Zhang Cao was furious and shouted to the little servant Fu'er: "Hurry up and run back and call more people, bring sticks, quickly!" Fu'er went as soon as she slipped away, and the maidservant Lianxia also hurriedly returned to Xizhang to report to the eldest master.

Zhang Cao said to Zhang Yuan: "It must be that those children who were beaten by me yesterday found the wrong door and came to you, just in time, this time I have to break all their legs." ”

There is a distance of about 20 zhang from the small building in the back garden to the bamboo fence gate in the front yard, Zhang Yuan can hear the noise of gongs and drums in the front yard, and there are firecrackers and three-eyed guns in the ringing, and he did not hear the sound of beating and scolding, so he asked Dashi: "What is going on, what did the gang say?" ”

Dashi said: "Don't say anything, as soon as you come, you will smash our bamboo fence." ”

Zhang Yuan and Zhang Cao rushed to the front yard from the side of the back garden to the tile house where the servants lived, there was no one by the well, they all ran to the front yard, Mu Zhenzhen rushed over, his face was radiant, and said loudly: "Young master, hit, hit, three heads." ”

The peak turns around, how did smashing the door become the good news? Zhang Yuan was overjoyed, the county test, the government test, and the small three yuan, it was really not easy, and asked: "Why did you slam the door?" ”

Mu Zhenzhen said diligently: "It is said that the courtyard was changed, and there were stonemasons and carpenters following behind, and the bamboo fence gate was cleaned up and the wall gate was built." ”

Zhang Cao laughed: "I see, it surprised me and Jie Zi." ”

Zhang Yuan said with a smile: "How can this group of craftsmen be so domineering, is there such a strong way to build walls and doors for others!" Walking quickly to the front yard, I saw a large group of people beaming, among them a group of drummers who came many times, blowing hard, six or seven craftsmen quickly removed the bamboo fence wall, horizontal boards, bamboo strips, gilt tin nails, fine flowers and curtains These materials for building the wall door have been piled aside, the hands and feet are fast, people are staggering - and then look at the door and erect a big flag, there are words on the flag, writing: "Good news, your young master Zhang Shengyuan, Meng Governor Shaoxing Xuezheng Wang, take the first place in the Jiayin Kedao test in the 42nd year of Wanli, and the township test Lianjie." ”

Zhang Caoxi said: "Jie Zi, it's really the first place, Xiao Sanyuan, wonderful, the three of us brothers can go to Nanjing Guozijian together, haha." ”

Zhang's mother Lu and Zhang Ruoxi and Lu Chun and Lu Jie all came out, and those craftsmen came to kowtow to Zhang Mu Lu and Zhang Yuan at this time, saying that they would not take a penny to build this wall door today, and they would always be the patrons of the Zhang family in the future. ”

Those craftsmen complimented: "Grandma, this is a great joy, Young Master Zhang's three-yuan case, he will definitely try to succeed in the township, and he must change the court, otherwise how to show the grandeur of the house." ”

Lu Chun and Lu Jie said happily: "The drummer is really here, great, great, this time it will take a long time." ”

The footsteps were hurried, and Nengzhu and Feng Hu led more than a dozen Xi [***] servants to rush with sticks in hand, seeing that it was the craftsman who was building the wall gate and the drummer was blowing and beating, Nengzhu, Feng Hu and the others were at a loss, and shouted loudly: "Third young master, third young master——"

Zhang Cao laughed and walked over and said, "It's okay, Jiezi High School Xiucai is the first, this is the person who came to report the good news." ”

Neng Zhu and the others abandoned the sticks, and said hello to Zhang Yuan one after another, and were making a commotion, when they heard someone shouting: "The big master is here, the big master is here." ”

Zhang Yuan took a look, it was really the ancestor of the clan Zhang Rulin came, hurriedly stepped forward to give a salute, welcomed the ancestor to the main hall to sit, Zhang's mother Lu and Zhang Ruoxi also came to meet Zhang Rulin, Zhang Rulin smiled and said: "Ruiyang has a son like this, congratulations, Zhang Yuan can change the court at the age of seventeen, this is the Deze of my ancestor of the Zhang family, and I will go to the ancestral hall to worship the ancestors and report the good news." He also instructed: "Zhang Yuan, hurry up and go to customize the students' shirts and Confucian scarves and shoes, make silver flowers, buy red cloth, and let the dining class perform a play in front of this door after worshipping the ancestors, and celebrate it." ”

