Good son-in-law of the Ming Dynasty

Hearing that Tian Qing stopped talking about beating Xiao Xiucai and decided to use the power of the Hou family to back him up, Yang Jianzhong was encouraged.

"Tian Steward, Xiao Xiucai is fine, give him a good beating, and tell him to spit out the money he earned later. But that Mei Fugui is really hateful, because he is Wu Shiqi's son-in-law, unexpectedly... unexpectedly..."

That fact was embarrassing, and Yang Jianzhong said embarrassedly: "Anyway, Wu Shiqi is also an official of the imperial court. After I arrested the person surnamed Mei last night, I didn't do much to him, so I locked him in the firewood room. Why don't we invite Tian Butler, come over here and see if you can move him. If you can, you have to ask him to do a big somersault and die in front of all Cangzhou people to relieve my hatred."

As he spoke, Yang Jianzhong gritted his teeth.

"Wu Shiqi's son-in-law... Isn't it Su Ziqiao... When did Mei Fugui come out again, how many daughters does Master Wu have?" Tian Qing's expression suddenly changed, and he said: "I came to Cangzhou this time mainly for Investigating the matter of salt tickets, why are you bothering Wu Shiqi's son-in-law?"

"This Wu Shiqi is a powerful person. Didn't he be dismissed from the official post and go to the Secretary of the General Administration to have a leisurely meal? Looking at the situation, there is no possibility of turning over again. Could it be that our Marquis is still afraid of him?" Yang Jianzhong was stunned: "Said, How many daughters does Wu Shiqi have, how do I know?"

Tian Qing said indifferently: "Our Hou Mansion is naturally not afraid of anyone. Wu Shiqi is just a pedantic teacher, so he is not a powerful character. However, it is hard to say whether he can turn around in the future. With Su Ziqiao around, everything is possible."

Hearing Tian Qing mentioning Su Ziqiao repeatedly, Yang Jianzhong was very surprised, and asked again: "Who is this Su Ziqiao, and how powerful he is, but he is a high-ranking official in the court. Could it be that his official position and title can still be great?" Have you passed Lord Hou?"

"You always say 'how powerful,' so you can't change the word?" Tian Qing slandered.

He slowly said: "Su Ziqiao's surname is Su Mingmu, a juren, no official or job."

"What is a Juren in the eyes of my Houfu?"

"Hey, a juren!" Tian Qing laughed: "Wu Shiqi is also a juren, but don't you think it's strange that he can be selected from a juren to become the promotion official of the seventh rank of Yangzhou? The rules of being an official, even if a person becomes an official, he can only start from the seventh-rank county magistrate. The reason why Mr. Wu directly became an official of the court is because Su Mu and Su Ziqiao said a word to Liu Shoufu. Later, Wu Shiqi was able to do It is estimated that this Su Mu is acting as an acting envoy, so tell me, is such a character powerful?"

"Ah, Wu Shiqi has such a background in the future?" Yang Jianzhong was shocked, and stuttered: "Who is this Su Mu, and what is his relationship with Wu Shiqi?"

"It doesn't matter. It is said that Wu Shiqi intends to marry his daughter to Su Mu. The experience of the Jinyiwei Commander Hu Shun also intends to marry his daughter to him. As for the others, you should not know. Anyway, in a word, Even Lord Hou would call Su Ziqiao sir." Tian Qing was too lazy to say: "Wu Shiqi's son-in-law was moved, tell me, once the matter reaches Su Mu's ears, will it be very troublesome?"

"My darling, what is this Su Ziqiao's power? I'm afraid it's worth a prime minister... Don't you want revenge..." Only then did Yang Jianzhong realize the seriousness of the problem. After staying for a long time, he suddenly remembered One thing: "We can't offend Su Mu, and we can't offend Wu Shiqi, but Mei Fugui is easy to deal with. I heard that Master Wu is also very dissatisfied with him. In fact, strictly speaking, Mei Fugui is not Master Wu's son-in-law. "

"what happened?"

Yang Jianzhong told Tian Qing from beginning to end about Mei Fugui's suspension of his wife and his plans to be brought to court by his original spouse.

Tian Qing then nodded: "This kind of person with low moral character, let's deal with him. Su Muziqiao is a well-known celebrity in the world. He must hate him very much, but he won't say anything. As long as You don't want to go too far, after all, you want Master Hou to not be so embarrassed after seeing Su Mu."

