Having said that, Pei Yan was still so angry that he continued to complain to Yu Tang about Zhang Ying: "He is also an old man, since he can't completely retire, it's good to arrange a future for the people around him, if he can't, he will retire completely and don't ask about the world." Thirty years in Hedong and thirty years in Hexi, who can stand on the top and never come down? When I read history books, I understand more than the other, and when I talk about myself, I am more unwilling than the other, and I feel that I will be an exception. In the past, the most powerful person in the capital was the Xu family. How did the Zhang family get up? It's not going up with the Xu family. Did the Xu family say that they had to find a way to pull the Zhang family off the horse? Who is the first and who is the second is originally going around in circles, and they should be trying to find a way to stand in the first echelon, rather than always thinking about taking the first. ”

Yu Tang listened quietly, pondering slowly in his heart. The more I pondered it, the more I felt that Pei Yan's words made sense.

It's not easy to get in, and it's not easy to get out.

It is in response to the sentence "every family has a scripture that is difficult to read".

It can be seen that wealthy families also have their own difficulties.

And Pei Yan just muttered a few words in front of Yu Tang, usually with a cold face, which made Mr. Chen feel cold in his heart, and he had a lot of things to ask Pei Yan but didn't dare to ask, which made Pei Yan idle all of a sudden.

When this person is idle, he can't help but think about it. Fortunately, Pei Yan was prepared, and every day he and Yu Tang "read" and "painted" in the cabin, happy and happy like a fairy, and made the embarrassed Yu Tang simply break the jar and break it, covering his ears and stealing the bell as if nothing had happened, and he forced himself to be calm when he saw the second wife, and he could also discuss with the second wife that since the second master sent someone to Liaocheng to pick them up, Pei Yan and Yu Tang and others should stay in Liaocheng for a few more days.

According to Pei Yan's opinion, there is nothing to see, but the second wife wants Yu Tang to stay for a few days, and said: "I don't know when I will see each other when we are separated this time?" ”

If Pei Xuan's official luck is good, he will be rated as a "capable official" after three years, and it may be possible to be transferred to the capital, but if his official luck is not good, he may be transferred to a farther place after his nine-year term expires. No matter where they go, as long as Pei Xuan doesn't make a career, there are not many opportunities for them to meet.

Although Yu Tang was reluctant to let the second wife and the fifth lady go, he could follow Pei Yan more.

Gu Xi really wanted to get off the boat to take a look.

Although they travel on a boat, they stay on the ship for a month, and there is an elder Pei Yan on the ship, and she is only in the cabin for eight or nine ten, which is really boring.

She asked Pei Tong: "You often visit the third uncle these days, how does the third uncle treat you?" ”

Pei Tong was a little embarrassed.

Pei Yan was not close to him. When his father was there, Pei Yan was in his hometown. When Pei Yan was admitted to the capital, he moved out of the old mansion in the Pei family's capital, and later his father died, and the position of the suzerain of their house was handed over to Pei Yan...... He didn't know much about Pei Yan either.

For more than a month, Pei Yan made him feel as if he was in the wrong place.

Pei Yan likes to take Yu Tang very much, and also tells Yu Tang to post, paint, fish, and even take Yu Tang to hang out on the deck in the evening.

He is a nephew, so it is naturally difficult for him to come forward.

In this way, although he often finds opportunities to meet Pei Yan, in fact, even if he does, he rarely has the opportunity to say anything.

He felt that this was a way for Pei Yan to tactfully refuse his closeness.

It's just that he was embarrassed to tell his wife, as if he seemed to be very incompetent, and he couldn't even do this little thing.

Pei Tong said vaguely: "It's okay." ”

Gu Xi sat down and said to him expectantly: "You might as well talk to the third uncle, we will stay in Liaocheng for two days, and you and your second uncle can also talk well." I saw you this time, but I don't know when I'll see you! As for the fear of delaying the trip, it is better to add some silver and let the boatmen travel for a few days and nights. ”

Pei Xuan is still very good to Pei Tong.

Pei Tong was a little hesitant.

It's just that before he could figure out how to tell Pei Yan about it, the boat had docked at the Liaocheng wharf, and they didn't wait for Pei Xuan, who came to pick up the second wife, and waited for a staff member that Pei Xuan brought to Liaocheng.

"Third Master." He respectfully saluted Pei Yan, handed the letter written by Pei Xuan to Pei Yan, and said, "The second master said that he was waiting for you in the capital. ”

Pei Yan was very surprised, and after reading the letter, he realized that Pei Xuan had just received the official seal of the political envoy of Shandong, and a holy decree came from Beijing, and Pei Xuan was transferred to the right attendant of the household department, and he was limited to Beijing for appointment on the 15th. Pei Xuan, the official seal of the political envoy, had not yet been secured, so he handed it over again and rushed to the capital overnight.

That's a high ascension!

The people on the boat were so happy that they couldn't close their mouths, and they even ran to ask the second lady for a reward.

The second wife happily opened the cage and took the silver beans out to reward everyone.

Pei Yan frowned, took Pei Xuan's staff on the boat, and hurried overnight to the capital.

I never thought that as soon as the boat left the dock, it was stopped by the prefect of Liaocheng who rushed over after hearing the news, and he had to see Pei Yan off, and he also laid out his relationship with the Fei family: "Fei Zhiwen is my uncle." ”

Pei Xuan's staff also whispered beside Pei Yan: "It's Lord Fei's father's cousin who doesn't have three suits." ”

Pei Yan had no choice but to get off the boat to entertain.

Gu Xi poked Pei Tong: "You also go with you!" ”

Pei Yan didn't call Pei Tong, Pei Tong hesitated.

