Song Yi

Chapter 510 You want to be promoted too?

Du Wenhao pretended to walk around the house, and then asked He Zhixian: "What kind of official do you want to be promoted?"

He Zhixian hesitated for a moment, and said: "It would be great if I could go to Hangzhou to be a magistrate or something, or to be an assistant official in the Ministry of Officials in the capital, that would be even better. At the feet of the emperor, hehe, I dare not even dream about it." ah."

Because you also want to be promoted?

Du Wenhao sneered secretly.When he came to Hangzhou, he began to secretly investigate the actions of all local officials.This Hezhi County has always had a bad reputation, and there are many rumors of him being corrupt and perverting the law. Du Wenhao didn't give him face last time, in fact, this is also the reason.

He has ordered Li Pu to lead people to conduct a secret investigation of Hezhi County.

According to the preliminary information, it is true that Hezhi County was corrupt and perverted the law. He was facing a catastrophe, and he still wanted to be an assistant official of Zhizhou and even the Six Departments. He didn't know that bad luck was just around the corner.

However, now Du Wenhao doesn't want to turn against him.So he said casually: "Just now when you came into your house, there were magpies calling on the branches, don't worry, as long as you listen to my persuasion, you will be promoted."

He Zhixian was overjoyed, bowed and said: "Thank you, Mr. Chin Kou, if it is true, I will be grateful..."

As soon as he said this, he felt something was wrong again.

What does it mean to listen to his persuasion?
At this time, Du Wenhao had already said goodbye and left, and Hezhi County was about to go to the government office, so he decided to invite Du Wenhao to a banquet later to inquire in detail.

He sent Master Wang to inform the prison to release him.

Old Master Su and Su Changkong were dragged out in a listless state, and the shackles were released.When they saw Su Changsheng and Du Wenhao, they were very excited.

The old man said to Su Changsheng with a trembling voice, "Son, you are the one who came to rescue him."

Su Changshan immediately nodded cheekily and said, "Yes, Dad, I pleaded with the magistrate to save you. Go home first, the magistrate said, let's forget about this matter, and we won't pursue it any further."

Su Changkong was so excited, he patted Su Changsheng on the shoulder, but immediately reprimanded him with a straight face: "Third son, you are really shameless, since you can save him, why did you take it until now? It made Dad stay in prison for so long For a long time, you can see that Dad's body has collapsed, it's really unfilial!"

The old man glanced at the vicious jailer behind him, and thought it would be better to leave as soon as possible.So he didn't speak, waved his hands and walked out quickly. When he passed by Du Wenhao, he snorted, full of disdain.

Du Wenhao was a little helpless.

The Su family is so virtuous, if it wasn't for Su Shi entrusting Su Wanrou to take care of them, he would have shown them color.

At that moment, a group of people returned to the Su family's mansion, and the Su family held a family banquet that night to impress the old man.

All relatives of the Su family came, and Su Changkong and his wife brought their daughters Su Wanrou and Du Wenhao to the banquet.

As soon as they entered the old Su family's compound, they were stopped by the housekeeper and a few servants.

A rough servant looked at Du Wenhao coldly, and said, "Zuo son-in-law is like a servant, go to the front yard and eat with the gang of cart drivers and sweepers."

The housekeeper was quite gentle, and said to Du Wenhao: "Yes, my aunt, I have given up the old man's shock today, so I put down my words a long time ago. All the servants have fish and meat, and there is enough to drink and eat. Let's all celebrate together, and my aunt will not treat you badly." , you are a son-in-law, you can only be in the front yard, this is the rule, sorry, you go!"

Su Wanrou hurriedly said: "No! He is not a servant, he is my husband-in-law."

The housekeeper nodded and said: "The old slave knows, but miss, this son-in-law is equivalent to a servant, this is the rule, he can only go out with other people."

Su Changsheng nodded, turned his head and said to Du Wenhao: "Why don't you stay outside, this is also the rule, there is no way, anyway, there are wine and meat outside."

Du Wenhao smiled and said, "Then I will go back to the Hall of Eternal Life by myself."

Suddenly he saw a group of people coming in quickly from outside the gate, leading by a pair of men and women in brocade robes, the man said loudly: "What are you arguing about?"

The butler hurriedly bowed with a few attendants, "Greetings, Young Master, Second Miss."

Leading this pair of young men and women, the man is Wu Biao, the second son of Wu Qihuang, the big shopkeeper of the drugstore, who married Su Xiulian, the second daughter of Su Changkong.Today, I was invited back to my mother's house to participate in the old man's shocking wine, and I brought some gifts specially.

Su Changkong and his wife nodded, looked at Su Wanrou, and forced a smile on their faces.

Su Xiulian squinted at Su Wanrou: "Sister, why are you getting more and more worthless, why did you find a worthless son-in-law? Are you looking for a good one, because you have no eyesight? I understand, your family is poor and has no money , or you can pick and choose, I heard that this wretch is a jingling bell doctor, drifting in the rivers and lakes with no one to rely on, and he is willing to come and marry for some money, hehe, but he is very suitable for you."

This Su Xiulian, like her sister Su Xiuzhu, is sharp-tongued and bullying.Since she is the eldest child, she has bullied Su Wanrou since she was a child, and they never had a nice word to say.

Wu Biao looked at Du Wenhao with great interest, and asked Su Changsheng, "Third Uncle, is this the son-in-law you recruited? He looks like a dog, and it looks okay. But I heard what you said just now, didn't you?" He insists on going in and refuses to be with the servants? You guys are too soft-handed, and you should serve such thick-skinned servants with whips."

