Originally, Su Ruyu's mood was already very bad, otherwise she wouldn't have come here to borrow wine to kill her sorrows, but the old man had to talk about corruption and bribery without opening a pot.

But this is nothing, if he pretends to have the same hatred as Su Ruyu for corrupt officials, maybe Su Ruyu will add two side dishes to him when he is happy, but he has to say that officials who are not greedy for money are not good officials, which makes Su Ruyu miserable.

I saw that he suddenly raised his head, and then reached out and snatched the chicken leg from the old man's hand.

"Eat and eat! Drink and drink! Listen to stories, listen to stories, what do you say, if I had known that you were this virtue, I should have thrown this chicken leg out to feed the dogs!"

After Su Ruyu finished speaking, he was about to throw the chicken leg in his hand that was half gnawed by the old man out of the window, but his action frightened the old man, and he hurriedly stood up to stop him.

"Hey...!Stop, stop, stop! The rat still knows how to save three points of grain, why don't you know how to save it? Every grain of grain is exchanged by the peasants from the ground with sweat, and you are still a person who reads the books of the sages, have you not understood such a simple truth?"

After hearing the old man's words, Su Ruyu was a little embarrassed and put down the action of throwing chicken legs.

"I... I'm angry with you, why do you say that an official who is not greedy for money is not a good official, if you don't make it clear to me, I will bring back this chicken leg and a table full of good wine and good food for Su Mo to eat!"

"Hey... Don't worry, don't worry!"

Hearing that Ergou was going to pack these dishes and take them away, the old man didn't want to agree, not to mention who the person named Su Mo was, anyway, the person who grabbed food with him was not a good person.

I don't know what kind of expression Su Mo will have when he knows that his son-in-law is going to reward him with an old man's gnawed chicken leg, but it is estimated that he will cry.

"Boy, don't say that I eat and drink your stuff for nothing, I'm going to teach you some extra-book truths today, which are much more important than those in the book. ”

There was no chicken leg, and the old man did not forget that there were other meals on the table, so he secretly sandwiched a piece of fat and thin roasted white for himself and put it in his mouth, and then said vaguely.

"Generally speaking, those officials who are not greedy for money are nerds who take the words of the ancient sages as their own standards, just look at you!"

Without giving Su Ruyu a chance to refute, the old man preemptively continued before he could speak.

"The reason why I say that those officials who are not greedy for money are not good officials is because they are clean officials at best. Let me ask you, if you put aside the point of corruption and bribery, is the county Cheng Shi Linwu a good official?"

Su Ruyu fell into a deep groan after hearing this, and the old man took the opportunity to pour himself another cup of bamboo leaf green.

"Count!"

"Hmm... Ahem... Ahem!"

But when the old man was halfway through the wine, Ergou suddenly spoke, which made the unsuspecting old man spit out all the wine that he had only drunk to his throat, but he still hurriedly retrieved a few drops and threw them into his mouth, scratching at the air and the corners of his mouth, while chattering.

"It's a pity, it's a pity!

After the wine had indeed flowed to the ground and on the table and was irretrievable, the old man sighed and stopped the movements in his hand, and then glanced at Su Ruyu.

"Hey, boy! Then let me ask you another question, do you say that in the years of famine, when the people of the whole county are about to starve to death, is it better to have a clean official who is extremely incorruptible and can accompany the whole county to starve to death in the granary? Or is it better to have a corrupt official who is corrupt and bribery, but can find food for the victims in every way!"

The old man's question was difficult for Su Ruyu again, he wanted to say that the officials were good, but it was just a county's life in exchange for a person's reputation for honesty.

For no reason, Su Ruyu suddenly grabbed the wine glass on the table and poured himself a large mouthful of bamboo leaf green, the spicy taste suddenly pierced his face, and then kept coughing

"Ahem... Covet... Cough... Good corrupt officials!"

"Hey! That's right! There is a reason why officials in this world don't put money in their pockets! There are all kinds of people in this world, but there is no one who thinks that he has little money, who will have trouble with money?"

