Chapter 46 Becoming an Official
Li Yu had a great difficulty in escaping, not only did he have no intention of having fun with the people, but also put all the gentry under house arrest temporarily, worried that there were Khitan women's comrades among them, and only relieved Tang Xu and Lan Jun of suspicion, and Princess Xihe did not return to the princess's mansion because she was worried about Li Yu's safety. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info Now Li Yu sat on top of the high hall with a straight face, looking at the Khitan woman who was tied up below, and couldn't remember where he had seen her, and he didn't know what grudge he had against her.
"Who are you?" Li Yu asked.
"You don't remember me?" The Khitan woman knelt on the ground weakly at this time, not at all like the fierce appearance just now. Tang Xu was taken aback, could it be that this woman still has any relationship with Li Yu?
"Without further ado, who are you? Why did you kill me, and did you have any comrades? Li Pleiades doesn't eat this set at all, or in other words, when his life is threatened, it doesn't make a difference to Li Pleiades whether he knew or didn't know him before.
"General, there is something to say about the humble position." Wang Dali walked in front of Li Yu.
"Say it." Li Yu nodded. Then, Wang Dali told Li Yu about the causes and consequences of how he and Tang Xu had dealt with this Khitan woman because of tea poisoning, and how he let this woman run away when the poisoned tea was seized outside the city, and took the initiative to let Li Yu cure his dereliction of duty.
"This woman is so cunning, it's not your fault that she let her run, it's good to catch it now." Li Yu listened to a great wave of his hand and gave up, and did not hold Wang Dali accountable.
Although Li Yu exempted Wang Dali's fault, he did not suspect Tang Xu and Lan Jun, and put the two back home that night. But that group of gentry and celebrities were not so lucky, Khitan women can have the ability to sneak into the general's mansion, and there must be a traitor among them. Li Yu ordered a thorough investigation, and overnight, the celebrities who were originally invited to the dinner became suspects, and they were locked up in the prison of the General's Mansion for several days, and their family backgrounds were also investigated.
"The General's Mansion is really amazing." Tang Xu intuitively didn't believe that the Khitan woman would have an internal response, and it was revealed afterwards that a guard died in the grove outside the city, and his clothes were stripped off. But Li Yu's behavior is also understandable, if anyone walks in the ghost gate, they will definitely not be calm.
"The richer and richer, the more they spare their lives." Lan Jun took the conversation. Tang Xu felt that what he said was wrong, he hated the rich a little, whether he was rich or not, he would definitely spare his life, but some people had the ability to save their lives, and some people could only be at the mercy of others.
The gentry were finally allowed to go home after being locked up for half a month, but after returning home, they all went out of the door one by one, for fear that another disaster would fall from the sky. Wang Dali brought news to Tang Xu, saying that the Khitan woman had a hard mouth and couldn't ask anything else, Li Yu was impatient, and he was afraid of long nights and dreams, so he decided not to stay. Tang Xu has no opinion on Li Pleiades wanting to kill that woman, and he deserves it, but he doesn't understand why Li Pleiades wants to let himself go to the sidelines, what's so good about killing people? Tang Xu remembered that he and Lan Jun were tied to the haystack and were about to die, and now he still feels nervous in his heart, and when he thinks that Li Yu is inexplicably going to see the killing, he is even more worried, is he still not worried about himself, and wants to kill chickens and monkeys?
Two days later, at noon, when Tang Xu arrived at the execution ground with anxiety, he learned that Li Xu wanted to come to the prison by himself, on the grounds that Tang Xu decisively blocked the Khitan woman at the banquet, giving him the opportunity to get out, which was a great achievement.
It's really fresh, taking killing as a reward, Tang Xu sat on the prison beheading seat three zhang away and was too close to the place of execution, only to see that the Khitan woman was escorted to the scene in tattered clothes, and she had long lost her former look. Tang Xu sat in his position and looked at her, not long ago he was also in such a remote place, how long did it take for one person to wait to see another person die? The feng shui took turns. No matter how fragile and helpless she looks now, Tang Xu will not be stupid enough to want to sympathize with her, after all, she has done a lot of evil and killed so many innocent people. Tang Xu couldn't delve into whether those people were really innocent, in short, they were a group of poor people, but poor people must have something to hate. And what about this hateful man in front of him? Is there also pity? Tang Xu looked at the depressed woman again, not too close, and couldn't figure out if she was also looking at him.
"The hour has come!" The herald was full of anger. Tang Xu's heart sank, and he mechanically gestured to the executioner, which was taught to him by the herald next to him just now. The executioner got the order, spat twice and rubbed it in the palm of his hand a few times, then clenched the big knife with both hands, and then he shouted, and the knife fell in his hand, and it was crisp.
When the head fell to the ground, Tang Xu subconsciously closed his eyes, he had seen dead people, and he had also seen people die, but this was the first time he killed a person at his behest, and it only took a gesture to end a person's life. Although Tang Xu is just a puppet, with or without him today, this woman will not survive. But in it, the mood is still very complicated.
