Record of ups and downs in troubled times

"Father really has something for you to do! It's up to you!"

Young Master Fu stretched out his hand and touched the spittle on his face.He looked at his hand in distaste, and asked indifferently, "What's the matter? Since I'm here, you've saved even the money to hire someone to pay for it."

"It's a serious matter." Fu Xiyuan returned to his seriousness, and when he took a closer look, there was a bit of unbearable and guilt in his expression, "Dad will draw you a map tonight, you go to find the way first in the next few days; In a short while, go to Tingwei Prison for me."

"Murder? Save people?" Mr. Fu still had his usual demeanor, as if he was used to doing such things.

"kill."

"Hey! It's killing again..." Young Master Fu rubbed his cheeks, showing a toothache expression, "Who messed with your old man again? That's really bad luck for eight lifetimes!"

This is not right, it should be said that "it is really bad luck to get involved with Mr. Fu".

The one from Nanhai County the previous month had been chased by him day and night for more than half a month, and now he saw the reflection of the spoon on the table, and he mistook it for the shadow of a sword.Furthermore, the young master of the Fu family is casual, chasing and killing is a boring physical job, he has to find fun for himself.Sometimes when people are eating, or expressing respect, or Zhenglang loves his concubine, he suddenly jumps up with a knife and laughs three times, but it doesn't scare people away first. fate?

"That's right, how unlucky he was to meet me." Fu Xiyuan's expression became more and more gloomy, he repeated the name four or five times in his mouth, and finally couldn't bear to say it, he only told his son: "You come at night Let’s go to the study, and I’ll tell you then. By the way, where did your sister go?”

"Reading? Embroidering? I don't know. She is so boring. I don't like being with her the least. If you ask me, it's better to ask someone else."

When talking about my sister, the young master still had a dismissive expression, but Fu Xiyuan stared at him strangely.Seeing his father's erratic eyes, the young master only wondered if he had done something wrong or had something serious on his mind, so he didn't take it to heart, just hummed a little song with a wild accent, and walked far and wide. up.

The eldest daughter of the Fu family is called Qizhen. Although, as Young Master Fu said, she is indeed a person who spends her time in her boudoir, but thanks to her unreliable father, although she has to learn to be more ordinary. The work of the daughter's family, but also allowed to enter and leave the study hall of the Fu family.

With thousands of books in her chest, she naturally has much more knowledge than ordinary women.

My son is an idler who is too tired to even touch the ground. He is good at fighting and killing, and he looks decent for the time being, but if you really talk about political affairs with him, it is like playing the piano to a cow or singing to a pig. I don't know each other.

Might as well talk to a gentle, considerate daughter.

"Do you remember clearly the numbers and characters of the various families, as well as all the relatives, distances, festivals and festivals?" Fu Xiyuan glanced at the books on the desk, and asked Qizhen who was kneeling on the side and flipping the pages of the books.

These books are all genealogies of various sects that he sorted out by taking advantage of Zong Zhengqing's position, ranging from changing the position of the patriarch to taking concubines and having children. They are classified into categories and are very detailed.I'm afraid even these aristocratic families themselves don't know as carefully as he, Fu Xiyuan.

"Although it is complicated, you must remember it clearly. Remember a few more words, and you can restore the decline in times of crisis. Don't be lazy for a while."

In the past few days, every time he saw his daughter, he would babble on these two sentences, and now she can recite it fluently without him needing to say more.

Fu Qizhen raised her head from the book and replied: "Yes." After thinking about it for a while, this matter was very closely related to her, so she asked one more question, "His Majesty the Emperor has already made a decision on the matter of setting up a queen? "

For the son and daughter of the Fu family, the son is handsome and talented, but the daughter is plain-looking.

But although she looks ordinary, she is a child of an official family, and her father is more or less an important official in the court. No matter how you say it, it is not up to her to marry.But for some reason, she is still in her boudoir when she is over twenty years old.

In Mr. Fu's words, his sister is determined to be an old lady.

"One short step in a hundred steps is at a critical juncture." Fu Qizhen's temperament was serious and rigorous, so that Fu Xiyuan couldn't help but be extremely serious when speaking to her.He thought about it carefully, and pondered: "Everything is ready, the only thing that needs to be done is the east wind. When you are in a hurry, you need to do everything without fail. You should make good preparations in the past few days. If everything goes well, you will be able to settle the matter in less than seven days." .”

Fu Xiyuan seemed careless, but he was actually careful.It is said that it is seven days, and something must be accomplished within seven days, and there is absolutely no slightest negligence.

As soon as the day came, he took the carriage early in the morning and went to Xiangfu.

"Fu Zongzheng," before the prime minister showed up, Chen Xiao, the prime minister's son, happened to pass by the Wujiao Pavilion where Fu Xiyuan was sitting, bowed slightly and said hello to him.He looked around and asked Fu Xiyuan again: "Zongzheng, is Young Master Fu not here?"

"He's a little rascal, he always thinks the court affairs are boring, so why would he come? But why are you looking for my son?" Fu Xiyuan looked at this old-fashioned young man carefully, and really didn't think the two could get along. play in one place.

"It's nothing, it's nothing." Chen Xiao looked a little disappointed, and he, who was always polite, didn't even say goodbye, just forced a smile and left.

He searched left and right for the South Sea snake slough entrusted to him by Young Master Fu before, and finally got three pieces.It was not easy to get these three pieces, if he hadn't secretly used the banner of the Prime Minister's Mansion, he would not have been able to buy them no matter how much money he spent.For these three things, he even offended a wealthy businessman, and it took a lot of thought to settle all these turmoil.

