Before the second quarter, the sun is in the west, and the sun is shining.

Li Xiao was bathed in the blazing sunshine, and walked out of the noon gate with trepidation. Sending him out is still an old acquaintance, Xu Sheng's father-in-law.

Today, in the imperial study, he and His Majesty the Emperor recognized their relatives, and they are not relatives, the two of them are fellow villagers, and they are the only two existences in this world, as for whether there will be other fellow villagers, there should be no more for the time being, Emperor Hao has not looked for it, but he is the only one who has been found because of a few stories of that world, and the rest are completely unheard.

Even if there is no, in the vast world, there are only the two of them, and it is also an inseparable relationship, and Emperor Hao is the emperor of Haoguo, and he is the largest and thickest thigh in this country, although Li Xiao's heart is a little unbalanced, but anyway, with this relationship, he will be smooth sailing in Haoguo, officialdom, and life, but he is just Emperor Hao's fellow countryman, not father and son, and he can be regarded as a father and son, and the royal father-son relationship is really embarrassing.

He can indeed be much smoother in Haoguo, but there has to be a degree, because he doesn't know that when he has a dispute with the prince, Emperor Hao will choose to help him or several princes. Maybe it's yourself, but it's more likely the prince.

In the solitude in the imperial study just now, that conversation, is it a long-lost sense of familiarity, or the original, but soon, the feeling that Emperor Hao gave him became strange, and even made him a little scared, only a short acquaintance, and then a sense of distance, is it an estrangement, or a generation gap? He didn't know, but instinct told him to keep a proper distance from Emperor Hao.

Maybe it's because decades of life in this world have changed Emperor Hao, the world is not a world, and people may not be the same person. Li Xiao didn't know what he would become in the future, he didn't dare to think about it.

"Rub, it's better to be a rich young master in Suzhou with peace of mind, why do you have nothing to do with so many troubles." Li Xiao looked at the bustling streets, and couldn't help but get tired. His face was bitter and he sighed faintly.

Xu Sheng beside him turned his head away, his face was full of sneers, he waved his hand and walked out of the noon gate with Li Xiao, and the guards guarding the door on both sides knew Gonggong Xu and did not stop him. He smiled and asked, "Why is Lord Li sighing, after today, you have officially entered the official career, and our family has to rely on Lord Li to take care of it." ”

Li Xiao has an official position, although he only has seven grades, but the future is promising. So Xu Sheng also hugged his thigh early, and there are two kinds of people in the palace, one is his own master, the master of the eunuchs is His Majesty the Emperor, and the other is the official who is booming outside the palace. The former is called potential, and the latter is called relation.

Only with the potential can it gain a foothold in the palace, and having a relationship will be of great help to its future development. Jingshi City is not an ordinary state city, and the imperial palace is not an ordinary place, without the existence of power and relationships, it will be difficult for people like them to survive without roots. Unless your potential is big enough, once the emperor's thigh is hugged, as long as there are no major problems, there is nothing to worry about, such as Dongchang, because the emperor needs it, so he exists, so he has power, and he no longer needs a relationship. And today's Emperor Haoguo has no close relationship with other eunuchs and eunuchs except for Dongchang and Wangcai, so for these people, the relationship is extremely important.

Today's Li Xiao is not a popular fried chicken in their eyes, but sharp-eyed people have seen that Emperor Hao attaches great importance to this little poet, probably because of his poetic name, and the most important thing is that even the scientific research has his shadow.

Of course, Li Xiao didn't know this, and Emperor Hao didn't tell him, he didn't even know anything about his current official position, joining the army? Jing Zhao Yin Mansion's joining the army? He didn't know what he could do, and looking at Zhou Shuyi's appearance, this position of joining the army in Jingzhao Yin Mansion didn't seem to be of much use. Zhou didn't mix well with the army.

Li Xiao smiled, arched his hand at Xu Shenggong and said: "It's just a Jingzhao Mansion to join the army, a small seven-rank official, can't be on the stage, Gonggong Xu is the head of the harem, if there is something, I have to rely on you to help me a lot." ”

Xu Sheng laughed, his eyes narrowed into a slit, and the wrinkles on his face wrinkled slightly: "Gongzi Li is still a member of the army, maybe in the future, our family looks at Your Majesty and admires Gongzi very much, and the people from the Ministry of Etiquette said that in this scientific examination, Your Majesty can name you to be an examiner." ”

There is no one around, so Father-in-law Xu is not commensurate with an adult, but a son, to show closeness and shorten the distance.

"Scientific expedition?" Li Xiao didn't know at all, as soon as he woke up, he confessed to the emperor, and then he was thrown to plant peppers.

In fact, Li Xiao doesn't know much about scientific research, after all, it has nothing to do with him, the four books and five classics or something, and he has a headache when he listens to it. So when I heard Xu Sheng say that the emperor asked him to be the chief examiner of the scientific examination, I couldn't help but wonder. What does the Emperor mean by this arrangement? It's nonsense again.

He didn't think in the slightest direction in the direction that the officials of the Ministry of Rites were thinking.

