Zhutian: Since I was a child, I have been happy to be a father

About the first quarter of the Xu hour.

Xicheng Bingmasi.

Coach Chen is warming up.

With his current status, it was not necessary for him to personally arrest ordinary criminals, but this time it was a document sent by the Three Law Courts, requiring him to cooperate in raiding the house of a powerful noble.
Today, he is the eighth child in the family. Originally, the third and fourth children were competing for the throne. There were many cunning people who wanted to follow him, so there were a lot of settlements and connections afterwards.

This was Chen Tao's first time leading a team. He was only responsible for suppression and blockade and earned his hard work pay. The person who could really make big money was the one in the court and the palace.

There is no other way. If you want to keep this job, instead of starting a new business and cooking by yourself, you can only kneel down and beg for food.

Some of it is good to eat.

After all, the three judicial departments, namely the Ministry of Justice, the Censorate, and the Dali Temple, the Shuntian Prefecture Yamen, the Northern Pacification Office, etc., can all be regarded as the legitimate sons of the same mother, while the Wucheng Bingmasi was raised by a younger mother.

After the coup, although other departments were also liquidated, the Wucheng Bingmasi was the most thoroughly liquidated, otherwise it would not have been Chen Tao's turn to become the deputy commander.

This shows that the emperor still trusts the loyalty of the Yongchang Marquisate.

Similarly, Yuan Wenshao's promotion to a full-time position in the Nancheng Bingmasi also meant that the Zhongqin Marquis's Mansion had finally recovered.

Their ancestral home was actually very close to the imperial city, but later on things went wrong, and although they were reinstated, they could never get the house back, and they were not as rich anymore.

Therefore, his mother had planned a lot for Hualan's dowry.

Speaking of this, Wang has now done a stupid thing, which is to buy a big house for her daughter to live in with her son-in-law Wen Yanjing after marriage.

The old lady called her a fool, thinking that if she did this, the Wen family would move to the capital with their entire family, and then Old Lady Wen would be able to torture Rulan, her daughter-in-law!

Buy a smaller house, and let the couple live in it? You are stupid, your brain is full of shit, but you still want to show off, think you are the best, and act arbitrarily without consulting your family.

Wang regretted it deeply!
At the same time, I also hate the old lady.

Although I did make a mistake, don’t you, old man, do anything wrong?
If you hadn't meddled in Red Wolf's affairs, would he have become estranged from me and fallen in love with that vixen? You old fool!

At the same time, although Minglan failed to marry Gu Er and become the mistress of the marquis's mansion and a lady of honor, Wang's sister Aunt Kang was still unhappy.

She is very jealous and can't stand seeing others living a good life.

Wang was a fool, so she was fooled all over. There was a high probability that she would poison the old lady in the future.

And now that this aunt is not jealous of Molan or Minglan, will she still give her concubine's daughter Kang Zhaoer to Chen Tao? It is possible.

She was just a concubine. In her eyes, she was not a human being. In the book, she wanted to give Zhao'er to Gu Er as a concubine. Was it really for the good of this cheap daughter? She just wanted to make Minglan unhappy! She wished her husband's concubines and concubines would die. In fact, she had killed many of them. She was a lawless lunatic!

Wang was a little better, but she also locked Aunt Lin in a small dark room, generously fed her three meals of rice with lard a day, and dared to harm her own mother-in-law.

These two sisters are truly a family!
Stop gossiping.

After Chen Tao finished warming up, he asked his men to help him put on armor. Although it was basically impossible to encounter armed resistance, after all, everyone knew the difference between confiscation of property and exile and execution of the entire family. However, he still wanted to make himself more formal, otherwise, if his subordinates followed suit and acted sloppily and perfunctorily, it would leave a very bad impression on his superiors.

According to the plot in the book, there will be another coup later!
Bingmasi will also participate in the competition.

Chen Tao felt that no matter whether he was to be a loyal minister or an extremely loyal minister whose loyalty could not be expressed in words, it was necessary for him to spend more time on his work, specifically, to manage his interpersonal relationships.

The second quarter of the first hour of the Xu month.

Chen Tao put a set of leather armor on Yuanyuan, who was disguised as a man, and then called the troops to meet the Left Vice-Minister of the Imperial Censorate.

Not Sheng Hong.

He was the Left Censor-in-Chief, which was a fourth-rank official, and his goal was to retire with a third-rank salary, which was the same level as the Left and Right Deputy Censors-in-Chief.

Under the torchlight, Chen Tao bowed to the other party and said, "Master Liu!"

Liu Suyang was a straightforward person, so he looked at Chen Tao a few more times and praised him:

"No wonder Brother Sheng is willing to marry his two daughters to you. After seeing you today, you are indeed handsome and extraordinary! He said that you love reading, are an excellent archer, and are brave enough to fight against ten thousand men? Then you must get this done tonight!"

