"Sister, it hurts!"

When she was placed in the back office, there was no one around, Nie Cuicui's face faded from shyness, twisted her brother's ears, her apricot eyes widened, and she reprimanded angrily: "Okay, I thought that you and I recognized each other to save your sister from fire and water, but I didn't expect that since you changed hands, you sold your sister and me!" ”

In order to keep the secret, Li Kui arranged the Nie sisters and brothers in the official office, which can be regarded as a prison. The people who came didn't care, Nie Shiqu didn't dare to resist at all, and Nie Cuicui didn't know anything, and thought that his younger brother was now on an errand in the palace and had a lot of face outside.

"Sister, I'm really not ......" Nie Shiqu's eyes rolled, and he asked Nie Cuicui instead: "Sister, what do you say about Master Li!" ”

"Everything else is fine, it's just a little darker."

Nie Cuicui may be in shyness, deliberately looking for a fly in the ointment. This can provoke Nie Shiqu's boss to complain, pointing to his sister; "Sister, you have been married, do you dare to dislike Lord Li?"

Women speak, mostly duplicitous, and hate people to tear down the stage. And although Nie Shiqu is Nie Cuicui's younger brother, or his own brother who has reunited after a long absence, this kid pokes his sister's backbone so blindly, can he bear it? Nie Cuicui's fingers were like electricity, and he instantly grabbed his younger brother's ear again, as if in this regard, a woman has a god-like talent.

"It hurts!"

Nonsense, can it not hurt? Nie Shiqu has put a knife in his sister's heart, and when he is a sister, he can only put aside the love of sister and brother first. But after shouting twice, Nie Shiqu suddenly became annoyed, and said weakly: "Sister, you really haven't thought about it?" ”

"Does it work? Master Li is an official, if my father is here, our family is considered an official eunuch, and it is also the queen of the gate. But now? Daddy's death is unknown, and our family is forced to die. Besides, your sister is a hard-working person, how can she get into the eyes of Master Li now? ”

Nie Cuicui sighed and said, she also lost the idea of poisoning her younger brother and even killing her relatives in righteousness. I was left with a sigh of grief alone.

Nie Shiqu pursed his lips indifferently, and muttered: "What kind of family is our family, and it is also an official eunuch, my father is just a warehouse supervisor who guards and manages ordnance, and the small one cannot be a small six-rank military attaché, where can it compare to the majestic posture of Lord Li?" Speaking of Li Kui, Nie Shiqu appeared with endless yearning.

"You...... Can you bury our father? ”

"Sister, the six-rank official and the six-rank official are really different. If our father was alive, he wouldn't dare to come to Master Li. Don't you look at who is around Master Li? What is the origin of the people? How famous is it in the capital? ”

Like an arrow, Nie Shiqu asked his sister a lot of questions in one breath. This made Nie Cuicui's heart slightly curious about Li Kui. Li Kui slaughtered all sides on Yanyan Road, and Nie Cuicui, who was born in a military attache family in the army, naturally regarded Li Kui as an official similar to a military general. I don't seem to notice anything different.

"Listening to you, it seems that you know Master Li very well?"

"That's it, he's all over the streets of the capital." While speaking, Nie Shiqu raised his thumb and expressed Li Kui's extraordinary: "People of almost the same age in the capital obey him!" ”

"Sounds like a bastard!"

"What nonsense? Can the gangsters enter the Shi and the first? He's a serious Jinshi master. It is still the Tanhua master of the palace test Sanding Jia, which His Majesty personally ordered today. In the middle of last year, he was only 18 years old. In the capital, people gave the nickname Xiao Li Tanhua. ”

Nie Shiqu praised Li Kui for not wanting money, Nie Cuicui's beautiful eyes narrowed slightly, and the whole person had an indescribable coquettishness: "Then tell me, what is the origin of this Lord Li?" What has been done? ”

This problem, in Yan Yan Road, there are really few people who can explain it clearly!

"Sister, you can be regarded as asking the right person. In a remote place like Yan'an Mansion, how can you know the news of the capital. It is estimated that the officials will not know how powerful Master Li is. Nie Shiqu sat on the steps, looking up at his own sister, quite showing off: "Speaking of this Lord Li, he can fight tigers on the mountain and catch dragons when he goes to the sea, he is a great hero." ”

"It's all nonsense, he is obviously a Jinshi master, how can he go up the mountain to fight the tiger? also went to the sea to capture the dragon, why don't you say that he can still escape into the sky and go straight to the sky? ”

"Really, I don't know about fighting dragons, but fighting tigers is real. It is said that Master Li lost his husband when he was young, and his family was poor but he did not lose his studious heart. It is a famous filial son in Yishui County......"

