Li You was about to send someone to cast a net to catch fish, and he saw the doorman come to the signing room to report: "Master Pan of the Lanzhou Inspection Department has come to visit and has arrived outside the door. ”

The Lanzhou Inspection Division is one of the three inspection divisions in the county, and its jurisdiction is in the eastern part of the county, located in the key area between the county seat and the prefecture. Master Pan is naturally the inspector of the Lanzhou Inspection Division.

Li You hurriedly got up and went out to the gate, and saluted Pan Patrol: "The seniors are visiting, and the juniors are killed, and they are not welcomed." "Li You has seen that he and Liu Lao Taishan are commensurate with brothers, and they are both doing the errand of inspection, so they call him a senior.

Pan Inspector is in his forties, wearing a blue official robe and a black veil on his head. It was when he was in the prime of life, and he was born with a dignified appearance, and said with a wry smile: "I don't dare to be a senior, I'm begging to come to the door!" ”

Li You subconsciously felt that his intention must be related to the assessment of the Inspection Division... Please come in first, and when you go to the small hall to have tea and talk, Li You just greeted him, and did not take the initiative to talk about his intentions.

Na Pan Inspector said quickly: "This year's harvest is not good, there are only seventy-nine thieves, the examination can only be ordinary, there is still twenty-one for the competent reward, and it is not easy to catch so many people in a hurry." When I went to the county seat today, I heard that Liu Lao said that there were more than 50 prisoners in Fucheng in your place, so he came to ask for help. Whether you can share some, this official feels that there will be a good reward. ”

Li You also said truthfully: "It's not a secret, our company has more than 50 people, which is just enough to be outstanding." This is a rare opportunity, and it may not be available again in the future. ”

Speaking of this Zhuo Wei language, it is indeed difficult to obtain, and the conditions are very harsh. Competence can be made, but Zhuo Wei depends on luck. For inspection, it is not so easy to catch 200 thieves a year. If it weren't for Li You's good luck, he caught more than 50 scoundrels in Fucheng near the time of the exam, and he had a good foundation laid by his father-in-law, how would he dare to think about Zhuo Yi's language.

Pan Patrol Persuaded: "You and I will do these inspections for life, and it is difficult to have any hope of promotion." Even if the elder brother has a special difference, he can only look at it, and he doesn't see anything useful. Why don't you help this official this time, everyone can communicate with each other in the future and take care of each other. Your old Tarzan said the same. ”

From the perspective of ordinary people, what he said is very reasonable, Li Youxin said, but your hometown is aware of the ambition of the bird, and this Zhuo Wei is not for the inspection position, but for me.

But out of officialdom, it's not easy to push it off casually, and maybe you have to ask someone else in the future. Suddenly came up with an idea, and asked, "What do you call the test?" ”

"Three days later."

Li You is overjoyed, so there is no need to be embarrassed, thanks to the Internet in his previous life. "I have a plan! After the matter is over, you can send soldiers and ships to our department, and secretly transport these prisoners to your place overnight to be guarded, and you can use them as your prisoners when the examination time is over. You are close to Fucheng, and they are escorted over to save the journey home, so make it clear carefully and ask them to cooperate honestly. ”

Inspector Pan also said: "Good, it's okay to do so." Today, I am in a hurry, and I thank my brother for holding a banquet in the county seat after the matter is completed! ”

After sending away Pan Patrol, Li You sent soldiers out to fish. I saw that there was nothing wrong with the official office, and said that my head was west, so I got into a sedan chair and went home.

Since moving to the county seat, it takes half an hour to go from home to the inspection department, and the inspection Li has been sitting very the road, and his back hurts.

Li inspected the door, and the doorman on duty reported that Aunt Guan had something to wait for him, and said that an old man Guan came to look for Aunt Guan today.

