Tiantang

Chapter 121 The Third Watch for Juxiang Pavilion!

Chapter 129
Li Heng was ecstatic in his heart, but he knew that he couldn't show it publicly.

He took a step back, nodded to Zhang Xuan, and then took Zhang Liangdi and others back to the East Palace.

It's just that when I came, I felt sad and anxious, but when I left, I was full of ambition.

Zhang Xuan's ability is obvious to all, and he is currently trusted and reused by the emperor.Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Zhang Xuan is an important force that the old emperor worked hard to cultivate and prepare to assist the new emperor, and it is inevitable that he will have a bright future.As long as Zhang Xuan is willing to stand on the side of the East Palace, the possibility of Li Heng ascending the throne will be greatly increased.

On the way, Zhang Liangdi said softly, "Zhang Xuan is now on the rise, arrogant and conceited, he no longer takes His Highness seriously."

Yu Chaoen, the chief eunuch of the East Palace who was driving with Zhang Liangdi, also echoed softly, "His Royal Highness, General Zhang is now so powerful that he has the potential to overwhelm Yang Guozhong... It is inevitable for a young man to have a high spirit."

Li Heng frowned suddenly, and said coldly in a low voice, "Shut up! Zizhan treats me as always, if you talk more nonsense, I will not forgive you!"

Zhang Liangti pouted, but didn't dare to say anything more.

"Yu Chaoen, you, a servant of the inner prison, dare to criticize the important officials of the court... How can you be so unreasonable, come and drag this thief to the palace, and you will be punished thirty times!"

Yu Chaoen was shocked, fell to his knees with a thud, and cried, "Your Highness, please forgive me. The little one has always been loyal to Your Highness...Your Highness, please forgive me!"

"Di Liang rescued the servant..."

It's just telling the truth, Zhang Liangdi didn't know why Li Heng was so angry, frowned and softly pleaded for Yu Chaoen, "Your Highness, Yu Chaoen has always been loyal and cautious in doing things, and occasionally slipped a word—please For the sake of my concubine, Your Highness should forgive him this experience."

Li Heng snorted coldly, and walked away, before leaving, he said harshly, "From now on, anyone who belongs to the Eastern Palace, who dares to speak falsely or disrespect the general will be shot!"

Yu Chaoen collapsed on the ground, breaking out in a cold sweat.

A group of people in the East Palace left without mentioning it, and said that Zhang Xuan left the palace and returned to the mansion.

Back home, it was already evening.Under the service of the two maids Ruyan Ruyu, Zhang Xuan changed into a green shirt and casual robe, and was about to go out of the mansion to visit the night scene of Chang'an, which can be regarded as a refreshment.

After leaving the backyard, seeing Zhou Xuchu standing there respectfully, he couldn't help but smile slightly, "Zhou Changshi, are you waiting for me?"

"General, I have something to report to the general." Zhou Xuchu told the general about the congratulatory gifts and servants sent by Yang Guozhong, Sheng Wang Li Qi, Princess Xianyi, and Mrs. Guo in the afternoon. Once again, upon hearing Zhou Xuchu's arrangement, Zhang Xuan couldn't help but secretly nodded.

Sure enough, he saw Zhou Xuchu right, he was calm, sophisticated and well-versed in the world, and he was indeed a valuable auxiliary official.The next thing he needs to investigate is Zhou Xuchu's loyalty.

"Very good." Zhang Xuan nodded with a smile, "I'm bothering Zhou Changshi. The defense of Gyeonggi is in the process of being handed over, and I have to take care of the Jingzhao government office. Yes. As for the subordinates and officials, you can dispatch them according to the power, and if you are not sure, you can report to me."

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Seeing Zhang Xuan going out, Zhang Huan's servant Zhang Li, who had been transferred from the Zhang residence to the General's residence, quickly followed with a few servants.But before Zhang Xuan went out, he heard a report from the porter that several officials from the Yamen of Jingzhao Mansion were outside the door respectfully begging to see him.

At this moment, Zhang Xuan is also the governor of Jingzhao Mansion, and many affairs of Jingzhao Mansion also fall on his shoulders.

Zhang Xuan smiled wryly, turned his head and led Zhang Li and the others to the back door and left.

Following the bustling flow of people and merchants, Zhang Xuan strolled towards the West Market. Seeing the guests coming and going of Juxiang Pavilion, one of the best restaurants in Chang'an City, a strong aroma of wine wafted into his nostrils, which aroused Zhang Xuan's attention appetite.

Speaking of which, I have been in this era for so long, and I really haven't calmed down to taste the unique delicacies of Datang.Although he attended a lot of high society banquets, the focus of those occasions was not on food, and he didn't eat much at all.

"Li Zhang, how about we go in and order some food and wine?" Zhang Xuan looked back at Zhang Li and smiled.

"Okay, son." Zhang Li still used to address Zhang Xuan as son.

Zhang Xuan smiled, and led Zhang Li and the others into Juxiang Pavilion.

The first floor was overcrowded, so I had no choice but to go to the second floor.But the situation in the hall on the second floor is basically the same, there is only a desk in a secluded corner.

"Waiter, is there any private room? My son needs some food and wine." Zhang Li stopped a man who was sweating profusely and was busy passing the dishes. It's full. The guests want to drink and eat, and there are only seats there."

Zhang Li frowned, thinking in his mind that with the current status of the young master, how could it be possible to stay in the hall and dine with a group of ordinary drinkers?This mess, I'm afraid it will disturb the young master's elegance!
Just as Zhang Li was about to say something, Zhang Xuan smiled indifferently, and went straight to the empty desk.

