Wang Huanru is forty miles away, tall and fat, with three locks of long hair under the chin, flirting from time to time, like a beautiful beard, Wang Huanru saw Zhang Yuan in Qingpu with Fan Wenruo last year, and admired Zhang Yuan's craftsmanship talent. How difficult is it for Zunjie to join the army, just lead Zhang Gongzi to Du Mansion to see Du Zongbing, but Du Zongbing's brother has not yet been buried, and now he has to come to the door in the name of mourning. ”

When Zhang Yuan heard that Juniper was in Zhenfeng, he breathed a sigh of relief and arched his hand: "Then there is Brother Laowang." ”

Kunshan customs, mourning guests do not come to the door at noon, said that it is unlucky, I don't know what allusions, it is now noon, it is not good to go to Du's house, Wang Huanru immediately set up a banquet to entertain Fan Wenruo and the Zhang brothers, after the meal in the back garden pergola tea chat, Wang's back garden is not far from the Baixian River, Zhang Cao can not hear Wang Huanru's mouth full of eight words of tone, so he borrowed a fishing rod from Wang's servants, and went to the river to fish - Zhang Yuan learned from Wang Huanru that it was Juniper's brother Du Hui who died last month, Du Hui is a six-grade hundred households in Zhenhaiwei, The Ming Dynasty emphasized literature and light martial arts, even more so in the late Ming Dynasty, the six products of the hundred households and the six products of the state of Zhizhou are simply very different, the hundred households see the state to kneel and worship, it is not as good as a student, the student and the martial arts, even if the other party is a product of the general soldier, but only use the "waiter" of the post, and not the light use of the "late life" post, it can be seen that the status of the Ming Dynasty generals is low, the general military generals in the border towns, the guard is still more majestic, as soon as they arrive at the place is very low-key - that night, Zhang Yuan, Fan Wenruo and others rested in Wang Huanru's house, the next morning, to Fu, Nengzhu and others went to procure funeral ceremonies such as livestock, Fan Wenruo and Wang Huanru were secretly surprised when they saw Zhang Yuan purchase such a grand memorial gift, and they didn't understand why Zhang Yuan valued a dismissed military general so much, it seemed that it was not just for his family servants and soldiers, right?

Fan Wenruo didn't go with Zhang Yuan, he didn't want to join in the excitement, Zhang Cao didn't go, he took care of the wave boat to play chess with Wang Wei, Zhang Cao Go, chess can not play Wang Wei, and went to the market to buy a pair of double land, but it is not Wang Wei's opponent, Yangzhou Thin Horse has a special teacher to teach since childhood, Zhang Cao is just a hing, so Wang Wei plays these professions, Zhang Cao is just an amateur, Wang Wei is talented and high, of course, it is not Zhang Cao, who has no patience, can compare, Zhang Cao's depression can be imagined——...... Du's mansion is on the side of the key bridge, the key bridge is connected to the two bridges, a round side, it looks like a big key from afar, the name of the Du house in front of the door, the building is listed, the side room on the west side of the main hall, the curtain is opened, Juniper and three nephews live in the curtain to greet the hangers, this is said to be a morning servant to report, the student Wang Huanru came to worship, and presented the worship post and the gift list - the study of Wang Huanru is Du Hui's youngest son Du Dingfang, heard that Mr. Wang Huanru came to the door to condole, and was surprised and delighted, Du Dingfang's father Du Hui said that he was a six-grade military attaché, but there was no prestige in the locality, Kunshan squire gathering, Du Hui is not eligible to participate, this time Du Hui died, in addition to Zhenhaiwei and a number of military attaches came to pay respects, Kunshan County Order only entrusted the county master book to mourn on his behalf, this may still be on the face of Juniper, the township party came to worship the ten ** has no fame, although Jun Song once served as the general soldier of Liaodong, but has been dismissed, the local squire Haoqiang felt that there was nothing to ask for Juniper's head, and naturally he was too lazy to visit, so Du Dingfang heard that Mr. Wang Huanru came to mourn his father, and he was very grateful, but there were three copies of the worship post, One is Wang Huanru's, and the other two are Shanyin Zhang Dai and Shanyin Zhang Yuan - Juniper asked his nephew Du Dingfang: "These two Shaoxing people are your friends?" ”