Yang Jianzhong rubbed his hands excitedly: "Don't worry, Steward Tian, ​​it's just asking him to kowtow to make amends, I know it well."

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Because of his self-esteem, after Yang Jianzhong brought Xiao Xiucai and Su Mu into the main room, Tian Qing kept silent and looked at the paintings on the wall with his hands behind his back.

When he saw Su Mu's appearance, Tian Qing's heart skipped a beat. He always felt that he had seen it somewhere before, but he couldn't remember it for a while.

In fact, he had met Su Mu before.

It turned out that he had attended the banquet held by Zhang Heling's family back then.

At that night banquet, relying on Su Mu's words for her, Yun Qing took back the title of oiran in one fell swoop.

At that time, Tian Qing had something to do, so he left the house before the banquet started.Before leaving, he met Su Mu by chance, but at that time his attention was only on Yun Qing.

It was only later that I heard that the reason why Yunqing regained the title of oiran was because of the scholar beside her, and he knew that this scholar was called Su Mu.Later, Su Mu became more and more famous.

As Lord Hou's confidant, Tian Qing had also dealt with the royal family, so naturally he had vaguely heard of Su Mu's status in the emperor's mind.

Of course, Tian Qing hasn't brought this Mei Fugui together yet.

Hearing Yang Jianzhong mention his own name, Tian Qing, the steward of Tian, ​​couldn't bear it any longer, and shouted: "Yang Jianzhong, stop saying a few words and get the job done quickly, don't worry about it, talk so much nonsense, who will listen to it patiently! "

Seeing Tian Qing's displeasure, Yang Jianzhong shouted to Su Mu and Xiao Xiucai: "What's the matter, you guys say something. Let's talk about it first, don't blame Yang Ye for my ruthlessness later, we are also a happy and kind person."

Xiao Xiucai is a scholar after all, and he also knew that he couldn't offend a rich and powerful bandit like Yang Jianzhong, so he said with a pale face, "I'm willing to return the money, bring a pen and paper, and I'll write a letter asking my wife to bring the money over." .”

"You're smart." Yang Jianzhong gave him a glance, and his eyes fell on Su Mu again.

But Su Mu chuckled: "Yang Jianzhong, you are happy to have a grudge, what kind of grudge do we have, are you talking about what happened on the river that day?"

As soon as he said this, Yang Jianzhong's fat face flushed red when he mentioned his ugly appearance when he was so scared that he peed his pants.

The other servants in the house also turned pale with fright.

Yang Jianzhong smiled ferociously: "Okay, Mei, since you are going to die, grandpa will help you. Someone is here, break his legs, drag him out and throw him at the crossroads for everyone to see."

All the servants shouted violently, and were about to make a move, but Su Mu shouted: "Wait a minute."

"What's the matter, what else do you have to say, it's late!"

"Can I talk nonsense with you?" Su Mu looked at Tian Qing and smiled: "Steward Tian just came today, even if you're not here, I still have something to trouble you for!"

Yang Jianzhong: "Whoever you are, you are also worthy of talking to Butler Tian."

But he didn't want to, Tian Qing asked Su Mu: "Why do you want me?" His tone became a little more polite.

Su Mu: "Steward Tian came to Cangzhou with Tian Shilang this time to issue an edict. He brought ten big official ships with him. He is estimated to return to Beijing in a few days. Mei is also going to Beijing because there are too many luggages. I would like to invite you Talk to Tian Shilang, can a boat come out?"

Yang Jianzhong laughed until tears came out: "What a crazy thing, you dare to ask Steward Tian to borrow a boat, who are you?"

The others burst into laughter at the same time.

Butler Tian frowned and shouted, "Everyone be quiet!"

Yang Jianzhong and the others all shut up.

Tian Qing looked at Su Mu: "Mei Fugui, you know that we are the official ship of the imperial court, and you actually asked to borrow the ship, give me a reason."

"No reason, you don't need so many boats anyway, so what if I borrow one, you'll have to pay for the boat." Su Mu took a string of corals from his wrist and handed them over: "Do you see if these are enough? Can you help me?" Say something to Tian Shilang?"

"Haha, it's the head of the imperial court envoy Mr. Tian who has done business, madman, indeed madman!" Yang Jianzhong laughed again. He laughed too many times today, and his cheeks were sore.