Idle courtiers

Chapter 431

This time, Grandma Xu sent him to be Zhou Nan's housekeeper, which was also a kind of care for him.

Zhou Nan is a seventh-rank official in the prime minister's family, and Zhou Nan has a promising future. Naturally, there are inexhaustible benefits to follow him.Like Mr. Zhou, when Mr. Zhou becomes famous, he will also be able to rise and earn a fortune.

The Xu family is the prime minister's family, and Zhou Nan is just a small six-rank miscellaneous. In the eyes of Grandma Xu, if he puts a housekeeper for his son-in-law, how dare he refuse to follow.

As for Yu Er, he was already in charge of controlling Ah Jiu's property, so this time he came to be the housekeeper naturally.

In this way, two guests came to a table of dishes, and things became troublesome.

Not to mention Yu Er, after all, he was Ah Jiu's own uncle, no matter how rude he was to him, Zhou Nan didn't take it to heart.After all, he was the one who separated him and his wife at the beginning, so he felt ashamed in his heart.

But Huang Tao ran over to boss her around, pretending to be half the master, probably because she was ordered by Grandma Xu to come and monitor her.Zhou Nan felt a little bit annoyed, he was seriously ill now, and he didn't have the energy to take care of this matter.After all, he is well-known in the political and scholarly circles now, and it would be a joke if he got angry with a housekeeper.

Well, anyway, the imperial decree can't wait for a moment, and I don't know how long the marriage will be delayed, let alone, just find a chance to expel the surnamed Huang in the future.

After a while, Xun Fangyu came back.

Zhou Nan: "Have you finished watching?"

Xun Fang said: "After reading it, all the furniture inside has been added, and a rockery has been built, and flowers and trees have been planted. The things are really good!" , Visible is really good.

Zhou Nan smiled: "What kind of family is the Xu family in Songjiang? Can it be worse? I don't want to take care of the inner house. Let Ah Jiu worry about it!" Old Xu is the richest official in the court, and his wealth is higher than Yan Song There are many.

According to the ancient Chinese etiquette system, men dominate outside and women dominate inside.The wife is in charge of managing the family, it would be shameful for Mr. Zhou to intervene.

After sitting for a long time, Zhou Nan felt that his vest was a bit cold, and remembered that he had to go back to Dalusi to take medicine, so he said, "It's getting late, let's go back!"

Just as she walked to the door, she heard Huang Tao cursing Yu Er again: "You bastard, a house slave wants to be a housekeeper, who will give you face."

Yu Er: "It's called by my niece, this is her house, why can't I come here?"

"Her house, do you mean that Ah Jiu is the owner of this house, so he has the final say? Hehe, the food and clothing of the whole family are provided by the young mistress, and she and Zhou Nan can support so many people , don't lose face to our Xu family? Hehe, a miscellaneous sixth-rank man has been dismissed from his post. I'm afraid we will have to rely on our Xu family's charity to get back as an official in the future. It's not good for anyone in this family to say So, it's up to the young mistress, the mother-in-law, to have the final say."

When Zhou Nan heard this, he was furious. The mud horse was like calling a thief bald in front of a monk.He shouted: "Come here, take down this surname Huang and slap your mouth!"

The two yamen servants beside Zhou Nan rushed forward and grabbed his hand.

Huang Tao: "How dare you?"

Zhou Nan was not polite, and slapped her across the face: "So what if my lord hit you? Today I will let you know what the rules of my Zhou family are." When the slap was thrown down, she was a little out of breath, and fell on Huang Tao's face Nature is weak.

It hurts but it doesn't hurt, but in front of so many people, Huang Tao loses face and scolds: "My lord, you have already been dismissed for committing such a serious crime, and you must not protect our Xu family from now on. , It’s just a small juren, still playing big heads in front of me.”

Zhou Nan: "Hit, hit to death."

The two yamen servants were already loyal to Zhou Nan, and they couldn't hold back long ago when they saw the Elder Master being humiliated.Immediately, he overturned Huang Tao to the ground, picked up the iron ruler and whipped it wildly.

Poor Huang Tao was so brave and ruthless in Songjiang back then. It was because others were afraid of the Xu family's power and fear of retaliation, so they swallowed their anger.In this way, he had an illusion: I, Huang Tao, is also a hero, and usually a dozen strong men can't get close to me.

But he didn't expect that when he met these two yamen servants today, he was as helpless as a weak chicken.

After only a moment, he was beaten to pieces and yelled repeatedly: "Stop beating, I'm going to die!"

Zhou Nan just laughed: "Okay, get out of here. This is my master's yard, surnamed Zhou is not Xu, everyone get out of here, don't let me see. Otherwise, we will meet once and hit once!"

When all the servants saw Elder Zhou being so vicious, they were all terrified, a group of people screamed, helped Huang Tao and ran away.It took only one stick of incense for the team to run out, and there were astonishingly over forty people.

Zhou Nan was taken aback, looked at the house, and murmured: "This house is not too big, how can there be more than forty people living in it? The one next door to Spicy has raised so many people, and one person and one bowl of rice can eat all of them. The master is poor."

I was secretly startled in my heart, if I guessed correctly, these servants were all young grandma Xu's confidantes.Just as they were being asked to live in, and it was impossible for him to stay at home all day, wouldn't Ah Jiu be pushed aside by these slaves?

That's right, you, Ah Jiu, are the wife, the hostess of this family, but you are older than Mrs. Xu.The young mistress is your mother, if you don't listen to what she says, it is unfilial.

