Celebrating the Year of the Fish: A Princess is Not a Concubine[GL]

[ninety]

Zhou Jinyu really didn't want these things sent by the eldest princess, but she asked those servants to move away immediately, but the servants refused to do so anyway. Zhou Jinyu had no choice but tossed his sleeves and said, "Even if the eldest princess is If you want to make friends with me, you naturally have to be passionate and polite, and I have never even met her before, so it is really against the rules to send these things over."

The boy said: "My princess's favor, Mr. Zhou, please accept it. If you want to return it, the lives of the little ones will be over."

Zhou Jinyu was stunned: "Your princess acts like this..."

The boy smiled and said, "That's right, so Mr. Zhou, you'd better stay here."

Zhou Jinyu was really helpless, so he had to reluctantly put away the things.

It's just that she was really upset by looking at these things, she flicked her sleeves again, regardless of the boxes piled up all over the yard, and went back to the room with her hands behind her back.

The eldest princess Wei Huanian is really getting more and more shameless. At first, she was still invited to the mansion. Later, she started to write those sour love poems. Now, she started to give gifts again, saying that it was because of her good words. In fact, it is Sima Zhao's heart that everyone knows!

She really thinks that other people can't see her thoughts?

The scientific examination will start tomorrow, and the court documents have already arrived a few days ago.Therefore, Zhou Jinyu only needs to go to the Ministry of Rites with the documents for a formality, and then enter the examination room directly with the documents to prove his identity tomorrow.

After returning to the room and closing the door, changed into new clothes and came out, Zhou Jinyu asked the coachman to prepare the carriage, and was about to leave for the Ministry of Rites.

After getting on the carriage, the carriage needs to travel all the way to the south, crossing the South Street and making a big circle to get to the imperial city. The six offices are all in the imperial city.

Although the imperial city has the word "Huang" on it, it is only called that.Just to highlight the majesty and importance of the six parts.The six departments are not actually located in the palace, but for convenience, they are separate offices not far from the palace.

Before the carriage reached Suzaku Street, it seemed that it was about to pass through Suzaku Street to reach the official office of the Six Departments, but unexpectedly something happened on the way.

Zhou Jinyu just listened to the noise outside and didn't know what was going on in the crowd, and the carriage obviously stopped because of those people.

Zhou Jinyu asked the driver through the curtain, "What happened?"

The coachman replied: "Fourth Young Master, there seems to be someone making trouble in front."

Zhou Jinyu thought for a while and asked, "Can we go around?"

"I'm afraid it can't be done," the coachman said in a very embarrassing way: "Fourth Young Master, the whole road ahead is blocked, I'm afraid I won't be able to take a single step."

Zhou Jinyu had no choice but to get out of the car, wanting to find out.

As soon as she got out of the carriage, she saw that the crowd in front had formed a circle, and these people were pointing at the people in the circle, and surrounded by them were a handsome scholar and a fat-faced A middle-aged man with a round waist and a fancy dress. She knew him. He was Lao Tian who owned a soy sauce shop on East Street. He had some friendship with the Liu family, so Zhou Jinyu called him Uncle Tian.

As for the scholar, she looked familiar, but she couldn't remember anything.

Zhou Jinyu walked closer to the encirclement, and then pulled a young man who was leaning against her to watch the fun and asked, "Brother, do you know what's going on?"

The young man sighed and replied, "Are you asking Zhang Lu?"

Zhou Jinyu was stunned, and looked in through the crowd. The middle-aged man had already commanded his servants arbitrarily, and overturned the calligraphy and painting booth of the scholar.

Zhou Jinyu asked: "What's going on? Who is Zhang Lu?"

Another spectator rushed to reply: "My lord, you don't know yet. Zhang Lu is also a poor man. He failed the imperial examination the first year. Now that his mother has passed away, he wants to sell some calligraphy and paintings to pay for the funeral. , who knows..." He sighed: "Oh! Anyway, he got into big... trouble this time, he offended him, but Mr. Tian, ​​who runs a soy sauce shop on Dongjie Street, must be too poor to walk around. of."

Zhou Jinyu chuckled inwardly. Seeing how Mr. Tian was yelling and embracing, the servants were all vicious, and they were all holding wooden sticks. Is this a servant or a thug?

Zhou Jinyu couldn't help sighing in his heart, thinking that even the owner of a shop selling soy sauce dared to call himself a master and bully others these days?

The crowd around who began to gossip gradually increased, and everyone was chattering, trying to piece together the whole story.

