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Chapter 286 Selling Gifts

Qiufu.

Early in the morning, the three members of the Zhang family came to the door with a cart full of gifts.

Qiu Zongxi was not surprised when he heard the report from his subordinates. From the moment the Zhang family appeared in Xiangwu County, Qiu Zongxi knew that they would definitely come to see Yang Xu. After all, Yang Xu was the best breakthrough point after failing to return with Yang Shoucheng. .

"Grandpa Qiu, did they come here because the general's mansion is going to be revived?" Yang Xu who was called over had no impression of the Zhang family who had never met, even though they were his uncle and aunt.

He just didn't know how to face these so-called relatives, especially the other party brought so many gifts. Before Yang Xu came over, he went around to the front yard to take a peek. A carriage full of gifts was placed in the courtyard.

Qiu Zongxi didn't hide anything, and handed over the Zhang family's investigation information, "Look for yourself."

Zhang Yiyi's life is actually divided into two parts. She lived in the Zhang family's back house when she was in her boudoir, and left the Yang family less than two years after her marriage to seek refuge in the Zhenbian Hou's mansion. After all, she was still a back house woman.

Yang Xu's understanding of Zhang Yiyi was all through Yang Shoucheng and the narration of the maid Lian'er later, and this information is a detailed record of Zhang Yiyi's actions in the back house.

Looking at it, Yang Xu showed shock on his face. When he was still in the Zhang family, Zhang Yiyi had three lives in his hands. Two were servants of the Zhang family, one was a woman and the other was a maid.

The third person is Zhang Yiyi's close friend, but in the end Zhang Yiyi planned to fall into the water and be treated lightly by a disciple. Hanged himself with a piece of silk.

Qiu Zongxi looked at the unbelievable Yang Xu, and snorted disgustedly, "Although it has been many years, your father sent someone to Linzhou Mansion to investigate after you were born. The apprentice was originally arranged by Miss Zhang Jiasan for Mrs. Zhang." , wanting to destroy her innocence, and make her marry someone who is not human, but Mrs. Zhang is smart and cautious, so she used all her tricks and finally escaped by herself."

Because it was Ms. Zhang San who set up this situation, Zhang Zhifu severely punished her, and quickly cleaned up all the clues, so Zhang was safe and sound. No one thought that there was Zhang's handwriting in it.

As for Mrs. Zhang's nine years in Zhenbianhou's mansion, she also had human lives in her hands, sold two beautiful maids, and Zeng Zhang beat to death a woman who was accused of stealing.

This woman was just talking badly, and she looked down on Zhang Yiyi who abandoned her husband and son. After being beaten, because no one found a doctor for her, she finally got sick, and it took only three days.

After reading it quickly, Yang Xu was a little dazed. He only remembered curling up in a ball in the prison cell. The sick and helpless Mrs. Zhang, with her pale and bloodless face, seemed to disappear at any time.

How dare Yang Xu believe that she has seven or eight lives in her hands, not to mention those maids who are sold out, they probably will die, how can such a cruel woman and the weak woman in the cell just cough a few times? cannot be combined together.

After a long silence.

"Is the Zhang family planning to take her back to Linzhou Mansion?" Yang Xu suddenly didn't know how to face Zhang's biological mother, let alone the lives of the eight rascals this time.

After seeing Zhan Feiyu's intelligence and quickness, Qiu Zongxi didn't intend to treat Yang Xu like a child, so he naturally said whatever he had, regardless of whether he could accept it or not.

"Take it away?" Qiu Zongxi looked at the naive Yang Xu with disdain, and unceremoniously tore apart the bloody facts, "The Zhang family came to silence the mouth, and the Zhang family did a lot of harming the Zhang family back then! Killing the Zhang family is just right. Give your father a bad breath."

The Zhang family came to Xiangwu County with only one purpose: to repair the relationship with the Yang family, and it would be even better if Yang Xu could recognize his relatives.As for Zhang Yiyi's handling, it depends on the Yang family's attitude.

"The Zhang family is waiting in the main hall. You can ask Xiaoyu to accompany you to meet the guests." Qiu Zongxi didn't intend to meet the Zhang family. Just a nest of rats.

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When Zhan Feiyu and Yang Xu came to the main hall, the three members of the Zhang family had already had a cup of tea. When they heard footsteps, even the elder Zhang Minxian stood up.

"Xu'er, I'm your uncle." Zhang Minxian saw at first sight that Yang Xu's appearance was very similar to Yang Shoucheng's, with sharp edges and corners, a sullen face, and a pair of jet-black eyes, dark and dark, revealing rebelliousness, like a wilderness The little wolf can jump over and bite the enemy at any time.

In Zhang Minxian's few memories, Mrs. Zhang is a weak woman, her face is also like her mother who was born in the south of the Yangtze River, her eyes are full of spring, her voice is even softer and sweeter, she is a look that men will like .

