Xu Jie's arrival really made Zhang Shen feel very proud. After he invited Xu Jie to the main table with great enthusiasm, he introduced him loudly, as if he was afraid that everyone would not know Xu Jie's identity.

Now, everyone finally understood that this person was Xu Jie, the chief judge of the government office.

With Zhang Shen's introduction, the Zhang family members present were naturally honored and looked gloomy.

Although the magistrate of this government office cannot be ranked in the entire court, he is a real local official in Quanzhou Prefecture. Apart from the prefect and the Tongzhi, he is the largest. How can they not be proud of such a local official coming to the Zhang family to celebrate their birthday?

However, the children of the gentry here have different expressions.

For example, Chen Wenjie, he squinted his eyes at this moment, with resentment hidden in his eyes, because he knew that it was Xu Jie who secretly supported Yang Cong and fought against him, so that he suffered a big loss in Hui'an.

However, he didn't dare to do anything excessive. After all, he was a magistrate of a government office. In Quanzhou Prefecture, he couldn't easily provoke others. If you dare to provoke them easily, they could easily imprison you.

He had already sent the news back to Longxi. He was not sure what his family would do about this matter. Now he dared not fight against others.

There are also a few gentry children with strange faces and seemingly inexplicable appearances.

Because they had more or less heard of Xu Jie, although Lord Xu was a Tanhualang who was in the Guiwei Palace Examination in the second year of Jiajing, he offended the chief assistant Zhang Fujing because of his youth and enthusiasm. In other words, Xu Jie was basically abolished because it was too difficult for local officials to be promoted. At most, he would be a governor in his life.

Is it necessary for the Zhang family to be so excited for a local official without a future?

You should know that Zhang Yue is now at the level of governor, and all local officials, including the governor, have to listen to him. What is the significance of local officials to the Zhang family?

They didn't know what Xu Jie meant to the Zhang family, but Chen Neng seemed to be very clear. His eyes looked at Xu Jie with fear, as if Xu Jie was very scary.

What's going on?

In fact, the reason is very simple, because Zhang Fujing is old and even a little too impatient. In other words, Zhang Fujing can't stay in the court for long. As long as Zhang Fujing goes, Xu Jie is likely to soar into the sky!

It is difficult for anyone at home to receive news about this, and Chen Neng's father Chen Da is the right censor of the Censorate. Although he is governing Shanxi at this moment, there are many disciples in the court, so the Chen family naturally knew about Zhang Fujing's affairs for a long time.

Of course, the Zhang family knew it, and they knew it better than the Chen family, because Zhang Yue had offended Zhang Fujing and was suppressed by Zhang Fujing so that he couldn't raise his head. This time, the reason why Zhang Yue was able to get up was because Zhang Fujing couldn't do it anymore!

The so-called enemy is a friend, because everyone has a common "enemy" Zhang Fujing, and if Xu Jie can return to the court, the future will definitely be greater than that of Zhang Yue. Zhang Shen is naturally very enthusiastic about Xu Jie.

Yang Cong was still thinking about it, and the birthday party had begun unknowingly. Because of Xu Jie's relationship, everyone's attitude towards him had improved greatly. The Zhang family's children no longer ignored him, but instead toasted him frequently to show their closeness.

Of course, the protagonist of the entire birthday party was Zhang Shen. His table was the most lively. From time to time, the children of gentry went to toast to celebrate, while Zhang Shen refused everyone. Every gentry who came to toast would make a polite gesture with a smile, and then picked up the wine glass to make a point. However, if he really drank it, no one would worry about it.

This wine is sometimes a good thing, but if you drink it well, you can get a lot of unexpected gains. Of course, wine is sometimes not a good thing. If you drink it poorly, something may happen.

In short, after drinking too much this wine, your nerves will easily relax. If you dare not say something, you may dare to say it after drinking it. Therefore, this wine is often used to activate the atmosphere and enhance emotions.

Because of Xu Jie's arrival, Mr. Zhang Shen was particularly happy. When he was happy, the frequency of toasting was a little higher. Before he knew it, some people drank too much.

After drinking too much, he talked a lot. Xu Jie didn't know if he had drunk too much or something, but suddenly asked: "Old man, I heard that Brother Wei Qiao's daughter is in her jasper age. I wonder if the marriage has been decided?"

As soon as he said this, the whole yard was obviously much quieter, and many people closed their mouths and pricked their ears, which sounded seriously.

The marriage of this eldest lady of the Zhang family is unusual because she is Zhang Yue's daughter, and Zhang Yue's son is still young, so she has to wait for more than ten years to get married. In other words, Zhang Yue's most glorious period is likely to be cheaper for his son-in-law.

Many people here also know that Zhang Yue, the son-in-law, is likely to be Chen Neng. As for Chen Wenjie and Yang Cong, there is not much hope.

Of course, things in the world are unpredictable, and no one can tell before the final result comes out.

So, who can hold the beauty back?

Everyone's expressions were quite anticipated, especially Chen Wenjie and Chen Neng, both staring at each other like bullfighting, but their ears were secretly facing Zhang Shen.

When Zhang Shen heard this, his expression was obviously stagnant. He was stunned for a moment before he yelled: "This, I haven't asked Yue'er what he meant yet. After all, he has a new official and is busy with everything. I'm going to ask someone to ask after a while."

This means that it hasn't been decided yet.

Chen Neng frowned obviously when he heard this. Is this Zhang family a bit cheating? Since he hasn't settled down and called himself over, why are you so angry?

Chen Wenjie showed a sneering smile on his face. It would be fine if he didn't settle down. He still had a chance. The Chen family in Fuzhou is amazing. However, he has no choice. The wealthy maritime merchants are not just the Chen family in Longxi, but there are three other companies. They can still defeat the Chen family in Fuzhou when they join forces.

As for Yang Cong, he was full of doubts, because he really had no hope for this matter. Even if Chen Wenjie was not good, there was Chen Neng, even if Chen Neng was not good, there were Zhang Neng and Li Neng. Anyway, he didn't believe that a right-level censor of the Censorate would marry his daughter to him, a merchant child.

Xu Jie asked what this meant. Could it be that he was determined to help him get the marriage together?

At this time, Xu Jie's face turned right and said seriously: "Old man, look at my brother Qingfeng. He is infatuated with his granddaughter. Last time he drank in the city, he kept asking me to help him talk to him."

"This!" Zhang Shen was stunned again when he heard this.

"Puff!" Yang Cong almost sprayed out all the dishes he had just eaten.

What does this Xu Jie mean? When did he say that he was infatuated with Zhang Zhen? Did he deliberately help him or did he deliberately bury him?

Zhang Shen was stunned for a moment, and finally said with a hint of disgrace: "This, let's ask Yue'er first, come, drink, drink."

Chen Neng's face looked even more ugly. Ma's, what does this surname Xu mean? Destroy his own station, right?

Chen Wenjie glanced at Xu Jie with a sinister face, and he didn't know what he was thinking.
Chapter completed!