Father-in-law Zhu Di, I am so happy to marry the disfigured princess

Chapter 167 Fair, fair, fucking fair!

Get out of the pharmacy.

Two people became three people.

Li Xiao and the two walked in front, and Xu Ying'er followed Zhu Ningyun step by step.

Raw rice has been cooked into cooked rice. Ah no, it's not cooked yet
It has to be said that Zhu Ningyun also has aura, and the old man Huang is also big-hearted. Seeing that the other party is extraordinary, regardless of Li Xiao's obstruction, he is really relieved to hand Xu Yinger to Zhu Ningyun.

Old man Xu has his own thoughts, so the son-in-law of Prince Yan's Mansion can't cheat him, right?

If you can't marry the county matriarch, it's not bad to marry the county matriarch's younger brother.

This is not climbing up the relationship again, is it?

And Zhu Ningyun also had her own considerations, she was only thinking about Li Xiao, now that she is married, the two of them control the family, if it is not easy for her to have children, she must leave a heir for Li Xiao, right?
No wonder Zhu Ningyun thought so.

In ancient times, women had a very high mortality rate in giving birth to children.

Especially in the period of underdeveloped medicine, it is difficult for many pregnant women and mothers to receive adequate medical security and care.

The mortality rate of women giving birth to children is as high as 40%, even in the royal family.

That's why, the patriarch of a big family will not have only one wife, and it is easy to become extinct.

Of course, Zhu Ningyun also had her own plans.

Instead of being passive, it is better to turn passive into active.

Concubines must go through her checks!

Find some women who can help Xiaolang, women who are easy to control.

The Xu Ying'er in front of her is of the right age, she is honest and easy to control, she seems easy to give birth to, and most importantly, she seems to be interested in Xiao Lang, which is why she caught Zhu Ningyun's eyes.

But Li Xiao is totally unwilling.

Although Ning Yun has another identity now, this identity will be exposed soon.

When the king of Yan knows that he dares to take concubines, it is no joke.
"Forget it, take one step at a time, as long as I don't move the girl."

Thinking like this, Li Xiao still felt in his heart that it would be good to have Ningyun alone, and the other women are now a bit inferior in front of Ningyun's beauty.

After returning to Li's residence, Zhu Ningyun arranged for Xu Ying'er to live, but she didn't know what to say.

In the next few days, Xu Yinger always served her with tea.

All in all, a bit of a weird feeling.

Li Xiao's feeling is correct, these days, he and Zhu Ningyun are in a pair, and the news has already reached the ears of Xu Miaoyun, Princess of Yan Palace.

On the seventh day of marriage, the bride will return to her natal home to visit her parents and relatives, which is called Huimen.

In the blink of an eye, the seventh day passed, and Li Xiao brought Zhu Ningyun back to the Yan Palace.

In fact, it's next door, just a few steps away
Zhu Ningyun went to find her mother and concubine.

When Li Xiao entered Prince Yan's mansion again, Li Xiao felt as if he had passed away.

When I have nothing to do, I go fishing in Xiaochun Lake to pass the time.

The fish in Xiaochun Lake have no natural enemies and are fat and big.

Li Xiao caught a lot in the blink of an eye.

"Brother-in-law, I have found you. You are not in the mansion these days."

Knowing that Li Xiao had returned to Yan Wang's mansion, Zhu Gaoxu ran over in a hurry.

It's no wonder that Zhu Gaoxu couldn't find Li Xiao. Li Xiao was either hiding in the warehouse and working on textile machines, or he had gone out of the house.

Zhu Gaoxu has worried him to death for the past seven days. What Xu Miaoyun told him, he went to Chen Cheng, the number one scholar in the imperial examination, and visited the thatched cottage seven times, but it has not been completed yet.

So I wanted Li Xiao to come up with an idea.

"Gao Xu, come, let's go fishing together."

Li Xiao greeted.

"Brother-in-law, why am I in the mood for fishing now? I'm so worried."

Zhu Gaoxu's face was full of sorrow.

