The husband's son-in-law

In the first year of Guangwu, at the end of November and autumn.

Emperor Guangwu led his army to the north for his own conquest without illness.Before leaving, there was another small matter, just as Gu Zhao guessed, the two officials who had been stopped for their remonstrance and confrontation, on the eve of the expedition, one after the other caught wind and cold, and invited Zhezi to mean that they could not go.

Of course, the words are high-sounding and logical, which means that the minister also wants to follow the Holy One, but it is a pity that his body is not good enough.

Gu Zhao looked at the memorial on the table and mourned for the two officials in his heart.

In fact, if he was afraid, to be honest, Li Wuyi might have let it go, but the booklet said that he was loyal and could learn from him, but he was old and had a cold and he was too busy to do it—anyway, it meant that he didn’t want to go, but he couldn’t help it.

Can Li Wubing give these two "virtuous names"?

On the same day, Gou Gui went to the two prefectures to issue the sage's oracle. In one sentence, if you are dead, then the child will be on top, otherwise you will be carried away together, and it is useless to tell the old people to return home.

These two courtiers are old, if it is really cold, marching all the way, there is a high probability that they will kill them, but these two people are in the hands of Li Wubing.Gu Zhao couldn't persuade him, nor did he want to persuade him.

What Li Wubing did was to make an example to the monkeys, and also to strengthen his prestige as chief assistant, how could he tear down the stage?

Maybe it's really a success, and there are some things that can't be avoided.

All the civil servants in the capital saw the end of the two ministers, and many old officials were shocked, thinking that the current saint's attack is too ruthless and vicious, and they will kill them all.

But no one pleaded.

Those two old ministers were pinched to death by Li Wubing. They were pretending to be cold, but now they are so angry after hearing the oral order. Grandpa went there himself, but in the end the old minister went by himself.

It's one thing not to want a white-haired person to send a black-haired person, but it's even more afraid of the current saint.If they didn't go, who knows if they would miss their home?What about the official career of future generations?

I knew it earlier, I knew it earlier...

The night before departure, Li Wubing found Gu Zhao, handed over a box, and said, "If I die in front of the battle someday, this will be the will of the next emperor."

Gu Zhao looked at Li Wubing, silent for a while, and then took the box.

"Your Majesty and Young Master Rong must take care."

Li Wubing showed a smile of 'you are clever', and said: "He is in the rear, and I will protect him even if I die a thousand times. I will leave everything in Beijing to you, and I will punish those who are stubborn and disobedient. In addition, there is still military power in hand..."

Do not believe can not change the sky.

Crazy.

Gu Zhao finished silently, seeing Li Wubing's eyes were relaxed and calm, the power that everyone wants to seize, the supreme throne, is worthless to Li Wubing, the sentence "crazy" is actually a compliment.

"Take care, and return home safely."

Li Wubing didn't say a word, but just raised his hand and patted Gu Zhao's arm like a good brother. Gu Zhao immediately grinned, and Li Wubing laughed when he saw this, "You are so weak, Gu Ziqing."

"...The divine power of the Holy One is not because the subject is too weak, but because the subject is just a civil servant who has no strength to restrain a chicken." It is still beautiful.Gu Zhao also laughed.

This is the end of this, everyone is busy.Later, Gu Zhao took this imperial decree home and thought about how to hide things. Finally, he chiseled a brick off the wall and put the things in. The outside was covered by Li Zhaoxi's first painting.

Later, this decree was never used. When Li Wubing Rong came to visit, Gu Zhao remembered it, and took the two of them to see it. When Li Wubing and Rong Si saw the painting, they were silent for a while, because someone knew that they wanted to come. Even if you peek, you can't find it.

It is said that at this time, at the end of autumn, Gu Zhao brought all the officials to send Shengshang out of the capital, and stood at the front and watched for a long time.

In fact, the days that followed did not change much. Gu Zhao was busier, and there were more greeting posts from Li's mansion. Some people sent a post to Li Zhouzhou, asking Li Zhouzhou to take Fubao to the mansion to play, and others Li Da posted.

Just two days after Li Da arrived in Beijing, he went to Yan's mansion to talk to Yan's father, but after going there for a few days, Li Da didn't go there much when he came back.

During lunch, Li Zhouzhou asked his father why he didn't go?

"Hey, I can't tell. In the past, Lao Yan and I went to Tianqiao to listen to storytelling. We enjoyed eating peanuts worth a few pennies. We wandered around to bring something for our grandson. Now it's different."