What's the matter with this old man? When Li You arrived in the backyard, he went to the south wing of Guan Xiuxiu. When I entered the house, I saw Guan Xiuxiu kneeling on the ground to greet her, which really shocked Li You, what big thing can make a woman like her kneel? What does that mean? Something to say. ”

Guan Xiuxiu pleaded: "I implore my husband to spare the concubine's father." ”

Li You seems to have realized, it seems that this cheap old man has not stopped again, does this stunned old man have any brains? He didn't know that an ordinary businessman couldn't fight Li Inspector at all. I couldn't help but sigh in my heart, why are my two fathers-in-law so uncomfortable.

"You get up first, what is he going to do?"

Guan Xiuxiu didn't get up, "The concubine's father and Cui Jiansheng went to sue her husband." ”

Li You was puzzled when he heard it, "Who is Cui Jiansheng?" ”

It turned out that this Cui Supervisor was the person who tried his best to marry a woman outside Guan Lao, and Guan Lao couldn't tell the difference between Guan Lao and Sheng, so he regarded Cui Jiansheng as a person in his heart. In fact, Cui Jiansheng is just a showman, when he was in his thirties, the first few years were unwilling to pay tribute, so he was sorted to him, and he raised the tribute prison to study in Nanjing Guozijian, known as Cui Jiansheng said that he became the supervisor of Guozijian, and he also initially had the qualifications to be an official, although he was far worse than Jinshi in terms of quality, and could only serve as a variety of low-grade miscellaneous positions, and Wang Lao Tongzhi, who was regarded as a strange thing by Li You, was also born like this. However, according to the system, before the selected prisoners become officials, there is a necessary procedure for serving in the government for a certain number of years.

Cui Jiansheng has been working in the Nanjing Criminal Department and Dali Temple for four years, and now he is 39 years old, and he should be released from prison to become an official. But if you want to choose a good position, you need to spend money to operate, and Cui Jiansheng is not a wealthy person. It happened that his wife had been dead for a few years, so he thought about going back to his hometown to find a rich family to marry and continue his career, and earn a little dowry to run an official position.

With Cui Jiansheng's reputation as a thirty-nine-year-old old prisoner, he is still a widower, where can a real high-ranking family look down on him. But it's not that no one wants it, and he was hit by the foreign minister of the little rich man who has little knowledge.

In the eyes of the customs officer, after all, Cui Jiansheng is a scholar who can become an official immediately, and his daughter will be the official wife of the main house as soon as she marries. For the identity of the small businessman of the Guan family, it is difficult to find a second opportunity to marry his daughter to an official as his wife, and he can endure it when he is older, and if he is really young and ambitious, it will not be his daughter's turn.

Guan Yuanwai and Cui Jiansheng fell in love at first sight and hit it off, but Cui Jiansheng always disliked the small dowry that the Guan family should undertake, and it was not enough, so he did not agree to the marriage for a long time. Therefore, the customs officers will take risks and traffic a large amount of illicit salt for huge profits. I don't know if it's a tragedy or a comedy, the officials all know about it, and they were caught by Inspector Li, who was bored in the middle of the night.

But he said that Cui Jiansheng was dreaming of double wealth, but when he saw that the Guan family was not moving, he thought that he had deliberately squeezed the customs officer to raise a dowry, but he didn't think of anything else. However, recently, he learned a deafening news that Miss Guan went to inspect Li as a concubine!

What does this mean exactly? Before that, Cui Prison was angry and went to the customs officer to question.

I saw the customs officer frowning and saying with a sad face: "It's my family who can't live with Master Cui." A few days ago, I was caught hurting my feet and wanted to be punished, but when I was thinking about it, my daughter entered the Li family by herself. Now that the wood has been completed, what can I do about it? ”

"Then go and accuse him of a crime of forcibly stealing a people's daughter." Where is Cui Jiansheng willing to lose a lady with a rich dowry for nothing, I heard that she is still very young and beautiful. It was about to arrive, but something happened.

"I can't sue you, this Li You is a close confidant of the county lord, and no one in this county knows who knows."

