Chapter 136: Falling Zhao (3)
When Shen Tianyou recounted the incident to his father, Shen Jin was so angry that he couldn't help but slap the table in front of his son.
"How can this be justified, how can this be justified------"
He has been an official in Beijing for many years, and rarely goes home during this period, so Shen Jin really doesn't know much about things in his hometown, especially things that have nothing to do with him, and no one will know him by letter.
He knew that there were many ways in the officialdom, and he also knew that there were many powerful people in the local area, but he never thought that under the iron-fisted rule of today's son, there would still be people who were so two-faced and three-faced, with the name of a great good man in ten miles and eight towns, but connived at his son to bring disaster to the township!
"Hometown wishes, the thief of Lourdes! The saint is honest and does not deceive me------" Gu muttered to himself, Shen Jin looked at his son and said, "So, you came back this time because you were entrusted by Li Qian to let me take the fame of Zhao Peng?" ”
"Yes and no." Shen Tianyou deliberately made a small show, but when he saw that his father's face was pale, he had to answer honestly: "Brother Zhongqing said, Zhao Yuanwai is a distant relative of the Yingguo Mansion, if the Shen family is unwilling to be guilty, he will not be strong------"
"Heh, what a move!" Shen Jin smiled and praised, and then motioned for his son to continue.
Shen Tianyou continued: "He also said that taking the fame of a scholar is like taking his life, and the soldier can not be humiliated, and the current Xuexian has a very close relationship with the Zhao family, so he may not be willing to sell the face of our Shen family easily, and his father can't make such a deep hatred with the Zhao family because of this, just cut off his career." ”
Shen Jin pondered for a long time after listening to this, and finally smiled: "This kid is becoming more and more unfathomable, and his actions are even more leaky, he is simply a fox who has cultivated for many years!" ”
"What does my father mean by that?" Shen Tianyou looked dazed.
"Can't you see it yet?" Shen Jin shook his head and sighed: "Our Shen family is nothing more than an idle move that he casually dropped!" Otherwise, he would have come to the door in person today, instead of asking you to come back and pass on the message to me, the old fellow. ”
Seeing that his son was still puzzled, Shen Jin sighed secretly, feeling a little disappointed in his heart, but patiently explained it to him.
"Just imagine, the Li and Zhao families are already on the same page now, if they don't fight to the death, how can they be willing to give up? And Li Qian made such a big move this time, if it was just to cut off Zhao Peng's way to enter the office, or to use another means to win his fame, do you think this matter can still be good? ”
"I see------ Shen Tianyou's face showed a sudden expression, but he didn't seem to understand, and frowned: "But father, if Brother Zhongqing doesn't act like this, what should he do?" Could it be that he can really bring down the behemoth of the Zhao family? ”
"Whether he can shake the foundation of the Zhao family, it's impossible to say for his father, let's wait and see." Shen Jin stroked his beard and raised his eyebrows: "But he also underestimates my Shen family's energy too much, hum!" Even now that I am idle at home, why is it difficult to win the fame of a mere talent? ”
Knowing that Li Qian was agitating generals, Shen Jin still couldn't help but fall for his tricks------ in fact, such trivial matters did seem insignificant to a former secretary of the military department.
Shen Jindang repaired two letters and sent them to Xuezheng Yamen and Jingshi respectively.
After some explanations were finished, after the entourage retreated, he looked at his son and said, "By the way, how is the Lin family doing recently?" ”
"Well------ this" Shen Tianyou knew that he was asking about the relationship between the Lin family and the Li family, and he felt a little embarrassed for a while, and hesitated for a long time before saying truthfully: "The family matter has been shelved again." ”
"Oh?" Seeing his expression, Shen Jin could already guess in his heart, so he asked directly, "The Lin family has gone back on its word again?" ”
"It's not a reversal, it's just ------" Shen Tianyou had the intention to defend the Lin family, wanting to say that they just postponed the marriage, but found that it was no different from being a bitch and setting up a memorial arch, so he didn't bother to say anything good about Lin Beiji, nodded and said: "The Li and Zhao families are evil, and my cousin doesn't want to be involved------ that's probably the case." ”
"Oh, you cousin, treat people as you did back then." Shen Jin smiled, but sighed secretly in his heart------It's a pity, it's a pity, it's a pity that the daughter of the family has already been married, and the youngest one is only five years old, if he can be born a few years earlier------ it's a pity that the Li family is such a unicorn!"
Giving birth to a son should be like Li Zhongqing, it's not bad to marry a daughter------ thinking of this, I couldn't help glaring at my son fiercely, only hating him for not being a daughter.
Shen Tianyou made his father a little inexplicable, but he didn't dare to ask more, so he had to bow his head silently at the moment, making an appearance of being humbly taught------ alas, other people's children, sometimes think about it is quite hateful. is a year old, why can he be even better than himself? It's so bad that my dad doesn't like how he looks at him now.
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Early in the morning, the Li family's small building.
"Young master, don't ------"
Zipei shouted shyly, and the sister Zijin on the side was also flushed and ashamed.