"But in the book..."

Su Ruyu was still a little unconvinced, and wanted to refute this old guy who had just said some crooked truths, but was interrupted by the old man who had quietly taken back the chicken leg at some point.

"In the bullshit book! I don't believe that those guys who can make moral articles can really calm down and reason with others calmly after being scolded for their mothers! If that's the case, then he is not a human being. ”

This old man is completely a country man who doesn't know the so-called countryside after a few days of study.

"What do you know, the saints have already spoken first, the kind of situation you said is just because those people have not been educated, as long as we use the teachings of the sages to influence them, they will definitely be able to get lost!"

The old man threw the gnawed chicken leg bones on the table and sucked on his dark fingers.

"Are you sure they can understand you?"

"You... You old man is really strange, listening to what you say, sometimes I feel like a well-educated person with a university background, but sometimes I think you are really a country man with a rough eye!"

The old man narrowed his eyes and glanced at Su Ruyu.

"You... What is the relationship with Su Wang. ”

Ergou was not surprised by the old man's words, the people in this county town had long known that he was from the capital, and his surname was Su, so naturally some people speculated about his relationship with the high-ranking and powerful Su Xiang.

But most of them only dare to guess that Su Ruyu is Su Wang's distant nephew or something, and if you are closer, you don't dare to think about it, mainly because you tell others that Xiangye's son came to be the county commander, and no one believes it!

"He's my daddy!"

Originally, Su Ruyu thought that his non-shocking words could scare the old man, but in fact, he was frightened by the old man. The old man's face was uncharacteristically calm, so calm that there was not the slightest wave in his eyes.

"That's not right, since you are the son of Su Wang's old fox, why haven't you even learned half of his ability to be an official. You tell me, what does your dad say about you?"

"You know my dad?"

For the first time, Su Ruyu became curious about the identity of this old man.

"Boy, you're not very kind! It's the old man's question I'll ask first, and you'll answer me first, but don't lie to me, I know your father better than you, and I can tell if you lied to me or not. ”

Su Ruyu was a little embarrassed at this time, his father's evaluation of him was really a little difficult to say, but he really wanted to know the true identity of this old man, so he had to speak hard.

"My dad said that the knowledge in my stomach is half a pot of water jingling, and there is also a problem with a high eye. ”

"Hahaha! That's right, this old ghost Su's vision is still fine, as vicious as ever. ”

Looking at the old man who was laughing insolently, Su Ruyu was a little unhappy.

"Now it's time for you to say who you are!"

"Who am I? If it weren't for your father and Lu Xiangrui helping the Chu family take over the country, then I would still be sitting in your father's place!"

Speaking of the identity of this old man, he is much stronger than Su Ruyu and his father-in-law, and the old man is the last minister of the previous dynasty - Zhu Wenran!

"You... You are!"

"Shhhh ”

Su Ruyu Mu nodded, he really didn't expect that the dignified former prime minister would live in seclusion here. And the old man looked at him in surprise, and after a little smugness, he said with some emotion.

"You kid may not know much about the power of your father and Lu Xiangrui, strictly speaking, the two of them are much more powerful than me and Chen Mu, in fact, the Great Chu State has not died back then, according to my and Chen Mu's calculations, the Great Zhao State should still have fifty years of national fortune, so Chen Mu and I will want to turn the tide at a critical time, but Su Wang and Lu Xiangrui snatched the fifty years of the country from me and Chen Mu's hands, even as an opponent, I have to say that your father is one of the few people I admire. ”

The previous words of the former prime minister made Su Ruyu more comfortable to listen to, but the last sentence could make a person angry.

"But your father is so awesome, why did he give birth to such a son as you?"

Su Ruyu said to Zhu Wenran with a dark face.

"Old man, don't think that I won't dare to beat you if I know your identity, if you dare to say bad things about me in front of me, I will still beat you!"

"Yo-he!"

