Gu Defa said: "I'll go next year." ”

added another sentence: "I'm stupid, I can't pass the exam, and my mother can't be Mrs. Fate." ”

Because his brother is dumber than him.

Gu Jinli said with a smile: "You are not stupid, you are the smartest person in your family, if you study hard, you will definitely be able to get famous." ”

Gu Defa looked up at Gu Jinli and took a bite of the crystal cake: "Really? But I don't want to go to school...... It's okay to be an official, but if someone recommends it, you can do it, and if no one recommends it, it's okay to work in a workshop. ”

If Chen heard this, he would have picked up a stick and beat him severely, scolding him for being useless and only working in the workshop.

Gu Jinli was shocked: "You even know how to recommend an official?" ”

Gu Defa nodded: "I know." On the way to escape from the wilderness, I listened to those old people, and an old man also boasted that his grandfather was recommended to be a meritorious officer in the county when he was in the previous dynasty. ”

asked Gu Jinli again: "Sister Xiaoyu, what kind of official is Gong Cao?" ”

"It's an adjutant like a county lieutenant or a county lieutenant." Gu Jinli looked at Gu De and said with a smile: "Brother Fa can go to study, and he may really be able to become an official in the future." ”

Gu Defa: "If you can become an official without taking an exam, I'll do it." ”

Gu Jinli: "You think so beautifully. ”

Gu Defa ate the pastry and said very Buddhaly: "Then I don't want to, be content and happy." ”

Gu Jinli: "......"

What the hell have you been through, kid?!

Gu Dewang patted Gu Defa's head, scolded the fool, and said to Gu Jinli: "Sister Xiaoyu, don't pay attention to him, he has been weird since he was a child." ”

After mixing a plate of pastries and a plate of croquettes at Gu Jinli's house, the three of them left hand in hand.

In the following days, the weather became colder and colder, cotton rose sharply, and news came that the situation in the northwest and northeast was bad again, and many people froze to death.

The third grandfather and the third grandmother were very worried, and they burned incense at home every day, praying that God would bless Gu Fuya's family with safety.

Lao Zhu and He Sanzi once went to the people of Changping Town with the registration book given by the Jiang family, but there was no news of Gu Fuya's family, so it can be concluded that Gu Fuya's family either died or fled to Yangji Mansion in the east.

Everyone tacitly agreed that Gu Fuya's family was dead, but agreed that they went to the northeast, so the third grandfather and three grandmothers burned incense as soon as they heard that the situation in the northeast was not good.

Gu Dashan comforted them: "Don't worry, you two elders, Sister Fu's family is blessed with a big life, and it will be fine." ”

The third grandfather and the third grandmother are now living with Gu Dashan's family, and they feel that it is very unfortunate to cry for the sake of Fuya's family, and after being persuaded by Gu Dashan for a few words, they cheered up and lived.

In mid-December, good news finally came from the capital, the water bandit case that lasted for several months was finally closed, and all the criminals such as Zou Jiang and Gao Tong were beheaded!

And there are as many as seven nobles involved in the water bandit case. Among these seven families, there are three in the Hou Mansion and four in the Bo Mansion. Among them, the Marquis of Ruyang and the Marquis of Ankang were the main culprits, not only were their homes raided, but all three clans were cut down.

The remaining five nobles were exiled from their homes.

In addition, there are more than a dozen official eunuchs involved in the case, all of which have been raided, and those with good lives can go back to their hometowns, and those with bad lives have to be exiled.

Because of the water bandit case, the whole capital is in the rumor, and I am afraid that I will be involved as soon as I wake up and end up in exile.

Emperor Chu was very satisfied with the results of the water bandit case, mainly because the copyist copied millions of taels of silver to him, as well as countless antique calligraphy and paintings. Therefore, Emperor Chu was very happy, issued an order to reward the officials handling the case, and also explained to the internal servants, saying that this year's Chinese New Year will be held in a big way, and how to have a palace banquet to save face.

