County government office, household house.

Zhong Dianli looked at the document in front of him and didn't know where he was thinking. Because he was in the household registration department, it would be convenient to settle down and buy property within Sanhe County. In the past two days, he would have taken care of Lao Jin and checked the small village.

From the contract, it is really impossible to tell what it has to do with the Xining Marquis Mansion.

The head of the household was a young man at that time, with a widow and a young girl at the bottom. Among the three, the one who could be called the goddaughter of the marquis was not like the widow, the girl who was in her prime this year,

If you are not a maid or a concubine, that would be even more fatal!

This family of three has been settled in Sanhe for more than ten years, and it is almost the same as when Xining Hou transferred back to Jinling.

It would be fine if he was really an adopted daughter, but if he was the daughter of the outer room raised by the Marquis, it would be evidence of the royal slap in the face.

It just kept it like this and affected the magistrate of Sanhe. It was better that even if it was a royal relative, it would not be better.

Although Zhong Dianli was a little sleek, he was also a chivalrous person who remembered his affection. After hesitating for a moment, he decided to go through the wind.

It’s just that such a thing is a scammer after all, and it’s not something that can be said on the table. Zhong Dianli went to find Master Zheng after he fell into the yamen.

Mr. Zheng was one of the several aides led by Zhang Liang as the leader. He had no public office, but was usually responsible for drafting the official documents of the magistrate. He was Zhang Liang's confidant.

"Mr. Zheng, Baiweixiang has newly launched hot pot. Let's go eat the pot. You have to give me Lao Zhong a face!" Zhong Dianli blocked the door and treated her to the guests.

Mr. Zheng laughed and scolded: "Okay, Zhong Da, it can be seen that he has been promoted. He just greeted people directly when he asked for food!"

This scholar has many rules and regulations for eating and is well-professional, so he naturally has to submit posts in advance to set the time. This will make people feel disrespectful to ask people to eat that day. On the other hand, only close friends do not need to pay attention to false etiquette.

The strong dragon does not defeat the local snake. Although Zhang Liang was from a royal family, he was not an arrogant and ignorant person. When he arrived in Sanhe County, he also sent the chief of staff to be familiar with the personnel affairs of the county government. Among them, Mr. Zheng was responsible for the documents and was familiar with the household and the ritual house, and was not a few years older than Zhong Dianli, so the two were also familiar with each other.

Zhong Dianli smiled and said, "Isn't this satisfying my craving outside? There are no outsiders, so why bother? When I go back to my house next time, I will definitely invite you three or five, and I will give you a full courtesy!"

Mr. Zheng just said it, but he was curious.

Zhong Dianli is not a flatterer. Although everyone is always warm, because Mr. Zheng is the county magistrate and has a proper relationship in daily life, he should not just take the initiative to pull him out.

When we arrived at the Baiweixiang private room, Zhong Dianli really ordered hot pot and wine.

Mr. Zheng was hesitating whether to ask a few questions. Zhong Dianli had already found an excuse to punish himself for a few glasses of wine, and was a little drunk. He pointed to the private room next door and said, "What a coincidence. I had a meal with my brother two days ago, and I encountered a joke."

Mr. Zheng still smiled and touched his beard, knowing in his heart that the show was coming.

Zhong Dianli said the conversation he heard, and then said, "My brother said, most of the immortals were dancing in Mongolian people. There were so many royal relatives and married two princesses. This big talk was really vague. I have always been timid, and I thought I could not protect it, and I always had to serve it carefully. But after checking the house, I knew I was overthinking. It was just a little widow with a pair of children. If the relatives of the Marquis's house would not be placed in this remote place, it would be ridiculous! It was so ridiculous that I would say that I should choose a son-in-law for my daughter to be on the spot."

Mr. Zheng listened, and his heart was filled with storms.

Isn’t this the one who married two princesses the Xining Marquis Mansion?!

Has the Marquis of Xining settled relatives here? Or is he a widow with a child, and a daughter of the Marquis's mansion who wants to choose a son-in-law?

Some of them are royal relatives, but some of them never interact with each other when they are old and die, while others are also in contact with each other.

The Zhang family is the mother's home of the Crown Princess, and the Song family is the in-laws of the two legitimate princesses. The prince and the two princesses were born, so the Zhang family and the Song family naturally had contacts.

If the Marquis of Song really had a place to settle an outdoor room and a private child in Sanhe County, who would have believed that Zhang Liang, who was the magistrate of Sanhe County, had no idea.

Not only did the emperor not tolerate the Song family, but the crown prince would also be bothered by the Song family. If it was implicated in the Zhang family and the crown princess, wouldn't that be wronged?

But such a secret matter was the population resettled more than ten years ago. If it weren't for the local tyrant Zhong Dianli mentioned it, where would the Zhang family have heard of it?

Mr. Zheng felt cold sweat on his back, and his eyes looked at Zhong Dianli with deep meaning.

