Shen Wen was so hungry that he had a headache and was too lazy to concentrate, so he said, "Let's go!" Pulling up Su Wanniang who was still crying, she walked towards the city gate where they had just entered. The fourth prince also knew that if the government officials arrived, they would be overwhelmed, so they also left with Shen Wen and Su Wanniang.
Unwilling to be reconciled, Zhang Yunzheng stepped forward, kicked and beat several servants to the ground, and then said to the surrounding people with a full face: "Who dares to follow?!" The onlookers all backed away a little.
Zhang Yunzheng gave a piss before he and Yulan went to chase Shen Wen.
The fourth prince turned his head in a hurry, and saw the woman crying in the street holding her dead child, and the servant and the woman who got up from the ground dragged her into the courtyard. He just felt uncomfortable in his chest and couldn't look any more. But not far away, he couldn't help looking back, the courtyard door was closed, many people were pointing at them, and the servant who had been beaten was dotting them far away. The fourth prince said: "Someone is following us!"
Shen Wen turned back while walking, and said, "Let's go out of the city first." At this time, if he was looking for business with the Li family, he would lead people there.
Zhang Yunzheng said angrily: "Yes! Go out of the city! Whoever of them will follow, I will deal with them outside the city!"
The few of them walked hard and walked out of the city.
But as soon as they left the city gate, those who followed them did not come out. A few people walked for a while, and seeing that there was no one behind, they left the main road and fell one after another in the dirt ditch beside the road. Everyone was so tired that they were dying.
When they arrived outside the city, they were already exhausted, Zhang Yunzheng and the refugees fought, and they ran away. In the city, I walked on two legs, and then ran out again. Even the iron legs were about to break at this time. The fourth prince pressed his legs hard, and Yulan was half lying on the ground: "My shoe, the sole of my shoe fell off..."
The fourth prince is also busy looking at the feet. Their boots were sewn by Zhang Yunzheng with thousands of stitches and threads. The bottom layer is made of multiple layers of cowhide with iron pieces sewn in the middle, but now they are also rotten, with the toes and heels exposed. Became sandals. Looking at the others, Su Wanniang's shoes were tied with string, only Shen Wen's boots seemed to be half-new, which shows that she walks softly on weekdays. This terrified the Fourth Prince's heart, and he couldn't help but look at Su Wanniang.
Although Su Wanniang stopped crying, the tears mixed with the dirt on her face, turning into a painted face. She frowned and muttered: "...that poor child..."
Zhang Yunzheng said angrily: "I'll go into the city tonight and burn that family down! It's definitely not a good thing to beat a child to death and starve to death like that!"
Shen Wen was weak from hunger, waved his hands and said: "Don't, good and evil will be rewarded in the end. You don't know who did it. Going to burn the whole family, it's not good to hurt innocent people."
Zhang Yunzheng said dissatisfiedly: "You are always so afraid of the future! You are not cheerful at all!"
Shen Wen sighed: "You can't be straightforward, if you do what you do, small things will become big things. Didn't you listen to those servants? The master of that family is a prefect, and the child should be a grandson, and his parents are prefects." Son, what have you done, the government will investigate, and we have no horses, what should we do if we are chased by the servants?"
Zhang Yunzheng swiped his hand: "Look at the refugees and beggars here and there, are there fewer people who kill and rob? How many people don't die every day? Who can find out who is who?"
The fourth prince said with emotion: "It's no wonder that refugees are the most taboo in famine years. If they rebel, it will be like a fire, and it will be impossible to save them."
Zhang Yunzheng looked at the fourth prince: "You really worry about the country and the people, if you are the emperor, you can find a solution."
The fourth prince was taken aback, and hurriedly said, "I'm not the emperor!"
Shen Wen said contemptuously: "The emperor can't do anything about this kind of thing."
Everyone knew that she was going to preach the theory of the uselessness of the emperor again. Zhang Yunzheng raised his hand and said, "We know it! This system harms people and power corrupts... What does this have to do with the present?"
Shen Wen said: "It's easy to handle things now. When it gets dark, you go to the city and find the Li family to see if it's your business. If it is, bring us some food back, and we can have something tomorrow." Strength to walk…”
Zhang Yunzheng asked: "If not?"
Shen Wen said: "If it's not you, go to the one I mentioned just now and steal some food."
Zhang Yunzheng disdains: "You borrowed my idea!"
Shen Wenqiang cheered up and said: "I mean to steal food, not to set fire."
Zhang Yunzheng said: "I think what I mean is nice and aboveboard!"
