Zhang Xuan was stunned, what did Pei Yun mean by this, did he want to be a matchmaker for himself? Zhang Xuan doesn't want to marry a wife now, not to mention that he was moved by Lu Qing's thoughts about himself last night, and he is going to talk about marriage today, which inevitably hurts Lu Qing's feelings a little too much.

Zhang Xutuo asked him this question, Wei Yunqi asked, and Qin Qiong also asked, all of whom expressed their willingness to be a matchmaker for him, but Zhang Xuan had a complete set of rhetoric and politely rejected their kindness.

Zhang Xuan pondered for a moment and said: "I have been married to my cousin since I was a child, but the whereabouts of my uncle's family are unknown, and I don't know whether they live or die, I have been looking for them, just hoping to reunite my relatives." ”

Zhang Xuan's answer made Pei Yun really a little disappointed, which means that Zhang Xuan rejected his hint, but for Pei Ju's sake, Pei Yun reluctantly continued, if it weren't for Pei Ju's bent desire to hold Zhang Xuan, he wouldn't have considered this marriage strategy.

Pei Yun smiled, got up and said: "I'm old, I can't sit outside for a long time, I have to go back to the room first, now the luncheon should be almost ready, the general can go to the Chunfeng Pavilion first, and I will change my clothes and accompany the general to the banquet later, and I will be lost first." ”

"Don't dare! Dr. Pei, please feel free. ”

The two maids helped Pei Yun to go back to the room first, and then there was a slight drizzle in the sky, and the maid hurriedly said: "Son, please wait a while, I'll go back to the room and get an umbrella!" ”

The maid went in a panic, Zhang Xuan didn't have the patience to wait for a long time, and walked out of the pavilion, only to find that Pei Xin and Pei Jin were also gone, and there was no one in the garden, he involuntarily pressed the saber on his waist, but then shook his head and laughed, how could he think of assassination.

The maid did not return, so Zhang Xuan walked slowly around the small lake alone, the water of the lake was clear, and a delicate white jade water pavilion extended into the water through a long bridge, and the two sides were covered with lotuses. It's just that in early spring, the lotus leaves have not yet grown, and the withered leaves of last year are still visible in the water.

The willow trees on the shore have turned green in an all-round way, and Zhang Xuan unexpectedly saw the buds that had just grown on the willow trees, and the air also had a hint of warmth, and before he knew it, spring had come.

Then. Zhang Xuan saw a fisherman wearing a coat and a hat not far away who was sitting on the edge of a small lake fishing, Zhang Xuan suddenly became a little interested, walked quickly behind the fisherman, looked at the harvest in his fish basket, he couldn't help but be a little disappointed, there were only a few small fish with willow leaves, it seemed that the harvest was not very good.

"It's better to use a longer rod, the water is still cold. Big fish are generally found in the center of the lake. ”

Zhang Xuan kindly reminded him, but the fisherman ignored him, Zhang Xuan was bored, shook his head and turned to walk away, at this moment, the buoy sank suddenly, and the fisherman quickly stood up to pull the fishing rod, but he couldn't pull it up. It's a big fish that has taken the bait.

The fisherman screamed and shouted, "Quick! Help me! ”

Zhang Xuan was stunned for a moment. The fisherman turned out to be a young woman, he hesitated, but still stepped forward to help her catch the fishing rod, "Slow down, don't break the line." ”

Jang Hyun has a little fishing experience, and he carefully pulls the fishing line ashore little by little. A large carp weighing more than ten catties finally came out of the water, and the young woman screamed with joy, stepped forward to grab the carp, hugged it tightly in her arms, and even the hat on her head accidentally fell.

Only then did Jang Hyun see the appearance of this young girl. I saw that she was about fifteen or sixteen years old, very tall, according to the standards of later generations, at least about one meter seventy-five, with round and broad shoulders, oval face, high nose bridge, clear facial features, picturesque eyebrows, and a pair of apricot eyes extraordinarily bright.

Although she looks pretty good, her first feeling to Zhang Xuan is that she is a tomboy, and there are few women in this era who are as bright and unrestrained as her, and she actually wears an old farmer's coat and hat to fish by the lake.