"Hey, this is Your Majesty wants to reuse Gongzi you, I remember that in the past, Yu Zuoxiang also served as the chief examiner of the scientific examination, and now the Ministry of Rites, Master Cui of the Privy Council, Lord Qi......" Xu Sheng said and took out a piece of jade pendant from his arms, which was the one that Li Xiao pinned to his waist, he handed it to the latter, and said with a smile: "This is the jade pendant that was accidentally dropped by Gongzi when he was drunk last night, Your Majesty asked our family to keep it first, and return it when Gongzi wakes up." ”

Li Xiao took the black jade pendant, rubbed it with his fingers a few times, and said, "Xu is Your Majesty's nonsense again." ”

He looked at the black jade pendant in his hand, thought about it, and asked, "By the way, Gonggong Xu has been in Beijing for many years, have you ever seen this jade pendant, and do you know it?" ”

Hearing Li Xiao's words, Xu Sheng looked at the jade pendant carefully, stared and pondered, and searched carefully in his mind. Last night, I found that the system of this jade pendant is a little unique, especially the painting of the folding fan on the top, I always feel that I have seen it somewhere, just because the jade pendant was found from Li Xiao, so I didn't think much about it. Such a peculiar black jade pendant would never be possessed by more than three people in Jingshi City.

"I've seen the appearance of this jade pendant, but our family doesn't dare to recognize its owner." Xu Sheng said: "It should be Dean Luo of the procuratorate, the painting on the jade pendant that we see is very similar to the folding fan that Dean Luo often holds in his hand." ”

"King Luo Bin? Interesting. Li Xiao looked at the jade pendant in his hand and smiled slightly. He suddenly felt as if he had long been involved with the procuratorate and Dongchang. A jade pendant, a fragrance incense. Thanks to the fact that he is still looking for the owner of the jade pendant these days, it turned out that someone sent it on purpose, although he didn't know the role of this jade pendant, but it would never be simple. Judging from the comments of the people around him on King Luo Bin, this person will not do useless work, and the appearance of the jade pendant must have some meaning, and as for what it is, only King Luo Bin himself knows.

He sighed and put the jade pendant in his hand in his arms instead of hanging it around his waist. If he had known that it was related to King Luo Bin, it was estimated that he would not have taken it out, and no one knew about the battle between Dongchang and the procuratorate, and there were many enemies of King Luo Bin in Beijing. Fortunately, I didn't bring a jade pendant with me on the day I went to the East Factory, otherwise I am afraid that I would not even be able to get out of the door of the East Factory.

After taking a few steps forward, looking at the splendid and gorgeous carriage listening to in front of the palace gate, the frame made of nanmu is really enviable, and the Chu Mansion also has it, but adhering to the habit of thrift and thrift, the carriage is just an ordinary material. turned his head, looked at Xu Sheng, and said, "Father-in-law Xu, Li has a request. ”

"Li Gongzi, but it doesn't hurt to say it." Xu Sheng said with a smile.

"Li wants to go to the Imperial Prison." Li Xiao said. Haoguo is not like in the TV series in his previous life, there is a heavenly prison, and there is only one of the four major prisons.

went to the edict, naturally for the sake of the Cai family's father and son. The case of Wencheng Street was handled by the Cai family's father and son, and he really couldn't believe this result, of course, he understood that this result was deliberately done by the emperor in order to let the case of Wencheng Street be closed. For the emperor, this case dragged on for a long time, a month, the city was full of turmoil, and the people were panicked. For the emperor and for Jingshi City, this arrangement is a good thing.

But for him, he was not satisfied. Although the emperor did not let him continue to investigate, how could it be possible, the purpose of staying in Jingshi was to find out the case of Wencheng Street, if it was just like that, wouldn't last night's poem be in vain.

"Childe wants to go and see Cai Shilang's father and son." Xu Sheng said with a smile.

Li Xiao's face was a little surprised: "Father-in-law Xu knows? ”

Xu Sheng didn't speak, but raised his head in the direction of the imperial study, smiling.

It was not Xu Sheng's meaning, but the meaning of His Majesty the Emperor in the palace. Glancing back at the direction of the imperial study, Li Xiao smiled and said in his heart, His Majesty the Emperor is quite interesting. Of course, this does not rule out the meaning that the emperor wants him to secretly investigate this case. There is this possibility, but more of a desire to make him die of this heart. He also had a hunch that he would not get any useful information this time, even if the Cai family's father and son were involved, they would only be marginal and would not get what they wanted.

Xu Sheng raised his hand towards the carriage not far away and motioned for Li Xiao to get into the carriage. As he walked, he said, "But Childe doesn't have to go to prison. This case was investigated by the procuratorate and Dongchang together, and the two adults did not want the Cai family father and son to be imprisoned in each other's prisons, so they were sent to the criminal department......"

The procuratorate closed the case with Dongchang and caught the mastermind behind the scenes, naturally no one would be willing to send the Cai family father and son to the other party's hands, and the credit was at least together. As a result, the Criminal Department was stuck in it, and as for the Dali Temple and the Metropolitan Procuratorate, they did not dare to interfere. This case was decided by His Majesty, and there is no need for Dali Temple and the Metropolitan Procuratorate to get involved. With the existence of Dongchang and the procuratorate, they can't wait to hide far away, and it is enough to have a criminal department to be the big boss.

Li Xiao sat in the carriage, looked at the slow-paced pedestrians, listened to Xu Sheng's explanation, and smiled slightly. Gonggong Xu is worthy of being a person who has been in Beijing for so many years, and he hides it deeply.