As the carriage slowly stopped at the gate of Zhang's mansion, Zhang Yi'an still felt like a dream and got off the carriage in disbelief.

"Brother Yi'an, don't leave it at that. In addition, I will send someone to send you the scriptures and scrolls you need to read, so you don't need Brother Yi An to break the bank. Gu Shun lifted the curtain next to the carriage window and shouted to him.

Zhang Yi'an looked back and bowed deeply to Gu Shun, "Thank you Brother Gu for sending me, Yi'an is grateful."

The coachman flicked the reins.

The carriage slowly drove away from Zhang's mansion.

It wasn't until the carriage walked away that Zhang Yi'an looked at the little er of Yuelai Teahouse behind him carrying tea, and made a special trip to pack meals from Yuelai Teahouse, and his nose was sour.

He thought that now that he had become Gu Shun's subordinate, and was recognized by Gu Shun, he would finally be able to get ahead in the future, not to mention how happy he was.

I want to tell my mother the good news right away, so that she can be happy.

At this time, the guard at the gate saw Zhang Yi'an, and hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Sixth Young Master, the head of the family asked you to go to him after you come back." ”

"I see."

After Zhang Yi'an finished speaking, he said to the guy in the Yuelai Teahouse behind him: "Send these things here, I'll take them in later." ”

"Okay, Zhang Gongzi, this thing is sinking, you be careful." Xiao Er said, handing him a three-layer lacquered wood lunch box.

Zhang Yi'an held a tea leaf in his left hand and a lunch box in his right hand, and entered the Zhang family's mansion through the side door of the usual servant.

The area of Zhang's house is much smaller than that of Gu's house, and there are only four entrances from the gate to the main house in the backyard.

After all, not everyone can be like the Gu family, with deep pockets, and there are so many lands and houses in Jiangnan City, where every inch of land is valuable.

Zhang Yi'an and his mother's residence is in the courtyard of the second entrance, the house is not big, and it is not even as good as the houses of some servants in the house.

This also starts with Zhang Yi'an's biological mother, who was originally a maid in the family, because Zhang Peien was drunk overnight and was fortunate to her.

I thought that this matter would pass like this, but I didn't expect Zhang Peien to hit the ground, and a few months later, the maid gave birth to a baby boy, which was Zhang Yi'an.

No matter how Zhang Yi'an is also Zhang Peien's son, his mother is also expensive and reluctantly becomes a concubine of the Zhang family.

But Zhang Peien didn't like her, and her one-night affair was just a whim after getting drunk.

After reluctantly taking him as a concubine, he never had a chance to visit Zhang Yi'an's mother again, and he never even met again.

Although the big family is not as good as the palace, there are many intrigues and factional disputes.

Seeing that Zhang Yi'an's mother and son were empty as concubines and young masters, but they couldn't get the care of the head of the family, and they couldn't even compare to the cronies around the head of the family, and gradually the subordinates of the family also treated them coldly.

An unpowerful concubine is the object of exclusion everywhere, let alone a big family with fierce competition.

Although Zhang Yi'an's mother was the wife and concubine of the Zhang family, she had to work like a servant every day to supplement the family and cut down on food and clothing, so that Zhang Yi'an could have a full meal.

Because of malnutrition, Zhang Yi'an has been weak and thin since he was a child. When he reached the age of practicing martial arts, his elder brothers had guests from the Zhang family to teach martial arts, and his eldest brother and second brother even came forward by their father and worshiped Huo Darttou of the Shunfeng Dart Bureau as a teacher.

And as a young master of the Zhang family who is not welcomed, he has no future status, and he is not even as good as some children of the family with side bloodlines, so naturally no one is willing to teach him martial arts.

And Zhang Yi'an himself is not interested in martial arts, or he does not dare to have any interest, martial arts practice costs a lot of money, in order not to make the already not rich family even worse, he categorically rejected the road of martial arts.

He just wants to earn money to support his family, and it is enough for his mother to live a worry-free life with him.

Over the years, the mother and son have relied on each other for their lives and endured humiliation.

Zhang Yi'an, who is only seven years old, has already seen through many people's feelings and has developed a deep scheming and extremely forbearant character.

Since his mother taught him to read and write, Zhang Yi'an's favorite thing to do is to read, read hundreds of classics and business strategies, thinking about studying to gain fame or business and real estate in the future.

