"Since ancient times, mourning soldiers will win, and this Shu Zhaozhong's hand is really good." Two men stood not far away, pointing.

These two people are both local families in Xingyang, one surnamed Yang, not from the Hongnong Yang family, but because his uncle Zhong Jinshi, the family is also a businessman, and the power and wealth are much better than the short-lived family like the Shu family. The other is surnamed Zhao, from the Qinghe Zhang family of Hebei Shi clan, the family moved here, the two attached to the Zheng family, but they feel that the Zheng family is not as good as the generation, and there are no jokes in private.

Yang Shizi said with a smile: "Shu Zhaozhong's uncle heard that he was a petty official in Nanjing, and he would not come back for three or five years, and the Shu family was already in ruins. He still dared to play this trick in front of Zheng Zhuangyuan, it was really stupid. ”

Zhang Shizi said meaningfully: "I see that Zheng Zhuangyuan only has a few words, which makes me pause, which shows that he is really a very talented and famous person." If we can accept you and me under the door, we will definitely be able to pass the imperial examination. ”

After the two finished speaking, they looked at Zheng Hao again, only to see that he glanced at Rongfei Rongda, and the two carried Shu Zhaozhong away without much effort, Shu Zhaozhong was thrown out of the door, and Zheng Hao didn't say a word from beginning to end.

Shu Zhaozhong was stupid, he didn't expect Zheng Hao to come for real, aren't all big families very face-conscious? What's more, the Shu family is still the in-laws of the Zheng family.

But Zheng Hao wants me Zheng Hao to act, who dares to say anything? I don't have to waste my tongue on a prostitute.

He acted like this, which was terrifying, and the two scholars Yang and Zhang were stunned.

Next, the people who originally wanted to emulate Shu Zhaozhong all walked away.

In this big test, 10 people who were not good at writing and writing were eliminated, and another 25 people were in the lower house, 15 people in the middle house, and 10 people in the upper house.

It's okay to have a class without a class, but if you have a bad character, you can't do it if you have bad habits.

Originally, it was nothing for young people to visit Qinglou, but if prostitution and gambling are put together, it may lead to rape and theft in the future.

Seeing that he came back so late, Lishu knew that he was filial and would definitely not eat out for a banquet, so she asked the kitchen to make a few porridge and side dishes and serve him personally.

"Sit down, you're busy, but you're always thinking about me." Zheng Hao saw Lishu's appearance of burying her head in the pile of old papers, and knew how tired she was.

Lishu smiled: "That's it, I often heard my father say that it is not easy to be a pro-people official. You are from Hanlin, and you are such an identity, you talk and laugh on weekdays, and there is no vain correspondence. It's me, I've been in contact with all kinds of people, so ah, those people can't bother me, especially for moral kidnapping. As long as I am not bound by morality, those morals will not want to kidnap me. ”

"Anyway, remember that, no one can do anything to me?"

Zheng Hao nodded: "What you said is very true, that Shu Zhaozhong had blood on his head today, and I forked him out, and it is said that he fell with a blue nose and swollen face." ”

Lishu was surprised: "It's this Shu family again?" I saw that Miss Shu last time, although she was a daughter of a jingchai cloth skirt, she was so kind, why did the rest of the Shu family not know the importance like this. ”

"Who cares about him? In fact, I have already privately inquired about several children who have always had bad habits, and this Shu Zhaozhong has been fooling around with the rich young master all day long, bullying men and women, not to mention, and mixing in gambling brothels, which is simply full of five poisons. Such a person will sooner or later ruin the reputation of our Zheng family. Zheng Hao thought it was even more harmful.

Lishu said: "I heard that the Shu family has only one son, and girls as big as Miss Shu are so shabby, which shows that the Shu family is in a very bad situation." You've kicked him out, and I'm afraid we'll have to make another fuss. ”

Zheng Hao looked at Lishu and pinched her chin: "I'm not afraid." ”

Lishu looked at his face: "It's really strange. ”

This matter was really guessed by Lishu, Shu Zhaozhong was thrown out with a blue nose and swollen face, and after returning to Shu's house, Grandma Shu quickly found Shu's here.

Shu Shi was breaking the head of the rabbit-like nest for Sister Ling to eat, Sister Ling ate half of it, and said: "I am only three years old for more than a year, so I can go to study, there are many friends there." ”

"Okay, when the time comes, my mother will sew a bookbag for you, and our sister Ling will be a talented woman, isn't it?" Shu Shi smiled.

Sister Ling smiled happily.

