Xuanrong Hall is built on the central axis of the Zhang Mansion. It is the core building of the Zhang Mansion. It is here for guests to meet on weekdays.

Wang Huitong sat in the hall with anxiety. There were servants serving tea, but he was not very comfortable and occasionally slapped the wrinkles on his clothes.

Looking around at the blue bricks in Xuanrong Hall, covered with high-quality Persian carpets, several pillars made of wooden walls, and black paint on the pink reflects a faint luster.

The furniture in the lobby is made of all the best water-drowning wood. The original work of "Spring River Map" by the master of the Northern Song Dynasty landscape master Juran is hung on the middle hall. The couplets on both sides are written by Zhao Zhongmu, a master of the Yuan Dynasty. Several antiques and jadewares are also from the background. They are really a family of aristocratic families. Although they have risen and fall, the thin camel is bigger than a horse.

When I think about the move I made for regret, I really regretted it.

He looked at it again and again that day. No matter how he looked at Zhang Mu, he was also a fool. Who would have thought that in a few days, this kid actually won the case.

More importantly, his only relative, Aunt Zhou, has returned to heaven. Now that the huge family business has become Zhang Mu, this is exactly what human calculations are worse than God’s calculations. I had to work hard to get to this marriage back then. Now I’m in vain, how can I be willing to do it?

So today I'm trying my luck. Anyway, Zhang Mu is just a child and he can't make the decision. I heard that the old patriarch of the Zhang family still lives here. If I see the old patriarch today, this matter will probably be halfway.

While he was thinking about it, he saw seven or eight servants carrying Zhang Mu into Xuanrong Hall.

Wang Huitong hurriedly stood up, but he didn't see the old patriarch, and a trace of disappointment flashed in his eyes.

Song Wen hurriedly helped Zhang Mu up from the vine stool. Although Zhang Mu had injured his leg, he had grown new meat after a few days of recuperation. Although it was inconvenient to walk, it was not a big problem to stand up when he supported him.

"Mr. Wang, I am injured, so I won't salute you." Zhang Mu said, and then sat on the chair.

"No, no, no," Wang Huitong said hurriedly. He looked up at Zhang Mu again, wearing a cloud-ribbed satin and a hundred flowers with butterfly woven gold, his hair was combed into a thread, and a purple gold crown with a thumb-sized emerald inlaid with a handsome face and a bright eyes. He was a beautiful boy and a rich young man.

Wang Huitong was stunned for a moment. I saw this and what he saw that day, was there the same person?

"Mu Zhi, I feel very sorry when I hear about your aunt. You don't have to be sad, so as not to delay your studies." Wang Huitong said with a smile.

"Songwen, I'll send the new Biluochun to my shop." Zhang Mu ignored him and just ordered.

"Mu Zhi, is your injury still in the way?" Wang Huitong asked embarrassedly.

"Sir, try this new Biluochun, new tea before the rain, and high mountain tea trees, which taste very fresh. This little bit outside requires a treasure note. It's very rare." Zhang Mu smiled faintly.

"I have tasted it just now. It's really good." Wang Huitong smiled.

"Songwen, give me some, and let me take it away later." When he said this, before Wang Huitong greeted him, Zhang Mu continued: "Sir is here to see me, how can I let me go empty-handed?"

When Wang Huitong heard this, he was delighted and said to himself: "It seems that this child is still thinking about his old love and knows how to be filial." Then he smiled and said: "Mu Zhi, you are too polite."

Zhang Mu smiled and asked, "Mr. Wang and his father have known each other for a long time? You know, we scholars are listening to the ways of our ancestors and learning articles for helping others. The sages teach us that we must be kind first. In my house, a dog will let him eat and drink and send him away. This is nothing."

When the servants in the hall heard this, they all lowered their heads, their bodies trembled slightly, wanting to laugh but not daring to laugh.

Wang Huitong looked embarrassed. Before he could speak, Zhang Mu said again: "When it comes to dogs, you see, Dahuang in my mansion is a good example. The so-called dogs do not care about their poor family. If you ask him to get out, he will not get out. Who knew that one day, I just scolded him and he would ignore me again. I guess if it could speak, he would definitely say to me: Sorry, Master, you told me to get out, but I accidentally got out of here. It seems that animals are animals after all, and it is useless to treat him."

At this moment, the lower man in the lobby lowered his head, his slack chin lowered his chest, and his trembling even more violently.

"There are also some beasts who are disobedient." Wang Huitong thought he was a child and smiled casually. But as soon as he finished speaking, he saw that the servants around him were laughing secretly, and he couldn't help but angrily: "Muzhi? Are you scolding me?"

