By the way, Detective Zhao was on duty at the Yamen today and was called by Magistrate Chen. He was extremely worried about the dangerous task of delivering a subpoena to Inspector Li. Sending summonses to ordinary people was a good job that could be used to extort money.
After marrying the prisoner, find a place to eat, drink and have sex, and ask the prisoner's family to pay for it. In addition, money for legwork is also indispensable.
But to give Inspector Li such a gift... What if the defendant gets angry and destroys the cards and then kicks himself out? It's useless to say anything at that time. The county magistrate will only scold him for his incompetence in doing things.
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When Inspector Zhao arrived at Li's house, he didn't dare to sit down. He was lucky to be able to go in. He stood in the front hall and waited. Not long after, he saw Inspector Li walking in with a gloomy face. He quickly took out his amulet and said, "Master Li, please don't do it."
Excuse me! On the order of the county magistrate, I asked someone to copy a copy of the memorandum here so that Mr. Li can learn the details."
There was still some preferential treatment. Li You thought about it and took the folded document and asked again: "Where are the cards?"
Detective Zhao pointed to an inconspicuous case in the corner of the room: "It's already on the table." He figured that if Li came to inspect and kicked him out without any explanation, at least the ticket would have been secretly left in Li's house.
Whether Li You goes to court or not is none of his business.
Li You saw it and felt it was funny. Remembering that he had gone through the same experience, how could he argue with his former colleagues? He asked politely: "Why did the county magistrate accept this case?"
"The plaintiff gathered a group of scholar classmates and went to the hall to make noise, and the county magistrate, who was so angry, couldn't help but refuse to accept the lawsuit."
"Why is the county magistrate so weak?" Li You said dissatisfied. He really couldn't stand up and spoke, and he would never dare to say such a thing in front of Magistrate Chen.
Detective Zhao said with a smile: "Well, I heard what the elder said. He said, sir, you can get involved with women in any matter, big or small, and you are so young that you don't know the word "sex".
Dao, I’ll teach you a lesson this time so you’ll remember it for a long time.”
"You can get lost." Li You waved his hand to send Agent Zhao away, and opened the copy of the complaint. It said that the Cui Guan family had a marriage contract, and the inspection Li You used his power to seize the good family as his concubine. There was a marriage certificate and the daughter's father.
As a physical witness. After reading this, Li You became increasingly angry. This old man Guan was really a treacherous person who didn't know what was good or bad.
In fact, strictly speaking according to the etiquette and law, Li You's behavior is indeed illegal and exceeds the etiquette. To marry a wife, you must have a marriage certificate, and to formally take a good wife as a concubine, you must also have a marriage contract. Because he is quite busy these days, and he is facing the Guan family.
I was so arrogant that I didn't care about all these window-dressing efforts. I wanted to wait until Mr. Guan calmed down before filling out the marriage contract. Anyway, the daughter of the Guan family couldn't fly in my hands, so I wasn't in a hurry. As a result, I was killed by Cui who appeared out of nowhere.
The supervisor took advantage of the loophole.
Li You returned to the main room in the south wing of the backyard, slammed the documents in his hand on the table, and said to Guan Xiuxiu: "Look at the good things your father has done!"
Guan Xiuxiu picked up the document and flipped through it, sighing: "Father is so confused."
Li You asked: "Do you and the Cui family really have a marriage certificate?"
"I think my father forged it with Cui Jiansheng." Guan Xiuxiu knelt down again and said with a painful look on her face: "Actually, it's all my fault. I came to seek refuge that night. Firstly, because I still had a sense of shame.
I don't want to show off; secondly, I want to completely eliminate my father's other thoughts to avoid another turmoil. At that time, I knew that my father could not compete with my husband. Who would have thought that my father would be so confused..."
"Then what do you think now?"
"I would like to stay with the Li family to serve as my servant, but I only ask for my father's life."
Li You slapped the table and said: "Get up! Don't kneel for your father anymore. Kneeling once is quite shocking, but if you kneel too much, you won't feel it anymore! I have my own opinion on this matter."
