It is a great honor for everyone to be invited to a banquet by the Zhang Mansion in Jiangling City, and now a few people in the middle of the department are invited by the Zhang family to post and invite them even more to make people think about it - could it be that the Zhang family is looking for cronies who can be cultivated?

Yang Chen also came to Zhang's Mansion happily with such expectations, and there were several other new imperial examinees who came with him. Pen, Fun, Pavilion www.biquge.info they were all full of spring breeze, and they were complimenting each other, but they all had the idea of competing in their hearts, after all, if they could perform in front of the Zhang family, it would be very beneficial to their future.

But at the banquet, Zhang Wenming, the master of the Zhang family, only looked at Yang Chenqing, not only laughed with him from time to time, but also asked him about his daily life, looking like he was very respectful of him. This made it difficult for several other people to raise people, and some even had jealousy, but they didn't show it because they didn't dare to be presumptuous in Zhang's Mansion.

After a few rounds of drinking, some people couldn't help but jump out and said boldly: "Today, I am really flattered to have Mrs. Zhang invite my generation to a banquet." It's better to do this, so let's write a poem on the theme of the scenery in this mansion, how about Old Lady Zhang? As he spoke, he turned his eyes to Yang Chen, as if he was provocative. He had already inquired and understood that Yang Chen was not good at composing poems, especially improvisational poems on the spot.

The so-called literati are light, and several other people also understood it, nodded one after another, and then looked at Yang Chen: "Since Brother Yang is the highest ranking among us, please come to a song first." ”

"This ...... I'm really unfamiliar with writing poetry in the next.,It's still a few young brothers.。 Yang Chen hurriedly shook his hand and excused himself, his face was already a little red. He is not a stupid person, and the other party suddenly made this suggestion, clearly because of his own weakness.

But how could they let him go, only to hear one person laugh again: "Brother Yang Nian, don't be modest, I have also read your article, that is really a pearl of words, how can you not make poems with Brother Yang's talent?" Isn't it because they look down on us and disdain us for poetry? ”

"How dare you, you are really shallow in your studies, and you don't dare to be ugly!" Yang Chen was angry and embarrassed, but he couldn't think of a better excuse for a while, so he had to give it up again and again.

Zhang Wenming, who was seated, only said that Yang Chen was modest at first, so he just smiled and looked at it without saying anything. But looking at the current situation, it doesn't seem to be the case, so he said: "The ancients wrote about the eternal things, and the magic hand got it, this poem is also average, and it can't be forced if you can't write it, so don't force Yang Shinephew, just treat it as a thin noodle for the old man?" ”

As soon as these words came out, the scene suddenly became quiet. A few people, you look at me, I look at you, and they were speechless for a while. Unexpectedly, Yang Chen was so valued by Mrs. Zhang that he let him go out of the siege, and called him his nephew. However, one thing is still clear to them, they can't fight Yang Chen anymore today. A few people stopped mentioning the matter of writing poetry with interest, and who dared to give Mrs. Zhang a thin face, but I was afraid that it would be difficult to gain a foothold in Jiangling in the future.

Yang Chen hurriedly raised his wine glass and saluted Zhang Wenming, thanking him for relieving himself, and at the same time wondering in his heart, why would the other party help him so much, he didn't remember what his family had to do with the Zhang family, otherwise they would not be so passive when they were counted by the Yao family. "Maybe this is just Old Lady Zhang's support and care for the backwards, right?" In the end, Yang Chen could only think of such a reason, which made him even more grateful to Zhang Wenming.

But Zhang Wenming was secretly happy in his heart, in order to let Yang Chen give up the piece of land later, he deliberately talked with him for a few words, but he still felt that it would be a little abrupt to raise this matter later. But now that he has relieved him, he must be grateful to him, and this is much easier to say.

"But the other people seem to be a little awkward with him, and if I bring it up in front of them, it's still a little inappropriate, so let's talk about it later." Zhang Wenming thought that he had made up his mind for Yang Chen's sake.

Yang Chen didn't know the other party's true intentions, and he felt a little depressed because of what happened just now, so he drank a few more glasses. And the others also said less after this, and the banquet suddenly became much more deserted. In this way, the time of the banquet was greatly reduced, and after more than an hour, the banquet was dispersed.

Just as Yang Chen was about to leave like the other guests, a servant of the Zhang family called out to him: "Yang Juren, please stay, my old lady still has something to discuss with you." ”

"Oh?" Yang Chen stopped suspiciously when he heard this, and finally turned around and followed the servant inside. In the back, there are a lot of envious, jealous and hateful eyes.

In the Zhang family's study, Zhang Wenming looked at Yang Chen with a smile: "Not being jealous is a mediocre talent, Yang Juren doesn't have to worry about today's events." ”

"Thank you, old lady, for speaking up for the time. I wonder what you have to do with me? Yang Chen looked at this old man with white hair and a square face and a wide mouth with some strange eyes, not knowing what he had in mind.

