Ling Xiao said that he knew, and he would go to the Privy Council the next day to put aside the matter at hand, and ask someone to bring the roster first.

He carefully read Li Qing's registration records, this person entered the barracks half a year earlier than Li Mu, and then he has been taking the Nine Grades of Lu, and there is no merit during his tenure, which is not surprising.

This is not like the style of the old man, Ling Xiao said in his heart, there are thousands of soldiers in one barracks in the Privy Council alone, there are too many ordinary nine-grade sesame officials like this, and the Li family is not only Li Qing.

There is always something special.

Ling Xiao put down the roster and looked out the window and squinted slightly.

In the afternoon, the guards brought in the registration booklets, from last year to this year, a full twelve books, and detailed records of attendance, leave, temporary deployment, and foreign affairs.

Ling Xiao took the red pen and circled Li Qing's movements throughout the year, checked them one by one, and found interesting things.

"Li Qing!" Someone hurriedly ran over, took a breath and said, "Hurry up, Marquis Ling is looking for you." “

"Marquis Ling?" Li Qing put down the shovel with one hand, and pulled the cloth towel around his neck with the other to wipe his sweat, "I don't know." “

As he spoke, he began to add forage to the stables again.

"Are you stupid?" The other party was anxious for him, "Zhongyi Hou Ling's family, Ling Xiaohou, your brother Li Xiaoqi's cousin who blows every day, hey." Are you brothers? He eats and drinks spicy all day long, and you feed the horses here. “

Li Qing gritted his teeth and remained silent.

Seeing that he didn't respond for a long time, the other party didn't bother to waste his tongue, turned around and left.

After Li Qing finished feeding the horse pen on the left, he went to pick up a new bundle of haystacks and prepared to feed the one on the right.

A voice came out from behind Leng Buding: "Li Qing." “

Li Qing turned his head and looked at the other party suspiciously: "It's down that you're here to pick up a horse?" It's too late, come back tomorrow. “

"Bold!" A guard scolded, "Don't kneel down when you see the Hou Ye!" “

Only then did Li Qing remember that someone just now said that Marquis Ling was looking for him, not to have fun.

He hurriedly put down the haystack, knelt on one knee and clasped his fists and saluted: "The last general will see the Hou Ye." “

Ling Xiao asked the guards to go out, and then found a random place to sit down. "Get up and talk, I'm not serious about coming to you."

Li Qing didn't dare to get up, "The last general has eyes and doesn't know Mount Tai, so he thought that his colleagues were making fun of him, and he didn't mean to disobey Lord Hou." “

"What disobedience is not disobedience," Ling Xiao threw the water bag in his hand, "I am the same age as Li Mu, in terms of relatives, I am your cousin, I remember seeing you when I was a child, where did you go later?" Last year, Mrs. Xing brought the juniors of the Li family to the Hou Mansion as a guest, why didn't she see you? “

Li Qing picked up the water bag, got up and said respectfully: "Back to Master Hou, I will be on duty in the barracks at that time." “

There are not many people on duty at any age. Most of them are low-level soldiers, and their families are poor and want to earn more silver.

Ling Xiao asked tentatively, "Li Shilang didn't ask you to go back?" “

"It's called," replied Li Qing, "but the home is not as comfortable as the barracks, and a colleague happened to be in a hurry to go home, so the last general changed shifts with him." “

It's really a real person, and I don't know how to find decent reasons.

Ling Xiao smiled: "I am very curious about something and want to ask you." “

Li Qing said nervously: "Master Hou, please speak." “

Ling Xiao said as if unintentionally: "I looked at last year's point records, you have two periods, and you have been away from the capital for more than ten days, and you have recorded foreign affairs on it, but there is no detailed record of why you were transferred?" “

"Once is Hunan Fashui," Li Qing hesitated for a moment, "Another time, if you don't hide it from the Hou Ye, you will use the tolerance to chase the girl." “

Ling Xiao asked, "Did you chase it back?" “

Li Qing shook his head: "No." “

Ling Xiao thinks that the Li family is not bad in the capital, "A girl from other places can't look down on you? No, although I don't understand, I heard that Aunt Xing is in charge of your family's affairs, and Lord Pingkang always praises her for her ability. “

Li Qing bowed his head and was silent.