"What's the matter, tell your brother-in-law?"

Ever since, Zhu Gaoxu told the story again.

It is because the students in Peiping are not good in the imperial examination, and have not been admitted to Jinshi for many years.

For Peiping, this has no short-term impact, but the long-term impact can be great.

Students who passed the imperial examination in one place can support each other as officials in the court and China in the future, forming a small group and a small force.

Beiping is the fiefdom of King Yan, there is a reason for Zhu Gaochi to support the students in Beiping all the year round, there are people in the court who are easy to handle.

It is also a good thing for Peiping that more people enter the court and become officials.

And the Holy One also hopes that there will be more northerners in the imperial examination, not all southerners.

However, students from the north always fail the exams from students from the south. Princess Yan wanted to take advantage of Chen Cheng, the number one scholar in the imperial examination, to give lectures, but she refused to agree, and she didn't buy Yan Wang's face at all.

"That's it?" Li Xiao didn't think so.

"Brother-in-law, do you have a brilliant idea?" Zhu Gaoxu asked.

"Isn't it enough to have a southern list and a northern list?" Li Xiao said.

Zhu Gaoxu: "."

"It's not fun to say that"

Zhu Gaoxu whispered: "Brother-in-law, our father is not the emperor, how could he be the master?"

Li Xiao teased, "I'm joking, but you really mean it."

Zhu Gaoxu smiled innocently, "I'm joking too."

Li Xiao thought for a while, and said seriously: "Well, tell me, you've already paid attention to the thatched cottage, so why didn't Chen Cheng, the number one scholar in the imperial examination, not want to?"

Zhu Gaoxu said: "This Chen Cheng is not an ordinary person. In the four years and 15 years of Hongwu, he won the first prize twice. He once held many important positions in the court, including Minister of Rites, Minister of Officials, and Minister of Military Affairs. Now he is retired and returned to his hometown. , everyone sells his face. I invite him several times, but he always shirks on the grounds of his age."

Li Xiao said: "Since he can't do it, you can start with his daughter. Who is his daughter married to? Let's help the village, can't we?"

"Brother-in-law, I also thought of this."

Zhu Gaoxu explained: "Chen Cheng's daughter is married to a big businessman, who is very rich. There are several restaurants in Beiping, and there is no shortage of money."

"Yes." Li Xiao smiled and said, "Didn't we have the formula of Ba Da Shovel? It may be useful for you to use the recipe of the eight dishes of Ba Da Shovel as bait to force Chen Cheng's husband to exert pressure."

"Hey! What a way!"

Zhu Gaoxu applauded, and then asked: "Brother-in-law, the recipe has been leaked, won't you have competitors when you open a restaurant in the future?"

Li Xiao said in a big way: "Who made me the son-in-law of the King of Yan? I am willing to do things for the King of Yan. The recipe is at your sister's. If you ask your sister for the recipe of a dish, just say I agree."

Zhu Gaoxu excitedly said: "Okay, I'll try it, thank you brother-in-law."

As he said that, he was about to leave when he turned around and said, "Brother-in-law, I forgot to ask you, have you made a brother-in-law recently?"

Li Xiao nodded: "Yes. How do you know?"

Zhu Gaoxu whispered: "Brother-in-law, you have to respect yourself! The concubine mother already knows that you are with a young student all day long, and you are worried that you like it, but I have said good things for you, saying that brother-in-law is definitely not that kind of person."

Li Xiao patted Zhu Gaoxu's shoulder: gratefully said: "Gaoxu, I knew you understood me!"

At the same time, Li Xiao thought, it seems that this matter should be confessed as soon as possible.

so as not to cause unnecessary misunderstanding
That's right.

There is indeed some misunderstanding.

Knowing that Li Xiao hangs out with a handsome young man every day, Xu Miaoyun can't help but wonder, was it true that night?
No wonder Xu Miaoyun is always suspicious.

The daughter's appearance was completely ruined, so Li Xiao didn't dare to take a concubine, and this could happen.

