Since the lawyers of the firm have to go to the suburbs to hand out business cards, the store is seriously short of manpower. Therefore, Zhang Fei and Xu Zhiqian have been working in the law firm from nine to five these days.
Zhang Fei finished the work at hand, stretched out, and thought to himself, it felt like he was a junior in the company before, doing only trivial things, it was really boring. He turned his head and looked at Xu Zhi, who was sitting next to him.
Qian, wrote the form briskly, with a smile on her lips, and softly shouted: "Zhi Qian."
"Um?"
Xu Zhiqian didn't even raise her head and just responded softly.
She has adapted to this title.
Zhang Fei asked with a smile: "I seem to be very happy these days."
Xu Zhiqian then raised her head to look at him and pursed her lower lip, "No!"
"Really not?"
Zhang Fei picked up the chair under his buttocks and sat next to Xu Zhiqian.
"It never existed."
Xu Zhiqian glanced at him warily, "Why are you sitting here?"
Zhang Fei held his chin in one hand, leaned sideways on the eucalyptus, and said with a smile: "Don't you think you are so happy to be my wife? You can do what you like without any burden."
Xu Zhiqian seemed to be distracted by the words, her cheeks were dizzy, and she spat: "Who is your wife? Don't talk nonsense."
Zhang Fei chuckled: "If you dare to talk to your husband like this, be careful I will divorce you."
"you dare!"
As soon as the words came out, Xu Zhiqian immediately reacted, "Do you have a marriage contract?"
Zhang Fei said: "According to the laws of our dynasty, the betrothal gift can be used as evidence."
His eyes glanced at the hosta on Xu Zhiqian's head.
Xu Zhiqian glanced at him shyly, then suddenly turned her eyes and said, "But according to the etiquette of our court, marriage matters require the word of the matchmaker and the orders of the parents. This betrothal gift can only be accepted by the parents as proof, and the children can accept it."
But it doesn’t count.”
"Really?" Zhang Fei asked doubtfully: "I'm not married yet, don't lie to me."
"Of course it's true, but I..." Xu Zhiqian glared at him, "I've never been married, but that's the way it is with folk etiquette."
"Etiquette?" Zhang Fei snorted: "We who have a good ear should put the law first."
Xu Zhiqian smiled and said, "Do you still remember why you helped Fang Yun win the lawsuit?"
"Filial piety!"
As soon as the words came out, Zhang Fei reacted.
Xu Zhiqian smiled and said: "There is no way you can win this lawsuit."
Zhang Fei hummed: "Does this still need to be litigated? My benefactor is determined not to refuse my betrothal gift. Okay, this hosta will be used as a token of our love, and I will pay for the betrothal gift separately."
Thinking of Xu Zun, Xu Zhiqian suddenly lost her confidence, "I won't tell you anymore, just sit over and don't disturb me."
"do not!"
Zhang Fei said: "Those trivial things really bore me to death."
Xu Zhiqian smiled and said, "Who asked you to send them all out?" When she said this, she suddenly remembered something, "That's right! You said last time that you would recruit a group of talents to come to the office to help, but you didn't pay any money.
, who are they?"
Zhang Fei thought for a while and said: "I think he is not an official, but a Jinshi."
Xu Zhiqian rolled her eyes at him: "I'm asking you a serious question."
Zhang Fei said with an innocent look on his face: "Am I not serious? But I haven't even touched your little hand."
"go away!"
Xu Zhiqian was so anxious that she stretched out her hand to push.
Zhang Fei grabbed her little hand and said with a smile: "Okay! You have the evidence of my crookedness, so hurry up."
"Bah! You deceiver, please let go!" Xu Zhiqian said with a shy look on her face.
Suddenly I heard Fan Li say outside the door: "Master Sima, please come in, please come in."
The two turned their heads and saw Fan Li leading Sima Guang in.
Sima Guang looked at them holding hands and was stunned, "What are you two doing?"
Xu Zhiqian was suddenly startled and quickly retracted her hand.
Zhang Fei smiled openly and said, "Don't get me wrong, Grand Scholar Sima, Zhi Qian and I have already made an engagement."
Xu Zhiqian blushed with embarrassment and could not speak.
Sima Guang had thought so before and said: "In this public situation, even the relationship between husband and wife must be paid attention to."
"Ah?" Zhang Fei subconsciously raised his eyes and looked around, "Is this...is this considered a large gathering?"
Sima Guang also raised his eyes and looked around, "This is not considered to be in front of a large audience, is it still considered a leak in a dark room?"
Xu Zhiqian already wanted to find a crack in the ground and crawl in. Seeing that Zhang Fei was still arguing with Sima Guang, she was really angry and said angrily in a low voice: "You still say that."
After saying that, she walked forward and said, "Junior Xu Zhiqian has met Uncle Sima."
Sima Guang said: "Qian'er, you come from a scholarly family, so you have to take good care of him."
"Yes." Xu Zhiqian nodded subconsciously, and suddenly felt that this was not an admission. She lowered her head and said, "Uncle Sima, please sit down. I will order someone to pour tea."
Having said that, it was good to escape.
Zhang Fei quickly stood up and asked Sima Guang to sit down. Fan Li also left wisely.
"When will you get married?" Sima Guang asked with a smile.
Zhang Fei said hey: "I just received the betrothal gift, and the date has not been decided yet."
"No wonder I haven't heard Xu Zhongtu mention it before." Sima Guang chuckled.
Zhang Fei asked: "The great scholar of Sima University is here. What advice do you have?"
