Those who get power are smart people, they understand the benefits and disadvantages of power, both beneficial and harmful, like a double-edged sword, power can hurt others and hurt oneself, and the higher you go, the more thrilling it becomes.

Who is the most dangerous person in the court from ancient times to the present? It's not the emperor, it's not a lower-level official, it's just the kind of person who is under one person, above ten thousand people, this person is often the most dangerous, looking up, there is only one emperor, the emperor is staring at him, looking down, it's all a smiling face, but how bright the smiling face, how red the eyes are behind the back, this artistic conception is almost a blind man riding a blind horse, in the middle of the night near the deep pool, accidentally planted down is a catastrophe.

Those who are in power are smart, and those who are not smart are often the people around them, such as relatives.

Some relatives are more arrogant than the magnates themselves, in the fish and meat township, rampant and domineering, do all kinds of evil, this kind of people themselves have no power, not even an official title, but they are so arrogant and domineering, because they know how to cling, and use women's relationships to tie themselves firmly to the persuasive, so the power of the magnates is naturally transformed into their own power, and it is justified and justified.

From this point of view, Li Su's father-in-law has done a very good job, not only did he not run rampant in the township and oppress the people, but he was more aggrieved than before, for fear of ruining the reputation of the Li family.

Li Su was silent for a long time after listening to Xu Mingzhu.

My husband is a smart man!

This is the real great wisdom, great wisdom, although I know that my son-in-law is now not big or small in Chang'an City, I am not too big and not too small to be the number one person, I have been named a county marquis at a young age, and it is as ordinary as eating in the palace, and the future future is really limitless, but the father-in-law understands very well that the power of the son-in-law is not easy to come by, and if he uses the name of his son-in-law to swagger around. Maybe you can be arrogant for a while, but it will definitely not last long, and the evil and bad things you do will only be counted on the son-in-law's head, and over time, the son-in-law will be implicated to the point of collapse. Everything is over.

Li Su is very glad that she has such a good father-in-law, in fact, just look at Xu Mingzhu and know that her parents must be not bad to teach such a smart and brave girl.

"Madam, seriously, I really want to marry my father-in-law now......" Li Su sighed with a smile.

"Say!" Xu Mingzhu slapped him and rolled his eyes at him: "If the husband really thinks that he has made a contract with my father, it is better to divorce the concubine first, and then discuss with my father." ”

"That's it. Madame is more important. Li Su reluctantly gave up the idea.

"Since the husband promised the Xu family to participate in the tea trade, the concubine asked someone to invite her father to come over to discuss the charter, although the two families are in-laws, but it is better to establish the rules first, in the future, if there is a dispute in the transaction, it is better to take an explanation and distinguish right from wrong, what does the husband think?"

"Good. As for Mrs., buying and selling is buying and selling. After all, everyone needs to be fair. ”

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The old man came quickly, and the next afternoon he set off from Jingyang County and rode an ox cart to Li's house in Taiping Village.

This is the first time that the father-in-law has come to the door, and the Tang etiquette is not too polite to the old father-in-law, after all, it is a realistic era of male superiority and inferiority, and it is very befitting to welcome the door in person as a son-in-law. It's not slow at all.

But for people like Li Su, who came over thousands of years later, the mother-in-law of that era was simply the existence of the Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother, especially good at making waves, and when the son-in-law was about to become a grandson, the mother-in-law still picked his nose and eyes. Li Su has lived in Zhenguan for several years, and this psychological shadow still exists, and it has become a lingering nightmare.

The old man has not yet entered the village, the Li family has sent scouts to ten miles away to investigate, and the horses of the class are back to report the news, and the village road only sees a ride and a flying horse to report, and the villagers on the side of the road are dumbfounded, I don't know which way the Hou Li's family is welcoming today, so that a county marquis can now value the guest, at least at the prince level, or even ...... Your Majesty today, right?

As soon as the old man entered the village in an ox cart, the Li family opened the middle door, and the two teams were dressed in costumes and holding knives, lined up outside the door of the house in the shape of geese, one by one, with their heads held high and murderous.

Li Su was dressed in a gorgeous costume and looked nervous at the door, looking nervously at the empty intersection in front of the door.

