Chapter 108 People Sitting at Home, Misfortune Comes from Heaven
Wang Yan smiled and said: "Very good, I think Mrs. Wen doesn't seem to have the style of your wife. It seems that she is very satisfied with Liuya." Zhou Yi was silent. Mrs. Wen and Wen Qu are young couples. Mrs. Wen
originally She is the daughter of a Juren, and she married Wen Qu when he was still a scholar. Although she is well-educated, she is still different from those wealthy wives.
Zhou Yi asked Liuya again: "Fourth Sister, what do you think?"
Liuya smiled and said, "It's pretty good, their family is simple, there is only one younger sister, and that little girl is very cute, I can chat with her very well, Mrs. Wen also looks very gentle. Liulang, if the Wen family likes me, then it’s settled. I don’t know about Wen Xin, but if you say it’s good, then it’s good. Their family’s situation is simple. Live comfortably."
Zhou Yi nodded.
Wang Yan patted the back of Liuya's hand: "You are a girl who has never been out of the cabinet. You married someone without a word, and now you even talk about your own marriage so carelessly. If others find out, aren't you afraid to make a joke?"
" Mother, how can I point fingers?" Liuya retorted.
"Mother, this is a major event in the fourth sister's life. We should always listen to what she thinks.
" Going to the capital to study here, these days are very hard work, the child has lost a lot of weight."
Zhou Jia used to study in Bailu Academy, but now he followed him to the capital, and Zhou Yi carefully selected a school with a good reputation for him. The academy is probably in a hurry, Zhou Jia has been working very hard these days.
"Mother, sit down, I'll go and have a look." Zhou Yi stood up and said to Wang Yan.
"Hey, okay, you tell Hachiro not to work hard for him, and he got into the study as soon as he got home, and he hasn't come out until now!" "I know."
Zhou Yi walked through the front yard and arrived at Zhou Jia's. In front of the study, he knocked on the door, but there was no movement inside, so Zhou Yi opened the door and walked in.
"Jiajia, Jiajia..." Zhou Jia was reading with a book in his hands, but he didn't respond to Zhou Yi's calls several times.
Zhou Yi stepped forward and gently pushed him.
Zhou Jia raised his head abruptly: "Brother?"
Zhou Yi smiled and patted his head: "Are you stupid?"
Zhou Jia shook his head: "Brother, you always said that if you read the book into it, you will enjoy yourself. I didn't believe it before, but these days I seem to really feel the joy of reading, brother, do you think I will be like you, and I will take the number one exam in the future?" He looked at Zhou Yi staringly.
Zhou Yi laughed: "As long as you work hard, nothing is impossible, but you can't blindly believe what is said in the book. After all, people who write books are human, and human beings will inevitably make mistakes. Many things need to be verified by ourselves."
"I know this, I didn't think so before, but I read a lot of books recently, and I often come to different conclusions when I see the same thing, which means that the words of those who wrote the books can only represent the opinions of the family." Zhou Jia said with her chest straightened out. His head is clear and straight.
"That's right, actually this world is very big..." Zhou Yi goes to the office every day, no matter how late it is, he will talk to Zhou Jia, no matter what, it may be geographical customs, it may be the world opposite Da Viet, or it may be natural science... …, such small chats every day greatly broadened Zhou Jia’s horizons and aroused his interest in learning.
The two brothers talked for a while as usual, Zhou Yi told Zhou Jia to rest early, and then went back to the room by himself, and went to the Imperial Academy the next day to do his work as usual. As soon as he sat down, someone whispered to him: "Zhou Yi
, do you know that the emperor lost his temper in the early morning court!"
The embankment that was only strengthened last year has such a serious breach this year. I can figure out the reason with my ass. Emperor Chongzheng loves money so much that even his courtiers are stingy, but now so much tax has to be taken away. For disaster relief, it's surprising that he doesn't lose his temper.
"Is it because of the breaking of the embankment in Yuanping Mansion?" Zhou Yi was a good listener, so he asked curiously.
The man said emotionally: "No, such a big thing happened. The first person to suffer was the Minister of the Ministry of Industry. I heard that he was directly dismissed by the emperor. I've been grounded."
