Chapter 1495: A Fallen Family

After Dou Shu left, Pure Yang Zhenren was quite emotional, "This poor Daoist never expected that you would be so attentive to Miss Dou's affairs. At first, I just listened to it as a story, but you spent money and effort to investigate this matter. Is it really just because of curiosity?"

Chen Guanlou held the teacup and chuckled, "Don't you think this matter is very interesting?"

Pure Yang Zhenren shook his head, not feeling so.

"An official, not just anyone can be one. If Dou Anzhi is real, then that's fine. If Dou Anzhi is impersonated by a valet, think about it, how capable must the valet be to muddle through, and not be exposed for so many years. This is a talent! I have always respected talents."

"This poor Daoist sees that you don't respect talents, you clearly want to watch the fun." Pure Yang Zhenren laughed twice, then said: "In fact, wanting to muddle through is not as difficult as you think."

Chen Guanlou suddenly became interested, "How so?"

"When you are an official, you play by the rules of the officialdom game. Basically, very few people will investigate the experience before becoming an official, after all, everyone has embarrassing times. Those with normal brains will not flip old accounts to offend colleagues. If a valet wants to impersonate an official, as long as he works diligently in the government office, gets along well with colleagues, and doesn't provoke right and wrong, he can naturally muddle through."

Chen Guanlou suddenly realized, "Makes sense."

This set is commonly known as paddling!

As long as you paddle well, no one knows your true level. After a long time, everyone's impression of you is that you are a paddling master. As for what you were like when you were studying for the imperial examinations, no one cares.

"Are you going to continue the investigation?" Pure Yang Zhenren asked.

"One hundred steps have already been walked ninety-nine steps, and only the last step is left, there is no reason to terminate the investigation at this time."

Pure Yang Zhenren shook his head slightly, "Have you ever thought that overturning this matter will have unpredictable consequences."

"That is something others should worry about, what does it have to do with me."

Chen Guanlou is a typical person who only sets fires and doesn't care about extinguishing them.

Pure Yang Zhenren sighed, his eyes were disdainful, and he was very disgusted, "You ruin others' futures, just like killing others' parents. This is forming an enmity!"

"So what! If he is real, then there is no problem of ruining his future. If he is fake, ruining his future is justified. This is what every person with a sense of justice will do. Old Daoist, having been a god for too long, you really treat people as straw dogs, without right or wrong, this is not allowed. Without humanity, you, this old god, can neither save suffering nor save difficulty, and will definitely be backlashed!"

Since it relies on offerings, relies on faith, relies on the vast number of believers to support this stall, and has today's status and status. It should maintain the original intention, even if there is only a little original intention, it is good. Believers don't have high requirements!

Believers have always been very tolerant of Bodhisattvas, it is best to protect themselves, and if they don't protect believers, they will only blame themselves for not being sincere, and will not think that Bodhisattvas are incompetent!

In the eyes of believers, the old Daoist is the incarnation of the patriarch, a god on earth, at least don't be so transcendent, have a bit of human flavor.

Pure Yang Zhenren couldn't listen to such words, this is blasphemy.

He immediately retorted: "This poor Daoist only knows how to refine elixir, and cannot be called an old god, don't praise this poor Daoist to death. Believers regard this poor Daoist as an old god, which is just their wishful thinking. Also, this poor Daoist has never deceived believers, this poor Daoist's elixir has always been fair to children and old people, regardless of wealth or poverty, it is the same price. This poor Daoist is valued by His Majesty, relying on the ability to refine elixir, not the ability to fool believers. Most importantly, this poor Daoist has a concept of right and wrong, just doesn't care about idle affairs! The biggest difference between you and me is that you like to care about idle affairs too much."

He was full of complaints, thinking that the one surnamed Chen looked down on him, and was sophistical and aggressive.

Caring about idle affairs is not a good quality, it is easy to attract disaster.

"Whether it's relevant or irrelevant, you have to care about it, why are you so idle! If you are really idle and have nothing to do, go have a few more children."

Pure Yang Zhenren almost pointed at his nose and scolded.

Chen Guanlou couldn't laugh or cry, "Stepped on your sore spot, sorry. Old Daoist, with our relationship, you won't take it to heart, right."

Pure Yang Zhenren snorted coldly, "What sore spot, nonsense. This poor Daoist is upright and clean in doing things, being said by you like this, it seems like I am very guilty. Chen Guanlou, don't use your small-minded heart to measure this poor Daoist's gentleman's belly!"

"Yes, you are a gentleman, I am a small person. I use tea instead of wine, and toast you a cup."

The two went through the motions, finally ended the battle of slandering each other, and could chat happily again.

"After finding out the truth, don't forget to tell this poor Daoist."

"I thought you didn't care at all." Chen Guanlou raised his eyebrows and smiled.

"This poor Daoist also has curiosity." Pure Yang Zhenren took a sip of tea, "You really think the Dou family hid a sum of money. The current one is fake, can't find the place to hide the money, so the days are tight."

Chen Guanlou explained: "I entrusted someone to investigate the Dou family, starting from the ancestors for eight generations. People clearly told me that the days the Dou family is living now are too simple and unworthy of the theoretical wealth.

Especially this current mistress of the Dou family, who is too stingy. At first, I thought it was due to personality, but later I understood it deeply, and it seems that they are really short of money.

This mistress of the Dou family gave birth to three sons and two daughters, plus several concubine sons and daughters. After a few years when the children grow up, the boys want to marry wives, and the girls want to marry, the betrothal gifts and dowries are a huge expense.

Plus Dou Anzhi himself has been sitting in his current position for almost ten years, it is time to move, which is also a huge expense. In this way, I can understand why that mistress of the family wants to covet the dowry of the former original wife. It is really because there is no money, so she will do things without character."

Pure Yang Zhenren nodded in understanding, then raised a question again, "Could it be that the previous generation squandered it all?"

"Should not be. The person who investigated checked very carefully, and also listed detailed data, and made a detailed account book. The wealth of the Dou family can be roughly estimated. Even if there is a gap, it won't be so poor, coveting the dowry of the original wife."

In this day and age, men who use their wives' dowries to support their families will definitely be despised and looked down upon. They will be crowned with incompetence.

Even if they want to use it, it is secretly, or directly brainwashing the wife, letting the wife willingly take the dowry to support the family. There are few who rob openly like the Dou family, without even wanting their faces.

The social default rule is that a woman's dowry belongs to the children. Since Dou Shu has no brothers and sisters of the same mother, her biological mother's dowry should all be given to her, and the Dou family should add a little more. In this way, this dowry is worthy of the Dou family's family background and worthy of the status of the legitimate eldest daughter.

A dowry of three thousand taels to marry off a daughter, placed in an ordinary family, a small official family that is suddenly rich, is called extremely decent. But placed in the Dou family, the Dou family that has been rich for several generations, is simply a slap in the face. It is equivalent to publicly declaring that the Dou family has declined and the Dou family has become a fallen family! ===== CHAPTER 1496 =====