I go to the ancient imperial examinations

Chapter 262
Wu Baihu was really a rough man, he pushed the little official away and strode into the study, "Master Zhu, I have been entrusted."

After leaving a word, Wu Baihu hurriedly turned around and left without waiting for County Magistrate Zhu to speak. The speed made County Magistrate Zhu dumbfounded, and He Xuezhi, the staff member who was about to pour tea for guests, was still holding the teapot in a daze.

"This person?" Looking at the wide open door, under normal circumstances, County Magistrate Zhu would be furious.

No matter how poor Xiangwu County is, he is still a seventh-rank county magistrate appointed by the imperial court, but the five hundred households come and walk faster. Magistrate Zhu frowned and looked at the paper in his hand. When he unfolded it, his red face changed instantly. color.

"My lord, what's wrong?" He Xuezhi hurriedly put down the teapot. My lord has been generous and fat all these years, which can change his face. What exactly did Wu Baihu give?
"It's unreasonable!" She slapped the desk, and was so angry that County Magistrate Zhu gasped heavily, "A little girl, who gave her the courage!"

"My lord, can I let the little one take a look?" Seeing that Zhu County Magistrate did not object, He Xuezhi picked up the paper slapped on the table and looked at it. Oh, it turned out to be a complaint. After reading the content of the complaint, He Xuezhi finally understood Zhu. Why is the county magistrate angry?

It was Zhang Yiyi who sued Zhang Yiyi, who used the name of the town's Marquis to deceive County Magistrate Zhu. The police rushed to arrest people, ignoring the laws of Daqing...

He Xuezhi is also a scholar. Over the years, he has helped County Magistrate Zhu deal with a lot of official documents. It is clear that this petition was written by a powerful scholar.

The complaint didn't mention that the magistrate Zhu was wrong, and he didn't mean to make things difficult for the Zhenbianhou's mansion, so he detained Zhang Yiyi and Luo Butou to fight each other hard, and charged them one by one. It's unforgivable.

"That old man Qiu Zongxi must have done something good!" Squeezing out the words between his teeth, Magistrate Zhu slapped the table angrily again.

There are not many scholars in Xiangwu County who can write such penetrating characters. Only a great Confucian like Qiu Zongxi has this ability.

He Xuezhi's heart skipped a beat. The county magistrate Zhu in Xiangwu County was an uncompromising parental official, but the magistrate even sent someone to give gifts every year to catch the old man's name.

"Your Excellency, calm down." He Xuezhi turned around and poured a cup of tea for County Magistrate Zhu. Seeing that his anger had dissipated for a while, he continued to persuade him: "This time, it is a matter of the Hou's Mansion. No matter how Qiu Zongxi is, he is still in the Hou's Mansion in Weizhou. It's up to you."

Hou Na at the edge of the town is the second rank, holding the military power in his hands!He also married the princess of the royal family, and the blood of the royal family still flows on the body of the son of the Hou family. No matter how famous Qiu Zongxi is, he will not be able to find the palm of the Hou Ye when he meets the Hou family in the town.

Magistrate Zhu stared at him, put the teacup he had just picked up back on the table heavily with a snap, and reprimanded angrily: "Gods fight, mortals suffer! Lord Hou doesn't need to be afraid of that old man Qiu Zongxi, but in order to calm down The anger of that old man, the one who is unlucky in the end is this official!"

Even though he has been in the barren land of Xiangwu County for almost ten years, County Magistrate Zhu has brains too. Whether it is Zhenbian Hou's Mansion or Qiu Zongxi's old man, he can't afford to offend both of them.

The dignified county magistrate was caught in the middle to be angry and embarrassed, because he was afraid that the Hou's mansion would sacrifice him in the end, so how could he still go to the underworld to appeal to Lord Hades for grievances.

"The adults are wise, but the villains are not thoughtful." He Xuezhi, who was scolded, handed over his hands to make amends, and said something nice again. Looking at the proud and smart Zhu County Magistrate, He Xuezhi's eyes flashed with disdain. This makes sense Don't you understand yourself?

But wealth and wealth are in danger, and my lord wants to be wise and safe, but in the end both parties are offended, so why not take refuge in the Hou's mansion with determination, take the opportunity to suppress Qiu Zongxi, and in Xiangwu County in the future, what my lord wants to say and do will be fine. Not afraid of being restrained by Qiu Zongxi.

"My lord, Luo Butou asks to see you." Outside the study, the voice of the little official sounded again.

The horse that Luo Butou rode was not as good as a military horse, so he returned to the county government office after Wu Baihu and his party left Xiangwu County, and hurried over without taking a breather.

"Get him out of here!" County magistrate Zhu yelled, five hundred households came and went in a hurry, magistrate Zhu had no idea what happened in Stone Village.

Ho!County Magistrate Zhu and He Xuezhi were startled when they saw Luo Butou, who had a bruised nose and a swollen face, and was still limping while walking.