Zhang Wenming did not rush to give an answer, but gave a look to the servant on the side, who knowingly took a brocade box several feet square from the next few cases and pushed it in front of Yang Chen.

Yang Chen glanced at Zhang Wenming and saw that he motioned for himself to open it, so he opened it curiously. When he looked at the contents again, he was shocked, and then pushed the box out, as if there was a poisonous snake hiding inside that would bite people: "Old lady Zhang, what do you mean by this?" ”

The box contained not a viper, of course, but two pieces of paper and a stack of gold leaves. This stack of gold leaves alone is enough for an ordinary family to spend for several years, and the two pieces of paper it pressed are even more valuable, which are the deed of a house in Gangneung City and the title deed of a piece of land. Just the few things contained in this box are worth more than a thousand taels of silver, which is too expensive for Yang Chen.

Seeing him like this, Zhang Wenming laughed even more, and at the same time believed that the other party would agree to his request. In fact, he didn't plan to pay these rewards at first, but later the Void Spirit Daoist asked his disciple to bring him a message, saying that if he wanted to protect the long-term wealth of the Zhang family, it was best to ask the other party to voluntarily give it away.

Zhang Wenming didn't know that this was a remedy that the Void Spirit Dao regretted later, but he couldn't tell the truth. However, with the current wealth of the Zhang family, this little thing is just a drop in the bucket, so he doesn't feel pain, everything is for the long term.

After stabilizing his mind a little, Yang Chen said: "No merit is not rewarded, I don't know why Old Lady Zhang has such a generous gift...... And I really don't dare to receive it below. ”

"Yang Shinephew doesn't need to panic, the old man gave you these things just as compensation. I heard that your deceased father is buried in the south of the city, and the old man wants to ask you to move his tomb out and sell the land there to the old man, I don't know what you think? Feeling that the time had come, Zhang Wenming told his true intentions.

Yang Chen was stunned for a moment, and at first thought that he had drunk too much and heard it wrong, and it took a while to come back to his senses: "Old lady Zhang asked me to invite my father's bones out of the ground and then choose a place to bury them?" After seeing Zhang Wenming nodding, his complexion changed suddenly, and he blurted out: "No!" ”

Even hundreds of years later, the government will have the vast majority of people fiercely oppose the removal of the graves of their deceased fathers and ancestors for certain projects, let alone in this era. Not to mention that if this matter is known by others, Yang Chen will be regarded as an unfilial descendant, and he will be pointed to as the backbone of a lifetime, even if he has a pass in his own heart, he will not be able to pass it. How could he alarm his father underground because of a few thousand taels of silver, what had become of it!

Seeing his categorical refusal, Zhang Wenming was stunned at first, and then his expression changed: "The old man is kind enough to persuade you, and he will give you far more compensation than you paid, Zhang Juren, don't you don't know where to lift!" "Both the tone and the title have changed. Over the years, no one dared to disobey Zhang Wenming's wishes, and now that this matter was his ambition, his anger naturally came up.

But Yang Chen's response was even more straightforward, only to see him arch his hand to Zhang Wenming and say, "I can't drink enough, so I'll leave!" With that, he got up, pulled his legs, and walked out.

"You ......" Zhang Wenming was even more so angry that he couldn't speak, pointing at Yang Chen and wanting to ask someone to stop him, but when he thought of the other party's identity and was still a lifter, the instructions in his son's letter appeared in his heart again, making him hesitate, and finally had to watch Yang Chen leave.

Seeing his old man's angry panting, the servant on the side hurriedly stepped forward and patted his back and chest, and it took him a long time to recover.

"It's really unreasonable, he's toasting and not eating and drinking!" Zhang Wenming pushed the brocade box on the table to the ground, and the gold leaves and the title deed fell to the ground. But this could not eliminate his anger, he stared at the few stewards and the eldest grandson Zhang Jingxiu who had heard the news: "You say, what should I do about this?" ”

Zhang Juzheng himself could not serve his father because he wanted to be an official in the court, so he left his sons in his hometown in Jiangling. This Zhang Jingxiu is his eldest son, who is in his thirties and dignified, but because of his father's arrangement, he can't be appointed as an official, so he has some thoughts that he has never met a talent.

"Grandpa, you don't have to be angry, it's just a small thing. Since we persuaded him to do so, then the grandson asked them to voluntarily give up the land free of charge. Zhang Jingxiu hurriedly persuaded. Originally, he was reluctant to intervene in this matter, and he also took what the Taoist said about bad luck, but now it has nothing to do with luck, it is related to the face of the Zhang family and the mood of his grandfather, so he must do his best.

Seeing that it was his favorite eldest grandson who said this, Zhang Wenming's anger calmed down for the most part, but he still looked at his grandson and said, "Then you have to hurry up and get things done." ”

"Grandpa, don't worry, I will be able to do this in a few days, and then grandpa will wait to see the title deed!" Zhang Jingxiu said, a trace of ruthlessness flashed in his eyes.

ps: Once again, I sincerely ask for collection!!! Everyone looks at me, and I'm already very sincere!!