His mother was also very supportive of his studies, so she used the money she had saved to buy him books to read.

originally thought that this kind of life would last until Zhang Yi'an became an adult.

Unexpectedly, a turning point suddenly appeared.

Gu Shun, the son of the Gu family, went out to have fun in Jiangnan City, and Zhang Peien was ready to send his son to befriend him in order to win him over.

Before the youngest daughter Zhang Guiyi marries him, consolidate the relationship between the Zhang family and the Gu family, so as not to be interfered by others and increase variables.

After all, the Gu family is noble, not only the business of the dart bureau is getting bigger and bigger, becoming the largest dart game in Jiangnan Province, but Mrs. Gu's business house is also famous in the whole Jiangnan, and no one can imitate the various rare goods sold so far, and the business is naturally unmatched.

The wealth of the family is not enough to describe the wealth of the Gu family.

What makes the Gu family truly unshakable is not only money, but the increasing status of the large number of warriors, doormen and Shunfeng Darts under the command of the Gu family in the martial arts of the rivers and lakes.

In addition, the prefect of Jiangnan City has a very close relationship with the Gu family, not only accepting Gu Shun as his godson, but also allowing Gu Shun to play around in the mansion.

A child, in and out of an official hall like the government office, the officials of the government are respectful to him, which is enough to see a lot of opportunities.

The official position of the Hu people is hereditary, and the son of the Tartar prefect passed away due to illness, in order to leave the inheritance, the officials naturally know that Gu Shun may become the future prefect, so they naturally treat each other with courtesy and try their best to curry favor.

Staring at the Gu family every day, especially Gu Shun's martial arts sect and family clan, there are naturally not a few.

The reason is that the Gu family is too special, and there is no shortage of wealth, force, status and reputation, and everyone wants to curry favor.

The most important thing is that the Gu family has the prefect of Jiangnan Province and the nobles of the capital to provide shelter. Otherwise, if any family had such a background and strength, they would have deliberately rebelled and been cut leeks or directly exterminated.

It is impossible for the imperial court to sit idly by and watch such a family rise day by day and threaten the rule of the imperial court.

Gu Shun is the sister-in-law of the Gu Mansion, and the only child, all of this in the Gu Mansion will be his, if anyone brings him home as a golden son-in-law, the family will naturally follow suit.

Therefore, as soon as Gu Shungang appeared outside the mansion, he had already been gearing up, coveting the family and power for a long time, just like a cat that smelled fish, and began to send people to contact him, and Zhang Peien was naturally not far behind.

It's just that, after a few observations, Zhang Peien found that Gu Shun's bodyguards who were protecting him stopped all these people who tried to get close to him.

Not to mention that they have a good relationship with Gu Shun, they can't even get close to Gu Shun's body.

So Zhang Peien had a plan to let his son get close to Gu Shun as a friend, so as to set up a line and directly close the relationship with the Gu family.

Since they are friends, they must always have common topics, and there must not be too much difference in age.

Among his sons, they are either too old, or they have a rough personality, they are not disciplined, and they are afraid that their friends will not make friends, but they will offend Gu Shun.

When he was anxious, Zhang Peien remembered that he had a young son Zhang Yi'an, whom he had not seen since he was a child.

Zhang Yi'an is only one year older than Gu Shun, and he is usually extremely calm and low-key, so he decided to send him to make friends with Gu Shun.

Maybe it was God who favored him, Zhang Yi'an really talked to Gu Shun, and the two became familiar with each other and often played together.

What he didn't know was that he could become one of the few friends who could get close to Gu Shun among so many people, not because of how lucky he was, but because of the forbearance and ambition in Zhang Yi'an's heart, which was favored by Gu Shun, which gave him the idea of taking Zhang Yi'an under his command.

So a mutual calculation has been carried out from the beginning.

Zhang Yi'an's life was also completely changed because of Gu Shun's appearance, because he talked to Gu Shun, which made Zhang Peien very happy, and his youngest son could be regarded as a little improved in the Zhang family.

He has also followed Gu Shun in the past few months, and has been addicted to the young master of a rich family, and has seen many things that he never dreamed of before, and his horizons have been greatly broadened.

'I must do a good job to gain fame and live up to Gu Shun's kindness and respect for me. ’

Zhang Yi'an thought and came to the door of the main house of the Zhang family in the backyard.