Zhang Yue secretly glanced up, and suddenly felt that the figure of the person in the middle was a little familiar, and he couldn't see his face too far away. An officer and soldier saw Zhang Yue sticking out his head and shouting at Zhang Yue, and the Marquis Yang next to him hurriedly held down his back, forcing her to bow her head sharply. At the moment when she lowered her head, Zhang Yue felt a burning gaze cast on her body.

After all the people in this team passed by, Zhang Yue raised his head, and Zhang Yue asked Yang Supervisor Hou, "Brother Yang, why did the prince of Hami come to our Daming?" ”

Supervisor Yang thought for a moment and said, "Now that the emperor is about to celebrate his birthday, he should have come to Beijing to pay homage to his birthday." ”

"I see." Zhang Yue nodded, and at this time, the marquis of the horse supervisor beside him began to talk drunken again.

"Brother Zhang, let's go have some more drinks, we won't get drunk today."

Zhang Yue and Yang Jian Hou shook their heads and helped him walk forward, but this Ma Jian Hou's drunkenness was very powerful, not a few steps, forcefully spread the support of the two, the body lost its center of gravity for a while, and rushed to the middle of the road, at this time from a distance a horse team galloped, Ma Jian Hou's body rushed under the hooves of the leader of the man, and was about to collide, Zhang Yue was in a hurry, and an arrow step went up to pull the Ma Jian Hou away for a distance. At the same time the leading horseman reined in the reins, and the horse let out a long roar, and the horse's hooves were raised high, and he stopped moving.

The wine of the horse supervisor seemed to be frightened a little, and his eyes were dull looking at the man riding the horse, and the Yang supervisor hurriedly stepped forward to pull the horse supervisor to the side.

"Where did the drunkard come from, don't you want to die?" A loud and loud scolding came from the mouth of another rider next to him.

Zhang Yue looked up and took a closer look, only to see that the person holding the horse's hooves was about twenty years old, tall, wearing foreign clothes, wheat-colored skin, high nose and wide forehead, eyes like torches, riding on the horse, the whole person looked radiant, and was looking down at Zhang Yue condescendingly at this time.

And the man who stopped drinking just now seemed to be his entourage, and they were all wearing foreign costumes, seeing that Zhang Yue was silent, he shouted angrily, "Eh, silly boy, are you scared silly." You Central Plains people are just timid, ahaha! ”

Zhang Yue reacted, and when he saw these aliens so rampant, a fire rose in his heart,

"This brother, the friend under you is drunk and blocking your way, it is indeed his fault. However, my law clearly states that you should not gallop in the crowd of the market. Look at a few people who are not dressed in my Ming Dynasty, but when they arrive in the land of my Ming Dynasty, they should abide by the laws of my Ming Dynasty. After speaking, Zhang Yue's eyes calmly looked at the man who was the leader.

The entourage next to the man raised his horsewhip as if he was about to attack, but the man in charge waved his hand to stop the man, stared at Zhang Yue condescendingly for a moment, and saw Zhang Yue's fearless appearance, squinting slightly,

"Hmph, the people of the Central Plains are really sharp and good at sophistry. I will spare you today. Let's go. ”

After saying this, the leader turned his horse's head and led the others to gallop away again.

Zhang Yue dusted off the horse's hooves and lifted the dust that fell on his body, and said to Yang Jianhou, "These foreigners are still so arrogant when they arrive in our capital of the Ming Dynasty. ”

Supervisor Yang hurriedly lowered his voice, "Brother Zhang, be cautious, at this time, nine out of ten foreigners who come to Beijing are to congratulate the emperor on his birthday, and their identity and background are not simple, so they should not be offended." ”

Zhang Yue stuck out his tongue, said no more, and helped Ma Jianhou with Yang Jianhou, and after sending him home, he also returned to the Li Mansion.

When Zhang Yue returned to Li's Mansion, Li Dongyang and Liu had not yet had dinner and had been waiting for Zhang Yue. When Liu saw Zhang Yue enter the dining room, he hurriedly urged her to clean her hands and eat.

