That night, Su Shan and a group of fishermen returned to Xichao Village, and Li Mu stayed in Liu's Mansion. In the evening, the two brothers discussed the knighthood until the third watch, when they each went to sleep. The main thing is that Liu Luo told him about the distribution of some power institutions in Beijing, and the precautions for being an official in the court. Of course, Li Mu didn't have the idea of going to the imperial court to become an official, but going to Shangjing to ask for a fief would inevitably deal with these magnates, and it always didn't hurt to know some.

Early the next morning, after breakfast, Liu Luo was driving wooden stakes in the courtyard, and now his Wing Chun has begun to take shape. Li Mu found Liu Luo to resign, and to Li Mu's surprise, Liu Luo and his wife were actually ready to go with him. Li Mu was overjoyed and said, "I have long wanted to invite my second brother and sister-in-law to be a guest at my place, this time you must stay for a few more days." ”

Liu Luo refused. Said meaningfully: "If you stay, you won't stay, the emperor's health is not very good." Let Man'er stay at home with her younger siblings, and we should go to Beijing as soon as possible to avoid chaos. ”

Li Mu nodded in agreement. Originally, he didn't plan to ask for this title, but that fief was too tempting. If he can turn several coastal counties such as Huaixi County into his own fiefdoms, and then vigorously support the development of the fishing industry, it will not be a few years before this place can become the vane of the entire empire.

On the road, the two brothers rode side by side, and Li Mu asked a psychological question: "Second brother, why is the plaque of your mansion hung on the Liu Mansion not the Baron's Mansion?"

"Nobles below the earl are only allowed to have one mansion, and my baron's mansion is in Shangjing, so Huaixi County can only hang the plaque of Liu's mansion. You're different, you can build as many dukes' palaces as you want in various parts of the Great Xia Empire. Liu Luo did not hide his envy when he explained.

Although he now has a knighthood and has made friends with many powerful people in Shangjing, it is a friendship based on money after all. He and Li Mu are different, no matter what development Li Mu has in the future, they are all brothers who are righteous and married to Jin Lan.

There was nothing to say all the way, and when he arrived at the door of the Li Mansion, Liu Luo circled around the mansion and commented: "Your mansion is not good, you look too childish." ”

Li Mu smiled bitterly and didn't speak, just when everyone was about to enter the house, the little girl Huan Dongmei greeted her, and knelt down when they met: "Master, grandma took Xia He, Zhuzi and Sushan to Beichao Village, I heard that grandma's eldest sister was bullied by her mother-in-law." ”

Li Mu secretly said badly.

Xichao Village is not far from Beichao Village, and it is a quarter of an hour's walk to it. However, the two villages have very different folk customs. Beichao Village is sparsely populated, and if you only rely on farming, you can't maintain the chewing of the village at all, so the villagers have been practicing martial arts since childhood, and many villagers are engaged in the work of transporting darts and taking care of the home.

It is said that Wan Niang's eldest sister married such a family: her father-in-law runs darts outside all the year round, and her husband is the head of the county town, and it is rare to go home several times a year. The eldest sister has to take care of both her mother-in-law and the children at home, and she has lived a fairly wealthy life. It's just that......

Li Mu remembered that the last time the family slaughtered sheep, the little girl led by Yang Cai was the child of the eldest sister's family. He also teased the child and asked her why she came to live at her grandmother's house, and the child said: My mother was hurt by my grandmother and couldn't take care of her.

At that time, Li Mu only thought that his mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were in conflict, but he didn't expect this contradiction to be so big. He hurriedly instructed Dongmei to entertain the guests, climbed on horseback and went to Beichao Village. At this time, the carriage parked on the side moved and quickly left the village. Li Mu was stunned, Liu Luo also climbed on horseback, and said with a wry smile: "They have a deep sisterhood...... Let's go, let's go together. ”

When he came to Beichao Village, as soon as he entered the village, he heard quarrels and fights, and Li Mu's heart immediately rose. Walking along the source of the sound, I saw Wan Niang holding the hand of a young lady in her twenties standing at the door of a house, Xia He and Su Shan carefully guarding in front of the master. Su Shan had injuries on his face, and his mouth and nose were bleeding from the beating, but he stood there stubbornly, holding his neck straight, staring at this family without squinting.

An old lady stood at the gate of the courtyard, pointed at Wanniang and scolded: "Look at your belly, it's been seven years since you got married, except for this girl, when has your belly moved? Now do some housework and dare to lick your face and say that you are wronged? If you don't do the housework in this house, will you still let my old woman do it?"

The little lady beside Wan Niang snorted and retorted: "I am not the only woman in the family, the eldest sister-in-law, the second sister-in-law and the third sister-in-law are all at home, so why let me carry water, chop wood, laundry, and cook alone." If you don't have a reason, you will be beaten and scolded. ”

The old lady jumped three feet high, and was confident: "The eldest child, the second child and the third family are all angry, and they can all give birth to sons, and they have to take care of the children!"