When the mother and daughter were talking interesting things, it happened that Grandma Shu came over, she was originally a woman from an official eunuch family, but later her father-in-law died, her mother-in-law was sick, and the men in the family were not angry. It's hard to make her a shy woman before, and now she has no scruples about being spicy.

As soon as Grandma Shu sat down, she said: "Grandma Cheng has a family of fine clothes and food, and she still raises other people's daughters, and she doesn't care about your mother's family, your brother and nephew will be bullied to death." ”

Shu Shi knew that her sister-in-law came to find fault and ask for money, so she first asked her subordinates to hug Sister Ling'er down, and then said: "Sister Xin'er got a thousand taels of silver from our sect, what about those silvers?" It's not all in your hands, but now you're crying poor with me. It's not that you don't know what my situation is, before our uncle went to Beijing, the family sent an old housekeeper to take care of the accounts, and it has nothing to do with me. ”

For the sake of the Shu family's affairs, she almost died, how could she still care about the Shu family's affairs?

Grandma Shu hated iron and said: "It's not your nephew, he was kicked out by the uncle of your sect, and he didn't even read a book." I said aunt, you are also the grandmother of the Zheng family's seventh room, or the original wife, I have never seen you so cowardly. ”

"What? Zhaozhong was kicked out? Shu Shi was taken aback.

I originally thought that the grievances between Zongfang and her would end here, but I didn't expect that now there would be complications and revenge on her nephew. This is inevitably too ruthless, it is purely putting people to death.

Grandma Shu saw that Shu's still didn't know, so she said: "Not only was I kicked out, my head was broken, but I was also thrown out on all fours, what do you want us to do?" But so many people can read it, but he can't read it. Auntie, I don't blame you, the daughter-in-law of Mrs. Rong's second wife, Cui, although there is a Qinghe Cui family name there, but the family is poor. But people rely on the sect's house, and his nephew is no problem, and in terms of learning, your nephew is better than him. ”

"This ......" Shu Shi knew that the second wife of Rong introduced the disciple, was the nephew of her daughter-in-law, not from a big family, and had a good relationship with Yang Lan, the nephew of the second wife of Gu.

Just because of the good relationship between the people, even if they were only average, they were left behind, and Shu Shi felt unconvinced when he heard about it.

Seeing that the sister-in-law was still dead like this, Grandma Shu couldn't help but complain: "For so many years, you have lived purely to a dog at the age of the Zheng family. You can't give birth to a child, you can always hold a concubine and raise it under your knees, but you don't even have the ability to do this. Well, now even our Shu family is being bullied because of you. ”

Shu Shi remembered that the life she had lived over the years was more bitter than Coptis chinensis, but she was not really stupid.

People like the Zheng family are all generations of eunuchs, and it is impossible to divorce their wives, she is living well in the Zheng family, what to do for the Shu family again and hot-headed.

So this time she couldn't be reckless: "Sister-in-law, if you scold me like this, I can't either." I am indeed incompetent, but I have won you a thousand taels, and this silver will be enough for you for a while. If you believe me, you will naturally believe that it is not too late for the gentleman to take revenge for ten years, and I think that when the water is completed, I will always give you an explanation. Feng Shui takes turns, and no one will be in a high position for a lifetime. ”

Grandma Shu was always a little scared when she heard her words, she just wanted an explanation, she wanted Shu to intercede for her, and let her son return to the Zheng family to study, but she didn't think about how to deal with others.

Especially the lady of the sect room is very arrogant, how can she offend the supreme existence of the Zheng family's sect.

I don't know when Grandma Shu left, Shu sat alone from dawn to dark.

Evading these children will of course cause a lot of controversy and curses behind them, and Lishu knows that Zheng Hao is a breezy person and rarely receives any negative evaluation.

She was always afraid that he would be upset, so she specially explained him when she soaked her feet: "In fact, just like the reformers of thousands of years, they will always be infamous at that time, and Shang Yang and Wu Qi are all like this, because they have violated interests." But for thousands of years, everyone knows that the Qin State benefited from the Shang Dynasty to unify the six countries, while the Chu State was unable to persist because of the appointment of Wu Qi for several years, resulting in the Chu State not being as good as the Qin State. Anything that touches the interests of others will be attacked and abused, you don't take it to heart, as long as our husband and wife are of the same heart, it will definitely be profitable. ”

Zheng Hao was meditating when he soaked his feet, but he didn't expect Lishu to talk to him about this, he was a little surprised, this was to comfort him, afraid that he would be sad.

So, is he a coquettish husband in the eyes of his wife?

Despite this, Zheng Hao did not refute, but was moved, as if hearing the sound of a fairy, and said: "Lishu, you always make me happy by changing your way like this." ”

"What's the matter, I'm telling the truth." Lishu also doesn't like that kind of intelligence, but she only cares about making money for herself, and sings and dances for fame.