At dinner, Zhang Yue told Li Dongyang and Liu what he encountered in the market today. After Li Dongyang heard this, he solemnly warned them, "The emperor's birthday is imminent, and the magnates of various countries have entered Beijing to congratulate the saint on his birthday. ”

"Yes, Xianggong."

"Got it, brother."

Li Dongyang seemed to think of something again, and said to himself quite sadly, "It's a shame that the treacherous minister Wan An actually made a proposal to the emperor and asked His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to be the welcome envoy of the Ming Dynasty, responsible for receiving foreign envoys. It is necessary to know that this greeter is not so easy to do, as the so-called public mouth is difficult to reconcile, and the slightest carelessness is the ineffective performance of the guest envoy. Wan An wanted to use this trick to make His Royal Highness the Crown Prince lose his prestige in front of foreign countries. It's so vicious. ”

Zhang Yue lived in the Li Mansion for a period of time, and knew that the senior brother was working as a waiter in the East Palace, and somewhat understood that the senior brother was doing things for the prince. I couldn't help but worry about this His Highness, "Senior brother, isn't it dangerous for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to take this job?" ”

Li Dongyang glanced at her, and a cold light flashed in his eyes, "Hmph, Your Highness is unfathomable, how can you compare it to ordinary people." Although the errand is difficult, it is also a good opportunity to show His Highness's talents to the Gentiles. So it's a crisis, but it's also a turning point. ”

Zhang Yue was confused, but she didn't think deeply that it was not her turn to care about the affairs of the imperial court.

After eating, Zhang Yue said goodbye to his brother and sister-in-law and went back to his room.

During this time, Zhang Yue went to Qintianjian during the day and came back at night, and Xiaotong stayed in the Li Mansion during the day. At this time, when he saw Zhang Yue coming back, he hurriedly greeted him, locked the door, prepared pen, ink, paper and inkstone on the bookcase, and put a stove next to it. This is Zhang Yue's daily habit, writing at night before going to bed.

Zhang Yue changed into a loose underwear. Walked to the bookcase, picked up a copy of "Tang and Song Poems", picked up the pen in his left hand, copied the Tang poems, wrote a piece of rice paper on the table, and then pulled it out to Xiaotong, who threw it into the stove and burned it. This has been Zhang Yue's habit for many years. Mr. Huanchu did not let Zhang Yue reveal the handwriting of her left hand in front of the outside. Therefore, Zhang Yue's practice of calligraphy has always been burned after writing.

Xiaotong looked at the round, full, and radiant handwriting on the rice paper, and muttered while burning his mouth, "Alas, what a pity! Xiaotong doesn't know calligraphy and thinks it's really good-looking, and the words are like drawing. It's just burned, and if you take it out and sell it, it will definitely sell for a lot of money..."

Zhang Yue stopped his pen and knocked Xiaotong's head with the barrel of the pen, "Clean nonsense, this is the master's order, you must strictly abide by it, less nonsense, and burn it quickly." ”

The rice paper in the stove was curled up by the sparks, and the handwriting of the dragon and snake on the rice paper flickered with the flames.

Two days later, catching up with the court officials "Xiu Mu", Zhang Yue and Li Dongyang did not go to the official office. Li Dongyang saw that the weather was sunny and the sunshine was abundant, so he and Liu took their two children, called Zhang Yue, and drank tea and chatted in the small pavilion in the garden.

Li Dongyang's eldest son Li Zhaoxian likes Zhang Yue very much, and has been playing beside Zhang Yue, and his youngest son Li Zhaotong has just learned to walk, and his walk is not stable, so he also plays with Zhang Yue behind his brother.

Liu saw that his two sons liked Zhang Yue so much, and said with a smile, "Dongyang, Xiao Wu really has a child." I don't know what kind of family I will marry in the future! ”

Li Dongyang nodded and smiled slightly, "This child, straightforward, kind-hearted, and well-behaved, will definitely be a good mother in the future, but she is now like a boy day by day, I'm afraid she hasn't opened her mind yet, and she doesn't know what the love between men and women is, right?" Liu smiled and agreed.

At this time, Jia Ding came to Li Dongyang's side from a distance and whispered a few words. Li Dongyang's face changed, he stood up, and hurriedly walked out with his family.