Li Qian stood boredly in front of the doorway and waited, wondering if Lord Zhentai had a deeper intention to favor him so much, but his shoulder was slammed, and his body staggered to the side.

The man, however, was quick-eyed, and suddenly reached out and grabbed him, and let him regain his footing. At the end, the other party patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Scholars are just weak." ”

This person looks to be in his early twenties, with a standard national character face, a slightly strong figure, and he is also wearing a male uniform, so he is undoubtedly a subordinate official of the Division. After he finished saying this slightly contemptuous sentence, he clapped his palms indifferently, and then swaggered away, never even saying a word of apology to Li Qian from beginning to end.

Seeing this scene, the errand officer standing by the door lowered his voice and cheered for Li Qian.

"Master Li doesn't need to have the same knowledge as him, this person is transferred from Beijing, and he is very angry! On weekdays, even our Daxian has never let him take it seriously. ”

Li Qian frowned slightly, looked at the back of the man leaving with a slightly solemn face, and said softly: "I see! No wonder it's so rude and arrogant! Instead, he looked at the servant and asked, "I suddenly feel a little anxious, where is your hut?" ”

The servant glanced at him, and said in his heart that this man didn't know the rules, and his courage was quite fat! How have you ever seen someone who would rush to relieve himself first while waiting for the meeting of the Emperor Daixian?

At that moment, he had to point out the direction to Li Qian casually, but he didn't want to look at him anymore------ people who didn't understand the rules couldn't be so polite to him.

As soon as Li Qian's front foot left, the back foot of the little official who had gone in before came out, and when he saw that he didn't find Li Qian's figure, he couldn't help but wonder: "What about Li Qian?" ”

"Went to the toilet."

The "------" little official was quite helpless about this, so he had to stand in place and wait.

After a while, he saw Li Qian appear around the corner with a comfortable face, he forced a smile to greet him, and arched his hand casually and said, "Master Li, Daxian will let you in." ”

Li Qian just bowed slightly, and followed him into the back office.

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Zhejiang's current envoy is named Tao Sheng, and his father Tao An was a man of the previous dynasty, who served as the head of the Mingdao Academy, and later defected to Zhu Yuanzhang and became an official of the shogunate. Later, he was awarded a bachelor's degree in Hanlin, and in the early years of Hongwu, he was transferred to Jiangxi, and was appointed to the post of provincial political participation, and died in office. After Zhu Yuanzhang learned the news, he personally sent a memorial message, sent an envoy to mourn, and posthumously named him "Gu Xiao County Duke".

It can be said that this is a person with quite a background, a veritable official eunuch.

And he himself is also a powerful platform, in charge of the provincial criminal impeachment according to the name, and his functions and powers include "correcting official evil, rape and violence, quelling prison lawsuits, and suppressing grievances, so as to promote discipline and clarify the rule of officials." The meeting of the two divisions of the capital and cloth is to be appeased and pressed, so as to listen to the ministry and the hospital". Don't look at the level of the platform is not as good as the feudal platform, in a sense, its power is faintly above the political envoys.

But such a character should give people a sense of "iron-faced selflessness", but he was born with a generous old man's appearance, which has to make people sigh at the miracle of the Creator------

This is Li Qian's first impression of Tao Sheng.

Nearly fifty years old, slightly chubby, the contours of the face are not very obvious, slightly fat, amiable, and even with a gentle smile on his face, he does not look like a fierce and vicious "iron-faced judge", but like a "God of Wealth" who holds the power of wealth.

As soon as the two saw each other, Li Qian hurriedly bowed his hand, saluted him at the door, threw himself to the ground, and sang a fat song: "Meet Lord Zhentai." Xiucai can see that officials do not kneel, and Li Qian is a jinshi, so even in the face of a provincial constitution, there is no need to kneel.

"No need to be polite, look at the seats!"

Tao Sheng, who was sitting behind the case, smiled heartily, looked at him carefully for a moment, and praised loudly: "You are worthy of being the first talent who is famous far and wide, and if you are really a talent, it is no wonder that even the saint loves you so much." ”

Li Qian didn't know what scope he meant by "the first talent". After all, he was the leader of the township test in a province, and it is not ------too much to be called "the first genius in Zhejiang".

So, Li Qian immediately said modestly: "The adults have praised it falsely, and the younger generation is ashamed to be a ------."

"Hehe, you kid is very modest!" Tao Sheng pointed at him with a smile and said, "When the old man is your age, he is only a prisoner of the country, how can he have such an achievement as you?" Shaking his head, he continued: "Speaking of which, you are not as old as those uncompetitive boys in my family, what kind of virtue do they have now?" ”

"It's not that there are people who are late bloomers, such as Su Laoquan, who began to study angrily at the age of twenty-seven------"

"Don't use these words to comfort the old man again," Tao Sheng waved his hand and interrupted: "Su Laoquan's story is about to be told by you people!" But in this world, how many Su Laoquan are there? ”

"Uh------" Li Qian blocked his words, so he had to shut up with humor and no longer discuss this issue with him.

