ordinary people's house

In a few days it was the palace examination. Zhou Juren, who originally rented Xiao Yunlang's house in the suburbs of Beijing, passed the No. 20 three exams, so he wanted to come to Beijing to wait for the palace examination. He took the book boy to Beijing by car, only to know that Xiao Yunlang was not in Nanluoxiang I asked the neighbor Zuo's family to hand over the money, and I took the book boy to live in the inn.

Scholars who failed the rankings should go and stay. For a while, the capital was a little quiet. Zhou Juzi was walking on the road. The master and servant were a little poor, otherwise they couldn’t live in the suburbs of Beijing. The two carried their luggage. Zhou Juzi sighed, "Oh, Quaner, do you know who is the poorest official in Beijing?"

Quan'er said: "Didn't you say that the model of honest officials in the world is Li Xiangmin, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment?"

Zhou Juzi said: "It will be me from now on!"

Quan'er murmured: "You have only passed the 23rd place in the examination. At most, you will be granted a Jinshi background in the imperial examination. Even the Imperial Academy doesn't know if you can get in. If you go to a leisurely yamen, your monthly income is not as good as what your wife gave you." There are so many people who spend a lot of money, they can't even be famous if they are poor."

"Go, go, you just entered the leisurely yamen."

Quan'er was not convinced and said: "Just tell me this, what's the use of telling me? I'm a book boy, not a juren."

Zhou Juzi——Zhou Muzhou knocked Quan'er on the head, and swaggered into the inn.

After Zhao Zong lived in Jinjiang uncle's mansion for two days, he returned home accompanied by Lin Yulan and his wife. Nephew backed me up?"

Lin Yulan was taken aback suddenly, and said, "That's fine too."

"Ah? I just said it so casually..."

Zhao Zong also said: "Yes, that's it! When I went back, I cried with my grandfather, saying that Mrs. Wang forced me out! Anyway, Mrs. Wang had seen my grandfather a long time ago, and probably said a lot of bad things about me, and my second uncle and two I didn’t explain what I said, so I just cried and saw what my grandfather had to say.”

Lin Yulan sneered and said, "Why do you have to be reasonable when dealing with shameless people?"

"Uncle is right!"

The two uncles and nephews got off the car imposingly, Xiao Yunlang had no choice but to keep up with them, and when they arrived at the main courtyard of Yongcheng Hou's Mansion, Zhao Zong brewed tears and entered the door crying, he was not afraid of people feeling unlucky, anyway he It's also a matter of saving face with grandfather Zhao Heng, if others say that he is mourning, then say so!

Zhao Heng was leisurely admiring the flowers and teasing the birds at this time, when he suddenly heard a burst of wailing, and was about to ask someone who didn't understand the rules, but saw Zhao Zong come in wiping his tears, and knelt down without giving him time to react He hugged his leg and said, "Grandson finally waited until grandpa came home."

Zhao Heng was caught off guard and called "Grandpa" so hard that he didn't know how to speak.When Wang heard the movement, she hurriedly helped the girl and walked over, Zhao Zong continued to cry: "If grandfather doesn't come back, grandson will never be able to return to the Marquis Mansion for the rest of his life."

Zhao Heng had indeed heard Wang say a lot of unfilial things about Zong'er in the past few days, saying that she only cared about life in the army, and he turned his face and left. Zhao Heng wouldn't believe everything Wang said, but However, he expressed his dissatisfaction with Zhao Zong's direct departure from the mansion, but the eldest grandson seemed to have been greatly wronged, Zhao Heng couldn't express his anger any longer.

Wang supported the girl's hand and said sharply: "The eldest young master is finally back!"

Zhao Zong saw that she was going to sue again, so he burst into tears immediately, "Grandfather! My grandson will not survive in this family! Loyalty and filial piety cannot be fulfilled, so I beg my grandfather to drive my grandson out of the house."

Zhao Heng was taken aback, and hurriedly asked, "What's the matter?"

Mrs. Wang hurriedly said: "What else can I do? Don't talk about loyalty or filial piety, young master. If you co-author and say a few words to me, it is unfaithful? I ask myself to take good care of your mother and child, and I have never missed you. If you turn black and white like this, I will not forgive you!"

No matter what Zhao Heng asked, Zhao Zong just cried without saying a word, Xiao Yunlang and Lin Yulan waited outside the door, Xiao Yunlang whispered: "Zong'er has a really good voice."

Lin Yulan smiled, pointed outside and said, "The spectators are here."

When Zhao Er and Kong Shi heard the news, they rushed to help Wang Shi. It would be best if Wang Shi could be suppressed. According to their experience, Zong Er was not at all like their elder brother who died early. He doesn't like to get angry with others softly, but is a firecracker that explodes at one point, and the old Hou Ye Zhao Heng, who has been in the family all his life, can't stand people talking back to him. The two were about to quarrel, and in the end it was Zhao Zong who was beaten and closed the ancestral hall. They came excitedly, but when they saw the Lin family standing outside, Cui's face suddenly fell down.

Zhao Er was also dissatisfied in his heart, walked over and said: "It turned out to be Lin Sanye and Xiao Langjun, why didn't you go in, but just stood outside?"

Xiao Yunlang said with a smile: "This is your Zhao family's business. We surnamed Lin are not easy to get involved with, but our nephew has been wronged. We can't just ignore it. Alas, Zong'er is sorry to see you. There is no place to go these days. , had no choice but to live with us in Jinjiang Bofu. He misses his grandfather and doesn't think about food and drink. Today, until the old master came back, he urged us to send him back. He felt wronged and was afraid that his grandfather would be angry, so he cried for a while on the way .”

