The Prime Minister's Mansion is the Eight Courtyards, from the main entrance of the Mansion is to enter the five main houses, the bucket arches are staggered, the green tile covers the top, the door railings and windows are all finely carved patterns. A straight bluestone paved road goes straight through, and some large bluestone paved paths are embedded in the flower beds.

When they arrived at the front of the house, Zhang Li and Xiao Qiernu saluted Zhang Biao, and then took the nursery rhyme and the three of them along the arched stone door on the side and passed through.

When the nursery rhyme was pushed far away by the light clothes, Zhang Li said apologetically: "In the capital, women will be subject to a lot of restrictions, Miss Nursery Rhyme should not be surprised." ”

The nursery rhyme still had no expression on his face, and said coldly, "It's okay." ”

Turning around, passing through the winding verandah, entering the mountain pass, only to see the green ridge in front of the head-on, the moss on it is specked, the maple vine is covered, the willows on both sides hang around, the hand-copying verandah leads to the rear around the green ridge, the corridor wall has no window, there is a stone into the road.

Walk to the left along the stone road, only to see the strange flowers, a clear stream, from the depths of the flowers and trees to the bottom of the stone gap, will be with a place, line into a small lake, the pond is green and fragrant.

Qingyi and Ling'er only feel the strange fragrance, in the courtyard, exquisite rockery, strange flowers and plants are more and more charming, and there are fairy vines around the eaves, such as entering the fairyland.

Zhang Li introduced the things of the Zhang family garden to a few people, which emperor built this room, which queen mother let the pavilion go, all kinds of mountains, rocks, plants and trees, and the courtyard of the house seem to have a history, either the imperial concubine reward, or the official gentry offered.

It's just that Xiao Qi's interest is not high, and there is a sentence without a sentence.

"It seems that Miss Seven is not in high spirits."

The nursery rhyme suddenly said a sentence for some reason, Zhang Li wanted to maintain a sentence, but Qingyi said: "Presumably Miss Seven was assassinated that day and was frightened, and she is like this today." ”

"Assassinated?"

When Zhang Li heard that Xiao Qi was assassinated, she didn't care about others, grabbed Xiao Qi's hand, and wanted to call for her. He also said: "What's the matter with Xiao Qi?" Are there any injuries? How come I haven't heard you say this. ”

Xiao Qi smiled reluctantly and pointed to the pavilion not far away.

"Big sister, nursery rhyme sister and sister light clothes, they should also be tired, let's go over and take a rest."

Xiao Qi's pulse was stable, which meant that he was not in distress, and besides, there were guests on the side, so Zhang Li agreed to Xiao Qi's proposal.

A few people sat down, Zhang Li summoned her personal maid, prepared tea for a few people, and urged Xiao Qi to tell the matter again.

Xiao Qi could only briefly mention the attack that day, and he couldn't help but be blamed by Zhang Li after speaking.

Of course, Xiao Qi's sad face today is not because of this matter, but because Zhang Yizhi has not sent anyone to look for her in the past few days. In Xiao Qi's opinion, the Ming Ze steward will definitely tell the events of that day, and then tell the truth and receive the punishment.

But now, there is no rumor, seeing that Zhang Biao has arrived in the house, if those people talk to Zhang Biao and something goes wrong, then his punishment must be heavier.

After Zhang Li reprimanded Xiao Qi, she comforted her again, but her eyes were full of surprise.

Of course, Zhang Li didn't dare to slack off on the nursery rhymes, so she thought about sending them away, and then looking for Xiaoqi, so that she could tell her what happened one by one.

After resting for a while, Zhang Li introduced the back garden of the Zhang family to several people.

Several people had their own concerns, and without Yaxing just now, they only heard a voice from the end of the corridor.

"It is rumored outside that the backyard of my Zhang family is a small royal garden of the world, what do you think of this garden?"

"Unparalleled in the world, the only one in the world."

The speaker laughed alone, and there seemed to be a hint of sarcasm in his smile.

A few people turned the corridor and saw Zhang Biao and an old man in his old age.

Xiao Qi came out casually: "Brother? ”

Zhang Li pulled the corner of Xiao Qi's clothes and hurriedly said, "I've seen the ninth great-uncle and grandfather, sir." ”

Xiao Qi secretly said that it was not good, and hurriedly changed his title: "I have seen the ninth great-uncle grandfather, sir." ”

"Xiao Qi, why are you so rude, quickly apologize to Mr., is that what the gentleman of the school taught you?"

The old man angrily held his cane and pointed at Xiao Qi. Xiao Qiyi was so frightened that he dropped the flower he picked in his hand on the ground.

"Don't hurry up and apologize to Mr."

In an instant, Xiao Qi's face turned pale, and he hurriedly apologized to Zhang Biao: "Sir, the little woman is rude and offended, please atone for your sins." ”

"Well, go down and get punished according to the family rules." Zhang Hui nodded with satisfaction, stroked his beard and said.

There should be no problem, Xiao Qi and a few people are here to enjoy the flowers, and it is a matter of seeing them, who knows that Xiao Qi's brother has attracted the dissatisfaction of this old man.

He just called Zhang Biao as a brother, but at this moment, Xiao Qi called Zhang Biao brother, and did not salute himself first, this is not a mess of Ji Gang's humanity. The old man took the etiquette very seriously, and he was instantly annoyed.

Zhang Li also instantly understood why Xiao Qi angered this Zhang Hui, but she couldn't do anything and could only wait for Zhang Biao on the side to help.

In Chengguo, offending the elders is a serious crime, and she will be punished with at least twenty lashes, and her sister's body is afraid that she will be seriously ill after receiving the whip.

