Zhao Mu, another big squire in Pingyang County, was also a tool for high-ranking officials in the court to collect money, but his family history was different from Xu Hui's.

Because his family did not start by relying on the powerful, but by their own efforts.

During the Jiajing period, his ancestors produced several people, and after several generations, he finally became a famous scholarly family in Pingyang.

A person can be tax-exempt for 400 acres, and with a person in the family, it may not be easy to get rich and rich, but becoming a squire is a matter of course, and his family is slowly getting up.

However, when it came to his grandfather's generation, he couldn't pass the exam, and failing to pass the exam meant that most of the family's land and property had to pay taxes.

This decision, at the beginning, should be said to be relatively wise, because in the late Wanli period, the Zhejiang Party was still very powerful, especially after Shen Cheng became the first assistant of the cabinet, the Zhejiang Party was even more prosperous.

The Zhao family also benefited from this, and it only took more than ten years to become one of the top squires in Binh Duong.

However, the good times did not last long, in the forty-eighth year of Wanli, Mingshenzong died, and the Donglin Party rose strongly because of the meritorious escort of the palace transfer case, and the Zhejiang Party became its primary target.

For a time, the DPRK and the Central Zhejiang Party were expelled in large numbers, and their strength was declining, and the backers of his Zhao family also fell in this party struggle.

As soon as the backer fell, it was a devastating disaster for their families who were dependent on the powerful, and Zhao Mu's father hung up directly because he couldn't stand this blow!

At this time, there are only two ways in front of Zhao Mu, either to rely on other bigwigs of the Zhejiang Party, or to switch to other forces in the DPRK and China, otherwise, his Zhao family will be finished.

In the forty-eighth year of Wanli, not only Mingshenzong died, but Mingguangzong, who succeeded to the throne, only became the emperor for a month, and he also collapsed, and he finished his father's funeral, and it was already the first year of the Apocalypse.

It happened that that year that Qian Qianyi, the leader of the Donglin Party, presided over the Zhejiang Township Test, and he snared party henchmen everywhere, he gritted his teeth and simply ran to Qian Qianyi's door.

It should be said that this decision was relatively wise at the beginning, because it was when the Donglin Party was in full swing, but his old Zhao family didn't know whether it was bad luck or how to drop, and who to vote for.

Qian Qianyi presided over the Zhejiang Township Examination, and when he returned to the court, he was transferred to the right Zhongyun of the Zhan Mansion, and when he was about to rise to the top, he was implicated in the Zhejiang Township Examination Cheating Case, and he collapsed, and returned to his hometown the next year.

It should be said that the Zhejiang Township test cheating case has nothing to do with Qian Qianyi, it is the candidate Qian Qianqiu who colluded with the officials in the examination room, Jin Baoyuan and Xu Shimin, and wrote "once you will be on the green clouds" at the end of each paragraph as a code, wanting to be admitted to the examination and rise to the top.

But whoever called him the chief examiner, he was punished for the crimes committed by those below.

As soon as Qian Qianyi was implicated, Zhao Mu fell into an embarrassing situation, and what was even more embarrassing was the matter of more than 2,000 acres of land.

It stands to reason that once you lose your official position in the court, you will lose the corresponding benefits, because without power as a support, it is basically impossible to make money by annexing land.

However, Qian Qianyi is indeed a special case, because he is the boss of the Donglin Party, even if he is not an official in the court, he can maintain his interests through relationships.

More than 2,000 acres of land were also made out by him through relationships, and he naturally didn't want to let go, so there was such a thing as Zhao Mu looking for Zhang Bin to buy land a few years ago.

However, after the end of the New Year, the situation took a sharp turn for the worse, the eunuch party had the upper hand in the party struggle, and the Donglin party was about to die, and another squire, Xu Hui, took advantage of the power of the eunuch party to intervene and wanted to snatch more than 2,000 acres of land.

At this time, Zhao Mu was instigated, he thought that it was impossible for the county magistrate to offend Xu Dahuadou, the left waiter of the Ministry of Works, for an outdated Donglin Party boss, so after the New Year, he never looked for Zhang Bin at all.

On this day, he heard that the county magistrate had fallen and injured himself, and he hesitated for a while.

At this juncture, should you go and visit?

However, he finally came to the county government with gifts, anyway, his relationship with Zhang Bin was not bad before, and even if he didn't buy land, he also asked for this county magistrate for other things, and it would be too rude for people to come and see if they fell and were injured.

It can be said that he didn't think about buying land at all before he came, and he came to visit purely out of courtesy, but the result was much more than he expected.

As soon as he walked into the county magistrate's room, the county magistrate sat up from the bed and said excitedly: "Zhao Yuanwai, you can be regarded as here." ”

Zhao Mu was simply dumbfounded, the county magistrate was like this, it didn't look like he was sick at all.

He couldn't help but ask, "Lord County Commander, who are you?" ”

Zhang Bin shook his head and sighed: "Alas, wasn't this forced by that Xu Hui." ”

This means, the county magistrate's illness turned out to be pretended, and the reason was that he didn't want to sell the land to Xu Hui!

