Prime Minister

Chapter 96 Want to be a big tree, don't fight with grass

The next day, Zhang Yue and He Qier arrived at Wu Mansion at about the same time.

The two met the manager of the library, but they were already smiling when they saw each other.

"The two gentlemen are here."

Zhang Yue and He Qi looked at each other, and each saluted, "It's polite to manage."

The steward of the library opened the door and said, "The two are the distinguished guests of Dalang-Jun. They were slightly neglected before, but the little old man really didn't greet him well."

Zhang Yue is a little strange.

But seeing He Qi heard the words, he said: "If you are in charge, we will take the liberty to disturb you here and cause you a lot of trouble. This is what we both feel sorry for."

The steward smiled and said, "Jun He Qilang really knows how to talk, please come in!"

The two entered the house immediately.

But seeing something different in today's library, there is a charcoal basin next to the table that the two copied, using smokeless charcoal, and a copper incense burner not far away.

"This is?"

He Qi couldn't help but be surprised that he didn't receive this treatment yesterday.

The steward smiled and said, "Darang-Jun has instructed you to greet the two of you. These are what we use every day in Wu Mansion."

As he said that, he left and closed the door, but he didn't stay behind to follow the two of them.

Zhang Yue didn't think much about putting the bookcase on the desk, then went upstairs to get the book and put it on the desk, and continued yesterday's transcription.

And He Qi paced for a while, and couldn't help but say: "This fragrance is the real sinking of Hainan's water. One star is worth [-] yuan. This is a first-class fragrance!"

"Ten thousand dollars is so expensive!"

He Qi shook his head and said: "Don't be surprised, although this Chenshui fragrance is precious, it is nothing more than ordinary in the eyes of the Wu family. It's a good thing for people in such a family to use this incense. It's a joke."

Zhang Yue heard the words and said with a smile: "Thank you, Brother He, for the point. Brother He is really amazing. I just think this incense smells really good, but I don't even know the name of the incense."

He Qi smiled slightly and said, "That's natural. From the court up to the official family, down to the ordinary officials, it's all about love and fragrance. If you become an official in the future, if you cross this threshold, you will naturally know. That's it. It's much easier to figure out these things than to read the Bible and write articles."

Zhang Yue cupped his hands and said, "So that's the case. Thank you Brother He for the point."

"Not worth mentioning."

He Qi thought to himself, the Wu family suddenly improved the treatment of the two of them, I wonder if they valued them?

While the two were talking, when he heard the knock on the door, Zhang Yue saw that He Qi had returned to his desk before breathing, and he looked like he was sitting upright.

But I saw two beautiful maids each came to the library with tea trays and tea bowls.

He Qi and Zhang Yue did not dare to peep, and sat with their eyes and nose watching their hearts.

"Thank you, little lady."

Zhang Yue thanked the beautiful maid who was currently pouring tea for him. The other party smiled and said, "I'm a slave maid, how can I be called such a gentleman? Just call me Fu Ye."

Zhang Yue smiled and said, this young lady is still pretty good-looking.

The maid served Zhang Yue tea and said, "Langjun's ink is dry. If Langjun doesn't dislike slaves and maids for being stupid, let the slaves add water and ink to Langjun!"

Without waiting for Zhang Yue to agree or not, he helped to polish Zhang Yue's ink.

The tip of Zhang Yue's nose smelled the faint fragrance of the woman's body mixed with the incense of agarwood in the study room, and he couldn't help but feel a little dazed.

Another beautiful maid also helped He Qimo add water to the ink.

The incense burnt out during this time.

The maid next to Zhang Yue got up to add incense, but saw that the other party first burned the specially made small pieces of charcoal, then put it in the incense burner, then filled the charcoal with fine incense ash, and then poked some holes in the incense ash.

Another beautiful maid placed porcelain, mica, money, silver leaves, and sand flakes on the incense ashes to keep out the fire, while the incense cakes were placed on the fire and baked with the charcoal under the ashes.

Soon the fragrance will evaporate lightly.

The two beautiful maids alternated from left to right, extremely skilled and beautiful in posture. It can be said that they have been accustomed to burning incense for a long time. Zhang Yue couldn't help thinking when he saw this refreshing scene. Come for firewood.

Zhang Yue saw He Qi chatting with the woman beside him about burning incense.The two maids couldn't help but nodded frequently, and even the maid next to Zhang Yue listened intently.

Zhang Yue didn't think so much, and continued to copy and write.

Just now, He Qi has a saying that makes sense. If you are an official who reads and crosses this threshold, you will naturally understand this.Is the knowledge of burning incense more difficult than reading the scriptures and writing articles?

Elk Yu Xing left without blinking.

And the maid next to Zhang Yue listened to He Qi's eloquent words, and nodded frequently, and then looked at Zhang Yue again and thought, this little man seems to be a little dull.

It was almost noon, but the steward of the bookstore came and said, "Mr. Dalang invites the two gentlemen to have a drink."

Drink during the day?Does this work?If a student is caught drinking alcohol during the day at the county school, he will be shut down in court.

Although he is not at the county school right now, Wu Anshi, who is also a student at the county school, has broken the law.

Zhang Yue said, "I've already been disturbed a lot here, how dare I be a good-natured lord."

When the steward heard the words, he said, "Mr. Dalang has a good intention, but Saburo can't do anything about it."

He Qi got up and said, "That's right, Saburo, let's borrow Dalangjun's treasure to copy the book, and because Dalangjun is warmly invited, let's not turn it down."

At the moment, the steward invited the two to a courtyard.