Zhang Biao coughed lightly on the side, "Brother, don't blame Miss Seven for this matter, blame the little brother for this matter." ”

Zhang Biao showed a tragic demeanor and said: "In the past, I thought that the ancestor of the Zhang family in Huaihuang Mansion had an old daughter, and several of our juniors also loved her very much. ”

"If it weren't for the youth and vigor at the time, with my little sister ......"

Zhang Biao's tone was simply sad for the listeners, and tears for the hearers. He himself blinked a tear from time to time, "When I first saw Miss Seven's expression in Beijing, I thought of my hard-working little sister, so I begged Miss Seven to let me be her brother, so as to pay for the debt I owed to my hard-working sister at that time." ”

Zhang Hui was a little moved by Zhang Biao's words, people are easy to think about the past when they are old, who hasn't done anything wrong when they were young? Don't have a few knots when you're old?

"Well, that's it, you go down first."

Zhang Li secretly breathed a sigh of relief, seeing that Xiao Qi was still in a daze, she hurriedly pulled Xiao Qi to Zhang Hui and Zhang Biao to say goodbye.

Zhang Hui seemed to think of what Zhang Biao said just now, and said with some sympathy: "Brother Xian, you can also go with Xiao Qi and them." ”

Since this Zhang Hui let go, of course Zhang Biao did not refuse, so he let Qingyi rest, and went to push the nursery rhyme and a group of people to leave here, leaving Zhang Hui who was still thinking about something.

"I didn't expect Mr. to have such a past." Qingyi hesitated for a long time and asked Zhang Biao

"Nonsense."

Xiao Qi looked a little sluggish along the way, thinking about it just now, but he didn't pay attention to it, fortunately there was Zhang Biao to help him just now, if it wasn't for him, Xiao Qi's whip would be inevitable.

Besides, the manager of Mingze didn't know whether he mentioned the events of that day to the elders, and I don't know if Zhang Biao would answer the same question today. If there is any mistake, the punishment will be combined, and I am afraid that I will not crawl in the hospital in the first half of this year.

Since Zhang Biao was here, he wanted to ask Zhang Biao for confirmation, but when he saw Zhang Biao talking and laughing at the nursery rhyme about the scenery in the courtyard, he couldn't speak for a while.

Fortunately, the scenery of this back garden is excellent, and Zhang Biao has been teasing nursery rhymes by ignoring the surroundings, so it is not embarrassing, otherwise the wordlessness along the way is really dissatisfied.

The back garden of the Zhang family is very large, so I don't worry about meeting the old man.

"Big sister, seventh sister."

ushered in a woman in white and shouted at Zhang Li and Xiao Qi.

Zhang Li came back to her senses, looked at the woman, and replied with some surprise: "Huh? The second sister is also back. ”

Xiao Qi also showed a smile to this second sister, but because of what she was thinking, this smile looked ugly.

"That's right, big sister, today the third sister went to Guanli early to find me, and asked me to go back to the house to prepare for entering the palace in a few days."

The woman in white hid her face and chuckled, her every move was as confusing as a fairy dancing, giving people an atmosphere that did not eat the fireworks of the world.

Since the sky has come here, Yan is like Wanyan, and his eyebrows are like distant mountains. Quiet as an autumn orchid, the view is picturesque.

This person is Zhang Zhumeng, the second lady of the Zhang family, speaking of this, I have to talk about the adventures of several young ladies of the Zhang family, thinking that the eldest lady Zhang Li apprenticed to the medical saint as a hemp, learned a body of medical skills, and quite inherited the posture of her teacher.

These two young ladies Zhang Zhumeng was favored by the master of the temple of the day when she was a child, and she got the consent of the Zhang family, so she was fostered in Tianyiguan as a registered disciple and Taoist aunt to learn Taoism, and she had a fairy wind and Taoist bones at a young age.

As for the third lady, Zhang Zhuxuan is deeply liked by the nobles in the palace, and when she enters the palace, she is completely raised according to the treatment of the princess.

The fourth lady and the sixth lady are very business-talented, although they have not yet reached the end of the year, but they have also begun to follow Zhang Yifan to take care of the Zhang family's business in an orderly manner, and now, they want to borrow Zhang Biao's hand to expand the Zhang family's business to the south.

The fifth lady seems to be ordinary, but in fact she is full of economy and is a talented woman in the world. It's just that it is contaminated with too much literati temperament, and when it is prosperous, it is not alarmed with the pride of women who do not let their eyebrows, and when they are sad, they worry about the country and the people with women's special sadness and sorrow. It's just that his body is weaker and he has been recuperating at home.

"This is the nobleman." Zhang Zhumeng looked at Zhang Biao, and then said, "The junior Zhang Zhumeng has seen a nobleman. ”

It's just that Zhang Biao was stunned at this time, and he didn't look at the third lady, just looked at a rockery, and didn't know what to think.

Yue Qingyi on the side poked Zhang Biao and said softly: "Sir, aren't you tired?" ”

"Oh, I'm sorry for being distracted."

Zhang Biao came to his senses, but for some reason he was in a trance.

"If the gentleman is tired, I can arrange for the gentleman to go to the guest room to rest first." Zhang Li didn't dare to snub the guest, and hurriedly said.

"No," Zhang Biao hurriedly waved his hand.

"The little woman also called you a gentleman with the eldest sister." Zhang Zhumeng saluted Zhang Biao respectfully again, "I look at Mr.'s face, Mr. is not tired, but lives in a dream." ”

Zhang Biao became interested, so he said, "Oh? The second lady still knows the art of face-to-face? ”