Leaving Wang Laobustard's house, Li You went directly to the county office, and called Master Huang from the bed in the back office, telling him that the patrol of the imperial history would review the criminal case tomorrow, and that he would go to the county school to meet the students the day after tomorrow, and then left. How to deal with the arrangements below is all a matter for Mr. Huang, and Inspector Li can't control it. As for whether to alarm Chen Zhixian, who has also slept, maybe the county lord who is sleeping with his concubine in his arms is also the master's errand, Li You will not disturb people's dreams.

After leaving the county office, it was already midnight, and Li You, who had been running around for two days, was not interested in going back to the county mansion to sleep in the cold quilt, so he turned to a sedan chair and went home. When he entered the house and was wondering whose hot quilt he was drilling tonight, the housekeeper Li Si greeted him and said: "The master is back, the little one can't support it, so I will call the master home for a trip." ”

"What's going on at home?" Li You asked.

Li Si smiled bitterly: "There are three or four relatives before and after, all of them have to see the master, and three of them have already lived in the guest room in the front courtyard." ”

Master Li asked again, "Who are they?" ”

"The first one is the grandson of the old man, one is the cousin of Aunt Guan, and the other is the cousin of the old uncle's family, and these three are now staying in the mansion. There is also a letter from Liu Lao's inspection, who left a letter at the master's mother and left first, it is said that he is the brother of the master's mother, and he will come tomorrow. ”

Li You didn't know what to say when he heard this, the visiting relatives really had a complete range of categories, including his own family, his mother's family, his wife's family, and his concubine's family. The grandson of the clan is obviously Li Zheng, who has only passed half of the exam, Aunt Guan's cousin is the Guan scribe of the Inspection Division, and the cousin of the uncle's family should be Zhu Shuwen, the eldest son of the uncle, but I don't know who the Liu family is. These people have the same characteristics, all of them are literate and hyphenated people, and they are obviously coming for the quota of officials.

Headache, Inspector Li realized how important it is to give birth to a son this year. What is unfilial piety, there are three no queens, if there is no son, the family business will not be able to be kept, and countless people inside and outside will take the initiative and be enthusiastic to help you remember.

Well, at this sensitive moment, the Liu family and the Guan family are involved, and there is no need to study the question of whose hot quilt is drilled tonight, it must be Aunt Jin, who is completely out of the matter.

When I arrived at the north wing of the backyard, it was pitch black from the window, and it was estimated that Kimbell and Xiaozhu were also asleep. The door was bolted, Li You knocked on the door, and it didn't take long to hear Xiaozhu ask vaguely through the door: "Which one is outside?" ”

"The master is here to check the room!" Li You replied.

"Yikes!" Xiaozhu screamed in surprise, opened the door without saying a word, pulled the old man in, and quickly took off his clothes and hats for the old man.

Seeing his coat being quickly ripped off, Li You had a feeling that he was about to be raped, "What are you doing?" ”

"Waiting for the master to rest, hasn't it always been the slave family who helps the master undress." Xiaozhu said.

"No, there's a problem." Li You doubted, "Why didn't Sister Bao come out?" ”

Xiaozhu hugged the master's coat and hat and said with a smile: "Sister Jin was afraid of making noise at home, so she went to practice the pipa next door, and when she was late, she knew that the master would not go home, so she slept with Sister Li directly there." The slave family has no land over there, so it is convenient to come back and live by themselves, but I didn't expect to wait for the master. ”

Jin Baoer and Sister Li Mei sleep together? What a chance, Li You's heart is itching, and he can't wait to go through the wall to make a three-split.

Xiaozhu hugged the master's coat and hat even harder, and said pitifully: "Master, the slave family is afraid alone." ”

Li You looked at himself who was half-naked by Xiaozhu, and it was a bit embarrassing to go out like this, so he said helplessly: "Master, I will sleep in the back room tonight, you are not allowed to come over to insult the master!" ”

It's not that the master doesn't have a heart for me, I want to be a few years older, Xiaozhu thought.

After getting up on the second day, Mrs. Liu found Li You and gave him the letter from Mr. Liu's inspection. Li You flipped through it, Lao Taishan just said that he had a nephew, who was keen and studious, smart and clever, and was willing to go to the county government to be a small official, and hoped that his son-in-law would carry one or two.

When Li You arrived at the front hall again, he saw that the three relatives from near and far were all gathered here to wait for him. After greeting the uncle, cousin, and adult, Li You sat down and asked, "Why are you here?" ”

Li Zheng and Li You are the most familiar with each other, and they preemptively said: "Little uncle, your old man has set aside a vacant seat in the county government, and you can't let outsiders occupy it." My nephew and grandson are your descendants, so I should stand up and take care of the family business for my little uncle. ”

Li You joked: "Good grandson, aren't you going to take the exam?" Now I'm going to try a pass, and after passing this level, it's the first show in my clan. ”

Li Zheng said very bluntly: "What if you become a showman? Do you still have the luxury of being promoted? Can Xiucai buy a pretty maid for only a few taels of silver? ”

Li You smiled dumbly, Li Zheng was very envious that he bought Xiaozhu for only six taels, and he still remembered this matter for so long. Li Zheng's grandson's idea is not unreasonable, it is more difficult to raise a talent than to raise a person to be admitted to the Jinshi. The entrance examination is basically one out of ten, but the township examination for the examiner is one out of thirty, and there is only a 3 percent chance in a completely fair situation. How many old students have fallen on the threshold of the township examination, and they can only sigh when they have read all their lives.

