Chapter 127: Shock after shock

There is no perfect thing in the world. Governor Li returned to the city with a faint sorrow. In the early morning, he had just stepped into the Tongzhi Hall of the government office and was called by Wang Tongzhi.

"What's the matter?" Wang Tongzhi asked impatiently when he met. In fact, this was very rude. With Wang Tongzhi's cultivation, he was really anxious.

Li You replied truthfully: "Minister Chen has secretly reported to the court and passed it on to Secretary Xu. Your and my names were also mentioned to Secretary Xu in the letter."

Wang Tongzhixi said: "The big thing is settled! This matter is almost impossible to cover up now. Whoever seizes the opportunity will be the first contribution. But it will take a little more fire. The bigger the matter, the more the court will not tolerate evil, and the more we will use the aftermath for the stability of the situation."

"What's the trick of yourselves?"

"If you create a more serious rice robbery, and put a few fires at the same time, it's best to make a sensation in the whole city..." Wang Tongzhi said in a negative way.

Li You felt very upset when he heard this. Why did Wang Tongzhi seem to have become a different person? Did he reveal his true nature at a critical moment? If this is true, Wang Tongzhi must not have a close relationship.

Li You is not a saint, but also a selfish person. He has to kill one person to save himself, maybe he can do it, kill one person to save everyone, maybe he can do it. He wants to make himself live comfortably in this world, so he doesn't want to use morality to demand himself.

But for no reason, and without direct threat, he deliberately created panic for his own benefit, and artificially fueled the fire to stir up peace in the city, which was a bit too much in Li You's opinion, even if he had just put forward the banner of justice to punish evil people. It would be fine if it was just too much, but looking at history books, who is not a traitor? How good can he end up in close contact with such a person? Unless you are more traitorous than him.

Li You didn't want to have any differences with Wang Tongzhi at this time. Before the major matter was decided, there would be no disputes within our camp first. If you can't afford to offend, you can always afford to hide. So he said vaguely: "The elder is very proud, so he will say goodbye."

Wang Tongzhi stopped Li You and said, "I was wary of the villain in the mansion. If you act a little, you will be noticed. It can be said that you are unable to move. You have to bother Governor Li. You are a newcomer, and they just ignore you because you are involved with me. You are not careful, so you can move more easily."

Li You declined, "I have not been familiar with you in the capital for a short time, so I can't take the heavy responsibility."

Wang Tongzhi did not let it go, "The matter is done by others, and I will guide you. Why should Governor Li refuse?"

Who knows if you treat me as cannon fodder? I am a dignified official, so why did you be the slave? Besides, this matter is extremely risky, so he refused to take risks for an old man Wang. Li You was angry and began to speculate on Mr. Wang with the greatest malicious intention. He said sarcastically: "Why is Mr. Wang so anxious about his subordinates? You have been in the capital city for two years and have not had any available person?"

Wang Tongzhi looked ashamed, "There are no ones available, and there may be one or two fence-bearing people."

Li You was extremely despised. He was so embarrassed to instigate others to play tricks and wanted to go. In fact, he couldn't blame Wang Tongzhi completely. If he didn't show his true cowardice and incompetence, how could he be able to numb the people in the government office?

Seeing that Li You was about to leave, Wang Tongzhi suddenly laughed and said, "Mr. Li stayed, I tried to tell you with jokes, so I would not be able to do it."

He then condescended to step forward and bowed to Li You, "It's all my fault. I want to see how Lord Li is. I'm sorry for my crimes and I'm polite."

Shangguan apologized to him very much, but Li You didn't care about it, and he was still half-believing and half-doubted, so he listened to his words and observed his actions.

Wang Tongzhi commented: "It can be seen now that Governor Li is one of us."

In Wang Tongzhi's view, the incident in Gusu Cang was exposed to the court. No matter whether the bosses favored Mao or not, the court could not see the Suzhou Prefecture, which accounts for one-tenth of the world's tax, in chaos, and no one dared to take this responsibility openly to protect Mao's prefecture.

