It was almost time for Zhang Shi and his family to come to Beijing. Yang informed Zhang Yue and they went to the dock to wait.
Zhang Yue was also speechless. He didn't even tell his younger brother about his eldest brother's coming to Beijing, but he informed his second aunt.
Now he still needs his second aunt to send someone to inform him. On the Bianjing Pier, Zhang Yue stood aside, with Tang Jiu following him. In the distance were the chariots and horses of the Zhang Yu family.
Zhang Yue waited on the Bianhe River Pier for a while before he saw a Bianhe River boat approaching.
A thirty-year-old man is looking from the bow of the boat.
Seeing this, Zhang Yue's heart felt hot and he hurried to the dock, followed by Tang Jiu.
But I saw the ship docked and put down the planks.
The thirty-year-old man stepped off the boat, turned his head but froze in place. Zhang Yue rushed forward to bow down and was about to speak, but felt that his throat was suddenly blocked and he could not make a sound.
"Third brother."
The other party helped Zhang Yue up, rubbed his eyes repeatedly and said, "My appearance has changed after so many years away from home. Let me take a good look."
Zhang Yue stood up straight and looked at Zhang Shi. At this moment, he felt the ruthlessness of time. He had only been away from home for three years.
Zhang Yue wanted to reach out to wipe away his tears, but felt that his hand could not move. It turned out that his brother was holding his hands tightly and refused to let go.
Zhang Yue turned his head away, only to see Yu hugging Zhang Qiu but crying silently beside the cabin.
The wind blows gently on the Bianhe River, and the hull of the boat sways gently as it rises and rises. How many ships have sent away, and how many ships have returned, and how many scenes of separation and gathering are staged every day.
Zhang Shi Zhang Yue turned around and wiped away tears.
Yu's Zhangqiu also stepped off the boat. Zhang Yue greeted Yu. Yu said: "Uncle left home in a fashion... Shang is almost the same as Xi'er, but now he looks like a gentleman."
After saying this, Yu's eyes were filled with tears but she was happy.
Zhang Yue was moved, she is really like a sister-in-law.
After Yu finished speaking, Zhang Qiu bowed to Zhang Yue and said, "I have met my third uncle."
Zhang Yue looked at Zhang Qiu, and he was no longer the nephew who hugged his thigh when they met.
Zhangqiu's appearance took after her mother's. After years of reading poems and books, she had the look of a young man, resolute and elegant.
Looking at the other party's bright eyes, Zhang Yue said happily in his heart, this is my little phoenix.
Zhang Yue said: "I have prepared paper and pen for you, and they are all in the car now."
"Thank you, Third Uncle." Zhangqiu said politely.
Zhang Yue shook his head and said, "You're being polite."
Zhang Qiu was stunned for a moment, but then he saw Zhang Yue smiling after he finished speaking.
Zhangqiu also smiled sheepishly.
"The car is ready, and I have found a place for my brother to stay, but why does he want to stay with his uncle?"
Zhang Shi said: "How can you find a place to live in Bianjing?"
Zhang Yue has yet to speak.
Mr. Yu asked from the side: "Where did you get a house?"
He originally planned to use the house he bought for Zhang Shi's family to live in, but since it was for Senior Brother Guo and the place was small, he planned to give the Wu family's house to him and let his brother and sister-in-law live in it.
Zhang Shi shook his head and said: "If it is rented, why waste the money? I think your uncle's house is very good."
Zhang Yue didn't know how to explain it for a while.
Mrs. Yu guessed it by looking at Zhang Yue's expression and said: "Uncle, I heard that you have a good marriage."
Zhang Shi said: "Why are you so pretentious? You and your second aunt both said it vaguely in their letters. I wrote to ask in detail, but it takes half a year to send a letter, and you still can't make it clear. Which Wu family is it? Who is it really?"
Isn’t it possible that the husband’s family will be successful?”
Zhang Yue replied: "Yes, Wu Dalangjun's sister."
Zhang Shi said happily: "It's actually true."
Zhang Yue said: "Let's not talk anymore. The carriage is ready. Brother, you can go to my uncle's house to stay for two or three days. After that, I will find a place for you to live."
"No, third brother, have you and the Wu family informed us that we are coming to Beijing?"
"Not yet."
Zhang Shi suddenly said angrily: "You are so ignorant."
At that moment, Zhang Shi walked towards the carriage.
