The daily life of the prime minister of the Qing Dynasty, thick black

Chapter 42 The Story of Zhang Er
This question is difficult for Second Young Master Zhang.

But he didn't have the chance to answer in time, when there was a voice outside.

"uncle."

"Greetings to the uncle."

Gu Huaixiu frowned, but he had already sat up straight, Zhang Tingyu just avoided Gu Huaixiu's question.

He lowered his eyebrows to look at her, but saw her pursing her lips, quite dissatisfied.

"I go out for a while."

There is always something to say between brothers, let alone the two brothers of the Zhang family?

Zhang Tingyu walked outside step by step with his hands behind his back. He seemed to be very relaxed, but Gu Huaishu felt that his steps were heavy.

When she saw Zhang Tingyu leaving, she originally had a prying thought, wanting to know what the two brothers were going to talk about, but she held back in the end.Just like she has her own secret and doesn't want others to touch it, Zhang Tingyu doesn't necessarily want others to know him too deeply.

The wind came in from the door, and soon the door was closed by the maids again, Zhang Tingzan's clothes were turned up, he looked up and saw that Zhang Tingyu had come out.

"Big brother."

He shouted.

Zhang Tingzan nodded and wanted to say something, but he sighed first.

"Come and talk, let's talk about it?"

There was also a chessboard outside, Zhang Tingyu glanced at it and nodded.

The two brothers sat down cross-legged facing each other, and Zhang Tingyu took the lead in holding the black.

The first son landed on Tianyuan's position, which is Zhang Tingyu's usual method.Only in front of Zhang Tingzan, he played chess so openly.

Zhang Tingzan held the chess piece and lightly tapped the table: "I also know what happened tonight."

Zhang Tingyu gave a "hmm" and waited for Zhang Tingzan to settle down.

Zhang Tingzan is the eldest son of the Zhang family, and Zhang Tingyu is quite a bit older, almost watching him grow up.

Now Zhang Ying is in full swing in the court, and Zhang Tingzan has also entered Zhan Shifu.Seeing that both father and son are in the court, everyone knows that Zhang Ying has a good son named Zhang Tingzan, who is very capable.They are the Zhang family in Tongcheng, and they have successors.

But no one can see the potential crisis of the Zhang family.

Zhang Tingzan is a person with a very sharp vision, and his talent and knowledge are not inferior to his father.Sometimes the things you see are different because of the different positions you are in.Therefore, Zhang Tingzan's thinking is not as far-reaching as his father's in some places, but he understands some places very thoroughly.

For example, the second brother.

For example, his mother Wu.

Once, Zhang Tingzan blurted out that it would be better to marry a smart wife like his father and a stupid one like Wu.

Zhang Tingzan didn't finish that sentence, but Zhang Tingyu knew it without thinking.

Perhaps the elder brother's feelings towards Wu Shi are also very complicated.

Zhang Tingyu remained silent, but Zhang Tingzan spoke up.

"Father is handling official business there again today. It's hard to say whether he will return tomorrow. Now the pearl is useless. Ever since Xu Qianxue's incident, the Long Live Lord has already handed over the power of the pearl to others. Our father, I'm afraid this is the case." 'Picture' a person in a position."

"Click", the chess piece fell on the board.

He said again: "Forget it, it's too far away, let's talk about what happened in the mansion today. I have already asked someone to ask Huanhua. The maid in your room should also be tidied up."

Zhang Tingyu frowned, the maid in his room.

"Xin Rui?"

Zhang Tingzan nodded: "They're all scheming, but if you give them a little bit of sweetness, they will look for more. They are greedy, just like those people in the officialdom who have just started to be greedy, or some are ambitious and covet something. Just like other people... In the whole world, no one can avoid greed. You just don't let these people hinder you."

Without waiting for Zhang Tingyu's reply, not wanting to embarrass him, and not wanting to think about so many things, Zhang Tingzan said directly: "I have already cleaned up for you, just let my sister-in-law sleep well when I go back."

Zhang Tingyu paused with his fingers, but said: "Brother has a good intention."

