It is rare to see Zhang Yuan's irrepressible joy, Mu Zhenzhen and Wuling all shouted happily, Neng Liang and Mingyan were also smiling, and the pedestrians on East Chang'an Street were frequently attracted by the joy of the bridge.

Zhang Dai smiled and said: "Congratulations, my son is also a father, and he is the champion and has a son, which is really jealous." ”

Zhang Yuan said happily: "The eldest brother also has to work hard, the sons of the third brother Yanke are almost one year old." ”

Zhang Dai said with a smile: "It is necessary to work hard and work hard." ”

Zhang Yuan hired a carriage and rode back to the East Fourth Archway with his eldest brother Zhang Dai to facilitate the reading of letters, and Zhang Dai instructed Neng Liang to go back and report to Uncle Zhong, saying that he was drinking and celebrating at Zhang Yuan's place tonight, and would not go back to the Baozi River.

Sitting in the carriage, Zhang Yuan carefully read the letter of the Ran, and learned that his son Hongjian was born at two o'clock in the morning of March 28, the baby was holding his hands and feet, crying loudly, Zhang Yuan looked at the letter, his heart was full of joy, and he couldn't wait to take his wife to Beijing for reunion immediately, the letter was written on the first day of the first month of April, and today it is April 29, the express delivery shop of the government is really fast -- when he saw the letter of his father Zhang Ruiyang, Zhang Yuan was taken aback, and it turned out to be a difficult birth, fortunately Wang Wei arrived with a stable woman surnamed Chen in Nanjing, and the mother and son were safe. Sister Ruoxi's letter describes the pain and danger of childbirth in more detail, mother is great, Zhang Yuan couldn't help but burst into tears, and Zhang Dai on the side asked him what was wrong?

Zhang Yuan smiled with tears in his eyes: "It's nothing, I'm so happy." ”

Wang Wei didn't say much in the letter about inviting the little hand mother-in-law to go to Shanyin, only said that Xiao Hong was getting cute, and just gave birth to two eyes that would look at people, and said that she learned the news that Zhang Yuan had won the sixth tribute in Jinling, and Xing Long, the garrison eunuch in Nanjing, sent a congratulatory gift -- Zhang Yuanxin said: "Xiu Wei took a certain risk to take the little hand mother-in-law to Shanyin at night, Xiu Wei and her adoptive mother Ma Xianglan are the same, chivalrous, dare to take responsibility, although she does not have any merit in the letter, but what she has done I will always learn from my sister, What I learned there is that smart women are so seductive. ”

The joy of the ancestor Zhang Rulin can be imagined, the second son, the eldest grandson and his grandson, Shanyin Zhang's first family has three jinshi, and the reputation in Jiangnan is not comparable to other families, Zhang Rulin did not know that Zhang Yuan was already the champion when he wrote the letter, Zhang Dai also became a Jishi, and he did not know that the case of cutting the file in the field ended with Zhang Yuan's big victory, and he was still worried about Zhang Yuan, but it was far away, the message transmission was inconvenient, and he also believed in Zhang Yuan's ability to deal with things, and he did not tell anything in the letter - Zhang Cao said in the letter that since the eldest brother and Jie Zi went to Beijing, he was so bored, The whole drill in the mirror workshop to develop mirrors, now he can also be called a skilled mirror craftsman, is now trying to improve the clairvoyant mirror, to surpass the Taixi people, and said that the Hanshe mirror workshop now has 36 apprentices, by the three mirror master each with a group, the assembly line operation method is basically formed, the mirror workshop since March this year, can make 80 pairs of faint goggles, 60 pairs of myopia glasses, 80 pairs of incense glasses, merchants from all over the country pre-order, in short supply, and even businessmen from the Wa Kingdom and Luzon come to come - Zhang Yuan smiled and thought: " The third brother is in a hurry, and he also has the patience to improve the clairvoyant? ”

The carriage stopped at the West Square Gate of the East Fourth Archway, Wuling was paying for the car, Zhang Yuan had already strode forward, returned to the courtyard of his brother-in-law, Jing Lan and Jing Hui sisters were looking at the lotus leaves in the lotus pot in the courtyard, arguing about when the lotus could bloom, hearing the footsteps, the two sisters turned their heads together to see, seeing Zhang Yuan's beaming appearance, Jing Hui asked: "Why is my little uncle so happy, did you pick up the silver on the road, hehe." ”

