Cyber ​​Daming

Chapter 644: A Happy New Year
When the class was over, the setting sun was just hanging over the mountain.

Dunzhu brought freshly prepared butter tea, tsampa and dried meat to the father and son as dinner.

"These things may not be as exquisite as those in the old two capitals and thirteen provinces, but they also have their own unique flavor. You should try them."

Zhang Siyuan introduced the food in front of him to his father.

The old man listened to him carefully, then slowly picked up the tea bowl in front of him and took a sip.

"Mm, it tastes the same as the one I drank back then, warm, sweet, and with a long aftertaste."

He nodded towards Dunzhu and praised: "Your wife's cooking skills are good."

"Master, you are joking, so it's okay."

Dunzhu had a silly smile on his face, but his rough eyes and brows were filled with unconcealable pride.

"It sounds like you've eaten these before?" Zhang Siyuan asked in surprise.

"I came to Fandi when I was teaching at Xindonglin Academy. I stayed here for nearly three years and walked around Fandi."

Zhang Fengyue smiled and said, "You didn't even exist at that time."

"Why haven't you mentioned these things before?"

"Reading thousands of books is like traveling thousands of miles. The rituals of the Ruxu Academy have high requirements for experience, but now there are too few people willing to spend time on studying, and they all choose to take a more convenient official career. So there is no point in talking about this now."

Zhang Siyuan was silent for a moment, then said in a cold voice: "That's because they don't know the value of things. They are blinded by lard and can't tell what is good and what is bad."

"You like the breeze and the bright moon, while others like to have money in their pockets. You regard teaching and educating people as the most important thing in the world, but he thinks being an official is the best thing in the world. The reason behind this is hard to explain."

"I once boasted that I could inherit the unique knowledge of the ancient sages and create a new school of Confucianism. The wind and frost cannot defeat my ambition, and the snow cannot crush my body. I have never met wealth and honor, nor have I sought royal power. I have learned everything from books, and I will never bow my head or be a vassal."

Zhang Fengyue said softly: "But in the end, didn't he have to leave the academy and plunge into the ups and downs of officialdom? Even I am like this, let alone them?"

"You have no choice but to step up and take charge of the situation, unlike them."

"In the eyes of others, there is no difference."

Zhang Siyuan raised his eyebrows and glared, "Fools paint the skin, wise men see the bones. Even if you are filthy now, history will clear your name sooner or later."

"Let's talk about our affairs and reputation later."

Zhang Fengyue's eyes softened and he chuckled, "We haven't seen each other for a long time. Let's not talk about these disappointing things today, shall we?"

"it is good."

Zhang Siyuan stopped talking, forced a smile and changed the subject.

"By the way, father, you are not in the capital, how come you suddenly want to come to Fandi alone?"

"Let me ask you first, do you remember what day it is today?"

Zhang Siyuan blurted out: "January 29th"

The old man put down the bowl in his hand and said, "Today is the new year, and it is also your birthday, Siyuan. Since you stayed here and didn't go home, I had no choice but to come to find you."

Zhang Siyuan was stunned when he heard this, and joy and guilt suddenly appeared in his eyes.

I am happy that my father has not changed, but I feel guilty that I have forgotten a lot without realizing it.

In the eyes of Confucianists, it has always been difficult for aristocratic families to produce kind fathers and filial sons. This is necessary for survival and is also forced by the situation.

Even the party leader Zhang Fengyue was the same. He blocked his only son's memory since childhood and sent him out to travel, where he suffered the fickleness of human nature and the vicissitudes of the world.

Zhang Siyuan himself once thought so, so when he just returned to the Zhang family, he was full of resentment and dissatisfaction, and even announced publicly that he would never join the New Donglin Party in his life. He did a lot of ridiculous things that damaged Zhang Fengyue's prestige and reputation within the Confucian order.

But as he spent more and more time in contact with the Confucian families, and saw too many of their ugly faces of being arrogant at first but humble later, he gradually understood his father's good intentions.

What people need is Confucianism.

My father taught me to be a human being, the most difficult thing, first, so that learning Confucianism would be a natural progression.

"Old man, you are so old, how can you still think about doing this?"

Zhang Siyuan raised his hand and rubbed his face, pretending to complain: "If you want to see me, just let the people below pass the message, I will go back by myself. The mountain is high and the road is long, you don't mind the trouble."

"No problem. I want to walk around this empire and take a look while my legs and feet are still good."