Not with good intentions...

Zhang Tingzan's eyes were complicated: "If I hadn't been so careful, I was afraid that you would just flick your sleeves and leave this home... At that time, where did you piece together this home?"

The chess piece in his hand was cold when it first fell into his hand, but it warmed up when he squeezed it.

Only then did Zhang Tingyu realize that it was time for him to make a move.

He let it go casually, saw that he had put a corner, shook his head and laughed, it was wrong.

It's a pity that I have no regrets.

He didn't bother to change it, and sat there calmly, saying: "I understand what the elder brother said."

"..."

Zhang Tingzan suddenly smiled bitterly, "I would rather you don't understand anything."

I still remember that when he was a child, he took Zhang Tingyu out to play. At that time, he was still young, just a kid in his teens, and he hadn't grown to his chest yet.

The two went to the river together and were looking at the cruise ship coming in front, but Zhang Tingyu joked with him and plunged into the water, saying "I fell into the water".

Zhang Tingzan originally thought he was joking, but when he saw that he didn't get up, he immediately became anxious.

The incident happened suddenly, who knows what happened?

Zhang Tingzan also got stuck, but he couldn't swim. Zhang Tingyu was not saved, but he almost died.He went to Yan Wangye's place for a while, met the ghost messengers, and finally came back.

At that time, he seemed to be in a coma for a long time, but when he woke up, he hadn't seen Zhang Tingyu for a long, long time.

All day long, only Mrs. Wu waited on him, doing everything by herself...

When he saw this second younger brother again, there was already a gap in the dark.

Only then did he know what had happened while he was in a coma.

Zhang Tingyu knelt in front of the steps outside his house for three days, kowtowed to Mrs. Wu, saying that she knew she was wrong, but Mrs. Wu was indifferent? , and even threw him with a medicine bowl, telling him to get lost.

The first time, his second brother didn't leave; the second time, his second brother didn't leave; it wasn't until the third time, when the empty medicine bowl fell on Zhang Tingyu's head, that he covered his wound and said nothing away.

The past was like smoke, just like that, covering Zhang Tingzan's thoughts.

He has always been the smartest of Zhang Ying's sons, and others have always said so.

Ke Hengchen...

Before that incident happened, Zhang Tingyu was actually very smart, and he was proficient in reciting poems, composing songs, playing piano, chess, calligraphy and painting.

However, afterward, those talents gradually dissipated from him, just like Fang Zhongyong disappeared from everyone.

The saying that the second son of the Zhang family is a so-called child prodigy has gradually been mentioned by no one.

As a result, his second brother talked less and less, and his qualifications seemed to become more and more mediocre.

For the couplets given by Mr., he always only comes up with ordinary couplets, and there are always some careless mistakes and omissions in his poems...

Not to mention the classics, righteousness and policy theory, it will always be a cliché when written...

"I would rather, I drowned in that water back then, than looking at you now."

Zhang Tingzan dropped a pawn with a "snap", but the curvature of his lips was gone.

"Tingyu is a mediocre person. He only works for his eldest brother, husband and father. He expects too much from me, but I can't do it." Zhang Tingyu settled down, but still very slowly and calmly.

"Father said that you are beautiful at heart, but I know that before that incident, you were brilliant, and you can't overdo it. You often have amazing words at a young age. After I fell into the water and nearly died, you It seems to be getting blunt gradually..."

These words sounded a little hurtful to no avail.

But Zhang Tingzan didn't intend to hurt anyone at all, and Zhang Tingyu knew it too.

Of the four brothers in this mansion, Zhang Tingyu had already wandered away when he was in his teens, and perhaps the only one who cared about him was the elder brother.

He owes his elder brother half his life.

Zhang Tingyu looked at the familiar chessboard in front of him, and made a move: "Jiang Lang's talents are exhausted, and Zhong Yong's is lost. It's human nature. Gifted people have talents, but they can be easily taken back. Brother, don't take these too seriously."

"When did you, like your mother, actually believe in these ghost stories?"

