The clerk was not there, saying that he was going to Yunzhou to urge the transportation of grain and grass, and the deputy envoy Liu Yi was also very familiar with Li Mao, seeing that Li Mao was worried, Liu Yi asked with a smile: "It was made by the surnamed Lu, that person is purely a-stirring stick, you shouldn't have dismissed his nephew, even if it is to settle accounts afterwards." You're still too young. ”

When Li Mao was the right judge in the Military Academy, Liu Yi gave him a little bit of advice, and Li Mao always respected him as the division commander, so although Liu Yi's words were not listened to, Li Mao was happy to accept them.

"It's really reckless to blame me for this.

"The military envoy is very familiar with Judge Su, why don't you follow the path of Judge Su?"

Li Mao was shocked and ashamed when he said this, Su Zuoming was familiar with Zhou Yang, the prison envoy, he didn't know anything about such an important situation, and he could talk to Su Zuoming, but Liu Yi was clear, Li Mao reflected in his heart: "This seems to be an extremely simple thing, I am actually ignorant, if I don't meet a loyal person like Liu Yi, wouldn't I have to make a big mistake in this kind of thing?" Thinking of the complexity and difficulty of interpersonal relationships, Li Mao came up with the idea of hiring a military advisor.

Assigned by Liu Yi, Li Mao made an appointment to meet Zhou Hong, the judge of the Military Supervision Academy, Zhou Hong is Zhou Yang's fake son, and some people say that Zhou Hong is Zhou Yang's biological son, but considering that Zhou Yang was castrated into the palace at the age of eight, Li Mao concluded that the rumors were false. Zhou Hong is very greedy for money, and when Li Mao came to get it, he said bluntly: "The document to sue you has arrived in the courtyard, and I am not the only one who handles it, and it is impossible to pull it back, but it can be done by handing it over in a few days." ”

Li Mao hurriedly handed over a box of gold beads he had brought with him, Zhou Hong opened it in front of him, and felt quite satisfied, so he nodded: "Our military supervisor is well-known for being honest and fair, and no matter how much he has, it is worthless in the eyes of his old man." If you want to get out of the disaster, you have to find another way out, you know? ”

Zhou Hong said again: "Yunzhou Zheng Chang has served for his fortieth birthday, and his father-in-law has gone to celebrate his birthday, and it will take a while to come back, so you can do it yourself." With Zhou Hong's guarantee, Li Mao was at ease, and when he returned home, he called Qin Niang, the two closed the door and discussed secretly for half an hour, Qin Niang rode to Sujiazhuang in the west of Chengwu County under the escort of Zhang Xuan, and rested on the village that night, early in the morning of the second day, Qin Niang rushed back, and brought back a letter from Mrs. Dingtao to her son Su Zuoming, the letter was written by someone, Mrs. Dingtao used the copper seal given to her by the imperial court, and pressed the handprint, and finally glued two hairs on the magpie's tail on the envelope.

After Li Mao read the letter, he was very satisfied, so he called Qingmo and Zhang Xuan to the study, explained it carefully, and in the afternoon of the same day, the two packed up and went to Chang'an.

Zhou Yang has a foreign house in Yunzhou, and the eunuchs of the Tang Dynasty can marry wives, take concubines, and raise prostitutes and slaves, but it is taboo to raise a foreign house. Qingmo and Zhang Xuan traveled back and forth to Chang'an day and night, and it only took half a month, Zhou Yang returned to Gushan Town on the front foot, and the two also rushed back. The report letter had already been withheld by Zhou Hong, and it did not arrive at the desk until three days after Zhou Yang returned to the prison military hospital, and at the same time, Su Zuoming's letter of intercession for Li Mao also arrived in Gushan Town.

Zhou Yang held the two letters, but he smiled bitterly, he called Zhou Hong to the duty room, threw the two letters at Zhou Hong's feet, and shouted angrily: "This is another good thing you did." ”

Zhou Hong said with a hippie smile: "For a nail planted by Li Shigu to convict Judge Su, my son thought it was not worth it, so he ordered him to say two sentences." The son shall be punished by the father for the crime of tyranny. ”

Zhou Yang nodded Zhou Hong's nose and scolded with a smile: "This matter will stop, the water of the Qing Navy is very deep, don't fall into it easily, just wait and see." ”

Knowing that Zhou Yang would no longer pursue the matter, Li Mao breathed a long sigh of relief, and asked Qinniang to prepare a banquet and invite Qingmo and Zhang Xuan to drink.

