Houmen Fenghua: Meet the best evil mother-in-law

Chapter 783 Background Check
It wasn't until the Luming Banquet was over that Yao Anhong took office and entered the Imperial Academy, and only then did he learn the "truth" before Zeng Jiazhi left Beijing.

This time, Zeng Jiazhi invited Yao Anhong out alone, and thanked him again and again.

He said: "If Brother Yao hadn't reminded me, I would have almost stumbled at the Lu Ming Banquet. The efforts of several generations of my Zeng family were almost ruined by me..."

Zeng Jiazhi gritted his teeth, saying that before that, he really didn't expect his classmate to be such a person.

They were studying in a Shushu, and they worshiped a gentleman.

I think I have a good relationship, because the other party is younger than him, and I usually take care of him a lot.

but……

But that person had never passed the test, and under the banner of "accompanying the test", he said that Zeng Jiazhi was afraid that there would be no one to take care of him in Beijing, but he didn't expect that when the other party was in Beijing to inquire about the taboos of various officials, he would dig such a big one for him. pit.

Yao Anhong was also surprised, he didn't expect to encounter such a thing so soon.

The elders in the family "reminded" him before, because they were afraid that he would be tricked by others, and it turned out...

He didn't meet, but the people he met got met.

"Alas..." Zeng Jiazhi sighed, "People's hearts are changeable. I think how good my relationship with him was at the beginning. He was short of money for his studies, and I helped him pay for it. A white-eyed wolf."

"Then...the money, did you ask him to pay it back?"

"I asked him to write an IOU, and he had to repay it within five years. From then on, bridges return to bridges, roads return to roads, and there is no relationship between us." Zeng Jiazhi said, "I said it, not to win Brother Yao Sympathy, I just want to remind Brother Yao, don’t make the same mistake as me. I have already learned my lesson once, and luckily Brother Yao saved me, otherwise it would be a disaster.”

Before they entered the officialdom, if they offended someone, they would only get rid of their fame, and they would not be able to take the imperial examination in this life; but if they were tricked into this way after becoming an official, it would be fine if they were young, but if they were big, they might even lose their lives up.

Zeng Jiazhi said this and that again.

Yao Anhong felt sad and comforted him for a long time.

After asking where Zeng Jiazhi went, the two left their contact information for regular contact in the future.

Coming out of the teahouse, Yao Anhong ran into Wang Gu who was passing by.

Zeng Jiazhi lacked background, so it was almost difficult to choose a good position. He was sent to be an official in the local area; but Wang Gu was different.

Previously, Li Wenchong’s background check on Yao Anhong revealed that Wang Gu had relatives who were officials in the court.

Therefore, Wang Gutong did not grab a good position, but he was also a small official in Beijing.

However, compared to Yao Anhong, who entered the Hanlin Academy and may learn from the editor-in-chief of "Daming Daily" in the future, Wang Gu entered the [-]th Division of the Household Department and studied with a certain chief.

"Huh, Brother Yao?"

"Brother Wang?"

They bowed their hands and greeted each other.

When Wang Gu heard that he wanted to practice Zeng Jiazhi for a few days, and asked him if he wanted to be together, Wang Gu had a strange expression: "Brother Yao...you seem to have a very good relationship with this...Brother Zeng. You are old friends. ?”

Wang Gu naturally knew that they were not there anymore, he was just asking.

"We are all colleagues, and we share filial piety and loyalty to His Majesty. Isn't it normal to have contacts?" Yao Anhong said with a smile, "Aren't I also talking to Brother Wang now?"

Wang Gu looked helpless and asked Yao Anhong to talk in the teahouse together.

Yao Anhong, who just came out, had to go back to the teahouse again.

With a mysterious face, Wang Gu told Yao Anhong what he asked people to ask about Zeng Jiazhi before, reminding him to be careful, this second place is not an ordinary person.

Zeng Jiazhi was not the only scholar in the Zeng family. Originally, according to the rules of the Zeng family, if there was no good news for a boy in his thirties, he could almost give up.It's just that this one is different, he seems to be particularly ambitious.

I don't know how he persuaded the Patriarch of the Zeng family to insist on being a child student at the age of thirty, and then a scholar.

After a few years, it was Juzi.

When I was in my forties, I just entered high school with them.

He has three daughters, and even the daughters of his first relatives were stuffed into the backyard of an official by him as concubines.

"However, his daughter didn't live up to expectations. She died of illness within two years after entering. His only relative is gone." Wang Gu said in a low voice, "I asked someone to inquire about the reason why his daughter disappeared. , because his daughter was not very secure in the backyard, and wanted to step on his wife to take the position, but was dug a hole by his wife, and stepped on her..."

"Brother Zeng became a relative three times. The first time his wife was the daughter of a scholar. He used to study with this scholar. Unfortunately, after studying for many years, he didn't get the result. Later, his father-in-law, a scholar, passed Not long after his death, his wife also died of illness."

"Later, he married the daughter of a wealthy businessman. It seemed that the marriage was arranged by the family. I don't know much about the others. Anyway, after this wife married in, the downward trend of the Zeng family eased, and he also had the opportunity to enter the family. The academy, that is, the classmate he met later, also met here."

"The second wife died of dystocia, leaving behind a posthumous son, who is his only legitimate daughter."

"The third wife is the current one. She is the daughter of a certain gentleman in the academy... Originally, this gentleman wanted to marry his daughter to his classmate, but for some reason, she married him..."

……

In short, Zeng Jiazhi's "emotional history" is not very glorious.

It seems nothing on the surface, but Wang Gu believes that there are no such coincidences in the world.

The first wife gave her husband, the second wife gave money, and the third wife gave her husband again...

The three daughters were all concubines, not even the daughters of the first relatives escaped.

As for Zeng Jiazhi's sons, although they were both studying in colleges, their grades were said to be poor. The eldest son was even forced to commit suicide.

Compared with the background check that Li Wenchong handed to Yao Anhong, many of the "gossip" that Wang Gu talked about were gossip.

Yao Anhong was a little dumbfounded: "Why do you inquire so carefully? You are the number one scholar. Is it really okay to gossip about other people's private affairs?"

Wang Gu blinked and said, "Why can't I gossip? The number one scholar is also tired from studying, so I can't listen to some gossip and relax my mind? My father won't let me do this or that. I can't do anything else. I can only let the little boy inquire about the family’s short stories, and come back to please me. Hey, don’t tell me that you have no other entertainment except reading and studying all day long?”

It is only mentioned in words that he "stimulates dissension".

Obviously, Wang Gu came to "gossip" with Yao Anhong. It could not be a single "gossip", but he wanted to sell Yao Anhong a "favor".

Let Yao Anhong understand that Zeng Jiazhi probably didn't simply "thank" Yao Anhong. He talked about being tricked by his classmates, or he might want to "win sympathy" and try to get close to Yao Anhong.

If you think about it, you will know. Originally, the husband wanted to marry his daughter to his classmate. If Zeng Jiazhi hadn't done something, how could the marriage fall on Zeng Jiazhi again?

You know, his classmates are younger than him, and they have never been married.

Unlike Zeng Jiazhi, who was several years older than his third wife, and his ex-wife left behind another daughter. Apart from the fact that his family was better off than his classmates, and his grades in school were similar, why would he be chosen over his classmates?
It's clear, there's something tricky about it.

(End of this chapter)