Chapter Seventy-Three: Preparing a Congratulatory Gift
Just as Zhang Xiu and Hu Che'er were eating and drinking and preparing to leave, the sound of the three of them talking came from the tavern building. Zhang Xiu didn't pay attention at first, but when he heard his name mentioned in the words of the people talking upstairs, he couldn't help but listen attentively.
I only heard one of them say: "The troops outside the city are the headquarters of Zhang Xiu, the general under Dong Zhuo, and looking at his army, you can know that the Xiliang Iron Cavalry is worthy of the name of the elite of the Han Dynasty." ”
Another person said: "What about the elite of Xiliang Iron Cavalry, Zhang Xiu is only a martial artist, he can't understand literature and ink, and he is vulgar." Its owner Dong Zhuo still needs to give some property every year to my Yuan family, and Zhang Xiu is just a lackey under Dong Zhuo. ”
This was said very loudly, everyone downstairs heard it, but the people sitting downstairs were some poor scholars or merchants from the north and south, and when they heard the people upstairs talking, they also guessed that it was some famous children, and they were not surprised by the well-informed from time to time, but the sound of their conversation was invisibly whispered.
And Zhang Xiu's table, Hu Che'er was furious after hearing the man upstairs speak, and when he was about to shoot the case, he was held down by Zhang Xiu, and then shook his head at Hu Che'er, Hu Che'er was so angry that he stared, but Zhang Xiu could only sulk on the side when he held him down.
After holding Hu Che'er, Zhang Xiu continued to listen to the three people upstairs. I only heard the man who admired the elite of his army and said: "Brother Highway is wrong, Dong Zhuo doesn't care, this Zhang Xiu is not only a reckless man, he has seen Lord Huangfu that day, and Lord Huangfu told Zhang Xiu about the three strategies of Pingqiang in Cao, which can be called a wonderful strategy, it can be seen that Zhang Xiu is also a powerful person, and he will definitely be able to become another general of my Han in the future." ”
The man known as the highway said, "Brother Mengde's words are ...... wrong."
Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by a person: "Mengde, the highway and live, this place is Anyi, Zhang Xiu's army is stationed outside the city, it is difficult to guarantee that there will be Zhang Xiu's eyes and ears here, if Zhang Xiu's words are heard by Zhang Xiu, it will be in vain." ”
But the man named Meng De said, "What Brother Ben Chu said is very true. After that, the three of them no longer talked about Zhang Xiu, but just talked about wind 1iu rhyme or poetry and fu.
Zhang Xiu downstairs had already guessed who they were after listening to their answers, the person who was called Meng De was naturally Cao Cao, the one who kept belittling himself should be Yuan Shu, and the person who played the round at the end should be Yuan Shao. Thinking of the fact that only a scholar said that Wei Ning Wei Zhongdao, the son of the guard family for a month, was going to marry the daughter of the great Confucian Cai Yong, I think they came for this matter.
Zhang Xiu originally wanted to wait for them to leave before leaving, so that they could meet the three celebrities, but when he saw that it was not early outside, Zhang Xiu decided to go home first, thinking that with his current status, whether it was the Wei family or Cai Yong, he should have a banquet for himself, so why should Zhang Xiu meet them for a while.