The folk customs in Xiangwu County are tough, especially in the villages below. Each village has either the same surname or is related to each other. Even if it is the arrest of the upper yamen, those unscrupulous people are not afraid.

This is also the reason why County Magistrate Zhu has not dared to take bribes and break the law these years. The villagers are so tough. A village can dispatch hundreds of elders, and those women can also wield hoes and poles like a tiger, and the government cannot beat them. I can only admit cowardice.

But usually this kind of situation is that the yamen collects money and wants to harm ordinary people, which will cause "officials to force the people to rebel", but the arrester Luo went to Shitou Village to arrest not the villagers, but outsiders, that's it The parents who have been beaten almost don't know each other.

"My lord..." Luo caught his head and saw that the anger was no longer on the county magistrate Zhu's face, he was relieved, and he was worthy of punching himself in the face on the way back.

Luo Butou explained the matter quickly and in detail, emphasizing the brutality of He Sheng and He Nuan, and then severely sued Wu Baihu. If he hadn't left early, Luo Butou and his party would not have Return in vain.

"You said that girl gave poison to Wu Baihu, so he ran away with his men?" County magistrate Zhu glanced at the complaint at hand. .

But that's right, merchants' homes are not short of money, and it's normal to spend a lot of money to buy some poison for self-defense.

County Magistrate Zhu glanced at Luo Tutou, who had a bruised nose and a swollen face. If he looked at him a few more times, he would probably have a nightmare at night, "As you said, this matter will be difficult to handle."

Luo catcher lowered his head and stopped talking, it must be, that girl is not good at filming, feeding poison is like feeding sugar balls, that skillful movement, I don't know how many maids and servants have been poisoned to death at home.

There are also two attendants, a man and a woman. Damn it, when Luo Tutou moved his body a little, he felt abdominal pain and back pain, and the bones all over his body seemed to be dismantled.

So what if merchants are humble?If he had money, he could afford to hire a family guard, so he shouldn't have made this trip. He didn't get money, and he was almost beaten to death.

County magistrate Zhu also regretted this meeting, his intestines were green. He originally wanted to curry favor with the Hou's mansion so that he could be promoted, but who knew that he had kicked the iron plate, and five hundred households ran away, and the county government couldn't stand it.

"My lord, why don't you write a letter and send it to Dong's other courtyard, and send the paper complaint along with it. Your lord has done his best, and the people in the Hou Mansion should know your hard work." He Xuezhi reminded, since It's a thankless thing, it's better to push it clean, if the Hou Mansion wants to deal with that little girl, they can send someone themselves.

"As you said, I will write a letter immediately, and I will serve you with pen and ink!" County magistrate Zhu stood up, he absolutely didn't want to get involved in this shitty matter, if he accidentally fed himself a poison, Zhu The county magistrate's legs felt a little weak when he thought about it.

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Dong's courtyard.

After returning from Shitou Village twice without success, Zhang Yiyi knew that she would not be able to leave Xiangwu County in a short time, but she also disliked the shabby inn in the county seat, and finally asked Lian Er to find such a courtyard, which was the largest in Xiangwu County. The courtyard of Dong's house, a merchant.

As soon as they heard that the nobleman wanted to live, the Dong family sent someone to clean it without saying a word, and left two people to wait on it. If the nobleman wanted anything, just say it, and the Dong family immediately prepared and delivered it.

After bathing, Zhang Yiyi wiped her face in front of the mirror, looking at her beautiful face in the bronze mirror, Zhang Yiyi's gloomy mood for several days finally eased a bit.

"Madam, after all, Young Master Xu hasn't been with Madam in these years, so it's inevitable that he will become unfamiliar." Lian Er wiped Zhang Yiyi's hair while speaking comforting words.

Madam is a noble person now, but after all, she has no heirs. It was fine when Lord Hou was still alive.

But Hou Ye's age is here. Once Hou Ye goes away in the future, the wife will have three to forty years to live, and the Hou Mansion will definitely be unreliable. In the end, I still have to rely on Young Master Xu.

"You don't understand, he is a member of the Yang family, he is very stubborn, and my own mother is useless." Zhang Yiyi couldn't help but think of the time when he married Yang Shoucheng when he was fiddling with the golden silk hairpin on the dressing table. .

She is the concubine of the magistrate's family. If she is betrothed to an ordinary scholar or businessman, it will be a low marriage.

But if he wanted to marry into an official family, he could only marry a concubine. At first glance, it sounds like a good marriage, but Zhang Yiyi has been smart since she was a child, and knew how to calculate.

Of course, she can be a house-filler and a stepmother, and she may marry an official of the fourth rank at most. She may be older than her father, and if she is a clean official, she doesn't have much dowry. She has married. Life will be difficult.

