Zhang Yun's ancient life

When Guan Jing returned to the yard, Uncle He was looking at the paper list in his hand. Seeing this, Guan Jing also followed her, and heard her little uncle say to herself: "Brother Jing, I will take care of the items on this list." I read them all in general, they are all simple objects, there is nothing difficult to get rid of, and there are not too many things to be used, but the place and order of the placement should not be mistaken, and I will pass the order when I come. My father-in-law told me that I must follow the step-by-step instructions on the list, and I can’t make any mistakes.”

Hearing this, Guan Jing took the list and looked at it, and quickly compared the things on the list with the things stored in his home or in the library in his mind, and then he went back to the house to find a piece of paper , Pick out all the things you don’t have at home, and write them on a list separately.

Then he took out the key from his bosom, took out some silver from the money box, handed the list and the silver to Aunt Ma, and said to her: "Auntie, hurry up to the shop on the street and write on the list. Don’t worry about the amount of money, just pick the best one and buy it back. If the money in your hand is not enough, you should write down the IOU first, saying that it is something our Zhang family needs urgently, and the money will be handed over tomorrow. Sent it to them."

Aunt Ma also heard what the yamen servant said just now, and she is still trembling slightly with excitement. She has lived to such an old age and has worked for so many people, let alone pick up For people like them, they usually dare not even mention the word "Ji Shang", because they are afraid that if they can't say that well, they will violate the taboo of the court, which is a serious crime of copying their families and destroying their ancestors.

Today, she can actually see others receive the order with her own eyes, and she can also buy things to meet the imperial order. The county magistrate has never done her job before, hey, hey, what a blessing this is. The ancestral grave is smoking now, so she just said, the Zhang family and his wife are a very lucky family, and even I, who works in their family, can encounter such a good thing. No one will dare to say that she is a country rough woman in the future.

So Aunt Ma happily took the money and the paper list, and quickly walked out of the gate of Zhang's mansion, and rushed towards the shops in the next street.

In the house, Guan Jing and Uncle He found out all the things they needed, and then arranged them according to the requirements written on the list. They cleaned the outside of the house from the gate to the courtyard corridor again, and waited for Aunt Ma to clean up the leftovers. When the things that were taken down were brought back, the sound of gongs beating in the distance could be heard from afar.

As soon as Uncle He heard the sound of the gong, he knew that the person who would come to pass the decree was about to arrive, because Dayong had inherited the tradition of the previous dynasty. The only one who can use the golden gong to clear the way is the county magistrate, and the county magistrate is now walking with the father-in-law who delivered the decree.

Uncle He hurriedly arranged the things that Aunt Ma bought back, and said to Guan Jing: "Brother Jing, go and make a red envelope, and you still have to reward me after the edict is delivered later." .”

Guan Jing hurried into the house when he heard the words, and turned out the silver from the money box. After looking through it for a while, he was a little uncertain. This is the father-in-law who came out of the palace. How much should be rewarded to be considered appropriate?

After hesitating for a while, Guan Jing put down the silver ingot in his hand, turned out the silver bill from the bottom of the money box, and took out a 50 tael package from it and put it into the red envelope. (Comrades, don’t think that 50 taels is very little. Zhang Yun is now a seventh-rank military officer, and his annual salary is only 54 taels. It’s been ten years for a poor family.)

After wrapping up the red envelopes, Guan Jing took out the set of specially made clothes from the closet and put them on, pulled out the silver hairpin on her head and replaced it with sapphire ones, and from the closet, took out the big belt that she seldom wears usually. Take it out and wrap it around your waist. The buckle and tail made of gold are fastened together, and a luxurious and beautiful belt is fastened.

When Guan Jing tidied herself up and came out, the sound of the gong could be heard clearly, and the sound was getting closer and closer to their home. In the yard, Uncle He was talking to the original person who came to report the news. The yamen servant was talking about something, and when he saw Guan Jing coming out, he said to him: "Quick, Xiao Huang said that the imperial decree has arrived at the entrance of the town, come quickly and stand up, and wait with me to receive the decree."

Then he turned around and said to Aunt Ma: "Old sister, when receiving the order, no one is allowed to watch from the sidelines, so please go back to the back room and take care of Bao Ni."

Although Uncle He was asking questions, he didn't use interrogative sentences. Although Aunt Ma felt a little sorry when she heard the words, she didn't dare to provoke the royal etiquette, so she replied: "The old lady still knows the rules, so I will go back and take care of the young lady." .”

