The steward on the gatehouse of the Marquis of Changxing's mansion is surnamed Zhou Mingfu and is the son of the Shi family.

Thanks to his parents, he was originally a second-class steward in the department, but because he was addicted to gambling, he made a mistake and was demoted to the porter as an errand boy.

But even so, he still doesn't know how to restrain himself, he gambles when he has money, and gambles when he has no money, so that now he is in his thirties and has not been able to start a family.

gave birth to such an indisputable thing, his old son died of anger early in the morning, but he didn't think that he felt that he had fallen into a clean ear, and gambled more and more unscrupulously.

And recently, Zhou Fugui faintly felt that he was going to turn over.

First of all, I got a windfall inexplicably, and recently my luck has become even more popular, and I must win every time I gamble!

After drinking two taels of wine, his steps were vain, but he was thinking happily in his heart: after he had savings, he would also marry a daughter-in-law and live the days of his wife and children on the hot kang.

"Hey! The person in front of him is Zhou Fugui, the porter of the Changxing Marquis Mansion? Suddenly, someone stopped him in his way and questioned him.

Zhou Fugui's wine suddenly woke up two points, and he looked at the poor person in front of him with a hesitant expression, not saying yes, not saying no.

The messenger looked Zhou Fugui up and down, and then said to the person behind him: "It's him!" Lock it up for me, take it back! ”

"Hey, hey, in broad daylight, how can officials arrest people indiscriminately!" Zhou Fugui suddenly became anxious, and quickly squatted down, shouting loudly like a splash.

The poor man is not a vegetarian, and he has never seen any kind of battle.

He grabbed Zhou Fugui: "Is it wronged, you go to the lobby to talk to the official master!" I'm an errand boy, just arrest people! ”

After saying that, other messengers rushed up, put shackles and shackles on Zhou Fugui, and took him back.

Many people on the street saw this scene, and some people hurriedly ran to the Changxing Marquis Mansion to report the news.

The eldest lady who received the news, Li, only felt that her head was big.

Recently, there seems to be some bad years in the house, why do you always have accidents one after another?

"What is the reason?" Li asked about the person who had come to report the news.

"Those poor people didn't say anything, they just arrested people on the street." And the one who told the news told the truth.

Seeing that he could not ask for any other useful information, Li sent the man a string of copper coins, and the man left with great gratitude.

"Go find someone to inquire, why does the government want to arrest Steward Zhou?" Li said to Li's mother beside him, "Also, go find a Taoist to come to the house to see if it is contaminated with something unclean, why has it been so unpeaceful in the past few months." ”

"Hey!" Li's mother retreated, but she almost collided with Shi Chong, who came back from the lower office.

"Why did you come back so early today?" Seeing this, Li Shi hurriedly came out to play a round game, and gave Li's mother a look to let her leave.

Who knew that Shi Chong, who was in a hurry, didn't pay attention to Li's mother's thoughts at all, he walked into the house, picked up the cup of tea that had been cooled by the Li family on the kang table, and drank it all: "Hurry up and report a message to the third brother and sister, just say that someone from the Metropolitan Procuratorate has given Dongping Bo to participate!" ”

Li Shi listened, but he breathed a sigh of relief.

She thought something was a big deal, so she said to Shi Chong with resentment: "It's just that Dongping Bo was involved, why are you in a hurry to do this?" ”

"Confused!" Shi Chong's throat was so dry and hoarse that he coughed violently, so he hurried back from the Metropolitan Procuratorate to report the news, but met such a foolish woman, "How else to say that you women have long hair and short knowledge, we are in-laws with that Dong Pingbo, if they suffer any difficulties, do you think we can be good?" ”

Li was very unimpressed.

What if it's an in-law? Shigang is still a brother! When the accident happened, I didn't see how anxious he was as an elder brother.

Now Dong Pingbo is just being participated in by the imperial history, one did not go to prison, and the other did not hurt his muscles and bones, what is there to worry about.

After all, they have been husband and wife for many years, and Shi Chong knew what she was thinking when he saw his wife's expression.

Shi Chong was angry: "Do you know what Dong Pingbo was involved for?" ”

"Dong Pingbo? What else can Dong Pingbo do for? As soon as the Li family thought of the rumors in the market, they couldn't help but sneer, "Isn't it rumored that this old man is not ashamed to rob a good family as a concubine, and the concubine's family refuses, so they stop the sedan chair everywhere to complain." ”

"If it's really for such a thing, will I be in a hurry to come back?" Shi Chong rolled his eyes at the Li family, leaned over to her ear and said, "There is an imperial historian who is trying to interfere with the imperial court!" The excerpts have been handed to the emperor through the hand of the imperial history. ”

Trying to interfere with the taking?!

Li Shi was also stunned when he heard this.

This dynasty attaches great importance to the imperial examination, and there are many preferential treatment for literati, and those who are admitted to the show can not only be exempted from the field endowment, if the township examination, the meeting examination, and the palace examination are admitted all the way, it is even more promising!

This is also the reason why Mrs. Shi did not let Shi Gang continue her studies back then, because she just didn't want to see a son who was born out of her, but she was better than her own sons.

"Good manner, why did he interfere with the taking? Didn't you take the exam this year? Li was very puzzled.

"I don't know how to try, but there is a government test!" Shi Chong clapped his palms and said, "Although this government examination is only a children's examination, it is also the only way to pass the imperial examination, and the imperial history has seized this point to publicize it and stab the matter up." ”

"This ......" Li Shi was speechless for a while, "but what did he do?" ”

"What did you do?" Shi Chong also sighed, "Do you remember that Brother Nan was suddenly removed from the examination institute before?" That Yushi said, this is the ghost of Dongpingbo! In order to vent personal anger and hinder people's future! ”

Half a month ago, Shi Nan was suddenly removed from the examination institute, and the Li family naturally had an impression.

She originally thought that the people in the fourth room would beg to come to the door, but she didn't expect that Shi Jinxiu's girl went to Zheng Guogong's mansion silently and asked Duchess Zheng Guo for help.

With the current status of the Zheng Guogong Mansion, it is naturally not difficult to do such a thing, so the kid Shi Nan also participated in the government examination without danger.

Everyone thought that this matter was over, but who knew that the imperial historians would turn it out?

You must know that it is more troublesome to provoke this group of self-proclaimed royal historians than to provoke the people of the yamen!

"This is the ...... It has nothing to do with our house......" Li asked tentatively.

"How can it be okay? Today they have arrested one of the stewards of our house! Shi Chong said angrily, "So I want you to go to the third brother and sister to see what kind of reputation their Lu family is doing, but they can't make trouble in Dongpingbo Mansion, but they want our Changxing Hou Mansion to help wipe their butts!" ”