Ling Xiao had a rough idea in his heart, and asked instead: "Hunan Fashui, why don't you write in detail since you went?" Many soldiers who have come back have been rewarded for their merits, you don't care? “

Li Qing still didn't speak.

Ling Xiao understood three points: "Li Mu has taken the credit for your contributions?" “

Li Qing frowned, and his clenched fists loosened, "No, Master Hou is too worried, and the last one who feeds a horse is not as talented as Li Xiao's riding." “

"No, you're shielding him." Ling Xiao walked up to him and deliberately straightened his face, "If you don't want people to know unless you do it, Li Mu's private hook is clear to me, you are his own brother, isn't it the same evil?" “

"No, I didn't." Li Qing's eyes were full of panic, "If the last general is in the same stream with him, he won't always be a stable, no, no, the last general didn't say that the stableman is not good." “

Ling Xiao looked at him with a smile.

"Master Hou, the last general's words are true." Li Qing was like a deflated ball, "The grievances between you and Li Mu's brothers and sisters, the last general has heard of it, although he is a brother, but he has no deep affection with me, the housewife has a powerful method, and has suppressed the concubine for many years, and the last general will not dare or want to get involved in trivial matters at home." “

"Public is public, private is private." Ling Xiao said, "The merits in the army are only related to individuals, if Li Mu robs you of your merits, you should be repaid, but if you are obsessed, cover up for him, and be punished, I will not spare you." “

If you want to reward and punish, it has been pointed out that Li Qing is not a saint, but he is afraid of Mrs. Xing: "Master Hou, the last general is not afraid of death, but he can't ignore the little lady in the family." “

was hit by Yun Xiu's words, Ling Xiao thought about how to dispel the other party's concerns: "Li Mu is not lightly injured, he may not be able to walk in this life, do you know?" “

Li Qing was stunned for a moment, and smiled bitterly, "Hou Ye is too elevated to the last general, the master mother is in charge of the house with one hand, how can she have the share of speaking, the last general will go out early and return late to avoid them picking bones in the eggs, as for Li Mu, Hou Ye doesn't say it, and the last general doesn't know anything." “

It can't be said that he didn't know at all, the night Li Mu carried it back, the backyard was a mess, he had no intention of inquiring, took a cold shower and fell asleep.

It turned out that something big had happened.

It's really a good reincarnation!

"Now that you know, what are you going to do?" Ling Xiao observed his reaction, "Although these words are suspected of falling into the well, I still remind you that people don't kill the heavens and the earth for themselves, even if you don't fight to win or lose, it doesn't mean that other brothers won't fight." And the position of Captain is vacant, someone must fill it in a short time, you--"

After a pause, he said word by word: "A gentleman, do you really want to be aggrieved for a lifetime?" “

Able to stand up straight and panting, who is willing to bend the backbone.

Li Qing realized that the Li family would inevitably have an open and secret fight, so he simply thought about it, "Please show the Hou Ye, and the end will be determined by the liver and brain, and he will not hesitate." “

"That's a big deal." Ling Xiao smiled and waved his hand, beating the side drum, "It's not like it's going to be ruined, it's just that the position of Xiao Cavalry Captain is suddenly vacant, and I haven't thought about who I want to promote." “

Li Qing is really not stupid, he thought for a while and said: "The Marquis of Fang Cai asked Hunan Fa Shui, and the record of the foreign affairs of the last general is unknown. It's not like that, but after returning to Beijing, he was torn up by Li Mu, as for the content, you can see it at a glance when you check Li Mu's. “

Choosing to take sides very wisely, Ling Xiao asked, "Why don't you admit it?" “

"Master Hou, can you take a step to speak?" Li Qing asked in a low voice, obviously there was an ulterior secret.

