After Wen Wensong reported the important things that happened during this period, seeing Lu Yi's face full of exhaustion, he asked: "Sir, Magistrate Zhang didn't make things difficult for you, right?"
"No." Lu Yi said, "His deeds of righteousness and annihilation of relatives are known to everyone. Even his superiors are full of praise for him. How can he embarrass me?"
Wen Wensong: "..."
What an evil man.
Knowing that the most important thing about being an official is reputation, he actually used his "false reputation" to tie up Magistrate Zhang, making it difficult for Magistrate Zhang to get off the ground. He had no choice but to continue to act according to his "drama". Otherwise, his official reputation would be ruined.
"Aren't you afraid that he will hold a grudge against you and cause you trouble in the future?"
"He is a smart man. Although he and his younger brother are dependent on each other, he only wants to rise. Seeing that his younger brother is using his banner to bully the people everywhere, which affects his official reputation, his feelings for his younger brother have long since changed. It's just that I have always been reluctant to make this decision, but now that I have put the only way out in front of him and paved such a good official path for him, how can he bear grudge against me? Even if he does, I am not afraid."
As long as you rise faster than him, the real worry should be about the other party, not him.
"Let's let this matter go. Let's talk about the rest later. What is before us now is the problem of arresting Zheng Xinyue. Fang Zhuoyu insisted that he had not seen Zheng Xinyue and said that he had driven her away and that she was no longer his concubine. "Now that we can't find him and have nothing to do with him, can we just let it go?" Wen Wensong asked.
"The arrest warrant has been issued, so we don't care about anything else." Lu Yi said calmly, "Where are the corpses of the assassins? Have they been buried?"
"Not yet. I was supposed to be encased today, but now that you are back, I will wait until you have seen it before enclosing me."
Fang family. Li Hongshu painted her eyebrows in the mirror.
Qingdai was picking out the red hairpin next to her, picked one up and made a sign on her head: "This controls the clothes on the young lady's body."
"I'm just going for a swim in the lake. There's no need to be so ostentatious. I'll buy something lighter." Li Hongshu said calmly.
"Miss used to like to be ostentatious. The more ostentatious the better. It's better to compare with the second daughter of the Zheng family. The clothes she wears now are heavy and stuffy, her hair is combed in an old-fashioned bun, and even the flamboyant hairpin has become timid. ."
"It seems that I am too indulgent to you, and even dare to bury your young lady." Li Hongshu looked at Qingdai behind her from the mirror. "Qingdai, are you eighteen?"
"Yes, miss." Qingdai said, "I am one year older than you!"
"I'm eighteen, it's time to talk about marriage." Li Hongshu said, "Do you have someone you like?"
"Miss..." Qingdai looked at her in shock, "Are you angry? I just said that because I felt sorry for the lady. I didn't mean it. The lady doesn't like to hear it. I just don't say anything in the future. Don't drive me away!" "
"Qing Dai, you have also seen that my life can be seen as an end now. You will also suffer if you follow me. Why bother? We are as close as sisters. I can't escape from this cage, but I want you to live well. If you like it, , just tell me and I will make arrangements for you. You are still as young as a flower, so don’t let yourself go wrong."
"Who mistook me?" Fang Zhuoyu strode in.
Qingdai saluted quickly.
Li Hongshu kept her posture unchanged.
She played with her hair and inserted a plum blossom-shaped gold hairpin for herself.
Fang Zhuoyu stood behind Li Hongshu, looked at her and said, "Madam, she still looks good dressed like this."
Li Hongshu's eyes flashed with a sarcastic look.
On the wedding night, he said that he was old-fashioned and boring, and that the color red was tacky, and now he said that it looks good like this?
For the sake of his beloved, he was really willing to give up his dignity.
It's a pity that his sweetheart is too stupid to offend anyone but Lu Yi. It's a beautiful idea to plan to get away with it like this.
"What's the matter with you?" If nothing happens, just get out! Seeing this face makes me sick.
My parents didn't know what they were thinking. They felt that this person could be entrusted with important responsibilities, and the future prosperity of the Li family would depend on him. This kind of white-eyed wolf who eats in and out of things, even if he becomes prosperous, will never be able to repay the support of the Li family.
"Do you have a dowry in your hand, Zhuangzi?" Fang Zhuoyu pressed Li Hongshu's shoulders with both hands.
Li Hongshu felt the pressure on her shoulders, and it was gradually getting heavier, as if her shoulders would be destroyed as long as her answer did not satisfy him.
"have!"
"You and I will definitely not see each other outside of my home, right?" Fang Zhuoyu's fingers crossed Li Hongshu's cheek.
Li Hongshu is good-looking, but Fang Zhuoyu just can't stand her condescending manner. If she were willing to please him like an ordinary woman, maybe he would favor her a little more.
"If you want it, I'll give it to you." Li Hongshu's eyes flashed with indifference.
Qingdai was extremely anxious beside her.
Fang Zhuoyu achieved his goal and patted Li Hongshu's cheek: "You are so good, I will pamper you tonight."
Li Hongshu's face was full of disgust.
"No, I'm not feeling well and want to go to bed early."
"I don't know how to praise you." Fang Zhuoyu snorted coldly, turned and left. "I'll have someone come and collect the land deed later."
"Miss." Qingdai said anxiously, "That is your dowry to Zhuangzi, how can you give it to him?"
"Can I refuse?" Li Hongshu lowered her eyes, "Besides, I know what he wants to do."
"do what?"
"An official from the Yamen came just now and wanted to arrest Zheng Xinyue, but he protected her and said that she was driven away and she was no longer his concubine. Zheng Xinyue is a woman who is good at coaxing men. Do you think she will really leave?
"
"Could it be..."
"If I guessed correctly, he wanted to use my dowry to Zhuangzi to coax the woman and let her stay in Zhuangzi. Wasn't the woman pregnant recently?" Li Hongshu said.
"How hateful!"
"Qingdai, I changed my mind." Li Hongshu touched the cheek that Fang Zhuoyu had patted, "I'm no worse than Zheng Shuyu, why do I have to live such a life? She has the courage to resist, why should I give in?"
Xia Kun brought twelve women to the county government office.
Gao Yamen looked at these long-legged girls and his eyes widened.
"Brother Gao, wipe your saliva." The clerk next to him teased.
Gao Yamen believed it and wiped the corners of his mouth.
"Haha..." Several people nearby laughed.
"Go!" Gao Yamen got angry and approached Xia Kun and asked, "Although our Yamen is a monk temple, it wouldn't be a good idea for you to bring so many beautiful girls over, right? Do we adults agree?"
"These are all for Madam." Xia Kun said calmly, "Don't you have a wife? Why do you look like you have never seen a woman before?"
"I have a wife, but it doesn't stop me from appreciating beautiful girls! Of course, I definitely have no other thoughts. I am very loyal to my wife." Gao Yamen secretly glanced at the twelve girls. "You are really
Looking for Madam? You dare to bring such a beautiful girl to Madam, and you are not afraid that we adults will not be able to resist the temptation? "