Xu Mingzhu was originally embroidering in the inner courtyard, listening to the maid in the house report, saying that the Hou Ye had set up a formation in front of the house, Xu Mingzhu was startled, I don't know what happened, ran out in a panic, and saw that the two rows of troops outside the gate were mighty and extraordinary, and Li Su had a solemn face, like a great enemy, Xu Mingzhu was stunned for a moment, turned around and pinched him fiercely.

"With such a posture, do you want to kill my father?" Xu Mingzhu was angry.

Li Su smiled dryly: "The first time my father-in-law came to the door, didn't he want to make it important?" Otherwise, you will be wronged by your father-in-law. ”

Xu Mingzhu said angrily: "Our family's posture will scare my father!" ”

"Madam, don't make trouble, how could the old man be scared......" Li Su's nervous cheeks twitched unconsciously, and sighed: "It's obvious that I was scared......"

The husband and wife were still arguing about whether to remove the troops in front of the Hou Mansion, but the result was that people were not as good as the sky, and the old father-in-law's ox cart had arrived at the intersection outside the door.

Watching the ox cart slowly and leisurely from a distance, Xu Mingzhu closed his eyes, let out a sigh of resignation, and went out to greet Li Su together.

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Xu Jingshan was more nervous than Li Su.

The door of the Shangjia family Denghou Mansion is already a right and wrong, Xu Jingshan is worried all the way, for fear that the rich and noble son-in-law will give him a look, in this era, each of the powerful families has their own business, otherwise it is impossible to afford a huge family courtyard only by relying on the little money sent by the imperial court every year, but the magnate himself is very taboo to have a relationship with the businessman, who mentions the matter of business in front of him, he will turn his face immediately without saying a word, and he has never seen a good face for the businessman.

Xu Jingshan has always felt very lucky, because he promised his daughter a good family business, a young hero who is famous in Chang'an, not only has outstanding poetry and literary talents, but also has made many contributions to the Tang Dynasty. At that time, his daughter was also rising, and maybe she could also be the wife of the prime minister. Seal a product or something, one day the son-in-law suddenly made a great contribution, Your Majesty may be kind to the relatives, the Xu family can also have a little glory, and it is not necessary to receive a false official position......

So, this time I went to the door of the Li family. Xu Jingshan attaches great importance to it, for the sake of solemnity, even if Li Su brought his mother-in-law with him, he still didn't bring it, he sat in an ox cart alone, brought a few house slaves, and loaded two carts of gifts behind, so he entered Taiping Village.

Who knew that when he arrived at the door of Li's house, Xu Jingshan was stunned to find two rows of soldiers standing at the door with swords. Majestic and murderous, Xu Jingshan felt a chill in the crotch of his pants after being pushed off the ox cart, and looked up tremblingly, and the two rows of soldiers suddenly raised their waist knives with a very tacit understanding, and the handle of the knife slapped their chests hard, and shouted a few times, "Datang Wansheng!" ”

Xu Jingshan's legs were weak, and his face turned white.

Li Su saw his father-in-law like this. I suddenly knew that today's pomp and circumstance might be a bit too grand, and the old man didn't seem to be able to accept it. So he hurriedly stepped forward with Xu Mingzhu and saluted Xu Jingshan first.

"The father-in-law has worked hard from afar, and the son-in-law has not been able to welcome him from afar, so please don't worry about it."

Xu Jingshan subconsciously wanted to return the salute: "Villain...... The old man meets ......"

"Daddy!" Xu Mingzhu hurriedly pressed Xu Jingshan's saluting hand and said angrily: "What do you think of this ceremony?" How can there be a reason for elders to salute younger generations? ”

Li Su also hurriedly smiled: "It's the son-in-law who is ignorant and makes the father-in-law frightened." In fact, this pomp and circumstance was originally a kindness of the son-in-law, and the father-in-law did not blame the son-in-law Meng Lang......"

"Don't blame, don't blame ......" Xu Jingshan forced out a kind smile.

It was rare to see each other once, and both Weng and his son-in-law felt awkward and uncomfortable.

Li Su and Xu Mingzhu helped Xu Jingshan into the door on the left and right. After passing through the two lines of the trilogy, the subordinates moved in unison, bowed down and pressed the knife as a salute, and the loud noise frightened Xu Jingshan again, calmed down and looked at the two rows of the subordinates on the left and right, all of them were mighty and extraordinary, full of murderous aura, and they seemed to be able to smell the bloody gas they brought back from the battlefield when they got close.