It can be confirmed that the government office will usher in a huge change in a few times. After the great change, he and Li You, as the only two remaining officials in the entire office, must bear the heavy responsibility, especially during the period before various new officials took office.

Wang Tongzhi has seen many worlds over the past decades, and he knows that great changes can often change human nature. He is worried that Li You is young and unstable. When he thinks about the possibility of working with Li You in the future, he can't help but speak out, but Li You despises him in turn.

After talking to Wang Tongzhi, Li You went back to his room and asked the chief to follow Zhang San: "How did Fu Erniang settle it?"

Zhang San replied: "She has a cousin living in the mansion, and the younger one escorted her there."

Find an opportunity to go and see it. I hope the fetus in her belly can be born safely. Li You thought and instructed: "This matter is kept confidential and must not be leaked to anyone, including her own family, otherwise you will not be spared!"

Seeing that Li You was harsh, Zhang San agreed respectfully. He took out another post and said that it was sent by someone yesterday. At that time, Mr. Li was not there, so Zhang San accepted it instead.

Li You took it and looked at it, but it was Zhao Liangli's invitation. It turned out that Zhao Daguan held a banquet at home and invited Li You to support him.

Li You was speechless after reading the post for a long time. He had not yet thought about how to talk about the matter of the Prime Minister Mao with Grand Secretary Zhao. He originally thought that it was cold today, and it was not a season for banquets and entertainment, so he probably wouldn't meet his friend Grand Secretary Zhao in the short term. The time was enough for him to carefully consider the words, but he expected that there would be such a show at noon today.

Can you not go? You must go. See clearly. This is a banquet held by Zhao Daguan at his "home". It is necessary to go. These days, the close relationship is often said to be the best of the family, which shows the significance. Although Li You can't reach that position yet. Since Li You met with Zhao Daguan, he has never entered the Zhao Mansion gate. He eats, drinks, and entertainment in various prostitutes, restaurants, and pleasure boats. This is the first time he was invited to enter the house tonight. Can Li You refuse? It's thanks to him that he came back in time, otherwise he would not be able to catch up with the banquet.

If there is no way, just tell the truth. Li You finally made up his mind that with the personality of Zhao Daguan Ren, it would be worse if he hides it without any loss. It would be better to tell the truth straightforwardly, and maybe he would be able to have a good time.

Speaking of which, Li You got into the sedan chair and headed towards Zhao Mansion. The weather was cold and the sedan chair was tightly closed. For nearly half an hour on the road, the sedan chair suddenly stopped. Li You lifted the curtain of the sedan chair and looked left and right, and was still on the street. He asked the sedan chair owner, "Why can't you stop?"

The sedan chair owner replied, "Report to the master, there is a Grand Secretary's archway at the entrance of the alley in front. Should you come down and walk over?"

Li You looked up and saw a luxurious archway with three floors and four pillars standing at the entrance of the alley in front of him, which completely blocked the entire alley. The curtains just now blocked the view, so he didn't notice it.

He thought that the Grand Secretary’s Archway was probably the archway of the prime minister’s grandfather of Zhao Daguanren. The novels of Romance also often say that when passing the archway, civil servants get off the sedan chair and military officers get off the horse, which is the most basic etiquette - but if your official is larger than the one engraved on the archway, of course you don’t have to abide by it, after all, it is an official-oriented society.

When he approached the archway, Li You was shocked after taking a closer look. The upper and lower layers of the archway beams were engraved with three large characters "Grandmaster" and the upper layers were engraved with four large characters "Grandmaster of the Grandpa". There is a line of small characters under the words "Grandmaster of the Grandpa", which is "Zhao Wenzhen, the Grandpa of Wenhua Hall, the imperial concubine of the prince and the prince's grandpa, the minister of the rituals of the Grandpa", and other auspicious patterns, such as fish leaping on the dragon gate, and even dragon patterns.

