On this trip, I still went to Gusu. Although we were going to return, my father did not leave for home immediately after dealing with the matter, but took us to Hangzhou. After arriving in Hangzhou, we lived in Qingzhiwu. The scenery is beautiful, the bamboo forest is dense, and the environment is very quiet. What's even more rare is that in the middle of summer, both in the hometown and Hangzhou, it is very hot, but Qingzhiwu is extremely cool. My father led my second uncle outside, saying that he was collecting medicine, and asked me to lead my younger brothers to visit the West Lake. I am also happy to go to play, the beautiful West Lake, Baoshu Pagoda and Leifeng Pagoda echo each other, and the Su Causeway and White Causeway are quietly watching. The most beautiful thing is the lotus flower. The fragrance is overflowing, the clear water and the blue sky make us a few nostalgic and forget for a long time, and I even soaked my feet in the West Lake without any scruples. In the evening, I also deliberately ate the vinegar fish of the West Lake by the West Lake, although it has been famous for a long time, but the taste is far worse than that made by my grandfather, perhaps because of going out, so we can't help but miss my grandfather.

My father specially told me that I must lead my younger brothers to the Yuewang Temple at the foot of Qixia Ridge. Of course, I know that King Yue is Yue Fei, the king of the Southern Song Dynasty, and there is the tomb of him, his son Yue Yun and his general Zhang Xian. Yue Fei is an anti-Jin hero, defeated the Jin State many times, and had the opportunity to go on the Northern Expedition and smash the Yellow Dragon, but unfortunately Song Jin negotiated peace, and the twelve gold medals were recalled to the Yue family's army, and what is even more hateful is that Song Gaozong and Qin Hui conspired to kill Yue Fei on trumped-up charges, it is said that when Yue Fei died, he said eight words: Zhaozhao every day, Zhaozhao every day! Everyone in the world knows that Yue Fei is wronged, and he hates the imperial court for destroying the Great Wall. After Qin Hui's death, the people began to cry out for Yue Fei, and later, the court still showed snow for Yue Fei, although it was very late, but it was somewhat painful.

Yue Wang Temple was built by a magistrate in the Ming Dynasty, specially in front of the Yue tomb to shape the kneeling statue of Qin Hui and his wife and henchmen, people come here to worship Yue Fei, always involuntarily angry to beat those people, spit a few mouthfuls, swear a few swearing.

I led my younger brothers to come here with the flow of people, first kneeling down and worshipping the statue of Yue Fei in the front hall, and then going to the backyard to worship Yue Fei's tomb. Although we don't know much about national affairs, we are still full of respect for the loyal Yue Fei.

Back at Qingzhiwu, my father and others had come back, and there were three guests, my father introduced them as Uncle Zhou, Uncle Ping, and Uncle Kang, I politely greeted them, and the three uncles looked at me and sighed: "Time flies so fast, Ying'er has grown up!" Then he said to me, "We hugged you when you were a kid, and you're such a naughty guy that you peed on the top of each of us!" Everyone laughed, but I didn't think so, who can remember the things when I was a child, these adults just hated it, and always talked about some embarrassing things from childhood. My father motioned for us to exit and close the door, and I faintly heard them talking about the elixir.

The next day, my father led us back. I didn't stop for ten days, the summer in the south is different from the north, the south is soft, and the north is rough. Especially after crossing the Huai River, this distinction is even more obvious. When we finally got home, I never dreamed that my life would change in an instant.

When we returned from our trip, we still walked for many days, but a little slowly, and my father, as usual, hung up the sign of the wandering party, and still treated people, but I found that many strangers secretly came to see my father at night, and often my father would talk to them secretly, and I always respected my father, a man of few words, who only talked a lot when he was treating patients, and then talked to those strangers. And I often know that someone is coming, but I don't have the energy to listen to what they have to say, and the young people only think about sleeping, and who thinks about tomorrow. In this way, we stopped and stopped, and spent most of the time slowly recreation, and when we returned to our hometown, we suddenly found that the surroundings of the home were already full of people!

These people were dressed in colorful clothes, with scimitars at their waists, and they scanned the surroundings with strained faces. Twenty or thirty horses were tethered to the side of the road, gnawing on the crops with impunity. A gorgeous sedan chair stopped at the door of the house, and several adults of the local county government had long lost their former vigor and stood respectfully on the side of the road. We didn't know what was going on, but my father's face was serious, and he asked a few of our juniors to hide first, and then a few of them walked over cautiously. We watched from afar, and as soon as my father and uncles walked nearby, a group of people drew their waist knives, surrounded them, and asked about their identities in a stern tone, and my father politely explained that these people had withdrawn their waist knives, and one of them waved them in. We didn't know what was going on at home, it was the first time we saw so many people in beautiful clothes, it was just quiet and it felt new.

