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Chapter 34 Invitation
As soon as Yang Chao came home, he heard his parents arguing.

I only heard my mother say: "Look at this. If you have some money in your hand, you don't know where to go. Why do you have nothing to do with that surnamed Xu? Now you have to pay. My son managed to get some money. , I will defeat you!"

My father sighed: "I don't want to redeem the shop, I just asked if I can return the shop to our family if I can pay back the money. Who knows that Xu Qianhu insisted that I must be rich, so I asked I'll pay back the money quickly. I've said it all, I don't have any money."

Yang Chao heard his parents arguing in the east room, and immediately understood the meaning.

Probably because my father couldn't hold back, he went to Xu Zhongxiao, and wanted to test it out. After repaying the unnecessary 1000 taels of debt, whether the Xu family would return the blacksmith shop passed down by the Yang family to the Yang family.

Yang Yong's thinking was really too simple, he couldn't compete with Xu Zhongxiao, a sophisticated and treacherous Jinyiwei Hundred Family, Xu Zhongxiao guessed that the Yang family might get a sum of money, so he immediately ordered Yang Yong to pay back the money.

Yang Chao sighed secretly, instead of going to his west room, he directly knocked on the door of the east room.

Seeing the red eyes of the mother, the father was downcast.

Mother opened the door to let Yang Chao in, and continued to criticize.

"Look at your father, he can't do anything all day long, and he still provokes that Xu. I don't know that Xu eats people and doesn't spit out bones. We can't hide, so we still provoke him."

"I, I didn't provoke him, I just asked..."

"Ask, what are you asking? Ask, what is the result of your asking!"

The mother didn't let the father talk at all. The father sighed and sat on the bedside, turning his head and sulking.

"Mother, forget it. You and dad can go to bed early. Don't worry, it's okay, let me take care of it."

Yang Chao comforted with a smile.

The old lady wanted to talk, but when she saw her son say this, she sighed and didn't speak, and became angry and sullen.

Yang Chao comforted him again, and then went back to his room.

After Xu Zhongxiao asked for the IOU, he never took any action, but Yang Chao didn't think that Xu Zhongxiao would forget about it, and sure enough, whenever he had the opportunity, he came to bully him again.

Yang Chao knew that he had to act faster, otherwise his family would have to suffer another crime. Yang Chao really didn't want to see his father being arrested and asked him to take a cart back from the Zhenfu Department.

But Yang Chao had already been mentally prepared. To be honest, Xu Zhongxiao's movements were quite slow, but he really didn't have much time left, so Yang Chao had to be vigilant all the time.

At night, I made a good plan again, and wrote down all the people I wanted to invite on the paper.

Early the next morning, Hu Quan rushed over with a stack of posts in his arms.

This is a formal post that is specially sold in the post shop, and it is the most advanced kind, with a cardboard back and gilding on the side.

Yang Chao filled out the posts in one go, took out a few of them, and then went out with Hu Quan.

Hu Quan asked, "Brother Yang, where are we going today?"

Yang Chao said: "Follow me first to pay a visit to Qian Qianyi."

"Qian Qianyi! Qian Muzhai?"

Hu Quan couldn't help exclaiming, Qian Muzhai was a legendary figure to him, he was a scholar who failed to pass the exam as a scholar, Qian Muzhai was like a leader in the literary world, a master of a generation.

Yang Chao nodded, Liu Rushi's request was Qian Qianyi, if Qian Qianyi could not be invited, Liu Rushi would not attend Yang Chao's event, and if Liu Rushi did not go, Li Xiangjun would obviously not be able to go, losing two courtesans at once, especially It is Li Xiangjun, who is the most famous in Nanjing City, the influence of this grand event is not enough.

Yesterday, I learned from Nanshi Lou Kanghui that Qian Qianyi happened to live in Nanjing, at the home of Zhu Guobi, Marquis of Funing.It's no wonder that Liu Rushi asked Yang Chao to invite Qian Qianyi, and it was not entirely embarrassing for Yang Chao. If Qian Qianyi was in Nanjing City, it would be convenient to invite him.

Zhu Mansion is on the edge of the inner bridge.

Going north along Nanmen Street, there is a canal. This river runs across the south of Nanjing City from east to west. It is called Yundu. It is a canal dug artificially. The inner bridge is the bridge across Yundu.

The location of the Inner Bridge is extremely important, because it is on the same line as Zhuque Bridge, Changgan Bridge and Jubao Gate of the South City Gate. Wealth is expensive, and Zhu Guobi's status is naturally enough.

Zhu Guobi's family started very early. During the Yongle period, they were hereditary military officers. They were regarded as the people who made great contributions to the founding of the country.Therefore, Zhu Guobi can be said to be a prince for generations, and Zhu Guobi himself is already the Marquis of Funing.

Moreover, this person showed openly that he was a member of the Donglin Party. He had been suspended from his salary for opposing Wei Zhongxian and impeaching Wei Zhongxian. However, he was an honored minister, and Wei Zhongxian couldn't kill him.

Therefore, this person is an old Donglin with brilliant achievements and reputation, and it is normal for Qian Qianyi, the leader of Donglin, to live in his home.

Walking through the inner bridge, you can see the red lacquered gate of Zhu Mansion with shining copper nails and two huge stone lions in front of the gate.

The gatekeepers were wearing green clothes, caps, and holding water and fire sticks in their hands. There were two people dozing off with sticks in their arms.

Yang Chao coughed, waking up the two people, glared at him immediately, and picked up the stick.

"Two, please be safe and don't be impatient. We are sent by Miss Liu Rushi to send invitations to Mr. Qian Muzhai."

Yang Chao bowed with a smile, took out the invitation card, and at the same time held up an attractive large piece of silver.

Seeing Yinzi's servant Ding smiled happily, and his subordinate Yinzi said, "Say it earlier! Wait a minute."

A servant ran in quickly, and quickly ran out again.

He said to Yang Chao: "Mr. Qian said it, he knows."

"understood?"

Yang Chao couldn't help but feel uneasy. It's possible that Qian Qianyi disagreed. According to Yang Chao's thinking, Qian Qianyi also admired Liu Rushi. When he heard that the person Liu Rushi sent, he couldn't help but invite him in to ask a few words, and let him know by the way. A little reply letter or something.

Yang Chao couldn't help asking: "Mr. Mu Zhai didn't say anything else?"

The servant said: "The old gentleman only said three words."

Yang Chao nodded and patted Hu Quan: "Let's go!"

Hu Quan worried: "Mr. Qian Muzhai disagrees?"

Yang Chao said: "Don't worry about him. Let's go to the next one."

Leaving from Zhu's Mansion, head straight to the south, all the way to Sanfang Lane, and then go west through two lanes, and there is a big yamen.

Jiangning County Government.

Give Menzi a piece of silver, and ask Menzi to hand over an invitation.

Soon Menzi came out in a hurry, saying that the magistrate of Jiangning County was invited.

Follow the door into the county government office, pass the porch, and you will see a wall. Walking through the wall, the first thing you see is a pavilion, which is in the middle of the yamen yard.

Yang Chao was also puzzled for a moment, and when he saw a stele standing in the center of the pavilion, he realized that it was the Jieshi.

There is a hall on the other side of the pavilion, and the county magistrate usually opens the hall in that place.When he walked past the pavilion, Yang Chao deliberately glanced at it. The inscription reads: "Your salary is rich, the people anoint the people, the people are easy to abuse, and the sky is hard to bully!"

(End of this chapter)