Gu Qing didn't know that Lu Dao's three words created a real person, nor did he know that Lu Dao's inexplicable passage was written into the book by Zhang Xuan and became his treasure, and he had to take it out and read it every day.

She's been in the trouble of a housekeeper lately.

Li Jun passed the spring and became a tribute student, although he is not the direct master of his family, but he still has to be rewarded from top to bottom. Spring is also almost over, and the people have to prepare new summer clothes, and Zhuangzi arranged for cultivation in the spring, and the commission for this labor force must also be paid.

Gu Qing took care of the house and realized that Li Mao's little money couldn't even support him. His chariot and horse entourage, as well as the payment of his staff, can clean up his money. If it weren't for the fact that her family still had the title of Duke of Guo and Lutian, as well as the Zhuangzi and shops that the old Duke had purchased before, even if the Fang family knew how to be a housekeeper again, it would be difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice, let alone Gu Qing.

Gu Qing has recently learned to plan the plate. She used to use a pen to calculate, but not as fast as the abacus. And she was worried that she would have to explain to others how the Arabic numerals came from, this kind of thing was too annoying, she had almost been exorcised by the Fang clan as an evil demon once, and then she would write an Arabic alphabet, and give it to someone who had a heart, maybe she would even be accused of drawing charms.

She doesn't take that risk.

Gu Qing counted the expenses one by one. In the palace, because Li Mao pacified the affairs of Fenzhou, he gave a lot of things, and there were many tributes in it, which had to make some new clothes for a few children. Many fabrics can't be placed for too long, and there will be no new brightness after a long time. In addition, the two of them grow up fast, and last year's clothes are no longer wearable this year.

Next month, Li Rui is going to enter the palace to study, and Li Jun is about to go to the palace to try, and it is not appropriate to wear that outfit.

She had already opened her own private warehouse, took a few good materials, and gave them this time, and instructed the ladies in the needlework room at home to make them a few new clothes, shoes, socks and other things.

Mama Hua and Mama Sun are now the head of the maids in the Zhiyun Courtyard and even the entire mansion.

Especially Mama Hua, her prestige is growing.

Originally, Mama Hua didn't go out of the yard much, but before Gu Qing came, she was like an invisible person. No one in the house knows how powerful she is, only Mama Liu of the Jinxiu Courtyard of Lu Dao.

It wasn't until Mama Liu was done by the old lady that there was no trace at all, and the Duchess of Guo was pregnant again, and Mama Hua began to assist the old lady in taking care of the house.

Many people who cheat and play tricks, or want to take advantage of their masters, have all been tempered and have lost their temper.

As for Mama Liu, some people say that she has been beaten to death, and some say that Mrs. Tai is not such a person, and she should be thrown back. Some people also said that Mama Liu was greedy for a lot of money and had been quietly sent to the government.

Very few of them know that Mama Liu also has a nephew here, and she is also a scholar in Qingcang Courtyard.

Originally, being a scholar for the eldest young master was an errand that everyone avoided. Because everyone in the mansion knows that the eldest young master will not inherit the title, and he is afraid that he will have to leave the mansion when he becomes an adult. And looking at the appearance of the eldest young master at that time, it didn't look like he could be accomplished.

When Gu Qing didn't come, Li Rui's little servant was like flowing water, and the old slaves in the family were willing to break their children's legs rather than send him to Li Rui on an errand. The Fang family didn't dare to use the subordinates outside, they could only use those who knew the roots, so the subordinates around Li Rui were getting worse and worse, and they were all children who couldn't survive because of their poor quality, and they didn't want to be sent to be rough subordinates to try their luck.

This Mama Liu's nephew Liu Dong is the grandson of Mama Liu's cousin's family, Mama Liu has never married in her life, and there are no brothers and sisters in the family, only this one relative is in the capital.

After Mama Liu disappeared, this Liu Dong suddenly had no support in the house, he was not a child of the family, he was stuffed into the house by Mama Liu in other names, so naturally he could not enter the circle of the family and the child; But the group of foreigners around Li Rui who are like people are all found by Zhang Ning, and they also have their own circle, and they have always been guarding against rejecting him.

