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Chapter 233 Follow
Li You frowned as he looked at the stack of letters in his hand, and then heard the servant next to him reply, feeling uneasy.

Someone outside reported: "Third young master, Wang Xiaosi is here." Li You waved his hand to signal the servant to go out, called Wang Xiaosi in, and asked, "You went to the village yesterday, can you pass my words on?" What did they say?"

Wang Xiaosi hurriedly said: "According to the third young master's words, I made it clear to the second grandpa's family and Uncle Lu's family one by one. They all said that they knew the third young master's difficulties. I just hope that the third young master will not forget them anyway. It is a great grace, and I dare not ask for anything else."

Li You smiled, put the letter back in the drawer, and glanced at him: "Don't play tricks on me, they have been driven to a place where the birds don't shit, and they don't have any complaints? Don't you just because it's your own. People, deliberately coaxing me with good words!"

Wang Xiaosi knelt down with a plop: "I dare not lie to the third young master! The second grandpa and Uncle Lu both said so! The young one told them all about the third young master's difficulties, and they all know that the third young master is a dutiful son. The reason why the wife is angry because of a few servants, besides, how many serious things does the third young master have every day? He can't keep busy just by doing those things! Therefore, he is regretting that he didn't care about things before, which annoyed his wife, so he called the third young master Worrying. The two uncles said that the third young master must take care of himself, the body is the most important thing. I will try my best to come back to work!"

Li You smiled, looking quite satisfied: "Get up, it's just an answer, why do this? Do Shi'er and Chunying say the same?"

Wang Xiaosi got up, peeked at Li You cautiously, and replied respectfully: "Yes, the tenth younger sister said that although the village is a little bit harder, it's a lot of leisure. She just took a rest and made some new clothes for the third young master. Shoes and socks, I can wear them for the third young master when I get back, but I don’t know what pattern and material the third young master wants, the third young master ordered the little one, and the little one will tell her when I go back. Miss Chunying also said that she knew she was wrong, Third Young Master, please don't be angry with her, she will definitely spend her days in the manor in peace, waiting for Third Young Master's orders at any time, and I hope Third Young Master take care of your health and don't get tired."

Li You's mood improved a lot: "They are cute! It's not in vain that I treat them differently. You don't have to go anymore, go to Ping'an to get ten taels of silver, and say it's my reward. Get up tomorrow and go out with me. Remember to bring the clothes, shoes and hats to wear when you go out."

Wang Xiaosi was overjoyed, and knelt down again with a plop, and kowtowed again and again: "Thank you, Third Young Master!" It is naturally a beautiful thing to be able to work next to the young master in the future, and such a decent servant who goes out with him is not only knowledgeable There are many opportunities to gain benefits, and when the young master becomes a master in the future, he will be able to be promoted to a steward!If he behaves well, it is not impossible for him to be promoted to a supervisor, or even a general manager.The Wang family will surely be able to exhale and raise their eyebrows again!
Li You glanced at him, naturally he could more or less guess what he was thinking, and he didn't care, he waved his hand and said, "Go, if your family sends someone to Daxing's Zhuangzi again, just send a message to Shi'er, saying that you don't care. Any color or pattern is fine, just be more serious and refined, don't make me look like I was a child, making me all red and green."

Wang Xiaosi responded repeatedly, and carefully backed out. When he walked to the place where the person was carrying him, he let out a deep breath.Of course he would not tell the fact that Wang Lu's family was very disappointed by the third young master's words. Shi'er is his cousin, and Chunying is also a benefactor of the Wang family. You can't let the third young master annoy them, right?Fortunately, my father has rich experience and taught him how to say it long ago. Now he has both a reward and a good job, so lucky!In the future, if I work in front of the third young master, I still have to ask my father for advice!

How did Li You know that she was fooled by Wang Xiaosi?I just felt happy, and even the news I just got didn't seem so depressing, so I got up and walked out to the study.

When he arrived at the place, Li You didn't go directly into his father's study room, but turned to the large room where the books were stored. Sure enough, he saw Zhou Nian sitting behind the desk copying something, his face was pale and haggard, and there was no blood on his lips. Occasionally he stopped writing and stretched out his hand. He went to get the tea bowl, but there was no water in the bowl, he didn't care, he put it down casually, and continued to copy, the manuscript at hand was already more than an inch high.