At this time, a maid came running in a panic with an umbrella, she glanced at Zhang Xuan timidly, and said to the girl: "Girl, go back quickly!" Madame can't find you everywhere, and she's getting angry. ”

The girl pouted unhappily, so she had to hold the fish and follow the maid to the inner courtyard, but she only ran two steps, and remembered something, ran back to the lake and put the carp back into the lake, turned back to Zhang Xuan and smiled: "Please help me release all the fish in the fish basket, thank you!" ”

"No problem, the girl's hat was forgotten."

A sentence reminded the girl, she hurriedly untied her robe, handed it to the maid, tidied up her dress, and then hurriedly walked to the inner house.

The back garden was quiet again, Zhang Xuan shook his head, walked to the water's edge and put a few small fish in the fish basket back into the lake, at this time, Pei Jin hurried over, followed by two little maids, holding oilpaper umbrellas, Pei Jin said apologetically: "I'm sorry, I thought that Gongzi was in the inner hall, and I couldn't find it after looking around, so I let Gongzi get drenched in the rain." ”

Zhang Xuan smiled: "A little drizzle, it really doesn't matter. ”

"Then how can it be done, the banquet has been arranged, please follow me to Chunfeng Hall."

Zhang Xuan took an umbrella and followed Pei Jin towards the Spring Breeze Hall in the southeast corner of the garden.

Chunfeng Hall is a small dining hall of Pei's house, generally used to entertain distinguished guests, the dining hall is very elegantly arranged, a white jade screen is placed in the center, six delicate rosewood small tables are placed in front of the screen, jade and gold bowls have been placed neatly, and there is a row of delicate maids standing on both sides.

There were already three people sitting in the dining hall, on the right were two middle-aged ladies, both wearing bright long skirts, dressed gracefully and luxuriously, sitting on the seat solemnly, and on the far side of the left sat a middle-aged man, less than fifty years old, looking kind, with a little resemblance to Pei Jin between his eyebrows and eyes, he should be an important person in the Pei family, but he looked like a small businessman.

Pei Jin introduced Zhang Xuan in a low voice, "That is my father!" ”

Zhang Xuan nodded secretly, it turned out that this middle-aged man was Pei Xuanqi, the Taishou of Shangdang County, that is, Pei Yun's eldest son, I don't know who the two ladies on the other side were?

At this time, Pei Xuanqi walked out quickly, and said with a smile: "Let General Zhang wait for a long time!" ”

Zhang Xuan hurriedly returned the salute, "I really bothered my uncle today!" ”

"Where! Where! It's us who snub our guests. ”

At this time, the two noble ladies also stood up, Pei Xuanqi introduced, Zhang Xuan knew that these two ladies of the same age were actually mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, the slightly older one was Pei Yun's continuation Mrs. Xu, and the other person was Pei Xuanqi's wife, Mrs. Wang, that is, Pei Jin's mother.

This makes Jang Hyun a little strange. Generally, large families invite guests to dinner, if the guests do not bring female dependents, then the host's family will not have female dependents to attend, but generally accompany guests, clear guests or staff, such as Pei's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law to attend. This became a family banquet, which really made Zhang Xuan a little uncomfortable.

Zhang Xuan and everyone sat down when they saw each other, the general male guest sat on the right, the female guest sat on the left, Zhang Xuan sat in the middle seat on the right, this is the guest seat, the top one next to it should be Pei Yun's seat, and the next head is Pei Xuanqi, at this time. Zhang Xuan found that the woman was still missing someone, and sat on the lower head, opposite Pei Xuanqi.

At this time, Zhang Xuan suddenly understood a little, where is this a dinner invitation, it is clearly a blind date, he suddenly figured it out Pei Yun asked himself if he was married? Then it's right, but he clearly told Pei Yun that he had already made a marriage. Does Pei Yun want to ruin his family affairs by himself?

Of course, this is a kind of entrapment of the Pei family on themselves. Using marriage to tie himself and the Pei family firmly together, this is the most common and effective way in all dynasties, ancient and modern, both Chinese and foreign.

It's just that Zhang Xuan is reluctant to marry the Pei family, of course, he and Lu Qing have an agreement, and more importantly, Zhang Xuan is not psychologically prepared to start a family now. What does this make him do?

