[Red House] Release a concubine and have children

The two chatted for a long time about the future marriage partner of the two children, and even forgot about the business. In the end, the servants said that the hot water had already been boiled, and asked Wei Yan when he needed to use it, and then the two talked about it. interrupted.

Fu Li looked at Wei Yan with a smile: "Since the two children are still young, let's talk about this matter later, shall we? Go take a bath and relax first, don't make yourself too tired."

Wei Yan nodded, obediently went to take a bath.

After taking a bath, the two casually said a few words, Wei Yan went directly to the study, and then started to deal with official business.

After that, things will be simple, once you know the way, you only need to wait for the opportunity for the people from Zuiyanlou to go to Guanghai Mansion, and Wei Yan can just wait and catch those people directly.And as long as those responsible for the transportation can be arrested, so that the officials in Huzhou can't get the Fulu ointment that makes them subject to others, this group of officials who are only forced to be tied together will naturally become a mob. It doesn't even need Wei Yan to defeat them one by one, he can strike everyone at once.

It's just that not long ago when the two came to Huzhou, the person from Zuiyanlou had just returned from Guanghai Mansion, and it would be nearly a month before the next visit.

But the two are not in a hurry, because they both feel that there are more important things to do before that.

If possible, they would of course hope to distinguish the only few officials in Huzhou who "are in Cao Ying and their hearts are in Han", so that when they finally arrest people, they will not let these officials in the most difficult and difficult places People who always insist on the bottom line are implicated by other people, and after being splashed with dirty water, they can't tell clearly because they themselves "inhale and poison".

It's just that such a person couldn't find a chance to contact Wei Yan alone. The officials of Huzhou Prefecture basically went together in twos and twos when they acted, and the minions of the prefect and others were watching almost all the time.Even if it is rare to see Wei Yan and get in touch with him, there is no way for them to imply that they are only pretending to join the enemy, because if they are a little careless, they may be discovered by those officials who are worried that they will be betrayed and keep watching other people. As a result, they fell short and even received bad treatment.

On the contrary, Fu Li took the opportunity of the banquet to invite all the wives to his home, because it was on his own territory, and the people in the house were all brought by Fu Li from other places, and had nothing to do with the locals. Really trustworthy people, as long as these ladies are not particularly stupid, there are many ways to convey information to Fu Li

Even when waiting for the maid to bring tea and water, secretly stuffing a note to the maid; pretending to have lost something, and then taking the opportunity to talk to Fu Li; directly stuffing the note in an inconspicuous corner...

There are too many ways, as long as these people feel that Fu Li can be trusted, they can think of ways to prove their identity.

The fact is exactly the same. Not long after, when Fu Li held a banquet for the second time, Dong Xia took advantage of her speech and whispered into Fu Li's ear that there was a lady who was changing clothes. Because of some trivial matters, I asked someone to help me, and then I rewarded the other person with a golden hairpin.

Because the golden hairpin was too precious, the maid didn't dare to keep it without permission, and handed it to Dongxia instead.

Dongxia's eyes were also sharp, and he immediately discovered that the petals of the golden hairpin were different. After some research, it was easy to find that the petals were a small mechanism, as long as the petals were unscrewed, the hairpin flower could be separated from the body of the hairpin.

The hairpin is hollow, with a small note stuffed inside.

After that, Dongxia also received a lot of small notes from servants in different positions in various places.When the banquet was over, Fu Li roughly counted all the small notes, and there were no fewer than ten.

To be honest, this number was far beyond Fu Li's expectations. She originally thought that five or six pieces of paper would be enough surprises, but if there were seven or eight pieces of paper, it would be called an exaggeration. Who knew that she would gain so much in the end?But when Fu Li identified the owner of the note with the official, the joy in her heart disappeared.

There is no other, just because there is a small note from the magistrate's wife.

Whether it is Fu Li or Wei Yan, they are very sure that the prefect's family has really betrayed Da Xia, and there is no other possibility.

The small note of the magistrate's wife appeared in Fu Li's hand, which can only explain one thing. Although the Huzhou prefect didn't know who among his subordinates were not on the same side as him, he was very happy. He clearly knew that there must be such people in his team.

So he asked his wife to bring other people over to stir up the water.

