Idle courtiers

Chapter 158 Get what you want

Hearing Ding Qiguang's words, Zhou Nan was furious and cursed secretly: "Old fox!"

The reason why he detained Xun Xiucai was today, because he wanted to use that cheap brother-in-law as a hostage to force the Xun family to spit out the inheritance that Xun Fangyu should inherit.

The reason why she thought about it at that time was to give Miss Xun Liu an explanation, to make up for her mistakes at the beginning, and to take revenge on the Xun family severely.

Ever since Miss Xunliu got married that night, Zhou Nan felt even more guilty.Moreover, this property will also become the Zhou family's property when it is brought back, and it will be inherited by Xun Fangyu and his children in the future.

Now Ding Qiguang looked like he couldn't chew the hob meat, and reminded Zhou Nan: Do you want to lose your reputation? Once your reputation is ruined, how will you be an official in the future?

It seems that the old bureaucrat will not cooperate unless strong medicine is given.

Zhou Nan held back the anger in his heart, and said lightly: "Master Ding, it's boring for you to keep talking like that. That's right, the girl from the Yang family fell into the water and died, and he had nothing to do with him. But what happened on the canal that day? I know in my heart that Mr. Xun is a dissolute and shameless gentleman, a gentle scum. If I hand him over to Zhu Zhenfu for official business, I am afraid that his reputation as a scholar will be lost."

Ding Qiguang didn't take it seriously: "Xun Xiucai's behavior is absurd. It's just that his personal morality is deficient. It's not a big mistake. He is a reasonable person who studies politics. He learns from the past and avoids the past to save others. He would not be beaten to death with a stick."

The Guide Ding family in Henan is a scholarly family of officials and eunuchs. In addition, he was a bold young man, and his classmates were all over the world.If you move around a bit, the Xuezheng Yamen will still give him face.

Why didn't Zhou Nan know what he was thinking, and suddenly laughed loudly, pointed at Ding Qiguang and said, "The county lord, the county lord, let me tell you something, why are you doing this?"

Ding Qiguang: "Why is Zimu laughing?"

Zhou Nan: "I know, in the past, it would be easy for you to keep the fame of Mr. Xun, but today is different. By the way, I will ask you a question, knowing why the prefect of Zhan and I don't use the prefect of Song to embezzle Mohe workers' money." Why don’t you report him for arbitrarily mobilizing the Son of Heaven’s army?”

Ding Qiguang: "The crime of corrupting ink does not necessarily mean death, but the mobilization of the emperor's army is to ransack the family and exterminate the family. You are trying to get rid of the matter so that there will be no future troubles."

"No, no, you are wrong. The reason is very simple. He Gong's money ended up in the emperor's internal money. If you report to the prefect of Song Dynasty, you will eventually find out the king's father." Zhou Nan said in the simplest words The ins and outs of this matter have been said again.

Finally, he laughed: "Master Ding, you won that book, and you can't tell when you will offend the emperor. You should first think about how to protect yourself! At that time, everyone in the world will avoid it, so how can Xuezheng be willing to get involved?" You, what are you using to protect the fame of Mr. Xun? After all, the Xun family is my concubine's maiden's house, and the officials don't want to see their family fall into ruin, please think twice."

"You... earn me!" Ding Qifa's pupils constricted and he stood up abruptly.

Then he shook his head and sighed, and sat down slowly.With a wry smile: "Zimuguo is an outstanding man, I'm afraid you have been thinking about this for a long time. Take one step and see three steps, I admire you."

Zhou Nan: "Thank you, thank you."

Ding Qiguang: "Zimu always takes the initiative every step of the way when he does things, and he has no plans left. He can learn how to play Go. If you have free time, you might as well come over and have a chat with the old man."

Zhou Nan: "Haha, I'm the stupidest person, I don't like to use my brain."

Ding Qiguang nodded: "The chessboard here is really small, it seems that you won't be able to stay in Huai'an for a few days, take care."

Coming out of Ding Qiguang, Zhou Nan smiled sweetly.I know in my heart that I have got what I want.

