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Chapter 28 Exogenous Branches
The big tree invites the wind, the bird that stands out with a gun, the tree that is beautiful in the forest will be destroyed by the wind——Master Zhang finally understood the meaning of these words, and began to regret that he was too famous and popular in the capital.There was no other reason, Master Zhang's master and servant made an excuse to go out to play, and just slipped out of the inn with silver tickets and jewelry on their backs. The big red invitation card was scrambling to say: "The young one pays respects to Mr. Tan Hua, and my master sends Yang Suoxiu, Mr. Yang, who wants to invite Mr. Tan Hua to move to my house for dinner. Please be sure to honor Mr. Tan Hua."

"Tanhua Gong, my master Zhou Rupan, Minister of Rituals, has set up a banquet at home, please Tanhuagong to come to the banquet."

"Tanhua Gong, the younger one is the servant of Huang Liji, the servant of Mr. Huang. My master wants to invite Tanhuagong to the banquet."

"Tan Hua Gong, Mr. Gao Di Gao, the servant of the Ministry of War, would like to invite you..."

"Thank you, my lords, for your kindness." The feasts of the sycophants came overwhelmingly, and Young Master Zhang panicked, so he had no choice but to resign, saying: "I'm really sorry, lords, I have already made an appointment to meet with you today. , I really don’t have time to go to the banquet, please report back to my lords, I, Zhang Haogu, will definitely come to apologize in another day.”

Young Master Zhang insisted that he had already made an appointment with someone today, and those servants who sent invitations dared to force Young Master Zhang to accept them, but they just nodded and bowed in apologetic smiles and asked Young Master Zhang to accept the invitation from their master, so that Young Master Zhang would know their master He paid respects to Zhang Da Tanhua, but Master Zhang had a headache but had no choice but to ask Zhang Shitou to accept them one by one, thanking him politely.But at this moment, another group of people suddenly came in front of the Liansheng Inn, carrying two sedan chairs, and stopped in front of the Liansheng Inn. The curtain of one of the sedan chairs was lifted, and a middle-aged man in his 50s or [-]s came down. People, pushed aside the crowd and walked up to Young Master Zhang, knelt down on both knees without saying a word, kowtowed respectfully and said: "Nephew Gu Tianxin, I pay my respects to my family friend, Uncle Zhang, I wish my uncle good luck like the East China Sea, and a longer life than Nanshan."

"You... who are you?" Young Master Zhang was a little dumbfounded, thinking that when will I run out with a nephew - judging by his age, he seems to be a few years older than my current father?
"Uncle Zhang, I'm your nephew, Gu Tianxin." The middle-aged man who was old enough to be the husband and wife of Mr. Zhang raised his head and said with a smile on his face, "My father's chief minister in the cabinet, Gu Bingqian, Mr. Gu, belongs to his old man who is nine thousand years old." Adopted son, Uncle Zhang, you are also a nine-thousand-year-old adopted son—calculated according to seniority, my nephew Gu Tianxin should be called your uncle."

"Oh, so it's such a nephew." Young Master Zhang suddenly realized.The servants sent by officials at all levels next to him let out exaggerated exclamations, and they all made up their minds - they must report this to their masters as soon as possible after returning home, so that their masters can make Zhang Da Tanhua's flattery more serious .And here, Young Master Zhang was also embarrassed to let a man who was older than his father always kneel in front of him, so he quickly supported Gu Tianxin with both hands, and said politely: "My nephew, please get up, although your father and I are already Brother, but there is no courtesy for a brother, a nephew must not be so polite."

"What uncle said is very true, and my father and nephew also think so." Gu Tianxin hit the snake on the stick and said respectfully: "So my father has already held a banquet at home, and sent my nephew to welcome uncle. Firstly, I want to invite my uncle to the shabby house for a banquet, and secondly, my father wants to take this opportunity to share the family relationship with my uncle and perform the gift of brothers, so I hope that my uncle will not refuse." As he said, Gu Tianxin went to the sedan chair he had brought. Pointing, said respectfully: "Look, uncle. In order to show respect for uncle, and because it is inconvenient to send an official sedan chair to meet uncle for fear of violating the court's laws, my father specially asked my nephew to bring the private sedan chair that I usually sit in to meet uncle. Over the house."

To change it to a few days ago, Gu Bingqian, a scholar of Dongge, a young master, a prince and a grand teacher, a secretary of the official department and the chief assistant of the current cabinet, sent people to welcome Young Master Zhang to the banquet. He also wanted to call Young Master Zhang a brother and brother, and Young Master Zhang definitely agreed immediately. ——After all, getting a relationship with a high-ranking official like Gu Bingqian will greatly benefit Young Master Zhang's future.But today is different. Young Master Zhang, who was already planning to run away, now hopes that his popularity will be as small as possible, so how dare he go sworn brotherhood with Gu Bingqian, so that more people will follow him?So Young Master Zhang couldn't help but secretly wiped his cold sweat, and quickly declined: "Nephew, I'm really sorry, I already have an appointment today..."

