Chapter 19, self-contained

After drinking, Zu Zhao planned to give a piece of money as Han Dang's medical expenses, but Han Dang insisted on refusing to accept it.

To be said, even Zhang Yuan and the other two rangers who were beaten were alive after drinking. How serious can Han Dang's injury be? So Zu Zhao did not force it, but once again sincerely told Han Dang that if he needed any help in the future, he would just go to Bei Guoting to find himself.

Not only that, Zhang Yuan and Zhang Yu also showed great enthusiasm, patting their chests and Ying Nuo. If there is any trouble in Anyang Pavilion, they can come to find them. Every time they shout, they will come, and there is no excuse.

Han Dang thanked me without any words.

After parting with Han Dang, Zu Zhao and Zhang Yuan's brothers walked together in the direction of Xihe Bridge. Zhang Yuan and Zhang Yu are still talking about Han Dang. Although they have just experienced a fight, they are not so much hatred among their peers.

Because of the delay of Han Dang's incident, the drill at Xihe Bridge originally scheduled for this afternoon could only be cancelled. Zu Zhao asked Zhang Yuan and Zhang Yu to take the words back and let them take good care of themselves for two days after going back. As for when to start practicing again, he will arrange for Zu Ji to go to another notice.

Zhang Yuan and Zhang Yu dared not say anything about Zu Zhao's sudden leadership posture. Usually, everyone practices at Xihe Bridge, but no one stands up as a leader. Today, if Zu Zhao hadn't come forward to reconcile, I'm afraid that this matter would not be so easy to solve. Not only that, he would not turn enemies into friends and become friends with Han. Because of this, the two of them admire Zu Zhao very much from the bottom of their hearts. At a young age, they have a kind of young and old style. They are superior in terms of demeanor, character and even martial arts.

So, the Zhang brothers agreed repeatedly.

On the way back to Beiguoting from Xihe Bridge, Zu Zhao didn't say a word, as if he was thinking about something.

Zu Jibai was bored. After hesitating for a while, he came to Zu Zhao and complained slightly, "Big prince, I just saw that you obviously wanted to get married with Han Yigong. Why are you reluctant to help him when Han Yigong is short of money?"

Sun Long, who was riding a horse beside him, heard Zu Ji's words and came over. He echoed and said, "That's right. Does the eldest son have any other considerations?

Zu Zhao said quietly and said lightly, "I do appreciate Han Yigong's straightforwardness. If he really needs my help, he will definitely take the initiative to come to me. Since he didn't say anything just now, it's naturally inconvenient for me to force him.

Zu Ji said puzzledly, "But maybe Han Yigong thought he was embarrassed?"

Gongsun Long nodded and said, "Yes, yes, if it were me, I would have taken the initiative to pester it."

Zu Zhao said lightly and meaningfully, "The reason why I didn't do this is to take care of Han Yigong's face. In short, you don't need to be overstaffed about this matter. I have my own moderation.

Zu Ji sighed and had no choice but to say more. Although Gongsun Long is still puzzled, he still has a good impression of Zu Zhao's magnificent demeanor, and naturally believes that the other party has his own proportion.

Back to Zujiazhuang, the sky was already evening.

Zu Zhao asked Gongsun Long to go to the West Courtyard to have a rest first, and then have a good drink at dinner. After all, Gongsun Long was very young. He drank two drinks in a row from noon to afternoon. He felt that the wine was faintly strong, so he didn't say anything. He said goodbye to Zu Zhao under the lead of a servant and went to the west courtyard.

As soon as Zu Ji and several other children got off the horse, someone soon came to call the children among them and quickly went to the kitchen to help. Just as Zu Ji was about to follow those concubines to go to the kitchen together, Uncle Hong, the housekeeper of Zu's horse farm, just came out of the horse farm warehouse and stopped Zu Ji from afar.

"Aji, go to count the goods in the Shiyuan warehouse later, and leave early tomorrow morning."

"I know, Uncle Hong, won't you let me follow you to Lingzhi County?" Zu Ji responded.

"No, there are enough people. You just need to count all the goods." Uncle Hong said as he rubbed the grass residue on his hands.

"Well, I'll go to the stone courtyard after finishing my work in the evening." Zu Ji replied, and then turned around and left.

At this time, Zu Zhao put the mount properly and walked back to Uncle Hong, who was returning to the horse farm warehouse.

Uncle Hong saw Zu Zhao and politely saluted the eldest son: "Is the eldest son back?"

Zu Zhao nodded slightly and asked, "Uncle Hong, are you going to Lingzhi County tomorrow?"

Uncle Hong smiled and said, "Yes, the horse merchants on Lingzhi's side have just come to sell a batch of good horses from Liaodong. Earlier, the old master ordered us to go and see if we can choose a few excellent stallion horses to breed them next spring."

Zu Zhao knew that his grandfather would introduce a batch of new horses every winter. Now Zujia's horse farm is almost the largest horse farm in Xu Wu County. It is really easy to organize two or three hundred knights in wartime. He didn't care about this at this time, and then said, "If so, there is one thing to ask Uncle Hong for help."

