In order to hold the ceremony as scheduled after the New Year, Lord Li and his colleagues were almost constantly busy at the rooftop in the suburbs of Beijing. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

And at the beginning of this day, when everyone was busy, Li Shilang encountered a strange thing.

When Li Shilang was rolling up his sleeves to instruct the technician on how to connect a non-riveting chimeric joint designed by himself, his personal servant hurriedly found him, and Ai Ai only said that it was a letter from home asking Master Li to go back, but he didn't say what the person said specifically.

This frightened Li Shilang, and when he was busy, the people in the Li Mansion would not disturb Li Shilang almost anything. Even if there is any news from home, it is not urgent, and it will be returned.

Now that he interrupted Li Shilang's work so suddenly, Li Shilang's first reaction was that something big happened at home.

Therefore, he didn't care about asking questions, Li Shilang only hurriedly handed over the matter at hand to his colleagues on the side, then let his little servant clean up, and brought the family of the messenger to his resting room. And he took the first step to deal with the remaining official documents that had to be completed today.

Li Shilang, who had planned to return home as soon as possible, had not yet left the construction site, but the personal servant was still following him, and he had been a little incoherent, only saying that the person who had come had been waiting in Lord Li's wing, and persuaded Lord Li to go back to the room first, and his eyes were flustered and anxious when he spoke.

Li Shilang immediately felt that something seemed to be wrong. At the moment, he didn't care about the official documents, and he didn't want to waste time with his little servant, so after just one glance at the little servant, he changed the direction of his walk - a shortcut back to his residence.

Seeing that Li Shilang finally planned to go to the room first, the little maid immediately walked quickly to the room with Master Li with a sense of relief.

Li Shilang is the general person in charge of the affairs of the worship of the heavens, so he deliberately chose a place to live very close to the scene. Therefore, it is a distance away from everyone's houses, although it is the mansion of a wealthy local family, but it is rebuilt like a specially set up office yamen.

When the little servant opened the curtain and let in Li Shilang, what caught the eyes of Lord Li was a roll of bright yellow silk satin and the waiter holding the yellow silk and waiting in the middle of the hall.

This picture can be regarded as ordinary in the Li Mansion, especially during the New Year. But now, without any prior notice, he broke into Li Shilang's sight like this, which made this adult who had experienced the ups and downs of the court for decades have an intuition that the wind and rain were about to come.

"There is Gonggong Lao, I don't know what this is called?" Master Li bowed his hand and saluted.

"Blessed are you. The father-in-law, who was not familiar with him, only explained to Li Shilang with a smile, and then unfolded the yellow silk in his hand.

Seeing this, Lord Li could no longer inquire in detail, so he had no choice but to respectfully kneel down to receive the holy decree.

“…… Zhao said: Li Dehong, the waiter of the Ministry of Labor, has served the public service, and the secretary of the Ministry of Auxiliary Engineering has been able to handle the general affairs, working hard for the public day and night, especially to show his will, giving his daughter Gu Yu as a basis, and resting for a few days to comfort his body, hoping that Li Qing will continue to take the country as his heart and the people first. Chin this. The chamberlain's voice echoed through the slightly empty room.

Receiving the decree with both hands, and a finely carved wooden box, Master Li stood up and stood at the head of the chamberlain. Needless to say, the wooden box must be the ancient jade mentioned in the holy decree.

Lord Li, who was just looking at the wooden box, was confused, not to mention that he was performing normal official duties, how could he suddenly be rewarded. Let's just say that the construction period is tight now, how can I let myself suddenly rest?

And it is also very strange to reward himself with his gifts, showing that he was in public service but gave his daughter a piece of ancient jade, but directly gave himself only a few days of rest. Although Master Li has not studied the annals deeply, he also feels that this is unique in the historical rewards for ministers who have worked hard from ancient times to the present.

Thinking about it again, since it was a commendation decree, how could it be sent so secretly? Master Li faintly felt that things didn't seem to be all good. And his intuition is estimated to affect his family, so Li Shilang, who usually almost never takes the initiative to socialize in officialdom, also gathered his spirits, ready to get as much news as possible from the mouth of the servant in front of him.

