Chapter 837: Give the capable a chance

Yang snorted and said, "This person is an official, right?" I can also repair the car, which is better than the coachman's repair! "She's seen a sycophant, but it's the first time she's seen someone who is so good at sycophancy.

In the early Tang Dynasty, scholars were very particular about their families, as long as they became officials, even if they were small officials, they would not be willing to touch the mud with their fingers, thinking that it was insulting. It doesn't matter if the carriage is broken, even if you can repair it, you won't really repair it, you have to have the momentum of being an official, wait with your hands behind your back, watch others repair it, and then give instructions out loud, this is what you have to be an official.

Like Li Yifu, as soon as he arrived, he didn't wait to say hello, he swished to repair the wheels, and the officials who made their hands full of mud are really rare!

Wang Ping'an smiled: "Brother Li, this is really embarrassing, how can you let you repair the wheels by yourself, it will be enough to have a coachman to repair it!" ”

The coachman standing next to him was very unhappy, and secretly scolded this green-robed petty official, it was too unlikely, the car had obviously been repaired, but this person swooped over, touched the wheels indiscriminately, and touched his hands full of mud, and then pretended to repair it himself, which was too much, and he got the credit of others, and even the credit of the coachman was robbed, do you have a little self-esteem!

Li Yifu hurriedly said: "Xiangye is polite, the villain was poor when he was young, and in addition to studying, he often helped his neighbors do some chores and repair cars, but he often did it, whenever the car was repaired, the neighbors could often send a cake to the villain to satisfy his hunger, so the villain was very willing to do this kind of thing!" ”

He spoke of himself as pitiful, and of his childhood as if he was constantly hungry. Li Yifu is indeed a young man's family, but in the end, he was also born in a small family, but he just arrived in the era of the former Sui Dynasty, so he is relatively poor, but he is still richer than ordinary people, otherwise how can his family have money for him to study, in the Sui and Tang dynasties, books are also considered one of the luxuries!

Yang sighed twice and said, "It's still the children of poor families who are in charge early!" She praised Li Yifu, and Wang Youcai also nodded beside her, um-huh.

Li Yifu was full of joy, waiting for the old lady to ask his name. But Yang only praised him, then turned his head to hug Xiao Taiping, got into the carriage with Wang Youcai, and ignored him.

Wang Ping'an smiled and said, "This Brother Li's name is Li Yifu, and he is an official of Menxia Province. By the way, Brother Li, what position are you in now? ”

Li Yifu has a little opinion about the Yang family, this old lady has no one in her eyes, obviously she doesn't take him seriously! Listening to Wang Ping'an's inquiry, Li Yifu hurriedly said: "The villain is currently the ceremonial and is responsible for the transmission and reception of official documents. ”

Wang Ping'an sighed and said, "The receipt of official documents is very important, and Brother Li has a great responsibility!" He got on his horse, escorted the convoy, and went into the city with him.

Li Yifu stretched out his hand to the servants of the Wang family, asking for a hand towel to wipe his hands. But the servant of the Wang family is still angry, this little official is embarrassed to ask for a hand towel, obviously he ran over by himself, stretched his hand to the wheel and touched it randomly, and now he is embarrassed to ask for a hand towel, why is his face so thick! No one paid any attention to him.

Li Yifu had no choice but to wipe his dirty hands on his robe, turn over his horse, follow the car upside down, and enter the city together.

There was nothing to do all the way, and when he came to the Guogong Mansion, Wang Ping'an accompanied his parents into the courtyard, and he was busy with bath water and preparing wine and rice. Seeing this, Li Yifu took the initiative to step forward and said, "Xiangye, is there a place where villains can help?" The villain is here to help! ”

Wang Ping'an saw that he was so active, so he said: "Then please trouble Brother Li to help unload the luggage, you don't need to do it, just command the servants, it's hard!" ”

Li Yifu agreed, and hurriedly went to direct the unloading of luggage.

When Di Renjie saw it, he shook his head, and while going to the back house with Wang Ping'an, he said: "Big brother, the ceremonial man surnamed Li, although the official has a low position, he is also an official of the imperial court, and it seems a little inappropriate to treat him as the envoy of the head of the servants!" ”

Wang Ping'an took his hand and said, "People are willing to do it, if we don't give others this opportunity, we will complain on the contrary!" By the way, you have just entered Beijing, and you don't know much about the affairs of the court and the palace, and there is a big case in the palace these days, which I want to handle, and I will tell you later. ”

As soon as Di Renjie heard that there was a case, he came to the spirit, he liked to solve the case the most, when he was the county magistrate in Heshui County, he had solved several cases, but unfortunately they were all small cases, and they were not enjoyable enough, and now when he heard that there was a big case in the palace, he naturally became interested. He said, "Big brother, what's the big case in the palace?" ”

Wang Ping'an said: "Guess what, what big cases can there be in the palace?" I'll test you. ”

The two said while entering the back house, at this time the Wang couple went to bathe and change clothes, Xiao Taiping was held by the nurse, Wang Ping'an took the child from the nurse's arms, patted while looking at Di Renjie.