The dozen or so small notes corresponded to more than a dozen officials and the families behind them. A little carelessness may wipe out the results of this operation, and it is easy to be careless.

But before that, Fu Li was still very serious and decided to bring this banquet to a perfect end.After all, at the very beginning, the banquet was almost impossible to hold because no one wanted to attend it.

Because of the psychological shadow of the first banquet, this time Fu Li announced that he was going to hold a banquet. The wives and girls who received Fu Li's banquet invitation were all frightened. In other words, he said that he was unwell and could not attend the banquet.If it wasn't for later hearing that Xue Qinshi decided to attend the banquet with her two children, which broke the original stalemate atmosphere, these officials and wives probably would not have put down their guard and came to attend.

It is also because Xue Qinshi is just a businessman's wife, and has little involvement with these people. In the eyes of others, it has nothing to do with the turmoil in Huzhou this time.She chose to attend this banquet, and she had no other ideas except to "curry" Fu Li, Mrs. Dingwei Hou, and get involved with her.

So after she became an early bird, those who originally wanted to attend this banquet to get close to Fu Li and win over their relationship, but were frightened by other people's actions and did not dare to act rashly, all had excuses, and they all changed their tunes and agreed. To attend a banquet.

And as long as someone chooses to participate, other people who don't want to participate in this banquet will naturally dare not not attend.

Therefore, this banquet can

It went so smoothly.

Although I didn't really achieve my goal, it's not bad to have such a result.

It is much easier to screen out one's own people among a dozen people than to screen out a few of one's own people in the official circles of Huzhou.

Fu Li was quite satisfied with the result, so he was willing to let the banquet come to a successful conclusion.

However, it was really difficult for her to have a good face towards the magistrate's wife and others, so she could only talk to Xue Qinshi, who was the only one sure, who had no connection with Huzhou officialdom, and her two children.

Xue Biao in the red building is a very honest and prudent young man. Because his parents died young, he brought his dependent sister to the capital to discuss marriage.Later, it was discovered that the younger sister's fiancé's family had released the whole family with Mei Hanlin without informing them. The brother and sister were also forced to live in Jia's house with Aunt Xue, mother and son, but he was in Jia's house. When he lived there, he didn't cause trouble like Xue Pan, but he always paid attention to his identity and never violated the rules.

In the end, she even caught Aunt Xue's eyes because of her temperament and ability, and then began to help Aunt Xue take care of the affairs of Xue's family, which was difficult for a girl like Xue Baochai to come forward to deal with.

Such a boy is not only much better than Xue Pan, a man who is full of five poisons, but also many other men who appeared in the red building are inferior to him.

But excellence is excellence, but his image in Fu Li's eyes is obviously impossible to have anything to do with being lively and cute.

But the little boy who appeared in front of Fu Li now had a pair of lively eyes that seemed to be able to talk, and his temperament had nothing to do with being honest and prudent. From the rolling eyes, and the fact that he has to tease his own sister standing next to him from time to time, one can guess that he must be a lively and mischievous bastard.

On the contrary, Baoqin's temperament is not much different from the original book. Although she is only four years old, Baoqin has already grown up and is very cute. It can be seen that she is a beauty embryo.The key point is that she has a generous temper, even in the face of Fu Li, she doesn't show timidity at all.

Fu Li sometimes asked about what she had seen and heard. She was obviously a little girl who could barely speak clearly, but when answering these questions, she spoke very logically, not like an ordinary child at all. Lost everything, and let the obedient people guess what he meant.

The more Fu Li looked at Baoqin, the more he liked it.

But, in her heart, she really wanted Brother Jin and Baoqin to be together. Brother Jin can say that according to the rules of this world, it is not true that she starts looking for his future wife right now. very out of line

After all, in this era, there are still many "interesting things" about marriage with fingertips. Brother Jin's age is in his early ten years according to the ancient calculation of false years. There is nothing to criticize for choosing a fiancée for him.But Baoqin is only four years old this year, so she is indeed a bit young. If she really decides to marry someone at this time, maybe someone will say that Baoqin is Brother Jin's child bride in the future, which is not very good.

Besides, Wei Yan is not very satisfied with Baoqin.