Sima Guang said seriously: "Do you still remember that I told you that we should cultivate talents related to the law?"
Why don't you remember? I've been thinking about it for a long time. Zhang Fei nodded and said: "Remember! Remember."
Sima Guang said: "Now I have asked the officials to recruit more lawyers from the Imperial College, and I plan to ask you to be their teacher."
Zhang Fei said hey: "Grandmaster Sima thinks so highly of me!"
Sima Guang laughed and said: "Who dares to look down on you!"
"Where! Where!" Zhang Fei asked humbly: "By the way. Who are those students?"
Sima Guang said: "Some young officials and some Jinshi."
Zhang Fei said: "To be honest, Grand Master Sima, I don't mind this, but the question is, can they convince me? I am just a person with a clear ear, and I have no fame."
Sima Guang chuckled and asked, "You can't convince them with your words?"
Before they could chat for a few words, Fan Li, who had just gone out, stumbled in again. He glanced at Sima Guang and felt a little at a loss.
When Zhang Fei saw this, he said to Sima Guang: "Master Sima, please excuse me."
Sima Guang nodded.
Zhang Fei stood up and walked over, asking in a low voice: "What's the matter?"
"Sanlang, something serious has happened!"
Fan Li was trembling all over and trembling, "Just now news came from the southern suburbs. Early this morning, Kaifeng County suddenly sent out officers and arrested all of our people."
"What?"
Zhang Fei exclaimed.
It made Sima Guang look back.
Zhang Fei also noticed Sima Guang's gaze, so he asked in a low voice: "What's going on? Is there any reason why they arrested him?"
Fan Li said: "They are saying that our people are hindering the government from urging the government to pay taxes."
"That's it?"
"Um."
Fan Li nodded, "That's what the messenger said."
Zhang Fei gritted his teeth and said: "They are simply lawless. Let's go to the county government office and have a look."
"Wait a minute, Grand Scholar Sima is still here." Fan Li hurriedly stopped him.
Zhang Fei turned his head and glanced at Sima Guang, pondered for a while, and then said to Fan Li, "You ask the county government first."
Fan Li's heart trembled, and he said anxiously: "What if I get caught too?"
Zhang Fei said angrily: "The government wants to arrest you, can you hide? We haven't broken any laws in this matter. What are you afraid of? If you are afraid, take the imperial plaque."
"Then...that's not necessary." Fan Li suddenly thought that we have Yubian here, nodded and said: "Okay. Then...I'll go take a look first."
"go quickly!"
After Fan Li left, Zhang Fei returned to the hall.
Sima Guang looked at his expression and asked, "It seems you are in trouble again."
Zhang Fei nodded and asked: "Does Grand Master Sima know about the tax calculation transactions of my office?"
Sima Guang nodded and said, "Of course I know."
Zhang Fei said: "Isn't this the imperial court calling for tax payment? I sent people to the countryside to promote this tax calculation business, but the news just came that Kaifeng County arrested all my people."
Sima Guang was surprised and said: "How is this possible?"
Zhang Fei said: "This can't be fake."
Sima Guang stroked his beard and said, "Please tell me carefully."
Zhang Fei quickly took out a small business card and handed it to Sima Guang, "It's actually very simple. I just asked them to issue such small business cards. If you need to calculate taxes, you can come to us."
Sima Guang glanced at the small business card, shook his head and said: "If this is just the case, Kaifeng County will not arrest anyone!"
Zhang Fei said: "Master Sima, this tax calculation transaction is something that many people don't want to see."
Sima Guang glanced at him, "Don't I know, but based on this alone, Kaifeng County will not arrest anyone. There must be something unknown happening."
Zhang Fei shook his head and said: "Absolutely impossible. Those people are as timid as mice. What can they do? In the past few days, they have also reported. They have not heard of any special circumstances."
"Really? That's strange." Sima Guang stroked his beard and suddenly opened his eyes, "Could it be..."
Zhang Fei asked: "What is it?"
Sima Guang glanced at Zhang Fei and said, "Hurry and rush to Kaifeng County, maybe they will suffer physical pain."
Zhang Fei looked horrified and said: "This is impossible! They didn't break the law."
Sima Guang said: "Many things are not as simple as you think. You should go quickly."
He said so. Can Zhang Fei not believe it? He stood up immediately.
"Wait a minute!" Sima Guang called him again, "You can take the imperial plaque given to you by the government. It will be safer this way."
This made Zhang Fei scared and asked: "Master Sima, you are just sitting here for such a lawless thing?"
Sima Guang seemed to have something to hide, and sighed: "You can rest assured, they will only suffer a little physical pain at most."
"no...."
"This matter is not a big deal, but I may not be able to help you." Sima Guang interrupted him.
If you can't help me, isn't this a big deal?
"Fuck!" Zhang Fei cursed something that Sima Guang couldn't understand, and then walked out quickly.
As soon as they left the hall, Xu Zhiqian walked in: "How could this happen?"
Zhang Fei said: "You stay here to look after the store, and I'll go to the county government office." After that, he said to Li Si: "Li Si, help me take down the imperial plaque."
"Why!"
When Xu Zhiqian heard this, she felt even more worried and said, "No, I want to go with you."
Zhang Fei didn't know what was going on and didn't want her to be in danger, so he said, "Go find your father."
Yes! I can't help much if I go, so I can only ask my father for help. Xu Zhiqian nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go find him now."
After Li Si took down the imperial plaque, Zhang Fei immediately took a carriage and rushed to Kaifeng County Government.