Liu Chengzhi finished writing the recital, put down the pen, and looked at Xiao Yuanhuai.

"Let's talk a few words, there may not be much chance to talk about it in the future."

Xiao Yuanhuai also put down his pen: "My lord, please speak." ”

"You're a dozen years younger than me."

Liu Chengzhi got up and made a pot of tea, and two teacups were placed on the table, waiting for the tea to brew.

"Although I have been calling you Lao Xiao, but the two of us are nearly a generation old, I thought that if there is no accident, I will retire in another year or two, and the Taoist government of Xishu Road belongs to you, so since three years ago, I intend to let you work more and I am gradually greedy for comfort, to say better, I want you to adapt as soon as possible, to say something ugly, is that I think it is almost time to go home and care about what to do, so I am lazy."

Xiao Yuanhuai's face turned pale: "I have lived up to the hopes of adults." ”

"I wrote three copies of the recommendation before and after, and His Majesty has never approved it with certainty."

Liu Chengzhi poured Xiao Yuanhuai a cup of tea: "You may find it difficult for me to speak today, and I am to blame for all this, if I had said more ugly things before, you would not have made this great deal with me...... I just introspected myself, but you are the same, you can do things and get by, and if you can not ask, you don't ask, Your Majesty has the wisdom to know people, so there has been no clear approval for you to do this mansion, it is Your Majesty who can see it, you have no such talent. ”

Xiao Yuanhuai bowed his head and said nothing.

"I know you're still reluctant."

Liu Chengzhi took a sip of tea: "Blame me, blame yourself, you may not have a chance to be promoted to the Daofu in the future, and you may not even be able to achieve the position of Daocheng again, if I don't strongly recommend it, you can't even do it, so you don't need to blame me too much...... I will retreat with this shame, and you, you may carry it for a little longer than I do, don't blame Shi Podang, don't blame anyone else, and don't blame Your Majesty. ”

He looked at the hot tea in the cup: "After all, we didn't do a good job as officials." ”

Xiao Yuanhuai: "But my lord, that's the lack of duty of the people below." ”

"And what do you and I do?"

Liu Chengzhi shook his head: "Let me ask you a question, who are we officials for?" ”

"For Your Majesty."

"What's more?"

Liu Chengzhi replied: "For Your Majesty is the first, for yourself is the second, for the people should actually be put in the forefront...... I understood this when I was younger, but when I got older, I forgot about it. ”

He got up: "I'll go see Shi Podang, you do what you have to do." ”

"My lord, Shi Podang may not give us a chance, he sealed the Daofu Yamen, I can't mobilize the van soldiers, Changhu County may already have soldiers from the Gengzi Battalion, if he wants to ask for merit and reward in front of His Majesty, and wants to buy it in front of the people of Xishu Dao, he won't give us a chance."

"As I said, Shi Podang is not a reckless man."

Liu Chengzhi tidied up his official uniform: "After I finish talking with Shi Podang, I will go to the toast table, you think about it yourself, if you don't go, I won't force it." ”

"Do you really want to kneel down to the people?"

"You...... Or don't go. ”

After saying this, Liu Chengzhi took Liang Guan and strode out of the study, leaving Xiao Yuanhuai alone to sit there in a daze.

Outside the provincial yamen.

Liu Chengzhi paused after coming out, took a deep breath, and then took off the beam crown and held it in his arms, and bowed deeply to the soldiers around him and the people watching from afar.

"Today's incident is that I am Liu Cheng very wrong, the fault is that I don't know people and don't use people properly, the fault is that I am lazy and inactive, I rely on the old and sell the old, and the corpse vegetarian meal is in vain Your Majesty's trust, and the wrong is wrong, I admit it."

He straightened up and looked at Shi Podang from a high place: "General Shi, can you give me a chance to deal with this matter personally?" ”

Shi Podang jumped down from a high place, threw the saber to his own soldiers, strode to Liu Chengzhi and bowed down: "I am here to ask the adult to be the master, but with the adult's disposal, I offended the adult and touched the national law, just because if it is not enough, it is not enough to make the Xishu Road shake up and down, not enough to make the adult feel ruthless, I will advance and retreat with the adult, I will write to the court, if the adult is punished, I will accept it together." ”

After finishing speaking, he took off his iron helmet and hugged it in his arms: "Everyone stand back and get out of the way!" ”

Liu Chengzhi didn't expect Shi Podang to say this, he was a little stunned for a while, and then he suddenly came over, although he didn't think that Shi Podang was a reckless man, but he didn't think that Shi Podang had too much scheming, and he only woke up at this moment, that was the son cultivated by Shi Yuanxiong, and where could he go?

It's time to force it, it's time to make concessions.

Raise a glass.

Liu Chengzhi has been waiting, waiting for the people to gather enough, and the news will be released quickly, before dark, there are no less than tens of thousands of people gathered around this toasting table, all looking up at the gray-haired old man who took off the crown of the beam.

The old man trembled and put Liang Guan aside, then took off his official uniform and folded it.

The Taoist Mansion is a member of the second grade, representing the dignity of the imperial court and the majesty of His Majesty, so he didn't dare to kneel wearing an official uniform and a beam crown, he was wearing a plain white underwear, and slowly knelt down with his hand on the railing.

"I only ask you folks and elders to give me a chance to atone for my sins, and after dealing with this matter, I will bind myself to Chang'an to ask for my sins."

The people were shaken.

Xiao Yuanhuai didn't come.

Four days later, Long Lake County.

Five thousand soldiers mobilized from Kaiyuan City poured into the county seat, and Changhu City was in chaos all of a sudden.

The soldiers besieged the county guard mansion first, and all the yamen in the entire county town did not let go.