Ling Xiao asked him to change his clothes, and the two of them found a private room in a teahouse.

"There are no outsiders here, you can rest assured and say it boldly."

Li Qing was anxious for a while, and then made up his mind: "Master Hou, the general said at the end of today, he is the sinner of the Li family, in case of accidents, please see the relationship between the two families, and send my little lady back to her hometown in Jizhou, away from Mrs. Xing's evil mother-in-law." “

Ling Xiao reassured him: "Don't worry, I won't miss a word of what I say here." “

"The last general believes that the marquis is a man." Li Qing said, "Xie Inspector drowned, and Li Mu has to bear half of the responsibility." “

"Oh?" Ling Xiao was not surprised, "This matter was not reported by the privy envoy who had his merits and demerits. “

"Where does he have merit and demerit." Li Qing's eyes shuddered, "On the night of the drowning, Inspector Xie found out that the cause of death was caused by the flood control sandbags cutting corners and being washed away by the flood, and the commander in charge of transporting the sandbags was Li Mu. “

Ling Xiao asked, "What's going on?" “

Li Qing: "Li Muke deducted 30% of the disaster relief money, filling his own pockets, the local villagers could not eat, dare to be angry and dare not speak, so they did their hands and feet in sandbags, replacing half of the sand and gravel with silt, the more the sand washed more solid, the mud washed more and more soft, plus the heavy rain for several days. “

The results can be imagined.

Ling Xiao's brows tightened.

Li Qing sighed: "Li Mu knew that he could not escape punishment, so he took the credit for evacuating the villagers and saving people for himself, and then downplayed the process of Xie Jian falling into the water and passed the test in confusion. “

As he spoke, he bent down and rolled up one of his trouser legs, "You see, the last general was pierced through the leg by a tree branch when he was robbing people in the flood, and the scar is still there." “

Ling Xiao glanced at it, obliquely symmetrical two large and small holes. The flesh scar turned out, "He robbed you of the credit, the army can't tell clearly, and Li Shilang doesn't care about the family?" “

"Father beat Li Mu that night," Li Qingfu sighed, "I thought he was an old man, but after a night, my father changed his hexagram and asked me not to mention it again, but the little lady refused to accept it, and was grounded by Mrs. Xing for a month, and even the food sent was rancid." “

"There's no royal law," Ling Xiao sneered, "Why didn't you come to me at that time?" “

"Master Hou, the last general is soft-spoken, and he doesn't dare to disturb you." Li Qing's hand under the table was clenched into a fist, "Later, the Ling and Li families divorced, Mrs. Xing became more and more arrogant, the girl did not dare to disobey, the younger brother was still young, and the other two younger brothers thought the same as me, worried that the impulse would harm the life of their little mother, so I had to bear it." “

He took a deep breath, and there was a tendency not to vomit or be unhappy, "On the surface, the house looks like brothers, friends and brothers, and the family is harmonious, but my father has turned a blind eye, even if Mrs. Xing is ruthless." She has her back to the lord of Pingkang, who is not afraid. “

The incident was revealed layer by layer, and Ling Xiao asked him: "The Li family's side branch is also afraid of her?" “

"Yes." Li Qing said, "The uncle of the side branch followed his father from his hometown to Beijing, and it was not easy to gain a firm foothold, and he did not dare to offend the powerful people in the Beijing circle." “

Speaking of this, he remembered something again: "Including the family affairs of the last general, Hou Ye just said that girls from other places would like to marry in the capital, which is true, but the girl can't afford to drag it on year after year." “

"Mrs. Xing's idea again?"

"Yes," Li Qing gritted his teeth, "She said that there is no reason for a concubine to get married first, but Li Muhua is famous, and the serious girls in the Beijing circle look down on him, and he looks down on girls from other places." My little lady was in a hurry, and she secretly stammered Mrs. Xing, begging her to open the net and tell me kiss first, this time it was refreshing, but the wedding day could not be set. “

dragged and dragged and dragged yellow, Mrs. Xing was not in a hurry, anyway, it was not her own son.