It turned out that the young man's name was Zhang Lu, and he was from Lingnan.

Zhang Lu's family was poor, and the first year he went to Beijing to rush for the exam and failed the exam, he returned home shamelessly, so he entered a large family in the capital and became a teacher for the young lady of that family, that is, the Tian family who opened a soy sauce shop in the capital. So I met Tian Menger, a lady from the Tian family.

The master of the Tian family didn't really want his daughter to read more books at first, he just wanted her to be able to read a few words so that she could marry an official family and get rid of the identity of a businessman.

But Mr. Tian is a thousand years old, but he didn't expect his daughter to fall in love with that poor boy!

Apart from their different backgrounds, the two of them are actually a good match.One is a young son who has read poetry and books and is as gentle as jade, and the other is a young lady who is not yet particularly intelligent and lively. The two quickly made a private decision for life.

However, Mr. Tian, ​​who owns a soy sauce shop, wants to marry his daughter to a high-ranking official. In his eyes, his daughter is obsessed with Zhang Lu, a poor boy. After losing his mother, he needs to sell calligraphy and paintings on the street to save up money to return home. This is not the first time he has come back to seek employment.

Right now, Zhang Lu has been restrained by Master Tian's thugs.

Zhang Lu is thin and thin, wearing a thin gray shirt that has been washed white. He was grabbed by the wrists and pinned to his back by those thick men, unable to move, but his eyes were very sharp, as if he had been beaten to death. Unwilling to admit defeat, Zhou Jinyu suddenly thought of something in his mind when he looked at him, and when he looked at Zhang Lu again, he was almost sure.

Zhou Jinyu squinted his eyes and looked at Zhang Lu, thinking to himself, he is really as stubborn as he used to be.

Mr. Tian held a scroll of calligraphy and painting in his hand, and unfolded it in front of Zhang Lu: "You are so poor, and you still want to follow our dreams, daydreaming!"

On the calligraphy and painting that Mr. Tian unfolded, there was a painting of a young lady in light yellow clothes. Although she didn't look like an all-powerful beauty at first glance, she was cute and cute.

Zhou Jinyu squinted his eyes and looked at the past. The young man named Zhang Lu finally struggled, but he said neither humble nor overbearing: "Miss Tian and I have not done anything out of line, everything is out of passion and out of courtesy. Why are you pushing so hard!"

Master Tian said angrily: "It's all about etiquette, don't talk to me about these literary nonsense, you poor scholar, what do you have, why should you marry my Meng'er, I tell you, you'd better give it to me today Pack up your bags and leave Chang'an City, if not... I will break your legs and make you crawl!"

Zhang Lu's stubborn temper came up, and he firmly disagreed, but said: "You, you can't do this, do you still have the king's law?"

Master Tian snorted coldly: "Call me!"

As soon as the voice fell, the servants behind him rushed forward, wanting to punch and kick Zhang Lu.

Zhou Jinyu pushed away the crowd, cleared his throat and said, "Uncle Tian, ​​I haven't seen you for a few days, why are you so angry?"

Zhou Jinyu squinted his eyes and looked at Mr. Tian. To everyone's surprise, when Mr. Tian, ​​who was still furious just now, turned his head to look at the young man who called him "Uncle Tian", he changed into a gentle smile, even with a little smile on his face. flattering means.

Master Tian was a little surprised and said: "Isn't this the nephew of Jinyu? Why are you here?"

Zhou Jinyu cupped his hands, and said with a half-smile, "Uncle Tian, ​​I'm going out today to do some errands. When I pass by here, who knows, I saw Uncle Tian and you leading people to block the road."

"This... Nephew Jinyu, I'll let you go there," Master Tian naturally heard the meaning of blame in these words, and immediately yelled at the crowd: "Hurry up, let's go, give up the road Step aside!"

Zhou Jinyu waved his hand lightly: "Not busy, since I watched this excitement, I didn't see half of the reason, Uncle Tian is really awesome," Zhou Jinyu asked with concern: "I don't know what this scholar is doing. What happened to make you so angry, Uncle Tian."

Master Tian said angrily: "Jinyu, you don't know, this bastard hooked up with your sister Meng'er, and he doesn't look in the mirror to see what kind of virtue he is!"

Zhou Jinyu nodded knowingly, tilted his head to look at the scholar Zhang Lu, and he also looked at Zhou Jinyu at the same time, Zhou Jinyu smiled lightly, and then said to Mr. Tian: "Uncle Tian, ​​if you want me to say, Let’s forget about this matter, now that it’s in public, you beat and scold people in the street, isn’t it a joke for people.”

