Chapter 64 Lou Cheng

Beckoned Steward Zhou to sit down in the flower hall. Xiao Ru instructed Meng Nier to serve tea, and when she saw that the old housekeeper was embarrassed, she gave Lou Yi a look and withdrew.

The flower hall became very quiet for a while, Lou Yi touched his head, picked up the purple gold gourd on his waist, and poured a sip of wine, this wine was a medicinal wine specially prepared by Xiaoru for him, at first he was not used to drinking it, and he always felt that there was a strange smell, but now he is getting more and more adapted.

"Uncle Zhou, you grew up watching Xiaolou, if there is anything, just say it directly, this is the New Year, I still want to take Xiaoru to pay New Year's greetings to the old man as soon as possible."

Steward Zhou smiled bitterly, hesitated for a while, and finally spoke: "Xiaolou, do you know about the civil unrest in Shouzhou?" ”

Lou Yi was a little confused for a while, and blinked, "I'm still Uncle Zhou to say something new." Some time ago, the civil unrest in Shouzhou was caused by me and Ding Feng's visit, and the reason why we went to Wuchang in the first place had something to do with this matter...... Li Guangping, the marquis of Anxiang, Shouzhou, was in the fish and meat township, so that he provoked a popular uprising, and the saint was furious, and sent General Zhao Ting to take the Shenji battalion to quell the chaos, and by the way, he took Li Guangping back to Beijing to punish the crime...... A few days ago, I just sent back the news, saying that Li Guangping committed suicide in fear of crime, General Zhao has put down the rebellion, and will return to Beijing after the year, I also heard that our General Zhao has done things very neatly, 5,000 Shenji Battalion soldiers, he took 200, and those who entered Shouzhou were only 80...... Could it be that the rumors are wrong and go wrong? ”

Lou Yi frowned, shouldn't it, although Zhao Ting is young, he has a lot of experience in leading troops, and the matter in Shouzhou is just a small group of thieves who instigate the people to rebel, as long as the root cause of Li Guangping is solved, which ordinary people will inexplicably go against the court. Such a rebellion that is not a rebellion, Zhao Ting can solve it, and it is enough to use two points of strength.

The old housekeeper smiled bitterly, shook his head and said, "General Zhao didn't make any trouble, it's your Lou family who has something to do...... As soon as the old man came back from the palace last night, he received an urgent letter from General Zhao for 600 miles, saying that he met a man named Lou Cheng when he was interrogating the leader of the rebellious party...... General Zhao was taken aback, no, I will write back on the same day, and I am going to talk to you first, so I can make preparations......"

Lou Yi's face instantly turned blue, and then returned to normal. just raised his eyebrows very coldly and said: "What Lou Cheng Li Cheng, since he is a traitor, bring it back and hand it over to the emperor, Zhao Ting is really, how can there be so much nonsense!" ”

"Xiaolou, after all, it's your father, he can be mean to you, but you can't be accused of unfilial piety...... Besides, General Zhao said in the letter that Lou Cheng was just bewitched, and the crime was not big, and besides, the law does not blame the public for this matter, so we should not be punished too harshly......"

"Uncle Zhou, Master Luo of the Criminal Department is shrewd and capable, and he will naturally sentence him according to the law, this matter is not under the care of one of my imperial guards, you don't need to tell me, it's not early, I still have to take Xiaoru to see the old man, just go together." Lou Yi coldly interrupted the old housekeeper's words, stood up, and walked out.

Steward Zhou looked at his back that obviously showed a look that he didn't want to say any more, sighed, and had to follow, now he only hoped that the old man could persuade Xiaolou. Although he also looked down on Lou Cheng, who was not responsible and unobtrusive, even if he secretly killed him, he couldn't let Xiao Lou have a reputation for unfilial piety for such a bastard.

Lou Yijing went out, Xiaoru was already waiting in the carriage with gifts, and the little monkey Duoduo squatted on the window, holding a bunch of melon seeds and fried peanuts in his paws, and only half a steamed bun in his mouth.

"What's wrong?" Xiao Ru turned her head and saw that Lou Yi's face was a little wrong, so she couldn't help asking.

"It's alright...... Let's go. ”

This is not a small sudden incident, it did not bring much change to the Lou family at this time, Xiao Ru followed Xiao Lou and went to the National Teacher's Mansion to meet Gongsun Zhi, the old man really stuffed a red envelope to Lou Yi and Ding Feng, of course, there is also Xiao Ru's share, and the two of them are fifty each, but Xiao Ru alone gets one hundred taels, which provokes Ding Feng to laugh and say a few words about his old man's eccentricity.

On the first day of the new year, Lou Yi and Xiaoru stayed in the National Teacher's Mansion all morning. Gongsun Zhi didn't say anything to Xiaolou alone.

Because of this year's New Year, Gongsun Zhi is in the capital, naturally there are many relatives and juniors of the Gongsun family who come to visit, no way, even if it is the New Year in previous years, Gongsun Zhi may not stay in the capital, this year it is not easy to catch it, I have to hurry up and seize the opportunity, the set is almost, people, it is like this. Of course, only the relatives who are not out of the five suits, Gongsun Zhi can patiently meet them, as for those who don't know where to turn over and climb the relationship, they have their own housekeepers who are responsible for entertaining and taking things away.

Everything was calm, in a blink of an eye, the fourth day of the first month invited back the god of the stove, and the fifth day of the first month took back the God of Wealth, Xiaoru had a little time, just after the fifth day of the new year, Gao Ran came back, however, Xiaoru did not plan to open the hospital for the time being, how could it be after the fifteenth year before the end of the New Year, she did not want to bear the charge of exploiting labor.

At night, the candle was bright, Xiao Ru sat on the side of the bookcase, took the account book and looked at it carefully, she didn't need an abacus, only occasionally used a pen to scratch on the straw paper twice, Lou Yi drank two more glasses tonight, although he was not drunk, but he was also a little drunk.

"Xianggong, we didn't suffer a loss during the Chinese New Year this year, well, we made a little profit." Xiaoru compared the New Year's gift sent out with the New Year's gift that was returned, not to mention, she really didn't suffer a loss.

Lou Yi turned his head and saw a little intoxication on his daughter-in-law's face, and his slightly depressed heart couldn't help but feel a lot more comfortable.

"However, this Changlong weaving ...... It's not the master's family to give you a New Year's gift, but the lady sent it to me, strange, I haven't been in the capital for many days, but I don't know any Changlong weaving people. ”

"Changlong weaving?" Lou Yi was stunned and frowned, "Xiaoru." Look at the gift list they sent, the value of the backup is almost sent back, this Changlong weaving recently took over the business of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, I heard, there are a lot of people below them, so they can't recognize their identities, very arrogant, many people in Beijing look at them unpleasantly, our family can not be involved. ”

Xiaoru stuck out her tongue, nodded, ticked it out with a pen, and said with a smile, "Okay, I'll go and command." ”