Guan Jing told her: "Aunt Ma, you must watch Bao Ni, you can't let her cry at this time."

Aunt Ma walked back and said, "Madam, don't worry, although our young lady is still young, she is clever and will not cause you any trouble."

When they were all ready, the sound of the gong had already reached the gate. The gate of the Zhang family was now wide open. The guards of honor outside the gate came to the gate and stopped in a tacit understanding. Get out of the way, and invite the imperial envoys behind and the gentlemen of the county government to go in first.

The eunuch and supervisor who delivered the decree walked into the gate of Zhang's house quickly, and behind him were officials of all sizes from the Lixian County Yamen. After he entered the door, he glanced around the courtyard first, and saw that there was nothing wrong with all the arrangements, so he nodded in satisfaction, and then said to Guan Jing who was standing in the courtyard with his head bowed: " Are you Zhangmenguan?"

Guan Jing heard the words and hurried back: "Exactly."

Seeing that he had answered the decree, the empress and supervisor took out the imperial decree from the long kit bag that he carried with him, held the imperial decree in both hands and lifted it to his head, and said loudly to Guan Jing: "Jezhou Fuli County Qingshi Town, the Zhangmenguan clan listened to the order."

Following the actions and words of the eunuch and eunuch, Guan Jing and Uncle He hurriedly knelt down, and the officials behind the eunuch and eunuch and all the government servants also knelt together, because Dayong's Book of Rites has a clear It is stipulated that when the imperial decree is read, except for the eunuch delivering the decree, the rest of the people who stay on the scene must kneel and listen to the holy words to show their respect to the royal family.

Afterwards, the eunuch and the eunuch held the edict and read a lot, please forgive Guan Jing. She didn't understand a single sentence (forgive the author, she really doesn't know how to write imperial edicts), but only heard that sentence, which sealed her as Mrs. Bapin.

Guan Jing felt that he was about to be overwhelmed. The things that happened today were beyond his acceptable range. He gritted his teeth, knelt down and thanked the emperor for his grace, and took over from the eunuch and supervisor. Obtained the decree.

Then, listening to the praise and admiration of the officials from Li County who came to pass the decree, he sent away the decree eunuch, the supervisor and those officials respectfully, and politely dealt with those who heard the voice or came over. Send blessings, or say good things to neighbors and neighbors.

Seeing his hazy face, his little uncle knew that he hadn't recovered yet, so he left without saying anything. After Guan Jing returned to the house alone, she spread out on the kang superior.

When Zhang Yun got the news and came back, he saw that the gate of his house was full of people who came to watch the fun, because considering that their family had just received the imperial decree, no one dared to knock on the door to disturb Guan Jing .

But seeing Zhang Yun came back, a group of uncles, uncles, aunts, girls and daughters-in-law gathered together and whispered together, as if they had seen gold, they all talked to Zhang Yun about what happened in their house just now. that scene.We can't blame them for being excited, not to mention Qingshi Town, but even Li County since it was established as a county, it has never had a Mrs. Madam, Guan Jing is the first one.

In fact, most of what these guys said came from other people's mouths, because when the decree was delivered, all the idlers around were driven away, and they only knew that people from the capital were coming to pass the decree. purpose, and know nothing about the rest.

But this can't stop their strong curiosity. Although they can only watch from a distance, they can still roughly guess based on the fragmented language they heard and the expressions on the faces of the officials. What the hell is going on inside.

Zhang Yun looked at the people in front of him, he couldn't hear what they were talking about in such a mess, he could only roughly know that most of them came to congratulate him.

Zhang Yun accepted everyone's congratulations with a kind face, and waited until people had almost vented their emotions and the surroundings calmed down before saying to everyone: "Fathers and folks, I just came back, and I have to answer the specific things." I won't know until after we get home, but I can already feel everyone's joy for us, and in a few days, when our family treats guests to wine, everyone must come and have a drink."

It took Zhang Yun a lot of effort to persuade these people to leave, and he took a long breath in his heart, thinking that the fellow villagers were so enthusiastic that it was unacceptable.

Seeing that someone was wandering around the door, Zhang Yun led the horse into the house.

As soon as he entered the door, he saw Aunt Ma coming to welcome her. Before she could speak, Zhang Yun said, "Aunt Ma, you don't need to say any more. I already know it. Please help me lead the horse to the stable. I want to enter the house." Go see Brother Jing."