When Li You opened his eyes again, the sky was bright, and it was obvious that he had passed out all night. There was no beautiful lady in my eyes, and there was no pretty girl, only a teenage boy with a snot.

"Mr. Li is awake!" The little guy ran out to report.

Li You sat up with a splitting headache and looked at the place where he was, it was just a simply furnished bedroom.

There were three people coming in, a pair of middle-aged men and women in front, the male was tall and mighty, and the female was just ordinary. It seems to be a husband and wife, and a maid behind them is carrying a pot of soup.

"How is Li Dianshi?" The middle-aged man said.

Seeing that the face was familiar, Li You remembered it after a little thought. I saw it yesterday, one of the three inspections in this county, and it should be surnamed Liu.

It's a good guy who is a nine-rank official, Li You struggled to get out of bed and salute, and because he is the lowest-level military attaché, there is no need to kowtow. "The little official was saved by Lord Liu last night?"

"Exactly." Inspector Liu said.

It turned out that the site that Liu Patrol was responsible for was the coast of Taihu Lake and the surface of Taihu Lake in the west of the county, and his name was Xishui Inspection Division, and his station was in Xishui Town. Therefore, most of the soldiers under his command were familiar with the surname Shui, and they took the lead in saving Li You last night, and then Inspector Liu took the unconscious Li You back to his home in the county.

"Thank you, little official, and remember the great kindness and great virtue in my heart." Li You politely thanked him.

Liu Inspector said: "It's not enough to worry about trivial things. Ling Zun is Li Bantou? I also know you, and you should be regarded as a junior, so you don't need to thank you for your efforts. ”

So gracious? There is a feeling of climbing relatives to reminisce about the past, Li You is very strange, he is a nine-rank official, with hundreds of soldiers under his command, and he is also a really powerful figure on the ground in Xujiang County, there is no place to ask for his own little official, why is he so approachable? It's weird.

As he spoke, the maid next to him put the soup on the table, and when she got closer, she found that this maid was extremely tall, almost the same size as Li You, you know, Li You is also tall among men.

With such a tall stature, her appearance is only ordinary and attractive, how can she feel like a model in later generations, Li You muttered in his heart, and couldn't help but look at it a few more times, but saw that the maid's face turned red and she hid out, and she didn't know what she was ashamed of.

Enduring the headache, Li You hurriedly drank a bowl of soup, said goodbye to Liu Xunjian, and went to the county office after thanking him repeatedly.

After a turn in the yamen, the eldest master and Master Huang did not come out of the council, and Li You took leave to return to Xishui Town.

Why go home? Needless to say! Li You has greatly humiliated Yan Xiucai and Master Yan's father and son, although he is not afraid, but he still has to find his father to get an idea, after all, the old father has been catching heads for many years and is familiar with the world. Besides, if you humiliate Master Yan, the problem will be at the family level, so it's better to go back and tell me.

In fact, Li You felt that he had always been very passive, Yan Xiucai gave him eye medicine in the magistrate twice before and after, and Yan provoked in front of Lu Shangshu and the celebrities of the city at the banquet. It was really a move made by a gentleman who was proud of his fame and looked down on him as a servant.

Li Youjin entered the door of the house and bumped into his brother Li Zuo in the vestibule. Li Zuo grabbed Li You and said, "Xiao Er is good!" My brother is looking for you! ”

"Brother has something to say."

Li Zuo said: "Doesn't Xiao Er know how to write poems, how about writing a poem for our own inn and hanging it on the wall?" Brother, I have a long face and solicit business."

The relationship between the brothers is good, and Li You said politely: "Your wild shop, build a few Chase shops for ten yuan a night, raise a few inferior powder heads for twenty yuan a night, and get some rough food, and come and go either coolies or servants." Does my brother think that hanging his brother's poems can make him grow his face? My brother is still ashamed! ”

Li Zuoxu chattered and complained: "Xiao Er, you have a great reputation in the city, and my brother and I are very happy, so I want to borrow a light." But it seems that the business at home is useless, and you are not a scholar, and you don't know if you can use this reputation as food. ”

"You don't know what a brainless person knows! Don't go to the store yet! Father Li suddenly appeared at the door of the main hall, and the scolding Li Zuo hugged his head and fled. However, Father Li was very kind to Li You: "Xiao Er has something to do when he comes back?" ”

