Chapter 114: A Thunderbolt from the Clear

Because of the strict rules of the Guozi Prison, and Gu Bin is not a son of the Xun Qi of the root Miao Hong, he can't be as carefree as Sun Han of Fangling, and he has been living in the Guozi Prison since he was imprisoned and has never returned. Zhang Yue knew that he was arrogant, so he entrusted Fangling Sun Han to take care of him, and he heard that everything was fine after a month.

Only Gu Bin is missing from the family, and his father Zhang Ju is there in the dark to break the topic one by one, and from time to time he goes out and meets with other people who rushed to Beijing early to prepare for the exam, either stuffed in the study, or there is no figure, and the result is that Zhang Yue Youzai seems to be lazy all the time. It's just that he likes this kind of unrestrainedness the most, in addition to writing articles in the small study on weekdays, he almost walks around the streets and alleys of Beijing in his spare time, and even asks about those who do business.

But in the end, he found that five of the ten shops in Beijing were often sold at a loss, and two or three percent of the profitable people's families were attached to the officials' doors, and the rest were just to maintain food and clothing, and the giant merchants with semicolons were extremely rare.

On this day, he returned from Du's mansion, he had just dismounted in front of the door, and Gao Quan, who was busy working outside on weekdays, greeted him like a gust of wind, and said with a smile before he could stand firmly: "Third young master, great joy!" ”

Before Zhang Yue could stand firmly, he heard a happy word, and he was suddenly inexplicable: "What kind of joy?" ”

"This time it's a double blessing!" Gao Quan happily instructed the little guy to take the reins, and whispered all the way, "One is that Bachelor Xiao Shen has been holding back in the Hanlin Academy for many years, and this time he will go to Henan to preside over this year's township test; These two are...... Hehe, evil has evil retribution, the Kaifeng Jin prefect was first accused of corruption and perversion of the law, and I heard that not only was he dismissed, but he was also escorted to the Dali Temple in Beijing to ask for guilt. I think that the eldest master of our family was also imprisoned for this crime, and now he is also suffering from this retribution. Isn't it well deserved? ”

The previous piece of news Zhang Yue was indeed happy in his heart, he was not such a fake and high-minded person, and he had already deeply experienced the advantages of having someone in the court who was easy to handle. It is naturally impossible to rely on Shen Cang to cheat, but there is always a chance to be admitted under the same conditions.

But he didn't feel that there was anything to be happy about the unfortunate news of the Jin Governor's Mansion, although the Zhang family breathed a sigh of relief, but the broken marriage could not come back. If it weren't for the twin sisters of Jin Yu and Jin Shu, he wouldn't care how miserable and miserable the Jin family was, but after all, they were the elders of the relatives.

The old lady also said in the letter. The township test is imminent, please calculate the time to go back early, after all, there is some time left in front of you to socialize with the students and other people in the school, and you have to visit the other adults of the school and the yamen. ”

This is all due righteousness, Zhang Yue listened to them one by one, and asked Zhang Zuo if he got the message, but Gao Quan said that Zhang Zhuo had not come back, so he had not decided the date. Thereupon. He counted on his fingers for a while, and then set the date of departure at the end of June, expecting that the waterway would be unobstructed for half a month, and he could set aside half a month to visit relatives and friends.

When Zhang Ju came back and knew about it, he naturally agreed with Zhang Yue's decision.

Thereupon. The father and son still lived the same day after day, what Northern Patrol car had arrived in Beijing, what Jiaozhi counterinsurgency victory, what Western tribute objects, and so on. The two of them had only heard it. After all, they were still some distance away from the high above-ground structure.

Regarding the news that Zhang You made meritorious contributions in the counterinsurgency in Jiaozhi and Zhang Chao's small military exploits in the fight against the Japanese invaders, the father and son were quite concerned. When it was confirmed that Zhang Xin was safe and sound, the two of them had nothing to worry about - the British official Zhang Fu followed the Northern Tour instead of going to war, so naturally it would be fine.

However, there is a saying that man is not as good as heaven. Although Zhang Yue planned everything in an orderly manner, and according to Du Juan or Du Zhen's instructions, he had less contact with Yang Shiqi and Liang Qian, the two hottest left-behind high-ranking officials. But when the time came to the end of June, he was about to return to Kaifeng, but he received the most unexpected news.

He has always been skilled in arching and horses, and he has fought in a ghost place like Jiaozhi four times without being scathed, and the British Gong Zhang Fu is actually seriously ill in Beijing!

When he hurried to the upper room of the British Mansion and saw Mrs. Wang, who looked like a clay carved wooden sculpture, Rao was usually praised as a young man and an old man—in his own opinion, he was a young man—and he was also a little confused at this time.

Of course, Zhang Yue knew that the British Gong Zhang Fu died in the Tumu Fort Incident in history, which means that Yangshou has at least more than thirty years, but since he can travel through time and space to come to this world. If you blindly believe in those histories. I'm afraid he doesn't even know how he died. After a long silence, he took two steps forward and crouched down on his knees.

Mrs. Wang clutched the letter written by the housekeeper Rong Shan in her hand. His eyes were red, but he tried his best to suppress them so that he didn't shed tears, and he didn't know whether it was grief or grief in his heart. A good and decent person has always been able to fight on a horse, how can he say that he is sick? At this time, her husband is thousands of miles away, and she will not be able to catch up at all for a while, what if there is a case? Also, if this matter is known to the two little uncles, what will it be like? The more she thought about it, the more frightened she became, so she didn't see Zhang Yue at all.