Zhang Yuan is still just a showman, there are people who come to ask to sell themselves as slaves, and send the daughter as big as the rabbit pavilion to the Zhang family as a maid, Zhang Yuan refuses to do all of these, and he has heard the second drum and thinks that no one will come to the door again, but he saw a seemingly simple man carrying a burden and coming to Zhang Yuan, kneeling at the foot of the stairs and kowtowing to Zhang Yuan, insisting on staying in Zhang Yuan's house as a slave, Zhang Yuan did not accept it, this person knelt down and couldn't get up, and shouted: "Young master." , the villain is blessed, accept the villain, the villain is blessed, the villain is blessed, the villain is blessed-"

Zhang Yuan was busy for a day, and when he saw this man being crooked, he was impatient, and said in his heart: "Who is Laifu, I don't know, whether you are Laifu or not, these are people who tend to be inflammatory, if I am accepted into the house, I will bully people and cause trouble in the future, then I will be no different from that Songjiang Dong family." "Let Mu Jingyan pull out this guy who claims to be Laifu.

This Laifu begged bitterly, calling himself "Laifu", begging Zhang Yuan to take him in, "bang", the door was closed, Laifu was not sad - those craftsmen in front of the house were rushing to work overnight, and the next day was April 24, the wall door in front of the house was impressively built, four wall doors, made of wood bones, cut bamboo vertical weaving, with horizontal plates in the middle, fine flowers, rows of gilt tin nails, very gorgeous, and yesterday's bamboo fence door is really a world of difference, the big stone, the small stone brothers stand outside the wall door to look left and right, happy, I think that such a door is called magnificent, as the boy who responds to the door is also angry - this is said that Zhang Yuan went to Zhang's ancestral hall early in the morning to worship his ancestors, and the adult men of Dongzhang and Xizhang came to participate, Dongzhang has not been out of the show for 30 years, of course, to sacrifice to the ancestors, saying that Dongzhang and Xizhang are the same as the branches, Zhang Rulin presided over the ancestor worship ceremony, praised Zhang Yuan, and asked the young children of the clan to take Zhang Yuan as a model, eager to learn and progress, and make a name for themselves in the imperial examination.

In the afternoon, Zhang Yuan's house in front of the house of the dining class performed the miscellaneous drama "Huansha Ji", Zhang Yuan had no time to appreciate, he took Shi Shuang and Wuling to Huiji Wang Siren Mansion, Shi Shuang carried two jars of wine, Wuling led a sheep, this is called sheep wine, the engagement ceremony and the thank the teacher are all used in the sheep wine, although Mr. Wang is not in Huiji, but the most important reward for entering the school, so Zhang Yuan is the first to thank Mr. Wang's family.

Wang Binglin welcomed Zhang Yuan into the hall and sat down, Zhang Yuan was even a small and medium-sized Sanyuan, Wang Binglin also felt that his face was bright, Zhang Yuan was his father Wang Siren's proud protégé.

Zhang Yuan said: "The teacher went to the capital, I want to kowtow to my wife to thank the teacher, I don't know if it's okay?" ”

Wang Binglin said: "Okay, I'll go and say." When he entered the inner courtyard, he soon came out and said, "Jiaci is here." ”

Zhang Yuan hurriedly got up and bowed, and saw Mrs. Wang accompanied by Wang Yingzi to sit in the hall, Zhang Yuan stepped forward to kneel and salute, Mrs. Wang quickly asked her son Wang Binglin to help Zhang Yuan up, and said with a smile: "Zhang Gongzi is seventeen years old, and he entered Pan to study, which is really happy, your teacher must still be on the way to Beijing now, if you know that you have won the first test, you will be happy." Instructed Wang Binglin to entertain Zhang Yuan, leave Zhang Yuan for dinner, and then get up and go back to the inner courtyard, Wang Yingzi has been looking at Zhang Yuan, and when he went out of the hall, he also looked back frequently, Mrs. Wang took her daughter's hand and didn't let go - Wang Binglin ordered the kitchen to slaughter the sheep, cook the sheep and cut the fish, all kinds of fresh vegetables, and Zhang Yuan sat opposite each other to drink, and now the interest is high, Wang Binglin drank a little too much, and when the plaintiff resigned, Wang Binglin was already drunk and could not send each other.

