After the imperial examinations, I grew up by farming

Chapter 79

Chapter 79: Murder

The family banquet had one meal at noon and one meal in the evening. At night, Zhang Wushi and Zhao Butcher took the lively juniors to Chunhua Street. After eating and having fun, we finally went to Zhuangyuan Building.

The Yuye Liquor of Zhuangyuan Building is world-famous, so when you visit Chunhua Street, you must taste it.

Ning Yu knew that she had a low capacity for alcohol, so she wanted to lick it with the tip of her tongue and taste it. Unexpectedly, the Yuye wine was really delicious. In addition, Zhao Xiu and Xu Linpeng sang double reeds and kept advocating that she would not be intoxicated, so she advised her to drink a few sips ,Then……

She really took a sip, and succeeded in getting herself drunk without any suspense.

Yan Shi was called into the palace in the evening, and the remnants of the previous dynasty started another war in the Taiyuan area. Bozhou, southern Dali, Chengdu and other places were not stable. What was more urgent was that the Awa tribe crossed the border to cause trouble. The crackdown has fueled its arrogance, and the countries in the south are afraid that they will join forces to invade the territory of Beiyan.

Emperor Wu Ding personally ordered Yan Shi to lead an army to Yunnan to conquer the Ava tribe, deterring foreign countries such as Siam and Nanquan, and ordered troops to go out before dawn the next day.

Knowing Xu Ningcheng's ability, Yan Shi recommended to Emperor Wu Ding that Xu Ningcheng go to Chengdu to quell the chaos.

Taiyuan, Bozhou, Pengcheng and other places also sent people. Among them, the largest Taiyuan rebellion was led by General Yu Anbang of Huaihua, the second son of General Zhenguo Yu Qing.

As the greatest hero in the founding of Beiyan, Yan Shi naturally also had a military rank——

From the first-rank hussar general, one level higher than the second-rank general Zhenguo, he commanded 30 Xuanying troops, 40 Chixia troops, [-] heroic troops, and [-] Nanli troops.

It stands to reason that the Nanli Army should not exist, but Yan Shi loves Ning Yu and knows that the Nanli Army is her painstaking effort. In addition, the original intention of the Nanli Army is touching, so Emperor Wu Ding of the Ming Dynasty retained the title of the Nanli Army.

The next day.

Ning Yu woke up, Yan Shi and Xu Ningcheng had set off for more than two hours.

One is going to the Yunnan border, and the other is going to Chengdu.

Yan Shi left her a letter.

The letter said that he wanted to say goodbye to her face to face, but he found out that she was drunk when he arrived at the Xu Mansion, and told her not to drink outside when he was not around.

He also said that he had left a token for her, so that everyone in the palace could be transferred, including guards, servants, maidservants, housekeepers and cooks.

He also said that she can take and use all the things in the palace, and he has already greeted the housekeeper.

In the end, he said that he had already selected the Zhuangzi she wanted. It covers a vast area and the soil is fertile. It is seventy miles away from Wangjing, surrounded by the Zhuangzi of the Wangfu. It is safe and secure, and it is very suitable for crop research in it.

Ning Yu put down the letter and picked up the token to look at it, put it down, and picked up Zhuangzi's land deed.

She said with emotion: "I just wanted to rent a villa in the palace and some slaves, but I didn't expect..." He sent everything he could.

Zhiyi saw it from the side, and was very happy for his young lady.

"The prince cares about the young lady in his heart, so he is like this. The slaves are watching, the prince really wants to treat the young lady with all his heart, and the young lady and the prince will be harmonious and beautiful for a long time."

Even the maid could see his affection, and Ning Yu felt mixed feelings.

Although it had only been a few days since the relationship was confirmed, she could feel his unreserved cherishment and love for her, and she couldn't help but feel guilty.

She deserves it!

If his love for her is ten percent, then she only loves him four percent, and three percent of it still loves his face and body.

Ning Yu decided to treat Yan Shi better in the future and not order him to pinch his shoulders and beat his back.

Not answering Zhiyi's words, Ning Yu handed her the land deed and ordered: "Let Zhiman go to the school and tell Xiaoying to go see Zhuangzi tomorrow morning."

