So I play chess

Chapter 143 Gossip
"Zheng Jiao is just like his father. He is a dull man who can't speak, and he dare not be cruel. If Mrs. Tian didn't stop Zheng Bai, the father and son would probably fight on the spot. In the end, Zheng Jiao had no choice but to Returned in vain."

It's late at night, but it's still lively inside the residence, everyone is sitting around, Li Mao gave Wen Gu a detailed report of what happened in Tian Niangzi's courtyard today.

The moonlight is bright today, and Wen Gu is not sleepy, so he simply asked Zhixia to set up a hot pot, add new charcoal, and asked the kitchen to cut some mutton and rabbit meat, and called Li Maowenliang to connect with Hua Ji, who can now come and go openly without losing his home Come and enjoy.

It's just that Zhou Tong has to go to inspect the city gate in the middle of the night, so he doesn't have such a good meal.

"So among Zheng's family, only Liufang is the most disappointing. But I didn't expect Zheng Jiao to go." Wen Gu didn't eat a few pieces of meat, but just held a bowl of pork rib soup to warm his hands.

Zhixia ate happily, and asked while chewing: "Miss, isn't the Zheng family not in harmony?"

"What do you think?" Wen Gu Chao Huaji said.

Hua Ji changed his appearance on Cross Street yesterday, he was originally Li Mao's person.If there is enough time, Wen Gu might be able to arrange a detailed situation to win over some newcomers.But what she did this time was just to speed up the progress of the two things that happened last time, and at the same time make an active and passive exchange.We couldn't wait too long, so we had to let Li Mao choose someone.

Seeing that the eldest lady asked him to speak, Hua Ji replied carefully: "Missy, Miss Zhixia, this Zheng family, of course, is not just the Zheng family, there are many big families that are the same. It looks like a whole from the outside, but in fact the struggle inside It is no less than the outside. One house gains power in the father's generation, and that house may gain power in the son's generation. The head of the family wants to consolidate its position, and the non-head wants to take it away. You fight for each other, and you may decline if you quarrel. gone."

While Hua Ji was talking, a secret guard came up to pass the news to Wen Liang, and he went to listen to the news by himself, so he didn't delay talking here.

"Then there must be a sequence. There is no word on what's going on outside, but the inside is first to fight." Zhixia said again.

Hua Ji replied: "Don't talk about the world, just talk about Tongcheng, how many big families are there left that flourished a hundred years ago? If they really know as well as Miss Zhixia, many big families will not be defeated. .”

"Stop complimenting her." Wen Gu smiled, "Standing outside, everyone is sober. If you really entangle yourself inside, it will be another state of mind."

"What Missy said is true." Li Mao also followed suit, "They all enjoy peace under the protection of the family. Seeing the authority and influence of the Patriarch, it is easy to feel that if I also ascend to that position, all these will naturally belong to him. .But often when you climb up, you realize that you may not have that kind of ability, and you may not be able to get the same wealth."

After hearing this, Hua Ji sincerely said yes.

Wen Gu took a look at Li Mao and said, "This is the situation that makes people, and people can also affect the situation."

"Miss." Wen Liang finally heard the news, and came to report to Wen Gu, "A group of people was found in the south, and they should have detoured from the direction of Qianlong County. At the same time, there was also a group of people in the direction of Dingyi County, which had already entered Tongcheng inside."

"Where did you go?" Wen Gu knew that this was probably Tang Xianyao's team.

"They're still in Tongcheng. They're obviously careful to hide their whereabouts. There's no sign of leaving yet," Wen Liang replied.

"Any news from Lianzhou?" Wen Gu asked again.

"Not yet." Wen Liang shook his head, "Even Dingyi County has not moved."

"Tell Zhou Tong to guard the city gate to prevent anyone from sneaking in. We will prepare to entertain guests starting tomorrow."

Wen Liang didn't know what the eldest lady meant, but he didn't even use the hot pot anymore, so he resigned and arranged things.

Seeing that Wen Liang had left, Li Mao asked if there was anything urgent that needed to be arranged for them to do.Wen Gu said there was no rush, and just asked Li Maohua to eat first and talk more about the Zheng family.

Li Mao had no choice but to sit down.

Wen Gu asked again: "What do you think of Zheng Bai?"

In fact, Li Mao didn't know why the eldest lady asked him to arrange people to investigate such a person at the beginning, and when the investigation came back, he was even more puzzled. Also clean..."

Wen Gu interrupted: "You don't want to think about something else, just say it."

Li Mao got the order, and then he said with confidence: "Although Zheng Bai has some spirits in reading, he is young and innocent, and he is carefully raised by his mother Tian Niangzi. He is always like an ordinary man."

Wen Gu laughed and asked, "What else?"

Sure enough, Li Mao didn't finish his sentence: "It's just that he has no knowledge due to his temperament, and it's easy to take some detours. But after following him for a few days, there are some interesting stories."

When Wen Gu became interested, he asked Li Mao to explain in detail.

It turned out that every other day, Zheng Bai used the excuse of going out to meet friends, and crossed the city. In a few lanes in the north of the city, he picked some places outside the school to spread a mat, and told some children the legends he had compiled. story.It should have been a few years, and some parents of children in the vicinity had their own livelihood during the day, so they also let him take care of them for a short time.

Zheng Bai's story was written with care, and it was wonderfully told.Occasionally, I can get some money because of this, but it's as much as a dozen Wen a day, and as little as five or six Wen.

Every time he collected enough money, he would buy some old clothes that the master's family wanted to discard from the servants of some families in the north of the city, and then take them home.

Li Mao wanted to come to think that Lady Tian made a living by sewing and cutting after all, perhaps it was Zheng Bai's act of taking care of her mother.

After Wen Gu listened to it, he thought of what he saw in Tian Niangzi's courtyard that day, and he had another thought.

Lady Tian certainly didn't want Zheng Bai to go out to make a living, and Zheng Bai didn't dare to disobey his mother, so she came up with such a way to supplement the family secretly.

Li Mao also felt reasonable when he heard it: "The mother is kind and the son is filial. This Zheng Bai does not only do things directly, but also knows how to maneuver. It's just a little clumsy."

"Maybe you bring this person with you?" Wen Gu asked.

Li Mao had already thought of what the eldest lady meant, so he replied: "I have already thought of a good job for him."

"Okay." Wen Gu was really relieved, "Over there, if there is someone from the historian Wang's family to discuss things tomorrow, let him give him some favor and tell him in private that it is only temporary. I will use his favor Do something urgent."

Li Mao hurriedly got up to respond, and Wen Gu said again: "Choosing and training manpower is naturally your skill. There will definitely be more people coming tomorrow. You can find more suitable manpower from inside. After that, it will not only be in Tongcheng, but also in many places." Use them all."

After Li Mao got the order, he didn't say any more, even Hua Ji left together.

(End of this chapter)