late Qing Dynasty arrest

Gao Shengguan is 26 years old, 1.8 meters tall, thin, with a slender face, slender eyes, red spots on his fair face, a bit dull, and endocrine disorders.

Men in the Qing Dynasty usually reach the age of marriage at the age of 20, and parents will hold wedding banquets for their children.Gao Shengguan is an older youth, which also shows that he is not favored in this family. Gao Shengguan did not even give his nephew Gao Shengguan the wedding gift money.

How much resentment does a marginal figure in Gao Zhai have in his heart?The coveted heart looks at a large amount of wealth, this is the fate of the children born to the concubine, the unreasonable inheritance system, the unfair life fate, staying in the wing room in the front yard of the high house with nothing to do.What would he do in a place like this instead?Looking at Gao Shengguan, Li Guolou couldn't help complaining about this man's fate.

"Gao Shengguan, you are not married yet?" Li Guolou was not very old, and he spoke like an old pedant.

Gao Shengguan moved his butt uneasily, sat up straight and held his chest up, and said, "No." Peeping at Li Guolou who was sitting in the main seat, how can he be a ninth-rank official at a young age? People have different fates, and envy Li Guolou's good fate .

Li Guolou said: "How many years have you studied in a private school?"

"Ten years." Gao Shengguan forced out a sentence.

"Oh;;;;;;" Li Guolou looked at the embarrassed Gao Shengguan. Few people saw that the officials were as stable as Mount Tai, and most of them became uneasy like Gao Shengguan.Judging from Gao Shengguan's panicked behavior, he doesn't look like a scheming person. Could it be that he miscalculated, the criminal hiding behind the scenes is not Gao Shengguan, Li Guolou became suspicious, and seemed to want to talk more with Gao Shengguan Talk, to understand a person depends on many aspects, he has plenty of time.

Li Guolou asked with a pleasant smile, "What book is Gao Shengguan studying now?"

"Captain Li, the late student is studying Zizhi Tongjian. Taking history as a mirror, the character of the ancients is worth learning." Gao Shengguan bowed his hands and saluted, imitating the appearance of a modest gentleman, and prepared to make friends through literature.

Li Guolou smiled freely, and recited the opening chapter of Zi Zhi Tong Jian. He is a real scholar, without any cultural background, how can he be a ninth-rank official?Shaking his head and shaking his head, he said: "In the 23rd year of King Weilie, Wuyin, [-] BC. At the beginning, Wei Si, Zhao Ji, and Han Qian, the senior officials of Jin Dynasty, were appointed as princes. Chen Guang said: I heard that the duty of the emperor is nothing more than ritual, and the ritual is very great. In terms of division, division is nothing greater than name. What is etiquette? Discipline and outline; what is division? Monarchs and ministers; Those who have unsurpassed power and wisdom of the world, who dare not to run and serve, is it not based on etiquette! That is why the emperor governs the three princes, the three princes lead the princes, the princes rule the high officials, and the high officials rule the common people. , humble to inherit expensive. The upper and lower are like the confidant’s transportation of the siblings, the root controls the branches and leaves; : The duty of the Son of Heaven is nothing greater than propriety."

To be a man, you have to leave room, Li Guolou stopped showing his abilities, and said with a chuckle: "I laughed at Gao Shengguan, I think of Sima Guang's arrogance, and I can't help but think of the good old days when I was studying. I don't know which chapter Gao has read. ?”

Gao Shengguan didn't dare to take it seriously, he cupped his hands and said, "Wan Sheng only read chapter No. 40. Although Wan Sheng took some notes, he couldn't recite them. There is a gap between him and Chief Li!"

"Hehehe!" Li Guolou felt comfortable when he heard that, studying in the Qing Dynasty is just a dead book, and if you don't have any ability to memorize chant, you don't even have the qualifications to be a fake scholar.Writing articles at this time is to quote from many sources and transcribe large sections of quotations from sages and sages.The propositions of the exam are also copied from the Four Books and Five Classics. If you don’t know the source of the propositions, then don’t take the exam and go home to sell sweet potatoes.

"Mr. Gao, I heard that you were drunk the night Gao Xiuxiu died. Is that the case?" Li Guolou cut the subject directly and watched Gao Shengguan's reaction.

"Yeah! I regret that I should have made a mistake by drinking!" Gao Shengguan immediately became frowning, clenched his fists, and showed an annoyed look.

Li Guolou's goodwill towards Gao Shengguan collapsed in his heart, he obviously gloated at his misfortune, and he did not get along with his cousin Gao Xiuxiu, but pretended to be distressed.To bluff anyone who is not good to bluff him, Li Guolou sentenced Gao Shengguan to death.

"Oh;;;;;; I heard from Manager Gao that you were the one who came up with the idea of ​​hanging oil lamps on the way from the backyard to Xiulou that night. Is that right?" Li Guolou stared at Gao Shengguan intently. Promotion is a test, he can tell if the other party is telling lies.

"What kind of talk is that! I even gave Director Gao the idea of ​​sending someone to lead the way. Why didn't he say this." The scholar is smart, and Gao Shengguan immediately understood that there was something in Li Guolou's words, and began to search the bottom of the box. Gao Xin'an, the general manager, has the final say on which trick to use.

Li Guolou glanced at him and said, "Gao Shengguan, do you hate your uncle?"

"Don't hate me. Why do you hate my uncle? My father ruined the family. It's already good for me to stay at my uncle's house. Uncle is deliberately punishing me, just to see if I can survive? I'm not stupid, this Sooner or later, I will share a share of the family property, so that I will not live in poverty in the future, and now I am working hard. Is Captain Li right?"

