How much property the Zhao family's big house has, "Zhao Youshu" has no idea in his memory. Yes, it is generally the responsibility of the housewife to manage the feed, the son only needs to read good books, and when he grows up and gets married, there is no need for the daughter-in-law to take care of it. Therefore, now that Zhao Youcai asked Youshu to take away the family property, he didn't have a clue for a while.

"How could my cousin suddenly want to return the property? You and your second uncle don't have this kindness. He said tentatively.

"If you want to take it, take it, there is so much nonsense. Daddy, take out the money. Zhao Youcai lay on the table with bruised foreheads, as if he was pressing a few mountains on his shoulders, and he was about to collapse.

He would never tell his cousin that half a month before the other party returned to Beijing, their family of three had a dream at the same time, and in the dream they were caught and tried in the Yama Palace, accused of forcibly seizing the property of their relatives. After putting shackles and shackles on them, the king of Yama put them back and ordered them to return their property immediately and obtain a letter of reconciliation from their owners, otherwise the shackles and shackles would grow heavier and heavier until they were crushed to death.

At first, they didn't believe it, but as time went by, their shoulders and limbs seemed to be filled with lead, and the slightest movement hurt their hearts. Among them, Zhao Youcai is the strictest, Mo said that normal walking, even lying on the bed has become a kind of torture, and the weight of his shoulders almost crushed his backbone.

Last night, another ghost messenger came to urge, saying that the original owner would arrive at noon tomorrow, and asked them to return the family property quickly, and then burn the reconciliation letter written by the other party, so that the torture instruments on the shoulders and limbs could be removed. This time they had to believe it, and before dawn they ran to the city gate to guard, and when they saw Youshu from afar, they immediately ran to recognize each other.

Youshu saw that the second room family had a bad attitude, obviously not really remorseful, and couldn't help frowning. Although he has a much gentler personality, he is not a virgin who repays grievances with virtue, and it is so easy to send him away with a few taels of silver. Anyway, the torture device is not worn on himself, so there is no need to worry at all.

The second master got his son's instructions, and immediately took out fifty silver tickets from his sleeve pocket and pushed them over with difficulty, "Nephew, this is your family property, and you can collect it quickly." ”

"yes, don't be too little. When we came over, your father and mother were not good at management, and the family's fields and shops were sold and sold, and they lost money, and they owed a fart - stock debt, or we helped you pay it back, or how could you stay in the countryside and study in peace, and you won the champion at the age of eighteen. Speaking of the last sentence, the second aunt's tone was sour, which shows that "Zhao Youshu" became an official with her own ability, which has always been a thorn in her heart.

There is Shu eyebrows, not a word. This family is really shameless, they clearly took advantage of it, and in turn said that they owed them. Five thousand taels, co-authored to send yourself as a flower child?

He looked through his memories a little and said, "Second uncle and second aunt, don't think I'm fooled when I'm young. When my father and mother died, you moved in and said you wanted to take care of me. Although I don't know how many families there are in the big house, I do know how many things you brought back then, but a few boxes of clothes, a few copper coins, and even the wages for the carriage and porter, which my butler paid for you. Without my family property, what delicacies do you eat, what carved beams and paintings do you live, what silk and satin do you wear, and what kind of court officials do you be? Whether you owe me or I owe you, the king of Yama knows for himself. Let's wait until the day we die. ”

Because the second room family dismissed the loyal servants of the big house early, Youshu couldn't find any evidence to find out the right and wrong grievances of the year. Of course, even if he could find it, he didn't bother to bother with that effort. If these family properties are reluctant, even if they are kept, he is not in a hurry.

Thinking of this, he got up and bowed his hand, ready to take his leave.

The second room family was in a hurry, and hurriedly went to block the door. What does it mean to wait until the day of death? If the shackles on their bodies are not removed, they will be crushed to death in less than half a month. Zhao Youshu, the little rabbit cub, didn't know if it was crooked, but he actually talked about King Yama, and it really hit their death hole.