After a long time, we were all a little anxious, and then we saw my father come out, waved at us, and motioned for us all to come out. A few of our brothers came out relieved, and those in fancy clothes, in my eyes, stared at us as if they were going to eat us, and when we arrived at the door, a man with a burly figure and a beard on his face had come closer, and looked at us carefully, his eyes were sharp, and he made our brothers look at each other, and they didn't know what was going on. A kind voice suddenly came from inside: "Let them come in, your own family, don't be so careful!" The man respectfully replied "yes" and dodged away, while the father whispered, "Be honest for a while, don't talk easily, and if someone asks, you must bow your head and reply." We answered, and came in lightly. The courtyard was also heavily guarded, and the eyes of those men never took off us, and it was evident that they were very cautious. I watched with great curiosity, but the other brothers hung their heads, and I quickly lowered my head and peeked inside with the corner of my eye. In the living room, the grandfather smiled and talked to a richly dressed guest. The guests were white and clean, and their voices were very strange. is dressed in gorgeous clothes, but he is very polite to the grandfather of the cloth, even to the father, and he is also very humble, please sit down with his father, how can his father be willing to sit, and insist on standing behind his grandfather. I looked at him in his forties, but his mouth had no beard, and I wondered, who is it?

When my grandfather saw us coming in, he said to the man, "This is a few old and unsuccessful grandsons, you should give a gift to Grandpa Zhang!" ”

My father-in-law is a eunuch, we know this. It turned out to be a eunuch, which made me suddenly doubt in my heart, Hu Haisan told me that a eunuch is a man without a beard. The other brothers bowed their heads respectfully, but I was curious, what was he doing at my house? I couldn't help but look up at those eunuchs secretly, but my eyes fell on Father-in-law Zhang, and I didn't want him to see me too.

The man's eyes were kind, and when he looked at me curiously, he couldn't help but smile and get up, and suddenly touched my head and said, "Good boy! If you're bold enough, what's your name? Come with us! ”

Grandfather listened and looked at the man in surprise, and Father looked around alertly, but a little overwhelmed, we didn't understand what he meant. The man still smiled and said, "Uncle, don't worry, our Zhang Yong will not treat him badly!" ”

It turned out that this person was the later famous imperial horse eunuch Zhang Yong, who was our person here, from a poor family since childhood, with three brothers, he was the second. It is said that in the winter of that year, my grandfather went out to see a patient, and when I came back, I saw the three brothers Zhang Yong who were starving at the door of the house. Zhang Yong seemed to be only ten years old that year, his eldest brother was eighteen years old, and his younger brother was eight years old, his parents died, and his grandmother's family was in another village. The grandfather originally intended to take in the three brothers, not wanting them to have backbone, so he left after eating, and before leaving, the grandfather kindly prepared cotton clothes and food for them, and also gave them a few times of money.

Later, I heard that Zhang Yong entered the palace as a eunuch, and then there was not much news to our ears.

Grandfather listened to Zhang Yong's words, his face softened slightly, and said: "Ying'er is seventeen years old, and she is your eldest brother's only son, and in two years, I plan to find him a daughter-in-law!" When I heard this, I quickly shook my head and said, "Which one wants to marry a daughter-in-law, I don't want it!" "In our children's world, we hate to hear about marrying a wife.

Grandfather and father both changed their faces, their eyes were mostly panicked and nervous, and the father, who had always been calm, blushed even more, and reprimanded in a low voice: "In front of my father-in-law, don't talk nonsense!" Even the uncle who had the best relationship with me also made me look at me again and again, which made me at a loss, Zhang Yong heard this, looked at us again, began to be a little surprised, his face gradually became embarrassed, and then he smiled and leaned back, and said for a long time: "Uncle, eldest brother, you have misunderstood, how can our family let Zhang Ying be a eunuch!" It turned out that my grandfather and father thought that Zhang Yong would let me enter the palace as a eunuch, but my grandfather and father breathed a long sigh and wanted to say something, Zhang Yong suddenly restrained his smile and said, "Go with our family and take him to Beijing!" We guarantee that he can soar! The voice was very stern, and the amiable judgment just now was like two people.

Grandfather stood up, probably thinking that it was boring to oppose it, he glanced at me, and gave Zhang Yongshi a very polite salute, saying: "Father-in-law Zhang, then I will thank you on behalf of Ying'er, I hope you can protect him!" Zhang Yong sat down disapprovingly and said, "Uncle, you are too polite, I wanted to visit you a few times ago, but I couldn't make it because of too many chores." This time accompanied His Royal Highness the Crown Prince on inspection, there was an opportunity, along the way back to the hometown, your great kindness to us, no tooth unforgettable, our family does want to find some children to enter Beijing, just a gesture, this is what our family should do, Zhang Ying, you are also surnamed Zhang, that is, the children of our family, look at the people at the door, let's let you be a brocade guard! ”

Obediently, let me be a brocade guard, just be the person next to the emperor! I didn't feel happy in my heart, for the Ming Emperor, I heard from Hu Haisan's mouth, and my ears were calloused. And my grandfather used to be in the dead of night, telling us all kinds of past events of the Ming Dynasty, although the tone was peaceful, but I could also hear his excitement, sometimes I was very strange, grandfather didn't want us to go out to be officials, but told us about the so-called national affairs, inevitably some contradictions, I have always had differences, I don't want to, today Zhang Yong's father-in-law actually asked me to do Jinyiwei!