Du Dingfang said blankly: "The little nephew has never been to Shanyin, and I don't know these two-" suddenly woke up and said: "Could it be that Zhang Yuan and Zhang Jiezi who were in Huating a few years ago!" ”

The matter of Huating falling Dong can be said to be known to everyone in Songjiang Mansion, this Zhenfengli is only twenty miles away from Qingpu, although the Du family is in mourning, they have also heard about it, Du Dingfang is a scholar, naturally knows more, and said: "This Zhang Jiezi is Shaoxing Xiao Sanyuan, Zhang Suzhi's grandson, Jiao Zhuangyuan's protégé, the name is very famous, my Du family and Shanyin Zhang have never had any contact, how-" Looking at his uncle Juniper, I thought that my uncle had a relationship with Zhang Rulin?

Du Songxin said: "Zhang Rulin is the son-in-law of the late Shoufu Zhu Geng, a figure of the Zhejiang Party, when I was the chief soldier of Liaodong, Zhu Geng was still in the cabinet, but he had no friendship, and the border generals generally did not dare to have personal relations with the cabinet, for fear of committing taboos - why did this Zhang son come to the door?" He said to his nephew Du Dingfang: "What are you still stunned about, go and greet it quickly." ”

Three filial sons will Wang Huanru, Zhang Dai, Zhang Yuan three people welcome to the side hall, Wang Huanru three people worship Du Hui, Jun Song led Du Dingfang three filial sons out of the curtain to thank Xie, Zhang Yuan saw Jun at first sight, he knew that this person is Juniper, Juniper has a typical military temperament, about fifty years old, the height is estimated to be five feet three inches, about one meter eight in later generations, long face, thin cheeks without flesh, nose bones ridged, eyes calm and cold, short hair under the jaw thick, long hands and arms, although the pace is slow, but it gives people a kind of fierce coercion, Juniper can achieve the high position of the general army, is from the sword forest and the rain of arrows, not to mention the high martial arts, the luck is not bad, otherwise he would have died on the battlefield - Zhang Yuanzuo said: "Zhang Yuan, who was born in Shanyin, has heard the name of General Du for a long time, and it is a blessing to see it today." ”

Jun Song, who was dressed in a mourning dress, was overjoyed when he saw Zhang Yuan being courteous and polite, and said: "Zhang Gongzi is a talented young man, and he can be treated with the imperial examination, Du is a person who is dismissed from his post and treats crimes, and he does not dare to be called a general." ”

Zhang Yuan said: "General Du is brave and good at fighting, and he is the pillar of the country. ”

Juniper squinted his eyes and looked at Zhang Yuan to see if Zhang Yuan's words meant sarcasm, he was impeached and dismissed from his post as the chief soldier of Liaodong, and the crime was to kill good and fake merit, whether he killed good or bad merit Juniper knew it in his own heart, but seeing Zhang Yuan facing it calmly and speaking sincerely, Juniper really couldn't see through it, smiled and said: "Ashamed, ashamed." ”

Zhang Yuan said: "Late life is not a kind word, when General Du was guarding Yansui, the Mongolian Tatars were afraid of the general like a tiger, although the late life was in the south of the Yangtze River, I also heard of General Du's prestige. ”

Juniper secretly wondered how a Jiangnan Xiucai could know his exploits as a border general, but he heard Zhang Yuan say again: "There is one more thing to ask for when I come to see General Du this time——"

Juniper remained silent and said lightly: "Please speak." ”

It is better to deal with martial artists straightforwardly, saving Juniper from guessing, Zhang Yuan said: "There is a healthy servant in the late life, named Mu Jingyan, who was born in Shaoxing, but a scholar who is proficient in yin and yang in his hometown said that Mu Jingyan has the life of a five-grade official, and the villagers laughed. The Qingmo Mountain man said that this Mu Jingyan had the help of nobles before he was forty years old, and he would be born from military merit, and he didn't take this matter seriously in his later life——"

