After a while, the officials at all levels in Runan, who had just filled the hall with hundreds of wine parties, had already left, leaving only Zhao Qian, who was full of embarrassment, sitting upright and silent. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info I don't know if Zhao Qian is because of Qiu Yi's identity as a son-in-law, or because of the rudeness of everyone who left the scene. Rao is Qiu Yi has long been accustomed to the prejudice of the world, and he still can't help but be gloomy.

"Seven Branches", which refers to the people who are supervised and controlled by the court, including: merchants, people with city registration, criminals, outlaws, and sons-in-law. These people belong to the group of people with the least social status and dignity in the world, and their social status is only slightly higher than that of "prisoners". Since the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, these people, like prisoners, were often sent to the battlefield to fight for their lives, or to garrison the frontier.

Because Qiu and Zhu Er's family had a lot of money, and they relied on the relationship of Gong Zhang, the county monarch, and took advantage of the great opportunity of the Yellow Turban Thieves to successfully change the household registration of the two clans to the Zhaoling wealthy family. In the territory of Zhaoling, the status may not be very high, if in the eyes of people who don't know the details, it is no different from the ordinary wealthy family. However, Qiu Yi is still among his sons-in-law at this time, and if the Zhu family does not agree, I am afraid that even the government will not be able to do anything.

The identity of the son-in-law may not matter in front of ordinary people, although there will be a different color, it will not be too strange. But on a slightly higher level, the attitude of each person is immediately distinguished, that is, disgust and disdain.

Qiu Yi didn't know why they were disgusting, and why did they disdain? Is a son-in-law harmful to society? Does a son-in-law's character and morality have to be low? Why is the world disgusted and disdainful? Is it desirable to become a son-in-law? Isn't it all due to the times?

Zhao Qian suddenly smiled and said: "Really, just because of the identity of a son-in-law, I left the banquet, this group of people is really mediocre, Mingyuan doesn't need to be too unhappy." In the past, there were Qi people who were pure and son-in-law, less than seven feet tall, but they were funny, eloquent, and repeatedly went to the country of princes, never humiliated the country, and was worshiped by King Qi Wei as the secretary of state. Presumably, there will be a soaring trend in the future. ”

Qiu Yi replied indifferently: "What the county keeper said is very true, and the villain also thinks so. ”

Zhao Qian smacked his lips and said, "So good, so good." Then the two were speechless for a while, and Zhao Qian asked casually: "Mingyuan came to Pingyu City this time in addition to reporting the battle of Zhaoling, but there are other things?" ”

Qiu Yi heard Zhao Qian's intention to send off guests, and he came to his senses for a while, and was almost influenced by others, and ruined the major events of this trip. Qiu Yi hurriedly arched his hand and said: "I came to the county this time to ask the county keeper to make a contribution to Gong County. ”

Zhao Qian smiled mockingly: "Oh? Meritorious service for Gong Wenzhao? Hehe, the old man ordered him to lead his troops to Pingyu several times, and he signed a contract with the association to discuss the sea bream thief He Yi, but Gong Wenzhao turned a deaf ear. The head of a county has the courage of a general to conquer on his own during the holiday, does he still need the old man to take credit for him? ”

Qiu Yi bowed his hand and said: "Gong County Jun was anxious when he heard the order of the county guard, and he had already had the intention of leading the troops to come, but there was the pressure of the Yuncheng thief Du Li in the west, so he had to delay it for a long time. Later, I heard that Pingyu City had already gathered more than 10,000 elite tiger warriors from various counties, and I thought that just by calling the two thousand rabble people in Zhaoling District, it would not be a big deal to come to Pingyu City. So he led 2,000 Zhaoling Yiyong to the south to prepare to flank He Yizhi's right, so as to share some sorrow for the army of thieves who guarded the county. ”

