The murder case of the Wu'an Hou Mansion has come to an end completely. Because of Zheng Sun's affairs, the Wu'an Hou's family and Yingcheng's in-laws became enemies. Both sides made the lawsuit in front of the imperial court, which made His Majesty, who was passive and lazy, very troubled, and threw it directly to the cabinet for handling. However, since the cause of the murder case was that the internal examination was not repaired, the cabinet did not want to care about such bullshit matters, so he pinched his nose and hid far away.

In order to be exiled, Marquis Wu'an had to ask Wang Zhi to say good things in front of the emperor and let Zheng Zhi come back soon. Seeing that Marquis Wu'an was willing to bow his head, Wang Zhi was naturally happy to plead with the emperor. With Wang Zhi cleared it up, Zheng Zhi finally changed from indefinitely exiled to three years to be able to return.

But no one expected that on the last year, on the eve of Zheng Zhi's pardon, he suddenly died of illness. Rumors were said in the capital that Mrs. Wu'an held a grudge against Zheng Cheng's death and sent someone to attack him, but these were later things.

The whole thing goes around, but in fact, the West Factory benefits the most.

At the beginning, Wang Zhi just wanted to take advantage of the problem, so he fought against Wu'anhou and firmly demanded a thorough investigation.

Now that his goal has finally been achieved, his authority among the nobles has naturally been established, and he has made use of things to establish his authority, without having to do his own efforts from beginning to end. Eunuch Wang expressed his satisfaction.

Having said that, for a long time in the future, I believe that Marquis Wu'an will never want to see Tang Fan and Suizhou again. Although they were only ordered to do things, it was because of them that Marquis Wu'an's mansion was disturbed. It is estimated that Marquis Wu'an's heart would feel ache when he thinks of these two names in the future.

However, this matter is not completely beneficial. At least Suizhou was commended by Shangguan for his outstanding performance and effective work in this case. It is said that his direct superior Zhou Qianhu intends to promote him in the near future.

In comparison, Tang Fan is a little obscured. Generally, civil servants are promoted to a higher level than military officers, because military merits are real, but there are many tricks in political achievements, one carrot and one pit. Tang Fan was in his early twenties and was able to become a sixth-rank official, which was already an opportunity that many people could not envy. Handling cases is a matter of duty. If a case is handled well and you have to be promoted once, you probably won’t have enough official positions in the capital now.

With his second-class resume, he should have been in the Hanlin Academy. Although it was boring, this was the noble position in the eyes of others. By then, from the Hanlin Academy to the Sixth Ministry and then to the cabinet, it would be a path that the future cabinet ministers should take. For example, Tang Fan, who went from the Hanlin Academy to Shuntian Prefecture to do things, was a foolish person in his opinion, because only those Jinshi who could not enter the Hanlin Academy needed to be transferred to an external official and started as a local official.

But if Tang Fan had cared about these things very much, he would not have agreed to Pan Bin's request and came to Shuntian Prefecture to be the Promoter.

Some things are always something that someone needs to do. If you have never been exposed to practice, how can you understand this country and how can you talk about governing the country in the future?

At the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, most of the important officials in the court came from the Imperial College, not the Imperial College. Only then were they all really talented people doing practical things. However, as the imperial examination system gradually matured, the Imperial College gradually declined, which led to the unspoken rules of not entering the cabinet if they were not Hanlin.

So no matter how others regret it, Tang Fan just smiled and still went to work and got off work at 2:00 a.m. every day.

But Lord Tang has a trouble.

There have always been many people who want to match him, especially recently.

Tang Fan was born as a Jinshi and entered the Hanlin Academy. He was young and promising, and had a bright future. As long as he did not make any mistakes in his own mind, even if he could not become a prime minister in the future, he would never have a problem climbing up step by step and finally becoming a third-rank minister. From a private life, although he had no car or house, he had excellent appearance and his parents died. If he married him, he would not have to worry about the problem of mother-in-law and daughter-in-law in the future. He would be like a good husband and son-in-law who could not be found even with a lantern.

