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After regaining his senses, Nie Hongshu put down the tea bowl abruptly, and said coldly, "If my memory is correct, Mr. Shen seems to have been married?"

Qin Shou quickly took over the conversation: "Lord Nie, is this all right? With Mr. Shen's family background, it is normal to have three wives and four concubines."

"absurd!"

Hearing this, the anger in Nie Hongshu's heart exploded completely.

"My lord Qin, even if Nie is not an official, she is still a dignified person. No matter how poor the little girl is, she comes from a scholarly family. How can she be someone else's concubine?"

"This"

Qin Shou's face darkened, as if displeased.

In fact, I was secretly happy and proud in my heart.

Speaking of which, he was not the instigator of this incident, but a guy nicknamed "Zhu Bad Water".

This person's name is Zhu Huaishui, and he is the housekeeper of Zhou Yuanwai's residence.

Because of its bad water, many people call it Zhu bad water in private.

At the beginning, Yu Luohu slapped herself in public because of Nie Xiaoqian's identity, and she lost her face. After returning, she was furious, and all the servants became the targets of her anger.

Moreover, he also said that he would deal with Gu Ming desperately.

Because she couldn't afford to offend Nie Xiaoqian, she could only eat peaches in the middle of the night - picking the soft ones.

Zhu Huaishui was not as brainless as she was, so he immediately persuaded her.

Who would dare to advise someone else?

At the time when the tigress was in a rage, even Zhou Yuanwai had to stay away, let alone servants.

However, Zhu Huaishui is an exception.

His position in the Zhou family is quite special. It is no exaggeration to say that the development of the Zhou family cannot be separated from his help.

When Qin Shou first took office, Zhu Huaishui, who was "very discerning", concluded that he was a big greedy man, and boldly urged Zhou Yuanwai to bring 3000 taels of banknotes to visit.

As a result, Zhou Yuanwai seized the opportunity in one fell swoop and won Qin Shou's favor and trust.

It was Zhu Huaishui who planned everything secretly to seize the Wu family shop.

Although he gave Qin Shou 1000 taels of silver, he made a fortune in the end.

Not only did he earn the Wu family's shop for nothing, but he also took hundreds of taels of silver from the previous Gu Xiucai, and then he agreed to say a few nice words in front of Qin Shou.

Today's scene is also in Zhu Huaishui's calculations.

First, he pretended to mention Nie Xiaoqian inadvertently, which moved Shen Xiu's heart, and Qin Shou took the opportunity to say that he would go and have a look, and if he was interested, he could make a match.

However, Zhu Huaishui had long heard that Nie Hongshu was high-minded and conceited, so how could he betroth his daughter to a dude?

Not to mention, it's still a side room.

Everything was exactly as Zhu Huaishui expected, so Qin Shou was secretly delighted.

Next, let's see how Mr. Shen will perform.

Once the two sides broke up, they would have the opportunity to join forces to deal with Nie Hongshu. Even if he couldn't lose his official position, he had to be submissive and used for his own use.

At that time, if Yu Luohu wanted to clean up Gu Ming, wouldn't it be easy?

Sure enough, Shen Xiuyuan was upset.

On the spot, he lowered his face and said: "Master Nie, what do you mean you look down on me?"

Nie Hongshu responded neither humble nor overbearing: "This has nothing to do with looking down on me. I only have such a daughter. Naturally, I should be more cautious in matters of life."

"Hehe, don't they mean the same thing? You have to know that in Jinhua Mansion, there are many daughters who want to marry into my Shen family.

However, the door of my Shen family is not open to anyone who wants to enter. "

This tone is a bit conceited and even arrogant.

The implication is that marrying your daughter is to give you face, you should be lucky.

"Hahaha!"

Nie Hongshu couldn't help laughing angrily.

Suddenly, his head was hot, or he was holding his breath and wanted to vent, but he blurted out: "As far as I know, your father didn't even pass the exam as a scholar.

How he is an official, I believe you and Mr. Qin know better than anyone else.

Taking a step back, your father is an official, but what are you?

Not even a scholar, nothing more than an ordinary citizen.

May I ask, what qualifications do you have to speak wild words in front of this official? "

"You, you, how dare you humiliate me like this?"

As soon as these words came out, Shen Xiuyuan's face was slapped like a slap, causing burning pain.

Unable to refute.

After all, his father was only a sixth-rank official, not a hereditary nobleman.

In theory, he is indeed just a common man.

Therefore, Nie Hongshu's words can be said to have touched his sore spot mercilessly.

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Chapter 38 Catastrophe!

"Yu'er, see off the guest!"

Nie Hongshu talked to the two of them lazily, and walked away with a yell.

"Hmph, Nie Hongshu, you are so brave."

Qin Shou stood up and shouted angrily.