Listening horizontally and vertically, the nest is thorough.

Ling Xiao sighed, wanting to show Li Qing a clear way, but he didn't know if this person was worth helping, so he said vaguely: "Now is an opportunity, you go back and discuss with Li Shilang, I'll go first." “

After speaking, he patted him on the shoulder.

In fact, what to discuss?

Discuss that Li Mu is paralyzed, who will replace the eldest son?

Li Shilang has to shave his big ears to kill him!

Li Qing thought all the way on the way back to his home, people don't kill for themselves, people don't do it for themselves??

Li Shilang took two days off because of Li Mu's affairs, and Mrs. Xing had just finished crying in the study, when Li Qing knocked on the door and went in.

"What's the matter with you?" Li Shilang had a splitting headache, clenched his fist and pounded his forehead, "I'll talk about it tomorrow." “

At the time of the change, Li Qingbao left obediently, but today he stood in an abnormal state and did not leave.

Li Shilang asked angrily: "What?" You're here to block me, too? “

Li Qing took a step back and muttered, "My son doesn't dare." “

"Don't dare, why don't you leave?" Li Shilang picked up the scroll in his hand and smashed him in the face, "It smells of horse manure, go back and wash it!" “

Li Qing frowned, but still didn't move, "Father, my son wants to talk to you." “

"What are you talking about?" Beat and scolded, scolded and scolded, Li Shilang finished his anger and sat on the circle chair, "If you can't say that you are ugly, get out of the house tomorrow, don't be an eyesore in front of me." “

Li Qing pondered again and again, "Father, today Little Marquis Ling found me. “

Li Shilang knew that Ling Xiao didn't hold back any good fart, "What is he looking for you to do?" Be a lobbyist, just by you? “

"My son knows he is incompetent." Li Qing shook his head, "But the eldest brother is paralyzed??"

"Shut up!" Li Shilang jumped up, raised his hand and slapped him, and snapped loudly.

Li Qing tilted his head and continued, "Big brother is paralyzed??"

Then a second slap came at him, and he took another slap with a solid slap.

"Big brother is paralyzed," Li Shilang raised his hand for the third time, and was firmly blocked in the air by Li Qing, and said with a firm gaze, "Father was sad, but he didn't think that there were four of us, and his son is also your own flesh and blood, and he boasts that his talent is no worse than that of his eldest brother." “

"What do you want to say?" Li Shilang squinted, and suddenly found that his usual stuffy gourd was half a head taller than him, and sneered, "Ling Xiao taught you to replace him?" “

"Little Marquis Ling didn't say anything," Li Qing put down his hand, took a step back, and knelt on his knees, "The son just rebelled, but asked the father to listen to what the son said." “

Li Shilang found this son quite tough for the first time: "You say." “

Li Qing poked out what Mrs. Xing did in the backyard and Li Mu's usual messing around outside, and finally said: "Father, the son does not seek a future, only the word fairness, even if there is a difference between the concubines and the concubines, it can't make us have no way to live." “

It is impossible to say that Li Shilang is completely unaware of Mrs. Xing's wife.

Previously, because of Li Miao's marriage contract, he was blind and deaf, but now the Ling and Li families have long since lost the harmony of the past, and his mind has gradually loosened, the heirs always belong to his own blood, the tiger poison does not eat the child, he has lost a son, it is impossible to watch other sons die.

Li Shilang fell silent.

Li Qing knelt on the ground and waited for him to finish.

"You get up first." Li Shilang sighed, "Sit down and talk." “

Li Qing replied, got up and sat down.

"What did Ling Xiao tell you today?" Li Shilang felt that the bastard must have taken some drastic medicine to deceive Li Qing.