Led Hu Che'er, who was still angry, back home, and now Zhang Ji was waiting for him in the hall, Zhang Xiu stepped forward and saluted: "Uncle, Xiu is back." ”
Zhang Ji motioned to Zhang Xiu, asked him to sit down first, and then said: "Bo Yuan, this afternoon Uncle Wei went to visit the great Confucian Cai Yong, I didn't expect that his daughter would marry the son of the Wei family a month later, but Mr. Bo Ji sent a wedding card to Uncle Wei and you, but we are sending a congratulatory gift?" ”
Zhang Xiu didn't answer immediately, but asked: "I also heard about this matter on the street, but it is rumored that Mr. Bo's daughter is not yet thirteen years old, why did she marry the son of the Wei family so early?" ”
Zhang Ji said with a smile: "But the imperial court wants to let Mr. Bo Ji enter Beijing as an official, Mr. Bo Ji feels that after entering Beijing, there must be a lot of official business, if his daughter remarries to Hedong next year, it will be very troublesome, so he will marry his daughter Zhao Ji into the Wei family before he enters Beijing." ”
Zhang Xiu nodded and said, "I see, but when did my uncle know Mr. Bo Jiao, why I don't know about this matter." ”
Zhang Ji smiled and said: "When Dong Gong was still the Taishou of Hedong, Mr. Bo Ji lived in Hedong, and Mr. Bo Ji was a great Confucian in the world, so Dong Gong took Uncle Wei and Zhiran to visit Mr. Bo Ji together, Uncle Wei and Mr. Bo Ji met at that time, although it is not a deep friendship, but it is also an acquaintance. This time I came to Hedong for my uncle, but I stopped by to visit Mr. Bo Jiao, and I didn't expect to catch up with the happy event of Mr. Bo Jiao's marriage. Bo Yuan, what Uncle Fang just asked, but you haven't answered yet? ”
After Zhang Ji finished speaking, Zhang Xiu understood the cause and effect, and when he heard Zhang Ji's question, he asked rhetorically: "Uncle, what does Mr. Uncle like?" ”
Zhang Ji thought for a while and replied: "I heard that Mr. Bo Jiao's house has a collection of 4,000 volumes, so it seems to my uncle that Mr. Bo Jiao must be a book lover. ”
Zhang Xiu heard it and said with a smile: "This is very good, I don't have much property in my family, since Mr. Bo Jiao loves books, embroidery and give him two articles, just for my uncle and nephew to congratulate the gift." ”
When Zhang Ji heard this, he exclaimed: "Bo Yuan wants to give away articles? Mr. Bo is the world, friends all over the world, and he got to know either a famous family or a famous man in the world, for the uncle has never seen Bo Yuan's dance and writing, or don't give an article, if the article is not good, Bo Yuan will only laugh and be generous. ”
Zhang Xiu smiled confidently: "Uncle is relieved, only prepare white silk pen and ink, and embroidery has its own opinions." ”
Zhang Ji was worried: "Bo Yuan still wrote the article first for Uncle Wei and Mr. Jia to see, Mr. Jia is a famous person in Xiliang, if Mr. Jia also approves of Bo Yuan's article, Uncle Wei will not object." ”
Zhang Xiu smiled helplessly: "Okay." Seeing Zhang Jizi go to prepare the white silk pen and ink, Zhang Xiu thought silently in his heart: "Yuan Shu, didn't you say today that I don't know how to write and ink, and I want to let you see what kind of article is written by a person who doesn't understand literature and ink in your eyes." ”
When Zhang Ji brought the white silk pen and ink and called Jia Xu, Zhang Xiu wrote two articles in the white silk, and let Zhang Ji and Jia Xu take a look after writing. Jia Xu is a famous person in Xiliang, so naturally it is needless to say that Zhang Ji has also read some books, and it may not be possible for him to write articles, but he still understands after reading it. It's just that after reading Zhang Xiu's two articles, whether it is Zhang Ji, who is coarse and well-written, or Jia Xu, who is a famous man in Xiliang, they are all dumbfounded, especially Jia Xu looked at Zhang Xiu with a trace of incomprehension.
Zhang Xiu naturally knows the power of the two articles he wrote, he knows that he has always been an image of a martial artist, and the troubled times require martial arts, but it is also essential to compete for hegemony in the world, if he has always been an image of a martial artist, it is really difficult to recruit scribes as a supplement in the future, but this time with the good opportunity of Cai Yong marrying a daughter, he Zhang Xiu will show his literary talent in front of the world, although this behavior feels a bit arrogant in Zhang Xiu's consistent cognition. It's just that Zhang Xiu knows that there is not much time left for him, if Dong Zhuo enters Luoyang, even if he shows his best literary talent, he will have to discount it, this time is the best opportunity, so Zhang Xiu decided to take advantage of it. Since being woken up by Jia Xu, Zhang Xiu has already understood the principle of breaking the truth, so Zhang Xiu decided to be arrogant this time.
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