In fact, it can be heard from this Zhu Wenran's tone that he is actually a master who does not admit defeat, and now that Su Ruyu, a junior, does not give him face, he is naturally not happy with Su Ruyu.

I saw him throw a chicken bone on the table at once, rolled up his sleeves, and slapped the table and yelled at Su Ruyu.

"You kid can do it, it's kind more kind than your father! Back then, your father was beaten by me, and Lao Tzu is still afraid of you today, this bastard boy can't do it, I tell you plainly, even if I beat you today, beat you up! Your father will have to invite me to drink after I get to the capital!"

"You just blow it, in my opinion, the cattle in other people's fields have been blown to death by you!"

Zhu Wenran rolled his eyes like an old naughty boy, and then said to Su Ruyu in a tone full of demagogy.

"Boy, don't be ignorant, you know why your father threw you to Taopu County, it's because he knows that I'm here! He wants me to train you well, don't say anything about the way to help the people, but just on the way to be an official, I think I am the first in the world, then no one dares to say that I am the second in the world, when the Great Zhao State fell to the country, the Manchu Dynasty officials only escaped from my maintenance! Your father just knew that you were lacking in this area, so he threw you to me!"

Su Ruyu still didn't believe this guy, but what he said was the same as true, if it weren't for the fact that he, the former prime minister of the dynasty, was in Taopu County, why did his father throw him in this place where birds don't?

"Old man, don't think that I can lie to me when I'm young, if I find out, the consequences will be very serious!"

"Don't worry, what's the benefit of the old man deceiving you, if it weren't for the fact that I had already guessed your identity, I would have come to you to cheat and cheat? In this county, there are more people who want to invite me to dinner, you see that I have taken care of them!"

Su Ruyu touched her chin and thought about it.

"Hmm... Don't say it's possible!"

"Harm!"

Zhu Wenran saw that Su Ruyu was about to take the bait, so he slapped his thigh vigorously and made a posture of hating iron but not steel.

"Why can't you understand it, kid? I'm really the kind of person who comes to eat you without face or skin? Anyway, I'm also the former prime minister of the dynasty! How could I rub your food for no reason?"

"Okay, old man, then I will believe you for the time being, then you can tell me how to be an official!"

Alas, speaking of which, Su Ruyu was too young to fall for this Zhu Wenran, when Da Zhao was not dead, who didn't know that this Zhu Wenran was a lifelong widow and a widow of the rice king!

It is said that he still has a record at the beginning, that is, he has not cooked in his own house for a whole year, and even some petty officials of four or five grades in the capital at that time have not escaped his clutches.

But he has a sentence that is telling the truth, as an official, he recognizes the second in the world, no one dares to recognize the first in the world, and even Shi Linwu, the county magistrate of Taopu County, has today's ability under his open and secret training.

"Then you say, what should I do now!"

Zhu Wenran pretended to think for a while.

"The most important thing you should do now is to go and get back the money you didn't take in the county office!"

"But I..."

"Are you going or not?"

Hearing the unobjectionable in Zhu Wenran's tone, Su Ruyu poured a large mouthful of bamboo leaf green again and shouted at him.

"Go!"

said that he would leave with his feet raised, but just as Su Ruyu walked out of the restaurant, an anxious voice came from behind him.

"Hey, Su boy, you haven't settled yet! Run, run, get back to Lao Tzu!"

Hearing Zhu Wenran's words, Su Ruyu not only did not turn around and go back, but ran faster.

"Stinky old man, I didn't eat, you ate it all, you pay the bill yourself!"

...

When Su Ruyu came to the county government again, Shi Linwu and the three of them had already gathered together, and it seemed that they were thinking of some kind of response.

And when they saw Su Ruyu who had gone and returned, the three of them immediately surrounded them.

"Master Su, we didn't know the situation just now, and I promise you that we will never accept any more money in the future!"

"Hey... Stop, stop!"

Su Ruyu followed Zhu Wenran's appearance and interrupted Shi Linwu's words by drawing a scoop on the gourd.

"Don't get me wrong, I'm here to get my share of the money!"