There is a house covering an area of about ten acres in Luoyang Dunhuafang, which is the mansion of Zhang Li in the Ministry of Rites.

However, there are three main counties of the Zhang family that are slightly famous, the first is the Jingzhao Zhang family, which is the largest county of the Zhang family, and the family of the general Zhang Jin, and even Zhang Xutuo is also the partial line of the Jingzhao Zhang family, followed by the Qinghe Zhang family, and many high-ranking officials in Hebei were born in the Qinghe Zhang family.

Then there is the Hanoi Zhang family, the Hanoi Zhang family has declined in recent decades, but it was famous in the Northern Zhou and Northern Qi eras, and there were two prime ministers, and there were countless protégés who were officials in various places.

However, after the establishment of the Sui Dynasty, the Hanoi Zhang clan gradually declined, and the family fought fiercely and fell against each other, causing two important clansmen to leave Bashu and Jiangnan.

In the Yang Guang era, the Hanoi Zhang family was even more talented, and there were no outstanding children to study, and they could not cultivate good protégés, and the family itself did not produce any talents.

In fact, it can be seen from the house that almost all famous families have to buy land and build houses in the capital, big families build big houses, and small families build small houses.

The Zhang family's house covers an area of only eight acres, or was purchased before the Sui Dynasty moved the capital, if the Zhang family is allowed to buy a house in the capital now, I am afraid they will not have this ability, many times they can live in a mansion without money, and they must also have status and fame.

For example, Zhang Xuan, he has always wanted to buy a house in the south of Luoshui, the capital, but he just can't buy it, but when he is promoted to a general, someone will soon be willing to introduce him to the house.

In the evening, a carriage stopped in front of Zhang's mansion, and the owner, Zhang Li, was already waiting on the steps. Zhang Li, who was about forty years old, tall and thin, looked quite shrewd and capable, and when he saw that the carriage had stopped, he hurriedly greeted him.

"Welcome Duke Lu to the Mansion as a guest, Duke Lu is here. Make the mansion shine! ”

Zhang Li's attitude is quite flattering, it is no wonder that Fanyang Lu is one of the five surnames and seven wangs in the world, and has high prestige in the Shandong family, Hanoi Zhang is not even worthy of lifting shoes for Lu's family, and Lu Zuo is a third-grade high-ranking official, while Zhang Li is only a six-rank petty official, and the difference in status between them is too great.

Lu Zhuo smiled, "Zhang Yuanjun doesn't need to be polite. I came in a hurry to disturb and asked Zhang to make Jun Duoduo Haihan. ”

"Where! Where! Please ask Lu Gong to enter the mansion for a while. ”

Zhang Li respectfully invited Lu Zhuo into the door, and invited the two guests to sit in the guest hall, and a maid served them tea.

Although Zhang Li got the post that Lu Zhuo was going to visit in advance, he didn't know the specific intention of Lu Zhuo to visit him, and he and Lu Zhuo exchanged two words about the weather and the recent situation, and waited for Lu Zhuo to take the initiative to reveal the mystery.

Lu Zhuo and his father have already discussed, and they can't get to the point directly. And he will also observe words and looks, reasonably. Now that the marriage between the Lu family and Zhang Xuan has been spread in the government and the opposition, anyone who sees him must congratulate him, as the second person in the Zhang family, Zhang Li did not mention the marriage of Lu and Zhang at all, which made Lu Zhuo even more suspicious.

However, there is another possibility, Zhang Xuan may have some holiday conflicts with the Zhang family. That's why the Zhang family didn't want to mention it.

Lu Zhuo took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "The day after tomorrow is the day of the little girl's wedding, today I am specially here to send an invitation to welcome Zhang Langzhong to the wedding." ”

Zhang Li suddenly realized, "I remembered." Duke Lu wants to marry General Zhang, look at my memory, I actually forgot about it, congratulations to Duke Lu for marrying his daughter! ”

Lu Zhuo smiled, "I don't know if General Zhang has given Lang Zhong an invitation, if he has already given it, I don't have to send it again." ”

"I don't know General Zhang very well, and he has a close relationship with the Ministry of War, not much to do with our Ministry of Rites, but our Ministry of Rites has a closer relationship with Guozijian."

At this point, Lu Zhuo has already been able to conclude that Zhang Xuan should have nothing to do with the Hanoi Zhang family, otherwise Zhang Li would never have this attitude.

Lu Ju took out the invitation card and put it on the table, and said with a smile: "Just let people come, you don't need to give any gifts." ”

"Where! The heart must be delivered, this is etiquette, I can't be rude. ”

Lu Zhuo no longer insisted, got up and said with a smile: "There are still more than a dozen invitations to be sent, I will leave first, and the day after tomorrow, please be sure to appreciate your face." ”

Zhang Li sent Lu Zhuo out of the gate, looking at the carriage away, Zhang Li also had a little doubt in his heart, of course he and Zhang Xuan had no intersection, and he didn't even say anything, but even if he didn't have any friendship with the Lu family, why did Lu Zhuo invite himself?

Of course, Zhang Li has not paid attention to Zhang Xuan, last year was a year when Zhang Xuan was in the limelight, he destroyed Zhang Jin in the north, swept Langya County in the south, and cleared all the bandits in Qingzhou.