Zhang Minhua also stood up. Even though Yang Xu looked stubborn, he was obviously not the kind of scheming child, which made Zhang Minhua feel relieved.

If they were all as intelligent and close to demon as Zhan Feiyu, Zhang Minhua felt that it would be impossible for the Zhang family to win over Yang Xu.

As for Zhou Shuyao, she looked at Yang Xu, maybe she was young, and a look of disgust flashed quickly in her eyes. Compared with those handsome and aristocratic children in Linzhou Prefecture, Yang Xu's appearance was not even comparable to those young servants.

His complexion was dark and rough, and his clothes were more cotton-padded jackets with patches, which were better than those of beggars on the street.

Zhan Feiyu was accompanying the guests, so naturally he would not overwhelm the guests, so he sat down on the chair opposite Zhang Minxian and watched the excitement with his hand stove in his arms.

Seeing that Zhan Feiyu had sat down, Yang Xu also sat down. He hesitated for a moment before asking, "What are you doing here? Don't say it's because of my nephew. You haven't shown up in the past eight years."

Yang Xu's bluntness made Zhang Minxian and the three of them unable to step down. These words were like tearing off the Zhang family's face. How could they play the emotional card to connect with each other, let alone win over Yang Xu.

In less than a quarter of an hour, the three members of the Zhang family left Qiu's mansion with ashen faces. It was really Yang Xu who refused to accept, and could not listen to good or bad words.

As for the gift of the carriage, it was also taken away by the Zhang family, and Yang Xu refused to accept it at all, bluntly saying that he would throw it outside the door.

"Mother, Yang Xu is so rude!" In the carriage, Zhou Shuyao held back his anger.

She couldn't speak in the Qiu Mansion just now, but now she vomited, "The Yang family has been criminals all these years, we don't blame the Yang family for being involved, but he still resents us for ignoring him!"

When Zhang Yiyi married Yang Shoucheng back then, the Zhang family didn't get any benefits. Later, when something happened in the general's mansion, the Zhang family got involved. Even if the relationship with the Yang family was put aside, it was still affected to some extent.

Fortunately, the Zhang family is also a family of officials, and their in-laws are all in the officialdom, and the Yang family is a general, and the Zhang family is a civil servant, so the influence is not too big.

Zhang Minxian didn't speak, and half-closed his eyes, wondering what he was thinking about.

Zhang Minhua glanced at the complaining Zhou Shuyao, and patted her hand, "If Yang Xu is as smart as Miss Zhan, do you think it will be fine?"

"I..." Zhou Shuyao suddenly got stuck.

"The simpler Yang Xu's temperament is, the better it is for our Zhang family." Zhang Minhua's voice was a little lighter. Everything was not going well in Xiangwu County, but today he finally gained something.

The Zhang family never thought that a face-to-face meeting would be able to restore their relationship with Yang Xu, but if it didn't work for a day, it would take ten days, a year or two... Yang Xu is still young, and it will take at least ten years before he can really control the military. At that time, the Zhang family will definitely be able to resolve Yang Xu's grievances. In this way, the Zhang family will be able to take advantage of the General's Mansion.

Zhang Minyu's heart was relieved, and she did not forget to teach her daughter, "Shuyao, why do you think Mrs. Zhang gave birth to Yang Xu back then? Why did the Zhenbian Houfu let her have a child?"

After all, Zhang Yiyi was just for multiple guarantees. With Yang Xu, as Yang Xu's mother, she had a constant relationship with the General's Mansion.

Although the Yang family was convicted, the power of the Yang family should not be underestimated. In the future, these powers will be handed over to Yang Xu, and this is Zhang Yiyi's reliance.

If it wasn't for this, why Zhenbian Hou took Zhang Yiyi in was also because of her value, and Zhenbianhou's government wanted to get back the military power from Yang Xu through Zhang Yiyi.

Of course, Yang Xu's birth was a weakness for Old General Yang and Yang Shoucheng. They had to consider Yang Xu before doing anything, and Yang Xu was born due to various factors.

After Zhang's family left, Yang Xu's tense emotions suddenly relaxed, and he finally acted like an ordinary child, "Xiaoyu, why do you think there are so many conflicts of interests between people?"

Even his biological mother didn't give birth to him because he loved him, and Yang Xu didn't expect to find family affection from the Zhang family. He just didn't understand and didn't know how to face these blood-related people.

Zhan Feiyu couldn't help but think of the Zhan's family in Jinlin Village, who ended up having trouble with adoptives and expelling the family. In the end, it was because of partiality, but also because her parents were honest and had no sons, so the whole family took advantage of her father. Mother sucks blood, of course, this is also because of poverty.