Although it means that the court did not promote the capture of son-in-law under the list, with such excellent comprehensive conditions of Tang Fan, countless matchmakers have come to serve as matchmakers since the day he won the Jinshi three years ago, including important officials of the court, Hanlin and Qing dynasties, and a family of heroes.

Later, Tang Fan officially became Qiu Jun's closed disciple. Qiu Jun wanted to betroth his youngest daughter to him, which made a good story. Tang Fan agreed and specially invited his own sister who had already married to another place to help with the help. Unfortunately, the Qiu family's daughter was not lucky and died of illness within a few days after her death. At that time, the two families had just been engaged, so the matchmakers were not very eager to act, so they immediately went to find a family for Lord Tang, but the matter was delayed.

However, recently, perhaps because there are more and more daughters who are aged to marry at home, or the murder case of Wuhou Mansion made Tang Fan famous, which reminded everyone of the hot son-in-law's choice. From time to time, Icemen come to the door to serve as a matchmaker in Liuye Hutong. Lord Tang was too disturbed, so he had to run out as much as possible. Fortunately, he had to go to the yamen during the day and didn't have much time to stay at home during the day, which avoided the possibility of being harassed by the crowd.

But he could avoid outsiders and neighbors. On that day, Tang Fan returned home from the yamen and saw the people from the Li family next door waiting at his door. The man was not the common Axia, but the housekeeper of the Li family, Lao Li.

When Lao Li saw him, he smiled and greeted him, bowed and said, "Mr. Tang, you are back, let me wait!"

Tang Fan: "Oh? Is there something wrong?"

Old Li hurriedly said, "Yes, my mistress wants to come and visit the adults at a date. I wonder when will the adults have time?"

Tang Fan smiled: "Everyone is a neighbor, and I look up and see you. Why should I be so serious? If Mrs. Li really has something to do, I can go there."

Old Li smiled apologized: "The adults are willing to move forward, so they are naturally very welcome. Please come in with the younger one."

Old Li welcomed him into the Li family hall, and asked him to wait for a moment, then ran to report to the master.

After a while, Mrs. Zhang, the wife of Li, walked in with two maids.

Logically speaking, Tang Fan is an official and they are a civilian, so naturally the wife of the Li family saluted him. However, Tang Fan rented the Li family's yard and was still a tenant and the owner. He was familiar with each other, so he didn't have to pay too much attention to it. He exchanged a few greetings and then sat down.

Zhang smiled and said, "I should have visited the adults in the daytime, but I invited the adults so late. I really feel sorry for my health!"

Tang Fan was sweating silently. He was always hiding from the matchmakers during the day, so he would not stay at home.

"Mrs. Li, don't be polite. I wonder what it's expensive to call me over?"

Zhang was a little embarrassed: "This matter is a bit abrupt. If you really want to talk about it, you will be too lazy. I would like to ask Lord Tang not to mind before."

Tang Fan was surprised: "Is it related to rent?"

Zhang laughed: "No, Lord Tang misunderstood. The rent price is fair now. Wouldn't it be a shame for me to raise prices at will? It's actually a happy event. A Xia, who is incompetent, has been with me since I was a child, like a daughter. I also know that with A Xia, it is absolutely impossible to marry an adult, but she really admires the style of an adult, so she doesn't hesitate to ask the adult with this old face. I wonder if you are willing to accept A Xia and let her serve her?"

Looking at Axia standing beside Zhang, her cheeks were already rosy, shy and embarrassed.

Tang Fan: "..."

What luck has he been away recently? Why can he hide for thousands of times, or can't he escape such a thing?

Seeing Tang Fan pondering and silent, Zhang asked, "What are the difficulties that sir?"

Since ancient times, men have three wives and four concubines. Now they want to be concubines for Tang Fan, but they don’t let him marry him. It’s not considered insulting him. Anyway, with Axia, Tang Fan can still continue to have other women. How many men will refuse a maid who has a pure family background and takes the initiative to deliver them to their door? For Tang Fan, this is completely icing on the cake and a simple task.

But to Zhang's surprise, he still refused.

"Whether it is a marriage or a concubine, I have not had this idea yet. Now I am young. I should focus on my studies and career. I don't want to be distracted. Please forgive me."

