Chapter 55: Mid-Autumn Festival
Munch said in a deep voice, "Come in." ”
Pushing the door open, two people entered, one was a tall man in Tatar attire, and the other was dressed in black, covered with a black cloth, revealing only a pair of eyes. The man in black stopped at the doorway.
The Tatar man respectfully walked up to Munch and whispered in his ear. Munch nodded.
Zhang Yue looked outside, at this time, the sun was setting outside, and the sky had already darkened.
Zhang Yue stood up and said, "Munch, I'll invite you to dinner in the evening, which can be regarded as giving you food." ”
Munch hesitated for a moment, glanced at the masked man standing at the door, and also stood up, "I'm afraid it won't work today, I still have important things to do, and I have to go back to the post house in a while." ”
Zhang Yue said disappointedly, "Oh, I don't know when I'll see you again in the future?" ”
Meng Ke was silent for a moment, and then laughed loudly, "You can come to the grassland to find me in the future, and if I have time, I will come to the capital to see you again." ”
Zhang Yue's eyes flashed, "Okay, okay, Munch, then let's settle it." ”
Meng Ke nodded, and Zhang Yue saw that he seemed to be in a real hurry, so he hurriedly said, "Meng Ke, since you still have important matters, then I will leave first." ”
Munch stood up, took a few steps forward, his eyes burned, and said firmly, "Okay, Zhang Yue, take care of yourself, we will definitely meet again." ”
Just met and was about to part, Zhang Yue's heart was filled with sadness, "Well, you too, you will leave Beijing tomorrow, have a good journey, and look forward to meeting us again." ”
After Zhang Yue finished speaking, he turned around to leave the room, and when he walked to the door, he subconsciously glanced at the masked man, who was tall, and a pair of gloomy eyes were also staring at Zhang Yue. She didn't stop long, and left the room quickly.
Meng Ke looked at Zhang Yue's departing figure and couldn't return to his senses for a long time. The Tatar subordinates beside him had never seen such a look from their master, and they couldn't help but speak at this time, "Master." ”
Munch looked back at the masked man standing at the door, his gaze had returned to the cold of his past, "Is the matter done?" ”
The masked man took off the mask, and it turned out to be an old man in his fifties, this old man had a national character face and a short beard, "Please rest assured, Wan'an has accepted the gold, and within a hundred days, the position of Prince Zhu Youzhu will be abolished." ”
Munch nodded in satisfaction, "Good!" ”
The Tatar subordinate next to him was puzzled and said, "Master, this Zhu Youzhu has no real power in the Ming Kingdom, and the position of the crown prince is in jeopardy, Hadu really doesn't know why he has to spend so much gold and so much effort to his death."
Munch's eyes narrowed slightly, "Quan Tian, you explain it." ”
The old man in black replied in a hoarse voice, "Yes, this Zhu Youzhu seems to be weak, but in fact it is unfathomable, General Hadu said that his status is precarious, but think about it, he has been the prince for more than ten years, and the Wan Guifei in Zhu Jianshen's harem doesn't want to put him to death all the time, he is not alive and well." can survive in such a harsh environment, how can he be a person who seems to be a promise on the surface. At this time, if he does not take advantage of his fledgling wings and get rid of him by the hands of others, in the future, he will be the biggest enemy of his master in the Central Plains. ”
The subordinate named Hadu seemed to understand what he didn't understand, and hurriedly said, "Don't worry, master, no one can hinder your plan." ”
Munch didn't speak, his gaze becoming more and more determined.
Zhang Yue returned to Qintianjian, it was already dark, when he passed through the gate of Qintianjian, he was stopped by the doorman Lao Xu, Lao Xu told him with a smile, a girl came to him this afternoon, it was the beautiful foreign girl who came to him once last time, waited for him for a while, did not see Zhang Yue come back, so he hurriedly borrowed Lao Xu's pen and paper and wrote a letter, so that Lao Xu must hand it over to Zhang Yue.
Zhang Yue looked at Lao Xu's mocking gaze, knowing that Lao Xu had misunderstood her and Gu Li at some point, and he didn't explain, thanked Lao Xu, took the letter and put it back in his arms, and went back to his room.
After entering the room, Zhang Yue took out the letter, opened it and saw that the letter was not long, the handwriting was sparse and sloppy, and the Chinese character skills of the writer were very weak, and the writing was also in a hurry, there were several typos, and the sentences were also incomprehensible, but Zhang Yue still understood it.
It turned out that Gu Li was going to leave the capital with her father and return to Hami this afternoon, and came to say goodbye to her. Gu Li told her in the letter that although the two did not see each other when they parted, Zhang Yue should not be sad, Hami has a fixed caravan to and from Daming and Hami several times a year, and they can send letters through the caravan in the future. Gu Li also told Zhang Yue that when she returned to Hami, she would boldly show her heart to her sweetheart.
After reading the letter, Zhang Yue thought that today he not only parted with Meng Ke, who had just reunited, but also separated from Gu Li, a good sister of a foreign race, and felt sour and embarrassed.
In the next few days, Zhang Yue couldn't lift his spirits. Bai Riqin Tianjian had nothing to do, so he sneaked to Yundingtian to find Yuan Mo to drink, but Yuan Mo was nowhere to be seen, so he asked the shopkeeper Fan, saying that Boss Yuan had gone out to do something. Zhang Yue slandered Yuan Mo in his heart. I had to sneak back to Li's house to chat with my sister-in-law Liu, or play with my two nephews.
After the emperor's birthday banquet, Zhang Yue had never seen the crown prince Zhu Youzhu come to the Li Mansion once, on this day, Zhang Yue really couldn't hold back, and asked the senior brother, "Why haven't I seen the prince come to the Li Mansion recently, is His Royal Highness very busy?" ”
Li Dongyang's face changed slightly, and he said, "Alas! His Royal Highness made a mistake and angered the emperor, and was punished and grounded in the East Palace. ”
Zhang Yue asked in surprise, "How could His Highness make a mistake?" Didn't any of the ministers speak for His Highness? ”
Li Dongyang glanced at her deeply, "His Royal Highness's situation in the court is very bad, the ministers tend to be inflammatory, and if they don't fall into the ground, even if they don't fall into the ground, how can there be anyone...... Alas! It's better that you don't know much about the affairs of the DPRK and China. ”
Zhang Yue saw that his senior brother was no longer speaking, so he didn't want to ask too much. It's just that I silently worried about the prince in my heart.
In a blink of an eye, the Mid-Autumn Festival arrived, Qin Tianjian took a day off, Zhang Yue happily chatted with the Liu family in the Li Mansion and ate snacks, at this time, the porter came to report, saying that Zhang Yue's mother Jin sent Lao Zhou to pick her up, so that Zhang Yue would go back to the house today, and go to the house with them to the eldest uncle Zhang Qi's house for a banquet. Zhang Yue hurriedly changed into women's clothes with Xiaotong and returned to his home with Lao Zhou.
After returning home, Jin helped her daughter, who had not seen her for a long time, to dress up carefully, and then took her daughter and son to her cousin Zhang Qi's house with her husband Zhang Luan.
Today, Zhang Qi's family is very lively, in addition to Zhang Luan's family, there are also several distant relatives of the Zhang family in the capital. Zhang Qi is the highest official position in the Xingji Zhang family, and he is the eldest in the Zhang family's generation, so other distant relatives are the only ones who look forward to Zhang Qi on weekdays.
In this Mid-Autumn Festival family banquet, the Zhang family opened several tables of banquets, and sat separately according to the dignity and inferiority of men and women, and the old and young were very lively.