Zhang Yuan suppressed his joy and said: "You guessed, I guessed that I will take you out to play tomorrow, and tomorrow is Xiu Muyue." ”

Jing Lan saw that Zhang Yuan came in with Zhang Dai, so she was a little shy, smiled and didn't speak, let Jing Hui guess alone-Jing Hui was not busy guessing, observing words and colors, her bright eyes looked Zhang Yuan up and down, her long eyelashes fanned like a black butterfly, and said: "My little uncle seems to be the champion again, happier than the champion, I guessed, the little aunt gave birth to a baby." ”

Zhang Dai and Zhang Yuan looked at each other and laughed, and Zhang Yuan praised: "Xiaohui is smart, your little aunt gave birth to a baby boy, and his name is Zhang Hongji." ”

"Ah, that's great!"

Jing Hui jumped up happily, Jing Lan had already run into the West Wing to report the good news to her mother Fu, Shang Zhouzuo, who came back from the Imperial Procuratorate, just entered the door at this time, and saw Jing Hui getting carried away with joy, his face sank, and Jing Hui hurriedly said: "Daddy, my little aunt has given birth to a baby boy, named Zhang Hongji." ”

Hearing this, Shang Zhouzuo suddenly turned overjoyed, looked at Zhang Yuan, Zhang Yuan said with a smile: "Yes, the mother and son are safe, it is a letter sent by the uncle of our clan through the post delivery." ”

Shang Zhouzuo, who had a serious expression, was also so happy that he kept twisting his beard at this time, and said continuously: "Very good, very good." ”

Jing Hui asked Zhang Yuan: "Little uncle, when will you take the little aunt and the little brother Hongjian into Beijing?" ”

Zhang Yuan said with a smile: "I will write a letter right away and let them leave after seven and a half months." Asked Zhang Dai: "Liu's sister-in-law is also coming." ”

Zhang Dai nodded, he will be a Shuji in the Hanlin Academy for at least three years, and it is very likely that he will stay as a Beijing official in the future, so although he is not very harmonious with Liu's Qinse, he also has to get together - that night, Shang Zhouzuo and Zhang Dai and Zhang Yuan drank and celebrated, Xiaohong was born on March 28, and it was a full moon yesterday.

That night, Zhang Yuan was so happy that he couldn't sleep, and wrote a reply to the second elder of the family and Tan Ran overnight, ready to send it back by post delivery, the Civil Information Bureau was too slow, and it was really tormenting to wait, he was now an official, and it was understandable to use the post to send letters, there was no need to be so cautious as his brother-in-law, when this last day, how could he be too restrained, as long as the festival was not lost--early in the morning of April 30, Laifu prepared five animal sacrifices, Zhang Yuan went to Daci Yanfu Palace to repay his wish, Zhang Dai and Shang Zhouzuo's family of four all went together, and repaid their vows in front of the statue of the Sanguan Emperor and Emperor, Seeing that the hexagram stall of the people of Qingmoshan has been put up, two bamboo poles pull a banner, and the book "The iron mouth is straight and broken, and it has been praised by the champion of the new department; There are many good and bad, and you can know the prospect of Qingmo Mountain people. ”

Qingmo Mountain people have limited ink in their stomachs, this couplet is quite vulgar, obviously in the name of Zhang Yuan, Zhang Yuan and the first Qingmo Mountain people and Dong Milk Tea also prepared a gift to congratulate - Zhang Yuan walked over and arched his hand: "The mountain people are early, Ling Zheng said that he didn't accompany you today?" ”

Qingmo Shanren waved to Zhang Yuan, Zhang Dai, and Shang Zhouzuo again and again, and said: "The mountain wife is already happy, and the mountain man let her recuperate in the store-" Suddenly pinched his fingers and said to Zhang Yuan: "The champion is very happy, and the mother and son are safe." ”

"Hey, how do you know!" Jing Hui was surprised.

"The mountain people are calculated based on the Zhuge horse hexagram." The people of Qingmo Mountain smiled, and they looked unpredictable.