There has been a drought in the northwest of Great Chu for two years, and there has been a military disaster, but it has not yet eased, and the northeast has suffered a snow disaster, and the imperial court should be thrifty, but everyone was afraid of being killed by the Chu Emperor, and they did not dare to touch his head at this time.

Emperor Chu is rich, he is very generous with silver, and even Xu County Order has been rewarded with a hundred taels of gold, as well as a mansion in the capital, when the holy decree came down, Xu County Order was shocked and fainted.

Zou Jiang knew his virtue, so he had already invited Dr. Zhou to wait, and as soon as Xu Xianling fainted, Dr. Zhou's needle was pricked down.

The chamberlain who came to issue the decree saw it, and said with a smile: "Lord Xu is really loyal to the emperor Chicheng as Ming Shaoqing said, and he was so happy that he was dizzy when he saw that he was rewarded by the emperor." ”

Such a person is good, the emperor can't wait for all the officials in the court to be as timid as Xu Xianling, so that he can do whatever he wants and not be swayed by the ministers.

After the chamberlain issued the decree, he passed on the emperor's edict: "The emperor really wants to see Lord Xu, and orders Lord Xu to enter Beijing with the slaves, and go to meet the emperor together on New Year's Day." ”

This oracle may seem like grace, but it is very tormenting. This is far away from the capital, and now the canal is frozen again, at this time, you have to go to Beijing to rush through the wind and snow, half a month is about to arrive, and Xu County's family is not good for many years.

But this is the emperor's order, Xu Xian ordered that if he didn't want to die, he had to do it, and hurriedly kowtowed to thank him: "Weichen thanks Lord Longen." ”

The chamberlain said, "Lord Xu, get up." ”

He also said: "Lord Xu doesn't need to arrange a good place for the slaves to live, we will have to go to Beijing in a few days, and we have the same surname, we are still a family, so we don't need to talk about those false courtesies." ”

Xu Xianling wants to cry, you are a eunuch, you are still a eunuch who speaks with an orchid finger and raises a little girl, who is a family with you.

No, his virtuous brother is good-looking, so good-looking baby has to be hidden, and he can't be seen by this old demon, otherwise I'm afraid it will be over.

However, Zou Jiang is very powerful, and he has long learned from Ming Shaoqing's letter about the preferences of this Xu Neishi, and he is a good person, and he will not let Xu Neishou play the idea of a virtuous brother.

Zou Jiang stepped forward, bowed down and said to Xu Nei: "My lord, please come with the old slave, the old slave has arranged a small courtyard for you, although it is not as magnificent as the courtyard in the capital, but it is a beloved thing of an adult." ”

Who is Xu Nei? Naturally, he understood in seconds: "Oh, then I must be going to see it." ”

Zou Jiang took Xu Neizhi to a separate courtyard in the county seat, Xu Neishou really liked it very much, lived very happily, and did not make trouble for Xu Xianling for three days.

And Xu County ordered them to take advantage of the three days to pack up their things and arrange the affairs in the county office.

The day before leaving, Zou Jiang sent a few posts to Gu Jinli's family, which were left to him by Ming Shaoqing, and now he can't use them, so he can leave them to Gu Jinli's family. If something happens to Gu Jinli's family, he can also take the post all the way into the capital to find him and find Ming Shaoqing for help.

When Gu Jinli's family received the post, they were very grateful to Zou Jiang and Xu County.

Xu County Ling was really good to their family, and when he left, he told Zheng County Ling a lot of good things about his family, and also introduced Gu Jinan to Zheng County Ling, and now Gu Jinan and Zheng County Ling are doing very well.

Village Chief He was more grateful to Xu County's order than Gu Jinli's family, and when he heard the news that Xu County's order was leaving, he cried bitterly and rushed to see Xu County's order off with his whole family.

Along the way, he also cried: "Lord County, why did you leave so quickly, why didn't you stay longer?" ”

Gu Jinli saw that the corners of his mouth twitched, and he knew why the village chief was going to see off Xu County, and those who didn't know thought he was going to the funeral, crying too badly.