in spring

Chapter 122 Letter from the South
Li You returned to the Hou Mansion, and as soon as he entered the gate, he saw a familiar figure as expected.He threw the whip to Dianran calmly, walked in unhurriedly, gave a wink, and the man followed with his arms tied and his head bowed: "The third young master is back? Is everything going well?" He lowered his voice and said: "Everything is done, I just left."

Li You smiled slightly: "How did the Liang family react?"

"They only thought it was the rightful lord. First they sent people to follow him, and later they brought officials to arrest him. He followed my instructions and shouted his grievances all the way. After two days of being locked up in the Yamen, someone came to prove his identity. After leaving the yamen, he changed his clothes and came back to our mansion. Not long after, another official came. In three days, he was arrested twice, and the people in the yamen are already gossiping."

"Very good." Li You raised the corners of his mouth, "The two guards who are familiar with you don't talk nonsense, do they?"

"Don't worry, third young master, they don't know what's going on at all. The small one is just mentioned in a casual chat." The servant smiled and lowered his head, "The two of them have never kept their words. The Liang family was too mobilizing, so they started guessing on their own. With them, everyone in the yamen knew that the Liang family had a big oolong and caught the wrong person. will believe it."

A faint joy filled Li You's heart. This was the first time he was in charge of a serious matter, and according to the current situation, the progress was fairly smooth.Zhou Nian has been out of the mansion for more than three months, and he must be coming back soon. He arranged for a person who was somewhat similar to Zhou Nian to wander around the capital, and from time to time he would go in and out of the Hou's mansion without telling people, so that the people of Liang Taishi and the government's Xianxing teacher would mobilize the crowd. After a while, when they found out that the person was just a resemblance, the rumors had already spread all over the sky.When the time comes, everyone in the capital will know that Grand Master Liang led his troops into the Hou Mansion of the Qing Dynasty to search and loot it on the pretext of delivering the decree, and even set fire to the garden of the Hou Mansion to find someone who looked somewhat similar to Zhou's son. The art dealer in the house was originally brought by the young master of the Hou's mansion to amuse himself.

Although Taishi Liang did not find anyone that day, many ministers in the court knew that if they were exposed in the future, it would be a big crime for the Hou family.Taking advantage of this opportunity, it would be good to clear up the suspicion first, and then use this incident as an excuse to say that I didn't know what the old man's son would look like when he grew up. Fortunately, Taishi Liang reminded me, so I remembered Zhou Nian this person.Recently, the Marquis of Qing Guo told his friends everywhere that after so many years, the prisoner and his wife passed away, leaving only a young son who had done many years of hard labor, and he had atoned for his sins.The new emperor is in charge, and a direct prince is born. It is time to amnesty the world to show the emperor's benevolence. He intends to write to the emperor to request that the son of the deceased be transferred back to Beijing...

Li You thought about the plan again and again, and felt that there should be no loopholes, so he smiled with satisfaction.The servant was clever, and hurriedly approached him and asked, "Third Young Master, do we want to increase the flames? Let the rumors spread more violently?"

Li You smiled: "Alright." After thinking for a while, "Yes, you can say this: Zhou Shibo had no enmity with the Liang family back then, even if his son was really hiding in Beijing, the Liang family would say hello to the Yamen of Shuntian Prefecture That's it, it's too aggressive to send your own servants to look for people everywhere, and they don't even let off irrelevant people. Grand Master Liang would rather offend the emperor and Qingguohoufu, but also lead troops to arrest people, but what is the reason? What? Could it be that there was some unresolvable enmity between the Zhou and Liang families back then? Or was there something hidden about the case back then? Did he not want the only son of the Zhou family to appear?" He glanced at his confidant servant: "I don't care what you use What can be done, just spread the word and make everyone in the capital think so..."

The servant looked at him, then lowered his eyes, and bowed: "Don't worry, third young master, the young one will handle things beautifully."

Li You nodded with satisfaction: "Okay, in other words, as long as you finish this matter, I will never treat your old Mo's family badly in the future. Go and tell Manager Wang that I will reward you ten taels of silver."

