A faint blue smoke emerged from the beast-shaped incense burner, and the air was filled with a strong fragrance.

Xiuxiu sat beside Liu Xiaomei's bed and looked at her motionlessly.

Liu Xiaomei smiled apologetically at Xiuxiu: "Xiuxiu, thank you for letting Brother Gao save me. I am almost done, so I don't need anyone to accompany you. You can go with me."

"I won't go out! When I go out, the officials will definitely scold me! Sister Liu Xiaomei, you don't know, I've caused a big disaster this time! The officials couldn't see Brother Gao, and when they asked me, his face was, ah, it was darker than the bottom of the pot! I have been with the officials for so many years, and I have never seen the officials like this, how dare I go out?"

Liu Xiaomei smiled and said, "So you are hiding from the limelight here. I really want to thank you this time. I saved my life and caused you so annoyance. You are also kind-hearted, just be happy if the official is over."

Xiuxiu shook her head repeatedly: "No, the official is angry that I didn't tell him before looking for Brother Gao, and I almost couldn't come back. If you don't know our official, it's okay, he will never forget this kind of thing. I can't escape this scolding. Oh, I'll hide for a moment."

The blue smoke floated out of the incense burner and scattered to Xiuxiu's side, covering her sorrow.

In the living room of the front yard, Xu Ping sat opposite inspector Zhang Rong.

"Thank you for your help in yesterday's incident."

Zhang Rong said: "You are polite to judge, this is what you do if you are a subordinate."

Xu Ping pondered for a moment before asking again: "The inspector and his subordinates have been in Guangxi for two years."

"It's coming soon. We are waiting for the Privy Council to write, and we don't know when we will change our defense."

"Inspector Zhang, I just said, have you ever thought about staying in Yongzhou?"

Zhang Rong sighed: "Since the magistrate asked, I will just say what I said. Over the past year, we have seen the situation in Ruhe County, and it is fake to say that no one is moved. The Xiangjun rice cannot be eaten for a lifetime, so who doesn't leave a way out for himself? Besides, the rumor is that we will be transferred to Jinghu South Road to guard against Meishan Manchus. The same distance is long, and it is not as convenient as the place in Yongzhou. The days have come, and the inspection village has been talking about these days. Ordinary soldiers' monthly money and food are not as good as those of you who grow sugarcane here. There is a letter from my hometown, and many soldiers let them stay here to grow sugarcane, and they can still send money back in a while. But this kind of thing is required to agree to the Privy Council, and I dare not open this hole."

Xu Ping nodded: "The matter is due to human affairs. As long as you have this intention, I will discuss with the Chief Cao and submit a memorial to the court with the Transportation Commission. If you can stay, stay so that the journey will not be difficult."

Xu Ping is 60 to 70% sure about this.

In the middle of the year, the Prime Minister Wang Zeng was implicated in the Zhaoying Palace fire in Yuqing. Of course, this was just an excuse, mainly because Wang Zeng did not support the Queen Mother and had many constraints, and Empress Dowager Liu took power.

Since the Qianxing year, Empress Dowager Liu has been in power for nearly ten years. The emperor is already twenty years old. The bureaucrats and scholars of the Song Dynasty have gradually lost patience with the empress dowager. From time to time, people have submitted memorials to ask the empress dowager to return the power to the emperor and directly deal with the affairs of the people around the empress dowager one after another. In order to maintain his status, Empress Dowager Liu is no longer as confident as in previous years, and the employer of the virtuous gradually began to change from being loyal to the destiny.

In other words, the emperor today has not responded to this trend and has always been respectful to the Empress Dowager. Otherwise, the era of Empress Dowager Liu would end in a sad way before the tenth year of Tiansheng.

Wang Zeng was demoted and Zhang Shixun passed away. Now Lu Yijian is the only one in the court. He is versatile and stabilizes the situation. On the one hand, he obeys Empress Dowager Liu's words, and on the other hand, he is ready to deal with the court after Empress Dowager Liu at any time and never offends those who fight against the Empress Dowager.