The old scholar and the third master held classes in the house.

Usually, Xu Linfu, Xu Linrong, Xu Siyuan, Li Jiadani, Ermao, Xiaoni, Xu Zhuang's grandchildren, and the second wife's natal family—the four grandchildren of Grandpa Zhang's family, more than a dozen children Take lessons in school.

Li Xiaoying is also there.

When Zhiman arrived, a class had just begun.

The sharp-eyed third master saw his daughter's illiterate maid through the huge French window, and planned to call in to attend the class together, but before his lips moved, he saw the little maid in green turn around and run away as if fleeing for her life, bright as a young sapling bouncing around.

A sapling that doesn't want to make progress and will grow into a crooked neck tree sooner or later!

The third master was frustrated.

Back in the day, he and his wife picked out a personal servant girl for his daughter, and a group of little Doudings stood in a row, and he immediately looked at the big-eyed Douding Dumplings, who looked like reading materials, and immediately made a decision, "This child is clever." , it’s just right to be a book boy.”

God's will mocks people!

Unexpectedly, half a year later, the Zhiyi girl picked by his wife to take care of his daughter's daily life would become a book boy. On the contrary, the girl Zhiman, whom he had placed high hopes on, could recognize the words "Xu" and "Ning", and was so stupid as to be with his daughter. hands and feet.

"Sir, sir!"

"Uncle!"

The third master was lost in thought, Xu Siyuan called "Sir" several times, seeing that the third master didn't respond, so he let go of his voice and called "Uncle and grandfather".

"Hey," the third master returned to his senses, "Class, class."

Xu Siyuan lowered his eyes and thought to himself, what my great-uncle said was right, my great-uncle made some useless rituals and insisted on calling them Mr., but "Sir" is not as good as "Granduncle".

……

Li Xiaoying is very satisfied with Zhuangzi and plans to move to Zhuangzi in two days.

"Don't rest for a few more days?" Ning Yu flicked away the flying insects that flew onto his hands, and just after he slapped them away, another one flew over, and it was everywhere in the air, and he didn't know if it would cause swelling or itching.

After resting for two months, Li Xiaoying felt uncomfortable all over, and she had long been looking forward to returning to the embrace of the earth.

She said: "It's the season for sowing cotton, and the time is just right. The beans, pumpkins, and peppers cultivated in the South are also tested. I hope that they will be planted in the North...the yield and quality will not decrease too much, and after two months, they will be ready." It’s time to sow wheat, and the time is tight, and besides, I can’t sit still, I haven’t been in the field for more than two months, and I feel that my hands and feet are useless.”

"It's good if you don't feel hard work." Ning Yu said: "In a few days, even if the enrollment of the Imperial College does not go well, I will go to Yunlu Academy to prepare for the spring of the next year. I'm afraid I won't be able to come to the village often."

"Bah, bah, bah!" Li Xiaoying said: "Don't say such disheartening words, Mr. Xu has learned a lot, and he will definitely be admitted to the Imperial College."

No matter how many times Ning Yu corrected her, she still stubbornly called Ning Yu "Master Xu". In her heart, Master Xu who upheld justice for her was her beacon and the moon.

Li Xiaoying and You Rong said: "If Master Xu is not even wanted, I think the Imperial College is just a show with a false name, not worthy of the reputation of being the first school."

"You're right!" Ning Yu laughed heartily.

"If Guozijian dares to eliminate me, after I win the first prize, I will ask people to beat gongs and drums and set off firecrackers for ten days and ten nights in front of their gates. While setting off the firecrackers, they will shout, 'Guozijian has eyes but no pearls. Guozijian's sacrificial wine is in vain called the most holy teacher' , but also to pull up the banner and beat them in the face severely."

Zhiman listened excitedly, and hastily responded: "My servant will remember it for Miss, and I will go to write large-scale cloth tomorrow."

Ning Yu said: "Success, help me remember."

Putting on a light blue skirt, Baitang sneaked a cold glance at Ning Yu and Zhiman.

Although she had only been here for two days, it didn't affect her discovery of the truth in the slightest: a master and a servant, nothing else can do, the arrogance is unparalleled, and the key is that they are very compatible, one is stupid in hands and feet, and the other is stupid in mind.