Shu Yan twitched the corner of his mouth, saluted again, and retreated silently.Li You walked towards the inner courtyard with a smile on his face. This family son he accidentally discovered is really smarter and more capable than many people. When Ping An is away, he is a very useful helper. They will never calculate any position in charge behind their backs, and never show off in front of others what great things they have done or what valuable rewards they have won, so until today, no one in the Hou Mansion knows the connection between them.For such a capable subordinate, he would naturally be very generous.

Li You turned onto a small road, intending to go to the grandmother's room to say hello, but heard a rush of footsteps coming from behind the door of the Moon Cave ahead, and then saw his father's young man reading a book and turning out from behind the door, he was pleasantly surprised when he saw him He shouted loudly: "Third young master, you came just in time. Master Hou needs to find you urgently. It's a letter from my aunt's house in the south!"

Hearing this, Li You hurriedly turned to his father's study, and just after entering the door, he saw his father sitting behind the black wooden case, with an opened letter in front of him.There seemed to be a bit of sadness on the father's face, but there was also a hint of excitement. What happened?

Li You asked Ann carefully before asking: "Father, my son heard from reading that there was a letter from my aunt's house? But what's the news? My son remembers that I only received a letter from my elder brother a few days ago."

Hou Ye sighed: "Your Huo family uncle... is gone, it happened at the beginning of this month."

Li You was startled: "Didn't the elder brother just say in the letter home that my uncle had woken up? Why did he disappear all of a sudden?"

"That's just a flashback." Master Hou shook his head, "Your elder brother sent the letter within three or two days, and he couldn't hold it anymore. Fortunately, he had already arranged for his funeral in those few days, so your aunt and cousin finally don't have to I'm worried."

Li You was silent for a while, thinking of the gentle and kind uncle and loving aunt, feeling a little sad in his heart, barely suppressed his tears, and then asked his father: "How did uncle arrange it? I heard that they are from the Huo family. The tribe is planning to find him an heir."

There was a hint of a smile on the corner of Lord Hou's mouth: "Your uncle sent a fast horse to deliver the memorial to Beijing before he died. He clearly stated that he has no heirs. He is worried that no one will inherit the title. Please ask the emperor to appoint an heir."

"What?!" Li You was taken aback. He had never heard of such a thing before, so he couldn't help but feel a little worried, "Uncle, why are you so confused? No matter how unworthy the tribe is, you can always find one or two that are barely usable. Who can I point it at? Pick someone I have never met, for fear that my aunt and cousin will be wronged in the future."

"You silly boy." Master Hou scolded with a smile, "Do you think your uncle is a fool? Since the generation of Concubine Huo Xianfei's brother and sister, the Huo family has been the only one that is prominent, and the population is not prosperous. People, they are all separated from each other, and I don’t know how many years he has been jealous of this title. No matter who he chooses, he can’t kiss anywhere. When he closes his eyes, your aunt and cousin are far away in Nanjing, and there is no one there. Backing them up, who will decide for them?" After a pause, he slowed down and said: "When the old man of his family was in the first emperor, there was a concubine who was born by the maidservant of the main room, and he went to the orthodox department. The way of the exam, the family was separated early, and now they are doing a small review in the Imperial Academy, majoring in national history, who is not obvious, but is closer to his family than those clansmen, but the two families have been separated for many years. Very few contacts. However, this reviewer has a great teacher. When he was still the prince, he once studied under that gentleman..."

"It's Zou Chengming, Master Zou!" Li You exclaimed, "Of the few emperors back then, this is the only one who is still there, but he has been at home for nearly ten years since he left the position where the Imperial College sacrificed wine. Not in court..."

"It's that one." Master Hou smiled, "Master Zou was the chief examiner for Huo's examination. After Master Zou was dismissed, only he and two or three other candidates dared to visit us. This friendship is natural. That's amazing, I must be aware of it today." He leaned back, "This Huo Jianzhi happens to have two sons under his knees, the eldest son is intelligent, and the second son is mediocre, but he is still a mere seven-year-old boy..."