Xu Ping had never dealt with Lu Yijian, but during several business dealings during his tenure, Lu Yijian took good care of him. Is it better to appreciate his talent or other reasons? This is the prime minister who Xu Ping thinks is the best dealings with, and he should seriously consider his suggestions.

The only uncertainty factor was Zhang Qi, the Privy Councilor. This was the old man who followed the empress dowager since Zhenzong was the prince, and the empress dowager valued the most. This person's talent was not worthy of. The greatest contribution to the Song Dynasty was to give birth to a good grandson, Zhang Shuye, a famous minister in the late Northern Song Dynasty. However, the empress dowager was most at ease with such people, but Xu Ping and the empress dowager did not deal with it much, because he was afraid that he would interfere with it.

However, the trend of the court has changed now, and Zhang Qi has become a target in the position of Privy Councilor. Many ministers directly said that he was incompetent and did not hide anything. He wanted to replace this villain who only knows how to flatter. In this case, it is really hard to say whether he dares to be the Secretariat and the Sansi.

After talking about some miscellaneous things with Zhang Rong, Xu Ping asked Duan Kongmu, who was on duty, to take him to inspect the rewarded wine sheep and take him back.

This time, the troops were sent to show off their faces. It was enough to have wine and meat to send them, and there was no cash reward. Although Xu Ping's official position was accompanied by the military affairs of the Tongzongzhou, the military character was really not valuable, especially the military officials who were a military minister. He was not the military commander who wanted to adjust the army, so he could only win the hearts of the people.

As soon as Zhang Rong left, Gao Daquan found him.

Xu Ping took a sip of tea, looked at Gao Daquan who was standing honestly in front of him, and sighed: "What do you have to say? This time it was a big mess!"

Gao Daquan said: "It's a small reckless person who makes the officials embarrassed. I won't do it again in the future."

"You are not wrong. If you have the same thing in the future, you still have to do it. A real man will help the dangers and rescue him. When will this happen?

Gao Daquan thought he had heard it wrong, so he raised his head and looked at Xu Ping strangely.

Xu Ping sighed again: "You did the right thing, but you were wrong. You didn't tell me in advance. You may have been by my side for many years. Could it be that you are still afraid that I will stop you from going? When did I become such a person in your heart? At most, you just won't let you take risks alone."

Gao Daquan felt a little embarrassed: "It's a small person who thinks badly."

"Xiuxiu has been in that little sister Liu's room for a day. She is sick even if she doesn't leave the room?"

Gao Daquan said: "Xiuxiu knew that she had caused trouble, so she was afraid that she would not dare to see the official."

"It's good to know that you're causing trouble. It was originally a trivial matter that was not worth mentioning. She was afraid that this would know, and that would know, and that would be like pulling a ball of threads. The more you pull it, the more messed up it would get! Go and call her out, and I have something to ask her!"

Seeing Gao Daquan being there, Xu Ping couldn't help but get angry: "Why, are you still protecting her? This time you were alone in the barbarian territory, so you are lucky! Next time she sent you to Jiaozhi, I don't have the ability to take this little person to Jiaozhi to save you! How can I not change this problem to her?"

Gao Daquan sighed: "Your official is angry now. I'm afraid that Xiuxiu will be severe. This time Xiuxiu did something wrong, but since you arrived in Yongzhou, have you not noticed that Xiuxiu has been different from before?"

"What's wrong? She ate well and slept well and had a good time. I don't know how free she lived!"

"Officials, you may not be as good as our servants to see clearly. How old is Xiu Xiucai? He is thousands of miles away from home, and there is not even a person to talk around. Look at where she lives, the birds she has raised in the past two years, and all kinds of messy little monkeys, how could she have had this habit in Tokyo? At that time, she didn't even raise a parrot. To put it bluntly, she could go home from time to time to stay for a few days, and Su'er was with her peers to talk with her, wandering around you every day. Since she arrived in Yongzhou, she has no people to talk to. You are busy with official duties and don't ask her to serve her every day like before, but you are addicted to those little birds and monkeys? Although Liu Xiaomei is a few years older than her, she is always a girl. They live together, so they can talk about some intimate words. Xiu Xiu is always a little girl, with little knowledge and cares about her, so she caused this trouble."