"Fortunately, the county guard's plan to transfer the tiger away from the mountain, the sea bream thief He Yi was transferred out of the city of sea bream, and came to the village of Gepo in Pingyu, and the party was called to see the flaw of the Ling Volunteer Army, and broke through the city of sea bream in one fell swoop, and got hundreds of thousands of Shi Anmin's grain. Speaking of which, the opportunity to break the sea bream thief He Yi was given by you, Lord County Guard. How dare Gong Xianjun ignore the orders of the county guard. ”

Zhao Qian's face was relieved and he asked, "Is that really the case?" Then why didn't Gong Wenzhao come to Pingyu City to report the war situation to me? But you were sent? ”

Qiu Yi respectfully bowed: "It's not that Gong Xianjun refuses to come in person, but he can't come." He...... He had been shot by several tributaries of the Yellow Turban Moth thieves of Chen Guo, and then he was besieged by the thieves outside Zhaoling City for more than ten days, and there was no medicine to treat him. At this time, the wound was suppurating, the fever did not go away every day, there were many comatose people, and few were awake, and it was not far from the deadline. ”

Zhao Qian was so shocked that he stood upright, sat down heavily after a long time, and muttered in his mouth: "It turns out that Gong Wenzhao will die soon?" When he commanded you to come, did he tell you that he had nothing to say? ”

Qiu Yi glanced at Zhao Qian, not knowing why he reacted so much. After thinking about it carefully, he decided that it would be better to say less, so as not to say too much, so he responded: "No, Gong Xianjun only said that everything should be entrusted to the county guard." If the county keeper can get a waiting position for the Gong family, the Gong family will be grateful to the county guard, and the Gong county lord can also be blind in the nine springs. ”

Zhao Qian smiled dumbly and said, "This is not like the words of Gong Wenzhao's stubborn donkey...... Yes, a man is dying, and his words are good. For the sake of the future generations of future generations, Gong Wenzhao finally relented to me. ”

Qiu Yi responded yes, but Zhao Qian had nothing to say. Qiu Yi peeked at Zhao Qian again, and Zhao Qian seemed to be immersed in memories at this time. After a long time, Zhao Qianfang said faintly:

"Forty years ago, the old man and Brother Wen Zhao studied in Shuzhong together. Brother Wen Zhao's academic intelligence is better than mine, and he has been the old man's half-teacher and eldest brother for many years. But all this has changed after the crown, and the old man was promoted as filial piety by the Shu County Taishou, and was appointed as the chief of Chenyang by the court within a few years. And then a few years later, after each transfer, it was promoted, even if the old man's father passed away in the middle, the old man resigned and kept filial piety for several years, but after returning to the officialdom, he was still promoted step by step. At this time, he has achieved the position of the Taishou of the largest county in the world, and he is more likely to be promoted to the central government next year and take on important positions. ”

However, Wen Zhao's brother and queen were only able to serve as a small official in his hometown county, and it was not until more than half of his thirties that he was finally promoted to the position of the magistrate of the lower county of 300 stones. After that, he could be promoted to a small level every two terms, from the county magistrate of 300 stones to the county magistrate of 400 stones, and until now he is only the county magistrate of 500 stones. I tried to help him get to the top several times, but he just wouldn't, and in the end he refused to associate with me again. ”

"Until the year before last, Zhaoling County had a household registration of more than 10,000 and could be promoted to Shang County, and Brother Wen Zhao could finally be promoted to 600 Shi County Order. I helped him report to the court, saying that he was talented enough to serve as the commander of Qianshi County in Pingyu County. I don't want Brother Wen Zhao to report back to the court, saying that Zhaoling County has a household registration because of disasters for many years, but the population is decreasing more and more, and he refuses to be promoted. This incident caused us to have a big quarrel, and finally it was even more troublesome to the point of cutting off our sleeves and breaking off our relations. In the past two years, he has never come to Pingyu again...... Unexpectedly, after that goodbye, goodbye now is the difference between life and death. ”

Qiu Yi was silent, but it turned out that Gong Zhang, the county monarch, had such a stubborn temperament, and would rather take the extraordinary path of buying an official than lose his dignity as a brother and a half-master in front of his former little brother.