Zhou Yi said, "It's not surprising that this punishment is not surprising. I can tell with my toes that the Minister of Ministry of Works must be involved, and someone from the Ministry of Households may also be involved. There are other people involved, Zhou Yi doesn't know, but according to Zhou Yi's guess, there should be some, and then there are some big and small officials in Yuanping Mansion. After all, money has to pass through their territory. If he didn't scrape a layer of skin, Zhou Yi wouldn't believe it if he was killed.
"That's it?" Zhou Yi asked.
"How can it be? The emperor lost his temper early in the court. He heard that an inspection team will be set up to go to Yuanping Mansion to thoroughly investigate this case!" He whispered in his ear: "This is obviously a hot potato. Who dares to take this hand? The people in the inspection team have not yet made a decision, and no one in the court dares
to respond." Is Shi or Dali Temple responsible?" Zhou Yi asked suspiciously.
"It used to be like this, but every time when investigating this kind of corruption and fraud, Dali Temple and the supervisory censor always arrested a few youngsters and made a fuss. The emperor seems to have made up his mind this time. He must find out the mastermind behind the incident. Maybe I also want to knock the mountain to shake the tiger, after all, the corruption in the court has become more and more popular in the past few years! Now I heard that I intend to send an imperial envoy to monitor it. Although this title sounds good, who is willing to accept it? I think it is still possible. Grinding." This guy seems to know a lot, and his analysis is clear and logical.
Zhou Yi looked at it, and deeply felt that his sources of information were too few, and even a gossip king in the Imperial Academy knew much more than him.
However, Zhou Yi still agrees with his words. Although the name of the imperial envoy sounds good, who knows that it is an errand that is set on fire. Yuanping Mansion is known as the second largest mansion after the capital, and the water there is deep. Really, who dares to wade into this muddy water, besides, maybe there are still high-ranking officials in the DPRK and others colluding with each other.
Zhou Yi thought it was a good thing that he is now a minor official of the Imperial Academy, and he would never be able to bear the title of imperial envoy, so he only listened to this matter as a gossip, read books in the morning, revised books in the afternoon, and then had a good time Xia Ya.
There are many snacks and dry goods on the South Street. After Zhou Yi left the office, he would go there every few days to buy some fried chestnuts and the like for snacks.
Today Zhou Yi suddenly felt a little greedy again. After getting off the office, he made a special detour to South Street, and went to the store he had been patronizing all along. The boss knew him.
"Master, you are here, is it still the same as before?"
Zhou Yi smiled and said, "Yes
, it is the same as before." Stir-fried, it tastes extremely mellow in the mouth.
"Miss, look, it's Mr. Zhou!" Opposite to Zhou Yi, Li Yingru just came out of the bookstore, Qing'er saw Zhou Yi at a glance, and hurriedly pointed it out to her.
Li Yingru immediately looked in the direction Qing'er pointed, and saw Zhou Yi standing in front of the fried chestnut stand to pay.
"Miss, I really didn't expect Master Zhou to like to eat these things. Like a child!" Qing'er covered her mouth and smiled.
Li Yingru tapped Qing'er's forehead: "Who says eating chestnuts is a child? Your miss, I also like to eat candy!
" You have started to protect Young Master Zhou."
"Damn girl, stop talking nonsense..." Li Yingru pinched Qing'er's ear, and walked straight towards Zhou Yi after speaking.
"Mr. Zhou." Zhou Yi was holding a chestnut and was about to eat it. When he turned around, he saw Li Yingru. Yi said to the boss, "Fry another piece of chestnut."
"Okay." The boss naturally agreed happily.
Li Yingru looked at Zhou Yi with a smile: "You just let me make the decision, what if I don't like it!"
Zhou Yi realized later: "Don't you like it? Forget it. I'll take it back and give it to my brother."
Qing'er snickered again from behind. Usually, Mr. Zhou is quite clever. So silly for a while.
"Okay, I'm just kidding you, I like to eat, as long as it's sweet." Li Yingru blinked mischievously.
Zhou Yi was a little stunned by her smile. It happened that the chestnut was ready at this time, and the boss' voice woke him up. After taking the chestnut, he walked side by side with Li Yingru.
