In the blink of an eye, three days passed by.
In the past few days, Gu Xiang has never stepped out of the gate. The wind and rain outside the gate is still stormy. Occasionally, he can listen to diners chatting, saying that since the arrest of the thief Ning Yufei in the capital, Kaifeng Prefecture, the Ministry of Justice, Dali Temple and other yamen have worked overtime every day and lighted the lights every night. From officials to minor officials, they are so busy that they are not on the ground. In addition to working overtime to interrogate, they are dealing with the nobles in the capital who are coming and inquire about the news.
These noble children were visited by Ning Yufei at home.
"Constable Zhang came yesterday. He wanted to drink some wine, but as soon as he took a sip, he was forced to stop the people under his command. I saw that he looked very pitiful and was so greedy that he was only in official business. Those little constables really didn't dare to let him drink."
While chopping wood, the old dog chatted with Gu Xiang and Qiu Li.
"Yesterday, Constable Zhang seemed to say that there were several of the victims who handed over the lost items. There were not many valuable items on the list of lost items, but he was particularly concerned about this matter. He came to ask for progress every day and tried every means to find out the confession of the thief. The few minor officials in our yamen who were in charge of the documents could not stand it. They all wanted to ask for leave to hide. They were simply fighting for the matter of asking for leave. Alas, I don't know what these nobles are hiding in their hearts. They were so panicked that they felt even more guilty?"
Even though he is as rough as the old dog, he can see that the undercurrents inside the capital is surging. Some families and families are secretly filthy. It is probably because Ning Yufei has caught some of the handle.
"The officials above must not be fools. I can see that, everyone must see it."
Gu Xiang smiled: "Brother Wang is not a rough person. Your knowledge can surpass more than 80% of the people in the capital. A few days ago, Brother Wang, you are quite confident. Why are you so modest now?"
The old dog's face suddenly turned red, and he laughed and said, "I laughed at you when you see me, I don't have everyone doing this, but at that time, I just have to put a gild on my face."
A few days ago, Gu Xiang said that a matchmaker came to the door and wanted to kiss the old dog.
Nowadays, "Gu Ji" has a very famous reputation in the capital. Lao Gou has always been responsible for foreign communication and inquiring about intelligence. He is flexible. Although he has a vicious face, he is good at talking to people and talking to ghosts. Not long after he arrived in the capital, he expanded his social network to the streets and alleys of the capital.
Although I know most of the street vendors and pawns, I have a wide connection. A few days ago, I attracted a matchmaker to him and wanted to tell him about his marriage. I came to explore his family and personality, and at the same time I asked him what kind of wife he wanted.
This made the old dog so beautiful.
The old dog felt happy and naturally talked a lot. Not only did he show off his property, he had more than 400 taels of silver in his deposit, he had a house and land in Guzhuang, and worked in the capital "Gu Ji". His monthly salary was five taels. He worked for his wife on weekdays, and his reward was several times the monthly salary. He could also receive a sum of money from various dividends. Now he can almost twenty taels a month.
Not only did he make a lot of money, Lao Gou also showed off his cultural knowledge. He was able to read, read, and settle accounts. Not only that, he also said that he could write poems, and immediately recited several poems in front of the matchmaker.
Of course, it may not be so regular, and it has a bit of a likable poem, but if you can write poems, in the eyes of this matchmaker, you can speak out that you are very talented and both civil and military!
Everyone says that there are many scholars in the capital, and even the children of merchants need to study, but among the real ordinary people, there are only a few who can afford to read.
Gu Yi
As for the old dog, not to mention the requirements are not high, even if he is a widow or not, as long as his facial features are correct, his age is matched with him, his personality is straightforward, don’t be too distorted, he doesn’t care about any other wealth and background. Even if he really wants to marry a little girl, it’s not a big problem.
Several matchmakers have regarded him as a hot commodity. In recent days, the old dog has been full of youth. Maybe this time he will be able to find a wife to bring back the village to the capital.
After chatting for a few gossips, the old dog piled up firewood and quickly took people out to search for ingredients.
Gu Xiang restrained the smile on his face and sighed in his heart. The truth that the old dog knew was known. I think most people in the government could understand it, but they could understand it. They didn’t have to think it clearly. They didn’t have to think it clearly, and they didn’t have to explain it clearly.
In this world, the four words in the heart of an official - "It's rare to be confused"!
Gu Xiang is just a chef. If it were anything else, she wouldn't care about these things, but she always felt that Ning Yufei knew too much about Xue Shan and the Fan family. Maybe he also had some relationship with Princess Evergreen.
"Is Princess Evergreen?"
After staying in the capital for a long time, even though Gu Xiang did not seriously inquire about this person, and even deliberately avoided it with some escape, she still learned some stories about Princess Evergreen without knowing it.
Her name is Gao Liuhe. When she was born, the Gao family seemed to have failed. There were so many children in the family. Her father Gao Xiuze passed the Jinshi exam, and at least he injected new power into this big family that was about to die.
When she was a child, she had the talent to remember all the time. Although she didn't like reading poetry and books, she read a lot of miscellaneous books. The old lady of the Gao family liked her very much and had been teaching her for several years. She also told others that among all the children of the Gao family, regardless of gender, Liuhe has the highest talent.
Before he was six years old, Gao Liuhe didn't like to stay at home and often went out to play. He liked to make trouble as soon as he went out. He once burned the kitchen of Daxiangguo Temple and forced Feng Hanlin from the Hanlin Academy to cry. He scared the princess and beat most of the noble boys in the capital.
Half of the boys and girls under the age of fifteen admire her like a god, and half hate her to the core.
After she was six years old, she finally followed his father who was an official, out of the capital, but her reputation was out of control. In the past few years before returning to Beijing at the age of fifteen, she had to buy it from a remote small county town to a mansion with her own strength.
The so-called buying is that she revitalized the poor city by doing business, allowing the people in the county and the city to enjoy the dividends she created, from the gentry to the poor. At the same time, she also made a lot of money and pushed her father all the way to the promotion.
In a few years, I went from a seventh-rank official to a fourth-rank prefect.
Many officials will stop at this position for the rest of their lives.
If her father hadn't died unexpectedly early, the Gao family would have been able to return to the ranks of the great families in the capital since her father's generation.
Chapter completed!