But seeing the cold plums planted all over the courtyard, it is the season when the plum blossoms are in full bloom, and it is really enchanting and beautiful.

Wu Anshi invited the two to set up a table of banquets at the opening facing the courtyard, so that they could enjoy the plums and eat wine.

Seeing that the table of wine and food is extremely rich, which is obviously a high value, He Qi happily said: "Drinking with plums! Dalangjun is really elegant!"

Wu Anshi waved her hand and smiled: "My wife loves plums, these are just her handwriting. Let's borrow it for a drink."

Zhang Yue said: "Mr. Wu Dalang, I'm not good at drinking wine, can I drink less?"

Wu Anshi smiled and said: "Sanlang, it doesn't look like he has a shallow drink, but it doesn't matter, Saburo does it himself."

Zhang Yue heaved a sigh of relief and said, "Thank you Dalang-jun."

Before long, a maid stepped forward to add wine and vegetables to the three.

"I don't dare to work, I'll do it myself." Zhang Yue refuted.

Wu Anshi smiled and said, "Sanlang is as calm as Qilang, that's all, you can just let it go."

The two maids beside Zhang Yue bowed and smiled and then stepped back.

But I saw the rest of the maids were like butterflies wearing flowers, placing vegetables on the table and placing them in two-person bowls.Zhang Yue had enough of the dishes in front of him anyway.

During the banquet, Zhang Yue, He Qi toasted, Zhang Yue stopped drinking after a few glasses, but He Qi and Wu Anshi drank speculatively.

He Qi's drinking capacity is quite good, but he is also a little drunk.

Wu Anshi said to He Qi, "Brother He is young and has been recommended to the prefecture for the county school. I wonder if he was married?"

He Qidao: "Reporting to Dalang-Jun, I have never been married."

Wu Anshi smiled and said, "No, Brother He is almost twenty."

He Qidao: "My parents and my mother have high expectations for me. There was a saying that I was not allowed to discuss relatives before I was in high school. Therefore, I have been studying hard at home, and I dare not be distracted at all."

"Admiration, admiration, but brother He is so lonely around him, can there be a pink beauty to explain?"

He Qi said seriously: "I have never thought of this, I only have the book of sages and sages in my heart. The article has not been completed, and I dare not be home."

"What about Saburo?"

Zhang Yue put down his chopsticks and said, "Never, but when I read the Analects of Confucius, I read 'Qiao Xiaoqianxi, beautiful eyes look forward to, I always think it's gorgeous', I can't help but think about what a beautiful woman she is!"

He Qi and Wu Anshi couldn't help but laugh.

"A fair lady, a gentleman is a good man, it's human nature." Wu Anshi ended the topic in one sentence.

The two returned to the bookstore after drinking and continued to copy books.

Zhang Yue didn't drink much wine, but it was fine. Although He Qi drank a bowl of sober soup, he was still listless.

After dark, Zhang Yue and He Qi all left.

In the Wu Mansion's house, Wu Anshi, Shishiniang, and Mrs Fan were drinking tea while listening to the steward's report.

Then Mrs Fan said, "Sister Seventeen, with your idea, it seems like you haven't tried anything for a long time?"

The Seventeenth Sister didn't speak, Wu Anshi smiled and said, "I have some idea of ​​the Seventeenth Sister's meaning."

"You don't play dumb riddles."

Shiqi Niang said to the steward: "Steward, I won't ask about the rest, I just ask how much each of Zhang He and the two lords copied today, how does it compare to yesterday?"

Guanshi said: "Zhangjialangjun copied it like yesterday, but Hejialangjun only copied one-third."

Mrs Fan said, "Sister Seventeen, we have tested the virtuous and the virtuous. Why do you ask them to copy books?"

Wu Anshi said: "This is what the Seventeenth Sister said. When she sees red sleeves and incense, she exaggerates, and after a few drinks, she thinks she has made friends with my Wu family. How can such a person be in such a climate."

Fan Shi said, "Is this the intention of Seventeenth Sister?"

Seventeen Niang said: "Sister-in-law, virtuous and virtuous, you can't see or hear. If you can do things well, you are a virtuous person. If you can do things to the extreme, you are a little unvirtuous. , it's okay."

"A prime minister who can manage the country in peace must be a virtuous prime minister. These two people came here in the name of copying books, and they didn't even do their duties well, and other words are useless no matter how good they are."

Guanshi said: "Here are two pieces of paper, which I left behind while they were copying books."

Everyone looked at it but saw that the words copied in one article were scattered and scattered, and several words were connected in one stroke.

The words copied in the other article are meticulous from beginning to end, and the font is extremely upright and generous, which is pleasing to the eye at first sight.

Fan shi held the paper with nice and neat handwriting and said, "This must be the work of the Zhang family's Xiaolangjun."

The steward nodded and said, "Mother's eyes."

Mr. Fan sighed with another word in his hand: "Where did He Qi come to copy the book, but it's just a pretext for this."

"It's the Zhang family's little Langjun, whose words are so beautiful, it's so calm that he can't write it, but he wants to become a big tree and doesn't mean to fight with the grass."

"Sister Seventeen, what do you think?"

Seventeen Niang took this page and looked at it and said, "This is Zhang Jialangjun's calligraphy. I learned from Zhang Boyi, and used the seal script to enter the regular method. If you practice hard and tirelessly, you will have some achievements after more than ten years."

"Sister Seventeen, this is too much."

Seventeen Niang said, "Sister-in-law just looks at it."

(End of this chapter)