"Mother and concubine, it's nothing, you misunderstood, that's really Li Xiao's brother-in-law, I've seen it before."

At this time, Zhu Ningyun in the room also realized that this matter was misunderstood, and hurriedly explained.

Now Zhu Ningyun is still wearing a veil, Xu Miaoyun has not found that her daughter has recovered her appearance.

"It's fine if you don't have it. Isn't the concubine mother worried?"

Xu Miaoyun agreed with her mouth, but guessed in her heart, could it be that her daughter loved Li Xiao so much that she allowed Li Xiao to do anything wrong?
At night.

The family sits around a table and eats.

At the dinner table, Xu Miaoyun knocked sideways, warmly served her son-in-law some food, and asked again: "Li Xiao, how are you and Ningyun doing these days?"

Li Xiao said: "Mother and concubine is very good, we are together all day long."

Zhu Ningyun knew that Concubine Mu still had some misunderstandings, and said: "Yes, Concubine Mu, we are together all day long."

"Oh." Xu Miaoyun asked again: "Where is that brother of yours from? What does he do? I heard that he went to Renhe Hall to take a concubine?"

Xu Miaoyun really investigated clearly, which shocked Li Xiao a lot.

Good guy, I'm in Beiping, it's almost transparent.

No matter what you do, you can't escape the eyes of your mother-in-law.

Li Xiao couldn't explain, so he could only look at Zhu Ningyun.

Zhu Ningyun had no choice but to act coquettishly, and said: "Oh my concubine, we are all married, and you still take care of us"

Zhu Di couldn't bear to listen anymore, and said, "I'm talking about the princess, she's married now, so let's stop meddling in their affairs."

"Eat your meal."

Xu Miaoyun said unhappily, thinking that Zhu Di really didn't worry about anything.

Zhu Di waved his chopsticks and said, "Li Xiao, we really shouldn't ask too much about your affairs, but for your position as the county magistrate of Dong'an County, hurry up and take office, the county government's case files are piling up into mountains."

With Zhu Di's character, after getting married, he doesn't need to pay too much attention to the relationship between children.

Career should be the priority.

Seeing that the topic was left behind, Li Xiao hurriedly toasted and said: "My father-in-law is very right, I will take up the post tomorrow!"

"What's your name, father-in-law, birth point." Zhu Di frowned.

"Father, here's a toast to you." Li Xiao hurriedly toasted.

Zhu Di smiled slightly, raised his glass, "Cheers."

After drinking and eating, we went back to our rooms.

At night, it's time to sleep.

On the bed, Xu Miaoyun raised her head, still thinking about this matter.

"My lord, don't you think there is something wrong with Li Xiao?"

"What's wrong, I think it's normal."

"Who's just married and goes shopping with a man every day? Wouldn't it be as good as Long Yang?"

"Princess, what are you thinking, Li Xiao is full of energy and blood, how could he be that kind of person, sleep and sleep, don't think about it. I think my daughter is doing well now."

Zhu Di became a little impatient and didn't bother to talk to him. He was wrapped in a quilt on his side, ready to sleep.

"My lord, you took all the quilt away."

"Hulu. Hulu, oh, it hurts!"

Xu Miaoyun grabbed Zhu Di's ear, and Zhu Di grinned hoarsely in pain.

"I don't care, you will accompany me tomorrow and follow secretly to see what happened when you fell to the ground." Xu Miaoyun was still very worried, so she said.

"Go, go, let me go, can't you?"

Zhu Di was terrified, and it seemed that he would not be able to sleep without going to see it.

After Zhu Di accepted, this Xu Miaoyun could be considered to have spared him, and did not continue to toss about.

However, after Zhu Di woke up, he was completely insomnia
What is this called?
The next day, early in the morning.

After saying goodbye to King Yan, Li Xiao and Zhu Ningyun returned to Li's residence.

With the letter of appointment, he planned to go to Dong'an County to take office.

"Xiaolang, I'll go with you today too."

Zhu Ningyun changed into men's clothes again, and planned to go with Li Xiao.

"Or, are you at home?"

