Zhang Wenzheng, the word Changxing, forty years old, after the official eunuch, the ancestor once served as the governor of Qinzhou, his father is a famous talisman in the west of the river, and the family is also a big family in Qinzhou City.

Zhang Wenzheng is gifted and intelligent, can write at the age of four, can write at the age of seven, has a talent for recitation, and is also a famous prodigy in Qinzhou, and at the age of fifteen, he is already a nine-layer great consummation of the forging realm.

At that time, Zhang Wenzheng was regarded as a genius who could make the Zhang family prosperous.

Like Zhao Ning, Zhang Wenzheng was also cultivated by the family, and thousands of favors were collected in one, what he wanted, he only hoped that he could become a famous master of the country, enter the imperial court as a prisoner, become a master craftsman of the dynasty, and bring the family from Qinzhou to Yanping City.

At first, Zhang Wenzheng's performance was very in line with the family's expectations, not to mention the increasingly exquisite skills of refining talismans, but also literary and martial arts, which won him a lot of praise in the family and Qinzhou City, everyone praised him for being young and old, knowing the general situation, and he would become a great weapon in the future.

However, how can it be so simple to become a big tool, the so-called youth and old age, if it is not accumulated by suffering at a young age, but just instinctively listening to the words of the elders, it is definitely not stable, not really old.

The first family in Qinzhou City is the family of Mendi - Guanzhong Pang Clan. The Zhang family had a good relationship with the other party, because the Zhang family's level of refining talismans was unique to Qinzhou, and the performance of the talismans produced was stronger, so Pang asked the Zhang family's talismans to refine amethyst runes for them.

With this relationship, the two families gradually came and went frequently, and the Pang Clan power was extraordinary, how could the Zhang family not intend to make friends, and over time, the two families became closer and closer.

In this case, Zhang Wenzheng met Miss Pong's daughter, the young Mu Shaoai is the common feeling, plus Zhang Wenzheng's reputation, Miss Ponzi also looked up to him, and after a long time, the two fell in love.

However, the problem is also here, since ancient times, it is common for men to marry wives, and it is common for women to have a lower lintel, but it is not easy for women to marry. Pang Zi's concubine naturally wants to climb high branches, so that it is beneficial to the family.

At that time, Zhang Wenzheng and Miss Pang were both young and not very proficient in human affairs, and the two of them privately combined, and they both felt that as long as Zhang Wenzheng got ahead and had a good future, with the close relationship between the two families, the two would be able to have lovers and eventually become married.

If Zhang Wenzheng can pass the imperial examination for high school, Jinshi and first, he will inevitably be accepted by Ponzi.

Since then, Zhang Wenzheng has given up studying the way of Fu Bing, and devoted himself to the book of sages, reading hard day and night, forgetting to sleep and eat.

Of course, the Zhang family didn't want Zhang Wenzheng to take any imperial examination, and the way of the Fu soldiers inherited by the family from generation to generation was fundamental, at first it was persuasion, and then it was family law......

But Zhang Wenzheng is Wang Ba, who has eaten the scales and is hard-hearted, no matter how the family teaches and persecutes, he will never change his will.

On the one hand, he wants to stay with the beautiful woman, and on the other hand, he also feels that there are no more family talismans in him, and there are no less than him.

Moreover, he is taking the right path in the examination, and he is not going to make crooked ways, and he is confident that after the high-ranking officials do it in the future, it will also be of great benefit to the family, and it is not unscrupulous, so he is determined.

Zhang Wenzheng is worthy of being a former prodigy, even if he didn't pay too much attention to poetry and articles and current affairs and policies before, even if he didn't have a famous teacher to teach him because of his family's opposition, it only took two years to obtain the status of a lifter, and he was qualified to go to the capital to participate in the examination.

In the early spring of that year, under the name of a rebel, Zhang Wenzheng rode away from Qinzhou City alone, and no one came out to see him off. When he reached the Ten Mile Pavilion, he was overtaken by Miss Ponzi Pegasus.

At that time, it was the season when it was warm and cold, and the grass was blooming, and the two hard-working mandarin ducks held hands outside the pavilion and looked at each other with tears in their eyes, complained to each other, and made a vow that they would never fail each other.

Until the sun outside the mountain turned into a sunset, and finally had to fold the willows to say goodbye, one rode a horse away, constantly reluctant to look back, and one person watched alone, blowing the piccolo in the evening breeze.

At that time, Zhang Wenzheng did not expect that this would be the last time the two of them would meet.

