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Li Shun has been very idle recently, and he has been idle for a long time.

Since the floods in the two counties of Qidong last year, Li Shun took the reporters of the newspaper to the disaster area to cover the news, and after the end, he went to the southeastern counties for a long walk, and watched the customs and customs of the southeastern places all the way, and then wrote a lot of press releases and sent them back through the post guards who circulated documents in various places, many of which were published in the Daqin Metropolis Daily.

Now Li Shun's reputation is almost in the middle of the day in the scribe world, no matter which county he goes to, as long as the nameplate and identity of the reporter of the Daqin Metropolis Daily are displayed, the local officials and businessmen and celebrities will provide him with good food and drink as if they were guests, and they also go to the kiln for free to sleep with different ladies of different sizes in the southeast counties.

Becoming famous at a young age is a portrayal of Li Shun today.

Because he is only twenty years old now, but after the First World War in Hebei, he has been knighted and Xiaqing, and he is completely an idol-level figure in the eyes of young scholars, whether it is in Xianyang or Daqin, he is very famous among the people, and he has made a lot of friends.

And at the beginning, a small dilapidated courtyard of only two or three acres, now has long become a mansion compound, when he returned from the northwest victory, the emperor rewarded him with a set of more than ten acres of mansion, in addition to the newspaper office has a salary of more than 2,000 yuan per month, the imperial court also has 800 stone of knights every year, although there is no official position, but the treatment is not bad at all, in and out of the carriage and horse slaves, living a luxurious life of the minister.

At the end of last year, after Li Gui played in the southeast for half a year, he finally thought about the family's mother-in-law, son and old lady went home, and had almost nothing to do on weekdays except for going to the newspaper to review and compile some news on the military plate, because for more than a year, except for the war in Lingnan, there was no major war worthy of him.

So he married two more concubines and lived happily at home every day.

After the dispersal of the dynasty, Chen Xu asked the groom to drive straight to Li Shun's mansion.

Recommending Li Shun to serve as the envoy this time, Chen Xu also suddenly got up, because the Manchu Dynasty didn't want to make this merit, but for Li Shun, a newly rising celebrity, it was his best opportunity to advance, as long as he successfully returned, the emperor would inevitably give him a real official position, and according to his current title, the official position was at least above the fifth grade.

For a young and promising young man like Li Shun, Chen Xu is willing to push again.

Moreover, in the future, the Western Regions will still be useful, and the Pawn Administration will be upgraded to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the future, which is very important for Chen Xu's continued reform, the most important thing is that Li Shun is his descendant, and Chen Xu is not willing to let go of this opportunity.

Li Shun was holding his two concubines around his home and was happy on the hot kang, when suddenly a sharp knock on the door made him very unhappy.

"What?" Li Shun yelled impatiently on the concubine.

"Master go out to greet you, Master Hou is here!" The anxious voice of the butler came from outside the door.

"Master Hou? Which Hou Ye ...... Hold the grass ......" Li Shun was stunned for a moment, and instantly came to his senses, pulled out his gun and jumped off the hot kang and commanded, "Quick, get up and help me change my clothes!" ”

The two stripped concubines also hurried down to help him dress, and after a while, Li Shun pushed the door out panting while fixing his hair and clothes, and ran to the front yard.

"Master Hou, you ...... How did you get here today? ”

Chen Xu was warming himself in the living room by the stove, Li Shun's wife Xiao Yun was serving tea with reddish eyes next to her, and several domestic servants were also standing at the door tremblingly and didn't dare to speak, seeing Li Shun running in disheveled, Chen Xu frowned and glared at Li Shun.

"What? Now that you are famous, you will start to enjoy happiness every day? ”

"Li Shun doesn't dare!" Li Shun shuddered and hurriedly saluted, and then stood in front of Chen Xu cautiously, not daring to raise his head like a schoolboy who had done something wrong.

"Sit!" Chen Xu pointed to the chair, took a sip of tea slowly, and said coldly: "Now that you are already a descendant, you must be measured in your work, you don't go to the newspaper in the middle of the day but you are at home all day long, what about your husband's ambition?" ”

Li Shunru sat on pins and needles and half of his buttocks fell on the chair, although it was still the cold spring season, but the beads of sweat the size of beans on his forehead were crackling and rolling down.