Li Xiao explained: "My concubine seems to have misunderstood me."

Zhu Ningyun said: "No, I have already explained clearly to my concubine. Speaking of which, I have never seen what the county government looks like, and I want to go and see. Anyway, there is nothing going on in the mansion right now."

There is no way, now is the sweet period of love, and I like to be together when I do everything.

"Okay then, let's go in a carriage."

Li Xiao asked his servants to prepare the carriage, and the two got into the carriage and drove towards Dong'an County.

And behind the carriage, following are Zhu Di and Xu Miaoyun
Dong'an County is not far from Peiping.

After leaving the city gate and walking for more than ten miles, we arrived at Dong'an County.

Thinking back to two months ago, it seemed that he had indeed taken King Yan and brought down the county magistrate of Dong'an County. It was probably at that time that the father-in-law was moved.

The city wall in Dong'an County is not high, about five feet high, and the material is rammed earth.

The length and width of the city wall should be three kilometers, showing a square shape, with an area of ​​900 million square meters.

In fact, as Zhu Di said, although the county magistrate is not high in rank, he has great power. The management of a piece of land is for the people's heaven and parents' officials.

Many people have seen the biggest official in their life, probably the magistrate of the county government.

Most of them will never see the magistrate in their lifetime.

In times of war, if you close the gate of the county seat and summon soldiers, you will be considered a vassal.

After entering the county seat, Li Xiao kept looking at the county he wanted to manage.

The streets are much narrower than those in Beiping, and the inside is quite prosperous. There are several criss-crossing commercial streets, all kinds of shops, and residential areas. The center of the county is the county government.

At this time, Li Xiao's carriage arrived at the gate of the county government office.

Twenty personal guards immediately stood in two rows, left and right in front of the county government gate.

The leader of the personal guard who was in charge of escorting Li Xiao saw that no one was there to greet him, so he picked up his whip and swung it in the air.

Snapped--

A loud bang sounded.

"The magistrate is here! Hurry up and greet him!"

The personal guard shouted loudly, full of breath.

In the Ming Dynasty, the county government was also a small local institution. Although the sparrow was small, it had all the internal organs.

The county magistrate is Qipin, the chief executive of a county.

The eighth grade of the county magistrate, the deputy of the county magistrate, the assistant magistrate, in charge of taxation, household registration and other affairs
The master book is Zhengjiupin, an assistant official who helps the county magistrate to handle administrative affairs.

The county lieutenant is the ninth grade, similar in rank to the master Bo, and is in charge of military affairs such as arresting traitors, resisting bandits, and guarding the county.

From the nine grades, the teaching instructions are in charge of cultural education, student evaluation and other affairs in the county.

The above-mentioned officials belong to the system and eat public food.

But relying on these people alone, it is impossible to control such a large county.

Therefore, there are temporary workers and officials, which is the so-called official administration.

Don't underestimate the officials, the positions of these officials have been passed down from generation to generation, and they are all locals, and they are the ones who do things seriously.

Generally speaking, even if the county magistrate is clean and honest, the officials below may run amok.

What the officials manage is "three shifts and six rooms".

The three classes refer to the Zao class, the strong class, and the fast class, which are collectively referred to as the yamen servants;
The six rooms are divided into official rooms, household rooms, ceremony rooms, military rooms, punishment rooms, and workshops.

Corresponding to the Central Six Departments.

The county magistrate is a floating official, and he will be transferred away after a few years of work.

However, the positions of the three shifts and six houses are often dominated by local subordinate officials.

The King of Hades is better than a little ghost, dealing with ordinary people.

The easiest thing to happen is to oppress the people.

These people are local aborigines, familiar with the grassroots, and they have mastered professional skills, and their positions have been passed down from generation to generation, forming a system of their own. Without their cooperation, even a magistrate can't use his fists.

With a scolding sound sounded.

Officials and subordinate staff who had been fishing in the county government for more than two months came out to greet him one after another.

They didn't dare to be negligent, let's not say that the magistrate is in charge of them. According to inquiries, the newly appointed magistrate is the son-in-law of King Yan, the county magistrate!

