Du Tanzhi was silent.

What Gu Yanzhang said, he didn't know.

As long as the problem of incense in my uncle's place is not solved, my grandmother will not give up, even if she can press it for a while, she will eventually turn it out.

But it's a dead knot.

He didn't want to have a concubine, and he didn't have the intention of taking a concubine, but he had no way to take Mrs. Du, because he was a close elder, and he had great kindness, and he had to be respected.

Although the grandmother is old, her personality is very stubborn, and she is not easy to coax, and when she talks about the truth, she will use the word "filial piety" to press, and say something "Even if it is the Son of Heaven, it can't stop people from passing on the lineage", and then say "It's not a concubine, but just helping her granddaughter-in-law give birth to a son" and so on.

Du Tanzhi naturally knew that at this time, if he came against the old lady and blindly refuted her, it was not a good way. On the contrary, nine times out of ten, she has to make a fire, and this fire can't be sprinkled on herself, but it is very likely to go to Liu Muhe.

At the moment, there is no big problem for the wife to get along with her grandmother, but if she is forced to discord because of her own protection, it will be troublesome.

What he is doing now is to be passive and make a "delay" decision, which is just to deceive others and deceive himself.

Du Tan's heart was depressed, and he only knew how to pick up the teacup, drink and drink the cold tea, and after a while, he said: "I originally thought that after two years, when the inner son is well raised, there will be heirs in the family, and then one will be passed to the uncle, and the incense will also be inherited. ”

Although it is said that it is a succession of the past, people are always their own sons, and they are raised by themselves, and the industries they share are naturally their own families, they are all blood and bones, and they don't have so much to say.

As for Mrs. Du's side, when she sees a few grandchildren surrounded by her knees, she won't have any more opinions, right?

Gu Yanzhang saw that there was no trace of heat in the tea cup in Du Tanzhi's hand, so he rang the bell and asked Xiao Er to come in to change the tea and add water, and after the people went out, he said: "It's a successor, how do you know if the old lady will want another person?" How can a child in an uncle's room be prosperous by just one person? According to what you just said, she is very worried that there will be no abundant heirs, and she is even more worried that it will be difficult to raise children. ”

He raised his eyes and saw that Du Tanzhi's eyebrows on the other side were furrowed, but there was no different color at all, thinking about this problem, the other party did not think about it.

"Brother Du, with all due respect, the root of this incident is actually you."

Du Tanzhi raised his head in surprise.

"Brother Du has been in office for several years, right?" Gu Yanzhang looked at heart, "The old lady is old, and she is confined to every square inch, sometimes she thinks left, and there are some, but there are not many people she can contact on weekdays, you are out every day, and you don't have time to be more companion if you want to, those sisters-in-law who walk the streets and alleys, one is good at observing words and feelings, and the other is good at fanning the wind and igniting the fire, and the old man listens to the wind is rain, isn't it excusable?" In the final analysis, isn't it that Brother Du can't teach him? ”

Although Gu Yanzhang's words were a little ugly, Du Tanzhi couldn't refute them.

"Let me ask, if it's not for the sake of the heirs today, but that Brother Du's family has committed a serious crime and made trouble with the yamen, the old lady wants you to help you get through the relationship and ask for mercy, what will you do?"

Du Tanzhi didn't want to think about it, and immediately shook his head and said, "Don't you avoid relatives and don't interfere?" Moreover, she had already committed a great crime, and since she should be sentenced according to the law, although my grandmother was old and strong-tempered, she could not distinguish between right and wrong in such a big way. ”

Gu Yanzhang said: "If it's a misdemeanor, what should it be?" “

Du Tanzhi's face was stunned.

"If the two families in their hometown compete for property, they are not the same; The two families are making trouble, I don't know who is right and which is wrong, the old lady heard what people said, and came to look for you, what should you do? ”

"Such idle ......" Du Tanzhi shook his head again and again, "I have local officials to judge on their own, what does it have to do with me, I don't care, not only that, but I also have to restrain my family, I can't ...... it"

However, as he reached the last few words, his voice slowly lowered.

Gu Yanzhang knew that this person had already realized something, so he gently pushed forward one last time, and said, "Brother Du can restrain his subordinates, but if the old lady sends one or two servants, or someone sends one or two letters, and goes straight to take care of things, what will he do?" ”

Du Tanzhi's face gradually sank.

It really can't be how.

The old lady was the oldest and a big living person, and if she insisted on sending someone back to her hometown, or if she spoke to the outside world, he would know it, and it would be too late to recover it.

The most important thing is that with her temperament, she really does such things.

At this moment, Du Tanzhi can even imagine how he will defend himself after his grandmother sends someone back.

"What a big deal, it was the fault of the family, and now it's just a matter of saying two fair words, not taking money, not bribes, and not borrowing your name, what's wrong with it?"

And he took in the old man and the villager in the past—

"People are coming, and they can't consume much food in January, and now there is a shortage of people to do things, so where can they not do such work as lighting fires and carrying water?"

Later, I was able to collect it, and sure enough, a lot of people were in trouble, lazy, and oppressive, and it took a lot of effort for their own families to clean it up.

The more he thought about it, the more Du Tanzhi felt that he didn't even have the heart to eat.

"But it's not impossible."

As soon as the words changed, Gu Yanzhang smiled slightly, and said: "Brother Du is now a festival inspector, it stands to reason that he should say one thing at home, but it is pure filial piety, so it is not easy to say heavy words, but they are all blood relatives like ancestors and grandchildren, what can't be spread out?" Brother Du is good in a thousand ways, but there is a bad one, he only puts the responsibility of the family on himself, what is the situation in the court, the taste of the Kyoto government, and the cumbersome and difficult judgment of the case, why don't you talk to the old lady? ”

"That family has a large dowry, but none of them have the surname Du ......" Gu Yanzhang said meaningfully, "It doesn't matter what is on the side, I only say this here, and if I get out of this door, I will forget it all - Brother Du should be aiming at Dali Temple." ”

Du Tanzhi sat up straight, and the eyes that looked at Gu Yanzhang were different.

"It's not that I look down on merchants, my family is from a businessman, but the more big businessmen, the more complicated the interest disputes, regardless of the population, industry, shops, acres, after decades, there are lawsuits to fight, provoked such people, chestnuts are delicious, but the hot shell is not easy to peel."

Commenting on a few words about the house of the Jujia family, Gu Yanzhang said softly: "The appointment of the judge, the life of the person, since Emperor Taizong specially issued an edict, the rank is high, and the benefit is different from ordinary positions, now Brother Du is just the official of Kyoto Mansion, but it doesn't matter, in the future thirty or forty years, if there are really these things, there are children, I can't say, I have grandchildren, I want to watch the fire from the other side, where is it so simple?" ”