The night of Gusu City, even in winter, is still warm and hot, as if the warm bodies of those fireworks women can dispel all the cold.

Li Mi has a deep affection for Suzhou, people say that you go to Gusu to see, people sleep on the river, there is little idle land in the ancient palace, there are many small bridges in the water lanes, the night market sells water lotus root, the spring boat carries Qiluo, the sleepless moon is known remotely, and the homesickness is in the fishing song.

The Chinese New Year is a major event, the ancients relocated to the land, no matter what they mixed into, they all hope to be able to go home for the New Year, but there are still many outsiders who choose to stay in Suzhou for the New Year, but it also causes a lot of nostalgia.

When Li Mi returned to Suzhou, he finally realized that the grass outside Changzhou Garden was Xiaoxiao, but it was a long way to go, and only the time was not forgotten, and the twilight and winter rain crossed the Fengqiao.

The situation when Xiang Mu and others sent him south is still vivid, and now he Li Mi is back!

It's just that Jiang Bi has already gone to Xiangyang Mansion to take up his post, Jiang Taiyi and 369 have also followed, and Xiang Mu's family has also been a lot deserted.

Although he hadn't seen him for more than a month, Xiang Mu actually looked much older, as if time had quickened during the period when Li Mi was away.

Yuan Keli is still depressed, without any hope of a comeback, although he is not disheartened, but he is not so keen on officialdom.

It was the old man Xiang Mu, who couldn't help but be surprised and sighed when he saw Zhen Mi following Li Mi, but he didn't wear the blood-drop collar anymore.

Intersected with Li Mi, everyone had a strange feeling, as if time was passing in a hurry, it was only a little more than a month, and it seemed that several years had passed.

The customs of the New Year's festival are also different in various places, and the lights in Gusu City are lit up early, and the lanterns are mostly used as the main decoration and embellishment.

However, because this place is too rich, walking on the street, the eyes are full of red and green, and the festive atmosphere is extremely strong.

It seems that at the end of the year, the wicked are also busy celebrating the New Year, everyone has a close and peaceful face, and the neighbors no longer quarrel over trivial things, as if during the New Year, all the ugliness can be temporarily stopped, and only beauty is left in the world.

Of course, this is just the surface, the real situation is that the more recent the years, the more frequent the cases, Wu County, Changzhou County, and even the Suzhou Mansion, it is the busiest time of the year.

Officials need to prepare a year's summary papers, send them back to the imperial court for investigation, and deal with more and more cases of abduction and fraud.

And they still need to do these things before the annual leave, which is really a bit of a headache.

The holidays of the officials of the Song Dynasty should be considered to be many, there are holidays on various festivals, and there are also holidays in ordinary times, but the Ming Dynasty is very harsh on officials, especially during the reign of Zhu Yuanzhang, the holidays are quite few.

The Yuan Dynasty did not treat Han officials as people, and it was natural that there were few holidays, and even if Zhu Yuanzhang became the emperor, he did not have a good impression of officials, so he stipulated that there were only three days off a year.

Yes, you read that right, it's three days off a year, which are the Spring Festival, the winter solstice, and the emperor's birthday.

But then I found that it didn't work, so I relaxed a little.

It is not easy to be an official in the Ming Dynasty, the salary is small, and there is no holiday, the emperor looks down on it, and the grain chiefs and chiefs in various places can still accept the emperor's summons, and the emperor values the county more than the princes in the court.

It's just a small salary, and if you embezzle a few taels of silver, you will be stripped of skin and filled with grass, and enshrined in the leather field temple of the county government to scare other officials, and the official will have to be a man with his tail between his legs when he becomes big, otherwise the emperor will feel that you may rebel and raid your home.

Officials are also full of complaints, in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the vacation system is gradually relaxed and improved, three days off a month, plus holidays such as the Spring Festival can also have more than ten days, a year can be about 50 days off, it is also good.

