The three brothers of the Qiu family really don't know how to make trouble for their old mother, they are all honest people.

Hongchen couldn't help but want to be happy when she saw them squatting in her teahouse drinking tea with sad faces.

There are still children in the world who can't be naughty.

I was not in a hurry to tell them, so I asked the old lady about her situation first.

Boss Qiu was a little happy when she talked about this, "Mother is okay, I eat half a bowl of rice these days, I just like to sleep, I have to sleep early in the morning, we asked her, she said that she will have sweet dreams when she falls asleep...... It's a pity that my mother woke up and forgot what she dreamed of, otherwise she would have made us happy if she said it. ”

I'm afraid I won't be happy.

Hongchen guessed that her talisman did work, or that Mrs. Qiu had untied the knot in her heart and was willing to dream of her man, and the two of them met in a dream, but these let the three sons of the Qiu family know, how could they be happy?

Anyway, the secret that has been hidden for decades must not be exposed, and Mrs. Qiu herself must never say it until she dies.

After thinking about it, Hongchen changed the topic and said with a smile: "Your old lady is so relieved, probably because your brothers are harmonious and filial, isn't it dividing the family property?" Why don't you fight and see how her old man is? ”

The three brothers looked at each other, hesitated in their hearts, and were not happy, and Boss Qiu frowned even more: "If my three brothers make trouble, won't they let the neighboring clansmen see the joke?" ”

The other two also hesitated, when people value reputation, it is very rare to repair a bad reputation, besides, if the old lady is angry, then it will be repaid?

Hongchen doesn't force it. only said: "Mrs. Qiu has worked hard to pull you up alone, and your temperament is tough, if you just make some trouble, she will only find a way to resolve it, and she will never get sick, if she can't even stand this little thing, I'm afraid there will be no today." ”

Boss Qiu thought about it, it was true, he had never seen his mother decadent since he was a child, and things were difficult to do. Mother is not afraid.

Xiao Mo came over and changed the tea for them. sat down and said with a smile: "I'll tell you a story, saying that in the early years of Chen Guo, the world was stable, and there were sycamores to inhabit phoenixes." In the wilderness, there is no trace of virtuousness. At that time, he took a scholar. It's better now, there is no need to take scholars by subjects, and there are not so many colleges to participate in the grand event. Only by state and county elections, among which filial piety is the most important, the so-called filial piety is loyal to the king, and honesty is love for the people, which is naturally good. ”

He said these gossips, and everyone loved to hear them.

A few tea-drinking guests also joined in the fun, and a classmate of Yanshan Academy said: "Filial piety is also a rich and noble family will drill camp, even if the lonely and cold have the filial piety of Zeng Shen, the incorruptibility of Boyi, where to let people know?" In the end, the official is still a rich and noble son, otherwise how to say that the Chen State is rotten and the country's fortunes are not prosperous, and finally it is replaced by my Great Zhou. ”

Hongchen shook his head with a smile.

Since the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the compilation of historical books has naturally tried to belittle the Chen State, which is also the proper meaning of the title, and it is all the same in all dynasties, to say that the official election system of the Chen State is of course not appropriate, and it should be criticized, but it is by no means as unbearable as the officials of the Great Zhou Dynasty said.

Xiao Mo sighed: "The situation you said is naturally there, but filial piety is by no means arbitrary, if the person is really talented and virtuous, regardless of qualifications, suddenly promoted, the person who is recommended must also record the reward, the same, if the person is greedy for money and bad law in the future...... The person who recommended it was also guilty of the same crime, the two of them were closely related, and everyone did not dare to recommend it indiscriminately, and the court and China were also purified at that time. ”

The guests looked at each other, and what Xiao Mo said was very different from what they knew before, but they also felt justified after listening to it.

Five hundred years before Chen Guozuo, not very long, but not very short, if it is really as recorded in the history books of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the emperor is mediocre, and his subordinates are flattering villains, how can Chen Guo continue?

"Okay, don't talk about state affairs."

Xiao Mo coughed, slapped the table, and said seriously.

Everyone else laughed, it wasn't this one who talked about it first, how did the others know about this? No matter how erudite and talented the students of the academy were, the gentlemen did not dare to openly talk about the history of Chen Guo that could not be told to people.

