When Peng Jingyi Ladrang went out, he did not go anywhere else, but to a vegetarian place on the street in front of his house.
Here Zhang Yue and Cao Baozheng once received the deputy monastery and monks of Huanghua Temple. Now his former classmates from the Mongolian School have sat at a table upstairs, and several of them had met when they took the county school exam that day.
Here Zhang Yue finally understood what Peng Jingyi meant.
Zhang Yue sat down with a smile and greeted them one by one.
He is not a scholar like his second brother, so he doesn't have to be sociable. On ordinary days, as long as they don't break each other's faces, Zhang Yue will treat each other with courtesy.
Even if you know you have a grudge in your heart, as long as everyone can live with it on the surface, there is no need to offend others, right?
Chatting with classmates at the same table can be said to be enjoyable.
Zhang Yue also let go of his thoughts and sat by the window and looked out. He saw the smoke from the mountains in the distance, and the clouds wandering between the green mountains and clear waters. There were farmlands at the foot of the mountains and beside the stream, and farmers were busy. The scene looked like something out of a painting.
By the Nanpu River, fully laden cargo ships and merchant ships come and go. The men working on fiberglass shirtless are sitting on the shore to rest. People on the ferry are rushing to get on board. This scene has changed from the world to the world.
Zhang Yue was lost in thought when he saw this scene. He didn't come back to his senses until everyone was raising their glasses.
Zhang Yue smiled and drank a glass of plain wine.
This glass of wine is naturally the joy of He Zhang, a scholar in Yuezhong.
One person during the dinner suddenly asked: "I heard that the second official changed his registration and went to Suzhou to take the exam. He has not heard from his family yet. Is this true?"
Everyone at the table pricked up their ears after hearing this. Zhang Yue thought to himself, it seems that everyone has inquired very carefully.
Zhang Yue had already felt a few sour looks, as well as some schadenfreude.
Zhang Yue glanced at the other party and asked with a smile: "I wonder where did you hear the gossip?"
Hearing what Zhang Yue said, Peng Jingyi immediately changed the subject. The man was embarrassed and did not dare to ask any more questions at the moment.
The vegetarian meal was almost finished. Zhang Yue was about to take the initiative to pay the money, but was snatched away by the crowd. One of them asked Zhang Yue to have a drink after waiting for a while.
Zhang Yue thought to himself, "If you tell me earlier, I will order the more expensive one."
After everyone left, Peng Jingyi and Zhang Yue chatted facing the Linxuan of Nanpu River. The wind blew slowly. Peng Jingyi said: "You are still a good friend. I was worried that you wouldn't associate with them before?"
Zhang Yueshan smiled and said: "How could I not care about my classmates? Even if you don't invite me, I will still come."
Peng Jingyi was very happy and said: "I know you are someone who misses old feelings."
Zhang Yue asked: "Yes, how about you patrolling the village?"
Peng Jingyi sighed: "What else can we do? Together with a bunch of side soldiers, Wuzhi Village is just a third-class errand."
The third squadron is the lowest rank of a military attaché.
Zhang Yue said: "I heard that there are many salt lords in Renshou Village, who smuggle salt instead of selling official salt..."
Peng Jingyi smiled bitterly and said: "You also know this. Those salt gangsters are more rampant than the government. There is nothing we can do against them."
In the Song Dynasty, both salt and tea were regulated by the government, and smuggling was involved. The famous Li Shun and Wang Xiaobo uprisings were riots by smuggled tea merchants. Historically, Fan Ruwei, the salt lord in Jianyang, also caused a great disaster in Fujian during the Jianyan period.
of civil unrest.
This can also be understood why the One Hundred and Eight Heroes in Water Margin brought together outstanding talents from all walks of life in the Song Dynasty.
“So your second uncle sent people to Renshou Village to ask you to take care of the relationship between him, Wuzhi Village and Yan Xiao?”
Zhang Yue said this and saw some changes in Peng Jingyi's expression.
