Chapter 130

Before, the five masters didn't know that Yuan Changqing was good at painting, because of this marquee, the master suddenly found out that Yuan Changqing still had such skills, so the next day, when Lin Ruzhi and others came to find Shanniang, the old man took Yuan Changqing, who had nothing to do, to meet his painting friends - in fact, he took him out to show off.

Because the teahouse where the party was gathering was not far away, the fifth master and Yuan Changqing walked over in a car. As soon as the two of them came out of the long alley, they saw the eldest master and a new master he invited coming from the bridge laughing.

I don't know if it was the blessing of the in-laws, or the old lady of the Yuan family blew the wind in the palace according to the agreement, and now the eldest man finally got his wish and got a small messenger in the Ministry of Rites. Although the official rank has not changed, he has finally squeezed into the ranks of Beijing officials, and the eldest man said that he is very satisfied. No, before he took office, he specially hired a veteran master from Gyeonggi.

Although the eldest master and the fifth master are brothers of the same mother, the relationship is actually not good at all, and they are even inferior to those brothers whose blood is lighter. The eldest lord looks down on his younger brother who eats and waits for death, and the fifth lord doesn't look down on the big lord of the career economy, so the two brothers met, only nodded to each other, and planned to go away. The newcomer suddenly recognized that Yuan Changqing was the famous "Flower of Kaolin" in the capital, and knew that he was a popular candidate to win the championship in this year's spring, so he immediately leaned into the ear of the eldest master and whispered.

The eldest master's eyes flashed, and he suddenly changed his attitude, and asked Yuan Changqing with a smile: "I heard that you are also going to end this year?" Can you be sure? ”

What surprised the fifth master was that Yuan Changqing, who could talk to him about poetry and painting, could actually talk about economics with the eldest lord in a decent manner, and the eldest lord nodded again and again. The fifth master couldn't help but look his son-in-law up and down for a while—he seemed to have discovered another new skill of Yuan Changqing.

The old man was looking, and suddenly heard the eldest master ask Yuan Changqing: "When are you going to have a wine treat?" Gotta tell me in advance......"

The fifth master immediately refused unceremoniously: "Tell the children to rest!" How many days can they stay at home? Take the time to entertain you for another day, are you tired?! If you don't feel sorry, I'm still sorry! ”

It stands to reason that after Shanniang and his wife come back, the fifth master should take the initiative to hold a banquet for them to invite relatives and friends. The eldest master asked his younger brother to stare at him for a while, but he had no choice but to gossip with Yuan Changqing for a few more words, and then said goodbye.

The fifth master turned around and looked Yuan Changqing up and down for a while, and said, "You want to go down?" Why didn't you hear you say anything about such a big thing? ”

"It's nothing, it's just a test for fame." The corners of Yuan Changqing's eyes curved slightly, and he said with a light smile: "At the beginning, I promised the master to take care of Thirteen'er, but now my ability is limited, just for her, I should also earn a future for the two of us." ”

The old man couldn't help but be silent for a while, and sighed: "It's a pity that I haven't touched the Four Books and Five Classics for many years. ”

Yuan Changqing knew that the old man was also moved to earn a future for his wife. So he comforted the old man and said: "The old man is different from me, after all, the old man is a person who has already achieved something, and I am nothing." - The fifth old man was arrogant, after he made a name for himself in the capital, he didn't say anything when he returned to the town, so except for his few painting friends, few people in the town knew that he was the Mr. Shuyi who was once a master in Beijing - "I have never hidden the situation of my family, it is impossible for the family to give me anything, but I am young and easy to recruit people to hostage." If I want to give Thirteen a stable home, I have to stand up on my own. ”

The old man couldn't help but look him up and down again, and said with emotion: "I didn't worry about giving Shan'er to you before, I just thought that you were too scheming, but now it seems that being scheming is not necessarily a bad thing, at least you know how to plan for the future for yourself and your family better than your peers." After a pause, he suddenly glared at Yuan Changqing again, and threatened him: "But you remember, your scheming can be used elsewhere, and you are not allowed to use it on my Shan'er!" If I know that you are scheming against her, no matter how cunning you are, I will have a way to kill you! ”

Yuan Changqing replied again and again, but there was a silent snicker in his heart, if he didn't calculate, how could Thirteen Er become his person......