Zhao Qian hesitated for a moment and said, "Count, although Brother Wen Zhao wiped out more than 200,000 Yellow Turban Moth Thieves, the merits of the Ping Moth Thieves are far inferior to the battle exploits of Beidi such as the Battle of Xianbei. More than 200,000 words, excluding the merits of Zhao Lingwei, and the merits of various volunteer generals such as Er, it is enough to be promoted to a state and county Taishou. But if you want to seal the list, I'm afraid that there will be a lack of qualifications. Even if it is the Guannei waiting of dozens or hundreds of households in the food town, it is ....... ”

Qiu Yi hurriedly said: "Summoning the Mausoleum Captain Ye Hua to abandon the city and flee, and even trap Gong County Jun in the siege of thieves...... Qiu Yi said Ye's actions, and also said that he and others gave credit to Gong Zhang. Zhao Qian couldn't help but shout angrily: "Ye Hua's crime is extremely evil, he actually harmed my brother Wenzhao like this, I will go to the court to kill him." ”

After a long time, Zhao Qian's anger calmed down a little, and he looked at Qiu Yi with a complicated face and said: "I don't want you and other brothers to be so righteous, Brother Wenzhao has this great merit alone, even if it is a pavilion with a thousand households." It's a pity, alas...... It's a pity ......."

Since bidding farewell to Zhao Qian, Qiu Yi has no major incident when he returns to Zhaoling. A few days later, after receiving the news that Liu Pi and other thieves were broken by Wang Yun, the assassin of Yuzhou, Yingchuan Bo had already been beheaded by the court army, and Zhang Mancheng of Nanyang had his own southern army led by Zhu Jun to go to the conquest, and the Zhaoling army had no target to collect, and the main general was seriously injured and would die, so it was officially disbanded.

Each of the volunteers brought home at least 100,000 yuan of huge wealth, and each of them returned home with infinite joy to buy land, or build a new house, or get married, a scene that was not very lively. Even the families of the volunteers who died early were given tens of thousands of dollars in pensions, which made the relatives of the volunteers feel grateful for a while. They all thanked Gong Xianjun, Qiu, Zhu and other volunteer generals for their great kindness.

After a few more days, Gong Zhang finally couldn't support it anymore and returned west. However, Gong Zhang's eldest son has long since died, and his eldest grandson is still far away in Shuzhong, and there is no one to carry filial piety. Qiu Yi, Qiu Rui, and Zhu Mian acted as Gong Zhang's old and old officials, and they brought filial piety to guard the spirit. Zhu and Qiu Ershi paid a lot of money to open a dojo for Gong Zhang, and summoned Taoist priests to do things for Gong Zhang. Prepare to escort his corpse back to Shu after the fiftieth day.

From the second day onwards, the number of people who came to worship the weeping spirits was innumerable, all of them high and low, at least more than 3,000. Qiu Yi was speechless when he saw it, if he could be treated by so many people after he died as an official in the future, he would be worthy of this life.

On the fifth day, Zhao Qian, the county guard, rode his horse back from Luoyang City, and when he heard the news that Gong Zhang had died, he immediately cried and fainted. Zhao Qian rode his horse for more than 150 miles in a row, traveling back and forth between the Zhaoling Tombs in Luoyang, a distance of more than 1,500 miles. Even a strong man with iron can't bear it, let alone Zhao Qian, who is already weak and over fifty years old. Zhao Qian fell ill in Zhaoling City and stayed in Xu's mansion.

On the second day, Zhao Qian wanted to strengthen his sick body to set up a banner for his brother Gong Zhang's soul to summon the soul, Xu Pu, Qiu Yi and others persuaded him to no avail, Qiu Yi and Qiu Rui had to help Zhao Qian alone.