And it is rumored that Zhang Xuan is a native of Hanoi County, how could Zhang Li not pay attention to Zhang Xuan, at the beginning of the year, he specially went back to the family to check the genealogy, including all the collateral branches, but he did not find Zhang Xuan's name, which made Zhang Li very frustrated, it is rare for Hanoi County to have a Zhang name, but it has nothing to do with Hanoi Zhang's family.

Zhang Li looked at the post in his hand, he actually didn't want to go to this wedding that had nothing to do with him, Zhang Li sighed, handed the invitation to the housekeeper casually, turned around and went back to the house sullenly

Lu Zhuo left Zhang's mansion and returned directly to his mansion, at this time the night had begun to fall, but there was still a period of time before the gate of Guanfangmen, the streets and alleys were full of civilians who went out to enjoy the cool, the heat of the day made people dare not go out, until the night cooled down, the streets and alleys began to become lively.

Lu Zhuo's carriage stopped in front of his mansion, but he saw more than a dozen war horses tied to the door, and two horsemen were taking care of them, so he hurriedly got out of the car and asked, "Who is here?" ”

A horseman smiled and said, "Master, it's the new aunt who is here." ”

Lu Zhuo was overjoyed, and immediately walked quickly to the gate, and the housekeeper chased after him and said, "Master, the new aunt is in the Guike Hall, and she is talking to the old man!" ”

Generally speaking, before getting married, the groom will not come to the woman's house to visit, even if there is something, it is the family or matchmaker who will tell him on his behalf, but Zhang Xuan does not have any family, and he can only do many things himself, which is not rude, to some extent this is still a kind of condescension and a kind of respect for the woman's family.

When Lu Ju came to the guest hall, he saw his father chatting with Zhang Xuan, Zhang Xuan saw Lu Ju walking into the lobby, and hurriedly got up and saluted, "Son-in-law see father-in-law!" ”

Although he is still a prospective son-in-law, the marriage has been decided, and even if the status is decided, it is normal for Jang Hyun to call himself a son-in-law.

Lu Zhuo said with a smile on his face: "You don't have to be polite, please take a seat!" ”

He glanced at his father again, shook his head slightly, and told his father that the Zhang family in Hanoi was not Zhang Xuan's family, Lu Shen's heart suddenly fell to the ground, but he was also a little strange, Zhang Xuan is from Hanoi County, and it has nothing to do with the Zhang family in Hanoi.

Lu Zhuo sat down, and Lu Shen said to him: "Yuan Ding said that he received a holy decree, and the Holy Lord ordered him to lead his army south on June 15, that is, on the third day after getting married, he may not be able to accompany Qing'er back to his parents' house. ”

According to custom, on the third day after getting married, he should accompany his wife back to his parents' house, since Zhang Xuan was going to lead the army to Jianghuai, Lu Zhuo had no choice, he thought about it and asked: "Then Qing'er wants to go south with you?" ”

"Back to my father-in-law, my son-in-law came to discuss this matter, this time I didn't want to fight immediately, and the Holy Lord also agreed that I would go south with my wife, I don't want Qing'er to stay in the capital."

Next to him, Lu Shen added: "Since we are a family, there are some things that can be said directly, Dalang, Yuan Ding is worried that Qing'er will become a hostage for the court to contain him if he stays in the capital." ”

Lu Zhuo was secretly surprised, Zhang Xuan actually had such thoughts, didn't he want to follow the will of the imperial court?

Zhang Xuan saw Lu Zhuo's shock, and knew that he couldn't accept it for a while, so he explained: "Of course, there are other considerations, I'm afraid that she won't be safe in the capital, after all, I have too many enemies, and many people can't do anything about me, so I'm afraid of attacking her, so it's safer to follow me." ”

Lu Zhuo was helpless, this kind of thing was originally Zhang Xuan's family matter, he was willing to tell him, it was because he respected the Lu family, if he didn't say it, he would take his wife away directly, and the Lu family would have no choice.

However, Lu Zhuo still wanted to know the situation of Zhang Xuan's family, he pondered for a moment, and then asked: "It doesn't matter if you don't come to your mother's house after getting married, we can understand it, but you usually have to go to your parents' graves to pay respects, doesn't the virtuous son-in-law plan to go to Hanoi County?" ”

"I plan to go south with my parents' spirit tablets, and my parents' graves are in Chang'an, not in Hanoi County."

Lu Zhuo was stunned, "Not in Hanoi County?" ”

Zhang Xuan said with a smile: "My ancestral home is in Jingzhao, I was born in Jingzhao, my parents are Jingzhao people, I followed my parents to Hanoi County when I was six years old, and my parents died, of course, I have to go back to my ancestral land Jingzhao for burial." ”

Lu Zhuo and his father glanced at each other, and the two suddenly realized that Zhang Xuan was not from Hanoi County at all, no wonder Hanoi Zhang had nothing to do with him, he was from Jingzhao, could he be

Zhang Xuan added with a smile: "My ancestors are all commoners, and they have nothing to do with the Jingzhao Zhang family. (To be continued.) )