After that, he pretended to be angry and consoled Shen Xiuyuan: "Mr. Shen, this Nie man is so rude that he doesn't even pay attention to me. Forget it, let's go back first."

In fact, my heart was full of joy.

Because the development of the matter exceeded his expectations, it was no wonder that Shen Xiuyuan would give up.

Sure enough, Shen Xiuyuan slammed down the tea bowl, gritted his teeth and said, "I'll wait for you, my lord, and see how long you can be arrogant!"

Yu'er stood far away and did not dare to go forward.

It is definitely not a good time to go up to see off guests at this time.

Fortunately, Qin and Shou didn't make any more noise and left angrily.

Yu'er let out a long sigh of relief when the two left without a trace.

I was relieved in my heart, but at the same time worried about the master and miss.

Let's say that as soon as Qin Shou and his wife returned to another inner courtyard of the county government, Zhou Yuanwai came to the door as if he was on time.

He couldn't wait to know the result.

After all, the madam loses face, so does he.

I wanted to send someone to deal with Gu Ming secretly to express my anger for my wife, but I was afraid that it would cause trouble with Nie Hongshu.

In a word, as long as Nie Hongshu is brought down, he will be able to do whatever he wants.

When they met, they didn't ask any questions, but when they saw Shen Xiuyuan's expression, they knew that the plot had been accomplished.

So, he glanced at Qin Shou inadvertently, and both of them smiled knowingly.

"Daddy, what you said just now, I'm afraid those two people will hold a grudge."

In fact, Nie Xiaoqian did not go far, but hid in the room to eavesdrop, so she heard what her father said.

"So what? If you act rightly and sit upright for your father, why should you condescend and fear slander?"

Even so, Nie Xiaoqian sighed faintly, a trace of melancholy welling up in her heart.

She didn't blame her father for speaking seriously.

At that time, she was still the same, leaving without giving any face?

This is an innate integrity.

However, she knew that Qin Shou's behavior could be described as unscrupulous.

maybe today

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but say: "Father, do you think it's possible that the surname Qin did this on purpose, and wanted you to offend the Yan Yunshi?"

"Needless to say? My father already guessed it."

Although Nie Hongshu is not very good at being an official, he is not a person who does not understand the world.

"Then dad must be careful next time."

"Well, Daddy knows. You don't have to worry, Master Zeng has already contacted many people, and he will meet with Weifu in the next two days.

Besides, being a father doesn't mean you don't have connections."

Indeed, as a Juren, there must be some classmates and friends in the officialdom.

The next day, Shen Xiuyuan left Guobei County and returned to Jinhua Mansion.

After hearing the news, Nie Hongshu did not heave a sigh of relief. Presumably, the other party went back to complain.

Then the soldiers will come to block, and the water will come to cover.

Gu Ming didn't know about this, and was still busy preparing for the opening of the study.

Everything is going well, and the repair and improvement of the yard is rushing forward, and it has already begun to take shape.

Of course, what Gu Ming is most concerned about is the printing of The Story of the West Chamber, and he has to go there every day to check the progress.

This involves a new problem: punctuation.

After all, there is no uniform standard in the present, and some books even have no punctuation throughout, and most of them are empty sentences.

Therefore, Gu Ming made a special trip to explain the usefulness of punctuation to the workshop owner, and made a letterpress.

After the plate making, after careful proofreading and confirmation, the booklet finally officially started printing.

In the end, it was printed a day earlier than expected.

The moment he got the book that smelled like ink, Gu Ming was so excited that his hands trembled slightly.

Because, this book also involves a dream in his previous life.

At that time, he dreamed of publishing a book of his own.

As a result, the dream that was not completed in the previous life has come true after time travel.

How can you not be excited?

Relatively speaking, this book looks far more refined than ordinary books.

In addition to the thick paper and white color, the cover is also quite attractive, with not only character pictures, but also poems.

There are also more than a dozen illustrations in the pages, and the binding is also very meticulous.

Moreover, Gu Ming imitated the practice of the books in his previous life and printed the book number and price on the back cover of the book.

The book number does not use letters, which is a bit too shocking.

The word plus year plus number is used, and the price is: [-].

This is a decision after careful consideration and discussion with Nie Xiaoqian, He Yongliang, Zeng Dehao and others.

Under normal circumstances, most ordinary books of similar length are around [-] to [-].

Eight hundred, almost three or four times higher.

However, this is only the retail price. If it is wholesaled to booksellers, it will be around 650.

Then calculate the cost: the printing cost plus Dong Sheng's remuneration, and some miscellaneous expenses, is about 300 taels of silver, which is about 150 for a single copy.

This does not include the subsequent publicity, transportation, labor, dividends, and Gu Ming's own compensation for writing, etc.