In the morning, Li Guolou went to the yamen of the criminal department, visited his old superior, Bao Tong, who was promoted and made a fortune, and could not forget the well diggers, and chatted with Zhu Danyu for a while when passing by the second hall, Zhu Danyu was not admitted to the Jinshi, but he was not disappointed, he had a bag to cover it with, and he was wearing a nine-grade official robe It was also very eye-catching.

In more than half a year, Li Guolou was promoted from an official to a high-ranking official of the fifth grade, and the criminal department has long been famous, everyone can talk a few words, Li Guolou invited his old friend to drink together at night, and after the old friend's office went around, he transferred to the compound where he had fought hard.

Looking at the familiar everything in front of him, Li Guolou felt a little reluctant to give up, nostalgic for being a catcher, as long as he caught the criminal, where do he need to guess the thoughts of the top bosses, and now he can't speak with dirty words, and he has to take time out every day to practice writing full texts, this earthworm-like text is useful.

"Head, what do you think?" Gao Yao's dark clouds swooped and screamed.

An ear-popping sound made Li Guolou come back to his senses, turned his head to look at the room full of people, and said with a slight smile: "What's the matter, look at the diorama, you haven't known me for a few days!" ”

"Master Li, I caught the criminal this time, and I will reward me with a fat shortage." Jin Erzi licked his face, wanted to climb the high branch, bowed his head and poured the tea for Li Guolou.

Jin Erzi and Zhang Haojie Gaojiazhuang lurked, to catch the real murderer who killed Gao Xiuxiu and the maid Aihua, and to wash away the grievances for Xiao Xiucai Gu Shuimo, who had suffered injustice, things were really as Li Guolou thought, the real culprit was Gao Xiuxiu's cousin Gao Shengguan, who was used to going to the brothel every month to hunt wild food and promote Gao, and couldn't bear the long lonely night, and finally went out to work romanticly, snatched from Gao Xiuxiu's boudoir to the prostitute with gold and silver jewelry, and was caught by Jin Erzi and Zhang Haojie.

"Stop, Yinlai, don't say it, if you make an opening, Master Bao will lose talents, even if I want people, I can't dig the foot of the wall in the criminal department, do you think this is the reason." Li Guolou didn't let Jin Erzi continue to speak, stability and unity are the general direction, and forming his own team is not an overnight effort.

The spirit and selfish Jin Erzi immediately understood, and thought of opening the back door and looking for "Sister Xiaofang" to talk about the relationship between the rivers and lakes, so he immediately changed his tone and said: "Master Li is promoted, so invite us to drink a glass of wine, chicken thief, knock on the door, count me blind, I knew why I bothered today, the first time I met you, I should have used my muscles and bones······ Ouch, Lord Li spares his life! ”

The people next to him laughed, it turned out that Li Guolou stretched out a right hand, held Jin Erzi's right hand, and made a strong palm, competing with him, so that Jin Erzi couldn't bear it, and he grinned in pain, squatted on the ground, and begged for mercy.

"Come on gold and silver, when will you grow ten catties of meat, and then come and tell me that you are divided between muscles and bones." Li Guolou is young and strong, and his hand strength is superb, and there are few people in the criminal department who surpass him.

After joking with his old subordinates in the past, Li Guolou sat on his original seat, and there were only a few old subordinates in the room who accompanied him, Ai Hai, Jin Erzi, Zhang Haojie and Gao Yao Wuyun, in fact, Li Guolou has transferred the past two cronies Cheng Kun and Liu Yu to his mansion to be his guard officer, this kind of thing is tacitly understood, and Li Guolou will not expose Li Guolou's employment of people for personal gain. Hide in the depths of your heart and won't show it off.

"Hey, I'm really reluctant to be here, the pain behind the scenery is sad." Li Guolou took a sip of tea, nostalgic for the good old days, but in exchange for sneering and mocking, who would believe his words, it would be hell.

Li Guolou squinted, and said dissatisfiedly: "What do you know, I am now competing with highly intelligent businessmen, not to see how capable you are, hard work and resentment, these are all fart, first you must have a degree of education, and then you must write well, this can talk about ideals and ambitions, like you can only do things, no hope of promotion, even if I promote you in the future, I will still be a Jiupin Sesame Official!" ”

Zhang Haojie said with a smile: "Lord Li, Captain Ai is bald, I have no hope of being promoted, my image is quite good, the Jiupin official is my goal, Lord Li will pull me, I only need the Jiupin official hat!" ”

"Pull it down, if you want to be promoted, you will be promoted first, Brother Jin, where will it be your turn." Gao Yao Wuyun came up to light a cigarette for Li Guolou, but he refused.