After staying in Qingcang Courtyard for a long time, Liu Dong couldn't help but be a little disheartened, regretting listening to his father's entry into this mansion.

Although his family is not rich, he is by no means so poor that he needs to sell himself, and he knew how to read before he entered the house, and he was prepared to be able to study and take the examination in the future, and glorify the lintel.

After the New Year, he didn't get a vacation, so he couldn't take advantage of the vacation to go home, Liu Dong complained that his aunt was gone, as if he still committed something, he was unhappy in the house, and wanted his father to pay to redeem him.

As a result, his father didn't know why the lard was blinded and insisted that he would boil it again in the house, saying that few people knew that he was the nephew of his aunt and grandmother, and it would not affect him.

Even if he said it, his father also felt that a rich and noble family like Gongfu was good, and it was a waste when he came back. Not only that, but his father also asked him questions about everything, especially about his aunt and grandmother, and asked him more carefully.

When he returned to the house, all he had was anger and resentment towards his parents.

"Eldest son, Liu Dong is out of the house today." Companion Qingshuang whispered to Li Rui, who was practicing archery.

Li Rui's hand holding the bowstring suddenly loosened, and the long arrow shot out, hitting the bull's-eye. He exhaled, put down his longbow, and threw the bow and arrow to the side of Qingfeng, and then asked:

"Where did he go?"

I secretly followed him and watched him go to a small courtyard in Xicheng, which should be the home of Mama Liu's cousin. It's just that Liu Dong's face was very bad after he came out, so there should be something unpleasant. Qingshuang stared at this Liu Dong for a long time, and deliberately invited credit, and said:

"I went to Wang Youzi in Xicheng and carefully checked this family. I heard that his husband and wife didn't make a living and didn't go out much, but they lived okay. It is said that six or seven years ago, he sold his ancestral property in his hometown and went to the capital to join his relatives......"

"Oh, that's a lot of ancestral property."

Li Rui is not a son-in-law who does not eat fireworks in the world, and Du Jin often talks to him about the people's livelihood outside. In a place like the capital, the husband and wife have no livelihood, and there is a child at home who wants to study, and after six or seven years, and it has not attracted anyone's attention, it can only be said that there is no shortage of money.

Otherwise, the east wall would have been demolished and the west wall would have been repaired.

"Let's check again. There is no need to reject Liu Dong by calling mink clothes and iron clothes, and now they can be sold well, and the set is almost, and after being isolated for so long, they can be retracted. Li Rui sighed, "I'm afraid this kid doesn't know anything, if his family really doesn't know, let's find a reason to drive him out of Lu when I go back." If his family knew about it, they would take him hostage and force his father to pour something out. ”

As the master, he can't use this Liu Dong, so he can only raise an idler and spend money. And that Liu Dong, as a servant, can't get the trust of the master, and he doesn't have any good errands, it's okay to be young now, and if he is a little older, he will be wasted.

If he really didn't know, it would be better for him to get rid of him.

On the other side, Qingshuang was only responsible for watching Liu Dong, but Wang Youzi was instructed by the Xinguo Mansion to keep an eye on the Liu family in Xicheng.

This family did move here seven or eight years ago, and they bought this small courtyard in Xicheng as soon as they came. When the disaster occurred a year later, the courtyard wall of his house was smashed down, but the house did not fall, and their family did not go to other big families to take refuge from the disaster, nor did they go to receive porridge from the students of the Xinguo Mansion and the Guozijian Mansion, but when the court was open for relief, they received some money and food, and repaired the house and courtyard wall slightly.

This alone is very suspicious. Most of the people who live in Xicheng have the type of cheap and don't take advantage of the bastard, and if the house is broken, they don't go to refuge and live in it, and they can't get porridge, isn't it a problem?

He went to Jingzhao Mansion to check the Yellow Book, these people were originally registered in Tongzhou, and the reason for coming to Beijing was to "make a living".

