Chapter 8: Fingertips for Marriage (5)
Zhang Xiao had a thin face, three strands of long beard went vertically, blowing this beard, and was glaring at Zhang Xuan angrily, Zhang Xuan had been spoiled since he was a child, and when he saw his father like this, he was not afraid, but strange, and asked:
"Why hasn't my father rested yet?"
Zhang Xiao was already angry when he saw that this little son had no fear of him, and when he looked at him, he was even more angry, and said angrily:
"You didn't come back all night, what did you do?"
Zhang Xuan also said what was the matter, it turned out to be asking where he had gone, thinking that he was coming back late, his father was worried, so he asked this question, but how to answer him, he couldn't say that he had been waiting for someone in the inn all night, and before he arrived, he replied:
"I discussed the article with Li Chong, Ma Fang and others, and I forgot the time for a while, so I came back late. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info" Hearing him say this, Zhang Xiao was even more angry, and shouted:
"I sent people to Li Chong, Ma Fang, Zhou Wenqing and a few others to look for you, they said that you left from the Zhuting in the east of the city in the afternoon, and then I haven't seen you since, where did you come from to discuss articles with Li Chong, Ma Fang and others, talk nonsense, and say, what are you doing?"
Zhang Xuan saw that his lie was exposed by his father at once, so he panicked, he had never seen his father so angry, and asked carefully:
"What is the important thing for my father to find me?" He did not answer Zhang Xiao's question, but turned to ask his father why he was looking for him, Zhang Xiao's anger did not subside, and he said angrily:
"You know all day long that you're out drinking with your fox friends, when will you have a proper walk?"
Zhang Xuan saw that his father seemed to be really angry, and said resignedly:
"The child knows that he is wrong, and he will not dare to come back so late in the future, so please punish his father. Although he was not afraid of his father's strictness, he was also very filial, and when he saw his father so angry, he didn't know what he had done wrong, was it because he had delayed returning home?
Seeing that his son had such an attitude to admit his mistake, Zhang Xiao went to three points of anger in his heart, gasped loudly for two breaths, and then went for two points of anger, and said slowly:
"Actually, my mother and I have nothing to do, but it is not appropriate to ask others to wait for such a long time, and it is rude. ”
Zhang Xuanwei said:
"Someone else?"
Zhang Xiao nodded and said:
"Do you remember that I once mentioned to you that I was married to your uncle of the Lu family, today Shucheng's nephew passed by Puzhou City and came to our house as a guest, and wanted to ask you to come back to meet your brother, but you ...... You don't know where you're going. ”
When Zhang Xuan heard that it was related to his marriage, he didn't have much affection for the people of the Lu family, so he pouted and said:
"What brother is not brother, I haven't seen each other for more than ten years, who still remembers who?"
Hearing his son talk such nonsense again, Zhang Xiao's expression instantly became much more serious, and said:
"Aren't you known as a rich scholar, why don't you be taught to respect your elders in the book?"
Zhang Xuan was speechless for a moment, and Zhang Xiao continued:
"Although I haven't seen it for more than ten years, people passing by Puzhou and not forgetting to come to our house to visit, it is enough to see their intentions. Besides, Shucheng also specially said that he wanted to meet you and look at your future brother-in-law. ”
Zhang Xuanton was bored and said:
"What brother-in-law, haven't I gotten married yet? ”
Zhang Xiao looked at Zhang Xuan's disgust, and Xingzhong was angry again, and shouted:
"In the future, you are not allowed to talk nonsense, this family business was decided by my father with your Uncle Lu back then, and I can't change it, if I break my trust and abandon the agreement of the year, then what face will my Zhang family have in the future to gain a foothold in this Puzhou City." Shucheng only stayed in Puzhou for two days, and the day after tomorrow he will leave for Xianyang, you are not allowed to go anywhere in these two days, I have ordered someone to prepare a dowry, and the day after tomorrow you will go to Xianyang with Shucheng to propose relatives. ”
"Propose?" Zhang Xuan said in amazement.
"That's right, it just so happens that Shucheng came over today, so you will go to Xianyang with him. ”
"I'm not going!" Zhang Xuan pouted and dropped a sentence.
