Chapter 409 I would like to give you a toast
The setting sun was setting in the west, and the gorgeous sunset dyed the entire capital red. An errand boy sent a note to the concierge of Linhuai Marquis Mansion, and then touched the heavy The reward money left happily. It didn't take long for Li Shu to receive the note.
"Why aren't you here for dinner?" The little maid Baozi puffed up her cheeks and looked at the table full of food with regret.
"Love will come or not!"
Li Shu pursed her red lips and crumpled the note in her hand into a ball, threw it far away, then got up and walked out. Wearing an orange pleated long skirt against the backdrop of the setting sun, she looked even more elegant and noble. She had a peach wood hairpin inserted into her long, silky hair, and her beautiful face had exquisite makeup, making her look like a fairy.
Stinky toad, bad toad. Li Shu pouted her little mouth and scolded her as she walked. When she reached the far away note, she paused for a moment, then her embroidered shoes flew up and stepped on the note twice, as if she had stepped on it in her mouth. It looked like an angry toad, but after stepping on it, she bent down and stretched out her slender hand to pick up the note.
"What's wrong, miss?" Baozi's little maid opened her mouth in surprise at the door.
"I'm going to burn it!" Li Shu turned around and showed her little fangs at the little maid Baozi, as if she was stomping on her feet to get rid of her anger, and she had to burn the note into ashes before she could release her anger. .
Baozi’s little maid was so frightened that she shrank her head back, fearing that the fire at the city gate would affect the pond fish and harm herself.
While the little maid Baozi was worrying about what to do with a table full of delicacies, Zhu Ping'an and his party's dinner had already begun. Although it is not delicacies from the mountains and seas, chicken, duck, fish and meat are all available, and the dishes are also very rich. Several jars of red wine are wafting among the glasses, and the atmosphere is unique.
"Master Zhu, I would like to propose a toast to you."
After drinking a few drinks together, everyone toasted to get to know each other. At this time, Zhang Juzheng also raised a glass of wine and toasted to the cheerful Zhu Ping'an who was eating next to him. .
Zhu Ping'an was still biting a greasy meat skewer in his mouth. He watched Zhang Juzheng address himself as a lower official and raised the wine glass to him. He didn't react for a while.
Zhu Pingan's impression of Zhang Juzheng in his mind is that of an outstanding figure who was the chief minister of the cabinet in history, one person under one person and more than ten thousand people, who wielded great power and controlled the entire Ming Dynasty with applause. At this moment, Zhang Juzheng Zhu Ping'an couldn't react to the image of calling himself a lower official and toasting to himself.
"Master Zhu?" Zhang Juzheng held the wine glass for a second. Seeing that Zhu Ping'an didn't respond, he couldn't help but smile and call out again. He was personable, elegant and stylish.
When Zhang Juzheng called Lord Zhu, Zhu Ping'an realized that this was Zhang Juzheng toasting himself. It was a real scene. The talented man who would be the helm of the Ming Dynasty was toasting himself with wine.
"Ahem, what did you just say?" Zhu Pingan suddenly became excited, swallowed the meat skewers in his mouth, and quickly wiped his hands with a handkerchief.
"Master Zhu?" Zhang Juzheng was a little surprised, but he repeated it.
“Not this sentence, but the previous sentence?” Zhu Pingan looked at Zhang Juzheng, his eyes full of encouragement.
"Master Zhu, I'd like to give you a toast." Zhang Juzheng felt that he couldn't keep up with Zhu Ping'an's thoughts, but he repeated it anyway.
Hearing this, Zhu Ping'an felt as if he had drank Shiquan Dabu Decoction, his face was congested, and Zhang Ju was calling him a lower official! I don’t know why, but it feels as good as taking Shiquan Dabu Dan! This is the future Prime Minister Zhang Juzheng, a famous figure in history, and now he is calling himself a subordinate!
Whether it was Jiajing, Yan Song or Yan Shifan before, these great people in history all need to be looked up to by themselves. This is probably the first time that great people in history have spoken to themselves in this tone.
Really, this feels like a person who is still considering whether to eat Laotan pickled cabbage-flavored instant noodles or Master Kong beef instant noodles, when national husband Wang Sicong suddenly appears and bows to him: Hello, boss, I am Xiao Wang.
After being excited, Zhu Pingan laughed at himself again, saying that he was really worthless! Zhang Juzheng told himself that he could be so excited just by being dismissed from the official position, but he was actually short-sighted and hopeless, haha.
Zhang Juzheng is dormant and accumulating strength at this time, and he will soar into the sky in the future.
At this moment, Zhang Juzheng is under him. In the future, he, Zhang Juzheng, can be the first assistant of the Ming Dynasty. He, Zhang Juzheng, can be the helm of the Ming Dynasty in the future!
Why can’t I?
What young people fear most is satisfaction, and what they fear least is greed!
If Zhang Juzheng is still 100,000 miles away from the chief minister and the helm of the Ming Dynasty at this time, then he is currently only 99,999 miles away at most, which is a little closer than him.
Haha, since you are ahead of him now, why don't you think more about it.
The collision of ideas in his mind seemed complicated, but in fact it was completed in just one tenth of a second. Zhu Pingan's ambition also took root and sprouted at this moment.
"Senior brother said this, it's really embarrassing for me. I should respect my senior brother." Zhu Ping'an shook his head and smiled, then raised his glass and raised a toast to Zhang Juzheng.
There is a reason why Zhu Pingan calls senior Zhang Juzheng. Zhang Juzheng became a Jinshi earlier than Zhu Pingan, and his master is also Xu. Under the same sect, it makes sense for Zhu Pingan to call senior Zhang Juzheng.
Listening to Zhu Pingan's words, Zhang Juzheng was slightly surprised. Zhu Pingan asked him to repeat this sentence just now. Zhang Juzheng also said that Zhu Pingan was a superficial and vain person. An old man who enjoyed being in the officialdom for several years called him It felt like being a junior official in the officialdom, but he didn't show it because he was so deep in the city. At this moment, he was slightly surprised to hear what Zhu Pingan said.
But it was just a slight surprise. In Zhang Juzheng's heart, the superficial image that Zhu Ping'an left for Zhang Juzheng when he visited his master in Xu Jiena last time has not changed much.
"Haha, look at what you two have to give in to, just drink together." The person next to him couldn't stand it and started talking with a smile.
Then, Zhu Pingan and Zhang Juzheng looked at each other, smiled, and drank together.
The atmosphere at the wine table was very good, and everyone was chatting happily. Apart from eating, Zhu Pingan watched and listened carefully when everyone was talking. When others spoke, he watched and listened. Everyone thought Zhu Pingan respected them, but they didn't know that Zhu Pingan was watching their mouth shapes with his peripheral vision and practicing lip language.
While listening and watching, Zhu Pingan connected the theory of lip reading he saw in "Yongle Dadian" in the afternoon to practice. Slowly, Zhu Pingan felt that his lip reading ability was slowly improving. , you can really read the pronunciation slowly from the changes in their mouth shapes.
“Hey, have you ever felt that the smell of powder on your uncle’s body is too strong?”
"Yes, he smelled it as soon as he walked in."
The two people opposite raised glasses and spoke quietly. Zhu Pingan watched the changes in their mouth shapes from the corner of his eye, and listened to their conversation most likely, silently. He smiled with the corners of his lips raised, and his lip language seemed to be quite good. (End of this chapter)