Di Renjie thought for a long time, and then said: "The palace is nothing more than concubines and eunuchs and palace maids, if something happens to the eunuchs and palace maids, they won't work for the eldest brother, then they can only be concubines." And the ordinary concubines have their own palace managers to deal with, and they will not work the eldest brother. So this case, if it's not about the queen, or it's about the concubine who has a prince, and the emperor has just set up a prince. Brother guess, either there is a problem with the queen, or ...... Who is it, it's Concubine Xiao, right? ”

Wang Ping'an snorted, feeling great admiration, Di Renjie is Di Renjie, otherwise how could he be a celebrity through the ages, known as a detective, once he reasoned about everything, he really came up with the correct answer.

Wang Ping'an said: "Yes, isn't it Concubine Xiao Shu who had an accident, she was assassinated, she was strangled to death, guess who killed her?" He leisurely took care of Xiao Taiping in his arms, but Xiao Taiping whined a few times, his little face wrinkled, and there was a precursor to crying.

Wang Ping'an hurriedly said: "What's the matter, why does this child cry?" ”

The nurse hurriedly came over and said, "I think it's time to change the diaper, Xiangye will hand over the young lady to the slave!" ”

As soon as Wang Ping'an heard that he was going to change the diaper, he handed Xiao Taiping over to the nurse, this kind of thing is still done by professionals, which is more suitable than him. Xiao Taiping was taken away, and he sat down.

Di Renjie turned around the room a few times, looked at Wang Ping'an, and said with great certainty: "It's definitely not the queen, and it has nothing to do with the queen's mother." ”

Wang Ping'an slapped his hands twice and said, "Okay, guess accurately." But how so? ”

Di Renjie spread his hands and said: "It's very simple, the queen's son has been made the crown prince, she is full of ambition at this time, even if she wants to fight with Concubine Xiao Shu, she will not set up a killer." Taking a step back, even if she wants to kill Concubine Xiao Shu, she will only use serious reasons, the emperor will order to kill her, or if Concubine Xiao Shu enters the cold palace, she herself will not be guilty of sending someone to strangle Concubine Xiao Shufei. If it's really someone she sent, wouldn't it be too ...... It's too ......" and the last two words are not easy to say.

Wang Ping'an made up for him in his heart, it was too stupid!

Di Renjie suddenly had a strange expression on his face, and said: "But Concubine Xiao Shu was strangled to death, and the emperor assigned the eldest brother to try this case, which shows that the emperor wants to solve the case and seek justice for Concubine Xiao Shu." But why didn't the chief manager of the palace be sent to be in charge of this matter, but the eldest brother was sent? ”

Wang Ping'an saw his strange expression, shook his head and said: "The matter here is quite complicated, you don't know the details, of course it is impossible to deduce." However, when it comes to how to close the case, what do you think, brother? ”

Di Renjie frowned, and continued to circle around the room, but this time he turned dozens of circles in one breath, and Wang Ping'an's head was dizzy, and Di Renjie didn't turn out to be ugly.

Wang Ping'an sighed and said, "Brother can't deduce, it's normal." Seeing your appearance for my brother, I feel a lot of peace of mind, at least it shows that you are still a normal person, and you are definitely not the kind of old goblin who can know the past and the future by reincarnation of a goblin. ”

Di Renjie stopped, stopped turning in circles, heyed, and said, "Brother is not an old goblin, but there are a lot of old goblins in the court. Looking at the eldest brother's appearance of not being in a hurry or panic, he must have already made up his mind and knew how to close the case! ”

"What else, of course, the big things are small, and the small things are small. Things in the palace are like this, no matter how big the matter is, it has to be suppressed, otherwise it will go around and around the emperor, and it will be a big trouble, and it will be difficult to say! Wang Ping'an said.

Di Renjie also nodded and agreed. Although he believes that all cases should be based on the word justice, the affairs in the palace are no more than others...... Of course, if he was replaced to handle this case, it would be fair, but if the eldest brother went to handle this case, then there would be no way to say. For him, the first principle is justice, and for the eldest brother, the first principle is to protect the emperor.

The death of Concubine Xiao Shu, in the end, will be winding around the emperor's incompetence, so that the palace is restless, and even the concubines can't manage it well...... Where is this going to work, this is absolutely impossible!

