When Wang Fulin came out of the Zhang University Scholar's Mansion, the sun had already set, and it was time for most families to have dinner. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info however, Dashamao Hutong is still lively, and there are not a few fewer people than when he came before. Knowing that his uninvited guest might have disrupted Zhang Juzheng's arrangement to meet people, he could only apologize in his heart to those who were waiting in line, and then quickly got on the horse and left, without the slightest intention of staying here longer. However, as soon as he rode out of the alley, he was suddenly stopped.

"Wang Fulin!"

Since he started the table, there are more and more people who know him, but there are fewer and fewer people who call him by his name, even Zhang Juzheng or his boss Chen Wei will call him the word in front of him. Therefore, when he heard such a somewhat whirring voice in front of him, he looked over and saw that it was a carriage, and he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then saw that the curtain of the carriage in front of him was lifted high, revealing a familiar face.

"Hey, don't you know? Hangzhou North Xinguan! ”

The memory of seven years ago suddenly came flooding up, so that Wang Fulin couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then laughed and said: "It turned out to be Gonggong Zhang!" Since you were transferred from Hangzhou, we haven't seen each other again, are you back in Beijing? ”

"Yes, I've eaten sand in Ningxia for several years, and I'm finally back." Zhang Ning's carriage was very simple, and his dress was also very simple, "I just returned to the capital today, and I can't even take care of my family, I am about to go to see Gonggong Feng, are you coming out of the family of Lord Shoufu?" ”

After glancing at the grand scene of the car sedan car gathering in the alley, Zhang Ning suddenly thought of the rumors he had heard outside. Although it can be said that it was a friendship of adversity and adversity, after many years, in a place like Beijing, civil officials and eunuchs can have private contacts, but they maintain a certain boundary on the surface, so he immediately haha: "It's not early, and you are in a hurry to go back." I'll send you a post when I'm done with my business, see you later. ”

However, when Wang Fulin replied with a few polite words, Zhang Ning said a little wistfully before leaving to put down the car curtain: "For seven years, you are thriving, but I am an old man!" ”

Wang Fulin somewhat understood Zhang Ning's thoughts. When I met at the beginning of the year, he was the eunuch in charge of the tax power of Hangzhou Beixinguan, but he was just a small showman, and now seven years have passed, although Zhang Ning said that he returned to Beijing, but after all, he is not young, whether to continue to drift on a business trip, or to stay in Beijing to seek a good position, this is difficult to say, but he is in charge of the imperial history in the Imperial Palace. Even if the real situation can't be regarded as one or the other, people will inevitably sigh, right?

After the two sides said goodbye and separated, when he continued to ride his horse, he remembered that he had just conveyed Wang Xijue's advice euphemistically, and then said that Wang Xijue wanted to return to his hometown to visit relatives, Zhang Juzheng's obviously very ugly face. He could have taken a more roundabout way, knocked on the side, and could even instigate others to help Wang Xijue, but he still chose to roll up his sleeves by himself, one of the reasons was that he hoped that Wang Xijue's words would also be listened to by Zhang Juzheng. It's one thing to hear or not, it's another thing to hear it.

As for himself, confessing Xiaobei's life experience is just to avoid potential risks. Because he had made all the things clear to Zhang Juzheng before, including even the faint wooing of Emperor Wanli, he didn't care that Xiaobei's little affair had long been a thing of the past, and it could be said that in addition to the usual gossip, it was not worth mentioning at all.

Just like seven years ago, Zhang Ning used to be the number one person in Hangzhou, but now he is just in the huge capital; Once Hu Zongxian, the governor of Zhejiang, was famous, but now it is just a cup of loess.

Xu Jie, who once worked hard to liquidate Hu Zongxian, has become a thing of the past, although Zhang Juzheng is not as strong as Gao Gong to rehabilitate Hu Zongxian, but how big is it...... Who would be entangled in having to get along with someone who has been dead for more than ten years?

On the contrary, it was Wang Xijue, Zhang Juzheng seemed to have given up completely, and said a few words in front of him.

