Chapter 304 The magistrate's wife and the thieves
Fan Wulang was standing guard outside the Zhoujia Inn, where there were terrible "lewdies". Most of the archers under the jurisdiction of the Yanggu County Weishi were beaten down by these lewds. Some of them had broken hands and feet, some had vomited blood, and some had lost their souls and ran back to Fanjiazhuang in Anle Town to farm.
Fan Wulang was reluctant to leave his identity and wealth as a clerk, so he had to bite the bullet and take a few Fan family members who were willing to stay and "work hard" to guard outside the Zhou Family Inn in the county town.
He said he was a guard, but he didn't dare to ask when the thieves in the inn came in and out, because he was still dead!
However, what scared him the most now was not the thief in the Zhou family inn, but the several thugs from the Ximen family in Yanggu who had been wandering outside the inn since yesterday. They were all strong men with fierce eyes, and they were full of vicious eyes, obviously carrying daggers. Although Fan Wulang knew that his family had an official guide, the criminal family of the Ximen family dared not act rashly, but his heart was still thumping.
He already knew that the Fan family was confused this time and had provoked someone who could not be provoked... If Fan Jiu and one of Fan Shisan scholars could go to high school next year's competition, that would be fine. Otherwise, the super fierce female hero Ximen and her thief husband would have three years to take revenge!
Just as he was thinking about the possible revenge of the Fan family in the future, the sound of carriage rolling came over. Fan Wulang looked at the sound and saw a carriage slowly coming. The driver of the carriage Fan Wulang knew him, and it turned out to be Wan Shun, the coachman of Shi Da County.
How could County Magistrate Shi come to Zhoujia Inn? Fan Wulang thought to himself: Could it be that County Magistrate Shi wants to investigate the case in the inn?
"Fan Wulang, are all the Wu family father and son here?" Wan Shun, the coachman who tied the reins, asked in a muffled voice.
"Here, here." Fan Wulang replied repeatedly.
Wan Shun nodded and whispered to the people in the carriage: "Madam, the outside of the military officer and the official from the Wuhan University are here."
"OK."
Fan Wulang then heard a crisp and pleasant voice of a woman, and then the curtain of the carriage was lifted. The fragrance swelled up, accompanied by the ring and bell, and a bright and charming woman appeared. The woman had a jade-colored bun, a water-red strapless bra, holding a round fan in her hand, and was graceful, as if the beauty in the sky came slowly.
"Ah, madam!" Fan Wulang couldn't believe his eyes. The one who came was Wan, the wife of Shi Da County Magistrate Shi.
Although Magistrate Shi Da is over 60 years old this year, his wife is only in her thirties, and she looks younger than her actual age, at most she is thirty years old, which is the time when she is full of charm. What should such a beauty do alone in an inn full of traitors?
Fan Wulang thought maliciously: Could it be that the magistrate's wife can't stand the loneliness and wants to find a thief to have a good time?
The magistrate's wife did not look at Fan Wulang more, and took a lotus step and walked into the Zhou family inn where the thief lived. Someone in the inn had noticed that a guest was visiting. Wu Haogu, who was pulling a bow in the inn yard, hurriedly greeted him, bowed and smiled, "Sister Wan, what gust of wind has blown you?"
The magistrate's wife spat at him, then smiled and said, "It's big or small, are you calling me elder sister?"
The wife of the county magistrate Wan's mother, also a famous business in Kaifeng Prefecture, so she likes to visit Panlou Street for no reason. She is an old friend she has known since childhood. In terms of generations, she is a generation older than Wu Haogu.
"Hey! Hey!"
As the two of them were talking, a shout suddenly came from the yard.
When Mrs. Wan's beautiful eyes rolled, she was attracted by Brother Zhao Zhong, who was holding a large stone lock in the yard with his upper body naked... This is such a lewd thief! How could the fat man Wu Chengzhi have the capital to be a lewd?
The magistrate's wife smiled and pointed at Brother Zhao Zhong, and asked Wu Haogu: "Dalang, is this man making a big fuss about Jingonglou... General Silver Armor?"
"He is Zhao Yuanyi, a dependent in the third class, and is the husband of the Zhao family in Zhenzhou." After Wu Haogu finished introducing the article, he waved to Brother Zhao Zhong, who was sweating profusely, "Brother Zhong, come and meet County Magistrate Shi's wife."
Brother Zhao Zhong heard Wu Haogu's shouting, then put down the stone lock. He turned around and looked at Wu Haogu and the magistrate's wife Wan. The beauty lady was smiling at him! Brother Zhong is not a stupid big man who is confused. Although he has not married yet, he has also had a concubine in the Liao Kingdom. He immediately bowed to Mrs. Wan and smiled: "It turns out that he is the magistrate's wife, who is rude and rude."
"Since he is the husband of the Zhao family in Zhenzhou, why not come in and talk together." Madam Wan smiled sweetly again, "But you have to wear your clothes."
"Okay, okay, come now." Brother Zhao Zhong replied with a smile.
Wu Haogu was not a nosy person, but just politely invited Wan Niangzi into the lobby of the inn. At this time, the Zhou family inn had been consigned by Wu Haogu, and there were no other guests. The lobby of the inn became a place where Wu Haogu and Wu Cheng and his father and son met.