They often discuss things together along the way, and everyone is used to giving feedback. Su Wanniang supported Shen Wen in time, and said weakly: "Let's listen to brother Wen, what's the use of setting fire? You can't eat it."
Zhang Yunzheng looked at Yulan, and Yulan immediately said with blood: "I support my little brother Zhang! A fire, steaming hot, can roast the meat..."
Several people looked at the fourth prince, and the fourth prince said: "One is stealing and the other is setting fire. I don't think either is good. Didn't some people say that the country should be governed by law? It is wrong to know the law and break the law."
Everyone looked at the fourth prince with the eyes of a monster, and the fourth prince asked puzzledly: "What's wrong? Take a look at our journey, everyone ignores the law and order, the country is not safe, the country will not be the country..."
Zhang Yunzheng regretfully said to the fourth prince: "It's a pity that you don't want to be emperor, it's really useless to be so stupid!"
Several people laughed, and the fourth prince had no choice but to laugh along with him...
Just as he was laughing, there was a rush of horseshoes, and everyone walking on the road gave way. They were already sitting in the ditch by the roadside, so naturally they didn't need to move. After a while, the three horses galloped across the road, and the dust they raised fell on their heads and faces. Zhang Yunzheng poohed and cursed loudly: "Things with no eyes! Didn't you see anyone on the side of the road?! Want to fight?! "He has gone to recite words today, and bad luck happened one after another.
A knight who had already ridden suddenly reined in the horse, and the horse neighed and half stood up. He then turned his horse's head and rode back. The two men behind him also hurriedly stopped their horses and turned around after him.
Shen Wen whispered to Zhang Yunzheng: "Look, they heard it!"
Zhang Yunzheng untied his sword and whispered, "Let's fight, we need horses!"
The fourth prince hesitated: "This, is it breaking the law? Will there be trouble? Besides, can you beat them? There are three of them!"
Zhang Yunzheng said: "If you can't fight, you have to fight!"
Shen Wen also felt that there should be horses, otherwise it would be too difficult for them to walk, so she whispered to Zhang Yunzheng: "You don't stay far away from me, I will help you, but try not to kill people." She is very hungry now, and her consciousness probably cannot reach far. place.
Zhang Yunzheng's confidence increased greatly, and he said to Shen Wen: "Okay, I listen to you!" The two people had the same heart and stood up at the same time. Yulan quickly stood up too, standing behind Zhang Yunzheng with one bare foot and limping, and whispered, "Master, you must defeat... beat them away! I can't run anymore!"
Zhang Yunzheng whispered: "You look for opportunities to snatch the horse!"
Yulan nodded vigorously: "Okay! I like this job..." Better than fighting.
The fourth prince and Su Wanniang knew that they were in the way, so they hurriedly moved aside.
The three horses walked back to them along the road, and the riders on the horses all wore dust-proof face coverings. Shen Wen and the others were in the ditch, and the other party happened to be looking down at them from above. Seeing that the three of them were tall and tall, Shen Wen was confused, but Zhang Yunzheng had already held the long sword in his hand and was about to draw it. Shen Wen had no choice but to take a deep breath, relax his body, and concentrate his consciousness.
Zhang Yunzheng raised his head arrogantly and said to the three horse riders: "Your horses raised dust and made us suck up the dirt! You have no manners at all! You have to apologize to us! Otherwise, you are uneducated!"
The person on the opposite side didn't speak, Zhang Yunzheng pulled out his long sword an inch, and said: "If you don't apologize, keep your horses!"
The leading knight shook his head slowly, and said, "Look at your promise! How did you get to this point?! You actually live on extortion?" As he spoke, he pulled off his veil, and Zhang Yunming's face full of sorrow and joy was revealed. in front of everyone.
With a plop, Yulan fell to the ground with all fours sprawled, Shen Wen also sat down, and finally only Zhang Yunzheng was left standing holding the sword, he was a little embarrassed, but still asked sullenly, "Why are you here? !"
Zhang Yunming dismounted from his horse, walked down the ditch in a few steps, came to Zhang Yunzheng by surprise, knocked him down with a punch, and said, "Why am I here?! Why am I here?! You can still ask! Do you know how many people are worried about you?" ?! You heartless!"
It turned out that Zhang Yunzheng still remembered, but after hearing Zhang Yunming's words, he simply stretched his legs, sat on the ground and muttered: "I'm not fine? What the hell are you doing?"
Zhang Yunming was trembling with anger: "That's good?! That's good?! We're all busy?! I'll kill you, you white-eyed wolf!" Just as he was about to kick Zhang Yunzheng, Shen Wen said, "Do you have anything to eat or drink? of? We're starving!"