He couldn't help but be surprised: "Lord County Commander, aren't you afraid of offending Lord Xu?" ”

Zhang Bin pretended to be indignant and said: "Hmph, eunuchs, it won't last a few years, a eunuch dares to claim to be nine thousand years old, he is extremely arrogant, I don't know what to say." ”

Indeed, since ancient times, no eunuch has been so arrogant as Wei Zhongxian, who dared to claim to be nine thousand years old, it was simply a brain in water.

Zhao Mu suddenly said: "Yes, I'm afraid there is no room for such a big eunuch in this world." ”

Zhang Bin pretended to be angry and unsettled, and continued: "It's just that they are looking for death, and this official doesn't want to die with them." ”

It turned out that this was the case, the county magistrate was afraid that he would be implicated after the fall of the eunuch party, and it seemed that this land was impossible to sell to Xu Hui.

Zhao Mu couldn't help but say excitedly: "What does the county magistrate mean, is this land still sold to villains?" ”

Zhang Bin nodded and sighed: "Alas, the official does want to sell the land to you, but the eunuch party can't be offended now." ”

Zhao Mu was confused again in an instant, and he couldn't help but ask, "What does the county commander mean?" ”

Zhang Bin directly showdowned: "You have to find some charges for Xu Hui and make him guilty, so that the official can sell the land to you openly, and after everything is done, the official will clear him of the charges, so that he will not offend the eunuchs." ”

Hearing this, Zhao Mu nodded, and then fell into deep thought.

He understood what the county magistrate meant, he wanted to find a crime for Xu Hui, but it couldn't be a too serious crime, if the crime was too serious, the county magistrate would not be able to step down.

This seems to be a bit difficult, but his talent and fame are not bought with money like Xu Hui, but he is actually tested.

He is not a vegetarian with a melon seed.

After thinking for a while, his eyes lit up and he reminded: "Do you know that this Xu Hui is a hungry ghost." ”

When Zhang Bin heard this, he couldn't help but think of Xu Hui's eyes looking at Xiaoyun, and he couldn't help but say angrily: "Do you mean that this Xu Hui has committed the crime of lewdness?" ”

This time he wasn't pretending, he was really angry.

Zhao Mu nodded and said, "Yes, of his eight concubines, five of them are 'blind dates'." ”

Blind date? Was there a blind date in ancient times?

Zhang Bin hurriedly searched in his mind, in ancient times, there was really a blind date.

Although there is a saying in ancient times that "the life of the parents, the words of the matchmaker", however, the children's intentions are gradually valued, after all, if the children are unwilling, the parents are willing to be false, even if they are hard matched, there is no good life in the future.

Therefore, since the Tang and Song dynasties, the folk have gradually had the custom of blind dates.

Men and women go on a blind date, and the man needs to choose an auspicious day, come to the woman's house with a wine ceremony, or find a suitable place in the garden, or on the boat on the blue lake, and meet the woman and talk for a while.

At this time, if the man has a crush on the woman, he will insert a hairpin that has been prepared into the woman's bun.

On the contrary, if you can't look at it, you will give the woman two pieces of silk, which is called "shock".

Of course, women can also refuse, and if they wish, they will tell their parents that it is up to them to decide.

On the other hand, if they don't want to, they tell their parents that their daughters want to honor their parents in their own homes for two more years.

Is there anything wrong with this Xu Hui's blind date, he won't come to the door to rob people directly!

Zhang Bin couldn't help but ask, "Could it be that his five concubines were robbed?" “

Speaking of this, Zhao Mu's face also showed anger, and he said angrily: "He is more than robbing, as long as it is the woman he fancies, whether he agrees or not, he will marry, if he agrees, he will pay it back, if he does not agree, he will directly spoil the woman's house and make raw rice into mature rice!" “

, this is okay, Zhang Bin said angrily: "This beast, can you find human and physical evidence?" ”

Zhao Mu shook his head and said: "I'm afraid it's hard to find physical evidence, even if there are witnesses, who dares to testify against him!" ”

Isn't this nonsense, Zhang Bin said with annoyance: "Then how can you convict him?" ”

Zhao Mu said unhurriedly: "The county magistrate knows that there is a famous 'little fairy of Fengshan' in Fengshan in the southeast of Pingyang."

Zhang Bin rarely goes out of the county, so naturally he doesn't know, he asked curiously: "Little fairy?" Real fairy or fake fairy? ”

When Zhao Mu heard this, he smiled and said: "This little fairy just describes this woman as looking like a fairy, she is not a real fairy, but a tea girl." ”

This tea picker Zhang Bin knows that there are many tea mountains in Pingyang, and the daughter of a tea farmer is called a tea picker.

He asked, "What do you mean, Xu Hui has taken a fancy to this little fairy of Fengshan?" ”

Zhao Mu nodded and sighed: "Alas, the red face is in trouble, I heard that the little fairy of Fengshan has reached the age of twenty-eight, and the country and the city have been captivated, Xu Hui has already said that after the New Year, he will go on a blind date!" ”

This brute is simply lawless, Zhang Bin really can't wait to send someone to arrest him now.

However, after thinking about it, he still didn't do it, and now there is no evidence to arrest him, so it is better to catch him when he goes on a blind date.

In the Ming Dynasty, although the bow jian was a serious crime, it just depended on whether the government was more serious.

If it is true, it is directly a capital crime!