"Uncle." Gu Tianxin didn't give Young Master Zhang a chance to make excuses at all, held Young Master Zhang's hand, and said very sincerely: "My nephew just heard that uncle has an appointment today, but it doesn't matter, it will influence the time now It's still early, Uncle, please go to the house with your nephew to sit down for a while, share your brotherhood with my father, and then how about going to the appointment?"

"But the time I made an appointment with him is now." Young Master Zhang still wanted to shirk.But Gu Tianxin asked again: "The nephew dares to ask, who does my uncle have an appointment with? My nephew can send someone to explain to him. If it is convenient for my uncle's friend, my nephew can also bring him into my house to meet my uncle." , wouldn’t it be the best of both worlds?”

"This..." Young Master Zhang was a little dumbfounded, but Gu Tianxin's posture was not good. Today, it seemed that he would not give up until he brought Young Master Zhang home for dinner. Seeing the flaw, the man could only grit his teeth and said, "Okay, then I will go to Gu Ge's hometown with my nephew first, and then go to the appointment." After finishing speaking, Young Master Zhang turned his head and gave Zhang Shitou a wink, and ordered: : "Shitou, you go to my friend and wait there first, explain why I am late, and I will come as soon as I go."

Zhang Shitou understood, knowing that Young Master Zhang wanted to prepare the escape ship first, and at the same time had an excuse to get away from Gu Bingqian as soon as possible, so he nodded and replied, "Yes, don't worry, young master." Get on Gu Bingqian's sedan chair and rush to Gu's mansion, while Zhang Shitou rushes to the canal wharf to hire a boat, and when Young Master Zhang comes out of Gu's house, he will run away immediately.

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Gu Bingqian's house is located in Lige Old Hutong in Xicheng, Beijing. It is not too far from the Liansheng Inn where Young Master Zhang lives, but for the current Young Master Zhang, this distance seems extremely long-it seems like forever. It's not the same as walking.There are two reasons for this, the first reason is of course that Young Master Zhang is very anxious now, and the second reason is because of the sedan chair that Young Master Zhang is sitting on. The sedan chair that Young Master Zhang is sitting on is not only a four-carried sedan chair, In front of the sedan chair and behind the sedan chair, there were many family members of the Gu family huddling in front of and behind the sedan chair, so walking on the street naturally attracted the attention of the whole street, pointing and pointing, so frightened that Young Master Zhang quickly put down the window curtain of the sedan chair not long after he left, so as not to Being recognized by more people will cause unexpected troubles.

"I'm wronged!" Young Master Zhang must have gone out today and didn't take a good look at the imperial calendar. He was already in a state of anxiety and confusion. As soon as he was about to enter the gate of the Gu Mansion, a new accident appeared.Accompanied by a shrill cry of grievances, a young girl squeezed out of the crowd, rushed to Young Master Zhang’s sedan chair and knelt down, raised her bloody hands in the air, and yelled miserably: “I’m wronged! Avenge the daughter of the people!"

"Huh? The voice is so familiar?" Young Master Zhang looked out from the gap in the car curtain in doubt, but after only one glance, Young Master Zhang was dumbfounded again—the person kneeling outside the sedan chair crying for injustice had left without saying goodbye a few days ago Xiong Hu!At this time, Gu Tianxin poked his fat head out of the sedan chair at the back again, and cursed angrily: "Bold and cunning woman, how dare you block the sedan chair to make trouble? Someone, drag this cunning woman away!"

"Decree!" Gu's family members excitedly agreed, rushed forward like wolves and tigers to pull Xiong Hu, and took advantage of the maneuver, Xiong Hu didn't dare to resist, but struggled desperately and cried, "Old Gu Ge, the women are wronged! Minnv has grievances, please seek justice for Minnv!"

"Stop it, I!" Seeing from the curtain of the sedan chair that the family member of the Gu family dared to directly grab Xiong Hu's little hand, Young Master Zhang suddenly became angry for no reason, and couldn't help shouting in the sedan chair: "Stop, let her go!"

Hearing Young Master Zhang's voice, everyone knew that Young Master Zhang was Gu Bingqian's distinguished guest. Gu's servants couldn't help being startled, subconsciously stopped pulling Xiong Hu, and Xiong Hu was also startled, thinking that this voice was so familiar yesterday?Fortunately, Gu Tianxin, who was in the sedan chair at the back, also got out of the sedan chair at this time, leaned over to the window of Young Master Zhang, nodded and bowed, and said, "Uncle, I'm really sorry that I accidentally let this tricky woman disturb you, and made my uncle laugh at you." , my nephew is going to ask someone to drive away this tricky woman."