A word is the highest minister. Not to mention Li You’s ninth-grade sesame seeds, how many people in the world are more noble than Grand Secretary? Even if the Duke, Marquis and the vassal kings come, they must respect them.

Li You was envious and really glorious. He was a descendant of his descendants. He is still struggling for the first scholar's fame and fortune. He is not only the heaven and earth.

After passing the Grand Secretary's Arch, Li You got on the sedan chair and continued to move forward, and stopped after walking for less than two steps.

The sedan chair bearer once again said: "There is a archway ahead..."

Li You, who was too young, was speechless and had to get off the sedan chair again. In front of him was a archway of the Minister, which was slightly smaller than that of the Grand Secretary’s archway at the entrance of the alley. After looking at it, it was probably his father from Zhao Daguanren, but even the Minister was much bigger than the ninth-rank governor. Li You had to walk again and simply walked to the gate of Zhao Mansion.

The gate of Zhao Mansion is not as luxurious as Li You imagined. Although the frame is wide and very majestic, the wood is old and simple, and there is no excessive decoration. A wooden plaque is hanging on the lintel: The top scholar is the first place.

It was Zhao Daguanren's grandfather again. Indeed, with such a plaque, all kinds of decorations are redundant, and he also became an existence that scholars in the world could only look up to.

However, the shock of the Zhao family to Li You, a pseudo-literary young citizen, was not over yet... After entering the gate, Li You saw a hall standing in the front yard, with five plaques hanging on the porch that looked very cumbersome and complicated. Each plaque had two eye-catching characters, namely - the top scholar, the Jinshi, the Jinshi, and the Wenkui.

This is both a show-off, not a show-off. This is the current trend. After someone in his family has achieved fame, he hangs a plaque in the hall to praise it. The Zhao family just did it according to customs. But the Zhao family’s praise is too shocking... In fact, the Zhao family is already very low-key. According to customs, they all need to set up arches. In this way, there should be four consecutive arches outside the Zhao family, but only two are still standing.

Li You now knows the story of the Zhao family. Among the five plaques, the first top scholar was of course the grandfather of Zhao Liangli, who died. The second jinshi was Zhao Liangli's father. The third jinshi was Zhao Liangli's eldest brother of Zhao Liangli's generation, who was still alive and an official in Beijing. The fourth jinshi was the second brother, who was still alive and an official in Huguang. The fifth plaque of Wenkui Juren, who was very prominent in other families, was placed here in a very sad place, probably belonged to a uncle of Zhao Liangli, who is now in charge of the house affairs in this house.

Li You sighed, compared with the Zhao family, the story of brothers and Jinshi, father and son Jinshi is all over the world. But in such a family with a strong literary style, how could Zhao Daguanren, a plaque of the broken scholar, be embarrassed to hang out the wine country and color realm? But even such scum can call the wind and rain in the palace.

He was shocked, and Li You didn't even pay attention to the scenery of the Zhao family, so he was taken to a warm room in a confused manner. After entering, he found that Zhao Liangli was not even a master and accompaniment, so he could only stand in the door to welcome him with aggrievedness. On the main seat was a 40-year-old man with a face similar to Zhao Liangli but a thinner one.

Zhao Liangli whispered to Li You and said, "This is my brother, the fourth sign hanging in the vestibule. I was just forced to resign from his third-rank official and I was in a state of depression. Don't mess with him."

Li Youqi said: "Brother lost his official position, why are you still so inappropriate?"

"What's the point of losing your official position? A child is playing house. He will probably get back in two days after making a fuss." Zhao Liangli said indifferently.

Li You was shocked again...

The fuck is the literati, a ninth-rank mistress, and the governor of Suzhou Prefecture. Li, the governor of the Suzhou Prefecture, was envious and jealous. Oh, I almost forgot to list the rank of the general Shilang that was obtained by the assessment of Zhuo Yi in the inspection office.
Chapter completed!