If the third uncle is on the side, he will definitely feel nostalgic for the boss, one of Li Kui's many aspiration stories that were spread at the beginning, has spread all over the Great Song Dynasty from Yishui County, and the old man did not toss in vain. It's just that the fly in the ointment is that in this version of the story, Li Kui's character is not a reckless man, but a filial son who forgets himself. This is also the type of story that the people of the Great Song Dynasty like to listen to.

How did Nie Shiqu know that these stories were all fake, and they couldn't be made up anymore. Back then, the third uncle was really painstaking because of the rise of the Li family. Li Kui's stinky temper and brutal and tyrannical personality, if it spread, wouldn't it be very bad for Li Kui? Only then did some gossip come up and let people spread it.

Nie Shiqu continued: "Back then, Lord Li's hometown was plagued by tigers, and even threatened Lord Li's father's tomb for a time. Master Li, who has a filial temperament, said goodbye to his family and embarked on the road to protect his father's tomb from being disturbed, and resolutely built a thatched house in the ancestral tomb with a weak body. ”

"Hey, wait, you said that Li Dawen is weak, where does he look weak?" Nie Cuicui is a very poor listener, she always inadvertently disrupts the rhythm of the storyteller and makes logical mistakes. caused the dissatisfaction of the boss of the secret master, Nie Shiqu.

Nie Shiqu said angrily: "Do you still want to hear it?" ”

"Listen, forget it, move on."

"The tiger really came on this day, but Master Li had already prepared and set a trap on the tiger's path, and the tiger was killed by the people in the village because he fell into the trap."

Nie Cuicuihu wondered: "Why is there no process?" ”

Nie Shiqu was stunned and asked blankly, "Is this important?" The key is that in this story, Li Kui's fearless courage, pure heart, and determination to sacrifice his life for righteousness are reflected. But a story is a story after all, and the purpose of the third uncle to compile this story is to put Li Kui on what a scholar should be.

How could a scholar beat a tiger to death with his bare hands?

This doesn't make sense!

Of course, the third uncle also wanted to flesh out the content of this story, but he found that he really couldn't make it up. The story warns that wild animals are not dying because of human greed, but because they are the embodiment of evil, the object of which the righteous must destroy. Especially tigers, wolves, leopards and other beasts. Of course, the tiger in Baizhang Village, Yishui County, is the only unjust soul in this story, and it is more wronged than the jade worker and the clan of Xianhe's bi.

Not only that, since Baizhang Village was developed, the third uncle made up a lot of stories for Li Kui.

This is the version of filial piety first and loyalty to the family.

There is also a talented, benevolent gentleman version.

There is also a version of the childhood determination and continuous study.

Of course, it is inevitable that the version of righteousness and squandering money, and being anxious for justice and righteousness.

In short, there are many such stories. The third uncle spent a small amount of money and hired people to spread stories that were beneficial to the old Li family, downplaying the fact that Li Kui was more ferocious than a tiger.

It's like an ordinary person, after being developed, he always wants to set up a merit monument for himself, and he can't wait for everyone he knows to see the same truth. It's just that the third uncle's method is obviously guided by a master, and then the effect is amazing. Thinking about it with your feet, you know that most of it is Gongsun's crooked idea.

Nie Cuicui always felt that her brother hadn't seen her for a few years, and it was a bit of an unreliable illusion to meet again. However, she was quite curious about Li Kui's past, but she still held back the doubts in her heart, and then asked, "Then what?" ”

"Then the people of the capital know it! Because of his studiousness, Master Li was included in the door wall by the county order and became a disciple, and at that time, the county order of Yishui County was still a disciple of the Dasu Bachelor, and the Dasu Bachelor loved the talent and kept Li Kui by his side to teach carefully for a few years. In the imperial examination in the first year of Shaosheng last year, Master Li soared to the sky and won the fame of Jinshi and the first in one fell swoop. After that, he entered the officialdom, and even entered the province of direct secretary and served as the direct secretary cabinet. Although the official position is not high, he is in a high position and is a loyal minister by His Majesty's side. ”

"Then why did he come back to the Northwest?"