Seeing the maid Lu Shui helping Guan Xiuxiu up, she couldn't help but ask: "Are you really willing to stay here as a concubine and don't want to go to the Cui family to become an official wife?"
Guan Xiuxiu's eyes widened with anger, "What are you talking about, husband! Even though I am a female generation, I have read... know... know... if... could... how could..." - this
Duan Dali omitted a thousand words without adding water.
He should never have accidentally activated her hidden attributes. Mr. Li's head was as big as a bucket, but he heard Lv Shui say curiously: "Miss, why don't you tell the truth?"
Guan Xiuxiu's face turned red and she scolded: "Don't talk too much!"
"What truth?" Li You was very interested.
Lv Shui was afraid of his own lady and dared not say anything.
Li You then threatened: "I am the master at home, be careful of sending you to beggars as a beggar woman!"
The little maid was frightened by the master. Besides, Guan Xiuxiu's words were very obedient. She thought there was nothing she couldn't say, so she said it like she was pouring beans out of a bamboo tube. "The young lady said that although the master has bad conduct, he has one good thing.
He has a repressive temperament and gets along like a good friend. It is rare to meet such a husband these days."
Li You felt very strange. In his previous life, if any woman said you were a good friend, it meant you could get out, but in this era... it should be a good sign? Aren't Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai good friends?
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Lv Shui added: "Miss also said that although the master has bad conduct, he is not greedy or demanding, unlike Cui Jiansheng, who only knows how to extort large sums of dowry money."
Li You sighed, "Actually, I want to gain your loyalty. I have to take a long-term view. Otherwise, I will only suffer a loss if I use you to manipulate the business."
Lv Shui continued: "The lady also said that although the master has bad conduct..."
Li You said angrily: "Can you please stop repeating the sentence about bad conduct over and over again?"
"Yes, Miss also said that although Master Cui... is a hundred times better than Cui Jiansheng. Miss spent twenty taels of gold to find out, and learned that Master Cui slept with the book boy at home, which was disgusting, and sometimes even screamed
The maidservant at home is acting wildly together. However, the maidservant does not understand why the young lady said that it is disgusting for Mr. Cui to sleep with the book boy."
Has all this been found out? Li You, the former victim, remembered that his aunt also had a hobby of inquiring about the sexual reputation of marriage partners... But Cui Jiansheng is in such a mess, doesn't Mr. Guan care? Li You turned around
Question: "You didn't tell your father this?"
Guan Xiuxiu said expressionlessly: "I mentioned that my father said that good masculinity is an elegant thing for scholar-bureaucrats. Don't worry about it. Anyway, a male and petty official can't take the position of the principal wife. It's better than..." Hesitantly added: "
...It’s better than someone from the Li family provoking a bunch of wild women.”
Hearing this, Mr. Li was about to have another attack and shouted: "I can't spare your father... don't kneel down to beg for mercy again! That's all, even if you let him go, you must teach him a lesson and you must forgive him, otherwise you will
How long will father be confused? What should I do next time he comes back and eats everything?"
Aunt Guan understands the truth very well, "I understand, this is also for the good of my father. But the plot is really difficult to understand. Cui Jiansheng and his father colluded to take advantage of the reason. As a daughter, I have no room to speak, but my husband has no room for speech."
idea?"
Li You said proudly: "I have my own way. You and I are human relations, and they are etiquette. Etiquette is indeed greater than human relations, but don't you know that there is ethics above etiquette."
"Then I'll be relieved." Aunt Guan was calm and didn't ask any more questions.
Li Youqi said: "You don't want to know my method?"
"Husband, there is no need to test. If you are in a lawsuit with my father, I will naturally know how to avoid suspicion and will never ask questions to avoid misinformation."
You are so smart, Li You was impressed. If Mr. Guan knew about this scene, he would definitely scold his married daughter for throwing water.
At this time, I heard Mei Zhi calling outside the door: "Is the master in there? The mistress is serving dinner, do you want to come over to eat?"
Since moving here, Mei Zhi has changed her name to mistress, to show that even if the dispute is put aside, the sovereignty still belongs to me.