"The hustle and bustle of the world is for profit, and the prosperity of the world is for profit. The Zhang family is the family of officials, and everything the Zhang family does is for the sake of official career. As long as you keep your heart, you will not bend the law for anyone's personal gain in the future. Your wife and children, then everything will be solved." Zhan Feiyu thinks that as long as there is no benefit, no one will work hard on Yang Xu.

Yang Xu nodded understandingly. A few years later, when the people of the Daqing Dynasty talked about General Yang, the black hell king, apart from the fact that he led the soldiers of the Daqing Dynasty to guard the border and killed the barbarians in fear, they talked more about General Yang. Integrity and selflessness.

Regardless of whether it is his generals or soldiers, or members of the Yang family, including his wife and children, anyone who violates the criminal law will be sent to the government office for strict punishment.

"In the future, if the Zhang family gives you a gift, you can accept it. You can give it to the people of Xiangwu County in the name of the Zhang family, or you can send it to the army. No matter who gives you a gift, you will do the same." Zhan Feiyu hehe Smile, don't take too much trouble, don't take it once, the other party thinks it's not sincere, and there will be a second time and a third time.

But if Yang Xu does this, unless he has too much money and no place to use it, he will be taken advantage of, and no one will give Yang Xu a gift for safekeeping, and he can get a good reputation, which is much better.

In the next half month, the Zhang family really came to the door again, this time it was Zhang Minhua and Zhou Shuyao who came, and it was certain that Yang Xu was too young to drive away the two women.

The Zhang family does not seek to restore their relationship with Yang Xu in a short time, but many spies in Xiangwu County are watching. The Zhang family is doing it for outsiders to let them know that the Zhang family is still related to the Yang family who is about to recover. In the future, the Zhang family will be much smoother in officialdom.

"Thank you, little boy."

"Young master must be a little boy under the seat of the Bodhisattva to be so kind."

"My mother can finally have a full meal."

At the gate of the rice shop, after Yang Xu let out the news, Zhang Minhua brought a carriage of expensive gifts, except for 500 taels of silver, the rest of the clothes, cloth, medicinal materials, etc., were all sold by Yang Xu at the highest price up.

As for the money in exchange, they bought coarse grains at the rice shop. The poor people in Shitou Village and several surrounding villages could come and take fifty catties of coarse grains. The villagers who received the food were extremely grateful for Yang Xu's emotion.

As for the presents being sent by the Zhang family, the common people don't care, they only know that they took the grain from this young man, and fifty catties of coarse grain with a little water is enough for a whole family to eat for a month up.

Upstairs in the private room, looking out of the window, Qiu Zongxi withdrew his gaze, "You have a lot of tricks."

If Yang Xu doesn't accept gifts, the Zhang family will definitely visit again.

But Yang Xu took it, and even exchanged the presents for coarse grains and gave them out. The Zhang family probably would never bring a gift wrap when they came again. The sum of the gifts in the carriage was 2000 taels.

Gnabbing on the walnut that He Nuan peeled off, Zhan Feiyu looked down, "The Yang family is going to recover, and now it's time to win people's hearts. Fortunately, Yang Xu is a general. If he is a scholar, the Zhang family has plenty of ways to force Yang Xu Submit."

Scholars value reputation, the Zhang family is the elders, if they made mistakes in the past, but now they have come to make amends with sincerity, if Yang Xu shuts the Zhang family out, it would be his disrespect, if the Zhang family operates secretly, the scholars will not be able to criticize them verbally or in writing. It can ruin Yang Xu's official career.

Fortunately, he is a general, as long as he knows how to lead troops to fight, his reputation is not important.

For the sage on the dragon chair, it is better for a general not to have a good reputation. If the general starts to manage his own reputation, the sage will doubt whether the other party has a heart of disobedience. After all, there is still the saying that those who win the hearts of the people win the world.

In such a cold weather, the three members of the Zhang family naturally stayed in the other courtyard and did not go out. Even if they wanted to get in touch with Yang Xu, it would take a few days. After all, Zhang Minhua only went to the Qiu Mansion yesterday.

"My lord, it's not good." Suddenly, the servant's voice sounded hastily outside the door.

Zhang Minxian, who was just about to eat, put down his chopsticks and asked with a straight face, "Why are you panicking? What happened?"

"My lord, Master Xu..." The servant lowered his head and quickly said about Yang Xu's donation.

Who would have thought that Zhang Minhua's gift that was forcibly placed in the Qiu Mansion yesterday was sold by Yang Xu at the door of the rice shop early this morning, which slapped the Zhang family in the face.

"You say it again?" Zhang Minxian's face was completely gloomy, with anger in his eyes, it's unreasonable!
Zhang Minhua's expression was extremely ugly. She thought that Yang Xu was too young to refuse, but who knew he could do such a disgusting thing.

The key is that when the news spread, the entire Longyou Dao knew that the Yang family and the Zhang family were not dealing with each other, otherwise Yang Xu would have sold all the gifts from the Zhang family.

(End of this chapter)