On the night when Songzhu went to Yangfu to send white silk to Dong'er, Li Mingshuo and his second brother Li Chongjun and younger sister Su Ziying accompanied his mother Ren to dinner, after the meal, Li Chongjun and Su Ziying retired first, Li Mingshuo sat for a while, and was also ready to say good night and leave, but Ren kept him, saying that he had something important to discuss with him, Li Mingshuo thought that his mother still hadn't trained him enough for him to quarrel with the princess, and the fire in his heart was still nesting, and he had to train him in the second game. Waiting for the old mother's boiling water to scald.

This Li mother Ren waited for the servants around her to finish cleaning up the cups, and the people were almost scattered, so she took away the personal girls around her, and only the mother and son were left in the room. While thinking wildly, he peeked at his mother's face.

Mother Li's face was solemn and she sighed, but she didn't say anything for a long time. Li Mingshuo couldn't wait to leave, so he opened his mouth first: "Mother, I already know that I am wrong, I will buy a bunch of flowers and send them to the princess's mansion tomorrow, and then write a letter of repentance, tell the princess that she is flowers, I am cow dung, let her never worry about me, let her miss my good more, don't always care about my color and fragrance....."

Mother Li was not amused by her son's words, but just interrupted his words and sighed mournfully: "I won't talk about the princess today, what I want to talk about today is your father's matter." ”

"My father?" Li Mingshuo wondered: "Hasn't my father always been physically tough?" What could he do? ”

"Of course your father is physically tough, even if you and your brother are in their twenties, they are not his opponents in one-on-one fights." Thinking of her husband's figure, Mother Li was really happy.

"Then since my father is in good health, what is there for my mother to sigh and sigh?"

"The day before yesterday, when you went to Yang's Mansion for dinner, I received a letter from your father from Xuanfu, saying in my heart that last month, the Ministry of Industry impeached your father in the middle of the matter, listing several major crimes of your father, the most serious of which was not to listen to Shangfeng's command, stubborn and self-serving, greedy for merit, loss of soldiers, and waste of money and food; The second is the indiscriminate repair of the fortifications, the chaotic accounts, and the arbitrary floating, and I can't remember the remaining minor crimes, in short, let us be mentally prepared, I am afraid that in a few days your father will be dismissed from his post and investigated, escorted back to Beijing, and imprisoned, and left to his disposal. ”

Li Mingshuo came up as soon as he heard the anger: "Lu Di, an old scoundrel in the officialdom, is really not a pity to die a thousand times, since ancient times, generals have gone on expeditions, how can there be no loss of soldiers, not a penny of silver, and the indiscriminate repair of fortifications is also bloody, they have to make up for the loss of sheep or build a tofu city wall before they are happy." Mother, look at it, these are all good deeds done by sages who read books well and write colorful articles, and they can't do anything practical at all, and they still cleverly frame these people who do practical things, and he can only be honest when I block their doors tomorrow and beat him. ”

Mother Li scolded angrily: Bastard boy, have you lived for more than 20 years in vain? How can you do things without your brain. For the sake of Dongmei's second-class girl, you ran to quarrel with Cui's mother, so that the princess can't let go until now, we could have expected the princess to say a few words of love for her father-in-law, but now we can't. Your brother is also an unsuccessful master, and he boils eagles and dogs to sell peach blossoms all day long, causing outsiders to laugh at my godson, and tomorrow you run to beat that Ludi, and your father will inevitably be charged with a son of murder. Why is my life so miserable, giving birth to two sons doesn't have a brain, and they can't relieve my worries. As he spoke, he whimpered and cried.

Li Mingshuo was reprimanded by his mother, calmed down, and hollowed out his mind to think of a more civilized countermeasure, but fortunately, the Bodhisattva opened his eyes and gave him a little aura, making him think of a person, and he was excited: "Mother don't have to worry, now there is really someone who can help us, this person is still my hardcore brother." ”

"You mean?"

"It's Yang Euncheng Yang Boqing, the day before yesterday, the child just went to give him a birthday."

"Yang Boqing?" Mother Li read the name: "But the most promising of the children who studied with you back then?" ”

"Yes, mother, coincidentally, Yang Boqing also works in the Ministry of Industry, if I remember correctly, Yang Boqing and Lu Di seem to be the same year as the Jinshi, I and Brother Eun Cheng are classmates and friends, Eun Cheng and Lu Di are the same year, this matter was revealed by Eun Cheng Brother, let Lu Di withdraw the fold, don't worry about easing it."

Mother Li listened to her son's words, and her face was sad, and she advised: "Then you will hurry up tomorrow to meet this Lord Yang, if you need silver, take it directly from me, and ask Lord Yang to ensure that your father is well-treated." ”

"Mother rest assured, the father's business is wrapped up in the son." Li Mingshuo patted his chest confidently.

Mother Li was very relieved and nodded to her son with a smile.

The next morning, Li Mingshuo took a silver ticket of 2,000 taels from his mother, carried it on his body, and took Moge to Yang's house again to visit Yang Boqing.