Zhang Yunming looked at Shen Wen, Shen Wen rolled his eyes and said: "I'm not polite, Mr. Zhang forgive me." Although he said that he was rude, he actually said that Zhang Yunming was rude, and he didn't say hello when they met.
Zhang Yunming gritted his teeth and said to Shen Wen: "This village lady is being polite."
Shen Wen curled his lips, Zhang Yunming turned his face away, saw the fourth prince, his eyes widened in shock, the fourth prince was also a little embarrassed, fisted, Zhang Yunming subconsciously returned the salute, turned his face to look at Zhang Yunzheng, Zhang Yunzheng shrugged, scoundrel Said, "He will follow."
Zhang Yunming couldn't say anything in front of the fourth prince, so he turned his head and said to the two people behind: "There is the porridge shed of the Li family over there. When you go into the city, go ask whose business it is? If it's relatives, drive two cars." Come here with a car. If not, hire a car or find a sedan chair."
Zhang Yunzheng asked: "The one in the city isn't... Madam's business, right? Why don't I remember this place?"
Zhang Yunming walked up to Zhang Yunzheng and sat down: "The Li family has a lot of business. It's not the wife's business, maybe it's the uncle's. Who else has so much food except the Li family? Why don't you go to the city?" Zhang Yunzheng told himself at that time Going to buy food, you should also know this truth.
Zhang Yunzheng cleared his throat: "So I came in, I have something to do, so I'll come out for a while."
Zhang Yunming looked at Zhang Yunzheng extremely contemptuously, Zhang Yunzheng frowned and asked, "How did you come here?"
Zhang Yunming snorted: "Let's talk about it later." He looked at Zhang Yunzheng: "You are stupid enough! How come you really became a hungry person?"
Zhang Yunzheng was not convinced: "Who is stupid?! We can't buy horses here. What should we do? Naturally, we can only walk on two feet. How much grain can we carry on foot? It will be gone in ten days, and we can't buy grain. Hungry, if you don’t believe me try it!”
The fourth prince sighed: "Why can't you buy a horse in a daze?"
Shen Wen said: "The areas where horses are raised are all occupied by Beirong. Of course there are no horses."
Zhang Yunming glanced at Shen Wen, then turned around and asked Zhang Yunzheng in a low voice: "Aren't you going to give that... that person? Why is there someone else?"
Zhang Yunzheng straightened his neck and said: "She is a young lady, can she come out without someone to accompany her? When we went to the border, there were many talents. There were two doctors, Uncle Yan Ji Xianggong, and a little boy at the beginning. I took them all." Delivered to the place!" He was not without pride.
Zhang Yunming was about to sneer again, but when he saw his younger brother's thin face, his body was in tatters, and the entire group looked miserable, he felt sad for a while, his eyes became hot, and he stopped speaking ill.
They waited for a while, and two bullock carts came out of the city, saying that the business belonged to Li's family in Jiangnan.
Zhang Yunming was a little disappointed looking at the ox cart, but Zhang Yunzheng was very satisfied, and said to Zhang Yunming: "Don't be dissatisfied, it's good that they have an ox cart."
The fourth prince shook his head slowly, and sighed when he thought of the thousands of miles of grassland he saw in Beirong and the horses ridden by Beirong soldiers.
Zhang Yunming let them get into the car and escorted them all the way into the city.
The city is huge, and the Li family's courtyard is in the city center, but it is very spacious.
At the beginning, old official Li listened to Brother Zhang Yunming's words and spent a lot of money to buy grain. Naturally, businesses everywhere were ordered to store grain for shortages. Of course, his own eldest son would not be left behind. In the long house, the eldest grandson stayed with his grandfather and father in the south of the Yangtze River, while the other sons were sent to various places to train. The person in charge here is the second son of the long house, named Li Yaocheng, who is twenty-five years old this year. He is young and energetic, and always holding back to do a good job, which makes people look at him differently. Originally, the business was booming, but when the disaster year came, it dropped by more than half. Some of the businesses of the other Li family were shut down while others were down, and many of them returned to Jiangnan. But Li Yaocheng felt that he could show his ability at this time, so he insisted on not closing the door, using the surplus grain to make porridge, asking migrant workers to level the fields outside the city, build houses, and prepare to plant mulberry trees once the disaster year is over, and there are silkworms in the local area. Origin, expand silk business...