It was also this day, Shen Leng was very nervous to stay outside the delivery room, he wanted to go in, but the female officer didn't allow it, the female officer said that it was not good for him to accompany him, Shen Leng didn't understand why it was not good, and wanted to break in, especially when he heard the tea master crying out in pain, he couldn't help it, but Concubine Zhen stood at the door to stop him, and he was helpless.

"I know you're anxious right now."

Concubine Zhen glanced back at Shen Leng: "No one is more anxious than you, but if you go in, the female officials will all be in a mess, if they delay things because of panic, what should you do?" ”

Shen Leng clenched his fists, turned his head to the door and squatted down, took a deep breath, and forced himself to calm down and calm down.

It stands to reason that the female officials who deliver babies in the palace should be experienced, but isn't it unreasonable...... Over the years, I have only delivered one baby to Concubine Yi's side, so I am also panicked, especially Concubine Zhen Niangniang is guarding the door, His Majesty said that she will come over in a while, it is strange that they are not nervous.

Mr. Shen handed his wine jug to Shen Leng, Shen Leng took it and drank it, but he didn't drink it, he looked at the stopper, his hands trembled nervously, and the wine spilled a lot, and it didn't work after drinking a few sips in a row, and after handing the wine jug to Mr. Shen, he squatted there with his head in his hands, because of the exertion, his hair was pulled off a lot.

Mr. Shen was also nervous, but he had to show the bearing of an elder.

"You change your face."

Mr. Shen pulled Shen Leng by the hand: "This side is almost bald, you are on the other side, symmetry is beautiful." ”

Shen Leng snorted: "Sir, I think I'm going crazy." ”

"Then you can only get your own, I don't have much."

Mr. Shen took a sip of wine and looked at the delivery room: "You still don't worry about the female officials in the palace handling this matter?" ”

Shen Lengxin said I want to rest assured, because the queen was vicious back then, isn't this the second time that a female official in the palace has delivered a baby in the past 20 years......

Concubine Zhen said: "You should be more steady, Cha'er will be more afraid than you, if you don't behave calmly, she can hear it in the house." ”

Shen Leng hurriedly stood up and took a deep breath again: "Tea Master, don't take it too seriously, just give birth casually, you just go to the toilet, and if you work hard, Kucha will be done in a flash......"

Concubine Zhen: "You'd better stop talking. ”

In the room, the tea master, who was covered in pain and sweat, was uncomfortable, and when he heard Shen Leng's shout, he raised his hand and covered his face: "If I laugh at this time, does it not match the atmosphere." ”

The female officer was also nervous, climbed up to help the tea master, and said in a low voice: "Actually, what the general said is similar, and he ...... hard."

At this time, His Majesty, who had finished handling government affairs, slowly came in from outside, and heard Shen Leng's shout at the door, if it weren't for His Majesty's face, he would have wanted to cover his face...... Whatever is enough, and Kucha all at once......

"Shen Leng, you come over to me!"

His Majesty shouted at the gate of the palace, and Shen Leng hurriedly got up and ran over there and bowed: "Meet Your Majesty." ”

"Be more dignified."

His Majesty glared at him: "There are so many people watching inside and out, you are also a first-class marquis, and you are a general of the third grade, wouldn't it make people laugh out of their big teeth when it is passed out?" ”

Shen Leng nodded: "Yes, yes, Your Majesty said yes, but the minister couldn't help it." ”

"Say something else, distract yourself."

The emperor was worried that Shen Leng would dare to knock open the door and rush in after a while, and pointed to the outside of the palace gate, Shen Leng had no choice but to follow His Majesty out, and the two of them walked slowly along the path outside the palace.

"The matter of Xishu Dao, I have asked Gu Le to take the people of Tingwei Mansion to investigate, I ask you, why don't you write a letter directly to Liu Chengzhi of Xishu Daofu, but hand over the matter to Shi Podang?"

"Back to Your Majesty."

Shen Leng replied: "Because the minister can't believe it." ”

"You are not familiar with Liu Chengzhi, and you don't know him, why can't you believe him."

"Because Xishu Dao has this incident, the people and ministers of Xishu Dao can't believe it."

The emperor frowned slightly: "Liu Cheng is the most reassuring official, and he didn't expect such a big case......

As soon as he said this, he heard a cry from inside the courtyard wall: "Birth! ”

As soon as Shen Leng turned around and ran in, the emperor paused for a moment, looked back at the silly boy who ran away, couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly, it was naturally inconvenient for him to go in, so he was waiting for the news outside the palace gate, and after a while, a female official hurriedly ran out: "Your Majesty, the county lord is born, and the mother and son are safe." ”

"Mother and child are safe? Boy? ”

"Twins, one boy and one girl."

Call!

The Emperor let out a long breath, then looked up and laughed, and no one knew why he was laughing so happily.

In the palace gate, Shen Leng rushed to the room, as soon as he entered the door, the two female officials came over with a baby and wanted him to see it, Shen Leng didn't have the heart to see the child at all, the two female officials were stunned, and said in their hearts, how can there be a father who doesn't care about the child?

Shen Leng ran to the side of the tea master's bed and squatted down, holding the tea master's hand: "How is it?" It hurts, right? If I can't help it, you bite me. ”

The tea master glanced at Shen Leng weakly: "Fool." ”

"Uh-huh, yes."

"It really hurts."

"It hurts, it hurts, it hurts...... What can I do if it hurts, but I can't rub it. ”

The tea master couldn't help laughing, and it hurt even more when he laughed: "Get out of the way, take a good look at the child...... I'm fine, you're back, I'll be fine. ”

Shen Leng shook his head: "Don't go anywhere, I'll see the child later." ”

He just held the tea master's hand so tightly.