Li Qing thought about it, "Little Hou Ye said, the position of the eldest brother Xiao Cavalry Captain is suddenly vacant, and he must find someone to replace him in a short time, he hasn't thought of a good candidate yet, his son is not stupid, Hou Ye specially mentioned it in the stable today, what do you think?" “

What else could it mean?

Li Shilang has been in the officialdom for many years, and he has seen a lot of methods in secret, "You are now taking the nine-rank Yulu, the six-rank official rank of Xiao Cavalry Captain, and jumping three levels in a row, is it possible?" “

"If it's impossible, why did the little marquis come to find his son?" Li Qing asked, "Father, what is the meaning of him painting cakes for his son?" “

"This??" Li Shilang couldn't give an answer for a while.

When Li Mu had an accident, he wanted to go to Qi Mansion first, and then to Hou Mansion, asking the two families to give an explanation, and he couldn't go over in a daze.

Just now, he was still thinking about how to ask for compensation, but the Ling family showed sincerity first.

"Then you wait for the order," Li Shilang said that he would not see the rabbit and not scatter the eagle, "if you have the intention to promote, there will be rumors in the Privy Council soon." “

??

Three days later, as expected, Li Qing was called by the privy envoy to the school to select horses, and after asking a few questions painlessly, he was assigned to work under Ling Xiao, and equipped with a green-headed knife.

When Li Shilang and Mrs. Xing saw the knife at his waist, their expressions were different.

Mrs. Xing snorted coldly and paced back to the backyard, while Li Shilang greeted her with a smile and encouraged her son to be diligent in his official duties.

After Ling Xiao found out that Li Qing transferred his subordinates, he had a much more cheerful temperament.

"Xiuxiu, you think about it thoroughly." The two of them sat under the porch while eating and enjoying the shade, and Ling Xiao picked fish bones for her, "The backyard of the Li family is smoky and miasma, it's time to rectify it." “

"You're watching the fire from the other side, it's not a big deal." Yun Xiu ate slowly, "I guess Li Shilang won't make any more trouble, but I think so." “

"What do you think?" Ling Xiao asked her to stop, "Don't think about it all the time, and you're not afraid of giving birth to a spirit, you can't stop it." “

Yun Xiu glared at him: "What spirit?" How can a father say that about his child? “

Ling Xiao said yes, in other words. "Life and death are life and wealth, the Ling family is so blessed, the temple can't be pretended to be a golden Buddha, it's almost good, eat, eat."

This tone, the more he listened, the more like Qi Yuheng, he sighed in his heart.

However, Yun Xiu likes to listen to him coax, eat fish, and think he is too slow to pick thorns.

Ling Xiao: "??"

Bear with me, bear with it first, and wait until the first three months are over.

At the same time, Old Marquis Ling invited Li Shilang to the Hou Mansion as a guest, and explained the causes and consequences roughly.

Li Shilang is a person who understands. understands the meaning of "repaying grievances with virtue", whether he is convinced or not, he smiles and grudges on his face.

"Li Qing is really willing to work," the old marquis personally sent off the guests, and his words were serious, "He will make a few more military achievements in the future, and the day of his emergence is just around the corner, and the Li family will have both literature and martial arts, and there are few families in the entire capital who have won such honors." “

Li Shilang didn't want to do it, so he took his leave, "The old marquis stays, and the officials and sons have no way to cause a big disaster, but fortunately, Miss Yun is fine, and there is still that horse." You killed Li Mu to relieve his anger, and the lower officials have nothing to say, so they can't be angry with a beast. “

No matter how entangled it is deliberate or unintentional, it doesn't make much sense, one Li Qing changes the face of three families, and the Li family does not lose.

Li Shilang doesn't care, Mrs. Xing has no choice, even if Li Mu lies on the bed every day and cries out in pain, he can only cry aggrieved.

As for Ling Xiao, he was in a bad mood for a few days, either because the food was light, or because it was hot, he roared when it didn't go well, and the people were so angry that he didn't dare to gasp, and Yun Xiu listened to the pain in his eardrums.

"Dead horses, buy them again, the weather is not good, and a circle of people will suffer from you."

