chatted with his brother-in-law Zhou Anmin for a long time that night, and drank a lot of wine, and Zhu Shencheng rarely got up late on the second day, and it was already three days old when he woke up.

Out of the room, there was already a bowl of noodles on the table in the hall outside, needless to say, this must have been prepared for him by his sister Zhu Xiu'er.

Zhu Shencone sat down and used it, and after eating, he cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks, went to the yard to fetch water, brushed them, and then sent them to the kitchen.

The eldest nephew Zhou Chong has gone to study in a private school, and the little guy Zhou Bin is in the house with his sister Zhu Xiuer.

Zhu Xiu'er was sitting on the kang doing needlework, and Zhou Bin was not far from her, happily playing with the rattle that Zhu Shencone gave him yesterday, giggling while playing.

"Sister, where's my brother-in-law?" Lifting the curtain and entering the house, Zhu Shencone teased Zhou Bin a few times on the kang, picked up the little guy and put him on his lap and asked.

"The distinguished guests of the Southern Courtyard left early in the morning, and your brother-in-law went out after sending the distinguished guests, saying that he was going to do something, but he didn't ask where he went." Zhu Xiuer said while doing needlework.

Zhu Shencone nodded slightly, if his guess was correct, Zhou Anmin helped him inquire about Li Hu.

The sister and brother sat and chatted, nothing more than chatting about some family life.

Who wants to talk about Zhu Shencone, Zhu Xiuer raised her head and said to Zhu Shencone: "You are a man in the family now, you are not too old now, your father is no longer here, you can't drag on this marriage like this, why don't you find someone to find one for you?" ”

"Sister, why did you get involved with this? There's no hurry. Zhu Shencone shook his head and said.

Zhu Xiu'er's expression suddenly became serious, and she said with a little sternness: "Why aren't you in a hurry?" How old are you this year? As old as Ling, your brother-in-law has a chong'er. Besides, you are a man in our family now, and the family will have to count on you in the future, is it difficult to drag it out like this, haven't I told you about this before, when do you plan to drag it out? ”

As she spoke, Zhu Xiu'er suddenly thought of something, and her face changed slightly: "Little brother, you tell my sister that you won't ...... with Zhang's family?" ”

"Sister! What do you want? Zhang's is your brother-in-law and my sister-in-law! How could we! Zhu Shencone didn't expect Zhu Xiu'er to suddenly pull the Zhang family in, and quickly shook his head to deny it.

Seeing that Zhu Shencone's expression didn't look fake, Zhu Xiu'er's expression eased a lot, and she sighed and persuaded Zhu Shencone: "Don't say that what my sister said today is inappropriate, but you also have to think about yourself." The eldest brother and father have been gone for the past two years, and a little widow of the Zhang family has been living in the old house with you with Qiao'er. ”

"Little brother, people's words are terrifying! When the time comes, people will pour dirty water on their bodies, and you can't explain this matter with your whole mouth, and our family is a clan, once the things in the clan get out, don't you think about the consequences? ”

"I mention this matter today, not only for you, but also for the sake of the Zhang family. Do you think, once there are really any gossips, you may be fine in the end, but what do you want the Zhang family to do? A widow has such a reputation, is it possible that you let her die? Little brother, listen to my sister's advice, start a family earlier, and when you have a family and have your own children, not to mention the inheritance, no one will talk about the Zhang family and Qiao'er. ”

I have to say that Zhu Xiuer's words are reasonable, not to mention that it is now the Ming Dynasty, even if it is a modern generation, a young sister-in-law who has no husband lives with her children and her brother-in-law, it is difficult to guarantee that no one will say anything.

Moreover, a woman's reputation is more important than her life, and once she loses her reputation, she might as well die. And Zhang's character is soft on the outside and steel on the inside, which Zhu Shencone knows very well, as Zhu Xiuer said, if someone really uses the topic to make a big deal, Zhang can only commit suicide to prove his innocence.

For a while, Zhu Shencone was silent, and he admitted that what Zhu Xiuer said was right.

At the same time, in Zhu Shencone's heart, he couldn't help but leave Zhang and his niece alone. If that's the case, how will Zhang and his niece survive? Moreover, over the years under the same roof, Zhu Shencone also has a faint affection for the Zhang family in his heart, but Zhu Shencone has never expressed it to the outside world.

After thinking about it, Zhu Shencone nodded: "Sister, I understand what you mean, let me think about this matter carefully, wait for next year, I will find time to do this next year." ”

As soon as this sentence came out, Zhu Xiuer's face showed joy. This younger brother of mine has finally opened his mind and is willing to start a family.

You must know that Zhu Shencone is not young this year, the man is sixteen years old, it stands to reason that he should marry a wife after becoming a child, and it is not impossible to marry a daughter-in-law at the age of fourteen or fifteen in some places.

Because of the previous changes in the family, Zhu Shencone's marriage has been delayed. But now that Zhu Shencone has erected the lintel, the situation at home is much better, and it is not appropriate to drag it out any longer.

Although Zhu Xiuer wished that her younger brother would find a suitable daughter-in-law to start a family immediately, she also knew Zhu Shencone's personality and temper, and this matter was not urgent, and she couldn't be forced too much. Since Zhu Shencone promised himself today, then at least he is equivalent to giving himself a promise, which is enough.

