The government supervisor is in the east of Anshang Street, north of the temple and the temple, adjacent to Zuozang, which is related to the functions it performs, the function of the young government supervisor is mainly in charge of the smelting, coinage, mutual market, responsible for the government of the hundred skills, has been coinage, smelting gold and silver are within its jurisdiction, because gold and silver are not the main currency in circulation in the Tang Dynasty, so in this money reform did not go to the household cabinet with the coinage, still retained in the Shaofu Supervisor.

Li Qing left Xishi and returned to the imperial city, the clues provided by the shopkeeper Feng made him excited, as if a case-solving agent who was about to find the real murderer, at this moment, he was pacing back and forth in the office of the young superintendent with his hands behind his back, Li Qing knew that King Qing had always been the backstage of the Hai family, and this time Haiheng's sudden appearance was whether King Qing made a move or the remnants of the Hai family were not eliminated, this is what he wanted to be clear.

The Shaofu Supervisor went to the Huazhou Gold Mine, not in Chang'an, and the Shaoqing went to extract the files for him, Li Qing was most worried that the Shaofu Supervisor did not have a record, so it was very likely to be exchanged in Zuozang, and the account books of Zuozang had not been completely handed over to him, which required Yang Guozhong's pass, which was really more difficult than ascending to the sky.

"Li Shilang, I found it!"

I saw Shaoqing, the superintendent of the Shaofu, walking briskly with a thick stack of dusty account books, he put the account books down, wiped the sweat on his forehead, took out a copy from it, and turned out a page with folded corners, "Squire, please see, but this number?" ”

Shaoqing is Yang Shenjin's younger brother, named Yang Shenyu, who looks quite similar to his brother, and is also slender and handsome. Since his brother switched to the Zhang Qiu Party, Yang Shenyu naturally became a member of the Zhang Qiu Party.

The number is correct, Li Qing looked at the footnotes at the back again, and the redemption time was the twenty-eighth year of Kaiyuan, and it was exchanged by a person named Qin Huan, and a total of 10,000 yuan of silver ingots were exchanged.

"This Qin Huan had Niu Xiangguo's approval at that time, his origin is unknown, and there is no record. I wasn't in the Shaofu prison at the time, so I don't know about it, Shilang, is there something wrong with this batch of silver ingots? ”

Yang Shenyu saw that Li Qing didn't answer, so he couldn't help but glance at him secretly, and saw that he was silent in thought. I couldn't help but secretly wonder: "Could it be that the squire has the idea of smelting gold and silver again?" ”

The name Qin Huan is very familiar, it should have been heard somewhere, slowly, a smug smile appeared on the corner of Li Qing's mouth, 'Qin Huan' He finally remembered this name, isn't this the uncle he captured King Qing in Yangzhou? Sure enough, King Qing made a move, and he actually bet 100,000 yuan at once, what did he want to do?

Li Qing shook his head gently, and secretly sighed for King Qing in his heart, "Stupid and ignorant things. Since you don't appreciate it, then I'll accompany you! 'Come to think of it. He thanked Yang Shenyu with a smile, turned around and left.

"Li Shilang!" Yang Shenyu hurriedly stopped him.

Li Qing stopped. He turned around and smiled: "Brother Yang, is there anything else?" ”

"Tomorrow is my father's seventieth birthday, and we only invited some relatives and friends, I wonder if Brother Li is willing to appreciate his face?"

Li Qing laughed, "Since I am already a relative and friend, how dare I not come, tomorrow will definitely come!" ”

Yang Shenyu was overjoyed, and hurriedly bowed down and thanked: "The official invitation will be delivered to the house tonight, and we will welcome the waiter!" ”.

There was already some buzz in the Imperial City. Some candidates who handed in their papers early took the opportunity to wander around the imperial city, in groups of three or five. The old student led the new students, pointed to this is Shangshu Province, and that there is Menxia Province, and then closed his eyes and daydreamed, imagining that he would worship the future, and then return to his hometown in fine clothes, and appear majestically in front of his hometown fathers.

Li Qing walked very slowly, he slowly passed through a group of taxis, Li Qing's heart moved slightly, and suddenly remembered that Yang Xuan sold the exam papers, he turned around and summoned Li Fei Shouyu, and whispered a few words to him, Li Fei Shouyu nodded, dismounted and stopped a few taxis to ask about the exam questions, and reported in a moment, "Du Du, today's Jinshi scientific examination is the three classics of "Zuo Chuan", "Etiquette" and "Shangshu", "Shangshu" is a little different, but the chapters of "Zuo Chuan" and "Etiquette" are consistent with the exam questions we got. ”

If Li Qing has an understanding, this is right, presumably the person who leaked the test questions will not take out the exact same test questions, he only gave Yang Xuan seventy percent of the answers, so that Yang Xuan will be admitted in a low-key manner, it seems that this person must have the power to admit candidates, is Da Xi Xun? Or Miao Jinqing? Li Qing smiled slightly, it didn't matter who it was, the important thing was that he really had the evidence of Yang Guozhong's cheating in the imperial examination.

