Back to Daming to be a genius

Chapter 29

(PS: These days are too busy, so the update time is not fixed, and the number of words is not very large, please forgive me. After this busy week, Pure Wolf must try to update on time and strive for a burst of character.)
Forcibly dragging Xiong Hu into the gatehouse of Gu Bingqian's mansion, Young Master Zhang first pushed Xiong Hu into the middle of the room, then closed the door, leaned against the door, and while paying attention to whether anyone was eavesdropping, lowered his voice and shouted viciously to Xiong Hu: "Smelly girl, do you have any brains? Did I tell you that I don't care about your father that day in the Liansheng Inn? Why did you run away quietly?"

Xiong Hu turned her face and said nothing, as if she didn't even bother to look at Young Master Zhang, until Young Master Zhang asked again, Xiong Hu turned around and said with a straight face: "Okay, Zhang Da Tanhua, it's not easy for you to get a Tanhua in the exam, don't do it for My family's affairs have delayed your bright future! You are so appreciated by the Supervisor of Ceremonies, Eunuch Wang and Nine Thousand Years, and it is easy to get promoted and get rich. If you are involved in my family's affairs and delay your future, it is not worth it!"

"Did I say that I was afraid that you would delay my future?" Young Master Zhang asked angrily.Xiong Hu froze for a moment, and when he came back to his senses, although Xiong Hu still had a pretty face, his tone was a little loose, and he asked in a low voice: "Then...then Xiao Chuan told you to drive me away, didn't you hear me?" his?"

"Not only did I not agree?" Young Master Zhang said angrily: "Later, I heard Zhang Shitou said that you left crying, and I knew that you had misunderstood, so I ran out to chase you again, but there were some problems in it, so I didn't give up. I didn't catch up with you, and I never had a chance to go to Ankang Hutong to ask you to explain." As he spoke, Young Master Zhang explained in detail how he was targeted by the Donglin Party that day, and how he was restrained by Wei Zhongxian from going out. , Young Master Zhang said again: "It's not like you don't know the virtues of the officials and censors of the Donglin Party. They put your father into the sky prison. If I am tricked by them again, I will still be taken away." What are you trying to do to save your father?"

"So, I misunderstood you?" Xiong Hu said embarrassingly with a fever on his face.Young Master Zhang replied angrily: "Of course it was a misunderstanding! I never thought that your mind would be so narrow-minded, you would rush away without listening to what you said, and in the end you would treat my kindness as a donkey's liver and lungs. I should have known you were like this." Be careful, I'll just..."

"What are you talking about?" Xiong Hu scowled again.Young Master Zhang timidly glanced at Xiong Hu's clenched pink fist, and said in a low voice, "I won't chase you from Linqing to the capital."

"Hmph, I was short-sighted, you should know now?" Xiong Hu hummed extremely unhappy.Young Master Zhang laughed dryly, but did not dare to answer, Xiong Hu didn't speak anymore, and the room suddenly fell silent.After a long time, Xiong Hu turned his back again, and said softly in a mosquito-like humming voice: "According to you? You are still willing to save my father for me? Can you please help me with my blood testimonial for my father?" Present it to the emperor during the imperial examination?"

"The palace examination?" It's good that Xiong Hu didn't mention the palace examination, but when it was mentioned, Young Master Zhang woke up immediately as if he had been splashed with a basin of ice water - he was the one who was going to run away, Why did he get involved with Xiong Tingbi again?Seeing that Young Master Zhang didn't answer for a long time, Xiong Hu thought it was Young Master Zhang who didn't scatter hawks when he didn't see a rabbit, so he said softly shyly: "If you can really rescue my father from the prison, then you are our Xiong family." Your great benefactor, my father and his old man will definitely be grateful to you... He will never refuse you to ask him anything..."

Xiong Hu has said everything to this point, and the meaning is self-evident, but Young Master Zhang is now a mud bodhisattva crossing the river, and he can't protect himself, so how dare he agree casually?So after thinking about it for a while, Young Master Zhang said hesitantly: "Miss Xiong, it's not that I don't sympathize with Uncle Xiong's injustice, and it's not that I don't want to help you out of your predicament. He...he made up his mind to kill your father, I really... really have no choice." After that, Young Master Zhang quickly added, "I didn't lie to you this time, I really proposed in front of Jiu Qiansui. I wanted to see your father, but Jiu Qiansui immediately refused, and even suspected that I have something to do with your father."