He heard that someone from the Li family was visiting, so he rushed out to greet him. After the other party knew his identity, he told him that he was from the Marquis of Pingyuan in the capital, and asked for a car to go out of the city to pick him up. Li Yaocheng was excited on the spot! Marquis Pingyuan is the backer of the Li family! I had to use his signboard to deal with the government in the local area, but now someone came, I was so lucky, I hurriedly transferred the car out of the city, and then ordered people to make preparations quickly to wash the dust for the distinguished guests.
Therefore, when Zhang Yunming rode a horse and brought an ox cart into the compound, he received a warm welcome! Li Yaocheng cupped his hands with a smile on his face, the servants lined up, and the maids were waiting to be summoned with towels and water basins on the porch...the red carpet was almost covered.
Zhang Yunming got off the horse, and returned the greeting with a polite smile: "The official is so polite, we are just passing by." He actually didn't want to reveal his identity.
But when Li Yaocheng saw Zhang Yunming, his heart skipped a beat—he had met Zhang Yunming in Jiangnan back then! He is not only from Marquis Pingyuan, he is the eldest son of Marquis Pingyuan! Future Marquis! At that time, the whole family of the Li family lined up to meet the noble young master of the capital, Zhang Yunming probably forgot about him... It doesn't matter! This time, he will definitely make Mr. Zhang remember him!
Li Yaocheng hurriedly said very respectfully: "Where is it, the young master is a distinguished guest, and he should be entertained." As soon as the bullock cart stopped, Zhang Yunzheng and others in rags came out of it. The servants all showed surprise in their eyes, and exchanged glances secretly—these people are not dressed as well as themselves! Like the beggars outside, they must have come to fight the autumn wind!
But Li Yaocheng recognized Zhang Yunzheng again, how proud this young master was when he was in Jiangnan! Although he is said to be a distant relative of the Pingyuan Houfu, but his grandfather loves him very much, and once nagged why the capital didn't send him to the south of the Yangtze River! Must be someone with a connection.
Li Yaocheng didn't dare to take it lightly at all, and hurriedly saluted Zhang Yunzheng: "Welcome to Zhang Yunzheng if you make a mistake, I hope to forgive you!" welcome! He thinks these people are so miserable, so of course he doesn't want to see each other face to face, it's okay, that's fine, it seems like I treat them equally, doesn't it? As for why they were in such a situation, he understood when he saw Su Wanniang and Shen Wen getting out of the car: the young master ran away with the girl, and ended up having no way of making a living in the famine year, begging along the street, and now he needs to be picked up by Mr. Zhang That's it... In the past four years of famine, there are many rich people who have become abjectly poor, let alone a son who has no means of earning a living? Poor young man... Li Yaocheng sighed secretly.
With this mentality, Li Yaocheng took extra care of Zhang Yunming and his group, and secretly warned his servants not to be rude to these people, otherwise they would be punished severely. Now is the year of calamity. If you are driven out, you will have no way to survive. The servants are very careful.
Several people finally had a good bath. Knowing that the water is precious, they changed the water twice.
Li Yaocheng originally planned to hold a banquet, but Zhang Yunming knew that they were starving, so he refused to let them eat greasy food. The staple food turned out to be noodles, with dishes of pickled vegetables and boiled spiced beans.
Li Yaocheng was born in the affluent south of the Yangtze River. The Li family’s diet is very particular. Even the noodles are made slender and white. The astragalus noodle soup is filled with goji berries and shredded red dates, which is light and sweet. For those who cannot eat enough for many days, It was delicious.
When they arrived at the big family's house, Shen Wen and Su Wanniang ate separately and stayed in the backyard instead of in the main hall. Although the food in the main hall is not rich, there is still a shelf, and there are people playing silk and bamboo beside it.
The fourth prince remembered that he was still eating dry food in the field yesterday, and now he was listening to the flute on the table, he was in a daze, and put down his chopsticks after eating. Li Yaocheng hurriedly asked: "This young master thinks the food is delicious?"
The fourth prince looked at Li Yaocheng, saw that he was handsome, shrewd, but his eyes were sincere, so he smiled and said: "That's great, we are in the countryside, where can we eat such a meal? Besides, there is music .”
Zhang Yunming frowned slightly, he didn't think this meal was so good, he thought that these dishes had no merit except tasteless. During the dinner, he saw that the fourth prince was particularly unpleasant, and deeply felt that this person should not be here. Hearing the fourth prince's words now felt a little yin and yang, so he asked Li Yaocheng: "It's a famine year, why are there still actors in the mansion?"
Li Yaocheng glanced at the performers, turned his head towards them and said in a low voice, "I don't raise them, where can they go?"
