Wei and Jin Cooks

  Chapter 690 Pei Yuanjun

Pei Lai came out with a majestic face, and seeing Zhao Hanzhang walking beside his son, he couldn't help being stunned for a moment, and hurried over to salute, "The grass-roots see the envoy, but he didn't know the guest was coming, and he was far away to welcome him. Haihan."

  Zhao Hanzhang said with a smile: "I passed by here by chance, and I was a little thirsty, so I came in to ask for a glass of water."

  Pei Lai hurriedly turned to invite Zhao Hanzhang to enter, and he secretly gave his son a wink, praising him for a good job.

  Pei Sanlang proudly gave his father a look.

  Many members of the Pei family died in the chaotic war in the early spring of this year. At that time, the family members who stayed in Luoyang were divided into two, and some people chose to stay in Luoyang and stand by the emperor;

  Some people choose to run away with the King of the East China Sea,

  After encountering Shi Le, many tribesmen were separated in the chaos. The most powerful and highest-ranking tribesmen were all captured by Shile because they were the closest to the carriages of King Donghai and Wang Yan.

  In the end, except for some women and children who were redeemed by Zhao Hanzhang, the rest became Shi Le's ghosts.

Pei Lai and Pei Lun were lucky. Because they were not officials in the court and did not have a grand reputation, they were a little far away from the center frame. When there was a mess, they took their families and ran to the wilderness, and finally escaped Shi Le. The massacre of the army was led out of the encirclement by the Zhao family army, and then they were forced to move back to Luoyang as survivors.

  Now they live on the half-day street, one house is his original property, and the rest is bought with the county government.

  They still had some treasures, and after becoming some, they bought the rest of the house with the Yamen, and gathered all the clansmen who returned to Luoyang.

   One is to strengthen the Pei family's power in Luoyang, so as not to be bullied by other families; the other is to deal with possible crises in the future.

  Luoyang looks prosperous now, but they all know that there are two knives hanging on Luoyang's head, and no one knows when they will cut them down, so they have to be prepared to escape.

  Although he was ready to run for his life at any time, Pei Lai would still be very happy if he had the opportunity to make his mark with Zhao Hanzhang.

  Although he didn't understand why Zhao Hanzhang came to the Pei family, it was indeed a huge opportunity for the Pei family.

   It must be Zhao Hanzhang’s excuse to beg for water or something, but Pei Lai still asks someone to bring good wine.

  Zhao Hanzhang raised his eyebrows, is it really drinking to quench his thirst?

She didn't sit down, but looked at the calligraphy and paintings hanging in the hall with her hands behind her back, then stopped in front of a word, turned her head and smiled and said: "I heard Wang Siniang mention that Pei Dun's daughter wrote a good handwriting, In terms of calligraphy attainment, it is not inferior to Wang Meizi, I wonder if I will be lucky enough to see it?"

  Pei Lai was stunned for a moment and then said: "Of course."

  He hurriedly turned his head and said to his son: "Go and find your hall aunt's copybook."

  Pei Sanlang responded, and after exiting the hall, he ran to the study to find the copybook that Pei Yuanjun had written to him before.

  Zhao Hanzhang took the copybook, unfolded it, and immediately fixed his gaze.

  This character is bold and tough, the strokes are restrained, but the bones are strong. It is obvious that he is a person with a very strong heart.

  Zhao Hanzhang's eyes were heavy, he closed the copybook at once, and asked, "I don't know where Miss Pei is now?"

  Pei Lai was stunned for a moment and then said: "She lives with my cousin, and if the envoy wants to see her, I will ask my son to call her."

   "No need," Zhao Hanzhang said with a smile, "I'll go over and invite you personally."

  Pei Lai hurried over with her.

  Pei Lun was also at home, and he was still a little dazed when he and his wife greeted him. Unfortunately, Zhao Hanzhang was in front of him. He only had time to look at Pei Lai, and without even saying a word, he led them to a side courtyard.

It was a very small courtyard, in a very remote place, Pei Lun was worried, and explained: "She is the only one left in Yuanjun's house, she doesn't want to live in the same courtyard with others, so I found this clean place for her. "

  Zhao Hanzhang nodded, not intending to blame.