If they came to make a living, they naturally had to find a way to make a living, but as a result, these two couples had been working for so many years as soon as they "made a living", except for going out to buy and buy things, that is, sending their sons to study in private schools, and they didn't have much contact with their neighbors.

The neighbors only knew that he had a relative who seemed to be the housekeeper in which house, so he had been relying on the housekeeper to help.

Wang Youzi sent the news back, and Li Rui snorted coldly.

This man really has a ghost.

After Mama Liu died, he once led his subordinates to search her house, in addition to clothes, bedding and jewelry, the old woman also hid a lot of gold and silver, in addition to the ones his aunt rewarded, it was more than enough.

Even if she took advantage of her position to get so much money, it was impossible for her to be greedy and silent, and people couldn't see the problem. If he is really greedy, and he still helps this cousin's family, then I really don't know how much Lu Dao has looted, and it is not a pity to die with this one.

"Master Li, when I checked this Liu family, I found that his house had been stolen before." Wang Youzi leaned against the corner of the side door, and said to Li Rui in a low voice: "They haven't reported to the official, but they have gone out to look for it many times, they should have lost something important, and they can't tell anyone." I know all the habitual offenders in the west of the city, and I will go back and investigate more carefully to see who did it and what they took. ”

When Li Rui heard this, he was really grateful in his heart, although this Wang Youzi had pit him once, but he had helped him a lot later, and he was righteous and angry, which was rare in the recklessness.

At that moment, he bowed his hand to Wang Youzi, "I really thank Wang Daxia." If you have anything to help with in the future, let me know and I'll be there to help. ”

Li Rui took out the silver cake and gold leaf that had been prepared.

"If you find someone to investigate, you have to break the bank, you take the money, don't shirk it, if you need to eat, drink and use people."

It's easy to find someone to find out the news, but a local snake like Wang Youzi can't be bought and used with money. Li Rui and Wang Siliu can also be regarded as an intersection, "Wang Youzi" knows Li Rui's temperament, and he does not treat him as a mustard, so his bonus will not disgust him.

Wang Youzi generously accepted Li Rui's money and also bowed his hand to him.

"I don't ask Mr. Li to help me with anything, if my king is in trouble in the future, I will ask Mr. Li to save my life."

Li Rui didn't know why Wang Youzi said such a thing, but he admired Wang Youzi very much, so he nodded, touched it from his body again, and found a jade pendant.

"If there really is a day when you ask someone to come to me with this, I will definitely do my best to save me." He handed the jade pendant to Wang Youzi. "This jade pendant does not have the mark of my house, nor is it a palace-made thing, if you have not been in danger and lack of money for emergency relief, you can exchange it for money, and you can exchange it for a lot."

Wang Youzi smiled when he heard this, and took the jade pendant.

Starting with the raw temperature, it is obviously a good piece of jade.

These princes and grandsons, such a good jade is just a proof to send out, and his hatred of the rich moved slightly, and he was suppressed again.

"The words of the eldest prince are interesting. I took your jade. He put the jade pendant close to his body, and when he was about to go back, he would find a rope to hang around his neck, "I hope that one day when I don't use it, I can keep it as an heirloom." ”

Li Rui finally became a little more cheerful when he heard this, and he laughed.

"There is also the Jiang family...... Wang Youzi looked at the Jiang family for a while, and the more he looked at it, the more scared he became, and he had to speak bluntly.

"Master Li, I'm going to stop the Jiang family. It's not something that those of us in humble status can keep an eye on. The Jiang family is nominally not famous, but the people who come and go are either giants or high-ranking officials of the world. Moreover, the nursing homes of his family are not ordinary families. If it weren't for the quick flashes of my brothers, I would have almost been spotted several times. This kind of person, if you find someone staring, you have to ......"

He made a motion to wipe his neck.

"Master Li, his family didn't even buy vegetables from the two cities, but sent them directly from the Zhuangzi outside the city. I don't look for outsiders when I pour night incense. I can't go in and find out. After that woman entered the Jiang family, she hadn't come out for such a long time, and it seemed that she was a domestic spy, and she wouldn't go out easily......"