Thinking of the words "his people", Yuan Changqing only felt a burst of heat in his heart. As he had told Shanniang before, he himself knew that he was a cold and indifferent character when he was a child, that is, his grandfather's family treated him so much, and he was also close to his grandfather's family, but deep down in his heart, he still had a sense of distance from them. In the face of this fierce and inward-looking fifth master, the cowardly and unassertive fifth wife, including Hou Rui, who is faster than his brain, and Hou Jue, who is simply ignorant of the world, and Thirteen children, the "wonderful" in the eyes of others in this family makes him feel extraordinarily warm, and he is extraordinarily unguarded.

Because he knew that Yuan Changqing was going to participate in this year's Spring Festival, when Shanniang had lived at home for nine days, the old man rushed the young couple to the capital in a hurry. When parting, Shanniang and Mrs. were in tears, but the old man and Yuan Changqing were together and muttered for a while, looking like they had no feelings of parting at all. Shanniang can be regarded as knowing the fifth master better, and seeing that the fifth master, who has always been emotional, is so calm, she can't help but have doubts in her heart. The boat had just anchored together, and the old lady was still waving her hand on the shore, so Shanniang turned her head and asked Yuan Changqing: "What are you muttering to the master?" ”

Yuan Changqing said seriously: "It's nothing, it's just that the master asked me to help bring a letter to Uncle Gui." As he spoke, he really took out a letter from the fifth master to Uncle Gui.

"Really?" Shanniang looked at him suspiciously, the squinting eyes looked at people's style, and suddenly hooked Yuan Changqing's heart for a while, closed the hatch with his hand, threw the letter on the table, hugged Shanniang and wanted to "daytime" for a while, embarrassed Shanniang punched him a few times, and shouted loudly to Mother Hua, causing Mother Hua to cough violently outside, which made Yuan Changqing honest, but in the end, he chewed it according to Shanniang, and passed the addiction.

made such a fuss that Shanniang forgot to ask him what was going on between him and the fifth master.

By the time Shanniang and the others returned to the capital, it was already the end of the first month. When they were not in the capital, there was a heavy snowfall in Beijing, but this year was a warm winter, and the snow was falling, but it still failed to accumulate, but the new Spring Festival couplets on the doors of the roadside people were soaked to show the old, so overnight, the atmosphere of the year was so faint.

The return of Yuan Changqing and his wife, the old lady naturally still had to do something according to the routine, and a banquet to wash the dust actually asked the old lady to sprinkle the invitations all over the place, and invited all the characters in the capital. At this time, it has just finished the New Year, and everyone who should find a reason to treat them has been invited, everyone is idle and has no fun, and the people who received the post, except for those who really can't come, actually came more than ninety percent, and the Yuan Mansion, which was not big, was crowded, and it was simply lively. And because of this, Mrs. Yuan's love for the orphan grandson who was not related by blood was even more uproar for a while.

In the evening, when she finally returned to the room, Shanniang refused to move when she fell on the kang, and complained: "What is the old lady's idea?" What do you invite so many people to do? I don't even know most of them. ”

"What do you know to do?" Yuan Changqing took off his boots and went to the kang, massaged Shanniang's shoulders and said, "Didn't you notice?" Who did the old lady invite? They are just doing their own thing in our name, and we have nothing to do with the roots. He added, "It looks like something happened to Asari." ”、

Yuan Changqing really guessed correctly. After the beginning of the year, a major event really happened in the DPRK and China. In the case of Jiangyin Mansion, which Yuan Changqing had participated in the investigation before, as an important witness, the former Jiangyin prefect who was imprisoned was found to have "hanged" himself in prison, and those who were taken down from prison also turned back and pressed all the charges on the dead man. The confused master above actually took this opportunity to ask Dali Temple to close the case quickly. The case has not yet been closed under pressure in Dali Temple, and the one has already issued several decrees in a row, and the first assistant and others who were originally implicated in this case and removed from their official positions have been put back in place. So, for a while, the dark tide in the DPRK and the central government surged, and Yuan Changqing's fourth uncle's originally optimistic position was now reinstated as an official, and it was in vain, so he had to re-plan for another position, but at this time, it would be too eye-catching to invite guests during the New Year's Festival, so they would use the name of Yuan Changqing and his wife to pull people to contact each other.

