Chapter 49 Social death

Uncle Hsu’s intelligence is as follows:

“Zhou Li has been very peaceful these past few days, probably warned by Squire Zhou, and has not acted in any way that violates the law and discipline, indulging all day long with a group of yamen, going in and out of gambling houses, restaurants, and the Department of Education.

“In addition, during my people’s tracking, they found that Zhou Li frequented a certain mansion that didn’t have a plaque on it, so it should be a private mansion that he bought outside, and there was a maid, a matron, and an old man who looked after the door living in it. There was also a woman.

“Nine times out of ten that woman is one he keeps out …..”

Xu New Year and Xu Qi’an listened in silence, each in a different state of contemplation, Xu Qi’an looking down at the ground, his fingertips unconsciously tapping on the desktop.

Xu New Year looked up to the roof of the sky at an angle of forty-five degrees, and Wushuang was gathered in his sleeve, as if he was dazed.

After Uncle Xu finished speaking, he looked at his nephew and son and said, “What do you guys think.”

His nephew and son tacitly ignored him, glancing at each other, and Xu Xinxin said, ”The scholars of our academy are not on the same path as the scholars of the State Prison, and despise and are hostile to each other.

But contemporaries of the lifts occasionally get together, and the paths are antagonistic, but individuals can have fellowship.”

The same period of the lifts are also counted as half of the same classmates, the relationship is good, may not be unable to use in the future. As for the dispute over the Taoist system, compared with personal interests, it has to take a back seat.

“This person, Zhou Li, has an arrogant and domineering personality, and has had suspicions and conflicts with many of his fellow students at the State Prison. But he is by no means a brainless dude, and those who have a grudge against him have average backgrounds.”

Xu Qi’an was not surprised by this, from Zhou Li’s means of dealing with him, he could analyze that this magistrate’s method of doing things was not brilliant, but effective, and had a certain amount of heart and city.

His arrogance is only directed at people with backgrounds and power lower than his own.

“This has undoubtedly made it more difficult for us to deal with him.” Xu Qi’an sighed.

Xu New Year gave him a cross look, ”Don’t interrupt and hear me out.

“Zhou Li has been infatuated with Miss Floating Fragrance of the Church Office for a long time, and whenever he goes to the Church Office, he must look for Miss Floating Fragrance. However, he repeatedly fell short when ‘playing tea rounds’.”

Miss Fuxiang? The flower girl of the Education Department? The beauty that Sheriff Wang said would be worth her life if she slept with her for one night? Xu Qi’an’s spirits lifted.

Xu New Year raised his teacup, looked at the empty cup, and put it down again helplessly, saying:

“I originally thought that I could play another game of drive the tiger to swallow the wolf. Using Zhou Li’s conflicts with his fellow students to formulate a plan, but those students don’t carry enough weight, and with Zhou Li’s caution, getting him to mess with a higher level of government officials would be so difficult that it would be almost impossible to realize.

“Zhou Li goes to the Department of Education extremely often, if he wants to extract more information, that Floating Fragrance girl is an excellent breakthrough.”

Duk-duk…Xu Qi’an knocked on the desktop.

Waiting for Uncle Xu and Erlang Xu to look over, he said in a deep voice, ”I must remind you of one thing, no matter what, we have to subtract, the more complicated the plan, the more loopholes there are.

“Against Zhou Li, we can’t have too complicated and subtle a plan because the gap between each other is too great. Rhetoric, don’t fall into a thinking error.”

Readers are most likely to be smart and count on people to make it more difficult for them to think about the subtlety of the layout and the skill of the means.

Especially Xu Jiu Lao, who thought highly of himself and was well versed in the art of war.

Xu Ru Lao’s brow furrowed, somewhat agreeable and somewhat unconvincing, “What’s big brother’s high opinion?”

“Simple, the simpler the better.” Xu Qi’an mused, “A true crime without traces is a murder of passion, and we need to do the same when we formulate a plan.”

“How is it simple? First, not too many people are involved, and second, things are not too complicated. Resignation, if Zhou Li had a conflict with a certain magistrate, and that magistrate’s father happened to be able to wield the hand of Squire Zhou, what would you do?”

Xu New Year fell into deep thought.

“Well, your silence says it all.” Xu Qi’an waved his hand, interrupting the thinking of his little old brother, whose mind must have flashed through a whole bunch of palace schemes and conspiracy calculations.

“My idea is that we can disguise ourselves in disguise and then catch the opportunity to just thump that magistrate and leave.”

Xu Pingzhi finally caught a chance to interject, and slapped his thigh: “Ning Yan’s idea is deeply in line with my wishes.”

The brothers rolled their eyes at the same time.

Xu Ru Lao frowned, “It’s that simple?”