Zhang Yuan, Shi Shuang, and Wuling went out of Wang Siren's mansion, and it was not too late to see that it was not too late, so they wanted to go to the north of the city to visit Shang Zhoude and visit Shang Ran, because Ming said that Wang Tixue wanted to meet the newly enrolled students, and he also had to wander, and he was afraid that he would not have time to meet Shang Zhoude - "Senior Brother Jiezi." ”

Wang Yingzi's voice came from inside the wall door, Zhang Yuan turned around, and saw a long figure reflected first, the shadow was in front, Wang Yingzi was behind, Wang Yingzi did not change her appearance as a man, but the original boudoir dress, followed by a little maid, walked a few steps to the left side of the wall, and said in the dark: "Senior Brother Jiezi, let me say a few words to you." ”

Zhang Yuan said "um", walked over to make a gesture, and waited for Wang Yingzi to speak, Wang Yingzi was silent for a long time, this is the beginning of the hour, far from the time when the moon rises in the sky, the sky is not completely dark, the stars are dim and difficult to distinguish, the dim light in the wall door is reflected, fading away, as if flowing water seeped into the surface of the ground - Wang Yingzi was silent, Zhang Yuan was not in a hurry to ask her what was wrong, only stood silently with her in the dark.

Wu Ling quietly tugged at Shi Shuang's sleeves, the two of them walked away, and Shi Shuang said in a low voice: "Xiao Wu, what's wrong with this Second Miss Wang, I have something to do with Young Master Jiezi but don't speak." ”

Wu Ling suddenly blessed his heart and said: "At this time, silence is better than sound. As soon as this sentence came out, Wu Ling was secretly proud, thinking that he was worthy of being Xiao Sanyuan's scholar, and the ancient poem was so appropriate.

Shi Shuang didn't understand what Wu Ling said, so he didn't ask much.

Over there, Wang Yingzi finally spoke: "Congratulations to Senior Brother Xiao Sanyuan." ”

Zhang Yuan looked at Wang Yingzi's soft and blurred face in the night, and said: "I would like to thank my sister for recommending a lot of "Spring and Autumn" classics for me. ”

Wang Yingzi was silent for a while, and asked, "Senior brother is about to go to Nanjing Guozijian to study?" ”

Zhang Yuan said: "I want to send my sister back to Qingpu first, and it is uncertain when I will go to Nanjing Guozijian, so I heard from Senior Brother Binglin that the rules of Guozijian are strict, there are prohibitions on eating and dressing, and violators will be punished, but I am a little scared to go." ”

Wang Yingzi laughed softly and said: "My brother is a little exaggerated, he is talking about the Guozijian a hundred years ago, it was strict at that time, and now it must not be as good as before." ”

The two of them talked about the books they had read recently, Wang Yingzi said: "Recently, I read Xu Wenchang's miscellaneous drama "Four Apes", and there are two plays that are 'Female Mulan Joins the Army for Her Father' and 'The Female Champion Quits the Phoenix and Gets the Phoenix'.

Zhang Yuan was a little embarrassed and said, "Senior sister, did you come so early?" ”

Wang Yingzi couldn't help but smile and said: "I want to see what is going on, this time I have completely broken off the idea of being a female champion, and I can only hope that my senior brother will win all the way." ”

Zhang Yuan smiled, and suddenly heard Wang Yingzi ask: "Listen, what sound?" "Make a listen.

Zhang Yuan listened attentively, there were the wooden fish singing of the monks of Xinghua Temple, the drunken noise of the neighbors, and the sound of the night breeze blowing through the treetops.

(To be continued)