Li You walked over frowning, and asked, "Aren't you sick? Why are you still here?!" Looking around, "Where's Xiaoyao? Why isn't he here to wait? He has become more and more lazy recently!"

Zhou Nian got up to meet him with a smile, and said: "I asked Xiaoyao to go out and do something for me, not because he was lazy. I feel better today, and I thought there was still a lot of work to do here, so I wanted to come here to relax." .It's okay."

Li You frowned more and more tightly: "Where can't I go to relax? I want to do copying work! If you really don't mind, why do you look so ugly?! What did you copy? How long has the work here been like this?" ?!" He reached out to grab what Zhou Nian had copied, but the latter wanted to stop it, but failed.When Li You saw the content above, his face turned dark: "Isn't this an official letter from my father? It was always copied by those two masters, why did I ask you to copy it?!"

Zhou Nian smiled: "The two gentlemen are old, and their eyesight is not good. I am the youngest, so I should help."

Li You sneered: "They deliberately made things difficult for you, right? Why?!" Seeing Zhou Nian's silence, he also guessed that it was because the Zhou family failed to be rehabilitated. He is an official slave, deliberately humiliating, really hateful!He threw the paper away and said angrily, "You tell them to copy it by themselves! If there is anything wrong, let them just come to me!"

Zhou Nian sighed, and persuaded: "It's okay, if I can't hold on, they won't say anything, Lord Hou is still here. Are you going to see Lord Hou? A letter came just now, it seems to be The second master from the south brought it here, Lord Hou looked a little unhappy, so you go in and talk, be careful."

Li You couldn't help correcting him: "What second master?! It's called Uncle Li!" Zhou Nian smiled again, but didn't change his words. Li You stared at him angrily. His eyes were moved, and he was also discouraged, and turned to look for his father.

Entering the room, he saw Master Hou sitting behind the desk with a gloomy face, staring at a letter on the desk.He saluted carefully, and said softly, "My son has seen his father."

Hou Ye suddenly woke up with a start, put the letter on his sleeve lightly, and asked: "What's the matter?"

"What the father ordered the child to inquire about before, has just been rewarded."

"Oh?" Lord Hou sat up straight, "How is it? Then Hu Wangshan is really old with your elder brother?"

"It's not old, but he was able to go to Nanyang with the Huo family's fleet three years ago. It was indeed a recommendation letter from the elder brother." Li You lowered his head and said, "The people sent to find out that this Hu Wangshan was originally owned by the imperial merchant Hu Guicun. The concubine, the biological mother was Hu Guicun's maidservant since he was a child. That year Hu Guicun was seriously ill and was about to die. It had been arranged for Hu Wangshan to separate the family. Who knew that after his death, his wife and son summoned the tribe and accused Hu Wangshan of taking care of his mother and son. When he was ill, he was negligent, resulting in the tragic death of his father. The mother and son were expelled from the house, and the nearby people were not allowed to take them in. Hu Wangshan's biological mother was seriously ill at the time, and went away within two days. After hiding his identity, he found a place to live. Coincidentally, his neighbor at that time happened to be the big brother's housekeeper, named Lu Chongjun."

"It turned out to be him?" Master Hou immediately remembered, and he basically remembered everyone around the eldest son, "Everyone calls him Lu Er, right? He went out with your eldest brother, and he did a few errands, so he is quite capable." So, this Lu Er recognized Hu Wangshan, so he recommended it to your elder brother?"

"Yes." Li You glanced at his father quietly, "Originally, Hu Wangshan borrowed money to do some small business, and slowly regained his vitality, but half a year later, Hu's eldest son got the news and came to chase him away again. In desperation, he I just asked Lu Er, but it happened that my elder brother... finished the funeral of Uncle Huo, escorted my aunt and cousin to Beijing, and recommended him to the fleet." He was a little hesitant, should he mention Lu by the way? Er's brother and niece, but after thinking about it, they felt that it had been two days since their mother had kicked him out, calling him back so quickly would be slapping her in the face, so it's better not to mention it.

Lord Hou had heard about the matter between the eldest son and the Huo family, but he just pretended not to know: "This Hu Wangshan is lucky! After he has been here for a few years, has he developed?"

