Chapter 49: Chapter 49 Social DeathUncle Xu's intelligence is as follows:
"Zhou Li has been very well behaved these days, probably because he was warned by Minister Zhou. He has not committed any illegal acts. He indulges in sensual pleasures with a group of yamen all day long, going in and out of gambling houses, restaurants, and music schools.
"In addition, my people found that Zhou Li frequently went in and out of a certain house during the tracking process. There was no plaque hanging on the house. It should be a private house he bought outside. There lived a maid, a woman, and an old man who was a doorman. There was also a woman.
"That woman is probably someone he kept outside..."
Xu Xinnian and Xu Qian'an listened in silence, each in a different state of contemplation. Xu Qian'an looked down at the ground, his fingertips tapping the table unconsciously.
Xu Xinnian looked up at the roof at a 45-degree angle, with Wushuang in his sleeves, as if in a daze.
After Uncle Xu finished speaking, he looked at his nephew and son and said, "What do you think?"
The nephew and son ignored him tacitly, looked at each other, and Xu Xinnian said, "The students of our college are not the same kind as the students of the Imperial College. They look down on and hostile to each other.
However, the scholars of the same period occasionally get together. The orthodoxy is opposite, but individuals can have friendships."
The scholars of the same period are also considered half classmates. If the relationship is established, it may not be useless in the future. As for the dispute over the orthodoxy, it has to be put behind personal interests.
"Zhou Li is arrogant and domineering. He has grudges and conflicts with many classmates of the Imperial College. But he is by no means a brainless playboy. Those who have grudges with him have ordinary backgrounds." Sёarᴄh the NôvelFire.nёt website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.
Xu Qian'an was not surprised by this. From Zhou Li's method of dealing with him, it can be analyzed that this yanei's way of doing things is not smart, but effective, and has a certain degree of scheming and scheming.
His arrogance is only aimed at people with lower backgrounds and power than himself.
"This undoubtedly increases the difficulty for us to deal with him." Xu Qi'an sighed.
Xu Xinnian glanced at him: "Don't interrupt, listen to me.
"Zhou Li has been obsessed with Miss Fuxiang of the Jiaofangsi for a long time. Whenever he goes to the Jiaofangsi, he must look for Miss Fuxiang. But he has been rejected repeatedly in the 'tea party.'"
Miss Fuxiang? The courtesan of the Jiaofangsi? The beauty that Wang the captain said was worth sleeping with for a night in this life? Xu Qi'an was refreshed.
Xu Xinnian raised the teacup, looked at the empty cup, and put it down helplessly, saying: "I originally thought that I could play the game of driving the tiger to swallow the wolf again. Use the contradictions between Zhou Li and his classmates to make a plan, but those classmates are not important enough, and with Zhou Li's caution, it is too difficult for him to provoke the higher-level Yanei, and it is almost impossible to achieve.
"Zhou Li went to the Jiaofangsi very many times. If he wants to get more information, Miss Fuxiang is an excellent breakthrough."
Knock knock...Xu Qi'an knocked on the table.
When Xu Ershu and Xu Erlang looked over, he said in a deep voice: "I must remind you of one thing. No matter when, we have to do subtraction. The more complicated the plan, the more loopholes there are.
"To deal with Zhou Li, we can't have a very complicated and sophisticated plan, because the gap between us is too big. Cijiu, don't fall into the thinking error."
Scholars are most likely to be clever and make mistakes. When calculating others, they will increase the difficulty for themselves and think about the exquisite layout and superb means. Especially Xu Cijiu, who thinks highly of himself and is familiar with the art of war.
Xu Cijiu frowned, somewhat agreeing, and somewhat unconvinced: "What is your opinion, brother?"
"Simple, the simpler the better." Xu Qian'an thought: "The crime that really leaves no trace is passion killing, and we should do the same when making plans."
"How simple? First, don't involve too many people, and second, don't make things too complicated. Cijiu, if Zhou Li has a conflict with a certain yamen, and the father of that yamen happens to be able to arm wrestle with Minister Zhou, what will you do?"
Xu Xinnian fell into deep thought.
"Okay, your silence says it all." Xu Qian'an waved his hand to interrupt his little brother's thoughts. A lot of palace intrigues and conspiracies must have flashed through his little brother's mind.
"My idea is that we can disguise ourselves, and then take the opportunity to beat up the yanei and leave."
Xu Pingzhi finally got the chance to interrupt and slapped his thigh: "Ning Yan's idea is very much to my liking."