As soon as they went out, these people in the county government were shocked.

What kind of card is this? Soldiers in armor and armor look solemn and stand in two rows.

There is also a luxurious carriage in front of the county government office, just this material, just this scale, it is magnificent!
"Welcome to the county magistrate."

Everyone hurriedly stood in two rows and bowed to greet them.

Meixian Cheng hurriedly bowed to greet him, walked to the carriage, bowed and said, "Congratulations to the magistrate. Oh, magistrate, you didn't say anything in advance when you came, so we can welcome you."

Li Xiao didn't get off the carriage in a hurry, but sat quietly.

There are three fires for a new official to take office, first to dismount and establish majesty, and then to facilitate management.

This Meixian Cheng is also a fine individual.

Knowing that this is the prestige of the magistrate to give them power and establish prestige.

So, he turned his head and winked.

All the people in the county government bowed again: "Welcome to the county magistrate."

Bow again: "Welcome to the magistrate."

After three prostrations, Li Xiao slowly got down from the carriage.

"Lord Magistrate, from now on we will have Lizhi County in Dong'an County, and this Dong'an County will be flourishing and thriving day by day."

Cheng Meixian kept flattering him.

He was very happy in his heart, he was the county magistrate, the magistrate's deputy, so naturally he had the best chance to get closer to the magistrate.

If you are close to the water, you will get the moon first, and if you can catch up with the county horse master, the future is limitless!

In his opinion, the magistrate of the county came to be the magistrate, so he came here to play around, just to flatter him, and after a few days, he might feel bored and transfer away.

"Who are you?" Li Xiao asked.

"My next official, Mei Jiale, is the magistrate of Dong'an County, and also your assistant, my lord." The magistrate of Mei County hastily introduced himself.

Li Xiao nodded slightly, at this time, Zhu Ningyun in the carriage also got off.

"This is?" Meixian Cheng asked in a low voice.

"This is my personal staff." Li Xiao said.

The so-called private staff refers to the private secretaries hired by some officials at their own expense.

Everyone in the county government looked at Li Xiao's eyes with envy, look, this card is really big, and he even brought a private staff when he took office!

Li Xiao and Zhu Ningyun walked towards the county government office.

The others followed behind, not daring to speak.

Strolled around the county government office.

The layout of this county government is similar to the courtyard of the "Three Entry Court".

The front hall is the main entrance of the county office, where visitors are received and some daily affairs are handled.

The inner house is the residence of the county magistrate and other senior officials, as well as the administrative center of the county government.

The inner house usually includes the main hall, auxiliary hall, meeting hall, study room, bedroom and kitchen to meet the daily life and work needs of officials.

The back hall is the judicial and penalty execution center of the county government, and also the place where the county government's armed forces are stationed. There are rooms such as arsenal, barracks, torture room, prison room and torture room to maintain the safety of the county government and execute sentences.

Li Xiao heard the sudden commotion outside the county government office, and asked, "What's going on outside?"

When Li Xiao arrived at the county government, the people heard the news and ran over one after another, but they were stopped by the county government.

A yamen servant said: "My lord, there are some troublemakers outside, because I haven't handled a case for two months, they all come here to seek justice. My lord, I will drive them away."

Meixian Cheng offered his body and said: "Master Li, you have come from a long way, why don't you go to the inner house to rest first? Let us take care of these small matters."

Hearing this, Li Xiao was not happy.

Good ordinary people, if they have grievances and want to speak out, how can they become troublemakers?
It seems that these officials and officials are used to oppressing the people on weekdays.

"Xiaolang, we want to be a good official, and we can't ignore the affairs of the common people."

Zhu Ningyun whispered.

"Ningyun, I don't need you to tell me, I know."

Li Xiao nodded slightly, then stopped suddenly, turned to look at the people in the county government office, and said:
"I come to Dong'an and only do three things, fairness, fairness, and fucking fairness!"

"Ascension, handle the case!!!"

(End of this chapter)