No, I have to take care of this.

Thinking of this, Zhou Nan said to Yu Er: "Uncle Yu, if you are willing to be my housekeeper, just come, don't worry, I have my own opinion on this matter."

Before he finished speaking, Yu Er spit on the ground again: "You dog officer, who will be your housekeeper. My precious niece came to clean up today. If I knew you were here, dog officer, I should Bring a knife. Dog officer, return my wife!"

After that, his eyes turned red, and he stretched out his hands to strangle Zhou Nan's neck.

The two yamen servants were shocked, they hurriedly pulled his hand away, and raised the iron ruler to beat him.

Zhou Nan shook his head: "Stop it, after all, he is my wife's uncle, how can you be rude."

After Zhou Nan left, Yu Er's angry cry came from behind You Zi: "Give me back my wife, give me back my wife, you will die a terrible death, you have no desire to give birth to a child."

Zhou Nan: "My child will naturally be named Ah Jiusheng. Are you cursing your niece? Are you an uncle like this?"

"I... you dog officer..."

……

Zhou Nan shook his head: "Where can I find a lady to pay him back. This uncle of the Yu family is just rude. I helped him out just now, so why blame me?"

Xun Fang said: "Master really wants Uncle Yu to be the housekeeper of the new house, and he hates you so much."

Zhou Nan: "It's better than letting Huang Tao do it, so how can I rest assured?"

Xun Fang said: "I'm afraid that if he refuses, I will ask you to return his wife when we meet. Those who don't know may think that you have done something to his wife."

Zhou Nan thought that Xun Fangyu found out that he had an affair with Yu Er's ex-wife, and suddenly felt guilty.

Back in the Daolu Department, just after taking the medicine, someone from the Xu residence came, saying that the young mistress had invited him over to discuss housework.

Zhou Nan sneered in his heart, if he was right, Huang Tao should have gone to his "mother-in-law" to file a complaint, and the old mother-in-law wanted to support her cousin.

Zhou Nan's muscles and bones are sore now, so he didn't bother to see the old woman, he just said: "I'm sorry, the imperial court has ordered me to wait for an edict in the Yamen, and I am not allowed to go anywhere until I get the order."

The visitor said arrogantly: "The great master said that the law is nothing more than human favors. If you are told to go, just go. It doesn't matter to the court."

The imperial court, the imperial court, the imperial court is not the cabinet's final say.Whoever has the final say in the cabinet is naturally our Prime Minister Xu.

Zhou Nan could tell that there was something wrong with it, and the people who came here kept saying "grand master" instead of "grandfather", which meant that it was his father-in-law Xu Fan who called him over this time.

This old man actually jumped out to support his wife.

When the time comes, he will show off his father-in-law's style, and he will really have to hold back.

At this time, Wu Miao interrupted suddenly: "Since Mr. Zhou has something urgent, the so-called urgent matter is in the right, just go. As long as someone from our company follows, it is not considered a violation of the rules."

He was eager to get rid of the hot-eyed Zhou Nan as soon as possible, seeing that it was already so late.When a son-in-law walks into the mother-in-law's house, he will definitely be entertained.After a meal of wine and meat, I'm afraid I'm going to get very drunk, and I won't be able to come back.The official will report to Yousi tomorrow, saying that Zhou Nan did not return at night and fled in fear of crime.Haha, I'm afraid Mr. Zhou will go to the prison again.

This officer is a genius.

After speaking, he immediately ordered the two yamen servants to help Zhou Nan into the sedan chair without any explanation.

Zhou Nan had nothing to do, he had to give his father-in-law face, otherwise if it spread, disrespect to the elders would be condemned by the whole society.

After entering the prime minister's mansion and Xu Fan's room, he saw his father-in-law and mother-in-law sitting at the head, looking at him seriously.

They are well dressed today. Xu Fan is wearing a bright red official gown with lifelike peacocks embroidered on the patch on his chest.

I don't know, I thought Zhou Nan was attending some important occasion!

Xu Fan used to serve as a third-rank province to participate in politics. After his term expired, because of Yan Song's suppression, there was no shortage to fill, so he could only stay at home to serve his father.However, the imperial court is merciful, and the treatment that should be enjoyed is also quite a lot.

I thought that after defeating Yan Song, he would have to be transferred to some province to serve as a real person, such as the magistrate or something.It's a pity that Xu Jie is competing for the position of chief assistant, and he doesn't want to give political opponents a handle because of the resettlement.Therefore, Xu Fan's appointment as an official was delayed.

As mentioned earlier, Xu Fan participated in politics from the third rank, so why would he want to be the magistrate of the fourth rank.The reason is simple, the level of political participation is half a level higher than that of the magistrate, but to put it bluntly, he is the deputy of the chief minister, how can it be more painful than being a magistrate with his own one-acre three-point land.

What's more, the authority of the chief envoy's office has long been deprived by the governor. In some provinces, an undignified chief envoy only controls one or two prefectures. A phenomenon unique to North Korean politics.

Zhou Nan has never had contact with Xu Fan, a cheap father-in-law, on weekdays, and there was a conflict when they met for the first time.

Seeing him dressed so formally today, he immediately knew that the banquet would not be a good one, so he cupped his hands slightly: "I have seen Mr. Taishan, and Mrs. Mother-in-law."

He sneaked another glance at Mrs. Xu, and nodded slightly in his heart, with regular features, he should have been a beauty when she was young.It's a pity, but the heart is too vicious.

(End of this chapter)