Zhong Dianli ate another glass of wine, patted his chin gently, and said to himself: "I don't change the problem of drinking, I'm just careless about everything. Fortunately, I forget it when I say it, and forget it when I say it, and I'm confused!"

This sentence was obviously for Mr. Zheng. After leaving this room, Zhong Dianli refused to recognize what he said before.

It would be fine if there was a misunderstanding, otherwise if a small role like Zhong Dianli was involved in such a secret matter, it would be completely banned.

So Zhang Liang's promotion was not in vain, otherwise Zhong Dianli would not have taken the risk of talking too much this time.

*

Mujia Village, Guijia’s old house, West Chamber study.

Gui Chun took a dozen contracts and mentioned the tenant's matter to Gui Chongyang.

Although it was taken care of by Gui Chun, it was the land of Gui Chongyang that must be explained clearly.

"The formal contracts are all established, all the people are all in the middle, and all are 50% of the land rent. Our family is responsible for agricultural taxes, and the same is true for Uncle Zhang and his uncle." Gui Chun said: "But they are close relatives after all, so it's not good to be forgiven at all. Grandpa's intention is to collect them first, and then the two families will return part of them as appropriate."

If you don’t worry about being weak but not being equal, if these two families have a good relationship with the Gui family, they will reduce 10% of the rent, which will cause resentment to other tenants. It is the Zhang family and the Mei family are grateful for each year or two, but after a long time, they will become accustomed to it.

It shows that what the Gui family does is the gift of Gui's delivery. It is also the Gui family's own business when it wants to terminate it.

Grandpa Gui Er’s proposal was a meticulous statement.

Gui Chongyang naturally had no objection, and just said: "Brother Chun was the one who was in charge of withdrawing the tenant before, and offended many people for nothing. Thank you for your hard work."

Gui Chun waved his hand and said, "What should I do? I should be polite. However, here in the village school, Mei Fuzi has been too perfunctory in the past two months and takes a vacation every few days. Will it delay your study? Now the house at home has been built and the land has been built. Otherwise, you can still study in the town and find a good teacher, which will save you the delay."

Gui Chongyang pointed to the half-document and said, "It's time to have a holiday, and I'm learning it myself at home."

That’s right, just a few days after the village school was reopened, Master Mei had something to do again and gave everyone a vacation.

There is a precedent for Mei Sheng to win a scholar. Many wealthy families in these villages are counting on "to hope their children will become successful", and now they are dissatisfied with Mei Tong's birth.

But there are many scholars in the world, but there are only a limited area around Mujia Village.

The scholars in the village have the only ones in the Lin family except the Mei family, but the Lin family is a big landlord, and their children and grandchildren all study in the county. The village school is not willing to be in the Lin family affairs, so the Lin family naturally won’t get started.

As for the uncle and nephew of the Gui family, although they were studying, they had no fame and no one regarded them as serious scholars.

*

Outside the Du family's east wing, Li was worried and stopped and stood.

In the wing room, Du Qi bowed his head and focused his mind, so he did not notice someone outside the window.

Li did not disturb his son, and tiptoed away until he arrived at the main house before he let out a breath.

Mr. Du was thinking, and he couldn't help but get upset when he heard the movement: "So what's wrong?"

Because the Du family sold land, not only did the villagers look down on the Du family, but also the in-laws and the Li family were less afraid.

In a few days, Mrs. Li came to the house twice, and asked Li to help her parents' family in both words. She also complained that she did not care about her brotherly relationship and wanted to sell land to her parents' family. Li He was in his twenties and said that she had not succeeded in both families, but she was still because of her poor family.

If the aunt Li, the aunt, could raise her parents' family and sell her to her parents' family dozens of acres of land, she would be rushing to marry her daughter when she looked at the Li family's property.

Li asked Old Lady Li how much money she had, nine taels of silver per acre, and how many acres of land she had to buy.

Old Mrs. Li got stuck and said that she was just a little bitch, and she was not someone else, but she would pay back the money after making a payment. She actually made a fuss.

Li just sneered, and the mother and daughter parted in disagreement.

When he came over the second round, Old Mrs. Li brought Changsun Li He over, and was so proud that he really wanted to be a despair of the Du family.

Du Li was impatient to listen to the old lady's sorrow, and directly asked someone to beat Li He, and the grandparents and grandchildren ran away in shame.

After all, it was embarrassing that Du Li could not help but take his anger on Li's side, so he lacked patience.

Li accompanied him and said carefully: "My son is working hard, but this old man Mei is on vacation again. I haven't heard that if you can do a good job of learning after three days and two days of rest, should you send your son to the town?"

When Duri heard about the town, he looked gloomy.

Zhang Fu ran away without a trace, and Du Lizheng sent someone to stare at his son-in-law Mei Xiucai, but he didn't expect to find a line.

The head of the Du family's ten-acre hidden land is next to the village.
Chapter completed!