"Isn't that just right?" Li You became excited, "His second son adopts his uncle, which is not only justified, but also good for his aunt and cousin. I have heard of Huo Hanlin's tutor. He is honest and honest, and he is also a scholarly family. A hundred times stronger than those vulgar people!"

Lord Hou clapped his palms together: "What's even better is that your uncle wrote a booklet before he died. If the emperor hasn't spoken for a day, those members of the Huo clan will have no chance to make their own decisions, and your aunt and cousin will not be wronged. Wait for the emperor to come down." Zhi, with your eldest brother here, those people don’t even want to get any benefit!" After a pause, he shook his head and sighed: "The Huo family has always been close to the people of the Yuanzhi tribe. Associating with them, when it comes to your uncle's generation, he is a soft-hearted person, so he will contribute money and effort to buy property and help the clansmen to help them study. Unexpectedly, the more they help, the more their appetite will grow, causing him to lose his wife and daughter. I almost couldn’t keep it. Presumably your uncle is also regretting it in his heart? Now that he finally understands it before he dies, it’s not in vain that I’ve spent so much on him.”

Li You's heart moved: "Father, Huo Hanlin's second son...is still young, so I'm afraid he can't live without his parents? Even if he inherits the title of Uncle Jin Shan, there is no reason for him to travel to Nanjing alone at a young age..."

Master Hou knew that his son understood, and showed a satisfied smile: "Exactly. I am writing a letter to your eldest brother, asking him to handle the housework for your aunt and cousin, pack your luggage, and prepare to come to Beijing." After a short pause, Add another sentence: "I just want to remind you, big brother, when you sell the house and real estate, don't let your aunt be wronged. She is the mistress of the Huo family..."

In the evening, Hu Fei returned to the courtyard.As soon as Chunying saw it, she went up to him happily. Before she could open her mouth, she saw a big bruise on his face, which was not the injury from the day before yesterday. She couldn't help being surprised: "What's wrong? Who beat you? !"

Hu Fei covered the wound embarrassingly: "It's not a problem, it's just a skin injury. It turned out that I was unlucky, and I ran into people from Wangjia Village. Somehow they recognized me, and took the girl from Xiaoxi. Things got into a quarrel with me, and I was accidentally punched by them a few times."

Chunying was annoyed: "How can there be such a reason? It's obvious that the girl was crazy herself, what's wrong with you? Why did they beat you?!" She hurriedly went to find medicated oil to rub it on him, thinking of his His face was beaten one after another, and his heart ached: "What is this called? Let's do a small business in peace, who is in the way..."

Hu Fei smiled and said: "It doesn't matter, I have already made it clear to them, they will ask Miss Xiaoxi's parents to control her well, and we can continue to sell in Chaoyangmen Street in the future."

Still going there, there is no stream, who knows if there will be a small river, a small lake, a small sea?Chunying curled her lips and said, "Today I met the third young master of our Hou's mansion. I have served him before, so I told him about Uncle Qing. He has already been taken care of. Let's inquire about it in two days. Get the news, if that Uncle Qing is not here, we can go back to Dongzhimen Street."

Hu Fei was even happier when he heard that: "That's really good news, we can go anywhere in the capital. Some customers say that our hairpins and silver hairpins are not good enough, so why don't we buy some more expensive ones?"

Chunying took out Dianran and returned her jade pendant and Jin Sanshi: "This is something I saved before, you can take it, and treat it as my stock."

Hu Fei hesitated for a moment, then took it over: "Okay, I have to focus on doing business and earn more money, and I will never let my sister suffer!"

Chunying put away the medicinal oil with a smile: "I'll go and heat up your meal? Granny Wei made your favorite braised pork today."

Hu Fei watched Chun Ying walk away, the smile on his face gradually disappeared, thinking of the humiliation he suffered outside the city today, he could not let go of his hatred.How had he ever paid attention to these bums?But now he can only swallow his anger and humbly apologize for what was not his fault.This is all thanks to his brother!
He gritted his teeth and clenched his fists: one day, one day, he will climb high enough to never be bullied again!
(End of the third volume)
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