"Five thousand taels is too little, so I'll add another five thousand taels to you. Zhao Youshu, don't be too greedy! Zhao Youcai held back his anger. Because of his errand in the Ministry of Officials, he has made a lot of money by selling officials and lords over the years, and has renovated and expanded the Zhao Mansion inside and out, making it extremely magnificent. Listening to Zhao Youshu's tone, it turned out to be how their family came and how to go back, he had such a big face!

Youshu shook her head, her tone was quite helpless, "Five thousand, ten thousand, there is no difference to me, it's just a number." Over the years, I have long figured it out, you can take this family if you like, and I can still stand up the lintel with my own ability. Second uncle, second aunt, cousin, you can live in peace, I take my leave. The words fell and went in stride.

The family in the second room couldn't run, so they had to let the servants stop them, but the man looked slow, but in fact, he stepped out in two or three steps, bypassing the instrument door and looking for it again, where was there still half a figure?

"What now? He didn't want this property! How could he not want it? The second lady sat down in her chair and beat her chest and began to weep.

"I'll just say that 5,000 taels will not be too little, but you say enough! Now what? Without a reconciliation letter, will the shackles on our bodies really not be lifted until the day of death? The second master tore open the placket of his clothes, and looked at his flesh that had already been pressed into purple-red, feeling more and more frightened and desperate. After a day, the shackles and shackles will gain a pound, and soon they will be crushed to pieces.

Zhao Youcai has been in the ministry for a long time, and he has never seen any strong winds and waves, so he closed his eyes and pondered for a moment, and said firmly, "Didn't he come to the capital to report on his work?" Wait, I naturally have a way to get him to come to us on the initiative to ask for silver. ”

"Son, what do you want to do?" The second master always felt uneasy.

"You don't understand those Taoists in the yamen." Zhao Youcai has now become a burden to even speak, and after a while, he picked up his pen and wrote a post, and ordered the chief to send it to the ministry-

Youshu hired an ox cart to slowly walk around the capital, looking for a temporary place to live while observing the customs and customs. The customs of Dayong Kingdom are very similar to Xia Qi, and the clothing style is almost the same, but it is more gorgeous. This is also the reason why the emperor was so extravagant that he went up and down. Looking up at the sky, there are occasional black clouds and ghosts drifting by, which shows that the new emperor's various measures have not yet achieved results, and the people's grievances are not small.

"Boss, what kind of yard are you looking for? A little more expensive or a little cheaper? The handlebar asked aloud.

Youshu retracted her gaze and said solemnly, "Is there a haunted house?" ”

"A haunted house? You're not kidding, are you? "Handlebar plucked out my ears, suspecting that I was hallucinating.

"I don't have much money, I can only afford to rent a cheap house."

"I see. I've heard of a haunted house, the rent is only seven or eight taels a year, and the place is spacious, but it's really evil, and the people who live in it are either dead or crazy, and none of them have a good end. Hou Shengzi, I see that you are young and good-looking, why joke with your life in order to save a few dollars? "The handlebar style bitterly discouraged.

Youshu sincerely thanked her, but she just didn't listen and insisted on going to the haunted house. In desperation, the handlebar had to lead him to a deep alley, pointed to a large mansion with three entrances, and said, "That's it, there is Yalang living opposite, the little one will help you ask." ”

The handlebar type knocks on the opposite door to explain the intention. Yalang was worried about the vacancy of the house, and when he heard that someone wanted to rent it, he agreed without saying a word. Youshu Tong paid a total of twelve taels of silver, of which seven taels were a year's rent, and a deposit of five taels, and finally moved his luggage and bookcases in.

Yalang and the handlebar type hid outside the door and probed their heads to look, and when they saw him waving and inviting, they quickly turned around and ran. This place is very evil, the cold wind blows in the summer, and there are bursts of crying in the middle of the night, and there are many ghosts, and there are 17 or 8 people who are scared to death and frightened crazy, and even the official messenger will be evil for no reason when he comes to investigate the case. This little offspring was too bold to listen to persuasion.

The two ran out for a mile before they sat down on the ground, frightened.