Zhang was stunned: "Mr. Tang really refused?"

Tang Fan shook his head: "Sorry."

If someone clearly said he would not agree, what else can he do? Could it be that he forced himself?

Zhang glanced at Axia and saw that the latter had lost his previous shyness, his face was pale, his eyes were filled with tears, and he was speechless.

She sighed secretly and said with a smile: "You have to be in love with me and my wishes in this kind of thing. Since Lord Tang is not happy, he will naturally no longer force him. Why would Lord Tang give up and leave after giving up and spending his meal? Brother Lin hasn't seen him for a long time, and he misses him very much."

Tang Fan stood up and smiled and said, "No, I have used food outside. It's getting late, so I should go back. Let's say goodbye."

After he left, Zhang said helplessly to Axia: "You have seen it too. I don't want to help you if I have no choice. It's because Lord Tang is determined and I can't do anything about it."

A Xia wiped her tears and said, "I am a maid who is not blessed and can't bear the wife's care. However, if I want to send things next door in the future, I will ask my wife to find someone else. Although I am humble, after being rejected by Lord Tang this time, I have no face to come to the door again!"

Zhang sighed and patted her hand: "This is also whether you are destined to be together. You don't have to worry. If you have the chance, I will pay attention to it. You must find a good family for you. You should lower your vision. With the family of the Li family, it is more than enough to release you as the head of a small family in the future."

Axia whispered: "My maid now only wants to serve her wife."

Zhang knew that she would definitely not be able to be so happy, so she stopped persuading her and let her figure it out slowly.

But the conversation with Tang Fan tonight made Zhang himself feel unhappy.

After dinner, Zhang urged his son to study hard, so he asked him to go back to his yard. Seeing that she was depressed, Achun and others asked, "Why is it not so happy about the wife? Is it related to Lord Tang coming?"

Zhang nodded, shook his head again, and sighed: "There are men in this world who like to hug each other, so naturally there are men who sit in their arms without any hesitation. It is rare for men like Lord Tang to be like!"

Axia couldn't help but mutter: "He probably disliked his maid's background!"

Zhang smiled and said, "I think Lord Tang is not like that. I'm afraid he really wants to be here. I heard that he got married with the daughter of the Imperial College Priest and the restaurant a few years ago. But before he could get married, the woman died of an emergency. Maybe he was still thinking about that girl in his heart, and you don't need to give up on food because of choking."

Achun was a few years older than Axia, but she knew the mistress's sigh and melancholy just now, so she was probably thinking about her own affairs.

Sure enough, after a while, I heard Zhang say, "I think when I married into the Li family, that man told me that it would be enough to have a wife in this life, but now I even have someone outside..."

She shook her head again: "It's also my fault that I can't give birth. Who can I blame?"

It turned out that Zhang had married into the Li family for decades, but failed to give birth to a child and half of his daughter. Over time, Li Man naturally wanted to find another woman to raise her. He also raised her at home now, Li Chong, who was nominally Zhang's son, was not Zhang's biological son, but was born to a lateral chamber of Li Man.

No wonder Zhang felt emotional when he was touched by the scene and sighed.

Achun quickly persuaded him, and Axia put aside her worries for the time being and comforted her mistress with Achun. After a long time of persuasion, Zhang went to rest.

Since he declined Zhang's kindness that day, Tang Fan saw Axia again and tried his best to avoid her. Axia seemed to have this idea, and the person who came to the Tang family to give her snacks was also replaced by Adong.

Adong is an eight-nine-year-old girl with a round face that is still childish, very happy and interesting. Tang Fan is happy to talk to her for a few more words. After all, he is not a love saint and he is really not interested in dealing with someone who has a crush on him.

After sending some snacks, Adong became very familiar with Tang Fan. She was also a foodie. She often sent a basket of snacks. Tang Fan took them out to share. She was not polite. She ate most of them in just a few slaps.

But today, Tang Fan came back and saw the little girl Adong sitting at the door of her yard with her chin on her back, staring at the snacks in front of her, but she didn't look like she was usually greedy and looked frowning.
Chapter completed!