Three hundred and seventy-first chapters of trivial matters
Chapter 371 An endless stream of trivial matters
It is said that Li You investigated Mu Chengfeng's rebellion case in Xuyi, confiscated six weapons and a dragon robe, and then threw the prisoner into the custody of Xuyi County, where the prisons were already full.
At this time, the Ma family fulfilled the agreement and sent a young lady over. As expected, she was similar in appearance to Wang Zhizhou's concubine. Although she was clothed in commoner clothes and had a hairpin, she could not hide her special appearance. Li You, who was used to seeing beauties, couldn't help but praise her, "Snow-skinned and beautiful."
"It's uneven." This horse traveled thousands of miles and didn't deceive him.
It is said that the reason why Yu Wan'er knew that Li You wanted to take over the beauties of the Ma family was because the head of the Ma family deliberately showed off to Yujia Village...
Li You went to the mansion again and reported the results of Mu Chengfeng's rebellion to Yang Futai. It was not that Mr. Li deliberately showed off in front of his face, he was not so ungrateful, but reporting afterward was the proper obligation in official circles.
However, Futai's expression was extremely ugly, as if Li You owed him hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, which made Mr. Li feel that Xuyi could not stay long and had to leave.
Because the second-grade officer Yang Futai seemed to be depressed to the point of erupting into a volcano, Mr. Li felt that he might become an innocent victim at any time.
Although he didn't think it was his fault, he felt very insecure if he continued to be in the same place as Yang Futai, so it was reassuring to return to his own territory early.
Besides, the refugees in Sizhou have rebelled and given away concubines in various ways before. I don’t know what tricks they will get into. People’s imagination is endless, so it is safer to stay away from these refugees.
All in all, there are currently too many hidden dangers in Xuyi, both overt and covert, that cannot be sorted out. The best thing to do is to leave as soon as possible while the great success is achieved.
Moreover, Mr. Li is not only thinking about the above, but also about the reward from the imperial court. Although he does not know when the reward will arrive, it is obvious that receiving the reward in Yangzhou will have the best effect.
First, you can take the opportunity to show off your great achievements and the favor of the court in Yangzhou City, which will help to establish a tall image in the hearts of the local people and make it easier to govern the place in the future. At the same time, by showing off your achievements, you can intimidate the government officials, the Salt Administration Department, and the wealthy businessmen.
effect.
Second, Yangzhou City is a prosperous city extending in all directions, a fashionable place in the north and east of the Yangtze River. The influence of being awarded in Yangzhou City is of course countless times greater than in a remote county. The publicity effect is very important, and Li You cannot but take it seriously.
On a crisp autumn morning in early October of the eighth year of Jinghe, Li You and his guards quietly left Xuyi. With a wave of their sleeves, they took away their achievements, but left behind more than 20,000 refugees.
The Yujia Village had already marched to Gaoyou in batches. After Yu Wan'er asked Li You about the beauties of the Ma family, she also left Xuyi with the idea that "there are no cats in the world who don't steal fish". Presumably Bao Zhizhou will properly resettle the Yu family.
However, Patriarch Ma and his clan are still stranded in Xuyi. Because Li You’s memorial also credited the Ma family for pacifying the rebellion, the court will probably give them some rewards. Patriarch Ma doesn’t want to miss this, so he plans to stay in Xuyi.
Wait until the court rewards you before making any further calculations.
When we arrived in Yangzhou City, it was already mid-October. It was exactly two months since we left home in mid-August.
The whole family had different moods when they saw that the master had brought in a rather dazzling beauty. Madam Ma was originally a little bit obsessed with competing for favors, but when she saw that all the concubines of the Li family were outstanding, she also thought of Madam Yu who was temporarily living in Gaoyou.
, my heart suddenly felt a little cold...
After Mrs. Cheng returned to her room, she took out a pen and paper and wrote to the ten princes in the capital: Every time the master goes out, he will come back with something. He went to the capital to get the slave family, went to Gaoyou to get the Yu family, and went to Sizhou to get the Ma family. So far,
The houses at home are almost useless. If things go on like this, how can we be miserable...