Zhang Fengyue smiled and said, "Besides, today is your 30th birthday. It will be more fun here with a few more people, which is better than being in the capital."

"I didn't expect that today would be a double celebration. I was not prepared at all. I am really sorry."

Suddenly, a hearty laugh rang out.

Dunzhu, who was waiting outside the door, stood up suddenly, looked at the person who came and shouted in surprise: "Master, you are back too?!"

"Come back and see."

Li Jun patted Dunzhu on the shoulder and said with emotion: "I heard from Concubine Yuan Ming that you are going to be a father? Congratulations."

“It’s all thanks to my teacher and my husband.”

A shy smile appeared on Dunzhu's dark face, revealing a row of white teeth.

"You risked your life to get these, and they have nothing to do with us. But even though you have a family now, you can't stop fighting. This snowfield has become better, but no one can predict when some tigers, leopards, jackals and wolves will appear again. If you really encounter such a situation, you must have the strength to draw your sword, understand?"

Dunzhu nodded heavily and responded repeatedly: "Yes, I have always kept Master's words in mind."

"That's good."

Li Jun walked into the study and bowed to Zhang Fengyue.

"Li Jun of Tianque greets Prime Minister Zhang."

Zhang Fengyue was rolling up his sleeves to deal with the tsampa in front of him, and waved his hand casually at Li Jun: "When you are out, there is no need to mention these fancy titles. Since you are on good terms with Siyuan, if you don't feel awkward, then just call me uncle."

"Okay, nice to meet you, Uncle Zhang." Li Jun said with a smile without being polite.

Zhang Siyuan originally quietly moved his feet to stand in front of Zhang Fengyue with a nervous look on his face, but he saw that the two men seemed to have known each other for a long time and their tones were particularly familiar, so he could not help but stand there in a daze.

"Uncle Zhang and I have met before."

Li Jun sat cross-legged beside the table, picked up the thermos on the table and poured himself a bowl of hot tea, then looked at Zhang Fengyue and said with a smile, "You didn't tell him about this?"

Zhang Siyuan was completely confused about the situation. "Old Li, why are you here in the foreign land?"

Li Jun seemed to be hungry as well, so he grabbed a ball of tsampa and ate it with butter tea, enjoying it sweetly.

"I came to talk to Uncle Zhang."

"chat?"

Zhang Siyuan looked suspicious and sneaked up to Zhang Fengyue: "Dad, let me tell you, Li Jun is a very evil person. You have to be careful as his uncle."

Zhang Fengyue didn't even raise his eyelids: "A gentleman doesn't talk about strange things, how can you be a teacher to others like this?"

"Don't disbelieve me, I heard that someone at Mo Xu has started to study this thing, and I suspect it may have something to do with luck."

Seeing that he was getting more and more outrageous, Li Jun couldn't help but sneer and said, "I just came from the East Branch, how come I haven't heard of this? Good job, Xiao Zhang, it's been such a short time since we last met, and you've become bolder, you even dare to make fun of me in person."

Zhang Siyuan suddenly felt a chill and shuddered. He quickly forced a smile and said, "I was just joking. Why did you take it so seriously? I just saw you two acting so friendly and I was really worried."

Zhang Siyuan moved his buttocks to sit next to Li Jun: "Old Li, tell me the truth, you really are not here to cause trouble for my old man?"

"go away."

Li Jun said angrily: "How come Uncle Zhang has such a timid son like you?"

"What do you mean by cowardly? I am filial, do you understand? In the entire Confucian order, there are not many young people who are more filial than me."

Li Jun smiled and said, "I remember that you liked to call yourself a 'rebellious son' before. You said that you disliked everything Uncle Zhang did."

"Li Jun, if you slander me like this, be careful that we will all lose our brotherhood."

Zhang Siyuan secretly breathed a sigh of relief and completely put his heart back into his stomach. Only then did he feel that his back was completely soaked with cold sweat.

"But then again, why did you come to visit me with nothing in your hands?"

Li Jun smiled and said, "I owe you that. I'll make it up to you later. How about a Jiujun head? If it's not enough, you can add more."

Zhang Siyuan was shocked when he heard this, "You bumped into someone from the East Palace again?"

Li Jun did not answer him, but looked at Zhang Fengyue: "Uncle Zhang, you asked me the other day whether I wanted to be a human or a god." "Have you figured it out now?"