The two ladies glanced at each other and nodded together, they were obviously very satisfied with Zhang Xuan's appearance and temperament, this is for sure, although Zhang Xuan is a martial artist. But he doesn't have the rudeness of ordinary martial artists, a little bit of a clear tone, but the quality of the text does not lose fortitude, which is a very atmospheric and different feeling.

"I heard the master say, General Zhang is from Guanzhong?" Mrs. Xu asked with a smile.

"Back to the old lady, I am from the Jingzhao clan, but I grew up in Hanoi County."

Mrs. Xu nodded, "No wonder it's not like Jingzhao's accent, it's indeed an accent in Hanoi, I don't know who else is in General Zhang's family?" ”

Zhang Xuan retold his life experience mechanically, everyone said it again, and even he himself was about to believe it, at this time, Mrs. Wang asked: "General Zhang should not have decided to marry yet!" ”

"I'm sorry, Zhang Xuan has been married to his cousin since he was a child, but the war is in chaos, and the whereabouts of his uncle's family are unknown for the time being."

Mrs. Wang's face changed suddenly, obviously a little unhappy, since they have already made a marriage, then what kind of relationship do they have, and this person is not a child of a family, just an ordinary child of a poor family, and she also put up a shelf for the Pei family, her face began to be gloomy, at this time Pei Xuanqi coughed lightly, gave his wife a look, and asked her not to snub the guests.

Zhang Xuan smiled in his heart, he could understand the unhappiness in Mrs. Wang's heart, this Mrs. Wang should be the daughter of the Taiyuan Wang family, a famous family in Hedong, Wang Yun was born in the Taiyuan Wang family during the Three Kingdoms.

The family gate valve has long been ingrained in their hearts, paying attention to the right family, looking down on the children of the poor family, this is normal, in the era of the Sui Dynasty, it is incredible to let these big families marry their daughters to the children of the poor family, unless the man is particularly good, there will be the idea of enveloping, today the Pei family invited themselves to dinner, it is out of this mentality.

So he can fully understand the dissatisfaction shown by Mrs. Wang, and he won't care, whoever changes will be unhappy, and deigns to invite the other party to go on a blind date, and the other party also said that he has already made a marriage, of course he will be unhappy, this is actually Zhang Xuan deliberately said this, so that the Pei family was dissatisfied, and finally declined this family business.

At this moment, there was a sound of footsteps from the back room, and I saw more than a dozen maids hugging Pei Yun and walking out from behind the screen, a very tall girl supported Pei Yun, everyone got up one after another, and when Zhang Xuan saw the girl's appearance clearly, he was stunned, this girl turned out to be the girl who was fishing just now, and it turned out that she was Pei Yun's granddaughter.

Pei Yun said with a smile: "When people get old, there are many things, so General Zhang has been waiting for a long time." ”

"Where! The juniors have just arrived. ”

"General Zhang, please take a seat!"

Zhang Xuan sat down, Pei Yun sat next to him, at this time, the girl sat at the bottom of the right, she had changed into a dress, wearing a crimson long skirt, the skirt was tied under the armpits, and she was wearing a half-sleeved shirt with a placket and long yellow silk around her shoulders and arms, because of her height and large physique, she looked very eye-catching.

She put on makeup and applied a layer of grease powder on her face, which was more radiant and beautiful than the plain noodles she had just fishing, but at this time she didn't have the bright smile she had just now, she didn't look at Zhang Xuan, and sat down on the edge with her eyebrows lowered.

Zhang Xuan thought she was Mrs. Wang's daughter, but it didn't seem to be quite like it, Mrs. Wang was very cold to her, and she didn't have the intimacy between mother and daughter.

Pei Xuanqi smiled and whispered to Zhang Xuan: "On the other side is a little girl, fifteen years old!" ”

It turned out that this girl's name was Pei Zhizhi. But it is Pei Xuanqi's daughter, Zhang Xuan changed his mind, and suddenly understood that this Pei Zhizhi is not a concubine, not Mrs. Wang's daughter, so they are mother and daughter in name. But there is no kind of family affection between mother and daughter.

No wonder they are so cold with each other, they don't even have a polite greeting, which shows that their usual relationship is not good.

Zhang Xuan seemed to have discovered some secrets, and actually discovered some entanglements within the Pei family through some details, and he suddenly became a little interested in his heart.

