The carriage stopped in front of the bamboo fence of Zhang Yuan's house, Zhang Yuan got out of the car, and the coachman and the two healthy servants did not drink a sip of water, and turned back.

Although Wu Ling went to the merchant with the young master today, he has not been with the young master, and he doesn't understand what happened during the period, but he knows that the merchant from the master to the slave is very good to the young master, and he is also very good to this little scholar, and he actually rewarded him with two coins of silver, and his little Wu has never received so much reward.

Wu Ling is smarter, he has guessed that the Huiji Shang clan wants the young master to be the son-in-law of their businessman, that's right, it must be the last time the young master played chess and chanted poetry in the Tao Garden, and was taken by the Shang girl, at that time, he still persuaded the young master to show his blind chess skills, if the young master married the Shang girl, wouldn't he Xiao Wu be very meritorious?

But what about Miss Wang Yingzi? "The Legend of the West Chamber" stopped acting halfway through?

Thinking of the bright moon at Mr. Wang's house, Wuling was haunted, and the happiness of getting two coins was also diluted a lot.

"Young Master, Young Master—"

Da Shi ran out and said: "Young master, there are two things today, the county lord asks you to say that there is something important, and there is another thing that is that the Ruan Xiucai who came yesterday is here again, I said that the young master is not there, please leave his address, then Ruan Xiucai said two words——"

He turned around and asked the little stone who came out: "Little brother, quickly tell the young master the two sentences you remembered." ”

Xiaoshi said loudly: "It turns out that it owes a life, it turns out that it owes a life." ”

Xiao Shi originally remembered "I owe a life", but after reciting it a few times, I felt that it was not very smooth, so I changed it to "I originally owed a life" - from "Yuan Yu side" to "Distant Aunt Mian", and then to "Yuan owed a life", and finally became "Yuan owed a life", no matter how good Zhang Yuan was at reasoning and backtracking, he couldn't connect "Yuan Yuan Yuan" with "Yuan Yuan owed a life", and asked suspiciously: "Then Ruan Xiucai really said that?" ”

The stone brothers said in unison: "That's right, that's what I said." ”

At this moment, Zhang Yuan wondered, and thought: "I have no enmity with Ruan Dacheng, I just scolded him a few words in a dream last night on the boat, and that person is obviously Yao Zhiba, so this is considered a grudge?" It turns out that it owes a life, it turns out that it owes a life, who owes someone a life? ”

Zhang Yuan shook his head, Ruan Dacheng is not a madman, he will run to the door and say such a sentence inexplicably, it must be that Brother Shi heard it wrong, Brother Shi is young and illiterate, and he is really incompetent as a doorman, and asked: "Then what else did Ruan Xiucai say?" ”

Dashi said: "Ruan Xiucai said that he was going back today, and said that he would meet the young master later." ”

This is reasonable again, only "I owe a life" is incomprehensible, Zhang Yuan didn't bother to pay attention to it, first entered the inner courtyard to see his mother, Zhang's mother Lu saw her son come back, and hurriedly asked: "My son quickly talk to Wei Niang, how do the Shang people treat you?" ”

Zhang Yuan smiled: "People really treat their sons as sons-in-law as warm and polite—"

One sentence made Zhang's mother Lu smile with her eyebrows, and saw her son take out a painting scroll, unfold it and see that the painting was a beautiful girl bowing, listening to her son repeat Shang Zhoude's tentative words, how did he answer at that time, Zhang's mother Lu smiled from ear to ear, and said continuously: "Hurry up and get the painting right, for the mother to take a closer look, well, is this Miss Shang painting herself, the painting is so good, vivid——"

Zhang Yuan said: "My son heard that women who don't bind their feet will have stronger children in the future." ”

It makes sense that the children born to those peasant women who do not bind their feet are really strong, you look at the big stones, small stones, I haven't seen headaches and brain fever for half a year, but Zhang Yuan was sick when he was young - Zhang's mother Lu thought to herself: "Of course the son can't marry a village girl, so the Miss Shang who doesn't bind her feet is good." He smiled and asked, "Then when are I going to go to the merchant to propose?" ”

Zhang Yuan said: "My son wants to ask someone to go the day after tomorrow, and he will go to report to Xizhang's uncle first, and he will write a letter to his father." ”

Zhang's mother Lu nodded and said: "My son is thoughtful, I want to inform Xizhang that Uncle Zhang is right, your father is too far away, so you don't have to wait for him to reply, my mother is the master for you, and I can think of it, your father will laugh when he knows the news - by the way, the letter to your father is simply slowed down, and when the Geng post is closed, I will now write a letter to inform your father after Nacai and Nazheng." ”

Zhang Yuan said: "The son is arranged by his mother. ”

Zhang's mother Lu was happy in her heart, the elderly women were good at face and flattery, and Zhang's mother Lu was no exception, thinking that more than four months ago, the Ma Po in Zhishui Lane was going to tell her son about the matchmaker, what kind of cow girl Ma girl, thinking that her son's eyes would not be better, she would be in a hurry to marry one, although she refused at that time, but she was really sad in her heart, how could she have thought that less than half a year had passed, her son was going to be engaged to the girl of the Huiji Shang family, this spread out, how face-saving!

