The autumn breeze is slightly cool, the streets of the city are gradually lively, the autumn harvest has passed, and the men in the city have also come out to help their own women, making some simple food or crafts, in exchange for scattered money to supplement the family.

It is a rare day of rest, Li Shu and his wife went back to the Zhou clan to visit the elders of the clan in their late lives, and they were emotional.

"The head of the family has been very considerate recently, and when he heard that Xijun was going back to visit the old Xijun, he prepared so many gifts, and personally accompanied Xijun back." The maid beside Mrs. Zhou smiled and flattered.

Mrs. Zhou glanced at her husband, her face was shy, recently, Li Shu did stay in her room more, and even a few favorite concubines in the house were also snubbed a lot.

But for Li Shu, if he wants to sit firmly in the position of Lujiang Taishou, the support of the local family is indispensable, and the attitude of the Zhou family is even more important, he secretly calculated in his heart that it would be better if his wife could give birth to a son and a half daughter as soon as possible.

With the blood connection, the Zhou family will naturally stand firmly behind them.

He was thinking about whether he should ask a holy hand in the city who was good at a thousand gold to take care of his wife, when the sound of galloping horses' hooves came from behind him, "My lord, my lord's is not good!" ”

Li Shu hurriedly called the groom to stop, and the person who came was his henchman Changshi, and it was also his brother Li Cheng.

"Oh no, my lord! Not long after you left the mansion this morning, someone from the Sun family came, and with the jade pendant and military talisman of the second son, he directly took away the rank and several rank officials in the mansion, and all the tax accounts in the mansion this year. Li Cheng looked flustered, galloping all the way, so anxious that his face was covered with hot sweat.

Li Shu was shocked when he heard this, and immediately said angrily, "Idiot! Why didn't you report it earlier! ”

It has been almost an hour since he left the city, and the Zhou family's house is about to arrive, and the person who reported the message has already gone, so it is not rude to turn around and turn back now.

Li Cheng was also very aggrieved, there were only a few women in the Sun family sitting in the inner house, and Mrs. Qiao of the Sun family had never interfered in the affairs of the county.

He came forward to deal with it, but the person who came was not merciful at all, and only said that he had received a report from the army and wanted to check the tax accounts in the county, so he directly wanted to take away the rank and various accounts in the prefecture.

He wanted to stop it, but the person who came directly showed the jade pendant of General Sun Er, and killed an entourage in front of him, and took out a hanging baht and threw it next to the body that had not yet been seen, "This is for burial, but if it is a long history, it should not be enough." ”

Li Cheng was also frightened stupid at the moment, and it took a long time to come back to his senses, and he wanted to send someone to leave through the back door to report to Li Shu, but the result was the same fate, and the body was directly thrown back.

Only then did Li Cheng know that the Sun family had mobilized more than 100 soldiers to the military camp to besiege the government.

When Sun Ce left Anhui City, he left 3,000 soldiers for Li Shu to use to defend the city. But the general who was the leader was raised by Sun Ce, and compared with Li Shu, who had never been trained in the army, the general was naturally more convinced of Sun Quan's personal guard Youye, who held Sun Jia's jade pendant and military talisman.

also learned that Chuck was going to detain the military quartermaster, so he immediately ordered the elite in the army to follow Youye.

When Youye left with the rank officials and accounts, those soldiers did not disperse, and they waited until Youye came to give the order again before returning to the camp. Li Cheng immediately rode a horse to report to Li Shu.

Li Shu heard it for a while, and gave Li Cheng a slap in the face. He looked gloomily at his carriage, then at the Zhou family, which was close at hand, gritted his teeth and ordered, "Go back!" ”

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In the Luming Pavilion.

Evening pear cigarettes curled up in the furnace, and a little wind breeze gently blew and slowly dissipated in mid-air.

Qiao Wei sat upright, holding a volume of "The Art of War" in his hand, and studied it slowly.

Zhou Gu and several quartermasters were still using the calculation plan to clean up and review the accounts, and You Ye walked in slowly, and whispered to Qiao Wei, "Madam, Master Li is here." ”

Qiao Wei nodded to indicate that he knew, but his eyes did not lift from the scroll.

You Ye didn't get a clear answer, and didn't know what Qiao Wei was doing, so he hesitated to speak, "Madame, do you see me?" ”

"Nope." Qiao Wei yawned, "Just say that I'm not feeling well, and I'm still asleep, let him go back." ”

Li Shu got a reply, and he just smiled carefully, "Since Mrs. Qiao is in good health, then I will come back later." ”

Qiao Wei really went to take a nap, and when he woke up, Li Shu really came to wait in the hall.

"I heard that Mrs. sent someone to the house today to summon the lower officials, but it was really unfortunate that the lower officials happened to be absent, so the lady summoned the rank and rank officials of the house, and the lower officials heard about it, and they were really trembling.

"So that's it." Qiao Wei looked careless, "Actually, it's not a big deal, it's just that there are too many old accounts in the house, and I can't understand it if I plan it with the Yuan family in the house." In the end, it is a woman's family, and it is inevitable to panic when she touches so many old affairs.

I heard that several rank officials and rank officials in the government were quite talented in arithmetic, so I asked Youye to go to the government office and invite a few gentlemen to be guests, which was also regarded as teaching me the way of managing things by the way. ”

Qiao Wei whispered through the screen, "Lord Li came to find someone in such a hurry, isn't it because he is reluctant to let these gentlemen do this little thing for me." ”

Li Shu hurriedly said that he didn't dare, "Madame is too careful, but there are still a lot of affairs in the government office, and they need to worry about it, so I have to ask a few more words, I don't know how many days Madam plans to borrow it?" ”

"That's not necessarily, the accounts in this house are so cumbersome, and this morning is just the beginning, and I don't know when it will be."

This is the rhetoric of borrowing and not returning.

"The tax affairs in the county are complicated, and the government is inseparable from people. If this rank is not on duty for a day or two, it is fine, and if the rank officials under this hand are not on duty all the time, I am afraid that it will delay the right thing. ”

Qiao Wei nodded in agreement with this, and then showed a puzzled look, "What the adults said is very reasonable, but when I invited those gentlemen to come, I also asked, and they all said that the tax payment was over, and they were very idle." The two sides said diametrically opposed, but I was not sure who to listen to for a while. ”

Li Shu couldn't help but secretly scolded in his heart, this person is in your hands, so naturally you can say whatever you want, but you are still very humble on your face.

"In fact, if the lady just wants to find out the old accounts of the house, she may not necessarily need to use the people of the government, there are a few veterans in charge of affairs around the wife of the lower official, if the lady needs it, the lower official can send it to the house immediately."

"Lord Li's house is Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and there are many talents." Qiao Wei was also noncommittal, but on one principle, he would not let people go.