Idle courtiers

Chapter 33 Gossip and Scandal Everyone Loves

It is a scandal that the young mistress of the Mei family ran away from home and rented a boat in Huai'an Mansion to become the boss of Fengyuexing.Although Zhou Nan was annoyed that the Mei family was rude to him, he also felt a little gloating.However, the fact that she prostituted Sister Su is too sensitive. The world has a lot to do with her reputation and the reputation of the Mei family.

Therefore, when he reported to Shizhi County yesterday, he naturally withdrew this section.Otherwise, once the matter gets to the ears of the Mei family, if they don't try their best to find me, Mei will be a member of the gang, and there will be a hundred ways to make herself disappear from this world.

At this moment, Sister Su's words were like a bolt from the blue, and the pen in Zhou Nan's hand fell to the ground in shock.He hurriedly said: "Young Mistress of the Mei family, don't talk nonsense. The county lord, I am wronged, wronged!"

All the eyes of the room fell on him, some were surprised, and the one who was shocked was that this Zhou Ya servant was really a lustful wolf, and even the women of the Mei family caught up with him; and what was admirable was that this Zhou Nan was really daring, really daring Big X dragon X tiger, cowardly X cat's butt, such a lovely person fell into his hands, he really is a character; as for Miss Mei Er, her eyes are almost burning with anger.

"Zhang Lang, why do you deny it?" Sister Su suddenly smiled charmingly, and said in a tired voice: "Mr. Lang and my concubine had two spring breezes yesterday, and they were lingering for a day. The love between them will never be forgotten by my family. Actually, I have had these two times. I'm already satisfied. But I don't blame you, after all, you are a servant of the yamen, and you have no choice but to fulfill your duties."

Hearing what she said, the two female prisoners in charge of her felt envious: This head of the Zhou Dai squad was born so well, the spring breeze was twice, and he persisted for a whole day from beginning to end. This is simply the rebirth of the overlord!The daughter-in-law of the Mei family is very lucky to be so happy.

Looking at Zhou Nan again, they all nodded secretly.Speaking of which, Zhou Dai's team leader is tall and strong, if he is more in vain, he will be an upright husband, a romantic and handsome gentleman.

Zhou Nan felt weak all over, his reputation as a pervert was solid, and he stuttered; "It's not me, it's not me..."

"Shut up, shameless slut, don't you just want to take revenge on our Mei family?" Second Miss Mei finally couldn't help shouting angrily: "You are a woman, and you are serving your in-laws at home, so what if you feel wronged?" Is it? After all, it is your mother-in-law, so what if you are punished for doing something wrong. Are you doing this to tarnish our family's reputation?"

Sister Su just laughed, but didn't speak.

Second Miss Mei sternly said again: "Bitch, so that you know who the person who dirty your body is, don't be kept in the dark." She pointed at Zhou Nan with her slender fingers.If she knew the Six Meridians Excalibur, it is estimated that Zhou Nan's body would have been pierced with countless bloody holes.

"He, of course, is my Zhang Lang, Zhang Da."

"Bah!" Second Miss Mei's tears suddenly fell: "You really don't know anything. This villain is Zhou Nan who killed my elder brother back then. He just came back from Liaodong after serving his sentence. The villain , What happened to you in our Mei family, you killed my elder brother, and now you are dirty with my sister-in-law, so you are bullying our Mei family?"

"What?" Sister Su's body trembled.

"I'm not, I'm not..." Zhou Nan was speechless.

"Hehe..." Sister Su suddenly let out a bleak laugh: "This is no coincidence, Zhou Nan, what are you trying to do to deceive me, a widow? Animals are not as good as animals. Zhou Nan, Zhou Zimu. I said yesterday that I saw you so familiarly, and I also liked you. It turned out to be an old friend. I will show you everywhere, tell you to bite everywhere, and make a promise with you The promise of the white head, it turns out that you are the thief surnamed Zhou back then. The money you gave, if I am someone, whore, I will give it back to you."

After finishing speaking, he took out the one tael of silver from his sleeve and hit Zhou Nan fiercely.

