Chapter 45: Who's Crazy in This World?
Seeing that Li You was going to continue to talk about this, Zhao Xiucai said: "Such a trivial matter is not worth worrying about!" Tonight is too hasty, tomorrow night I will be the host on the flower boat, and invite Mr. Li Xiao to eat wine and enjoy the flowers. I have my own ideas for the rest, as long as you come, I will be fine. As a fellow believer, please come to me, but please rest assured! β
Seeing that Zhao Xiucai finally made a guarantee, Master Huang and Li You took their leave.
On the way, Li You couldn't help but ask, "What kind of person is this?" Why did you come to him? β
Master Huang said: "It is the grandson of Zhao Wenzhen, a former university scholar. β
This Zhao Wenzhen Gong is a prime minister thirty or forty years ago, who has won the champion, entered the cabinet, and is nicknamed Wenzhen, and is a big celebrity in Suzhou. Although he is deceased, his legend is still everywhere in the streets and alleys.
"Why do the prime minister's descendants look like this?" Li Youqi said.
Master Huang smiled and said, "There are three brothers in his generation, and Brother Zhao Xian is the youngest. Since childhood, there is a brother who has stood up to the door, and his family background is good, Brother Zhao Xian has been carefree since he was a child, so he has relied on the red and green, leisurely and leisurely, and he is really a rich and noble idler. Don't you know, he raised an all-female drama troupe at home, all of them are beautiful, which is a must in Suzhou Mansion, and the old man saw it once when he was young, it was really..."
Seeing that Mr. Huang was very devoted, Li You observed his words and asked coldly: "Can't wait to replace him?" β
"yes, who doesn't... Don't interrupt! β
Li You sighed in his heart, I am too sad to cross, I can't cross the young Jinshi master Chen Zhixian, and I can cross over to the rich idler Zhao Xianggong, and I will admit it when I am older.
However, he didn't want to think about who he should talk to if he crossed over to Chang Dalang, Fan Wu and the like.
I only heard Master Huang continue: "Brother Zhao Xian claims to be a flower-appreciating mountain person, he loves to linger on beauty, and he is very wandering. But his surname is not arrogant and deceitful, he is very easy to get along with, and his popularity in the Qinglou Chu Pavilion is quite good. This time, all the flower boats from Suzhou Mansion begged him to come forward to take care of him, and he was idle and did not refuse, so he followed. The old prefect of this mansion is his grandfather's protΓ©gΓ©, and his brothers are still officials, so he usually has to give him a little face everywhere. β
"The subordinates are presumptuous, dare to ask the old gentleman how he knows such a character?" Li You is most curious about this.
"In the past, I traveled to study in Jiangnan, and Sansheng was fortunate to worship under the Great Confucian Sect and happened to be a classmate with him." Master Huang said nostalgically.
Surely they have done other things together, Li You guessed.
Master Huang suddenly reminded again: "Things may not be so simple tomorrow night, you still have to be careful." β
"Didn't the old gentleman say that Zhao Xianggong was very easy to get along with?"
Master Huang was a little worried: "Zhao Xianggong is a very talkative person and has no temper. But there is a problem that he likes to play tricks on people for fun, who knows what demon moths will come out tomorrow. Thinking about it back then, I..."Master Huang said this, he kept silent, it seems that he has also suffered losses.
Just when Li You was running around for the altar, Inspector Liu deigned to go to Li You's house to discuss his relatives, and only said one word, which moved Li You's father.
After a night of nothing, Li You sat idle in the yamen, thinking about Zhao Xiucai's host tonight. He imagined the scene, the bright moon was in the sky, boating on the water, melodious rhyme, drinking wine, hugging all kinds of beauties and laughing wantonly, in the middle of the night must be insomnia, must feel lonely and empty, and then calmly copy two poems to spread the south of the Yangtze River, many words flock to the south, beautiful!
Li You thought about it coolly, and sighed at the same time, Master, I am becoming more and more literati, and even this leisure interest is getting closer and closer to cultural people, and finally the brainwashing is successful, completely out of the vulgar temperament of the servant.