Li Yu would not understand Tang Xu's complicated feelings, people who are used to fighting on the battlefield take it for granted that they regard the enemy as a great pleasure in life. Tang Xu reluctantly followed Li Xu for a day, thinking that this matter should be over, but he never expected that the news came from the General's Mansion the next day that General Li Xu had specially invited him to the post of the head of Lanzhou City in recognition of Tang Xu's many meritorious contributions, and he took office three days later. In fact, the entire Lanzhou City belongs to Li Pleiades, and he doesn't need to ask anyone for instructions if he wants to be an official, it's just a polite remark.
"What the hell?" Tang Xu was at a loss when he received the appointment order, he never thought about being an official at all, and he thought that he didn't have the ability to be an official. Moreover, this official was given by Li Yu, and he must have another purpose in doing this.
Sure enough, on the night of the appointment order, Li Xu invited Tang Xu to go to the General's Mansion to eat wine, Tang Xu couldn't drink wine, and his eyes were already dizzy after two or three cups, and he listened to Li Xu in a daze What Han nationality, foreigners, generals, and princesses were, probably to let himself stand on the united front with him. When Tang Xu woke up the next morning, his head was still aching suddenly, and he didn't remember how he responded to Li Xu, his mind was in chaos, and he was a little worried that he had forgotten whether Li Xu had told him something important. But if you want to ask, I'm afraid that not only will you not be able to ask the famous hall, but also make Li Yu feel that he is weird, and now he can only take one step at a time and think twice about everything.
The main bookkeeper is the deputy of the local administrator, taking care of various affairs for the chief, to put it bluntly, he is a secretary and logistics, but Tang Xu's main bookkeeper is extraordinary, not selected by the chief himself, but appointed by General Li Yu. With this level of relationship, even Lanzhou Taishou himself was in awe of him. Tang Xu went to the Taishou Mansion on the first day to report, and the Taishou Chen Tingjun not only did not arrange a job for him, but found two entourages to take care of him. The two of them followed Tang Xu inch by inch, but they didn't go in together. Retinue? It's not, it seems to be watching, Tang Xu was a personal bodyguard for a day, and when he got home, he finally breathed a breath of fresh air.
"I'm exhausted." Although he didn't do anything that day, Tang Xu was tired enough, his heart was tired, and he was also tired.
"It's so hard to be an official, why are there so many people who want to be an official." Tang Xu pinched his arms and pounded his legs.
"Tang Gongzi, you are used to being comfortable, and you don't worry about eating and drinking, so you naturally don't want to do these nerve-wracking things." Lan Jun had been busy in the hospital all day, and when Tang Xu came back, he had just arrived home. After studying with Dr. Tang for so long, Lan Jun can now show people some minor illnesses and prepare some ordinary prescriptions.
"However, everyone has their own aspirations, and some people probably only live happily in officialdom." Lan Jun said again. When Tang Xu heard this, he couldn't help but look up at him, and he always felt that there was something in the words, and there was something to be said.
For half a month, Tang Xu, the main bookkeeper, was just waiting for work in the Taishou Yamen, and he didn't touch anything serious. I was so panicked that I wanted to help sort out the file, but I was also blocked by Chen Tingjun, who was too guarded, saying that others were doing this, so I wouldn't bother him. After doing this a few times, Tang Xu felt very bored, so he simply wanted to resign from Chen Taishou and go back to his old job.
"By all means, the post of chief bookkeeper is personally accepted by the general, and the official really has no right to decide." Chen Tingjun heard that Tang Xu wanted to resign, and he looked embarrassed again
"Then you won't let me do this or that, so you're not afraid of the general's blame?" Tang Xu was very angry, just forget if you have nothing to do, you can't go?
"It's not that the official won't let you do things, it's just that people have indeed been arranged, or will the official let them go home to recuperate for a few days?" As soon as Chen Tingjun said this, Tang Xu was full of black lines.
"Otherwise, the general left a majestic parrot when he came to inspect the day, but no one has seen it up and down in this house, and I don't know how to take care of it. Master Tang is erudite, if he can share the worries of this official, it will be excellent. Chen Tingjun said again. Tang Xu was just speechless just now, and now he was really about to faint.
"I've really become Bi Ma Wen." Tang Xu then laughed, thinking that being an official was tiring, but it turned out that being treated as a burden was even more tiring, and I don't know if Li Yu did it intentionally, or Chen Tingjun was afraid to avoid it.
"Avoiding horse plague? There's no horse plague in this city, huh? Chen Tingjun was laughed uncomfortably.
"That's it, since there's nothing to do, and you won't let me resign, then I can always ask for leave, right?" Tang Xu wanted to stay here and be angry, it was better to go home and listen to people to see a doctor, and he could also hear people say thank you.
"Yes, yes, but if the general asks." Although Chen Tingjun was a little happy, he was still hesitant.
"Don't worry, if the general asks, he will say that I took the initiative to ask for leave, and I am not feeling well." Tang Xu replied, Chen Tingjun smiled at this time, and hurriedly beckoned someone to clean up for Tang Xu, and said that Tang Xu had worked hard these days and prepared a lot of money and things for him.