Cui Jiansheng said confidently: "Okay, I have been in the Liangjing Law Department over the years, and I am familiar with many people. If the magistrate dares to cover up, he will sue him, and there must be a result. What's more, we didn't want to put that Li You to death, but asked him to release a concubine, and the county should be weighed according to which is more important. ”

That Cui Supervisor also knew some ways, and analyzed the old man Guan outside: "The marriage of men and women is only legitimate if it has the order of their parents and all the rites. Your daughter went to the Li family to be a concubine without her father's order, how can it be legal? If everyone follows suit, what is the etiquette? It is justified to sue wherever it goes. ”

The customs officer said worriedly: "But... This daughter of my family has never done things through her father's orders..."

"Say a thousand things and ten thousand, you are also her father! Disobeyed her father's orders, and what she did was not lawful and proper! Cui Jiansheng hated Tie Chenggang and said: "As long as you insist on opposing this matter in the court, and Li You can't come up with other evidence, it is a crime of abducting a woman from a good family, and we will definitely win the lawsuit." ”

The customs officer said: "But Li You has the handle of my family in his hand." ”

"What's the handle?" Cui Jiansheng asked with great interest.

It was rare that the customs officer was not confused once, and he said: "A little thing." ”

"I heard that Li You also values your daughter very much, and it is impossible to go to court to deal with her father with a handle. Or do you go and talk to your daughter and try to get the evidence out and destroy it? ”

"But even if my daughter gets out of the Li family, she is not perfect, I'm afraid she is not worthy of Master Cui."

Cui Jiansheng said categorically: "It's no wonder that she is sorry for this matter, I don't dislike it!" ”

"But..."

Cui Jiansheng was impatient, "Don't! You and I will make a marriage certificate first, and we will definitely confirm the crime of Li You abducting a good family and forcibly occupying a people's daughter. I will find a few more famous old classmates to be present together, and the county magistrate can't openly cover up in broad daylight. ”

Deep fatherly love prevails... Guan Lao Wai finally made up his heart, as long as he can rescue his miserable daughter from Li Lushan's claws and have a good home, even if Li You pinched his own handle, repaired his own broken bones or exiled for 3,000 miles, he would have no regrets. Men stand in heaven and earth, and they can't make mistakes again and again, how can they let women and children continue to suffer on their behalf!

The third, sixth, and ninth days of each month are said to be the days when the county puts the billboard, and today it happens to be the sixth day of the first month, Cui Jiansheng and the customs officer went to the county government together to hand over the complaint, and then the customs officer went to Li's house to lobby his daughter. After being beaten by the stick, he was still afraid of Li You, so he hurried away after saying a few words.

I heard from Guan Xiuxiu that Mr. Guan and a Cui supervisor had sued him, Li Youhun laughed indifferently and said: "It's also a loss to Sister Xiu'er and your father, if it is someone else, I will... Hmph..."

Guan Xiuxiu said worriedly: "Seeing that my father is very sure and has made sufficient preparations, it is better for my husband to be careful." ”

On one side is her de facto husband, but on the other side is her father, Li You is worried that Aunt Guan's position is not firm and anti-water, and she has the intention to show off in front of her concubine, and said arrogantly: "I don't look at what kind of relationship I have with Chen Xianzun, but I am still afraid of his side door?" Such a nonsense case, there are thousands of reasons, as long as Chen Xianzun is not allowed, the case will not be handed over to the public case, and it will not be tried, I want to see what he can do. You women, do you know what it means to be protected by officials and officials..."

At this time, the maidservant Lu Shui came in and said: "There is a word from the front, saying that there is a Zhao Zhu who is about to send a summons to the mansion, and tells the old man to go to the county government hall on the ninth day of the third month..."

Don't pretend to be forced, pretend to be forced to be struck by lightning.

Guan Xiuxiu couldn't help but cover her mouth with her sleeves and lowered her head and giggled, and after laughing, she apologized and said: "The husband has a lawsuit, the concubine really shouldn't laugh, please punish the husband." ”

(To be continued)