Xu Qi’an nodded, ”Simplicity does not mean ineffectiveness, and more often than not, leaving things blank is beneficial instead. The beaten magistrate would think, what did he offend recently? Upon reflection, oh, it was that bastard Zhou Li.

“And this kind of thing, Zhou Li certainly will not admit, but it does not matter, everyone free heart evidence, anyway, the conflict intensified, you hit me, I have to retaliate.”

Xu Ru Lao is a smart person with high perception, and after a slight passage in his head, he understood what his big brother meant.

He nodded slightly, looking arrogant, “Not bad.”

Adding, “What intelligence has Big Brother gathered.”

Xu Qi’an didn’t sell himself short and said, “I’ve inquired about who Servant Zhou’s political enemies are.”

Xu Xinnian and Uncle Xu leaned over at the same time, their faces instantly serious, and assumed listening postures.

Xu Qi’an snorted, “Minister of Household.”

The Minister of the Household? Xu New Year’s heart was shaken, instantly solving many of his doubts.

No wonder Squire Zhou of the Ministry of Revenue is scheming for the tax silver, because he knows he is about to get his shoes shod by his top boss, and is in desperate need of a huge amount of silver to fill the shortfall.

And it was because of being in the same household ministry that the Minister of the Household was able to catch Squire Zhou’s fox tail.

“Ning Banquet, how did you know about such things.” Second Uncle Xu was a bit disbelieving.

How could an idle person have channels to know about the fights of the bigwigs in the courtroom?

“The Caiwei girl from the Si Tian Supervisor told me.” Xu Qi’an said.

And the cost is just a candy cane, a roasted goose leg, a serving of wine dumplings and a bowl of fish ball soup …. He added wordlessly in his mind.

The wide-eyed beauty was easy to bribe, which was an advantage. The disadvantage is that she is unmotivated by dynasty politics, and the Divine Constabulary doesn’t meddle in dynasty politics, so what she knows is limited.

This is very bad. Miss Caiwei, you lack a copy of “The Self-Cultivation of Xu Dalang’s Virtuous Housewife”, I’ll write it for you later.

Xu Qi’an clapped his hands, interrupting his cousin who was in a state of contemplation, and said:

“So it seems that the information we’ve gathered isn’t enough to formulate a detailed plan, but it’s fine, one bite won’t make you fat, what’s the next step?”

Xu New Year thought for a moment, “I suggest going to the Department of Education, and prying information from the Flower Leader Floating Fragrance …. I definitely can’t do this matter, I never go to the land of fireworks.”

It was customary for Dafeng officials to be intimate with prostitutes, but for students without official status, it was another set of standards.

You haven’t even reached the end of your career, and you’re thinking of playing with women? You’re not trustworthy. Don’t think you’ll have a good future in the future.

This is like when I used to study, parents do not allow students to play games on the Internet, if any student all day bubble Internet cafes, then he is a quasi-social dregs …. Xu Qi’an leaned back in his chair and looked to the side, saying in a relaxed tone:

“I definitely can’t go either, since I haven’t stepped into the Qi Practicing Realm yet.”

So the question is, who’s in charge of poking around the Ministry of Education?

The brothers tacitly turned their gaze toward Uncle Xu.

“What are you looking at me for, am I someone who would go to the Department of Education? I don’t even know how to read, so I’ll go and make a fool of myself?” Uncle Xu said that he wasn’t the kind of person who stayed in the land of fireworks.

Seeing his father’s reluctance, Xu New Year dumped the pot on Xu Qi’an again, “Big brother’s poetry writing is extremely popular in the Department of Education.”

Uncle Xu immediately rejected his son’s proposal, frowned and said, “Your elder brother is an honest man who doesn’t even go to the hookah, let him go to the Education Department to poke around, don’t get trapped in it when the time comes, and the matter didn’t get done, and the body hasn’t been taken up by the women in the hookah.”

For a martial artist at the peak of Essence Refining, breaking the body before stepping into the Qi Practicing Realm was indeed a matter of great loss.

Xu Qi’an, who never went to the hookah to listen to music, nodded his head, indicating that he was not that kind of person.

Uncle Xu Er said, “Or else you should go.” He still felt that a place like the Department of Education should be appropriate for a scholar to go to.

It’s inherent in the concept.

Xu Ruixiang gave an old heckle.

Xu Ershu refused to go to the Education Department, in addition to the fact that it was the land of the literati, who disliked rough blanks, there was another reason.

There was another reason why Xu Ru旧 refused to go to the Department of Teaching and Learning, besides the fact that scholars had to be mindful of their reputation and popularity.

Xu Qi’an refused to go to the Churchyard, and besides never going to the hookah to listen to music, there was another reason.

Social Death!

The three men looked at each other and fell into silence.

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