Zhou Song had enough to eat and drink, so he decided to go to the county town to find trouble with the Wei family.
He held back his fire, and there must be a place to vent this fire, and the Wei family is very good.
Of course, before that, he specially called Wei Lingxiu and asked, "Ling Xiu, are you willing to adopt it to me?"
Wei Lingxiu was taken aback.
Zhou Song said: "If you stay in the Wei family, the Wei family will be able to take care of you. If you adopt it to me, there is no need to worry."
If Wei Lingxiu continued to stay in the Wei family, he would be held in the hands of the Wei family in the future.
For example, Wei Lingxiu is going to take the township exam in the future, but Mrs. Wei said that she is seriously ill and she must take care of her illness. Wei Lingxiu has to agree - if he does not agree, even if he passes the exam, such unfilial people will be marked drop the name.
Another example is that getting a wife is the word of the matchmaker ordered by the parents. If the Wei family has set a marriage for Wei Lingxiu now, Wei Lingxiu can only recognize it.
This dynasty ruled the country with filial piety, even if the father killed his son, the government would not care.
"The Zhou family agrees?" Yan Jing asked. He already knew about Zhou Song's situation. With Zhou Song's current status, it was not difficult for the Wei family to let go, but for adopting such a thing, in addition to the consent of the Wei family, the consent of the Zhou family was also required.
After all, these days, adoptive sons are to be treated as real sons.
"I'm in charge of the Zhou family now." Zhou Song said, briefly mentioning the situation of the Zhou family.
Before Zhou Song's father was still there, he decided all the big and small matters of the Zhou family.
He had many women and many children. At that time, the Zhou family was really in chaos, and the marriage between Zhou Song and his sister was not satisfactory.
But last year, Zhou Song's father was accused of doing something he shouldn't have done, and then fell ill in prison, paralyzed half of his body, and now he can't control anything.
As for Zhou Song's wife... Zhou Song was at odds with his wife, and he didn't take his wife with him when he was outside. Over the years, the two had only two daughters, and they happened to have no son.
In recent years, his wife is probably getting older, but she has stopped making trouble with him, and is thinking of adopting a child. Originally, his choice was a young child in the Zhou family who lost his parents. He never thought about Wei Lingxiu, but now he felt that Wei Lingxiu was the perfect fit.
"I originally thought that you were the son of the Wei family. Whether it was you or your father, you definitely wouldn't want to, so now it's no longer a hindrance." Zhou Song said.
"The Wei family..." Wei Lingxiu hesitated.
"They have to agree if they don't agree!" Zhou Song said. Zhou Song passed the jinshi examination in his twenties, and his ranking was average. After that, he stayed in the capital for two years. After there was a vacancy, he was sent to serve as a county magistrate.
He has done an excellent job in his foreign office. By chance, he even caught up with Jin Shang's confidant and was able to serve His Majesty and return to the capital. However, for a long time, he could not make an inch in the officialdom, because As a son, his official position cannot go beyond his father.
And his father, although he could not offend a family like the Wei family that did not even have a jinshi, but in fact he was only a fifth-rank official.
Zhou Song has been constrained by his own family for many years, and he naturally knows that the most urgent task is to help Wei Lingxiu solve the Wei family.
"I will be with Brother Yan in the future, and will not get married." Wei Lingxiu said.
"It doesn't matter, I may have more children in the future." Zhou Song said, he is only thirty-six this year, and his wife is only thirty-two, so he may not be able to have children.
As for the matter between Yan Jingze and Wei Lingxiu, he naturally disapproved, but Yanjing was kind to Wei Lingxiu, and he had no position to say anything.
In the future, these two can adopt a few children, otherwise... if they take in a few more disciples, some people will be old.
After Wei Lingxiu and Yan Jing considered it, they finally agreed.
They had talked about the Wei family for a long time, and felt that most of the Wei family would not let it go... Before, they planned to go on a study tour and leave Donggu County temporarily - this way, the Wei family would not be able to find them!
But going on a study tour is not so easy. There are not many people who go out and never come back these days, and they will come back to take the imperial examination sooner or later, but what is the Wei family really going to do? Missed the imperial examination.
Yan Jing didn't want Wei Lingxiu to be looked down on by others.
As for Zhou Song... They didn't know Zhou Song well, but after getting along, they could tell that Zhou Song had no ill will towards Wei Lingxiu.