"What's this?" Li Qian looked serious, and said in an extremely serious tone: "The two of you have injuries on your mouth, one on your legs, and you have difficulty moving, young master, of course I have to take good care of you." ”
"Then ------" Zijin's voice was as thin as a mosquito fly, and he lowered his little head slightly and said: "Then we can't let you come to wait for us, young master, let alone ------" Bei Yan bit his thin lip, but accidentally touched the wound, and when the 'tears' came up, his voice became quieter, "Not to mention things like bathing." ”
Li Qian couldn't help but be happy when he saw the embarrassment on the two sisters' faces, but he couldn't help but smile and said, "Then how can it be done?" When I was in Jinling, didn't you two insist on serving me to bathe, and I said I didn't need to do it at the time, but what did you say? You say, this is all your maid's business, how can there be a maid who doesn't wait for the young master to bathe? ”
"Ah, young master, you still hold a grudge!" Zipei immediately suddenly exclaimed, "That's different after all!" ”
"What's different?" Li Qian snorted.
He did have some 'grudges', when he first arrived, he was stunned and felt a little fresh in the face of this world more than 600 years ago, but when he was taking a bath that night, these two girls suddenly broke in, only saying that they wanted to serve him to bathe, and they couldn't get rid of it------
can imagine Li Qian's embarrassment at that time, although he had also heard that in ancient times, the young master of a big family came to stretch out his hand to eat and open his mouth, and even when he had sex, there would be a special maid on the side to serve the whole process------
But after all, he is the soul of a modern man, how can he easily accept that someone is watching while taking a bath? Even if the other party is two cute little girls, it can't be! He always felt that such a scene was indescribably weird, and it also seemed that he was a special beast.
"The young master is the master, we are the servants, how can the young master wait for the maid to bathe? This ------" Zijin said, I don't know what he thought, and the flush on his face quickly spread to the back of his ears and the base of his neck, "This is not in order." ”
Li Qian was originally joking, but at this moment, after seeing that not only Zijin began to think crankily, but even Zipei's eyes that looked at him unconsciously showed a little flattery, Li Daguan finally realized how unwise his behavior of playing with fire was, or should it be said that he was ------ to death.
He knew that the two had a hazy good impression of him, but he also understood that this should only belong to a natural physiological reaction of adolescent girls------ friendship on top of friendship, lovers are not full, or there is a kind of brother and sister affection that is not related by blood, in short, it will not be the love of men and women in the real sense.
In order to prevent the scene from getting out of control, Li Qian hurriedly stopped, coughed lightly and said, "Well, am I really teasing you?" ”
When the two of them heard this, they couldn't help but feel a faint sense of loss in their hearts, Zijin let out a light "oh", and Zipei pouted dissatisfiedly and snorted: "Young master, you are too bad, and you are making fun of others!" ”
Li Qian "ha" Yile, and then called a little maid who was waiting under the porch to bathe the two sisters, and he went downstairs alone, walking alone in the small courtyard.
The ancients did not all like to be clean, especially the large families that grew up in the water towns in the south of the Yangtze River, and bathing in the morning and evening was nothing new. Only those rough men covered in stinky sweat will not take personal image seriously.
Of course, Li Qian does not have the common problems of his son-in-law in this era.
To put it bluntly, these pampered young masters, at this time have gradually shown a trend of developing towards motherhood------ this is not a fool's errand, the scholars of the Ming Dynasty, especially the young scholars after the middle ------ century, dress up more fancy than women, and even give a flower to their heads well, the image is similar to the famous Ximen official.
This is also an important reason why the soap business can be so prosperous, and it will sell well when there is demand and a wide audience.
Li Qian has such a problem with them, he prides himself on being a pure man, although there is a lack of some violent elements in his character, but a man is a man, and loving cleanliness is one thing, but it is still far from reaching the realm of cleanliness.
Therefore, Li Qian is really too lazy to take a bath three or two times a day, which is a waste of life for him.
With that time, it's better to lie down for a while------
Pacing from the inner house to the outer house, from the backyard to the front yard, Li Qian was about to walk back again, but a small servant walked quickly in the direction of the gate.
The young disciple stood still in front of him and saluted respectfully, and then said in a loud voice: "Young master, Xu Zhutou is asking to see him outside. ”
"He's not slow to come." Li Qian bowed his head lightly and said, "Bring him in." ”
After the words fell, he stood there and waited, without the intention of personally greeting him, not that he was contemptuous.
Over the past few days, Li Qian has gradually adapted to his new identity, and his words and deeds have become more and more of a gentleman's bearing.
In other words, he is an official, Xu Jie is an official, and the class system is there, and once anyone has a transgressive behavior, he will become an outlier in the eyes of others and appear incompatible with this world.
Following the customs, Li Qian also slowly got used to these proper etiquette, although he still disdainful of the inferior and inferior in his heart, but he had no intention or power to change the whole world.
There's no way, lazy people can always be at ease with what happens, it's too tiring to transform the world, and it's not easy, and it's easy to fail------
To be a man, you can't be too reckless.