Yue have a place to live, and they don't have to be under the fence of the British government, which is a good thing! Well, somebody, send me my gift! ”

As soon as Zhang Hui appeared, this well-played jade pot spring naturally stopped, and all the nobles were young and impatient people, and at this time, listening to him speak, he was naturally even more angry. When they heard the word congratulatory gift, a group of people were all annoyed, and they were just uninvited guests when they were halfway through the banquet.

Meng Jun came out first, and Zhang Yue pretended to be drunk and unawakened, and looked at this second cousin with a cold eye. When he heard the word congratulatory gift, he couldn't help frowning slightly, but he didn't believe that the other party had such good intentions.

Sure enough, after a short time, the eight big men carried a large box to the hall, and looking at their sweaty and laborious appearance, he knew that the contents of the box were not lightly calculated, and he was a little uncertain in his heart. What surprised him even more was that this box was not just one, the eight big men went in and out several times, and finally a total of eight big boxes were moved in.

"This housewarming is a great joy no matter how you say it, I should have sent some chic and delicate things, or looked for two calligraphy and paintings, but unfortunately I knew it late, and it was difficult to prepare in a hurry."

Zhang Hui said that, everyone present didn't believe it, and Zhang Yue also sneered in his heart. Although he didn't have a few head-to-head interactions with these two cousins, he heard Zhang Fu and Mrs. Wang mention Zhang Hui many times that Zhang Hui was extravagant, and it was enough for a medium-sized family to eat for ten and a half years if he took out a random ornament at home, and such a person would not be able to prepare a gift?

The eight big men stood with their hands tied, and seeing Zhang Hui waving his hand and making a gesture, the two of them immediately squatted down and quickly untied the rope tied to the head of a box, and lifted the lid of the box. At this moment, even the disgruntled people were a little curious, and they poked their heads out to look, and when the lid of the box was completely opened to reveal the contents inside, everyone was stunned.

It's all money, and it's the money that the rope that strings together the money is almost rotten, and it's the money that is stained with patina! Just looking at the dense pile full of local appearance, the amount is extremely impressive. However, no one has ever seen such a congratulatory gift.

"Earlier, the matter of believing in my brother was the contribution of the eldest brother, and I heard that I also advanced three hundred taels of gold, my business is not as good as the eldest brother, and I will not be able to come up with the money for a while, but now it happens that the grange is sent to the rent, coupled with the joy of the housewarming of the younger brother, I naturally have to make up for it together. Here are eight boxes of money, and there are actually forty or fifty boxes outside, I'm afraid I can't put it here, so I will take it as a congratulatory gift from me to Brother Zuo and Brother Yue! ”

After saying that, he didn't care about the dumbfounded Zhang Yue and the others, nodded with a smile and turned around to leave, but before he left the hall, he bumped into a person head-on. Before the man stepped on the threshold, he said loudly with a smile: "He Ren's housewarming joy actually sent dozens of boxes of copper coins, Brother Hui, you are really ingenious!" I said, Brother Hui, this box is 10,000 yuan, that is, ten guan, fifty boxes are five hundred guan, and it costs three or four hundred taels to fold silver, your pen is not small! ”

Zhang Yue saw that the person who came in was about thirty, with a beard and a beard, and his appearance was very great, he had not seen it before, and he was a little puzzled, but when he saw that everyone around him stood up and saluted, and called Chengguo Gong, he only then understood that this person was Zhu Yong, the Duke of Chengguo, and quickly stood up. Unexpectedly, Zhu Yong seemed to recognize him, walked up to him with a smile, and nodded to him cordially.

"Your uncle has said several times that he wants to bring your nephew to meet me, but he has not brought anyone until he travels north with the saint. But before leaving, he instructed me, the Jingshi, to stay and take care of you, who knew that the housewarming of your father and son was told by others! I'm not as rich as your second cousin, I don't have a congratulatory gift, only a mouth, can I manage enough wine today? ”

"Cheng Guogong can come, how can this wine not be enough, boy?" Zhang Yue felt that this Cheng Guogong had a hearty temperament, so he smiled again, "I just don't know how much Cheng Guogong drinks, we have all drunk a lot, I'm afraid that even if we sacrifice our lives to accompany the gentleman, we can't beat it." I only played half of "Jade Pot Spring" just now, why don't you continue to play it now? ”

"Okay, who doesn't know that this jade pot spring is the emperor's favorite play, so naturally it will be performed!" Zhu Yong didn't shirk either, he sat down on the upper seat that everyone gave up, and smiled at Zhang Hui, who was standing at the door, "Brother Hui, since you gave such a heavy gift, I really don't want to be empty-handed, come, together with Brother Hui's share, send me the forty taels of gold to the tent!" This money is in the way here, Brother Hui, you let your family take it back first, and then Ming'er will draw a gourd and return me twenty taels of gold! ”