"I still say the same thing, whether they are human or God is not important. But now some people I don't like have begun to call themselves God, so I have to pull them down from heaven and teach them how to be human again."

Li Jun told what happened in Chongqing Prefecture and drank the remaining soup in the bowl.

"I came here this time just to inform you. I will be in charge of the East Palace."

"Are you trying to find out the hiding place of the East Palace through 'Si Ming' Zhao Yin?"

Zhang Fengyue hit the nail on the head and directly revealed Li Jun's plan.

"That's right." Li Jun said bluntly.

"It's useless. Those charlatans act cautiously. All their dealings are through Huangliang. We rarely meet in the real world. The most you can do is touch the eternal dream they have built in the Huangliang Sea. If you enter, you will just walk into a trap."

Zhang Fengyue shook his head: "In Huangliang, there is no place for your unique martial arts skills."

Li Jun did not show any sign of discouragement as he continued, "If we add the Huangliang authority you hold, can Zou Sijiu be able to catch them in the Huangliang Youhai?"

"Is this the real reason why you came to see me? If so, this matter can be quite interesting."

Zhang Fengyue smiled, but suddenly changed the subject: "But it's a bit unreasonable for you to come to me and borrow such a valuable thing without any reason, right?"

"We are more or less in the same boat now. There's no need to be so formal, right?"

"One yard owned by a yard."

Zhang Fengyue said calmly, "Although Zou Sijiu now has two Dream Master rules in his hands and is not weak in the Yin-Yang Sequence, if he accidentally runs into the second in the Sequence of the East Palace, he will still not be his opponent."

"If I lose this authority, I won't know how much I will lose. In the future, Huangliang will become a place where Longhu Mountain and Donghuang Palace can do whatever they want. Li Jun, you should understand how dangerous this is for Ruxu."

Li Jun said in a deep voice: "But if there is no means of countermeasure, the people of the East Palace can still fight or leave as they please. We have no way to deal with them and can only passively take the beating. This is also a big threat to your subordinates, Uncle Zhang."

"Dad, what Jun said makes sense. Although they don't dare to come to you, people like Liu Jinxun may not be able to be prevented. Although you have sent people from the Law Order to protect them in secret, those people are too rigid in their minds. If they are not careful, they will be drowned in their dreams by the Yin Yang Order. To deal with these omnipresent yellow beam rats, we still need professionals to come."

Zhang Siyuan chimed in, "I know Zou Sijiu, he has a bit of an eccentric personality, but he is a tough guy. It is unlikely that the East Palace will be able to take this authority away from him."

"The thing is in your hands. Even you said so. What else can I say?"

Zhang Fengyue waved his hand and said, "I am just explaining the pros and cons to you. As for whether to lend it or not, it is up to you, Siyuan."

"Thank you, Uncle Zhang."

Li Jun clasped his fists and bowed, while Zhang Siyuan on the side winked and the expression on his face clearly asked Li Jun if he had seen what the status of an only son meant.

"Don't thank me too early. I have lent you the authority, but I have to trouble you, Mr. Ge, to do me a favor."

"what's up?"

"Pei Xingjian should have told you about Yang Baize's situation, right?"

Zhang Fengyue said: "This young man has courage and determination, but he is still too young and too optimistic about the situation. Since he has decided to scrape the bone to cure the poison, the first cut must be clean and neat, without any obstacles."

Li Jun understood: "You think someone is going to attack him, so you want me to go to Songjiang Prefecture?"

"Although Yang Bai Ze has a Law Sequence III following him now, if there are more jackals, they will have the guts to bite the tiger to death. Si Yuan just said something right, professional matters should be left to professionals. When it comes to killing people, no one is better than you."

"Aren't you worried that if an outsider like me interferes in the internal affairs of the Confucian Order, it will cause even stronger resistance?"

"It seems that you still don't understand scholars."

A smile with inexplicable meaning appeared at the corner of Zhang Fengyue's mouth.

"If one head falls to the ground, they will be angry. If ten heads fall to the ground, they will be shocked. If a hundred heads fall to the ground, they will hate. If a thousand heads fall to the ground, they will cry. But if you kill ten thousand or a hundred thousand people, then they will not be angry or shocked, nor hate or cry. They will just stand behind you obediently, help you point the way and catch people, and cheer for you."

These calm words ringing in his ears, however, painted a picture of a vast sea of ​​blood and a mountain of corpses before Li Jun's eyes.

"He who steals a hook shall be executed, but he who steals a country shall become a marquis."