Li Da didn't elaborate on why it was different, but Li Zhouzhou probably thought of a thing or two when he thought of the letter Xiaoshu sent him in the past.

Father Yan is naturally not as arrogant and playful as the old man who is a high-ranking official in Beijing—some are obsessed with gambling, some are obsessed with jade, and some are obsessed with women's sex. The Yan family style is not so defeated.Father Yan is not as energetic as before. When Li Da said that he went out for a walk, he mentioned to Father Yan once three times that he had to take a car when he went out.

Speaking of listening to storytelling, I asked the servants to invite a storyteller to the restaurant to tell them.

Li Da was not used to it, he felt that it was not lively, and it was meaningless after listening to it.

"Old Yan is afraid that officials will interfere with his son." Li Da is a big boss, so he said it directly. After hearing Yan's father's reason, he immediately fell silent. When he came back, he asked Zhou Zhou and Zhao'er, "I went to Tianqiao to go shopping, listen to storytelling, and trim my beard and hair. Pick your ears, are these embarrassing for you?"

Gu Zhao saw that his father was really worried, so he said why his father didn't like to leave the house later, because he was afraid of causing trouble for him.Then he said solemnly: "Father goes shopping on the overpass. It is the place where the common people spend their daily consumption. If the common people can go, so can Dad. What's the matter?"

"Father didn't do anything against the law, don't be afraid."

"As an official, I can keep our family relaxed and happy, and live as we please."

Gu Zhao finally added: "Really."

Only then did Li Da feel relieved, but later on he didn't go to Tianqiao too much, it was farther away, he had to take a car, tossing back and forth, playing chess with the old servant who served him in the mansion, or going to the backyard to hoe the ground to plant Chinese cabbage .

"The cabbage after winter is delicious, crisp and raw." Li Da said.

When Dad said this, Gu Zhao followed suit: "I want to eat stewed vegetables. Stew pork belly with tofu and cabbage and put some sauerkraut in it. I can eat two bowls of rice."

"Right, right." Li Da also nodded, he was also greedy.

The next day there was a big stew on the table. The tofu was full of soup, which was very tasty.After eating three bowls of rice, Li Da couldn't stop, and said, "It's delicious, I'll eat it later when I plant the cabbage."

"The ones grown by grandpa will be more delicious." Li Zhaoxi flattered him.

Li Da laughed out loud.He knows that the children in the family are worried that he is not used to life in Beijing, and they are trying to find time to eat and chat with him in a different way. What are those who are not at ease?How can you be hypocritical after living a long time?

Before going back to the village, at his age, he would not be able to feed himself when he was farming, and a good life that no one else could imagine. Why is he picky?So within a few days, Li Da's mood returned to the past, doing what he should do, eating, drinking, and waving his hands, letting the children go about their own work, and he also has things to do.

Going to the Tianqiao, it is not too troublesome to set up a car. I am full of interest every day, and my energy is up again. Sometimes I see people buying and selling animals. Li Da can watch and point out a few animal scriptures. Naturally, I bought them for my family. Only sick lamb.

"If I don't buy it, it won't survive." Li Da stroked the cub pitifully, and then took care of it himself.

From Li's mansion to Li University and down to Fubao, everyone has their own affairs to be busy, and everyone is in high spirits.Li Zhaoxi has to go to school every five days——

Liang Zizhi hired a teacher to teach his children, Gu Zhao heard that, he immediately sent Li Zhaoxi there, and went with the teacher.

"Brother, I will pay Fubao tuition for you."

Liang Zizhi scolded with a smile: "You are talking narrow, can I ask you for this? Your family Fubao came to my house to study with Siyuan, I am too happy." This is the truth.

Since Fubao's arrival, Siyuan's appearance has become more flexible. Before seeing him, he was afraid to put on a small face.I'm afraid of him now, but when I can't see him, I know I'm playing, and I will give him snacks.

Li Zhaoxi had five days off and two days off, which caused Liang Siyuan's schedule to follow suit.

The wives raised by the Liang family are happy and relaxed, both of them are young brothers, and they don't take the imperial examination, why are they working so hard?

On weekends, Li Zhaoxi will take the initiative to play games, either playing cuju, or flying kites, or eating barbecue in the courtyard of the mansion, playing flying chess, doing handicrafts - small wooden boats and cabins are all suitable.

Anyway, there are a lot of things.Li Zhaoxi can have fun for herself.

Gu Zhao and Li Zhouzhou were quite relieved and at ease.