That night, Li You stayed at Madam Liu's house. After dinner, he lay lazily on a special deck chair, comfortable and comfortable. Compared with the thrilling situation of guarding the embankment with his back to the ancestral mausoleum, Yangzhou city was really a peaceful place, at most
Just some flies waiting to be swatted.
Thinking of his achievements, Li You said to his wife with a hint of pride: "This time I went to Huaisi and saved the royal ancestral mausoleum. The court will definitely give various rewards. It is indispensable to grant the title of wife's shadow. From now on, you will be Mrs. Gaoming."
. I got a ninth-grade official position from your family back then, and now I am making a lot of money with capital and interest, without any loss to you."
Li You thought of something again and jokingly said: "My wife still needs to work harder. If the court gives you a favor but you don't have a son to receive it, why don't you just stare and worry in vain?"
Lady Liu, who was sitting on the embroidered pier, lowered her head when she heard the words, but covered her face with her hands and began to cry silently. Li You was shocked. This was a joke in the boudoir, but he didn't expect his wife to react so strongly.
The maid Mei Zhi angrily threw the wooden basin in her hand to the ground, "What the master said makes no sense. My young lady still has no children. Don't you have any responsibility at all?"
"Businessmen value profit over separation. Is this what you do as an official, sir? At the end of July of the year before last, you and my lady got married. Only three or four months after that, you went to Fucheng to take up a job. After that, we were separated for half a year, until March and April of last year.
At that time, the whole family moved to Fucheng and they were reunited. But only four months later, you left home again and went to the capital for eight months. Less than three months after following you to Yangzhou, you left again.
I won’t be home for two months.”
Finally, Mei Zhi concluded: "We have been married for more than two years, and Master, you have been at home for less than a year. In less than a year, there are still several rooms to share. We have no children in this house, Master, you are also responsible, and you can't
It’s not just about my young lady.”
The calculation was so accurate that Mr. Li was speechless. After a long time, he said: "Yes, when we get to this room, I still have you to share the time with me. I think you are more sincere than my wife."
Mei Zhi blushed and said angrily: "Isn't it Master that you insisted on dragging the little maid? I had to do it in order to accompany the young lady, but I never took the initiative to seduce you, Master!"
Madam Liu heard the interesting bickering between the master and the maid, and couldn't help bursting into laughter.
Just when Mr. Li was about to continue teasing Mei Zhi, a servant from the outer courtyard reported: "An old member of the Jin family is visiting."
Why did Jin Wanwan come over so late at night when he wasn't going to have a good time? Li You was confused, but he couldn't refuse to see him. He sent a message to bring Jin Wanwan in, put on his coat and went to the front hall.
When father-in-law Jin saw Li You, he explained: "I have several things to tell my husband-in-law, but my husband-in-law will definitely be extremely busy tomorrow and may not have time. Therefore, I came here overnight. I hope my husband-in-law is not surprised."
Li You secretly thought that what he said was quite good. Tomorrow, the number of people visiting him would probably line up all the way to the east of the city, and there was a backlog of countless government affairs waiting to be decided. He would definitely be very busy. "They are all members of my family, so it doesn't matter!"
"One thing is about the talent show for the third daughter of my Jin family. When my husband-in-law went to Sizhou, the imperial envoy for the talent show went to Yangzhou, but he didn't see many guests. Besides, it was inconvenient for me to see him without your introduction. Now the imperial envoy has gone
Jiangnan, I heard that I will pass by Yangzhou when I return in the next few days, so I have to trouble my virtuous son-in-law to connect him."
Li You nodded and said, "This matter is all mine."
"The second thing is about the Du family in Gaoyou..." Jin Wanwan observed Li You's face and deliberately hesitated to speak.
"What happened to the Du family?" Li You frowned. The Du family's case was complicated. He went to Hongze Lake before the trial was completed and is still being held in the county jail.