Zhang Tingzan couldn't help but sneered, and when he thought of Mrs. Wu again, he felt a headache.

In recent days, Mrs. Wu often stuffed people into the room, but he asked the doctor to ask, Mrs. Chen's body really had a few days to live.It's not that he didn't tell others to report this to Mrs. Wu, but for some reason, Mrs. Wu insisted on going her own way.

Recently, he has been directly resting in Chen's room, because he is afraid that she will get angry and hurt his body.

Thinking about it, his troubles are no less than that of his younger brother.

Wu Shi has a natural superstition about the theory of gods and ghosts.

She likes to ask Taoist priests to calculate things, and if they are accurate, she will naturally treat Taoist priests like gods. If the things Taoist said have not happened yet, they will pull together what happened in the future.If what the Taoist priest said was wrong, Wu would naturally think that the Taoist priest wasn't fooling people, but just didn't get a glimpse of the real secret.

In other words, no matter what happens, Wu is always willing to believe what the Taoist said.

Zhang Ying knew about Wu's eccentricity, and also knew that she was stupid, so she had already told the servants outside that Taoist priests were not allowed to enter the house unless it was a special time.

In the past, the combination of horoscopes was considered a necessary happy event. It was a custom, so it was more relaxed.

Zhang Ying doesn't believe in fate, so he trusts himself, and hates the Wu family who is superstitious about gods and ghosts.

But apart from this point, Zhang Ying and Wu Shi have lived together for so many years, and habit is a hard thing to change. Even if there is something wrong with the other party, they will learn to tolerate it at this age.

Zhang Ying doesn't go home very much, and doesn't care much about housekeeping.

Although Mrs. Wu is not good at taking care of the affairs in the house, but with the capable Chang'an and Wang Fushun's family by her side, Mrs. Wu naturally doesn't have to worry too much after a long time.

The Zhang family became more and more peaceful, and Zhang Tingyu spoke less and less.

He was originally a second grader, and there were some embarrassments, and his life seemed to be more marginal.

Zhang Tingzan is the eldest son, so naturally everyone watched him when he was born; Zhang Tingyu was also a good person at the beginning, everyone took care of him, and even had the reputation of a child prodigy when he was young.However, things began to change later on. At this time, the two brothers fell into the water, and the Wu family alienated Zhang Tingyu, and even the mother and son were like strangers.The third brother Ting Lu was young and likable, but when Zhang Tingyu was being alienated day by day, he just filled the gap and was held in the palm of Wu's hand and loved.

Ting Lu has one, taking up two cares.

This family is getting more and more unbalanced.

Later, there was another Ting Yuan...

The affairs of the family are all bad debts.

They are all connected by flesh and blood. If we really want to make it clear, how can it be so easy?
Zhang Tingzan felt a headache, "Mother has that kind of temper, don't take it to heart. She has no bad intentions, but she is not very smart. If she finds an opportunity to clean up the whole house, it will be much better. You I haven’t taken the scientific examination yet, and I’m sure I’ll be able to pass high school when I go to the next year. Don’t think too much about other things, I just hope that you will be well.”

In this mansion, only Zhang Tingzan treats him well.

However, he, Zhang Tingyu, owed his elder brother half his life.

Zhang Tingyu was silent for a long time without speaking, he was still holding the chess piece, looking at the trapped dragon he had placed on the chessboard, but he didn't know where to put the last chess piece.

"This trapped dragon, you have studied it for a long time, but you still don't know how to take the last step?"

Zhang Tingzan sighed when he saw it. Every time he played chess with his second brother, he would play like this, and he was almost used to it.

Zhang Tingyu said: "It's just for fun, it can't be true. Brother..."

"Huh?" Zhang Tingzan was a little surprised, "What's wrong?"

"...It's nothing, thank you for supporting me."

After all, Zhang Tingyu still didn't ask, some things Zhang Tingyu knew in his heart.

He conceded defeat, messed up the chessboard, and said: "It's getting late, sister-in-law is probably still waiting for you. By the way, is Ting Yu alright?"