Zhao Er didn't lower his voice in the first place, and wanted to make the old Hou Ye dissatisfied with the Lin family couple who were listening to the corner, saying that they stood outside the door and didn't understand the rules. up.

Zhao Heng, who was inside, saw his grandson's face was full of tears, his eyes were red and swollen, and he still didn't speak, while Mrs. Wang was chattering away, and the balance in his heart had already tilted towards the eldest grandson. Things got even more fussy, although sometimes he didn't like this eldest grandson, but he couldn't see someone bullying him at will, and the old man didn't know what thoughts his step-wife and second son had in their hearts all the time.

Really think he is stupid.

"Good boy, get up first, and grandfather will make the decision for you." Zhao Heng waved his hand, and asked some big girls to pull him to sit on his couch, "Lin Sanlang, please come in."

As soon as Zhao Er brought his wife into the door, he felt that the overall situation was settled, and what he said would make his father unhappy. He looked at Wang, and couldn't help thinking that Zhao Zong couldn't be suppressed this time, and it would be the same if Wang was suppressed, so he sighed. : "Father, it's useless to be a son. You should have comforted Zong'er before, but no matter how bad the mother is, the son is not good at talking. Zong'er went to the uncle's house in a fit of anger. Fortunately, Uncle Xiao was willing to persuade him to come back. Otherwise, my son will really have no face to see his elder brother."

Xiao Yunlang said to Lin Yulan in a low voice: "Look, Zong'er still has a lot to learn, this second master is talking about Mrs. Wang's fault, and also said that Zong'er went to the uncle's mansion to embarrass the Hou's mansion, tsk tsk, Sure enough, he is a civil servant."

Lin Yulan patted behind him lightly, but did not speak.

Zhao Heng's anger really increased a lot. He looked at Zhao Zong, whose tears seemed to be free of money, pointed at Wang and said, "Say it! What's going on?"

Wang stuck her neck and said, "What else can happen? Huh? As a grandmother, I can't even talk about caring for my grandchildren? I have given birth to your children all these years, and I also take care of the trivial matters of the whole family." It's a matter, but talking is not as important as a junior, the master thinks that I drove the young master out, so I just kicked our mothers out!"

In fact, Zhao Er and his wife didn't know what happened, otherwise they would have come here long ago. The first and third rooms are too strict, and they haven't found out anything these days.

Zhao Heng couldn't say a word, Zhao Zong was still crying, and Wang Shi also started to cry. The two cried more miserable than the other. Zhao Heng was almost pissed off. When he was at a loss, Lin Yujing walked in. He didn't ask for greetings, and said directly: "Father, this matter is Zong'er's fault!"

"Mother." Zhao Zong sat up, wiped away his tears, sniffled again, and looked at her with aggrieved eyes, which made Zhao Heng's heart tremble again.

Mrs. Wang didn't know what kind of trick she was using, and she was even more anxious. Zhao Er's eyes rolled, and he thought of the incident of the fourth child being beaten, and suddenly had a guess. He lowered his head and smiled coldly. Let's bite the dog with Wang's mother and son!

Lin Yujing still dressed as before. She looked at Wang and sighed: "Madam, please let Zong'er go, he is a child, and he is not related to the Xiao family. You don't know that Xishan Daying is strict in selecting candidates. Zong'er relied on my brother-in-law's face in front of Uncle Xiao and the two Master Xiaos to get in. In this way, he was looked down upon by others when he started as a soldier. Fortunately, Zong'er could withstand beatings and was not looked down upon by others. If he asks Zong'er to ask Uncle Xiao to let his uncle go to the Xishan camp, how can Zong'er hold his head up in the future?"

Zhao Heng pointed at Wang Shi with trembling hands and said, "You...you actually...you, that incompetent fourth child, you actually have such a plan?"

Wang's head was still lowered, but at this moment she became fierce: "Why is my Zheng'er not good? Didn't you see how the martial masters in the mansion praised him? The young master can get in with those three-legged kung fu, Zheng'er Kung fu is always better than him!"

Zhao Heng didn't even bother to ask Wang where her confidence in her son came from, he just said: "There are many people practicing martial arts in the world, but not everyone can enter the Xishan Camp!"

Wang said angrily: "Xishan Daying belongs to the Xiao family! It's up to them to say a word! I asked Zong'er to help his uncle, and their uncle and nephew also have a caregiver there, it's better than him fooling around alone. !"

Xiao Yunlang was taken aback by her sentence "Xishan Camp belongs to the Xiao family", and said helplessly: "You really misunderstood, the Xiao family is just the leader of the army, we are all leading the emperor's soldiers, the fourth battalion in the capital is right now. It's because Xishan is directly under the emperor, so the selection of talents is very strict, if the fourth master is talented, he will be asked to take the test when the camp selects rookies in the second half of the year."

Mrs. Wang did not dare to say that Zhao Zheng would pass the exam, she just cried to Zhao Heng: "The second master is already a member of the fourth grade, and the third master is in charge of the family's business. Zheng'er can't study, I The mother can only do everything possible to find a way out for him, Zheng'er is the flesh and blood of Lord Hou, why don't you think about him, even if you can't get into the Xishan Camp, you can find another place to make a living!"

Can Zhao Heng not hope that the fourth child will have a future?Doesn't he love his youngest son?It's just that he has a point in his mind, and it's fantastic to ask Zhao Zheng to enter the Xishan Camp, which is the strictest in governing the army. As for other livelihoods, the fourth child must be promising!

Zhao Zong wiped away his tears, knelt beside his mother and said to Wang, "Then there is no way for my grandson to ask my little uncle to enter Qianniuwei."

"What—" Zhao Heng clutched his chest, stepped back a few times, and sat down on the chair.