To Young Master Zhang's surprise, after he finished speaking, Xiong Hu didn't show off his masculinity or walk away as expected, but just turned his back to Young Master Zhang and remained motionless, as if he didn't hear what Master Zhang said.But after this, Young Master Zhang felt even more embarrassed, and couldn't help but said guiltily: "Miss Xiong, I'm really sorry, I really can't do anything. But you stopped Gu Bingqian's sedan chair today to complain, but it was a waste of energy. Gu Bingqian and I Also worship Jiu Qiansui as godfather, but Jiu Qiansui doesn't nod, even with a hundred courage, he dares to reverse the case for your father."

Xiong Hu finally moved a little bit, his thin shoulders trembled slightly, Young Master Zhang felt ashamed and dared not speak, it was not until a long time later that Xiong Hu slowly came back, tears rolled down Guazi's face, already crying like pear blossoms with rain generally.Xiong Hu choked up and said: "I knew that I was lying to myself. Last time in Ankang Hutong, you said that you could go up the mountain of swords and go down the sea of ​​fire for me, and no matter how much you paid, you would rescue my father from the prison. Although I didn't believe it, I still lied to myself and said, maybe you can do it, maybe you are a real hero who doesn't care about trivial matters, maybe you can really help daddy clean up his grievances, and I still have a little hope for you... "

Young Master Zhang lowered his head in shame, but Xiong Hu cried more and more sadly, choking up so much that he could barely speak clearly, "Looking at it now, I was deceiving myself, I was so stupid to believe such a rascal like you, believe you Such a liar, I...I...." When he said this, Xiong Hu was already sobbing, and the crystal tears completely wet the coarse cloth clothes on his chest, and even a few drops fell to the ground, making a crackling sound. crisp sound.Eldest Young Master Zhang also clenched his teeth, the breath rolled in his chest, and his breathing became more and more heavy.

After a long time, Xiong Hu finally stopped crying, wiped his red almond eyes and choked up and said: "Forget it, I don't blame you, I have nothing to do with you, and I have no right to blame you. From now on, I will put You forget, you can also forget me, you can be your high-ranking official, and I will continue to complain for my father, you don’t care, and you don’t care.”

After finishing speaking, Xiong Hu wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes again, walked up to Young Master Zhang with his head down, and wanted to push Young Master Zhang away to leave.And Young Master Zhang smelled the fragrance on her body, his already chaotic mind suddenly became dizzy, his blood surged up, he suddenly opened his arms to embrace Xiong Hu, frightened Xiong Hu, scared and ashamed, he struggled quickly: "Let me go!" , what are you doing? Let me go!"

"Little girl Xiong Hu, listen to me." Young Master Zhang hugged Xiong Hu tightly, stared at Xiong Hu's red and swollen eyes, and said word by word: "The me before was really nothing. I have never done a good thing. But this time, I made up my mind. No matter how difficult or dangerous it is, I will rescue your father from the prison and marry you back home as a wife! You can't escape , your father can't die either!"

After all, Young Master Zhang didn't wait for Xiong Hu's answer, and directly kissed Xiong Hu's cherry lips.Xiong Hu was ashamed and struggled desperately to resist, but this time Young Master Zhang was hardened by eating the weight, and his arms hugged Xiong Hu tightly as if made of iron. No matter how hard Xiong Hu tried, he couldn't break free from his embrace. Xiong Hu had no choice but to see that Young Master Zhang just kissed without further action, so he had no choice but to go with Young Master Zhang...

Finally, when Young Master Zhang couldn't hold his breath and let go, Xiong Hu's cherry lips were already a little red and swollen from being sucked by Young Master Zhang, Xiong Hu was even more ashamed, and quickly struggled out of Young Master Zhang's embrace, rubbed his lips and said angrily: "Come again to cheat!" I, what you said, when has it ever been true?"

"It's absolutely true this time." Young Master Zhang said firmly: "And I can prove it right away, you go to the Canal Wharf to find my servant Zhang Shitou immediately, tell him to go back to the inn to wait for me, and say that I won't come back Cleared."

"Back to Linqing? You planned to go back to Linqing just now? Why? You didn't take part in the palace examination?" Xiong Hu froze for a moment.First young master Zhang looked outside the door through the crack of the door, then turned his head and said in a low voice: "This is not a place to talk, you can ask Zhang Shitou for the details, and leave now, and be careful not to let the spies of the East Factory follow you."

Xiong Hu also stared at Young Master Zhang for a long time, seeing that the firm expression on Young Master Zhang's face no longer seemed to be fake this time, so he blushed and said suspiciously: "Okay, I will trust you for the last time, and I will go to the pier to give you I'll bring you a letter." After that, Xiong Hu pushed the door and went out, but when her little hand touched the door, Xiong Hu paused again, and said in a low voice shyly: "However, if you lie to me again this time , then I will settle the old and new scores with you - cut off your stinky mouth that bullied me!"

