It is difficult to have perfect things in the world, and Governor Li returned to Fucheng with a touch of sorrow. In the early morning, as soon as he walked into the Tongzhi Hall of the Mansion, he was called by Wang Tongzhi.

"How's it going?" Wang Tongzhi couldn't wait to ask when he saw him, in fact, this is very rude, with Wang Tongzhi's self-cultivation, how can he really wait.

Li You replied truthfully: "Chen Zhixian has already secretly played the imperial court, which was forwarded by Xu Shangshu, and your and my names were also mentioned to Xu Shangshu in the letter. ”

Wang Tongzhi said happily: "The big thing is decided! This matter is almost impossible to cover up now, and whoever takes the lead will be the first to take the lead. However, we have to add a fire, the bigger the trouble, the more the court will not tolerate the annihilation of evil, and the more it will reuse us to deal with the aftermath in order to stabilize the situation. ”

"What's your plan?"

"If you create a worse rice snatching rebellion, and put a few fires by the way, it is best to cause a sensation in the whole city..."Wang Tongzhi said with a sense of knowledge.

Li You's heart tumbled when he heard this, how could Wang Tongzhi seem to have changed as if he had changed a person? Could it be that he revealed his real surname at a critical moment? If this is the case, the king must not have a deep friendship.

He Li You is not a saint, he is also a selfish person, and when he is forced to kill one person to save himself, he may be able to do it, and he may be able to kill one person to save everyone. He wants to make himself live comfortably in this world, so he doesn't want to be himself with morality.

But for no reason, when he is not directly threatened, he deliberately creates panic for his own benefit, and artificially stirs up the whole city and cannot live in peace, in Li You's opinion, it is a bit excessive, even if it is a righteous banner of punishing and destroying evil. If it's just excessive, it's just that, but looking at the history books, who can do such a thing, who is not a great annihilator? How good can it be to get close to such a person? Unless you are more evil than he is.

Li You didn't want to have any disagreements with Wang Tongzhi at this time, and before the big thing was decided, there should be no disputes within the camp first, and he couldn't afford to hide if he couldn't provoke him, so he said vaguely: "The boss has a high opinion, and the next official will leave." ”

Wang Tongzhi stopped Li You and said: "The old man is guarded by the villains in the house, and the slightest move will attract people's attention, so it can be said that he can't move." I also have to bother Governor Li, when you first arrived, they just ignored you because they implicated the old man, and they didn't pay much attention, so it is more convenient for you to move. ”

Li Youwan refused: "Not long after the official arrived in Fucheng, he is not familiar with it everywhere, and it is difficult to take on important responsibilities. ”

Wang Tongzhi didn't let it go, "It's man-made, and there is an old man to guide him, why should Governor Li shirk?" ”

Who knows if you're using me as cannon fodder? I'm also a dignified official, how can I let you be a slave? Besides, this matter is extremely risky, so he refuses to take risks for an old man Wang. Li You was angry in his heart, and began to speculate with the greatest malice that Wang Lao Tongzhi was knowing. said sarcastically: "How anxious is Master Wang for his subordinates? You have been in Fucheng for two years and not for three years, but there is no one available at hand? ”

Wang Tongzhi was ashamed, "There is really no one available, and there may be one or two grass on the wall." ”

Li You is extremely disdainful, and he is embarrassed to instigate others to play black tricks like this, and he wants to go. In fact, Wang Tongzhi can't be completely blamed, how can he be paralyzed by the government and other people if he doesn't show his real incompetence?

Seeing that Li You was leaving, Wang Tongzhi suddenly laughed and said: "Master Li stays, and the official tries to play with jokes, which is not true." ”

He deigned to step forward and gave Li You a long look, "It's all the official's fault, and I want to see what Lord Li's surname is on a whim, forgive my sins, and my official is polite." ”

Shangguan apologized to himself, and Li You didn't want to ignore it, he was still half-convinced in his heart, and listened to his words and watched his deeds.