Di Renjie said: "If you want to make this matter small and finally close the case without incident, I am afraid that an insignificant person will have to be found in the palace to be the murderer, and the person who handles the case in the DPRK and China will also have to ...... Big brother, have you found a scapegoat? ”

Wang Ping'an nodded and said: "Naturally, you don't have to worry about the affairs in the palace, as for the person who handled the case, I just found one today." ”

While speaking, Li Yifu ran into the courtyard, he stood outside the house, did not come in, nodded and said: "Xiangye, the luggage is unloaded, what else do you have to order, the villain will do it!" ”

Wang Ping'an stood up and said very appreciatively: "It's finished so quickly, I thought it would take half a day!" Oh, Brother Li, you are very capable of doing things, you are definitely a cadre! ”

Di Renjie turned his head, glanced at Li Yifu, and thought, "Yes, it's him!" ”

Li Yifu was praised, and he was ecstatic in his heart, he was already not young, and his head was about to crack if he wanted to be promoted, and now that he had such a good opportunity, how could he let it go. was thinking about taking the initiative to ask for something again, but he heard Wang Ping'an speak again.

Wang Ping'an said: "Brother Li, there is something in the prime minister's family today, I'm afraid I can't keep you for dinner, it's better like this, tomorrow morning, you are waiting in the yamen, the prime minister has something to do with you, are you willing to give the prime minister another shot?" ”

Li Yifu hurriedly said: "The villain is willing, the villain is willing." He bowed, said goodbye and left the house, and left happily.

Di Renjie looked at Li Yifu's back until he left the courtyard gate, and then said: "Big brother, this kind of person can do anything, he doesn't want to slap you shamefully today, but as long as he turns around, he can sell you, if he wants to be a scapegoat, he must be condemned to death, otherwise sooner or later, he will have to tell the story of the case." ”

Wang Ping'an nodded and said: "I can save it, this person doesn't even want his own face, and naturally he won't save face for others, there are so many such people, it's not surprising." ”

After talking for a while, Wang Youcai and the Yang family packed up, and the family told each other about their parting, no matter how big or small the things of this period of time were. Among them, the most talked about is the little Taiping, the little girl has a lot of interesting things, which makes the whole family laugh.

There was no major event that day. Early the next morning, Wang Ping'an got up early, asked his parents to say goodbye, and took Di Renjie out together, Di Renjie went to Dali Temple to report, and Wang Ping'an entered the palace.

Li Zhi seemed to be really stimulated, but he still did not go to the court, and the ministers dispersed and went back to their respective offices. Wang Ping'an went to Dongtai, and before he could enter the door, he saw Li Yifu standing at the door, stretching his neck and waiting for him.

As soon as he saw Wang Ping'an coming, Li Yifu hurriedly stepped forward to ask for peace, Wang Ping'an simply didn't enter the yamen, and said: "Brother Li, you must already know that something happened in the palace recently, and you know about Concubine Xiao Shu?" ”

This kind of big event, how could Li Yifu not know, he was taken aback, and immediately became afraid, he was really anxious and regretful, and he regretted it so much that he almost hit his head against the wall!

The case in the palace must be pressed, everyone knows what to do, how can he not know the reason! And Wang Ping'an can't do this kind of thing, he is bound to find a scapegoat and push the responsibility out, who is that scapegoat, isn't it obvious!

Li Yifu was very thick-skinned, and when he was in a hurry, he knelt down for Wang Ping'an, and said with a sad face: "Xiangye, there are old people in the villain's family, and there are little ...... below."

Wang Ping'an didn't wait for him to finish, he grabbed his wrist, held it tightly, but his face was full of smiles, and said: "It's just a start, don't you really do anything, don't be afraid." In front of our real people, don't tell lies, you are a petty official who is not in the stream, you haven't even done the eighth grade, if you want to rise normally in this life, I'm afraid it's impossible to even six grades, are you right! ”

Li Yifu nodded with difficulty, of course he knew this, otherwise he could have stammered the Xiangye in front of him like that!

Wang Ping'an whispered: "Rich and dangerous, are you willing to live your life like this, or do you want to fight?" If you can do this for Benxiang, I will guarantee you that within a month, you will be promoted to the fifth grade, and then you will be released and give you a small state to be a thorn, how about it? ”

Li Yifu muttered: "Wealth is in danger, but ......"

Wang Ping'an helped him up and said, "No, as long as you do things well, the prime minister will definitely treat you as a confidant from now on." Also, how this case will be concluded has long been decided, but there are some small things that you need to carry. I'm counting dozens, think about it, one, two, three......"

Li Yifu's mind changed rapidly, if he didn't carry the black pot for the big man, how could he be exchanged for a five-grade official?