Mirror of the Sky

When the voice sounded, a woman in her twenties, wearing an elegant ink-colored silk skirt, with a stunning appearance, walked in side by side with a tall man with a dignified and dignified chin with a short beard. in the wooden building.

Behind the two of them was a pair of handsome and pleasant faces, with 80 to 90 percent similarities between their eyebrows, but a boy and a girl, a 13- or 4-year-old boy with pink makeup and a juvenile of 7-8 years old. boy.

When Zhang Qihe saw the stunning woman entering the door, he stopped talking with a sullen face, and the other people around looked at each other with different expressions and stopped making a sound. The Nuan Pavilion suddenly fell into a strange silence.

The stunning woman seemed to be unaware of all this. She walked to the front of the table with the tall man, and said in unison to Zhang Maosong, "Father has been working hard for many days in government affairs and for the family. It's really hard work."

After they saluted, the three teenagers and children behind them bowed at the same time and said, "Grandfather worked hard, grandchildren greet you."

Seeing this scene, Zhang Maosong's eyes flashed a touch of rare warmth, and he smiled and said: "Okay, okay, don't imitate adults, you little people." Thinking of something, his face froze slightly, he pointed at Zhang Huansheng beside him, and said to the three teenagers and children, "This is your eldest brother, Zhang Huansheng, who is living abroad and has now recognized his ancestors."

Afterwards, he pointed to the three teenagers and children, and said to Zhang Huansheng, "This is your direct brother and sister.

The names of the twins are Zhang Fenghua and Zhang Juwan, and the younger one is called Zhang Kuangqi. Let's greet each other. "

When the voice fell, Zhang Huansheng, who had faked his identity, had already stood up, smiled at the three teenagers and children, and gave a silent half salute.

When the three teenagers and children saw this, they looked at each other, awkwardly, bowed to Zhang Huansheng reluctantly, and said in unison, "I'm fine, brother." A live drama of brothers and sisters.

After the children saw the ceremony, Zhang Maosong pointed at the tall man and the stunning woman, and said to Zhang Huansheng, "He is your father, Zhang Long.

When your biological mother and grandfather were displaced in the war and could not be found, your father married the daughter of the Du family, an imperial merchant in Beijing, and Yi was his wife. According to the etiquette, you should call her mother. "

"Yes." Hearing these words, Zhang Xuansheng, who pretended to be a direct disciple of Xiongjing Zhang's family and received great benefits, could only hold the mood of repaying his debts and saluted the stunning woman and tall man whom he met for the first time. Said: "Father and mother are well."

According to the common sense of human ethics, not to mention Du Yiyi, who has no blood kinship with Zhang Huansheng, either in the dark or in the dark, and when Zhang Long sees the direct child who has been separated for more than ten years, even if she does not burst into tears, she should be Excited can't help myself.

But the reality is completely different. He glanced at Zhang Huansheng with his eyes, and Zhang Long replied lightly, "You have a heart." Then he sat down with his wife and children, as if he had just seen two people. The surname is ordinary.

When other people saw him behave like this, some showed the expressions they deserved, while others frowned unconsciously, and the atmosphere in the banquet became even more embarrassing.

People who eat a meal are ignorant, like sitting on pins and needles, but fortunately, nothing really embarrassing happened.

After this family banquet, Zhang Huansheng was officially integrated into Xiongjing Zhang's family, and he met many of his 'family members'.

It is also known that at this time, the Zhang family advocates that the brothers in the generation of Maosong, whether they are direct descendants or concubines, have already separated and established themselves, and all the sisters have already married.

Therefore, only Zhang Maosong himself, and his old wife, who had been practicing Taoism for a long time, easily left the quiet room, and the four concubines still lived in Zhang's ancestral house.

In the next generation, Zhang Long is the eldest son, and now he is a fourth-rank official in the Xiong Jingjing army.

In addition to him, the Zhang family has two sons and two daughters. They are Zhang Huan, who is the sixth-rank city inspector in Xiongjing Yazhong. He is only 21 years old. Zhang is still studying and practicing in the Imperial College. Qi, and the two sisters, Zhang Wanyu and Zhang Yiyue, who are in the boudoir.

Of course, in addition to these direct descendants, there are also eight sons and six daughters, named Zhang Ji, Zhang Xun, Zhang Lu, etc. Because their identities are much lower than those of direct descendants, most of them have no serious errands, only Zhang Ji and Zhang The two of them have official bodies.

The Zhang family members of this generation, except for the married concubine, still live in the Zhang family's ancestral house and enjoy a life of brocade clothing and jade food. Ding Li will be swept out of the house and separated from the family.

Going beyond this generation and counting down, the direct descendants of the Zhang family in Xiong Jing are only the impostor Zhang Huansheng, the three brothers and sisters of Zhang Fenghua, Zhang Juwan, and Zhang Kuangqi, and the third son and second daughter of Zhang Huan and Zhang Qi. Except for the children born from the concubines, it is difficult to lift them one by one.

And among the dozens of mouths in this sect, regardless of men, women and children, according to the etiquette, the most honorable people are Zhang Maosong, Zhang Long, and Zhang Huansheng. It is the real master of Xiong Jing Zhang.

In the land of Yan and Yellow, the distinction between direct descendants and concubines, and the division between direct descendants and other direct descendants of the family is so clear and cruel.

But for Zhang Huansheng, the eldest son and second son are meaningless at all.

After all, this Xiongjing Zhang family is honored and honored, and it is only through the imperial power of Great Chu that it is prominent. In Zhang Huansheng's view, this kind of wealth and honor is simply rootless, and only one's own strength can really rely on it. .

Therefore, after returning from the main courtyard to the side courtyard where he lives, Zhang Huansheng still does not go out the door, does not step through the two doors, and does not fall in his daily practice. .

But it is a pity that the tree wants to be quiet and the wind is not constant, no matter how he behaves, its existence itself is already an obstacle that must be overcome for some people and certain things.

At dusk this day, the splendid sunset shone on the earth, and everything reflected was golden.

In a manor 30 miles away from Xiongjing, which was built by mountains and rivers, there were four people sitting in the lakeside pavilion looking at the water. The only woman among them was the future owner of the Zhang family in Xiongjing, who was married to Zhang Long. Madam, Du Yiyi.

One of the other three is a thin old man with gray hair and bright eyes, one is a middle-aged man dressed as a literati, with a refined temperament and a long black beard, and the other is a shrewd person even on his face and facial features. Aged man.

At this time, the strong man was gnashing his teeth and said: "Father, in the past fifteen years, our Du family has given away millions of gold beads to Xiong Jing and Zhang's family in order to raise our family's dignity, but now it is because of that Zhang Long once when he was a teenager. The past is romantic, and all the previous efforts have been abandoned.

It's also become a laughing stock. I really, really feel sad like a fire in my heart. "