Yuan Fu Nushu

Chapter 375, Sister Xiu is in Beijing

Status is a factor that influences people, and the Guo family is deeply involved in this. From one scholar's family to another, he saw with his own eyes that his father-in-law's study was different from his father's. Old and dull, but the father-in-law is full of people, and there is no one in the business.

This is an analogy, the Yuan family is not a powerful family, the family cannot be like a market every day, and the relatives of the Yuan family who come and go can find a bunch of white people.

But compared with the Guo family, it is heaven and earth.

Guo didn't want to show her timidity, and tried her best to show that her family was not much worse than Yuan's family. Aren't they all scholars?
But in fact, this posture is already timid.

Afterwards, in order to fight for status, she did not hesitate to ask her husband to work with her clan brothers and uncles. You must know that Youzhi, who is already an official, still consults the teacher step by step, mainly based on the words of the old man.

When she heard that Sister Xiu was married, Mrs. Guo was annoyed that her husband and wife were not the ones to send off their relatives, and then annoyed that her father-in-law was partial. It turns out that you can give your son an official by raising your hand, so why didn't you stop the third master from going out?

She didn't recall that she was afraid that Mrs. Yuan would stop Yuan Yun from going out, she thought of many reasons, and all of them were for Yuan Yun's good fortune and being able to seek an official position for Yuan Yun.

The old master Yuan didn't stop him. One reason is that you have to travel to study, and it's not bad to go out to see things. The second reason is that you can see that the third couple is too enthusiastic about official career. official career.It's not a bad thing to let the third child go out and run into a wall, and then come back to study honestly.

The old man's most proud son is Yuan Yuan, the elder, who was angry in the yamen, went where others didn't go, and was hired by others improperly. Yuan Yuan, who is now respected by the whole city in the northwest.

The eldest son has been pissed off in the yamen for several years, and the third son should also be rebuffed when he goes out.

The result is that Mrs. Guo is not happy at home, and she is not happy when Yuan Yun is an official. Her status hurts her, but she has not felt it yet.

He didn't say he won in front of Yuan Yun today, and failed to satisfy his clan brother Guo Li. The Guo family took it for granted that he would not give up, and planned to find another free time to talk.

Her cousin sister-in-law also said, "Tell me a few more times, are you afraid that he won't agree? See if he can win you over, or can you win him over?"

Guo deeply thought it was reasonable.

Whether Yuan Yun served in Shangbai City or Guo Li served in Shangbai Second City, they were all counties with a medium population. In such a dynasty, the medium population was already considered lively, after all, there were not many major towns and big cities.

At the wonton stand that carried the burden, the old man drank wontons and chatted with the stall owner.

Going directly to Baicheng to find out about Yuan Yun's status as an official, it's better to first see what kind of character his uncle Guo Li is.

If the two of them are friends and greedy, and the old man thinks that this trip is really worthless, then Guo Li should not think about it.

I deliberately chose this kind of wonton stall that carries burdens to go around. The stall owner walks many streets and often hears a lot of gossip.

The old man said leisurely: "There are quite a few people in your city."

"That's right, this is Bai Ercheng. The Bai family is a big surname. If there is anything to do, you don't need to worry about the magistrate."

The old man went on to say: "You are in charge of your own family, so the population will prosper?"

"He's in charge of his own house, he's satisfied. If he's satisfied, he can have more children. If another place raises taxes today and deducts them tomorrow, whoever has the leisure to have more children." The wonton seller said with a smile.

The old master Yuan heheed twice: "The Bai family is in charge of the family when things happen. What can the county magistrate do? He agrees."

Selling wontons is very talkative, and the old master Yuan has a foreign accent. He smiled and said: "The county magistrate is not idle, he collects money."

They had to sit at another small table, which was close to the place where the mules were tied and far away from the old man, so that the smell of the mules would not infect the old man.

With his ears open, he could hear, his face was dark and distorted, and he knew that Guo Li, the magistrate of Baier City, was the uncle of the third master's Guo family.

Dequan drank the wontons and murmured: "How can I collect money? Don't you think that sister Xiu is a high school in Beijing? How can I collect money?"

The surrounding people were noisy, and they had to talk and listen by themselves. The old man tasted the wontons with gusto, and continued to talk to the wonton seller.

"It's good to collect money, money is better than anything else." The old man smiled.

"Hey, the money has to be checked before you collect it. The Bai family has seven sons, and only one of them is charged. That's not asking for trouble."

The old man looked over and said, "Oh, seven sons get seven shares, isn't it good?"

