Chapter 1: Your guests will think about people's wishes
"The mountain spring is scattered, it is spring every year, and the small peach is scorching when the flowers are blooming. Yanhua flies uncertainly, a branch is oblique, and the peach blossom curtain outside the curtain is inside. The depth is reduced to the fullest, and it is not in the same column as the group of flowers. ”
Most of the stone wall had been destroyed, and the handwriting was blurred, and the girl recited in a whisper with her strokes.
I thought: "It's only a hundred years, and the words carved on the stone wall are already like this, and what is engraved in other people's hearts can exist for a few years?" ”
The girl pushed a wooden wheelchair, and a little girl of seven or eight years old sat on the wheelchair, and it seemed that she should be at the time of worry-free, but there was a coldness in her complexion, as if she could see through the red dust.
"Miss, Mr. received a letter from that house in the capital a few days ago."
The girl in the wheelchair smiled back and nodded.
The words are carved on a steep stone wall, and the two of them stand on the edge of the cliff, looking at the traces on the stone wall.
I saw that the opposite stone wall is not far away, three waterfalls rush down, from here, look down on the opposite mountains, at a glance, see the world.
The two of them slowly walked down the mountain road, towards the bottom of the mountain, and after a few turns, they saw a series of houses.
Walk down again, glimpse and see a stone stele, engraved with a hundred years ago Emperor Taizong of Chengguo gave this place the imperial book, the stele is written "the land of the phoenix, Huainan Zhangjia" several big characters.
In the early morning, the road to the east of Kyoto Castle looks very clean, and all the way you can see, the streets are surrounded by carved walls and gates of the Zhuangwei Temple.
It's probably still early, and most of the mansions haven't come out yet, and there are few pedestrians, so it seems very deserted.
In the depths of this street, there is a mansion, different from other mansions, the guards in dark clothes have already stood respectfully on both sides of the road outside the mansion gate, the mansion gate has been re-cared for by the servants in the mansion, and even the trees on the side of the road outside the door have not escaped the fate of being pruned.
Look down, the plaque of the mansion gate, the two big characters of gilding - Zhang Mansion.
Today may be a big event for the Zhang family, because all the people in the clan have gathered at the door and are waiting here early.
There were whispers from the juniors in the back row, some people said that there would be another marquis in the Zhang family today, and some people said that the prince who held the military power in the court was going to come to marry the Zhang family, and some people said that looking at this posture, it seemed that the nobles in the palace were coming, and he was fortunate to witness the nobleman with his own eyes.
Several juniors were talking about their conjectures in the back, and one junior interjected with a disdainful snort: "What do you know, listen to Sister Zhang Li, a person with a very high rank came from the master's side." ”
"Oh? Extremely high seniority? The other two finished with some surprise, and then began to think about something.
Seeing that the two of them were no longer talking, the junior who interjected turned his head disapprerovingly and whispered to the other person, showing off that he was well-informed.
This is not surprising, in the eyes of the juniors of the Zhang family, the main family of the Zhang family has long been history, and there is no other reason, that is, the main family has been in the capital for many years.
For these juniors, all they know is that only the head of the Zhang family is rich in the south.
A hundred years ago, the ancestor Zhang Xudong appeared in the Zhang family's family's house, and established the Chengguo with Emperor Yin Mingyue, the emperor of Chengguo, and there was the capital Zhang family.
Since then, the Zhang family in the capital and the main family have broken off contact with each other for unknown reasons under the passage of time.
Chengguo etiquette law is still very important, the head of the Zhang family is still a person with a very high seniority, and it can indeed make the Zhang family have such a big movement.
Standing outside the gate of the mansion were a group of people in charge of the Zhang family, and at the front stood a few middle-aged men in luxurious clothes, whose behavior revealed the extraordinary behavior of several people.
These are the stewards of the Zhang family today, they are in charge of the affairs of the clan, taking care of the business of the Zhang family in various places, and maintaining the operation of the Zhang family.
After a hundred years, the Zhang family has long been a behemoth in the capital, with many direct and collateral descendants, most of whom do not live in the Zhangjia courtyard, but they all contribute to this huge family.
At this time, the faces of these Zhang family controllers were either happy or sad, and they had been thinking about the intentions of the main family, and they were also thinking about the family's approach.
Of course, those old guys who have long since given up their rights will naturally not appear here, they are sitting in the front hall at this time, waiting for the arrival of the nobles.
According to what they thought, even if the main family came with a very high seniority, they didn't have to go out of the house to greet them in person, and it was already the most solemn way to recall all the clansmen to greet them together.
After all, the nobles in the palace came in person, and their Zhang family did not have such a big scene. What's more, their Zhang family in the capital has been cut off from the main family for several years.
Seeing that the sun has just fallen on the world, and now it is now three poles, and the people of the Zhang family who are still waiting are impatient in the courtyard, Zhang Yizhi, who is in the court, has returned home, and Zhang Yizhi, who has just gotten off the sedan chair, saw that everyone was still waiting at the door, and knew that he had not yet come, so he wanted to come forward to ask.
"Big brother, the main family has been in contact with us for many years, and at this time, do you want to send a person with a very high status to us..."