This house is built very magnificently, rockeries, grass and trees, clouds and smoke, at first glance it looks like a fairyland, if it is not haunted, I am afraid that five hundred taels may not be rented. Youshu opened her spiritual power to look around, and sure enough, she found that many powerful ghosts came and went in the house, and obviously regarded this place as an ideal place to live.

Because of the Taoist inheritance, Youshu also knows the art of Kanyu, and after two turns in the house, he understands that the problem lies in the water source that runs through the courtyards. Water can accumulate wealth, but if it is not properly drained, it will ruin wealth and invite disaster. I don't know if the master's family has been calculated or really doesn't understand, but built a pool at each end of the east and west, and dug a ditch to connect, forming a blood basin mirror, no wonder the days have passed, the master's children and grandchildren died early, people withered, and the yang house turned into a yin house, becoming a place to hook the soul and kill it.

Youshu's body protection dragon qi has long been exhausted, so he usually makes a lot of ghost exorcism charms and hides them in the package. If the ghosts don't come to provoke, then live in harmony, and if they want to kill them, he just needs to do it. Thinking like this, he became more and more calm, Shi Shiran walked into the main courtyard and picked up the most spacious room to live in.

After cleaning the inside and outside corners with a cleaning charm, and putting the luggage in place, he immediately put on his official robe and went to the official headquarters to report. He desperately wanted to know if the new emperor was his master.

"You are Zhao Youshu, the commander of Suichang County?" The official in charge of receiving him looked up and down with scrutinizing eyes, and there was a hint of malice in his eyes.

"It's down there. Thanks to the emperor's summons, he specially went to Beijing to report on his work. "Youshu arched her hand.

"Okay, let's first put the pen fee, delivery fee, numbering fee, and collection fee...... and gave them all, a total of twelve thousand taels of silver. The official picked up the abacus and crackled and fiddled, and at the same time reported many charges.

Youshu knew that the Sixth Department was the same as the Six Rooms in the Yamen, and they took bribes under various names, but when they really encountered this kind of thing, they were still quite indignant. He held back his anger and asked, "If the emperor can't see Zhao's debriefing report in time, what should I do if I ask about it?" ”

"Huh, who do you think you are?" The official squinted his eyes and looked contemptuous, "Sue you, if you don't pay these fees, just wait honestly in the capital, maybe in a hundred and eighty years, the emperor will be able to think of you." When the king of Pingxi went to Beijing to report on his work, he didn't take us seriously because he was a relative of the emperor, and he refused to pay any money. You know what? His debriefing report was stunned that no one wrote it for him, and he waited in Beijing for two years before the emperor summoned him. You look at others first, and then weigh yourself, do you have the weight of King Pingxi? ”

"That was when the emperor was in the first place, right?" Youshu revealed it in one word.

The official's breath was suffocated, and he quickly returned to normal, and sneered, "It's the same with the new emperor's accession to the throne. In the six departments of the central government, he moved the military department, the engineering department, the ritual department, and the criminal department, and you can see if he dares to move the household department and the official department. The household department and the official department are the spine of the country, and the slightest movement is a wound to the muscles and bones. Your Majesty, does he dare? I didn't ask if these old ministers in the court would agree. ”

Youshu felt a chill in her heart, but she still insisted, "Can't I write the debriefing report myself?" ”

The official documents submitted to the various ministries for review, especially the official documents handed over to the imperial front, have a specific format and wording, and these knowledge, the officials who entered the imperial examination have never been in contact, once they start to write and call the head to catch the mistakes and omissions, the result is only one, that is, dismissal and investigation. When the officials saw him slamming the door like this, they refused to even pay for the pen, so they let him jump into the pit.

"Okay, you write it yourself. However, the official said in advance that if you don't pay the manuscript fee, numbering fee, and collection fee, it is unknown when the official document you have written will be visible to Lord Shangshu. King Pingxi has been waiting for two years, you, seventeen or eighteen years should be about the same. I'm waiting here, and when you figure it out and hand over the money, I'll hand it over to you. "He has no fear.