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Not long after Xiong Hu left, Gu Bingqian, the seventy-year-old and eighty-year-old chief assistant elder brother of Young Master Zhang, slowly came in on tiptoe with his hands behind his back. Although he waited outside for a long time, Gu Bingqian couldn't see any displeasure on his face. He greeted Eldest Young Master Zhang kindly and kindly: "Old brother, please do it in the living room as soon as you finish the business. The food and drinks served for you by the old brother are about to cool down."

"Thank you, brother. I asked my brother to wait outside the door for a long time. I hope my brother will forgive me for being rude." Young Master Zhang is also a person who has been trained in the officialdom. He knows that there must be some bad idea behind Gu Bingqian's kind smile, but he still He saluted politely and thanked him, followed Gu Bingqian into the main hall for the banquet.During this period, Young Master Zhang naturally had to exaggerate how luxurious and elegant Gu Bingqian's mansion is, how filial and well-behaved Gu Bingqian's son and grandson are, how rich and delicious the banquet is, his mouth is full of hypocritical words, it doesn't matter if he doesn't mention it in the text.

After drinking for three rounds, the conversation got to the point, Gu Bingqian raised a wine glass, and seemingly unintentionally asked Young Master Zhang: "My dear brother, if Brother Yu read correctly just now, the lady who was talking to brother in the porter earlier, It seems to be the daughter of criminal officer Xiong Tingbi, right?"

"Brother's eyesight is perfect, she is Xiong Tingbi's daughter." Young Master Zhang was also very happy, and he nodded in recognition.Gu Bingqian was stunned for a moment, obviously he didn't expect that Young Master Zhang didn't quibble and deny it, then he put down his wine glass, twitched his pure white beard without a single color and said with a smile: "My dear brother, since this is the case, brother Yu will persuade you a few words. ——Then Xiong Tingbi is a serious criminal who lost Liaodong, a prisoner who was deliberated by the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Ministry of Punishment and the three halls of Dali Temple, and our foster father, the [-]-year-old Eunuch Wei, also nodded and sentenced to death! Brother, you and this kind of prisoner If the foster father finds out about it, the other family will not be happy either."

"Mother, old eunuch Wei must have known about it by now—maybe it's a letter from you, a shameless old man." Young Master Zhang muttered disdainfully in his heart, but smiled on his mouth: "Don't worry, brother, brother and that Xiong Tingbi's daughter had a secret meeting, actually there is a special reason, if the adoptive father knows the joint, not only will he not be angry, but will be very happy."

"Oh, that brother Yu wants to ask my virtuous brother for advice." Gu Bingqian asked curiously: "What is the reason why my virtuous brother is in contact with Xiong Tingbi's daughter?" Young Master Zhang didn't answer, just looked around, Gu Bingqian understood, The children and grandchildren who were accompanying the banquet and the maids and servants were busy retreating, only the second son Gu Tianxin was left behind, and then he said with a smile: "My dear brother, there are no other outsiders now, please tell me."

"Brother, have you heard of such a thing?" Young master Zhang beckoned Gu Bingqian and his son to put their ears in front of him, and said mysteriously: "When Xiong Tingbi first entered his official career, he was just a sixth-rank official with a Jinshi background. , and there is no backer in the imperial court, why can I climb to such a prominent position as the envoy of the Liaodong Economic Strategy and the Minister of the Ministry of War in just over twenty years? Since the war with Jiannu, the big and small generals have been defeated repeatedly, why only Xiong Tingbi has won repeatedly? ——Brother, don’t talk about the Guangning fiasco in the second year of Tianqi, we all know who is responsible for that fiasco bright."

Young Master Zhang’s words were impartial, and they were all aimed at the heart of Gu Bingqian, who would do anything to get promoted and get rich, so Gu Bingqian didn’t care about arguing with Young Master Zhang about who was more responsible for Guangning’s disastrous defeat, Xiong Tingbi or Wang Huazhen, but he couldn’t wait to ask: “ Why? My virtuous brother, you must not hesitate to teach me?" Gu Tianxin, who was still a Hanlin scholar next to him, was even more excited, and hurriedly poured wine for Young Master Zhang, flatteringly said: "Uncle, please have another drink."