At this time, a carriage came speeding from a distance, and the carriage man seemed to see Li Qing on the side of the road, and the carriage slowed down and slowly stopped in front of everyone.

"Huh! What a coincidence, I was about to go to your house, but I didn't expect to meet you on the way. The curtain opened, revealing a kind smile from Zhang Qiu and Qiong.

Li Qing turned over and dismounted, walked to the carriage and saluted respectfully, "The teacher is looking for me something?" ”

The car door opened, and Zhang Qiu and Qiong's thick and white palms beckoned to Li Qing, "Come!" Get in the car and talk. ”.

Inside the carriage, Zhang Qiu and Qiong kept their eyes closed and pondered, until the carriage walked out of a mile, he opened his eyes slightly, and his eyes flashed with a complicated and anxious look, "Li Linfu may have to clean the officials." ”

The sudden news made Li Qing stunned, "What did the teacher hear?" ”

Zhang Qiu and Qiong nodded, "Early this morning, the emperor went to me and said that the king: = the county ordered Yang Shenming's father to befriend demons, practice witchcraft indiscriminately at home, and often say great rebellious words, and the emperor ordered me to investigate this matter in detail." ”

Yang Shenming is the third brother of Yang Shen, Wang:=:Jin? It stands to reason that Wang instructed Lin Fudi, but why Li Longji handed over this matter to Zhang Qiu and Qiong for investigation was whether it was his disdain or a test of Zhang Qiu and Qiong, and Li Qing was also a little puzzled by this.

"Yang Ming, what do you think about this?" Zhang Qiu and Qiong glanced at Li Qing, it has been rumored that Li Qing and Li Linfu are very close in the past few days, Zhang Qiu and Qiong actually want to use this incident to remind Li Qing not to take it lightly because Li Linfu does not obstruct the salt administration and the official workshop, Li Linfu's wrist, Zhang Qiu and Qiong have been taught.

"I'm wondering, Wang: U. father, is this a bit redundant?"

Zhang Qiu and Qiong smiled coldly, "Yangming, this is what you don't know about Li Linfu, this is his usual trick, call the stone to ask for directions, first test the emperor's attitude and my reaction, if I guess correctly, he must have a follower, that is his real means." ”

Zhang Qiu and Qiong's words made Li Qing

Pondering, unconsciously, the carriage arrived at Li Qing's mansion, Li Qing apologized, and said to Zhang Qiu and Qiong: "I really don't hide it from my teacher, tonight Li Linfu invited me to his mansion for a light meal, and the time is almost up, so I can't invite my teacher into the mansion to sit down." ”

"Then you can go!"

Zhang Qiu and Qiong patted Li Qing's shoulder, stared into his eyes and said, "Among all my protégés and subordinates, you are the most relieved of my heart, but you are still a little immature in terms of human sophistication, so I have to remind you from time to time." ”

Li Qing nodded silently, pushed the door and got out of the carriage, Zhang Qiu and Qiong looked at his calm back, and couldn't help but feel a little emotional, thinking of the nervousness and cowardice when he first saw him, and was worried about the possible troubles of the Hai family, thinking that the Chengdu Shi family, who was far above him, is still a small merchant selling rice, and he, Li Qing, can already influence the finances of the Tang Dynasty.

Zhang Qiu and Qiong couldn't help but think of what their predecessors said, 'How can the golden scales be a pond thing, and they will turn into dragons when they encounter wind and clouds.' Aren't these two lines a wonderful description of him?

Li Qing stood on the steps and waved goodbye to Zhang Qiu and Qiong, and after the carriage left, Li Qing returned to the house to change his clothes, and said a few words to the curtain, and then rode to Li Linfu's house.

Although it is a family banquet, Li Linfu prepared extraordinarily richly, the table was full of delicacies from the mountains and seas, and the rare and exotic fruits offered by the countries from all over the world were dazzling, and the banquet was set up in his back garden to listen to the piano boat, the warm breeze was blowing, the insects were singing and the flowers were fragrant, making people feel extraordinarily pleasant. Dozens of beautiful maids carry lanterns on both sides, the listening piano boat is illuminated like daylight, the boat slowly swims away, with the waves, below is a lake water, the water surface is about a dozen acres in size, there is a piano platform between them, but no one caress the piano today. Instead, a group of dancing girls were dancing, dancing gracefully, like Lingbo fairies.