Zhang Yue thought to himself, they had a quarrel just after they met, how angry are they?
The servants of the Zhang family moved all the luggage off the boat, and the old governor came forward to pay their respects.
The old capital said: "A place to stay has been arranged, and the eldest man, the eldest lady and her family are also invited to go and have a rest."
Zhang Shi said: "Thank you, I'll take care of it. But I still want to see my uncle and aunt first."
The old man said with a smile: "I planned to meet you tomorrow, Mr. Madam. If Madam doesn't mind the long journey, just go to the house."
Zhang Shi nodded, and the family went to Zhang Yu's home.
As soon as Zhang Shi arrived at Zhang Yu's residence, he couldn't help but exclaimed: "What a lively person! The palace is nothing like this!"
Zhang Yue wiped his sweat beside him and really wanted to pretend that he didn't know him.
The old governor laughed and said: "Dalangjun has boasted that our mansion in Bianjing is just like an ordinary official's house."
Zhang Shi sighed: "That's it."
After entering the second gate, Mrs. Yang and Mrs. Zhang, Zhang Dun's daughter-in-law, were waiting in the hall.
There was a sense of joy and sorrow when we met.
When the second aunt introduced Ms. Zhang, she bowed to Zhang Shi. Seeing this gentle and humble woman, Zhang Shi couldn't help but praise: "What a good woman and sister-in-law."
Mrs. Zhang was overjoyed when she was praised by Zhang Shi.
Zhang Shi immediately took out a gold bracelet and put it in the other person's hand and said: "Back then, my family was in a state of poverty and all the valuable items were sold. Only the two pairs of gold bracelets my parents were reluctant to sell were left. I'll give you one and keep the other."
To the third brother’s wife.”
Mrs. Zhang glanced at Mrs. Yang and said, "I dare not bear it."
Yang wiped away her tears and said, "Just take it, we are brothers."
Zhang Shi said: "Second aunt, now you have arranged the marriage of the third brother, found such a good wife for Brother Dun, and trained him to become a Jinshi and become an official. The original matter will be forgotten, and we will not owe anything.
"
Zhang Yue thought to himself, brother, you are too...
Yang shook his head and said, "No, I will always owe your family something that I will never be able to repay in this lifetime."
As Yang's tears fell, Zhang and Yu hurriedly stepped forward to persuade her.
Everyone sat down and talked, and then someone told Zhang Yu that he was not feeling well and would not come.
The family sat down to have a light dinner.
While they were talking, someone from the side came to report: "The Mansion of Marshal Wu Cao has sent someone to the door."
Everyone was stunned, and Yang explained: "I have already contacted the Wu family about the news of Brother Shi coming to Beijing."
Zhang Shi breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Second aunt is still very considerate."
Soon a Wu family official came to visit Zhang Shi with a post and invited Zhang Shi. Zhang Yue came to visit and said that Wu Chong had just returned to Bianjing to resume his duties and was about to be transferred to Huaidong as the transfer envoy. It was just in time to meet him.
Wen Yanbo was left behind in Luoyang, and Wu Chong was the transfer envoy in Xijing. The two in-laws were very close.
There is also an interesting story. There is a transshipment judge named Tang Yiwen in the Transshipment Department, and his father is Tang Jie.
Tang Jie once impeached Wen Yanbo and lost him as prime minister. Tang Yiwen was worried that Wen Yanbo would take revenge on him.
Unexpectedly, after Wen Yanbo took office, he went to Tang Yiwen and said, your father was right to impeach me, but in the end I lost the prime ministership and your father was demoted. Later, when I returned to the court and became prime minister again, I told the officials that he would be reinstated.
The officialdom of the two men resumed together, and now our affairs have long been over.
Tang Yiwen was very moved after hearing this, and from then on he worked under Wen Yanbo's family.
When Tang Jie impeached Wen Yanbo, one of the charges was that he used power for personal gain and coerced evil into the party. Now his son has become Wen Yanbo's party member.
As for Wen Yanbo, he also took good care of Wu Chong.
It can be said that Wu Chong has had a smooth tenure in this term, and now he wants to transfer the transfer envoy to Huaidong.
This is also the experience given to him by the imperial court, and he will definitely be transferred back to the center when the opportunity comes in the future.
The Yang family knew that the Wu family had a bright future. If Zhang Yue were to be an official, his career would be smooth with such a father-in-law taking care of him.