"It turned out to be Gu Bingqian's brother, so it must not be him." Xiong Hu breathed a sigh of relief, feeling lucky and worried at the same time, "Oops, it seems that I stopped the wrong sedan chair and called for grievances, and I stopped the sedan chair of Brother Gu Bingqian, what should I do? ?” Young Master Zhang ordered again in a low voice in the sedan chair: “Nephew, take this woman to the concierge of your house, I will ask her alone later.”

"Uncle wants to ask her alone?" Gu Tianxin was a little surprised, and then glanced back at Xiong Hu's face, Gu Tianxin suddenly realized, and said that the godsons of the godfather were all good-for-nothings—either greedy for money or lustful.After figuring this out, Gu Tianxin hurriedly chuckled next to Young Master Zhang's sedan chair, "Uncle, although this chick is pretty, she's not a top-notch one. If uncle likes it, my nephew will arrange some for you when I go back. "

"Stop talking nonsense." Young Master Zhang shouted angrily, "If you don't agree, I'll get off the sedan chair and take her away."

"Yes, yes." Gu Tianxin had no choice but to curse secretly in his stomach, turned around and ordered, "Let go of this woman, and take her back to the mansion." Xiong Hu was overjoyed when he heard the words, and said in his heart that he would have the opportunity to meet Gu Bingqian and Mr. Gu Ge That's all right, I have the hope of handing the certificate to the emperor.

At that moment, Young Master Zhang and his party went back on the road, with Xiong Hu following behind the two sedan chairs, and soon arrived in front of the gate of Gu Bingqian's mansion.Gu Bingqian, who is over [-] years old, has already led a large group of children and grandchildren to stand guard in front of the door. Just as Young Master Zhang lifted the sedan chair curtain, a large string of firecrackers rang out, and more than a dozen of Gu Bingqian's sons and grandsons also knelt on the floor. , The traffic jam made it impossible for Young Master Zhang to get out of the sedan chair, and they shouted in unison: "Nephew (grandson) greets uncle (uncle (uncle) and wishes uncle (uncle) all the best and a bright future."

"Too bad, I forgot to ask Zhang Shitou for some gold leaf wedding money." With so many children and grandchildren popping up all of a sudden, Young Master Zhang was inevitably at a loss.Fortunately, the silver-haired Gu Bingqian obviously didn't care about these trivial matters, he just greeted the sedan chair with a hearty smile, came to help Young Master Zhang get off the sedan chair, and said with a smile: "Old brother, come down quickly, old brother is already at home. For the banquet, I will wait for you, old brother, to start the banquet."

"Thank you, brother. My brother loves you so much. I really can't bear it." Calling Gu Bingqian, who is in his 70s, his elder brother, our Young Master Zhang couldn't help but blush, so he hurriedly got off the sedan chair and bowed to Gu Bingqian.But Gu Bingqian, who once dragged his son to worship Wei Zhongxian as his grandfather, had practiced it. He just laughed and helped Young Master Zhang, and said very affectionately: "Our own brother, why are you being polite? Brother, if you are polite, then you won't give it to me." Old brother lost face. Hurry up, talk inside..."

"Ah—!" Before Gu Bingqian finished speaking, Xiong Hu at the back of the team screamed, pointing at Young Master Zhang who had just got off the sedan chair, and shouted in a daze: "It's you?! You are the chief assistant of the court, Gu Ge!" Old brother?"

"Yes, it's me." Young Master Zhang turned his face to look at Xiong Hu, and replied in embarrassment.Xiong Hu's pink face turned red at first, and then he turned his head and left. Young Master Zhang was in a hurry, and quickly pushed Gu Bingqian away, and caught up with Xiong Hu's little hand, and explained: "Hu'er, don't go, you Let me explain."

"Explain what? What else are you explaining? Let's go! Don't let me miss your brilliant future!" Xiong Hu was also in a hurry, crying and cursing back and slapping Young Master Zhang on the face, it's a pity Zhang Da The young master was prepared for Xiong Hu's violent temper, and grabbed Xiong Hu's little hand in time, thus avoiding the scandal of Tanhua Lang being stabbed by flowers in the street.

There was a woman trying to beat up Jinke Tanhua, so there was chaos at the gate of Gu Bingqian's mansion. Seeing that there were too many people around, it was inconvenient for Master Zhang to talk, so he tightened Xiong Hu's hand and walked into the gate of Gu's mansion. Xiong Hu struggled and said: " What are you doing? Let me go?"

"Stop wordy! One more wordy word, and I'll slap you!" Young Master Zhang rolled his eyes, showing a rare look of ferocity—not to mention, the murderous look that Young Master Zhang had in his desperation was really majestic. When the time came, Xiong Hu was stunned, and was dragged away by Young Master Zhang involuntarily.Young Master Zhang turned to Gu Bingqian again and shouted: "Old brother, I will borrow your concierge, and I have a few words to say to this girl alone."

"Who is this little girl?" Gu Bingqian murmured in his heart, but out of consideration to please Young Master Zhang, Gu Bingqian still nodded with a smile: "Brother, you can use it for as long as you want."

(End of this chapter)