"Hey·······" Li Guolou glanced at it and said: "Gao Yao catches the head, if only that Bazi's article could be as good as his mouth, forget it, let Nabazi buy an honorary title, and become a red-capped businessman in the future!" ”

Gao Yao Wuyun raised his eyebrows, that Bazi bought an official hat and silver, of course, Li Guolou paid for it, although it was a false title, but as long as there was a place to hang on, who knew that it was greasy inside, and it could still be pulled into a tiger skin.

Li Guolou is to reward his subordinates, everyone gives a future, Ai Hai is still in charge of the Yamen of the Criminal Department, let Bao promote Ai Hai together, black and white, accept protection fees, and contain Yao Cuo's side Dominant, how can he let the "big brother" control the underworld road of the Beijing Division, there must always be a henchman for him to watch the road of the Yamen of the Criminal Department, this is not that he does not trust Yao Cuo, but the way of officials, power checks and balances can be harmonious, Li Guolou has long been familiar with the manipulation of power.

Only Li Guolou and Ai Hai were left in the room, and Li Guolou said in a low voice: "Captain Ai has given you a task, there is a craftsman business closure in Chaoyang Development Zone, don't meddle in it, don't care about black and white, I have my own opinions!" ”

"No, who will be out of business." Ai Hai thought about the hot scene on the construction site in Chaoyang area, where was the precursor to closure.

Li Guolou said: "Not now, I won't be able to hold it in the second half of the year, and it will stop in the second half of next year. ”

Ai Hai touched his head and smiled slyly, his desire was difficult to fill his greed, so that he had a big appetite, with Li Guolou to support him, the "Thirteen Taibao" face, who dared not give it in black and white.

At noon, Li Guolou came to the Baozhi room to banquet Mao Changxi and other six room teachers, each of whom gave a generous gift, and the answer to his cheating during the scientific examination was that the teacher Mao Changxi personally handed it to him, these six teachers, some from the Yamen of the Prime Minister's Office, some from the Hanlin Academy, and the other six Yamen, although they are not as powerful as Li Hongzao, but they are also the power of the Mesozoic Generation, and they are all great talents who have read the sages and sages, and their titles are at least four grades.

A table of people tacitly talk about poetry, never mention half a sentence of things in the examination room, everyone is not clean, by selling a few Jinshi titles to make a little money, protégés are standing in the court of power, each other is the power of the horns, relying on the bottom of the group of disciples to have a foothold.

The way these six house masters worship is also different, there are Qing school people, there are conservative people, there are Westerners, and the queen mother of the two palaces directly named celebrities, so at the banquet, listen to Xiaoqu and drink flower wine, elegant and emotional, and other things are not to be discussed.

At the end of the banquet, Li Guolou said goodbye to the six teachers, and Mao Changxi was left alone, he did not step into the carriage, but turned back to Baozhi's room and whispered to Li Guolou.

"Guolou, tell you one thing, the Qing school Weng Tongyi took Xu Tong, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, to the palace in the morning to complain to the Empress Dowager Cixi, just for Prince Gong's share yesterday, and what you proposed to the emperor to let the students who failed to be admitted to the Jinshi learn foreign literature, you must have a preparation in your heart, tomorrow the Empress Dowager will ask, you have to think about a good defense, so that you can do it yourself." Mao Changxi was clearly from the Qing School, and secretly betrayed his mentor Li Hongzao.

"Thank you Lord Mao for your care, I will definitely come to thank you in the future." Li Guolou said goodbye to Mao Changxi, and sighed with emotion, yesterday in the study, Weng Tongyi was just when the emperor did not come, and he and Prince Gong, there were a few arguments, to the emperor came, without saying a word, did not refute Prince Gong's excerpt about staying abroad, and did not express dissatisfaction with his proposal to let the students who fell off the list learn foreign language. ”

Weng Tongyi actually hid from the emperor, and also co-opted the stubborn, unruly and unrelenting Xu Tong, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, to complain to the Empress Dowager Cixi, and dragged him into the water, the Empress Dowager Cixi likes to use Bagu Wen when writing articles, how will he look at him in this matter, Li Guolou thought, immersed in the intrigue above the court, did not expect that there would be a life-and-death contest for the first time in his life, he had never thought about handing over the fold, it seems that he will write an article for half a night tonight, and he will never compromise on the matter of staying abroad in the public faction, As for letting the students who fall off the list learn foreign languages, it depends on the face of the Empress Dowager Cixi, who is always ready to see the wind and turn the rudder, this kind of thing can only take a step back to broaden the sky.