Zhou Song went to the Wei family to make trouble. Wei Lingxiu must not go together, or even show up, in order to avoid a reputation for being unfilial. In the end, Yan Jing accompanied Zhou Song to the Wei family.
Zhou Song left two servants, and took the remaining two servants and the housekeeper Yan Jingze to the county town together.
Most of the people in Xing'an Village didn't know about Zhou Song's visit to the village last night, but today they were buying food in the village, but they had already let the villagers know of Zhou Song's existence.
Yan Da is now really promising!
At this moment, the people of Xing'an Village were all looking at Yan Jingze from a distance.
At this time last year, Yanjing was still a bastard they were afraid of when they saw it, but now a year has passed...
"I didn't expect Yan Da to be so smart!"
"The magistrates praise him!"
"I heard that even the prefects praised him!"
"The old Yan family's ancestral grave is smoking!"
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"Yan Da has been special since he was a child!"
"He's very capable, and he has such a bad father. I thought he would starve to death, but he just grew up well."
"People from our village, he never fights! In fact, people are very good."
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Of course, they also talked about Wei Lingxiu: "I heard that the young master of the Wei family had a very bad life in the Wei family, and the stepmother didn't want to see him. Now I finally have a good life!"
"Following Yan Jingze, he even passed the exam for a scholar, how wonderful."
"Yanjing is really kind to him, and he even sent him to study!"
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The villagers who had been worried that Yan Jing would hit Wei Lingxiu before, and felt that Wei Lingxiu was miserable, now envied Wei Lingxiu.
Chatting and chatting, someone saw their child running by like a mud monkey, and grabbed the child: "Stinky boy, why don't you go to study?"
"Dad, I'm not going to school today!" the child said.
"You can endorse at home even if you don't go to school! You must study hard, like studying big words!"
The child who was sent to study by his father because Yan Jing was admitted to a scholar wants to cry - Yan Da is really scary!
When Yan Jingze and Zhou Song went to the county seat, many people came from the Wei family.
Ever since Wei Lingxiu was admitted as a scholar and Wei Lingyuan fell off the list, the atmosphere in the Wei family has been very bad.
Wei Lingyuan was arrogant and arrogant. He couldn't bear to be compared with his brother who was not as good as him.
Old Mrs. Wei and Mrs. Wei felt distressed, but before they could coax Wei Lingyuan, the elders of the Wei family came to the door.
The Wei family is in Donggu County, and it is also a big family.
Wei Zhiyuan's branch is the best in the family, but the rest of the Wei family can't be called bad, and the old people in the family have a lot of prestige.
"Before you said that Wei Lingxiu was incompetent and uneducated, what is this now?" An old man from the Wei family glared at Mrs. Wei: "Wei Lingyuan didn't get admitted as a scholar! He got admitted!" This person depends on seniority , is a generation older than Mrs. Wei, so she is very rude to Mrs. Wei.
There are others of the same generation as Mrs. Wei, and it is difficult to criticize Mrs. Wei, so she said to Mrs. Wei: "If you are really a stepmother, you don't care about the children. Ling Xiu is so smart, if he is taught well, he may be able to become a jinshi! You! This short-sighted woman drives people out!"
The old people in the Wei family clan now only feel that both Mrs. Wei and Mrs. Wei are too virtuous.
In a family, the more talented people, the better! Now in Donggu County, the Li family can suppress their Wei family everywhere, isn't it because there are so many famous people in the Li family
They defend the family and work hard to run the clan school, don't they just hope that there are more talents in the clan
That is, this family, I don't know what to think, such an outstanding child has to rush out. A few days ago, they asked this family to bring Wei Lingxiu back, and the family pushed back.
They used to hear people say that Wei Lingxiu played with things and lost his mind, but now that he thinks about it, Wei Lingxiu didn't actually do anything.
It doesn't matter if he has anything to do with that Yan Dazhen. At most, when marrying a daughter-in-law, there is no way to get too high, so he can only choose from a family that is not as good as the Wei family.
Mrs. Wei's face was ugly. As for Mrs. Wei, there was no place for her to speak, so she could only listen by the side.
"Ling Xiu has returned to Donggu County, Zhiyuan's family, you will prepare some gifts tomorrow, go there in person, and call someone back." Finally, an old man said to Mrs. Wei.
"What if he doesn't want to?" Old Mrs. Wei frowned, "He's used to making things happen!"
"The mother-in-law went there in person, could he not be willing?" the Wei family said.