"It's not that Master Li is too upright and offended the Queen Mother."

He ...... Is it really so daring? ”

"Really, even if he offended the Queen Mother, His Majesty only punished him lightly and let him come to the northwest to avoid the limelight. But you see Lord Li, he has inadvertently made such a great contribution to the imperial court, and if he returns to the capital in the future, he will definitely be a high-ranking official waiting for him. Sister, think about it, as long as you and Master Li get along, our father's grievances will be just around the corner. ”

Nie Shiqu said and got to the point. Their sister and brother, after they are considered criminals, if they want to wash away the stain of the family, they must have a big man come forward to turn over the original incident and give the Nie family a chance to turn over.

It's just that these are not enough for the Nie family, even if Li Kui is famous and is the most outstanding handful of scholars, but it will take ten years for him to be developed.

And ten years later, their enemies are probably about to die of old age, right?

Nie Cuicui felt unreliable, glanced at her brother, and refused: "This is really not good, since Master Li is so good by what you say, how can your sister and I be able to enter his house now?" Besides, I'm afraid he can't help with his father's grievances, right? Aren't you on an errand in the palace, can't King Duan help his father speak fairly? ”

"This ...... Duanwang is probably not very reliable. "Even if he is the little steward of Duanwang's Mansion, Nie Shiqu is at a loss, Duanwang Zhao Ji indulges in lust all day long, and likes vassal and elegant things, and lives a luxurious life and spends money like running water. In the court, or even in the royal family, there is no influence. To put it bluntly, Duanwang Zhao Ji's character is lustful and extravagant, and his personality is unkind. I really can't count on such a person.

(Zhao Ji's lust is not to mention, in the 300 years of the Great Song Dynasty, there is no one more sons and daughters than him.) According to records in the history of the Song Dynasty, Zhao Ji supported more than 30 sons and nearly 50 daughters. His children alone broke ninety, such a record, to say that Zhao Ji is not lustful, it is simply unreasonable! ）

"Even King Duan can't be relied on, can Lord Li help?"

Nie Cuicui expressed her suspicions, even if Li Kui was boasted by Nie Shiqu too little, Li Kui would not have more face than King Duan, right?

But Nie Shiqu hurriedly said: "Yes, too capable." It didn't work for King Duan to speak in the court, but Lord Li was different. The younger brother forgot to say it just now, for fear that his sister would have a burden. Lord Li's family affairs have been decided, and she is the daughter of the family of Taishi Liu, the master of the dynasty. Lord Li's fiancée is the sister of His Majesty's virtuous concubine, and he will be regarded as a relative of the emperor sooner or later. Moreover, he is also a junior of Su Xiang, and the privy envoy Li Qingchen is his teacher, and has a good relationship with the Chinese family, the Fan family, and the Su family. As long as he is willing to help our family say a fair word, my father will definitely be able to avenge his grievances. Just ......"

"It's just that you're not afraid that your sister will be bullied to death? Besides, how could he make me ...... with such a high rank?"

"Don't worry, sister, as long as you go out, my brother will definitely help you do it properly. It's just ......" Nie Shiqu gritted his teeth and asked, "Sister, have you ever had a child over the years?" ”

"Your sister was sold by your cousin to be a wife at the age of twelve, and then she was sold once, and finally because she couldn't give birth to children, she was taken advantage of by the stinky and shameless Wang Blacksmith. Do you think your sister will be so miserable with a son by your side? Nie Cuicui paused, and said resentfully: "I understand, what kind of relatives, I thought I was here to send charcoal in the snow, but I didn't expect to see our family in trouble, it was a jackal who wanted to share the family property." It's a hateful thing that after my father was in trouble, there was no family property to share at all, and he said that he was good to take care of me, but he wanted to get some benefits from your sister. ”

"My cousin is really not human, what about others? As long as you are in this city, my brother will pull you out and vent your breath. ”

"Forget it, the soldiers are in chaos, last year the party called and he died outside the city. It's your sister and I, who have been mothers all these years. The newly married person is too young, and he can only cook and wash clothes all day long and can't be idle, and when your eldest brother-in-law was arrested by the party, he didn't expect to let your cousin sell it. Nie Cuicui rolled her eyes, and seemed to have a deep memory of this unbearable past: "Your second brother-in-law has a soft temperament and is not a good family, your sister is cautious in marrying in the past, but she still dissatisfies her mother-in-law, and thinks that your sister and I are unlucky." As for the king blacksmith, even I didn't expect this guy to be so insidious. Fortunately, this guy seems to be loyal, but he has hurt the roots, and he is inhumane, and his sister is less humiliated. It's just that this guy actually treats people as cattle and horses, and the work of the blacksmith shop is really tiring. ”