Of course, His Majesty the Emperor is not easy to fool, and it is just a game of playing at night, although the holiday was given, but the family visit leave of the previous dynasty was canceled.

However, there are exceptions, that is, the funeral of parents, then you can rest for three years, because to keep filial piety, the Ming Dynasty attaches great importance to filial piety, and officials must worry about filial piety, that is, temporarily suspended, and you will come out to be an official after three years of filial piety.

In history, most of those who reinstated themselves as officials after less than three years of filial piety, whether they were voluntary or forced to win love, did not end well.

It is precisely because annual leave is rare that officials are looking forward to it one by one, and the New Year is not only a reunion dinner with their families, but also a visit to colleagues and a golden time for social gathering.

Moreover, some cases or official affairs are also limited to one year, and now that the deadline is approaching, of course, all these backlogs must be cleared out.

Li Mi is the governor of Suzhou Prefecture, although there are only nine products, but he can't just take money and not do things, two days after he came back, after sending Zheng Duofu away, Li Mi returned to the Yamen to sign the office.

As for Zhang Huangting, he said that he was sending Zheng Duofu a ride, and he didn't know whether he would follow him all the way to Jinling or come back halfway, and Li Mi couldn't care about it.

Li Mi has been out for so long, in the end, he wants to have an explanation, and after he came back, he had a secret conversation with Chen Heguang, and said something about the King of Chu, what should be said, and what should not be said is not said.

However, because it involved the King of Chu, even if Li Mi said it ordinarily, Chen Heguang could also feel the danger and was even more grateful to Li Mi.

Because Li Mi is reminding him that after the New Year, there will inevitably be strong winds and waves in the officialdom, and he predicts the coming of the storm earlier than other officials, and he can also deal with it in time.

Li Mi is a peach in return, Chen Heguang is also knowledgeable, but he is a little frustrated, although Li Mi has done a lot of things in Suzhou Mansion and helped him get a lot of credit, but this time he entered Beijing to congratulate, but he left with Huang Shiyuan and Tong Ju, leaving him, a dignified prefect, a little embarrassed to deal with the mess.

Fortunately, Li Mi sent back the news, and Chen Heguang was also a little gloating, because he knew very well that once the Huanggang case fermented, Chaohe would definitely be a mess, and those who entered Beijing for the New Year would definitely not be pleased!

At present, the Donglin Party is powerful, Shoufu Shen and others have almost occupied the public opinion of the court, and there are many parties and societies in various places, and they are not to be outdone, although the robbery case is a matter of the royal clan, but even these civil officials who have to take care of which concubine the emperor sleeps in will not let go of this opportunity to make a fuss!

Although there are a lot of scandals among the royal clansmen, there are not many who are so blatant, and although they robbed the king of Chu, the imperial bar was dedicated to the emperor, that is to say, they robbed the emperor!

Chen Heguang is also wrong, Huang Shiyuan has hooked up with Fan Rongkuan and others, united in the local area, and seems to have been on the ship of Shoufu Shen, now the spring breeze is proud, this time in Beijing, it is said that there is still a good thing to offer, it is really going to be done, Chen Heguang, the seat of the Suzhou prefect, has to be handed over.

It is no wonder that Chen Heguang heard Li Mi say these things, and even said that Li Mi was his lucky general, and he couldn't wait to put Li Mi in the jar and offer him on the altar.

However, Li Mi'er is still a governor in the end, and he should be busy or busy, and after leaving Chen Heguang, he came to the Torture Hall.

It was cold and tight outside, and the cold wind was blowing, but when you pushed the door in, it was stuffy and unbearably hot inside the torture hall, and the scribes were sweating profusely, and the smell of feet was diffused in the warmth, which was also extremely uncomfortable.

Song Zhiwei had met with Li Mi earlier, as a Suzhou magistrate, after returning from Chongmingsha, Song Zhiwei's reputation became richer and stronger, but he was still very polite to Li Mi.