Jin Wanwan smiled bitterly, "To be honest with you, my dear son-in-law, I have to put in a good word for the Du family. This Du Zhengjian has been working for me loyally, and we have been friends for more than ten years..."
"So what? The law of the country comes first, and the law will not tolerate mercy!" Li You said, but he was very strange in his heart. Jin Wanwan didn't come to plead for mercy two months ago, and now he came to say this, what happened?
Jin Wanwan said helplessly: "That's what you said, and it's also the reason. I didn't intend to embarrass the virtuous son-in-law, but it's not right now. There are many people working under me, and they are all over the place. Du Zhengjian is not the only one. Everyone.
Everyone knows that you and I are related, but seeing you brazenly arresting everyone in the Du family, but I didn’t go to rescue you, it seems too ruthless and unjust. It will inevitably lead to the death of rabbits and the sorrow of foxes, and people’s hearts will be unstable."
People's hearts are unstable? Li You savored these four words and asked: "Is it like this recently?"
"It has been rumored in the past two months. It is said that I am not benevolent and unworthy of serving for clinging to power. There are also rumors that I am colluding with you internally and externally to deliberately seize the Du family's property."
Li You concluded: "Someone must be adding fuel to the flames!"
He added: "I'll have to make up my mind on this matter before I make any further calculations."
Li You intends to completely absorb Jin Wanwan's organizational system for transporting and selling private salt at the right time, and does not want it to become fragmented and disorganized. It would be more troublesome to repair it, and it is better to start from scratch.
reconstruction.
However, this is indeed a piece of fat, and it is normal for people to covet it. Even Li You himself covets it on behalf of the eldest princess.
But what makes Li You uncertain is whether this time has anything to do with the Salt Transportation Department? Could it be that the alienation plan he used when he attacked the Salt Transportation Department with a bluff before leaving worked? If so, it is not entirely a bad thing, so he has to
Observe for some more time.
After saying this, Jin Wanwan changed the subject again. "There is another family matter. I hope my virtuous son-in-law will not care about it... I have offered a reward of 20,000 taels to collect ideas, just to get Sister Bao away from the Li family."
Li You slapped the case angrily and said, "I don't know what is good or bad!"
Jin Wanwan advised: "Xian son-in-law, calm down. I never had this idea. It's just a woman's nonsense. It will be over in a few days. I don't think anyone in Yangzhou City dares to stroke the virtuous son-in-law's tiger beard. In the end, I can only
If nothing is done, my dear son-in-law must not get angry again."
Li You sneered a few times, "You are right, I think who dares to come up with this idea in Yangzhou city, be careful I will deal with his whole family!"
"By the way, there is one more thing." Jin Wanwan thought of something again.
Li You was impatient. He had only been away from home for two months, but there were so many things happening one after another. When he thought about it again, there would be two feet of official documents to deal with tomorrow, which made him even more troubled.
Jin Wanwan "I heard something from the government office. The government office arrested a man from Suzhou. He kept claiming to be your brother, but he didn't know whether it was true or not."
Brother? Li You estimates that 80% of this is false. He has an older brother, Li Zuo, who is of average talent but has no ability. He just looks after the inn business in his hometown in Xujiang County.
How could the Yangzhou Prefecture government go to Suzhou Prefecture to arrest people? There is no reason in the world to act like this. Thinking of this, Li You laughed and said: "If this is really happening, how can it not be heard by me? How come I haven't heard about it? You
And how do you know?”
Jin Wanwan said with a bit of pride: "There is a prisoner in the government prison. He knows about our relationship and secretly goes to my place to report the news. The other government offices keep secret, so the county government naturally doesn't know about it."
Li You sighed in his heart, this human nature is really out of control. Of course, if you tip off Jin Wanwan, you will get more rewards than if you tip him off to Li You...
"It is said that the prisoner's facial features are somewhat similar to yours, but he is slightly shorter than you and has a black mole on his ear..."
Hearing this, Li You's expression changed. This appearance was indeed his brother...
