Chapter 16: A good show begins
Liu Wen sighed and said, "Well, that's it. Follow him, he thought he could make a decision to rely on others, so I will wait and see." As he said that, he sat down and tried his best to drink tea with a calm look, but his heart was still overwhelming.
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The next morning, Zhang Jing hurried to Chen Huang's house.
The Chen family celebrated their birthday, and there were crowds of people, and many merchants came.
There were even a few eunuchs from the palace, but these eunuchs were not convenient to meet, so they were directly welcomed by Chen Huang to the central hall and sat down.
Chen Huang's face was flushed at this time, and his godfather came to congratulate him in person, which gave him full face.
Although the godfather is in the Imperial Horse Prison, he is just the most ordinary little eunuch and cannot even be called a eunuch. After all, the godfather's godfather is the leader of the Imperial Horse Prison, and the godfather's godfather's godfather is the nine thousand-year-old Eunuch Wei!
With his godfather here to support him, Chen Huang was naturally full of confidence.
In this middle hall, he specially set up a case, with various birthday gifts on it, the most prominent of which was the Golden Buddha sent by Zhang Jingyi.
In addition, there are also longevity peaches cast in silver and several other generous gifts.
At the Zhongmen, he had already prepared, and all the invited guests were invited to sing a gift.
So at this time, a voice spread from the middle gate: "Zhao Sheng, the head of Deshengfang, came to pay his birthday to celebrate Chen Baihu's 100th anniversary, and gave him a pair of jade bracelets and a hundred taels of silver."
"Wu Ming, the owner of Wu Ji Silk Shop, came to pay his birthday to celebrate his birthday and gave him a silver or jade..."
Chen Huang was already full of joy at this time!
Zhang Jingyi's method is really good. In the past, those who gave gifts were all singing gifts in person, but now they sang gifts in person. If they gave fewer gifts, they would not be able to pass it perfunctorily.
What's more, I hear that others have given so much, so I will inevitably have to increase my investment layer by layer.
Besides his subordinates, most of these guests were merchants. The merchants took the tyranny of Chen Baihu, so how dare they not come!
As soon as Zhang Jing arrived, he gave him another gift.
But this time, Chen Huang did not welcome him.
The host went out to greet him in person, and the guests were often greeted by distinguished guests. Although Zhang Jingyi and Chen Huang were both households, in Chen Huang's view, the Zhang family's status was nothing but a good person, so naturally there was no need to work on his big boss.
It was just a manager of the Chen family who invited Zhang Jingyi to a side hall to sit down.
Zhang Jingyi was not angry. Most of the people sitting in the same seat were ordinary Jinyiwei small flags and general flags, or three or two businessmen. When they saw Zhang Jingyi coming in, they asked about their name. When they heard that it was Zhang Jingyi, their faces became strange.
Obviously, Zhang Jingyi is also famous.
Zhang Jingyi ignored them and just ate refreshments leisurely.
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Pingqingfang.
This is a strange place for the inner city. Most of the inner city are the residences of high-ranking officials and nobles, while most ordinary people live outside the city.
However, here, there is sewage flowing everywhere, dirty and sheds are continuous. Most of the residents here are crowded with garbage and sewage, which is very rare in the inner city.
At that time, the imperial court established a personal army, and the conditions for the personal army were very generous.
In order to show that Huang En is doomed, during the Yongle period, the court issued an order to provide pensions to the personal soldiers who died in battle.
However, now the world is generally peaceful, and the personal army is responsible for defending the emperor and the imperial city, so naturally there are few deaths in battle.
The only exception is the Jinyiwei. In addition to inquire about the movements of all officials for the emperor, the Jinyiwei also has the responsibility of spying on the vassal states and the enemy, so many people died.
Their family was placed here by the court, showing the court's love for these heroic officials, wives, daughters and children.
Even so, the father and brothers died in battle, and the family lost their support. The money and food that were paid well on the surface, but the pensions had been deducted by the senior management of the factory and the actual number was pitiful.
Originally, these children could be substituted for the elders, but without the support of their father and brother, the commanders of the superiors, thousands and hundreds of households would rather plant their own people than add these children to the garrison.
Therefore, these orphans of the Jinyiwei who had lost their livelihood often have difficulty sustaining their lives and lived in extremely poor life.
Deng Jian and Wang Cheng, their fathers, were also killed, but they were lucky. Their deceased father and Zhang Tianlun were brothers, and they were born and died together. Therefore, Zhang Tianlun took them as their adopted son, protected them, and even found a way to get them to the Jinyiwei to take over. The lives of these two people were better.
Now, the flag has been raised because of its contribution, and it is even more rare in Pingqingfang.
It was early in the morning, and there were countless shanty towns where sick coughs, children's crying, and women's curses.
But at this moment, Deng Jian and Wang Cheng held up a gong and rang a clang.
Dangdang...
Deng Jian said with a loud voice: "Today Chen Baihu celebrates his birthday, invite everyone to have a drink, everyone is here to hurry up."
Eat wine...
For most of the orphans of the Jinyiwei who are struggling in life, this is obviously very attractive. Many families have not yet put rice into the pot.
Suddenly, some troublemakers came out: "Brother Deng, do you take it seriously? Then why would Chen Baihu want to invite us to drink?"
"I think I'm sympathetic to everyone, so I'll go if I want to go."
Qingpingfang suddenly became noisy.
No one treats to guests at ordinary times. Chen Baihu's family is a big business, no one knows. How much money he has greedy on weekdays, it's useless to not eat it.
In a moment, hundreds of people came out, each of them were full of joy.
Deng Jian and Wang Cheng were muttering in their hearts, they didn't know what their third brother was planning.
Can someone take revenge if you go to Chen Baihu’s banquet?
At this time, many people had gathered together. Deng Jian and Wang Cheng had no time to think too much, so they hurriedly led the people and rushed to the Chen family.
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Chen Baihu was nodding and bowing with a few young eunuchs from the palace at this time. The sound of singing and singing of salutes outside made him feel at ease and very happy.
At this moment, a family chief tiptoed to him and whispered: "Master, it's almost time to start the meal."
"Open and open." Chen Huang nodded and said, "Be careful to take care of it and don't neglect the guests. Oh, by the way, where is that boy named Zhang?"
"Sitting in the side hall, isn't it because the master wants to invite him here?"
Chen Huang's face was light and dark, and then he sneered coldly: "No need, he wants to flatter me, but this is not the place where he sits. You go down."
Zhang Jingyi sat in the side hall, watching coldly. At this time, the table was ready. The guests raised their chopsticks, but Zhang Jingyi did not eat or drink.
When we came to this world, the diet of this era was not as good as Zhang Jingyi's appetite. After all, the seasonings of this era were pitifully scarce.
When he came to this world, Zhang Jingyi was always nervous because he knew better than anyone else how terrible the world would become in decades.
So the only thing he can do is to try his best to avoid such a thing.
He wants to protect himself and his relatives around him. With a greater sentiment, he hopes to protect countless people in the capital and the world.
But what should I do?
Although he has no clue now, at least one thing is correct, that is, he is now slight and must strive to be the best.
So he cannot take every step wrong. If one mistake is wrong, he will never be able to recover.
At present, Chen Baihu is the object that must be eliminated. It is not because this person simply bullied his righteous brother, but because Zhang Jing had to move these stones away if he wanted to make a difference in the Jinyiwei.
He tried hard to even his breathing and calm himself. In fact, Zhang Jing was not sure whether what happened next could have the effect he wanted.
And at this moment, a sudden noise came from outside.
The noise became louder and louder, and there seemed to be an argument.
Chapter completed!