"If he wants to go back to his hometown to visit relatives, he will go back to his hometown to visit relatives, and if he doesn't want to come back after the leave is overdue, that's whatever he wants. But if he wants to leave, as long as I am in one day, if someone wants to recommend him to recover, it is a fool's dream! He still has a younger brother who was also in the second class in the palace test, and his brother doesn't know how to lift, so I don't believe that my brother is like this! ”

Thinking that Zhang Juzheng was obviously angry, Wang Fulin wanted to make this Shoufu sober up, but he couldn't help it after all. The brothers Wang Xijue and Wang Dingjue are not Wang Daokun and his nephew Wang Fulin, and there is no political enemy at the level of Zhang Siwei, so there is no need to leave one as a nail in the court at this time. If Wang Dingjue is a smart person, then it is likely that like his brother, if your first assistant comes to a promotion appointment, he will immediately resign and return to his hometown! How good this reputation is, the brothers advance and retreat together, I think at the beginning, he actually wanted that reputation, but it's a pity that his level is a little lower, and the enemy is a little more powerful!

It's rare to take a day off, but the two of them are running non-stop, and when he returns home, Wang Fulin only feels exhausted and hungry. Dropped the reins and entered the gate, when he stepped into the second gate and entered the hall along the corridor, he heard Cheng Naixuan's signature loud voice, and was stunned. You know, this guy obviously went to Liaodong, even if he came back, he had to face the saint first, or pass Zhang Juzheng's pass before he could go home, but today he was there with Zhang Juzheng, but he didn't hear the news of Guangmao or Cheng Naixuan's return to Beijing!

Could it be that Cheng Naixuan was homesick, so he even forgot the rules for returning to Beijing after leaving the emperor?

Just when he was angry in his heart and immediately walked two steps quickly, he heard a somewhat flattering voice: "I haven't practiced my voice for many years, so bear with me, grandmothers." The Cheng Gongzi you are talking about, after all, I haven't seen the little one, that is, I listen to your descriptions, learn a rough idea, and I don't know if it's like it. ”

Is it ventriloquism?

Wang Fulin raised his eyebrows suddenly, Xiaobei was still a little embarrassed before, when was he so interested in it, and even got a ventriloquist here? Just when he was suspicious, he heard Xu Yao's gentle and shy voice: "My father-in-law is old, and he has nothing to do to raise a ventriloquist and laugh in front of him, why do you want to come to Beijing?" It's hard for you to just learn all the birds and beasts, and you can even learn seven or eight images of the words of the minister. According to what you say, is it possible that you can learn from what we say? ”

"Young grandma, after all, the lord is in Yangzhou every day, those places raise a thin horse to listen to a song or something, but it is still popular, the small one is unique, but it is not elegant, and before offended a general master of the Yamen of the Yanyun Division, this Yangzhou can not stay, it is the old man who is pitiful and small, and he appreciates the small bowl of rice to eat, and he planned to let the little one go to Huizhou to serve the old lady and wife, but the old lady and Mrs. went to Yangzhou. After listening to the little one's unique skill, the old lady said that she was very happy, but the little one couldn't stay in Yangzhou, so her old man spoke, asking the little one to go to Beijing to take refuge in the young master and young grandmother, just asking for a bite to eat. The little janitor, sweep and cook, any handyman......"

Hearing that it was Master Cheng who specially sent him to the capital, Wang Fulin's heart suddenly moved. Unlike his unreliable father Wang Daoyun, Cheng Naixuan's father is planning and then acting, otherwise it would not be possible to become the representative of the Hui Gang in the Huaiyang salt industry today, even if according to Feng Bao before, the Hui merchants led by Master Cheng suffered a slight loss, but he didn't think that Master Cheng would lose again and again. And such a person who has countless silver in and out of every moment will casually send a ventriloquist to his son and daughter-in-law because the old lady speaks, and the possibility is infinitely close to zero.

Moreover, the most critical question Xu Yao asked was to ask if this person could learn from everyone to speak, but the other party did not reply positively at all!

Thinking of this, he coughed heavily, and when everyone inside knew that he had arrived, he walked inside, and when he arrived at the door of the main room, he saw that Jiayi, who had been taught by Yan's mother personally, had opened a curtain for himself, after he entered the door, he glanced around, and found that the stranger in the room was completely different from what he imagined, and it turned out to be a middle-aged woman, but the accent after learning the process of Naixuan's speech before was obviously as rough as a man, so he smiled and asked: "I just heard outside that Master Cheng sent someone?" ”

"Yes, little Feng Liu, meet Master Wang."