Xiao Yun blushed and didn't dare to look up at Chen Xu, walked up to Li Shun's side and whispered: "Husband, what the Hou Ye said is true, you still have to focus on official business!" ”

"Yes, yes, the lesson of the lady is that tomorrow ...... No, I'll go to the newspaper office on an errand later! Li Shun wiped the sweat on his forehead with his sleeve and nodded repeatedly.

"Xiao Yun, you go down first, I have something to say to Li Shun!" Chen Xu put down the teacup.

"Yes, Master Hou, Xiao Yun retires!" Li Shun's wife took several servants away after bowing, and closed the door of the room with her hand.

In an instant, only Chen Xu and Li Shun were left in the room.

"Master Hou, why is it that you are suddenly visiting today?" Li Shun's mood stabilized slightly, and he asked.

"Well, Ben Hou sees that you have nothing to do every day now, and you can't find anything to do except for the day mother-in-law, so I asked the emperor for an errand for you!" Chen Xu said slowly.

Belch! Li Shun secretly glanced at Chen Xu, and the beads of sweat on his forehead that had just been wiped crackled and began to roll down again.

Through Chen Xu's words and tone, Li Shun instantly had a bad feeling.

"Hou ...... Master Hou, in the end...... What the hell is the errand? ”

"Good errand!" Chen Xu said lightly.

The beads of sweat on Li Shun's forehead fell faster.

"Master Hou, please make it clear!"

"Yue's detained the Xiongnu prince Maodun, the emperor wanted to force the Yue's to hand over Maodun, so he wanted to arrange an envoy to Yue's to pass on the emperor's edict, the Manchu Dynasty civil and military were enthusiastic to go, but the Marquis recommended you, the emperor also appreciated your participation in the raid on Hebei at the beginning, thinking that you were brave and resourceful and righteous and awe-inspiring, so he agreed to come down, and later there may be an edict sent to your house, tomorrow will be the court to listen to the seal, the time is hard to find, as long as you do this well, Your Majesty will naturally not hesitate to reward, Maybe there will be a real vacant official position......"

"Master Hou, I don't have much interest in being an official, but now I have a good salary in the newspaper, what is the head of a small official! What's more, the subordinates of the Yue clan don't know anything at all, and they are afraid of what if they mess up the errand? Li Shun said worriedly.

"Are you sure it's just a petty official?" Chen Xu rolled his eyes slightly, "You are now a lower lord, once you are an official at least five grades, as long as the task is completed well, maybe it will be a four-grade real deficiency......"

"Really?" Li Shun's eyes lit up instantly.

"Could it be that Ben Hou will not be able to open his mouth! Sipin has stepped into the sequence of high-ranking officials, if it is a wealthy family without status, how can it be your turn, Ben Hou is also based on reason to get this opportunity for you, as for whether you can do it or not depends on your ability, now I am a strong Qin soldier, by conquering the power of the Huns Donghu, the Yue clan will not dare to have any disrespect to you, and there is also a translator from the Pawn Bureau, and there are also soldiers accompanying the protection, this will be safe, as long as you bring Morton back, even if you complete the task, by the way, I will inquire about the situation inside the Yue clan......"

"If so...... What should I do if Yue's doesn't pay Maoton? Li Shun still looked at Chen Xu with some trepidation.

"If the Yue Clan doesn't hand it over, then my Great Qin will raise a large army to attack, and the Yue Clan will be crushed into mortar in an instant!" Chen Xu said with a frown.

"Master Hou, the Yue clan is not the Huns and Donghu, and now they should have been wary of my Great Qin, and the big war together, I'm afraid it will not be easy to conquer in an instant!" Today's Li Shun specializes in military research, so he naturally knows the current situation around Daqin very well, and he is no stranger to the strength of the Yue Clan.

"Therefore, you have to find a way to force the Yue Clan King to hand over Mao Dun, so as not to let this war happen in advance, and show your courage and ability to attack Hebei with Jiang Hu in the first place, I believe that you will be able to successfully complete this mission mission, okay, Ben Hou came to inform you in advance, just to let you have some psychological preparation, Your Majesty has decided on this matter, it is up to you whether you go or not, so you have to plan well, don't let Ben Hou and the emperor down......"

