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Maybe what he figured out was just a person's fate.

"Haha, what a saying that sesame is blooming steadily! To borrow Mr. Song's auspicious words, come, have another bowl!"

After drinking until midnight, Song Tao just left to his heart's content.

He also said that if he wants to drink in the future, he can go to Chenghuang Temple to find him.

Inexplicably, he made friends with Master Chenghuang. Gu Ming was overjoyed, took advantage of the wine and picked up a brush, and began to write about Du Shiniang.

At any rate, there are five points of experience in writing once.

The accumulation of less becomes more, and the accumulation of sand becomes a tower.

I came to the store early the next morning, ready to start a new day.

"Xing, we may have to invite a few servants, such a big yard, we can't clean it ourselves, can we?"

Gu Ming responded: "I know, it's just that I have been busy with the opening of the business and didn't take care of it.

If you want to recruit, you have to recruit one cook, two or three manual laborers, and two or three maids to do odd jobs. "

"Okay, or I'll write a notice and post it outside now."

Gu Ming nodded: "Okay, you can handle such trivial matters by yourself."

After a while, Nie Xiaoqian brought Yu'er to the shop.

"Xiaoqian, is your father in a better mood?"

Gu Ming stepped forward and asked softly.

"Well, it's much better, thank you for your concern, young master."

There were other people in the store, so Nie Xiaoqian naturally had to be more reserved and polite.

Yu'er took the initiative to run to the yard to help clean up.

After a while, people came to the shop one after another.

There are those who are curious to visit, those who inquire about prices, and those who come to inquire about the consignment of paintings and calligraphy

It seems that the news of the opening of the study has slowly spread.

After a while, the proprietor of the tavern diagonally opposite also ran over, pulled Gu Ming and asked mysteriously, "Gu Xiucai, hasn't anything strange happened in the yard during this time?"

"Hehe, don't you think it's strange, I cut down the jujube tree and the yard is peaceful."

"Eh, this is too simple."

In fact, Gu Ming could almost guess that it was probably the owner of the tavern who asked about it.

Now if I know that the yard is not haunted anymore, I will definitely regret it

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Chapter 44 Guess... (Second update)

In the morning, although many people came into the store to ask questions and few people bought them, ten books and two calligraphy and paintings were sold one after another.

After all, the county seat is not big, and it was only the second day after the opening, so Gu Ming didn't expect there to be an upsurge in queuing up to buy.

Fame and popularity are all accumulated slowly.

In the afternoon, Zeng Dehao came and chatted with Gu Ming alone for a while.

Said to receive the message, the application has arrived.

"It is estimated that an investigation will be launched tomorrow.

But don't worry too much, this time, a group of old men are determined to fight Qin Shou.

For this reason, not only are they collecting evidence, but they are also using their own connections.”

"Well, thank you, Master Zeng, for telling me."

"Hehe, Gu Xiucai, in fact, this young master is not helping you.

To put it bluntly, Qin Shou's misconduct in office has long caused dissatisfaction among many people.

This time is also an opportunity. The big guys work together to keep Mr. Nie, and join forces to bring down the dog official surnamed Qin.

At that time, if Mr. Nie really wants to be able to take the position, it will be beneficial to everyone. "

Simply put, this is something that benefits both parties.

With the support of all the gentry, Nie Hongshu is really going to tide over the difficulties and be promoted to the county magistrate of Guobei.

Then, you will inevitably feel grateful and lean in your governance.

In fact, under the current general environment, any official with a bit of brain would not rely too much on businessmen and ignore the country gentry.

The biggest difference between a merchant and a country gentry is that most merchants make their fortunes by selling various commodities and blindly pursue profits.

The country gentry relies on the inheritance of their ancestors, and sits on thousands of acres of fertile land at every turn.

Moreover, many squires came from scholarly families.

For example, in the Zeng family, the family not only invited a husband, but also accompanied the school boy, and the disciples in the family had to study since childhood.

Qin Shou's biggest failure was that he was too greedy, he didn't listen to his master's persuasion at all, and fought fiercely with Zhou Yuanwai and others.

Indeed, a lot of money was made, but it also attracted the dissatisfaction of all the squires.

The next morning.

Shen Butong and Qin Shou came to the small courtyard where Nie Hongshu lived.

"Your Majesty has seen the Salt Transport Envoy!"

"Your Majesty Nie, you don't need to be too polite. This official visit is just a routine inquiry."

Shen Butong pretended to be hypocritical, and responded with a half-hearted smile.

"My lord, feel free to ask if you have anything to say. If you don't do anything wrong, you should always answer your questions."

"Well, I want to ask you, someone testified that you were instigated to sell illegal salt, the amount was huge, and there was your own letter as evidence. How do you explain this?"