With a "clang", the little girl who served tea dropped the tray to the ground, hurriedly bowed her head and picked it up, and hurriedly bowed her waist to apologize to Zhang Mu. Sun Wen was holding the tray in his hand, trembling like a sieve.

"What did sir say? I'm just kidding. Besides, how can sir compare with beasts?" Zhang Mu smiled.

"You actually scold me better than you?" Wang Huitong stood up and said angrily. He had never been so humiliated in Yongkang for his whole life.

"Mr. Wang is indeed extremely smart and cooperates very well." Zhang Mu said with a sneer.

At that moment, the hall burst into laughter. Sun Wen held the door and was almost laughing, and several maids laughed so hard that they were laughing.

"Send out the guest." Before Wang Huitong could say anything, Zhang Mubian waved.

At that moment, Sun Wen hurriedly said: "Sir, please."

"You are not taught!" Wang Huitong lost all his old face today, and waved his sleeves and left.

"This bastard child dares to ridicule me." Standing outside the Zhuqi gate of Zhang Mansion, Wang Huitong said angrily. Just thinking of this, Wang Huitong suddenly said: "No, I'm here to propose marriage? Why did he get involved with him?"

Thinking about it again, I couldn't help but smile bitterly. Since I walked into the hall, the topic has been taken away by Zhang Mu, and I got into a trap when I was not careful.

"Oh!" Wang Huitong avoided his feet, and the marriage was completely ruined.

"Master, are we going back?" a servant asked in a low voice.

"Back to your eggs!" Wang Huitong slapped him in the face and got into the car angrily.

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"Muzhi, why did Mr. Wang leave with anger?" Wang Hongtai came in and asked as soon as Zhang Mu arrived at the study room.

"Where do I know?" Zhang Mu said with an innocent look on his face.

Wang Hongtai saw Sun Wen biting his lips and smiling secretly, and immediately understood and smiled helplessly: "What are you naughty again?"

At this time, the woman at the back door said, "Mr. Wang, the car we sent to your house."

"I'll go ahead and take a look, too." Wang Hongtai smiled.

"Sir, you can do it yourself." Zhang Mu responded, and picked up a copy of "Wenxin Diaolong" and started reading it.

"Muguoguo, Muguoguo." After a while, Qiao'er held the skirt in one hand and pinched a piece of chestnut cake that had already been bitten with the other hand, and rushed to Zhang Mu like a gust of wind.

Now Wang Hongtai is here alone to teach Zhang Mu, and it is troublesome to go back, so the patriarch simply sent the car to pick up the master's wife and Qiao'er. This girl must have just arrived.

"I haven't been here for a long time? Now, someone will play with me in the future." The little girl was talking, chewing chestnut cake in her mouth and was vague. Her big, watery eyes flashed and she was extremely cute.

At this time, the little girl lowered her head, and her slender hands like water-sprinkle grabbed a handful of dried fruits and a piece of chestnut cake in her purse and handed it to Zhang Mu and said, "For you."

As soon as Zhang Mu took it, the little girl kept talking: "I heard that you were so good that you were killed in the case this time. On weekdays, my father asked me to entrust my letter, but it would be a headache for me to hear it. I said, "How could Brother Mu be a fool? But your mansion is really fun, and it has not changed much from what I looked like a few years ago. The big yellow dog at the door is still there, and I don't even know the servants." This girl probably didn't talk to him at home, and she was really a chattering chat.

When Sun Wen heard the big yellow dog, he couldn't help laughing again.

"Mu Guoguo, why is he laughing at?" the little girl asked suspiciously.

"It's okay, he has a stomachache." Zhang Mu smiled.

"Qiao'er?" At this time, Wang Hongtai came in from outside the gate.

When the little girl heard Wang Hongtai's voice, she hurriedly put down her sleeves, and didn't chew heavily. She stood aside like a kitten obediently.

"I'm crazy all day long, and I'll run away as I eat. I've told you how many times I have to eat and not sleep or talk, learn from your mother, and girls should be dignified and steady. If I'm careful, I won't find my husband's house." Wang Hongtai said with a stern face.

"Oh." Qiao'er pouted aggrievedly, and her big watery eyes blinked at Zhang Mu and said, "If you can't find your in-laws' family, I'll marry Mu Guoguo."

"Cough cough..." Zhang Mu was immediately choked by the chestnut cake and coughed in a mess.

"Hmph, I'm scared you. It turns out that Mu Guoguo doesn't like Qiao'er either." After saying that, the little girl ran away in anger.