Li You felt a little embarrassed, and thought for a while before saying: "Some of these things were inquired outside, and some were inquired from the elder brother. As for the deeds of this man after he went south, no one knows... I heard that the fourth uncle's family Brother Xu and him are classmates and good friends, so they asked someone to find the servant of Brother Xu's family to grind their teeth. He couldn't explain clearly, but he remembered that Hu Wangshan had gone with the fleet once and came back. The fleet had changed owners, so he became a handyman. Yes. Later, he rescued a Hu Nei who was escorting the boat. When he saw that he had the same surname, Hu Nei treated him very well. Later... It is said that there was a civil strife in a small South Sea country. The imperial fleet was also replenishing there, and Hu Neixiang and the people in the household department were terrified. It was Hu Wangshan who led the people to protect them, and he was stabbed twice, so Hu Neixiang and the household department were very angry. Because of being injured, Hu Wangshan recuperated for a few months after returning to China. He didn't want to go to sea again, so he bought a house and land in the south of the Yangtze River and wanted to resign. Hu Neixiang was busy with the Huo family's fleet and refused to let him go. After all, it took months of fighting before he got away. It's just that he came back to the capital... I don't know if he wanted to take revenge on Brother Nai and seize the property?"

Hou Ye frowned and thought for a long time before he said, "The eldest son of Hu Guicun...is he from the Liang faction?"

"Exactly, it is said that Hu Peng made friends with a concubine of Liang Taishi four or five years ago. In order to curry favor, he even divorced his first wife before his father's filial piety, and married the daughter of Liang Taishi's minions as his wife. Wife, for this reason, the censor even wrote a book about it. It’s just that his father-in-law did something wrong two years ago, and I heard that he plans to divorce his wife and marry another recently.”

Hou Ye sneered: "You don't need to worry about such a villain!" Then he asked his son, "Have the people sent here noticed, who does this Hu Wangshan associate with on weekdays?"

Li You thought for a while: "According to the young servant of Brother Xu's family, since he returned to Beijing, he has rented a house next to Brother Xu's house. On weekdays, except going to the elder brother and Brother Xu's house, he is in the streets and alleys. He hangs around, and occasionally invites people to have a drink in a restaurant. He is also a bachelor and has no female relatives in his family. From the outside, it seems that he has no intention of gaining money, but in fact, he doesn't know."

"Since that's the case, let someone keep an eye on him, find out where he has gone, what he has done, and report to me."

Li You responded, and was a little curious: "Why did father want to investigate this person? Although he has some contacts with people in the palace and can get some news, we also have a big sister who can go into the palace?"

"What do you know?" Master Hou smiled, "This man is courageous, but he has no foundation, and he is on good terms with Hu Chunrong. Hu Chunrong is an old man in the East Palace. I don't know if I trust him, but I'm afraid I'll entrust Nanyang's heavy responsibility to this person after listening to a few good words from him. No matter what, let's wait and see. If this person really becomes a climate..."

Li You's heart moved: "Father, this man has not married yet, how about... How about sending a girl over? The person who sent it reported that Uncle Fan's family had sent two over, but Hu Wangshan was not at home and did not Well, last night I heard that he was back, and I wanted to send him off again, but he went out again."

Hou Ye's expression was a little subtle: "Oh? That's really...unfortunate..." He stroked his beard, "The girl's ability is limited, but it's a pity that she is not good enough for your second sister. If you have a daughter of the right age, it is considered a good marriage... You go, let someone keep an eye on it, and report it as soon as there is news, I will personally intervene in this matter!"

Li You hurriedly responded respectfully, turned his gaze to the table, and asked cautiously: "Father, but there is a letter from the second uncle's family? Are you here to ask about next year's appointment?"

Hou Ye raised his face: "Why do you ask so many questions?! Why don't you go soon?!"

Li You hastily bowed again and exited the door, still puzzled.Seeing that it was getting late, it was time for lunch, so I hurried to my mother's yard.Shaoyao saw it from afar, and hurriedly came up to her with a smile: "My wife was just talking about it, but it happened to be here." She lowered her voice again: "In the morning, the second young lady came to say hello, Manru cried desperately, and almost called the second young lady to know .She is still crying in the back now, saying that she must see the third young master."

Li You raised her eyebrows: "Oh? What else can she say?!"

(End of this chapter)