Wang Tongzhi commented: "Now it can be seen that Governor Li is a member of my generation. ”

In Wang Tongzhi's view, the matter of Gusucang has stabbed the imperial court, no matter whether the bigwigs favor the prefect Mao or not, it is impossible for the imperial court to watch the Suzhou Mansion, which accounts for one-tenth of the world's taxes, rise into chaos, and no one dares to openly assume this responsibility to defend the Mao Governor's Mansion.

It is certain that after a certain period of time, the government will usher in earth-shaking changes. After the great changes, he and Li You, as the only two remaining officials in the whole agency, will have to bear heavy responsibilities, especially the period before the arrival of various new officials.

Wang Tongzhi has seen many times in the past few decades, and knows that great changes can often change people's surnames. He was worried that Li You was young and unstable, and when he thought of the possibility of working with Li You in the future, he couldn't help but say something tentative, but Li You despised him in turn.

After talking to Wang Tongzhi, Li You went back to his room and asked Zhang Sandao, "How did Fu Erniang settle it?" ”

Zhang San replied: "She has a cousin who lives in Fucheng, and the younger one escorted her there. ”

Looking for a chance to take a look, I hope the fetus in her womb can be born safely, Li You instructed while thinking about it: "This matter is kept secret, and it must not be leaked to anyone, including your own family, otherwise you will not be spared!" ”

Zhang San saw that Li You said harshly, and respectfully agreed. took out another post, saying that someone sent it yesterday, and at that time, Master Li was not there, so Zhang San accepted it instead.

Li You took it and looked at Zhao Liangli's invitation, it turned out that Zhao Daguan was holding a banquet at home and invited Li You to the party.

Li You looked at the post and was speechless for a long time, he hadn't figured out how to talk to Zhao Daguan about the Mao Governor's Mansion. Originally, I thought that if it was cold today, it was really not the season for feasting and entertainment, so it was estimated that he would not meet with his wine and meat friend Zhao Daguan in the short term, and the time was enough for him to carefully consider his thoughts and words, but he didn't expect that there would be such a scene at noon today.

Can you not go? Definitely going to go. I can see it clearly, this is Zhao Daguan's banquet at "home", and he must not go. In these years, it is often said that the close relationship is a good family, and the great significance can be seen, although Li You is not at that point yet. Since Li You and Zhao Daguan got acquainted, they have never entered the gate of Zhao's mansion, eating, drinking and having fun are all in various records, restaurants, and painting boats, tonight is the first time that he has been invited to enter the house, Li You can refuse? It's also a shame that he came back in time, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to catch up with this feast.

There is no way to tell the truth, Li You finally made up his mind and said, with the surname of Zhao Daguan, hiding it will only be worse in the end, it is better to tell the truth bluntly, maybe you can have a good time.

It is said that Li You got on the sedan chair and went in the direction of Zhaofu, the weather was cold, and the sedan chair was very tightly closed. After nearly half an hour on the road, the sedan chair suddenly stopped. Li You lifted the sedan curtain and looked left and right, still on the street, so he asked the sedan chair man: "Why can't you stop?" ”

The sedan chair man replied: "Back to the master, there is a university archway at the entrance of the alley in front, do you come down and walk over?" ”

Li You looked up, and sure enough, he saw a three-story and four-pillar luxury archway standing at the entrance of the alley in front of him, which blocked the entire alley. It was the sedan curtain that obscured his vision just now, so he didn't notice.

He thought that the eight achievements of the memorial arch of the university scholar were the archway of the prime minister's grandfather of Zhao Daguanren. It is often said in romance novels that it is the most basic etiquette for civil officials to get off the sedan chair and military attachés to dismount when passing the archway - but if your official is bigger than the archway, of course, you don't have to abide by it, after all, it is an official-based society.

Approaching the archway, Li You was shocked after taking a closer look. The upper and lower layers of the archway beam are engraved with the three big characters of "University Scholar", and the upper layer is engraved with the four big characters of "the elder of the stage". There is another line of small characters below the words of the university scholar, which is "Zhao Wenzhen Gong, a scholar of the University of Wenhuadian, who is a scholar of the Imperial Prince's Imperial Treasure, and the Prince Taibao's Ministry of Rites". The frieze and other places are densely covered with various auspicious patterns such as cranes, fish leaping dragon gates, and even dragon patterns.