Gu Xi encouraged him: "Opportunities are created by people, and they will give opportunities to those who actively use him." ”

Pei Tong cheekily followed.

The prefect of Liaocheng was naturally very enthusiastic, Pei Yan didn't rush him, he breathed a sigh of relief, and slowly let go of socializing with those people in Liaocheng officialdom, and gradually felt like a fish in water.

Pei Yan didn't stop him, and also created some opportunities for him.

Pei Tong returned to the boat, looked at Gu Xi again, and felt that she was worthy of being Gu Chang's sister, and some of her words were quite reasonable.

He took advantage of the wine to discuss with Gu Xi a little tentatively: "Let's go back to the capital, let's live in the old mansion!" ”

Before he left, the eldest lady asked him to go back to live with his grandfather, but he made up his mind to live in his own house in private.

Gu Xiqi said: "Did you plan to live in your grandfather's house before?" Didn't we say this before? ”

Pei Tong blushed and said hesitantly: "Aren't I afraid that you won't be used to it?" I see you've been in the cabin these days......"

Gu Xi interrupted him a little forcefully, and said, "If you are not used to it, you are not used to it, but you can't do something that makes the elders dislike it and makes others see jokes because you are not used to it." We followed the third uncle back to Beijing, lived in the Pei family's old house, and served the elders, which is what we should do, who can pick out the wrong. ”

She knew that her mother-in-law was not enough to succeed and more than to lose, so she simply took the opportunity to beat Pei Tong a few times.

Pei Tong snorted a few times, stopped talking, and looked at that look, but agreed with Gu Xi's words.

Gu Xi breathed a sigh of relief.

They traveled day and night, and finally arrived in the capital before the Buddha Bathing Festival.

Mr. Shu and Zhou Zijin came to Tongzhou Wharf to pick them up, along with the third son of the Zhang family, Xiao Zhang.

As soon as Pei Yan got off the boat, Zhou Zijin gave him a bear hug.

Lord Xiao Zhang looked at him and smiled, and said to Pei Yan, "Welcome to the capital." Your second brother was called into the palace by the emperor, and there is no way to pick you up today, but tomorrow I will return to the capital, and we will come to Shunlou to pick you up and wash the dust. ”

"Or don't." Pei Yan pushed Zhou Zijin away, greeted Lord Xiao Zhang, and said with a smile, "Let's eat casually at our house tomorrow, and then I will also visit my teacher." ”

Now that the situation in the capital is complicated, Lord Xiao Zhang is not reluctant, and he said with a smile, everyone did not go to the post station, but stopped at the largest inn in Tongzhou City.

Xiao Zhang also brought his wife over.

made a special trip to receive the female dependents of the Pei family.

The third wife of the Zhang family is from a wealthy family in the north, tall and strong, plump and fair-skinned, with the unique bold enthusiasm of northerners.

"I have long heard that Yaoguang married a peerless beauty, and when I look at it today, it is really worthy of the name." Mrs. Zhang said to Yu Tang with a smile, "Since you have come to the capital, you should take a walk in the capital, Tanzhe Temple, Hongluo Temple, and Chang'an Street, you have to go and see." ”

Yu Tang likes such a straightforward person very much, and thanked him repeatedly.

The second wife and Mrs. Zhang San also met for the first time, everyone greeted each other, and Mrs. Zhang San accompanied them to have dinner in the back hall of the courtyard of Bao, rested for the night, and changed the carriage to the capital the next day.

Yu Tang rode in a carriage for the first time in his life, and felt that although the carriage was more magnificent than the mule cart, it was also more bumpy.

The second wife endured all the way, and threw up as soon as she got out of the carriage.

Yu Tang didn't have time to carefully look at what the Pei family's old mansion looked like, so he hurriedly helped the second wife to arrange the house for the second wife.

Fortunately, Pei Xuan had already gotten off the office, and he had been waiting at home for a long time, and when he saw that the second wife's face was white, he hurriedly stepped forward to take over the second wife in person, and helped serve the second wife with tea and water.

Seeing this, Yu Tang immediately retreated and went back to the courtyard where he lived.

Qingyuan had already begun to instruct the maid to arrange the residence, and the housekeeper of the inner courtyard here had already waited respectfully outside for Yu Tang to summon her.

Yu Tang was also tired enough, she didn't want to force herself, she said to the housekeeper surnamed Min, and let them disperse, and she was served by Qingyuan, freshened up and changed clothes, went to the flower hall in the inner house to entertain female guests, and went to entertain Mrs. Zhang San.

When Mrs. Zhang San learned that the second wife vomited so much that she couldn't have dinner with them, she blamed herself: "I thought you would not get used to it, but I didn't expect it to be so powerful." I knew that I wouldn't have rushed back with them. We don't eat with them anyway. ”‘

"No one expected it." Yu Tang was polite to her, took Miss Fifth and Gu Xi, and entertained Mrs. Zhang San on behalf of the Pei family.

After Mrs. Zhang San went back, she couldn't stop praising Yu Tang in front of the old lady of the Zhang family: "She looks so beautiful!" None of the female dependents of our families are more beautiful than her, no wonder Yaoguang was reluctant to marry the girl of the Li family back then. ”

Mrs. Zhang didn't care much about this, and asked Fifth Miss Pei Dan: "How is the little girl?" ”

Mrs. Zhang San hesitated: "The person has not grown yet, but the mold is like that of Mrs. Pei Er. It looks like he has a very pleasant temperament......"

It's good for such a little girl to marry in and be a second daughter-in-law. Can be the eldest daughter-in-law...... It's a bit inappropriate. What's more, he is still seven or eight years old.