Wei Lingxiu is a scholar. Mrs. Wei went to him personally and he still refused to come back... Does he want fame
Mrs. Wei and Mrs. Wei looked at each other, but in the end they suppressed their displeasure and agreed.
"You can tell him a daughter-in-law again. Although that statement has been changed now, and he was admitted to the show and became a junior, but two big men together, it's not good, Ling Xiu must get married soon!" Another clan old-fashioned.
When Mrs. Wei heard this, she was a little unhappy.
Although the Wei family had some property, none of their ancestors had ever passed the jinshi examination, and the family business was the same.
In the early years, Wei Zhiyuan wanted to be admitted to the jinshi, and he went to the capital every two or three years... The cost of this journey and the cost of the capital was a lot!
If it weren't for Wei Lingxiu's mother leaving a lot of dowry, and Wei Lingxiu's uncle giving New Year's gifts every year, their family would be selling the land, it would be really... shameful!
Now if Wei Lingxiu wants to get married, how much will it cost? The family has to build a yard for him... She wanted to keep all the money for her son.
Although Mrs. Wei was depressed, she did not dare to speak, but Mrs. Wei said, "As you all know, the family has been sad for the past few years..."
"Then choose a girl from a merchant." The Wei family said, "Ling Xiu is young, there must be someone willing!"
The status of merchants is low, and if they cannot rely on a certain official, their property will be swallowed up if they are not careful.
But ordinary merchants can't find anyone to rely on.
They will think about other ways, such as letting their daughter take a lot of money to be a concubine to an official, or marrying their daughter to a potential scholar-if this scholar achieves something in the future, their family will also get a lot of benefits. .
At this time, Mrs. Wei turned the corner.
If you think about it, it's not bad.
Then Wei Lingxiu returned to Wei's house, so she naturally let her handle it. As for Wei Lingxiu's wife... As a daughter-in-law, she had to listen to what her mother-in-law said.
There are very few people in this world like Wei Lingxiu's mother!
Mrs. Wei felt proud for a while.
As they were talking, someone suddenly came in from outside: "Old lady! The magistrate is here!"
The magistrate was just a petty official, but no one in the Wei family dared to look down on him, so they went out to greet him. As a result, they saw someone walking in front of the magistrate Zhu.
The man was in his thirties and looked very gentle, but when the Wei family saw him, their hearts jumped, and the old lady Wei, who was smiling all over her face, almost didn't come up.
This person came here more than ten years ago, and it was a big deal at that time. Old Madam Wei has always remembered this hatred, and never thought that he would come again!
Moreover, this person was just released more than ten years ago, and it was just to be a county magistrate, but now...
The magistrate Zhu actually fell behind this man!
This... Doesn't it mean that this person was demoted? Why does it appear here
Mrs. Wei's face was pale, and she suddenly remembered that this person had sent a letter to her a few days ago.
She was illiterate and didn't want to pay attention to this person, so she just burned the letter, and now...
When Mrs. Wei saw Zhou Song, her face turned ashen.
Zhou Song looked at Mrs. Wei, but let out a light sigh.
Yanjing immediately discovered that Mrs. Wei's face was not only blue, but even turned black, which was very interesting.
What's even more interesting is that when Zhou Song explained his identity, whether it was the elders of the Wei family or Mrs. Wei, they had to greet him with a smile.
Of course, Mrs. Wei's smiling face was almost twisted.
Mrs. Wei was in a hurry, and someone came again. This time, it was Wei Zhiyuan.
Wei Zhiyuan has been teaching in Fucheng. Even if he takes a boat to go home, it takes a long time, and it takes a long time to go. It is very inconvenient to go back and forth, so he does not come back often.
And this time he came back for Zhou Song's business.
Before Wei Lingxiu passed the exam, everyone around him congratulated him. Some people heard that Wei Lingxiu and Yan Jing were friends, and they asked him for Yan Jingze's words...
He was irritated by these people, and he wanted to go home at first. After accidentally learning a news, he was even more frightened and rushed home immediately. He learned that Zhou Song had become the Xuezheng of the Nanzhou Mansion next door.
Xuezheng is usually appointed in July and August, and then Xuezheng will immediately go to various prefectures and cities to preside over the academy examinations.
He already knew who the school administrators of their palace city were, but he didn't know who the school administrators were in the nearby palace city—they didn't have any control over him, so he didn't need to find out.