"You outsiders don't know the details of our Baier City. Seven sons competed for the family property, and in the end only one son was able to take charge of the family. The county magistrate is a smart man. He expects one person to collect the money, and he can make up for six in the future."

The old man Yuan said: "So, among the seven sons, you and the county magistrate are not the only one in love?"

The resentment of selling wontons was caught in the words.

The wonton seller smiled: "The old man's ears are still sharp. Think about it. I don't charge money. How could it be possible that the magistrate and I fell in love with the same person. Who is the patriarch of his Bai family? He walked down the street with me. What are you doing?"

The old man Yuan smiled: "However, Bai is a common surname in this city. If you change the patriarch, it will not be easy for you to walk the streets to carry the burden?"

"Hehe, the old man's eyes are also sharp. Let me tell you. The seven masters of the Bai family, one is upright, one is fair, and the other is chivalrous. The fourth is not as thoughtful as the fifth in the eyes of money, and the fifth is not as good as the sixth. Well, the most powerful one is still Lao Qi, he directly hooked up with Mr. Guo, and Mr. Guo said that the patriarch of Baicheng, a hundred miles away, will support Mr. Qi as the patriarch."

"Wait," the old master Yuan couldn't help but twitched his eyes when he heard the words getting to the point, he raised his hand to stop the wonton seller, and said with a three-pointed serious look: "This is going to be a mess. There is no county magistrate in Baicheng, which is a hundred miles away. do not care?"

The wonton seller said haha: "Didn't Grandpa Guo say something? Baicheng's Bai is also a common surname. As long as the head of the Bai family supports Qiye, then Qiye will be able to secure the family property. So what should Grandpa Baicheng do? It's a big deal."

Dequan couldn't help but stare directly at him.

The wonton seller didn’t realize that there was a master and a servant, an old man and a young man. They were clothed in the wind, and they brought two big mules to facilitate the passage. They were two foreigners. Never see you again.

Facing the serious eyes, I thought I was the storyteller to the wonderful place.

The wonton seller said mysteriously: "Grandpa Guo said that Mr. Yuan County in Baicheng is his relative. He was his clerk the year before last. He was from the master of the Guo family, and he is also a brother-in-law. The relationship between this brother-in-law and his brother-in-law is estimated. You don’t need to call to say hello. If you go to Baicheng with one eye, and then return to the city with another eye, Qiye, who has earned money from a business, will become the patriarch. As for me, I won’t go to the city to sell wontons in the future. There are few people in the village. , there are not many who are willing to spend money, but at least they can earn solid money.”

He was so angry that he picked up a bowl and blocked his mouth. He didn't believe that the third master Yuan Yun was such a person. Sister Xiu was the housekeeper of her husband's house in Beijing. How could she not think about Sister Xiu at all.

After pouring down half a bowl of wontons in one go, I had to put down the empty bowl, wipe my mouth, and say that I was full, without asking the old man if he had eaten well, and took the silver to pay the bill.

When he was away from home, it was more convenient to get the whole package, and most of the bills were paid by him with money.

The old man Yuan was not in a hurry, he still had half a bowl to drink, and after talking with the wonton seller for a while, Shi Shiran walked over to Dequan, who had an excuse to take care of the mule.

He Dequan made a joke: "Don't be angry, gossip is like this, talk about it wherever you think of it."

Dequan asked him to get on the mule, and the other mule, carrying luggage and other things, went out of the city gate and walked up the official road to Baicheng. There were far away pedestrians around, so Dequan said angrily: "He is talking nonsense, what does a wonton seller know?" .”

"It's the wonton seller who shouldn't know the relationship between brother-in-law and brother-in-law, so his words are at least [-]% credible," said the old man Yuan.

Dequan shook his head: "No, no, it's impossible. The third master knows that sister Xiu is watching in Beijing." It was a mile-by-mile hot day, and the trees on both sides of the official road couldn't block the full sun, so Dequan shook his head again and again. He was so excited that he was sweating all over his body, but he refused to believe it, and he was in a hurry to find a reason.

"Old man, the third master is not short of money. Sister Hui is the major shareholder given by sister Xiu. When the second mistress left, the gift was several carts." Dequan said happily.

The old man Yuan just smiled and said nothing.

He didn't allow Yuanxiu to give more money and things to see him off, threw two hundred silver to his youngest son, and said a few words to fool him: "Don't drag Miss Xiu, she is not in a stable position just now. You are going to the office, so you can't say next year As far as Gao Sheng is concerned, there are many things that are troublesome to move. You have to keep in mind that sister Xiu and son-in-law can guide you, which is more important than money and things."