Chen Xu stood up, tidied up his clothes and prepared to leave, walked to the door and turned back and said: "Xiao Yun is your wife, when you were down, Ben Hou saw her carrying Xiaoju on her back and your mother and worked hard to earn money to support your family, for you to read and read, now you are soaring, don't do anything that violates your conscience and morality, marrying a concubine is your family matter, Ben Hou can't manage it, but if you let Ben Hou know that you want to divorce your wife and marry another or bully Xiao Yun, don't blame Ben Hou for beating you!" ”

"Yes, yes, don't worry, Master Hou, I'...... I must treat Xiao Yun well, and I will never dare to bully her! Li Shunzhan wiped the cold sweat on his forehead and sent Chen Xu out of the gate, watching Chen Xu leave in the carriage escorted by a group of guards, and then he breathed a long sigh of relief and sat on the threshold panting.

"Husband, the stone sill is cold, don't freeze your body!" Xiao Yun walked over to persuade with a little nervousness.

"Oh, thank you for the reminder!" Li Shun hurriedly got up.

"Master, is the Hou Ye going to reward you with any official position? I took a fancy to a hosta at the Qinghe store yesterday......"

"Master, I also fell in love with a pair of crystal bracelets......

The two little concubines dressed in flowery branches surrounded them together, holding Li Shun's arms left and right and shaking them closely.

Li Shun looked at the two concubines in gorgeous dresses, and then looked at the wives in simple and slightly old linen skirts, remembered some things in the past, suddenly felt guilty, stretched out his hand and pushed away the two young and beautiful concubines, pointed at Xiao Yun and said: "From today on, both of you must listen to Madame's orders, and the daily sleeping is also arranged by Madame, and the purchase of clothes is also arranged by Madame, if you dare to be disobedient, be careful that I break your legs, and go and help me prepare clothes for changing......"

"Yes, sir!" The two concubines immediately saluted Li Shun and Xiao Yun in fear and ran to the backyard.

"Xiao Yun, Shun has indeed snubbed you since he was rewarded by the emperor, the Marquis has already taught me a lesson, everything in the family will be arranged by you in the future, please don't mind, I will treat you well in the future!" Li Shun took his wife's hand and admitted his mistake.

"Husband......" Xiao Yun's eyes turned red, and tears rolled down in an instant.

"Don't cry, don't cry, it's true that I'm not doing it right, Hou Ye is the world's first-class favorite wife and man, I want to learn from him, if the two of them are disobedient, tell me, I will make the decision for you, ...... at night"

"Old man...... old man"

The butler rushed in through the door again in a rage.

"What's so alarming?" Li Shun couldn't wait to kick the housekeeper out of the door.

"Master, someone has come to pass on the emperor's edict!" The housekeeper said breathlessly.

"Gather your family out and greet them!" Li Shun didn't have time to go to the backyard to change clothes, so he quickly tidied up his clothes and hair with the help of Xiao Yun and went out.

Sure enough, a messenger and a few forbidden soldiers came outside the door, and after the two sides saluted each other, the confessor unfolded a scroll of edicts and gave it to Li Shun after reading it, and then walked away.

"Husband, you ...... Are you going to go far again? Xiao Yun's face turned a little pale after hearing this.

"Madame, rest assured, this is an opportunity for me to be promoted above the court, as long as the envoy returns from the Yue family, the Hou Ye said that I can be a five-grade or even four-grade official, and then you will become an official's wife, and your status is not the same as now, and our Xiaoju can also be an official in the future, and our Li family will be the home of the official eunuch in the future, and we will enjoy glory and wealth from generation to generation!"

"It's all all earned by my husband's hard work, I ...... I am happy! Xiao Yun cried with joy.

"It's really hard, but the son-in-law can inherit our family property and status, so it's not enough to have a foal, we have to have a few more sons, let's go, it's cold outside, let's go to the room to discuss this matter!" Li Shun hugged Xiao Yun and walked to the backyard.

Fang was just getting excited about on the hot kang, but he didn't expect Li Shun to almost wilt as soon as Chen Xu came, and at this time, he got such an opportunity to be promoted to an official and make a fortune in an instant, Li Shun's heart instantly became hot again.

Soon the discussion in the room became a sound of uh-huh, and the two concubines holding their clothes stood at the door and could hear it clearly, but they didn't dare to go in and disturb.

"Hmm~mm~, husband, you...... Didn't you just promise that Master Hou was going to the newspaper on a business trip...... Is it? ”

"Poor ...... It's not in a hurry, my son is important, I can't work hard in this posture, lady, you are in this position......"