Zhang Yunming smiled: "Officer Li, this is a kind act." The fourth prince blushed a little.
After Zhang Yunzheng finished eating, he wiped his mouth with a towel and said, "Has your house been giving out porridge all these years? Someone outside the city has moved to grab your attention."
Li Yaocheng sighed: "In this city, we are the only ones who haven't broken down the porridge shed, and there are many people who want to grab it. Fortunately, there are some people from the rivers and lakes to help us. There are always good people in this world."
Seeing that they all put down their chopsticks, Li Yaocheng had the dishes removed and served tea.
The fourth prince had just misunderstood Li Yaocheng's intention of raising an actor, and he felt a little sorry, took a sip of tea, and hurriedly said good things: "It's really good tea!"
Li Yaocheng said with a smile: "This is the tea from Tao's tea house in the city. It is indeed good. He smoked the tea leaves with jasmine flowers. It has a more delicate and rich fragrance than other tea houses. It is rare. This taste is not found anywhere else." He suddenly Sighing: "Probably we won't have any here soon."
The fourth prince asked curiously, "Why?"
Li Yaocheng said in a low voice: "Someone wants his family's business. It has a big background. The old officials of his family want to quit the house and tea garden and go back to their hometown. But his son is not convinced and insists. His family has no backing. I think , can't last long."
Zhang Yunzheng took a sip of tea and said, "It's really delicious! Such good tea cannot be overwhelmed. Tell him, we will be his backer..."
Zhang Yunming scolded: "What nonsense are you talking about?! Go, follow me to rest!"
Pulling Zhang Yunzheng to leave, Li Yaocheng wanted to see them off, but Zhang Yunming wanted to talk to Zhang Yunzheng, and hurriedly declined, saying: "You don't have to be polite, officials, we can go by ourselves." Li Yaocheng came out to do business when he was young. Someone went to lead the way to send the two of them off, and he continued to accompany the fourth prince.
The fourth prince knew that those two people would probably go to have a private conversation, so he followed him to the guest room and it was not flattering, so he sat down more. Continuing the topic just now, I asked without words: "Is it impossible to do business without a backer?"
Li Yaocheng saw that the fourth prince's tone was gentle and refined, and he was obviously a son of a wealthy family, so he respected him very much, and replied seriously: "If you grow bigger, you must have a backer, otherwise it will become a delicacy, waiting to be cleaned up."
The fourth prince thought about it, in fact, who is not like this? In the imperial city, if there is no backer, and it is too late to keep a low profile and save your life, how can you stand out? He just nodded and asked again: "Now is the year of famine, how can you keep feeding porridge and support many people?"
Li Yaocheng leaned closer to the fourth prince: "At that time, my grandfather said that he would store grain to prepare for the shortage, and prepare it in five years. I remembered that there were seven years of drought in history, so I bought more, and the grain was enough. My mother is a Buddhist student. Humans always say that they must accumulate yin virtue, otherwise they will soon become rich, so I have been giving porridge, which is regarded as my mother's instruction."
The fourth prince asked: "Listening to your words, it seems that you only did this after listening to your mother. Don't you believe in good deeds?"
Li Yaocheng took a sip of tea and said, "You can't say you believe it, and you can't say you don't believe it."
The fourth prince asked: "What do you mean?"
Li Yaocheng said: "When this famine year comes, people's hearts are no longer old. The usual relatives and friends have changed their ways to ask for money and food. I heard that in some families, family affection and filial piety are gone, and some people even change their sons for food."
The fourth prince nodded repeatedly. He came from the disaster area, so of course he knew the tragedy.
Li Yaocheng said: "Could it be said that those who starved to death were all bad people? There was no good person among them? This is impossible. Some good people must have died too. Some kind people were robbed and killed, and they did not escape the disaster. Then it doesn’t make sense to accumulate good deeds and get good rewards.”
The fourth prince nodded: his mother and concubine never hurt anyone in the palace, and she is kind and honest. According to Ding Neishi, no one would say Concubine Jiang Shu is virtuous, but so what? Didn't he also die tragically? It seems that it is appropriate for a good person to be rewarded.
Li Yaocheng went on to say: "I started learning business from my father when I was ten years old, and started managing stores when I was fourteen. Now, I have been in business for fifteen years, and I have a lot of experience."
Seeing that Li Yaocheng suddenly changed the subject, the fourth prince couldn't interrupt, so he could only continue to nod. Li Yaocheng felt that this young man was open-minded and eager to learn, so he took the opportunity to express his feelings: "Everything in this world has a price. Some things may not be for money, may be joys and sorrows, or physical health. But, there is always a price, and nothing comes for free."