"Young Master? Master? Someone interrupted Li You's imagination, and it turned out to be the little brother in the family.
"Father's name?"
"Yes!"
"Let's go."
When I arrived at home, my father said: "Yesterday, Inspector Liu personally came to the door to discuss his relatives, and his father has promised to come down, and the matter has been decided." β
Like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, Li You was stupid, and when he reacted, he shouted: "How can my father agree?" Isn't this a lifelong delay for the child! Are you old man so timid that you are really afraid of Inspector Liu? Then he turned to his mother and said, "Mother! That Miss Liu is disabled, and her brain is not very bright, so she can't see the affairs of men and women, so what is the use of her wife? Is this the way my son wants to be for the rest of his life? β
Mother Zhu sighed: "Little Er, this is all fate, you just accept your fate." β
Even my mother doesn't object anymore?! Li You lost his biggest supporter and panicked. "Why?"
The unexpectedly unthinkable mystery is immediately revealed.
Father Li said word by word: "Lord Liu said that as long as you become his son-in-law, you will be able to be an official within half a year, a real high-grade official." β
Official? What does it mean to be an official in an era when there are only seven officials in a county?
Li You was stunned, his eyes widened like copper bells. Being able to be an official is said to be something he has been dreaming of since he came to this world, and the more he can't get it, the more he desires it.
Although he has now been transferred to a civil servant, under the system of this dynasty, he can only ensure that his son will participate in the scientific examination, and he himself still can't get rid of the identity of being a government official and the son of a government official, and it is absolutely impossible to enter the civil official class.
The scar is naturally painful when someone pulls it out, and the greater the hope, the more sensitive it is to possible disappointment.
"How is this possible! Who am I and who are you? Li You was a little excited: "Inspector Liu is not the emperor's elder, he himself is only a lowest-grade small inspector, how can he break the law of the ancestors, he is a liar!" Are you old and confused to believe this? β
"Get on your knees! Is there any reason for a son to speak to his father like this? If you do that, please ask for family law! Father Li slapped the table and reprimanded.
Li You bowed his head and knelt down.
Father Li took out a piece of paper and said, "Inspector Liu invited the ambassador of the Tax Department to come as a guarantee and made this agreement. It is written that if you can't make you an official within half a year after marrying his daughter, let you divorce your wife, and the dowry will be paid to the Li family, otherwise how dare your father believe him. But he said it would take a few days to explain why. β
Who is crazy in this world? Li You didn't know, but he was going crazy himself.
Li You walked out of the house in a daze, returned to the county office in a daze, and sat in the public house in a daze and continued to be dazed.
For a while, he felt that Inspector Liu was a despicable and shameless coaxing and cheating on marriage, and for a while, he felt that since Inspector Liu dared to write this contract, maybe he really had any hope of being an official. For a while, I guessed that Liu Inspector wanted to marry his daughter and wanted to go crazy, and for a while I guessed that Liu Inspector was the illegitimate son or lost brother of the emperor who hid in the world, and a master such as a sweeping monk in Shaolin Temple.
Thinking about it, the heart of gain and loss became more and more intense, and the two thoughts in his mind clashed violently and were very painful, and he just wanted to get drunk and pass out.
It was said that it was already slanting west, and a miscellaneous servant came in and said to Li You: "Mr. Huang has summoned Mr. Li to go with him." β
Li Youcai remembered that he was going to the banquet tonight, and as soon as he remembered the word wine, Li You took the case and said, "Go!" It frightened the miscellaneous servants, and they thought that they had offended Li Dianshi somewhere.
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I found that I have recently had the three or four success of the great god in some places. That's the power of water injection...... casually water a few thousand words, the face is not red, and the heart is not beating
Watch the officials and endure two chapters......
Next week, it is rumored that the rivers and lakes will want Sanjiang, and I can't smash the signboard by myself. It's going to pick up the pace
By the way, if you see something wrong with this book, don't pretend to be deaf and dumb like you see a thief! Dare to go to the book review area to expose the struggle! Because after all, the authorities are fascinated by the things they code, and they may not be in line with the taste of the officials, and it is good for everyone to say it.