Coming to accompany Li Qing to dinner, as well as Li Linfu's sons and his unmarried daughter, each of them had a hypocritical smile on their faces, even though they had cursed Li Qing ten thousand times. But no one dared to be rude, and her mouth was full of sensual flattery, at this time, Li Linfu's favorite concubine was carrying a jade pot, Ying Ying stepped forward and knelt down, filling Li Qing's cup with wine.

"Distinguished guests, please use it!" The sound is unusually sweet, like a lark skimming the bow of a ship.

Li Qing gently clasped his palms to thank her, but picked up the back of the wine and said with a smile: "Xiangguo said that it was a family banquet and deceived me." I knew that it was such a treatment, and Li Qing would not come. ”

Let's talk about it. Li Qing raised his glass and drank it all, and compared the empty cup to Li Linfu. said with a smile: "In the past, there was something that offended Xiangguo, and Li Qing made amends here." ”

Li Linfu also raised his glass and drank it all, he was full of spring breeze, laughed long, and waved his hand very generously: "People say that the prime minister can support a boat in his belly, but look at my lake, there is more than one boat that can support!" ”

Then. Sure enough, another boat came diagonally opposite to pick up Li Linfu's children, concubines and maids. The light on the boat dimmed suddenly, Li Qing knew what he meant, and was about to get to the point, so he stepped forward and said with a smile: "Li Qing is willing to listen to Xiangguo's teachings!" ”

"I have always admired people like Li Shilang who work hard, the wood is beautiful in the forest, the wind will destroy it, this half a year, I am afraid that there will be no shortage of people in the red Li Shilang!"

Li Qing shrugged his shoulders, spread his hands and smiled: "This is also impossible, but fortunately, it is all over." ”

"Passed?" There are not a few people who scold you, and it's too early to talk about it now! ”

"Don't talk about business, come! I'll give you another drink. Li Qing picked up the wine glass again and signaled, and drank it all by himself.

At this time, there were only the two of them on the boat, Li Linfu pondered slightly, and then said to him seriously: "I can't hide it, today the old man actually wants to tell you an unfortunate news, Yang Guozhong has been visiting King Qing every day in the past two days, and the old man has got the exact news, and the two of them are very likely to join forces to deal with you, you have to be careful." ”

After speaking, he stared at Li Qing's face tightly, paying attention to the slightest change in the expression on his face, Li Qingxin was slightly startled, it was true that Yang Guozhong and King Qing colluded to deal with him, but he didn't understand why Li Linfu wanted to say it to him, and what was his intention?

Li Linfu read the confusion from Li Qing's eyes, he smiled secretly, Yang Guozhong's cheating in the imperial examination will involve King Qing, as well as his backstage Yang Guifei, he can't come forward, it is best to have a person who ignites the fire, first ignite the matter, and then naturally expose the case, in this way, no one will suspect that he Li Linfu did it behind his back, and this person, he chose Li Qing, the backbone of the Zhang Qiu Party, King Qing and Yang Guozhong's eye nails, as long as he paves the road, he will definitely go down this road, and finally meet Yang Guozhong head-on.

"I estimate that after the imperial examination, they will make a move, and if there is news, the old man will notify you in time."

Li Linfu pressed his shoulder, his face was full of sincerity, "The old man has been the prime minister for fifteen years, and no one knows the financial predicament of my Datang better than me, you are determined to reform and greatly alleviate the financial embarrassment of the imperial court, so that I will not be scolded after I die, the old man is grateful, so the old man does not care about your past faux pas, and will try his best to protect you in the future." ”

Li Linfu glanced at him, saw his puzzled eyes, couldn't help but be secretly proud, and said: "Of course, I won't embarrass you, you are a protégé of Zhang Qiudi, you were, you are, and will be in the future!" ”

At this moment, Li Qing's heart has gradually become clear, Li Linfu's word 'imperial examination' flashed through his mind like lightning, and he finally understood, I am afraid that Li Linfu is also going to use the imperial examination cheating case to beat Yang Guozhong, so Zhao Yue was not Li Linfu's person in the first place? Could it be that Li Linfu has been setting up this bureau for a long time? The more Li Qing thought about it, the more likely it was that the purpose of his co-opting himself today was nothing more than to use his own hand to deal with Yang Guozhong, so as not to offend Yang Guifei.

And once the imperial examination case is enlarged, Yang Shenjin, who is a servant of the ministry, will not be able to escape his responsibility, plus the impeachment of Wang first, then Yang Shenjin is very likely to be deposed, beating two Yang with a stick, Li Linfu is a powerful method.

Li Qing secretly admired Li Linfu's scheming, but since he had already touched Li Linfu's routine, why didn't he sing a good show with him and let Li Linfu finally make a wedding dress for himself?

He got up and bowed deeply to Li Linfu, "Thank you Xiangguo for your love for Li Qing, if you get the news, please inform Li Qing no matter what!" ”

Li Qing is also sincere, even more sincere than Li Linfu.