Li You hurriedly stepped forward to meet his father and helped his father into the hall and sat down. Then he said the grievances between himself and the Yan family's father and son: "My son provoked this Yan family, what should I do next?" ”

Father Li frowned, and his fingers rhythmically tapped the armrest of the chair, obviously thinking hard. After a long time, he spoke: "These things... Although you are reckless, you don't blame me. The Yan family also deceived people too much, and even belittled you in front of Lu Shangshu. Now the name is the foundation of your life, although you can't change the fame, but you can also socialize with the gentry and gentlemen, and there are many benefits. If you lose your reputation, it will be even more difficult to make up for it in the future. My family has served as apprentices for generations, but you are the only one who has a little clear name, and it is not easy to cherish it for the benefit of future generations. ”

Listening to the words of successive generations of apprenticeship and benefiting children and grandchildren, Li You felt his father's high hopes for him.

Father Li said again: "As for the Yan family, although it has been famous for two generations, there is no one in the family who is an official, and you have the county to value it, so you don't have to be too afraid." Next to your mother's uncle's village is the Yan family's Zhuangzi. These gentlemen, the old man is easy to move, but the house slaves must have illegal things, just see if they have the heart to look for it. Wait for me to send someone to visit and find some good articles to do. ”

Li You said with some caution: "Although no one in the Yan family is an official, the father and son also have many classmates in the same year, and it is not easy to deal with the group of scholars." ”

"Let's try it, although the reader is powerful, there are many shortcomings that are easy to be grasped." Father Li said that he was sure to instruct the little brother Yi: "Go to the store and invite the brothers of the Wang family." ”

This Wang brother, Li You also vaguely understands. When my father was a fast shift head catcher, he raised these two murderers under his hands, specializing in some shady and vicious things, and even killed people.

After their father returned home to recuperate in old age, the brothers withdrew from the county seat without shelter. Usually idle, sitting in the brother's shop to watch the scene, the father gave the brothers forty percent of the shares of the inn, and bought them five acres of ration land each, and the two of them were desperate for their father.

Not long after, the Wang brothers came into the house, and both of them had big faces and broad mouths, medium stature, and were thick and powerful. The two of them saw Father Li and Li You, so they immediately listened to the instructions.

Father Li explained the matter, and the Wang brothers didn't say much, so they should admit and leave.

The Li family didn't mention it first, but said that Yan Xiucai, when he heard that his father was slapped in the face by Li You again, his heart became more and more resentful. Secretly said that Li You has the support of Zhixian County, it is really difficult to fiddle, and he lost his hand three times and twice, but he made his father and son lose face. It is difficult to achieve results through superficial means, so we must think of another way.

The scholars rebelled, and it didn't work out for three years. Yan Xiucai is just a person who can read books and take exams, where can he come up with any harmful ideas, and the two gossips are already the limit of his IQ. I didn't have a clue for a while, but when I saw the lady in the room, I thought of Li You, and I was very heartbroken, so I sat down in the hall and sighed for a long time.

The Yan family also has some business shops outside, and they use a few stewards to take care of them. One of the stewards happened to come to the house to reconcile the accounts today, and when he saw the eldest young master sitting in the hall frowning, he intended to greet him, so he asked about the matter. Yan Xiucai said it one by one.

"Thieves are abominable!" The steward of that party has been walking in the market for a long time, so he is naturally more thoughtful than Yan Xiu, and after thinking about it, he said: "Now that he has the protection of the county and the master, and his people are also cunning, it is easy to rely on some mouthful things, and it is easy to find real shortcomings." ”

Yan Xiucai was puzzled: "He finally said that he was in the county government, how could he take his shortcomings?" ”

"So you need to lure him out and make some tricks." Steward Fang nodded and said, "I have a fellow villager who is doing official work in the yamen, and after I talk about it, I will definitely come up with an idea." ”

Yan Xiucai said with a little suspicion: "Then Li You is also from a generation of government officials, and the Li family is familiar with those government officials, so I'm afraid this matter will not be successful." ”

"I'm a fellow villager, who is bold and righteous on the surface, and loves money very much in his heart, and he doesn't recognize his six relatives who can be sent away for twenty or thirty taels." Steward Fang is very sure of it.

In this way, the Li family and the Yan family, the squire, carried out operations almost at the same time, and they didn't know what kind of collision would occur.