"You know what?" Ling Xiao withdrew his arm, took the pu fan and fanned the wind desperately, asking her to stay away from him, "I told you about the heat." “

"The heart is not quiet, of course it is hot." Yun Xiu got out of bed and found another fan, sat on the other side of him and played the fan, "There is a watermelon in the kitchen tank, I asked someone to cut it?" “

"Don't eat, don't eat." Ling Xiao was troublesome about picking seeds, "You go to sleep quickly, I'll go sit in the courtyard and come in when it's cool." “

Yun Xiu knew that he was holding his breath in his heart, "Otherwise, let's change our clothes now and go to the night market to enjoy the cool river, the second sister said, the soldiers on duty under the city tower are going to have a supper over there, and when some small shops are open, you will be hungry, and I will accompany you to eat noodles." “

It was rare for her to be well-behaved, and Ling Xiao was quickly taken down: "Do you really want to go?" “

Yun Xiu nodded: "Anyway, you can't sleep, it's okay to go out for a walk." “

"Aren't you tired?" Ling Xiao remembered that she had a body, "The doctor explained that she couldn't sleep late." “

"Once in a while, it's fine." Yun Xiu's mind is worse than sleeping late, "I'll serve you to dress." “

The two said that they would go out, and the carriage slowly passed through the streets of the night market, stopped straight by the river, and Ling Xiao helped Yunxiu get out of the car. Sitting on the steps by the water, the night breeze is gentle, with the coolness of the water and the faint fragrance of grass.

"I don't feel as hot as I was a while ago," Yun Xiu tilted her head and took a few deep breaths, feeling relaxed, "Chunliu said that she wanted to send a few summer clothes, I don't think it's necessary, after a while, my belly will grow, and I'm afraid I won't be able to wear it." “

"Then make a new one." Ling Xiao was probably influenced by her, and his tone softened a lot, "When the time comes, ask the tailor to bring the cloth sample and pick the one you like." “

With such a big breath, Yun Xiu quipped: "I want to like it." Buy them all? “

"Buy them all." Ling Xiao didn't care, "You can still use it less." “

Yun Xiu guessed his thoughts: "Are you thinking about buying another horse and coming back?" “

The two spend money together, and no one suffers.

Ling Xiao looked at her and smiled.

"Don't you have it, and buy it again?" Yun Xiu reminded, "I heard before that the old marquis doesn't like you to spend money indiscriminately, Li Mu's matter has just passed, can't you be honest for a few days?" “

Ling Xiao squeezed her hand and asked, "Who did you hear that my father doesn't like me to spend money indiscriminately?" “

"Lord Pingkang." Yun Xiu said, "If you don't believe it, go and ask if the county lord has said this." “

"It's strange not to say it," Ling Xiao shrugged, indifferent, "You'll hear a lot of this kind of talk in the future." “

Splashy scoundrel, but also justifiable.

Yun Xiu didn't bother to bother with him, "Are you hungry, I'm a little hungry, what are you going to eat?" “

Ling Xiao said: "At this hour, all the snacks have been closed, noodles, wontons, lo-meier, probably these, what do you want to eat?" “

Yun Xiu had a whim and said to eat lo-mei.

Ling Xiao took her to a brightly lit restaurant and ordered a bowl of vegetarian marinade, a bowl of meat marinade, two large bowls of sea, and two bowls of noodle soup.

"Actually, this lo-mei is the best to drink with wine," Ling Xiao ate with a mouth full of oil, feeling that the noodle soup was not strong, "Otherwise, I will ask the coachman to pick up Qi Yu Heng." “

"Don't drink," Yun Xiu glanced at him, "I don't like the smell of alcohol, it will smoke children." “

has children as shields, Ling Xiao has all entertainment suspended, and can only drink noodle soup honestly.

The two of them were eating just right, and the singing sound of Ai Ai on the other side of the river, Yun Xiu felt familiar, and followed the prestige, and suddenly trembled in his heart.

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