After chatting with Fu Li yesterday, Wei Yan was not so persistent about the family background of the future marriage partner of the two children, but he still did not agree to assign Bao Qin now, because he felt that Bao Qin was too young. Just because he's a good kid doesn't mean he will be in the future.

Fu Li himself knew what kind of temperament Baoqin would be like in the future, but after thinking about it, he also felt that it was really strange for him to find a fiancee for his son now, so he gave up such a plan.

But when facing Bao Qin, she never concealed her love.

Xue Qin couldn't help but wish she could give her daughter to Fu Li and let her stay by her side to raise her herself.

She was born and raised in ancient times, and her concept of marriage was deeply rooted, so she never thought of marrying her daughter into the Dingweihou Mansion.But in this era, if a young girl who has not left the cabinet wants to raise her status, other than accepting a lady with a higher status and better reputation as a godmother, she can only send her to such an elder to be raised by such an elder, and then find a marriage when she grows up. Everyone can go to a higher level.

Fu Li wanted to keep her by his side, but after thinking about it, he still refused: "I really like children, but I am usually too busy to take care of children. If I take Baoqin with me, I can't take care of them." Zhou, let her get sick or be neglected, but it's my fault."

She spoke cryptically, but Xue Qin quickly understood

Ding Weihou and his wife came to Huzhou to investigate the case. Even if they had made all kinds of preparations, they would inevitably encounter omissions.Fu Li and Wei Yan are adults and have the ability to protect themselves. In such a situation, no accidents will happen, but if Bao Qin is brought to Wei's house, Fu Li has no way to guarantee that he can protect Bao Qin unharmed.

In other words, Fu Li is also for the good of Baoqin.

Xue Qinshi is not the kind of person who is willing to risk her child's life and safety for wealth. After guessing Fu Li's concerns, she simply thanked her: "I was reckless, and I hope Mrs. Hou will not blame her."

Fu Li waved his hands again and again, expressing that he didn't mind.

It's just that Xue Qinshi doesn't want to put her children in danger, but it doesn't mean that other people think the same way.

Madam Zhifu's eyes flickered, and she turned her head to signal the lady who had been by her side all the time: "Speaking of which, I also raised a daughter under my knees. It can please the elders. And I seem to remember that there is a little girl who is about the same age as Baoqin in Mrs. Tongzhi's family. I have seen this lady at Tongzhi's birthday party before. She is lively and clever. If Mrs. Hou really likes children so much, If the little girls from our two families had stayed with you for a few days, they would definitely be able to relieve your loneliness when Mrs. Hou is bored."

Fu Li raised his eyebrows, then turned to look at Madam Tongzhi.

The corners of Madam Tongzhi's mouth stiffened a little, then she turned her head to look at

Fu Li, with erratic eyes: "There is indeed a daughter in our family who is about the same age as the Xue family girl. She is indeed lively and bright, but her status is a bit inappropriate. She is a concubine. If Mrs. Hou is willing, I can take her with her tomorrow. Let her come to visit you."

Madam Zhifu had a worried expression on her face, she turned her head and glared at the other party.

Mrs. Tongzhi was about to speak when Fu Li waved her hand: "Since I came to Huzhou, not only has Lord Hou been so busy every day, but even I, a woman in the back house, have no free time. Even this banquet was taken from my busy schedule, and I managed to squeeze out time to host it. I really like little girls, if there is a chance, when I hold a banquet next time, it is enough for all the ladies to remember to bring it with me. "

The prefect's wife smiled, but she didn't try to persuade her anymore, she just looked at Tongzhi's wife, but she was a bit unfriendly.

Madam Tongzhi lowered her head and did not dare to look at her, but she had already scolded her bloody in her heart

She herself really has a biological daughter who is about the same age as Bao Qin, but who doesn't know what is going on with her family and the Wei family?Send your own daughter to the Wei family?Xue Qinshi, who has nothing to do with the Wei family, dare not, and she is not stupid to send her daughter to the Wei family as a hostage.The magistrate herself is patriarchal, she only thinks of her daughter as a little girl who was born to contribute to her brother's future, and she doesn't care about her daughter's safety at all in order to climb the dragon and the phoenix, she is not such a person!

