Huo Xiao smiled: "I'm still so anxious, let's go eat something first." Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ”

Doudou stroked his little belly, and it was really empty.

She was drinking today, and she basically didn't eat anything.

Putting on their coats and shoes, the two walked out of the inner room hand in hand.

The maids had already set up a small table with all kinds of food.

Doudou drank a bowl of porridge and ate two pieces of dim sum, and hurriedly pulled Huo Xiao's sleeve: "I'm not hungry anymore, tell me quickly." ”

Huo Xiao slowly scooped up a wonton: "I haven't eaten yet." ”

Doudou puffed out his cheeks and said, "You did it on purpose!" ”

Huo Xiao smiled: "I told you that the news seems to be useless, and I ...... you."

Doudou's beautiful eyes widened, as if to say that you dare to procrastinate again!

Huo Xiao hurriedly put down the magnetic spoon in his hand: "I said, I said it's not okay, Chu is three years Chinese New Year's Eve old today, his father is a general judge of Songjiang Mansion, and at the age of eighteen, he married Yao Lian, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, as a continuation." ”

Doudou couldn't bear it anymore, picked up the small porcelain spoon and scooped up a wonton and fed it into Huo Xiao's mouth: "I already know all this!" ”

Huo Xiao smiled so much that he couldn't see his teeth, the same wontons, the little daughter-in-law fed them delicious.

But no matter how delicious it was, he didn't dare to delay, he swallowed the wonton and said: "Chu's father was not born in the imperial examination, he was a famous servant in the Songjiang Mansion when he was young. ”

Doudou's hand paused slightly, frowned and said, "? No wonder...... He has not participated in the imperial examination, could it be that the general sentence is donated? ”

Huo Xiao said: "Chu Tongju's wife's maiden name is Fang, and the husband and wife have been married for many years and have only one daughter, and then he took two concubines and gave birth to two sons and a daughter...... As for his official position, it was donated about nineteen years ago. ”

Doudou sneered lightly: "Is it very high?" ”

At the beginning, her father Yuan Zongzhi was a political envoy in Zhejiang, and a year's income was only a little bit of silver.

If it weren't for the Yuan family and the Gu family's strong background, unless their father was corrupt and perverted the law, how could their family live in such a big mansion and live such an exquisite life.

It's just a servant, and the income is only enough to make ends meet, one wife, two concubines and four children, and there is still money left to donate to officials?

Huo Xiao quipped: "The money is naturally not high, but it is difficult to say that the Chu family itself is not thin, and donating an official is probably not overstretched." ”

Doudou gave him a blank look: "Who are you fooling?" ”

It's not that she looks down on the profession of servant, but the fact is that most people who have a way out will not choose to do it.

Chu Tong judged that if it was really not enough to donate an official position, he would have donated it a few years ago, so why wait until nineteen years ago.

There is only one explanation for this, and that is that he suddenly made a fortune nineteen years ago.

He has been working for many years, and he must have accumulated a certain number of ways in the yamen, and it is very simple to donate an official after he has money.

Huo Xiao said: "I really can't hide anything from you, he accepted the third concubine nineteen years ago, and that concubine is a merchant girl." ”

Doudou put down the small porcelain spoon in his hand and looked at Huo Xiao with a small mouth: "Is this still useless?" ”

Huo Xiao raised his eyebrows: "Isn't it?" Even if he accepts a merchant girl as a concubine and thus has money to donate to officials, what does it have to do with us? The law of the Great Zhou Dynasty did not prohibit the practice of donating officials, and if others did it, Chu Tongju naturally did it. ”

Doudou said: "Chu Hao, is the youngest brother of the Chu family, he is exactly eighteen years old this year, which means that he is the son of the merchant girl, no wonder the Chu family indulges him in every way, because the good life of the Chu family today is fundamentally brought by his biological mother." ”

Huo Xiao took a piece of snack and put it in his mouth and chewed: "So what?" ”

Doudou clubbed his little head, and he only felt that his mind was a mess.

She had always had a strange feeling since she met the Chu family that day, but she couldn't tell her what was strange when she wanted her to say specifically.

Coupled with what Huo Xiao said today, the whole thing is getting more and more chaotic, but there is a faint answer that is about to come out.

Most of them know some medical skills, and Chu Tongju naturally understands it, so there seems to be a reasonable explanation why Chu likes to fiddle with medicinal herbs.

But is it really that coincidental?

The status of merchants in the Great Zhou Dynasty was indeed improved compared with the previous dynasty, but in the eyes of the eunuchs, the status of merchants was still low.

But that is also compared with the official eunuchs, where ordinary people will look down on businessmen.

Chu Tong judged that he was an official after accepting a merchant girl as a concubine, and he would never have the idea of looking down on a merchant when he was a concubine.

Even if the daughter of a merchant wronged herself to be a concubine, she would not fall in love with a concubine.

So, is there any secret in this?

Moreover, Chu Tongju has been a general judge in Songjiang Mansion for 19 years, and his daughter married Yao Shangshu 18 years ago, why hasn't his official position moved up half a step for so many years?

Even if Yao Shangshu is not an official who uses power for personal gain, it is not a big deal to move his father-in-law's position a little.

It's really hard to figure out!

Huo Xiao wiped his mouth with a handkerchief after eating, and said with a smile: "If you want to delve into anything in the world, you can find a lot of suspicious points, why do you want to drill the horns like this?" ”

Doudou shook his head: "I'm either drilling the horns of the bull, or I think that the woman of the Chu family is a little weird, and she can't let go of it...... Huo Xiao, can you send a few secret guards to Yao Shangshu's mansion to keep an eye on the Chu family? ”

Huo Xiao joked: "Little lentils, although there are a lot of people under my command who can use it, they can't withstand your use, the Four Princes' Mansion, the Lin Mansion, the Lu Mansion, the Zhennan General's Mansion, and now there is Yao Shangshu Mansion, which is just terrible." ”

Doudou pouted and said coquettishly: "You are the only little prince of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and there are countless people under your hands, all of whom have a hundred ......."

Huo Xiao pinched her little nose and said: "It's okay to say that the Four Princes' Mansion and the Zhennan General's Mansion are our old enemies, one is your sister's mansion and the other is our old enemy, even if our people are noticed by the emperor's uncle, they will not be suspicious."

The Lu Mansion only planted eyeliner on the side, so as not to alarm the royal secret guards.

The official position of the Lin family is too low, and it is not conspicuous to send people over, and Yao Shangshufu is a little troublesome. ”

Doudou said: "What's the trouble? ”

It's just a book of the Ministry of Industry, so is the big white rice ball!

Huo Xiao said with a smile: "You are too worthy of being a husband, Shang Shu is a court official, and he is not a minor official in the capital, and he is also an important minister of the imperial court, if I send someone to keep an eye on it too closely, it will be known by the emperor's uncle within three days, and the emperor's suspicion is very serious, and it is inevitable that some ideas will be born." ”

Doudou waved Huo Xiao's big hand away, and said angrily: "Aren't we all doing this for the sake of the Great Zhou Dynasty's Jiangshan Society?" is obviously working for him, but he is worried about being suspected by him, Lao Tzu is gone, what is the love! ”

A "Lao Tzu" made Huo Xiao cry and laugh, and he said helplessly: "It is said that a companion is like a tiger, but in fact, I think the tiger is much cuter." ”

Doudou said: "That is, at least it's much easier to deal with a tiger!" ”