Jing Hui's eyes widened, and he said in surprise: "The mountain people are extremely accurate, my little aunt just gave birth to a son." ”

Zhang Yuan smiled, seeing that there were other people around the side, he didn't say much, he knew in his heart, where was the Qingmo Mountain people calculated, it was clearly guessed, the last time he came to the Daci Yanfu Palace to make a wish, the Qingmo Mountain people knew that he was praying for a safe delivery, and now see that they came out of the Sanguan Temple with joy, as a fortune teller, how could he not even have this little look, Zhang Yuan had heard his uncle Zhang Rulin talk about Zhejiang Lanxi Xiangshi Yang Zigao, this person was lame, and he went to the world with physiognomy, and he went to the house of an official gentleman, when the guests were fullThese guests have never seen this Yang Zigao before, but Yang Zigao can point out the identity of the guests one by one, or cloth, or Peng Shi, or painter, or Qing guest, without any mistakes, this is actually a keen observation, and there is a wide range of knowledge - at this time, a servant of the Shang family hurriedly came over and said to Zhang Yuan: "Auntie, there is a chief flag officer surnamed Mu who asks to see him, it was brought by Aunt Qi, and now he is waiting in the hall." ”

Zhang Yuan and Mu Zhenzhen glanced at each other, the happiness in Mu Zhen's heart was almost overflowing, who would the chief flag officer surnamed Mu be if it was not her father Mu Jingyan!

Zhang Yuan smiled: "Zhenzhen, you go back first, and we will arrive later." ”

Mu Zhenzhen agreed, and ran back like a fly.

…… The name of the first department, the most beautiful thing, the yellow list came out, although the mountains and valleys are poor, all pass on their surnames - the third day of the first month of April, the Yansui general who was far away in Yulin saw the newspaper sent by Beijing, there was a list of Bingchen Kejinshi, Zhang Yuan's name was listed in the first place, Juniper stood up in shock, the young talent who had seen in Kunshan Zhenfeng two years ago had an extraordinary conversation, it was simply a smooth progress, the champion and the first were from the six grades of Hanlin Xiu, the Hanlin officials were noble, and the status of the generals was low, even if it was a general soldier, When the generals saw the Hanlin officials, they did not dare to resist the court, and they had to be respectful.

Zhang Yuan high school champion, Juniper is extremely happy, Zhang Yuan has seen extraordinary, scholars do not go out, they know the world, the analysis of the situation in Liaodong in the letter written to him last year is becoming clearer and clearer, Nurhachi really founded the country and called Khan, the war in Liaodong is inevitable, Juniper has greatly admired Zhang Yuan, and now Zhang Yuan has proved his ability to the first place in the palace examination, Juniper has changed from admiration to respect for Zhang Yuan, with Zhang Yuan's talent and foresight, he said that it is very possible for him to be an official of the six ministries and even enter the cabinet as a supplement, Such a person must get closer, and there are people in the DPRK who are good officials -- Jun Song thought for a moment, and ordered his soldiers to go to Mu Jingyan, the general banner of the 100 households in Hongshi Gorge, to come to the General Office to meet him, and the 100 households in Hongshi Gorge were more than 30 miles away from the Yamen of the Yulin Staff General, and Mu Jingyan immediately arrived on horseback to meet Juniper, and Jun Song ordered him to lead ten sergeants to set off into Beijing with the documents of the General Staff Office and the survey, and to collect ordnance from the Treasury Department of the Ministry of War, and he had to be escorted back to Yulin before the 10th day of July -- the replacement of ordnance was necessary every year, but before that, it was all gone by Juniper's cronies. And the military rank is not less than 100 households, which makes Mu Jingyan surprised and delighted, and after preparing to stop, he came to bid farewell to General Du Shen at noon, and Jun Song handed him a letter and a box of gifts at this time, and said: "This is a letter and congratulatory gift to Zhang Yuan, the champion of the new department, and you go to Beijing to hand him in person." ”

Mu Jingyan was stunned for a moment, then woke up and said with great joy: "Did the general say that the young master Zhang Jiezi of Shanyin, the young master is the champion!" ”

Juniper smiled slightly: "Ling Ai must have also accompanied Zhang Zhuangyuan to Beijing this time, and I will send you to Beijing so that your father and daughter can reunite for a few days." ”

Mu Jingyan was very happy, bid farewell to General Du, led ten sergeants, rode a horse eastward, more than 20 days on the road, entered Yanjing City early in the morning of April 30, first went to the Yamen of the Ministry of War, but every time he was resting, the Arsenal Division did not go through the procedures for receiving ordnance, Mu Jingyan wanted to find Zhang Yuan first, but it happened that he met Qi Biaojia, Qi Biaojia had to go to his father-in-law's house if he had something to do, and even if he took Mu Jingyan to the East Fourth Archway.

(To be continued)