Idle courtiers

Chapter 436 The Night Visit
Zhou Nan had been lying on the hospital bed for a few days, and at this moment his body was relaxed, so he walked to his new house at a leisurely pace, using it as a car.

Sure enough, as he expected, all the people who were cheap to his mother-in-law withdrew.Only Wotou and two boys are pruning a pot of Podocarpus pine placed under the window of the flower hall.

Zhou Nan: "Wotou, when did you learn to garden?"

"I have seen the master, it was taught by Madam Ru." Wotou smiled honestly: "This thing is no different from tending crops, I like it."

"Study hard." Zhou Nan encouraged him a few words. This Wotou man is honest and doesn't know how to speak, so he can't do other things well.In the future, I might as well be in charge of my old Zhou's house repairs, house building, and gardening work.

I looked at the new house again, and it didn't matter that more than 40 people squeezed in yesterday.Suddenly there was no one today, and it was suddenly lonely.That's right, I have to buy another twenty or thirty servants to come back and order them.Ah Jiu is a lively person, if there are fewer people in the family, she will be very depressed.

With so many people at once, the expenses will also increase exponentially.I don't know how things are going in Yangzhou, and when will they be able to generate profits?
Scholars must be resolute, and there is a long way to go.

Zhou Nan asked: "Wotou, is Yu Erlai here?"

Wotou looked surprised: "How did the elder know that the second master Yu came back, he is now working in the house of the ninth lady in the back house!"

Zhou Nan smiled, this Yu Er is a person who accepts death.Since I promised Ah Jiu to come, I won't leave.Today I came to look for him, and he was indeed here.

Walking into Ah Jiu's future wedding room, Zhou Nan was completely stunned by the situation in front of him.

I saw that Yu Er was sewing a satin quilt with a needle and thread.His thick hands are as flexible as a butterfly wearing a flower, which actually gives people a sense of artistic beauty.

Unexpectedly, such a simple and rude person has an ingenious side.

It turns out that ancient quilts are not like modern society. After buying the cotton wool, you use the quilt cover to close it up and zip it.Instead, sandwich the cotton batting between the back and the lining, turn the lining up and sew it together with the face.

"Uncle Yu's family is here, and I'm just looking for you!" Zhou Nan recovered and greeted him warmly.

"You dog official, how dare you come to see me and change my wife!" Yu Er blushed, waved his needle and thread, and rushed forward to fight Zhou Nan.

Seeing the shiny embroidery needle in his hand, Zhou Nan's scalp tightened, and he backed away abruptly; "Calm down, calm down, listen to me!"

The sun rises in the east, but I am undefeated!
Master Yu, Wencheng Wude, please let him go.

Yu Er was also in a hurry, so he was not willing to listen.But he forgot that the needle thread in his hand was connected with the quilt, and when he got into trouble, he was staggered by the thread.His body suddenly lost his balance, and he sat down and squatted.

Zhou Nan: "My wife is pregnant, yours."

"What?" Yu Er shouted sharply.

Zhou Nan sat leisurely on the chair: "Pregnancy is just one word, and I only say it once."

"Obviously two words."

Zhou Nan just smiled and said nothing, just went to look at the quilt, and boasted: "The best tussah silk, the embroidery is first-class, Miss Jiu's family has a heart." Dowry.Among them, there are two most important things, one is a camphor wood box, and the other is a quilt, which is called marriage.

Usually, the mother's family will sew more than a dozen quilts for the daughter, stack them up to the ceiling, and let all the guests see the financial strength of the mother's family.

Of course, this is true for ordinary people.Wealthy families directly provide fields, houses, shops, gold and silver jewelry, and beautiful and sensible old drivers to accompany their maids.

Suddenly, Yu Er knelt on the ground with a plop and kowtowed.

Zhou Nan couldn't hold back any longer, and hurriedly supported him: "Second uncle, what are you doing? Aren't you ruining my life? Get up quickly and talk if you have something to say."

In fact, according to feudal ethics, only Grandma Xu's brother is Ah Jiu's uncle.

Yu Er was just a servant of the Xu family before, so it's okay to be kowtowed by him a few times.But as a modern person, Zhou Nan still couldn't accept it.In his mind, Yu Er is the uncle. As for Mrs. Xu's brother, who knows which chamber pot they are?
Yu Er was used to doing farm work and had great strength, and Zhou Nan was a sick man, so how could he support him.

He didn't speak, but wept.

Zhou Nan suddenly felt a little guilty, yes, speaking of it, he broke up their husband and wife.But is Mrs. Shi a person who can live a life? If they are twisted together, after a few years, Lao Yu's head will be green into a grassland.On a good day, Mrs. Shi said to him, "Da Lang, get up and drink medicine." I am also saving him!

"But miss the teacher's wife and the child in her womb?"

Yu Er nodded.

Zhou Nan asked again: "What's the matter with caring, things are like this. You have been divorced by others, and your wife's heart is as strong as iron, and the twisted melon is not sweet."

Yu Er: "Is it male or female?"

This is asking about the sex of the fetus.

Zhou Nan secretly said: "I don't have sharp eyes, so it's strange to see it. Last time, the doctor insisted that Xun Fangyu was going to have a boy, but it turned out to be a girl, so what can you do?"

He replied: "The Duan family invited a famous doctor in the capital to take the pulse and said it was a boy."

Yu Er's tears came down again: "My Yu family has a descendant, my Yu family has a descendant."

