Zhao Su? Cheng Fang? How did these two get together?

Qin Ke felt strange in his heart, and subconsciously looked at his wife, and saw Shen Man frowning slightly, with a little worry on his face: "Zhao Su came back so quickly, I'm afraid that it won't work out." "Words * Love * First * Hair"

Because of Pei Xi's arrival, Qin Ke was already in a state of confusion, and when he heard his wife say this, his brows were twisted into a knot, and he said after a while: "It's a blessing or a curse, there is no way to avoid it after all, you are so resting, I'll go to the main house." ”

Seeing this, Qin Wan hurriedly said, "I'll go too, I'll go too." ”

"You little thing, you don't feel like you're making a mess at all." Shen Man nodded his daughter's forehead, his expression was gentle and doting, mixed with a little helplessness, "I follow you all day long, like a little tail, I can't get rid of it." ”

Qin Wan wrinkled his nose and said unhappily, "I won't be in trouble!" ”

Qin Ke was afraid that his daughter would misunderstand, so he hurriedly said: "It's okay, it's okay." ”

When Shen Man heard this, he laughed: "I said the wrong thing, don't care." ”

was ridiculed by his wife and daughter, and the haze in Qin Ke's heart was also dispelled a lot, he took his daughter and came to the main house, as soon as Zhao Su saw him, he immediately knelt down: "It is not good to do things in a lowly position, and I failed to invite reinforcements from Zhichong Mansion, and I hope that Da Langjun will forgive me." ”

Qin Ke was mentally prepared, and when he heard the news, although he was disappointed, he did not have the anger and disappointment he imagined. He sighed lightly, with a bit of resignation and a bit of numbness in his words: "People go to tea and cool, there have been cases since ancient times." I have been a commoner for seven or eight years, and it is only natural that Cheng Dù, who is so downtrodden that he can ridicule the villagers in the idle gang, and the governor of the Zhichong Prefecture is unwilling to help me because of my 'speculation'. "Everyone thinks he's a hot potato, it's too late to hide, let alone send troops privately? Don't go to the end, nothing happened, and you got into trouble.

His emotion came from the heart, but Zhao Su and Cheng Fang didn't dare to respond, Qin Ke laughed at himself, and felt bored, secretly saying Except for Man Niang, who could be so heartfelt about him, and anything could be mentioned without hesitation? Unexpectedly, at this time, a crisp children's voice sounded: "So, this person can't be a big official." ”

"Wraps?"

Qin Wan "ah" for a moment and smiled awkwardly: "Daughter...... I accidentally said it. ”

"It's okay, you're right." Qin Ke saw that his daughter was smart and sensible, and he was so proud that his heart was sour, and he also went to a point or two, "One or two are like this, only half of the work is done, and everyone is treated like fools." Even if I know in my heart that they all think that they don't want merit, but they want no fault, I will be unhappy! ”

Seeing her father praising herself, Qin Wan's heart was overjoyed, only to see her eyes roll, and a sly smile rose on her lips: "Liu Yuanjun didn't dare to directly refuse his father's request, Zeng Duwei definitely didn't dare either, although Zhao Jiulang didn't borrow soldiers, it wouldn't be in vain, right?" ”

Zhao Su knew that Qin Wan was smart, but he never thought that she would be able to peek through the mystery at a young age, thinking that this child was raised by him, and the relationship was good, for some reason, he suddenly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, his head hung lower, and in addition to the full of shame in his tone, there was also a trace of irrepressible shame: "Team Zhou is rushing to the military mansion with a few lowly people, day and night. Because of Team Zhou's face, the lowly party drank the tea of the military government, but it was ......"

He paused, as if he was restraining his grief and indignation, but his body trembled unconsciously: "After the team explained their intentions, Captain Zeng suddenly changed his face, and he was frighteningly cold. He reprimanded the team for not keeping its duty, and said, and said that the team was not having enough lessons, and looked free and uninhibited, but in fact did not go out of the past. Not only that, but he also said that in the past, because of the friendship between the two, he violated the rules and sold the iron to the lowly office. Then he ordered hundreds of pieces of money to be brought out, saying that he would correct his mistakes, and forced the lowly to hand over these iron objects. ”

When Qin Ke heard this, he felt that his eyes were dark, and he almost didn't stand firm.

Seeing that his father was crumbling, Qin Wan hurriedly stepped forward to help, after Qin Ke stood firmly, he shook his head gently, he looked at Zhao Jiu, and his voice was hoarse: "Say, you go on!" ”

Zhao Su responded and continued to reply: "The team is feeling humiliated and leaving with his sleeves brushed away, but Captain Zeng did not give up, and insisted on accepting the money from his humble position, otherwise he would not let the team go out with his humble position." In desperation, we had no choice but to take the money and pack it into boxes, and at this time, Captain Zeng's personal guard secretly said to the lowly that the wall has ears. ”

"The wall - has ears?"