"Don't dare to lie to my elder brother and my nephew." Young Master Zhang said even more mysteriously: "When my younger brother first came into contact with Xiong Tingbi's daughter Xiong Hu, apart from being a little greedy for Xiong Hu's beauty, another reason was that he suspected that Xiong Tingbi had something wrong with her." What kind of military strategy, I want to cheat from that little girl to learn a thing or two, so that I can help my adoptive father in the future - the adoptive father also knows about this, because the younger brother once mentioned in front of the adoptive father that he wanted to learn from Xiong Tingbi. Fa——but until today, my little brother took advantage of your concierge, elder brother, to get the truth out of that little girl Xiong Hu!"

"What's the truth?" Gu Bingqian and his son held their breath together.Young Master Zhang looked around again, and then said in a low voice: "That little girl Xiong Hu told me that the reason why Xiong Tingbi is so powerful in the officialdom and on the battlefield is because Xiong Tingbi has a unique copy of a unique book in his hand! Xiong Tingbi has only learned the surface of that strange book!"

"Xiong Tingbi has an isolated copy of a peerless book? Have you only learned superficially?" Gu Bingqian and his son were skeptical, and thought together: Is this possible?Although there is a golden house in the book and Yan Ruyu in the book, but that is the Four Books and Five Classics, what book can be more powerful than these books?
"To be honest, brother, I didn't believe it at all at the beginning." Young Master Zhang saw the doubts of Gu Bingqian and his son, and said again: "But that little girl Xiong Hu recited a paragraph of that book for my brother to verify. , I felt that it was indeed a wise and famous saying, and I believed it to be true. ——If brother is also interested, brother can recite this passage to you as well."

"Brother, please enlighten me." Gu Bingqian blurted out.Young Master Zhang smiled and said slowly: "The ancients were heroes, but they were thick-faced and dark-hearted. Those who are not thin are called thick, and those who are not white are called black. Destiny is called thick black, and thick and black is called Dao. Cultivate thick Blackness is teaching; those who are thick with black should not leave it even for a moment, but separation is not thick with black. Therefore, a gentleman should be cautious about what is not thick, fear what is not black, never be dangerous about thinness, never be dangerous about white, Therefore, a gentleman must be thick with black. He does not express joy, anger, sorrow, and joy, which is called thick, and hair without scruples is called black. Thickness is the foundation of the world; blackness is the way of the world. To thicken black , the heavens and the earth are in awe, ghosts and gods are in awe."

Young Master Zhang recited this text very profoundly. Even Gu Bingqian and his son were rich in education, and it took a lot of effort to comprehend one or two of the subtle meanings of this text. It’s because I think this passage is unfathomable and has endless aftertaste. Some things I did before—such as taking my son to worship Wei Zhongxian as a grandfather, and so on—connected with this passage, there are many coincidences, but It is not as broad and profound as it is, it is simply a wise saying, undeniable, and the Bible preaches the virtuous!Immediately, the father and son yelled together, and asked Young Master Zhang in unison: "My dear brother (uncle), what is the name of this book?"

Young Master Zhang took a sip of his wine, and replied slowly: "The title of this book is: "Thick Black Studies."——When Young Master Zhang was a civil servant in his previous life, he memorized this book of civil servants in just one month It's overripe.

"Oh, what a pity, the foster father hates Xiong Tingbi very much, and the younger brother doesn't dare to have frequent contact with Xiong Tingbi's daughter, and I don't know if there will be a chance to cheat the whole book from that little girl in the future. "

"Brother, don't worry, leave this matter to Brother Yu. Brother Yu will go and explain to the adoptive father, and take care of persuading the adoptive father to stop objecting to the relationship between the younger brother and Xiong Tingbi's daughter! ——Xin'er, get a pen and paper, and send your uncle Write down all the words just now, don't miss a single word!"

Gu Bingqian ran to Wei Zhongxian and explained the reason why Young Master Zhang had a secret conversation with Xiong Hu, and by the way, recited that passage to Wei Zhongxian's confidantes, all of Wei Zhongxian's confidantes and think tanks immediately had their eyes bright, scrambling to promote Zhang Da to Wei Zhongxian. The young master learned from Xiong Tingbi the benefits of the strategy of war, and suggested that Wei Zhongxian go along with the situation and acquiesce in the relationship between Young Master Zhang and the brothers and sisters of the Xiong family.Although the illiterate and blind Wei Zhongxian didn't understand a word, seeing how eager and enthusiastic the gang of henchmen were, he nodded and said, "Well, anyway, those brats from the Xiong family can't make trouble, that monkey boy and Our family ignored Xiong Tingbi's children's contacts before, and we will not care about them in the future."

(End of this chapter)