Lord Li took out the purse in his arms, which Mrs. Li specially asked him to wear in order to let Lord Li, who did not often carry money, wear it when needed. It contains silver melon seeds that can be used for pastime and can also be used at critical moments.

"Li doesn't often bring something with him, these gadgets are not a thank you, when the father-in-law has to go to the house one day, he must prepare to thank him. ”

The waiter smiled and shirked: "This can't be done, where can I ask for an adult's thank you gift for this routine official business?"

Li Shilang smiled even more kindly, and couldn't help but stuff the delicate embroidered purse into the hand of the waiter, and asked the question he had been wondering about: "My father-in-law is polite." I don't know why this edict was sent so secretly?"

"This is the mind of the heavenly family, and the miscellaneous family can't guess it. As soon as the chamberlain saw that Master Li spoke, he did not postpone it any longer, and took advantage of the situation to withdraw his hand and the purse in his hand.

"That father-in-law knows that he wants me to rest for a few days, and the construction period here is tight, and I am afraid that the vacation and official duties are harmful now. Thinking of the vague words in the holy decree, Li Shilang felt that there seemed to be some follow-up to the matter.

"Your Excellency really deserves this reward, and it is up to you to see that your heart is fair. It's just that this is difficult for the miscellaneous family, His Majesty's holy decree didn't say it, and the miscellaneous family can't ask, right?" said that he handed over to Li Shilang and said that he had heard nothing about it, and he could not apologize for his worries.

"It's Li who is abrupt. Li Shilang immediately sorted out the thoughts in his head, this waiter didn't have much time to ask himself, and what was the question that could best get him into the situation at this time?

"Lord Li just goes back to the house sooner, not in vain, maybe you can take a break from Lord Li's doubts and solve them?" The chamberlain probably felt that he had received a gift from Li Shilang, and he could not let him not get any useful information, so he gave advice within the scope of what he could say.

When Lord Li was about to inquire further, the chamberlain did not give Li Shilang such a chance, only to see him smile and look at his hand and say, "Lord Li, forgive me, the miscellaneous family has to go back to resume their lives, and they can't stay too long." ”

After finishing speaking, he put on a very ordinary hooded cloak on the chair behind him, wrapped himself tightly and left Li Shilang's room.

There was no way, Li Shilang had to wave his hand and let his little servant standing in the distance send this waiter. Who knew that after the waiter raised the curtain in the small house, he said: "Please Li Shilang stay, the miscellaneous family came this time His Majesty specially ordered not to be publicized, so the miscellaneous family left by themselves, and you can go back to the house quickly." ”

After saying that, the man walked away quickly.

Lifted the curtain and looked at the back of the attendant in the distance, the back of that person was so ordinary, if he didn't know that he was the chamberlain who announced the decree, Li Shilang couldn't tell whether he was a citizen in the vicinity from a distance.

The expression on Li Shilang's face became more and more serious, but the atmosphere around him was surprisingly quiet.

The little guy got up early in the morning according to Li Shilang's instructions.

Li Shilang, who put down the curtain and returned to the house, rubbed the ancient sandalwood wooden box, the pattern on it was simple and atmospheric, and the wood was delicate, it can be seen that just this box is not ordinary, not to mention how unusual the ancient jade in it will be. It's just that all of this seems to be portending something, making people feel like a deep fear.

It's just that such unpredictability is a commonplace turmoil for the bosses in the court, and the conscientious Li Shilang has been avoiding such things for decades, and it really made him a miracle to stay out of the center of trouble. It's just that Li Shilang is puzzled by how he, who now has no need to participate in political discussions, was suddenly involved in this turmoil that has not yet begun.

In any case, Li Shilang, who wanted to try his best to avoid the unknown test, could only grit his teeth and take care of the side of the ship in his hand, ensuring that his big ship would not capsize in the treacherous waves of the early days of changing the court.