For his sister's rich experience, even Nie Shiqu was a little dumbfounded, and said to his sister hesitantly: "Why don't you cook and wash clothes for Master Li?" Just think of yourself as a cook, if he accepts you as a concubine, I'm afraid it's really embarrassing! ”

Nie Cuicui jumped up angrily, crossed her hands on her waist, and suddenly pointed at Nie Shiqu's nose and scolded angrily: "Okay, even you dislike me, if you dislike me, don't recognize me!" ”

"No, sister. Listen to me. ”

"No, you have to tell me how to take down Master Li. I kind of understand, I'm afraid I won't be a lady in my life. But my father's revenge must be avenged, if you don't do anything, I'll go! ”

Nie Cuicui made up her mind and stared at Nie Shiqu deadly.

The latter shrank his head in fright, and when he saw his sister's firm expression, he slowly approached Nie Cuicui, and whispered on the side of his ear for a while, Nie Cuicui's face was full of red charcoal, getting redder and redder, red and hot, red and purple. In the end, he glanced at his younger brother angrily, and threw down a sentence: "Men don't have a good thing." ”

After saying that, he fled in a panic.

When Li Kui found out that he was trapped by Hao Sui, he was very angry. Even the beef doesn't taste fragrant, of course, Ruan Xiaoer's cooking skills are a big problem, so he reminded Ruan Xiaoer: "Tomorrow's meat stew is crispy, put more condiments." ”

"Young master, I'm a personal companion, not a cook, it's good that I can cook it. Why don't you find a woman? In our house, there is not even a woman, and I have to cook and wash clothes by myself, which is too embarrassing. After Ruan Xiaoer finished speaking, he complained with an angry face. aroused Li Kui's boss dissatisfied: "After only a few days of full meals, I want to be served, will your Ruan Xiaoer's life become expensive?" ”

Li Kui remembered that Ruan Xiaoer was not like this before, and he was very diligent in cooking and washing clothes.

Why has this kid been lazy lately?

But Ruan Xiaoer said with a heartfelt voice: "Young master, I am also a meritorious minister of the imperial court, and now I can be regarded as an official, and the imperial court has given me a general." Now I follow a group of little daughters-in-law in the city to the river beach to slurry and laundry, and I can't lift people on the ground, isn't it burying people? ”

"You don't even have a mission, and you deserve to be called an official?"

Ruan Xiaoer was unconvinced: "Sooner or later!" ”

Li Kui scolded: "Look at how good Luda is, now he is already a commander, and he is still alone, and he eats and takes care of it by himself." ”

Ruan Xiaoer complained: "Young master, don't deceive yourself, Luda eats outside, eats Haisai all day long, and now that he is an official, the money is still not enough." It's not that he doesn't want to hire someone, but he can't afford to hire someone at all. As for the laundry, young master, when have you ever seen Ruda change clothes? He went straight from buying it to wearing it until he couldn't wear it before throwing it away, and he was sloppy. I'm afraid that he has fleas on him, and I'll pass them on to us. ”

Li Kui drank the remnants of wine in the bowl in one go, just slightly drunk, and Shi Shiran went to the main house. Now that he knows the amount of wine he has, he can't dry it out of ten catties or eight catties, but three catties of rice wine is just right. If you have rice wine, if you have a little less, it's just two catties.

In his sleep, Li Kui dimly heard the door being opened.

Then, slowly shut, the bolt creaked trivially.

It seemed that someone had sneaked into his room, Li Kui didn't react because he had drunk, and seemed to hear a woman muttering in a low voice: "What stinky feet!" ”

After that, in a daze, Li Kui had a fragrant dream......

The next day, the sun rises three poles, and the four eyes face each other. Nie Cuicui was frightened and ashamed, and she lowered her eyebrows and wanted to drill into the quilt, she seemed to remember the boldness of last night, I am afraid that she will be looked down upon by Li Kui, and now that she is in Li Kui's room, there is nowhere to escape. Suddenly, Li Kui said to her: "Don't move! ”

As she spoke, a big hand touched her face and gently touched her eye sockets, and then a gloating voice came, which made her ashamed: "What a big eye! ”