Idle courtiers

Chapter 430 Butler
Escaped from Duan Ti Academy, looked at the sun, it was almost dusk, Zhou Nan was concerned about his daughter at home, and ordered the bearers to go all the way to his home.

There will be a curfew in two hours. He is currently being detained and must return to Sili before the night.

It was getting dark, and his body was cold again, Zhou Nan smiled wryly in his heart, he didn't know when the disease would be completely cured, it was really troublesome!

Seeing his grandpa come back, the family was in a great chaos, those who showed Zhou Nan the tea, and those who cooked the food, and even the two police officers from the Daolu Department who accompanied him also watched and rewarded him, leading to Zhou Nan While eating wine.

Seeing that her husband had lost weight and the wound on his chest would not heal for a while, Xun Fangyu was so anxious that she burst into tears: "Master, what should you do with your body?"

While talking, he picked up food with chopsticks and fed it to his mouth.

Zhou Nan ate two slices of meat and felt too tired, so he shook his head and went to drink porridge.

Holding his daughter Sanya in his arms, he comforted his wife and said, "Wen Jiang must have told you about my matter. This case is not a small one. Some people may have to go to Caishikou in the future. But my matter has been explained clearly." , The factory guard has closed the case, so you don't have to worry about it."

Xun Fangyu wiped away tears: "Master said the case has been closed, why are you still locked up in the court?"

Zhou Nan: "What is Guan? I'm back today. I'm just going to sleep in the yamen at night. It is estimated that the imperial court's decree will come down in a few days, but this official, my master, can't do it."

Xun Fangyu was relieved: "Since the master can come back every day, you might as well stay at home during the day and only go to sleep at night. If you are sick like this, then I can take care of you. It doesn't matter if you are an official or not, as long as you are safe." Okay, at worst, let's go back to Huai'an."

"Going back to Huai'an, so we can't go back?" Zhou Nan smiled: "The hometown should have already started preparing for the sale of salt. Maybe Yunniang and Sister Su have also gone to Yangzhou. If we stop now If you don’t do it, what about the business over there? As the saying goes, as soon as people leave, the tea will be cold. If I’m not on the scene for the hard-won Yanyin, Concubine Li will find someone else. I’m so busy. Be someone else's wedding dress? Don't worry, if I can't be an official, I can still take the Jinshi exam next year, and I have the same chance of recovery."

"Well, everything is according to the master's will." Seeing that Zhou Nan hated meat, Xun Fangyu fed him another piece of salted kohlrabi, and peeled another Gaoyou salted egg.

The side dishes were refreshing and delicious, and after drinking another bowl of chicken porridge, Zhou Nan sweated slightly and felt much better.

Seeing the contented look on her husband's face, Xun Fangyu was about to speak again, but saw Wotou coming in with tears in his eyes, knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "I've seen the old man, I've seen Mrs. Ru."

Zhou Nan frowned: "Wotou, don't cry, I'm fine, sir, and I'm not dead." When I got home today, everyone was crying.He understands people's feelings of humiliating their ministers to death.Good, but a little frustrated.

Wotou: "Too bullying, too bullying."

Zhou Nan was about to say, bullying or not bullying, thunder, rain and dew are all God's blessings, and the court has its own arbitrariness.Xun Fangyu exclaimed in surprise: "Wotou, didn't you go to clean up the master's new house? Why did you come back crying, but what happened?"

The so-called new house refers to Wang Shizhen's house in the capital before.

Isn't Zhou Nan going to marry the Ninth Miss of the Xu Mansion? Because she is an ordinary wife, it is not convenient to live with Zhou Nan.Therefore, Wang Shizhen generously gave his courtyard to his favorite student as a wedding room.

Originally, Zhou Nan had already set a date for marriage with the Xu family.It's just that such a big case suddenly happened, and the marriage matter can only be temporarily moved to the back.

Wang Shizhen deserves to be a wealthy family in Taicang, Suzhou, with two words "rich" and four words "very rich." As far as his house is concerned, it is half the size of Zhou Nan's current residence.

The place is big, and tidying up is troublesome.At the beginning, Wang Shizhen was only a husband and wife, a housekeeper and four maids, and they didn't pay much attention.

Now that Ah Jiu and Zhou Nan's family are going to live in it, they need to repair it and buy a lot of furniture. Wotou is currently in charge of this matter.

Wotou wiped away tears: "If you go back to Madam, the master's house has been taken."

"Ah!" Zhou Nan was taken aback, and immediately furious: "Who is so bold to take my property?"

That's right, something happened to him now, and this sixth-rank official can't do it. He is just an ordinary Juren, and he seems worthless.Don't forget, our master Zhou has a strong background.It is absurd that such people are also bullied by the emperor's close minister, Xu Cifu's grandson-in-law, and the white gloves of the princess of Yuwangfu.

Xun Fangyu also felt that this was a bit unbelievable, and asked: "Wotou, what's going on, let's talk about it in detail, don't worry, who bullied you, and who occupied the master's house?"

Wotou: "It's not that I was bullied, but my uncle was beaten. The person who beat him even occupied our house, very domineering."

Zhou Nan was inexplicable: "What kind of uncle was beaten, where do I have any uncle?"