"Miss Li, this chestnut is a little hot, let me peel it for you." Zhou Yi took a chestnut and felt it, and hurriedly said to Li Yingru.
Li Yingru looked at Zhou Yi with a smile, two dimples appeared on the corners of her mouth: "Okay,"
Li Yingru is tall and tall, with long legs and big strides, but Zhou Yi walks slowly like a little old man, Li Yingru Then he also slowed down his pace, following Zhou Yi's pace.
She looked at Zhou Yi's side face, the edges and corners were not as sharp as other men's, and the whole facial features seemed soft, as if he was born with a smiling face, whenever she saw him, she was always smiling, the whole person gave people the feeling Just like a piece of warm jade, it will not make people feel dazzling, and it is very comfortable to stay with him.
Li Yingru knew that despite the thin body of the man next to him, he was extremely powerful inside. Li Yingru had a manly personality, but in front of Zhou Yi, she could rarely feel the man's strength. The pearl is held in the hand, and the combination of rigidity and softness is powerful.
Looking at it like this, Li Yingru became a little crazy.
After Zhou Yi peeled a chestnut, he handed it to Li Yingru, but Li Yingru didn't pick it up. Zhou Yi looked at Li Yingru, "Miss Li?
" .
Zhou Yi looked at it, his eyes were full of smiles, and his voice was much softer than usual: "Miss Li, why don't we sit in the teahouse, I haven't seen you for a long time, let's talk."
Li Yingru's face was blushing at this moment, and she had completely lost her usual sharpness. After hearing Zhou Yi's words, she subconsciously answered yes, and she didn't come to her senses until she was sitting in the private room of the teahouse.
"The Biluochun here is green in color and has a pleasant fragrance. Miss Li, try it." Zhou Yi filled Li Yingru's teacup and said softly.
Li Yingru picked it up, tasted it, and nodded: "It's really good."
Zhou Yi was very happy to be recognized, "Yes, if you like it, you can drink it often in the future." As he spoke, he picked it up and took a sip.
"Zhou Yi, when will you come to my house to propose marriage?"
Zhou Yi was about to drink tea when Li Yingru suddenly said this sentence.
"Pfft..." Zhou Yi spat out a mouthful of tea.
Li Yingru could dodge it obviously, but she still sat there stiffly without moving.
Zhou Yi hurriedly took out the veil and handed it to Li Yingru: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I just didn't expect you to say it first, it's really..."
Li Yingru took Zhou Yi's veil and wiped her face calmly. Mo: "Are you really surprised?"
Zhou Yi nodded honestly.
"Zhou Yi, what do you mean? You handed me such a poem that night, and you didn't even show your face afterwards. Could it be that you never thought of proposing marriage at all?" Li Yingru looked at Zhou Yi firmly.
Looking at her posture, Zhou Yi deeply felt that if he didn't give a good answer, he might die on the spot today.
Zhou Yi hurriedly waved his hands: "How could that be? How could I, Zhou Yi, be that kind of irresponsible person? It's just that I still have a sister in my family. After all, it's better to solve her life-long affairs. It's impossible for me to be a younger brother. Let's get ahead of my sister."
Li Yingru softened at a speed visible to the naked eye, and her eyes that had been staring at Zhou Yi just now also showed a shy smile: "I know, this is naturally as it should be."
"Miss Li, it's just that I didn't expect that you would marry me so quickly..." Zhou Yi was happy in his heart, but there was some teasing on his face.
Li Yingru was a little flustered when she heard the words, but she still pretended to be calm and said: "Since you have already handed me a love poem, it is considered a promise of love. What's wrong if I ask?" Then go provoke those rotten peach blossoms."