After speaking to Zhiman, Ning Yu looked at Li Xiaoying again.

"You are a little lady in the Zhuangzi. Although it is not dangerous to grow up, it is difficult to guarantee that you will be hungry and hungry. I will leave Uncle Zhuang to you. There is also a guarantee of safety. If anyone is slippery and does not listen to the arrangement of these people in Zhuangzi, just call Uncle Zhuang to be cruel. lesson."

Tenants are good citizens, how can they be used as they please?
Li Xiaoying wondered, "Aren't the tenants in the village?"

"Since it is a closed research and a confidential matter, how can the tenants have slaves!" Ning Yu said with a smile: "Don't worry, they are all old slaves from the time of Duke Zhao of the Yan family, and they are very obedient.

"I made a deal with Yan Shi. If these people do a good job, they will be freed from their slavery in five years. You can tell them about this, and you can use this to trap people's hearts, choose capable envoys, and repay those who are ineffective. Give it to me, and I'll let someone take it away."

Although Li Xiaoying dislikes the slavery system, it is not easy to change the social environment. What she wants to do is to develop more high-yielding crops so that poor people can fill their lives without having to sell their children and wives. abdomen.

"Success!" Li Xiaoying readily accepted.

Baitang was astonished!

This Mrs. Li is more or less insane. People call her ugly, but she still doesn't care.

Looking at these people, it is really "like flock together".

……

On the way back home.

Ning Yu thought that Li Xiaoying was going to the Zhuangzi soon, and remembered what she ate at the Wangfu that day—the delicious Roasted Chicken in Honey Sauce, which was bought from the Zhuangyuan Building, and a sip of Ecstasy Yuye Wine from the Zhuangyuan Building, The more I thought about it, the more greedy I became, so I ordered the coachman to turn to Chunhua Street.

Zhiman suggested walking from West Street.

"Sister Zhiyi ordered two bolts of Shu brocade at Baibuzhuang, West Street, to cut clothes for Baitang. Let's take them back along the way."

……

Outside Baibuzhuang.

A delicate-looking maid was so anxious that she burst into tears, she dragged the strong man dressed as a servant, and shouted heart-piercingly.

"Let go of my lady! Miss! Miss! Let go, let go!"

"Go away!" The man with an evil face, who looked like the head of a servant, pushed the servant girl away, and said arrogantly: "My master has a crush on your young lady and wants to marry your young lady as his aunt, so that he can enjoy the glory and wealth from now on." No end, go back and burn incense to fulfill your vows, and cry again, be careful of your life!"

Fearless and fearless, the servant girl rushed in with all her might.

Seeing the servant girl rushing up again, the man ran out of patience, raised his foot and kicked it out, "Get out of my way, get out of my way!"

The servant girl got a slap in the face, and immediately gushed out a mouthful of blood, she didn't care to wipe the blood, she got up and rushed forward desperately, trying to break through the line of defense formed by three or four servants, and catch her young lady.

Passers-by saw this and felt sorry for the poor master and servant, but this group of people are evil slaves of the Yongchang Hou Mansion, and their master is Fang Caiye, the second son of the Yongchang Hou Shizi, who is a well-known bully in Wangjing, and is also a well-known rich man.

Even the magistrates can't afford to offend such nobles and nobles, not to mention that they are just ordinary people.

I can't afford it, and I don't dare to provoke it!
Just as passers-by were sighing, the maidservant, who was not afraid of death, shouted sharply: "My seventh son-in-law is Prince An, let me go, or my son-in-law will not let you go! You villains, let me go!"

The carriage didn't even hang the tags necessary for senior officials' families, could it be Prince An's relatives?

The man who had memorized the carriage tags of various prefectures did not care a word about what the maid said, and he was still confident.

"Is my master still the emperor's old man?"

The man spat sarcastically, and then kicked the servant girl in the stomach again, "Things that are too long!"

After finding a peerless beauty, the man rushed back to ask for credit. The maid who was reluctant to give up was very unpleasant. He glanced at the maid in disgust and said, "Come on, throw her away for me."

As soon as the man spoke, two servants immediately stepped forward to drag the bloody maid.