Youshu was angry in her heart, but she didn't show it at all, picked up her pen, and wrote a report of tens of thousands of words, introducing her political achievements from all aspects, and summarizing the shortcomings. He only needs to look at the official documents to write the best template, and in Suichang and Lishui, in order to prevent the dictatorship of the officials, all official affairs are handled by him personally, and the professional standard is higher than any official in the six ministries, and how can he be stumped by a mere work report.

After writing it, he carefully checked it twice to confirm that there were no mistakes or omissions, and then he stamped the official seal and submitted it. The official didn't look at it, and threw it into the pile of files and it was over, with an extremely contemptuous attitude.

"Finally, I advise you, hurry up and get all the money, otherwise this report will be lost."

"Thanks for the reminder." Youshu bowed his hand slightly and strode away.

The rule of the great mediocrity has far exceeded his imagination. What kind of country is this when the Ministry of Officials buys and sells officials, the Criminal Department has unjustly and falsely decided on cases, the Ministry of Household has emptied the treasury, the Ministry of Rites has reversed the norms, the Ministry of War is cowardly and incompetent, and the Ministry of Industry has nothing to do. What kind of world? Thinking of this, he was not so interested in the identity of the new emperor. Even the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Households can't be rectified, and their means are too inferior compared with those of the masters.

In a bad mood, he bought a lot of pastries to take home, and when he put down the box, he remembered that there was still an important thing to do, so he hurriedly ran to the firewood room, picked up a straight plank, and sharpened it into a tablet with a dagger, on which were engraved the words "Lord of the Netherworld".

"Thank you for saving your life, escort, I bought a lot of delicious things, I hope you like it." He placed the tablet on the incense table, bowed solemnly, and then put the food he bought neatly in the dishes and offered it as a sacrifice.

In the country of Dayong, he has no master, no father, and every time in the dead of night, he will always be invaded by bitter loneliness. If it weren't for King Yama's companionship, care, we're in the thick and thin, and silently guarding, he would never be alive today. He likes this friend, so he digs his heart and lungs, has no reservations, and always wants to share something good with him.

The candle flame on the incense table suddenly jumped half an inch high and quickly extinguished, leaving a room of darkness in vain.

In the imperial city, in the Qianqing Palace, a tall man was sitting on the desk to review the folds, and there was a white and beardless eunuch with a feminine appearance standing beside him.

The man put down the imperial pen and said in a deep voice, "What did Youshu do today?" ”

"Your Majesty, Xiao Zhao County Ling first went to Zhao's mansion, and Zhao Youcai planned to settle with 10,000 taels of silver, but he refused. After that, he rented a haunted house in the alley in the eastern suburbs, and after a short rest, he went to the ministry to report. Due to the inability to make up the expenses, the debriefing report is still pressed under the pile of official documents, and I don't know when it will be handed over to the front of the official book. When the words fell, the eunuch hesitated, "Why don't you go to the ministry in person and ask for a debriefing report?" ”

"I'm not busy, let it go for a while, otherwise how can I have a seizure?" The man looked out the window, revealing half of his handsome but ice-cold face.

The eunuch bowed down.

After a while, the man asked again, "The officials deliberately made it difficult for Youshu, is Zhao Youcai making trouble from it?" ”

"Exactly. He wanted to force Xiao Zhao County to go to Zhao Mansion to ask for silver. ”

"Idiot. has a stubborn temper like Shu, and the more he pushes him, the tougher he becomes. You have to deal with him well. The man chuckled in a low voice, his words were full of love, and he obviously knew Xiao Zhao's temperament well.

The eunuch didn't think it was strange, and chuckled twice. At this moment, a burst of white light suddenly appeared on the table, and after the light dissipated, there were three plates on the imperial case full of files for no reason, one for osmanthus cake, one for walnut cake, and one for a red and bright sugar gourd.

"Yo, who is this stupid and bold to worship King Yama? Don't think you can live long? The eunuch's face was astonished.

"What a fool!" The man was slightly stunned, picked up the sugar gourd and looked at it, and then couldn't help laughing. In addition to Xiao Zhao's county order, that stupid and bold plus foodie, who else will enshrine the king of Yama on the incense case? Even if he is not by his side, he can always think about himself, think of himself, and have something good to take out and share with him, and he really has a heart.

