After pondering for a moment, Wang Ye slowly spoke: "Do you know where the Li family in Nanzhuang came from?" ”

Zhao Yan was stunned, isn't the Li family in Nanzhuang a native of the local area? Could it be that they moved from somewhere else? What did Wang Dahu do with himself?

A few questions popped up in Zhao Xinxin's heart, and he slowly shook his head.

Seeing this, Wang Ye continued: "The Li family moved here from Hongdong County, Shanxi Province in the second year of Yongle, when the ancestor of the old husband 'Chongwen Gong' and the ancestor of the Li family 'Ziyu Gong' hit it off at first sight, and poured the strength of the family to help the Li family settle down and buy a family business. ”

Zhao Yan nodded noncommittally, secretly thinking that Wang Dahu's request for his matter was related to the Li family?

Wang Ye's voice continued to sound: "Over the past few decades, the Li family has become more and more prosperous, and there are many learned and excellent clansmen in the clan, but on the other hand, the heirs of my Wang family are quite withered. If you talk about the family's land, the Wang and Li families are almost the same, but when it comes to the prosperity of the heirs, the Wang family is not comparable to the Li family. If you really talk about it, the influence of the Li family in the local area is beyond the reach of the Wang family, and there is a clan of officials in the Guy clan who is among the officials of the Ministry of Literature and Qing Officials.

In the Ministry of Officials, this is the official position of the five grades, and the vacancy setting and grade of all civil officials in the capital and the locality, as well as the selection and promotion of officials, can be said to be in power, Lin'er's brother is awarded the position of Zhengqipin Zhixian as a person, but the cost is only one thousand taels, and it is the relationship between this Li Langzhong. ”

Wang Ye told such a secret thing, Zhao Yan felt bad in his heart, but he was also curious about the things that even the Wang and Li families couldn't settle with, why Wang Dahu wanted him to solve it for them.

Wang Ye took a sip of tea and said in a solemn tone: "People have good and bad luck, and the sky has unforeseen circumstances. As soon as you enter the officialdom, you are as deep as the sea, and fraud, welcome, and dumping abound, not to mention that I worship Mr. Wang Zhenwei today, and trust him very much, and obey everything, even the iron card that Taizu hung on the palace gate prohibiting eunuchs from interfering in political affairs was taken off by him......

This Li Langzhong is quite decent, but because of his children's family affairs, he offended Wang You, who was then a waiter in the Ministry of Works, and was dismissed from office and sent to prison.

Wang You is a small person, but he is quite good at shaving and patting horses, he was originally a Ministry of Labor, once Wang Zhen asked him why he didn't grow a beard, Wang You replied: "The master has nothing, Er'an dares to have?" Wang Zhen promoted this flattering villain to the rank of squire of the Ministry of Works the next day.

Now that Li Langzhong has offended him, in addition to losing his official position and going to prison, it has recently been reported that Wang You still does not want to let him go, and wants to exile the entire Li family through Wang Zhen's relationship. ”

Zhao Yan is more and more confused the more he listens, he naturally knows who Wang Zhen is, but now he is just a small talent, let alone Wang Zhen, even the Ministry of Works' waiter Wang You can kill him as long as he speaks, Wang Dahu still wants to let himself find a way to resolve the disaster for the Li family? This is also too high a self-esteem.

Wang Ye saw the confusion in Zhao Yan's eyes, he waved his hand, and said: "Virtuous nephew don't have to guess, the father and daughter of the Li family came to the old man today, but they actually wanted to ask the old man for a small favor, but the old man did not agree. ”

Speaking of this, Wang Ye looked at Zhao Yan with blazing eyes, and said: "Li Yingqiu wants to hide his daughter Li Yun here with the old man, but the old man also has to consider the great business of my Wang family, as well as the eldest son who is an official in other places, does the virtuous nephew think that the old man's decision is correct?" ”

Zhao Yan had a bad premonition in his heart, but he still nodded and said: "A wise move, if Li Langzhong's incident affects the Wang family, and his arm can't twist his thigh, the consequences are really unimaginable." ”

Wang Ye nodded with satisfaction, suddenly narrowed his eyes, and said with a sly smile: "Although the old man did not come down, he recommended the virtuous nephew to take in Li Yun." ”

The premonition came true, but Zhao Yan wanted to cry without tears in his heart, he looked at Wang Ye, and said after a while: "If you have something to say, just say it, if there is no convincing reason, the younger generation will not agree to anything, after all, the younger generation also has to consider the future of the father and the younger generation." ”

Wang Ye smiled, stretched out four round fingers and said, "The old man thought of four points. First, assuming that the entire Li family is exiled, all the property of the Li family will inevitably be confiscated, but the Li family has a great business, not to mention that the wealth of the comeback will inevitably be left in the secret place, only that Li Yingqiu loves his daughter alone, once the virtuous nephew agrees, he will inevitably arrange a way back for Li Yun, which can be gold and silver, or land deed, and if the virtuous nephew takes in Li Yun, the best reason is to adopt a daughter-in-law, and what his father left him nominally belongs to Li Yun, in essence, it is a gift to the virtuous nephew. ”

Zhao Yan nodded in his heart, Wang Dahu first lured him to his advantage, and what he said was quite reasonable, but Zhao Yan thought that he was not a person who was greedy for money, and this reason was not convincing.