Upon hearing this, Chen Tao's eyes were as determined as a summer camp soldier, and he shouted, "Yes!"

After saying this, he mounted his horse and led his men ahead.

Two quarters of an hour later, Chen Tao ordered the patrol battalion to surround the Jingyuan Marquis's mansion. By the way, the patrol battalion was born to a maid.

Liu Suyang and other officials had also arrived at this time.

Chen Tao, holding the iron bone flower, walked straight forward and knocked on the door.

After the middle-aged doorman opened the door, Chen Tao pushed him aside and walked in with Yuanyuan and his men.

When he saw a strong man dressed as a servant, he would take him down first. As for the female members of the family, he would not show any mercy to them!

The women also had to pay the money.

Naturally, if someone refuses to cooperate, we can only use our fists and feet as well as guns and sticks to punish them.

That night, Chen Tao stayed in the mansion and did not go home to rest.

It was not until the afternoon of the next day, when all the property had been confiscated and the people had been sent to the Ministry of Justice's prison, that Chen Tao took the happy Yuanyuan home.

Yuanyuan felt a little sympathy for the women in the Bo's family who were bullied, but the incident itself made her feel very involved.

What's the point of traveling back to ancient times and fighting at home? It's more interesting to follow Brother Tao and do business!
However, with the current trend, if she gets another year or two older, she probably won’t be able to pretend to be a man anymore.

She was also quite flat before the time travel, but became quite gifted after the time travel. If it is tied too tightly, it is likely to hurt her body.

The first quarter of the afternoon.

Yuanyuan is taking a bath in the house.

Minglan kindly gave her the most beautiful maid, Ruomei, who rubbed her back and asked:

"Did you really accompany the Fourth Master to search his house?"

Yuanyuan rolled her eyes and thought to herself, "You little idiot, you've followed me, but you're still spying for Minglan. What a traitor!"
However, considering that Minglan was the heroine with a halo, Yuanyuan didn't dare to turn against her easily, and could only sigh:
"Yes! The Fourth Master is really a fool. He doesn't need the servants at home, but he makes me accompany him to do these tiring things. I am a girl, and I should be embroidering and drawing."

Ruomei said sincerely: "Aunt, I really envy you."

I'm not an aunt yet!
Yuanyuan had not read the original novel, so she asked in confusion, "What are you envious of?"

Ruomei hesitated for a moment, but couldn't help but confess: "I envy the Fourth Master for returning you to good status."

When Yuanyuan heard her say this, she immediately became interested.

When Yuanyuan learned about her experience of being sold out by her stepmother along with her biological mother after her father, the scholar, died, she couldn't help but sympathize with her and said, "I agree that you don't want to be a concubine. But you should also know that even if you become the legal wife, it may not be a sure thing. It also depends on the character of your husband. What can a legal wife do? There are countless cases of men falling in love with other women and favoring concubines over wives. It's okay if your family is strong, but if you are like us, we can only pray to God to let us find a good man in the future."

Ruo Mei asked curiously, "You want to find another man? The Fourth Master loves you so much, don't you want him?"

As he spoke, he kept moving his hands, preparing to rub Yuanyuan's arms.

Yuanyuan whined, "No! The Fourth Master is too good to me. Being just a concubine is not enough. You must be a nun and chant sutras for him. I love chanting the Buddha's name the most. I am most suitable to be a nun! You can be my concubine and give birth to children for him! He is such a good person. He loves girls the most. He is also very healthy. He will live to be a hundred years old! So don't worry. Give birth to him boldly. No one dares to sell you or your children." Ruomei laughed, but still shook her head:

"No, no, I'm counting on the Fourth Master to be kind and find me a good family in the future!"

Yuanyuan stretched out her hand and pinched her face, saying with a tut-tut sound:
"You are so beautiful that I am moved when I see you, let alone him. He will definitely not agree. You, his aunt, will definitely not be able to escape."

If Gu Er in the book had not been bewitched and turned over a new leaf like a prodigal son and stopped being interested in women, could Rumei have escaped?

In fact, she couldn't escape.

She eventually married Gu Er's aide Gongsun Baishi as a concubine.

Such an old man is really like a pear blossom that overshadows the crabapple.

Someone has a lot of malice towards beautiful and talented women.

Ruomei said worriedly: "But I really don't want to be a concubine."

Yuanyuan sighed, "I can't help myself, sister! Zuo Zhuan said: A man is innocent, but guilty of possessing a treasure. Since you are so pretty and beautiful, how can you expect a man to give you away? It's better to be a concubine than to be a maid for a few years and then be randomly assigned to a jerk servant, right?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Chen Tao, who happened to be passing by her after chatting with the old man, came in and asked with a smile: "Who wants to be a concubine?"

Yuanyuan quickly splashed water: "I haven't finished taking a bath yet, get out quickly!"