Yuan Yun believed it to be true, Yuan Xiu gave him the most abundant food, the other four pieces of clothing to the third aunt, and a piece of jade pendant to the third uncle.

Amidst the endless excuses, Mrs. Yuan was secretly proud that the youngest was a well-fed official, that's all. In terms of wealth, Sister Hui was far better than him.Ginger is still old and hot. Old Jiang will set a stage for you, and it depends on whether you control it or follow the crowd.

Seeing that the bright sun is in power, the brilliance cannot be stained with darkness, and the old man Yuan suddenly has high fighting spirit. Whether it is to find evidence to rectify the name of the third child, or to find out more conclusive evidence of the crime of the third child, this trip is worthwhile.

He shouted vigorously: "Let's go to the surrounding market towns, listen and watch more, so as not to wrong the third child."

"That's right, old man, you have to rectify the name of the third master." Dequan also regained his energy, yelled to drive, and drove the mule away quickly and steadily.

The weather was really hot. After the fall, the rich and idle people only thought about summer, and Yuan Yun began to leave the door. In the backyard of the yamen, in the couple's residence, he waited for a few pots of flowers he bought every day.

Mrs. Guo followed behind with a smile: "The seventh master of the Bai family in Baier City is here, do you meet?" Three, it doesn’t look good when people pile gifts on the gate of the yamen, so why don’t you go and say something?”

Yuan Yun became angry: "Yesterday, the other six brothers of the Bai family came together to beat the drums to force me to be promoted, and went to Baicheng to confess to the troublemaker Bai Qi in the second city. I finally persuaded them to go back. Do you know how powerful they are? It's big!"

Mrs. Guo couldn't hold back her displeasure, and said with a sneer, "Thanks to what your magistrate said, you are afraid of everything. What's the big deal, you don't count what you say in this city, and you are an official for nothing."

"The common people spread gossip ten or ten times, and the superiors want to settle accounts with me."

Mrs. Guo was annoyed: "Sister Xiu married Gao, did she marry for nothing?"

Yuan Yun finally understood one thing in the past few days. He couldn't tell his wife whether he could earn the Bai family's money.

With a calm face, he lowered his body and continued to serve his flowers.

At this moment, drums sounded from the courtroom, far louder than the six brothers of the Bai family beat yesterday. It was like thunder on the ground, shaking the sky and shaking the earth.

Yuan Yuan's mind went blank, but Guo Shi was caught off guard and couldn't stand still, and fell down with an ouch.Sitting on the ground, she gloated at other people's misfortune, squinting the corners of her eyes: "See if you can get out? No, it's easy to push you to be the seventh master of the Bai family, and he can beat drums."

Under the courtroom, where there was a drum, the young seventh son of the Bai family blushed in fright, staring dumbfounded at one person who was beating the drum. Seriously speaking, there were two people.

The old man Yuan was wearing a green cloth dress. The reason for walking was that it was stained, and the corner of the clothes was stained with black mud.The old man's face was blacker than black mud.The eyes are more intense than the scorching sun approaching noon, ready to spew fire at any time.

Although he is well maintained, he does not have the strength to beat the drum.

The drummer is Dequan, wearing short sleeves during the dog days, his arms are exposed, and his muscles are exposed when he beats every time. The seventh master of the Bai family is pampered and shocked.

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With the sound of drums in his ears and the twitching muscles in front of his eyes, the seventh master of the Bai family wanted to ask what happened to these two people. It's best not to rob Yuan County magistrate with him today, but he swallowed it back after reaching his mouth.

The next thing he saw was an even more shocking scene. County magistrate Yuan trotted out wearing an official robe, and said angrily, "Who is the big deal? Dare to beat the drum? My magistrate has arrived!"

Dequan dropped the drum hammer and rushed forward in a big stride. The third shift of the yamen servants had just stood on duty. There was no one else around Yuan Yun, only Guo Shi who was watching his jokes followed him with a smile on his face.

Dequan grabbed Yuan Yun, just pushed, and this stroke was full of strength, so it was a family member who was used to rough work. Yuan Yun fell on Guo Shi, wrapped around Guo Shi, and the husband and wife formed a ball, rolling over Roll out a few steps obliquely.

Before they could show their pained faces, Dequan's expression became even more painful, he knelt down with his head in his arms, and said loudly: "Alas!"

The sobs came out, and everyone broke down in tears: "Third Master, sister Xiu is in Beijing, how can you be a corrupt official, how can you be an official like this?"