People in the world always feel that nothing will happen to them if they are wise and protect themselves, but they don't know that there are eggs under the nest.

Mrs. Zheng did say this to Zheng Hao, and when Zheng Hao went to ask for peace the next morning, she said these words: "The sixth old lady is an elder anyway, she said yesterday that you quit a student, and they will pay more than 200 taels to others, where is the money to pay for them." In fact, son, when the water is clear, there are no fish, you are young, and you always want to do something big, which I can understand. But just like the corruption of officials in the world, no matter how honest and self-reliant you are, it is useless, this officialdom should be rotten or rotten. ”

If it was before, Zheng Hao was very much in favor of this truth, some of his clansmen who were officials, in fact, they all relied on their staff to deal with things on weekdays, and if they didn't want to be officials, they would fish and meat in the township, and they relied on the protection of the clansmen who were big officials in their appointments, and the evaluation was actually quite good.

Such officials also abound, colluding up and down, and if there are unsuitable people, no matter how strong their ability is, they will not be able to get ahead.

But because of that, don't you do it? Drunk and dreaming all day long, but I don't know what the future will be?

Therefore, Zheng Hao shook his head: "Mother, no one has done it since ancient times, can't my son do it?" Instead of being mediocre and walking dead, it is better to make trouble with him, blindly doing nothing, and not necessarily calm. ”

Seeing that her son had made up her mind, Mrs. Zheng thought to herself, it was probably Lishu's idea, and her father Liu Chengxu was a famous strong bone, and so was she.

Others are in the quagmire, as long as they can take money, they can smile, but she can't, she would rather not take money, but also jump out of the quagmire, and resolutely do not join the stream.

But Mrs. Zheng thought that she still had some means, at least now that the movement was so big, her reputation was much better than that of Mrs. Gu.

"That's it, if you don't hit the south wall and don't look back, I won't be able to control you." Mrs. Zheng said.

Unlike Mrs. Zheng, Master Zheng has always supported his son, he is also young and first, and he is also a very good minister, and he knows very well that the so-called embankment of a thousand miles was destroyed in the anthill, so when Zheng Hao mentioned Lishu's merits, he couldn't help but say: "Now when you and I father and son are in a high position, they can be regarded as flowers and brocade, cooking oil in a fire, and there are so many people who sacrifice for your grandmother all the way?" But if we make a slight mistake, I'm afraid we will be caught. Especially you-"

Speaking of this, Master Zheng said: "Since I am a border minister, it is impossible for me to enter the cabinet, but you are different from me." The reputation of an official is like a white wall, if you don't restrain your children well, anything may be a lever for political enemies to threaten you in the future. ”

Zheng Hao bowed: "What my father said is that my son is so fortunate to have a few tips from my father." ”

The relationship between their father and son is different from that of ordinary fathers and sons, the heirs of the clan family are difficult, Master Zheng is the middle-aged prime minister of Zheng, and Zheng Hao is also his father who only had him very late, because Mrs. Zheng also kept filial piety at home for a few years before marrying. Therefore, Master Zheng doted on Zheng Hao very much when he was a child, which was unusual for his strict father.

Usually Zheng Hao accompanies Lishu to eat, today he simply eats here with Master Zheng, Lishu heard it, although it was a little empty, but also instructed the kitchen: "The master loves to eat stir-fried Taiwanese dishes, the cabbage of this stir-fried Taiwanese dish is the most glutinous, and it is best to fry it with fresh shrimp meat, this dish must be made." ”

Zhulan listened and gave an order, and Lishu put down the pen and stretched.

She eats by herself, but she can't finish eating alone, so she lets Zhulan and Lamei sit down to eat with her, these two are her closest left and right hands, and in the future, she will find a lover for them like listening to snow and silk rain, and still do things in the house and take care of the house for her.

If they want to let them out, Lishu is also willing to let them go, just like she wanted to let Tingxue and Siyu out, but neither of them was willing to go out. What kind of good person can you marry when you go out, she is a deputy lady in the house, and she is also a housekeeper when she gets married, she has face in front of his wife and grandmothers, and he also has subordinates to serve, and more importantly, they are willing to follow Lishu.

Over there, Master Zheng saw that the table was full of his favorite dishes, and couldn't help but say: "Your daughter-in-law is really filial, I coughed a few times on the way back, so I asked someone to find a doctor to come over, and I had nothing to say to the two of us." The shoes and socks on my body are all made by her, how can an ordinary daughter-in-law be like this. ”

"That is, if my father and mother don't value her, how can I let her marry me, my son has been waiting for her for a long time." When it comes to Lishu, Zheng Hao feels very happy.

