Li You, Guide Chitose, and Wang Qinian are all smart people, but they are fast and slow, and Father Cheng still fell into the hands of Master Li. In comparison, the originally charming Cheng Xiaoniang has become a chicken rib... At night, Li You sat in the house, teasing Xiaozhu without saying a word.

Xiaozhu pestered the old man and said: "The slave family still wants to go to the temple fair, is it okay for the master to take it?" ”

Master Li was also very embarrassed, "Ming said that there is a sutra banquet in the palace, and I have a lot of ministry now, and I have to read to the emperor at the sutra banquet, and I can't leave." ”

"This temple fair lasts for three days in a row, and it can be said later."

Li You calculated and said, "Later, there will be a court meeting, and the master will guide the emperor." ”

"What's the future."

"The old man wanted to rest that day, I'm afraid he wouldn't be too lazy to move."

Xiaozhu sighed faintly, lying on the table listlessly, and muttered: "The slave family misses Suzhou." ”

Li You smiled dumbly and said, "At a young age, you also know that you are homesick?" ”

"At that time, the lord always had a lot of time, but now in the capital, the lord goes out early and comes back late, but he feels that he has less time with the master."

Really? Li You's thoughts were unconsciously picked up by Xiaozhu, and he has been separated from his parents, wives and concubines for almost half a year, I don't know if his little daughter has learned to crawl? Although the capital is big, there is no one who has relatives. If the situation stabilizes, you can consider buying a house and bringing your family over to live in. It is not always reasonable to live apart for a long time.

Li You fell into the imagination of a family reunion, and Zhang San ran over to report: "Master! Someone came outside, and it seemed to be the princess lady who beat up the princess. ”

"Nope! Tell her to go, the Cheng family's father is not here! It's all in vain. ”

It turned out that Li You hijacked Father Cheng, but he didn't dare to stay at home, because there was no space and no manpower, and the conditions were really limited. If it were someone else, it would be fine, but if Guide Chitose wants to send someone to forcibly break in, he, a small Beijing official, will definitely not find a place to reason.

Therefore, Li You did not go back to the apartment first, and went directly to the mansion of Lu Shangshu of the Ministry of War. He secretly found a cheap brother and a familiar manager, stuffed Father Cheng into an idle hut and sent someone to guard it. This is a trivial matter, and there is no need to alarm Lao Shangshu. Even if some restless people knew, they would probably not be able to break into Shangshufu to rob people.

Before leaving, Li You coaxed and frightened Father Cheng and said, "Now that the salt merchant is making trouble in your name, do you know that your situation is very dangerous?" Peace of mind is hidden here. If it weren't for your daughter's sake, I wouldn't have paid attention to your life or death at all, and I wouldn't have avenged you in front of the Queen Mother! ”

Although Father Cheng is stubborn, he is also a person who has just suffered a big loss, and he really knows the power of the imperial court, but he was a little frightened by Li You. "Then my daughter..."

Li You slapped his chest with a bang: "This official has a little thin face in front of Chitose, and he can't treat her badly!" In fact, she is also very good in Chitose, so as not to take advantage of the chaos! ”

This Lord Li looks very thoughtful and reliable....The uneasy Daddy Cheng thought silently.

The next time, it was said that the main task of Master Li, a reading officer, was to read a few pages of a book. But this time the treatment is much better than the last time, and the Son of Heaven gave the best tea to moisten the throat, so that the mouth will not be dry.

The feast was almost at noon, and Li You was about to go to dinner, but he saw an inner supervisor preaching him: "Guide Chitose summoned you to Zhaofeng Palace!" ”

Still unwilling to give up? Li You was helpless and went with the inner prison.

In the palace, after the eldest princess of Guide settled in the case, there were books, tables, papers, inkstones, and other things. She is the prime minister of palace affairs, and all kinds of miscellaneous items are indispensable in every day.

Li You stepped forward to salute officially, and His Royal Highness Chitose was also very businesslike and gave a seat in front of the case.

After the business was done, the eldest princess waved back left and right, leaving only the two of them to talk secretly, and she whispered to Li You: "You bastard has never had me in his heart." ”

Li You looked around, in this hall, it seems that it is not an occasion to talk about love, love and scold... Guide Chitose gritted his teeth and said: "If it is replaced by Xu, Lu and others, you are afraid that you will think of a common alliance." But for me, you just want to eat alone! ”

It turned out that it was about Cheng's father, and Li You continued to pretend to be confused, "I don't know what His Highness is referring to..."

The eldest princess said angrily: "Don't understand? Believe it or not, I will give the daughter of the Cheng family to Wang Qinian as his wife? When the time comes, will Daddy Cheng believe you or will he believe in his son-in-law? ”

"Your Highness misunderstands me!" Li You hurriedly said: "Because you and I have different intentions, if we are barely together, we will have disputes, and if there is a dispute, it will hurt my feelings." Rather than hurt feelings, I'd rather act separately from you. How can Your Highness not notice such painstaking efforts! ”

"You keep making it up, I'll see what else you can make up." Guide Chitose gestured.

Li You said bitterly: "Your Highness, you are also a member of the powerful, and you have no shortage of salt benefits." This time it is probably just to eliminate the trouble and smooth out the situation, but the chronic disease is difficult to get rid of, and the disadvantages are still there! ”

"You don't want to be calmed? Do you have to fan the flames and fear that the world will not be chaotic? ”

"The purpose of this official is only one point, to serve the country and the people!" Li You said loudly.

His gaze is firm and confident, his expression is as solemn as a mountain, and his voice is sonorous and powerful.

But reason told her that this was just an illusion created by her lover, so she was suspicious: "In addition to fighting people and seducing women, do you have this ability?" Then I will see how you serve the country and the people..."

Out of the Zhaofeng Palace, Li You wiped his sweat, Chitose can be regarded as fooling over, it is not easy to do something practical these days.

When he first learned about the Cheng family's unjust case, he asked several people in the transfer department about the relevant situation, and took advantage of his position to consult a number of archives, so he already knew something about the salt matter. At that time, on the one hand, he was cautious, and on the other hand, he was curious about how a salt merchant could be so embarrassed, and he had the impression that salt merchants were sitting on huge profits and spending money.

After investigation, I learned that the powerful and well-established salt merchants and small and medium-sized salt merchants are almost two worlds. Taking the Changlu Salt Farm as an example, half of the annual output of 400,000 yuan fell into the hands of the powerful people who begged for salt introduction and a few big salt merchants, and the other 99 percent of the people could only divide the remaining half with salt introduction.

Since the pacification of the pigtails and the restoration of peace in the world, a large number of new nobles have taken the throne, and this situation has accumulated for decades... The salt merchants in Jingshi have been making trouble for a few days, and the lords of the household department are still very calm about this. Thinking that these businessmen have no power and power, they can't come up with new tricks, and the trouble will pass, and in the end, they will not have to come back obediently to eat the bowl of rice in the salt industry.

But it seems that the wave has exceeded expectations. At the beginning of December, the nearest Hejian Changludu transferred salt to the Ministry of Household in Beijing. There are two main contents, one is that there has been no salt merchant for half a month; Second, at the end of the year, it is necessary to convene salt to agree on the opening of next year, but the number of people is seriously insufficient, and there will be problems with the rations of the Xuanda and Jiliao border armies next year.

Subsequently, the salt transportation divisions in Hedong, Shandong and other places that are relatively close to each other also said that a similar situation occurred.

The household department was not calm at this time, and immediately played the title, and the Queen Mother of the Virgin Holy Criticism said: Send the court meeting.

Li You is overjoyed and expresses himself... No, the time has come for the country and the people!

(To be continued)