Zhang Wenzheng, who had traveled thousands of miles to the capital, was full of confidence and had been preparing in the capital for a long time, and just as he was about to step into the examination room, some clansmen hurriedly brought bad news.

The head of the Zhang family, who was in charge of the Qinzhou General Zuofu, was imprisoned for corruption, and the Fu Shi of the Zhang family, who served in the Jiangzuo Mansion, was either implicated or dismissed.

The Zhang family, who felt greatly wronged, complained to the Pang clan, but was told by the other party that the evidence was conclusive, not only the main Zhang family was beheaded, but the Zhang family Fu Shi who served in the government would also be exiled to the land of Lingnan Miasma.

Under the prayers of the Zhang family, the assassin implied that in order to save their lives, a large amount of money must be used to open up the joints.

The money needed was too much, and the Zhang family had to sell their property. And the strange thing is that no one in Qinzhou City dared to buy the Zhang family's various properties, saying that it was the evidence of the criminal officer's crime and wanted to be confiscated.

In the end, only Ponzi was willing to buy, and what was said was based on the relationship between the two families. But the price can only be 30% of the market price.

The poor head of the Zhang family was overtortured in prison and was dying, and the Zhang family could only sell all their properties to Pang Zi in order to save people, and emptied the family treasury, finally scraping together enough money.

The head of the Zhang family was already in a coma when he was rescued, and the Zhang family tried their best to only let the head of the Zhang family say one sentence before he died: It was Pang Shi who framed him in order to annex the Zhang family......

When Zhang Wenzheng returned to Qinzhou City, his family was in a state of flux.

Since then, the Zhang family, which was once a big family in Qinzhou City, has completely declined.

The Zhang family used the money obtained from the sale of the ancestral house, and asked Zhang Wenzheng's father and son to bring it to the capital, and asked an old friend in the army who had received the favor of the head of the Zhang family to help sue the emperor.

After they came to the capital, they were told that it was impossible to succeed at all, because the current prime minister of the court came from the Xu family, and the Pang family was not only a family of mendi, but also the in-law family of the Xu family, with great power, and Zhang Wenzheng They did not have any actual physical evidence in their hands......

In the end, according to Zhang Wenzheng's father's wishes, the old friend in the army used part of the money they brought to help Zhang Wenzheng find an errand in the Governor's Mansion of the Patrol City.

At first, Zhang Wenzheng wanted to rely on his talents to be promoted step by step, and wait until the day when he became an important minister of the dynasty and held power, and then avenged the Zhang family and made Pang pay the price for his crimes.

It's a pity that he was too young at that time and thought too simply.

Not to mention that there are so many sons of the family in the Duwei Mansion, it is not easy for Zhang Wenzheng to be promoted, and the Duwei Mansion is still so pressed by the Jingzhao Mansion that he can't raise his head, and there is no chance to make meritorious contributions to major cases.

Then, Pang Sheng, who came from Ponzi, became Jing Zhaoyin.

In the capital, a place where princes and nobles gather, Zhang Wenzheng, a lonely and helpless young man, even if he has three heads and six arms, it is useless.

Time flies like a white horse, more than 20 years are just a flick of the fingers, the once talented and handsome, now the sideburns have been born, every moon in the sky, in the dimly lit simple house looking back on the past, what you see is just a waste of time.

The unwillingness, grief and self-blame accumulated day after day, in the middle-aged time when there is no hope for half of life, can only be helplessly swallowed into the liver and intestines with the hot bad wine.

......

After listening to Zhang Wenzheng's narration, Zhao Ning was silent for a long time.

Most of the happiness in the world is similar, but the misfortune is different. There is no doubt that the more power and wealth you have, the more happiness you can have, and most of the world's problems can be solved by them.

And if the unfortunate people are not bullied and oppressed by those who have a lot of power and wealth, their misfortune and unhappiness will be much less.

Zhao Ning knew what he wanted to know: Liu's amethyst was basically only sold to Mendi, and it was reasonable for the Pang family, as a big family, to have a lot of amethyst every year.

"After the New Year, Zhang Zongqi will come to the Zhenguo Mansion, as long as you can refine the amethyst stone runes, ask for it. ”

Zhao Ning gave his own decision, Zhang Wenzheng said these things, he will be able to verify it soon, but he doesn't have to worry about lying to him.

Zhang Wenzheng looked at Zhao Ning with burning eyes: "If the Zhao family has the day to bring down the Pang family, can Zhang take revenge?

"If there is such a day, I will not let Zhang Zongqi down. Zhao Ning nodded in agreement.