Chen Tao didn't lift the curtain, and sat outside and joked:
"You little bitch, you're so fierce. Didn't I give you some money? You're so skinny that I don't even want to go in and see you! Tell me, who wants to be my concubine? Is it you?"

Ruomei looked pleading when she heard that.

Yuanyuan smiled and said, "Brother, is it possible that you heard it wrong? Who would want to be your concubine? I have decided to marry a handsome and talented scholar in the future!"

Chen Tao said jealously: "No! You can only marry me and give me ten sons!"

You think I'm a sow, you bastard!
Also, don't say anything about pampering me in front of Xiao Han, otherwise the three jealous people in your family will cause trouble for me!
Yuanyuan complained: "You clearly said you wouldn't force me, so why do you insist on me marrying you now? You don't keep your word, I won't talk to you anymore!"

Chen Tao snorted, "You were the first one to say you wanted to be a maid, so I said that! I have very good ears, I definitely didn't hear it wrong!"

Ruomei was about to cry.

Yuanyuan was very kind and continued to argue:
"I didn't say that! You were the one who didn't keep your word and let your imagination run wild. I heard..."

Before she finished speaking, the voice of the maid Bitao rang out from outside:
"Fourth Master, the hot water is ready."

"Okay, I'll be there right away!"

Chen Tao responded first, then smiled and said:

"You are still young, and you are not old enough to be a maid, but being a bed warmer is fine. Remember to come and warm the bed for me and Mo'er at night."

After that, he got up and left.

We have just passed the Lantern Festival, which is the beginning of February according to the Gregorian calendar, and the weather is still cold.

"I'm not going!"

Yuanyuan said angrily.

There was really no need to go, after all, Molan would never want her to warm her bed.

Unlike in the book, due to Chen Tao's style of doing things, the degree of the house fighting is far less intense than in the book. Molan is not yet at the point of sending a daughter to Chen Tao, and he never lets maids like Lu Zhong warm his bed.

Just listen outside.

night.

Minglan, who is pregnant but insists that she is not, comes uninvited and has dinner with Chen Tao.

She doesn't drink.

Molan naturally didn't drink, for fear that, as she said, alcohol would affect her child's IQ and cause her child to lose to her in the future.

This makes sense.

The mothers are equally matched and it is difficult to tell who is the winner, so let the children’s future achievements do the comparison.

Moreover, when the husband is the same man, such a comparison is relatively more reasonable!
Parents always compare themselves to their children, even in later generations.

Molan picked up a piece of chicken and handed it to Chen Tao's bowl. After he ate it, she said to her sister beside her:

"Aunt Ming, serve me some soup."

Minglan snorted lightly, but obediently served a bowl of mutton soup and handed it to Molan respectfully with both hands in a pretentious manner.

When Molan was about to take it, Minglan feinted and fed the bowl of soup to Chen Tao's mouth, saying softly:

"Husband, please have some soup~"

Chen Tao held the bowl of water level and started drinking from the bowl.

Molan criticized him, "Can't you just feed him with a spoon? Have you forgotten all the dining etiquette you learned since childhood? And you still have the nerve to want to be the legal wife? You are so shameless!"

Minglan retorted, "My husband is a great man, how can we serve him with ordinary etiquette? Drinking with big gulps can make him look heroic, instead of reciting poems in a sickly manner like you, and being out of breath after walking a few steps!"

Molan said angrily, "Are you trying to say that I am weak and can't give birth to a son? I am your sister and Hanlang's legal wife, but you always contradict me. Do you think I dare not use family rules against you? You have no respect for your elders. Follow the rules tomorrow!"

She was pretending to be weak, but in fact she was in very good health. She could probably carry half a stone of rice, let alone subdue a cricket like Minglan.

Minglan cried and said, "I became a concubine because of you. How dare you ask me to follow the rules? I just need to follow the rules with my mother-in-law."

In fact, Mrs. Liang didn't require them to follow the rules at all. It was common for her to ask them to have breakfast with her.

Chen Tao tried to smooth things over: "Alright! You are obviously sisters, and you are a family. I was just joking, don't take it too seriously! I like both of you, equally. If you have any grievances, tell me, don't hide them in your heart and make yourself feel uncomfortable."

After hearing this, the two sisters said in unison, just like Humphrey being controlled by Huck:
"Yes, husband!"

That’s right!
night.

Chen Tao gathered a room full of young girls to play cards and flying chess.

Mrs. Liang had nothing to do, so she came to visit her youngest son. She was speechless when she saw the house full of chirping girls, just like a country of women.

I don't know what to say. I could educate him before and persuade him to be more motivated, but what should I say now?

He did his job very well, and the old man praised him and happily gave him a reward of two thousand silver coins.

I guess Grandma Liang is going to make a vampire again.

Unfortunately, this is not the Red Mansion, and I can't use magic to attack, so it's doomed to be in vain. (End of this chapter)