Li Zhouzhou was busy organizing banquets, and went to several banquets. Xiaoshu often came to him and couldn't finish talking, and Su Jiaying and his wife also came to see him.

Jiaying's brother-in-law looks very handsome, and he bows to him when he sees him.

"Don't be too polite." Li Zhouzhou gave up his seat first, served tea, and said, "I didn't see you when you got married, but I finally saw you today."

Li Zhouzhou entrusted the caravan with the dowry.

Jiaying naturally knew that she didn't call her cousin at first, but she called her madam. As soon as Li Zhouzhou opened her mouth, Jiaying changed her name to cousin.Seeing this, Li Zhouzhou thought in his heart, Jiaying has really practiced the ability to observe words and emotions.

The son-in-law didn't talk much, and he wasn't too polite, his face was a bit delicate, and his body looked strong--thinking about it, he was still working in the fields.

Later when Gu Zhao came back, the brother-in-law was a little frightened, he stood up from the chair and bowed his waist almost in half, Gu Zhaorang was not very polite, he heard that he was Jiaying's brother-in-law, so he chatted a little.

"Did you take the Enke exam this year?"

"Return to the adults, the students didn't pass the exam, but they just failed."

Gu Zhao: "It's okay, let's continue to work hard." He originally wanted to give this man a lesson or two, but when he thought that his imperial examinations were all 800 years ago, he shouldn't give instructions blindly.

"Who are you studying under now? Are you still in the official school?"

Jiaying's brother-in-law was both excited and nervous, but luckily he answered without any hesitation.He didn't enter the government school, because his grades were not enough, he ranked at the bottom, and he didn't have a teacher, so he was all self-study.When it came to the bottom of the ranking, his face flushed with shame.

The recruitment requirements of government schools in each locality are different. Beijing is full of talents, but government schools are indeed a bit more crowded.

Jiaying and his brother-in-law both looked at the lord with expectant and uneasy expressions on their faces, and Gu Zhao didn't walk around. Since he was able to ask, it was just a matter of little effort, and it was not a big deal. He said, "I'll ask Liang later." My lord, let's see if his wife can charge you more."

Dabai and Xiaohe in the second brother's family are all taught by the second brother himself, but now the second brother is also starting to get busy, and Xiao Hei is taught by Dabai, so it will be okay for a while, Gu Zhao estimates that the Yan family will also find a master up.

But at the moment, we can't stuff people there.

Brother Liang's master should be able to bring three, right?

Later Liang Zizhi heard this, pointed at him and said, "Gu Ziqing, you're just screwing over your senior brother and me."

"Brother is in trouble, isn't it because he always thinks about his relatives?" Gu Ziqing was shameless, and offered tea to him, "Brother, don't be angry, it's not as ugly as you said, what about pulling wool, this one is a teacher, and the three are also One piece is gone."

"This guy is a bit older, and he has a solid background in learning, so he doesn't have to run to your mansion. If you are bored, brother, the master will let me live in my mansion for a period of time, and take Siyuan to my mansion every day to attend classes. how?"

Liang Zizhi: ...

"I thought you were a Cypriot coming in, but I didn't think you were trying to abduct my wife."

The two senior brothers were joking, Liang Zizhi waved his hand without thinking, and asked Gu Zhao to pick him up and take him away.In fact, every day when he left on an errand, Siyuan was the only person in the mansion. There were obviously so many servants, but Liang Zizhi sometimes felt boring and lonely when he returned to the mansion, even if he was an adult, let alone Siyuan.

The Li family is full of vitality.

Later, the wife took over to Li's house and lived in the side yard in the front yard. Jiaying's brother-in-law also came and tidied up a side room to live in occasionally.

As soon as Fu Bao heard that brother Siyuan was coming, he tidied up his yard, held his brother's hand and said, "You choose, you can share the same bed with me, but we still share the same bed occasionally, we sleep more , I'm going to make a fuss."

"You have a good temper, and you must be wronged in your heart. I can't let you feel sad secretly."

Liang Siyuan's eyes flickered, and then nodded obediently, listening to brother Fubao, he chose the side room, and Fubao took someone to decorate the room for brother Siyuan, "You pick the one you like..."

Afterwards, Yan Yanxin asked Gu Zhao if he could send Big White and Little Black.

Gu Zhao: ... I have to give my wife a salary increase, and there will be more.

Under the heavy reward, the master is very happy, and there is no reason not to agree.

That's it for the first supplementary cram school.