The little lady was even more aggrieved: "But Nan Nan is only five years old, and she also needs to be taken care of!"

The old lady spitted and flew around: "What do I take care of the dead girl, can she practice martial arts or can she divide the land?"

Wan Niang's face was flushed, and her gradually developing small breasts shrugged: "It's only been a few years since my eldest sister got married, look at my eldest sister's hands, what they have dried and cracked." You guys...... You deceive people too much. ”

The old lady raised the corners of her mouth and instructed the two middle-aged men beside him: "The eldest and the second one, you are watching here, I will go in and let the third child write a letter of resignation, and our Pang family will not have a woman who can't give birth to a son." With that, the old lady went in with small steps.

The little lady was frightened, and as soon as her legs were weak, she collapsed on the ground. If she is divorced today, what face will she have to go back to her parents' house, it is better to die. Thinking of this, she felt sad in her heart, and her tears fell down like beads with broken threads.

"Sister Wan Niang!"

With the help of the maid, Man'er jumped out of the carriage and trotted all the way over. Wan Niang heard the familiar voice and immediately threw aside the matter here, their sisters hadn't seen each other for more than ten days, and as soon as they met, they held hands and chatted.

The little lady forgot to cry when she saw them chatting hotly, blinking her eyes, and her psychology was even more aggrieved, when is this, her sister still has the heart to chat with others.

Chatting and chatting, Man'er asked Wanniang: "Sister, I just heard that you came to Beichao Village to find someone to settle accounts, but my sister was frightened." You can't be so reckless in the future, you know?"

Wan Niang's psychological evil anger was immediately hooked out, she pointed to the Pang family's compound and finished pouring beans from a bamboo tube with grievances.

The approximate meaning is similar to what they heard and saw, which is nothing more than the old lady of the Pang family bullying her daughter-in-law. In the first few years, the Pang family's family background was not good, and recently, the third son of the Pang family, who was the head of a large family in the county, was promoted and became a housekeeper, and Yuefeng more than doubled all of a sudden. At this time, the old lady of the Pang family couldn't get used to this daughter-in-law who couldn't give birth to a grandson, so she began to instigate her son to divorce his wife and marry another wife, and then take two concubines. Since then, contradictions have arisen. Gradually, it evolved into what it is today.

Man'er is used to living a pampered life in Huaixi County, and she has always been what she says, and the county magistrate of Huaixi County takes a detour when she sees her, this family is more powerful than the county magistrate?

She raised her legs and was about to go into the yard to settle accounts with the old lady just now, who knew that as soon as she walked to the door, the two big men standing there suddenly became troubled!

"Shaft dares?!"

said that it was too late, and at the moment when the two of them were just about to raise their hands, the big housekeeper of the Liu Mansion let out a scolding, and came to the hostess with light skills, and the two arms were pushed out at the same time, and the two middle-aged men were immediately knocked out four or five meters away, and they fell heavily in the courtyard. The two middle-aged men got up and were furious, picked up the wooden stick and hit the housekeeper of the Liu Mansion, and the three of them immediately fought together.

Li Mu was secretly surprised, he really hadn't found out that this big butler knew martial arts before, and his moves were not bad, and he defeated the two men who knew how to do the style. He glanced at his second brother Liu Luo again, who had a gloating expression on his face, and looked intently at the three people who were fighting. Gearing up, eager to try......

Li Mu twitched the corners of his mouth and beckoned to Wanniang, and the little girl immediately jumped over, pulling her husband's big hand and selling cuteness: "Husband, Wanniang misses you so much." ”

It seems that she has completely forgotten that she ignored her husband just now.

Li Mu rubbed his hair dotingly, nodded and said, "Well, yes, I've grown taller again." Hmm, it's almost 1.6 meters, right?"

Wan Niang continued to sell cuteness: "Husband, this family bullied the eldest sister, and the eldest sister went back to her parents' house yesterday and cried all night. said that her husband didn't go home so she didn't have children. Husband, you are not allowed to run outside every day in the future, we will have no children in the future. ”

Li Mu supported the forehead: "......"

The big butler put down the two middle-aged men and were lying on the ground. Then another man came out of the courtyard, and this man looked even more burly, and every muscle was full of explosiveness. As soon as he came out, he shouted, "Who dares to come to the Pang family to spread wildness!" uh...... Big big big housekeeper?"

"Pang Kuo?" the big butler frowned.

Liu Luo's face became more and more ugly, and after making trouble for a long time, it turned out that the Pang family relied on him Liu Mansion!

