Chapter 77: The Day of Embarrassment (Part II)
The whole house of Tongren rested for three days!
When the prefect celebrates his birthday, all walks of life in the prefecture, including the yamen, can magnify the fake, which can only be realized in places where Tusi is in power.
However, Zhang Fatzi does not stop Mu and does not succeed, his home is in the back of the prefect's office, and because this prefect's yamen is renovated with the original Tusi Mansion, the main gate of entry and exit is still in front, if you don't stop Mu, here to file lawsuits, all over the country to go to the prefect's yamen on business, still come and go, and at the same time there are a large number of guests in and out, what will it be?
The side door and the back door of the prefect's yamen were also opened, and the back door had been closed all night since three days ago, and there were people of all sizes who belonged to the Zhang family, such as the earthen house, the big head man, the two-headed man, and the small head man, who came to give gifts. Grain, cloth, chickens and ducks, meat elbows, honey, yellow wax, all kinds of mountain delicacies, fresh fish, fine wine......
When the toast master celebrates his birthday, he doesn't have to spend a penny, and all the qiē he needs is offered by his subordinates. The people gave the offerings to their officials or heads, and then they gathered them and sent them to the prefect's yamen. The temporary increase in cooks, servants, and banquets was also the responsibility of all the people of the Zhang family, and after three days, the backyard of the Zhang family was already full of all kinds of belongings.
The officials of Tongren Mansion and their families entered and exited through the side door, and after presenting their gifts, the men and women were separated, and the male guests were led to the living room set up in the courtyard of the second hall, and the female relatives were led to the living room set up in the third hall.
There is no such etiquette and religion as in the Central Plains, and there will be no strict separation of male and female guests, sometimes there will be female guests walking around in the second hall, or male guests walking around in the third hall, the reason why the separation is roughly carried out is just to make everyone more unrestrained and more enjoyable.
The main entrance is specially used to welcome the big people with the identity of the toast, and it is also the most deserted place at present. In front of the door, sixteen red-clad lads stood with their heads held high, and a huge drum was set up beside it, which was to be beaten as soon as the toast arrived, but the giant drum had not responded once since the early morning.
Zhang Yi walked around the second hall, greeted some Tongren officials and gentry with a smile, and suddenly realized that something was wrong, swept around, sighed in his heart, and immediately turned around and rushed to the front office.
When Zhang Yi arrived at the front office, he saw a table under the porch, with red cloth on the table, and the four treasures of the study, and a bookkeeper in charge of remembering the rites was holding his chin and dozing off boredly.
"Knock knock!"
The table was knocked a few times, and when the head of the room opened his eyes, he saw that the second master of the family was standing in front of him with a calm face, and quickly stood up: "Second master! ”
Zhang Yi said in a deep voice: "How many toast masters have arrived?" ”
The good account room looked down at the empty gift book, and said with a sad face: "This ...... Second master, no one has come to ...... yet"
Zhang Yi couldn't help but panic a little when he heard this: "No, no matter what, they won't tear their faces, and they won't even come to my eldest brother's birthday, right?" ”
In the distance, the sound of festive gongs and drums came to him, and he was even more upset when he heard it, Zhang Yi turned around and was about to walk towards the back house, his eyes swept around, and suddenly saw his nephew Zhang Yutong walking in from outside, Zhang Yi immediately stopped.
As soon as Zhang Yutong saw his ugly face, he knew why he was worried, so he hurriedly greeted him and whispered: "Uncle don't worry, my nephew also found that something was wrong, so he specially sent someone out to investigate." The toasts from all over the country have already arrived, living in the pavilion and the temple respectively, and only then did they report that they had gone out one after another, and they came here in a sedan chair. ”
Zhang Yi couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he heard this, if Master Zhang had a birthday, and no one from the Tusi of the Mansion came to congratulate him, then the problem would be strict. No matter what Governor Zhang said before, even if no one supported it, it could barely be said that there were disagreements, if it was Governor Zhang's birthday, this kind of courtesy would not arrive, it would be a big slap in the face to Governor Zhang, and then he shouted all over the world with his mouth closed: "Lao Tzu will not be at your mercy from now on"!
Zhang Yi breathed a sigh of relief, then snorted coldly, and said: "Your father has a big birthday, and they are actually slowly soaring, and they have not been able to do so far, which is clearly deliberate to be lazy." ”
Zhang Yutong sighed and said, "Father firmly believes in what the Changfeng Dao people say, and now that the flag is dead, it will be difficult for us to make any moves this year." Bear with it, when their vigilance is relaxed after the New Year, let's wait for the opportunity to fight back, so that they know how powerful our Zhang family is. ”
Zhang Yi said with relief: "Hmm! Good boy, the Zhang family has you, and there is no end to hope, your father and I are old, and Yu Junting fights, just rely on you to be born, grow your ambition! ”
Zhang Yutong nodded vigorously, and a trace of anger flashed across his slightly childish face.
The uncle and nephew walked back side by side, and Zhang Yi said: "They are slowly soaring, I'm afraid that the auspicious time will not arrive, should I wait for them, or start the feast first?" ”
Zhang Yutong said: "If it is for them, if the auspicious time for the feast is delayed, wouldn't it be even more ambitious for them?" They deliberately neglected our Zhang family, they can't make them wishful, let's start the feast on time! ”
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In the second hall, Father Wu and Father Xiang chatted enthusiastically for a while, and suddenly noticed that something was wrong, the people in the courtyard had already sat for seventy, seven, eighty, eight, eight, eight ”
Father Xiang looked up at the hall and couldn't help but get nervous: "What does this mean?" Even on the prefect's birthday, they didn't come! ”
"Silence!"