Zhou Yi was first amused by Li Yingru's reaction, and then frowned after hearing her last sentence: "What rotten peach blossoms, I didn't provoke anyone except you, Miss Li." Li Yingru waved his hand, "It's okay, you are excellent, even if you don't provoke yourself, you will always be targeted by others, you don't have to worry about these, I will take care of it for you." He said it with a lot of pride. Zhou Yi laughed: "Yingru, you are really..." "What did you call me?" Li Yingru looked at Zhou Yi with wide eyes. Zhou Yi got up and approached Li Yingru, and whispered in her ear with some breath: "I call you Yingru, what's wrong?" He also gently stroked her hair along the way. Coax, Li Yingru's face turned red in an instant, her body trembled, she stood up suddenly, and was about to walk out the door: "I...I have to go, my mother is still waiting for me to go back!" Zhou With a smile on his face, Yi watched Li Yingru rush out the door in a panic. With a bang, the door suddenly opened from the outside again, Li Yingru quickly walked a few steps to Zhou Yi's side, and whispered: "Zhou Yi, if you treat me like this today, I will assume that you will definitely marry me. If the time comes, you won't marry me." Came to Li's house to propose marriage..." Li Yingru blushed and took a deep breath: "Even if you are poor, I will settle the score with you." Zhou Yi patted Li Yingru's head, leaned close to her face, and breathed . Tang: "Don't worry, I've taken a fancy to you, and I won't let you escape from me." "You..." Li Yingru pushed Zhou Yi violently, Zhou Yi was caught off guard, and his butt hit the table. The pain made him grin his teeth, and the affectionate young man returned to his original form in a second.
Li Yingru burst out laughing: "Let's talk nonsense, Zhou Yi, you can only say these words to me, if you let me know that you use these words to tease other little girls..." She made a movement of drawing her sword , eyes squinting: "You understand the consequences!" After speaking with a smile on his face, he walked away briskly like a bird.
Zhou Yi rubbed his butt, really, he managed to flirt with a girl, and his image was ruined so quickly.
He shook his head with a grin, and left the teahouse with two packs of fried chestnuts in sugar. Zhou Yi looked around, but he didn't see Li Yingru, so he must have gone back.
Zhou Yi whistled and strolled back home.
When they got home, both Wang Yan and Zhou Lao Er looked happy, and Liu Ya sat on the side with a little shame on his face.
Zhou Yi paused, and asked, "Could it be that Wen's mansion came for a matchmaker?"
Wang Yan smiled and nodded: "No, we just came back from Wen's mansion not long ago, and it's only been a few days, and Wen's mansion has come for a matchmaker. It seems that Liu Ya is very satisfied."
Zhou Yi nodded, and he was also happy that this marriage could come true.
Since everyone is interested, there is no need to delay this marriage. That night, the Zhou family asked the matchmaker to answer, and it was considered that they were interested in this marriage.
The Wen family's efficiency was even faster, and they came directly to propose marriage the next day.
Liu Ya was eighteen years old, and Wen Xin was not young, so he directly set the date of marriage in half a year, which happened to be the beginning of winter.
Now that Liuya's marriage is settled, his marriage with Li Yingru has to be decided. Zhou Yi was about to tell Wang Yan and Zhou Laoer that when he was excited to go to Li's residence to propose a marriage, an imperial decree suddenly arrived at the Imperial Academy. However, the emperor actually ordered Zhou Yi to be the imperial envoy to investigate the embankment breach of Yuanping Mansion.
Zhou Yi was stunned at that moment, how could it be, he is just a rookie who just entered the workplace, and he is a fifth-rank Zhima official, how could the emperor think of asking him to do such a big event?
absurd! Zhou Yi's first thought was such a thought, followed by anger. He was sure that if he only relied on Emperor Chongzheng, even if he had a little bit of a head last time, he would not be able to remember such a thing. Looking at him, someone must have applied eye drops in front of Emperor Chongzheng...
"Scholar Zhou, accept the order quickly." Zhou Yi knelt there, frowning.
The father-in-law said impatiently in a sharp voice. This father-in-law was the one who gave Zhou Yi the edict last time. He looked at Zhou Yi with sighs in his eyes. He thought that the number one scholar would make a big difference in the future, and he wanted to make friends in advance, but he didn't expect... ...Since ancient times, when investigating a huge amount of corruption and fraud cases, everyone knows the depth of the water, or the officials handling the case are wise and catch a few small shrimps, but in this way, in the eyes of the emperor, there will be an impression of incompetence. Either if you encounter someone who is serious or wants to make a contribution, investigate to death, and the person who investigates the case will not be far from death.