They dragged the maid for two steps, when they heard a clear and indistinguishable scolding.

"stop!"

Ning Yu looked at Liu Xin, who was caught by two men, with a cloth strip stuffed in her mouth, with a stubborn and unwilling face, and glanced at Xiao Yin who was beaten half to death, and her anger surged.

The man looked at Ning Yu who was dressed in men's clothing.

The other party's "Stop" was very powerful, it really startled him, but looking at the other party's life, the clothes were not very luxurious, and he didn't wear a waist card, he just regarded him as a nosy little rich son.

Even though he knew that the other party was not some big man to mess with, he shivered uncontrollably when he met a pair of eyes that were so cold that they seemed to shoot out knives.

The man was afraid of Ning Yu, and said sternly: "Young master, we are the Yongchang Marquis—"

Before he could finish speaking, Leng Youyou's young master said again: "This group of people bully the weak, rob people's daughters by force, despise the imperial power, let me kill them!"

Everyone felt that it was too fast, they didn't even have time to blink, they saw seven or eight evil slaves all fell to the ground, those who were close to them looked, and after half a breath, they saw blood dripping from the necks of the evil slaves.

The one who did it was naturally Baitang.

Ning Yu brought Liu Xin and Xiao Yin back to Xu Mansion.

On the back foot, Li Congsheng, the prefect of Wangjing, came to the door with the police and guards.

Ning Yu and Bai Tang followed him to the Yamen.

The case is very simple: the elder sister of Prince An and the quasi-wangfei was picking cloth for no reason, and was forcibly taken away by evil slaves for no reason. She planned to dedicate it to the master of the Yongchang Hou Mansion. Great, naturally there are people who are willing to come forward to testify.

Everyone knows that evil slaves bully others with their power, and they rely on the power of the Yongchang Marquis Mansion.

But there is no proof of death, and the Yongchang Hou's mansion blatantly pushed the crime on the evil slave.

As for crying out for the evil slave...

have not thought!
Ten Yongchang Hou's mansions are not worth one Prince An's mansion.

Not to mention complaining, they licked their faces and tried to make amends for the girl from the Xu family.

Ning Yu also knew that even if the person didn't die, Fang Caiye would only be beaten up, but a gang of evil slaves might not be sentenced to death, so he didn't hesitate to kill the evil slaves.

Back at Xu Mansion, Ning Yu first went to Liu Xin's courtyard.

Huang Chao has already shown it to both master and servant.

Liu Xin was just frightened and there was no serious problem, but the maid Xiaoyin was seriously injured and would need several months of recuperation to recover.

at night.

Yingchen, who was inquiring about the news, asked to see him.

He brought news of Shi Zhuangxian and Shi Ruling.

Shi Ruling has a simple resume. She grew up in an academy since she was a child. She has a gentle personality and is not sociable.

Shi Zhuxian is much more complicated.

First, she has a deep affection with Mrs. Wang, the wife of Minister of the Ministry of Officials, but Wang is not her biological mother. Just seeing that she coaxes Wang to love her more than her own children who were conceived in October, one knows that she has great potential. means.

Second, she was deeply loved by the empress. It is said that when she was in Guanzhong, the empress matched her and Yan Shi in public many times.

Thirdly, during the great famine in the North, when the refugees acted for righteousness, she almost died in the hands of the rebels. It was Yan Shi who single-handedly broke through the enemy's defenses and rescued her.

Fourth, this Miss Shi is already 25, one year older than Yan Shi. Over the years, there have been not a hundred or eighty people who have come to ask for marriage, but they have all been turned away. It is rumored that one of them wants to marry The Yan family, to put it bluntly, wanted to marry Yan Shi.

Fifth, Miss Shi also has a not-so-faithful admirer. Although she has more than 20 concubines, she claims that the position of main wife will always be reserved for Miss Shi. This person is none other than the second son of Yongchang Hou Shizi Fang Caiye.

"Fang Caiye..."

He is the one who speaks disrespectfully to Sixth Sister in Baihuayan, he is the one who indulges in slavery and commits evil, and it is the one who never forgets Miss Shi.

Ning Yu chewed on the name, and smiled.

(End of this chapter)