The fourth prince nodded slowly and agreed: As a prince, he has the price of this status. He has been cautious since he was a child. … Whatever it is, there is a price.
Li Yaocheng chose words and sentences: "When you do something, you can't just look at what you get, but also at the price you have to pay. Some things, if you really do it, you may get a lot of money, but if it breaks, it will be the price of your wealth and life, so you can't do it. Still Some things may seem impossible, but if it is true, it will be a great reward, so even if you lose some money, you should try it."
The fourth prince understood: "You mean, the yin and virtuous thing is the latter type, if it happens, why not do it?"
Li Yaocheng chuckled: "Yeah, what if it's just in case? If there really is a theory of evil, and there is really a next life, what do I spend a little money now? Moreover, the good and bad things are multiplied , Yin De should be too."
The fourth prince asked puzzledly: "Why is it doubled?"
Li Yaocheng said: "For example, if a person survives after drinking my porridge, he can support his wife and children, and provide for his parents. Maybe he helps others..."
The fourth prince suddenly said, "That's right, if a good thing is multiplied, there will be a bad thing."
Li Yaocheng said: "Of course, for example, if someone steals money, that money may be life-saving money, and that person may die because of it. His wife, children, and parents are suffering because of his death, and even died... one piece The consequences of bad things can be severe."
The fourth prince sipped his tea in deep thought: Does the emperor not understand this truth? Does the prince not understand? Have you ever been soft-hearted when killing someone? He suddenly discovered that although the education of the royal family in the past dynasties is full of words of "benevolence" and "virtue", the most fundamental education is all about rights and submission. Under the scheming, there is no need to think about good or bad things, no need to care about the survival of human life, and no need to care about invisible virtues that cannot be seen or touched. As long as you win the opponent, you only need to be in the position...
The fourth prince said absently: "This tea is really good."
Li Yaocheng agreed: "Even if this tea is put in the capital, it can sell well."
The fourth prince came back to his senses: "Then maybe it's time to help this tea house as Brother Zhang said."
Li Yaocheng quickly waved his hands: "The price of this matter is too high! His opponent is the prefect, and the prefect has the backing of the capital. We are just relatives of the idle Marquis. If we get caught up in the fire, we will be in big trouble. Not only is there something wrong with us, but if it fails, it will drag the Marquis down, and many innocent lives will be involved in it! Therefore, no matter how much benefits and merits, we can't help, at most, we will quietly ask people to buy more tea."
The fourth prince understood again: "Is this the kind of thing you said you couldn't do?"
Li Yaocheng sighed: "Yes, actually, I wanted to help them. That old official is very pitiful. He was walking with his wife, the car overturned, his wife went, and he couldn't walk... Forget it, no Having said that, it's getting late, and you are tired all the way, so you should rest." The fourth prince guessed that Zhang Yunming had finished teaching Zhang Yunzheng, so he nodded and got up.
Li Yaocheng sent the fourth prince all the way back to the guest room, and the two kept chatting.
In the guest room, Zhang Yunming was not as patient as Li Yaocheng, and scolded Zhang Yunzheng: "How can you get on a boat?! You have never been out at sea! That is not Li's boat, how can you just board it?! Sea It’s different from the land, where you’re fine no matter what you do, but if something happens at sea, don’t you just feed the fish?!…”
Zhang Yunzheng leaned on the bed, leaning on one elbow: "Okay, okay, I'm not going back to land now?"
Zhang Yunming continued to scold angrily: "If I hadn't just returned to Beijing, Dad might have come out to look for you by himself! Doctor Shi said that his hair is all gray..."
Zhang Yunzheng hurriedly said: "That has nothing to do with me, he used to say that he got married because of Duan Xiaolang!"
Zhang Yunming pointed at Zhang Yunzheng: "You bastard! Mom must have cried so many times for you! Have you thought about her once?!"
Zhang Yunzheng said stubbornly: "Of course I thought about it! I even bought her a wooden comb in Yancheng! There is a beauty carved on it..."
Zhang Yunming patted the table: "What's the use?! What's the use?!"
Zhang Yunzheng stared: "Of course it's for combing your hair! Don't you use a comb?!"
Zhang Yunming shouted: "Don't interrupt!"
Zhang Yunzheng raised his eyebrows: "Where did I interrupt? Didn't you ask me what the comb is for?"
Zhang Yunming looked up at the roof: "Why do I want to beat him up so much?!"