What Xiao Mo said is also measured, like what he said now, although it is a little different from what Da Zhou Ming said, it doesn't matter in the end, no matter what, the way of the imperial examination is still deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and everyone praises it.

Putting away the laughter, he began to tell the story seriously.

"At that time, Chen Guoyang Xian County, there was a person surnamed Xu, the name Wu, the word Changwen, when he was fifteen years old, his parents died, there were two brothers, a Xu Yan, a Xu Pu, Xu Wu loved his two younger brothers very much, and never spoke harshly when teaching, if the younger brother did something wrong, he only knelt in front of the family temple to apologize, saying that he was not supervised, and hoped that his parents would bless the second brother in the spirit of heaven to become a talent, until his brother knew that he had changed his mistakes, and then he was willing to get up."

"The three brothers sleep and eat together, if the younger brothers have made progress in their studies, he is more happy than he has been praised by Confucianism, and when he reaches the age, the neighbors persuade him to marry, he is also afraid that after he gets married, he will live separately from his younger brother, and then worry that his wife is not good for his younger brother, so he refuses to marry, and within a few years, Xu Wuxiao's reputation is far and wide, and the state government recommends it, and the court will recruit him as a speaker."

At this point in the story, many of the guests scoffed.

Everyone talked about it, and they all felt that Chen Guo's recommendation system at that time was very good, and they were born in that era, and they were also exempted from exams from time to time. I don't know how much effort it takes to just test a child, if it is recommended, with their reputation in the township, maybe they can really be an official!

Xiao Mo ignores these boring people.

"Although Xu Wu was worried about his younger brother, he had no choice, so he had to tell his younger brothers to study poetry and books hard, and he went to the court to take up a post, after entering the court, he was quick to think, and he was really relied on by His Majesty, and the ministers of the court also valued his future, and wanted to marry his daughter to him, but Xu Wu thought that the two younger brothers might only be able to marry girls from ordinary families, if he married the gentry, I was afraid that the concubines would not get along well, so he used the excuse that there was already a fiancée at home, and they all refused."

"After a few years, Xu Wuguan is getting bigger and bigger, and he has never seen his younger brothers famous, and he doesn't know what the situation at home is. Xu Wu convened the clansmen and analyzed the family property, originally the clansmen thought that he was a filial person, and the division of property should be fair and just, but he didn't think about it, but Xu Wu alone occupied ninety percent of the industry, and gave less than one percent to his two younger brothers. It's quite a bullying of younger brothers. The clansmen were indignant, saying that he had become a high-ranking official and had changed his mind, but the two younger brothers had no complaints, they were outsiders. It's not good to sparse the kiss. That's all. ”

The guests were confused. I don't know what Xiao Mo said about this.

Could it be that Chen Guo's recommendation system is satirized, and only a bunch of hypocritical villains are recommended?

The boss of the Qiu family also wondered, but he was concerned about himself. The brain turned a little faster: "Are you asking me to change my mind and bully my two younger brothers so that my mother can be anxious?" ”

Xiao Mo smiled: "...... That's pretty much what it means. ”

After speaking, without waiting for the Qiu brothers to be anxious, they continued, "Chen Guoshi is different from now, the imperial court attaches great importance to Qing discussions, and after a while, the imperial court once again issued an edict to seek talents, and I heard that there are slogans spread in Yangxian County, saying that it is, fake filial piety and honesty, be an official; True filial piety, export money. Fake filial piety, according to Gao Xuan; True filial piety, guarding the thatched eaves and so on. The hometown fathers and elders all said that the second son of the Xu family, the third son, the virtue overshadowed the elder brother, so they recommended them, the two entered the court at the same time as officials, five years to achieve the position of Jiuqing, the whole dynasty praised the two of them for their integrity, at this time the elder brother Xu Wucai said his true meaning, he was because he saw that the two younger brothers were never promoted, and after returning home, he saw that the two of them were not virtuous, so he deliberately made all kinds of ungentlemanly behaviors, so that the younger brother became famous, and now it really works, and those family properties are not under their own names. ”

A group of guests were stunned, and they all sighed that Xu Wu was really a true gentleman.