Zhou Nan was caught off guard for a moment and hit the forehead.I just feel that there are stars in my eyes, and the pain is unbearable.When I touched it with my hand, there was a big bruise.Fortunately, he was very poor. If he exchanged for a silver boat worth twelve taels, he would probably have a bloody head.If it is replaced with 50 taels of official silver, the consequences will be disastrous.

"Shameless, shameless." Second Miss Mei screamed again: "Dirty, so dirty!"

Seeing that the commotion below was really outrageous, Shi Zhixian yelled: "Qu Jing, the daughter of the people, Mrs. Mei, this woman is actually your widow's wife. Take it home and close the case!"

I don't know how the aunt and sister-in-law left the Yamen, Zhou Nan's mind was still buzzing in a mess.After a long time, he smiled bitterly at Shi Zhixian: "Master Mingjian, the daughter-in-law of the Mei family is not angry, and I will take her back to her husband's house and bite her carelessly."

"It's really a decline in the world, and the people's hearts are not old." After all, Shi Zhixian was born as an orthodox scholar, so he naturally couldn't see this kind of discord, so he ignored Zhou Nan and drove him out with a wave of his sleeve.

In fact, it’s okay for people with low status like yamen servants to run around, bully men and women, prostitute and gamble wildly, and villains with low moral character, don’t they just like to play with men and women?But Zhou Nan used to be a scholar after all, and his poems and essays were excellent, so Shi Zhixian naturally wanted to look up to him.

But what he did was really outrageous, which naturally disappointed the county magistrate greatly.

Ordinarily, Zhou Nan offered the strategy of changing agriculture to mulberry, helped Shi Jieren pass the yearly exam safely, and solved the strange case of Mei's daughter-in-law's disappearance. He made great contributions.Not to mention promotion and salary increase, there must be some rewards.

But for the next two days, Shi Zhixian ignored him.Zhou Nanqiu met twice, but was kicked out by him.

Now Zhou Nan's status in the yamen is a bit embarrassing. After Captain Li came back from Huai'an City, his agent team leader would naturally not be able to do it.At the beginning, Zhou Nan also thought that Zhou Xiucai was famous at the beginning, and the best place for him was to work as a book office in Liufang, copying and writing, sending and receiving, and then in charge of secrets.There are few things close to home, and the salary is high.However, the magistrate did not make any arrangements, and he neither belonged to the sixth room nor the third class, and became an idler wandering around.

It's really boring to have nothing to do, and at the same time, the news that he prostituted the Mei family's wife somehow spread in the county.The versions of Grape Shed, Swing Stand, Mr. Jiao, and One Dragon N Phoenix have all come out, and they have a nose and an eye.As a result, every time Zhou Nan went to the yamen to be on business, some yamen servants came over to ask about the situation, and even specifically explained, "Pay attention to the details and describe in detail."

The yamen servants didn't pay much attention to their speech, but the masters of the sixth room had at least some education and their speech was elegant.He usually smiles ambiguously: "One day is one day, one day is one day. Zhou Nan, you are so powerful and fierce. You are really enviable. But there is a way to keep in good health. You may wish to sit down and discuss the Tao and exchange ideas."

Zhou Nan was really depressed to the point of death, didn't he just commit a problem with his life style, as for not arranging a job for me, there was such a saying in ancient times?
After thinking about it, there really are.After all, officialdom culture has been inherited in one continuous line from ancient times to the present.It is a big taboo for officials and civilians who are not serious in the relationship between men and women and do not aim at marriage.Moreover, in the moral outlook of the ancients, liking women has never been a glorious thing.Otherwise, why does "Water Margin" mention heroes and heroes as "On weekdays, they only like to beat their muscles and bones, and they don't give in to women's sex at all."

However, it's not all bad news.First of all, Guixian Cheng will not come to trouble him.The second master was sent by Shizhi County to southern Jiangsu to buy mulberry seedlings because of the conversion of farming to mulberry. It may take some time before he comes back.

Secondly, the yamen closed the payment, and issued two taels of silver.This is Zhou Nan's first serious income after traveling to the Ming Dynasty, so he naturally wants to celebrate.How to relieve worries, only gluttony.He bought a jug of wine, wrapped a catty of stewed meat in lotus leaves, and ate a full belly in the public house by himself.