Because of this incident, Su Jiaying and her brother-in-law are very grateful, especially that brother-in-law, who is short of giving Li Fu three heads.Li Zhouzhou was naturally appeased, and told Jiaying's son-in-law not to worry, just study hard.

Afterwards, Li Zhouzhou asked the man-in-law, what kind of temperament is Jiaying's brother-in-law?

Gu Zhao knew that Zhou Zhou was worried about Jiaying, but it was hard for him to judge the scholar a few times, so he gave a relatively middle evaluation: "At present, I still know how to be good, how to remember kindness and measure." Helped.

"It's good to know what's good." Li Zhouzhou said.In this marriage, Jiaying was originally interested in the fame and fame of a scholar, and wanted to enjoy happiness in the future, which is not wrong, "It's just that they are too polite, and the scholar should respect Jiaying more."

Gu Zhao patted Zhou Zhou, "When you return to Beijing, you will have endless worries."

"It's going well in Zhaozhou. With Wang Jian watching, Brother Lin and the others have their own homes. I'm relieved. I just came here to ask for care."

"Don't be too tired."

"it is good."

Two days later, it's winter, Li Mansion posted a post half a month ago, and now it's finally time for the banquet.This banquet will be held for three days, and the list of invitations was drawn up by Li Zhouzhou according to the invitations he sent to his home before, just like in Zhaozhou, several items were put together.

In fact, it's not that Li Zhouzhou underestimated these low-ranking women, but it's really mixed up, these low-ranking women have to flatter and make amends everywhere, and they don't have a good time.When he was in Zhaozhou, his family entertained merchants and merchants together, and those of lower ranks entertained them together, so it was probably more comfortable.

In fact, Li Zhouzhou also thought about it later, maybe the merchants want to have a banquet with the official, just want to curry favor with the official——

"...Yes, it's not that I underestimate anyone, Brother Zhou Zhou, I know you want to take care of them, but the women's back houses in Beijing are mostly for the sake of the old men in front, and want to get to know more people, what's the matter? If you do something like this, men and women with low official positions may not be happy." Willow said.

Li Zhouzhou: "I thought about it too. But my family held a banquet. I didn't want to win contacts for my husband. I just thought that after living in Beijing for a long time, I always need people in my social circle. I can get through more screening and chatting. In the future Just move slowly."

Xianggong said that there is no need to flatter anyone - referring to royal relatives.

Li Zhouzhou also understands roughly that the Holy One and Xiao Rong are of one mind, his family is an official and the people, and the backer is the Holy One, so don't be too involved with others, it is not good if it is serious.So just 'do my own thing'.

When Liu Shu heard it, he thought about it for a while, and then suddenly realized: "Brother Zhou Zhou, you are right. I have lived in Beijing for so many years, and I said that I was too lazy to pay attention to those ladies who disliked me. What people think, follow the way of those people.”

"As soon as they run on me, I stab them, and then I get a bad reputation. I don't care, but there are always banquets and entertainments. When I go, I get angry, and when I get angry, I come back full of anger. It will be the same next time."

In the back house of the officialdom, how can we really deal with different people, even when living in the village, Li Zhouzhou didn't like to listen to gossip, so there was also a talking brother Xing, otherwise he would work and sleep alone, even if he had a son-in-law, that wouldn't be all right. The sky revolves around the child and husband, and there is no circle of oneself.

Li Zhouzhou is not used to it.

"It's not about making close friends, just being able to chat. You go to the banquet, talk and chat, and you feel more at ease, and you won't be so angry." Li Zhouzhou said.

Willow immediately said yes.

So on the first day, the roof of the carriage was made of dark yellow—a specification that can be used by royals, and only princes and eldest princesses can use it.

Princess Shun and two side concubines brought three children, and Princess Changtai brought her son Lin Kang'an.As well as the wives of the four Shangshu family with their children, the willow tree is naturally indispensable.

Liang Zizhi has been promoted to Minister of the Household Department. The widower has not married a successor for many years.

Li Zhouzhou personally went out to greet her. When they met Princess Shun and the side concubine, they bowed their hands to salute, acting like a man. It was the first time for the two princesses to see Li Zhouzhou, and they were immediately frightened...

The rumored Li Zhouzhou was different from the husband they imagined.

Not powdery, not delicate, not fancy clothes, hairpins on hair, powder on the face, tall and handsome, not to mention Fulang, just looking like a distant relative from the capital. .

... This Li Zhouzhou looks like a foreigner.

Princess Shun was a little embarrassed to speak.