Zhang Xiao repeatedly tolerated his son in this matter, and now that everyone has found the door, asking him to put his old face where to put it, Zhang Xiao got up from his seat and said:
"I can't help you, you have to go to this thing, and you have to go if you don't go. Then he summoned two servants from outside, and said:
"You lock the door, show me here, don't leave half a step, no one is allowed to open the door without my permission, hear no. ”
Zhang Xiao has always been approachable, even the servants in the family are kind and pleasant, and the cultivation is excellent, I don't know what happened today, so that the master's family is abnormal, and the hearts of the two servants are hanging separately. Zhang Xiao walked out of the door, and the two locked the door from the outside, and the two stood on both sides of the door, looking like they were going to see Zhang Xuan to death.
Although Zhang Xuan is usually rebellious and willful, when he saw that his father seemed to be really angry, his heart was also hanging, and he was so anxious when he saw that he was locked in the door and was looked at by others.
What he is anxious about is not his freedom, but in this way, if he is really forced to be sent to Xianyang to propose, then I am afraid that he will never see that girl again, and he is so sorry in his heart, he always needs to find a way to escape.
Now that the door is locked, he can't get out, Zhang Xuan simply slept first and then said, after a whole day today, he was already sleepy, walked to the bed, and fell asleep. In the early morning, Zhang Xuan was awakened by the sound of roosters, he got up and went out to look outside, and saw that there were still people guarding the door, his eyes were purring, and he wanted to make some plan to ask them to open the door.
The two people outside the door, one is called Zhu Quan, the other is called Zhu Tong, they are two brothers, they are squatting against the door and dozing off at the moment, suddenly, they heard the sound of broken porcelain from the room, the two woke up suddenly, and then heard a shout:
"Who are you?" the voice was made by Zhang Xuan. Another deep, deep voice replied:
"The one who wants your life. After speaking, he screamed, as if he rushed to Zhang Xuan's side, Zhang Xuan shouted "help", followed by the sound of ping-pong cups, porcelain tables and chairs breaking in the room, Zhang Xuanwu kept shouting for help. Zhu Quan and Zhu Tong were frightened when they heard that the situation was not good, and they didn't know what was going on, so Zhu Tong dragged Zhu Quan and told him to open the door to see what was going on inside. I only heard that the sound inside was getting louder and louder, and Zhang Xuan's cry for help was also louder, so Zhu Quan was at a loss for a while, so he listened to Zhu Tong's words, took out the key, and opened the door.
The two stepped into the room at the same time, just stepped in, and was tripped by a rope under their feet, and fell heavily on the ground, Zhang Xuan took the opportunity to hit a stuffy stick on the back of the two people's heads, and the two immediately fainted, he packed up some soft and broken silver, and secretly went out of the house, thinking that this family matter must not be mentioned, so he simply ran out, out of sight, not upset.
As soon as the morning dawned, Zhang Xuan cautiously went out, and walked all the way out of the city, he met the girl on Zhongtiao Mountain yesterday, thinking that he would not be able to meet her there today, so he rushed to Zhongtiao Mountain with joy. Still in that place yesterday, Zhang Xuan waited from the morning to noon, but no one came, and waited until the afternoon, seeing that it was not early, the girl would definitely not appear, and he was so disappointed.
Seeing that the sky is about to darken, this Puzhou City can't go back, think about who else can go to. I went down the mountain with a lot of thoughts, and since I couldn't go north, I went south and stayed overnight in a small town near the bottom of the mountain. Before going to bed, Zhang Xuanzheng was thinking about where to go, when he heard a squeaky rat in the room, and suddenly remembered a person, and said to himself:
"Eh! How did I forget my uncle, my uncle treated me like a master and a father, taught me to read, taught me martial arts, he is now serving as a county magistrate in Zhenyuan County under the jurisdiction of Qian County, it is better to go to his old man's house. ”
When Zhang Xuan was young, he was most afraid of rat consumption, and he was often scared by rats and couldn't afford to get sick, his uncle in order to let him overcome this weakness, he went down to the field to catch a few mice, peeled and washed them, took out the internal organs, and roasted the rats in front of him to eat, until then, Zhang Xuan was no longer afraid when he saw the mice, and all the credit for all this naturally belonged to his uncle. As soon as Zhang Xuan saw the mouse, he remembered this uncle, and decided to set off for Zhenyuan County early tomorrow morning to visit his uncle, whom he hadn't seen for a long time.