At this time, a yamen servant came and said that the county lord had something to explain in the past.

It can be regarded as a chance to meet with Shi Zhixian, Zhou Nan's spirit was lifted, and he went to the Houya to meet him.It's a pity that he ate too much and had limited mobility, so he could only support the wall with his hands.A teacher in the room laughed and said: "People have five elements, the kidneys are water, and the water overflows itself, but if you don't control it, it will hurt your body. Young people should behave properly. At any rate, they have read sage books, don't Lost the dignity of the Yamen."

Zhou Nan was not in a good mood: "You are chasing after the wind and shadows, the county lord is extremely strict, I will be grateful for the kindness of the old man, and stay at home all day, thinking about my mistakes behind closed doors."

"You green-skinned thief Xu, you also know that you are wrong." Shi Zhixian snorted, his face full of displeasure.He also regretted it in his heart. The spread of Zhou Nan's incident was indeed a major discredit to the Yamen's reputation. Afterwards, he also issued a sealing order, ordering those who knew the case not to spread it.However, it's okay for others to say that the problem lies with the two female prisoners at that point.These two women talk fast, plus women are born gossip, how can they hide their words, one spreads ten, ten spreads hundreds, this has now become the biggest news in Andong County this year.

Think about it, Zhou Nan didn't say that he killed Mr. Mei back then, but now there is a widow who prostituted someone else, and bullying people is not like this.Sure enough, it was shocking to hear that it was not as good as a beast.

Zhou Nan hurriedly said: "I am guilty, please forgive me. Zhou Nan only wants to serve the county magistrate, and doesn't care about his personal gains and losses. He only wants to take the blame and make meritorious service, and repay the kindness of the old parents."

"Well, I just have something to ask you." Shi Zhixian didn't sleep well, and yawned: "The matter of changing agriculture to mulberry has some clues. , decided that the chief officer should come over to verify our county’s transformation from agriculture to mulberry. This matter is your proposal, and I’m calling you to discuss it today.”

A teacher introduced that according to the rules of the Ming Dynasty, the external investigation and yearly examinations of local officials are all in charge of the officials sent by the Ministry of Officials or the local magistrate.Anton's transformation of agriculture into mulberry involves tax reduction and exemption, so it cannot be careless. It just so happens that Yanzhou, where the head of the Ministry of Officials' Shandong Qingli Department is located, is close to here, so I asked him to come and check to see if all the fertile land in Andong County has been completed. Sang Tian.If it is true, the cabinet will approve the matter.

At the beginning, Shizhi County was also in a hurry to go to the doctor for this booklet, but now the higher-ups are coming to check, the problem is serious.He just talked about it casually in the memorial and dealt with it.But now the higher-ups are coming to investigate again, he can't make a [-]-acre mulberry garden, and the people in the county will not agree to pull out the seedlings and replace them with mulberry trees. If there is no harvest, everyone will have to drink the northwest wind next year.Blindly coercing, it may cause a civil uprising.

The Minister of the Ministry of Officials is called the Heavenly Official, and he is directly responsible for issuing official hats.Therefore, the official department ranks first among the six departments.Of course, the Ministry of Rites has something to say.

The official department in charge of personnel and the household department in charge of finance are very powerful, and the people inside have bad tempers.Even if you are a small official like the head of the Qing Dynasty official department, although you are only from the fifth grade, once you feel upset, even if you are the chief envoy of a province or the procurator who has been mentioned for punishment, you dare to point your nose and scold you, but you still have to accompany him. smiley.

This time the Ministry of Officials sent personnel to check, and Shi Zhixian's head was as big as a bucket, and he had a bad premonition in his heart.This matter couldn't stand the investigation. After investigation, what about Sang Tian?No?Come on, bully king, let's go to Beizhen Fusi to drink tea!

However, Shizhi County is only a seventh-rank official.You are not a fourth rank, so you really have no right to have the imperial court dispatch Jinyiwei.

(End of this chapter)