He thought to himself: Zhang Wenzheng only relied on his own strength, and he couldn't help Pang Shi in ten lifetimes, it seems that Zhao's unstoppable momentum to bring down Liu's family has made Zhang Wenzheng see some hope and have a lot of confidence in Zhao, so he lost no time in taking the initiative to lean over.

Perhaps, the tragic past of the Zhang family may also become a weight for him to deal with Ponzi.

Thinking of this, Zhao Ning couldn't help but sigh secretly, to this day, I don't know if Zhang Wenzheng has the possibility of seeing his young love again in this life, and if he does, he doesn't know what the situation will be.

"Thank you Mr. Zhao!" Zhang Wenzheng stood up, straightened his robe, and bowed solemnly.

......

Chen Anzhi drank the decanting soup, put down the bowl, glanced at his stern father on the main seat, and took the initiative to speak: "Father called his son over late at night, but what is the teaching?"

Chen Xun glanced at Chen Anzhi and said lightly: "From now on, I will not get together with your two generals." I have already told you yesterday that now the relationship between the Chen family and the Xu family has changed, Xu Xiang and the Zhenguo Gong are in the same situation, as the eldest grandson of the Chen family, you need to pay attention to your words and deeds. Even if you want to deal with them, you have to pass this time, so as not to be ...... by Xu Minglang's old horse cough, so as not to be talked about by Xu Xiang. ”

Chen Anzhi was disturbed and troubled.

"Father, it's not been a year or two since we disagreed with the Xu family, why did we release our suspicions so quickly this time and turn the conflict into a jade silk?" Chen Anzhi had wanted to ask this question for a long time.

Chen Xun sat upright like a clay sculpture, but he snorted coldly in his mouth, and said disdainfully: "Who is with this old horseman...... The old prime minister turned hostility into a jade silk? It was just an expedient measure. ”

Speaking of this, he glanced at Chen An again with dissatisfaction, "My father has always taught you to think more about things when you encounter problems, why are you still developing in the direction of a reckless man?"

"Now that the civil and military disputes are intensifying, the Liu family's illustrious family is falling, and our Chen family is small, but it can't withstand the toss. In case the general sees that we are bullied and makes a move on us, Xu Minglang's old ...... Xu Xiang is behind his back, aren't we in danger?"

Hearing this, Chen Anzhi immediately answered and said loudly: "Father, Brother Ning and Wei Yebo will not turn against me, and the Zhao family and Wei will not deal with the Chen family......!

"Shut up!" Chen Xun was so angry by Chen Anzhi's words that his beard shook, "I just made you think about it, you just said brainless things to your father, are you going to be angry with your father?!"

Seeing that his father was indeed angry, Chen Anzhi shrunk his neck and stopped talking.

Chen Xun snorted coldly as a warning, and continued: "In addition to the civil and military disputes, the internal disputes within the family, the general trend of today, and the dispute between the family and the Han family! This dynasty has greatly promoted the imperial examination, especially in recent years, His Majesty has continued to expand the scale of the imperial examination, and there are more and more poor officials in the court.

"The Chen family originally only focused on learning, and the clansmen only served in the Ministry of Rites, Honglu Temple, Taixue, and Hanlin Academy, with few official positions and limited power, and now they are ...... by Xu Minglang Xu Xiang...... Then, old horseman, squeezing on both sides of the cold door, if you don't seek a way out, you will really fall into the middle of the road!

"This time, Xu Lao Pifu was also forced to be forced by the door, and took the initiative to come to the door to show goodwill, and also gave up many official positions left by the Liu family, if our Chen family does not borrow the slope to get off the donkey, Xu Lao Pifu will be annoyed and angry, then it will be a big deal. ”

Speaking of this, Chen Xun glanced at Chen An, "We are taking advantage of the situation, lose no time in asking for benefits from Old Horse Xu, and then we will see the situation later." Do you understand?"

Chen Xun said the truth, Chen Anzhi was dizzy when he heard it, and finally saw his father waiting for him to answer, and said embarrassedly: "My son should ...... Got it, it's still a bit complicated!"

The corners of Chen Xun's mouth twitched, he almost turned his back on his anger, he wanted to point at Chen Anzhi and scold, but he had to take into account his Confucian gentlemanly demeanor, his beard trembled for a while, which was extremely funny, and finally stood up and walked away, "You give me a retreat, and you are not allowed to come out!"

"Every time I finished speaking, I was asked to go into retreat, as if I didn't practice in retreat myself. Chen Anzhi muttered to himself, bowing weakly.