   On the way from Pei Lai's house, she already knew that Pei Yuanjun's father and eldest brother died in the chaos, and the rest of the brothers disappeared and were not in Luoyang.

  She is now dependent on her clansmen to survive. Zhao Hanzhang is not sure if she has money with her, but as a woman, if she has no force or manpower, she cannot keep her money.

   At this time, it is a better place to rely on the tribe.

  The gates of the courtyards passing by on the road were all open, but this small courtyard was closed. Zhao Hanzhang stood in front of the door and knocked gently.

   There was no movement in the yard for the first time, she knocked again, and heard someone inside responding loudly: "Who is it, wait a minute."

Zhao Hanzhang stopped, and after a while the courtyard door opened, and a woman about the same age as Qing Gu poked her head out from inside. Her hair was full of green, and she had the same hairstyle as Qing Gu, but she was dressed in blue-gray linen The dress was still patched at the elbows, and the hand that opened the door was rough, with thick fingers. With just one glance, Zhao Hanzhang knew that she was a servant.

   Sure enough, when the other party saw Pei Lai and Pei Lun standing behind her, he immediately opened the courtyard door, bowed his knees and said: "I pay homage to Mr. Lai Lang and Mr. Lun Lang."

  Pei Lun explained Zhao Hanzhang: "This is the envoy, the eldest sister, let her come out to welcome the guests."

  The woman was slightly surprised, and quickly glanced at Zhao Hanzhang. Seeing her standing with a smile on her face, she quickly lowered her head and answered "Yes", and then quickly entered.

  She stayed by Pei Yuanjun's side and basically didn't go out. As for Zhao Hanzhang, she only glanced at it from a distance in the crowd, because she was too far away, and she had long forgotten what she looked like.

  But she held the spear in her hand, and she always remembered the feeling of scanning them with sharp eyes.

  The woman opened the courtyard door wide, ran down the corridor, and said to Pei Yuanjun who was mending clothes: "Big girl, the envoy is here."

  Pei Yuanjun paused the needle, then turned around and looked over, and saw Zhao Hanzhang who came in facing the sun and was looking at the yard curiously.

  Zhao Hanzhang met her eyes and couldn't help smiling.

   After a while, Pei Lai, Pei Lun and the others retreated outside the courtyard, Zhao Hanzhang knelt on the temporary mat, and Pei Yuanjun knelt opposite him.

  Her maid Wan Gu brought up two bowls of sugar water, knelt on the ground to serve the two of them, and then bowed and retreated.

  She stood on the other side of Tinghe, looking worriedly at the two people sitting opposite each other under the tree.

  Ever since Wang Rong let out the words that Pei Yuanjun was not allowed to remarry, she was locked in the backyard and had no possibility of going out. It was because of the chaos in Luoyang a few months ago that she was able to flee with her family.

  But after returning to Luoyang, the Pei family was still afraid of the power of the Wang family, and did not dare to propose marriage to Pei Yuanjun, nor did they dare to let her go out.

  As Pei Yuanjun's maid, Wangu had contacted the two wives before, and wanted the Pei family to send them back to Hedong, so that she might be able to make a marriage proposal for Pei Yuanjun in her hometown.

  But she was rejected after she had just started. Even if Wang Yan died, the Wang family is still the number one in the family now. His younger brothers, cousins, and clan brothers are all holding high-ranking officials everywhere.

  Besides, the Wang family has a great reputation, who would dare to offend the Wang family and ask Pei Yuanjun to marry him?

  Wan Gu really couldn't figure out why Zhao Hanzhang came to her.

  Pei Yuanjun doesn’t understand either

  Zhao Hanzhang glanced at the yellow syrup in the bowl, looked up at Pei Yuanjun, and said with a smile: "Hanzhang came here to ask Miss Pei to go out."

  Pei Yuanjun frowned: "Going out?"

   "Yes," Zhao Hanzhang said: "Miss Pei has been in the backyard for many years, don't you want to do things in the front yard, take a look at the scenery outside, and show off your talents?"

She said: "I want to hire a girl to be my book supervisor. I have to draft a lot of documents during this period, but my handwriting is not very good, and I just read Miss Pei's handwriting, and I am heartbroken." .”

Good night

  (end of this chapter)