Chapter 31: The Barren Hills of the North
When Zhang Forget and his servants were making wheeled cars, Liang Yi came to the door with his servants. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Yesterday, he was ridiculed at the banquet, and then gritted his teeth and spent 100,000 yuan, but in the end, there was not a single hair.
After he got home, he tossed and turned, didn't sleep well all night, and began to wait in the yard before dawn the next day, waiting for Zhang Wang's initiative to send a recipe for sweet and sour carp.
This waited from sunrise to sunset, and the anticipation of the heart turned into resentment.
Liang Yi couldn't stand it anymore, first beat the snobbish porter again, and then ordered the servant to take a pen, ink, paper, inkstone, fire and oil lamp, and go to Zhang Wang's door with a fierce momentum.
Yesterday you said that there was no pen, ink, paper, inkstone, and you said that the black light was blind and everything was inconvenient, but today I have prepared it for you, see what else you have to say.
Zhang Forget has not forgotten this incident, a person who has never forgotten, even the vast classics left over from history remember clearly, how could he forget the promise he made just yesterday.
He just didn't bother to take the initiative to come to the door, anyway, you have a request for me, I won't go, you will come sooner or later.
No, Liang Yi really came.
Zhang forgot to say "atonement" in his mouth, but there was no guilty expression on his face, picked up the pen, and wrote down the recipe for sweet and sour carp.
Liang Yi rolled his eyes and took the recipe over, looked at it carefully, and was overjoyed for a moment.
It turns out that the fish is cut and slashed like this......
It turns out that this is how it was marinated before cooking......
It turns out that sweet and sour sauce is prepared like this......
It turned out that the fish was fried in oil......
Recalling the appearance of the guests who were full of praise when they tasted the sweet and sour carp yesterday, Liang Yi couldn't stay for a moment, so he casually gave a salute, turned around and left.
He couldn't wait to learn how to make this dish for Emperor Liu Hong to eat, and he could even imagine Emperor Liu Hong eating this fish with a happy face.
When the servant saw that his master was gone, he wanted to clean up the pen, ink, paper, inkstone, oil lamp and other things he had brought, but he was kicked to the ground by Zhang Wang, and he had to leave aggrievedly.
When Zhang forgot to write the recipe, Douzi kept staring at the pen and ink thinking about something, as if he had something on his mind.
After Liang Yi's master and servant left, Douzi stepped forward and grabbed Zhang Wang's sleeve and said in a low voice: "Brother, can you help me write a method of making vinegar?" ”
Zhang forgot that Douzi wanted to prepare a surprise for his parents who were about to meet, so he agreed without hesitation.
He sat down, sprinkled his face, and wrote down the twenty-two formulas in detail, one by one.
Douzi waited impatiently, held his chin and asked, "Why did it take so long to write?" I remember when I was in Huayin, Yang Xiu was able to finish writing one very quickly. ”
Zhang Forget glared at her angrily: "Yang Xiu only wrote one kind at that time, and I am writing about twenty races now, of course not as fast as him." ”
Douzi frowned and said, "I'll just need one." ”
Zhang Wang rubbed his wrist and wanted to cry without tears: "I've finished writing twenty-one articles, and you tell me that you only need one." ”
Douzi stuck out his tongue, pointed to the pile of Caihou paper full of words and asked, "Which one is the most common?" ”
Zhang Forget picked one out of the pile of papers and handed it to her: "Who are you going to give this to?" ”
Douzi didn't answer, picked up Cai Hou's paper and ran, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Zhang was stunned for a while, shook his head helplessly, and continued to make wheeled carts with the servants.
Douzi tucked the vinegar brewing method into his sleeve, asked someone on the street, and went straight to the mansion of Da Sikong Zhang Ji.
The porter of Zhang Ji's mansion saw a little girl asking to see her own Sikong, so she naturally stopped her from entering.
Douzi said solemnly: "I have a day to enter the method of fighting gold to Lord Sikong, you stop me again, be careful that Lord Sikong will blame him in the future, there is no good fruit for you to eat." ”
The porter was frightened by her and had to report to the housekeeper of Zhang's house.
After the housekeeper came out, he asked the ins and outs of the matter, and said to Douzi: "I am the housekeeper of the Zhang Mansion, and you brought it to me that day, if it is true, I will naturally give it to you." ”
Douzi was helpless, so he took out the method of making vinegar from his sleeve and handed it over.
The housekeeper glanced at the recipe, his eyes lit up, and he invited the beans in.
Zhang Ji had already left the court, and was practicing calligraphy in the study, when he heard that someone had sent a method of making vinegar, he was immediately in a good mood.
He was a greedy man, and he loved to loot treasures in his life, and now someone took the initiative to send money to his door, no matter what, he wanted to see him.
Douzi knelt on the ground with his head down, and whispered: "My master was born in the Zhang family of Shu County, and his surname is Zhang Forget from Huaixi, and he has heard the name of Lord Sikong for a long time, but he is far away in Shu County, separated by thousands of rivers and mountains, and cannot see each other." Now I finally came to Luoyang, and I was specially sent to offer the method of making vinegar and talk about the admiration of the fist. ”
"Well, your master has a heart."
Zhang Ji collected money to do things, and he had already developed a habit, so he naturally didn't believe in Douzi's flattery, and thought that Zhang Forget had a request for him, so he went straight to the point: "Your master has just come to Luoyang, if there is any difficulty, you might as well come to find this official." Everyone is the Zhang family, and they may still be the same clan for hundreds of years, and it is the right thing to help them. ”
Douzi replied: "When my master came to Luoyang, the housekeeper was unaccustomed to the water and soil on the road, and he died of a sudden illness. Now there are hundreds of people in the yard, and none of them can take charge of things, and it is a mess all day long. The slave and maid are here, hoping to borrow someone from the adults temporarily to help manage the house. ”
"Oh?"