Pang Kuo's eyes wandered, and he immediately ran out of the courtyard and came to Liu Luo and knelt down with a puff: "The little one has seen the old man, and the third master has seen it." ”

Liu Luo's face was pale and he didn't speak, and Li Mu didn't speak, after all, this was Liu's subordinate. Wan Niang pointed to the man kneeling in front of her and asked him, "You are my eldest brother-in-law?"

"The little ones don't dare. Pang Kuo didn't dare to raise his head, he could feel Liu Luo's anger, if this matter was not handled well, the whole village would suffer. In other words, the work of the entire Beichao Village's dart master nursing home was given by the Liu Mansion.

The old lady of the Pang family chased after her, and when she saw her son kneeling on the ground, she became angry: "You dare to make my son kneel, but it's all the opposite! Do you know who my son is? He is the new fourth housekeeper of the Liu Mansion." I'm going to see how you give Liu Fu an explanation today. ”

"Mother...... Don't talk about it. Pang Kuo was so ashamed that he was about to find a crack in the ground and get in.

The old lady of the Pang family didn't buy it: "Son, why are you so? There are so many of them, we can also go to Liu Yuanwai to administer justice to us!"

Li Mu patted Liu Luo's shoulder sympathetically, he had to stand up and deal with this matter, otherwise he didn't know how far the situation would go. He coughed twice and said to the little lady: "You are my mother's compatriot eldest sister, and today my brother-in-law will administer justice to you as a member of my mother's family." Do you want them to break their arms or legs. ”

Pang Yang was frightened, it was the first time she had seen this brother-in-law. In her memory, her brother-in-law seems to have had an accident and has been unconscious, when did he wake up, he is still so powerful, he doesn't even pay attention to the Pang family. A mouth is a broken arm and a broken leg...... However, as a woman, if she is divorced by her husband's family, how can she behave?

"I ...... I don't want them to break their arms and legs......"

Li Mu's expression did not change: "After today, you will be bullied by your in-laws again, do you know what to do?"

"No...... I don't know. ”

"Hold on!" Li Mu's voice was cold: "Today you choose to break one of their legs, they dare to bully you next time, you go back to your parents' house to find me, I will come over and break their two legs!

The little lady sobbed and matched, and she was about to cry. Wan Niang hurriedly went over to comfort her, and it took a long time for her to raise her head, grit her teeth, and say, "Please also ask my brother-in-law to help me break their legs." ”

"No problem. ”

Li Mu's face finally put a smile on his face, he reached out and grabbed Pang Kuo's shoulder, Pang Kuo struggled, but where was Li Mu's opponent? With just one move, Li Mu was pressed to the ground, reached out and grabbed his ankle, and stomped on the root of his thigh with his right foot......

The pain of the broken leg was sweating profusely, but he never screamed. The remaining two Pang brothers were still in a coma when they broke a leg in the same way by a stake bleeding from their mouth and nose, and they just woke up in pain and fainted in pain.

Pang Kuo lay on the ground: "Master, third master." The little ones are wrong. ”

Li Mu called over to Su Shan and the stake, and pointed to Pang Kuo on the ground and said to the two of them: "In the future, your rights in the Li Mansion will be much greater than his, I don't want one day I will do this to you, do you know what I mean?"

The stake was simple-minded, and he knelt down as soon as his legs were weak: "Master, the little one doesn't dare." ”

Su Shan also knelt down and said, "Master, thanks to you for looking down on the little ones and the little ones for saying these words, the little ones will never dare to forget them for the rest of their lives." ”

Li Mu pulled the two of them up, patted Su Shan's shoulder again, and said, "You are very clever, and my lord likes you very much." You are still the big housekeeper of the master, and you will be responsible for keeping an eye on them when there are more people in the family in the future. The top must be worthy of the master, and the bottom must be able to convince the people, understand?"

"Understood!" Su Shan was very excited.

How smart the housekeeper of the Liu Mansion is, when he hears Li Mu teach his subordinates, he knows that this is also a lesson for himself. Hurriedly knelt down in front of Liu Luo: "Master, the little one also knows that it is wrong." In the future, we must manage the people of Liu's house well. ”

Liu Luo's face finally looked a little better, and then he said to Pang Kuo: "You should thank the third master, he broke your leg, which means that he hasn't given up on you yet." From today onwards, you will continue to be the head coach to see the aftermath. ”

Pang Kuo originally thought that he would be swept out of the house by Liu Fu today, but he didn't expect the master to give him a chance, so he immediately burst into tears, knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly: "Thank you, master, thank you, third master." Thank you, sir, thank you, third master......"

As for the old lady of the Pang family, no one cares about her, just a rural woman. Presumably, through this incident, she will be able to keep to herself. As for the huge position...... Hmm, Li Mu and Liu Luo are not the same level as him at all, so why bother with him?