Ping An Biography

A secluded bluestone alley; old stone slabs and moss marks, new red lanterns; a courtyard door opened slightly; a delicate girl's face suddenly revealed an expression of surprise.This situation seems to have been experienced somewhere, but Zhang Ning knows that this is a deception of memory, it is just a familiarity.

When we met at the gate of the courtyard, we didn't have time to say a few words. The young girl's eyes seemed to have a thousand words, but soon there were more people who needed to socialize, and they couldn't say anything. Even the neighbors around listened. Said that Zhang Ning, who was an official, was back, and came to "watch" one after another.Some people even couldn't help asking why there were no official escorts with drums and gongs, and why there were no sedan chairs tied with red flowers, as if Zhang Ning had won the number one scholar and returned to his hometown.

Zhang Jiujin and his son were still doing business during the peak Chinese New Year season, so they closed their shop and came back home not long after.

Like the stars holding the moon, the neighbors who didn't see each other much on weekdays surrounded Zhang Ning politely, showing respect and envy.Because of this, Zhang Jiujin's face was also full of red, as an elder's compliment to his neighbors was very useful.When people are happy, they have to lead the whole family, men, women and children to arrive early all afternoon. The prosperity and excitement is an auspicious sign, which is what people like.Zhang Ning always had a smiling face, and the people who celebrated the Chinese New Year gave so much face that they couldn't hold back their faces when they froze.From time to time, Zhang Ning couldn't help but look around to search for the figure of the younger sister. There was nothing wrong with it, but he subconsciously wanted to see what she was doing; but every time he met the same gaze of the younger sister.

Zhang Jiujin, who was sitting at the top beside him, had successfully changed his role, as if he had suddenly changed from a businessman to a respected squire, and his words were all about officialdom, as if deliberately showing off: "Shangyuan County Yamen When I sent someone to deliver the official documents, the old man didn't recognize who it was at first, but Dalang recognized him. Dalang has some friends with the officials in the county, and he has met Mr. Zhao. After talking about it, he knew that it was Mr. Zhao who was close to the county magistrate. , I personally delivered the official document from the Ministry of Officials, and I will invite you to the teahouse to talk..."

"Master Zhao, who is in charge of grain and horses, according to the tone of the county clerk, many of the decisions made by the county magistrate are made by Master Zhao." The eldest brother Zhang Shicai sang with his father, "It is inconvenient for the county magistrate to come here, so he sent Master Zhao. It’s very important, and delivering official documents is usually just sending an official.”

Zhang Ning didn't want to save his uncle's face, so he said, "I only dispatched Yangzhou government judge at the end of the year. Not long ago, I was a Beijing official of the Ministry of Rites, so it is inconvenient for me to walk around with my parents and officials in my hometown."

A person at the same table said seriously: "Although we haven't moved around, we are officials in the same dynasty, so it's easy to talk about it. In the future, if the folks in the village have something to do with the government, we won't be so afraid of officials!" "

The gate of the courtyard was not closed, and at this time another rich and handsome member came in, followed by two servants carrying a whole bundle of silk and satin, and bowed and bowed to Zhang Jiujin as if he was very affectionate.After lying for a while, Zhang Ning finally realized that this person was none other than his former prospective father-in-law Wang Yuanwai.Even though the engagement was broken, he was still able to show up in a big way, and gave such a big gift for no reason, which made people feel really surprised.

... The hustle and bustle continued until the lights on Liren Street were all lit up before dissipating.Leaving a few messy tables and rubbish all over the floor, the women of the Zhang family were busy all the time, while the men squatted at the door of the main room to continue chatting, the two generations and the three men did not move. Housework.Zhang Shicai, who had pretended to be elegant at the wine table just now, was picking his teeth with a toothpick in his hand.

"The Wang family wants to mend the relationship between the two families." Zhang Jiujin sighed.

Zhang Shicai glanced at Zhang Ning with a smile: "Our family's Erlang is talented, and their family is rich. If there is no twists and turns in the middle, they can be regarded as the right family. The family of the Wang family in Jiangning County is well-off, and they lack everything except cultural luck." ; and the Miss Wang family looks good."

"Wang Weng did make a special trip to mention it twice, and he came to the door in person today." Uncle Zhang Jiujin said solemnly, "Erlang and younger sister are not young, and they haven't married yet. What does our Zhang family look like?"

Zhang Shicai said again: "Don't say it, the matchmakers who came to propose marriage in the past few months have almost smoothed the threshold of our family. Now we are a family of officials, and there are many young girls who have a crush on us."

"Elder brother isn't married yet, so there's no reason for younger sister to marry first!" Younger sister Zhang, who was working, had been listening, and couldn't help interjecting at this moment.

Zhang Shicai said with a smile: "The eldest lady of the eunuch's family does not go out of the door, that is called a status. In the future, little sister, don't run around in front of others."

"Okay, I can't ask for it. Big brother, you come to sweep the yard. How can a dignified lady do this kind of work?" Zhang Xiaomei's crisp voice interpreted Nanjing Mandarin to the extreme, and it was more gentle than Wuqiang.