Boss Qiu gritted his teeth even more: "I understand, what is my reputation, as long as my mother is good, not to mention that it is just a stain on my reputation, it will kill me, I am also willing!" ”

Although I have made up my mind, I don't want to be in a hurry.

The Qiu family invited a doctor for the old lady again, prescribed a recipe to eat, and Hongchen went to see her old man a few times, and each time she guided her to say something about the old man.

"When I saw him yesterday, he was still so young, but he was too depressed, he had no new clothes to wear, he couldn't even eat a hot meal, and he didn't have a piece of tile to cover himself."

The old lady of the Qiu family was worried, and took Hongchen's hand, "You are a capable person, point and guide me to see how to find a feng shui treasure for him." ”

Hongchen agreed with a smile, it was rare to be very solemn, and let the great power in the Yujue space design a robe for her.

Nowadays, the clothes worn by the spirits are not uniform, and most of them prefer plain colors, but she made a black dress like splashed ink, with large sleeves, a half-length skirt, shoes made of lambskin, a high waist, a thick bottom, and inlaid with special iron nails, which is very grippy.

Hongchen is too young, usually wears clothes and doesn't pay attention, always a little less courageous, now dressed properly, just standing there makes people feel different, Mrs. Qiu obviously believes in her three points, especially Hongchen actually led her along the last way she and her husband went out, very slowly, but there was basically no mistake.

"Your husband's soul has been lost for too long, the site selection of the cemetery cannot be sloppy, and the construction cannot be rash, I am afraid that the cost will be indispensable."

"You can spend as much as you want, you can spend as much as you want!"

Old Mrs. Qiu refused to be frugal in this regard, so when she went back, she called her three sons to her eyes and ordered them to go down.

Then the sons of the Qiu family had a seizure.

It's not the kind of noisy practice, it's just that they seem to be more snub to their father, today the third child feels that the production in the field is less, and wants to find the boss to ask him for his cow, tomorrow the second child feels that the two shops under his hand are a little ineffective, and he wants the old man to come out with three points of money, and the day after tomorrow the boss is not good, he works hard alone, how can the mother's dowry be given to the third child, and only leave him a little bit to think, which is unreasonable.

It's all like this, the brothers are not as intimate as they used to be, where do they still have the heart to make a grave for their father who has not shown up for decades.

"He hasn't been back for decades, and he doesn't know life and death, in case he lives a very nourishing life, let's set up a tombstone for him, that's unfilial."

This is the true words of the boss of the Qiu family.

Mrs. Qiu was a little confused when she arrived, not to mention that her sons used to make trouble for a little foreign wealth, and even had few quarrels, and knew that it hurt very much, but now it has become like this, she can't help but be in a hurry, and immediately has the brute strength of her youth, and she grabbed her son's ears with great momentum, and she was angry, and she gave a vicious lesson and sweated.

Boss Qiu looked at his mother, who was lying on the bed and uncomfortable to move. Jumping on his feet, tears rolled down, the three brothers hugged their mother and cried, crying so loudly that they burst their lungs, where could Mrs. Qiu stand that grievance?

Hongchen pinched a little and invited a doctor to come over, but within two days, he heard that the old lady was good, and he went to Puji Temple to invite the master to do a ritual for her husband, chose the tomb, and set up a clothed mound.

She did it all by herself with her two sons. An old lady in her sixties is more neat than the average forty or fifty-year-old.

Everything is calm on the Qiu family's side. Although Hongchen didn't see with his own eyes how the mother and son hugged and cried, and how they made love, he also knew that it would never be bad.

Xiao Mo was a little incredible.

"Miss is not afraid that the old lady will be angry and have some problems?" The three sons made trouble over the family property. Change someone else's home. It's not uncommon to your father to death. He has encountered a lot of such cases.

Hongchen only shook his head and said: "Although people's hearts are unpredictable, mother and son are connected. Mrs. Qiu is not a fool, and the three brothers of the Qiu family are not very good at acting, so the old lady can be bluffed at first, and then I am afraid that she will understand immediately. It's just that even if she understands that her three sons don't even want a reputation for her, she doesn't dare to have an accident at this time, and then let her sons really bear the charge of unfilial piety. ”

It was also the old lady's health that she dared to take this risky move.