Zhang Li and his servants had no choice but to keep up.

I sat down and ordered a few dishes and a jug of wine, but it took a long time to deliver.Zhang Li was worried that Zhang Xuan was impatient, so he called a buddy to reprimand him.Zhang Xuan winked at him, signaling him not to worry, but to wait slowly.

There was chaos all around, sounds of fist-guessing orders, yelling, clinking of cups, presumptuous or rough laughter, all mixed together, and the air in the hall was turbid due to the large number of people, which produced a certain smell.Even Zhang Li felt a little aggrieved, but when he looked down, he saw his master smiling calmly and silently, with his eyes slightly closed, as if recharging his energy.

boom!
There was a loud noise, and all the drinkers turned their heads in surprise.

On the corridor opposite the lobby, the door of a private room was kicked open, and a young man in a gorgeous headband of red flowers stood there frowning and scolded loudly, "What are you shouting about? Eat your fill and get out, don't disturb the adults." Yaxing!"

Those who serve food and wine in the hall are ordinary drinkers, that is, ordinary people and merchants in Chang'an City, the Huanghuang Emperor's Capital at the foot of the emperor, and people living in this city have some discernment. With extraordinary momentum, they guessed that they were the sons of the rich and powerful in Chang'an, so they all lowered their heads, not daring to fight, and they all ate and drank sullenly, but they speeded up.

From the corner at the other end, two slaves in brocade clothes came hurriedly, standing in the hall and waving their hands to drive away the crowd, "Quickly pay the bill and get out, my son is entertaining distinguished guests, so hurry up and leave!"

A group of drinkers dared not speak out, and looked at each other, and some people began to get up and leave angrily.

Zhang Xuan frowned slightly, and said calmly, "Zhang Zhang, who is this, so domineering?"

Zhang Li bowed and said in a low voice, "My lord, the man just now seems to be Han Kun, the grandson of the former prince's junior teacher Han Xiu, and the son of Han Shilang of the Ministry of Industry."

Zhang Xuan let out a cry, but glanced at the two house slaves.

The two house servants glanced over, saw Zhang Xuan sitting there without moving, and reprimanded loudly, "That man, hurry up, hurry up! Why don't you leave quickly after eating, why are you staying here making noise?"

Zhang Li raised his head in displeasure and sneered, "My young master's food and drinks haven't been served yet, so what are you going to do?"

These two house slaves are not actually the servants of Han Kun's family, but the people of Yang Qi's mansion.Today, Yang Kai, Princess Taihua's sons Yang Jie and Han Kun are hosting a banquet for Yang Lian, who has just been promoted to the Jinwu Guard Horse Commander and General Longwu, and his family will naturally accompany him.

Although Yang Kai doesn't have much power personally, but after all, he is the son-in-law of the dynasty. The so-called prime minister's family is comparable to a seventh-rank official.

Seeing that the scribe's family dared to "talk back", the servant of the son-in-law's mansion, who had always been used to being domineering, couldn't take it anymore, and came forward cursing.

It is said that these wealthy family slaves are very aware of the height of their eyebrows and eyes, and are good at observing words and expressions.But the heyday of the Tang Dynasty was also the era of clothes, people were judged by their clothes. Seeing that Zhang Xuan was dressed in ordinary clothes, the slaves of these two families didn't take it seriously.Otherwise, even if you give them the guts of a leopard, they will not dare to provoke them.

Tension is also high now, because his master is now powerful.Seeing the two slaves in brocade clothes rushing up, Zhang Li "greeted" him not to be outdone.

Zhang Xuan frowned, patted the table lightly, and said calmly, "Li Zhang, come back!"

Hearing this, Zhang Li didn't dare to say anything, so he had to come back resentfully.

"This Juxiang Pavilion is not your private property to open the door to welcome guests. It is only natural for us to eat and drink here. If you are so aggressive, aren't you deceiving people too much?" As soon as Zhang Xuan said this, it immediately aroused some troublemakers. echo.

"That's right, that's right, why did you drive us away?"

"It's simply unreasonable! It's too deceiving..."

The two house slaves were furious and were about to explode when they saw that the door of the private room was pushed open. Just now the young man in Chinese clothes came out side by side with another tall and beautiful young man in Chinese clothes. said, "What's going on?"

Seeing the master coming out, the two slaves in Jinyi ran over and pointed to Zhang Xuan and the others and muttered something.

Han Kun and Yang Yan are considered "classmates". They studied under Meng Xuezhang, a great Confucian in Central Sichuan, and studied in Chengdu for several years. This time, they returned to Beijing to participate in the Chunwei scientific examination.Because he returned to Beijing not long ago, he was not familiar with Zhang Xuan.

Yang Yan is the son of the princess, a nobleman, not to mention his arrogance.He walked over slowly, looked coldly at Zhang Xuan and said in a deep voice, "We have booked this hall. If you want to eat and drink, you can go downstairs. Today we will entertain distinguished guests here, so please avoid it."

In Yang Yan's view, he had given Zhang Xuan a great deal of face by being so patient and "talking well" with Zhang Xuan.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Xuan didn't like him at all.Youzi sat there quietly with a calm expression, waiting for the waiter to serve the food.In fact, the guy had long been hiding aside with the dish, how dare he come over and serve him?

Han Kun got a little angry, pointed at Zhang Xuan and scolded, "Mr. Yang is talking to you...are you deaf?"

Zhang Xuan originally just wanted to join in the fun and have a meal to refresh his mood, but unexpectedly encountered this kind of thing again, and his interest was greatly reduced.

(End of this chapter)