If it was a corrupt official, he would covet her beauty and youth, but Zhang Yiyi could see it clearly, it was like the magistrate's back house, where every year a few young and beautiful maidservants would be brought in, but in fact it was just something for his father to warm his bed.

So Zhang Yiyi finally chose Yang Shoucheng, the young general of the general's mansion, mighty and tall, and the Yang family had a rule not to accept concubines, the general's wife died early, and he married a father-in-law, a general.

There is no mother-in-law at the top, no sister-in-law at the bottom, on the wedding day, Zhang Yiyi is smiling all over her face under the red hijab, she can already imagine the prosperity and wealth in the future.

But who knew that the general would have a good name, and the poor would almost eat dirt!

Zhang Yiyi knew that Yang Shoucheng cared about her, and that taciturn man really liked her, but besides feelings, he still had his bottom line and principles.

Therefore, apart from guaranteeing three meals a day, the salary of the general's mansion was distributed to help the soldiers. Zhang Yiyi cried and made trouble, and persuaded him after being gentle, but with Yang Shoucheng, principles are principles. , the branding iron was imprinted in his bones, and Zhang Yiyi's eighteen tricks were useless.

Suddenly regaining consciousness, Zhang Yiyi glanced at the still young face in the bronze mirror. She had done nothing wrong. If she stayed in the General's Mansion, she would be like those vulgar village women in Shitou Village. Already old and withered.

"Ma'am." The little maid called out in a low voice outside the door.

Lian'er put down the comb and walked over, opened the door, "What's the matter?"

"Sister Lian, the yamen just sent someone to deliver two letters." The little maid hastily raised her hands and handed over the two letters, "The concierge said that the messenger dropped the letters and left."

Frowning, Lian'er took the letter and turned back to the house, "Ma'am, the county magistrate Zhu sent it over, maybe it's over."

A quarter of an hour later, Zhang Yiyi finished reading the letter, looked at the other hairpin that came back with the letter, and laughed angrily, "No wonder I stayed in the barren land of Xiangwu County for almost ten years, and even a yellow-haired girl couldn't do anything about it. It's ridiculous!"

"It didn't work out?" Lian'er was taken aback.

Ignoring Lian'er, Zhang Yiyi frowned and thought, the letter from County Magistrate Zhu was full of complaints and helpless words, it was clear that she had shied away from doing it, and she had a noble status, but she couldn't personally take the police to Shitou Village to arrest people .

But Zhang Yiyi also knew that this matter should not be made known to the Hou family. Master Hou said that someone in the court wanted to attack the Hou family. There should be no mistakes on Master Hou's side, otherwise it would only be more troublesome to be caught.

"Go make a cup of ginseng tea and bring it here." She asked Lian Er to go out, Zhang Yiyi paced back and forth in the room with her hair loose, she needed to think about it.

There are two purposes for this trip: one is to take Xu'er away.

He is the third generation of the Yang family. No matter how cruel General Yang and Yang Shoucheng are, it is impossible to ignore Xu'er. With Xu'er in hand, there is no fear that the Yang family will not hand over their connections in the army. With the military power in hand, the Hou Mansion is invincible.

The second is to ask Yang Shoucheng to write a letter saying that when he went to Hou's mansion, Yang's family entrusted him to take care of him when he was pregnant. In this way, the imperial censor could not criticize Hou Ye with his personal virtue.

But Zhang Yiyi went there twice, but returned without success. Originally, she wanted to find an upright charge to send the little girl to prison, but it's a pity that Magistrate Zhu couldn't handle even such a trivial matter.

After nightfall, a figure silently appeared in Zhang Yiyi's bedroom. Under the dim candlelight, the visitor knelt on one knee with a respectful attitude, "Ma'am, Lord Hou asked his subordinates to come and wait for Madam's orders."

Zhang Yiyi was wearing a coat, the charcoal fire in the bedroom didn't look cold, at this moment she asked softly: "Can you put the letterhead into the Yang family's house without the Yang family noticing?"

After seeing the letter sent by Zhu County Magistrate to congratulate her on the complaint, Zhang Yiyi began to think about how to deal with this matter. Since the county government is unreliable, she can only think of a way.

After thinking about it, the visitor said: "Reporting to Madam, the father and son of the Yang family are all masters, and the subordinates will be noticed if they approach the courtyard."

Old General Yang and Yang Shoucheng both retired from the battlefield. Although they have lived in seclusion in Shitou Village for many years, father and son practice martial arts every day, and this vigilance will not disappear with time.

In the past few years, the Zhenbian Hou's Mansion had also sent people to explore the yard at night, but they were discovered without approaching.

Can't?Zhang Yiyi frowned, and her complexion was a little ugly. She knew very well that once Yushitai impeached the town's border Hou for not cultivating his personal virtues, in order for the Hou family to calm the situation, she would definitely become a victim of a confidante's fate.

Once he is dead, what if the Holy One sends someone to investigate?No proof.

(End of this chapter)