Anyway, it's just that people don't like each other. In the eyes of this father-in-law, Zhou Yi has become a worthless person. Since he is a worthless person, there is no need to be polite.
Zhou Yi came back to his senses, and respectfully accepted the imperial decree.
The father-in-law said again: "Scholar Zhou, the emperor ordered you to go to the imperial study to meet the saint. Let's go."
Everyone in the Hanlin Academy looked at each other in blank dismay, especially the man who had just gossiped with Zhou Yi a few days ago, he was even more confused, he never imagined how Zhou Yi would be so unlucky to run into this job.
Wen Qu looked at Zhou Yi worriedly, stroked his beard, and sighed inwardly, hey, this court...
Zhou Yi followed behind his father-in-law and thought a lot. He still thought the court was too simple. He thought that if he didn't form cliques for personal gain and stir up trouble, he could avoid right and wrong. He came from the sky to let him understand that right and wrong can’t be avoided by blindly avoiding them. He didn’t want to provoke right and wrong, but when the envoys from the Great Qiang came last time, all the things he showed had already made people jealous. If Zhou Yi could be used by them Okay, but Zhou Yi just doesn't know what to do, and thinks about being alone, everyone is innocent, and pregnant is guilty. Zhou Yi has such abilities, but he can't be used by them, whether it is to prevent Zhou Yi from going against them in the future, or purely It's no surprise that they cheated on Zhou Yi!
Along the way, Zhou Yi thought about the matter clearly, and then he couldn't help laughing, laughing at his own innocence, since he was already in this chaotic field, he still wanted to be clean, this is not a joke.
When we arrived at the imperial study, the father-in-law went in first to make an announcement, and after a while he called Zhou Yi in.
Zhou Yi took a deep breath. Now that everyone was approaching him, he had no choice but to fight with his paws. Zhou Yi entered the imperial study room on tiptoe, lowered his head and knelt down: "My humble minister joins the emperor." "
Well, get up." Emperor Chongzheng's voice came from above Zhou Yi's head.
"You know why I asked you to come here." Emperor Chongzheng fixed his eyes on Zhou Yi, showing no emotion.
"Reporting to the emperor, I know that it is for the case of breaking the embankment of the Yuanping Mansion." Zhou Yi replied respectfully.
"That's right, someone told me today that you have a firm heart and great wisdom, and you will surely become a pillar of the imperial court in time. This investigation of corruption and fraud will just give you a chance to grow, but I know that they didn't say anything You are so kind..."
Zhou Yi suddenly raised his head.
"You're thinking, since I know, why did I order you to be responsible?" Emperor Chongzheng looked at Zhou Yi.
Zhou Yi said respectfully: "Eating the emperor's salary and sharing the worries for the emperor, no matter what the emperor asks the minister to do, he should do it." His eyes and words are extremely sincere.
"Hahaha, good." Zhou Yi's words made Emperor Chongzheng laugh out loud, "That's right, Zhou Yi, I really didn't misunderstand you. I don't believe any of the civil and military ministers in the court, but I believe you. I believe it." , you will not let me down. If you want to become a talent, how can you do it without tempering? You let go and do it, and I will be your backing."
Zhou Yi listened to the boss's words of encouragement, and he also expressed himself "sincerely" After his loyalty, he withdrew from the Imperial Study Room.
If it's an ordinary rookie in the workplace, hearing the big boss say this, it's not as if he has beaten chicken blood and tried his best to make some achievements, but Zhou Yi is far from that stunned young man. It's easy to shout a few passionate slogans, but really You have to go up and do it with real knives and guns. If you don't get it right, sprinkling chicken blood will become throwing blood!
And when he heard Emperor Chongzheng say "they", it meant that it wasn't just a group of people who encouraged him to be an imperial envoy this time. I'm afraid that the cheerful and good-natured Yang Zhiwen also contributed a lot to this.
No, maybe people didn't pay attention to him at all, just because he was disobedient, they wanted to exterminate him with a blow.
Thinking of this, Zhou Yi sneered, Lao Tzu is not a soft persimmon to be manipulated by others, since he has spoken to him, he must be prepared to have his teeth broken.