One word, a very good minister. This archway, not to mention Li You's own nine-grade sesame, how many more noble than scholars in the world? Even if the prince and vassal king come, it is estimated that he has to show respect.

Li You is envious, it is really a glorious descendant, his Xishui Li clan is still struggling for the fame of the first showman, and the difference is not only heaven and earth.

After the archway of the university taxi, Li You got on the sedan chair and continued to move forward, stopping again without taking two steps.

The sedan chair man was embarrassed again: "There is an archway in front of you..."

Li You, who was too small, was speechless, so he had to get off the sedan chair again, and this was a waiter archway in front of him, and the regulations were slightly smaller than the big bachelor's archway at the entrance of the alley. After looking at it, it was probably Zhao Daguan's father's, but even the squire was much older than the governor of Jiupin, so Li You had to walk again, and simply walked all the way to the gate of Zhao's mansion.

The gate of the Zhao Mansion was not as extravagant as Li You imagined. Although the frame is wide, very majestic, but the wood is old, the style is simple, there is not too much decoration, and there is a wooden plaque hanging on the lintel casually: the champion and the first.

It is Zhao Daguan's grandfather again, indeed, with such a plaque, any decoration is superfluous, and it has become an existence that scholars in the world can only look up to.

However, the Zhao family's shock to Li You, a pseudo-Wenqing citizen, is not over yet... After entering the gate, Li You saw a hall standing in the front yard, and there were five plaques hanging on the porch that looked cumbersome and cumbersome, and each plaque had two eye-catching characters, namely-Champion, Jinshi, Jinshi, Jinshi, and Wenkui.

It's both show-off and not show-off. This is the atmosphere of this year, after someone in the family has achieved fame, they will hang a plaque in the hall to boast that the Zhao family is just doing it according to custom. But the Zhao family's boast is too shocking... In fact, the Zhao family is already very low-key, according to the custom of the Jinshi are to set up the archway, so that there should be four consecutive arches outside the Zhao family, but there are still only two.

Li You now also knows the history of the Zhao family, and among the five plaques, the first champion is, of course, the grandfather of Zhao Liangli's deceased official. The second Jinshi is Zhao Liangli's deceased father. The third Jinshi is the eldest brother of Zhao Liangli's generation, who is still alive and an official in Beijing. The fourth Jinshi is the second brother, who is also alive and is an official in Huguang. The fifth Wen Kui plaque that is very prominent in other houses and is very sad to put here is probably Zhao Liangli's uncle, who is now in charge of family affairs in this house.

Li You said with emotion, compared with the Zhao family, the beautiful talk of brothers and sons. But in such a family with a prosperous literary style, how can there be a scum in the wine country and color world that Zhao Daguanren, a broken showman, is embarrassed to hang out? But such a scum can also call for wind and rain in Fucheng.

Patronizing and shocked, Li You didn't even pay attention to the scenery of the Zhao family, so he was led to a warm hall in a daze. After entering, I found that Zhao Liangli's senior official was not even a host to accompany him, so he could only stand aggrievedly in the door as a greeting, and the seat was sitting on a forty-year-old man with a similar face to Zhao Liangli but thinner.

Zhao Liangli said softly to Li You and said, "This is my brother, the fourth sign hanging in the front court." He was just forced to resign from his official position in Sanpin, and he was in a depressed mood, so don't provoke him. ”

Li Youqi said: "My brother has lost his official position, why are you still so unserious." ”

"What kind of disgrace is this, the child is like a family, and it is estimated that he will recover in two days after losing his temper." Zhao Liangli said indifferently.

Li You was shocked again... This is the fucking doctor, the Jiupin miscellaneous official and the governor of the Suzhou Prefecture Experience Division, Li Mouren, who was envious, jealous and hateful. Oh, I almost forgot to list the loose rank title of General Shilang that I got because of my outstanding assessment in the inspection office.

(To be continued)