The two brothers rolled their eyes at the same time.
Xu Cijiu frowned and said: "Is it that simple?"
Xu Qian'an nodded: "Simple does not mean ineffective. More often, leaving blank space is beneficial. The beaten yanei will think, who has he offended recently? Upon reflection, oh, it's Zhou Li, that bastard.
"Zhou Li will definitely not admit this, but it doesn't matter. Everyone is free to make up their own mind. Anyway, the conflict has intensified. You hit me, and I want revenge."
Xu Cijiu is a smart man with a high level of understanding. After a little thought, he understood what his elder brother meant.
He nodded slightly, with a proud look: "Not bad."
He added: "Brother, what information have you collected?"
Xu Qi'an didn't keep it a secret and said: "I found out who is Zhou Shilang's political enemy."
Xu Xinnian and Xu Ershu leaned over at the same time, their faces suddenly became serious, and they put on a listening posture.
Xu Qi'an sneered: "Minister of the Ministry of Revenue."
Minister of the Ministry of Revenue?! Xu Xinnian was shocked and instantly solved many
doubts.
No wonder Minister Zhou of the Ministry of Revenue planned to collect taxes and silver, because he knew that he was about to be bullied by his boss and urgently needed a huge amount of silver to make up for the deficit.
And it was precisely because they were in the Ministry of Revenue that the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue was able to catch Minister Zhou's fox tail.
"Ning Yan, how did you know about this?" Uncle Xu was a little unconvinced.
How could ordinary people know about the struggles of the bigwigs in the court?
"Miss Caiwei from the Imperial Observatory told me." Xu Qian'an said.
And the price was just a candied haws, a roast goose leg, a portion of wine meatballs and a bowl of fish ball soup... He added silently in his heart.
Big-eyed beauties are easy to buy, this is an advantage. The disadvantage is that she has no interest in court affairs, and the Imperial Observatory does not interfere in court affairs, so she knows limited things.
This is not good, Miss Caiwei, you need a book "Self-cultivation of Xu Dalang's Good Wife", I
will write it for you later.
Xu Qian'an clapped his hands, interrupting his cousin who was in deep thought, and said:
"It seems that the information we have collected is not enough to make a detailed plan, but it's okay. You can't eat fat in one bite. What should we do next?"
Xu Xinnian thought for a while: "I suggest going to the Jiaofangsi to get information from the courtesan Fuxiang... I definitely can't do this, I never go to places of fireworks."
It is a common practice for officials in Dafeng to visit prostitutes, but for students without
official status, there is another set of standards.
You haven't even reached the end of your road to the imperial examination, and you're thinking about playing with women? It's unreliable at first glance, don't think about having a
good future in the future.
This is like when I was studying before, parents didn't let their children go online to play games. If a student spent all day in an Internet cafe, he would be a quasi-social scum... Xu Qian'an leaned back in his chair, looked to one side, and said in a relaxed tone:
"I definitely can't go either, because I haven't entered the Qi training realm yet."
So the question is, who is responsible for going to the Jiaofangsi to get information?
The two brothers looked at Uncle Xu tacitly.
"Why are you looking at me? Am I the kind of person who would go to the Jiaofangsi? I don't even know how to read, and I'll be bored if I go there?" Uncle Xu said that he was not the kind of person who was nostalgic for the place of fireworks.
Seeing that his father was unwilling, Xu Xinnian threw the blame on Xu Qian'an again: "My eldest brother's poems are very popular in the Jiaofangsi."
Uncle Xu immediately rejected his son's proposal and frowned and said: "Your eldest brother
is an honest man who doesn't even go to the brothel. Let him go to the Jiaofangsi to find out,
so that he won't get stuck in it. Before he gets things done, his body will be occupied by women in the brothel."
For a martial artist at the peak of refining essence, losing his virginity before entering the Qi training realm is indeed a huge loss.
Xu Qian'an, who never went to the brothel to listen to music, nodded, indicating that he was
not that kind of person.
Uncle Xu said: "Why don't you go there?" He still felt that a place like the Jiaofangsi should be
suitable for scholars.
This is a fixed concept.
Xu Cijiu snorted. Uncle Xu refused to go to the Jiaofangsi because it was the territory of scholars and he didn't
like rough work.
Xu Cijiu refused to go to the Jiaofangsi because students had to pay attention to their
reputation and reputation.
Xu Qian'an refused to go to the Jiaofangsi because he never went to the brothels to listen to
music.
Social death!
The three looked at each other and fell into silence.