Weng Tongyi is still the emperor, how did he betray the Tongzhi Emperor Zaichun, he is not afraid at all, the Tongzhi Emperor will be pro-government next month, "Pro-government." Suddenly, Li Guolou was full of excitement, and suddenly woke up, as a god, he had a sharp spot that ordinary people did not have, and a major conspiracy was discovered by him.

Li Guolou stood up, pushed open the door of Cuiyun Pavilion, found Chen Xiangfang, and said: "Grandma, I am going to enter the palace once now, to see the emperor, if you come back later in the evening, you can entertain the guests." After speaking, Li Guolou rushed out of the door of Baozhi's room without waiting for Chen Xiangfang to react, even if there was a mountain of swords and a sea of fire in front of him, he had to break through, he could calculate others, and he was not born.

Li Guolou came to the Yangxin Palace in the afternoon to meet the Tongzhi Emperor, it was impossible to see the emperor's figure, but what kind of person is Li Guolou, the eunuchs are all his friends, after some bargaining, under the guidance of the eunuchs, walked for more than an hour, in a theater, Li Guolou finally kowtowed to the master Tongzhi Emperor and Empress Arut.

There were not many people who could interrupt Emperor Tongzhi to listen to the drama Yaxing, although he was very unhappy, but he also accepted Li Guolou's sincere apology.

"What the hell is going on with Li Guolou." Emperor Tongzhi looked at the stage downstairs, stopped performing the play, and asked in a heartless manner.

Li Guolou bowed down and said: "Minion, when I go home and think of the emperor next month, the slave is not around, and I can't say hello to the emperor and queen, so I am anxious and uneasy, so I sent congratulatory gifts to the emperor and queen early." After speaking, Li Guolou took out the gift list from his sleeve cage and presented it, and the great eunuch Liu Deyin handed the gift list to Emperor Tongzhi.

"Oh······· That's what happened. Emperor Tongzhi opened the gift list casually, and at first glance, there was a small note posted in the gift list, "100,000 urgent, face to face alone!" ”

Emperor Tongzhi put up the gift list, still took it in his hand, did not hand it over to the eunuch next to him, and said with a smile: "Empress, you listen to the play first, I want to go out for a walk and talk to Li Guolou for a while!" ”

Queen Alut nodded at Li Guolou, and said in a pleasant voice: "Your Majesty, then the palace will order another play, and we will watch it together when you come back!" ”

"yes, okay." Emperor Tongzhi stepped down the theater, dragging four little eunuchs behind him, and Li Guolou left.

In the garden pavilion, Emperor Tongzhi retreated and followed the four eunuchs, sat on the empty carved jade rosewood stool, and said: "Why is Li Guolou so mysterious, what is the matter!" ”

Li Guolou stood beside him with his head down, and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, the slave will tell you the truth, in the past, the slave was a god hunter, specializing in playing cat and mouse games with bad guys, so others are playing ghosts behind their backs, and the slave understands at a glance, a conspiracy bigger than the sky has been calculated to the emperor, didn't you find out, the emperor!" ”

"Speak, forgive your innocence." Emperor Tongzhi looked at the four eunuchs standing in the distance, all of whom understood the rules, and none of them looked up at people.

Li Guolou said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, does the Empress Dowager of the Two Palaces want you to build the Wanshou Mountain Project, and the Empress Dowager is willing to remove the curtain, and whether your teacher wants you to pro-government, the first will is to let the two empress mothers live in their old age and promulgate a will to rebuild the Old Summer Palace!" ”

"Yes, Li Guolou, how do you know the secrets of the palace." Emperor Tongzhi was a little angry, and his tone was reproachful.

Li Guolou said in a low voice: "The emperor personally rewarded me with a Wanshou Mountain project supervision, and the next thing is that I reasoned out, the emperor This is a big conspiracy, as long as you promulgate this will, the world will be in chaos, the central and local officials will come forward to oppose it, no one will support your pro-government, everyone will belittle you, and then the queen mother of the two palaces will come forward to settle this matter, saying that you are not a little to do, and someone needs to supervise, the curtain will be hung up again, and the emperor is still like this, listening to the drama and playing, Wait for the day of the Queen Mother's funeral, before there is a day to come out! ”

"Bold." Emperor Tongzhi stood up angrily, scolded Li Guolou, made Li Guolou tremble, turned over and knelt on the ground.

"Minister, risk death to meet you, whoever gives this advice to the emperor should be killed, your majesty, everything can be done in secret, since the Wanshou Mountain project has been handed over to the slaves, why make it known to everyone in the world!"

Li Guolou knocked his head three times, broke his forehead, and had a tumor on his forehead.