"Heh, the old man spoke more straightforwardly, you don't have to mind ------ think about it, I should be about the same age as Ling Zun, so I will call you a virtuous nephew, can you?"

Looking at the smiling old face, only three words came to Li Qian's mind - smiling tiger.

But on the face, he had to pretend to be flattered, shook his head and waved his hand in fear: "No, no!" Adults don't want to torment the juniors, the juniors can't afford to be called so------"

"In terms of seniority alone, you are my son and nephew, why can't you afford it?" Tao Sheng frowned, and looked at him with a little displeasure, "Don't you think that the old man is not talented enough to deserve your uncle?" ”

"How dare the younger generation ------"

"That's good." Tao Sheng snorted lightly, and then asked, "The complaint of the Zhang family brothers in Taoli Village, the virtuous nephew must have heard about it, right?" ”

"I heard about ------" Li Qian saw that he was on the subject, so he replied truthfully: "When they sued the Qiantang County Ya, the little nephew already knew about it. ”

"Then ------" Tao Sheng paused, looked at him with a playful look in his eyes and said, "Do you have any self-defense for this?" ”

"The little nephew is wronged!"

"------" Tao Sheng didn't expect that he would shout so bluntly, his expression was slightly stunned, and then he asked, "What else?" Can you come to this one by one? ”

Li Qian told him about his encounter with the stupid girl, and the previous process was described in detail, but after bringing the stupid girl back to the Peach Blossom Nunnery, what happened was a passing and vague language.

The experienced Tao Sheng naturally caught this, he narrowed his eyes slightly, and asked, "Why don't you want to mention more about what happened after that day?" ”

"Well------ Li Qian swallowed and vomited for a long time, and finally coughed dryly, looked at him innocently and said: "Uncle Tao, the little nephew is indeed wronged, and the brothers of the Zhang family are completely spewing blood!" ”

"------" Tao Sheng didn't expect that he would start to climb up the pole at this time, and suddenly he was close to himself.

"Uncle might as well think about it carefully," Li Qian defended himself with indignation: "As a disciple of a saint, the little nephew has learned the way of Confucius and Mencius, how can he have such a beastly trip?" If this is the truth, wouldn't it disgrace my two lists of Jinshi, the protégé of the Son of Heaven? ”

Tao Shengxin said, is there less dirty things done by scholars? But I heard Li Qian continue: "Besides, if it is really as they say, why don't you see the stupid girl herself go to the county government to complain?" ”

"Ben Xian has also questioned the two of them," Tao Sheng said slowly: "The statements of the two are exactly the same as in the situation, but it is also reasonable------ let me ask you, her sister is eight years old, did you really have that Zhou Gong ceremony with her?" ”

Li Qian frowned, then his eyes widened and said, "Uncle, don't wronged the little nephew!" ”

Tao Sheng glanced at him and snorted coldly: "Wronged? Do you really think that the old man is in vain? In front of the old man, if you are willing to recruit from the truth, this matter may have a chance to turn around, if you even want to hide it from me, even if the old man wants to save you, he is powerless. ”

"Uncle, don't blame me, how big of a deal can I be? Others are doing less? ”

"Can't you see it?" Tao Sheng glared at him fiercely and said, "Just imagine, you are not the only one who buys a good man as a servant?" Why are you the only one who brought people to the yamen? Silly boy, you're making calculations! ”

Li Qian was "startled" and glared: "Which daring mouse dare to hide behind and calculate against me?" ”

"Hmph, you should understand this time, right?" Tao Sheng glanced at him for a long time, "So far, you still refuse to tell me the truth?" ”

"Understood------ Li Qian's face changed, and finally looked at him with a worried face and said, "Uncle can really keep me safe?" ”

"What's so hard about that?"

"Uncle, isn't he talking big?" Li Qian looked at him suspiciously and said: "Although the little nephew has never read the laws of the national dynasty, he has also read some of the "Da Ming Laws", and the stupid girl is only eight years old now------"

"In this way," Tao Sheng raised his eyebrows, stared at him and said, "You did have a Zhou 1 Gong ceremony with that woman?" ”

"Uncle, don't wronged the little nephew!"

"Are you still going to quibble?"

"The little nephew is wronged------" Li Qian shouted again, "The little nephew is wronged, more wronged than the Dou family's goose!" ”

"What a mess! Dou E is Dou E, what goose of the Dou family? "Tao Shengxin said that this kid doesn't learn and doesn't know how to get into the Jinshi, and he almost became the champion, and the people in Beijing are blind?" If you still don't tell the truth, go back today, and when the next day comes, this constitution will interrogate you in detail! I'm afraid that when it comes, hum ------"

"Didn't my uncle say that he wanted to save his little nephew?"

"You haven't even revealed the truth, how can the old man save you?"

"Uncle really has a way?"

"There is still a way, the old man will ask again, can you tell me directly?"

"The little nephew is wronged!"