Father Wu hurriedly told him to lower his voice, looked around again, and said, "Dai Tongzhi didn't come either!" ”
Xiang's father said: "Aside from his identity as a toast, he is still the same acquaintance of the mansion, the direct subordinate of the prefect, does he dare to come to socialize?" ”
Father Xiang said, looked around, and suddenly saw Ye Xiaotian, Ye Xiaotian was sitting at a seat next to the side of the porch, looking around, very leisurely. Those who have arrived now are all neutrals who are close to the Zhang family, or who have no great energy and do not need to stand on the right side.
And Ye Xiaotian has been listed as one of the four protectors of Yu Jianzhou, and these people are far away from him in order to avoid suspicion, so Ye Xiaotian is the only one at that table, which is particularly eye-catching.
Seeing Ye Xiaotian, Xiang's father breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Look, the one surnamed Ye is sitting there, if they don't come after discussing it, the one surnamed Ye will definitely not show up." Since he is here, Dai Tongzhi will not fail to come. ”/*
Father Wu also saw it at this time, and snorted heavily: "No matter what, they haven't arrived so far, and they are very disrespectful to the prefect!" ”
Father Wu snorted and said: "Come on, people have long been disrespectful, I don't believe it, the Zhang family has been based on this for five hundred years, and said that if it falls, it will fall, you look at it, the more the Zhang family does not move, there will definitely be big moves in the future, and let them go proudly, I will wait to see when they are ugly!" ”
Ye Xiaotian sat in the corner alone, it was really boring. Seeing that some female guests came from the second hall and accompanied their husbands to meet some close friends, especially the entangled relatives, and some male guests went to the third hall to meet some female elders of their own family, they simply stood up and walked towards the third hall.
The Zhang family has lost in the political arena one after another this year, and they have the intention to take advantage of the Zhang prefect's mansion to greatly operate it, and to boost the prestige and morale of the Zhang family through the excitement, so they specially proposed that the officials and gentry should bring their families. Ye Xiaotian hasn't married a wife yet, but in his heart, he really doesn't regard Doni as a lowly concubine, so he brought her with him today.
Now seeing that he was isolated in front of him, Ye Xiaotian was a little worried about Doni, so he rushed to Santang to see Doni's situation. For the first time, Douni accompanied Ye Xiaotian to attend this kind of event, and she was flattered and dressed up very carefully.
She wore a high-necked silver silk placket, a phoenix tail skirt, and her hair was combed into a peach bun, except for two pearls under her ears, there were no ornaments. A pair of willow eyebrows are like a curved thin moon, and the face is covered with a faint rouge, gentle and beautiful, and extremely delicate.
Her temperament and appearance are outstanding among the female guests in the house, which is very eye-catching, some people are curious, so they ask her identity, and when they learn that she is Ye Tui's official concubine, some people look at her unpleasantly.
These powerful wives, even if they were very beautiful at the beginning, are now mostly middle-aged, but today they just pop up a delicate little and steal their limelight, can it be a taste in their hearts. Besides, she is a concubine, and she actually sits at the same table with these ladies, and what is even more hateful is that she is still Ye Xiaotian's woman, the opponent of the Zhang family.
Before the banquet opened, a table of women was grinding their teeth with melon seeds, and a woman knocked on melon seeds, and said with a smile: "No wonder, a lowly concubine can also be on the top of this elegance, look at this small appearance, it must know how to be a fox with a belly, and it will make men happy!" ”
Another woman rubbed her handkerchief left and right on her cheeks, and said lazily: "It's hard to say, maybe other men are more powerful, my sister loves pretty, what kind of pretty, pretty kung fu!" Otherwise, it can make Yu Jianzhou so favored? ”
A woman ate and laughed maliciously, and Doni sat there with her waist straight, and she could tell that what they said was not good, but she still looked like she was smiling without showing her teeth, but two embarrassed blushes appeared on her cheeks. This girl is actually rude, but now she is very well-behaved, although she is angry and sad in her heart, she doesn't dare to attack, for fear that people will say that she is rude and lose the face of Brother Xiaotian.
A woman sitting at the head of Doni held tea, twisted her waist that was already full of fat, and teased: "When you go home, you have to watch it closely, this kind of little prodigal hoof, but don't let her get close to your man, otherwise...... Ouch! ”
Before she could finish her sentence, she felt as if her elbow had been bumped, and a cup of tea had been spilled on her face, and she screamed.
Ye Xiaotian appeared at the table angrily, and when Doni saw it, she hurriedly stood up and said timidly: "Old ...... Lord......"
She also knew that there were big rules outside, and she couldn't call him Brother Xiaotian like at home, otherwise she would have to provide someone with a handle, seeing Ye Xiaotian's angry face, she felt a little sad unconsciously: "It's all my fault, I can't pretend to be a lady, and I want Brother Xiaotian to embarrass me." ”
Ye Xiaotian grabbed her little hand, glanced coldly at the full table of women, "bah", and scolded disdainfully: "A group of stupid * old ladies!" ”
After Ye Xiaotian finished scolding, he pulled Doni Yang away, leaving a group of old ladies messy in the wind......
: Writing about this day, I think of the "stealing half a day" in the Hui Ming and the "long day" in the drunken pillow, in general, in this case, it is both brilliant and exciting, and there must be something big happening. Dai Tongzhi and Li experienced a jar full of backs, a silver needle full of backs, and ran naked in big pants, Ye Xiaotian played a donkey in the prefect's yamen again, and then something will happen? Asking for monthly passes and recommended tickets supports R1152 first ^_^