Anyway, the old lady Qiu is fine, and a few days later, taking advantage of the good weather, the old lady also led her three daughters-in-law to Hongchen for a cup of tea.

"Actually, my father-in-law and brother are here, a few years ago I found our mother and sent a letter, but at that time I had a knot, and I have been refusing to respond, now I think about it, or take advantage of my body and bones, contact with relatives, and then delay really stretch my legs, many things juniors don't know, and then make a misunderstanding."

The old lady sighed before leaving, "My husband's family is originally from Beijing, surnamed Xu, although he is in my family, but in my heart, he is not a son-in-law, when he is old, I always want these three to go back and recognize their relatives." ”

She obviously didn't know if the children could be recorded in the Xu family's family tree, but even if she couldn't, it was best not to break off the relationship between relatives.

I just want to convince my son that his father is not a scumbag father who abandons his wife, and I am afraid that there will be grinding, after all, even if she kills her, she can't tell the truth.

Hongchen sent the old man away, confiscated their family's thank-you gifts, and took them all to Puji Temple for worship, and other people's were just that, but what Mrs. Qiu's husband did made her respect a little bit willingly.

Sending the old lady away, the kitten said that a new batch of books came in the outer courtyard, which was sent by Xue Gonggong, saying that they were all sent to the palace this year, and the long live lord somehow suddenly remembered him, knowing that he had always loved vassal elegance, so he asked another batch to be sent over.

He just threw the red dust here.

Father-in-law Xue is now only staring at the stomachs of his two daughters, and he no longer has the leisure and elegance of the past, and the books are buried in his house and suffers, so it is better to let Hongchen clean it up and share it with many gentlemen.

Hongchen went out to take a look, and was immediately startled.

Could it be that this Xue Gonggong is a great figure in the palace, and the bookcases alone are piled up in three large rooms.

The little fox had already opened a bookcase and checked it, and when she came back to her senses, she was worried: "Miss, it's too messy." ”

Hongchen took a look at the past, and it was really messy, the new books on the market this year are all there, piled up in one place, mixed with fish and dragons, the first one picked up is a collection of poems, and the poems and essays are average, she herself is a little stronger than these, and the next one becomes a strategy, there are some good articles in it, the text is sharp and pleasing to the eye, and then turn it down, and even find a new anthology of Shuang Li, the problem is that Shuang Li's paintings are absolutely first-class, and they have two small articles...... That can only be said to be passable by barely looking.

Of course, there are good books.

"Hey, there's no way, call Luo Niang and the others, you have to sort it out."

Fortunately, when she designed the bookshelf, she thought in advance that there would be more and more books in the future, and she also planned to search for ancient books, most of which were bamboo slips, and she needed a lot of space.

A group of people set up a table and began to work, the table was covered with white paper, a subset of scriptures, divided into categories, listed the bibliography, and then labeled according to radicals and numbers, and uniformly arranged into the bookshelf, and it was easy to rummage.

Especially if you want to dry books in the future, you always have to move these things, it is too difficult to pack up without a label, and it is not easy for guests to borrow books.

To put it simply, this is a huge amount of work, but it also has benefits, firstly, it is always good to increase the number of books in the teahouse, and secondly, Luo Niang and they can do this work, how much they can make what they have learned more systematic.

They organize books. You always have to browse more or less, especially these people who are very serious and proper, and you can learn a lot before you know it.

"Oh my God, your teahouse decorations are elegant enough."

Rows and rows of books are still scented with ink, and they are spread on the lawn, on the rockery, in the pavilion, and even if you don't pay attention to the cobblestone path, you have to step on a piece of books.

As soon as Xue Baiqiao came, take a look again. I had a terrible stomach ache when I landed.

"Dust. Don't let me look at these messy books when you come here, the bastard surnamed Lin has recently forced me to read history books, and it's been more than ten days, and I have to read them every day. Forget about the book of war. The history books are stinky and long. Who wants to watch it? ”

Hongchen smiled and asked the little marquis to come over to help.

These books were all transported from the capital, and the people who sent them were naturally careful. But there are many of them, but there are still some damp or damaged.