Uncle Hong asked with great interest, "The eldest son has something to do, but he will do his best."

Zu Zhao then said, "I want to ask Uncle Hong to inquire about a person's name is Han Dang, a righteous man. He has committed an incident in Lingzhi County before, so it should not be difficult to inquire."

Uncle Hong raised his eyebrows and said strangely, "Oh? Why did the eldest son suddenly ask about this person's news?

Zu Zhao didn't want to explain too much, but simply said briefly: "I just met this person not long ago, and I heard that this Han Yigong is a righteous man, and there seems to be something strange in his family recently. If Uncle Hong can find out where his family lives and there are really difficulties in his family, I hope he can subsidize a sum of money on his behalf. When I come back, I will repay Uncle Hong.

Uncle Hong laughed and said, "It's really gratifying that the eldest son is so affectionate and righteous. Please rest assured that I will do my best for such a righteous thing.

Zu Zhao followed with a smile and said, "Then there will be Uncle Lao Hong."

After the explanation, Zu Zhao returned to his courtyard to take a nap.

Before himself, a servant came to inform him that the dinner was about to begin. Zu Zhao cleaned up a little and went to the middle hall to help Zhang Luo.

Before the dinner officially began, Zu Ju, Gongsun Zhi, Chun Yupei and others came to the hall to drink tea and chat, but when they saw Zu Zhao appearing outside the hall, Zu Ju immediately greeted him.

"Zhaoer, did you go to Anyang Pavilion in the afternoon?" Zuju asked in a slow tone.

Zu Zhao slowly stepped into the palace and was not in a hurry to make an excuse, but simply saluted one by one. It is not difficult for him to guess that nine out of ten were sent by the children of the clan who went with him, or Gongsun Long mentioned these things to Gongsun Zhi intentionally or unintentionally. Located on the northern border, the elders of the family in today's era will not be so strict.

"It's true that this is true. Recently, Sun'er made friends with Anyangting Zhang Yuan and Zhang Yu. When his friends encountered difficulties, Sun'er had to go. But fortunately, it can turn big things into small things in the end. He answered simply and clearly without any taboo.

"You are the son of a good family, and you shouldn't have been too close to people like the Zhang brothers. However, you have made a good promise to do moral things. Your father-in-law, I am not a pedantic person, and I will still believe you when I should be enlightened. Recently, I heard that you and the Zhang brothers often meet to practice horses in Xihe Bridge, gather more than 100 people, and specially invite their children to go together. Even the county magistrate can hear about this matter. Zu Ju continued to say that his expression and voice were elusive.

The atmosphere in the hall has changed a little, and it seems that everyone is staring at Zu Zhao with a scrutiny at this moment.

To be honest, in previous years, because their grandchildren were still young, they had no way to participate in theft at the end of each year. Now that Sun'er has grown up and has mastered both bow and horse martial arts. Although he dares not be a good hand, he should also do his best to contribute to the county and township. Sun'er has been training horses with the Zhang brothers for more than ten days, hoping to prepare for thieves in advance this year. Sun'er has also inquired about it earlier. Although the Zhang brothers are usually known as rangers in the countryside, they have been able to do their best in the past years. They are by no means ordinary people in the market, so Sun'er is willing to make friends with them. Zu Zhao said that these words were calm, neither arrogant nor humble, and showed a lot of determination.

After listening to his grandson's explanation, Zu Ju fell into a brief silence.

Sun Zhi and Chun Yupei's faces gradually became relieved and exchanged eyes with each other.

"Hahaha," not long after, Zuju suddenly stroked his beard and laughed, with an extremely happy expression on his crisscrossed face. As he nodded to Zu Zhao, he sighed, "It seems that Zhaoer, you have really grown up. Grandpa, I am very gratified. The three generations of generals of the ancestral family are known as loyalty and bravery. Even if Zhao'er is the only direct descendant of my ancestral family, I hope that you can win the reputation of bravery and martial arts, which is not in vain.

This speech won the hearts of the guests of the Gongsun family present. For many families, none of them will regard the only direct descendant as a treasure. Nothing is more important than continuing the family incense. Zuju lost his son in the middle of the year, but the remaining only direct grandson can have such an open-minded mood. It is rare to support the direct grandson who has just entered the year of ambition.

Even since the Han Dynasty, the officials have been heavy and weak in martial arts, but the Gongsun family and the ancestral family are both famous rich people on the northern border, and they will be more or less infected with the local fighting customs of Chongwu. Therefore, all the guests understood and agreed to make such remarks to Zu Ju.

"Good grandson, I will give you a share of manpower when you are ready to steal my ancestral family this year." Zu Ju said decisively.

That night, the atmosphere of the banquet was far more lively than at noon. All the guests of the Gongsun family were happy. Even if the prince's brother Gongsun Lingxian looked arrogant, Gongsun Long still deliberately took several cups with Zu Zhao and was very happy. Zuju was very happy, and it was not difficult to see that the Gongsun family had an excellent impression of the hospitality of the ancestral family and the eldest son of the ancestral family.

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