As a result, the academic administration of Nanzhou Mansion turned out to be Zhou Song
Didn't something happen to the Zhou family? How did Zhou Song become a school administrator? Still out of Beijing
Wei Zhiyuan was shocked and hurriedly went home, but as soon as he got home, he saw Zhou Song and stayed on the spot, trembling all over.
Alright guys, here we go.
Although Yan Jing had been in contact with several officials before, he only talked with people about calligraphy and knowledge, and never talked about anything else. Today, after following Zhou Song, he realized that being an official is really not easy.
Of course it's not difficult.
He even liked the feeling of being in control.
Both Yan Jingze and Wei Lingxiu were only scholars, and there was nothing they could do about the Wei family, but Zhou Song was different. He even suppressed the Wei family and suppressed the Wei family.
At this time, there was a rule that a woman's dowry belonged to the woman, and the husband's family could not use it without the woman's consent.
However, if a woman dies, her parents’ family cannot claim the dowry—the law expressly stipulates that even if the wife dies, all wealth and slaves, the wife’s family cannot claim her dowry.
But even so, there are regulations, that is, a woman's dowry should be inherited by her children, or her chosen heir.
The Wei family spent Wei Lingxiu's mother's dowry, and Zhou Songna also took hold.
Of course, the most important thing is that Zhou Song is powerful and powerful.
Yan Jing actually thinks the Wei family is too cheap, but at this moment, he can't do too much... If he wants to make the Wei family unlucky, it is best to strengthen himself.
When he becomes stronger, the Wei family will naturally get worse and worse without him taking any action.
Wei Lingxiu's adoption was accomplished in a very short period of time. Of course, because the Zhou family's ancestral hall was in the capital, he was not written on the Zhou family's genealogy for the time being.
Zhou Song had an official position and could not stay in Donggu County for a long time, so he left soon, but Wei Lingxiu and Yan Jing did not follow him to Nanzhou Mansion.
They were born and raised here, and decided to live here - they just fell in love, and the two of them lived together, and it was the day of the gods.
They sent Zhou Song away. There were no outsiders at home. Yan Jingze and Wei Lingxiu had to close the door.
Yan Jing also made a special trip to see his mother.
The original owner's mother has remarried, and at this time, from a legal point of view, it has nothing to do with him and does not need his support, but it is the person who gave birth to this body, Yan Jing still hopes that this woman If he can live well, he went over this time and gave the woman some money, and then asked the woman to send the children at home to study and learn a few words.
It is not easy for an ordinary farm family to show up a talented person, but if they can learn how to settle accounts and become an accountant in the future, it will make their lives better.
After dealing with his mother's affairs, Yan Jing continued to read, and even started to read books on the law.
After going to Wei's house with Zhou Song, he felt that knowledge of the law was very useful, so he went to Wei's bookstore to borrow books to read.
Yanjing read all the law books once, and he recited it like a fluent, and liked it very much, so...
Wei Lingxiu got up this morning and kissed Yan Jingze: "May I be like a star and a king like the moon, and the lights are bright every night."
Yan Jing kissed him back, but also subconsciously asked, "What is the punishment for someone who breaks a person's teeth and stabs a person with one finger and one eye?" Compared with those poems, he really felt that the law should be learned more... In the future, it will be useful to be an official or something.
Wei Lingxiu: "..." He endured it!
At noon, Wei Lingxiu was cooking and hid a red bean in the meal. As a result, Yan Jing ate half a bowl of rice in one bite. And the person who destroys the board, how many sticks?"
Wei Lingxiu: "..." He still endured it!
After dinner, the two read a book together, and Wei Lingxiu suddenly became interested: "Brother Yan, can I draw a picture for you?"
"Okay, when you paint, I'll endorse it for you, so you're familiar with the law... If there is something in a military-civilian lawsuit, it should be filed but not filed and should be reported..." Even if the law book didn't read, he could memorize it. !
Wei Lingxiu: "..." He suddenly wanted to hit someone!
However, Wei Lingxiu still endured it.
However, what he didn't expect was that the two of them were lying in a bed that night, and Yan Jing even asked him, "How many times does anyone who scolds get slapped? Really... I didn't expect that the punishment for scolding would be so severe."
Wei Lingxiu couldn't bear it any longer. He didn't need to bear it any longer. He immediately seized the key point of Yan Jingze and said with a sneer, "I'll scold you now, do you want to slap me?"