Chapter 36: See who's more arrogant
When Li Nan woke up, he was already in the third day of the day.
Slowly opened his eyes, feeling the warm fragrance of nephrite in his arms, and couldn't help but feel hot, but thinking that his little lady was still the first time to try the clouds and rain last night, he could only give up with pity.
Looking at Pang Qiuxia in her arms gently, Li Nan remembered that when the two of them first met, she was as fierce as a female beast, and she was about to cut herself with a knife.
Unexpectedly, after some mistakes, she, a Manichaean thief with good martial arts, would become her own lady.
Gently covered the sleeping Pang Qiuxia with a thin quilt, and Li Nan walked out of his room.
Hearing the sound of him washing, the sister-in-law who was busy in the kitchen shouted: "Erlang, you are up, then hurry up and eat." ”
"Uh... Let Qiuxia sleep again, let's eat first. ”
Of course, Yun Niang knew what was going on, after all, the sound insulation effect of this small building was not very good.
While eating breakfast, Li Nan noticed that her sister-in-law Yunniang's complexion was a little wrong, and hurriedly asked with concern, "Sister-in-law, what's wrong with you?" ”
Yun Niang, who has dark circles under her eyes, naturally can't say that you were too happy last night, and the sound of joy was too loud, so she couldn't sleep all night, so she had to say softly: "Da Lang's illness is worse than one day, and I am worried, so I am a little sleepy." ”
His eldest brother was terminally ill, and no one could solve this matter, Li Nan could only comfort her a few words, telling her to go to make up for sleep and rest after a while, and she didn't notice her sister-in-law's red cheeks.
In the following days, Li Nan's life was stable and peaceful, and during the day, he either handled official business in the county office, or went outside the city to train with those soldiers.
As for the time at night, of course, it can't be wasted, after the first time, the second time is much easier, Pang Qiuxia and Li Nan are passionate and affectionate every night, which causes Yun Niang's complexion to become more and more bad.
When the two daughters were at home every day, they discussed the matter of getting married for some time, and the neighbors Pan and Wang Po always liked to come over to give ideas, but Li Nan has always been unapologetic to the flattering Pan Jinlian.
This Yanggu County is not big, not to mention that the gambling halls of the Great Song Qinglou are all legal properties, so there are no major cases on weekdays, that is, some small things like fights and brawls, Li Nan only needs to send people to inspect on time, and every few days, his subordinates will give the money handed over by the merchants in the jurisdiction.
On this day, Li Nan was in the yamen, carefully looking at the crude map of the Great Song Dynasty on the table.
After reading the history of the Song Dynasty, Li Nan knew that the good days of the Great Song Dynasty were not for a few days, there was Zhao Ji of Song Huizong, who was mediocre and only knew how to pursue art, there were corrupt ministers led by Cai Jing, and there were magistrates who exploited the people.
He had ambitions in his heart, but after seeing the terrain where Yanggu County was located, he frowned.
Yanggu County belongs to Dongping Mansion on Jingxi Road, not far from the sea in the east, not far from the Liao Kingdom in the north, and not far from the capital of the Great Song Dynasty in the west.
Not to mention that Yanggu County is not safe, let's just say that the Great Song Dynasty, which seems to be prosperous at the moment, can also be said to be embattled.
To the east of the Song Dynasty was the sea, and there were two Koreas and Japan, which had always been unstable on the sea, and it was needless to say that the powerful Liao State and the Jin State further north were not easy to mess with.
The northwest of the Great Song Dynasty faced the fierce Western Xia, and the southwest was adjacent to the powerful Tufan tribes, and it seemed that only the south was safer, after all, Dali and Jiaozhi were relatively weak in terms of national strength and soldiers.
Just when Li Nan was thinking worriedly, the tall and sturdy Wang Hu walked in.
Wang Hu was originally in prison because a neighbor bullied his mother, so he hurt people by mistake, and he had no money to repay the other party, so he went to prison.
Li Nan and Wang Hu have been together for a long time, and they have also experienced the affairs of the puppet Manchukuo together, knowing that he was born with great strength, and he will also punch and kick a few times, although his mind is not high, but he is extremely loyal, so he made him his personal guard.
"Xiaohu, what's the matter?"
"Erlang, there is a woman named Wu outside the door, she said that she is looking for you in an emergency."