Zhang Yunzheng straightened his legs, holding the back of his head with both hands: "Then you must be able to do this too! Today I asked you to knock me down, that's for you! Look at your pitiful appearance..."
Zhang Yunming pointed to his nose: "I'm pitiful?! Am I pitiful?!"
Zhang Yunzheng asked: "Of course, it looks like I'm about to cry..." Seeing that Zhang Yunming was about to shout again, Zhang Yunzheng hurriedly asked: "Oh, why did you go this way?"
Zhang Yunming took a deep breath, and then said: "I arrived at the town you agreed with Shi Langzhong and the others. Just as I was about to split up and go south to find you along the coast, the person you sent arrived and said that you were going to Yan's Academy. I will take When the people arrived at the place where you went ashore, they divided them into several groups and headed to Yan's Academy. You don't have any carriages and horses, after all, it's inconvenient. Our horses are fast, and we may be able to catch up with you. Look, am I right? "
Zhang Yunzheng rolled his eyes: "Who wouldn't know this? The direction is right, how many roads are there in total? If it were me, I would have caught up..."
Zhang Yunming was provoked again: "You said it lightly! How many refugees, as well as officers and soldiers, we have rushed through this way! Oh, tell me clearly, why is the fourth prince here?! Shouldn't he be staying in the imperial mausoleum? ?"
Zhang Yunzheng felt a little guilty, pouting and said: "I was going to give him something, but he said he wanted me to take him out to meet Mrs. Su, so I took him out, and then he said he would follow us..."
Zhang Yunming lost his voice: "Then you will take him with you?! He is a prince! That little fat duck actually agreed?!"
Zhang Yunzheng said: "What little chubby duck! You are not allowed to say that again! She has grown up! She is not so fat anymore!"
Zhang Yunming shouted: "Why did you bring him with you?!"
Zhang Yunzheng said: "He swore a poisonous oath, saying that if he wanted to become emperor, he would be hit with a thunderbolt or something. It sounds like he wanted to live and die with Lady Su..."
Zhang Yunming didn't believe it: "He can protect Miss Su?!"
Zhang Yunzheng curled his lips: "Of course not! Mrs. Su even went to save him... But no matter what, it's good to have this kind of heart, and it's okay to take him out for fun. I'll let Rose guard the tomb for him..."
Zhang Yunming gritted his teeth, "Nonsense! Nonsense! Just play?! What if something happened to him?!"
Zhang Yunzheng felt even more guilty, his eyes drooped: the fourth prince indeed almost died on the road.
"Besides," Zhang Yunming approached Zhang Yunzheng and whispered, "What do you mean nothing?! After he followed him, he knew everything about the situation at the border and our family's arrangements!"
Zhang Yunzheng didn't care anymore, he waved his hand and said, "If you know it, you know it. He also said that he will go to the island with us in the future."
Zhang Yunming frowned: "What island?!"
Zhang Yunzheng yawned: "Oh, just go out to sea and find a big island..."
Zhang Yunming said in amazement: "Still going to sea?!"
Zhang Yunzheng said: "Sea is so fun! It's really beautiful! The food is good, let's go together next time!"
Seeing Zhang Yunzheng opening his eyes vigorously, Zhang Yunming suddenly lost his temper and asked, "When do you plan to leave from here?"
Zhang Yunzheng closed his eyes, and pulled the quilt over his body: "The sooner the better! We are going to Yan's Academy to meet Duan Langzhong, pick up Mrs. Su's younger brother, little mute, and then send the fourth prince back to the imperial mausoleum, and send Shen Second Miss and Su Niangzi went back to the temple, and then sent Shi Langzhong and the little mute back to the capital... "
Zhang Yunming became angry again: "Stop! You have a good idea! Do you think this is a spring outing? One, two, three, four, five, don't fall behind?!"
Zhang Yunzheng was too sleepy to open his eyes, and asked vaguely, "Then what do you want to do?"
Zhang Yunming said: "What should I do?! Immediately send the fourth prince back first! Send that fat... skinny duck back! Don't worry about what Shi Langzhong, who's younger brother!"
Zhang Yunzheng didn't speak, Zhang Yunming thought he agreed, and said: "I've sent people to inform other people on the road. When my people arrive, we will leave." Zhang Yunzheng still didn't speak. Zhang Yunzheng was already asleep.
Zhang Yunming sighed helplessly, took off Zhang Yunzheng's shoes and socks, covered him with a quilt, and fell asleep himself.