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The sky received the last trace of afterglow.

After a busy day, when I returned to the rented yard, I saw that candles were lit in every house, and the house was brightly illuminated.

No need to ask, these candles were lit by Xun Fangyu.

There are only Zhou Nan and her in the house, so there is no need to light so many lights.One is waste, and the most important thing is that it is not safe to run out of water.

However, Zhou Nan often left early and returned late, and fell asleep every day when he came back, leaving Xun Fangyu alone at home.After all, she is a fourteen or fifteen-year-old girl, so she must be afraid in her heart, and wants to use the lights to embolden herself?

To be honest, this Xunliu girl has no sense of existence with Zhou Nan.She often sits in the courtyard and looks up at the sky, without speaking for a whole day.

He walked lightly and silently, which shocked Zhou Nan many times.

Zhou Nan didn't know what kind of relationship he had with her. Obviously, the little girl was quite unwilling to be his concubine, so she put a piece of silver under her window sill from time to time and asked her to buy vegetables and cook for herself. meal.

The weather was very hot, and Xun Fangyu had already prepared dinner.The small dining table was placed in the patio, and there were only two simple dishes and one soup. She ate in small mouthfuls with the bowl in her hand, without making a sound.

But a few crickets in the courtyard were singing softly, making the night extremely quiet.

Seeing Zhou Nan coming in, Xun Fangyu stood up, scooped a bowl of rice from the steamer and brought it to Zhou Nan.

"I've already eaten." Zhou Nan shook his head.

But Xun Fangyu still stuffed the bowl into his hand, with a dull expression, and said: "You should eat more after drinking, or you will get drunk and hurt your body."

Zhou Nan had no choice but to take the bowl and chopsticks and put them aside.

Xun Fangyu began to sip the rice grains in the bowl again.

After a while, Zhou Nan said softly, "In a few days, I may leave Huai'an."

Xun Fangyu's hands stopped, and he started to eat again, but he moved quickly.

Zhou Nan: "It is estimated that they will be transferred to other places, and maybe this rank will be promoted. According to the system of the imperial court, officials with a rank are not allowed to work locally and have to go five hundred miles away. Moreover, officials cannot bring The family members take office. The system is the system, and no one can do anything about it. I am leaving, but I am worried about my family, especially you."

Xun Fangyu ate faster, and the courtyard was filled with the sound of her chopsticks colliding with the rim of the bowl.

Zhou Nan looked guilty: "Miss Six, what happened that night...I...forget it...this is for you..."

He took out the house deed and land deed from his pocket, and put it in front of Xun Fangyu: "This is the property left to you by your father when he passed away. It was my fault that caused you to suffer so much. However, I also have mine. Difficulties."

Zhou Nan talked about it about once, and finally said: "This is all yours, you can keep it!"

In the afternoon, someone from the Xun family came and promised to return the land to Xun Fangyu.

Zhou Nan thought for a while, it would be too cheap for the Xun family to settle it like this.He proposed that the family property should be divided in half.In addition, a set of yards had to be used as the residence of the sixth girl.

The Xun family had no choice but to give Zhou Nan five thousand acres of land, ten shops and a two-entry house in Huai'an city.

After Zhou Nan got the benefits, he simply released Xun Xiucai immediately.

With five thousand acres of land, ten shops, and a reputation as a scholar, Zhou Nan has officially squeezed into the ranks of the gentry.

Xun Fangyu still didn't speak, and continued to eat.

Zhou Nan sighed: "The reason why you became like this is my responsibility. Miss Liu, even if everyone in the world is sorry, you have to be sorry for yourself! I don't know what you think of me, people are so wrong. How can grass and trees be ruthless, in my mind I already regard you as a real relative."

After Xun Fangyu finished eating a bowl of rice, he filled another bowl full, and continued to stuff it into his mouth.

"Ouch!" Xun Fangyu spit out sour water, probably because he was too overwhelmed, and tears kept streaming down his face.

Get back everything she deserves today, but is this what she really wants?

It's all changed, and there's no going back.

(End of this chapter)