Because he knows that Li Mi is not a thing in the pool, and his achievements, if there is no Li Mi, it will not be complete.

He also knew that Li Mi was injured, so he walked out of the signing room when he heard the movement, and when he saw that the people in the torture hall didn't pay much attention to Li Mi, he couldn't help but frown.

"Come on, open the windows!"

As soon as Song Zhiwei said this, the calligraphers opened all the windows, the cool breeze blew in, and the stuffiness in the entire lobby and even each room was swept out, and everyone couldn't help but shiver, but it was so cool and enjoyable.

At this time, they came back to their senses from their work, saw Song Zhiwei's expression, and then looked at Li Mi who was standing at the door, and knew that they had been negligent.

Li Mi became Wu Weizhong's righteous son, and became the governor of Jiupin, this is known to everyone, Wu Weizhong is now the deputy chief soldier of the preparation of the Japanese, the military carries the handle, His Majesty the Emperor has devoted special efforts to this war, Wu Weizhong and other generals are deeply respected, ready to receive the emperor's favor.

But for some reason, after Li Mi became the deputy chief soldier Yizi, everyone felt that the sense of distance was even farther away, as if Li Mi was no longer the magical little catcher they knew, but a little respectful and away.

Especially when Li Mi just became the governor, he went on a business trip, and this trip was more than a month, you must know that he was assigned to the Torture Hall to do errands, and when he left like this, who would do his errand in the end? Aren't they the people from the torture hall to share it!

Perhaps it is precisely because of this that they have a sense of alienation from Li Mi.

Song Zhiwei's face was ugly, and everyone complained in their hearts, after all, the guys were all old men who followed Song Zhiwei, for the sake of Li Mi, Song Tuiguan often showed them their faces, who would be comfortable in their hearts?

Li Mi naturally knows this, he is not a person who is ambitious, since he wants to be the first detective of the Ming Dynasty, the foundation must be laid, whether it is Wu County, or here in the Torture Hall, Li Mi always wants to do some practical things.

Although it seems that he is a little unprofessional, often absent from the signing room, and has only been on a serious errand for a few days, the value he generates is huge.

However, the level is different, the vision is different, and these values can only be seen by Song Zhiwei, Chen Heguang and others, and ordinary officials can't understand it.

Li Mi didn't want to say anything, but waved his hand and asked the porters outside to go back first.

These porters are here to give gifts, and they are all the local products that Li Mi brought back from Ning Guofu, but looking at this posture, if you pick all the local products at this time, it will humiliate these officials of the Torture Hall, who is rare for your New Year's gifts!

Song Zhiwei also saw it in his eyes, and he inevitably sighed, Li Mi also had a heart, but these people couldn't see it.

Others don't know, but he Song Zhiwei knows it, not to mention that Li Mi has a deep friendship with the officials and celebrities here in Suzhou Mansion, and he is called a brother and a brother with Yuan Ke Kemu and others, and the friendship is irreversible, that is, on the side of Ying Tianfu, Li Mi can also eat openly.

Now that he wants to participate in the martial arts, he has helped the King of Chu to do such a big thing in Wuchang, Huguang, and the future is immeasurable, he is a hidden dragon, how can he be raised by a small pond like the Torture Hall?

But Li Mi did not look at anyone because of this, he was still so humble and considerate, it was a small gesture, and he also took into account the feelings of these officials, and these officials didn't know the reason at all, only Song Zhiwei was clear, but he couldn't explain it when he saw people.

And there is one thing, they don't know that these officials don't know, when Cao Jian'an and the other three were arrested, they went out on business with Li Mi, but they died in Cai Ge Village, although the court also distributed a pension, but in the end it was a drop in the bucket.

It was Li Mi who used all his money to support the three family members who caught the fast, that is to say, he never received a salary, and only Song Zhiwei and the Cao family knew the inside story of this matter.

"Governor Li, I've wronged you." Song Zhiwei said casually, but from the bottom of his heart.