Zhang Tingzan shook his head: "It's just freezing and frightening. It's nothing serious. Just take care of it. If you are spoiled and spoiled, it's a good thing to take it out for a walk."

Zhang Tingyu didn't answer the conversation either, and if he wanted to take his fourth brother out for a walk, he might have to agree to it from Mrs. Wu.

Apparently Zhang Tingzan himself understood this truth, he waved his hand, walked to the door, and said before going out: "Second brother, the family does not speak of two different languages, I know that mother is biased, but after all... she still has father... "

A family of brothers, Zhang Tingzan really didn't want to see such a scene unless he had to.

He stared at Zhang Tingyu, only waiting for him to nod his head.

But what Zhang Tingyu remembered was that Gu Huaishu lightly tapped his heart with his finger and asked him: Can you still hide it?
Can you hide it?

Zhang Tingyu also asked himself.

But his answer was that he couldn't hide it, and he had to hide it.

The question that had been hidden by him for many years finally blurted out: "Brother, do you believe in the saying that only one of the two brothers can succeed in the world, and the one with a great reputation, the other will be lost forever?"

Zhang Tingzan's eyes were fixed: "...Hengchen..."

"It's just a nonsense heard from other places. Don't worry about it, brother. I just asked it casually."

Zhang Tingyu sighed and asked Ade to light a lantern to see Zhang Tingzan off.

Zhang Tingzan just said: "How did this nonsense that I heard somewhere get into your head? Tingyu, don't think about it, the four of us will be fine."

I'm afraid Zhang Tingzan will never know that this sentence is not aimed at the four brothers of the Zhang family, but only at the two brothers.

Zhang Tingyu said: "Brother gave up his life to save him in the past, younger brother still remembers it. Brother, let's go back first, tomorrow he will be on duty at Zhan Shi's Mansion, rest early."

"Well, you should hurry up."

Zhang Tingzan finally left with the lantern.

After a while, Ade, who sent him to the entrance of the courtyard, came back: "The uncle told me not to send him off, it's only a few steps away, so don't worry about it."

"Then why did you bring the lantern back?"

Zhang Tingyu glanced at the lantern that had been blown out.

Ade said: "The uncle said that this road is familiar. After walking for almost 20 years, there is no one who doesn't recognize it."

"It's cold and slippery, it's dark and dark, how can it be done without a lantern..."

Zhang Tingyu turned his back, waved his hands, but said again: "Forget it, you go to rest too."

After 20 years of walking, you may not be able to stumble again; how can you succeed without a lantern?
Zhang Tingyu let out a breath slowly, and returned to the back room. Gu Huaishu was already lying on the bed, half asleep and half awake.

Her face was a little moist pink, her lips were as luscious as petals, her hair was like a waterfall, and her snow-white arms were resting on the side of the pillow.

Seeing Zhang Tingyu, he gently tucked his hands under the quilt for her, while he sat on the side of the couch, staring at the flickering candle, without looking away for a long time.

You can't hide it, you have to hide it.

Believe in fate?
Do not believe.

But he has a heart disease, and there is no medicine for it.

Zhang Tingyu raised his hand, gently stroking the brow bone of his right eye, a very shallow scar in a long eyebrow, although there is time to dilute it, but some things can't go back.

Brothers restrain each other, and one person ascends to the prime minister.Wealth and wealth, there must be a wound.

The mother who gave birth to him threw the medicine bowl on his head, saying that he was born to harm others.

If he is fine, his elder brother is definitely not good...

So, he lived mediocrely for nearly ten years.

Zhang Tingyu thought, maybe his whole life will be mediocre.

He won't say a word outside, and he won't write words like "crabs with two claws and eight legs run amok in Kyushu"...

Zhang Tingyu blew out the candle, took off his outer robe, and got into bed, but when he gently hugged Gu Huaixiu, those words came to his mind uncontrollably.

With just one poke of her pointed finger, he pierced his hidden desire, and then engraved a new ambition in his heart.

No, not a new ambition.

It has always been there, but it has been dormant for too long.

After a long time, Zhang Tingyu himself will forget it.

(End of this chapter)