Zhang Yuan paused, and said: "Late life this time is to go to Nanjing Guozijian to study, Mu Jingyan accompanied, yesterday in Zhujiajiao Town, Mu Jingyan said to the late life that he dreamed of a golden armor god for several nights in a row and said to him that the noble man was waiting for him in Zhenfeng, don't miss it, the noble surname is Du, white helmet and white armor, riding a big horse to make a big knife, and said that although the noble man is temporarily in distress, there will be good news in the year of Mao Chen - this servant is a sincere person, will not talk nonsense, late born at first, now said to Zhenfengli, I heard that General Du returned home for the funeral of his dead brother, Wouldn't the noble man be the right person to respond to General Du? ”

Ghosts and gods, divination, fate, the Ming Dynasty people don't believe in these don't seem to be much, the township test examination room, blowing the horn and beating the drum at night, there will be officials shouting "there is a grudge to revenge, there is revenge and revenge", this is to shout the ghost to find the candidate who did the evil to take revenge, and the border general, a battle to decide life and death, how can there be no one who does not believe in the number of ghosts and gods!

When Juniper heard Zhang Yuan say this, he believed it for at least seven points, because this very well explained why Zhang Yuan had no friendship with him Du Shi but would come to the door to mourn, and what made Juniper more interested was that Zhang Yuan's servant said that the man of God foreshadowed that he would get out of trouble in the year of Juniper Maochen, this year is the year of Jiayin, next year Yimao, and the year after tomorrow Bingchen, that is to say, he will be used by the imperial court in the year after tomorrow - Juniper smiled: "There is such a strange thing, where is Mu Jingyan, Du wants to see him." ”

After a while, Mu Jingyan followed the Du servant to the mourning hall, and when Jun Song looked at it, his eyes lit up, as if Zhang Yanke saw Wang Weigu, and praised in his heart: "What a big man, but he is really a soldier." ”

Zhang Yuan introduced: "Uncle Mu, this is General Du." ”

Mu Jingyan hurriedly kowtowed to Juniper.

Juniper looked at Mu Jingyan and asked, "Do you know martial arts?" ”

Mu Jingyan said: "The villain has learned several ancestral marksmanship. ”

"Ancestral marksmanship!" Juniper asked: "Who are your ancestors, shouldn't they be Han people from the Central Plains?" ”

Mu Jingyan had already received Zhang Yuan's instructions, and replied cautiously: "The villain's ancestors are Gelulu, and the ancestors are the commanders of the Tanma Red Army of the previous dynasty. ”

Jun Song raised his eyebrows, he knew that the Tanma Red Army was the elite of the Yuan Army, the vanguard of attacking cities and plundering land, and said: "The commander of the Tanma Red Army, that official is not small, and he is not the commander of the Tanma Red Army who can't be a warrior with one enemy and a hundred, so your martial arts should not be weak, I want to take the school to test you, come, follow me to the courtyard." He hugged his fists at Zhang Yuan, Zhang Dai, and Wang Huanru, and said, "The three showmen will also come to see the excitement together." ”

Zhenfengli Du is a military household, Du Hui's three sons also practice martial arts, the house is naturally equipped with eighteen weapons, Mu Jingyan took a single-hook spear, sang a promise to Juniper and Zhang Yuan and others, and performed a way of marksmanship, Zhang Yuan will only watch the excitement, and also feel that Mu Jingyan's marksmanship makes it majestic, not moving like a mountain, moving like thunder, Mu Zhenzhen's small dragon stick is really small compared with Mu Jingyan's single hook gun - Jun Song was moved, Mu Jingyan's marksmanship is quite different from Qi Jiguang's Yang family pear flower gun, The move is relatively simple, but if it is on a horse, this marksmanship is extremely practical, so he asked Mu Jingyan if he could use this marksmanship on a horse?

Mu Jingyan said in fear: "The villain can't ride a horse. ”

Juniper nodded, and said to himself, "It would be strange for a fallen man to be skilled in bowing horses. He stretched out his hand and said, "Fetch me with a big knife." "He wants to personally test Mu Jingyan's martial arts.

(To be continued)