Zhang Ji didn't expect Zhang Forget to bring a precious method of making vinegar, but what he asked for was such a trivial thing that was not worth mentioning, so he agreed: "What's so difficult about this, wait a minute, I'll let the housekeeper pick a shrewd and capable person to help your master handle housework." ”
Douzi raised his little face and showed a smile: "When my master visited Luoyang East Market during the day, he appreciated Zhang Kuan, the steward of the pottery shop, very much, and hoped that the adults could borrow this person." ”
Zhang Ji has thousands of servants under his hand, where will he remember a man named Zhang Kuan, asked the housekeeper, and found that this was an insignificant person, so he nodded and said: "This official promised you, and I will send Zhang Kuan to your master tonight." ”
Douzi got what he wanted, and said goodbye to Zhang Ji respectfully.
Zhang Kuan was called back to Zhang's house, and when he heard that Zhang forgot to use the method of making vinegar to replace him as a housekeeper, he was immediately frightened.
He fell to his knees with a puff and told the butler everything about the grudge with Zhang Wang.
The housekeeper gasped, and said in his heart Good guy, Zhang Forget This is to exchange the life of my Zhang family's slave with a recipe.
Zhang Kuan cried tears and snot: "The housekeeper saves me, if I am sent to Zhang Wang's place, I will die without a place to be buried." ”
The housekeeper hesitated for a moment, then instructed left and right: "Come on, tie up Zhang Kuan." ”
Zhang Kuan was shocked when he heard this, and scolded while struggling: "Butler, you eat things inside and outside, would you rather help outsiders than help me?" ”
The housekeeper saw that he was tied up and couldn't move, so he sighed and whispered in his ear: "The master has received the money, and he has to do something, even if the money is wrong." If you don't believe in your words and spread it, who will dare to send money to your master? Zhang Kuan, don't blame others for this matter, it's your own bad life, admit it! ”
Zhang Kuan was unwilling to admit it, and struggled desperately, tears and snot flowing all over his face.
Watching with an expressionless face as Zhang Kuan was sent to Zhang Wang's residence, the housekeeper had a gloomy face and spat on the ground.
What a forget! What a trick to borrow a knife to kill! If I don't give you a lesson that I will never forget, and let you know that the Zhang family's advantage is not so easy to take advantage of, the next unlucky one may be me.
Zhang Forget heard that Sikong Zhang Ji sent a housekeeper to him, and he suddenly felt inexplicable.
When I went out, I saw that it was Zhang Kuan, who had become a pig, and then thought of the strange behavior of the beans before, so I guessed the general situation.
He sent someone to escort Zhang Kuan into the firewood room, and stared at the beans with a frosty face.
Douzi lowered his head, kneaded the corners of his clothes, and said in a low voice: "Don't stare at me, I'm afraid." It's okay if I'm wrong, I'm not going to be good at asserting again. ”
"Do I think I blame you for being assertive? I don't like the way you do things,"
Zhang Forget couldn't suppress the anger in his heart: "In this family, isn't it enough to have a little person with me?" I have done all the vile and dirty things myself, just so that you can no longer be contaminated with these dark and dirty things, that is, I hope you can live a life of purity and kindness, peace and joy, why can't you understand my painstaking heart? ”
Douzi pouted, tears pouring down, and choked up, "I want to help you." ”
"Shall I use you to help?"
Zhang Wang's violent thunder: "I, Zhang Wangxiong, is strategic, majestic, wise and martial, omnipotent, I can't do anything I want, I need your little girl to help?" Go back to the house and face the wall, I won't come out again if I don't tell you to come out. ”
Douzi burst into tears, covered her face and ran back into the house.
Zhang Forget watched her disappear into the house, the anger on her face swept away, and her hideous face returned to her handsome and sparse appearance. It's as if all the anger and rage just now were faked.
Lang Zhongchun Yuyi, who had always wanted to come forward to persuade her, but never dared to come forward, only saw the clue at this time, came to Zhang Wang's side and said: "Since you don't really blame her, why do you want to be so fierce to her?"
"If you don't kill her this time, she will have a next time. I also had no choice but to prevent it from happening. ”
Zhang Wangyi sat on the ground, as if all his strength had been hollowed out.
He looked at Chun Yuyi with a dull look in his eyes, and asked seriously: "Is it my style of acting that I have taught the people around me badly?" ”
Chun Yuyi sat down with him, thought for a while and said: "It doesn't matter whether the way of doing things is good or bad, the key depends on the result." For example, you taught the people of Huayin how to make vinegar, and you saved Zhang Ren's life, if anyone says that you are a bad person because of your bad methods, I will definitely not be able to agree. ”
"It's a bunch of talk, it's all nonsense."
Zhang Wangbai glanced at him, feeling a headache.
The fact that the beans used the vinegar recipe in exchange for Zhang Kuan seems to be clever, but it is actually self-defeating.
The grievance with the domestic servant Zhang Kuan suddenly rose to the grievance with Sikong Zhang Ji, and the matter became big.
After this incident, it is a little unrealistic to wait for Zhang Ji to be dismissed from office in April next year, because it is impossible to predict what will happen in the next half a year or so.
For the safety of himself and Douzi, he must be removed from his position in advance, so that he can be ruined as soon as possible.