Good son-in-law of the Ming Dynasty

"Mr. Wu, Su Mu has come to see you. I don't know if the old man called Wansheng over today, what is his order?" Su Mu asked in a low voice.

Before he finished speaking, Wu Shiqi, who was lying on the bed, burst into tears, and a sob came out of his throat.

Wu's second son was startled: "Dad, but the big tooth hurts badly, but no matter how painful it is, you can't cry!"

Su Mu gave him a sideways look, "Second brother, don't talk yet, let me talk to the old man." Wu's second son is indeed as his name suggests, a bastard.

After speaking, Su Mu twisted a wet cotton towel and handed it over.

The old gentleman sat up, took the towel and wiped his face, and cried loudly: "I think Wu Shiqi, in order for the people of Cangzhou to eat safe and good salt, and to collect enough relief money for the people of Zhending, disregarded my personal reputation. Stay in Cangzhou as a transshipment envoy. Since I took office, I have been thinking about it day and night, thinking about how to report to the king and live up to the common people."

"But things in the world don't come with rewards. I've been busy for the past few days, but I don't have a clue. Wu Shiqi, Wu Shiqi, it turns out that you are a mediocre person with high eyesight and low abilities!"

As he spoke, he patted the edge of the bed with his hands in grief.

Su Mu comforted: "Mr., it's useless to be anxious. The matter has come to this. Why don't we discuss how to get through this difficulty?"

The second child interjected: "Father, don't worry, since brother-in-law is here, there must be a way to help you. Isn't it just 30 taels a month? How big is it? Don't you know his methods?"

Only then did Mr. Wu stop his grief, and wanted to beg Su Mu, but he had already spoken harshly before, but now he couldn't put down his dignity in front of this future son-in-law, and lost face.

He only looked at Su Mu with pleading eyes.

Since they are all in the same family, Su Mu didn't need to make a fuss about the old man. He frowned and said, "Mr. Wu, 30 taels is more or less, and Su Mu can't say for sure that there will be a solution." .I don’t know anything about the Salt Division right now, and I need to familiarize myself with the specific affairs for a few days.”

Wu Shiqi got up from the bed suddenly, went to the desk and wrote a note, saying: "Su Mu, you can be my house master now! Also, in the past few days, the government office has accumulated a lot of affairs that need to be dealt with A few days ago, I didn’t understand, and the group of masters and the book office were flirting with me, this place has become a mess, and we need to deal with it first before we can talk about other things.”

"Okay, I'll go meet my colleagues first." Su Mu took the note and went out with Wu Er Er.

In the past few days, he has been in a hurry, his molars are inflamed, painful and swollen, and he has not slept for two days.Hearing that Su Mu was willing to help, I felt relieved and felt less pain.

For some reason, although he didn't want to admit it, he still felt that everything would not be a problem with Su Mu.

After wiping his face again, Mr. Wu lay back on the bed and fell asleep unconsciously.

This sleep turned out to be extraordinarily sweet.

……

He and Wu's second son left Houya and walked to the official office of the transfer envoy, but there was no guard at the door of the lobby.The weather was so hot that several yamen servants crookedly hid under the big tree to enjoy the shade, none of them were in good shape.Seeing Wu Yanei coming over, he didn't even stand up to say hello.

Wu Er Er is a rascal at first, whenever he gets this kind of anger, he will naturally get angry if he can't bear it.

Su Mu grabbed him and shook his head.

Today, Mr. Wu's prestige has not been established, and now he has an attack, not only can't establish his prestige, but he might make a joke.

It's better to ignore it for now, and when you really do a few big things, even if you don't say anything, others will feel awe in their hearts.

There were a lot of people in the lobby, judging by their clothes, there were scholars, petty officials, and even a few officials of the eighth or ninth rank.

Needless to say, these people should all be officials of the Salt Division, the book office, and the masters of each house.

This group of people was discussing this loudly, and the atmosphere was very enthusiastic.

Su Mu didn't expect people to come so strangely, he was taken aback.