The man bit off a sugar gourd, chewed it carefully, and praised it with satisfaction, "Well, it's very sweet." ”

The eunuch caught a glimpse of his stretched eyebrows and the gentle smile in his eyes, and finally guessed who was offering this sacrifice, and couldn't help but secretly admire this Xiao Zhao County Commander. Seeing that King Yama can still remain calm, and accompany him all the way, he has a sincere fellowship, and he is worthy of being the descendant of Xia Qiguoshi, and his heart is extraordinary.

After only one bite, the man was reluctant to move again, and used a spell to seal the sacrifice and put it into the king's seal.

"You keep an eye on it, and I'll come when I go." He stood up and disappeared into a virtual shadow, but there was still a man sitting behind the imperial case, who was the same height and appearance as him, and was slowly reading the folds with his pen.

The eunuch bowed down to receive the order, whisked the dust, and laid another obstacle in the hall. The guards and palace people guarding the door were already confused, but now they are becoming more and more obscure.

When King Yama arrived, Youshu was having dinner. Because I don't have much money left, and I don't know when the debriefing report will be approved, I don't dare to spend money casually, I bought a bag of cabbage and a piece of tofu, and boiled it with water casually, rice is the cheapest brown rice, five copper plates and a big bag, the color is yellow and black, very ugly. The boxes of pastries he had bought earlier were now on the incense table, and he kept the best things for others and the humble ones for himself.

Why is it so stupid and so painful? King Yama walked to the table and sat down, wanting to bend his fingers to reward him with two bursts, but he held back.

For the first time in such a long time, it was the first time that Youshu had eaten alone, and in the past, he was accompanied by King Yama, and although he didn't eat, he would stare at it with gentle eyes, which made him very relieved. At first glance, there was only one left, and I felt a little unate, and I was absent-mindedly shaving rice, but I was really surprised and happy when I saw the other party coming. His eyes lit up, and he quickly slapped the other party twice, then picked up the bowl to cover his mouth and smiled silly.

Little did he know, however, that the two dimples on his cheeks had betrayed his joy, causing the king of Yama to chuckle. The more I look at it, the more stupid it becomes, but the more I look at it, the cuter it becomes. But after a few hours away, I missed it so much. He sighed in his heart, and his gaze was as gentle as water.

Someone eats with me, and the brown rice, which was still a little hard to swallow, has now become fragrant. Youshu sandwiched a few pieces of tofu and stuffed it into her mouth with rice grains, her cheeks bulged, her eyebrows and eyes were handsome and flying, and she looked very pleasing. The man put one hand on his cheek and stared quietly, his heart also surging with infinite joy.

At this moment, there was a ghost crying wolf howl outside the door. A certain female ghost screamed, "Ancestor, our house is occupied, and we are a young scholar. ”

"Wait for the ancestor to suck his flesh and blood dry tonight, and crush his soul." A rough voice came.

Youshu heard clearly, but there were friends there, and I didn't panic at all. The king of Yama was unmoved, only flicked his fingers slightly, and waved a black light.

"Ahhhh It's hell fire! Run, everyone, the people inside are either Hades or the prison master! The ghosts who claimed to be the ancestors howled away, and many powerful ghosts also fled.

King Yama didn't intend to embarrass them, but after thinking about it, he changed his mind again, and said, "Come back to this king!" ”

How many immortals in the world can drive hell karmic fires and still call themselves "this king"? The demons never expected that the king of Yama would come, and even though the souls were about to fly away, they still crawled out of the ground strongly, and stood in two rows, waiting for the fate.

King Yama pointed at the ancestor, "You, in the future, will be the housekeeper of the Zhao Mansion, helping Youshu with some housework." What are your subordinates good at? Knowing that Xiao Zhao's county order could be seen and heard, he also made arrangements with great fanfare, which was the gratitude and love of the other party. One day, he wants to make Xiao Zhao County Ling inseparable from him for a moment.

Youshu pretended not to know, but the small dimples on the cheeks became sweeter and sweeter. Making such righteous friends is worth it in this life.