After listening to Zhao Liangli's brief talk, Li You understood the ins and outs.

Zhao Liangyi, the second master of the Zhao family on the main seat, has done his political participation from the left of the Sanpin Huguang Grain Storage Road, which is a very important official position, and the Huguang area has become a grain-producing region on a par with Jiangnan in recent years. Zhao participated in politics and made remarkable achievements, and he was distinguished in the assessment, and according to the practice of the officialdom of the dynasty, he planned to be promoted to the rank of the third rank.

But the problem came out, Zhao Liangren, the boss of the Zhao family, was the deputy capital of the Imperial History in the Beijing Metropolitan Inspectorate. The Metropolitan Procuratorate is in charge of supervision, and according to the procurators, in addition to the criminal name, they also have the function of supervision, and such officials are collectively called Fengxian officials. If the two Zhao brothers are both supervisors, it is easy to be blinded up and down and cause the court to be unclear, how to set an example to impeach hundreds of officials?

The official of the national court is rampant, in order to avoid suspicion or to hide the saliva of the official, the second master of Zhao should not be allowed to follow the inspection. However, Zheng Sanpin's actual position was limited, and in the end, the imperial court arranged for him to be an idle official of the Nanjing Ministry of Rites... Nanjing's officials are basically empty grades, and most of them are used to place officials who are degraded and old-aged. Although the situation has been slightly better in the past ten years because Nanzhili has not set up a governor and has taken charge of Nanzhili, it cannot change the essence of Nanjing officials equaling idle officials.

Zhao Liangyi, who was ambitious and wanted to make a difference, learned that he was going to Nanjing to be an official, as if he had been poured cold water on his head. Another political enemy turned up some old cases to attack him, and Zhao Liangyi resigned and returned to his hometown in a fit of anger. And Zhao Liangli saw that the second brother was depressed, so he summoned a group of people to gather and chat with Zhao Liangyi today.

Li You wanted to tell Zhao Liangli about the Mao Governor's Mansion as soon as possible, but standing at the door was really not a place to talk about things. Besides, the second master of the Zhao family is back, and some things are estimated to be in his hands. After thinking about it, Li You decided to wait, he didn't know anything about the surname of the second master of the Zhao family, so he still observed it first and then made plans.

In fact, today's noodles should not be regarded as a feast, but more like drinking tea and talking, supplemented by a few snacks. Li You glanced at the hall a few times, and four or five guests were already seated. Seeing a young man in his twenties with a sick face standing behind the second master of the Zhao family, he was very strange, how could he find a sick seedling as his entourage, but why did this sick seedling look very familiar? Li You looked at it carefully several times, and couldn't remember where he had seen it. After that, I didn't think much about it, and quickly took my seat.

As soon as Li You settled down, he heard someone at the door: "It's late, forgive your sins." "Look at it, but it's the prefect of Mao, Li You secretly said that it's not good, why did he even come, how can he sue the black.

When the prefect of Mao saw Li You, he was slightly stunned, he knew that Li You had a friendship with Zhao Liangli, but he only thought it was a general friendship in poetry, and he didn't care about it. I never expected to meet Li You in Zhao's house today, it seems that I underestimated the relationship between Li You and Zhao Liangli, and I shouldn't have left him out in the cold.

Everyone at the table knew that he was accompanying Zhao Liangyi to relieve his boredom today, so he talked about some local customs, celebrity anecdotes, etc., and Li You could barely interject.

I saw Zhao Liangli introduce to his brother: "This is Mr. Li, who is now working in the government office." ”

Zhao Liangyi was a little interested, and said to Li You: "I also have some experience in the way of poetry. You have seen a lot of masterpieces, but I feel that the style is changeable, the atmosphere is myriad, there are charming, there are resentful, there are fragrant, there are affectionate, there are spacious, there are witty, I can't believe that it is a one-person method. I think that I am an outstanding person in Wu County, and I am very relieved. ”

Li You said modestly: "The old man has an overreputation. ”

"Returning home idlers, you should not be called an adult." Zhao Liangyi sighed.

Zhao Liangli smiled and interjected: "Mr. Li is still good at pointing things into poems, and he can do it in an instant, and he has the style of Cao Zijian's seven-step poem. ”

This eighty percent is Zhao Liangli's intention to make a fool of people... Li You was very helpless about his surname.

Second Master Zhao also felt that hearing was better than seeing it, so he laughed at himself: "I returned to my hometown in embarrassment this time, so I will take resignation as the topic, and ask Mr. Li not to be stingy." ”

Li You's mind turned, and he only thought of one song in a short time, and recited it: "Mistakenly living your life is an official, and it is easy to abandon your job and difficult to change your name." Songyun dares to hate the wind and frost, and the fish and birds think that the world is wide. The drum table has the intention to escape from the house, and the cart has nothing to do. Others laughed at Tao Hongjing, and Shenwu hung the crown early that year. ”

The tone of this poem fully expresses a feeling of regret about being an official, although the background of the original work is very different, but this tone is very appropriate, and Li You feels that the scholars should appreciate it. In recent years, it has been such a trend, no matter how much an official who loves power in his heart, he will not openly say that he is greedy for power, and he must write a poem to show that his spiritual yearning is very indifferent, leisurely, and elegant, and that being an official is very tired, bitter, and helpless.

Zhao Liangyi was surprised: "If it really means that the title is established and exported into a poem, it is even more rare to be of the highest quality." Well deserved the name! ”

Everyone also said hello in unison, praising Mr. Li, writing quickly and well. But now this kind of praise can't make Li You excited and secretly cool, and after listening to too much, he is a little immune to it.