But these three snake sloughs have been sent to Fu's mansion for many days, why didn't he come to find him?

Fu Xiyuan couldn't see Cheng Xiao's various entanglements.He watched the young master of Xiangfu go away, he only thought it was a festival between children, so he didn't take it to heart, and when he turned around, he realized that there was a person sitting quietly opposite him.

Is the prime minister.

Fu Xiyuan didn't blame himself for not knowing martial arts and poor hearing, but complained that Cheng Nan walked silently, like a lonely ghost.He only scolded Cheng Nan twice in his heart, but still showed a smiling face like asking for credit, "Prime Minister, I offer you three gifts, but are they still in your eyes?"

"Oh? What kind of courtesy?" Cheng Nan smiled casually, and resorted to his usual trick of "asking what you know".

"The subordinates haven't reported it to you yet?" There was something to be desired, but Fu Xiyuan still had a little teasing in his tone, secretly mocking Cheng Nan's disloyalty.

"For one thing, the regent who cared about the people of the South China Sea died in a foreign land, which can relieve your anger."

"Secondly, Habayashi Zhonglang sprinkled Tan Yun's blood on the guillotine, and the Habayashi Army's change of master is just around the corner."

"Three things, the censor doctor Luo Ke is in prison, and the censor platform is also at your call. Are these three things not considered a great gift?"

"Fu Qing, you are a capable person." What Fu Xiyuan did this time was indeed in line with Cheng Nan's wishes, "My Prime Minister's Office has always rewarded me for my merits, but I don't know what is in Fu Qing's heart?"

This is asking knowingly, is this guy going to repent temporarily?

"Prime Minister! As I said before, I am the one who understands what you want best and can do my best for you. Isn't that why you use me?" Fu Xiyuan looked serious, his eyes were like fire, "You ask yourself , Does everything you do this time meet your needs? Now that things have happened, you still ask me what reward I want to ask for? Is this going to be an act of 'killing the donkey'?!"

Cheng Nan smiled, but was not angry at Fu Xiyuan's disrespect.

"I'm not afraid of anything else." Cheng Nan raised the teacup on the table, took a sip, and said with a light smile, "Fu Qing has a firm heart, so I naturally admire it. But about Luo Yushi... he and Fu Qing are from the same school, right? The punishment has been harsh these days, and it is said that Fu Qing doesn't even bat an eyelid. If the brothers of the same school are like this, between you and me, I'm afraid Fu Qing is even worse... Besides, what you want is the queen, I don't know if Fu Qing is the head of the country In this position, who do you want to take the knife first?"

"It turns out that the prime minister doesn't trust me." Since Cheng Nan used a trick that was both true and false, Fu Xiyuan directly offered to return the original offer. High position, but now, maybe it is worth the price of a string of copper plates? The world is prosperous, it is all for profit, I, Fu Xiyuan, is small-minded, and I am born to think highly of this string of copper plates, isn't it? It is only natural that the prime minister does not trust me, if you If you are really worried, then you and I will each take what we need and use profit as a bond.”

Fu Xiyuan pretended to be angry at this time, in fact, to prove that he had no great ambitions.

The few words Cheng Nan said just now implied that Fu Xiyuan had a different intention, and they were testing whether he meant to replace him!

"Fu Qing is sincere. It's because I have saved a gentleman with a villain." Cheng Nan was extremely cautious. How could he be changed so easily by a few words?But Fu Xiyuan didn't look like he was hiding something, and he couldn't be suspicious of others verbally.

What Cheng Nan didn't know was that as soon as he said this, Fu Xiyuan opened his hand and wiped the hem of his clothes.

His hands were clenched with sweat.

"It's mine, I'll make amends to you." Cheng Nan stretched out his hand, and poured him a cup of tea in a friendly manner, "Does Fu Qing like the candidate for the position of Doctor Yushi?"

Although Cheng Nan didn't make it clear in the past, he didn't regard Fu Xiyuan as his own, and rarely discussed government affairs with him.

This time, I asked him about the transfer of his official position, did he mean to be close?

Fu Xiyuan had been prepared for a long time, and immediately reported a bunch of names.

Most of the people he said are suitable to be the new royal censor are vassals of the Cheng family, or they are neutral and conservative.

"These people are naturally good. But there is one person who is more suitable than them." When Fu Xiyuan's eloquence fell to the ground, Cheng Nan smiled and pointed at him: "There are so many people, why don't you mention yourself?"

Fu Xiyuan was startled.

The official position of doctor censor is not something ordinary people can do.The former Luo Ke and the Zheng family were all people who adhered to the righteous way, and the reason why Fu Xiyuan was expelled from his teacher by his teacher, Taifu Zheng, was precisely because of the crime of "violating the righteous way and stepping into an evil path".Now let him inherit the teacher's mantle, wouldn't it poke the Zheng family's eyes?

Scholars all over the world are in awe of the post of "supervising picket" doctor censor.With Fu Xiyuan's reputation of "plagiarizing political opinions", being an official is no different from jumping into the furnace!

"Hahaha! Well, that's exactly what I mean, but I don't dare to be arrogant. I don't want the prime minister to give me this chance!" Fu Xiyuan laughed out loud, and punched the table with a fist, his face showing ecstasy .He gritted his teeth and cursed: "Didn't Zheng's old man prefer Luo Ke the most?! Saying that I'm not following the right path, I want to poke his dog's eyes blind!"

He was cursing, but the hand that hit the table was bleeding faintly, and the pain was severe.

Hmph, I'm not bad at scolding.He thought to himself: Didn't you, an old fellow, listen to the nonsense of those who are jealous of the virtuous and capable, so you expelled me from the teacher's school?

If I scold you, I should too!