A stone suddenly fell in her heart, and Zhu Xiu'er was much more relaxed.

Looking at her younger brother, and then thinking of her father and eldest brother who had passed, Zhu Xiuer couldn't help but feel sad.

Zhu Shencone quickly felt the change in her sister's mood, understood what she was thinking, and hurriedly changed the topic and chatted with Zhu Xiuer about other things. talked about some interesting things on weekdays, and talked about Qiao'er's liveliness and cuteness, Zhu Xiuer temporarily forgot those sorrows, and the smile on her face gradually came again.

Brother-in-law Zhou Anmin came back after the afternoon, returned to the post station and said something to the post keeper, today the post station is relatively free, and there is nothing to do, the distinguished guests who came yesterday left early in the morning, everyone is nothing more than cleaning and cleaning.

After settling in front and turning around again, Zhou Anmin returned to the backyard.

Zhu Shencone, who heard the movement, walked out of the house, and when he saw Zhu Shencone, Zhou Anmin nodded at him slightly, and at the same time gave him a look.

Zhu Shencone understood, followed Zhou Anmin to the hall, entered the house and sat down, Zhou Anmin glanced out, Zhu Shencone told him that his sister and nephew were in the main house, Zhou Anmin put his mind at ease, lowered his voice and talked to Zhu Shencone.

Just as Zhu Shencone thought, Zhou Anmin went out early in the morning today for Li Hu's business. He went to Pingshun City and went to Jinyiwei's stronghold in Pingshun to inquire about Li Hu.

Luckily, someone happened to know about this matter, Zhou Anmin invited people to a restaurant in the city to drink a few glasses of wine, and it didn't take much effort to pull out the news, and after asking clearly, he returned to the post station without a moment's delay.

According to the news inquired by Zhou Anmin, Li Hu's situation is basically true, Li Hu is indeed the former deputy guard of Datong Town, Deng Guozhong's family member, and he has a military position with a small flag on his body.

After Deng Guozhong died in battle, he was implicated in Deng Guozhong's grievances, and he was sent to Wuxiang as a miner.

Speaking of this, Zhou Anmin is also a little embarrassed, Da Ming is now noble and cheap, even if Jinyiwei knows the truth of this matter, there is no way, Deng Guozhong's back is the decision of all parties, even if Wanli knows, what can he do?

Could it be that the emperor could turn his face against a dead deputy garrison and a group of civil officials? can only turn a blind eye and wronged the Deng family.

As for Li Hu, who is completely in the pond, if he hadn't been wronged by Deng Guozhong everywhere, people would not have dealt with such a small shrimp as him.

After being deprived of his military post and being a miner, Li Hu stayed in the mine for several years, and not long ago there was a mine riot in the mine, Li Hu led a group of miners to kill several miners in the mine in the conflict, and then a group of people grabbed some things and ran away without a trace.

This was originally a big deal, after all, the miners killed the miners and stewards were tantamount to rebellion, not to mention that it was the mine supervisors who were killed.

At first, the mine supervisor was furious and gathered his miners to arrest Li Hu and others who had escaped, but who wanted to be a low-level officer Li Hu actually evaded the pursuit, and he was never caught hiding in Tibet, and he didn't know where he had gone.

At that time, Jinyiwei also dispatched people, because of the request of the mine supervisor to assist. However, Jin Yiwei didn't care about this matter, Jin Yiwei and the mine supervisor originally belonged to two institutions, just to deal with the errand on the face, and casually sent a few people to understand the situation, and went back after a few turns, otherwise with their Jin Yiwei's skills, where would Li Hu run away so easily?

In this way, the whereabouts of Li Hu and others have not been found for more than three months, and this matter has become an unsolved case. Although the mine supervisor was angry, he was helpless.

Although the mine supervisor could make a big deal about this matter and directly ask the prefect Yamen or even the political envoy Si Yamen to come forward to arrest Li Hu and others, once he did so, the nature of the matter changed completely.

First, the civil official group was extremely dissatisfied with the Wanli Emperor's establishment of a mine supervisor in the local area, and this matter had to be learned by the prefect yamen and even the political envoy Si Yamen, and it would be different, and then the civil official group would not only not help, but would take advantage of the topic to play and directly write to the emperor to accuse the mine supervisor of harming the people and provoking a popular uprising.

Second, as a local mine supervisor sent by the emperor, once he is caught by a civilian official because of this incident, not to mention whether Li Hu can be arrested and brought to justice, the mine supervisor will definitely not benefit anyway. At that time, not only will he have to bear the attack from the civil officials, but even the emperor will not be able to protect him, maybe the fat difference of the mine supervisor will be lost like this, and he will have to be unlucky.

Considering these, the mine supervisor is also a rat trap, so he has no choice but to suppress this matter. Anyway, the few miners and stewards who were killed were all mine supervisors, and these people were not official officials, so if they died, they would die, as long as the errand was still there, how many miners wanted, and Li Hu and these people ran away, just don't just pull the flag and rebel and make a big fuss, and turn the big thing into a small matter, and it is okay to be vague in the past.