"Wu?" Li Nanmo read a few words, and immediately remembered that she should be Ximenqing's genuine wife, but I don't know why she came to find her.
Thinking of Ximen Qing's dying act, and he had promised the Wu family to come to him for something, Li Nan waved his hand and said, "Let her in." ”
It was the Wu family who came in, and when she saw Li Nan, she squatted slightly, and said with tears on her face: "Li Dutou, now my family is in chaos, and the slave family is also being bullied, I implore you to help!" ”
Li Nan asked curiously, "Oh? Sit down and talk carefully, who dares to bully you. ”
Wu has actually found a lot of old friends of his own officials, but now Ximen Qing has no news, and those fox friends and dog friends he has made friends with have no affection, but now they have become lighter, and it is good to see her come to the door for help, and it is good to prevaricate, and even make teasing words.
Now that the Wu family saw that Li Nan did not treat him like everyone else, he couldn't help but feel a little relieved in his heart, and hurriedly said: "You should know that in addition to me, the officials of my family also married two concubines. ”
Li Nan nodded and said, "Well, then Li Jiao'er was still arrested by me because of Earl Ying**, does this matter have anything to do with these two concubines?" ”
Wu wiped the tears from his face and sobbed: "This incident is because of the little concubine Zhuo Di'er. Since the official's life and death are unknown, this Zhuo Di'er doesn't know how to get mixed with a young concubine. This person seems to be quite powerful, and he actually teamed up with the little concubine to forcibly occupy my family's property, although the slave family is the eldest woman, but there is no effective family servant around to fight the pair of men and women, so they can only come out to find the head to help. ”
The concubines of the Song Dynasty had no status at all, even if they were killed by the eldest woman, they would only be fined some silver, and now there is a concubine in Ximenqing's family who wants to compete with the eldest woman of the Wu family for the family property, Li Nan is really a little curious about who is behind her, and she is so bold.
Li Nan got up and asked, "Where are Zhuo Di'er and her concubine, how about we go and see?" ”
"The dog man and woman took over my family's crude medicine shop, drove away the henchmen who were loyal to my family, and now they drink and have fun in the backyard of the pharmacy every day."
"Haha, it's really a lot of guts." Li Nan instructed Wang Hu: "Prepare a few horses, call Zhang Hao and the soldiers on duty today, let's go and see what is going on." ”
Li Nan took the Wu family, followed by Wang Hu and Zhang Hao, and more than 20 soldiers who bought themselves, and the group went out of the yamen and went straight to the crude medicine shop of the Ximen family on North Street.
After listening to Wu's introduction on the way, Li Nan learned that Ximenqing's business was not small, he monopolized several medicinal herb merchants from the south, and started a wholesale business of medicinal materials, not only several nearby counties, but even the medical halls of Dongping Mansion had to buy medicinal materials from him.
There is no business more profitable than monopoly, Li Nan couldn't help but sigh in his heart, except for some problems with his character and luck, Ximenqing's mind is definitely enough.
Li Nan and the others stopped at the door of the crude medicine shop, only to see three storefronts on the street, full of merchants who came to buy medicinal materials, as soon as they chose the medicinal materials, they went to the backyard warehouse to pay for the goods, this day the money that came out of the bank is definitely a lot, no wonder it will attract others to watch.
There is no need for Li Nan to explain, Zhang Hao, who knew what happened, walked into the store and said to the shopkeeper: "Who is the owner of your family, call him out!" ”
The shopkeeper of this pharmacy was originally a henchman hired by Ximenqing, but his own official did not show up for a long time, and he could only succumb to the strongman who occupied the store.
Although these two black-clothed men saw Zhang Hao, Li Nan and others dressed in official clothes, they kept their own family backgrounds, so they had no fear in their hearts, stood up and scolded: "What kind of person is my master, how can you little officials see each other, hurry up!" ”
Li Nan didn't expect that there were still people in this small Yanggu County who were so arrogant, and suddenly spit out two words with a blue face: "Release the arrow!" ”
As soon as this order was given, the eight selected archers standing behind Li Nan immediately bent their bows and arrows, and they all flew in unison.
Aggressive......
With the screams, the two men in black who had been arrogant were hit by arrows in their limbs, and were nailed to the door panel of the shop behind them by eight powerful arrows.