Zhang Fengyue sighed, "This is what the Taoists used to mock us and the order of the law. Although I still feel uncomfortable listening to it, I have to admit that when dealing with scholars, sometimes reasoning can only cure the symptoms, and ignoring reason can cure the root cause."

Li Jun's eyes flashed with coldness: "Okay, as long as you can accept it, I will definitely help you to clean up these rotten and smelly meat."

"I asked you to protect Yang Bai Ze, not to kill people indiscriminately."

Zhang Fengyue laughed and scolded: "If you destroy all my wealth, you will have to deal with Longhu Mountain and Donghuang Palace by yourself."

As soon as the words fell, festive drum music suddenly came from outside the study door.

"Below the eight-spoked wheel, on the petals of the lotus earth, is the peaceful Black Nine Village Street, and behind it is the great mountain god Asa. Last year the house walls were built, this year the new house is erected, the golden pillars are propped up, the silver beams are set up, and the newlyweds who are in love will move into their new home today."

Li Jun and Zhang Siyuan walked outside the study and saw that the villagers of Zhenbao Village had all put on clean clothes. The wooden plates in their hands were filled with fruits and vegetables that were a little dry but they were reluctant to eat, as well as the fragrant meat that had just come out of the pot.

At the front of the team were a man named Dunzhu and a girl named Jiyang, both wearing red and colorful clothes.

Two men were kneeling on the ground, one holding a glass of wine and the other holding a Hada.

"The long-lived should have abundant food, the blessed should have new clothes, the eager should have wise offspring, and the wealthy should have the best cattle and sheep."

The children sang in unison, and their melodious voices echoed in the starry night.

"I offer my respects to the sun, moon and stars above, to the auspicious days of the stars in the middle, and to the fine barley wine on the ground. I beg the distinguished guests to grant them happiness and health."

Dunzhu knelt down and took two steps forward, a glimmer of hope in his eyes.

"Teacher, sir, please forgive me for my self-assertion. I don't know if I will have such an opportunity to see you return to the bandi together in the future, so I hope you can witness me and Jiyang this time."

Li Jun and Zhang Siyuan looked at each other, then turned back at the same time and set their gazes on Zhang Fengyue.

"Master, I'm afraid you have to come here to do this."

Perhaps because of his excitement, the usually honest and straightforward Dunzhu seemed particularly smart tonight. He raised the glass over his head and said loudly: "Please, Master, be our witness."

"I am grateful for the food I have received, and I am grateful for the money I have received. Now that I have been well fed and well treated by my host, I should do something for him."

Zhang Fengyue stood up slowly, walked out the door with his hands behind his back.

"What's the man's name?"

"Dunzhu."

"What's the woman's name?"

"Jiyang."

"it is good."

Zhang Fengyue smiled and nodded: "The two families are united in marriage, and the contract is signed in one hall. The marriage is eternal and the match is the same. Look at the peach blossoms on this day, which are bright and suitable for the family. I predict that in the future, your descendants will continue to prosper and be famous."

As the old man's loud voice rang out, clusters of bright Gesang flowers bloomed from the ice and snow that had not yet melted, surrounding the newlyweds.

"I hereby write down my promise to be together till old age on this piece of red paper, so that the covenant of red leaves can be recorded in the love genealogy. This shall serve as a witness!"

Zhang Fengyue glanced at Zhang Siyuan from the corner of his eye, and the latter understood what he meant and raised his hand to point to the sky.

Amidst the starry sky, a star suddenly shone brightly, and then exploded like a firework.

Circular ripples spread out under the night sky, illuminating the surprised smiling faces on the ground.

Ji Yang presented a Hada and put it around the old man's shoulders.

Dunzhu offered the fine wine and placed it to the old man's mouth.

"New Year, New Birthday and New Wedding"

Zhang Fengyue laughed heartily: "It's a good sign."

"My home is a thousand miles of fertile fields, and flowers are blooming in the lush forests. The smoke from cooking floats over the tiles of the roof, and the wanderers are returning home. Holding wine and singing songs, good luck and health fall on my new home, the crops are abundant, the livestock are thriving, and the joy of the world is no less than that of heaven."

The natives sang and danced, and Dunzhu held his bride tightly.

Zhang Fengyue looked at the two young men beside him, bowed and smiled, "Happy New Year."

"Happy New Year."

Li Jun and Zhang Siyuan said in unison.

(End of this chapter)