Salt smuggling is prevalent, how could we not take charge of the county captain and inspection department? How can we say that Peng County captain sent Peng Jingyi to...
Peng Jingyi said: "Where the birds don't poop, how can there be any oil and water? I tell you that I am too poor to open the pot."
"Is that so?" Zhang Yue said, "I was going to ask you to borrow money, but it seems that's all..."
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“Why does Sanlang want to borrow money? Let’s say fifty guan, or a hundred guan?”
Zhang Yue smiled slightly: "Two hundred strings!"
“So many? What are you doing?”
Zhang Yue said: “Open a restaurant.”
Peng Jingyi said: "With your family's current status, Zhao Yasi would not dare to burn down your shop anymore."
“I dare not measure him.”
Zhang Yue said: "Renshou Village is not a place where we can stay for a long time. Why don't you find another place with your uncle?"
Peng Jingyi said: "Second uncle is old, and Wu Bian is still marginalized in the officialdom. Now the imperial court appoints civil servants as county captains."
Zhang Yue nodded and said, "If I ever become rich, I will never forget you."
Peng Jingyi smiled and said: "You have a brother who is a Jinshi. Isn't it going to be easy to find a family background in the future?"
Zhang Yue smiled bitterly in his heart. He was an unreliable second brother. He ran away from the marriage without saying a word and cheated the whole family. From the time he changed his nationality to being promoted to Jinshi, he still didn't even give him a letter from his family.
Nowadays, some people don’t say it openly, but they may have already suspected it in their hearts. Even if this second brother is dissatisfied with this family, it’s better to just be a superficial brother.
Nowadays, a lot of people are giving favors to the Zhang family because of the title of Jinshi. If he does not recognize this family member, then it will be in vain. If this continues, he will not be able to keep it.
But then again, my second brother is not an unjust person.
Historically, he was very loyal to his friends, especially Su Shi. Didn’t he always keep it in his heart? Why was he so kind to his own family?
Could it be that you really look down on me and my eldest brother?
This is too much.
At this moment, Zhao Yasi is in the Zhao Mansion.
It is a very bleak scene.
Zhao Yasi's wife has cried several times. She said: "I told you from the beginning not to go to Zhang's house to break the engagement! Just watch it..."
Zhao Yasi shouted: "It was this boy who insulted me first! You don't need to say anything. If you are worried about going back to your hometown in the countryside to stay for a few days."
The Hun family said: "I'm worried that it's the two of us. I'm worried that it's your daughter. She has feelings for the second son of the Zhang family, and you don't know about it. But I don't know who told Zhang what happened between her and the third son of the Lu family.
Erlang knows that now that she has escaped from marriage and Zhang Erlang has become a Jinshi, how can she bear it in her heart?"
"What else can we do now that things have come to this? Are we going to send her to Zhang's door again? Are we going to lose another person in our family?" Zhao Asi cursed.
"Now Zhang Erlang has been selected as a Jinshi, but you raided the Zhang family's home and secretly used methods to deal with his two brothers. With his temper, how can he let you go in the future? You have also done a lot of bad things in the county over the years.
Not to mention how much money was taken, I'm afraid there were several lives in the hands. In the past, no one held us accountable, but now..."
“What are you talking nonsense about? No one in the palace is like this. Someone, please help me get down.”
Zhao Yasi ordered two maids to help her husband down. At this moment, he seemed to have aged several years.
At this very moment.
“Asi, are you coming from Beijing with a ruler?” Menzi entered the inner road.
“Jingli? Which official is it?”
"I don't know. The person who sent the ruler didn't see it clearly. He just told me that an old friend of yours from Beijing told me he sent it."
Zhao Yasi looked stern and immediately opened the letter and read it.
“Asi Siqi, I will never forget you after a long separation...”
This gesture is very powerful, and the inscription below is the three characters "son-in-law Zhangxu".
Seeing this, Zhao Yasi suddenly turned pale.
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