"I see, you've worked hard." Li Rui listened to Wang Youzi's words and was very surprised.

What is the origin of this Jiang family, and how can it be so terrifying?

In the afternoon, Li Mao returned home, and Li Rui went to see his uncle, and talked about Wang Youzi during the day, and raised the doubts in his heart.

Li Mao was surprised for a while, and he didn't know where Li Rui had made this friend, and he was able to find out many things that he couldn't find out when he sent people to investigate.

He pondered for a while, and explained to Li Rui that the affairs of the Jiang family would be handed over to Wu Yuzhou's side to deal with, and it was just right that Wang Youzi didn't follow, so as not to startle the snake, and explained the origin of the Jiang family in detail.

This "Wuzhong Jiang Clan" is a long-standing family with the "Wuzhong Lu Clan" in the two major families in the south of the Yangtze River, and there are countless manors and fertile fields in the family. When the Hu people invaded the Central Plains and arrived in the Wuzhong area, they couldn't even attack the Jiang family's manor.

However, the Lu family had a big disaster, many people died, and they have not recovered yet.

Later, the old Jin Dynasty Duke Zhang Yun helped the first emperor, the first emperor's team was like a bamboo, and he captured three states in a row, the Jiang family asked for money and food for the Chu army, and also sent a lot of children from the family to help, but they never sent soldiers, except for a little money, it still did not hurt the vitality. In a big family like them, money and food are really nothing, and talent is the most important strength.

It is precisely because the patriarch of the Jiang clan did not directly join the Chu army, so when the emperor established Chu and rewarded him, he did not seal the patriarch of the Jiang clan. After the death of the old patriarch, his eldest son Jiang Daoqi became the patriarch of the Wuzhongjiang clan, although he did not restrict the children of the family, but because his father did not have an official position, he didn't know if he had resentment in his heart, or he was unwilling to go past his father, and he did not go out.

The first emperor has always been worried about the Jiang family and the Lu family, because the two families of Wuzhong are really amazing, and they operate many tea factories and silk shops. Their family members are good at business and humble in life, but they can't even find a mistake.

The emperor ordered Jiang Daoqi and Lu Yuanhao, two heads of the family, to enter Beijing, and wanted to let the two be officials, but he didn't want these two to stay in Jiangnan to continue to operate.

Although Lu Yuanhao was eccentric, his family really needed the support of the emperor, so he did not shirk and stayed in the Hanlin Academy.

The emperor appointed Jiang Daoqi as an official several times, but he resigned, and finally only received a doctorate from Guozijian, saying that he was a doctor, but in fact, he couldn't go to Guozijian once a month, and he stayed in the capital purely voluntarily as a hostage.

The Jiang family is not only related to the Jin State Mansion, his family is a big family that has lasted for hundreds of years, and many big families in Dachu have passed marriages, and even the second son of his family who is white asks Li Rui's uncle for marriage, Zhang Ning is not easy to refuse.

Because from the point of view of the door, the Zhang family is actually high. His family married the Li family, who was a nobleman, but in fact, he was rejected by many old families, and it also had an impact on the marriage of his own children. If he refuses the Jiang family again, his sons will really not be able to find any decent family to wife in the future.

Now the so-called nobles, many ancestors are not even farming, how can Zhang Ning look at it!

Besides, Jiang Daoqi did not come out, but Jiang Daoqi's younger brother Jiang Daoyi served as a waiter in the household department, and most of the children in the family served as officials in the household department, the Ministry of Industry and various places, Jiang Daoqi's eldest son stayed in Beijing, but the second son who married Li Rui's cousin was in Wuzhong's hometown.

"So, last time you said that the spy was sent by the Jiang family, I wasn't surprised at all. If I am a political enemy in the court, I will not dare to leave any leverage. Only these people, who are inextricably linked to the power of the opposing side of mine, and have no direct interests, dare to stretch out their hands and feet to do it. Li Mao sighed.

He doesn't know how many spies there are in his house.