Zhao Liangyi said: "The implication is very good, but unfortunately I am not in a good state of mind, and I deserve it." ”

This second master Zhao obviously still wants to serve the country, although he has returned home temporarily, he is not willing to retreat bravely.

Li You secretly analyzed in his heart, it seems that this Second Master Zhao is a very honest person, and he should be quite open-minded.

Zhao Liangli shouted: "Second brother! You can't be fascinated by Mr. Li's poems to be a hermit of the mountain people, my Zhao family still needs you to go to the lintel! ”

At this time, Governor Mao suddenly said: "Master Li's poem is sincere, in my opinion, it is not a random patchwork for the situation, perhaps it is implied to self-description." ”

Zhao Liangli turned his head to Governor Mao and said, "Mr. Li is serving under you, so you don't want to be an official?" ”

Governor Mao laughed at Zhao Liangli's words, "It's true that mine is not, there are many misunderstandings, and it was I who delayed Lord Li." He also said to Li You: "In the future, Lord Li must have the courage to do things." ”

A prefect, when he talked about this, gave enough face, obviously showing favor to Li You. But did Li You dare to respond amicably?

Master, I can't pick up your olive branch even if I chop my hand, Li You said secretly, Governor Mao, your old man, don't be good to me, whoever you treat well now will be unlucky in the future.

Everyone else is watching, how can they completely draw a line with Mao Zhifu? Li You had an idea and said to Mao Governor's Mansion: "When the lower officials have nothing to do, they also have a poem to give to Mao Mansion. If you don't persuade farmers to raise the river, you will cry a lot in the south of the city. The national endowment is three liters and one bucket, and the price of rice is said to float to geometry? ”

Everyone was surprised to hear this. This poem clearly scolds the corpse of the prefect of Mao's house, the tyranny of expropriation, the lack of redress, and the boiling of public resentment, and satirizes the recent surge in rice prices. Is Mr. Li crazy to dare to insult the official directly in front of him in such a blatant way, especially when the official has just shown favor to you. It's a pity not to be an iron-clad official, someone thought.

Governor Mao's face was pale, he was also a bit of a city, and he finally restrained himself.

Zhao Liangyi frowned and was displeased, feeling that this Li You was too arrogant and did not know how to be humble. Zhao Liangli is inexplicable, with his understanding of Li You, he won't be so ignorant, what's wrong today?

Indeed, not knowing what to do seems to be the most common point among the people present, how do they know what Li You is thinking.

Li You looked around and sighed in his heart, after a while, you will know how wise I am, but now I really have no soulmate.

Just as he was in the cold, the sick young man standing behind Zhao Liangyi suddenly fainted and fell to the ground, causing panic. Zhao Liangli shouted to the servants: "Hurry up and ask the doctor of the house!" ”

Li You grabbed a house slave and asked, only to understand that this familiar young man was the only son of Second Master Zhao, ranking fourth in the family. But the four sons are frail and sickly, so they did not go with their father to take office, and have been raising them at home, and recently his father returned home, and he wanted to do his filial piety to support his sick body to serve his father, but now he can't hold on.

The slave knew that Li You and the third master were on good terms, and he sighed with emotion: "The second master's house is not prosperous, and the fourth son has no children so far, and his body is like this, alas..."

After such a mess, the meeting will naturally end hastily. Li You went out of the Zhao Mansion to see that it was still early, and when he was about to get up and go back to the Ya, the chief followed Zhang San over and said: "There is something to tell the master, the place where Fu Niangzi settled is on the way back to the Ya." ”

As soon as Li You heard this, he wanted to stop by to take a look, and if there was anything wrong, he had to take care of it. After walking for a quarter of an hour, Zhang San led the sedan chair into a certain alley, stopped outside a door, and pointed: "This is it." ”

Li You asked Zhang San to wait outside, and he went to knock on the door himself. Not long after, a middle-aged man opened the door from inside, probably Fu Niangzi's distant uncle, and he asked suspiciously, "Who is the little official?" ”

"It's a relative of Fu Niangzi below, is she here?" Li You replied.

The middle-aged man invited Li You in.

Walking to the courtyard, Li You saw Fu Niangzi standing in the courtyard, and said to the middle-aged woman opposite: "You are slow, quickly clean up the sundries in the house." Otherwise, there will be a lot of dirty things, and I will be asked how to place them! ”

The middle-aged woman was reprimanded, but she looked flattering and nodded again and again.

What a restless, why did my offspring just run into your belly, Li You couldn't help but scold in his heart.

Fu Niangzi turned her head and saw Li You, so she greeted her: "Li..."

I was stuck after saying one word, I don't know how to call it better, and it is obviously inappropriate to call Aunt Li again.

At this time, the middle-aged couple came up to Li You and said, "The villain wants to go out to make a living, and your relatives have something to say slowly." With that, he left.

Li You asked, "What's going on?" ”

"The two of them didn't know anything, but when they heard that a relative of the government official sent a concubine to defect, they stammered." Fu Niangzi said disdainfully.

Li You began to worry, what kind of virtue would the child born to such a shallow philistine mother be?

Seeing that Li You didn't speak, Fu Niangzi took the initiative to find something to say: "The concubine misses Brother Jie." ”

Thinking of Brother Jie, Li Youden was stunned. He flashed the face of Brother Jie in his mind, and flashed the shadow of the fourth son of the Zhao family, and found that Brother Jie was simply a young version of the fourth son, with very similar eyebrows, eyes and face, no wonder he looked at the fourth son of Zhao very familiar!

(To be continued)