Xu Ping was silent for a while and smiled at Gao Daquan: "I didn't see that you still have such delicate thoughts, and you can even figure out what a woman thinks."

After saying this, Gao Daquan felt a little embarrassed and looked a little disgusted.

"Forget it, let Xiuxiu spend more days with Liu Xiaomei, and I will talk to her in a few days."

Gao Daquan heard Xu Ping let out a sigh of relief. They followed Xu Ping together for many years, with the same spirit. Xiuxiu's petty eyes were really scolded by Xu Ping and I don't know what sadness looked like.

Xu Ping thought for a while and said to Gao Daquan: "Okay, let's forget about this matter. You have a clear idea of ​​what you do in the future. No matter what you do, come and ask me first. You can go back first, go out and find Huang County Magistrate. I have something to ask him."

When Gao Daquan heard that he was looking for Huang Tianbiao, he felt a thrill. That day, he decided to take everyone to drink, which led Tan Hu to make up an excuse to ask for leave.

He hurriedly asked Xu Ping: "Officer, what's the matter with finding Huang County Magistrate?"

"Don't ask about business."

Gao Daquan saw that Xu Ping didn't raise his head, and he was worried, and the word "business" was somewhat comforting.

After leaving the main hall, Gao Daquan saw Tan Hu spinning under the banyan tree in the yard, like a donkey with a head pulled, and he was not afraid of being dizzy.

Seeing Gao Daquan, Tan Hu came up and grabbed it: "What did the official say to you?"

"I didn't say anything, I just told me to report to the officials for everything I do in the future. By the way, the same is true for you guys, otherwise the officials will move the board next time!"

Tan Hu was stunned: "It's okay? Have you mentioned me?"

Gao Daquan shook his head: "I didn't mention it. But the official asked me to go to Huang County Magistrate, saying that I had something to discuss with him, and maybe I would only find you after I found Huang County Magistrate."

"Then I'm not miserable!" Tan Hu was so scared that he almost went to the ground, "Isn't this going to find Huang County Magistrate to confront me? It's over, it's over, I'll go to the official to recognize him first! Isn't it okay if you recognize him?"

Gao Daquan grabbed Tan Hu: "Don't scare yourself! I'm fine, because the officials said that what I did was not a bad thing. A real man was right to help the crisis. You are different. You cheated the officials for leave and go to drink by yourself. Are you going in and getting beaten? In my opinion, the officials may not know at all. It's a business to find Huang County Magistrate and have nothing to do with you. Anyway, you have to beat him if you admit it, and you have to beat him if you don't. It's better to just resist, and maybe you can avoid it."

Tan Hu was still out of his mind: "What you said makes sense."

"Tan Jiejie, it's not that I'm talking about you. Regardless of whether the officials know this time, they dare not make any more mistakes in the future!"

Tan Hu said: "How dare I? How could a drink from Huang County Magistrate deserve my shock these two days?"

Gao Daquan shook his head and went out to find Huang Tianbiao.

Huang Tianbiao has always been rough and doesn't care when he enters the yard. Seeing Tan Hu sitting under the banyan in a daze, he shouted at the top of his throat: "Tan Jie-level, why are you sitting here idle? The judge asked me for something to say. After that, we'll go to the town for a drink together!"

Tan Hu looked at Huang Tianbiao, shook his head impatiently, and sighed heavily.

"Make a sensation!"

Huang Tianbiao didn't understand what it meant, so he didn't bother to ask, so he lifted his foot into the main hall.

After seeing Li, she sat down on the side. Huang Tianbiao said, "What are the instructions for the judge to come to find the official?"

"Nothing big is happening. You are a native native. Are you still familiar with people from Chungzhou?"

"I don't have them, I'm not very familiar with it!"

"Well, I'll find Huang Congfu for me in two days, remember not to let others know."
Chapter completed!