At this moment, a group of maids lined up from outside the hall carrying red lacquered wooden plates, placing plates of beautifully prepared dishes on each person's table, and the maids behind them also poured them full of wine.

Pei Yun picked up the wine and smiled at Zhang Xuan: "Today is actually a family banquet, and I didn't invite other guests. I hope General Zhang relaxes a little, just like going back to his own home, come! Welcoming General Zhang, we drank this cup. ”

Everyone picked up the wine glass and only took a small sip symbolically, but Zhang Xuan was used to drinking all the wine in the cup, and he found that he was the only one who drank the wine, and couldn't help but be a little embarrassed, Pei Zhizhi on the opposite side covered his mouth and said, "Snort!" He laughed. Madame Wang glared at her fiercely, and she quickly lowered her head.

Pei Xuanqi smiled gently: "Feel free to drink." There are no rules, and General Zhang is good at drinking. ”

Having said that, Zhang Xuan still feels that he has lost his manners, these famous families are very particular about eating and feasting, drinking is not allowed to be excessive, and eating food is not allowed to make a sound. Not allowed to speak during the meal, everyone drank and tasted the food silently, and the dish was often only tasted a little bit, and it was served by the maid. The delicate pattern of the dish is not even spoiled at all, as if the dish is just for appreciation.

Zhang Xuan ate this meal very dullly, especially when there were female elders sitting opposite, Mrs. Xu was a little better, smiling, and smiling very kindly at herself, Zhang Xuan also understood in his heart that since it was Pei Yun's continuation, his status would not be too high, and he was far from being able to compare with the original match.

As for Mrs. Wang and Pei Zhizhi, Zhang Xuan felt that there was a secret fight between them, Pei Zhizhi did not dare to offend Mrs. Wang on the surface, but he was full of resistance in his bones.

It can be seen from her drinking that Mrs. Wang took a sip of wine, she took a big sip of wine, Mrs. Wang refused to destroy the delicate pattern of the dish, and she would mess up the pattern if she didn't eat it, Zhang Xuan saw Mrs. Wang more than once cast a warning eye on Pei Zhizhi.

Pei Yun was old, and he only ate a little bit, so he apologized to Zhang Xuan and retired, and Pei Xuanqi accompanied Zhang Xuan to continue dining.

Immediately afterwards, the two ladies and Pei Zhizhi also said goodbye one after another, and when Pei Zhizhi left, he secretly smiled at Zhang Xuan and made a fishing action, Zhang Xuan couldn't help laughing, this little girl is really interesting.

At this time, only Pei Xuanqi and Zhang Xuan were left in the Chunfeng Hall, Pei Xuanqi picked up the wine glass and said apologetically: "I'm afraid General Zhang is a little uncomfortable with our family banquet, in fact, it doesn't matter, my father is an enlightened person, he won't be too limited to etiquette, General Zhang just eats and drinks enough." ”

Zhang Xuan said with a smile: "Actually, I don't go to the banquet to eat, it's just to meet and have a harmonious relationship, and it's really not important to eat." ”

"That's a good point, I wonder what General Zhang thinks of the little girl?"

Zhang Xuan remembered the way Pei Zhizhi held the carp in his arms and laughed loudly, and said with a slight smile: "Ling Ai is really hearty, he is a person with a temperament, such a character will be liked by most people, Pei Zhijun has such a daughter, it is also a blessing!" ”

"Huh! I didn't expect General Zhang to have such a keen eye, she was indeed naughty since she was a child, cheerful, and didn't like to be restrained, but it's a pity that her mother died early, I was busy with official business, and I didn't love her enough, and I was very sorry to think about it. ”

Both sides are tempting, but they didn't say anything, and Zhang Xuan didn't refuse openly, in fact, Pei Zhizhi has a frank personality and is not pretentious, he also likes it, but he knows very well what marriage means, and he must not make such a hasty decision.

Of course, Pei Xuanqi will not directly ask Zhang Xuanken if he is willing to accept this marriage, only Shengdou Xiaomin will be so direct, what they want in a family like them is subtle and tactful, today is just that the two sides meet each other, whether the two parties are willing to accept it, and they have to find a third party to communicate, so that they will not tear their faces and embarrass each other.

After sitting for a while, Zhang Xuan got up and said goodbye, and Pei Xuanqi personally sent Zhang Xuan out of the gate. (To be continued......)