Seeing Yuan Changqing frowning and pondering, Shanniang turned over and sat up, pressed him on the kang, moved his head to his lap, pressed his eyebrows for him and said, "Then this year's Spring Festival, can it still be held fairly?" ”

Yuan Changqing shook his head, "It's okay." This year's chief examiner is Master Shangshuhong of the Ministry of Rites, who is a famous hard bone, and a veteran of the two dynasties, as long as the chief examiner is still him, no one dares to do anything. I'm afraid I'm just afraid of ......" The one above was dizzy again, and he was fooled and replaced the examiner.

Xu was afraid that Shanniang would be worried, so he raised his head and said, "Don't worry, I'm only eighteen, but I fell off the list this year, so it's a big deal to come back next year." ”

The imperial examination system of the Great Zhou Dynasty was reformed by Emperor Shizu, and unlike the previous dynasty, it was not once every three years, but every year. The start date of the test is not at the beginning of February, but the test is fixed on the eighth day of April every year, and the test is not for nine consecutive days, but only for three days. After passing the Jinshi examination, he will not be appointed to an official position immediately, but he needs to enter the yamen at all levels to be a small official for three years.

He sighed, took Shanniang's hand and rubbed it in his palm, and said, "I'm not worried about that, the old lady is making such a fuss today, if I mention moving out again, it will be for their face, and the old lady will not nod anymore." It may take a few more days of patience. ”

When he sighed like this, he didn't see it, Shanniang's eyebrows moved slightly, and a sneer flashed in her slender eyes.

After eating Shanniang's first few shots, Yuan Yongmei didn't dare to provoke Shanniang again. It's just that Yuan Changxing didn't know what medicine he had taken wrong, as long as Yuan Changqing couldn't see it, he would come out and stick to Shanniang's left and right for a while. It was at this reception banquet that there were outsiders everywhere in the house, and he still had no scruples like this. When the old lady saw it, she boasted in public that Shanniang had a good temperament and got along well with her sister-in-law and uncle, and asked Shanniang to be dumb for a while.

Shanniang was originally carefully raised by the old lady of the Hou family, and now she just disdains to use those methods in the inner house, but she doesn't understand it, seeing that Yuan Changxing is not honest behind the rules in front of the people, and the old lady intends to cover it up for him, she sensitively feels that the ancestors and grandchildren are calculating something.

In fact, what is calculated, Shanniang can understand without thinking about it - it is nothing more than calculating Yuan Changqing!

Yuan Changqing is going to participate in this year's imperial examination, whether it is Yuan Li or Mrs. Yuan, there is no position to prevent him from leaving. In this way, distracting him from failing to do well in the test has become the best policy. And what could be more distracting to a man than a fire in the backyard? Shanniang can imagine how Yuan Changxing will take the opportunity to take advantage of her. And if she complained to Yuan Changqing, it would divide Yuan Changqing's heart. If Yuan Changqing went to question Yuan Changxing, the old lady would definitely say, "Your daughter-in-law misunderstood, Brother Xing'er is just a little lively", and maybe she would vaguely say two rumors about the five princes in the past to stain Shanniang. And if she didn't complain to Yuan Changqing, I am afraid that the old lady would also find an opportunity to let Yuan Changqing know about it. With the foreshadowing of the old lady before, the old lady doesn't need to add much oil and vinegar, just need to say with an understatement and "their uncle and sister-in-law have a really good relationship", which can make Yuan Changqing feel sick in his heart. It is one of them that he is distracted by this, and secondly, with the silent and suspicious Yuan Da known to the old lady, he may be able to calculate that their husband and wife will leave their hearts.

Thinking like this, Shanniang's eyes couldn't help but get colder. Since Yuan Changqing is inconvenient to make a move, then she will come.