After eating this meal, Zheng Hao also felt much more comfortable and felt that he had received his father's support.

He pondered: "The son thinks that his younger brother can't always be idle at home, how can this big husband have no power for the rest of his life, but he was sick when he was young, and now he has the status of an official." After I get rid of those thorns, I'll let him take care of the ethnology, what do you think? ”

Old Man Zheng frowned: "Is his body okay?" ”

At this time, I saw Zheng Qing striding in: "Dad, my son is in good health, you can let the child try it." ”

Looking at his youngest son's expectant eyes, Master Zheng thought about it again and again, and finally nodded: "Okay." ”

Zheng Qing was very happy and smiled at Zheng Hao.

Soon a month later, Zheng Qing took office, which surprised many people, everyone thought that Zheng Hao would manage the family studies, but they didn't expect that it was Zheng Qing who would take care of it, and everyone was relieved.

Everyone didn't know anything about Zheng Qing, they only knew that he was weak, and the sect was raised with rare supplements, so his health was naturally weak. So many people began to despise him.

Lishu is also very worried: "Brother Qing has always been at home, and he has little contact with people, and there are many naughty children among those teenagers, can he manage it well?" ”

"Sister-in-law, don't worry, you have been looking at the account books behind closed doors for a month, what can you see?" Tan was not worried about her husband at all.

Lishu actually knew that Zheng Qing was probably not an ordinary person, but she was just afraid that Zheng Qing would be sick when the time came, and the Tan family and the elders would blame her, but now that she saw that the Tan family didn't say anything, she was relieved.

But the sixth old lady and Zheng Ze's family have a lot of resentment towards Zheng Hao, before the sixth old lady stood on Lishu's side and talked about Shu's, in a blink of an eye, she was mixed with the second wife Gu and Shu's.

The second Mrs. Gu had no housekeeping rights at the beginning, and she had already tasted that the people below didn't take her seriously, but fortunately, she had made a lot of money privately over the years, and she had also set up a shop outside, and she would take care of the house again, and her life was much better than that of Shu's and the sixth old lady's house.

Now she has a few plates of fashionable fresh fruit and pastries here, and she hasn't touched much, but the sixth old lady is gushing: "Speaking of which, it's good when the old lady of the sect is here, and now that she is gone, all the cows, ghosts, snakes and gods have run out." The Southern Barbarians also want to take care of the affairs of our family, and our Zheng family's descendants have always only married the Lu, Li, and Cui families. ”

Shu Shi thought to himself that you didn't say that before, if it weren't for the blood in your family, you wouldn't be messing with us now. Even Shu knows something, how can the second wife not know?

Therefore, the second wife Gu said: "But the Jinghu Liu family is also unstoppable now, and besides, although the Liu family is young, it has its own bearing, and you are too derogatory, Aunt Six." ”

The sixth old lady said disdainfully: "I'm not too derogatory, it's that when she and Brother Hao first got married, I knew that she was a calculating person." obviously came back to keep filial piety, but he had to take care of things, not to snatch the right to be a housekeeper, for fear that he would not have his own status. This person, young and power-hungry, is like Zhang Tang of the Han Dynasty and Lai Junchen of the Tang Dynasty, you see how she treats you with the treacherous, capricious, sinister and evil cool officials in her character. However, you can rest assured, her fate in the coming day will definitely be the same as Lai Junchen, who was reused by Wu Zetian back then, but later was sentenced for offending the kings of the Wu family and Princess Taiping. ”

The second wife Gu and the Shu family glanced at each other, and they both felt that what the sixth old lady said was too ruthless, although the Liu family did have some means, but it could be seen that since she accepted the clan affairs, she did not pursue the matter of the second wife Gu not issuing the monthly case, and she had already opened the net. To put it bluntly, it is a struggle for power and profit, and no one is right or wrong, it just depends on who has higher means.

But it is impossible for them to fall out with the sixth old lady because of this matter, and this sixth old lady is very prestigious in the clan.

The three of them talked energetically, but they didn't know that Lishu already knew it with just a cup of tea. When she first came to the Zheng family, she didn't know much about the houses, and she was not well-informed, so she was constrained. In the past few months, she has begun to install people, and buy people to do meticulous work, no way, she must know the beginning and end of this second wife's annexation of land and persecution of the people, and whether there are people who are forced to die should have known as soon as possible. And Shu Shi and the sixth old lady are both unstable people who have personal grudges with them, so she must monitor them well.