Zhou Nan shook her head in her heart, it's hard to say who this child really is.Moreover, forgetting the date of my wife's pregnancy, it doesn't seem to have much to do with you, old man... It doesn't matter, I will use the excuse of premature birth when the time comes.Moreover, Duan Tixue made it clear that after the child is born, he will be included in the Duan family tree. That is a descendant of the Duan family, so what are you happy about?
"Uncle Yu's family, I'm afraid you won't go back with this child."

Yu Er cried: "As long as the child is doing well, it doesn't matter if he can come back or not. I can't give him anything."

You are so open-minded, modern thinking, Zhou Nan praised in his heart, and nodded: "That's right, the Duan family is a wealthy family with a scholarly family. Duan Tixue intends to recognize this grandson and teach him to read. The child will be in the future." In the Duan's family, if you study and make progress, you will have a better future, which is better than being with Uncle Yu's. We parents have to think about our children, and we can't be too selfish."

Yu Er said excitedly: "Master Tixue is a good man! As long as the child is good, no matter how much hardship I suffer, no matter how much wronged I suffer."

Zhou Nan was tired of thinking that someone robbed your wife and children, and you still said he was a good person.Speaking of which, I'm the bad guy.

Seeing that Yu Er's ideological work had been completed, Zhou Nan felt relieved and felt that the situation was under control.He said with a serious face: "But now, Mrs. Shi and the child in your womb are in serious trouble, and they will be punished by the government. If it is not good, the child will not be saved."

Yu Er was shocked, and Huo stood up: "Whoever dares to harm my child, I will kill him even if I risk my life."

"It's not because of the identity of the child. This household registration is not easy to obtain. A woman from a family without a husband has become pregnant for no reason. The reputation of the Duan family has been damaged. It is extremely helpless. But don't worry, I have my own opinion on this matter. It can definitely be resolved properly, but you still need to contribute.”

Yu Er: "Speak, I'll listen to you."

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It was night, in the study of Yuan Wei's mansion, a scholar of the Cabinet Jianji Hall.

Autumn is already very deep, the weather has been bad these few days, the sky is as gray as a dead face all day long.At dusk, it finally lit up, with a hint of the afterglow of the setting sun.But as soon as it got dark, there was a cold fog, and in a short while, the courtyard was completely white.

The wind blows into the house from the outside, and it is quite cold.

But Yuan Wei, a cabinet bachelor, was full of heat, and even sweated slightly in his vest.

Today he received more than [-] papers of impeachment against him, still talking about the pregnancy of Duan Chengen's daughter-in-law.Zhezi Admiral Duan Tixue scolded him bloody, saying that he didn't manage his family seriously, and that he should be severely punished.Even Mr. Yuan Ge was involved.

Another note said that it was seriously suspected that the child in the womb of the daughter-in-law of the Duan family belonged to the old Duan.This beast in clothes should be killed.

Yuan Wei laughed angrily at this absurd statement, Duan Chengen knew it.This is a pedantic teacher, known for his virtue.

These officials clearly came for him, Mr. Yuan Ge, and if they wanted to gain fame from him, the more serious the matter was, the better.

"It's all caused by the Kongming case. I don't know when this matter will be resolved!" Yuan Wei couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

The Kongming case gave the speaker a chance to gain a sense of presence. Everyone took advantage of Kongming to be a Taoist priest.And Xu Jie used to be a minister of the Ministry of Rites, and if he insisted, he could also get involved in the opportunity of responsibility, and he wanted to find the old Xu Ge's bad luck.

This is the No. [-] BOSS, and it is the opportunity that we officials have been waiting for for a long time!
As a result, everyone flocked to impeach Xu Cifu.I'm afraid that every morning, when the officials of science and Taoism gather together, they will have the following dialogue: "Brother X, who is he trying to impeach?"

"Who else can it be, Xinzhao."

"Haha, let the cabinet go, our ancestral group will grow old with Xu Ge!"

"Yuan Ge's old place can also brush, hug grass and beat rabbits, and there must be one of them."

Originally, it was absurd for Kong Ming to bite Zhu Xizhong, and everyone treated it as a joke.

But when Kong Mingpan bit Xu Jie, and the two leaders of the factory guard jointly filed a complaint, the problem became serious.

Dongchang represents the Lijian with great energy; Zhu Xizhong is the leader of the nobles.

Moreover, this matter also involves the dispute between the head and assistant of the cabinet, and the royal family must also be involved.

Zhongguan, Xungui, and the royal family represented by the Imperial Academy, the three major forces converge, that is, Mount Tai is overwhelming, who can bear it?

Judging from the current situation, Xu Jie is finished, and there is no possibility of turning over.

Yuan Wei didn't care about Xu Jie's life or death at all, and even felt a little dark in his heart.

However, Xu Jie's accident also brought him bad luck.

Ke Dao likes to scold and criticize others, and if he disagrees with him, he can make you shitty.But they are not lunatics, not only are they not, they are all very shrewd.

Naturally, I know that the Kongming case is full of doubts. If you get involved in it, you will be ruined if you are not careful. A gentleman should hide as far as possible with safety first.

Now it is meaningless to impeach Xu Jie, a dying person, so let's impeach Yuan Wei and use Duan Chengen's housework as an issue.

Today is just the beginning, and it can be expected that there will be more impeachment papers tomorrow.

Yuan Wei's body was fined, but he felt guilty and short of breath, and there was no place to vent his anger.

"Ge Lao, there is a man named Zhou Nan asking to see you outside." A porter came to report.

(End of this chapter)