It's not impossible for the talents to have other ways out, but if you want to survive until the end of the year, give up the imperial examination and go out of the way of being an official, what will happen if you don't have a background, just look at the current situation of Cui Jiansheng. Maybe he will be sent to the poor mountains and mountains to suffer as a petty official, and if he can't do it, he won't want to go back to his hometown for the rest of his life, otherwise why would Cui Jiansheng die to make money and hug his thighs.

To tell the truth, although Xiucai has a good reputation, high social status, and does not worship officials, the common people should be honored as Xianggong, and there is an infinite possibility of continuing to rise, but in terms of benefits, it is really better to be a lifelong Xiucai than a lifelong official.

Li You thought for a while and said to Li Zheng: "You are only sixteen or seventeen, it is the time when there is a lot to do, and it is better to work hard." After talking to Na Zhu and Guan for a few words, he said, "This matter still needs to be carefully considered, and the three of you will go back and wait for the news." ”

All three were helpless. Li Zheng didn't mention it first, Zhu and Guan didn't expect the competition to be so fierce before they came, and they felt that their relationship with Li You was not so strong, and they didn't have much hope at this time. And Li Zheng and Li You are the same age, they grew up together since childhood, and they are very familiar with each other, and now they know that Li You does not approve of him in his heart.

Sending the three of them away, Li Youxin said that this matter must have a result as soon as possible, otherwise everyone will show their magical powers across the sea, and they will have long dreams at night, and they don't know what else will happen. But it's really hard to decide who to choose, and it's a problem who comes.

Li You also had to take into account that after this position of official was occupied by someone else, he had no way out at all. At present, this inspection is still borrowed, in case the trend of the government is not as expected, and the inspection has always belonged to the hereditary military position, then ten years later, he can only return the inspection position to the Liu family without resistance. At that time, he returned to a commoner, and his position as a clerk was gone.

Thinking of this, Li You became more and more cautious, this official quota must not be sold to outsiders, and there is no need to think about selling it for money.

Li Zheng's young man's surname was undecided, so he asked him to be a clerk, and after a few days, he regretted it and wanted to take the Xiucai exam. What's more, Li Zheng's examination is a matter of concern to the clan, if he really wants to change his career to be a small official, it is also a major matter for the Li family, how can the old patriarch come forward to intercede, there is no reason for Li Zheng to come over and say it, so he may be hiding it from the clan.

Neither the people of the Liu family nor the people of the Guan family are suitable. The position is given to the Guan family, then the Liu family has an opinion - how can there be a reason to take care of the concubine and not care about the wife's family? gave it to the Liu family, Aunt Guan didn't say anything, and it was hard to guarantee that she wouldn't have any thoughts in her heart - your Liu family has been patrolling for generations, and you don't need a rare official, why do you have to come to grab the position?

In the same way, if it is given to the uncle's family, the father will definitely scold him to death... Pregnant! Li You suddenly had a flash of inspiration and came up with a perfect way to make everyone speechless. At that moment, he immediately asked the chief to prepare a sedan chair to go, and he was going to Xishui Town.

An hour later, Li You arrived at his hometown in Xishui Town, and when he entered the door, he saw his father reprimanding his brother again.

"I've seen my father!" Li You shouted and stepped forward to greet him.

Father Li nodded and said, "Is there something wrong with Xiao Er?" ”

Li You said: "I want to discuss with my father about this official quota." ”

"You earned this place back, you can make your own decisions."

The son thought about it carefully, and this position had to be sat by his family, and he came back to talk to his father.

Li Zuo next to him was very excited when he heard this, it seemed that his younger brother was going to ask him to go to the county government to eat public grain, something he couldn't think of before, he was very self-aware and twisted: "Brother, I'm not this piece of material..."

Father Li interrupted Li Zuo and said to his youngest son, "Boss can't do it!" He was too stupid to do such an errand, and he was troubled by the yamen. There are still some thoughts that he didn't say, the boss took the position from Li You, and in the future, according to the ritual and law patriarchal system, will it be passed on to his own son or to Li You's descendants? If you don't make trouble, you will provoke infighting in the family, which is what Father Li does not want to see.

Li You looked at the two in front of him strangely, who said that he wanted his brother to be a county official?

A few days later, the Xujiang County Ya broke out a news that shocked everyone - the murderer Li Lao returned to the county Ya back then! However, this time he came back not to be a quick catcher, but to replace his son as a clerk.

People in their fifties are inconvenient to do such hard work as a government servant, so they can only go home to recuperate. However, it is still possible to be a non-exceeding, and it is more experienced and precious, which is more beneficial to the county government than an idler like Li You. Seeing that Li Lao is in good health, there is no problem in working as a clerk for another ten years.

All the people who are eyeing the county officials and have high hopes can't help but scold in their hearts, what a shameless father and son! actually did the thing of a father replacing his son!

In the future, if he does not inspect and does not do it, or is unhappy to be an official, he can inherit the number of officials from his father and continue to do the history. What does it mean to eat in the bowl and still worry about the pot? What does it mean to have two boats on your feet? That's it, it's shameless!

If Inspector Li is not willing to come back to be a small official, he can leave the number of officials to his descendants, at least to ensure that the Li family has a place in the county government for decades, so it is easy to calculate!

Li You's relatives really have nothing to say, who can fight for family affection and relationship better than his father?

"It's a pity he's not my son." Liu Lao sighed when he comforted his frustrated nephew when he was in a complicated mood, and sighed again: "Fortunately, I am his father-in-law." ”

(To be continued)