Teacher is too tough

Zhou House.

in the library.

A middle-aged man with a clear face and wearing casual clothes was immersed in his official duties.

He frowned, shook his head and sighed from time to time, and occasionally cursed a few words. I don't know what was written in the official document that made him angry and unbearable.

"As soon as I left the office, I went straight to the study again. Don't you want to lose your body?"

The man raised his head, his eyebrows and eyes were three or four points similar to Zhou Zongru, he was the father of Mr. Zhou, Zhou Xian, the minister of officials.

He was so focused that he didn't notice when his wife came into the room.

Squeezing between his brows, he said with a wry smile: "People like Bai Tonggu won't stop for a moment, how can I stop? Master Yue Zhang and brother-in-law are also in a state of desperation right now."

The woman is quite old, with a bit of kindness in her gentleness.

Put the snacks brought on the desk, go around behind Zhou Xian to help him hold his shoulders, and said: "There are many things, just do one by one. It's not that you don't understand the truth that you can't become fat if you eat it in one bite. With the emperor's family, you can't risk your life, because if there are no people, there will be nothing."

Zhou Xian smiled wryly again: "I really don't dare to procrastinate. If Your Majesty agrees to their Chen Zou, do you know how many people will be ruined by the disaster?"

He picked up an official document and said, "Look, there is blood between the lines!"

The woman sighed and stopped persuading.

She was born in a family of officials, so she naturally knew that every move in the court would involve countless people, and if someone with a wicked heart came to power, it would be the people who would suffer in the end.

Zhou Xian didn't want his wife to worry about it, so he changed the subject and said, "What is Ru'er up to now, I haven't seen him for several days."

The woman smiled and said, "You finally have time to think about him? I thought you had forgotten that you had a son."

Zhou Xian shook his head and said with a smile, "Madam, don't make fun of me."

The woman said: "I sent someone to the Zhenwu Division to ask, and they said that two colleagues were seriously injured, one of them was their director, everyone was guarding there, and no one came home."

Zhou Xian was taken aback, and said, "When did Ru'er learn to please his boss?"

The woman kneaded her shoulders for a moment, and said: "Even if you don't like him like this, you should speak well, don't just open your mouth to scold, the child is already grown up after all."

Zhou Xian smiled and said: "When did I say I don't like him like this? I have already realized that being a person can't be too pedantic. As long as you keep your heart, it is necessary to please the boss and other behaviors. Only by climbing to a higher position , to do greater things.”

The woman breathed a sigh of relief.

Zhou Xian asked: "What case are they working on? Why is Zuo Fengchun seriously injured?"

The woman shook her head and said: "I don't know, this child's mouth is very strict now, he never talks about the affairs of the yamen."

Zhou Xian hummed: "This is what it should be." After a pause, he continued: "After thinking about it, I still don't want Ru'er to stay in a place like Zhenwu Division for a long time."

The woman said: "Why?"

Zhou Xian said: "First of all, that place is full of rough warriors. Our family is considered to be a scholarly family. I am afraid that Ru'er will make some dubious friends and get into some bad habits. No future."

The woman was stunned and said: "Since that's the case, why didn't you stop him back then, instead you agreed with it?"

Zhou Xiandao: "At the beginning, His Majesty gave Zhenwu Division the responsibility of supervising all officials. I thought it would do something, but I still looked up to that Director Liu. Take the first case they handled as an example. Someone is coming, and the clues are obtained, if you don’t hurry up and do it right away, you have to wait until midnight, what will happen? Shen Ping hanged himself, and the clues are completely cut off.”

The woman thought for a while and said: "Even if Shen Ping is captured alive, since the other party has the intention of cutting off his tail to survive, he may not be able to catch the mastermind, at most he can bring out one more person."

Zhou Xiandao: "It's good to bring out another person. Shen Ping is just a household secretary. Even if he does evil, he will not harm many people. The black sheep behind him will always have a bigger official hat than him. Naturally, there is one less person like this." If you treat Jiangshan Sheji well, but now you are still hiding in the court, you don't know what kind of evil things you will do in the future, how can Ruer grow up with a brave and foolish person like Liu Bai?"

The woman said: "Then I'll go talk to my father and ask him to ask His Majesty to let Ru'er back out?"

Zhou Xian shook his head and said: "Don't worry, it's good to stay in Zhenwu Division to temper your temper."

The woman hesitated for a moment, and said: "They always deal with those villains in the rivers and lakes, the danger is serious, and now even their director has been seriously injured, I'm really afraid..."

Zhou Xian fell silent and didn't say anything. He knew that his wife also understood the truth that a jade can't be made into a weapon, but as a mother, it is inevitable to worry about the child.

After a while, Zhou Xian patted his wife's hand and said, "It's a pity that we only have this one son. If we can have a few more sons, you won't be so worried."

The woman hammered on his shoulder and said: "What are you talking about? No matter how many children there are, who can stand up to whom?"

Zhou Shilang knew that he had made a slip of the tongue, so he changed the topic and said: "Speaking of which, Lu Xuanlin is quite capable, and he never participated in party disputes. He thought he was a clean gentleman, but he didn't expect to hide it so deeply."

The woman knew that he was deliberately changing the subject, but she didn't care.

At this moment, a servant came over to report: "Master, madam, the young master is back, and... he also brought an injured colleague with him, saying that he would stay here for a while, and then leave after recovering from his injury."

Zhou Xian was taken aback for a moment, and after the servants retreated, he slapped the table and said angrily: "Nonsense! How can you bring people from Zhenwu Division home?"

The woman was also taken aback: "What's the matter, isn't it just an extra mouth to eat?"

Zhou Xian said: "How do you know what Liu Bai is planning? He has always denied his relatives, and he is unscrupulous in his actions. There is no guarantee that he is not planting spies in our house."

The woman said: "We are not afraid of the slanting shadow. Even if he installs spies, we don't have to care about it?"

Zhou Xian frowned and said, "If that Liu Bai is extremely intelligent, then naturally don't worry about it, but if he messes around with the matter of chasing rumors, where would I have the time to deal with him?"

The woman said: "Don't worry, I'll go and see what kind of person Ru'er brings back, he may not be a spy."

Zhou Xian sighed and said, "Forget it, I'll go with you. You have a pure heart, even a spy might not be able to see it."

……

Among the residences of many high-ranking officials in the capital, the Zhou Mansion was well-regulated.

The entire house is composed of four small courtyards, one occupied by Zhou Xian and his wife, one occupied by the eldest son of Zhou, one occupied by the servants of the mansion, and the remaining one is vacant. If there are guests, they will be used to receive them.

Li Qingshi was naturally arranged in this "gentleman's residence" for entertaining guests. (end of this chapter)