Yang Boqing drank too much wine the day before yesterday, his body was very uncomfortable, he didn't go out today, and he ate very light breakfast, when Li Mingshuo arrived, he had just finished eating, and he was very surprised when he saw Li Mingshuo walk in: "Didn't the virtuous brother just come the day before yesterday?" Why did you come here early this morning to do something? ”

Li Mingshuo was full of ambition and said with a smile: "I saw you the day before yesterday, can't you see you today, I don't see you for a day, such as every three autumns, of course, I came to see my brother because I missed my brother." ”

Yang Boqing thought about it secretly, roughly guessed the intention of the comer, he smiled meaningfully, and said: "Master Horse's mouth is really getting poorer and poorer. As he spoke, he had already sat down and ordered his servants to serve tea.

Li Mingshuo and the other descendants of the Yang family retreated after serving tea, looked left and right, and saw that there were no other idle people, only each other's henchmen Tian Geng and Mo Ge were beside him, so he got up, landed on one knee, knelt in front of Yang Boqing, and begged with his fists: "Brother Eun Cheng is above, please accept the worship of the younger brother, the younger brother has something to ask for, I hope that Brother Eun Cheng will save me." ”

Yang Boqing pretended to be surprised, hurriedly got up to help him, and said: "Brother Xian, don't kill me, I can't afford such a big gift from you, if you have something to say, I can help you Naturally, I will spare no effort to help you, they are all my own brothers, why bother with this big gift." “

Li Mingshuo returned to his seat and sighed: "This is my father's business, he was impeached by Lu Di in the matter, and he is about to be convicted, escorted back to Beijing, and waiting to be dealt with, how can I, as a son, watch my father unjustly talk about blood, and Brother Eun Cheng is a minister, and he writes a good article, you and I are still classmates of each other for many years, and I hope that Brother Eun Cheng will raise his noble hand and write a statement of affection for my father to ensure that my father is thorough." ”

As he spoke, he took out the two thousand taels of silver tickets from his arms and handed them to Yang Boqing: "This is the cost of polishing the pen for Brother Eun Cheng." I heard that Lord Ludi and his brother were still in the same year, and I asked my brother to intercede with him in the same year and spare my father's life. ”

Yang Boqing didn't even look at the silver ticket, and said to himself: "I have also heard some things about Lord Lingzun, the virtuous brother is not above the court, and I don't know that the water above the court is in dire straits, and the waves are treacherous. Don't hide it from my brother, the table behind Lord Lu Di is the same as the root cause of my own maternal uncle's guilt. It's beyond my means. He pointed to his eyes: they had all offended this man.

Li Mingshuo understood that Yang Boqing was hinting at Yan Song, who was the powerful minister of the court. That Yan Song, let alone Yang Boqingle, even Xia Yan back then and Xu Jie now are not his opponents, if the person his father offended was him, things would be really difficult to handle.

He lowered his head and was silent, his father had never been accustomed to what Yan Song's father and son did, maybe he was really hacked by Yan Dang, thinking about this, the hesitation when he came gradually faded, and he was replaced by a daze.

Yang Boqing pushed the silver ticket back in front of Li Mingshuo, and said coldly: "Master Gao's fate must have heard of it, the virtuous brother must have heard of it, that is my maternal uncle, I can't save him, the virtuous brother still wants to find a way from Princess Ning'an, maybe the emperor is in the name of the in-laws, and it may be dealt with lightly." ”

Li Mingshuo said in great frustration: "Brother Eun Cheng, you don't know, when I married Princess Ning'an, a group of old ministers in the court shouted to take away my father's official position and cut our family to commoners, saying that the princess of this dynasty can only marry commoners, not princes and nobles, if I was born in the Han and Tang Dynasties, the princess's crony is made of hemp rope, but unfortunately I was born in the Ming Dynasty, and the princess's crony is made of paper. ”

Yang Boqing comforted: "Fortunately, Brother Xian's family is a relative of the emperor after all, and Princess Ning'an is the emperor's favorite child, even if it is for the princess, the emperor will not punish too much, Brother Xian should go home and coax the princess more." Let's figure it out from the princess. ”

Li Mingshuo just wanted to say that he had not reconciled with the princess after the quarrel, and the chances of taking the princess's door were not good, so he heard the Yang family come in and report, saying that a guest from other provinces came to see Lord Yang, Yang Boqing asked the next person to quickly bring it in, Li Mingshuo had no intention of staying, quickly took back the silver ticket, kicked it in his arms, said goodbye to the master, and took Moge away.

Before the guests arrived, Yang Boqing went to the inner room to change clothes, and Tian Geng said while serving beside him: "Master, it seems that this Master Li really doesn't know about the festivals between you and Mr. Li." ”

Yang Boqing sneered and said: "I want to be a relative of the emperor and the country, but also to make meritorious contributions, increase officials and become knights, and put on a cheap appearance to win a good reputation, I am afraid that Mr. Li is too greedy." ”

Tian Geng echoed: "That's right, it's just that he doesn't buy your account, and he actually sues you to the emperor, and he doesn't want to think about what your relationship with Yan Gongzi is." ”

Yang Boqing glared at him, and reprimanded in a low voice: "You don't show off the Yan family, I serve their father and son carefully all day long, not for the sake of being noble in front of people, I am here to live, do you understand?" ”

Tian Geng saw that his master's voice was violent, and he was so frightened that he hurriedly reviewed: "What the master taught me is that he is small and shallow, and he will never dare to do it in the future." ”

Before the words fell, the guests had arrived, and the master and servant hurried out to greet them.