During the chat, Li Mao learned that Xue Rong's younger brother Xue Fang had been a school scholar of the Hongwen Hall in the capital, and Xue Fang was a jinshi in the middle of last year, and he stayed in Chang'an as an official after that. After Qingmo and Zhang Xuan arrived in Chang'an, although they held the letter from Mrs. Su to Su Zuoming in their hands, they had no choice but to go to Hongwen Hall to find Xue Fang, and Xue Fang asked for help in the same year when he was a guest in the Guangling Palace, and he saw Su Zuoming with a famous post from the King of Guangling.

The name of the king of Guangling was Li Chun, and Li Mao suspected that he was the later Emperor Xianzong Li Chun.

Because of this, Li Mao instructed Zhang Xuan to find some high-quality Caozhou native products and go to Beijing to present them to King Guangling as a reward. Through this visit to Beijing, Zhang Xuan also realized the importance of power, to Li Mao's naked behavior of the powerful, not only did not have any resistance, but very much agreed, he suggested not only to the king of Guangling to offer a piece of local products, all those who have helped them on this trip to send a copy of the past, thousands of miles to send goose feathers, courtesy is light, and it is not a bad thing to make more useful people.

Li Mao deeply agreed, Qin Niang had reservations about Li Mao's friendship with powerful people, she was not against Li Mao making friends, but she was distressed about money. After Li Mao was promoted to the envoy of the city bureau, his salary more than doubled compared with before, reaching 50 yuan per month, and there were also clothes, rice, and various rewards, and his life was quite nourishing.

Finally accumulated 300 yuan, and now Li Mao is going to take out 280 yuan in a sentence to buy local products Xie Yi, although Qin Niang knows that the money is worth spending and the need to spend it, but she still can't help but feel the pain of the pain, and when she takes the money out of the bottom of the box, she has a gloomy little face, and she mutters non-stop in her mouth.

Seeing this, Zhang Xuan stood in the courtyard, pretending to enjoy the bonsai with his hands behind his back, Qingmo was playing with birds under the porch, and after getting the money, the two left in a hurry. I didn't dare to stay for a moment.

Li Mao has made nearly 10,000 yuan in just a few months in the city bureau, plus the gift from Qiyi in Donghai County, he can still get 10,000 yuan at this moment, but he doesn't dare to hand over this money to Qin Niang, not because he can't trust her, but because he is afraid of scaring her. Hearing Qin Niang's complaints, he couldn't say anything in front of Qingmo and Zhang Xuan, and when the two walked away, he walked behind Qin Niang, held her shoulder, and said with a smile: "Li Taibai said that his daughter will come back after being scattered, how chic it is, money is like this, those who should go will go, those who should come will naturally come, they will not spend money, they will not make money, and they want to open a little." ”

Qin Niang pursed her lips and said, "I can't think of anything, it's your money anyway." She hesitated, turned around, glanced up at Li Mao, quickly lowered her head, fiddled with her belt, and snorted: "Da Lang is not happy to be an official in Yunzhou, and I want to resign and return to Baoding, I, I want to go back with me." Xue Rong has long had the intention of resigning and returning to his hometown, this Li Mao was not surprised, it was Qin Niang who surprised him.

"Are you angry?"

"What do you say?"

Qin Niang pursed her lips and smiled: "Stay monk, instead of following you to be widowed, it is better to stay away from you, out of sight." A joke, she sighed silently, and said with some loss: "Mrs. suffered from the cold, and she was negligent for a while, and the third sister married a Mizhou businessman, and the ugly child will marry soon." Seriously ill, but there is no confidant around, I feel desolate when I think about it, I will go back to Baoding with her, and when her body will be raised, I will come back. ”

Qin Niang lowered her head and said lightly, raised her head, glanced at Li Mao quickly, lowered her head again, her face turned red for a moment, and she whispered: "You dislike me frizzy, just find someone who is older and knows cold and hot to stay by, and wait for tea and dinner in the morning and evening." ”

Li Mao raised his eyebrows and asked, "How old are you this year?" Qin Niang's face turned red in an instant, Li Mao took a step forward, grabbed Qin Niang's upper arm with both hands, and took her into his arms, Qin Niang was already eighteen, he had no reason to snub her like this again. This was the first time he had hugged Qin Niang like this, and the nervous Qin Niang didn't even dare to take a breath.

After a while, she dared to open her arms to hug Li Mao's waist, Qin Niang's figure was very plump but she didn't feel fat at all, Li Mao picked her up horizontally, walked into the house, and put her on the bed softly.

He gazed at her as if admiring a rare artifact, and he leaned down and kissed her rosy cheeks and fair neck.

"You're so beautiful." Li Mao praised from the bottom of his heart.

"I'm ugly." Qin Niang said angrily, closing her eyes tightly and biting her lip.

For a moment, she opened her eyes, her starry eyes flowed, and she said coquettishly: "What are you waiting for?" ”

Li Mao smiled slightly, stopped being verbose, took off his shirt and climbed onto the bed, wrapping her whole body under him......