As soon as the rainy day had passed, and when the days were clear, they would dry the books, and by the way, count the damaged ones, repair those that could be repaired, and dispose of those that could not be repaired.

Xue Baiqiao had no choice but to blacken his face, squatting down to work honestly, he was about to form a conditioned reflex, the previous surname Lin forced him to work, like what kind of drying books, grinding ink, etc., he was not willing to do it one day, and he was about to be unlucky for a whole day, and then he formed a habit and became particularly 'well-behaved and obedient'.

"Sir, stop, the Jade Garden is not open today."

Suddenly, there was a slightly anxious voice from the kitten outside, Xue Baiqiao was overjoyed, and stood up abruptly and walked out, "I'll take a look." ”

Hongchen frowned, listening to the sound was not right, the kitten was actually scared, after this child followed her, but he was raised more and more boldly, and he was not a fox!

Thinking about it, she also stood up and walked a few quick steps.

As soon as I got out of the garden, I saw that the kitten's calves trembled slightly, but it was still very firm in blocking a few people.

The first one is very tall, two heads taller than Hongchen himself, at first glance he looks like a giant, and he is also very young, but he has deep facial features, he is very handsome, but his eyes are sharp, his expression is frivolous, and his body is filled with a strong bloody atmosphere.

"Wan adults, ten thousand adults, the small ones have already changed the wine and food, they are all famous products of Beiyan, please move the adults." In the middle of the night, not far away, there was a round middle-aged man wearing an official uniform, panting and coming over, with a flattering face, "And our Xiangxiang girl from Dielou is also here, Lord Wan ......"

The tall man with a black face behind him sneered: "The vulgar powder of Dielou, you dare to take it out and abuse my family, then such a and son, you Zhou people are willing to enjoy it." ”

The official choked and was speechless.

Butterfly building in the four countries, more than the big week, the dignitaries and nobles do not like to put the beauty of the butterfly building into the room, has become a fashion, his family has a daughter to get the beauty, this time people say, the beauty of the thousand gold, also suddenly become a dark and dull stone.

The tall man raised his eyebrows, his eyes suddenly fell on Hongchen, and he looked up and down, as if he was picking a piece of fat, and finally showed a more satisfied expression.

"It's a little interesting, although I'm young, but I occasionally try it, and it doesn't hurt to eat a bite of fresh and tender."

The first time Lord Nawan spoke, his voice was hoarse and unpleasant, and the people around him instantly got goosebumps.

"Woo."

Ping An suddenly jumped out from behind the stone, viciously biting Wan Daren's trouser leg, but he raised a kick and flew out in the stomach, Hongchen was startled, and hurriedly caught it, but it was inevitable to get close to Wan Daren, his arm was instantly held by him, Hongchen's heart jumped violently, a little sweat appeared on his body, Qing Feng on his waist was about to move, she had a moment, and even rose to kill **.

But for only a moment, Lord Wan's hand seemed to stiffen, and Hongchen broke free as soon as he used his strength, standing aside with peace.

"Flying rocks?" Master Wan suddenly smiled incredulously, "Still...... Does this still exist? Could it be that the old prince Lin still has a successor? ”

He raised his head, his eyes fell on Xiao Mo, who was standing next to the rockery, very low-key, and laughed: "Very good, very good, you are very good." ”

After saying that, he didn't seem to intend to make any more trouble, turned around, and walked out with a few of his men, walking briskly.

Xiao Mo raised his hand, pressed the mask on his face, his expression was faintly dark, he glanced at Hongchen, his lips moved, and he didn't speak after all.

Hongchen glanced at him, his heart fluttered, flying stones hit holes, this is not unusual, I heard in my last life that some martial arts people have specially practiced, but the flying stones in the mouth of Beiyan are obviously not ordinary.

She suddenly had a feeling that maybe she couldn't wait three years, and her life would change a lot.

The capital Yong'an

Li Wangfu

Chen Wei sat in front of the lamp, a handsome face looming in the candlelight, and slowly threw a secret letter into the brazier and burned it, and the gray eagle representing the Northern Yan royal family on the secret letter seemed to grin with a mocking smile. (To be continued......)