Master Tian was taken aback, apparently he didn't expect Zhou Jinyu to speak for Zhang Lu: "Nephew Jinyu, what you said is wrong, if I don't drive him out of Chang'an City today, Menger won't I know how long I will be confused by him!"

Zhou Jinyu folded his arms, pretending to be innocent, and said, "That seems to be the case, Uncle Tian, ​​just now I thought some villains were causing trouble, and I have sent my servants to report to Jing Zhaoyin, what should I do? Uncle Tian, ​​if you beat someone in the street, you might have to go to the yamen."

Master Tian could barely hold his breath: "You, nephew Jinyu, how could you...!"

Zhou Jinyu shrugged his shoulders: "Oh, if I knew it was you, I wouldn't care about this matter. Now that I have reported to the government, why don't I let him go first?"

Master Tian rolled his eyes in his sockets, he could only grit his teeth temporarily and agreed: "Okay, Nephew Jinyu, this time I will listen to you first and let this bastard go!"

After Master Tian finished speaking, he walked up to Zhang Lu, a scholar surnamed Zhang, in three steps at a time: "You remember it for me, and if you go to see my Meng'er again, I will kill you!"

That Zhang Lu gritted his teeth and said nothing.

Master Tian ordered his servants: "Let him go! Let's go!"

The servants were moved when they heard the sound, released Zhang Lu, turned around and left with Master Tian, ​​and the crowd saw that there was no excitement, so they also followed.

Zhang Lu lost his shackles for a while, and was pushed and shoved viciously by a servant, almost falling directly.

Zhou Jinyu stepped forward, helped him, and said with a smile, "Brother Zhang, be careful."

Zhang Lu stood still for a moment, and looked at Zhou Jinyu suspiciously: "You, you are..."

Zhou Jinyu narrowed his eyes and smiled, "You actually forgot me. My surname is Zhou, and my name is Zhou Jinyu."

Zhang Lu suddenly realized: "I remember, you are the one who picked up a big deal and became a prospect the year before?"

Zhou Jinyu: "..."

Zhou Jinyu sneered and scratched his head: "You can also say that."

Only then did Zhang Lu realize that he had made a slip of the tongue, and he said a little embarrassedly: "Thank you brother Zhou for helping me out of the siege just now. Brother Zhou, you have nothing to repay for your great kindness. Please accept Zhang Lu's respect."

As he said that, he was about to kneel down to Zhou Jinyu. Although Zhou Jinyu could indeed be treated as a great gift from Zhang Lu as her detective, but after Zhou Jinyu remembered him, he regarded him as a classmate.

Zhou Jinyu stopped him, and said with a smile: "I can't afford your worship, Brother Zhang, you and I have passed the scientific examination together, so we are considered classmates. You can't pay homage to me for shortening your life."

Zhang Lu was stunned, and looked at Zhou Jinyu: "You treat me as a classmate?"

Zhou Jinyu smiled and said: "That's natural. I remember you. At the examination room, you pointed out that the invigilator helped other candidates to cheat, and then you were kicked out. Brother Zhang is so upright, I am happy to make friends with you."

Zhang Lu suddenly lowered his head helplessly: "But in the end, this matter will be settled."

Zhou Jinyu asked, "Brother Zhang, what are your plans for the future? Tomorrow is the spring exam, do you want to take the exam again?"

Zhang Lu said: "No, I won't take the exam. Even if I go to take the exam, I will still be inferior to the children of those aristocratic families. In the end, I will still be looked down upon by the master of the Tian family. I won't go, and I won't take the exam."

Zhou Jinyu looked at him and smiled: "You can't say that. The so-called don't bully the young and poor. If you don't try it, how will you know that you can't do it? You must be looked down upon?"

Zhang Lu was stunned: "Brother Zhou, what are you talking about, don't bully... the young man is poor?"

Zhou Jinyu nodded and replied, "Exactly."

Zhang Lu opened his mouth, a little unwillingness flashed in his eyes, but he finally bent down and began to silently pick up the calligraphy and paintings that Master Tian had destroyed for him one by one.

Looking at his bent back, Zhou Jinyu said firmly, "Zhang Lu, I believe in you, you can do it!"

"Tomorrow's spring test, I hope you can come too."

After Zhou Jinyu finished speaking, he turned around and got into the carriage, ignoring his sudden stop.