The reason why she came to call Li You was because Mr. Li felt that Miss Xiaozhu was always robbing people at the courtyard gate, and was afraid of causing disputes in the house, so he made a rule for three-room shifts. In fact, this was unfair to the wife, but Mrs. Liu was ill.
It was hard to make any requests. According to the order, he should sleep in the main room today, but he stayed at Aunt Guan's place for a long time. No wonder Mei Zhi was dissatisfied and came to urge him to go to work in the main room.
Li You nodded to Guan Xiuxiu and said goodbye. He got up and left the house and followed Mei Zhi towards the main house. He thought it was a silent journey, but he heard Mei Zhi take the initiative to ask: "I heard that Aunt Guan's father wanted to take Aunt Guan with her."
If you leave, you will sue the master?"
"so what."
"Master, do you have any countermeasures?"
"some."
"Can you tell me and listen?"
"First tell me, do you want to lose or win?"
"Of course I'm looking forward to losing."
"You stupid maid, don't you know how to avoid suspicion? Don't talk too much and ask questions." Li You cursed and thought, it seems that these rooms must be interacted with each other to deepen their relationship...
Little did he know that at this moment, there was a small figure lying on the window in the north wing, looking through a small crack at Li You coming out of the south wing and walking back to the main room. "Sister Jin! The master stayed at Aunt Guan's place for a long time again today.
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"Well...why do you worry about all this?"
"Didn't you realize that no matter which room I sleep in, I have to go to Aunt Guan's place to sit there every day?"
"It's not surprising. Madam Guan is helping the master earn money recently. She has to ask questions every day."
"Hey, Sister Jin, you are so kind."
"..."
Housework was not mentioned in advance. Before Inspector Li went to the county government office to file a lawsuit, he had to deal with the annual exam. On the eighth day of August, the day of the exam, the weather was gloomy, the cool breeze was blowing, and everything from the celestial phenomena to the imperial calendar seemed to be the same.
Unlucky.
The person who came to preside over the assessment was Zhou Xian Cheng, who had a deep quarrel with him. Li You was very careful and added two more points. He must not neglect it at the last moment. He came to the official office early and turned around a few times.
I turned around and looked through the document myself. Although I couldn't see anything, I always felt that something was missing if I didn't do this.
In the morning, Mr. Zhou, whose face was as gloomy as the weather, got off the sedan chair and led two clerks into the inspection department's office. Inspector Li put his mind to it, led all the clerks, and the team hurriedly greeted them with great fanfare.
Said: "If you miss something, you will be greeted from afar."
Zhou Xian Cheng snorted coldly and said, "What's your situation this year?"
What a good Mr. Zhou, how could he rush to find fault without even drinking a sip of tea? There is no such thing as being unruly. Li You endured it and made gestures to invite Zhou Xian Cheng into the room, while introducing: "This year's West Water Inspection Inspector Two hundred and three thieves..."
Zhouxian Cheng impatiently interrupted Inspector Li's words, "Two hundred and three? Where is the document?"
I was really blatantly preparing to cause trouble. I continued to endure it. Li You pointed at the court and said: "Everyone is gathered in the hall waiting for inspection. Please take a closer look, Mr. Zhou."
"Is there anyone in prison?"
"There are more than 50 criminals who will not be tried one by one in the future, so they should be checked first."
"Oh..." Zhou Xian Cheng glared at Li You, turned around and walked out of the inspection department gate.
What kind of conspiracy is this? Li You shouted strangely: "What are you going to do, Mr. Zhou?"
Zhou Xian Cheng sneered at the sedan chair: "Two hundred and three robbers were caught, and the test results are outstanding. Does Inspector Li think I can change this result?"
Li You thought for a while and said sincerely: "No." Even if Zhou Xiancheng raised a problem, he would probably go to Chen Zhixian to suppress it and erase it.
"Then why are you still wasting your time here? Don't you feel uncomfortable with your face? Just three questions are enough! Farewell!" Zhou Xian Cheng dropped these words, got into the sedan chair and walked away.
Inspection Li discovered for the first time that there were some things worth appreciating in Zhou County Cheng...