"After discussing with the lowly officials, the team knew that things were not good, so they divided into two ways. Team Zhou was taking most of the money and generously went to the farther military mansion, saying that there were also his acquaintances there, and the lowly one would receive a small part of the money and find ......" Zhao Su gritted his teeth before he said truthfully, "I found the nearest bandit, lured them with money, and let them wander around." If anything happens, raise a fire, and they will come at once. In return, the rest of the money will be theirs. ”

After that, he fell to the ground, almost down to the dust: "I make my own decisions on my own, and I hope that Da Langjun will forgive." ”

Friday and Zhao Su were born in the Northern Yajun, their ancestors were Tian, they were officials, Qin Ke was still a little unconcerned, let alone bandits? It's just that I don't know what to do...... Qin Kegang wanted to say something, but Qin Wan asked, "Zhao Jiulang, are those water bandits credible?" Will they see the wealth and rob us? ”

When Qin Ke heard this, he also felt reasonable, so he looked at Zhao Su and asked him to give an explanation. Zhao Su knew the success or failure in this move, and hurriedly said: "Now that the world is peaceful and prosperous, there are really bandits Xiao Xiao rampant, these water bandits are all ......" He was vague for a moment before he said, "There is no land, and there is no identity of the strong man, in desperation, I have to rely on my water nature, 'escort' the merchant ship, and collect some hard money." Although these fellows are difficult to reason, they are very righteous, and if they do not do what they promised, they will be tied with fishing nets, and each brother will cut him and sink him alive. ”

Speaking of this, Qin Ke also understood - although Great Xia implemented the uniform field system and formulated different numbers of Yongye fields for people of different statuses, it is a pity that there are policies and countermeasures. It is already the most common practice to change first-class fertile land into second-class land and pay less taxes. There are also some families who, in order to pay less taxes, or to escape persecution, voluntarily or involuntarily sell themselves to the families of the powerful, and the land and property are also offered. As for the most arrogant approach...... Directly cancel the household registration of the people in an entire area, occupy all the land and property in this area, and the people will be reduced to black households.

Without household registration, there is no way to open a way out; If there is no way out, if you run out casually and are caught, you will be a homeless, or you will be thrown into the government, or you will be reduced to slavery. Compared with the days when he was forced to help the family reclaim the famine, it is not good to talk about which is better and which is bad. If it is a peaceful and prosperous world, it is fine, if the world is a little unstable, these people are most likely to give birth to right and wrong, and even rise up. In the previous dynasty, it seemed that the iron-clad country, the family looked at the unbreakable rule, wasn't it because these displaced people pierced the gap?

Compared with the so-called "righteousness", Qin Ke believes that wealth moves people's hearts. However, he also understands that the world is quite peaceful, and these water bandits do not dare to come nonsense, and they are clearly against the government. Maybe you have to honor the local garrison, you turn a blind eye and let me live, and I can't do without your profit.

For Qin Ke, the collusion between officials and bandits is a good thing, with the constraints of the army, no matter how rampant the water bandits are, they dare not cross the line. As for the money, don't say a few hundred, it's a thousand, tens of thousands, as long as you can save your life, you can spend it however you want. So he nodded a little irritably, and said, "You say okay, okay!" You're not wrong about this, and Friday is not wrong, Captain Zeng...... Don't mention it, get up, the ground is cold. After that, he coughed dryly, looked at Cheng Fang, and changed the topic, "Have you found out the source?" ”

It stands to reason that Qin Ke was so angry that he almost fainted, and Cheng Fang shouldn't have added fuel to the fire. It's a pity that the person who saved Cheng Fang's life is surnamed Shen; Let him be fed and clothed, and the person who married his daughter-in-law was surnamed Shen; The person who taught him reason, gave him rights, and made him a good person is still surnamed Shen. If Cheng Fang wants to make a decision between the acting king and the princess, there is no doubt that he will definitely choose something good for Shen Man. Therefore, he hesitated for a moment, and then said very cautiously: "This matter is all to blame for the subordinates' poor work, when I invited someone to go to Li's house to talk about the matchmaker, I heard that there was a matchmaker surnamed Zhou who was very famous for ten miles and eight towns, but I didn't expect her to be so stingy." ”

"The Li family? Which Li family? Qin Ke was stunned for a moment, and only then did he react when he thought of "talking about the matchmaker", it turned out to be Yanxiang's home.

Qin Ke has never liked to hear about the affairs of the third aunt and six mothers-in-law, he frowned and said unhappily: "What the hell is going on?" ”

Cheng Fang looked at his expression and weighed his words: "When Mrs. Zhou heard that you were going to take a concubine, she was so excited that she almost fainted, and said that if this matter is done, she will be stained with the nobility of a nobleman." She thought that everyone had the same heart as her, and this matter was nine out of ten, but who knew that she was so faceless, so she had some noses that were not noses and eyes that were not eyes. When others invited her to go to Li's house to propose, she sneered and sneered, saying, "The nobles from the capital can't look down on them, how can they look down on the people in our county", "The Yanxiang girl has a high heart, she must be the wife of an official" and so on. came and went, several families who had been officials for generations, and those with thin assets did not dare to go to the Li family to propose marriage, feeling that they could not afford to climb high. The Li family was in a hurry, so they ...... Then he told the king about it, and then he ......"

Sure enough, when Qin Ke heard this, he laughed angrily: "Several people who have been officials in their families for generations and have little assets don't dare to come to the door to propose marriage? ”

Cheng Fang was like a dumb man, lowered his head, and refused to speak.

"Good, good, good, really good!" Qin Ke was so angry that his whole body trembled, "It's ridiculous that I have grown up to so many years old, but I actually gave birth to a pair of eyes and so-called brains for nothing!" ”