The third class of the yamen servants panicked. Some of them were holding water and fire sticks, some helped Yuan Yun, some went straight and swung their sticks. people."

The sound of footsteps was like the strong whirling north wind in a winter night, ringing in my ears at any time, a dozen people in official robes rushed in, the team leader had a wink, his eyes went dark, and he knew that Mr. Yuan had committed something, what was it? He didn't know, after all, Yuan Yun had not been in office for a long time, so he used his arrogance not to flirt with the common people, nor to communicate with his subordinates.

The squad leader swept the water and fire stick, blocked the water and fire stick that was about to hit the whole body, and loudly warned: "The adults from this province have arrived, everyone is quiet."

When Yuan Yun heard this sentence, he happened to get up just now, and he felt a shock coming, his body and mind were inexplicably cold, and he looked up to see what happened. Among the officials, only one person was locked in their eyes.

"Father!"

Yuan Yun couldn't believe his eyes, he walked towards him with an angry face, with gray hair but ruddy complexion, he looked good at first glance, but the old man who was full of anger at this time was his father Yuan Tianjin who should be in Beijing.

"Snapped!"

The crisp sound seemed to make the world explode, and the old master Yuan slapped Yuan Yun's face with a slap, and Yuan Yun knelt down: "Father, you, why are you here, and I didn't say anything in advance, so I can pick you up"

The old man reprimanded him loudly: "You are an official! There are no corrupt officials among my sons."

Dequan made a mistake here, and a hateful gaze flew over in the voice of hatred, like a meteor hammer hitting Zhongyuan Yun: "Third Master! How can you. Sister Xiu is watching in Beijing!"

Dequan's thousands of words have turned into this sentence, "Sister Xiu is watching in Beijing", shouldn't you, the third master, be engraved in your heart, shouldn't you be upright and fearless?Just like Master Youzheng, he is conscientious and conscientious.

The palaces of the princes have praised You many times, and Dequan has heard of it.

"Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo " once again filled the entire courtroom with Quan Quan's crying, it's normal to be sad and weep, but De Quan cried and cried like the most sad person in the world.

Half an hour later, Mrs. Guo stood on the official road in a daze, surrounded by more than a dozen people who were also dazed, the whining sound made the whole incident feel like a cloud of fog, only the lingering wail of Dequan .

Mrs. Guo pointed her ears and repeatedly distinguished, and then recalled what happened in the past half an hour. Her father-in-law went out to sue her son and relative Guo Li, provided conclusive evidence against her son and Guo Li, and brought relevant provincial officials to Therefore, he took Yuan Yun's official position directly, saying that he had not grown up, and ordered Yuan Yun to wait by his side and travel with his father.

Guo Shi was ordered to go home to reflect and set off immediately.

Guo Shi didn't pack her luggage so fast. If she was asked to do it, she wouldn't be able to wake up and dawdle slowly.

The relevant officials counted Yuanyun's property, and took away all the money that Guo had collected during his official position in Yuanyuan for just a few months. According to the request of the old man, Guo could only stay home and spend money, and the rest of the money was not in the public house. .

Grandpa Yuan escorted Guo Shi and others on the road, and walked away on the official road. Guo Shi "waited for others", except for a member of the Yuan family that Yuan Yuan took with him when he went out, the rest were Guo's relatives.When Guo Li became an official, he wanted to bring his relatives to take up the post. After Yuan Yun got the official position, the Guo family also arranged in the same way. He immediately wrote to his family to ask relatives who were usually good friends to come over.

The relatives of the Yuan family may not necessarily be of the same mind as the third grandma, but their own relatives should rest assured.At this time, we went back together on the road, and this trip was not lonely.

The scorching sun was scorching hot, and the heat was steaming. Mrs. Guo stood on the official road in a daze, desperately thinking that this was a dream.Until a relative sighed: "Let's go, your niece and daughter are married, and your old man's words are useful."

The other one who has not woken up is the old seventh of the Bai family. He didn't understand it from the beginning of the drum beating, and then he overthrew Yuan Yun in one go. Dequan wailed, wailed. That cry is still stored in Lao Qi's ears.

Let him think about it for a while, and then he realized that he was arrested in court, bribed Guo Li, and bribed Yuan Yun, only these two are major crimes.

Hasn't Yuan Yun never seen him?The Guo family has received some, a husband and wife are a family.

Yuan Yun on the official road is very refreshed now. The old man Yuan is riding a mule in front, and all the mules are behind him. Yuan Yun walks between the two mules with his luggage on his back. his punishment.

　After finishing this paragraph, I don't have to worry about it.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)