Straight man of steel

Chapter 40
On the edge of the water is the Longmen Mountains. The winding mountains cover the entire western part of Shu County. Now that the ice and snow have melted, the evergreen pines and cypresses have begun to shed their snow-white coats to reveal their true appearance.

This time is just a good time to enjoy the scenery. This time is more green than in severe winter, and there is also the river playing music.

The weather was still cold, and Zhang Yuan went to Wangjiang Pavilion by carriage. Today's gathering was almost certainly a trap. Zhang Yuan might have lost face here, so he didn't take Xiaoqing with him.

It is said to be Wangjiang Pavilion, but it is much larger than ordinary pavilions. It is estimated that there are more nobles who often come for outings, which makes it look like this.

Zhang Yuan arrived neither too late nor too early, Zhuo Wenjun hadn't arrived yet, there were only four or five scholars in the pavilion, they were already half kneeling at the desk, laughing and chatting, judging from their appearance, today shouldn't be a serious occasion.

Seeing Zhang Yuan getting off the carriage and entering the pavilion, everyone got up and came to pay their respects.

The fact that Wei Xin, the prince of the Marquis of Jianling, gave Zhang Yuan a jade pendant has become a good story in Linqiong. Everyone believes that as long as Zhang Yuan leaves the Zhuo family, a family of merchants, his future achievements will definitely not be in this corner. place.

Just say hello politely, and you will become familiar, so why not do it, besides, everyone has met once or even several times before.

"Mr. Zhang, I didn't expect you to come too. Please take a seat."

The people present were all older than Zhang Yuan. Zhang Yuan must have been able to show off his skills in order not to hit the smiling person.

"I've met Brother Li, Brother Wang, Brother Zhao, and Brother Bai."

After Zhang Yuan took his seat, the servants who were waiting on the side quickly brought Zhang Yuan a stove for heating. Seeing that Zhang Yuan did not bring his own servants, he probably was the brother Li who organized the game, and specially ordered a servant to wait Serving around Zhang Yuan.

These children of everyone are all human beings, and they have been influenced by the behavior of the elders since they were young, so that they understood what is called human sophistication early on. Although Zhang Yuan is a son of time travel in modern times, he is not as good as these nobles The children are doing well.

Because Zhang Yuan joined the table, the topic they talked about earlier changed from the wonders of Linqiong to the secrets of Chang'an City.

In fact, it’s not really a secret. Except for some news that is really closed to different places, basically everyone knows that Wei Xin, the son of Jianling Hou, and Xiang Jing, the young son of Yao Qiuhou’s family, presented delicious food on Queen Dowager Dou’s birthday. .

These two sons of the Houfu made Queen Mother Dou smile for the first time after the death of King Liu Wu of Liang.

The Han Dynasty established the country with filial piety, and today's son Liu Qi was even more famous as a filial son, and rewarded the two princes of the Houfu with ten thousand gold each on the spot.

Everyone in Linqiong knows that the delicious dishes that made Empress Dowager Dou out of the haze were made in Zhuo's iron pot, and they came from Linqiong. Everyone is proud of this matter.

Although the nobles in Chang'an didn't know what a small person Zhang Yuan was, the people in Linqiong knew that Zhang Yuan was the instigator of this matter, and now they are talking about this matter to praise Zhang Yuan.

But they don't know that Zhang Yuan's heart is bleeding now.

Both of them were rewarded with ten thousand gold, [-] gold in total, and it was not the same as the one thousand gold that Zhang Yuan got from Zhuo Wangsun.

People's Wanjin is 1 catties of gold, a total of [-] horseshoe gold.

And my daughter is 1000 taels of gold, a thousand broken gold the size of soybeans.

People are more angry than people, even though his heart is bleeding, Zhang Yuan still has a smile on his face like a chrysanthemum blooming, and he keeps saying "thank you" in his mouth.

No matter what, Sima Xiangru was still a poor person by the side of the emperor. Now, although he is down and out, no one cares about him, but he feels that he is a good person. No matter where he goes, he feels that he is better than Linqiong and other countrymen. The compulsive style should be high.

Five more scholars came one after another. Sima Xiangru arrived at Wangjiang Pavilion with Zhuo Wenjun. Although they came together, they took two carriages.

Zhang Yuan suddenly felt that Sima Xiangru's carriage looked familiar, and after a closer look, he found that it was the one owned by the county magistrate Wang Ji.

Zhuo Wenjun came to such a gathering today because he was really bored with Sima Xiangru, so he reluctantly agreed. Brother Li, who organized the bureau, would not normally invite a woman to a gathering among scholars.

Zhuo Wenjun was wearing a snow-white long dress, with a top-quality ferret waistcoat on his shoulders, and a pink veil on his face. He walked gracefully, and everyone present focused their attention on Zhuo Wenjun. body.

Of course, it seems that apart from Zhang Yuan, maybe even Sima Xiangru didn't really see Zhuo Wenjun's face.

I don't know where the first talented woman and the most beautiful woman in Shu County came from. It is estimated that some elders of the family saw it and went back to tell their nephews.

Others don't know why Sima Xiangru launched such a fierce attack on Zhuo Wenjun without even meeting Zhuo Wenjun, but Zhang Yuan knew it clearly, and it was all about money.

"Young Master Sima, the eldest daughter of the Zhuo family, please keep us all waiting."

The last guest finally came. Li Jian was the brother Li who organized the game and led the crowd to stand up to welcome Sima Xiangru and Zhuo Wenjun.

Giving face to Sima Xiangru is giving face to the county magistrate Wang Ji. Although the Zhuo family is the home of merchants, it is the home of the richest man in Shu County. Money and power can always be intertwined no matter when and where. These two things of the Chinese nation Until modern times, they have not been completely separated.

Zhuo Wenjun squatted slightly apologetically, Sima Xiangru just walked over with a laugh.

"Mr. Li, since everyone is here, let's start."

Everyone sat down one after another, during which Zhuo Wenjun glared at Zhang Yuan several times. Zhang Yuan was afraid that he would meet Zhuo Wenjun's eyes, and kept looking left and right, not daring to respond to Zhuo Wenjun.

"Everyone, one of the first reasons for coming here today is to enjoy the scenery and have fun, and the second is to see Mr. Sima off.

Those present are all my friends of Li Jian, the young heroes of Linqiong, don't be restrained today, drink and talk freely. "

Li Jian is a good person, and he manages all aspects very well. Considering that the weather is relatively cold, the stove and screen fans are prepared to block the wind. Knowing that everyone may not be used to the previous diet, he even brought the cook at home. Come over and give everyone barbecue and hot wine.

This person is considered to be more sensible among the dandies, Zhang Yuan directly put him in the list of people who can make friends.

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(End of this chapter)