Wu Laoer next to him whispered resentfully: "It's shady here, and they all ran over to join in the fun. They really use Yansi as a place for the elderly."

Su Mu smiled and didn't speak. He just stood at the entrance of the lobby and looked intently, but he saw an acquaintance, Mr. Gu Run, the third son in the crowd.

More than a dozen people sat on chairs with their legs crossed, holding a teacup in their hands.

What he was talking about was "Dream of Red Mansions", and it was him Su Mu.

"By the way, this book is really wonderful. It vividly describes the life of a rich and famous family. Su Ziqiao is a great talent, which makes the late students look up to the mountains!" Some people sighed.

Hearing someone mention his name, Su Mu paid attention immediately.

"Yes, yes!" Another young scholar who looked like a teacher nodded repeatedly: "Late students have little knowledge, and don't know what life is like in a wealthy family at the level of a prince. After reading this book, it is really an eye-opener." .”

"The problem is, no one has ever seen a real wealthy family. Su Ziqiao's book may not be true."

"I guess it's true. If this book is fabricated out of thin air and has no factual basis, the more it is written, the more mistakes and omissions will be added. Looking at this "Dream of Red Mansions", it is written clearly and clearly. It should be true. Mr. Jiang, you Let me tell you about some important people I have known in the capital, is Su Ziqiao’s book really about the days of the Duke’s Mansion?"

Mr. Jiang mentioned in this population is really a low-level official from the eighth rank.

When someone asked, he stroked his beard triumphantly: "When I was studying in the capital, I went down to Master Zhang Hou to treat guests for a while. Zhang Hou is a new rich man, but his food and clothing costs are comparable to this book. There is also a bit of similarity in A Dream of Red Mansions. Surely, Su Ziqiao's book is not written indiscriminately."

"Hey, everyone, it's just a novel. When we read the book, we see the characters and stories in the book. It doesn't really matter whether the Rongning Second Mansion is real or not."

"Extremely, extremely. I have to say that this Su Ziqiao can really write. There are hundreds of characters in it that are so lifelike that it makes people worry about it. We men don't think so after reading this book, but my daughter's family reads this book, but it's amazing. ?”

As soon as women were mentioned, everyone in the hall cheered up: "Tell me quickly, what's the matter?"

The person who spoke said with a smile: "Recently, "Dream of Red Mansions" has been sold in Cangzhou to Zhigui in Luoyang, but many ladies from rich families have read this book and become enchanted. For example, the eldest lady of the Gu family in Hexi read the book over and over again. Non-stop, laughing and crying for a while. The family members were afraid that something would happen to her, so they quietly hid the book. But they didn’t want to, and something happened again.”

He deliberately sold off.

The others were dissatisfied and said repeatedly: "Quickly tell me, what happened?"

The man said: "In the end, the eldest lady of the Gu family in Hexi yelled out a mouthful of blood, and she fainted on the ground after yelling, 'Give me back my precious jade'. No medicine was effective, and she died seeing her dying. Later, the family The person had no choice but to return the book to Miss Gu. Guess what, as soon as she read the book, the lady became energetic and shouted that she was hungry!"

Hearing what he said, everyone was shocked and said: "When we men read this book, we just read it as a novelty. We don't think it's a big deal. I don't think women can go crazy like this after reading this book? Su Ziqiao can To write such a book, what an evildoer!"

Someone called out again: "Hexi Gu, isn't that the third young master Gu's family? Brother Yiyu, have you heard of this?"

Gu Run was a little annoyed: "This Cangzhou surname has been taken care of a lot, so what does it have to do with me?"

Seeing him unhappy, everyone felt a little embarrassed.

Another person laughed and said: "Su Ziqiao is a great talent. If there is no accident, he must be a great master for ten years at most. But I don't think that someone would dare to copy his poems, and he is brave enough. Brother Yiyu, I heard that you are also a master." Be there and tell me about the situation that day.”

"Yes, Yiyu, tell me about Yizhen and Mei Fugui."

As soon as Yizhen was mentioned, Gu Run's sad incident was dispatched.