"I listened to you Xue Cheng Naixuan outside just now, I thought that the person was really back, but I didn't expect it to be not. You are a woman, how can you offend the people of the Salt Transport Division, there is no one else in your family? ”

Feng Liu was originally kneeling down and kowtowing, but when she heard this question, she cautiously straightened up and replied: "The little widow has no children, and the only daughter has also been married, and was driven out by her husband's family. ”

Wang Fulin saw Xu Yao, who was still very interested in Feng Liu's family before, but his brows furrowed slightly, obviously a little taboo about this kind of mistake made by women, so he was a little hesitant to keep people. He immediately smiled and said: "Cheng Naixuan went to Liaodong and didn't come back, there are still two children on the Cheng family's side now, it's not convenient to add people, Wang Cheng's two families are like a family, you just stay with me, and the rest will wait for Cheng Naixuan to come back." ”

"Yes, the little ones listen to Master Wang."

Seeing that Feng Liu had no intention of arguing, Wang Fulin stopped asking. Wang Erniang was very strange that Wang Fu Lin rashly cut off the people who were given to Cheng Naixuan and Xu Yao from Master Cheng's house, but Xu Yao looked relieved, and her sister-in-law Xiaobei didn't take it seriously with a smile, so she didn't rashly say anything. This meal, as Xiaobei said before, sent roast duck and barbecued pork in the kitchen, all of which were marinated a day earlier, and roasted in the oven today, the amount is enough, not only the owners can all taste it, but even the servants have more or less a little.

As for Feng Liu, who was just there, he took his share with great gratitude, and when he ate such a meal, he didn't know how much flattery he said, and he opened his mouth effortlessly. And Xu Yao doesn't like this kind of slippery woman who is too good at talking, she is very glad that she was asked by Wang Fulin, and when Xiaobei personally sent her back, she couldn't help but whisper: "Although it was sent to her by her father-in-law, she said it well, but I always feel that such a person is really not very reliable, you must remind your father-in-law to guard against her." She will learn how to speak, and if there is a big problem! ”

When Xiaobei came back and told Wang Fulin what Xu Yao said, he saw Wang Fulin smiling: "Everyone in the family is more careful than one by one now, and when Erniang went back just now, she just reminded me of this." ”

Xiaobei knew that Wang Fulin must have some guess about that Feng Liu, but what she was most concerned about at the moment was Wang Fulin's trip. Sure enough, without her asking, Wang Fulin made it clear that she was relieved that Zhang Juzheng didn't care about her little things, and when she heard that Zhang Juzheng really refused to listen to Wang Xijue's advice, she couldn't help but be a little worried.

"Isn't Shousuke-sama too stubborn?"

"People who are too thoughtful are often too determined, so it is difficult to listen to other people's opinions." Wang Fulin just took Wang Xijue's words and gave them a try, without much expectation, and now that this is the case, he is not too disappointed or frustrated. After all, he was already very familiar with Zhang Juzheng, and if Zhang Juzheng really had any reflection because of Wang Xijue's words, he would feel strange.

"Don't talk about this, your identity just needs to be clear. However, in the past, I only thought that this matter would be over silently, but now it seems that since Wang Xijue can detect it, it is inevitable that there will be other people who will find out the clues, rather than waiting for the matter to come, I will solve it one by one, it is better to release the true and false rumors. Now that you are married and have entered the Ye family tree, your brother can't help you. ”

Seeing that Xiaobei wanted to speak and stopped, obviously worried that this important relationship would have an adverse impact on his reputation if it had passed the clear road, he said with a smile: "The most important thing is that your father's old guards, as well as those old Zhejiang army departments, follow me a lot, although many people call me uncle, but it is inevitable that some people will have doubts in their hearts. In fact, if it weren't for the high-tech Zheng Gong back then, I would have come to the book to ask for a posthumous gift to my father-in-law and a funeral offering, which would be the best way for his old man to be in the spirit of the sky, who let him not have a son. Now, if Hu Songqi really heard the wind and had any thoughts, then he would have come to beg me. ”

"That's right, their previous hereditary official positions have long been taken away!" Xiaobei's eyes lit up all of a sudden, but then he sneered angrily, "It's understandable to seal the wife and the shadow, but they share the blessings and the hardships but they don't have the right things, this kind of wolf-hearted person should be a civilian for a lifetime!" You'll have to promise me that this kind of dog thing must not let him jump, or I'll be sorry for my stepmother and sister in the heavenly spirits! (To be continued.) )