Xu Jingshan was stunned, awe-inspired, and then shook his head and sighed.

It turns out that the powerful family is really different from a businessman like himself. Merchants are rich, and they are willing to spend money, build houses, buy slaves, buy bearded girls, as long as they do not exceed the system, they can buy anything that can strengthen their own momentum, and what about the powerful people? They didn't seem to have to do anything, just the two rows of knives at the door of the house, which was enough to crush all the momentum of the merchants, and the two rows of people made a line of knife salutes, and they smashed Xu Jingshan's little self-confidence.

Even if it is an emerging magnate like the Li family, the newly cultivated gate valve background is enough to make Shang Jia look up and sigh.

Li Su was actually very embarrassed.

He is indeed a kind heart, after all, in his heart, the mother-in-law is a very evil and powerful existence, dare not take it lightly, the pomp and etiquette are to go to the highest level, for fear that the father-in-law will pick the ceremony, and gossip about the son-in-law behind his back, but today's pomp and circumstance seems to be counterproductive, and the old man is scared,...... In fact, the son-in-law was also scared and frightened by the father-in-law.

The three of them entered the house, and Li Daozheng, who was waiting in the main hall, greeted them, and the two in-laws in the courtyard smiled and talked happily, and the atmosphere swept away the awkwardness and depression of Fang Cai, which seemed very harmonious, and it was simply honey and oil......

After chatting in the courtyard for a long time, Li Daozheng saw that Xu Jingshan seemed to have something serious to talk to Li Su, so he made a confession very interestingly, said that he would drink hard at night, and then went to the field with farm tools.

Li Su invited Xu Jingshan to sit down in the main hall, ordered someone to set up a banquet and wine, and Xu Mingzhu sat beside Xu Jingshan obediently to accompany him.

The greetings between Weng and his son-in-law first started from today's weather hahaha, and the nonsense on both sides was well prepared, until the wine and food were served, and the nonsense was not over.

Xu Mingzhu looked at his father, then turned his eyes to look at Li Su, and saw that his husband and father were chatting happily, Xu Mingzhu couldn't help but hook up a happy smile at the corner of his mouth, and after laughing for a while, when he looked up at Li Su again, the look in his eyes seemed to be overflowing with honey.

After three rounds of drinking, Xu Jingshan put down the lacquered ear cup, sighed with a smile, and said: "The old man started as a merchant and a trader, and he traveled south and north all his life, and he can be said to have read countless people, but like a virtuous son-in-law, he is a young man who is ambitious, does not rely on his father's shadow or relies on his own hands to earn this prominent official and a huge family owner, the old man has never heard of it in his life, and my Xu family can marry this family with a virtuous son-in-law, it is indeed the old man ......who has climbed high."

Li Su hurriedly said: "The father-in-law is serious, being able to marry a virtuous and courageous woman like Mingzhu is really the blessing of the son-in-law, it is not an exaggeration to say that even the life of the son-in-law is saved by Mingzhu." ”

Xu Jingshan raised his eyebrows, turned his head to look at the girl next to him, and showed a loving look in his eyes, as if the girl had given his father a face, Xu Jingshan's slightly cramped and uneasy expression from the beginning of entering the door finally relaxed.

"The virtuous son-in-law defended Xizhou for the Tang Dynasty, tens of thousands of strong enemies attacked the city, the virtuous son-in-law fought to the death and did not retreat, and finally ensured that Xizhou was not lost, and won a first-hand opportunity for the Tang Dynasty, these old men have heard of it, and my daughter moved thousands of miles to save her husband, and the neighbors are also in the legend, whether it is true or false, I don't know, even if it is true, um...... When a woman marries and obeys her husband, she takes her husband as her heaven, takes her husband as her life, and does something for her husband, and she should share it if she works hard. ”

This is a bit unpleasant, Li Su's brows wrinkled imperceptibly, and Xu Mingzhu pursed her mouth dissatisfiedly, and didn't even pour the wine for her father, snorted lightly, and looked at Li Su with aggrieved eyes.

Li Su smiled back, and cast a puzzled look, the question was very clear.

――When you were a child, your father picked it up from Uncle Wang's house next door, right?

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PS: I'm really not suitable for the three watches, and the three watches hurt the kidneys...... It's a shift tonight, and let me ...... (To be continued.) )