Thinking of something again, Zhang's mother Lu asked: "Zhang Cao couldn't go on a blind date, but now you have become, doesn't Zhang Cao want to hate you?" ”

Zhang Yuan said with a smile: "Mother don't worry about this, although the third brother is impatient, he is not a careful person." ”

Zhang's mother Lu said: "That Zhang Cao's mother Wang must not like it in her heart. ”

Zhang Yuan said: "That's no way, it's not that I secretly robbed Zhang Cao, it's the Shang girl who didn't take a fancy to him, and I can't marry him if he can't marry him." ”

Zhang's mother Lu said with a smile: "That's right, you can't always be happy, so is my son going to the county government to see the county or to see the uncle of the West Zhang clan now?" ”

Zhang Yuan said: "It's three quarters of the Shen time, it's still early, my son is going to see Hou Xianzun, I don't know what's going on?" ”

Zhang's mother Lu said: "Then my son hurry up, maybe the great master wants to see you and test your knowledge." ”

Zhang Yuan took Wuling to the curtain hall on the east side of the county Yajie Love Hall, and saw a middle-aged man walking out with two servants with a stupid face, and what he sent out was the one he had seen in Lu's pharmacy last time. He pointed to the backs of the three people who had just walked out and said, "Zhang Gongzi, do you know who that person is?" ”

Just after taking a look, Zhang Yuan saw that the middle-aged man's appearance was somewhat similar to Yao Fu, and knew that this was Yao Fu's relatives who came to give gifts and plead for Yao Fu's exclamation, and said: "I don't know who it is, I haven't seen it before, it's Mr. Zhen's friend?" ”

Yu Muke hurriedly shook his head: "No, no, this person is Yao Fu's younger brother, who came to beg the county lord to let his brother go, and brought five hundred taels of silver, and the county lord has sternly rejected him." ”

Zhang Yuanxin said: "It is commonplace for officials in the late Ming Dynasty to ask for bribes and accept bribes, and Hou Xianzun refuses to bribe five hundred taels, I don't know if it will be heartbroken?" Asked: "Has the county zun started the trial of Yao Fu's case?" ”

Yu Muke said: "Not yet, the county lord today said that he accompanied Wang Tixue to inspect the social studies in the county, and he came back not long ago, and he was supposed to see you early in the morning." ”

Zhang Yuan asked, "Mr. Zhen, what did the county lord call me?" ”

The curtain guest smiled: "It must be a good thing, I am smiling when I see the county lord." ”

Hou Zhihan, the county commander, was drinking tea alone in the small hall of the academy, the window was bright and clean, and the warm sun was shining, seeing Zhang Yuan, Hou Zhihan smiled and said: "Zhang Yuan, sit, accompany the county to taste tea." ”

Zhang Yuan respectfully saluted, thanked the county respect, and then sat down, and the waiter took the fragrant tea and withdrew.

Hou Zhihan asked Zhang Yuan where he had gone in the morning? Zhang Yuan said: "Mr. Zhou De, a businessman, invited students to enjoy chrysanthemums. ”

Hou Zhihan said curiously: "Shang Zhoude? Shang Zhou Zuo's brother, how did he invite you to enjoy chrysanthemums? ”

Now that the family affair has not been completed, of course Zhang Yuan can't say that Shang Zhoude wants to marry his sister to him, so he said: "It's also a world friend, and I met it yesterday." ”

Hou Zhihan said with a smile: "It's not too late to appreciate chrysanthemums now, it should be that the chrysanthemums are left, and yellow flowers are piled up all over the ground." ”

Zhang Yuan said with a smile: "There are also those who wither and bloom after the cold of the year. ”

Hou Zhihan no longer paid attention to the fact that the chrysanthemum was not broken, looked at Zhang Yuan with a smile, and did not speak for a while.

Zhang Yuan couldn't guess what Hou County Ling was thinking, and his scalp was numb when he saw it, and asked, "What did the county lord summon the students?" ”

"Good thing." Hou Zhihan said: "Do you remember that I asked you if you were engaged in the Fuxue Palace?" ”

Zhang Yuan felt very bad in his heart, and nodded: "The student remembers, the student said that he would wait until he made up the student before discussing family affairs."

Hou Zhihan said: "Yesterday, you also heard what Wang Tixue said to this county and Xu Fuzun, you want to pass the county test and the government test, and the great grandmaster wants to test you in person during the Taoist test, this county does not need to say it, Xu Fuzun will not stop you, and with the great grandmaster's appreciation of you, can you not pass the Taoist test?" ”

Zhang Yuan Weiwei.

Hou Zhihan was afraid that Zhang Yuan would be too proud, and young people should not praise too much, and they had to often supervise and admonish, so he put on a straight face and said: "Zhang Yuan, you have a plan to defeat Yao Fu, why didn't you say it to this county earlier, will this county still harm you?" ”

Zhang Yuan hurriedly got up and crossed his hands and said: "The student doesn't dare, the student doesn't dare, the student was determined to learn the eight shares well to win that Yao Fu, it was some strategies arranged by the ancestor of the clan for the student, saying that this way will ensure victory." ”

Although Hou Zhihan knew that what Zhang Yuan said was not necessarily the truth, he didn't want to pursue it, in this world, especially in the officialdom, it is almost impossible for you to find a person who does not tell lies at all and is absolutely honest, what you need is to know where the common interests are, of course, you also have to be affectionate - Hou Zhihan let go of his smile and said: "After this incident, you are famous, with your craftsmanship and Wang Tixue's appreciation, it is undoubtedly a matter of making up the county students in the next year, so the county thinks that you can consider getting engaged——"

Zhang Yuan's mouth was dry, and he said: "The student is still young, and he doesn't want to discuss his relatives for the time being, so let's wait until I make up for the students, and Jiaci also means this." ”

Hou Zhihan didn't expect Zhang Yuan to shirk at all, and asked, "Do you know who this family girl this county wants to tell you about?" Without waiting for Zhang Yuan to speak, he smiled and said: "Haha, it's Miss Wang Er, who is at the same table with you at the dinner here, you have been studying at the teacher's house for several months, and you must know her identity, yes, it's her." ”

(To be continued)