The person who spoke had deep eye sockets, protruding cheekbones, a mustache, and a shrewd face, and expressed his doubts to Zhang Yizhi, who stepped forward, and he was Zhang Yiyu, who was in charge of the finances of the Zhang family.
Zhang Yizhi interrupted him, "This gentleman is not plotting these things, Boyu don't worry"
Zhang Yiyu was suspicious, still a little worried, and he still wanted to say something.
"Big brother, I'm not afraid of 10,000 or just in case, my Zhang family has a good status in Chengguo, if the main family is greedy..."
After hearing Zhang Yizhi's words, Zhang Yifan, another steward, interrupted Zhang Yiyu and opened his mouth to refute.
"The main family has not contacted us for many years, that is, they have not thought of using our relationship, and we have also paid attention to the development of the main family for so many years, and the main family does not lack our relationship at all. On the contrary, if we can take advantage of the relationship between the main family, our Zhang family's business can develop smoothly to the south. ”
This Zhang Yifan is the manager who takes care of the Zhang family's business, and he will inevitably have a disagreement with Zhang Yifan in terms of money.
"Then what if that person uses his rank to forcibly claim the management of my Zhang family."
Zhang Yibo, another person in charge of the appointment of servants in the family, also asked about his worries.
Zhang Yizhi reluctantly interrupted the discussion of several people, so as not to have a few more people to join in the fun.
"Okay, don't discuss this matter after that, it's the people of the main family I invited, don't talk about this matter anymore. Now that the situation between the DPRK and China is undecided, you must not only focus on the interests of our Zhang family. ”
"Yes"
These people no longer dared to say anything, so they could only give up.
"Didn't Fan Wei send someone to report the news yesterday, and they can arrive in the capital today? It's all like this, and I haven't seen them coming. ”
Zhang Yizhi saw that several people were speechless, and finally asked his doubts.
"There may be something delayed on the road, and someone has been sent to the city gate to inquire, and the news will be sent back from time to time."
Zhang Yizhi nodded, and then said, "What about Yihui?" ”
Everyone was dumbfounded, looking at each other speechlessly, not knowing how to answer.
"The second brother is answering in the house."
"Aren't a few old people dissatisfied with me again?"
Zhang Yizhi did not hide it, and directly confided his thoughts to these people.
"Family master, Fan Wei has news."
It was an old man who spoke, dressed in a long robe, simple embroidery, his eyes were not angry and arrogant, and occasionally flashed a trace of essence.
"Say"
Zhang Yizhi did not shy away from a few people, and directly asked the old man to call the messenger up and let him tell the story.
After hearing the truth, Zhang Yiyu sneered three times and said, "Big brother, the people of this main family are too rampant. ”
When the others heard this, they were also displeased.
There were many juniors of the Zhang family standing in the courtyard, who had already looked at the door of the mansion curiously, and the good deeds were still whispering about what was happening.
"Silence"
The people who were talking all fell silent, and many juniors looked at the woman in blue who was the first on the right.
A woman in her early twenties is in the best years of her life.
Men's sexual violence and strength belong to the yang to the left, and women's sexual gentleness and yin to the right.
The younger generation of this Zhang family has a tendency of yin and yang decline, and as far as the eye can see, there are obviously more women of the Zhang family on the right than on the left.
Zhang Yizhi didn't care about the expressions of a few stewards, sighed lightly, and said a word to the juniors in the courtyard.
"Xiao Qi, you come forward."
The girl called Xiao Qi was standing in the sixth place in the first row on the right side at the moment, her eyes were closed in a daze, her body was a little unstable, and she obviously didn't listen to what Zhang Yizhi said.
"Little Seven!"
Another young girl to her left hurriedly stepped on her quietly when she saw that she should not.
Xiao Qi was in pain, woke up suddenly, and looked at the sixth sister on the side with some confusion.
"Xiao Qi, grandfather called you."
"Huh?"
Xiao Qi blinked his eyes, looking left and right, looking at a loss. When her sixth sister saw Xiao Qi like this, she wanted to say more.
"Little Seven"
This time, Xiao Qi heard it sincerely, and hurriedly walked towards Zhang Yizhi.
Shi finished saluting and said, "Grandfather, what are you looking for me?" ”
Zhang Yizhi stroked his long hair, "You go to Mr. to have a look." ”
"Sir?"
Xiao Qi was already slandered in her heart, thinking that she was napping by herself, but she was found out, but who knew that her grandfather was going to give her an errand to do.
"This, it's not etiquette to let Xiao Qi go."
Although several stewards were dissatisfied with the people from this master's family, Zhang Yizhi's words were even more beyond everyone's understanding.
"Big brother, there is a difference between men and women, and letting Xiao Qi go out and show his face will damage my Zhang family's reputation."
As soon as he said this, he nodded yes.
Xiao Qi also nodded secretly, thinking that he was just an idle lady of the Zhang family, it seemed that this kind of trouble should not be his turn, and he couldn't help but be happy.
Of course, the opposition of these people is not entirely because of the etiquette, and now there is only one son in the lineage, if they have a capable person next to them, then it is not impossible to inherit the title of this family.
If you please the predecessor of the main family, it can also affect the family's choice of future title inheritance to a certain extent.
Since the interests are the same, several side stewards naturally want to recommend their own children.
A few people began to babble again.
"In that case, I'd better go"