Su Xiulian nodded and said: "That's right, what are you all doing so stupidly, take a whip, give him a few lashes and he will be honest. It's like our dog, who kicks him disobediently, and immediately obediently tucks his tail between his legs, to do it." What to do."

Followed by a few attendants, agreed, and ran to find the whip.

At this moment, someone outside the lobby shouted: "Mr. Du, is Mr. Du at home?"

As he spoke, a few people walked in from the outside.The first one, wearing an official robe, came to Du Wenhao in a hurry, cupped his hands happily and said: "Mr. Du, you are indeed here, I went to your Longevity Hall to look for you, and said that you came here, and I chased you all the way. Hehe, I finally found it."

The person who came was Yulong Xuanwu of Qiantang County.

Wu Biao and the butler quickly bowed their bodies and came forward to salute with a smile, but Long Xuanwu ignored them at all.

Du Wenhao said: "Your Majesty the County Captain has something to do with me?"

Long Xuanwu cupped his hands to Du Wenhao: "It's like this, things are not going well at home recently, and the family's health has not been very good, so I would like to ask you to go and have a look at Feng Shui."

Wu Biao and the others looked at each other, when will this wimpy son-in-law look at Feng Shui?
Du Wenhao shrugged and said, "Sorry, I may not be able to go."

Long Xuanwu said, "Is Mr. Du okay?"

"The old man of the Su family was released from the prison today. He set up wine to scare the crowd, and everyone in the house participated. But they wouldn't let me in, and even beat me with a leather whip. I might not be able to go if I had to receive a leather whip. .”

Long Xuanwu was furious, and turned his head to stare at Wu Biao: "You want to hit Mr. Du?"

Wu Biao was so frightened that his face turned pale, and he quickly cupped his hands: "Don't dare, I'm just kidding, Mr. County Captain, I'm just kidding."

"Fuck your mother!" Long Xuanwu slapped Wu Biao in a circle, "Doesn't your Wu family have a lot of money? How dare you be rampant? In front of Mr. Du is also a place for you to play tricks? "

"The villain dare not, the villain knows his mistake."

At this time, a few lackey servants finally found a horsewhip, and ran back excitedly, without looking at the county captain, they just handed the horsewhip to Wu Biao and said, "Young master, I brought the horsewhip back, beat this wimpy man!" Son-in-law!"

Wu Biao received a slap in the face, and when he saw Long Xuanwu's ashen face, he was so angry that he kicked the servant to the ground. Rolling all over the ground, begging for mercy repeatedly, I don't know why the young master is suddenly angry.

Du Wenhao looked at it coldly, ignored him, and said to Long Xuanwu: "There is indeed something to do today, how about tomorrow?"

Long Xuanwu looked a little embarrassed, and said: "Tomorrow and day I have very important things to do. We are going to confer a prince in Hangzhou and hold a canonization ceremony. Three days later, I will be urging people to do this by the West Lake. Officials of all sizes in Hangzhou, celebrities from all walks of life, local squires, and people of dignity will all participate in the celebration. I am in charge of the security of one of them, and I am currently investigating, and I may really have no time. Moreover, this house is not peaceful and needs to be resolved as soon as possible. Let me know when your banquet is over, and I will invite you to go again, please show me tonight, Mr.

"Okay, when the banquet is over, I'll come to your house."

"Okay, I'll live inside the yamen, and I'll send a carriage to pick you up."

"No need, the Yamen is just a few streets away, and I just need to walk to digest food after eating, so I'll just come here."

"Then thank you sir."

As he said that, Long Xuanwu bowed to Du Wenhao again, and pointed at Wu Biao: "If you continue to be rude to Mr. Du, I will break your bones!"

With that said, he walked away quickly.

After he left, Du Wenhao looked at Wu Biao and Su Xiulian and said, "Can I go in now?"

Seeing that Long Xuanwu had left, Wu Biao straightened his waist, snorted, turned his head and ignored him.

Su Xiulian looked embarrassed: "You can go in, but you can only stay outside the lobby. You can't go to the table."

Du Wenhao shrugged: "Your Su family is really like that. The little demon in the temple is big, and the pool is shallow. I'm not interested in participating in such a banquet. I'm leaving!"

With that said, he turned and walked out.

After walking a few steps, he stopped again, turned his head and came back: "By the way, now Hezhi County has said that the old man and the others are only in poor health, and they are temporarily released. When they recover, they will still be put in prison for disposal. I will wait Take the time to go and tell the county magistrate, just tell what you Su Xiulian said, that the old man is in good health, he can drink a shock drink, and he can go back to prison at any time. Hehe."

With that said, he stepped out and left.

The butler turned pale in shock, and quickly chased after him, bowing his waist: "I'm sorry, my lord, we are rude, please come in!"

Su Xiulian's face also changed color. If Du Wenhao told the magistrate so much, and then took the old man in, it was because of her family's disrespect, and she would be punished by the family law.

Su Xiulian quickly said with a smile: "Brother-in-law, don't be like this, go in quickly, I'll let you serve."

"You put me on the table? Who are you? Am I rare for your Su family's table?"

Du Wenhao walked away.

Su Xiulian was so panicked that she was about to cry. If this caused the old lady to be imprisoned again, she would end badly.Hurry up to catch up and beg with a smile: "I was wrong, brother-in-law, you are the uncle of the Su family, and you should be on the table. Forgive me? Can't I kneel down for you?"

Su Xiulian was so frightened that she actually knelt down on the ground with a thud, looking at him pitifully.

The housekeeper hurried over to make amends and begged Du Wenhao to go back.

(End of this chapter)