Wotou: "It's Madam Ninth's uncle."

"Yu Er...can be regarded as my uncle, what, he was beaten, why did he come into the city again?" Zhou Nan was confused.

Wotou is an honest boy, he couldn't find anything after asking for a long time, so he could only say: "Come on, I'll go and have a look."

Xun Fang said: "My lord, let me go and have a look!"

"Your body?"

"It doesn't matter, but the master is still sick, so I can't rest assured."

Zhou Nan thought about it, Xun Fangyu is already out of the moon, and she is also in good health, so there is no need to worry: "Forget it, you are bored staying at home all day, it is good to go out for a walk."

In order to facilitate Zhou Nan's study, the house Wang Shizhen bought was not far away, and it took about ten minutes to walk there.

When we got to the field, I saw that it was very lively, and there were servants who moved things in and out. These people didn't know each other, obviously they belonged to Xu's mansion.

Ah Jiu's uncle Yu Er was sitting curled up on a bench beside the gatehouse.

A thin, mouse-whiskered man in his thirties pointed at his nose and cursed sharply: "Yu Er, what a bastard, who are you? You are here wherever we are." The untouchables can come. I advise you, don’t have any extravagant thoughts, get out!”

Yu Er just held his head and didn't speak.

"Hey, I'm still pretending to be a dead dog. It seems that you won't know what's going on unless you show some strength." The middle-aged man with the mouse beard was furious, and raised his hand to slap Yu Er on the top of the door.

It depends on the owner to beat the dog. Although Yu Er and himself get along very badly, but after all, he is Ah Jiu's uncle, Zhou Nan raised his eyebrows unconsciously.

The two yamen servants of the Daolu Division who came with him were immediately annoyed, rushed up and scolded: "You are so bold, don't you know where this is? In the clear sky and broad daylight, dogs occupy people's houses and take them to the Daxing County yamen. "

"Who are you?" The middle-aged man snorted, his face full of arrogance.

"Open your eyes and see, this is Mr. Zhou Zimu, the owner of this house." The two yamen servants pulled the iron ruler hanging on their waists as they spoke, ready to give the birdman a slap in the face. of.

"Oh, it turned out to be Zhou Nan." The middle-aged man didn't seem to be afraid, and he stepped forward and cupped his hands at Zhou Nan: "I greet Zhou Juren, I am Grandma Xu's cousin, my name is Huang Tao, I The butler sent by Grandma."

"Housekeeper, what kind of housekeeper do I need?" Wait, this house is a gift from my mentor, the old man. Zhou Nan was astonished when Grandma Yuezu took over.

Huang Tao: "Grandma said that Zhou Juren was born in a poor family. I'm afraid she won't be able to support such a large family. She helped buy the furniture here. From now on, all the expenses of the family will be paid for by her. Zhou Juren, next time It's very busy, take care of yourself!"

After finishing speaking, he waved to the servants who were standing by to watch the fun, signaling them to continue working.He turned around and walked inside, scolding Yu Er sternly as he walked: "What the hell, you want to be the butler of our Xu Mansion's other courtyard, and you don't piss and look like yourself, is it worthy?"

Zhou Nan was dumbfounded, no, why does this situation look like I am married to their Xu family?The servants and the housekeeper have been arranged for me, and even the daily expenses will be paid from Grandma Xu in the future.But, the head of this house is me, am I the kind of person who can't support my family?

Moreover, there are at least 30 servants who come in and out, and everyone has no awe of his master, and each mouthful and Zhou Juren /, it is simply no distinction between high and low.

The problem is, there is really no way for my nominal mother-in-law to arrange this way.

Our Master Zhou was furious, and asked with a sullen face: "Mr. Yu Er, why did you come here, and why were you beaten by Huang Tao?"

It was fine if he didn't ask, but when he asked, Yu Er suddenly raised his head: "Officer Dog." Then he spat on the ground and hugged his head again.

Zhou Nan was so angry that he was about to explode.

Xun Fangyu hurriedly said: "Master, if you get angry, it's your own body. You can rest in the hall first, and I will go in and have a look."

The other two Daolu officials also said: "My lord, you rest, let's go and find out what's going on."

After being helped into the hall by Wotou, after shouting for a long time, a stupid and fat maid lazily came over to boil water and make tea for Master Zhou.

After a few sips, a yamen servant came over to report that Huang Tao was indeed the housekeeper sent by Grandma Xu, and as for Uncle Yu, it was Madam Ru who called the housekeeper.

Two people competed for a position, and they happened to collide today.

The thing is, Huang Tao is Grandma Xu's cousin, a native of Songjiang Mansion, and was originally a libertine.Some time ago, there was a conflict with a neighbor in my hometown over a one-foot-wide house boundary. I broke one of my legs, and in annoyance, I set fire to the other's house.If it wasn't for a rainstorm, the house would have been burnt to ashes.

Murder and arson, murder and arson, the arsonist is a felony, and the victim naturally refused to sue him to the government.

The government is afraid of the power of the Xu family, but they have to deal with it when something happens.There was no other way, so he sent a teacher to tell Huang Tao to run away.After a few years, the wind subsided before returning home.

So, Huang Tao went to the capital and sent food to Xiangye's mansion.

(End of this chapter)