Gao Shengguan's words made Li Guolou completely speechless. He has met a wise man. Gao Shengguan knows his position in the future and his position in this family. As long as he doesn't make mistakes, good days will come eventually.Did he miscalculate?Gao Shengguan is willing to be mediocre and has no ambitions.Li Guolou was silent for a moment, thinking about Gao Shengguan's words.

How many people are willing to endure the suffering of the years?Like him, who has been rich and honored all his life, he can live like a dude.But he still wanted to make a fortune, and he was unwilling to accumulate wealth slowly. Instead, he took a shortcut, marrying a few older ladies, just for the primitive accumulation of wealth.

Although Gao Shengguan knew that he would not be poor in the future and could live a prosperous life, it was impossible for him to obtain Gao Qiuyu's large fortune.As long as Gao Xiuxiu is alive, he will be a collateral child of Gao's family all his life.Li Guolou looked at Gao Shengguan with a smile again, smart people would not be content with mediocrity.Gao Shengguan has coveted his uncle Gao Qiuyu's property for a long time, and he sleeps hoping for the death of his uncle's family.As for Gao Qiuyu's two concubines, they are already over 40 years old. As long as Gao Shengguan takes care of them to the end, this family business will be in Gao Shengguan's pocket.

You can even be like him, marrying a lady who is more than ten years older to be your concubine.Li Guolou imposed his own nasty things on others, and in his heart demoted Gao Shengguan to nothing.

"Mr. Gao, I heard that your hand is very long, and it has already reached into the inner house. Is there such a thing?" Li Guolou continued to press unhurriedly.

Gao Shengguan chuckled, and said: "Captain Li, girl, I just took advantage of it a few times and touched it a few times, but I didn't get it on the bed. Men like to put gold on their faces, and I'm just a cheap mouth. If you don’t believe me, you can ask those two girls, they are still ingots.”

With a straight face, Li Guolou scolded: "Officer Gao Sheng, be serious to me, stand up and answer, you are still a scholar, do you understand etiquette, justice and shame?" Self is the principle of Li Guolou's life.

Gao Shengguan didn't dare to stand up and reply, "Plop!" He knelt down and begged for mercy, "Wansheng knows he was wrong, so please punish him. Wansheng is willing to ask his uncle for forgiveness, ask his aunt for marriage, and marry Xiaoxue and Xiaoling in the future." A high promotion is a self-deprecation. This is a hierarchical society, and servants are not worthy of him.If Gao Qiuyu wanted Gao Shengguan to inherit the family business, he would not agree to this marriage.Gao Shengguan's move is to turn defense into offense, it depends on where Gao Qiuyu puts him in his mind?

Li Guolou is also a smart person, pretending to be confused, he said angrily: "Nonsense! Gao Shengguan, is it time to propose a marriage? Your cousin Gao Xiuxiu's bones are still alive, no matter what, I will have to wait a year later." Li Guolou When I said it, I was blushing, my neck was thick, my heart was guilty and timid, and people have self-knowledge, and I know what immoral things he has done.Li Guolou's family is prominent and has made great achievements in arresting the rebels. Why the court only rewarded him with a false title of ninth-rank official?

Seeing the submissive Gao Shengguan who would only say, "Yes!", Li Guolou clenched his teeth and did not let go: "Gao Shengguan, tell me the truth about the relationship between you and the servant girl Aihua."

"Where did you start with this? Wansheng and Aihua are nodding friends. She rarely runs to the front yard in the daughter's building. I don't have a chance to use her brains." Gao Shengguan confessed innocently, swearing to the sky Oath blurted out.

Li Guolou was majestic like a general, and shouted: "Officer Gao Sheng, spread your hands!"

Gao Shengguan was so shocked that he spread his hands involuntarily; The three guards who had no time to be witnesses at the time of posting questioned and wrote down their names "Tang Meng, Luo Jie, and Su Yelei".

Next, Gao Yuanwai's surname "Gao Zhang" entered the door with a domineering look, looking as arrogant as a lady.For this kind of mistress, whose daughter-in-law has become a wife for many years, she is most concerned about her current family status. The death of her stepdaughter Gao Xiuxiu is like the death of her daughter.Gao Zhang did not show too much emotion in front of Li Guolou, nor did he say he had doubts about anyone.Li Guolou didn't doubt her either, and dismissed Gao Zhang after a few routine questions.

Before the maids Xiaoxue and Xiaoling arrived, Li Guolou held back and didn't ask, how far did they and Gao Shengguan develop?Li Guolou didn't ask, it's good to leave room for others, he is not interested in the matter of bed curtains.

Only the last name left in Li Guolou's notes is Gao Qiuyu's second wife, Gao Huangshi. The first time he saw Gao Huangshi, he thought that this woman could speak well, and a woman with a broken mouth would hook up. What secrets are there in Gao's house? Nothing could escape Gao Huang's beady eyes.Li Guolou was starving, drank the sixth cup of tea, and said with a pleasant smile, "Madam Huang, please sit down."

Huang Miaomiao is 40 years old, with a plump figure, still pleasing to the eye, with a round face and blue cloth shoes. When entering the door, she did not avoid the sharp eyes of the police like other people, but turned her eyes to look at Li Guolou.

"Captain Li, how old are you?"

Huang Miaomiao's first sentence was like a matchmaker, Li Guolou was completely defeated, if Huang Miaomiao was caught, Huang Miaomiao would introduce her seven aunts and eight wives to him.