"It's just that I don't know what kind of situation your uncle is in it, and I don't know what the Jiang family is doing. This marriage is the lifeblood of the continuation of the family, and it is really immeasurable. But just because of marriage, it's nothing. Didn't our family also marry the Lu family? ”

Li Mao is talking about Li Rui's family affairs since he was a child.

Li Rui's face turned faintly red, and he muttered in a low voice: "I said that I was a family member, but I haven't had much contact." ”

That Lord Lu, it seems that only when his father and mother died, he came to the door to mourn, and he was not very kind to him, and he was no different from other people who came to mourn.

There is also the fact that when there is filial piety and the New Year's Festival in the house, he also has a return gift, but according to his grandmother, there is no difference from other people who are good friends.

Neither heavier nor anything special.

Li Mao heard Li Rui's muttering, and after being slightly stunned, he said helplessly:

"Your marriage was forcibly done by the emperor. Your father had a good relationship with Lu Yuanhao back then, because this incident was unpleasant. Lu Yuanhao was summoned into Beijing, and he was originally unhappy, and my family's door was ......."

Every time Li Mao said a word, Li Rui's face darkened.

He always thought that the Lu family didn't come much because he avoided suspicion, but it turned out that there was such a reason.

"You also know that the marriage of the family does not value the money and power of the in-laws, they must value the foundation and connections. Our family is the number one lonely minister in Dachu, and it is one thing for Lu Yuanhao and your father to have a personal relationship, but the individual is a person, and the family is a family. For this reason, he moved the position of patriarch to his younger brother, how can he have a good face. ”

"Hey, in the past few years, if it weren't for the filial piety in the family, I was afraid that he would suddenly come to the door and withdraw from his relatives. Anyway, the daughter of the Lu family is not worried about getting married, even if her family withdraws, there are a lot of people who want it. ”

Li Rui's self-esteem, which was slowly raised by his grandmother and uncle, was greatly hit all of a sudden.

This kind of unwillingness to be disliked by others made him extremely depressed.

"If he wants to withdraw from his family, let him quit. Why is the big husband without a wife! ”

Li Rui's favorite character of the Three Kingdoms is "Changshan Zhao Zilong", at this time, when his uncle said the relationship between the Lu family, he was in his heart, and the words that Zhao Yun had said came out of his mouth.

It's just that he said it freely, but his mouth was secretly bitter.

Li Mao shook his head amusedly.

"Where is it so simple, after all, it was the matchmaker made by the emperor. After so many years of study, as long as the new Jinshi enter the Hanlin Academy, they will either become close ministers of the Son of Heaven in the 'Scattered Pavilion', or enter the Six Ministries or be released as officials, and this head of the Academy is their mentor and has a high status. ”

"Moreover, since the ancient Hanlin Academy, the head of the academy envoy has either further served as the political affairs of Pingzhang, or taken a step back to be the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, no matter whether he advances or retreats, he is always in an important position. The first emperor has suppressed Lu Yuanhao for a long time, and it is left to the current saint to show grace, I think that once the palace test is passed, the future father-in-law of your family will be the new secretary of the Ministry of Rites. You're very important to our family. ”

Li Rui let out an "oh" and said no more.

What's so great about the Book of Rites! His uncle is the secretary of the ministry, his uncle is the secretary of the military department, his father used to be a minister of Pingzhang, and then he is the prime minister!

His family, his family...... How dare you dislike him......

Li Rui felt that his hair was about to stand up.

All right......

He let out a sigh of relief.

Who told him to have no father and no mother? If his father is still there, even if the Lu family dislikes it, he won't even go to the door.

For a while, Li Rui had no good impression of the Lu family. Even the curiosity about his fiancée, which occasionally arose as a young man, was poured cold water and extinguished cleanly.

He had a bitter stomach, and he couldn't wait to run to Zhiyun Courtyard immediately and vomit at Gu Qing.

Woo woo woo, grandma, grandchildren, grandchildren are disgusted!

The author has something to say: Little Theater:

After Li Rui gave the jade pendant to Wang Youzi, he sent him away.

On the way back, Li Rui's footsteps paused.

What, what did the jade pendant he gave away just now look like?

Forget it, it doesn't matter.