The next morning, Zhang Yunming saw that Zhang Yunzheng couldn't sleep well, so he let him sleep in. When he got up at noon, he asked the fourth prince Shen Wen and Su Wanniang to be invited to the hall, and said his plan: "I will take people to ride horses first." Send Young Master Jiang back to the imperial mausoleum..." Seeing that the fourth prince has neat legs and feet, he must know how to ride a horse.
The fourth prince's eyes widened, and there were tears in them—going back to the imperial tomb? ! He swallowed his spit and turned to look at the others. Su Wanniang looked at him sympathetically, but could not speak. He looked at Zhang Yunzheng again. Zhang Yunzheng understood his thoughts too well. It was the same feeling when he was going back home after a midnight walk when he was young, so he said to Zhang Yunming: "How many people did you bring? Separate the two roads. Isn't it less?"
The fourth prince stammered: "I... I'm not in a hurry... go back..."
Zhang Yunzheng has been with the fourth prince for so many months, and he has already regarded him as a buddy, but Zhang Yunming, as an outsider, suddenly intervened among these people, seeing the fourth prince's awkwardness, he wanted to send him away as soon as possible. He sternly said to the fourth prince: "The night is long and the dream is full, it's better to go back as soon as possible!"
The fourth prince blinked and saw that Zhang Yunming's gaze was firm, so he had no choice but to look at Zhang Yunzheng again. Zhang Yunzheng said to Zhang Yunming, "You've only been here for a day! Why do you care about us?! Let's go!"
Zhang Yunming was angry, and said to Zhang Yunzheng: "It's up to me to pull you out of the ditch!"
Zhang Yunzheng was in a hurry: "Without a horse, you won't be much better off!"
Shen Wen said: "We have a carriage now, it should be much faster..."
Zhang Yunming disliked Shen Wen very much in his heart, it was she who dragged his pure brother into this quagmire! Experienced life and death! He said to Shen Wen with a stern face: "It will be so fast that I can't stand running back and forth all over the world!"
Su Wanniang said: "Then let's not go to Yan's Academy, let Shi Langzhong pick up my younger brother, and we will go to the capital." In these words, everyone should go together.
Zhang Yunming was about to speak again, Zhang Yunzheng said: "That's it!"
Zhang Yunming raised his eyebrows upside down: "What do you mean it's just settled?!"
Zhang Yunzheng said: "According to everyone's opinion! Have you heard of it?! Now who agrees to go back to the capital together?" After speaking, he raised his hand, and the fourth prince immediately raised his hand, Su Wanniang raised his hand shyly, Shen Wen actually thought the same It is more reassuring to let the fourth prince go back first. But from the very beginning, she let the fourth prince go with her to take care of Su Wanniang's feelings. When she saw Su Wanniang raised her hand, she knew that Su Wanniang was reluctant to part with the fourth prince. Now that Zhang Yunming has arrived, with carriages and horses, he should be much safer, so he also raised his hand.
Zhang Yunzheng said proudly: "Look! Four to one!"
Zhang Yunming was annoyed: "Who said that we followed the public opinion?!"
Zhang Yunzheng put down his hands and said: "This is a new rule! You don't understand. You should learn it quickly, or you will look old..."
Zhang Yunming clenched his fists, Zhang Yunzheng turned to the others and said, "You don't want to go for a walk in the street? I want to see if there are any dried fruits for sale..."
Zhang Yunming was furious: "Don't go!"
Su Wanniang looked at Zhang Yunming timidly: "I won't go."
Shen Wen said: "I really want... well, I won't go either." Seeing Zhang Yunming's eyes about to go crazy, Shen Wen changed his words.
The fourth prince felt unhappy because Zhang Yunming wanted to send him back first, so he went upstream and said, "I actually want to go and see that Tao's tea house..."
Zhang Yunming said: "Don't go out!"
Zhang Yunzheng ignored Zhang Yunming, and said to the fourth prince: "We went to the street after lunch, and I also like to drink that tea."
Zhang Yunming said loudly to Zhang Yunzheng: "Did you hear what I said?!"
Zhang Yunzheng covered his ears: "Can't hear, can't hear!"
Shen Wen smiled and said to Zhang Yunming: "Don't be too nervous, we haven't seen anything on this journey? It's much more thrilling than now..."
Zhang Yunming was angry with Shen Wen: "You still have the nerve to say that?! Is this something to be proud of? The body of a thousand gold doesn't sit down..."
Shen Wen covered her mouth: "I actually want to go to sleep for a while. I don't feel angry enough. I suggest you take a rest too..." Zhang Yunzheng laughed, and Shen Wen saluted and left with Su Wanniang, who bowed her hair and smiled, leaving Zhang Yunming behind. Continue to be angry later.