"Wang Weng's matter depends on Erlang's idea." Regardless of the jokes between the siblings, Zhang Jiujin remained serious.He finally told the truth, uncle is not a parent after all.

Only then did Zhang Ning say: "The gifts that the Wang family sent today can only be refunded."

Jiujin and his son fell silent for a moment.

Zhang Ning explained unhurriedly: "The teacher of the crown prince, Zuo Yude, Yang Shiqi, Mr. Yang, his daughter has already agreed to a marriage contract with me, and the Yang family should write a book for the uncle when we start a formal relationship in the new year. So The matter of the Wang family can only be forgotten."

"The prince's teacher!" Zhang Shicai had an imaginative expression, as if he was imagining those big people who had never met before, and then he laughed, "Erlang is still promising! If this is the case, why didn't you say it earlier and mention the Wang family What's the matter, tomorrow we will return all the things that were sent before and after, we don't care about this."

Zhang Jiujin didn't say anything, usually he was much more stable than his son.He then suddenly said: "By the way, there is another very important matter. There is a gentleman named Ma Wenchang in Jiangning County. He said that he was a scholar of the Gongyuan with Erlang. Make him kneel...Erlang knows someone in the government, can he help him?"

"It depends on what's going on." Zhang Ning said curiously.

"Dalang, tell me, you can speak clearly." Zhang Jiujin looked at his son.

Zhang Shicai had a gloating expression on his face: "This is called a man who commits crimes and you can live a life of your own crimes! Last time Erlang was wronged by someone for cheating in the examination room and was thrown into prison. It turns out that someone is behind your back! This person is not someone else." , that classmate Ma Wenchang."

"Who is going to investigate this matter?" Zhang Ning was already a little angry, but he could still remain calm.

Thinking of the time when I met Ma Wenchang outside the Fule Courtyard, that guy had a polite smile on the surface, and the person who didn’t want to stab the knife in the back was either someone else or this dog |ri|, he also deliberately mentioned Why did Yang Sihai contradict himself and wanted to plant Yang Sihai on him.Where did I offend him, why did he harm me?Ma Wenchang is not a classmate, he is not as good as a j|girl who has only met once.

Zhang Shicai said: "According to Mr. Zhao, this Ma Wenchang went to report to a patrol censor surnamed Zhou in Nanzhili, and that's why Erlang was wronged. Unexpectedly, the censor surnamed Zhou was implicated not long after." The Qin case in Beijing was taken to Jinyiwei. I don’t know who interrogated him for framing Lu Zhen, the minister of the Ministry of Rites, and pulled out the informant Ma Wenchang. He was said to be an accomplice of Zhou, but it seems that he It doesn't count as a role, if you didn't come to Jinyiwei, the arrester from Shangyuan Division quickly came to arrest him and put him in jail... You see, this harm will eventually harm oneself!"

"His parents are unbearable. I heard that they are only one offspring." The uncle frowned, "Besides, if we repay grievances with kindness, our Zhang family's reputation in the neighborhood will be good, otherwise the neighbors will say nothing about us."

Zhang Ning couldn't help but stare and said, "Repay grievances with virtue, how can you repay virtue?"

Zhang Jiujin immediately frowned and looked at him. He soon felt that it was too angry to speak to his elders in this tone, so he held back his emotions and said patiently: "Uncle, please forgive me, I really don't care about this kind of thing." There is nothing I can do. It is said that Ma Wenchang is Zhou Nazhi’s accomplice and he was thrown into prison indiscriminately. It is clear that it is the indiscriminate revenge of the Donggong faction. If I go to intercede for him, then whose side am I on? The chief examiner, Mr. Lu, was suspected of cheating, which was the aftermath of a power struggle. Ma Wenchang and I were pawns involved in the unknown|truth. We tried to stay away, but Ma Wenchang came to the door by himself. Can you blame anyone else?"

"Erlang is right!" Zhang Shicai stood firmly on Zhang Ning's side, "It seems that Ma Wenchang did this sinful thing because of Miss Wang's family. For this matter, he raped us, what else is there now? Can we talk about favors? We can't let Erlang's future be affected because of him."

"Forget it." Zhang Jiujin said, "It's fine if you can't help, our Zhang family is kind to others, and the neighbors in the neighborhood know everyone's heart after a long time."

The uncle is quite old, and he really looks like he can't distinguish between grievances and grievances, and he is too timid.But Zhang Ning heaved a sigh of relief after hearing his words.When he took a breath, he looked around subconsciously, but he didn't see Miss Zhang. When he looked up, he saw a red streak on the window on the gray wall. It was the girl in the little red coat, smiling and looking at Zhang Ning from afar.

A pure smile makes people associate it with all kinds of beautiful things in the world. Just that gentle gaze can make people addicted to it and can't extricate themselves, seeing everything around them as colorless. Everything else is pretty boring.

"Big brother can have a good night's sleep after cleaning up." Zhang Xiaomei softly called out from the window.

It is also Nanjing Mandarin, why can't women such as auntie and sister-in-law speak it so flavorfully?The high and low tones of the characters are smoothly connected like streamlined lines, which are more beautiful than the lyrics of Yue opera.