Wang Ye saw that Zhao Yan was noncommittal, and continued: "Second, Wang Zhen only entered the palace in the last year of Yongle after he became an adult, and it has been nearly thirty years so far, and the life span of eunuchs is generally not long, maybe one day Wang Zhen will die suddenly. The final outcome of this Li Langzhong, according to the old man, was the worst to be exiled with the Li clan. He is now less than forty years old, it is the prime of life, as long as he can survive the fall of Wang Zhen, he will definitely be able to return to the court, although not to say that he will definitely be able to sit in a high position, but it will certainly not be too bad, if the virtuous nephew can catch this line, if he enters the court in the future, he will not be alone. ”

Zhao Yan naturally knew when Wang Zhen would fall, and he also knew how miserable Wang Zhen's henchmen died, but he didn't expect Wang Dahu to see the affairs of the court officialdom so thoroughly, and it seemed that he really underestimated this 'rich man' before.

"Third, assuming that Li Yun is taken in by the virtuous nephew as an adopted daughter-in-law, Li Yingqiu will inevitably quickly cut through the mess and clear up the household registration matter, legally Li Yun is a member of your Zhao family, even if the Li family is exiled, it will not affect the virtuous nephew. The virtuous nephew is a dignified member, and the old man also has some connections in the officialdom, and he will definitely not let the virtuous nephew be affected, so the virtuous nephew can relax. What does the virtuous nephew think? ”

Zhao Yan pondered for a moment and said: "The tongue of the outsider is a lotus, the kid is indeed a little moved, but didn't the outsider say that there are four reasons, this is only three points, I don't know what the fourth point is?" ”

Wang Ye laughed and said: "Fourth, the old man didn't want to say it, but when the virtuous nephew asked, the old man had to say it." If the virtuous nephew takes in Li Yun, not only will he get a charming little lady for nothing, but the old man will also inherit a favor from the virtuous nephew. Don't look at Xiaoyun'er as rude and willful, in fact, it's just a lack of discipline, this little girl is actually not bad-hearted, but she has not experienced human sophistication, she is innocent, it is best to train. Since the virtuous nephew knows Xiao Yun'er, can he bear the pain of exile or be confiscated into the Sect Division? ”

Charming and charming? Innocence of heart? Zhao Yan thought of Li Yun's simple little face, and reluctantly admitted the former, as for the innocence of the heart, Zhao Yan could only hehehe.

Tempting it to benefit and moving it to affection, Wang Ye said it to this point, Zhao Yan thought for a moment and nodded lightly.

Although Wang Ye said this matter lightly, Zhao Yan knew that he still had to take a certain risk, which was also the reason why Wang Ye was unwilling to take in Li Yun, but Zhao Yan knew that Wang Zhen did not have a few years to live, once Wang Zhen was liquidated, the officials who were suppressed by Wang Zhen in the past would inevitably soar.

Since Zhao Yan agreed to come down, in order to prevent long nights and dreams, Wang Ye immediately ordered the housekeeper Wang Jiu to bring a message to Li Yingqiu, Li Yingqiu reacted quickly, and the next day he went to the state government to change the household registration documents for Li Yun, nominally, Li Yun has another identity since then, Zhao Yan's child daughter-in-law.

The reason why Li Yun's identity is not the maid of the Zhao family, or the adopted daughter of Zhao Xin, is actually the result of Li Yingqiu's comprehensive consideration.

The Li family is a Shenzhou family, if Li Yingqiu's concubine becomes the maid of the Zhao family, he Li Yingqiu's face is really unbearable, and if it is changed to Zhao Xin's adopted daughter, it is too hasty, after all, the adopted daughter is not the same as the child daughter-in-law.

The concept of child bride-in-law originated in the Song Dynasty and was generally accepted by the world in the Ming Dynasty, but the concept of child daughter-in-law is different. It is reasonable to say that as long as a little check, Li Yun and Zhao Yan will be unlucky.

changed Li Yun's identity to Zhao Yan's child daughter-in-law, but in fact, Li Yingqiu still has a certain amount of selfishness. Wang Ye praised Zhao Yan's character and temperament in front of Li Yingqiu, and Zhao Yan was admitted to Xiucai at a young age, if there is no accident, Zhao Yan's future future will be unlimited, such a potential stock, Li Yingqiu is not stupid, and naturally knows how to operate.

Li Yun moved from the Li family to the Zhao family's courtyard crying, her personal maid Xiang'er and Li Er's long-term companion did not follow, and stayed alone in Zhao Yan's slightly cramped bedroom, Li Yun couldn't help but feel sad, so she threw herself on Zhao Yan's bed and cried loudly.

Zhao Yan and Zhao Xin looked at each other outside the door, and after a long time, Zhao Xin waved the paper with ink fragrance in his hand, and said in a low voice: "Xiaolang, I'll go hide the house deed and land deed, and then go directly to the workshop, you ...... You brought this matter in, so you might as well solve it yourself. ”

The cheap dad left without righteousness, leaving Zhao Yan alone to stand outside the door with a headache.

Zhao Yan listened to the intermittent but irrepressible cry coming from the house, couldn't help but touch his forehead with his hand, and sighed: "I did it myself, what a pain!" ”