"Qiao'er, I'm coughing..."

"Come and have a drink of water, Qiao'er spoiled me..." Wang Hongtai turned around and handed it to Zhang Mu's water cup, and said with a wry smile.

"Qiao'er is pure by nature, like a rough jade. I think it's pretty good." Zhang Mu took a sip of water and smiled hurriedly.

When Wang Hongtai heard this, a thought that had been in trouble for many years came to his mind. Qiao'er was already thirteen years old and it was indeed time to find a family in the family.

Although the matchmaker talked about two companies, the two companies had no news anymore.

Wang Hongtai knew the reason. Although he was a student in the imperial examination and had some prestige in the local area, it was because Qiao'er's mother was a person of sensuality. Qiao'er looked like her mother. Everyone outside looked like a barbarian. Although she didn't say it clearly, Wang Hongtai knew it.

Early in the past, Wang Hongtai did think about letting Qiaoer marry into the Zhang family, but he was afraid that others would tell him that he was competing with the Zhang family. Besides, his children were young, so he didn't speak, and Wang Huitong was the first to get married, so he missed this matter.

He had the same daughter as Qiaoer, but he was unwilling to marry the village man. He found someone who was a good match. Others dislike Qiaoer. After a while, this girl knew something.

Although she is still young, she already understands the truth and feels a little aggrieved. Wang Hongtai often has a headache about this.

But now Wang Hui has retired from marriage, and Zhang Mu is also watching him grow up again. After experiencing this incident, Wang Hongtai believes that Zhang Mu will become a great man in the future. Today's incident awakens him. Both Zhang Mu's parents died. If Zhang Mu has fame and fortune in the future, he is willing to do so, this matter can be done.

"Qiao'er is following her mother. She is kind at heart, but she is a little naughty." Wang Hongtai smiled faintly.

"I'll go to coax her later, it's okay." Zhang Mu smiled.

"Oh, by the way, what are your plans for the next step?" Wang Hongtai asked.

"Of course the most important thing now is the trial, but I am still a little worried about Zhang Chi." Zhang Mu said worriedly.

"He has been punished by the patriarch so much, so he will not have any more ideas, right?" Mr. Wang said with a smile.

"This is hard to say. Sir, I still can't remember what Zhang Chi said to him when Li Fu was arrested that day?" Zhang Mu asked.

"I have no impression. I just vaguely remember that Zhang Chi was scolding Li Fu and the like." Wang Hongtai said.

"Yes, I'm really scolding Li Fu, but he's scolding is slander. Think about it, who can speak silly?" Zhang Mu said in a low voice.

When Wang Hongtai heard this, he was shocked and lost his mouth: "You suspect that he is..."

"Even if it is not, he is not a serious person. He is not afraid of thieves stealing, but is afraid of thieves thinking about it. We must be careful. Although the patriarch is here, it is impossible to ensure that Zhang Chi will do anything. For everyone's safety, I think it's better to find some bodyguards." Zhang Mu said.

"What is a bodyguard?" Wang Hongtai asked blankly.

Zhang Mu thought that there was no bodyguard in this year. The escort agency was born in the Qing Dynasty. He reiterated and said, "It's the guard."

"What you said is not unreasonable." Wang Hongtai hesitated for a while, then his eyes lit up: "I am a suitable one."

"Who is it?"

"Have you heard of the Yan family in Yifeng Township, fifteen miles outside the city?" Mr. Wang smiled.

"Is the owner of Xinglong pawnshop in the city?" Zhang Mu asked.

"Yes, the Yan family has done a lot of business over the years. The brothers in the family are all good-looking. Last year, one of their children took the exam and asked me to give me some advice. I went there for a few days and had a little friendship. If I spoke, Mr. Yan would definitely help." Wang Hongtai smiled.

"Can they rely on it?" Zhang Mu asked.

"It should be no big problem. I heard a few years ago that they had some conflicts with Zhang Chi over a business, and then there was no intersection. I think it's OK." Wang Hongtai smiled.

"Then let's just let them know. You must find a few people with real talents and knowledge to be reliable. As long as you pass the imperial examination, you will know whether Zhang Chi is good or bad." Zhang Mu said.

"I understand." Wang Hongtai smiled.

"Then I'll have a good time for me, Mr. Zhang Mu stood up and bowed.

"You have to be polite." Wang Hongtai looked at Zhang Mu now and regarded Zhang Mu as half of his son-in-law. He was naturally happy and immediately smiled.

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Chapter completed!