This sixth old lady is also a troublemaker, especially for her own pleasure, she almost forced Zheng Ze to accept bribes, marry the unscrupulous Wang, and even greedy for money when she went to the clan school, almost luring wolves into the house.

Now he is still talking badly about himself, which can be regarded as slander.

The second wife Gu is very cautious in her words and actions, and she is not slippery, but here the sixth old lady, she will not tolerate it.

The so-called "dare to speak" is the sharp weapon of the six old ladies, she walks all over the clan with a mouth, her daughter-in-law is cowardly, and the granddaughter-in-law Wang has now heard that she has begun to worship the Buddha, of course, the Buddha is just that she is unwilling to come out to socialize, and she is not willing to provide for this mother-in-law, and she doesn't care about the family, anyway, she doesn't pay for it, so Zheng Ze thinks about it.

Lishu can fable that this sixth old lady is now coming out to make trouble, just to give Mrs. Gu the name of the second wife, after all, when she leaves, this family may have to be handed over to the second Mrs. Gu.

After all, Mrs. Rong is not good, her daughter-in-law is not good, and the rest of the generation is almost dead.

The sixth old lady didn't notice anything, she scolded Lishu here, and when she got home, she ate an extra bowl of rice, but because the abalone was not fresh, she scolded her subordinates again.

Before going to bed, I disliked the silk quilt as a musty smell from last year, and scolded the next person again.

The subordinates of the sixth room don't have 300 dollars a month, but the things they do are very cumbersome, and the six old ladies are still tricky and weird. The two of them have to keep vigil tonight, and they get up in the middle of the night to help her old man drink water anytime and anywhere, and they are punished for kneeling after hesitating for a while.

On weekdays, people dare to be angry and dare not speak, today I don't know how to keep vigil together, Ye'er, who has always been very silent, Miao Er, who was scolded by the other party, said: "You are also unlucky, the weather is bad these days, what does it have to do with you that the silk is moldy, and the abalone thing, it is also the kitchen people who are not properly stored, you are really unlucky." ”

"Sister Ye'er, why are you talking about these things today. But what can be done about this, we are slaves and maids, and we cannot change it. ”

"Look at your young and gentle punishment for kneeling every day, the ground is so cold, you are seventeen, and the menstrual affairs have not yet come? I'm afraid it's all this trouble. I don't say this because we're in the same boat. ”

The two of them chattered a lot, and they all lowered their voices, but the sixth old lady had the urge to urinate, and was about to shout, but she heard the excited Ye Er say: "That old pious woman treats us harshly every day, and sooner or later she will go to hell with her nose, gouge out her eyeballs, and pull out her tongue." ”

Miao Er also said: "I really want to end this old thing with one sword, Sister Ye'er, now let's keep vigil for the two of us, no, even if we don't keep vigil, others will keep vigil, and they also want to end up with this old pious woman." ”

The sixth old lady was frightened and urinated, and the original soak of urine was actually sprinkled on the bed, and when she saw the black shadow approaching, she fainted.

When she woke up the next day, the sixth old lady saw that Ye'er, Miao'er, and the other maids were all in a normal mood, and couldn't help but point at the two of them and said, "It's you, it's you two little hooves who want to harm me." ”

"Old lady, Caidie and I kept vigil yesterday, and Ye'er and Miao'er didn't come at all." Caifeng said with a smile, she knew that the old lady had urinary incontinence last night, and the old man loved face, so he would definitely scold Ye'er and Miao'er again.

Otherwise, people who go there can buy a subordinate who is only 300 yuan a month will often be abused. And the two of them sent it out, in the future, she and Caidie will do everything, it is better to lie for Ye'er.

The sixth old lady was talking nonsense, shouting every day that others were going to kill her, and she didn't dare to go out, and she was like a frightened bird when she heard that a leaf fell behind her.

When Mrs. Gu heard the news, she pouted and said to her husband: "There are only six old ladies in this clan who speak up, but I didn't expect her to have a panic disorder, and every day she says bad things about her and wants to hurt her, so she can't be scared." ”

The second old man Gu didn't like the sixth old lady, and only said: "She did bad things in her early years, so she was afraid of ghosts knocking on the door every day." ”

But the second wife is very sorry, this is a fierce general recruited by herself, and it has already been folded before it starts.

At that time, Lishu was playing against Zheng Hao, she ate Zheng Hao's white chess, and said with a smile: "Look, you, a chess master, also lost to me." ”

Zheng Hao took a sip of tea and asked her, "What's wrong with the sixth old lady?" Did you go and see it? ”

"You don't have to look at me to know." Lishu smiled, because she did it, and she repaid it in the way of others, but she didn't expect her to be intimidated. ：，，