"Auntie!"

Startled by the sudden raised voice, her hand loosened, and the letter fell to the ground silently. Looking at Zhang Yue's raised head, he thought that Zhang Fu went out to fight, and he was frightened to manage the inner house by his own spirit; remembered that he had no heirs in middle age, but if there was anything, he still had to look at the face of the heir; Thinking of her husband's contribution to the country, he didn't even have his own son to serve the sick when he was in the most dangerous time...... For a while, she was sad from her heart, and she no longer had the calmness of being a housewife in the past.

Mrs. Wang's loud cry of sorrow was of course not only Zhang Yue who was startled. At this moment, whether it was Biluo Xiyu, who was the most favored on weekdays, or other little girls, they were all in a hurry, neither knowing what to say or what to do, and finally the little girl fell to her knees with a thud, so everyone else also fell to the ground and didn't dare to make a sound. Biluo cherished the jade one handkerchief, and the other said something beside him, but it was useless.

"Uncle Niang, Uncle Lobby has always been in good health, and this time he suddenly fell ill because he was too hard or infected with the current qi. Now that you are the six gods without a master, there is no way, now that there is news. If I accompany you, we will leave for Beijing immediately. ”

Hearing Zhang Yue's timely words, Mrs. Wang finally suppressed the unstoppable tears and lifted her spirit a little. However, when I think of this, I have to go to Beijing through the canal and then by land, and I have to walk for half a month on the road. There is no one in charge of this family, and I don't know what it will become when I come back, and besides, the one in the palace is not good now, so she suddenly made another difficulty.

"Brother Yue, you're right. But what about this house? Zhang Niangniang's illness in the palace is good and bad now, and I am worried that there will be such a day. Although your second uncle and third uncle are all there, they don't care about this matter, and your second aunt and third aunt are all mud bodhisattva-like temperaments, and they can't support the wall at all. ”

Since Concubine Zhang Guifei is a palace concubine, even her relatives and nephews may not be able to see people, let alone Zhang Yue is a nephew who is farther away. He had already heard that this eldest aunt was included in the palace register because of Zhu Di's compassion for the Zhang family. It's not bad to be pampered, but when the body has not been stable for more than ten years, almost all of them are hung by precious medicinal materials, and now the weather is even hotter. While he was hesitating, a girl's voice suddenly sounded outside.

"Ma'am. The report came from outside, saying that the second lady was here! ”

There was a mess in the upper room, and when I heard Mrs. Zhang Huidi coming, not to mention that the girls looked at each other. Mrs. Wang was also stunned. was only stunned for a moment, Zhang Yue stood up, and told a girl to fetch water in a deep voice, and then went to the door and instructed a few little girls to pay attention to Mrs. Deng's footsteps over there.

After getting such a reminder, Biluo Xiyu came back to her senses and hurriedly went to the inner room to get the scarf. Not long after, a girl came with a bath basin, and Biluo personally served Mrs. Wang to wash her face. Xiyu was busy combing Mrs. Wang's scattered hair, and put a layer of powder on her face, making sure that if she didn't look carefully, she would definitely not be able to see the clues, and everyone in the room breathed a sigh of relief.

"Sister-in-law, sister-in-law!"

Mrs. Deng didn't come in, but this crying voice came in first, and for a while, including Zhang Yue, everyone's hearts tightened. Mrs. Wang even looked around at the girls in the room. I thought it was someone who leaked the news. Soon. The curtain outside was raised high, but Mrs. Deng, who was dressed gracefully and luxuriously, rushed in with a vague foot. Before he had time to stand firm, he shouted, "Oh no, no...... It's not good for our mother in the palace! ”

She was so bad that others were shocked to hear it, and when it came to that sentence that our mother was not good, Zhang Yue couldn't help but gasp, Mrs. Wang almost knocked over the tea cup on the small table next to her in a panic, and the girls who had just been scared were even more shocked at this time, and there was a little girl whose feet were weak and fell to the ground with a bang.

There is a British princess outside and Zhang Guifei inside, which is a major premise for the Zhang family to maintain the name of the first family. Now that the news of the British duke falling ill in Beijing has just come out, Zhang Guifei is also not good, is it because God and the Zhang family can't get along?

Zhang Yue deeply realized at this time that compared to the time when the Jinyi guard came to get his uncle Zhang Xin in the past, if it was not good this time, it would be the real sky falling, and the whole sky would have fallen.

Mrs. Wang's words were already in a trill: "When I went to visit my mother yesterday, she was fine, why was she suddenly not good?" ”

"I ......" Mrs. Deng wanted to speak and stopped, and only after a while did she snort, "I just vaguely heard a news from the master in the morning, saying that the uncle seems to be very sick in Beijing, and today he mentioned it in front of Niangniang in a hurry, who knew that Niangniang would immediately spit blood in her mouth......"

"You...... You bastard! At this moment, Mrs. Wang could no longer maintain the dignified expression of the eldest sister-in-law in the past, stood up and reprimanded sharply, "Niangniang's health is not good for a day or two, even if you want to know something, just ask me directly, why bother to ask Niangniang!" If she has three longs and two shorts, you ...... What do you pay for? ”

Seeing that Mrs. Wang collapsed on the chair after saying this, and seeing Mrs. Deng shrunk pitifully on the chair and trembled, Zhang Yue suddenly sighed deeply. The so-called thunderbolt on a sunny day is probably nothing more than that.