Before Wu Chengzhi was invited by the inn servant, Wu Haogu began to inquire about the magistrate's attitude.
"That old man is a slave," said Wan Niangzi, "He is just a fool and nerd, and he has no opinion at all. He just won a Jinshi for his luck."
Although the policy questions in the imperial examination look like that, the question is a question after all! It does not mean actual ability to do things. Even if it is a problem, it often only talks about the great truth and the Confucian version of political correctness.
After being a Jinshi and becoming an official, whether you can advance is often irrelevant to your ability... Compared with your ability to do things, the "official voice" of civil servants is more important. For example, the reason why Zhang Kegong wanted to fight against the "close-loving villain" Wu Haogu is to accumulate official voice.
As for whether Wu Haogu and Wu Chengzhi are traitors, it doesn't matter whether Zhang Da County Magistrate doesn't care about this. He just needs to get the reputation of a military officer who dares to fight against the close-loving military officer.
The official reputation of Wan Niangzi's husband Shi Guozhong is also good, because when he was a prefectural and county school official in his early years, he blocked the way for several officials who took the exam (all officials were greater than him) and gained a reputation of justice and fearlessness of the powerful (in fact, he had no idea about other people's background), so he was able to become a county magistrate smoothly.
However, it is a bit difficult to make progress. Because Shi Da County Magistrate adheres to the concept of "a gentleman is not a party", after passing the Jinshi, he refused to join the party. He was neither the old party nor the new party, so there was no one in the court, and he would not flatter the superiors.
However, such a confused official who seems to be at the top of his career may be of great use in Wu Haogu's opinion.
Because he seems to be a wife slave, and his wife has a good relationship with his father and son... If he can help him exercise, he might be able to arrange for some key position.
Thinking of this, Wu Haogu smiled and said to Madam Wan: "Thank you so much for your wife this time. I will definitely thank you very much if I stayed back to Kaifeng Mansion next time."
"I thank you very much," said Mrs. Wan waved her hand and smiled, "I and your father and son are old friends, why don't you know the details? It's inexplicable to say that your father is a traitor, and the Fan family of Yanggu didn't know what they thought? If they were not the family of scholars and officials, I would have told my officials and officials to teach me a good lesson."
Wu Haogu smiled and thought to himself: Someone will do the matter of teaching the Fan family a lesson. Your old official is just waiting to clean up the stall. Maybe he can make a contribution... When I go back to Kaifeng for exercise, I can see if I can get a magistrate of Cangzhou or Zhiqingchi County (Jiehe Shang City is under the jurisdiction of Qingchi County) for him?
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"Siege Fanjiazhuang? This girl Ximen Qing won't want to harm us, right?"
"What's the best thing to fight in Fanjiazhuang?"
"Yes, a bowl of rice, no oil and water, if you want to beat it, you will hit the Ximen family."
"Don't talk nonsense, the Ximen family can raise dead soldiers from the Liao Kingdom, and they are all cavalry generals who can fight horses! Can we beat them?"
"Yes, the newly appointed Xucheng inspector Wu Song is also supported by the Ximen family. This guy is also a fighter. It's not easy to mess with the Ximen family."
At this time, the heroes of Liangshan gathered at Chao Gai's village at the foot of Liangshan, and were discussing whether they would send troops to attack Fanjiazhuang.
Hearing the yelling of his brothers under his back, Chao Gai, who had scarred scars on his face, coughed, and the scene immediately became quiet. Then he said to Hei Song Jiang who was sitting beside him: "Gongming, what do you think?"
"Fight!" Song Jiang had already made a calculation, "If you don't fight, you'll be fine, and the tolls this year are not easy to charge!"
"But Fanjiazhuang..."
"Not afraid!" Song Jiang smiled, "If my brother is relieved, let me take people there. I will always bring back tens of thousands of stones of rice and hundreds of plowing oxen."
The Fan family is a Yimen who is both farming and studying. The most valuable thing in the village is to store grain and plow oxen. Although Liangshan collects money to do business, he cannot leave the house in Fanjiazhuang, otherwise it would be a break of the rules!
Therefore, thousands of stones of grain stored and dozens of plowing oxen are always brought back!
"Yes." Chao Gai looked at Song Jiang and nodded, "Brother, I'll take people there in person... This Fanjiazhuang is not far from Liangshanpo. If you have any movement, just hide in Liangshanpo."
"Not enough." Song Jiang smiled, "As long as the people from the Ximen family are not out, who else in Yunzhou can fight us? Besides, we are not going to occupy the county town or the prefecture town, but just fighting a village."
Chao Gai frowned and asked, "Gongming, what are you thinking about in the Ximen family? It's not called a big killing slaughter, why don't you just do it?"
Song Jiang smiled: "The most toxic woman's heart! That woman is going to smash a bowl of rice!"
"Smash the job? How to smash it?"
Song Jiang sneered: "I don't know how to hit me, but I believe that as long as a few Fan family members go up the mountain, there will be no more place in Yanggu County in the future."
"Well," Chao Gai waved his hand, "Let your brothers prepare for it, and send 1,000 troops tomorrow to rob Fanjiazhuang!"
Chapter completed!