"My lord Shen, I don't know that person at all, so why talk about instigating him? The handwritten letter is even more false. Presumably, someone ordered him to deliberately frame the lower official."

Upon hearing this, Qin Shou couldn't help but change his face: "Master Nie, you can't talk nonsense in front of Lord Shen, and blindly shirk responsibility."

Shen Butong glanced over in dissatisfaction: "Master Qin, I will judge on my own. Why don't you avoid it for a while."

"Yes, my lord!"

Qin Shou got bored, and walked aside pretending to admire the flowers.

At this moment, Shen Butong moved his head closer, pretending to be concerned about Nie Hongshu and said, "Lord Nie, the current situation is quite unfavorable for you.

You know very well that selling illegal salt is a felony.

Once this matter breaks out, even if you don’t go to jail in the end, you will definitely leave a mark on your official career.”

"I don't know what advice Master Shen has?"

Nie Hongshu asked on purpose.

Shen Butong smiled meaningfully: "Hehe, Mr. Nie, you are a smart person, you should know the purpose of this official's visit."

"Forgive me for being stupid."

Hearing this, Shen Butong immediately sank his face.

"Lord Nie, don't pretend to be confused in front of this official. You must know that it is not easy to be an official, and it is even more difficult to be promoted.

Even if you can barely keep the Wusha hat, so what?With this taint, you still expect to be promoted to an official position?

So it’s better to be smart, this officer can help you settle the case.”

Before the other party could finish speaking, Nie Hongshu smiled and said, "Master Shen's kindness is hard for me to understand.

Nie has always walked upright and stood upright.

It is clear that someone has falsely framed the official, and the first trial may be fine, maybe the mastermind behind the scenes can be found out. "

"Nie Hongshu, you are so courageous!"

Qin Shou couldn't bear it and ran back again, yelling loudly.

"My lord Shen, my lord Qin, this case should be tried as soon as possible, and the truth must be revealed through the trial."

Seeing Nie Hongshu's tough attitude, Shen Butong's eyes flickered for a while, and then he said coldly: "Okay, you forced me to do this, so I'll see you in court tomorrow morning!"

After speaking, he walked away.

"Master Shen, Master Shen"

Qin Shou hurriedly chased him out.

As soon as they left, Nie Xiaoqian walked into the courtyard with a worried expression on her face.

"Daddy, they"

Nie Hongshu smiled and waved his hands: "You don't have to worry about daddy, just do what you have to do."

At this time, Gu Ming also came outside the courtyard.

Seeing his figure, the two yamen servants standing at the door instinctively wanted to step forward to stop him, but they were stared coldly by Gu Ming, and for some reason their hearts trembled in fright, and they did not dare to move in the end.

"Gu Sheng, you came just in time."

As soon as he entered the courtyard, Nie Hongshu greeted him with a smile.

Then, the three of them walked into the study together.

Nie Hongshu raised his eyes to look outside before closing the door behind him.Then he said solemnly: "There is something I didn't tell you before, mainly because I was afraid of any accidents.

It's almost set now.

You don't have to worry about me, just wait and see what happens tomorrow."

The sky in Guobei County seems to be calm.In fact, the undercurrent is already raging, and the clouds are moving from all sides.

Zhou House.

After Yu Luohu received the news, he couldn't help laughing triumphantly: "This time, as long as that surnamed Nie is overthrown, let's see who else can keep that poor scholar surnamed Gu.

When the time comes, my old lady will definitely arrest him and bring him to the mansion, and take care of him personally. "

"Yes, clean him up!"

The wicked girl named Ah Fang quickly agreed.

In the county government office, Qin Shou, Shen Butong and others also hid in the hall and discussed secretly, discussing how to interrogate tomorrow.

In fact, they all knew in their hearts that it would be difficult to convict Nie Hongshu based on the testimony of a commoner and the so-called forged personal letter.

But as long as he clings to it, it will still affect his future.

In fact, the purpose of Shen Butong is not necessarily to overthrow Nie Hongshu, but to make him subdue.

But he never thought that Nie Hongshu's attitude was unexpectedly tough, which made Shen Butong seem a little helpless.

In a blink of an eye, the night passed.

In the morning, a yamen servant came to inform Nie Hongshu, saying that he was ordered by Lord Shen and Lord Qin to go to court immediately.

At the same time, Zeng Tiancheng and a group of more than 20 people also arrived at the gate of the county government office.

Gu Ming was nowhere to be seen.

Because at this time, he had already gone to Xiaofeng Lane.

I had stepped on the bottom last time, and this time I came to the yard without worrying.

"Hey, who are you? How did you get in here?"

Seeing someone entering the courtyard, the guard in charge couldn't help being shocked.

"you guess?"

Gu Ming smiled jokingly.

Chapter 45 Qin Shou panicked ([-]rd watch)