Fu Li didn't pay attention to the eyebrow-eye lawsuit between the two, and turned his head to look at Xue Qinshi: "Although it is difficult for me to raise children, Madam Xue can bring her two children to attend the banquet held at the house in the future. You can also meet me, so that you won’t miss me after a long time.”

Xue Qinshi agreed happily.

When the banquet was over, Fu Li put the dozen or so small notes together and handed them to Wei Yan together: "There must be people we are looking for in these notes, but there must also be a lot of them to confuse us." Sight. Didn’t you say that there are people from the emperor in Huzhou? Why don’t you give them these notes and let them investigate secretly?”

Wei Yan shook his head: "I'm not sure whether those people are trustworthy yet, so it's not good to give them all the notes."

The two of them couldn't tell who was the one disturbing the muddy water, and who was the fish in the water.But even though the people in Zhifu didn't know who the fish were, they could clearly distinguish who were thrown into the water and disturbed the muddy water.

If the list falls into their hands, they only need to exclude those who are used to confuse Wei Yan and his wife, and the rest will be clear?

Fu Li was a little embarrassed: "Then we can only investigate slowly by ourselves? Can we investigate clearly in a month?"

Wei Yan was also in a bit of a dilemma: "One month is enough to investigate clearly, but the emperor's people need at least half a month to clean up those who have betrayed, half a month..."

After the two discussed it, they couldn't find a better way, so they could only mobilize all their energy, hoping to find out the real camp of these dozen people within a month.

This is currently the most effective method, but it is also the most stupid and time-consuming method.

The two really didn't have any extra time at all, so they could only plunge into the investigation of these dozen people.

While the two were racing against time to investigate, Fu Li suddenly heard Dong Xia's biography, saying that a ragged woman who claimed to be the drunken oiran came outside the door, and the other party also said that she was an old acquaintance of Mrs. Hou's friend Qian Da.

Fu Li was stunned for a while, before he pulled out the relevant information from his mind.

When Qian Da was still in the capital, he did mention that when he was working for the emperor in Jiangnan, he had such a sweetheart who was an oiran.It's just that Qian Da was thinking about things on his own at the time, and he imagined the tragic scene of the oiran not wanting to follow him to leave the hard life, and then went to the capital without looking back, leaving the oiran where he was.

Later, under Fu Li's persuasion, Qian Da also said that after Fu Li and Wei Yan's wedding was over, before he became an official, he must go to the south of the Yangtze River to ask the girl for details.

Unfortunately, the result was not so good

After Fu Li and Wei Yan's wedding was over, Qian Da ran to Jiangnan almost non-stop to find someone, but he was told by the procuress of the brothel where the oiran was, that the oiran girl had left without saying goodbye because of Qian Da. He felt that he disliked his own background, so he directly abandoned himself, so after waiting for Qian Da for more than half a year, he agreed to be redeemed by an official, and then became the other party's concubine. When Qian Da rushed to Jiangnan, the girl had already left long time.

Qian Da stayed in the local area looking for the girl for a long time, but he couldn't find it. In the end, it was because the time for him to take up the post was about to come, and it would be too late if he didn't leave, so he reluctantly chose to leave.

When Qian Da wrote to tell Fu Li about this matter, she could see Qian Da's distraught from between the lines.

But what to say...

From the very beginning of this matter, Qian Da did something wrong. That girl was able to wait for him for half a year after Qian Da left without saying goodbye. To Fu Li, it was already an act of benevolence and righteousness.

But she never thought that Qian Da didn't find that girl, but she met her in Huzhou!

Although the identity of this girl is still uncertain, from the fact that she mentioned Qian Da, it can be known that even if this girl is not Qian Da's sweetheart at the beginning, at least she is a good sister who has a good relationship with his sweetheart.

Freeteng got up suddenly: "Dongxia, go and invite that girl in, don't neglect her!"

Dongxia nodded quickly, and went to welcome the girl into Wei's house in person.

When people came to Fu Li's room, before Fu Li could speak, he saw the girl knelt down in front of Fu Li with a plop: "Mrs. Hou, please save the concubine for the sake of money." Bar!"

Fu Li: "!!!"

The author has something to say: there is a second watch at twelve o'clock, okay?